LiteStation2 LiteStation5 User’s Guide
Contents Contents .................................................................................... 2 Introduction............................................................................... 3 Quick Setup Guide ..................................................................... 4 Configuration Guide .................................................................. 8 Main Settings.......................................................................... 9 Link Setup .................................
Introduction This guide presents the description of two models of the subscriber stations: LiteStation2 and LiteStation5. LiteStation2 is a subscriber station that operates in IEEE 802.11b/g modes, while the LiteStation5 operates in IEEE 802.11a mode. The screenshots in this manual are made for LiteStation2 but they are suitable for the LiteStation5 similarly.
Quick Setup Guide This Quick Setup Guide will guide you through quickly and easily configuration of this subscriber station. We suggest you change these parameters: Change IP address (static or dynamic), Define the ESSID to which the subscriber station will be associated, Define the IEEE 802.11 mode, Define the wireless security (None, WEP or WPA), Change the administrator’s password. If you do not change any of configuration parameters the default values will be used.
IP Address: enter IP address for subscriber station LiteStation2/LiteStation5. Netmask: enter a subnet mask for subscriber station LiteStation2/LiteStation5. Gateway IP: enter a gateway IP address for subscriber station LiteStation2/LiteStation5.
support Static Turbo for data rates up to 108 Mbps. A Dynamic Turbo – allows connection to 802.11a networks that support Dynamic Turbo for data rates up to 108 Mbps. Step 5 Specify the security level Choose the security method to protect your data that only authorized network users could access the network. You can choose WEP, WPA or None for your device. If no security is needed, simply choose the None option: Security: select the encryption method or disable security. None – disable security.
Step 6 Change administrator password For the security reasons the default administrator’s password should be changed immediately. Use the System menu and specify the parameters: The default administrator settings are: Username – ubnt Password – ubnt Current Password: enter a current password value. Default administrators password is ubnt. New Password: enter a new password value used for administrator authentication. Verify Password: re-enter the new password to verify its accuracy.
Configuration Guide Each of the management windows (listed below) contains parameters that affect a specific aspect of the subscriber station: Figure 1 – Configuration Management Menu Main – displays current status of the subscriber station. Link Setup – prepares the subscriber station for use in a wireless network, controls how a subscriber station associates to an access point, authenticates to the wireless network, encrypts and decrypts data.
Main Settings This page displays a summary of status information of your subscriber station LiteStation2/LiteStation5. It shows important information for the station operating mode, network settings as well as traffic statistics of the wireless LAN interface. Figure 2 – Current Status of the Subscriber Station Base Station SSID: displays the SSID of the Access Point where the LiteStation2/LiteStation5 has associated.
Figure 3 – Antenna alignment Tool TX Rate: displays the current data transmission rate. RX Rate: displays the current data reception rate. Channel: displays the channel that LiteStation2/LiteStation5 uses to transmit and receive data. Frequency: displays the frequency at which LiteStation2/LiteStation5 transmits packets to or receives packets from Access Points. Security: displays the security level on the LiteStation2/LiteStation5. QoS Status: displays the QoS Status of the LiteStation2/LiteStation5.
ESSID: specify the ESSID of the wireless network device where the LiteStation2/LiteStation5 will be associated to. Use the Select… button next to ESSID entry field to load the Site Survey tool. Site Survey will search for all wireless networks (SSID) in range of the LiteStation2/LiteStation5 and allow you to select one for association. In case the selected network uses encryption, you first need to setup encryption on your LiteStation2/LiteStation5.
support Static Turbo for data rates up to 108 Mbps. A Dynamic Turbo – allows connection to 802.11a networks that support Dynamic Turbo for data rates up to 108 Mbps. Data Rate: choose the data rates in Mbps at which LiteStation2/LiteStation5 should transmit packets to or receive packets from Access Point. Use Auto option if you are having trouble getting connected or losing data at a higher rate. In this case the lower data rates will be used by station automatically.
Key Type: use the HEX or ASCII option to specify the character format for the WEP key. Key Index: specify the Index of WEP Key. WEP Key: enter the encryption key to be used to encrypt and decrypt wireless traffic: For 64-bits – specify pre-shared key as 5 HEX (0-9, A-F, and a-f) pairs (e.g. 0011223344) or 5 ASCII characters. For 128-bits – specify pre-shared key as 13 HEX (0-9, A-F, and a-f) pairs (e.g. 00112233445566778899AABBCC) or 13 ASCII characters.
IP Address: enter IP address for subscriber station LiteStation2/LiteStation5 Netmask: enter a subnet mask for subscriber station LiteStation2/LiteStation5. Gateway IP: enter a gateway IP address for subscriber station LiteStation2/LiteStation5. Advanced Link Setup The Advanced Link Setup page allows you to manage advanced settings that influence on the subscriber station LiteStation2/LiteStation5 performance.
ACK Timeout: specify the ACK timeout (integer, 20-520). This is the amount of time the subscriber station will wait to hear a response from the wireless device. If the timeout is set too short or too long, it will timeout and have trouble connecting. Changing the ACK Timeout value will change the Distance to the appropriate distance value for the ACK Timeout.
TX Antenna – choose the single antenna Main or Aux for transmitting. RX Antenna – choose the single antenna Main or Aux for receiving. System This page enables administrator to reboot the subscriber station, set it to factory defaults, upload a new firmware and configure administrator’s credentials. Firmware Use this section to find out current software version and update with new firmware.
Figure 15 – Firmware Upgrade 3 After clicking the Upgrade button the upgrade process starts immediately: Figure 16 – Progress of the Firmware Upgrade Close this window – close firmware upgrade window. This action will not cancel the firmware upgrade process. Administrative Account In this section you can choose and modify the administrator password to protect your LiteStation2/LiteStation5 from unauthorized configuration.
Logo Customization Use this section to enable and upload your custom logo on the LiteStation2/LiteStation5 user interface. The logo must conform to these limitations: The limit of logo size is 50Kb. The maximum height of logo should be 70 pixels. Only .gif format images are accepted. To upload your custom logo, enable logo customization and specify the location of logo file: Figure 18 – Custom Logo Upload Enable Custom Logo: click to enable logo customization.
