Dewalt WP54AG - Manual

v Technical Support Information The warranty information and registration form are found in the Quick Install Guide. For technical support, you may contact Compex or its subsidiaries. For your convenience, you may also seek technical assistance from the local distributor, or from the authorized deal...

vi About This Document The product described in this document, Wireless Access Point with PoE, WP54AG is a licensed product of Compex Systems Pte Ltd. This document contains instructions for installing, configuring and using Access point. It also gives an overview of the key applications and the net...

vii Conventions In this document, special conventions are used to help and present the information clearly. The Wireless Access Point with PoE is often referred to as WP54AG or access point or AP in this document. Below is a list of conventions used throughout. NOTE This section will consist of impo...

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xi APPENDIX I: FIRMWARE RECOVERY .......................................176 APPENDIX II: TCP/IP CONFIGURATION ...................................178 For Windows 95/98/98SE/ME/NT .................................................................. 178For Windows XP/2000....................................

2 F F E E A A T T U U R R E E S S A A N N D D B B E E N N E E F F I I T T S S The access point has been designed for high performance and offers a rich suite of features, with which you should acquaint yourself to be able to exploit your access point’s full potential. ! ! W W i i r r e e l l e e s s...

5 A A C C C C E E S S S S P P O O I I N N T T C C L L I I E E N N T T M M O O D D E E In Access Point Client mode, the device acts as a wireless client. When connected to an access point, it will create a network link between the Ethernet network connected at this client device, and the wireless and...

6 P P O O I I N N T T T T O O P P O O I I N N T T M M O O D D E E In Point to Point mode, the access point allows point-to-point communication between different buildings. It enables you to bridge wireless clients that are kilometres apart while unifying the networks. In the example above, you may c...

7 P P O O I I N N T T T T O O M M U U L L T T I I P P L L E E P P O O I I N N T T M M O O D D E E In Point to Multiple Point mode, this mode is similar to that of the Point-to-Point mode. But the access point located at one facility is able to connect to up to 8 access points (AP) installed in any d...

8 W W I I R R E E L L E E S S S S R R O O U U T T I I N N G G C C L L I I E E N N T T M M O O D D E E An application of this mode would be for the Ethernet port of the Wireless Routing Client to be used for connection with other devices on the network while access to the Internet would be achieved t...

9 G G A A T T E E W W A A Y Y M M O O D D E E Or put it more simply, Broadband Internet sharing in a wireless network! Since the access point supports several types of broadband connections, the first step in setting up the access point as a Broadband Internet Gateway is to identify the type of broa...

10 PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) Select this type of connection if you are using ADSL services in a country utilising standard PPP over Ethernet for authentication. For instance: If you are in Germany which uses T-1 connection or If you are using SingNet Broadband or Pacific Internet Broadband in Singap...

11 W W I I R R E E L L E E S S S S A A D D A A P P T T E E R R M M O O D D E E Similarly to the Access Point Client mode, the access point used in this mode, is able to communicate wirelessly with another access point to perform transparent bridging between two networks. However here, the Wireless A...

13 S S t t e e p p 2 2 : : Insert one end of the Ethernet cable to any of the Ethernet ports on your access point, and the other end of the cable to your PC’s Ethernet network adapter. S S t t e e p p 3 3 : : Attach the power adapter to the main electrical supply, and connect the power plug into the...

16 S S t t e e p p 5 5 : : Turn on your power supply. Notice that the Power LED has lighted up. This indicates that the access point is receiving power through the PoE Injector. Notice also that the corresponding port LEDs have lighted up. This indicates that connection between your access point and...

22 M M A A N N U U A A L L A A C C C C E E S S S S T T O O W W E E B B - - B B A A S S E E D D I I N N T T E E R R F F A A C C E E V V I I A A I I N N T T E E R R N N E E T T E E X X P P L L O O R R E E R R For this method, you need to assign an IP address to your PC so that it belongs to the same s...

29 This table describes the parameters that can be modified in the Management Port Setup page. Parameters Description IP Address When the DHCP server of the access point is enabled (unless you set a different DHCP Gateway IP Address ), this LAN IP Address would be allocated as the Default Gateway of...

36 T T O O C C O O N N F F I I G G U U R R E E T T H H E E B B A A S S I I C C S S E E T T U U P P O O F F T T H H E E W W I I R R E E L L E E S S S S M M O O D D E E The following will guide you to configure the basic setup of the wireless mode you have selected. S S t t e e p p 1 1 : : Click on W ...

39 If you wish to set the access point in the P P o o i i n n t t t t o o M M u u l l t t i i p p l l e e P P o o i i n n t t mode, click on C C h h a a n n g g e e to select P P o o i i n n t t t t o o M M u u l l t t i i p p l l e e P P o o i i n n t t , and then you will see the page below. To cr...

43 S S t t e e p p 2 2 : : To connect the client to one of the access points detected: Select the radio button corresponding to the access point you want to connect to. S S t t e e p p 3 3 : : Click on the A A p p p p l l y y button to effect the change and return to the setup page. S S t t e e p p ...

46 This table describes the parameters that can be viewed from the L L i i n n k k I I n n f f o o r r m m a a t t i i o o n n page. Parameters Description State Refers to the MAC address of the BSS (AP to which the client is connected). Current Channel The channel that is being presently used for t...

47 S S C C A A N N F F O O R R C C H H A A N N N N E E L L S S U U R R V V E E Y Y ( ( A A V V A A I I L L A A B B L L E E F F O O R R A A C C C C E E S S S S P P O O I I N N T T M M O O D D E E A A N N D D G G A A T T E E W W A A Y Y M M O O D D E E ) ) Channel Survey provides a list of all channel...

50 A A N N T T E E N N N N A A A A L L I I G G N N M M E E N N T T ( ( A A V V A A I I L L A A B B L L E E F F O O R R A A L L L L M M O O D D E E S S ) ) The Antenna Alignment feature in the access point is designed to precisely align the antenna over such a long distance so that the connectivity c...

51 NOTE If no MAC address is entered, the Antenna Alignment tool will make use of the SSID to align the antenna. Please make sure that the correct SSID is entered. If more than one access point (AP) share the same SSID, the Antenna Alignment tool will show the strongest signal AP. The DIAG LED indic...

52 T T O O C C O O N N F F I I G G U U R R E E T T H H E E S S E E C C U U R R I I T T Y Y S S E E T T U U P P O O F F T T H H E E W W I I R R E E L L E E S S S S M M O O D D E E Kindly refer to Chapter 5 on WLAN Security for details on setting the different security modes of the access point. T T O...

53 This table describes the parameters that can be modified in the W W L L A A N N A A d d v v a a n n c c e e d d S S e e t t u u p p page. Parameters Description Beacon Interval (Only in Access Point mode) The Beacon Interval is the amount of time between beacon transmissions. A beacon is a guidan...

54 Antenna Control The Antenna Control function allows you to control whether to use the: ! Main antenna ! Aux (auxiliary) antenna ! Auto (Default), to monitor the signal from each antenna and automatically switch to the one with better signal NOTE The values illustrated in the examples are suggeste...

61 W W A A N N S S E E T T U U P P (only supported by Wireless Routing Client and Gateway) A correct WAN Setup allows you to successfully share your Internet connection among the wired and wireless clients of the access point. To do so, you need to identify the type of broadband Internet access you ...

64 WAN Setup - Cable Internet with Static IP Assignment If you have an ISP that leases a static WAN IP for your subscription, you will need to configure your access point’s WAN type accordingly. For example, if the ISP provided you with the following setup information, you can set up your WAN as des...

67 WAN Setup – ADSL Internet using PPTP If you subscribe to an ADSL service using Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) authentication, you can set up your access point’s WAN type from the steps that follow. For example, if the ISP provided you with the following set up information, you can set u...

68 WAN Setup – L2TP If you’re using Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) authentication, you can set up your access point’s WAN type from the steps that follow. For example, if the ISP provided you with the following set up information, you can set up your WAN as described below: IP Address : 203.120.1...

69 T T E E L L N N E E T T / / S S S S H H S S E E T T U U P P Telnet allows a computer to remotely connect to the access point CLI (Command Line Interface) for control and monitoring. SSH (Secure Shell Host) establishes a secure host connection to the access point CLI for control and monitoring. Te...

70 To add user: 1. Click Add button. 2. In Add User Entry Page, enter User Name, Password, and specify whether user is granted permission to Read Only or Read/Write. 3. Click Apply. To Delete User: 1. Select which user to Delete. 2. Click Delete. 3

71 User Management list refreshes to update users. To Refresh User Management list: Click Refresh to refresh User Management list.

72 T T E E L L N N E E T T C C O O M M M M A A N N D D L L I I N N E E I I N N T T E E R R F F A A C C E E Telnet CLI (Command Line Interface) The user may connect to the CLI (Command Line Interface) via a TELNET session to the default IP, 192.168.168.1 . This section uses Microsoft TELNET command f...

73 S S E E C C U U R R E E S S H H E E L L L L H H O O S S T T C C O O M M M M A A N N D D L L I I N N E E I I N N T T E E R R F F A A C C E E SSH CLI (Secure Shell Host Command Line Interface) SSH is designed and created to provide the best security when accessing another computer remotely. Not onl...

74 SSH CLI has a command line interface like shown below for example.

75 W W E E B B M M O O D D E E The access point supports HTTPS (SSL) in addition to the standard HTTP. HTTPS (SSL) features additional authentication and encryption for secure communication. Web Management Setup Select Web Management Setup from the CONFIGURATION menu. 1. Select whether to set web se...

76 S S N N M M P P S S E E T T U U P P Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a set of communication protocols that separates the management architecture from the architecture of the hardware devices. Step 1: Click on S S N N M M P P from the C C O O N N F F I I G G U U R R A A T T I I O O N N...

83 M M A A C C F F I I L L T T E E R R I I N N G G MAC Filtering acts as a security measure by controlling the users accessing to the network through their MAC address. Each WLAN or radio card supports up to 16 virtual access points and has its own MAC address listing. The client MAC addresses entri...

84 Add a MAC address to the MAC Address List. S S t t e e p p 1 1 : : Select M M A A C C F F i i l l t t e e r r i i n n g g from W W L L A A N N S S e e t t u u p p ( ( a a / / b b / / g g ) ) . MAC Address Filtering page displays. In this page you may also set the MAC Filtering Status to E E n n a...

88 S S t t e e p p 2 2 : : MAC Filter Address List page displays. Select the checkbox of the MAC address you wish to delete. Click the D D e e l l e e t t e e button. S S t t e e p p 3 3 : : MAC Filter Address List page displays with updated MAC Address List.

94 H H O O W W T T O O S S E E T T U U P P W W E E P P The guidelines below will help you to set up your access point for using WEP. At the WEP Setup page,

100 H H O O W W T T O O S S E E T T U U P P W W P P A A E E N N T T E E R R P P R R I I S S E E (Only Access Point mode supports WPA2-Enterprise and WPA-Enterprise-AUTO) The guidelines below will help you to set up the access point for using WPA- Enterprise . Please follow the steps below if you hav...

103 C C h h a a p p t t e e r r 6 6 : : W W i i r r e e l l e e s s s s E E x x t t e e n n d d e e d d F F e e a a t t u u r r e e s s This section illustrates how to configure the wireless extended features. To start with, follow the common preliminary steps described below. A A C C C C E E S S S ...

111 W W I I R R E E L L E E S S S S S S E E T T U U P P - - T T H H E E W W I I R R E E L L E E S S S S D D I I S S T T R R I I B B U U T T E E D D S S Y Y S S T T E E M M (Only in Access Point mode) A wireless distribution system creates a wider network in which mobile users can roam while still st...

112 Chain Configuration WDS A chain configuration WDS spans an area in length, for instance a long corridor. Satellite access points are chained together starting from a root access point. The access point at either end of the chain will have only one WDS link enabled, while the access points in the...

120 C C h h a a p p t t e e r r 7 7 : : A A d d v v a a n n c c e e d d C C o o n n f f i i g g u u r r a a t t i i o o n n R R O O U U T T I I N N G G (only supported by Wireless Routing Client and Gateway) The access point allows the network administrator to add a static routing entry into its rou...

121 The diagram below illustrates a case in which you have two routers in the network. One router is used for broadband Internet sharing while another router connects to a remote office. You may then define a static routing entry in the access point to re-route the packets to the remote office. In t...

122 T T O O C C O O N N F F I I G G U U R R E E S S T T A A T T I I C C R R O O U U T T I I N N G G With an understanding of how adding a static routing entry can facilitate a network setup such as the one described above, here is how you may configure the access point: Step 1: Under the C C O O N N...

125 You may wish to set up a DMZ host if you intend to use a special- purpose Internet Service such as an online game for which no i NOTE 1. When you enable DMZ, the Static IP Address configuration is recommended for the DMZ host. Otherwise, if the address is allocated by DHCP, it may change and DMZ...

130 B B A A N N D D W W I I D D T T H H C C O O N N T T R R O O L L (only supported by Wireless Routing Client and Gateway) The access point is designed to support simple bandwidth management that makes use of the Bandwidth Control . This feature gives the administrator the choice to manage the band...

132 T T O O C C O O N N F F I I G G U U R R E E L L A A N N B B A A N N D D W W I I D D T T H H C C O O N N T T R R O O L L S S E E T T T T I I N N G G The access point can allow you to limit the LAN user’s throughput by configuring the Bandwidth Control Rule . Step 1: Under the C C O O N N F F I I ...

133 This table describes the parameters that can be modified in the Add Bandwidth Control Entry page. Parameters Description Rule Name The rule describes the type of bandwidth traffic to be controlled and of a specification of what action to take when that bandwidth traffic is encountered. Committed...

135 P P A A R R A A L L L L E E L L B B R R O O A A D D B B A A N N D D (only supported by Gateway)The access point is equipped with the exclusive Parallel Broadband technology to provide scalable Internet bandwidth with Load Balancing and Fail-Over Redundancy. By installing multiple units of the ac...

138 ! Email address of Receiver: This is the email address of the receiver to whom the message would be sent. ! IP address of Email Server: This is the IP address of the SMTP server through which the message would be sent out. (Take note that you are encouraged to use your ISP’s SMTP server). ! User...

141 D D N N S S R R E E D D I I R R E E C C T T I I O O N N (only supported by Wireless Routing Client and Gateway) When you enter a URL in your Internet browser, the browser requests for a name-to-IP address translation from the Domain Name System (DNS) servers to be able to locate the web server h...

148 To select DtDNS as DDNS Service Provider Step 1: Under the C C h h o o i i c c e e column in the table of C C h h o o i i c c e e D D D D N N S S P P r r o o v v i i d d e e r r check the radio button next to the D D t t D D N N S S . Then click on the N N e e x x t t button to proceed. Step 2: ...

149 Step 5: In our example, while the new domain name, c c o o o o l l . . 3 3 d d - - g g a a m m e e . . c c o o m m is being added to the list, the message ‘Waiting in queue…” will be displayed under the U U p p d d a a t t e e S S t t a a t t u u s s column of the D D y y n n a a m m i i c c D D...

151 Step 4: Click on the A A d d d d button and you will be able to define the details of your P P a a c c k k e e t t F F i i l l t t e e r r R R u u l l e e from the screen on the right. 4a). Enter Rule Name for this new packet filtering rule. For example, BlockCS 4b). From the IP Address drop dow...

156 Step 4: You may add more firewall rules for specific security purposes. Click on the A A d d d d radio button at the screen shown above, followed by the E E d d i i t t button and the screen on the left will appear. Rule Name : Enter a unique name to identify this firewall rule. Disposition Poli...

159 F F I I R R E E W W A A L L L L L L O O G G S S When the access point’s SPI firewall is in operation, valuable traffic patterns in your network will be captured and stored into the Firewall Logs. From these logs, you can extract detailed information about the type of data traffic, the time, the ...

160 C C h h a a p p t t e e r r 9 9 : : S S y y s s t t e e m m U U t t i i l l i i t t i i e e s s U U S S I I N N G G T T H H E E S S Y Y S S T T E E M M T T O O O O L L S S M M E E N N U U P P I I N N G G U U T T I I L L I I T T Y Y This feature lets you determine whether your access point can co...

164 S S Y Y S S T T E E M M I I D D E E N N T T I I T T Y Y If your network operates with several access points, you would find it useful to have a means of identifying each individual device. You can define the System Identity of your access point to be uniquely identifiable as follows: S S t t e e...

172 C C H H A A N N G G E E P P A A S S S S W W O O R R D D It is recommended that you change the default login password, which is case sensitive and is set by default, to password . S S t t e e p p 1 1 : : Click on C C h h a a n n g g e e P P a a s s s s w w o o r r d d from the S S Y Y S S T T E E...

175 A A B B O O U U T T S S Y Y S S T T E E M M The About System page displays a summary of your system configuration information. Support technicians might require specific information about your system data when they are troubleshooting your configuration. You can use the information displayed in ...

176 A A p p p p e e n n d d i i x x I I : : F F i i r r m m w w a a r r e e R R e e c c o o v v e e r r y y This section demonstrates how to reload the firmware to the access point should the system fail to launch properly. In such cases, the access point will automatically switch to loader mode and...

178 A A p p p p e e n n d d i i x x I I I I : : T T C C P P / / I I P P C C o o n n f f i i g g u u r r a a t t i i o o n n Once the hardware has been set up, you need to assign an IP address to your PC so that it will be in the same subnet as the access point. By default, the access point’s IP addr...

179 S S t t e e p p 4 4 : : Select the radio button for Specify an IP address . Enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask as 192.168.168.X and 255.255.255.0, where X can be any number from 2 to 254, except for 1. In this example, we are using 192.168.168.160 as the static IP Address. S S t t e e p p 5 5 ...

180 menu, select Run, and enter the command winipcfg . Select your respective Ethernet Adapter from the drop down list and click OK . Now, your PC is now ready to communicate with your access point.

181 F F O O R R W W I I N N D D O O W W S S X X P P / / 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 S S t t e e p p 1 1 : : Go to your desktop, right-click on My Network Places icon and select Properties . S S t t e e p p 2 2 : : Go to your network adapter icon, right click and select to Properties . S S t t e e p p 3 3 : : Hi...

183 S S t t e e p p 6 6 : : Next, in order to check if the IP address has been correctly assigned to your PC, go to Start menu, Accessories , select Command Prompt and type the command ipconfig/all . Your PC is now ready to communicate with your access point.