GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Rev.1.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Contents Chapter1 Introduction.................................................................4 Overview......................................................................................................................... 4 Features............................................................................................................................4 Package Contents..........................................................................................
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Chapter1 Introduction Overview GN-A15AG is a dual-band wireless Access Point (AP) compliant to Standards IEEE 802. 11a and IEEE 802.11g with one external 10/100 Ethernet port. This product adopts the direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technologies to provide a very stable wireless communication quality and an excellent signal receiver capability.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Package Contents Before the installation procedures, please ensure the components are not damaged during the shipping. The shipment of the GN-A15AG includes: - One GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point One AC Power Adapter One Installation CD with the AP Manager and User Guide Soft Copy One User Guide Two embedded 802.11a and 802.11g Wireless LAN Card Please contact your local distributor or authorized reseller immediately for any missing or damaged components.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide The Front Panel LEDs The Access Point’s LEDs display information about the Access Point’s status. n Power (Green Light) Blinking (Red light) The device is damaged or Booting. Green Light n LAN (Green Light) On Blinking n n Boot on. 10/100 Mbps Network Connection 10/100 Mbps Data Transmission Rate WLAN1 (Green Light) On The 11a MiniPCI Card is plugged in. Blinking Package transmit WLAN2 (Green Light) On The 11g MiniPCI Card is plugged in.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Chapter 2 Installation Hareware Requirements To use the Wireless Access Point on your network, each computer may need the following requirements: n An installed 802.11a or 802.11b or 802.11g wireless adapter. n An Ethernet LAN switch or hub. n a wired RJ-45 Ethernet cable System Requirements n n A Computer with Windows, Macintosh, or Linux-based operating system.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Hareware Installation Follow these steps to install the Wireless Access Point. 1. Choose a proper place for Access Point. In general, the best location is at the center of your wireless coverage area, within line of sight to all wireless devices. Keeping clear of metal obstructions and away from direct sunlight. 2. Place the Access Point in the desired location. Normally, the higher you place the antenna, the better the performance will be.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Illustration There are two installation mode for your reference as follow: Method 1: Static IP address If you are Not using a DHCP server in your network, you can configure the AP by connecting to the computer directly. PC(AP Manager) 192.168.1.x DHCP (Disable) AP 1. 192.168. 1.1(default) You will need to assign a Static IP Address to the computer that you are using to configure the Access Point on the same subnet.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Method 2: Numerous Access Points setting Using DHCP server to setup the IP Address then remove DHCP server If require to setup as many Access Points at the same time. You can setup a DHCP Server and let it assign IP to all the Access Points so it has its own unique IP address. After the setup is finished, and then remove or disabled DHCP Server at last.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Chapter3. Access Point Manager The Wireless Access Point can be configured one of two ways, through the AP Manager Utility or the Web-based configuration Utility.The Gigabyte Access Point Manager is used to configure Gigabyte Access Points. Note: The performance of wire line link is better than wireless link between the AP Manager and each Access Point. To use the wire line link to manage the Access Point is recommended.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Step4. Type the User Information then click “Next”. Step5. Click “Next” to accept the default directory or “Browse” to another location.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Step6. Click “Next”. Step7. Click “Next”.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Step8. Please wait a while. Step9. Click “Finish” to complete setup.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Using the Access Point Manager You can launch Gigabyte AP Manager through Start \ Programs \ Gigabyte AP Manager Utility \ Gigabyte AP Manager. Enter the default password “admin” and click “OK” button. It will automatically search for Access Points on the same subnet when you open the Gigabyte AP Manager. You may click the icon to searching for Access Points manually.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide n Tree structure ESSID (ap15ag_0) AP Name (AP15AG) MAC Address (0020ED001700) n Menu bar Tools Allow you to “Search” for AP by ESSID, AP Name, MAC Address, and IP Address and “Connect to AP by IP”. And allow you to “Save”, “Load” the AP configuration and “Copy”, “Paste” the configuration at the current page. Besides, it includes both “System Reboot” and “Load Default”. Password Allow you to change the AP Manager password and set the SNMP community string.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide n Toor bar Find Access Point Find all AP in the same subnet. Save AP Configuration Save all setting of the AP to a temp file. Load AP Configuration Load the setting of the temp file that you saved before to the current AP. Page Copy Copy the setting of the current page. Page Paste Paste the setting you has copied to the current page.(You can paste the setting of AP1 to AP2 at the same tab page.) System Reboot Reboot the Access Point.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide System Page The System Page displays the Device Information and the Change Community String function. 1 Device Information The Device Information include the AP name, MAC address, device description, the version information and the device type. 1. You can change the AP Name to whatever unique name, which can represent this AP. 2. Based on the “Card Config Type”, you can choose which wireless type you want to use.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide 1 Change Community String This function can let you change the community string to the AP. You can change a new community string on purpose to prohibit other AP Manager access and manage your AP. After you change the community string to AP, you need to do two following actions. 1. Use Password->Set Community String on the Menu Bar to set the community string to the AP manager. The AP Manager and the AP should have the same community string.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide IP Config Page The IP Configure tab allows you to configure the IP parameters of the access point. 1 IP Address Use this option to assign an IP address to the access point. The default IP address is 192.168.1.1. Please make sure the assigned IP address is unique on your network. 1 Subnet Mask Specify the subnet mask of the access point. The default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. 1 Gateway Enter the IP address of the default route. The default gateway is 192.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide 1 DHCP Mode There are four settings under this option you can choose: “Disabled”, “Client Enabled”, “Server Enabled” and “Auto”. Disabled is the default setting. If you want to get IP address from the DHCP server automatically on your network, you will select “Client Enabled”.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Wireless Operation Page Normally, you can have the wireless works smoothly even you didn’t change any item in this page. 1 Region Because of the different region has a different open channel regulation, please check whether the default region value is your local area. If it did not appear properly region please contact your local distributor or authorized reseller immediately. 1 Channel ID Please choose the channel, which you can get best performance.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Note: The Data Rate of the 802.11b standard are 11M, 5.5M, 2M, 1M. The Data Rate of the 802.11a standard are 6M, 9M, 12M, 18M, 24M, 36M, 48M, 54M The Data Rate of the 802.11g turbo and 802.11a turbo can up to 108Mbps. 1 Auto Rate In this item you can select either “enable” or “disable”. The default value is “enable”. Enable If the selection is “enable”, the transfer rate will automatically change to the optimum rate allowed.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Encryption Page This page is the security configuration of the wireless connection. Protects your information with the highest level of industry-standard WEP encryption: 64/128-bit for 802.11b standard, and up to 152-bit for 802.11g standards. When the “Disable” is selected there is no WEP encryption. When “64bits”, “128bits” or “152bits” selected there is encrypted date transfer to prevent unauthorized user to access the wireless network.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide If the 802.1x – Dynamic WEP option is selected, the Radius/WPA page will appear as shown below. RADIUS server IP, Please assign a IP address to the primary RADIUS server (authentication server). RADIUS Port, The setting range is 1~65536 and the default value is 1812. RADIUS sercet, This filed can key in up to 256 character. RADIUS Re-Key, Under this option two setting are possible: “enable” or “disable”. The default value is “enable”.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide One of the biggest drawbacks to traditional WEP security is that changing the encryption key is optional. Even if you do switch encryption keys from time to time, there is no option for globally rekeying all access points and all wireless NICs. Instead, rekeying is a tedious manual process and is completely impractical for large organizations.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide When WPA option is selected, the Radius/WPA page will appear as shown below. WPA Algorithm, There are three settings you can select : “TKIP”, “AES” and “Auto”. RADIUS server IP, Please assign a IP address to the primary RADIUS server (authentication server). RADIUS Port, The setting range is 1~65536 and the default value is 1812. RADIUS sercet, This filed can key in up to 256 character.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide When WPA PSK option is selected, the Radius/WPA page will appear as shown below. WPA Algorithm, There are three settings you can select : “TKIP”, “AES” and “Auto”. WPA Shared Key, This filed can key in up to 256 character. WPA-PSK Re-Key, Under this option two setting are possible: “enable” or “disable”. The default value is “enable”. WPA PSK Interval, Enter a Rekey Interval (normally the unit is seconds).
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide 1 64 (40) Bits, 128 (104) Bits or 152 (128) Bits There are three levels of encryption 64 bits, 128 bits and 152 bits. The 64 bits encryption is referenced as a lower level encryption. The 152 bits encryption is referenced as a higher level encryption. The 64 bits WEP encryption use 40 bits as a secret key, which can controlled by user, and 24 bits as the initialize vector, which user can not control. These two portions plus together is 64 bits encryption.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Advanced Page For enhance the security of the wireless network, this AP provide the MAC address filtering mechanism to prevent the unauthorized user access. Check “Enable MAC filter” and key in MAC address table, then only those MAC address in the table are allowed to connect to this AP.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide WDS (Wireless Distribution System) OperationMode The Access Point supports three operation modes: “Access Point”, “Point to Point”, “Point to MultiPoint”. The default operation mode is “Access Point”. 1 Access Point The operational mode is set to Access Point by default. This connects your wireless PCs to a wired network. In most cases, no change is necessary.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide 1 Point to MultiPoint Mode In this WDS supported mode, the Access Point can communication with other GIGA-BYTE Access point which is also set to Point to Point and MultiPoint mode. Click the “WDS List” button, it will go to the WDS List page. The maximum number of the connectible Access Point is 8.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Click “Add” button, the Scan Window will appear. Please enter a MAC address to add MAC Address into WDS List. Besides, you can click “Edit” button to modify the MAC address which you select on the WDS List or click “Remove” button to delete the MAC address which you select on the WDS List. Or you can click the ”Cancel” button to reserve the original value.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Associated List Page From this page, you will get the information of the workstation which can connect to the AP. The form list includes the MAC Address, Signal level and description of the workstation.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Change AP Manager Password User can change the administration password of the AP manger to prevent other user access to the AP Manager. On the Menu Bar (Password->AP Manager Password) can invoke the password change dialog. Please enter a new admin password and confirm admin password then press “OK” button. You have to enter this new password to log in when you want to use the AP Manager next time.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Upgrade Firmware You can download the upgraded firmware version from Gigabyte website. 1 Run TFTP Program Step1. You can find the “Upgrade Tool” through Start \ Programs \ Gigabyte AP Manager Utility \ Gigabyte AP Upgrade. Step2. The Gigabyte Firmware Upgrade Tool screen will appear. Please enter the “AP IP address” which you want to upgrade the firmware. You can press “Ping” button to verify whether the AP is online. Step3.
GN-A15AG Wireless Access Point User Guide Step4. After the AP device rebooting successful, the AP firmware upgrade is completed. Note: Right-Click on the screen, the content menu will be displayed. You can find the online help and the version information of the firmware upgrade utility. Uninstall AP Utility You can find the Uninstall program through Start \ Programs \ Gigabyte AP Manager Utility \ Uninstall. Step1. The InstallShield Wizard will appear then please wait. Step2. Click “Yes”. Step3.
