Atlantis A02-PL303-WN manual

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2 ITALIANO Questo prodotto è cope rto da garanzia Atlantis della durata di 2 anni. Per maggiori dettagli in merito o per accedere alla documentazione co mpleta in Italiano fare riferimento al sito www.atlantis-l and.com. ENGLISH This prod uct is covere d by Atlantis 2 years warranty. For more detailed informations please refer to the we b site www[...]

3 INDEX 1. Product Overv iew ............................................................................. 10 1.1 System Requ irement s ................................................................ 10 2. Package Cont ents ............................................................................. 11 3. Hardware Install ation ..................[...]

4 A.5 LAN Interface ............................................................................ 54 A.6 Wireless 55 A.7 PowerLine ................................................................................. 57 APPENDIX B: Sync B utton ..................................................................... 60 Applicatio n Scenario s .............[...]

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9  Plug the PowerLine HD E thernet Adap ter direc tly in to a 220V AC wall outlet. Do not use an exte nsion cord between the adapter and the AC power so urce.  Do not attempt to service the Po werLine HD E thernet Ada pter yo urself, as opening or remo ving covers may expose you to dangerous voltage points or other risks as well as ruin prod [...]

10 Thank yo u for purch asing the NetPower 303 WN that provides the easiest way to wireless networking. Please keep th is Manual for f uture reference. 1. Product Overview IEEE 802.11n Wir eless Multi -Function Access Poi nt Thanks to its embedded Access Point, based on the mo st re cently 80 2.11n specifications, is possible to cre ate high perfor[...]

11 2. Package Contents Open the box and carefully unpack it. T he box should contain the following items:  NetPower 303 WN  1 x RJ45 CAT5 Cable  Quick Start Guide (English, French and Italian)  CD -Rom with QSG and Manual (English and I talian)  1 x Warranty Card a nd 1 x WEEE Card If any item is found missing or damaged, please c on[...]

12 Please DO NO T remove or disassemble the soc ket clip frequently as this m ay cause serious dam age to your de vice. 4. LED NetPower 303 WN has 4 lights indicator (LEDs), 2 buttons (WPS and SYNC), a reset button and an E thernet port.[...]

13 LED MEANING WLAN Lit green when the wire less function is enabled. Blinking when data is transmitted or re ceived via WLAN. Blinking quickly whe n WPS is proceeded. POWER Lit green when the device is power on. Lit off when power is of f. PLC Lit green when the po wer line sync is estab lished. Blinking quickly whe n data is transmit ted or recei[...]

14 ETH Lit green when connec ted to an Ethern et device. Blinking when data is transmitted or re ceived via Ethernet port. BUTTON MEANING WPS Push this button to tr igger Wi-Fi Pro tected Setup function. SYNC Used to establish a LAN network with other po wer line devices. Push this button for 1 ~3 second(s) and release it to set device enter the po[...]

15 6. Default SETTINGS The NetPower 303 WN can be confi gured with your We b bro wser. The web browser is included as a st andard application in follow ing operation sy stems, UNIX, Linux, Mac O S, Windows XP/2000 /Vista/7, etc. The product provides a very easy and user-friendly i nterface for conf iguration. Before Config uration This section desc[...]

16 Ethernet network adap ter must be installed. If not, ple ase refer to MS Windows relative manuals.  Username: admin  Password: atlantis  IP LAN address: ( 192.168.1.251 ), S ubnet Mask ( 255.25 5.255.0 )  IP WAN adress: client DHCP  DHCP Server: enalble ( 192.168.1.10- 192.168.1. 50 )  SSSID= A02-P L303- WN  Channel= 6 , Aut[...]

17  In the LAN Area Connecti on/W ireless Status window, click Properties .  Select Internet P rotocol (TCP/IP) and click Prop erties .  Select the Ob tain an IP address aut omatically and the Obtain DN S server address automati cally ra dio buttons.  Click OK to finish the co nfiguration. Configuring PC (Wind ows Vista)  Go to Start[...]

18 The default usern ame is admin , password atlantis and cl ick OK to continu e. Click on the desire d item to ex pand the p age with all se ttings in the main navi gation panel. The followi ng screen will appear. At the configuration h omepage, the l eft navigation pane wh ere bookmarks a re provided links you direct ly to the desire d setup page[...]

19  PowerLine Settings [Status, Privacy, QoS]  Administration [ Management, Firmware Upgrade, S ettings Management, Restar t] Click on t he desired i tem to exp and the p age with all settings in the m ain navigation panel. Now You can click the LAN /Wireless/Powe rLine Settings link in order to change IP Address or LA N Netmask or change Wir[...]

20 9.1 Status -> Stat us Congratulations! You are now successf ully logon to the NetPo wer 303 WN . If the authentication succe eds, the homepage will appear on the scree n. SY STEM INFORMAT ION DESCRIPTION MEANING Model Name Displays the model n ame. Firmware Version Displays the firmware ve rsion for this de vice. System Up Time Records system[...]

21 WIRELESS LAN DESCRIPTION MEANING WLAN Service Status of the WLAN co nnection. SSID A unique name used to i dentify the wireless LAN to which a user wants to con nect. Channel The current status in WAN interface. PowerLine DESCRIPTION MEANING Power Line Service State of power line Connected Devi ce: Displays the number o f the remote powe r line [...]

22 9.2 Status -> Statis tics MEMORY DESCRIPTION MEANING Memory Total Displays the total memo ry size of the de vice (in bytes). Memory Left Displays the amount of memory left (in bytes). LAN DESCRIPTION MEANING LAN Rx Packets Displays the number o f received packets. LAN Rx Bytes Displays the received packet traffic (in byte s). LAN Tx Packets D[...]

23 9.3 LAN Settings -> LAN LAN SETUP DESCRIPTION MEANING IP Address Enter the preferred IP address. Default is 192.168.1.2 52. Subnet Mask Enter the preferred s ubnet mask. Default is 255.255 .255.0. LAN2 This function e nables the cre ation of multiple virtual IP interfaces for this device. It help s to connect two or more local networks to t h[...]

24  Enable: Select to activa te the device’s UPnP function.  Disable: Select to inactivate t he device’s UP nP function. DHCP SERVER DHCP allows ne tworked devices to o btain informa tion on the par ameters of IP, Netmask, and so fort h through the Ethe rnet Address of the device . To configure the device ’s DHCP Server, se lect Server [...]

25 9.4 Wireless Setting -> Basic When yo u c lick this item, the column will expan d to displ ay t he sub -items t hat w ill allow you to configure yo ur wireless set tings.  Basic  Security  Advanced  WPS  VLAN  Station List The function of eac h configuration sub -item is desc ribed in the following sec tions. WIRELESS NETW O[...]

26 Network Name (SSID1) (SSID2) (SSID3) (SSID4) The SSI D is the unique name of a wireless access point (AP) used to dist inguish one from another. For se curity purpose , you should cha nge the default SSID to a unique ID name tha t is difficult to g uess. Make sure yo ur wireless clients have exactly the S SID a s the de vice in orde r to connect[...]

27 The ra nge of radio freq uencies used by IEEE 802 .11g wireless devices is called a “ch annel”. Channels av ailable depend on your geographical are a. You may have a cho ice of channels (for yo ur region) so you shou ld use a different c hannel than an adjace nt AP (access poi nt) to reduce interfere nce. Inter ference occ urs when radio s i[...]

28 Wireless Dis tribution Sys tem (WDS) It is a wireless access point mode that enables wireless link a nd communication wit h other access points. It is easy to install simply by defining the peer’s MAC address o f the connec ted AP. WDS takes advantage of the c ost savi ng and flexibility w hich no extra wireless client de vice is requ ired to [...]

29 WDS->Bridge Mod e DESCRIPTION MEANING WDS Mode Select Bridge Mode from t he drop -down menu. In this case, AP adapter acts as a w ireless bridge and will not respo nd to wireless requests. Phy Mode Select the appropriate mode from the drop -down me nu. T here are 4 options:  CCK  OFDM  HTMIX  GREENFIELD This Phy Mode m ust to be t[...]

30 WDS->Repeater Mode DESCRIPTION MEANING WDS Mode Select Repeater Mode fro m the dro p-down menu. In this case, AP adapter acts as a repea ter and intercon nects between access points. AP MAC Address Enter the associated AP’s MAC Address (es) in this feild and t he following fields. It is import ant that yo ur peer’s A P m ust include yo ur[...]

31 9.5 Wireless Setting -> Securi ty You can disable or en able the wireless se curity function using WEP or WPA for wireless network protection. The default mode of wireless security is disabled. Please refer to t he Security Mode sect ion for detail descript ion. DESCRIPTION MEANING SSID Choice Select the SSID tha t You want protect. Security [...]

32 WEP (Wired Equiv alent Privacy) WEP is not comple tely secure. If possib le please use WPA-PSK. DESCRIPTION MEANING Security Mode Select WEP OPEN, W EP SHARED or WEP AUTO from the drop-down me nu. Default Key Select the encryption key ID. WEP Keys Enter t he key to encrypt wireless data. To allow encrypted data tra nsmission, the WEP Encryption [...]

33 WPA-PSK/WPA2 -PSK (Wifi Prot ected Access) Select WPA-PSK or W PA2-PS K from the drop- down menu. DESCRIPTION MEANING Security Mode Select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PS K from the drop- down menu. WPA Algorithms There are 3 types o f the TKI P, AES & TKIPAES (not available in WPA-PSKmode). Pass Phrase Enter a pass phrase to access the network. It c an [...]

34 WPA/WPA2 with RAD IUS WPA / WPA2: If WPA or WPA2 is sele cted, the below screen is show n. Please set the length of the e ncryption key and th e parameters for the RA DIUS server. DESCRIPTION MEANING Security Mode Select from the dro p-down men u.  WPA2 with RADIUS  WPA with RADIUS WPA Algori thms There are 3 types o f the TKI P, AES &[...]

35 Port Enter the Port used by Radius Server, usua lly is 1812. Shared Secret Enter the Shared Sec ret, which is used by the Radius Server. Session Timeout Enter timeout.[...]

36 Access Policy DESCRIPTION MEANING Rule When the Policy is selected Allow , all the MAC addresse s you entered in the Ad d a station MAC ad dress field will be pass; when the Policy is selec ted Reject, all the MAC addresses you entered in the Add a s tation MAC addre ss field will be blocked. Add a station MAC address Enter the MAC address of th[...]

37 9.6 Wireless Setting -> Advan ced ADVANCED SET TINGS DESCRIPTION MEANING TX Power TX Power measurement that enhances the wireless transmission signal stre ngth. You c an adjust this power leve l from minimum (0) to maximum (100). Default is 100. TX Burst This fe ature is used to activate the transmitted time slot to increase transmiss ion thr[...]

38 WI -FI MUltimedia DESCRIPTION MEANING WMM This feature is used to control the prioritization of traffic according to 4 Access categories: Voice, Video, Best Effort and Background. Def ault is Enable . APSP Automatic Po wer Save Delivery (AP SD) is an e fficient power management mechanism and is very use ful for a VoIP phon e. You can select en a[...]

39 9.7 Wireless Setting -> WPS WPS feature is desig ned to e ase setup o f securi ty enabled WiFi networks i n small offices or home. It supports methods to you to set a netwo rk and enable se curity by entering a PIN or pushi ng a button.[...]

40 WI -FI Protected Setup DESCRIPTION MEANING WPS SERVICE Default setting is En able. If yo u do not want to act ivate this functionality, please selec t Disable and click App ly to confirm t he setting. WPS MODE Define the WPS mode by PIN code or PBC.  PIN: Se lect PIN (Perso nal Identific ation N umber) mode process to connect to the devic e. [...]

41 9.8 Wireless Setting -> VLAN Click “ Wireless- >VLAN” option in lef t menu. We can set differen t VLAN ID in each S SID,VLAN ID range is betwe en 0 ~ 4094. Please be noticed. After e nable Wirele ss VLA N function, we maybe can configure the device throu gh S SID1,unless the etherne t ad apter can tag and untag VLAN I D packet or throu[...]

42 9.9 Wireless Setting -> Statio n List The Station List displays the Wireless N etwork information. Wireless DESCRIPTION MEANING MAC Address The Media Acc ess Control (MAC ) addre sses for each device on your WLAN. AID The association ID. PSM The power save mode. MimoPS The MIMO po wer save mode . MIMO, Multiple-i nput and multiple-output, is [...]

43 9.10 PoweLine S ettings - > Status Local Device DESCRIPTION MEANING Model Name Displays the model name for the local p ower line device. Firmware Version Displays the version n umber o f firmware on the local power line device. MAC Address Displays the MAC addre ss of the local p ower line device. When you have s uccessfully sy nchronized two[...]

44 9.11 PoweLine S ettings - > Privacy New N etwork Name: Enter the new network name (passwo rd) to apply to the lo cal HomePlug adapter. This allows the HomePlug adapters that have the same network name in the powerline network to communic ate with each other. Click Apply to co nfirm the setting. More details on Appe ndix B.[...]

45 9.12 PoweLine S ettings -> QoS Wired networks use QoS to help tra ffic flow m ore smoo thly. On this screen, you c an prioritize traf fic p assing through yo ur adapter besed o n t he device it is in tended for by setting MAC addre ss and the leve l of priority. Local Device DESCRIPTION MEANING MAC Address Displays the MAC addre ss. Add New P[...]

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47 9.13 Administra tion -> Manag ement Account: Yo u are allowed to set your own account name. Def ault is ad min. Password: You are allowed to set yo ur own password. Default is atl antis. Click Apply to s ave the changes.[...]

48 9.14 Administra tion -> Firm ware Upgrad e Upgrading the newly improved vers ion of the firm ware allows you to get the advantage to use newly integrated features. Restart Device wi th: To c hoose “Factory Default Settings” or “Cu rrent Settings” which uses your current setting on t he new firmware (it is highly advised to use Factory[...]

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50 9.15 Administra tion -> Settin gs Manageme nt These functions allo w you to save a backup of the c urrent configura tion o f you r device to a defined location on your PC, to restore a pre viously saved configur ation, or to restart your device with t he fac tory default se ttings. This is use ful if yo u wish to e xperiment with different se[...]

51 9.16 Administra tion -> Restar t Click Restart with option Curre nt Settings to re boot your router and save the current configuratio n to device. If you wish to restart t he router usi ng the factory default sett ings ( for example, after a firmw are upgrade o r if you have saved an incorrect configur ation), select Factory Default S ettings[...]

52 10 . Support For t echnical questions and su pport, please contact our help-de sk by ticket on http://www.atlantis- land.com/ita/suppo rto.php . For generic inform ations, please se nd an e-mail to info@atlantis- land.com . For presales inform ations, please send an e-mail to pre vendite@atlantis -land.com . Atlantis Via S. Antonio, 8 /10 20020 [...]

53 APPENDIX A: Troubleshooting This chapter covers po tential problems and the corresponding rem edies. A.1 Using LEDs to d iagnose proble ms The LEDs are use ful aides for finding p ossible problem causes. A.1.1 Power LED The PWR LED on the front panel does not light up. Steps Corrective Action 1 Make sure that the Ne tPower 303 WN is connected to[...]

54 address must match it. Refer to the chapter on remote management for de tails. 6 If you changed the N etPower 303 WN LAN IP address, then enter the new one as the URL. The web configurator do es not display properly. Steps Corrective Action 1 Make sure you are using Internet Explore r 5.0 and later ve rsions. 2 Delete the tempor ary web files an[...]

55 A.6 Wireless Question Can I run an application from a r emote co mputer over the wireless network? Answer This wi ll depen d on whe ther o r not the applic ation is designed to be used over a network. Consult the application’s user gu ide to determine if it supports operation over a network. Question Can I play co mputer games wi th other memb[...]

56 need for retransmission. To a n unintended receiver, DSSS appears as low po wer wideband noise and is rejected (ignored) by most narrowband receivers . Question Would the information be intercepted while tr ansmitting on air? Answer WLAN features two- fold pro tection in security. O n the hardw are side, as with Direct Seque nce Spread Spectrum [...]

57 relatively short distances at up to 54 megabit s per se cond (Mbps) compared with t he 11 megabits per se cond o f the 802.11b ( Wi - Fi ) standard. Like 802.11 b, 8 02.11g operates in the 2.4 GHz range and is thus comp atible with it. A.7 PowerLin e Can I use Hom ePlug AV with older HomePlug versions? All HomePlug AV versio ns c an co mmunicate[...]

58 How many devi ces do I need to create a Ho mePlug AV network ? At least two devices are needed to crea te a HomePlug AV netwo rk. Is HomePlug AV suitab le for triple play like the simultan eous use of data, voice, and vid eo applications? Yes, triple play is su pported. What data transfe r rates do I need for hig h definition TV? A variety of HD[...]

59 grid. Can my neighbo rs access my HomePlug AV netwo rk? Your electric me ter prevents any signa l from going outside your household. H owever, we strong ly suggest that you cre ate yo ur own pers onalized Priv ate Netwo rk Name to prevent unauthorized access into your network. Can I use Hom ePlug A V to connec t computers located i n di fferent [...]

60 APPENDIX B: Sync Button Sync Bu tton is used to ad d a Ho mePlug device to a Powerline network or e nable it to join a network by pressing the Sync Butto n of the device to turn it into Bro adcast state or Join state. There are 3 types o f Sync Button trigge r states: 1. Broadcast State : Enable Ne tPower device to pro vide inform ation for anot[...]

61  Press the Sync Button of device B or C of the BC network group for 1~3 seconds to turn i t into Broadcast State, you should find the Po wer LED blinks steadily signifyi ng it is in Broadca st state.  Press the Sync Button of device A for 1 ~3 seconds to turn it into Join State, you should find the Power LED blinks s teadily signifying it [...]

62 APPENDIX C : Connect to a network using Windows client MS Windows XP and Windows VISTA /7 can manage the USB/PCI clien t w ith i ts embedded ut ility for w ireless ne tworks; Windows 2000 and MAC OS X requires an external ma nagement utlity (provided on the CD) to set and manage the US B /PCI wireless client. Windows 7 You ca n access the Connec[...]

63 Windows XP  Double click on Wire less network icon o n the system tray ( see picture ).  Select the wireless ne twork SSID A02 -PL303-WN , digit de fault password NetPower 303WN and click Connect . If any wireless network is available, please check that the USB/PCI wirele ss client is corre ctly installed on your PC.[...]

64 APPENDIX D : Country Channel List For some Euro pean Co untry, it m ay ha ve its own dom ain; users are respo nsible for ensuring that t he channel set conf iguration is in co mpliance with the regulatory standards of these countries. Country Name Classifica tion Range Argentina , Bahrain , Brazil, Ca nada, Chile, Croatia , Ecuador , Hong Kong, [...]

65 APPENDIX E: Technical Specifications Technical Sp ecs Product Code A02-PL303- WN Standards IEEE 802.11 b/g/n HomePlug AV Chipset Chipset (Wireless) : RaLi nk ® RT3052 (MIPS 24KEc 384 MHz with 32KB I-cache/16 KB D cache) Chipset (PLC)): In tellon INT6400 ® Integrated Single - chip Powerline Netwo rk Transceiver Interface 1 x Fast Ethernet (LAN)[...]

66  IEEE 802.11b: Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) Modulations Sc heme DBPSK/DQPSK/CC K/OFDM (Wireless) OFDM, 1155 carrie rs, 1024/256/64/1 6/8 QAM, QPSK, BPSK and ROBO (PLC) Media Access Protocol CSMA/CA with ACK Transmission Rat e Up to 150Mbps (auto -sense with a uto fallback) Wireless Security  64/128-bit WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-P SK [...]

67 Package Contents  One NetPower 303 WN  1 x RJ45 CAT5 Cable  Quick Start Guide (English and Italian)  CD -Rom with QSG and Manual ( English and Italian)  1 x Warranty Card a nd 1 x WEEE Card Mac OS X is a trademark of Apple Inc. All rights registered Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All trade[...]

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