Business Solutions User Manual EnStationAC version 1.
IMPORTANT To install this Access Point please refer to the Quick Installation Guide included in the product packaging.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Product Overview............................................... 4 Key Features/Introduction........................................................ 5 System Requirements............................................................... 6 Package Contents......................................................................... 7 Technical Specifications.............................................................. 8 Physical Interface.................................................
Chapter 1 Product Overview 4
Introduction Key Features • Up to 26 dBm transmit power enabling long range connectivity • Supports IEEE802.11ac/a/n wireless standards with up to 866 Mbps data rate. • Internal 19dBi high gain directional antenna • Can be used with included PoE adapter or via 802.3at PoE 802.3at - capable switches. • Can be supply 802.3af power source used with included PoE adapter power adapter or via 802.
System Requirements its included PoE (Power over Ethernet) Adapter for quick outdoor installation. The EnStationAC enables network administrators to control its transmit power and features settings for selecting VHT80 bandwidth to perform ture AC transmission. The EnStationAC also supports wireless encryption including Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK) Encryption and IEEE 802.1X with RADIUS.) The following are the Minimum System Requirements in order to configure the device.
Package Contents The EnStationAC package contains the following items:* • EnStationAC Customer Premises Equipment • PoE Adapter (EPA5006GP) • Pole Mount Strap • Wall Mount Bracket Base • Screw Sets Kit • Rubber • Sealing Nut • Dynamic Stick • Quick Installation Guide *(all items must be in package to issue a refund): 7
Technical Specifications Standard: IEEE802.11ac/a/n on 5 GHz IEEE802.3at IEEE802.3af Optimal Performance Distance Control (Ack Timeout) Multicast Supported Data Rate Selection Auto Channel Selection BSSID Support Antenna Internal 19dBi high gain directional antenna Physical Interface 2 x 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Port with PoE support LAN(PoE) Port supports IEEE802.3at PoE Input LAN Port supports IEEE802.
Https Support SSH QoS (Quality of Service) Complaint with IEEE 802.
Physical Interface Dimensions and Weights Dimension: 190mm (7.48”) Height: 38mm (1.9”) Weight: 527g (1.16 lbs) 1 2 3 4 1 WLAN Signal LED: Applied on Client Bridge/WDS (1) Red: Weak Signal: Connecting quality is bad. (2) Yellow: Connecting quality is Normal. (3) Green: Connection quality is Good. 2 LAN(PoE) Signal LED 3 LAN Signal LED of the 2nd Port 4 Power Signal: 5 LAN Port 1 (802.3at PoE Input): Gigabit Ethernet port for RJ-45 cable. 6 LAN Port 2(802.
Chapter 2 Before You Begin 11
Computer Settings Windows XP/Windows 7/Windows 8 1b. Move your mouse to the lower right hot corner to display the Charms Bar and select the Control Panel in Windows 8 OS. In order to use the EnStationAC, you must first configure the TCP/IPv4 connection of your Windows OS computer system. 1a. Click the Start button and open the Control Panel 2a. In Windows XP, click Network Connections. Windows XP Windows 7 2b.
3. Right click on Local Area Connection and select Properties. 5. Select Use the following IP address and enter an IP address that is different from the EnStationACand Subnet mask, then click OK. Note: Ensure that the IP address and Subnet mask are on the same subnet as the device. For example: EnStationAC IP address: 192.168.1.1 PC IP address: 192.168.1.2 – 192.168.1.255 PC Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 4. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and then select Properties.
Apple Mac OS X 1. Go to System Preferences (Which can be opened in the Applications folder or selecting it in the Apple Menu). 4. In Configure IPv4, select Manually. 5. Enter an IP address that is different from the EnStationAC and Subnet mask then press OK. 2. Select Network in the Internet & Network section. Note: Ensure that the IP address and Subnet mask are on the same subnet as the device. For example: EnStationAC IP address: 192.168.1.1 PC IP address: 192.168.1.2 – 192.168.1.
Hardware Installation 1. Remove the rear bottom panel. .This diagram depicts the hardware configuration. 2. Connect one end of the Ethernet cable into the main LAN port (PoE) of the Access Point and the other end to the AP Ethernet port on the PoE Adapter. 3. Connect the Power cord to the PoE Adapter and plug the other end in to an electrical outlet. 4. Connect the second Ethernet cable into the LAN port of the PoE Adapter and the other end to the Ethernet port on the computer. 5.
Mounting the EnStationAC Using the provided hardware, the EnStationAC can be attached to a wall or a pole. 1. EnStation 5. Screw Set Kit 2. PoE Adapter& Power Cord 3. Bracket 4. Pole Mounting Strap 6. Sealing Nut 7. Dynamic Stick 8.
Wall mounting the EnStation 6. Determine the mounting location. Mark and drill two pilot holes aligning to the screw holes of the bracket 1. Put the included rubber into the bracket. 7. Put wall anchors into the holes and insert screw into the wall anchor. 2. Plug the dynamic stick into the bracket. 3. Screw the sealing nut and assembled parts, as well as tighten it. 8. Screw and secrue the bracket in the place. 4. Put the nock washer on the dynamic stick. 5.
Pole mounting the EnStation 1. Put the included rubber into the bracket. 6. Thread the open end of the pole strap through the two tabs on the bracket. 2. Plug the dynamic stick into the bracket. 7. Lock and tighten pole strap to secure bracket to the pole. 3. Screw the sealing nut and assembled parts, as well as tighten it. 4. Put the nock washer on the dynamic stick. 5. Assemble t he mounting parts to the EnStation. .
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Configuring Your Access Point 2. The default username and password are admin. Once you have entered the correct username and password, click the Login button to open the web-base configuration page. This section will show you how to configure the device using the web-based configuration interface. Default Settings Please use your Ethernet port or wireless network adapter to connect the Access Point. IP Address 192.168.1.1 Username / Password admin / admin Web Configuration 1.
Chapter 4 Building a Wireless Network 21
The EnStationAC has the ability to operate in various modes. This chapter describes the operating modes of the EnStationAC. Access Point Mode In Access Point Mode, EnStationAC behaves likes a central connection for stations or clients that support IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n networks. The stations and clients must be configured to use the same SSID (Service Set Identifier) and security password to associate with the EnStationAC.
Client Bridge Mode The EnStationAC essentially acts as a wireless adapter that connects to an access point to allow a system of wireless access to the network in the Client Bridge mode. Since the computers are on the same subnet, the EnStationAC can broadcast to reach all end-devices. If you use the client bridge mode in the EnStationAC, you can use the AP Detection feature to scan for Access Points within range.
The EnStationAC also supports WDS AP mode. This operating mode allows wireless connections to the EnStationAC using WDS technology. In this mode, configure the MAC addresses in both Access Points to enlarge the wireless area by enabling WDS Link settings. WDS supports up to four (4) AP MAC addresses.
security settings of each EnStationAC device. Use this mode when two wired LANs located a small distance apart want to communicate with each other. The best solution is to use the EnStationAC to wirelessly connect two wired LANs, as shown in the following diagram. WDS Bridge Mode can establish up to four WDS links, creating a star-like network. Note: WDS Bridge Mode does not act as an Access Point. Access Points linked by WDS are using the same frequency channel.
WDS Station Mode Station mode expands the WDS by receiving a wireless signal/service and sharing it through the Ethernet port.
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Main Status Save Changes Device Status This page lets you save and apply the settings shown under Unsaved changes list, or cancel the unsaved changes and revert to the previous settings that were in effect. Clicking the Device Status link under the Overview menu shows the status information about the current operating mode.
• The LAN Information section shows the Local Area Network settings such as the LAN IP Address, Subnet mask, and DNS Address. SSID, MAC address, RX and TX. • The Wireless LAN Information 5 GHz section shows wireless information such as Operating Mode, Frequency, and Channel. Since the EnStationAC supports multipleSSIDs, information about each SSID, the ESSID, and security settings, are displayed Note: Profile Settings are only applicable in Access Point and WDS AP modes.
Connection 5 GHz Connection List WDS Link List Click the connection link under the Overview menu displays the connection list of clients associated to the EnStationAC’s 5 GHz, along with the MAC addresses and signal strength for each client. Clicking Refresh updates the client list. Click the connection link under the Overview menu. This page displays the current status of the WDS link, including WDS Link ID, MAC Address, Link Status and RSSI. Note: Only applicable in WDS AP and WDS Bridge modes.
Client Bridge Connection Status Click the connection link under the Overview menu. This page displays the connection status between Access Point, including associated SSID, BSSID, connection status, wireless mode, current channel, security, Tx Data Rate(Mbps), Current noise level and signal strength.
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Basic IP Settings IPv4/IPv6 Settings IP Network Settings: Select whether the device IP address will use a static IP address specified in the IP address field or be obtained automatically when the device connects to a DHCP server. This page allows you to modify the device’s IP settings. IP Address: The IP address of this device. Subnet Mask: The IP Subnet mask of this device. Gateway: The Default Gateway of this device. Leave it blank if you are unsure of this setting.
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Settings This page allows you to modify the Spanning Tree settings. Enabling the Spanning Tree protocol will prevent network loops in your LAN network. Spanning Tree Status: Enables or disables the Spanning Tree function. Hello Time: Specifies Bridge Hello Time in seconds. This value determines how often the device sends handshake packets to communicate information about the topology throughout the entire Bridged Local Area Network. Max Age: Specifies Bridge Max Age in seconds.
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Wireless Wireless Settings Device Name: Enter a name for the device. The name you type appears in SNMP management. This name is not the SSID and is not broadcast to other devices. Save: Click Save to confirm the changes.
Select Auto to enable auto-channel selection. This page displays the current status of the Wireless settings of the EnStationAC. Transmit Power: Sets the power output of the wireless signal. Wireless Network Data Rate: Select a data rate from the drop-down list. The data rate affects throughput of data in the EnStationAC. Select the best balance for you and your network but note that the lower the data rate, the lower the throughput, though transmission distance is also lowered.
AP Detection: AP Detection can select the best channel to use by scanning nearby areas for Access Points. Distance: Specifies the distance between Access Points and clients. Note that longer distances may drop higherspeed connections. Save: Click Save to confirm the changes or Cancel to cancel and return to previous settings.
SSID Profile includes VLANs, you can specify a VLAN ID for packets pass through the Access Point with a tag. Wireless Security: See the Wireless Security section. Isolation: Restrict clients communicating with different VIDs by selecting the radio button. Save: Click Save to accept the changes. Current Profile: You can configure up to sixteen (16) different SSIDs (eight (8) per band). If multiple client devices will be accessing the network, you can arrange the devices into SSID groups.
Wireless Security Auth Type: Select Open System or Shared Key. The Wireless Security section lets you configure the EnStationAC’s security modes: WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK Mixed, WPA, WPA2, and WPA Mixed. It is strongly recommend that you use WPA2-PSK. Input Type: ASCII: Regular Text (recommended) Hexadecimal Numbers (For advanced users) Key Length: Select the desired option and ensure that wireless clients use the same setting. Your choices are 64, 128, and 152-bit password lengths.
Wireless MAC Filtering Wireless MAC Filtering is used to allow or deny network access to wireless clients (computers, tablet PCs, NAS, smartphones, etc.) according to their MAC addresses. You can manually add a MAC address to restrict permission to access the EnStationAC. The default setting is: Disable Wireless MAC Filter. ACL Mode: Determines whether network access is granted or denied to clients whose MAC addresses appear in the MAC address table on this page.
Wireless Advanced WPA-PSK (WPA Pre-Shared Key) Encryption: Wireless Traffic Shaping Traffic shaping regulates the flow of packets leaving an interface to deliver improved Quality of Service. The function will allow administrators to restrict the wireless bandwidth per SSID. Encryption: Select the WPA encryption type you would like. Please ensure that your wireless clients use the same settings. Passphrase: Wireless clients must use the same Key to associate the device.
WPA Mixed-Enterprise: Access Point / WDS AP mode Group Key Update Interval: Specifies how often, in seconds, the Group Key changes. Radius Accounting: Enable or disable accounting feature. Radius Accounting Server: Enter the IP address of the Radius accounting server. Radius Accounting Port Enter the port number used for connections to the Radius accounting server. Radius Accounting Secret: Enter the secret required to connect to the Radius accounting server.
WDS Link Settings WDS Link Settings Using the WDS (Wireless Distribution System) feature will allow a network administrator or installer to connect to Access Points wirelessly. Doing so will extend the wired infrastructure to locations where cabling is not possible or inefficient to implement. Note: Compatibility between different brands and models of Access Points is not guaranteed. It is recommended that the WDS network be created using the same models for maximum compatibility.
Client Bridge/WDS Station Settings Save: Click Save to accept the changes No.: Display the setting value SSID: You can click scan under AP detection to search perform the AP detection to select the proper SSID. Edit: Click it to implement the advanced settings Prefer BSSID: You can insert the prefer BSSID or enter the specific SSID to be associated with the Access Point. SSID: You can implement the AP detection to select the proper SSID.
Guest Network Settings Ending IP Address: The last IP Address in the range of addresses assigned by the DHCP server. Adding a guest network allows visitors to use the Internet without giving out your office or company wireless security key. You can add a guest network to each wireless network in the 5 GHz ac/a/n frequencies. RSSI Threshold RSSI Threshold: Enable the Fast Handover feature by ensuring that each client is served by at least one Access Point at any time.
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Management VLAN Settings Management VLAN: If your network includes VLANs, you can enable Management VLAN ID for packets passing through the Access Point with a tag. This page allows you to assign a VLAN tag to packets sent over the network. A VLAN is a group of computers on a network whose software has been configured so that they behave as if they were on a separate Local Area Network (LAN). Computers on VLAN do not have to be physically located next to one another on the LAN.
Advanced Settings SNMP Settings Location: Specifies the location of the device. This page allows you to assign the Contact Details, Location, Community Name, and Trap Settings for a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). SNMP is a networking management protocol used to monitor network attached devices. SNMP allows messages (called protocol data units) to be sent to various parts of the network.
CLI Settings Email Alert You can use the Email Alert feature to send messages to the configured email address when particular system events occur. Note: Do NOT use your personal email address as it can unnecessarily expose your personal email login credentials. Use a separate email account made for this feature instead CLI: The Command Line Interface (CLI) allows you to type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
Username: Enter the username for the email account that will be used to send emails. Password: Enter the password for the email account that will be used to send emails. SMTP Server: Enter the IP address or hostname of the outgoing SMTP server. Port: Enter the SMTP port number to use for outbound emails.
Time Zone Time Setting Start: Select the day, month, and time when daylight savings time starts. This page allows you to set the internal clock of the EnStationAC. End: Select the day, month, and time when daylight savings times ends. Manually Set Date and Time: Manually specify the date and time. Automatically Get Date and Time: Select and check whether you wish to enter the IP address of an NTP server or use the default NTP server to have the internal clock set automatically.
Auto Reboot Settings You can specify how often you wish to reboot the EnStationAC. Auto Reboot Setting: Enables or disables the Auto Reboot function. Frequency of Auto Reboot: Specifies how often you wish to reboot the EnStationAC by Min, Hour, Day or Week. Timer: Select the day and enter the time you would like to reboot automatically. Save: Click Save to apply the changes.
Wi-Fi Scheduler drop-down list. The Wi-Fi Scheduler can be created for use in enforcing rules. For example, if you wish to restrict web access to Mon-Fri from 3pm to 8pm, you could create a schedule selecting Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu and Fri while entering a Start time of 3pm and End Time of 8pm to limit access to these times. Day(s): Place a checkmark in the boxes for the desired days or select the All Week radio button to select all seven days of the week. Duration: The Start Time is entered in two fields.
Tools Ping Test Parameters Target IP: Enter the IP address you would like to trace This page allows you to analyze the connection quality of the EnStationAC and trace the routing table to a target in the network. Speed Test Parameters Target IP: Enter the IP address you would like to search. Target IP: Enter the IP address you would like to test. Ping Packet Size: Enter the packet size of each ping. Start Ping: Click Start Ping to begin pinging the target device (via IP).
Device Discovery This page allows you to discover devices from network for Operation Mode, IP Address, System MAC Address and Firmware version.
Account Firmware This page allows you to change the EnStationAC username and password. By default, the username is: admin and the password is: admin. The password can contain from 0 to 12 alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive. Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the firmware of the EnStationAC. Account Settings To Perform the Firmware Upgrade: 1. Click the Choose File button and navigate the OS file system to the location of the upgrade file.
Backup/Restore Factory Setting Backup Setting: Click Export to save the current configured settings. The function allows you to export the current device configurations. When you export your configurations, you also can reload the saved configurations into the device through the Restore Saved Settings from a file section.
User Setting Back Up Setting as Default: Click Backup to backup the user settings you would like to the device’s memory for the default settings. The function allows you to backup the current device configurations into the EnStationAC as the default value. If extreme problems occur, or if you have set the EnStationAC incorrectly, you can push the Reset button to revert all the configurations of the EnStationAC to the user default.
Log System Log Remote Log The EnStationAC automatically logs (records) events of possible interest in its internal memory. To view the logged information, click the Log link under the System Manager menu. If there is not enough internal memory to log all events, older events are deleted from the log. When powered down or rebooted, the log will be cleared. This page allows you to setup the Remote Log functions for the EnStationAC. Syslog: Enables or disables the syslog function.
Logout Reset Click Logout in Management menu to logout. In some circumstances, it may be required to force the device to reboot. Click on Reset to reboot or to reset the EnStationAC.
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Appendix A Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Appendix B - CE Interference Statement Europe – EU Declaration of Conformity This device complies with the essential requirements of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC.
This device is a 5GHz wideband transmission system (transceiver), intended for use in all EU member states and EFTA countries, except in France and Italy where restrictive use applies. In Italy the end-user should apply for a license at the national spectrum authorities in order to obtain authorization to use the device for setting up outdoor radio links and/or for supplying public access to telecommunications and/or network services.
Français [French] Par la présente [nom du fabricant] déclare que l’appareil [type d’appareil] est conforme aux exigences essentielles et aux autres dispositions pertinentes de la directive 1999/5/CE. Italiano [Italian] Con la presente [nome del costruttore] dichiara che questo [tipo di apparecchio] è conforme ai requisiti essenziali ed alle altre disposizioni pertinenti stabilite dalla direttiva 1999/5/CE.
