Page 2 - Tab le of Con ten ts; Cha pte r 1
Tab le of Con ten ts Cha pte r 1 Introduc tio n.............................................................................. 1 1.1 Pac kage Contents .............................................................................. 2 1.2 Features ...........................................................
Page 3 - Cha p t e r 1; jo in the w ireless netw ork by using the “Infrastruc ture Mode”.
Introduction Cha p t e r 1 I nt r o d uc ti o n This produc t is an acc ess point for IEEE 802.11g/b 2.4GHz w ireless netw ork. You c an use this acc ess point to build up a w ireless LAN. Any w ireless LAN station c an jo in the w ireless netw ork by using the “Infrastruc ture Mode”. The produc t s...
Page 4 - . 1 P a c k a g e
Introduction 1 . 1 P a c k a g e C o n te n t s Th e Ac c es s P o in t in c lu d e s t h e f o llo w in g it e m s : y One Ac c ess Point y One Pow er Adapter y One User’s Manual 1 . 2 F e a t u re s y Complies w ith the IEEE 802.11b/g (DSSS) 2.4GHz spec ific ation. y High data rate 54Mbps netw ork...
Page 5 - . 4 P h y s i c a l; Fro nt Pa ne l; L ED Color Status; Back Pane l
Introduction y Hum id ity : 10-90% (Non-c ondensing) y Certif ic ation : FCC, CE 1 . 4 P h y s i c a l De s c r i p t i o n Fro nt Pa ne l On the Ac c ess Point’s front panel there are LED lights that inform you of the Acc ess Point’s c urrent status. Be low is an explanation of eac h LED. L ED Colo...
Page 7 - Cha p t e r 2; Locate an optimum location for the Wire le ss LAN Acce ss Point.; netw ork, w ith line of sight to all of your mobile stations.; Conne ct the Wire less LAN Acce ss Point to your route r, hub or switch.; w ill then be c onnec ted to your existed w ired LAN Netw ork.; The Har dware Installation is comple te .
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Con nection Cha p t e r 2 W i r e le s s LAN Ac c e s s Po i nt Co nne c t i o n 1. Locate an optimum location for the Wire le ss LAN Acce ss Point. The best loc ation for your Acc ess Point is usually at the c enter of your w ireless netw ork, w ith line of sight to all ...
Page 8 - Cha p t e r 3; . 1 G e t t i n g; From Wire d Station; The default IP Address and Sub Mask of the Ac c ess Point is:; Configure your PC to be in the same subnet with the Access Point.
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Cha p t e r 3 W i r e le s s LAN Ac c e s s Po i nt Co nf i g ur a t i o n 3 . 1 G e t t i n g S t a r te d This Ac c ess Point provides w eb-based c onfiguration tool allow ing you to c onfigure from w ired or w ireless stations. Follow the instruc tions ...
Page 11 - Enter; OK
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 9 IP Address: 192.168.2.3 (any IP address wi thin 192.168.2.2~192.168.2.254 i s avai lable, do not setup 192.168.2.1 ) 9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 6. Cl i ck OK to confi rm the setti ng. Your PC will now have the IP Address you speci fi ed. 1d) Window s N...
Page 12 - From Wire le ss Station
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 4. You c an start c onfiguring the Ac c ess Point. From Wire le ss Station 1. Make sure your w ireless station is in the same subnet w ith the Acc ess Point. Please refer to the ste p 1 above for c onfiguring the IP Address and Sub Mask of the w ireless st...
Page 13 - C o n f i g u r i n g t h e A c ce s s P o i n t; S ta tus a nd I nfo r ma tio n
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 C o n f i g u r i n g t h e A c ce s s P o i n t Every time w hen you have finished modify ing a setting page and c lic k “App ly” button, this page w ill pop-up. The settings have been suc c essfully saved but w ill not take effec t immediate ly. Yo...
Page 14 - Wi re le s s Se tting
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 . 2 Wi re le s s Se tting This Ac c ess Point supports AP, Station, Bridge, WDS and Un iversal Repeat er modes. “AP Mode” prov ides pure acc ess point func tion. The simplest w ay to build up a w ireless LAN is to use “AP Mode”. “Station Mode” is use...
Page 15 - AP mode se tting page :
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on AP mode se tting page : Station-Ad Hoc mode se tting page: 13
Page 16 - Station-Infrastructure mode se tting page:
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Station-Infrastructure mode se tting page: AP Bridge -Point to Point mode se tting page: 14
Page 18 - Unive rsal Re pe ate r mode setting page :; Parameter; ESSID; Band
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Unive rsal Re pe ate r mode setting page : Parameter Desc ription ESSID T he ESSID (up to 31 pri ntable ASCII characters) i s the unique name i denti fied i n a WLAN. T he ID prevents the uni ntentional mergi ng of two co-l ocated WLANs. Pl ease m ake sure...
Page 20 - Se t Se curity; Encryption
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Se t Se curity “Set Sec urity” let you setup the w ireless sec urity for the data transmission betw een the bridged ac c ess points in “AP Br idge-Point to Point mode”, “AP Br idge-Po int to Mult i-Point mode” or “AP Bridg e-WDS mode”. It provides “WEP 64b...
Page 22 - Active Wire le ss Clie nt Ta ble; ac tive w ireless c lient in this table.
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Active Wire le ss Clie nt Ta ble “Ac tiv e Wire less Client Table” rec ords the status of all ac tive w ireless stations that are c onnec ting to the acc ess point. You c an lookup the MAC Address, Number of Transmitted Pac kets, Number of Rec eived Pac ke...
Page 23 - Wire le s s Site Surve y; selec t one acc ess point listed in th is table.; Adv a nc e d S e tt ing
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Wire le s s Site Surve y When this acc ess point is in “Station-Ad Hoc mode”, “Station-Infrastruc ture mode” or “Univ ersal Repeater mode”, it should assoc iate w ith an acc ess point or station and c onnec t to your w ireless LAN through the assoc iated a...
Page 24 - Authentication Type
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Parameter Desc ription Authentication Type T here are two authenti cation types: “Open System ” and “Shared Key”. When you select “Open System ”, wi rel ess stati ons can associ ate wi th thi s access poi nt wi thout WEP encryption. When you sel ect “Share...
Page 25 - Beacon Interval
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Beacon Interval T he i nterval of tim e that thi s access point broadcast a beacon. Beacon i s used to synchroni ze the wi reless network. Data Rate T he “Data Rate” i s the rate thi s access point uses to transm it data packets. T he access poi nt will us...
Page 26 - S e c ur ity
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 . 4 S e c ur ity This Ac c ess Point provides c omplete w ireless LAN sec urity func tions, inc lude WEP, IEEE 802.11x, IEEE 802.11x w ith WEP, WPA w ith pre-shared key and WPA w ith RADIUS. With these sec urity functions, you c an prevent your w ire...
Page 27 - WEP o nly; and “Un iversal Rep eater mode”.
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on WEP o nly When you selec t 64-bit or128-bit WEP key, you have to enter WEP keys to enc rypt data. You c an generate the key by yourself and enter it. You c an enter four WEP keys and selec t one of them as default key. Then the acc ess point c an rec eive ...
Page 28 - Key Length
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Parameter Desc ription Key Length You can sel ect the 64 or 128-bi t key to encrypt transm i tted data. Larger WEP key l ength wi ll provi de higher level of securi ty, but the throughput wi ll be lower. Key Form at You may sel ect to sel ect ASCII Charact...
Page 29 - RADIUS Server IP address; RADIUS Server Port; RADIUS Server Pas s word
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 802.1x only IEEE 802.1x is an authentic ation protoc ol. Every user must use a valid ac c ount to log in to this Ac c ess Point before ac c essing the w ireless LAN. The authentic ation is proc essed by a RADIUS server. This mode only authentic ates user b...
Page 30 - c ommunic ation. You c an use 802.1x w ith WEP encryption in “AP mode”, “AP
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 802.1x WEP s tatic ke y IEEE 802.1x is an authentic ation protoc ol. Every user must use a valid ac c ount to log in to this Ac c ess Point before ac c essing the w ireless LAN. The authentic ation is proc essed by a RADIUS server. This mode also uses WEP ...
Page 31 - WPA pre -s ha re d ke y
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on WPA pre -s ha re d ke y Wi-Fi Protec ted Ac c ess (WPA) is an advanc ed sec urity standard. You c an use a pre- shared key to authentic ate w ireless stations and enc rypt data during c ommunic ation. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to c hange the enc ryption ke...
Page 33 - WPA RADI US; RADIUS enc ryption in “ AP mode”, “AP Br idge-WDS mode” and “Un iversal
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on WPA RADI US Wi-Fi Protec ted Ac c ess (WPA) is an advanc ed sec urity standard. You c an use an external R ADI US server to authentic ate w ireless stations and provide the session key to encrypt data during c ommunic ation. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to c ...
Page 35 - M AC A d d re s s Filte r i ng; MAC Addresses from acc essing your w ireless netw ork.
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 . 5 M AC A d d re s s Filte r i ng This Ac c ess Point provides MAC Address Filtering, w hic h prevents the unauthorized MAC Addresses from acc essing your w ireless netw ork. 33
Page 37 - S y s te m Uti lity; enable the Ac c ess Point to be a DHCP Server.
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 . 6 S y s te m Uti lity From here, you c an define the Ac c ess Point’s IP Address and Login Passw ord and enable the Ac c ess Point to be a DHCP Server. 35
Page 39 - D HC P S e r v e r Se t t in g; Default Gateway IP
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on D HC P S e r v e r Se t t in g DHCP Server w ill automatic ally g ive your LAN c lient an IP address. If the DHCP is not enabled then you’ll have to manua lly set your LAN c lient’s IP address. Parameter Desc ription Default Gateway IP Speci fy the gateway...
Page 40 - Dom ain Nam e; Leas e Tim e
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on Dom ain Nam e You can specify the Domain Name for your Access Point. Leas e Tim e The DHCP Server when enabled will temporaril y gi ve your LAN client an IP address. In the Lease Time setting you can speci fy the time period that the DHCP Server l ends an ...
Page 41 - Co n fig u ra tio n To o l; The Configuration Tools sc reen allow s you to save (; Back up; ) the Acc ess Point’s; selec tion. If extreme problems occ ur you c an use the; Restore to Factory Default; Configuration Tools
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 . 7 Co n fig u ra tio n To o l The Configuration Tools sc reen allow s you to save ( Back up ) the Acc ess Point’s c urrent c onfiguration setting. Saving the c onfiguration settings provides an added protec tion and c onvenienc e should problems occ...
Page 43 - Fi r mwa re U pg ra de; This page allow s you to upgrade the Ac c ess Point’s firmw are.; Firm ware Upgrade
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 . 8 Fi r mwa re U pg ra de This page allow s you to upgrade the Ac c ess Point’s firmw are. Parameter Desc ription Firm ware Upgrade T hi s tool al lows you to upgrade the Access Point’s sy stem fi rm ware. To upgrade the fi rm ware of your Access Po...
Page 44 - R e s e t; essentially Re-boots your Acc ess Point’s system.; Res et
Wireless LA N A ccess Point Conf igurati on 3 . 2 . 9 R e s e t You c an reset the Ac c ess Point’s system should any problem exist. The reset func tion essentially Re-boots your Acc ess Point’s system. Parameter Desc ription Res et In the event that the system stops responding correctl y or in some...
Page 45 - Cha p t e r 4; installat ion and operation of the Ac c ess Point.; Ho w to manually find your PC’s IP and MAC Addre ss?; c onnec ted as an independent w ireless LAN.; What is Infrastructure ?
Troubleshoot ing Cha p t e r 4 Tr o ub l e s ho o t i ng This c hapter provides solutions to problems usually enc ountered during the installat ion and operation of the Ac c ess Point. 1. Ho w to manually find your PC’s IP and MAC Addre ss? 1) In Windows, open the Command Prompt program 2) T ype Ipc...
Page 46 - What is a MAC Addre ss?; same, making it a valuable ident if ier for the netw ork.
Troubleshoot ing 7. What is WEP? WEP stands for Wired Equiv alent Privac y, a data privac y mec hanism based on a 64(40)-bit shared key algorithm. 8. What is a MAC Addre ss? The Media Ac c ess Control (MAC) address is a unique number assigned by the manufac turer to any Ethernet netw orking devic e,...
