i VigorAP 902 User’s Guide
VigorAP 902 802.11ac Access Point User’s Guide Version: 2.3 Firmware Version: V1.2.
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Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................1 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 LED Indicators and Connectors .............................................................................................. 3 1.3 Hardware Installation ...............................................................................
3.5 Wireless LAN (2.4GHz) Settings for AP Mode...................................................................... 46 3.5.1 General Setup................................................................................................................. 47 3.5.2 Security ........................................................................................................................... 49 3.5.3 Access Control..............................................................................................
3.10.1 General Setup............................................................................................................. 149 3.10.2 Security ....................................................................................................................... 151 3.10.3 Access Control............................................................................................................ 154 3.10.4 WPS..............................................................................................
3.16.2 TR-069 ........................................................................................................................ 230 3.16.3 Administrator Password.............................................................................................. 233 3.16.4 Configuration Backup ................................................................................................. 234 3.16.5 Syslog/Mail Alert ..........................................................................................
Introduction Note: This is a generic International version of the user guide. Specification, compatibility and features vary by region. For specific user guides suitable for your region or product, please contact local distributor. 1.1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing this VigorAP 902, the concurrent dual band wireless (2.4G/5G) access point offering high-speed data transmission. With this high cost-efficiency VigorAP 902, computers and wireless devices which are compatible with 802.11n/802.
AP Management The VigorAP 902 can operate in standalone mode for your office network or a classroom or a waiting room of some transportation terminals (e.g. ferry terminal, bus station, train station) or a clinic's waiting room ; connected to your LAN and offering you with wireless access. If your network requires several VigorAP 902 units, to centrally manage and monitor them individually as a group will be expected.
1.2 LED Indicators and Connectors Before you use the Vigor modem, please get acquainted with the LED indicators and connectors first. LED Status Explanation ACT LAN A1 - A4 Off Blinking On Blinking On Off Blinking On Off Blinking On LAN B Off Blinking On The system is not ready or is failed. The system is ready and can work normally. A USB device is connected and active. The data is transmitting. Wireless function is ready. Wireless function is not ready. Data is transmitting (sending/receiving).
Interface Description 0/1 Power switch. PWR: Connecter for a power adapter. LAN B Connecter for xDSL / Cable modem (Giga level) or router. LAN A4, A2, A1 Connecter for xDSL / Cable modem (Giga level) / computer or router. A3 (PoE) LAN A3 is used for PoE connection (for indoor use). Wireless band will be switched /changed according to the button pressed and released. For example, 2.4G (On) and 5G (On) – in default. 2.4G (Off) and 5G (On) – pressed and released the button once. 2.
1.3 Hardware Installation This section will guide you to install the VigorAP 902 through hardware connection and configure the device’s settings through web browser. Before starting to configure VigorAP 902, you have to connect your devices correctly. 1.3.1 Wired Connection for PC in LAN 1. Connect VigorAP 902 to ADSL modem, router, or switch/hub in your network through the LAN A port of the access point by Ethernet cable. 2. Connect a computer to other available LAN A port.
1.3.2 Wired Connection for Notebook in WLAN 1. Connect VigorAP 902 to ADSL modem or router in your network through the LAN A port of the access point by Ethernet cable. 2. Connect the A/C power adapter to the wall socket, and then connect it to the PWR connector of the access point. 3. Power on VigorAP 902. 4. Check all LEDs on the front panel. ACT LED should be steadily on, LAN LEDs should be on if the access point is correctly connected to the ADSL modem or router.
1.3.3 Wireless Connection VigorAP 902 can access Internet via an ADSL modem, router, or switch/hub in your network through wireless connection. 1. Connect the A/C power adapter to the wall socket, and then connect it to the PWR connector of the access point. 2. Power on VigorAP 902. 3. Check all LEDs on the front panel. ACT LED should be steadily on. 4. Connect VigorAP 902 to ADSL modem or router via wireless network. (For the detailed information of LED status, please refer to section 1.2.
1.3.4 PoE Connection VigorAP 902 can gain the power from the connected switch, e.g., VigorSwitch P2260. PoE (Power over Ethernet) can break the install limitation caused by the fixed power supply. 1. Connect VigorAP 902 to a switch in your network through the LAN A3 (PoE) port of the access point by Ethernet cable. 2. Connect a computer to VigorSwitch P2260. Make sure the subnet IP address of the PC is the same as VigorAP 902 management IP, e.g., 192.168.1.X. 3. Power on VigorAP 902. 4.
Network Configuration After the network connection is built, the next step you should do is setup VigorAP 902 with proper network parameters, so it can work properly in your network environment. Before you can connect to the access point and start configuration procedures, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address).
Then, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties. Under the General tab, click Use the following IP address. Then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish. IP address: 192.168.1.9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.
2.2 Windows 2000 IP Address Setup Click Start button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections icon, double click Local Area Connection, and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), then click Properties. Select Use the following IP address, then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish. IP address: 192.168.1.9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.
2.3 Windows XP IP Address Setup Click Start button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Double-click Network and Internet Connections icon, click Network Connections, and then double-click Local Area Connection, Local Area Connection Status window will appear, and then click Properties. Select Use the following IP address, then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish: IP address: 192.168.1.9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0.
2.4 Windows Vista IP Address Setup Click Start button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Click View Network Status and Tasks, then click Manage Network Connections. Right-click Local Area Netwrok, then select ‘Properties’. Local Area Connection Properties window will appear, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4), and then click Properties.
2.5 Accessing to Web User Interface All functions and settings of this access point must be configured via web user interface. Please start your web browser (e.g., Firefox). 1. Make sure your PC connects to the VigorAP 902 correctly. 2. Open a web browser on your PC and type http://192.168.1.2. A pop-up window will open to ask for username and password. Pease type “admin/admin” on Username/Password and click OK.
Note: If you fail to access to the web configuration, please go to “Trouble Shooting” for detecting and solving your problem. For using the device properly, it is necessary for you to change the password of web configuration for security and adjust primary basic settings. 2.6 Changing Password 1. Please change the password for the original security of the modem. 2. Go to System Maintenance page and choose Administration Password. 3. Enter the new login password on the field of Password.
2.7 Quick Start Wizard Quick Start Wizard will guide you to configure 2.4G wireless setting, 5G wireless setting and other corresponding settings for Vigor Access Point step by step. 2.7.1 Configuring Wireless Settings – General This page displays general settings (enable/disable wireless LAN 2.4GHz/5GHz) for the operation mode selected. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Wireless LAN (2.4GHz) Check the box to enable WLAN 2.4GHz for VigorAP.
2.7.2 Configuring 2.4GHz Wireless Settings Based on the Operation Mode In this page, the advanced settings will vary according to the operation mode chosen on 2.7.1. Settings for AP When you choose AP as the operation mode for wireless LAN (2.4GHz), you will need to configure the following page. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Channel Means the channel frequency of the wireless LAN. The default channel is 6.
example, a coffee shop offers free Wi-Fi service for its guests for one hour every day. SSID – Set a name for VigorAP 902 which can be identified and connected by wireless guest. Security Key – Set 8~63 ASCII characters or 8~63 ASCII characters which can be used for logging into VigorAP 902 by wireless guest. Enable Bandwidth Limit – Check the box to define the maximum speed of the data uploading/downloading which will be used for the guest connecting to Vigor device with the same SSID.
Phy Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX mode. Each access point should be setup to the same Phy Mode for connecting with each other. Security Select WEP, TKIP or AES as the encryption algorithm. Type 8~63 ASCII characters, such as 012345678..(or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x, such as "0x321253abcde..."). Peer MAC Address Type the peer MAC address for the access point that VigorAP 902 connects to.
Settings for AP Bridge-WDS When you choose AP Bridge-WDS as the operation mode for wireless LAN (2.4GHz), you will need to configure the following page. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description AP Discovery Click this button to open the AP Discovery dialog. VigorAP 902 can scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood. Phy Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX mode. Each access point should be setup to the same Phy Mode for connecting with each other.
Settings for Universal Repeater When you choose Universal Repeater as the operation mode for wireless LAN (2.4GHz), you will need to configure the following page. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Universal Repeater Parameters AP Discovery Click this button to open the AP Discovery dialog. VigorAP 902 can scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood. SSID / MAC Address (Optional) SSID means the identification of the wireless LAN.
Open/Shared Security Mode. Choose None to disable the WEP Encryption. Data sent to the AP will not be encrypted. To enable WEP encryption for data transmission, please choose WEP. WEP Keys - Four keys can be entered here, but only one key can be selected at a time. The format of WEP Key is restricted to 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal values in 64-bit encryption level, or restricted to 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal values in 128-bit encryption level.
wireless guest. Enable Bandwidth Limit – Check the box to define the maximum speed of the data uploading/downloading which will be used for the guest connecting to Vigor device with the same SSID. Upload Limit –Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want. Download Limit –Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want. Enable Station Control – Check the box to set the duration for the guest connecting /reconnecting to Vigor device.
2.7.3 Configuring 5GHz Wireless Settings Based on the Operation Mode VigorAP 902 offers 5GHz wireless connection capability. You can setup 5GHz features in Quick Start Wizard first. Once the USB 5GHz wireless dongle connects to VigorAP 902, it can work immediately. Settings for AP After finished the configuration for wireless LAN (2.4GHz) and click Next, you will need to configure the following page if you choose AP as the operation mode for wireless LAN (5GHz).
SSID. Upload Limit –Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want. Download Limit –Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want. Enable Station Control – Check the box to set the duration for the guest connecting /reconnecting to Vigor device. Connection Time –Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want. Reconnection Time –Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want. After finishing this web page configuration, please click Next to continue.
Peer MAC Address Type the peer MAC address for the access point that VigorAP 902 connects to. Main SSID Set a name for VigorAP 902 to be identified. Security Key Type 8~63 ASCII characters, such as 012345678..(or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x, such as "0x321253abcde..."). After finishing this web page configuration, please click Next to continue. Settings for Universal Repeater After finished the configuration for wireless LAN (2.
Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN. The default channel is 36. You may switch channel if the selected channel is under serious interference. Security Mode There are several modes provided for you to choose. Each mode will bring up different parameters (e.g., WEP keys, Pass Phrase) for you to configure. Encryption Type for Open/Shared This option is available when Open/Shared is selected as Security Mode. Choose None to disable the WEP Encryption.
wireless client can receive the wireless signal from VigorAP902 by using the SSID configured here. Security - Set 8~63 ASCII characters or 64 Hexadecimal digits which can be used for logging into VigorAP 902 by other wireless client. Enable Guest Wireless Check the box to enable the guest wireless setting. SSID – Set a name for VigorAP 902. Wireless guest is allowed to access into Internet via VigorAP 902 with the SSID configured here.
2.8 Online Status The online status shows the LAN status, Station Link Status for such device. Detailed explanation is shown below: Item Description IP Address Displays the IP address of the LAN interface. TX Packets Displays the total transmitted packets at the LAN interface. RX Packets Displays the total number of received packets at the LAN interface. TX Bytes Displays the total transmitted size at the LAN interface. RX Bytes Displays the total number of received size at the LAN interface.
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Advanced Configuration This chapter will guide users to execute advanced (full) configuration. As for other examples of application, please refer to chapter 5. 1. Open a web browser on your PC and type http://192.168.1.2. The window will ask for typing username and password. 2. Please type “admin/admin” on Username/Password for administration operation. Now, the Main Screen will appear. Be aware that “Admin mode” will be displayed on the bottom left side.
3.1 Operation Mode This page provides several available modes for you to choose for different conditions. Click any one of them and click OK. The system will configure the required settings automatically. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Wireless LAN(2.4GHz) AP This mode allows wireless clients to connect to access point and exchange data with the devices connected to the wired network.
AP Bridge-WDS This mode is similar to AP Bridge to Multi-Point, but access point is not working in bridge-dedicated mode, and will be able to accept wireless clients while the access point is working as a wireless bridge. Universal Repeater This product can act as a wireless range extender that will help you to extend the networking wirelessly. The access point can act as Station and AP at the same time.
Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description LAN-A IP Network Configuration Enable DHCP Client – When it is enabled, VigorAP 902 will be treated as a client and can be managed / controlled by AP Management server offered by Vigor router (e.g., Vigor2860). IP Address – Type in private IP address for connecting to a local private network (Default: 192.168.1.2). Subnet Mask – Type in an address code that determines the size of the network. (Default: 255.255.255.
902. VLAN ID – Type the number as VLAN ID tagged on the transmitted packet. “0” means no VALN tag. DHCP Server Configuration DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. DHCP server can automatically dispatch related IP settings to any local user configured as a DHCP client. Enable Server - Enable Server lets the modem assign IP address to every host in the LAN. Start IP Address - Enter a value of the IP address pool for the DHCP server to start with when issuing IP addresses.
Disable Server - Disable Server lets you manually or use other DHCP server to assign IP address to every host in the LAN. Primary DNS Server - You must specify a DNS server IP address here because your ISP should provide you with usually more than one DNS Server. If your ISP does not provide it, the modem will automatically apply default DNS Server IP address: 194.109.6.66 to this field.
3.2.3 Web Portal This page allows you to configure a profile with specified URL for accessing into or display a message when a wireless/LAN user connects to Internet through this router. No matter what the purpose of the wireless/LAN client is, he/she will be forced into the URL configured here while trying to access into the Internet or the desired web page through this router.
To configure the profile, click any index number link to open the following page. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Check the box to enable this function. Comments Enter a brief comment to explain such web portal profile. Welcome message Enter words or sentences here. The message will be displayed on the screen for several seconds when the wireless users access into the web page through the router. Default – Click it to restore the default content.
if AP mode is selected, only wireless LAN client shall access into Internet via web portal. WLAN 2.4GHz/5GHz - The advantage is that each SSID (1/2/3/4) for wireless network can be applied with different web portal separately. After finishing all the settings here, please click OK to save the configuration.
3.3 Central AP Management Such menu allows you to configure VigorAP device to be managed by Vigor router. 3.3.1 General Setup Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable AP Management Check the box to enable the function of AP Management (APM). Enable Auto Provision VigorAP 902 can be controlled under Central AP Management in Vigor2860 series.
3.3.2 APM Log This page will display log information related to wireless stations connected to VigorAP 902 and central AP management. Such information also will be delivered to Vigor router (e.g., Vigor2860 or Vigor2925 series) and be shown on Central AP Management>>Event Log of Vigor router. 3.3.3 Function Support List Click the Client tab to list the AP management functions that the Access Points support under different firmware versions.
clients, to apply the AP Load Balancing to the multiple APs will manage wireless traffic with smooth flow and enhanced efficiency. 3.3.4 Overload Management Load Balance can help to distribute the traffic for all of the access points (e.g., VigorAP 902) registered to Vigor router. Thus, the bandwidth will not be occupied by certain access points. However, traffic overload might be occurred if too many wireless stations connected to VigorAP 902 for data incoming and outgoing.
Add Add a new MAC address into the White List/Black List. Delete Delete the selected MAC address in the White List/Black List. Edit Edit the selected MAC address in the White List/Black List. Cancel Give up the configuration. 3.3.5 Status of Settings Load Balance can help to distribute the traffic for all of the access points (e.g., VigorAP 902s) registered to Vigor 2860 or Vigor2925 series. This web page displays the settings related to Load Balance for VigorAP 902.
3.4 General Concepts for Wireless LAN (2.4GHz/5GHz) VigorAP 902 is a highly integrated wireless local area network (WLAN) for 5 GHz 802.11ac or 2.4/5 GHz 802.11n WLAN applications. It supports channel operations of 20/40 MHz at 2.4 GHz and 20/40/80 MHz at 5 GHz. VigorAP 902 can support data rates up to 867 MBps in 802.11ac 80 MHz channels.
It is the simplest way to build connection between wireless network clients and VigorAP 902. Users do not need to select any encryption mode and type any long encryption passphrase to setup a wireless client every time. He/she only needs to press a button on wireless client, and WPS will connect for client and VigorAP 902 automatically. Note: Such function is available for the wireless station with WPS supported.
3.5 Wireless LAN (2.4GHz) Settings for AP Mode When you choose AP as the operation mode, the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup, Security, Access Control, WPS, Advanced Setting, AP Discovery, WMM Configuration, Bandwidth Management, Airtime Fairness, Station Control, Roaming, Band Steering and Station List. Note: The Wireless LAN (2.4GHz) settings will be changed according to the Operation Mode selected in section 3.1.
3.5.1 General Setup By clicking the General Setup, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the SSID and the wireless channel. Please refer to the following figure for more information. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function. Enable Client Limit Check the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations which try to connect Internet through Vigor device. The number you can set is from 3 to 64.
please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you. Extension Channel With 802.11n, there is one option to double the bandwidth per channel. The available extension channel options will be varied according to the Channel selected above. Configure the extension channel you want. Enable 2 Subnet (Simulate 2 APs) Check the box to enable the function for two independent subnets. Once you enable this function, LAN-A and LAN-B would be independent.
3.5.2 Security This page allows you to set security with different modes for SSID 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. After configuring the correct settings, please click OK to save and invoke it. By clicking the Security Settings, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Mode There are several modes provided for you to choose. Disable - The encryption mechanism is turned off.
authentication. It enables centralized remote access authentication for network management. The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key, which either PSK (Pre-Shared Key) entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802.1x authentication. Select WPA, WPA2 or Auto as WPA mode. WPA/802.
Such feature is available for WEP/802.1x mode. Click the link of RADIUS Server to access into the following page for more settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Use internal RADIUS Server There is a RADIUS server built in VigorAP 902 which is used to authenticate the wireless client connecting to the access point. Check this box to use the internal RADIUS server for wireless security.
3.5.3 Access Control For additional security of wireless access, the Access Control facility allows you to restrict the network access right by controlling the wireless LAN MAC address of client. Only the valid MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface. By clicking the Access Control, a new web page will appear, as depicted below, so that you could edit the clients' MAC addresses to control their access rights (deny or allow).
Backup Click it to store the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) on this page as a file. Restore Click it to restore the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) from an existed file. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. 3.5.4 WPS Open Wireless LAN>>WPS to configure the corresponding settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable WPS Check this box to enable WPS setting.
is in progress. It will return to normal condition after two minutes. (You need to setup WPS within two minutes). 3.5.5 Advanced Setting This page is to determine which algorithm will be selected for wireless transmission rate. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Channel Width 20 MHz- the device will use 20MHz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations.
Antenna VigorAP can be attached with two antennas to have good data transmission via wireless connection. However, if you have only one antenna attached, please choose 1T1R. Tx Power The default setting is the maximum (100%). Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless. Rate Adaptation Algorithm Wireless transmission rate is adapted dynamically. Usually, performance of “new” algorithm is better than “old”. Fragment Length Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio.
No matter such function is enabled or disabled, clients using WLAN 2.4GHz and 5GHz can communicate for each other if Isolate Member (in Wireless LAN>>General Setup) is NOT enabled for such SSID. Yet, if the function of Isolate Member (in Wireless LAN>>General Setup) is enabled for such SSID, clients using WLAN 2.4GHz and 5GHz will be unable to communicate with each other. Isolate members with IP The default setting is “Disable”.
3.5.6 AP Discovery VigorAP 902 can scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood. Based on the scanning result, users will know which channel is clean for usage. Also, it can be used to facilitate finding an AP for a WDS link. Notice that during the scanning process (about 5 seconds), no client is allowed to connect to Vigor. This page is used to scan the existence of the APs on the wireless LAN. Please click Scan to discover all the connected APs.
Ch. Width Display the channel width that the scanned AP used. Scan It is used to discover all the connected AP. The results will be shown on the box above this button Channel Statistics It displays the statistics for the channels used by APs.
3.5.7 WMM Configuration WMM is an abbreviation of Wi-Fi Multimedia. It defines the priority levels for four access categories derived from 802.1d (prioritization tabs). The categories are designed with specific types of traffic, voice, video, best effort and low priority data. There are four accessing categories - AC_BE , AC_BK, AC_VI and AC_VO for WMM.
Txop It means transmission opportunity. For WMM categories of AC_VI and AC_VO that need higher priorities in data transmission, please set greater value for them to get highest transmission opportunity. Specify the value ranging from 0 to 65535. ACM It is an abbreviation of Admission control Mandatory. It can restrict stations from using specific category class if it is checked. Note: VigorAP 902 provides standard WMM configuration in the web page.
3.5.8 Bandwidth Management The downstream or upstream from FTP, HTTP or some P2P applications will occupy large of bandwidth and affect the applications for other programs. Please use Bandwidth Management to make the bandwidth usage more efficient. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description SSID Display the specific SSID name. Enable Check this box to enable the bandwidth management for clients.
3.5.9 Airtime Fairness Airtime fairness is essential in wireless networks that must support critical enterprise applications. Most of the applications are either symmetric or require more downlink than uplink capacity; telephony and email send the same amount of data in each direction, while video streaming and web surfing involve more traffic sent from access points to clients than the other way around. This is essential for ensuring predictable performance and quality-of-service, as well as allowing 802.
It is similar to automatic Bandwidth Limit. The dynamic bandwidth limit of each station depends on instant active station number and airtime assignment. Please note that Airtime Fairness of 2.4GHz and 5GHz are independent. But stations of different SSIDs function together, because they all use the same wireless channel. IN SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTS, this function can reduce the bad influence of slow wireless devices and improve the overall wireless performance. Suitable environment: (1) Many wireless stations.
Note: Airtime Fairness function and Bandwidth Limit function should be mutually exclusive. So their webs have extra actions to ensure these two functions are not enabled simultaneously. 3.5.10 Station Control Station Control is used to specify the duration for the wireless client to connect and reconnect VigorAP. If such function is not enabled, the wireless client can connect VigorAP until it shuts down. Such feature is especially useful for free Wi-Fi service.
Control List such SSID will be listed on Station Control List. After finishing all the settings here, please click OK to save the configuration. 3.5.11 Roaming The network signal for a single wireless access point might be limited by its coverage range. Therefore, if you want to expand the wireless network in a large exhibition with a quick method, you can install multiple access points with enabling the Roaming feature for each AP to reach the purpose of expanding wireless signals seamlessly.
over) is detected by VigorAP 902, VigorAP 902 will terminate the network connection for that wireless station. Later, the wireless station can connect to the adjacent AP (with better RSSI). With Adjacent AP RSSI over – Specify a value as a threshold. Fast Roaming (WPA2/802.1x) Enable – Check the box to enable fast roaming configuration. PMK Cache Period - Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK (Pairwise master key) cache.
3.5.12 Band Steering Band Steering detects if the wireless clients are capable of 5GHz operation, and steers them to that frequency. It helps to leave 2.4GHz band available for legacy clients, and improves users experience by reducing channel utilization. If dual-band is detected, the AP will let the wireless client connect to less congested wireless LAN, such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion. Note: To make Band Steering work successfully, SSID and security on 2.
Open Wireless LAN (2.4GHz)>>Band Steering to get the following web page: Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Band Steering If it is enabled, VigorAP will detect if the wireless client is capable of dual-band or not within the time limit. Check Time…. – If the wireless station does not have the capability of 5GHz network connection, the system shall wait and check for several seconds (15 seconds, in default) to make the 2.4GHz network connection.
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How to Use Band Steering? 1. Open Wireless LAN(2.4GHz)>>Band Steering. 2. Check the box of Enable Band Steering and use the default value (15) for check time setting. 3. Click OK to save the settings. 4. Open Wireless LAN (2.4GHz)>>General Setup and Wireless LAN (5GHz)>> General Setup. Configure SSID as ap902-BandSteering for both pages. Click OK to save the settings. Same value for 2.
5. Open Wireless LAN (2.4GHz)>>Security and Wireless LAN (5GHz)>>Security. Configure Security as 12345678 for both pages. Click OK to save the settings. Same value for 2.4GHz and 5GHz 6. Now, VigorAP 902 will let the wireless clients connect to less congested wireless LAN, such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion.
3.5.13 Station List Station List provides the knowledge of connecting wireless clients now along with its status code. Each tab (general, advanced, control, neighbor) will display different status information (including MAC address, Vendor, SSID, Auth, Encrypt, Tx/Rx Rate, Hostname, RSSI, Link Speed, BW, PSM, WMM, PHMd, MCS, Connection Time, Reconnection Time, Approx. Distance, Visit Time, and so on). General Display general information (e.g., MAC Address, SSID, Auth, Encrypt, TX/RX Rate) for the station.
Add Click this button to add current typed MAC address into Access Control. Advanced Display more information (e.g., AID, PSM, WMM, RSSI PhMd, BW, MCS, Rate) for the station. Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations. Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations.
3.6 Wireless LAN (2.4GHz) Settings for Station-Infrastructure Mode When you choose Station-Infrastructure as the operation mode, the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup, Site Survey, Statistics and WPS. 3.6.1 General Setup By clicking the General Setup, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the wireless profile and choose proper mode. Please refer to the following figure for more information.
Add Click this button to add new wireless profiles. Delete Click this button to delete the selected wireless profile. Edit Click this button to modify the existing wireless profile. Connect Click this button to connect the wireless station to AP with the selected profile. Packet-OVERDRIVE This feature can enhance the performance in data transmission about 40%* more (by checking Tx Burst).
Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Profile Name Type a name for the new profile. SSID Type the name for such access point that can be used for connection by the stations. Network Type Infrastructure - In this mode, you can connect the access point to Ethernet device such as TV and Game player to enable the Ethernet device as a wireless station and join to a wireless network through an access point or AP router. 802.
power saving job. Power Saving Mode – Choose this item to get into the power saving status when there is no data passing through the access point. RTS Threshold Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2347. Fragment Threshold Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2346. Security Mode 802.
WEP WEP Key Length - WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a common encryption mode. It is safe enough for home and personal use. However, if you need higher level of security, please consider using WPA encryption (see next section). Some wireless clients do not support WPA, but support WEP. Therefore WEP is still a good choice for you if you have such kind of client in your network environment. WEP Key Entry Method - There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit.
3.6.2 Site Survey The page will list the access points nearby as VigorAP 902 is set to Station mode. You can select one of the access points to associate. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description SSID Display the SSID name of the access point. BSSID Display the BSSID (MAC Address) of the access point. RSSI Display the signal strength of the access point. RSSI is the abbreviation of Receive Signal Strength Indication. Channel Display the channel number of the access point.
3.6.3 Statistics This page displays the statistics for data transmission and receiving between the access point and the stations. Click Reset Counters if required. 3.6.4 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to build connection between wireless network clients and the access point. You don’t have to select encryption mode and input a long encryption passphrase every time when you need to setup a wireless client.
Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description SSID Display the SSID name of the access point. BSSID Display the BSSID (MAC Address) of the access point. RSSI Display the signal strength of the access point. RSSI is the abbreviation of Receive Signal Strength Indication. Ch. (Channel) Display the channel number of the access point. Auth. (Authentication) Display the authentication type of the access point. Encrypt (Encryption) Display the encryption setting of the access points.
3.7 Wireless LAN Settings for AP Bridge-Point to Point/AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point Mode When you choose AP Bridge-Point to Point or Point-to Multi-Point Mode as the operation mode, the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup, Advanced Setting, AP Discovery, and WDS AP Status. AP Bridge-Point to Point allows VigorAP 902 to connect to another VigorAP 902 which uses the same mode. All wired Ethernet clients of both VigorAP 902s will be connected together.
Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN. The default channel is 11. You may switch channel if the selected channel is under serious interference. If you have no idea of choosing the frequency, please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you. Extension Channel With 802.11n, there is one option to double the bandwidth per channel. The available extension channel options will be varied according to the Channel selected above.
3.7.2 Advanced Setting This page is to determine which algorithm will be selected for wireless transmission rate. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Channel Width 20 MHz - AP will use 20MHz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations. Auto 20/40 MHz - AP will scan for nearby wireless AP, and then use 20MHz if the number of AP is more than 10, or use 40MHz if it's not.
Antenna VigorAP can be attached with two antennas to have good data transmission via wireless connection. However, if you have only one antenna attached, please choose 1T1R. Tx Power The default setting is the maximum (100%). Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless. Rate Adaptation Algorithm Wireless transmission rate is adapted dynamically. Usually, performance of “new” algorithm is better than “old”. Fragment Length Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio.
the same manner as broadcast traffic. Isolate 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands The default setting is “Enable”. It means that the wireless client using 2.4GHz band is unable to connect to the wireless client with 5GHz band, and vice versa. For WLAN 2.4GHz and 5GHz set with the same SSID name: No matter such function is enabled or disabled, clients using WLAN 2.4GHz and 5GHz can communicate for each other if Isolate Member (in Wireless LAN>>General Setup) is NOT enabled for such SSID.
Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable AP Monitor Mode This function can help to get and keep the records of APs detected by such device after clicking Scan. In general, only the available AP will be detected by Vigor device. Once the AP is unavailable, it will be deleted from the Access Point List immediately. However, if such function is enabled, the system will keep the record of the AP (once detected by Vigor device) until it is available for Vigor device again.
type in the AP’s MAC address. AP’s SSID To specify an AP to be applied with WDS settings, you can specify MAC address or SSID for the AP. Here is the place that you can type the SSID of the AP. Add Type the MAC address of the AP. Click Add. Later, the MAC address of the AP will be added and be shown on WDS settings page.
3.7.4 WDS AP Status VigorAP 902 can display the status such as MAC address, physical mode, power save and bandwidth for the working AP connected with WDS. Click Refresh to get the newest information.
3.8 Wireless LAN (2.4GHz) Settings for AP Bridge-WDS Mode When you choose AP Bridge-WDS as the operation mode, the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup, Security, Access Control, WPS, Advanced Setting, AP Discovery, WDS AP Status, WMM Configuration, Bandwidth Management, Airtime Fairness, Station Control, Roaming, Band Steering and Station List. 3.8.1 General Setup By clicking the General Setup, a new web page will appear so that you could configure security, Tx Burst and choose proper mode.
Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function. Enable Client Limit Check the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations which try to connect Internet through VigorAP. The number you can set is from 3 to 64. Enable Client Limit per SSID Define the maximum number of wireless stations per SSID which try to connect to Internet through Vigor device. The number you can set is from 3 to 64.
Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN. You may switch channel if the selected channel is under serious interference. If you have no idea of choosing the frequency, please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you. Extension Channel With 802.11n, there is one option to double the bandwidth per channel. The available extension channel options will be varied according to the Channel selected above. Configure the extension channel you want.
from 3 to 4095. The VLAN ID is 0 by default, it means disabling the VLAN function for the SSID. Rate If you choose 11g Only, 11b Only or 11n Only, such feature will be available for you to set data transmission rate. PHY Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX mode. Each access point should be setup to the same PHY Mode for connecting with each other. Subnet Choose LAN-A or LAN-B for each SSID. Security Select Disabled, WEP, TKIP or AES as the encryption algorithm.
3.8.2 Security This page allows you to set security with different modes for SSID 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. After configuring the correct settings, please click OK to save and invoke it. By clicking the Security Settings, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Mode There are several modes provided for you to choose. Disable - The encryption mechanism is turned off.
authentication. It enables centralized remote access authentication for network management. The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key, which either PSK (Pre-Shared Key) entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802.1x authentication. Select WPA, WPA2 or Auto as WPA mode. WPA/802.
Such feature is available for WEP/802.1x mode. Click the link of RADIUS Server to access into the following page for more settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Use internal RADIUS Server There is a RADIUS server built in VigorAP 902 which is used to authenticate the wireless client connecting to the access point. Check this box to use the internal RADIUS server for wireless security.
3.8.3 Access Control For additional security of wireless access, the Access Control facility allows you to restrict the network access right by controlling the wireless LAN MAC address of client. Only the valid MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface. By clicking the Access Control, a new web page will appear, as depicted below, so that you could edit the clients' MAC addresses to control their access rights (deny or allow).
Backup Click it to store the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) on this page as a file. Restore Click it to restore the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) from an existed file. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. 3.8.4 WPS Open Wireless LAN>>WPS to configure the corresponding settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable WPS Check this box to enable WPS setting.
3.8.5 Advanced Setting This page is to determine which algorithm will be selected for wireless transmission rate. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Channel Width 20 MHz- the AP will use 20MHz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations. Auto 20/40 MHz– the AP will scan for nearby wireless AP, and then use 20MHz if the number of AP is more than 10, or use 40MHz if it's not.
Antenna VigorAP can be attached with two antennas to have good data transmission via wireless connection. However, if you have only one antenna attached, please choose 1T1R. Tx Power The default setting is the maximum (100%). Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless. Rate Adaptation Algorithm Wireless transmission rate is adapted dynamically. Usually, performance of “new” algorithm is better than “old”. Fragment Length Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio.
Disabling IGMP snooping will make multicast traffic treated in the same manner as broadcast traffic. Isolate 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands The default setting is “Enable”. It means that the wireless client using 2.4GHz band is unable to connect to the wireless client with 5GHz band, and vice versa. For WLAN 2.4GHz and 5GHz set with the same SSID name: No matter such function is enabled or disabled, clients using WLAN 2.
Each item is explained as follows: Item Description Enable AP Monitor Mode This function can help to get and keep the records of APs detected by such device after clicking Scan. In general, only the available AP will be detected by Vigor device. Once the AP is unavailable, it will be deleted from the Access Point List immediately. However, if such function is enabled, the system will keep the record of the AP (once detected by Vigor device) until it is available for Vigor device again.
type in the AP’s MAC address. AP’s SSID To specify an AP to be applied with WDS settings, you can specify MAC address or SSID for the AP. Here is the place that you can type the SSID of the AP. Add Click Repeater for the specified AP. Next, click Add. Later, the MAC address of the AP will be added and be shown on WDS settings page. 3.8.7 WDS AP Status VigorAP 902 can display the status such as MAC address, physical mode, power save and bandwidth for the working AP connected with WDS.
3.8.8 WMM Configuration WMM is an abbreviation of Wi-Fi Multimedia. It defines the priority levels for four access categories derived from 802.1d (prioritization tabs). The categories are designed with specific types of traffic, voice, video, best effort and low priority data. There are four accessing categories - AC_BE , AC_BK, AC_VI and AC_VO for WMM.
must be greater. Txop It means transmission opportunity. For WMM categories of AC_VI and AC_VO that need higher priorities in data transmission, please set greater value for them to get highest transmission opportunity. Specify the value ranging from 0 to 65535. ACM It is an abbreviation of Admission control Mandatory. It can restrict stations from using specific category class if it is checked. Note: VigorAP 902 provides standard WMM configuration in the web page.
3.8.9 Bandwidth Management The downstream or upstream from FTP, HTTP or some P2P applications will occupy large of bandwidth and affect the applications for other programs. Please use Bandwidth Management to make the bandwidth usage more efficient. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description SSID Display the specific SSID name. Enable Check this box to enable the bandwidth management for clients.
3.8.10 Airtime Fairness Airtime fairness is essential in wireless networks that must support critical enterprise applications. Most of the applications are either symmetric or require more downlink than uplink capacity; telephony and email send the same amount of data in each direction, while video streaming and web surfing involve more traffic sent from access points to clients than the other way around. This is essential for ensuring predictable performance and quality-of-service, as well as allowing 802.
It is similar to automatic Bandwidth Limit. The dynamic bandwidth limit of each station depends on instant active station number and airtime assignment. Please note that Airtime Fairness of 2.4GHz and 5GHz are independent. But stations of different SSIDs function together, because they all use the same wireless channel. IN SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTS, this function can reduce the bad influence of slow wireless devices and improve the overall wireless performance. Suitable environment: (1) Many wireless stations.
Note: Airtime Fairness function and Bandwidth Limit function should be mutually exclusive. So their webs have extra actions to ensure these two functions are not enabled simultaneously. 3.8.11 Station Control Station Control is used to specify the duration for the wireless client to connect and reconnect VigorAP. If such function is not enabled, the wireless client can connect VigorAP until it shuts down. Such feature is especially useful for free Wi-Fi service.
After finishing all the settings here, please click OK to save the configuration. 3.8.12 Roaming The network signal for a single wireless access point might be limited by its coverage range. Therefore, if you want to expand the wireless network in a large exhibition with a quick method, you can install multiple access points with enabling the Roaming feature for each AP to reach the purpose of expanding wireless signals seamlessly.
wireless station can connect to the adjacent AP (with better RSSI). With Adjacent AP RSSI over – Specify a value as a threshold. Fast Roaming (WPA2/802.1x) Enable – Check the box to enable fast roaming configuration. PMK Cache Period - Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK (Pairwise master key) cache. PMK Cache manages the list from the BSSIDs in the associated SSID with which it has pre-authenticated. Such feature is available for WPA2/802.1x mode.
3.8.13 Band Steering Band Steering detects if the wireless clients are capable of 5GHz operation, and steers them to that frequency. It helps to leave 2.4GHz band available for legacy clients, and improves users experience by reducing channel utilization. If dual-band is detected, the AP will let the wireless client connect to less congested wireless LAN, such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion. Note: To make Band Steering work successfully, SSID and security on 2.
Open Wireless LAN (2.4GHz)>>Band Steering to get the following web page: Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Band Steering If it is enabled, VigorAP will detect if the wireless client is capable of dual-band or not within the time limit. Check Time…. – If the wireless station does not have the capability of 5GHz network connection, the system shall wait and check for several seconds (15 seconds, in default) to make the 2.4GHz network connection.
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How to Use Band Steering? 1. Open Wireless LAN(2.4GHz)>>Band Steering. 2. Check the box of Enable Band Steering and use the default value (15) for check time setting. 3. Click OK to save the settings. 4. Open Wireless LAN (2.4GHz)>>General Setup and Wireless LAN (5GHz)>> General Setup. Configure SSID as ap902-BandSteering for both pages. Click OK to save the settings. Same value for 2.
5. Open Wireless LAN (2.4GHz)>>Security and Wireless LAN (5GHz)>>Security. Configure Security as 12345678 for both pages. Click OK to save the settings. Same value for 2.4GHz and 5GHz 6. Now, VigorAP 902 will let the wireless clients connect to less congested wireless LAN, such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion.
3.8.14 Station List Station List provides the knowledge of connecting wireless clients now along with its status code. General Display general information (e.g., MAC Address, SSID, Auth, Encrypt, TX/RX Rate) for the station. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description MAC Address Display the MAC Address for the connecting client. Hostname Display the host name of the connecting client. SSID Display the SSID that the wireless client connects to.
Advanced Display more information (e.g., AID, PSM, WMM, RSSI PhMd, BW, MCS, Rate) for the station. Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations. Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations.
3.9 Wireless LAN (2.4GHz) Settings for Universal Repeater Mode When you choose Universal Repeater as the operation mode, the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup, Security, Access Control, WPS, Advanced Setting, AP Discovery, Universal Repeater, WMM Configuration, Bandwidth Management, Airtime Fairness, Station Control, Roaming, Band Steering and Station List.
3.9.1 General Setup By clicking the General Setup, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the SSID and the wireless channel. Please refer to the following figure for more information. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function. Enable Client Limit Check the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations which try to connect Internet through VigorAP. The number you can set is from 3 to 64.
Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN. You may switch channel if the selected channel is under serious interference. If you have no idea of choosing the frequency, please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you. Rate If you choose 11g Only or 11b Only, such feature will be available for you to set data transmission rate. Extension Channel With 802.11n, there is one option to double the bandwidth per channel.
3.9.2 Security This page allows you to set security with different modes for SSID 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. After configuring the correct settings, please click OK to save and invoke it. By clicking the Security Settings, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Mode There are several modes provided for you to choose. Disable - The encryption mechanism is turned off.
authentication. It enables centralized remote access authentication for network management. The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key, which either PSK (Pre-Shared Key) entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802.1x authentication. Select WPA, WPA2 or Auto as WPA mode. WPA/802.
Such feature is available for WEP/802.1x mode. Click the link of RADIUS Server to access into the following page for more settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Use internal RADIUS Server There is a RADIUS server built in VigorAP 902 which is used to authenticate the wireless client connecting to the access point. Check this box to use the internal RADIUS server for wireless security.
3.9.3 Access Control For additional security of wireless access, the Access Control facility allows you to restrict the network access right by controlling the wireless LAN MAC address of client. Only the valid MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface. By clicking the Access Control, a new web page will appear, as depicted below, so that you could edit the clients' MAC addresses to control their access rights (deny or allow).
Backup Click it to store the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) on this page as a file. Restore Click it to restore the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) from an existed file. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. 3.9.4 WPS Open Wireless LAN>>WPS to configure the corresponding settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable WPS Check this box to enable WPS setting.
3.9.5 Advanced Setting This page is to determine which algorithm will be selected for wireless transmission rate. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Channel Width 20 MHz- the AP will use 20MHz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations. Auto 20/40 MHz– the AP will scan for nearby wireless AP, and then use 20MHz if the number of AP is more than 10, or use 40MHz if it's not.
Antenna VigorAP can be attached with two antennas to have good data transmission via wireless connection. However, if you have only one antenna attached, please choose 1T1R. Tx Power The default setting is the maximum (100%). Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless. Rate Adaptation Algorithm Wireless transmission rate is adapted dynamically. Usually, performance of “new” algorithm is better than “old”. Fragment Length Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio.
Disabling IGMP snooping will make multicast traffic treated in the same manner as broadcast traffic. Isolate 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands The default setting is “Enable”. It means that the wireless client using 2.4GHz band is unable to connect to the wireless client with 5GHz band, and vice versa. For WLAN 2.4GHz and 5GHz set with the same SSID name: No matter such function is enabled or disabled, clients using WLAN 2.
3.9.6 AP Discovery VigorAP 902 can scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood. Based on the scanning result, users will know which channel is clean for usage. Also, it can be used to facilitate finding an AP for a WDS link. Notice that during the scanning process (about 5 seconds), no client is allowed to connect to Vigor. This page is used to scan the existence of the APs on the wireless LAN. Yet, only the AP which is in the same channel of VigorAP 902 can be found.
used. Ch. Width Display the channel width that the scanned AP used. Scan It is used to discover all the connected AP. The results will be shown on the box above this button Channel Interference Access into Diagnostics>>Interference Monitor for viewing interference status for channel(s). AP’s MAC Address If you want the found AP applying the WDS settings, please type in the AP’s MAC address. AP’s SSID To specify an AP to be applied with WDS settings, you can specify MAC address or SSID for the AP.
3.9.7 Universal Repeater The access point can act as a wireless repeater; it can be Station and AP at the same time. It can use Station function to connect to a Root AP and use AP function to serve all wireless stations within its coverage. Note: While using Universal Repeater mode, the access point will demodulate the received signal. Please check if this signal is noise for the operating network, then have the signal modulated and amplified again.
Encryption Type for Open/Shared This option is available when Open/Shared is selected as Security Mode. Choose None to disable the WEP Encryption. Data sent to the AP will not be encrypted. To enable WEP encryption for data transmission, please choose WEP. WEP Keys - Four keys can be entered here, but only one key can be selected at a time.
IP setting of the router. Such IP shall be different with any IP address in LAN. Subnet Mask This setting is available when Static IP is selected as Connection Type. Type the subnet mask setting which shall be the same as the one configured in LAN for the router. Default Gateway This setting is available when Static IP is selected as Connection Type. Type the gateway setting which shall be the same as the default gateway configured in LAN for the router.
will influence the time delay for WMM accessing categories. For the service of voice or video image, please set small value for AC_VI and AC_VO categories For the service of e-mail or web browsing, please set large value for AC_BE and AC_BK categories. CWMin/CWMax CWMin means contention Window-Min and CWMax means contention Window-Max. Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15. Be aware that CWMax value must be greater than CWMin or equals to CWMin value.
3.9.9 Bandwidth Management The downstream or upstream from FTP, HTTP or some P2P applications will occupy large of bandwidth and affect the applications for other programs. Please use Bandwidth Management to make the bandwidth usage more efficient. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description SSID Display the specific SSID name. Enable Check this box to enable the bandwidth management for clients.
3.9.10 Airtime Fairness Airtime fairness is essential in wireless networks that must support critical enterprise applications. Most of the applications are either symmetric or require more downlink than uplink capacity; telephony and email send the same amount of data in each direction, while video streaming and web surfing involve more traffic sent from access points to clients than the other way around. This is essential for ensuring predictable performance and quality-of-service, as well as allowing 802.
It is similar to automatic Bandwidth Limit. The dynamic bandwidth limit of each station depends on instant active station number and airtime assignment. Please note that Airtime Fairness of 2.4GHz and 5GHz are independent. But stations of different SSIDs function together, because they all use the same wireless channel. IN SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTS, this function can reduce the bad influence of slow wireless devices and improve the overall wireless performance. Suitable environment: (1) Many wireless stations.
Note: Airtime Fairness function and Bandwidth Limit function should be mutually exclusive. So their webs have extra actions to ensure these two functions are not enabled simultaneously. 3.9.11 Station Control Station Control is used to specify the duration for the wireless client to connect and reconnect VigorAP. If such function is not enabled, the wireless client can connect VigorAP until it shuts down. Such feature is especially useful for free Wi-Fi service.
After finishing all the settings here, please click OK to save the configuration. 3.9.12 Roaming The network signal for a single wireless access point might be limited by its coverage range. Therefore, if you want to expand the wireless network in a large exhibition with a quick method, you can install multiple access points with enabling the Roaming feature for each AP to reach the purpose of expanding wireless signals seamlessly.
RSSI). With Adjacent AP RSSI over – Specify a value as a threshold. Fast Roaming (WPA2/802.1x) Enable – Check the box to enable fast roaming configuration. PMK Cache Period - Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK (Pairwise master key) cache. PMK Cache manages the list from the BSSIDs in the associated SSID with which it has pre-authenticated. Such feature is available for WPA2/802.1 mode. Pre-Authentication - Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster.
3.9.13 Band Steering Band Steering detects if the wireless clients are capable of 5GHz operation, and steers them to that frequency. It helps to leave 2.4GHz band available for legacy clients, and improves users experience by reducing channel utilization. If dual-band is detected, the AP will let the wireless client connect to less congested wireless LAN, such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion. Note: To make Band Steering work successfully, SSID and security on 2.
Open Wireless LAN (2.4GHz)>>Band Steering to get the following web page: Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Band Steering If it is enabled, VigorAP will detect if the wireless client is capable of dual-band or not within the time limit. Check Time…. – If the wireless station does not have the capability of 5GHz network connection, the system shall wait and check for several seconds (15 seconds, in default) to make the 2.4GHz network connection.
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How to Use Band Steering? 1. Open Wireless LAN(2.4GHz)>>Band Steering. 2. Check the box of Enable Band Steering and use the default value (15) for check time setting. 3. Click OK to save the settings. 4. Open Wireless LAN (2.4GHz)>>General Setup and Wireless LAN (5GHz)>> General Setup. Configure SSID as ap902-BandSteering for both pages. Click OK to save the settings. Same value for 2.
5. Open Wireless LAN (2.4GHz)>>Security and Wireless LAN (5GHz)>>Security. Configure Security as 12345678 for both pages. Click OK to save the settings. Same value for 2.4GHz and 5GHz 6. Now, VigorAP 902 will let the wireless clients connect to less congested wireless LAN, such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion.
3.9.14 Station List Station List provides the knowledge of connecting wireless clients now along with its status code. Each tab (general, advanced, control, neighbor) will display different status information (including MAC address, Vendor, SSID, Auth, Encrypt, Tx/Rx Rate, Hostname, RSSI, Link Speed, BW, PSM, WMM, PHMd, MCS, Connection Time, Reconnection Time, Approx. Distance, Visit Time, and so on). General Display general information (e.g., MAC Address, SSID, Auth, Encrypt, TX/RX Rate) for the station.
Add Click this button to add current typed MAC address into Access Control. Advanced Display more information (e.g., AID, PSM, WMM, RSSI PhMd, BW, MCS, Rate) for the station. Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations. Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations.
3.10 Wireless LAN (5GHz) Settings for AP Mode The AP mode allows wireless clients to connect to access point and exchange data with the devices connected to the wired network. 3.10.1 General Setup By clicking the General Setup, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the general settings for wireless connection such as specifying SSID, selecting the wireless channel, isolate LAN connection and so on.
Enable Client Limit per SSID Define the maximum number of wireless stations per SSID which try to connect to Internet through Vigor device. The number you can set is from 3 to 64. Mode At present, VigorAP 902 can be connected by 11a only, 11n only (5G), Mixed (11a+11n) and Mixed (11a+11n+ac) stations simultaneously. Simply choose Mixed (11a+11n+ac) mode. Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN. The default channel is 36.
3.10.2 Security This page allows you to set security with different modes for SSID 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. After configuring the correct settings, please click OK to save and invoke it. By clicking the Security Settings, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Mode There are several modes provided for you to choose. Disable - The encryption mechanism is turned off.
authentication. It enables centralized remote access authentication for network management. The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key, which either PSK (Pre-Shared Key) entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802.1x authentication. Select WPA, WPA2 or Auto as WPA mode. WPA/802.
selected at a time. The format of WEP Key is restricted to 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal values in 64-bit encryption level, or restricted to 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal values in 128-bit encryption level. The allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33(!) to 126(~) except '#' and ','. Such feature is available for WEP mode. 802.1x WEP Disable - Disable the WEP Encryption. Data sent to the AP will not be encrypted. Enable - Enable the WEP Encryption.
3.10.3 Access Control For additional security of wireless access, the Access Control facility allows you to restrict the network access right by controlling the wireless LAN MAC address of client. Only the valid MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface. By clicking the Access Control, a new web page will appear, as depicted below, so that you could edit the clients' MAC addresses to control their access rights (deny or allow).
Filter table) on this page as a file. Restore Click it to restore the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) from an existed file. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. 3.10.4 WPS Open Wireless LAN>>WPS to configure the corresponding settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable WPS Check this box to enable WPS setting. WPS Configured Display related system information for WPS.
3.10.5 Advanced Setting This page is to determine which algorithm will be selected for wireless transmission rate. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Channel Width 20 MHz- the AP will use 20MHz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations. Auto 20/40 MHz– the AP will scan for nearby wireless AP, and then use 20MHz if the number of AP is more than 10, or use 40MHz if it's not.
Country Code VigorAP broadcasts country codes by following the 802.11d standard. However, some wireless stations will detect / scan the country code to prevent conflict occurred. If conflict is detected, wireless station will be warned and is unable to make network connection. Therefore, changing the country code to ensure successful network connection will be necessary for some clients.
3.10.6 AP Discovery VigorAP 902 can scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood. Based on the scanning result, users will know which channel is clean for usage. Also, it can be used to facilitate finding an AP for a WDS link. Notice that during the scanning process (about 5 seconds), no client is allowed to connect to Vigor. This page is used to scan the existence of the APs on the wireless LAN. Please click Scan to discover all the connected APs.
shown on the box above this button Channel Interference Access into Diagnostics>>Interference Monitor for viewing interference status for channel(s).
3.10.7 WMM Configuration WMM is an abbreviation of Wi-Fi Multimedia. It defines the priority levels for four access categories derived from 802.1d (prioritization tabs). The categories are designed with specific types of traffic, voice, video, best effort and low priority data. There are four accessing categories - AC_BE , AC_BK, AC_VI and AC_VO for WMM.
Txop It means transmission opportunity. For WMM categories of AC_VI and AC_VO that need higher priorities in data transmission, please set greater value for them to get highest transmission opportunity. Specify the value ranging from 0 to 65535. ACM It is an abbreviation of Admission control Mandatory. It can restrict stations from using specific category class if it is checked. Note: VigorAP 902 provides standard WMM configuration in the web page.
Download Limit Define the maximum speed of the data downloading which will be used for the wireless station connecting to VigorAP with the same SSID. Use the drop down list to choose the rate. If you choose User defined, you have to specify the rate manually. Auto Adjustment Check this box to have the bandwidth limit determined by the system automatically.
To improve this problem, Airtime Fairness is added for VigorAP 902. Airtime Fairness function tries to assign similar airtime to each station (A/B) by controlling TX traffic. In the following figure, Station B(11n) has higher probability to send data packets than Station A(11g). By this way, Station B(fast rate) gets fair airtime and it's speed is not limited by Station A(slow rate). It is similar to automatic Bandwidth Limit.
Triggering Client Number –Airtime Fairness function is applied only when active station number achieves this number. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. Note: Airtime Fairness function and Bandwidth Limit function should be mutually exclusive. So their webs have extra actions to ensure these two functions are not enabled simultaneously. 3.10.
Display All Station Control List All the wireless stations connecting to Vigor router by using such SSID will be listed on Station Control List. After finishing all the settings here, please click OK to save the configuration. 3.10.11 Roaming The network signal for a single wireless access point might be limited by its coverage range.
station is below such value, VigorAP 902 will terminate the network connection for that wireless station. Disable RSSI Requirement - If it is selected, VigorAP will not terminate the network connection based on RSSI. Strictly Minimum RSSI - VigorAP uses RSSI (received signal strength indicator) to decide to terminate the network connection of wireless station. When the signal strength is below the value (dBm) set here, VigorAP 902 will terminate the network connection for that wireless station.
3.10.12 Station List Station List provides the knowledge of connecting wireless clients now along with its status code. Each tab (general, advanced, control, neighbor) will display different status information (including MAC address, Vendor, SSID, Auth, Encrypt, Tx/Rx Rate, Hostname, RSSI, Link Speed, BW, PSM, WMM, PHMd, MCS, Connection Time, Reconnection Time, Approx. Distance, Visit Time, and so on). General Display general information (e.g., MAC Address, SSID, Auth, Encrypt, TX/RX Rate) for the station.
Display more information (e.g., AID, PSM, WMM, RSSI PhMd, BW, MCS, Rate) for the station. Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations. Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations.
3.11 Wireless LAN (5GHz) Settings for AP Bridge-WDS Mode When you choose AP Bridge-WDS as the operation mode, the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup, Security, Access Control, WPS, Advanced Setting, AP Discovery, WDS AP Status, WMM Configuration, Bandwidth Management, Airtime Fairness, Station Control, Roaming, Band Steering and Station List. 3.11.1 General Setup By clicking the General Setup, a new web page will appear so that you could configure security, Tx Burst and choose proper mode.
Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function. Enable Client Limit Check the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations which try to connect Internet through VigorAP. The number you can set is from 3 to 64. Enable Client Limit per SSID Define the maximum number of wireless stations per SSID which try to connect to Internet through Vigor device. The number you can set is from 3 to 64.
Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN. You may switch channel if the selected channel is under serious interference. If you have no idea of choosing the frequency, please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you. Enable 2 Subnet Check the box to enable the function for two independent subnets. Once you enable this function, LAN-A and LAN-B would be independent. Next, you can connect one router in LAN-A, and another router in LAN-B.
connecting with each other. Security Select WEP, TKIP or AES as the encryption algorithm. Type 8~63 ASCII characters, such as 012345678..(or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x, such as "0x321253abcde..."). Peer MAC Address Type the peer MAC address for the access point that VigorAP 902 connects to. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings.
3.11.2 Security This page allows you to set security with different modes for SSID 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. After configuring the correct settings, please click OK to save and invoke it. By clicking the Security Settings, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Mode There are several modes provided for you to choose. Disable - The encryption mechanism is turned off.
authentication. It enables centralized remote access authentication for network management. The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key, which either PSK (Pre-Shared Key) entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802.1x authentication. Select WPA, WPA2 or Auto as WPA mode. WPA/802.
Such feature is available for WEP/802.1x mode. Click the link of RADIUS Server to access into the following page for more settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Use internal RADIUS Server There is a RADIUS server built in VigorAP 902 which is used to authenticate the wireless client connecting to the access point. Check this box to use the internal RADIUS server for wireless security.
3.11.3 Access Control For additional security of wireless access, the Access Control facility allows you to restrict the network access right by controlling the wireless LAN MAC address of client. Only the valid MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface. By clicking the Access Control, a new web page will appear, as depicted below, so that you could edit the clients' MAC addresses to control their access rights (deny or allow).
Filter table) on this page as a file. Restore Click it to restore the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) from an existed file. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. 3.11.4 WPS Open Wireless LAN>>WPS to configure the corresponding settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable WPS Check this box to enable WPS setting. WPS Configured Display related system information for WPS.
3.11.5 Advanced Setting This page is to determine which algorithm will be selected for wireless transmission rate. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Channel Width 20 MHz- the AP will use 20MHz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations. Auto 20/40 MHz– the AP will scan for nearby wireless AP, and then use 20MHz if the number of AP is more than 10, or use 40MHz if it's not.
value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2347. Country Code VigorAP broadcasts country codes by following the 802.11d standard. However, some wireless stations will detect / scan the country code to prevent conflict occurred. If conflict is detected, wireless station will be warned and is unable to make network connection. Therefore, changing the country code to ensure successful network connection will be necessary for some clients.
Each item is explained as follows: Item Description Enable AP Monitor Mode This function can help to get and keep the records of APs detected by such device after clicking Scan. In general, only the available AP will be detected by Vigor device. Once the AP is unavailable, it will be deleted from the Access Point List immediately. However, if such function is enabled, the system will keep the record of the AP (once detected by Vigor device) until it is available for Vigor device again.
3.11.7 WDS AP Status VigorAP 902 can display the status such as MAC address, physical mode, power save and bandwidth for the working AP connected with WDS. Click Refresh to get the newest information.
3.11.8 WMM Configuration WMM is an abbreviation of Wi-Fi Multimedia. It defines the priority levels for four access categories derived from 802.1d (prioritization tabs). The categories are designed with specific types of traffic, voice, video, best effort and low priority data. There are four accessing categories - AC_BE , AC_BK, AC_VI and AC_VO for WMM.
transmission, please set greater value for them to get highest transmission opportunity. Specify the value ranging from 0 to 65535. ACM It is an abbreviation of Admission control Mandatory. It can restrict stations from using specific category class if it is checked. Note: VigorAP 902 provides standard WMM configuration in the web page. If you want to modify the parameters, please refer to the Wi-Fi WMM standard specification.
3.11.9 Bandwidth Management The downstream or upstream from FTP, HTTP or some P2P applications will occupy large of bandwidth and affect the applications for other programs. Please use Bandwidth Management to make the bandwidth usage more efficient. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description SSID Display the specific SSID name. Enable Check this box to enable the bandwidth management for clients.
3.11.10 Airtime Fairness Airtime fairness is essential in wireless networks that must support critical enterprise applications. Most of the applications are either symmetric or require more downlink than uplink capacity; telephony and email send the same amount of data in each direction, while video streaming and web surfing involve more traffic sent from access points to clients than the other way around.
It is similar to automatic Bandwidth Limit. The dynamic bandwidth limit of each station depends on instant active station number and airtime assignment. Please note that Airtime Fairness of 2.4GHz and 5GHz are independent. But stations of different SSIDs function together, because they all use the same wireless channel. IN SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTS, this function can reduce the bad influence of slow wireless devices and improve the overall wireless performance. Suitable environment: (1) Many wireless stations.
Note: Airtime Fairness function and Bandwidth Limit function should be mutually exclusive. So their webs have extra actions to ensure these two functions are not enabled simultaneously. 3.11.11 Station Control Station Control is used to specify the duration for the wireless client to connect and reconnect VigorAP. If such function is not enabled, the wireless client can connect VigorAP until it shuts down. Such feature is especially useful for free Wi-Fi service.
After finishing all the settings here, please click OK to save the configuration. 3.11.12 Roaming The network signal for a single wireless access point might be limited by its coverage range. Therefore, if you want to expand the wireless network in a large exhibition with a quick method, you can install multiple access points with enabling the Roaming feature for each AP to reach the purpose of expanding wireless signals seamlessly.
wireless station can connect to the adjacent AP (with better RSSI). With Adjacent AP RSSI over – Specify a value as a threshold. Fast Roaming (WPA2/802.1x) Enable – Check the box to enable fast roaming configuration. PMK Cache Period - Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK (Pairwise master key) cache. PMK Cache manages the list from the BSSIDs in the associated SSID with which it has pre-authenticated. Such feature is available for WPA2/802.1 mode.
3.11.13 Station List Station List provides the knowledge of connecting wireless clients now along with its status code. General Display general information (e.g., MAC Address, SSID, Auth, Encrypt, TX/RX Rate) for the station. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description MAC Address Display the MAC Address for the connecting client. Hostname Display the host name of the connecting client. SSID Display the SSID that the wireless client connects to.
Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations. Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations.
3.12 Wireless LAN (5GHz) Settings for Universal Repeater Mode 3.12.1 General Setup By clicking the General Setup, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the SSID and the wireless channel. Please refer to the following figure for more information. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function.
you can set is from 3 to 64. Enable Client Limit per SSID Define the maximum number of wireless stations per SSID which try to connect to Internet through Vigor device. The number you can set is from 3 to 64. Mode At present, VigorAP 902 can connect to 11a only, 11n only, Mixed (11a+11n) and Mixed (11a+11n+11ac). Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN. You may switch channel if the selected channel is under serious interference.
disabling the VLAN function for the SSID. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings.
3.12.2 Security This page allows you to set security with different modes for SSID 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. After configuring the correct settings, please click OK to save and invoke it. By clicking the Security Settings, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Mode There are several modes provided for you to choose. Disable - The encryption mechanism is turned off.
station and the RADIUS server in performing mutual authentication. It enables centralized remote access authentication for network management. The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key, which either PSK (Pre-Shared Key) entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802.1x authentication. Select WPA, WPA2 or Auto as WPA mode. WPA/802.
Enable - Enable the WEP Encryption. Such feature is available for WEP/802.1x mode. Click the link of RADIUS Server to access into the following page for more settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Use internal RADIUS Server There is a RADIUS server built in VigorAP 902 which is used to authenticate the wireless client connecting to the access point. Check this box to use the internal RADIUS server for wireless security.
3.12.3 Access Control For additional security of wireless access, the Access Control facility allows you to restrict the network access right by controlling the wireless LAN MAC address of client. Only the valid MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface. By clicking the Access Control, a new web page will appear, as depicted below, so that you could edit the clients' MAC addresses to control their access rights (deny or allow).
Backup Click it to store the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) on this page as a file. Restore Click it to restore the settings (MAC addresses on MAC Address Filter table) from an existed file. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. 3.12.4 WPS Open Wireless LAN>>WPS to configure the corresponding settings. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable WPS Check this box to enable WPS setting.
3.12.5 Advanced Setting This page is to determine which algorithm will be selected for wireless transmission rate. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Channel Width 20 MHz- the AP will use 20MHz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations. Auto 20/40 MHz–the AP will scan for nearby wireless AP, and then use 20MHz if the number of AP is more than 10, or use 40MHz if it's not.
value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2347. Country Code VigorAP broadcasts country codes by following the 802.11d standard. However, some wireless stations will detect / scan the country code to prevent conflict occurred. If conflict is detected, wireless station will be warned and is unable to make network connection. Therefore, changing the country code to ensure successful network connection will be necessary for some clients.
Each item is explained as follows: Item Description Enable AP Monitor Mode This function can help to get and keep the records of APs detected by such device after clicking Scan. In general, only the available AP will be detected by Vigor device. Once the AP is unavailable, it will be deleted from the Access Point List immediately. However, if such function is enabled, the system will keep the record of the AP (once detected by Vigor device) until it is available for Vigor device again.
interference status for channel(s). AP’s MAC Address If you want the found AP applying the WDS settings, please type in the AP’s MAC address. AP’s SSID To specify an AP to be applied with WDS settings, you can specify MAC address or SSID for the AP. Here is the place that you can type the SSID of the AP. Select as Universal Repeater In Universal Repeater mode, WAN would work as station mode and the wireless AP can be selected as a universal repeater. Choose one of the wireless APs from the Scan list.
3.12.7 Universal Repeater The access point can act as a wireless repeater; it can be Station and AP at the same time. It can use Station function to connect to a Root AP and use AP function to serve all wireless stations within its coverage. Note: While using Universal Repeater mode, the access point will demodulate the received signal. Please check if this signal is noise for the operating network, then have the signal modulated and amplified again.
Encryption Type for Open/Shared This option is available when Open/Shared is selected as Security Mode. Choose None to disable the WEP Encryption. Data sent to the AP will not be encrypted. To enable WEP encryption for data transmission, please choose WEP. WEP Keys - Four keys can be entered here, but only one key can be selected at a time.
Subnet Mask This setting is available when Static IP is selected as Connection Type. Type the subnet mask setting which shall be the same as the one configured in LAN for VigorAP. Default Gateway This setting is available when Static IP is selected as Connection Type. Type the gateway setting which shall be the same as the default gateway configured in LAN for VigorAP. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. 3.12.
web browsing, please set large value for AC_BE and AC_BK categories. CWMin/CWMax CWMin means contention Window-Min and CWMax means contention Window-Max. Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15. Be aware that CWMax value must be greater than CWMin or equals to CWMin value. Both values will influence the time delay for WMM accessing categories. The difference between AC_VI and AC_VO categories must be smaller; however, the difference between AC_BE and AC_BK categories must be greater.
3.12.9 Bandwidth Management The downstream or upstream from FTP, HTTP or some P2P applications will occupy large of bandwidth and affect the applications for other programs. Please use Bandwidth Management to make the bandwidth usage more efficient. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description SSID Display the specific SSID name. Enable Check this box to enable the bandwidth management for clients.
3.12.10 Airtime Fairness Airtime fairness is essential in wireless networks that must support critical enterprise applications. Most of the applications are either symmetric or require more downlink than uplink capacity; telephony and email send the same amount of data in each direction, while video streaming and web surfing involve more traffic sent from access points to clients than the other way around.
It is similar to automatic Bandwidth Limit. The dynamic bandwidth limit of each station depends on instant active station number and airtime assignment. Please note that Airtime Fairness of 2.4GHz and 5GHz are independent. But stations of different SSIDs function together, because they all use the same wireless channel. IN SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTS, this function can reduce the bad influence of slow wireless devices and improve the overall wireless performance. Suitable environment: (1) Many wireless stations.
3.12.11 Station Control Station Control is used to specify the duration for the wireless client to connect and reconnect VigorAP. If such function is not enabled, the wireless client can connect VigorAP until it shuts down. Such feature is especially useful for free Wi-Fi service. For example, a coffee shop offers free Wi-Fi service for its guests for one hour every day. Then, the connection time can be set as “1 hour” and reconnection time can be set as “1 day”.
3.12.12 Roaming The network signal for a single wireless access point might be limited by its coverage range. Therefore, if you want to expand the wireless network in a large exhibition with a quick method, you can install multiple access points with enabling the Roaming feature for each AP to reach the purpose of expanding wireless signals seamlessly. These access points connecting for each other shall be verified by pre-authentication.
RSSI). With Adjacent AP RSSI over – Specify a value as a threshold. Fast Roaming (WPA2/802.1x) Enable – Check the box to enable fast roaming configuration. PMK Cache Period - Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK (Pairwise master key) cache. PMK Cache manages the list from the BSSIDs in the associated SSID with which it has pre-authenticated. Such feature is available for WPA2/802.1 mode. Pre-Authentication - Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster.
3.12.13 Station List Station List provides the knowledge of connecting wireless clients now along with its status code. Each tab (general, advanced, control, neighbor) will display different status information (including MAC address, Vendor, SSID, Auth, Encrypt, Tx/Rx Rate, Hostname, RSSI, Link Speed, BW, PSM, WMM, PHMd, MCS, Connection Time, Reconnection Time, Approx. Distance, Visit Time, and so on). General Display general information (e.g., MAC Address, SSID, Auth, Encrypt, TX/RX Rate) for the station.
Advanced Display more information (e.g., AID, PSM, WMM, RSSI PhMd, BW, MCS, Rate) for the station. Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations. Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations.
3.13 RADIUS Setting 3.13.1 RADIUS Server VigorAP 902 offers a built-in RADIUS server to authenticate the wireless client that tries to connect to VigorAP 902. The AP can accept the wireless connection authentication requested by wireless clients. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable RADIUS Server Check it to enable the internal RADIUS server. Authentication Type Let the user to choose the authentication method for RADIUS server.
Confirm Password – Retype the password to confirm it. Configure Add – Make a new user profile with the name and password specified on the left boxes. Cancel – Clear current settings for user profile. Delete Selected – Delete the selected user profile (s). Delete All – Delete all of the user profiles. Authentication Client This internal RADIUS server of VigorAP 902 can be treated as the external RADIUS server for other users.
3.13.2 Certificate Management When the local client and remote server are required to make certificate authentication (e.g., Radius EAP-TLS authentication) for wireless connection and avoiding the attack of MITM, a trusted root certificate authority (Root CA) will be used to authenticate the digital certificates offered by both ends. However, the procedure of applying digital certificate from a trusted root certificate authority is complicated and time-consuming.
less than 32 characters. Key Type At present, only RSA (an encryption algorithm) is supported by such device. Key Size To determine the size of a key to be authenticated, use the drop down list to specify the one you need. Apply to Web HTTPS VigorAP needs a certificate to access into Internet via Web HTTPS. Check this box to use the user-defined root CA certificate which will substitute for the original certificate applied by web HTTPS.
3.14 Applications Below shows the menu items for Applications. 3.14.1 Schedule The VigorAP has a built-in clock which can update itself manually or automatically by means of Network Time Protocols (NTP). As a result, you can not only schedule the AP to dialup to the Internet at a specified time, but also restrict Internet access to certain hours so that users can connect to the Internet only during certain hours, say, business hours. The schedule is also applicable to other functions.
2. Click the Add button to open the following web page. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Check to enable such schedule profile. Start Date Specify the starting date of the schedule. Start Time Specify the starting time of the schedule. Duration Time Specify the duration (or period) for the schedule. End Time Specify the ending time of the schedule. Action Specify which action should apply the schedule. WiFi(2.
3. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings. A new schedule profile has been created and displayed on the screen. 3.14.2 Apple iOS Keep Alive To keep the wireless connection (via Wi-Fi) on iOS device in alive, VigorAP 902 will send the UDP packets with 5353 port to the specific IP every five seconds. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Apple iOS Keep Alive Check to enable the function. Index Display the setting link.
3.14.3 Wi-Fi Auto On/Off When VigorAP is able or unable to ping the specified host, the Wi-Fi function will be turned on or off automatically. The purpose of such function is to avoid wireless station roaming to an AP which is unable to access Internet. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable Auto Switch On/Off Wi-Fi Check the box to enable such function. Ping Host Type an IP address (e.g., 8.8.8.8) or a domain name (e.g., google.
Temperature Sensor Settings Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Display Settings Temperature Calibration Offset- Type a value used for correcting the temperature error. Temperature Unit - Choose the display unit of the temperature. There are two types for you to choose. Alarm Settings Enable Syslog Alarm - The temperature log containing the alarm message will be recorded on Syslog if it is enabled.
Temperature Sensor Graph Below shows an example of temperature graph: 225 VigorAP 902 User’s Guide
3.15 Mobile Device Management Such feature can control / manage the mobile devices accessing the wireless network of VigorAP. VigorAP offers wireless LAN service for mobile device(s), PC users, MAC users or other users according to the policy selected. Below shows the menu items for Mobile Device Management. 3.15.1 Detection Such page displays mobile device(s) detected by VigorAP Detected device(s) with Policy – Pass can access into the wireless LAN offered by VigorAP.
3.15.2 Policies Such page determines which devices (mobile, PC, MAC or others) allowed to make network connections via VigorAP or blocked by VigorAP. Each item is explained as follows: Item Description Block Mobile Connections All of mobile devices will be blocked and not allowed to access into Internet via VigorAP. Block PC Connections All of network connections based on PC, MAC or Linux platform will be blocked and terminated.
3.15.3 Statistics The number of detected devices and the number of device(s) passed/blocked according to the policy specified in Mobile Device Management>>Policy can be illustrated as doughnut chart. 3.16 System Maintenance For the system setup, there are several items that you have to know the way of configuration: Status, TR-069, Administrator Password, Configuration Backup, Syslog/Mail Alert, Time and Date, SNMP, Management, Reboot System, and Firmware Upgrade.
3.16.1 System Status The System Status provides basic network settings of Vigor modem. It includes LAN and WAN interface information. Also, you could get the current running firmware version or firmware related information from this presentation. Each item is explained as follows: Item Description Model /Device Name Display the model name of the modem. Firmware Version Display the firmware version of the modem. Build Date/Time Display the date and time of the current firmware build.
Channel Display the channel that the station used for connecting with such device. 3.16.2 TR-069 This device supports TR-069 standard. It is very convenient for an administrator to manage a TR-069 device (Vigor router, AP and etc.) through VigorACS (Auto Configuration Server). Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description ACS Settings URL/Username/Password – Such data must be typed according to the ACS (Auto Configuration Server) you want to link.
with VigorACS SI server. Event Code – Use the drop down menu to specify an event to perform the test. Last Inform Response Time – Display the time that VigorACS server made a response while receiving Inform message from CPE last time. CPE Settings Such information is useful for Auto Configuration Server (ACS). Enable– Check the box to allow the CPE Client to connect with Auto Configuration Server. SSL(HTTPS) Mode - Check the box to allow the CPE client to connect with ACS through SSL.
maximum period is specified. After finishing this web page configuration, please click OK to save the settings.
3.16.3 Administrator Password This page allows you to set new password for accessing into web user interface of VigorAP. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Account Type the name for accessing into Web User Interface. Password Type in new password in this filed. Confirm Password Type the new password again for confirmation. Password Strength The system will display the password strength (represented with the word of weak, medium or strong) of the password specified above.
3.16.4 Configuration Backup Backup the Configuration Follow the steps below to backup your configuration. 1. Go to System Maintenance >> Configuration Backup. The following windows will be popped-up, as shown below. 2. Click Backup button to get into the following dialog. Click Save button to open another dialog for saving configuration as a file. 3. In Save As dialog, the default filename is config.cfg. You could give it another name by yourself.
4. Click Save button, the configuration will download automatically to your computer as a file named config.cfg. The above example is using Windows platform for demonstrating examples. The Mac or Linux platform will appear different windows, but the backup function is still available. Note: Backup for Certification must be done independently. The Configuration Backup does not include information of Certificate. Restore Configuration 1. Go to System Maintenance >> Configuration Backup.
modem. 3. Click Restore button and wait for few seconds, the following picture will tell you that the restoration procedure is successful. 3.16.5 Syslog/Mail Alert SysLog function is provided for users to monitor AP. There is no bother to directly get into the Web user interface of the AP or borrow debug equipments. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Syslog Access Setup Enable - Check Enable to activate function of Syslog.
3.16.6 Time and Date It allows you to specify where the time of VigorAP should be inquired from. Available parameters are explained as follows: Item Description Current System Time Click Inquire Time to get the current time. Use Browser Time Select this option to use the browser time from the remote administrator PC host as router’s system time. Use NTP Client Select to inquire time information from Time Server on the Internet using assigned protocol. Time Zone Select a time protocol.
3.16.7 SNMP This page allows you to configure settings for SNMP and SNMPV3 services. The SNMPv3 is more secure than SNMP through the authentication method (support e.g., MD5) for the management needs. Available settings are explained as follows: Item Description Enable SNMP Agent Check it to enable this function. Enable SNMPV3 Agent Check it to enable this function. USM User USM means user-based security mode. Type a username which will be used for authentication.
3.16.8 Management This page allows you to specify the port number for HTTP and HTTPS server. Available parameters are explained as follows: Item Description Device Name Name - The default setting is VigorAP 902. Change the name if required. Management Port Setup HTTP port/HTTPS port -Specify user-defined port numbers for the HTTP and HTTPS servers. Wi-Fi Hardware Button Setup Stop people manually disabling the wireless if they do not have the right of administration to access to the device.
comfortable and undisturbed. When Disable is chosen, all the LEDs on VigorAP will light off immediately after clicking OK.
3.16.9 Reboot System The web user interface may be used to restart your modem. Click Reboot System from System Maintenance to open the following page. If you want to reboot the modem using the current configuration, check Using current configuration and click OK. To reset the modem settings to default values, check Using factory default configuration and click OK. The modem will take 5 seconds to reboot the system.
3.17 Diagnostics Diagnostic Tools provide a useful way to view or diagnose the status of your VigorAP 902. 3.17.1 System Log At present, only System Log is offered. 3.17.2 Speed Test Click the Start button on the page to test the speed. Such feature can help you to find the best installation place for Vigor AP.
3.17.3 Traffic Graph Click Traffic Graph to open the web page. Choose one of the managed Access Points, LAN-A or LAN-B, daily or weekly for viewing data transmission chart. Click Refresh to renew the graph at any time. The horizontal axis represents time; the vertical axis represents the transmission rate (in kbps). 3.17.4 Data Flow Monitor This page displays general information for the client connecting to VigorAP 902..
Station Display the IP address/host name of the wireless client. TX rate (kbps) Display the transmission speed of the monitored device. RX rate (kbps) Display the receiving speed of the monitored device. 2.4G/5G Display what wireless band (2.4G or 5G) used by the wireless client. Action DeAuth – Deauthenticate a wireless station. 3.17.5 WLAN (2.4GHz) Statistics Such page is used for debug by RD only.
3.17.6 WLAN (5GHz) Statistics Such page is used for debug by RD only.
3.17.7 Station Statistics Such page is used for debug or for the user to observe network traffic and network quality. Available parameters are explained as follows: Item Description Show Chart Choose one of the items to display the statistics chart for wireless stations.
connected to VigorAP 902. Visiting & Passing Number – Choose it to have the statistics of the wireless stations which is visiting and passing to VigorAP 902. Visiting Time - Choose it to have the statistics of the wireless stations which is visiting VigorAP 902. Daily Connected Number Analysis / Daily Visiting Number Analysis Click this button to get analysis pie chart for daily connected wireless stations / daily visiting wireless station.
3.17.8 Interference Monitor As an interference detector, VigorAP can detect all of the environmental interference factors for certain channel used or for all of the wireless channels. Current Channel The analysis page with information about wireless band, channel, transmission power, bandwidth, wireless mode, and country code chosen will be displayed on this page completely based on the wireless band (2.4G or 5G) selected. Also, channel status can be seen easily from this page.
All Channels This page displays the utilization and energy result for all channels based on 2.4G/5G. Click Refresh to get the newly update interference situation. 3.17.9 Station Airtime This page displays the operation status for 2.4GHz/5GHz wireless stations within 30 minutes.
3.17.10 Station Traffic Graph This page displays the data traffic (receiving/transmitting) status for 2.4GHz/5GHz wireless stations within 30 minutes with a run chart.
3.17.11 Station Link Speed This page displays the link rate status for 2.4GHz/5GHz wireless stations within one hour with a run chart. 3.18 Support Area When you click the menu item under Support Area, you will be guided to visit www.draytek.com and open the corresponding pages directly.
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Applications 4.1 How to set different segments for different SSIDs in VigorAP 902 VigorAP 902 supports two network segments, LAN-A and LAN-B for different SSIDs. With such feature, the user can dispatch SSIDs with different network segments for reaching the target of managing wireless network. See the following figure. In the above figure, VigorAP 902 is used to control the wireless network connection. It can separate the wireless traffic between accessing internal server and the usage of video.
Below shows you how to configure the web page for VigorAP 902: 1. In the page of Operation Mode, click AP mode for 2.4GHz Wireless and 5GHz Wireless. 2. Open Wireless LAN(2.4GHz) >> General Setup and then Wireless LAN(5GHz) >> General Setup. Choose the subnet LAN-B for SSID 1 and choose LAN-A for SSID 2. Specify the wireless channel. Then, click OK to save the configuration.
3. Open Wireless LAN(2.4GHz) >> Security Settings and Wireless LAN(5GHz) >> Security Settings. Set the encryption method and set the password for SSID 1 and SSID 2 respectively. 4. Open LAN>General Setup to configure the settings for enabling DHCP server on LAN-A/LAN-B. If there is a DHCP server configured in the same network segment, skip this step.
5. After finishing the above settings, the wireless equipment connecting to VigorAP 902 with SSID 1 can get the IP address assigned by LAN-B 192.168.2.0/24 for accessing the internal server. The wireless equipment connecting to VigorAP 902 with SSID 2 can get the IP address assigned by LAN-A 192.168.1.0/24 for using the video/audio uploading and downloading services.
4.2 How to use VigorAP in Universal Repeater Mode? In your wireless network environment, if you want to: 1) install APs without Ethernet cable 2) extent the wireless coverage 3) solve the compatibility problems of WDS 4) get a better Wi-Fi performance It is suggested to use Universal Repeater Mode on AP902 with a distinguishable SSID to extent the wireless signal from Vigor router (e.g., Vigor2830n). LAN IP: 192.168.1.
(1) Enter the IP address and Subnet Mask. (2) Enable the DHCP Server. (3) Set the DHCP IP range. (4) Click OK. 3. Go to Online Status >> Physical Connection to check if WAN is connected. Setting Wireless LAN on Vigor2830n 1. Please go to Wireless LAN >> General Setup.
(1) Please tick Enable Wireless LAN. (2) Choose the Mode. Note: To utilize the Universal Repeater Mode on VigorAP 902, it’s required not to choose 11a mode here on Vigor2830n. (3) Name a SSID. (4) Choose a channel. Note: To avoid signal interference, it’s suggested to do a Scan in Wireless LAN >> AP Discovery, and choose an unoccupied or not-so-crowded channel. (5) Click OK. 2. Setting the Security. Please go to Wireless LAN >> Security. (1) Choose the Mode. (2) Give a Pre-Shared Key.
Setting Operation Mode on AP902 Please go to Operation Mode, and choose Universal Repeater. Setting LAN on AP902 Here we need to set AP902 using only one network segment, which is correspondent to the one used by Vigor2830n. Also the DHCP Server should be disabled, so users will be assigned IP addresses by Vigor2830n. 1. Please go to Wireless LAN >> General Setup, and remove the tick on “Enable 2 Subnet”. Please click OK to save setting.
2. Please go to LAN >> General Setup. (1) Enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask. Note: The IP address of AP902 can’t be the same as it of Vigor2830n. (2) Disable the DHCP Server. (3) Click OK. Configuring Settings for Universal Repeater Mode on AP902 1. Please go to Wireless LAN >> Access Point Discovery, and click Scan.
2. Choose the SSID of Vigor2830n (which is “Draytek-2830” in this example), and click OK. 3. A window will pop up. Please enter the security information of Vigor2830n in it, and click OK. 4. Confirm the Universal Repeater connection is up. We can launch the Command Prompt (cmd.exe) on a wireless client of AP902 to ping Vigor2830 to confirm the Universal Repeater connection has been established successfully.
Setting Wireless LAN on AP902 1. Please go to Wireless LAN >> General Setup. Make SSID and Channel settings the same as configured for Vigor2830n. 2. Please go to Wireless LAN >> Security Settings. Make SSID and Channel settings the same as configured for Vigor2830n. Using the Wireless Service of AP902 1. Choose the SSID of AP902. 2. Enter the SSID key.
3. Confirm the IP address has been acquired. 4. Confirm connection by ping. (1) Test the connection to Vigor2830n. (2) Test the connection to Internet.
Trouble Shooting This section will guide you to solve abnormal situations if you cannot access into the Internet after installing the modem and finishing the web configuration. Please follow sections below to check your basic installation status stage by stage. Checking if the hardware status is OK or not. Checking if the network connection settings on your computer are OK or not. Pinging the modem from your computer. Backing to factory default setting if necessary.
5.2 Checking If the Network Connection Settings on Your Computer Is OK or Not Sometimes the link failure occurs due to the wrong network connection settings. After trying the above section, if the link is stilled failed, please do the steps listed below to make sure the network connection settings is OK. For Windows The example is based on Windows 7 (Professional Edition). As to the examples for other operation systems, please refer to the similar steps or find support notes in www.draytek.com. 1.
4. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP) and then click Properties. 5. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically. Finally, click OK.
For Mac Os 1. Double click on the current used Mac Os on the desktop. 2. Open the Application folder and get into Network. 3. On the Network screen, select Using DHCP from the drop down list of Configure IPv4.
5.3 Pinging the Modem from Your Computer The default gateway IP address of the modem is 192.168.1.2. For some reason, you might need to use “ping” command to check the link status of the modem. The most important thing is that the computer will receive a reply from 192.168.1.2. If not, please check the IP address of your computer. We suggest you setting the network connection as get IP automatically. (Please refer to the section 5.2) Please follow the steps below to ping the modem correctly. For Windows 1.
5.4 Backing to Factory Default Setting If Necessary Sometimes, a wrong connection can be improved by returning to the default settings. Try to reset the modem by software or hardware. Warning: After pressing factory default setting, you will loose all settings you did before. Make sure you have recorded all useful settings before you pressing. The password of factory default is null. Software Reset You can reset the modem to factory default via Web page.
After restore the factory default setting, you can configure the settings for the modem again to fit your personal request. 5.5 Contacting DrayTek If the modem still cannot work correctly after trying many efforts, please contact your dealer for further help right away. For any questions, please feel free to send e-mail to support@draytek.com.
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Index ８ Ｂ 802.11 Ad Hoc, 74 Backup, 208 802.11n, 47 Backup the Configuration, 223 802.
Encryp Type, 52, 95, 170 LAN port, 36 End Time, 211 Lease Time, 35 Extension Channel, 47, 81, 89, 117 LED Indicators and Connectors, 3 LED Setup, 228 Ｆ Limit Client, 46, 88, 116, 144, 164, 184 Factory Default Setting, 259 Limit Client per SSID, 46, 88, 116, 145, 165, 185 Fast Roaming, 64, 107, 136, 161, 181, 204 Load Balance, 41 Firmware Upgrade, 230 Force Overload Disassociation, 41 Ｍ Fragment Length, 54, 83, 97, 124, 151, 171, 192 MAC Address, 195 Fragment Threshold, 75 MAC Address Filter
PHY Mode, 81, 90 Security Overview, 43 PIN Code, 44 Security Settings, 48 PMK Cache Period, 64, 107, 147, 161, 181, 204 Session Timeout, 50, 93, 120, 148, 168, 189 PoE Connection, 8 SHARED, 75 Policy, 51, 94, 121, 149, 169, 217 Shared Secret, 50, 93, 120, 148, 168, 189 Port, 50, 148 Show Chart, 235 Port Control, 36, 37 Simulate 2 APs, 47, 89, 117, 145, 185 Power Saving Mode, 74 Site Survey, 77 Pre-Authentication, 64, 107, 147, 161, 181, 204 Software Reset, 259 Primary DNS Server, 35 Speed
Time and Date, 226 Ｗ Time Zone, 226 WDS AP Status, 86, 99 TKIP, 22, 43 WEP, 21, 76 Total Download Limit, 59, 102, 131, 157, 176, 199 WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), 43 Total Upload Limit, 59, 102, 131, 157, 176, 199 White List, 41 TR-069, 220 Wi-Fi DOWN, 211 Traffic Graph, 232 Wi-Fi Hardware Button, 228 traffic overload, 41 Wi-Fi UP, 211 Triggering Client Number, 61, 104, 178 Wired Connection, 5, 6 Trouble Shooting, 254 Wireless Connection, 7 Trust DHCP Server, 35 Wireless LAN (2.
