LevelOne WAP-0006/0009 - Manuals

Introduction Back Panel Access Point’s connection ports are located on the back panel. Below is the description of each connection port. y Antenna Connector This round connection is standard Reverse SMA connector where any antennas with Reverse SMA connector can connect to the Access Point. y DC Ada...

Wireless LAN Access Point Connection C h a p t e r 2 H a r d w a r e I n s t a l l a t i o n 1. Locate an optimum location for the Wireless LAN Access Point. The best location for user’s Access Point is usually at the center of user’s wireless network, with line of sight to all of user’s mobile stat...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration C h a p t e r 3 W i r e l e s s L A N A c c e s s P o i n t C o n f i g u r a t i o n 3 . 1 G e t t i n g S t a r t e d This Access Point provides web-based configuration tool allowing user to configure from wired or wireless stations. Follow the instructions ...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Once user has configured user’s PC to obtain an IP address automatically, please proceed to Step 3. 1c) Windows 2000 1. Click the Start button and select Settings , then click Control Panel . The Control Panel window will appear. 2. Double-click Network and Di...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 4. User can start configuring the Access Point. From Wireless Station 1. Make sure user’s wireless station is in the same subnet with the Access Point. Please refer to the step 1 above for configuring the IP Address and Sub Mask of the wireless station. 2. Con...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 C o n f i g u r i n g t h e A c c e s s P o i n t Every time when user has finished modifying a setting page and click “Apply” button, this page will pop-up. The settings have been successfully saved but will not take effect immediately. User has to rest...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 . 1 S t a t u s a n d I n f o r m a t i o n On this screen, user can see the general information of the Access Point including Alias Name, Firmware Version, ESSID, Channel Number, Status, IP Address, MAC Address, etc. 3 . 2 . 2 W i r e l e s s S e t t i ...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration “ AP Bridge Mode ” provides the function to bridge more than two wired Ethernet networks together by wireless LAN. User can use two access points with “AP Bridge-Point to Point mode” to bridge two wired Ethernet networks together. If user want to bridge more t...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration AP mode setting page: Station-Ad Hoc mode setting page: 13

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Universal Repeater mode setting page: Parameter Description ESSID The ESSID (up to 31 printable ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. Please make sure that the ESSID of all...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Set Security “Set Security” let user setup the wireless security for the data transmission between the bridged access points in “AP Bridge-Point to Point mode”, “AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode” or “AP Bridge-WDS mode”. It provides “WEP 64bits”, “WEP 128bi...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration WEP Key This is only used when user select “ WEP 64bits” or “WEP 128bits” encryption method. The WEP key is used to encrypt data transmitted between the bridged access points. Fill the text box by following the rules below. 64-bit WEP: input 10-digit Hex value...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Active Wireless Client Table “Active Wireless Client Table” records the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point. Users can lookup the MAC Address, Number of Transmitted Packets, Number of Received Packets and Encryption S...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Power Saving Shows if the wireless client is in Power Saving mode. Expired Time The time in second before dissociation. If the wireless keeps idle long than the expired time, this access point will dissociate it. The wireless client station has to associate ag...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Wireless Site Survey When this access point is in “Station-Ad Hoc mode”, “AP-Client mode” or “Universal Repeater mode”, it should associate with an access point or station and connect to user’s wireless LAN through the associated access point or station. “Wire...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 . 3 A d v a n c e d S e t t i n g User can set advanced parameters of this access point. The parameters include Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Tx Operation Rate, Tx Basic Rate, Preamble Type, Broadcast ESSID. Use...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 . 4 A P S e c u r i t y This Access Point provides complete wireless LAN security functions; include WEP, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.1x with WEP, WPA with pre-shared key and WPA with RADIUS. With these security functions, user can prevent user’s wireless LAN ...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration WEP only When select 64-bit or128-bit WEP key, user must enter the encryption keys. User can generate the key by you and enter it. User can enter four WEP keys and select one of them as default key. Then the access point can receive any packets encrypted by on...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 802.1X ONLY IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user must use a valid account to login to this Access Point before accessing the wireless LAN. The authentication is processed by a RADIUS server. This mode only authenticates user by IEEE 802.1x, bu...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration RADIUS server. This mode also uses WEP to encrypt the data during communication. User can use 802.1x with WEP encryption in “AP mode”, “AP Bridge-WDS mode” and “Universal Repeater mode”. For the WEP settings please refer to section “WEP only”. For the 802.1x s...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration WPA pre-shared key Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. User can use a pre- shared key to authenticate wireless stations and encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to change the encryption key frequently. So the ...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration WPA RADIUS Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanced security standard. User can use an external RADIUS server to authenticate wireless stations and provide the session key to encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to change the encrypt...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 . 5 M A C A d d r e s s F i l t e r i n g This Access Point provides MAC Address Filtering, which prevents the unauthorized MAC Addresses from accessing user’s wireless network. Parameter Description Enable Wireless Access Control Enable or disable the M...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Remove MAC address from the table If user wants to remove some MAC address from the “MAC Address Filtering Table”, select the MAC addresses user want to remove in the table and then click “Delete Selected”. If user want remove all MAC addresses from the table,...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 . 6 S y s t e m U t i l i t y From here, user can define the Access Point’s IP Address and Login Password and enable the Access Point to be a DHCP Server. Parameter Description Current Password Enter the current password (up to 15-digit alphanumeric stri...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Subnet Mask Specify a Subnet Mask for user’s LAN segment. The Subnet Mask of the Access Point is fixed and the value is 255.255.255.0 . Gateway Address The IP address of the default gateway of the subnet that this access point resides in. It allows this access...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration D H C P S e r v e r S e t t i n g DHCP Server will automatically give user’s LAN client an IP address. If the DHCP is not enabled then user will have to manually set user’s LAN client’s IP address. Parameter Description Default Gateway IP Specify the gateway I...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 . 7 C o n f i g u r a t i o n T o o l The Configuration Tools screen allows user to save ( Backup ) the Access Point’s current configuration setting. Saving the configuration settings provides an added protection and convenience should problems occur wit...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 . 8 F i r m w a r e U p g r a d e This page allows user to upgrade the Access Point’s firmware. Parameter Description Firmware Upgrade This tool allows user to upgrade the Access Point’s system firmware. To upgrade the firmware of user’s Access Point, us...

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3 . 2 . 9 R e s e t User can reset the Access Point’s system should any problem exist. The reset function essentially Re-boots user’s Access Point’s system. Parameter Description Reset In the event that the system stops responding correctly or in some way stop...

Troubleshooting C h a p t e r 4 T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the Access Point. 1. How to manually find user’s PC’s IP and MAC Address? 1) In Windows, open the Command Prompt program 2) Type Ipco...

Troubleshooting 7. What is WEP? WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 64(40)-bit shared key algorithm. 8. What is WPA? WPA is an acronym for Wi-Fi Protected Access. It is a security protocol for 802.11 wireless networks. WPA can provide data protection with the...

Troubleshooting CE Marking Warning Hereby, Digital Data Communications, declares that this (Model-no. WAP-0006/0009) is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. The CE-Declaration of Conformity can be downloaded at: http://www.levelone.eu/su...