LevelOne WAP-0006/0009 manual

LevelOne WAP-0006/0009 11g Wireless AP User Manual V1. 0-0609[...]

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 1 1.1 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS .......................................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 F EATURES ...............................................................................[...]

Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction LevelOne WAP-0006 /0009 is an access point for IEEE 802.11g/b 2.4GHz wireless network. User can use this access point to build up a wireless LAN. Any wireless LAN station can join the wireless network by using the “Inf rastructure Mode”. The product supports WEP, WPA, WPA2, ESSI D and MAC address filter funct[...]

Introduction 1.1 Package Contents T he Access Point includes the following items: y WAP-0006/0009 y Power Adapter (WAP-0006 Only) y Dipole Antenna y CD Manual y Quick Installation Guide 1.2 Features y Complies with the IEEE 802.11b/g (DSSS) 2.4GHz specification. y Compliant with IEEE802.3af POE PD(P ower Device) standard (WAP-0009 Only) y High data[...]

Introduction y Power: 12VDC, 0.5A y Transmit Power: 15dBm (Typical) y LEDs: Power, LAN Link/Act ivity, Wireless Activity y Dimension: 30(H) x 127(W) x 96(D) mm y Temperature: Operating: 32~131°F (0~55°C) Storage: -4~158°F(-20~70°C) y Humidity: 10-90% (Noncondensing) y Certification: FCC, CE 1.4 Physical Description Front Panel On the Access Poi[...]

Introduction Back Panel Access Point’s connection ports are located on t he 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 co nnect to the Access Point. y DC Adapter Port Insert the power jack of the power a[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Connection Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 1. Locate an optimum location fo r 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 stations. 2. Connect the Wireless LAN Access Po int to user’s router,[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.1 Getting Started This Access Point provides web-based configur ation tool allowing user to configure from wired or wireless stations. Follow the instruct ions below to get started configuration. From Wired Station 1. Make sure user’s wired station is in t[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration • IP Address : Select Specify an IP Address. Specify the IP Address and Subnet Mask as following example. 9 IP Address: 192.168.2.3 (any IP address within 192.168.2.2~192.168.2.254 is available, do not setup 192.168.2.1 ) 9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255. 0 8. Reboot the PC. User’s PC will now hav e the IP Addr[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Once user has configured use r’ s PC to obtain an IP address automatically, please p ro ceed 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 Dial-up Con nections icon. In the Network and [...]

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. Connect to the Access Point. The Access Point’s d[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2 Configuring the Access Point Every time when user has finished modifyin g a setting page and click “Apply” button, this page will pop-up. The settings have been successf ully saved but will not take effect immediately. User has to restart the access point to make the new settings take effect. User can[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.1 Status and Information On this screen, user can see the general info rmation of the Access Point including Alias Name, Firmware Version, ESSID, Channel Num ber, Status, IP Address, MAC Address, etc. 3.2.2 Wireless Setting This Access Point supports AP, Station, Bridge, WDS and Universal Repeater modes. [...]

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 Br idge-Point to Point mode” to bridge two wired Ether net networks together. If user want to bridge more than two wired Ethernet networks together[...]

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

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration AP-Client mode setting page: AP Bridge-Point to Point mode setting page: 14[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode setting page: AP Bridge-WDS mode setting page: 15[...]

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 prevent s the unintentional mergi ng of two co-located WLANs. Please make sure that the ESSID of all stations in the same WLAN network are the same.[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration mode”, “AP Bridge-Point to Point m ode”, “AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode” and “AP Bridge-WDS mode”, “Universal Repea ter mode ”. MAC Address If user want to bridge more than one wired Ethernet netwo rks together with wireless LAN, user have to set this access point to “AP Bridge-Point[...]

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 Po int mode”, “AP Bridge- Point to Multi-Point mode” or “AP Bridge-WDS mode” . It provides “WEP 64bits”, “WEP 128bits”, “WPA (TKIP)”, [...]

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 acce ss points. Fill the text box by following the rules below. 64-bit WEP: input 10-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0 -[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Active Wireless Client Table “Active Wireless Client Table” records the stat us of all active wirel ess stations that are connecting to the access point. Users can lookup the MAC Addr ess, Number of Transmitted Packets, Number of Received Packe ts and Encryption Status of each active wireless client in th[...]

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 kee ps idl e long than the expired time, this access point will dissociate it. The wireless client station has to associate again wh en it beco mes active. Refresh Refresh th[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Wireless Site Survey When this access point is in “Station-Ad Ho c mode”, “AP-Client m ode” or “Universal Repeater mode”, it should associ ate with an access point or station and connect to user’s wireless LAN through the associated access point or station. “Wireless Site Survey” searches fo[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.3 Advanced Setting User can set advanced parameters of this access point. The parameters include Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon In terval, Tx Operation Rate, Tx Basic Rate, Preamble Type, Broadcast ESSID. User should not change these parameters unless user knows what effect[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration will result in b ad performance. RTS Threshold When the packet size is smaller than the RTS threshold, the acce ss point will not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to send this packet. Beacon Interval The interval of time that this access point broadca st a beacon. Beacon is used to synchronize the wireless network. [...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.4 AP Security This Access Point provides complete wireles s 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 us er’s wireless LAN from illegal access. Please make sure user’s wireless st[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration WEP only When select 64-bit or128-bit WEP key, user must enter the encrypt ion 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 one of the four keys. User can use WEP encrypti on [...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Key 1 - Key 4 The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network. Fill the text box by following the rules below. 64-bit WEP: input 10-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “0 -9” range) or 5-digit ASCII character as the encryption keys. 128-bit WEP: input 26-digit Hex v[...]

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, but it does not encryption the data during communica[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration RADIUS server. This mode also uses WEP to encrypt the data during communication. User can use 802.1x with W EP 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 settings, please refer to section[...]

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 wir eless stations and encrypt data during communication. It uses TKIP or CCMP(AES) to change the encrypt ion key frequently. So the encryption key is not easy to be broken by hacke[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration shared Key. For example: Passphrase: iamgu est Hexadecimal Digits: 12345abcde Pre-shared Key The Pre-shared key is used to authenticate and encrypt data tran smitted in the wireless network. Fill the text box by following the rules below. Hex WEP: input 64-digit Hex values (in the “A-F”, “a-f” and “[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration WPA RADIUS Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an advanc ed 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 encryption key frequently. This can improve security ver[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration RADIUS Server Password The password used by external RADIUS serve r. Click Apply button at the bottom of the screen to save t he above configuration s. User can n ow configure other advance sections or start u sing the Access Point. 33[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.5 MAC Address Filtering This Access Point provides MAC Address Filtering, which prev ents the unauthorized MAC Addresses from accessing user’s wireless network. Parameter Description Enable Wireless Access Control Enable or disable the MAC Address Filtering function. MAC Address Filtering Table This tab[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Remove MAC address from the table If user wants to remove some MA C addres s from the “MAC Addr ess Filtering Table”, select the MAC add resses user want to remove in the table and then click “Delete Selected”. If user want re move all MAC addresses from the table, just click “Delete All” button. [...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.6 System Utility 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 alphanu meric string) of the Access Point. The default passwo rd for the Access [...]

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 point be accessed by PC from deferent subnet to[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration DHCP Server Setting DHCP Server will automatically gi ve user’s LAN client an IP address. If the DHCP is not enabled then user will have to manually se t user’s LAN client’s IP address. Parameter Description Default Gateway IP Specify the gateway IP in user’s network. This IP address should be differe[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration DHCP Server lends an IP address to user’s LAN clients. The DHCP Se rver will change user’s LAN client’s IP address when this time threshold period is reached. Click Apply button at the bottom of the screen to save the above configuration s. User can now configure other advance sections or start u sing t[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.7 Configuration Tool The Configuration Tools screen allows user to save ( Backup ) the Access Point’s current configuration setting. Saving t he configuration settings prov ides an added protection and convenience should problems occur with the Access Point and user have to reset to factory default. Whe[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.8 Firmware Upgrade This page allows user to upgrade the Access Point’s firmware. Parameter Description Firmware Upgrade This tool allows user to upgra de the Access Point’s system firmware. To upgrade the firmware of user’s Acce ss Point, user need to downloa d the firmware file to user’s local ha[...]

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3.2.9 Reset User can reset the Access Point’s system s hould 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 stops functioning, user can perform a reset. User’s s[...]

Troubleshooting Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problem s 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 Ipconfig /all and Enter y User’s PC’s IP address is the one entit[...]

Troubleshooting 7. What is WEP? WEP stands for Wired Equiva lent 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 Acce ss. It is a security protocol for 802.11 wireless networks. WPA can provide data protection with the us e of encryption and the use of access contro[...]

Troubleshooting CE Marking Warning Hereby, Digital Data Communi cation s, declares that th is (Model-n o. WAP-00 06/0009) is in compliance wit h the essential requirement s and other relev ant provisions of Di rective 1999/5/EC. The CE-Declaration of Conformity can be downloaded at: http://www.levelone.eu/support.php 45[...]