300Mbps Wireless Access Point WAP123N 300Mbps Wireless Access Point User Guide
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Copyright Statement Amer Networks is the registered trademark of Amer.com. All the products and product names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright of the whole product as integration, including its accessories and software, belongs to Amer.com. Any usage without the permission of Amer.com, or by any individual or party is not allowed.
00Mbps Wireless Access Point Contents Chapter 1 Product Overview...............................................................1 1.1 Product Features.................................................... 2 1.2 Package Contents .................................................. 2 Chapter 2 Product Installation ............................................................4 Chapter 3 Configuration Guide...........................................................5 3.1 Web Login...............................
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Chapter 6 System Tools ....................................................................40 6.1 Password Change................................................ 40 6.2 Restore to Factory ............................................... 41 6.3 Backup/Restore.................................................... 42 6.4 Time Settings........................................................ 42 6.5 Reboot System ..................................................... 44 6.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Chapter 1 Product Overview WAP123N is a wireless Access Point based on the latest IEEE802.11n standard while at the same time being backwards compatible with IEEE802.11b/g devices. Adopting the advanced “Multiple in and Multiple out” (MIMO) technology, it can provide a maximum of 300Mbps stable transmitting rate for wireless users. With appropriate Power over Ethernet (POE) support, you only need to run one cable to the AP to deliver both data and power.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point 1.1 Product Features Complies with the latest 802.11n and 802.11b/g standards Supports AP and WDS working modes Provides 300Mbps receiving and transmitting rate MIMO technology uses signal reflections to increase 8 times transmission distance of 802.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Eight Screws One User Guide One Network Cable Four plastic covers If any of listed items are missing or damaged, please contact your local amer.com reseller.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Chapter 2 Product Installation You are recommended to install the product after configuring the settings of WAP123N according to the guide in chapter 3. The following steps take AP mode for example. 1. Use the included power adapter to power on the AP. You can also use POE power supply or POE switch to power on the AP. 2. Connect one end of the network cable to the LAN port of WAP123N, and another end to your Ethernet broadband, switch or PC. 3.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Chapter 3 Configuration Guide 3.1 Web Login Connect to WAP123N via wired cable and configure 192.168.0.x(x ranges 2-254) as your PC’s IP address, and 255.255.255.0 as subnet mask. (Please refer to the Appendix II for details on TCP/IP setting) Launch Internet Explorer. In the address bar, enter the AP’s default IP address, 192.168.0.254. Press the Enter key and the login screen will appear. Enter admin for both the user name and the password.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point You can select “Running Status”, ”LAN Settings”, “Wireless Settings”, “SNMP Settings” and “System Tools” on the left menu. Click “Next” to enter the wireless working mode setup page. WAP123N supports two working modes: wireless AP (AP), Bridge (WDS). Select a working mode to configure the settings. For more details please refer to the following chapters. 3.2 Setup Wizard Click “Next” in the first page and the next page appears.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point On this page, you can select wireless AP or Bridge to adapt different wireless access environment. 3.3 Wireless Access Point (AP) Mode Select “Wireless Access Point (AP)” and then click “Next” to enter the basic settings.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Fill in the following items according to the supplied information. 1. SSID: Set the SSID name of the device. 2. Channel: Select the wireless communication channel. The default is channel 6. After you finish the settings, click “Next” to enter the “Security Settings” page as the picture below: “Security Settings” is used to encrypt the settings for AP and authorize the wireless client to access the AP for security in wireless network. Please refer to chapter 4.1.1.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point 3.4 Bridge (WDS) Mode Select “Setup Wizard” on the left menu and the working mode selection interface will appear as the picture below. Select Bridge (WDS) and then click “Next”. You will enter the WDS setup page as the picture below. Bridge (WDS) working mode includes: Point to Point Bridge (WDS P2P), Point to Multipoint Bridge (WDS P2MP), Wireless Repeater (Repeater). Users can select the mode according to their need. Please refer to Chapter 4.1.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Select the AP which you need to bridge and click “Next” to enter the security setup interface. You can also input the MAC address of the wireless device which you want to bridge manually and select the corresponding channel. After finish the settings, click “Next” to enter the “Security Setting” option as the picture below.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point “WDS Security Setting” is used to encrypt the AP and authorize the device to establish bridge. Only when the passwords of the devices in the bridge are consistent, will the communication get through normally. After finishing the settings, click “Next” and “Save” to finish settings. 3.5 Running Status This page shows the wireless AP’s current status, including wireless status, LAN status and system information.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Wireless Status It shows the current working status, including working mode, wireless network mode, SSID, Channel, Encryption mode, etc. LAN Interface information It shows LAN IP , MAC address, IP address, subnet mask, etc. System information It shows the device’s current software version, hardware version, etc.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point 3.6 LAN Settings This section mainly deals with LAN’s basic settings. Static IP：The default IP address is 192.168.0.254. If necessary, you can configure a new IP address, subnet mask and gateway manually for the device. Dynamic IP：Automatically obtain IP address, subnet mask and gateway address from DHCP server. (Unless you have got permission to obtain this information from the uplink device, it is not recommended to use this option).
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Chapter 4 Wireless Settings This chapter introduces you to the wireless settings in two working modes: Access Point (AP) and Bridge (WDS), including basic settings, security settings, advanced settings, access control, and connection status. 4.1 Basic Settings This mode introduces you the basic settings in AP mode and WDS mode. 4.1.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point 4.1.1.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Wireless Signal: Click “Disable” to turn off all the wireless features of this AP; click “Enable” to turn them back on. Network Mode：Select one mode from the following. The default is 11b/g/n mode. 11b mode： ：Allow the wireless client to connect with the device in 11b mode at the maximum speed of 11Mbps. 11g mode： ：Allow the 11g/11n-compliant client device to connect with the AP at the maximum speed of 54Mbps.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point 300Mbps. Main SSID： ：SSID (Service Set Identifier) is the unique name of the wireless network. It is recommended to modify this name for your wireless client to recognize the network. Broadcast SSID: When you select “Disable SSID broadcast”, the AP will not broadcast its own SSID number. If there is a wireless connection request, you will need to input the SSID number manually. BSSID： ： Basic Service Set Identifier for a wireless network. In IEEE802.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point 4.1.2 Bridge (WDS) Mode Bridge (WDS) mode includes P2P, P2MP, Wireless Repeater. 4.1.2.1 Point to Point Bridge P2P bridge mode can connect with two wired network via wireless access points, which communicate by wireless signals and not by cables.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point This page includes the AP and WDS parameter setting. AP parameter setting can change SSID and enable/ disable wireless feature. AP MAC: Enter the interconnection equipment’s MAC address. Channel: Select the channel according to interconnection equipment’s; the devices on the two ends must be on the same channel.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point the table. Select the device which needs to bridge, the AP will add the device’s MAC address automatically and select the corresponding channel. 4.1.2.2 P2MP Bridge Mode The P2MP Bridge Mode which connects scattered wired network together is more complicated than P2P Bridge mode. P2MP usually transmit wireless signals from one access point, and other access points are in charge of receiving signals so as to share network resource.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point AP MAC Address: Input the remote AP’s MAC address. (No more than 4) Channel: Select the channel which the bridge needs to use. (All APs in the bridge must be at the same channel.) Enable Scan: Click this button, the AP will scan the nearby wireless devices automatically and display the information in the table. Select the device which need to bridge, the AP will add the device’s MAC address automatically and select the corresponding channel.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point channel of the last added device as the bridge channel (You can also change the channel according to your needs. All the devices must at the same channel, so the bridge can be established.) 4.1.2.3 Wireless Repeater Mode Repeater Mode can repeat and amplify wireless signals to extend wireless network coverage. In this mode, wireless clients are allowed to connect.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point When the users selects “permit wireless client to access”, the AP can also be used as a “Wireless Access Point” to allow the access of wireless client when it is used as a wireless bridge. The basic settings of wireless repeater is divided into two parts: one part is the basic setting in AP mode (See 4.1.1.2); another part is the basic setting in WDS mode (See 4.1.2.2).
300Mbps Wireless Access Point 4.2 Security Settings It is used to configure the AP network’s security setting, including AP security setting and WDS security setting. 4.2.1 AP Security Setting We introduce six common encryption modes to you (support ten encryption modes), including Mixed WEP encryption, WPA-PSK, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-PSK, WPA2-Enterprise, etc.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Setting Explanation Security Mode：From the drop-down menu select the corresponding security encryption modes. WEP Key1~4 ： Set the WEP key with the format of ASCII and Hex. You can enter ASCII code (5 or 13 ASCII characters. Illegal character as “/” is not allowed.) Or 10/26 hex characters. Default Key：Select one key from the four configured keys as the current available one.
0Mbps Wireless Access Point Setting Explanation WPA Algorithms：Provides TKIP [Temporal Key Integrity Protocol] or AES [Advanced Encryption Standard]. The default is TKIP mode. Pass Phrase： Enter the encrypted characters with 8-63 ASCII characters. Key Renewal Interval：Set the key’s renewal period. WPA2-PSK WPA2 provides more secure features than WEP and WPA.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Setting Explanation WPA Algorithms：Provides TKIP [Temporal Key Integrity Protocol] or AES [Advanced Encryption Standard]. The default is TKIP mode. Pass Phrase： Enter the encrypted characters with 8-63 ASCII characters. Key renewal Interval：Set the key’s renewal period. WPA This security mode is used when a RADIUS server is connected to the device.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Setting Explanation WPA Algorithms：Provides TKIP [Temporal Key Integrity Protocol] or AES [Advanced Encryption Standard]. The default is TKIP mode. Pass Phrase： Enter the encrypted characters with 8-63 ASCII characters. Key Renewal Interval：Set the key’s renewal period.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Setting Explanation WPA Algorithms：Provides TKIP [Temporal Key Integrity Protocol] or AES [Advanced Encryption Standard]. The default is TKIP mode. Pass Phrase： Enter the encrypted characters with 8-63 ASCII characters. Key Renewal Interval：Set the key’s renewal period. Radius Server： The IP address of the Radius server. Radius Server Port：Enter the authentication port of the Radius server. The default is 1812.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point 802.1x Authentication This security mode is used when a RADIUS server is connected to the device. 802.1x, is a type of Port-based authentication protocol. The port can be either a physical port or a logical port (such as VLAN). For wireless LAN users, a port is just a channel. The final purpose of 802.11x authentication is to check if the port can be used. If the port is authenticated successfully, you can open this port which allows all the messages to pass.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Radius Server： Enter the IP address of the Radius Radius Server Port：Enter the authentication port of server. the Radius server. The default is 1812. Shared Secret：Enter the shared key for authentication server with 8~63 ASCII characters. Session Timeout： The authentication interval period between AP and authentication server. The default is 3600s. Note: To improve the security level, do not use a simple password. 4.2.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point WEP Key: You can set the WEP key in ASCII code or Hexadecimal code. Key: You can choose ASCII code (5 or 13 ASCII codes, illegal characters like “/” are forbidden) or Hexadecimal characters (10 or 26 Hexadecimal characters). TKIP/ AES Key: TKIP/AES is an encryption mode based on WPA and WPA2. Key: Key characters are ASCII codes from 8 to 63.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Security setting of wireless repeater can be divided into AP security setting and WDS security setting. AP security setting focuses on wireless client access, while WDS security setting focuses on wireless bridge connection. AP security setting appears only when wireless client accesses are permitted in wireless repeater mode. Chapter 4.2.1 for AP security setup.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point 4.3 Advanced Settings This section mainly deals with wireless advanced settings, including Speed, Beacon Interval, Fragment Threshold, etc. Select “Wireless Setting->Advanced Setting” to enter the following screen: Setting Explanation： BG Protection Mode：For 11b/g wireless client, it is easier to connect with a 11n wireless device. The default is “Auto”.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Fragment Threshold：The fragmentation threshold defines the maximum transmission packet size in bytes. The packet will be fragmented if the arrival is bigger than the threshold setting. The default size is 2346 bytes. RTS Threshold ： RTS stands for “Request to send”. This parameter controls what size data packet the frequency protocol issues to RTS packet. If the device works in SOHO, do not modify the default value. TX Power：Set the wireless output power level.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point 4.4 Access Control To secure your wireless LAN, the wireless access control is actually based on the MAC address management. Select “Wireless Setting->Access Control” to display the following screen: Setting Explanation: MAC Address Filter：Enable/disable MAC address filter.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point 4.5 Connection Status This page shows the wireless client’s connection status, including MAC address, Channel bandwidth, etc. Select “Wireless Setting->connection status” to enter the following screen: Setting Explanation： MAC Address: Shows current connecting host’s MAC address. Bandwidth: Shows current connecting bandwidth (20MHz or 40MHz).
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Chapter 5 SNMP Setting 5.1 SNMP Introduction Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a popular protocol for network management. It is widely used in local area networks (LAN) for collecting information, and managing and monitoring, network devices, such as servers, printers, hubs, switches, and routers from a management perspective.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Click “enable” or “disable” to enable and disable SNMP management. Setting Explanation： Contact：Set the name to access the AP. Usually set the administrator’s name. Device Name：Set the AP’s name, such as Amer_Wap123N. Location：Set the AP’s network location. Read Community: Indicates the community read access string to Read/Write Community: Indicates the community read/write permit reading this AP’s SNMP information. The default is Public.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Chapter 6 System Tools This section focuses on how to maintain AP, including Restore to Factory Default Setting, Backup/Restore, Firmware Upgrade, Reboot, Password Change, Syslog. 6.1 Password Change This section is to set a new user name and password to better secure your device and network. Click “Apply” to finish changing the password. User Name: Enter a new user name for the device. Old Password: Enter the old password. New Password: Enter a new password.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point NOTE: It is highly recommended to change the password to secure your network and the device. 6.2 Restore to Factory This button is to reset all configurations to the default values. It means the device will lose all the settings you have set. Restore: Click this button to restore to default settings. Factory Default Settings: User Name: admin Password: admin IP Address: 192.168.0.254 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point 6.3 Backup/Restore The device provides backup/restore settings, so you need set a directory to keep these settings. Backup: Click this button to back up the device’s configurations. Browse: Click this button to browse the directory where you backup or save the device’s settings. Restore: Click this button to restore the device’s configurations. 6.4 Time Settings This section is to select the time zone for your location.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Setting Explanation： Time Zone: Select your time zone from the drop-down menu. Customized time: Enter the time you customize.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point 6.5 Reboot System This page is used to reboot the wireless access point. Rebooting the device makes the settings configured go into effect. Reboot: Click this button to reboot the device. 6.6 Firmware Upgrade The device provides the firmware upgrade by clicking the “Upgrade” after browsing for the firmware upgrade packet which you can download from www.amer.com after the upgrade is completed, the device will reboot automatically.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Upgrade Steps： ： 1. Download the higher firmware version from our website: www.amer.com 2. Extract the firmware file on your computer. 3. On the Firmware Upgrade screen, enter the location directory of the firmware file in the field provided, or click the Browse button and find the file. 4. Click Upgrade button, and follow the on-screen instructions. 5. After the upgrade is completed, the device will reboot automatically.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point records, it will clear them automatically. Refresh: Click this button to update the log. Clear: Click this button to clear the current log.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Appendix I: Glossary Access Point (AP): Any entity that has station functionality and provides access to the distribution services, via the wireless medium (WM) for associated stations.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point wireless network must use the same key and same type of encryption. There are 2 methods for entering the KEY; one is to enter a 16-bit HEX digit. Using this method, users must enter a 10-digit number (for 64-bit) or 26-digit number (for 128-bit) in the KEY field. Users must select the same key number for all devices. The other method is to enter a text and let the computer generate the WEP key for you.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Appendix II: TCP/IP Address Setting (Take WinXP for example) Click the “Start—>Settings—>Control Panel” (Fig- 1): Click “Network and Internet Connections”, the windows as below will appear (Fig- 2): Click the “Network Connections”, as Fig-3: 49
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Choose “Local Area Connection”, right-click on the icon, choose the “Properties”, then the “Local Area Connection Properties”windows appear, choose the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” in the “This connection uses the following items”, click the “Properties”. Choose the “Use the following IP address”, enter the IP address as: 192.168.0.xxx. (xxx ranges 1~253), Subnet mask is: 255.255.255.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Click “OK” to apply and return to the “Local Area Connection Properties” windows. Continue click “OK” to exit the setting windows.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Appendix Ⅲ: WDS Application Instances The configurations of P2P, P2MP and Wireless Repeater in WDS mode are almost the same. The number of devices which need to be configured is different according to different mode. The following steps take P2P for example. If you want to establish P2P transmission between AP1 and AP2, you need to set the parameters as follows. Select “WDS” mode in Setup Guide for AP1 and set the SSID as “AP1” and channel as “13”.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Select the encryption mode you need to use. (For example: set the encryption mode as TKIP and enter the encryption key as 12345678.) Click “Next” and save the settings. Then enter the AP2 settings. Select “WDS” mode for AP2 and set SSID as “AP2”. Select the channel “13” which is the same as AP1. Enter the BSSID：00:b0:c6:05:4e:d0 of AP1 into the AP MAC blank and record the BSSID 00:b0:c6:05:4e:dd of AP2. (You can also use “Enable scan to add”.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point Click “Next” to enter the WDS security setting and select AP1 corresponding encryption mode. Then enter the encryption key. (We select TKIP and encryption key 12345678.) Click “Next” and save the settings.
300Mbps Wireless Access Point After you finished AP2 settings, return to AP1 setting. Select “Wireless Settings→ Basic Setting” in AP. SSID, channel and extension channel can’t be changed. You only need to enter BSSID： 00:b0:c6:05:4e:dd of AP2 in AP MAC address blank an then save it (You can also use “Enable Scan to add”). Now all the settings of WDS have been finished.
