54Mb Dual-Band Outdoor AP Gemtek System P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 Copyright © 2002-2004 Gemtek Systems Holding BV www.gemtek-systems.
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Within the 5.15 to 5.25 GHz band (5GHz radio channels 34 to 48) the U-NII devices are restricted to indoor operations to reduce any potential harmful interference to MSS operations. FCC Warning FCC Interference Statement 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
IC Warning Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause interference and This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device This device has been designed to operate with an antenna having a maximum gain of 8 dBi. Antenna having a higher gain is strictly prohibited per regulations of Industry Canada. The required antenna impedance is 50 ohms.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Contents Copyright ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Notice .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Trademarks .........................................................................................................................................
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P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 About this Guide Purpose This document provides information and procedures on hardware installation, setup, configuration, and management of the Gemtek Systems high performance 54Mb Dual-Band Outdoor AP P-780. Prerequisite Skills and Knowledge To use this document effectively, you should have a working knowledge of Local Area Networking (LAN) concepts and wireless Internet access infrastructures.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Chapter 1 – Introduction Thank you for choosing the Gemtek Systems High Performance Dual-Band Outdoor Access Point P780. The Gemtek Systems P-780 operates simultaneously in the 5-GHz and 2.4-GHz frequency bands and is fully compliant to 802.11b/g and 802.11a standard with its high performance and enhanced security. P-780 is an important part for the Gemtek Systems HotZone solution as 11a/b/g outdoor AP.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 P-780 management system pages are organized the same way for the web-browser interface and the CLI. This user manual provides detailed description of each management option. Features Highlight Super Brige 802.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Chapter 2 - Installation This chapter provides installation instructions for the hardware and software components of the Access Point P-780.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Hardware Introduction General Overview Figure 1 – P-780 General View The front panel of P-780 contains: There are 3 indicator lights (LEDs) that help to describe the state of various networking and connection operations.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Bottom Cover 5 1 2 3 4 Figure 2 –Bottom Cover of the P-780 The Bottom Cover of the P-780 contains: 1. Back Label with Model and Device name. The official device name is 54Mb Dual-Band Outdoor Access Point, model P-780. 2. MAC address labels of the device. The two labels show the WLAN1 and WLAN2 interface MAC address of the device. 3. Serial Number label of the device. 4. LAN Port. It is a waterproof RJ45 connector. 5. RESET Button.
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P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Hardware Installation Installing the Access Point Use the following procedure to prepare your network connection to P-780. Use the enclosed POE and power cord or any others IEEE802.3af Compliant POE Power Source Devices to supply your P-780 Access Point.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Please read the description sheet in Waterproof RJ45 Connector package carefully before you do the assembly. Step 5 Insert the the Ethernet twist cable to the LAN port connector on the back of the P-780 Bottom Cover and screw down the nut. Step 6 Connect two RF connectors to the Antennas by Jump RF cable with waterproof N-type plug. Connect to the Power Source and Local Network Step 1 Connect the Ethernet cable from the P-780 route to a IEEE802.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Software Installation Initialization There are two choices for the first web browser connection to your P-780: either enter the P-780's IP address and subnet (default networks settings) into the browser or launch the KickStart utility that is provided with your product CD. The default network settings for your new access controller are: LAN port: IP 192.168.2.2 subnet 255.255.255.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 Step 3 February 7, 2005 After successful administrator log on you will see the main page of the P-780’s Web interface: If second method is prefered follow the instuctions: Step 1 Gemtek Systems Install the KickStart utility from the Installation CD. Click Start > Programs > Gemtek Systems > KickStart to launch the application.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 Step 2 Gemtek Systems February 7, 2005 Select your controller and right click.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 Step 3 February 7, 2005 Enter the P-780 administrator login settings to access the web management interface. The default administrator log on settings for all access point interfaces are: User name: admin Password: admin01 Step 4 After successful administrator log on you will see the controller web interface. Now you are enabled to perform your configuration.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Chapter 3 – Application Mode The two Dual-Band chips (a/g + a/g) that this product provides supplies the furthest flexible application. Three application modes are supplied by P-780: z AP + Bridge mode z AP + AP mode z Bridge + Bridge mode AP + Bridge Mode AP + Bridge configuration is for environment with last mile issue. The typical usage is: 11g AP + 11a Bridge.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Bridge+ Bridge Mode Bridge + Bridge mode is used in the area without Ethernet wiring. The typical usage is: 11a Bridge + 11a Bridge for Point to Multi-Point or for wireless Repeater.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Chapter 4 – Reference Manual This chapter contains web management reference information. The web management main menu consists of the following sub menus: Status – device status showing Network – device settings affecting networking Wireless – device settings related to the wireless part of the P-780 System – device system settings directly applicable to the P-780 Exit – click exit and leave the web management then close your web-browser window.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Status Status | Device Status The device status page shows important information for the P-780, its system status and network configuration. Figure 12 – Device Status System Version display the current version of the firmware loaded to the AP This is important information for support requests and for preparing firmware upgrading Uptime indicates the time, expressed in days, hours and minutes since the system was last rebooted.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Figure 13 – Wireless Status Radio1 / Radio2 relates with two wireless interfaces Channel indicates which channel is in use.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Figure 14 – Interface Configuration Table To change network interface (bridge) configuration properties click the Edit button in the Action column. The status can be changed now: Figure 15 – Edit Interface Configuration Settings IP Address - specify new interface IP address [in digits and dots notation, e.g. 192.168.123.70]. Netmask – specify the subnet mask [[0-255].[0-255].[0-255].[0-255]].
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 If there is no other setting needed to be modified, click the Reboot button for applying all modifications. And if there are still other setting modifications needed, go ahead to finish all changes and then click Reboot button to restart and apply all settings together. To reboot at once, click Reboot button and then it is necessary to wait a moment.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Figure 20 – RADIUS Server's Details Name – specify the new RADIUS server name which is used for selecting RADIUS server. Server IP – authentication RADIUS server IP address [dots and digits]. Server Port – specify the network port used to communicate with RADIUS [1-65535]. The port default value of 1812 is based on RFC 2138 "Remote Authentication Dialin User Service (RADIUS)".
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 DHCP server and DHCP relay is disabled by default. Figure 21 –DHCP Settings Edit – edit the wireless basic settings To change DHCP setting properties click the Edit button, the DHCP server or DHCP relay service should be configured: Figure 22 –DHCP Settings Status – Select status from the drop-down menu. Disabled – Disable the DHCP server service. DHCP Server – Enable the DHCP server service. DHCP Relay – Enable the DHCP Relay service.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 By default, DHCP server is disabled for P-780. IP Address from / IP Address to – specify the IP address range to be dynamically allocated by the DHCP server. Netmask – enter the netmask for IP pool range. Gateway – enter the gateway IP for wireless clients. WINS Address (Windows Internet Naming Service) – specify server IP address if it is available on the network [dots and digits]. Lease Time – specify the IP address lease interval in seconds [1-1000000].
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Figure 25 – Reboot information Reboot – Click the button to restart the server and apply the changes. If there is no other setting needed to be modified, click the Reboot button for applying all modifications. And if there are still other setting modifications needed, go ahead to finish all changes and then click Reboot button to restart and apply all settings together.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 DHCP Relay To route DHCP through the external server, enable the DHCP Relay service. Figure 27 – DHCP Relay settings Server IP: enter the IP address of the external DHCP server. Change status or leave in the default state if no editing is necessary and click the Save button. Figure 28 –Apply or Discard DHCP relay Settings For each change of settings, the P-780 needs to be restarted to apply all settings changes when clicking Apply Changes.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Wireless Wireless | Basic Use the wireless | Basic menu to configure such wireless settings as regulatory domain, channel, band, and power, layer2isolation. Click the edit button on the setting you need to change: Figure 30 – Basic Wireless Settings Site Survey –perform survey to show overview information for wireless networks in a local geography The site survey shows overview information for wireless networks in a local geographic area.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Figure 32 – Site Survey information To refresh the statistics click the Rescan button. During Site Survey, all wireless clients which are connecting with P-780 would be kicked off. Site Survey takes some minutes to perform. Please wait and don’t power off AP during site survey. Edit – edit the wireless basic settings To change basic wireless setting properties click the Edit button in the Action column.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Figure 34 – Apply or Discard Basic Wireless Settings Radio – specify which wireless interface of P-780 is shown Domain – select the regulatory domain according to your country The full frequency range of the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz is not permitted for use in all countries. Depending on your selection of regulatory domains, the available frequency channels will vary. Before changing radio settings manually verify that your settings comply with government regulations.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Antenna Gain: When using the approved antenna supplied by Gemtek System, you must select the Antenna A-807 in Antenna item to meet the regulation’s power limitation. A-807 is 4.5dBi in 2.4GHz, 5dBi in 5GHz. A-807 antenna is the accessory of P-780 Product. RTS Threshold – when set, this settings specifies the maximum packet size beyond which RTS/CTS mechanism is be invokes. The value range of this is [0 …2347]. Default is 2346 which means that RTS is disabled.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Wireless | Advance P-780 supports Multiple BSSID (MBSSID) function. You can configure up to 16 BSSIDs per radio on P-780 and assign different configuration settings to each BSSID. For wireless users, they can think P780 as single AP with multi service supporting, including different security policy, different VLAN ID, different authentication etc.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Figure 37 – Detail for MBSSID entry Detail – Show the MAC address of current connected clients Return – Return to the wireless advance settings page Clicking New or Edit on AP mode, the settings of MBSSID entry appears: Figure 38 – Multiple BSSID Setting Radio – showing which RF card (wlan1 or wlan2) is being configured.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Mode – showing the current operation mode of P-780 (AP or Bridge). Interface – showing the current MBSSID | Bridge link entry SSID – a unique ID for your wireless network. It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters. The default SSID is "P-780" but you should change this to a personal wireless network name. The SSID is important for clients when connecting to the access point.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Every … minutes – The same as WPA. MAC Auth – MAC authentication. When selected, the MAC address of username and password will be passed to RADIUS server for PAP authentication when wireless client connects with P-780. RADIUS Server Profile – The same as 802.1x. Disabled – When selected, you don’t select any security policy.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Figure 41 – Bridge Link Setting Remote MAC – Add the remote peer’s MAC address you want to configure as a bridge link Security – Specify WEP or WPA-PSK (TKIP or AES) is used for security policy. WPA-PSK or static WEP can be used for encrypt each bridge link Each Bridge link can have its own WEP key/keyIndex for encryption. Only WEP can be used as security policy for Bridge links now. More enhanced security policy is in developing.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 By default, four WEP keys are all set to “aaaaa”. They can be modified according to real need. Figure 43 – Edit WEP Key Wireless | MAC ACL Use the MAC ACL service to control the default access to the wireless interface of the P-780 or define special access rules for mobile clients. Configure the ACL using the Wireless | MAC ACL menu: Figure 44 – MAC ACL Service Radio – Two wireless interfaces wlan1 and wlan2 can be selected for each radio’s MAC ACL rules.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Figure 45 – MAC ACL settings You must create MAC List to work with Policy setting. The access control list is based on the network device’s MAC address. In the MAC ACL Configuration table, you only need to specify the MAC address of wireless client.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Figure 48 – Reboot Server Reboot – Click the button to restart the server and apply the changes. If there is no other setting needed to be modified, click the Reboot button for applying all modifications. And if there are still other setting modifications needed, go ahead to finish all changes and then click Reboot button to restart and apply all settings together.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 System System | Security Use the System | Security service to configure the name and password administrator: Figure 49 – system security settings User Name – administrator username for access to P-780 (e.g. web interface, CLI mode) [1-32 symbols, spaces not allowed]. Old Password – old password value. New Password –new password value used for user authentication in the system [4-8 characters, spaces not allowed].
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Figure 50 – SNMP settings Readonly community – Community name is used in SNMP version 1 and version 2c. Read-only (public) community allows reading values, but denies any attempt to change values [1-32 all ASCII printable characters, no spaces]. Readwrite community – Community name is used in SNMP version 1 and version 2c. Read-write (private) community allows to read and (where possible) change values [1-32 all ASCII printable characters, no spaces].
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 System | Telnet Use System | Telnet menu to manage the telnet/SSH service of your P-780. Figure 53 – System Configuration settings Telnet Service – Enable or disable telnet service of P-780 SSH Service – Enable or disable SSH service of P-780. The default of these two services are all Enabled. The current IETF SSH (SSHv2) is supported for security of accessing P-780 via telnet/CLISH.
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P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Figure 62 – Firmware Upgrade Click the Upload and then the follow appears. Specify the full path to the new firmware image and click the Upload button: Figure 63 – Firmware Upgrade To flash the uploaded firmware image to upgrade the firmware is done by click the Upgrade button. Please make sure the firmware is correct for P-780. Otherwise the upgrade will be failed.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Appendix A) Specification Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b(DSSS), IEEE 802.11g(OFDM) and IEEE 802.11a(OFDM) Data Rate 802.11a: 54,48,36,24,18,12,9,6Mbps;802.11g: 54,48,36,24,12,9,6,11,5,5,2,1Mbps (auto fall back) Transmit Power (adjustable RF power) Max. 17 dBm ± 1.5dBm @6~24Mbps Max. 13 dBm ± 1.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 Controllers: G-6000/G-4200 Public Access Controller Access Points: P-520 54Mb Operator Access Point Client Adapters: T-511 54Mb High Gain Smart Ethernet Client (2.
P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 B) Factory Defaults for the P-780 General Configuration Settings Administrator Username Administrator Password Get Community Set Community admin admin01 Public Private Network Configuration Settings IP address Subnet mask Gateway (static IP) 192.168.2.2 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.
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P-780 User’s Guide v1.2 February 7, 2005 F) Location ID and ISO Country Codes This list states the country names (official short names in English) in alphabetical order as given in ISO 3166-1 and the corresponding ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code elements. It lists 239 official short names and code elements.
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Professional installation instruction 1. Installation personal This product is designed for specific application and needs to be installed by a qualified personal who has RF and related rule knowledge. The general user shall not attempt to install or change the setting. 2. Installation location The product shall be installed at a location where the radiating antenna can be kept 20 cm from nearby person in normal operation condition to meet regulatory RF exposure requirement. 3.
