Amer Networks WLAGP manual

802.11g Wireless LAN Access Point with PoE User Guide[...]

i Regulatory notes and statements Wireless LAN, Health and Authorization for use Radio frequency electromagne tic energy is emitted from Wireless LAN devices. The energy levels of these emission s however are far m uch less than the electromagnetic energy emissions from wi reless devices like for example mobile phones. Wireless LAN device s are saf[...]

ii FCC Radio Frequency Exposure statement This Wireless LAN radio d evice has bee n evaluated under F CC Bulletin OET 65 and found compliant to t he requirements as set forth in CFR 47 Sections 2.1091, 2.1093, and 15.247 (b ) (4) addressing RF Exposure from radio fr equency devices. The radiated output power of this Wireless LAN device is far below[...]

iii Safety Information Your device contains a low power transmitter . When device is tr ansmitted it sends out radio frequency (RF) si gnal. CAUTION: To maintain co mpliance with FCC’s RF exposure guidelines, this equipment should be instal led and operated with mini mum distance 20cm between the radiator and your body. Use on the supplied antenn[...]

iv TABLE OF CONTENT About This Guide ............................................................................................................... ........... 1 Purpose........................................................................................................................ ................ 1 Overview of this User’s Guide ........[...]

1 ABOUT THIS GUIDE Congratulations on your purchase of this IEEE 8 02.11g Wireless LAN Access Point. This manual he lps to features the innovating wireless techno logy that can help you build a wireless network easily! T h is manual contains detailed i nstructions in operation of this pr oduct. Please ke ep this manual for future reference. With a [...]

2 UNPACKING AND SETUP This chapter provide s unpacking and setup inform ation for the Access Point. Unpacking Open the box of the Access Point and carefu lly unpack it. The box should contain the following items:  One Wireless Access Po int  One external power adapter  One CD-Rom (User’s guide) If any item is found missing or damaged, pl[...]

3 HARDWARE INSTALATION Front panel The figure below shows t he LED Indicator of the Wireless LAN Access Point . Power: This indicator lights green when the Access Point recei ves power. Otherwise, it turns off. WLAN: The indicator blinking gr een wh iles the wireless LAN activity. LAN (Link/ACT): The indicator lights green wh en the LAN port is con[...]

4 RESET The Reset function is to re set the setting back to factor y default setting, once you press the “RESET” butt on more than 5 se conds. Power Connect the Power Adap ter DC plug to the AP’s power jack. Antenna One external dipole ant enna. Hardware connections Connecting with power adapter 1. Plug in net work cable to the Ethernet po rt[...]

5 CONFIGURING THE WIRELESS LAN ACCESS POINT The Wireless Access Point ha s a Web GUI interface for t he configuration. The AP can be configured through the Web B r owser. A network manager can manage, control and monitor the AP from the local LAN. This sectio n indicates how to configure the AP to enable its functions. Login to the Wireless AP thro[...]

6 Main Screen of the Access Point The screen will show the status of the AP when you login to the AP. There are seven main function s included in the top side o f the main screen: Wiza rd, Status, Basic Setting, IP Setting, Advanced Setting, Security an d Tools. Point the selections in the top si de of the menu screen.[...]

7 Wizard Setup wizard is provided as the part of the web conf iguration utility. User can simply follow the step-by-step process to get Access Point conf iguration ready to run in 4 easy steps by clicking on the “Wizard” button on the fu nction menu. The following screen will appear. Please click “Next” to continue. Step 1: Set Password Use[...]

8 Step 3: Set WEP Encryption If user wants t o enable WEP, please click “Enabled” . Then, select the key size of WEP encryption and enter th e key value in the key text box. Please clic k “Next” to continue. Step 4: Restart The Setup wizard is now co mpleted. The new settings w ill be effect ive after the Access Point restar ted. Please cli[...]

9 Status This page as below shows the following information. Firmware Version: Shows the current firmwa re ve rsion and released date code. LAN: Shows the Mac address, IP address (default: 192.168.1.1), Subnet Mask, Gateway Address. The current LAN traffi c calculated in te rms of number of packets sent and re ceived by AP thro ugh wired connection[...]

10 View Log: Once clicked, the pag e will change to logi n page. The login page records every event and the time that it happens. User may clear the entries re corded in the lo g by clic ki ng the “Clear Log” button, and refresh th e screen to sho w the latest lo g entries by clicking the “Refresh” button.[...]

11 Basic Setting This is the page allow user to change the access point settings. . AP Name: The name of the AP, which can be used to identify the Access Point among the all the Access Points in the wireless network. Mode: The WLAN AP supports five operat ion mode for Access Point, AP Client, WDS (Wireless Distribution System ), AP+WDS and Repeater[...]

12 AP mode configuration Channel: The channel that AP will operate in . User can select the channel range from 1 to 11 for North America (FCC) domain, 1 to 13 for European (ETSI) domain and 1 to 14 for Japanese domain. SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among al l clients and nodes in a wireless ne twork. The SSID must be i[...]

13 WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to s et the key in the passphrase field as the belo w screen. The key length should be 8 characters at least. WPA / WPA2: If WPA or WPA2 is selected, the below screen is shown. Please set the length of the encryption key and the parameters fo r the RADIUS server.[...]

14 RADIUS Server 1: Enter the IP address of and the Port us ed by the Primary Radius S erver, enter the Shared Secret, which is used by the Radius Server. RADIUS Server 2: (optional) Enter the IP address of and the Port used by the Secondary R adius Server, enter the Shared Secret, which is us ed by the Radius Server. Apply: For the changes m ade t[...]

15 SSID: Service Set Identifier, wh ich is a unique name sh ared among all clients and nodes in a wireless ne twork. The SSID must be id entical for each clients and nodes in the wi reless network. Site Survey: This button allows user to enable the Site Su rvey function to scan for the available wireless network (w ireless clients and Access Poi nt[...]

16 WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to s et the key in the passphrase field as the belo w screen. The key length should be 8 characters at least. Apply: For the changes m ade to any of the items above to be effective, click “Apply”. The new settings ar e now been saved to Ac cess Point and will be effective onc[...]

17 WDS mode With WDS (Wireless Distribution System) mode, user can use wireless media to communicate two or more LANs t hrough the AP with WDS mode, all of the LAN will be combined in the WDS group, for example: Single WDS group application: When there are three APs joined to the WDS group, one of the AP in WDS mode will be the Master, th e other t[...]

18 Multiple WDS group application: When there are five APs to be join in to two separated WDS group, the member of WDS group 1 is AP-A, AP-B and AP-C , and member of th e WDS group 2 is AP-C, AP-D and AP-E, the AP-C will join both of WDS group 1 and WDS group 2, each WDS Group 1 will be one master and the other will be slave. The AP-A and AP-C will[...]

19 Master setting (AP-A, WDS Group 1) Slave setting (AP-B, WDS Group 1) Master setting (AP-C, WDS Group 2) Slave setting (AP-D and AP-E, WDS Group 2) WDS mode configuration for Example-2[...]

20 AP+WDS mode With WDS+AP mode, user can use wirele ss media to communicate two or more LANs through the AP with WDS+AP mode, all of LAN will be combined in the WDS group and WLAN clie nt can access to the AP with AP+WDS mode. WDS+AP mode application Please refer the AP mode and WD S mode for deta il configuration. AP configu ration WDS config ura[...]

21 Repeater mode Configure the AP to Repeater mode; the AP will be a wireless LAN repeater that will be extended the WLAN coverage range. Repeater mode application Repeater mode configuration SSID: Service Set Identifier, wh ich is a unique name sh ared among all clients and nodes in a wireless ne twork. The SSID must be id entical for each clients[...]

22 Site Survey: This button allows user to enable the Site Su rvey function to scan for the available wireless network (w ireless clients and Access Poi nts) and establish wireless communications with one. Selected one of them in list to establish communications an d click “Connect” button. Authentication Type: The authentication type defau lt [...]

23 WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to se t the key in the passphrase field as the below screen. Th e key lengt h should be 8 characters at least. Apply: For the changes made to any of the items above to be effective, click “Apply”. The new settings are now bee n saved to Access Point and will be effective once[...]

24 IP Setting This page allows user to configure the IP and DHCP se ttings of the Access Point. The default IP address of t his access point is 192.168.1.1 with the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. User can type in othe r values for IP Add ress, Subnet Mask and Gateway and click “Apply” button for the changes to be effecti ve. User can also set th[...]

25 Advanced Setting This page contains configurations for a dvanced users, which th e change reflects the wireless performance and operating modes. Beacon Interval: To set the period of time in m illiseconds that AP sends out a beacon. Default is 100 milliseconds. RTS Threshold: To set the size of RTS/CTS pack et size. Default is 2432 bytes. Fragme[...]

26 Security This page is where user con figures the security features supported by this Access Point. Password : Allow user to change the new login password. Here are the necessary steps: 1. Enter the new password in the “AP Password New:” field. 2. Enter the new password again in the “Confi rm” field. 3. Click “Apply” MAC Filter: MAC F[...]

27 Tools Four functions are provided in this page, Backup, Restor e Settings, R estore default settings and Firmware Upgrade. Save Settings to Local Har d Drive: Click on “ Save Setting s to Local Har d Drive ” button, which will open a FileSave Dial og box, where user gets to save all the current settings and c onfigurations to a file. Restore[...]

28 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Standards IEEE 802.11b/g IEEE 802.3u 10/100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet Signal Type: DSSS (802.11b) OFDM (802.11g) Modulation: QPSK / BPSK / CCK / OFDM LED Indicators: Power, LAN (Link/Activity), WLAN (Link) Frequency 2412 MHz ~ 2462 MHz (FCC) 2412 MHz ~ 2472 MHz (ETSI) 2400 MHz ~ 2484 M[...]

29 Physical and Environmental DC inputs DC 7.5V /1A Power Consumption 4.2W (Max) Temperature Operating: 0 ~ 40 o C, Storage: -10 ~ 70 o C Humidity Operating: 10% ~ 90%, Storage: 5% ~ 90% Dimensions 140 x 98 x 30 mm (W x H x D) without Antenna EMI: FCC Class B, CE Mark B,[...]