RAVO 54G Wireless Access Point User Manual
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Safety Instructions For Installation • Use only the type of power source indicated on the marking labels. • • Use only the power adapter supplied with the product. • Proper ventilation is necessary to prevent the product overheating. Do not block or cover the slots and openings on the device, which are intended for ventilation and proper operation. It is recommended to mount the product with a stack. • Do not place the product near any source of heat or expose it to direct sunshine.
For Service Do not attempt to disassemble or open covers of this unit. Nor attempt to service the product, which may void the user’s authority to operate it. Contact qualified service personnel under the following conditions: ii • • • • If the power cord or plug is damaged or frayed. • If the product has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged. • If the product exhibits a distinct change in performance. If liquid has been spilled into the product.
FCC Information FCC 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. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communication.
About This User Manual For brevity, throughout this manual the “Wireless Broadband Router” is referred to as “the router” or “the device” and following terms or abbreviations are used interchangeably: • • • Access Point – AP Wireless LAN – WLAN Ethernet network – LAN – network Note and Caution in this manual are highlighted with graphics as below to indicate important information. Contains related information that corresponds to a topic.
Contents 1 Introduction ..................................................1 1.1 Overview........................................................................1 1.2 Package Contents .........................................................1 2 1.3 Wireless Network Scenarios..........................................2 Hardware Description & Installation .............5 2.1 Physical Outlook............................................................5 Front Panel.............................................
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual 5.1 Hardware .....................................................................31 5.2 Software ......................................................................
Contents List of Figures Figure 1-1 Connecting to a single AP ..................................................2 Figure 1-2 Extending Wireless Coverage ............................................3 Figure 2-1 LED Indicator......................................................................5 Figure 2-2 Rear Panel and Connector .................................................6 Figure 2-3 Typical Connection Diagram...............................................8 Figure 4-1 Apply Changes .........
1 Introduction 1.1 Overview Thank you for choosing RAVO 54G Wireless Access Point. The W54-AP is device that provides mobile wireless clients the connectivity to a wired network. This enables the wireless clients to access all available resources and peripherals on the wired network. In addition, multiple Access Points can be installed to extend the wireless service coverage area for seamless wireless access. With the support of new emerged 802.
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual 1.3 Wireless Network Scenarios An AP is used as a bridge linking the wireless station to a wired LAN and thus creating an Infrastructure network. According to the scale of your network, you can install a single AP or multiple APs to create a roaming wireless network. The simplest Infrastructure network is depicted as the figure below where a group of wireless clients and an AP composes a Basic Service Set (BSS). As this 54Mbps AP is 802.11g and 802.
1. Introduction security settings (if enabled) with the APs. If the APs are “open”, that is, periodically broadcast their SSIDs to allow the wireless clients to recognize their presence, then wireless clients can use the special SSID “any” to associate with these “open” APs.
2 Hardware Description & Installation 2.1 Physical Outlook Front Panel The following illustration shows the front panel of the Access Point: Power Figure 2-1 LED Indicator LED Indicator The Access Point is equipped with three LEDs on the front panel as described in the table below: LED WLAN Color Status Description Green Off No power is supplied to the unit. Solid Power is connected to the unit. Off WLAN interface is not initialized properly.
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual LED Color Status Description Solid Ethernet connection is established. Amber - 100 Mbps Ethernet connection. Green - 10 Mbps Ethernet connection. Blinking Transmitting/receiving packets on the LAN port. Rear Panel and Connector The following figure illustrates the rear panel of your 54Mbps Wireless Access Point. Figure 2-2 Rear Panel and Connector • • DC 5V: Power connector • reset: Dual-function button LAN: 10/100BaseT LAN port of RJ-45 connector.
2. Hardware Description & Installation 2.2 Hardware Connection Choosing a Place for the Access Point • Place the device close to the power outlet for the cable to reach it easily. • Locate an optimum location for the AP, usually at the center of your wireless network to provide best coverage for wireless stations. • Adjust the direction of the antennas to enhance the receiving sensitivity. Connecting the AP Follow the steps below to connect the related devices. Step 1 Connecting the power adapter.
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual The figure below illustrates a connection diagram example: Figure 2-3 8 Typical Connection Diagram
3 Setting Up Ethernet / WLAN Client This chapter describes how to configure an Ethernet or wireless station to access the AP’s built-in Web server for initial configuration. You can choose to access the AP’s Web interface via Ethernet or wireless network. Whatever your choice, you must properly configure the network settings of your PC to be on the same subnet with the AP. As the AP is shipped with these defaults: • • IP address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual For Windows 98/ME Step 1 Click on the Start menu, point to Settings and click on Control Panel. Step 2 Double-click the Network icon. Step 3 In the Network window, highlight TCP/IP protocol for your NIC or wireless adapter and click Properties. Step 4 (A) Click the IP Address tab (B) select Specify an IP address. Then set the IP address as 192.168.1.x (x is between 2 and 254), subnet mask as 255.255.255.0. (C) Click OK.
3. Setting Up Ethernet / WLAN Client For Windows 2000/XP Step 1 Click on the Start menu, point to Settings and click on Control Panel. Step 2 Double-click the Network and Dial-up Connections or Network Connections icon. Step 3 Right-click the Local Area Connection icon for your NIC or wireless adapter and then click Properties. Step 4 On the General tab, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then click Properties.
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual 3.2 Additional Settings for Wireless Client If you choose to access the router via a wireless client, also verify the following: 1. Make sure your PC is equipped with 802.11g or 802.11b wireless adapter and has appropriate WLAN card driver/utility and TCP/IP installed. 2. Set the wireless adapter to use appropriate TCP/IP settings as described in previous section. 3.
3. Setting Up Ethernet / WLAN Client 3.3 Checking Connection with the Access Point You can use the PING command to verify whether or not the Ethernet/Wireless client can communicate with the device. 1. 2. Open the DOS command window. • For Windows 98/Me: Start > Run. Type command and click OK. • For Windows 2000/XP: Start > Run. Type cmd and click OK. Type the ping command and enter the IP address of the Wireless Broadband Router. The factory default value is: 192.168.1.1.
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual 3. The Wireless Broadband Router shall reply and a similar screen as below is shown. This indicates the Wireless Broadband Router and the wired/wireless host can communicate. If you get a failed ping response such as: Request time out Request time out Request time out Request time out or Destination host unreachable Destination host unreachable Destination host unreachable Destination host unreachable Then the connection has failed.
4 Web Configuration 4.1 Accessing Web-Based Configuration Utility Once your PC is properly configured as described in "3. Setting Up Ethernet / WLAN Client", you can proceed as follows for initial configuration: 1. Start your Web browser and type http://192.168.1.1 in the URL field. This address is the default private IP of your AP. 2. After connecting to the device, you will be prompted to enter the username and password. Leave the username empty and enter the default password of admin.
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual You can click the menu options at the top to start your configuration task. While working with this Web Configuration Utility, corresponding configuration fields are displayed according to your specific selection to avoid any possible conflicting setting. In addition, should you input invalid values, the utility provides instant prompt to help you recover from error inputs.
4. Web Configuration 4.2 Viewing System Status Clicking System Overview in the menu bar will display the System Overview page that shows basic information about the 54Mbps Wireless Access Point, including the system, LAN and Wireless LAN interface information. You may click the Update button to update the overall status. Figure 4-2 System Overview 4.3 LAN Configuration The LAN configuration page allows you to define the IP address of the LAN port. General MAC Address.
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual you will need to renew the IP address of the PC or change to an IP address compatible with the new LAN port IP address. Figure 4-3 LAN Configuration 4.4 Wireless LAN (2.4G) This page configures the AP wireless settings Wireless Interface Displays the MAC address of the wireless interface. Basic Configuration SSID: Service Set ID. It uniquely identifies a logical network domain name of your WLAN. The default value is wireless.
4. Web Configuration Wireless Bridge AP Mode: Select wireless operating mode of the Wireless Broadband Router. The Wireless Broadband Router can work as Access Point or Wireless Bridge. • Access Point. When operating as an access point, provides connection between the wired and the 802.11b/g wireless network. This is the default mode.
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual • Wireless Bridge. Provides wireless connectivity between two or more wired segment. When operating as Wireless Bridge, the device does not accept association request from wireless stations. All bridging devices must use the same channel in order to communicate with each other. Figure 4-5 Wireless Bridge Mode Bridge Restrict: Select whether to enable or disable this function.
4. Web Configuration Access Control MAC Address Access Control: This AP has the capability to control the wireless client access based on the MAC address of the wireless client. The user has the flexibility to customize your own control policy based on these options: • Allow: If selected, only the wireless client whose MAC address is in the Allow List is allowed to access this AP. • Deny: If selected, only the wireless client whose MAC address is in the Allow List is NOT allowed to access this AP.
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual Fragment Threshold: It determines whether packets will be fragmented and at what size. On an 802.11 wireless LAN, packets exceed the fragmentation threshold are fragmented, i.e., split into, smaller units suitable for the circuit size. On the other hand, packets smaller than the specified fragmentation threshold value are not fragmented. RTS Threshold: Request to send threshold. It specifies the packet size beyond which the AP invokes its RTS/CTS mechanism.
4. Web Configuration Enable Xpress ™ Technology: Select Off or Auto. When set to Auto, increases the bandwidth availability that enables more wireless clients to share the network. In other words, it improves wireless network efficiency and boosts throughput.
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual 4.5 Wireless LAN Security This page configures the wireless LAN security mode. Wireless Interface Displays the wireless interface’s MAC address. Network Authentication Network Authentication: Disabled by default. If the local network has an authentication server such as Radius server, the user can enable this function by choosing either 802.1X or WPA. This option fulfills the security that an enterprise needs.
4. Web Configuration WEP Data Encryption: Specifies the encryption mode that the AP uses to transmit the data. Encryption type changes according to the Network Authentication mode. Encryption protects your wireless network against eavesdropping. • Off: The data is not encrypted when it is transferred from one station to another. This is the default option. • WEP: Only for 802.1X or when authentication is disabled. The data is encrypted with the WEP algorithm before being transmitted.
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual Network Key 1~4: Enter one to four WEP keys in either ASCII or Hexadecimal format. You can use 64 bits or 128 bits as the encryption algorithm. Note that when using Hexadecimal format, only digits 0-9 and letters A-F, a-f are allowed.
4. Web Configuration 4.6 Administration This page allows the administrator to perform the following settings: Management Setup Specifies the username and password that grant the access to the Wireless Broadband Router’ web page. By factory default, the user name is empty and the password is admin. Username: Enter the username (case sensitive). Password/Re-enter Password: Enter the password (case sensitive). UPnP: Select whether to enable or disable this feature.
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual Figure 4-8 Upgrading After upgrading, the new firmware version number is displayed in Current Firmware version field. Restore Factory Defaults All settings set by the administrator will be erased. This option restore all the settings back to factory defaults. To perform this operation, click the Restore button and then wait for a few seconds. You will return to the Administration page when the process is complete.
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5 Specification 5.1 Hardware • • • • • 125MHz MIPS CPU 16MB SDRAM 4MB Flash Memory 802.11g: Broadcom (BCM4306, BCM2050) Two external antennas for wireless technology Interface • One RJ-45 LAN port for 10/100Base-Tx Ethernet; HP Auto-MDIX Support • • 802.
54Mbps Wireless Access Point User Manual 5.2 Software LAN Port Features • Settable and Changeable IP Address Security Features • • • PAP and CHAP Authentication ASCII/HEX Format 64/128 Bit WEP Key for Wireless LAN Allow/Deny List for Wireless LAN Wireless LAN Features • • Fully compatible to 802.
