LevelOne User Manual WAP-3000 / WAP-3100 11g Wireless AP Ver. 1.0.
Safety FCC WARNING This equipment may generate or use radio frequency energy. Changes or modifications to this equipment may cause harmful interference unless the modifications are expressly approved in the instruction manual. The user could lose the authority to operate this equipment if an unauthorized change or modification is made. 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.
Table of Content TABLE OF CONTENT ......................................................................................................................... II 1. ABOUT THIS USER MANUAL ...................................................................................................... 1 USER MANUAL OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................... 1 2. UNPACKING AND SETUP ...........................................................
1. About This User Manual Congratulations on your purchase of LevelOne 11g Wireless AP, WAP-3000 or WAP-3100. This manual helps to features the innovating wireless technology that can help you build a wireless network easily. This manual contains detailed instructions in operation of this product. Please keep this manual for future reference. With Wireless LAN Access Point, computers can share data and Internet access in a wireless way.
2. Unpacking and Setup This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the Access Point. Unpacking Open the box of the 11g Wireless AP and carefully unpack it. The box should contain the following items: z WAP-3000 or WAP-3100 z Antenna z Power Adapter z Quick Installation Guide z CD Manual If any item is found missing or damaged, please contact your local reseller for replacement.
3. Hardware Installation Front panel The figure below shows the LED Indicator of the LevelOne Wireless AP. Power: This indicator lights green when the Access Point receives power. Otherwise, it turns off. WLAN: The indicator blinking green whiles the wireless LAN activity. LAN (Link/ACT): The indicator lights green when the LAN port is connected to an Ethernet network successful. Otherwise, the indicator blinking green while transmitting or receiving data on the Ethernet network.
Rear Panel The figure below shows the rear panel of the Access Point LAN Ethernet port with 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet connections, connect this port to switch/hub. RESET The Reset function is to reset the setting back to factory default setting, once you press the “RESET” button more than 5 seconds. Power Connect the Power Adapter DC plug to the AP’s power jack. Antenna Connector One Antenna connector connects with detachable dipole antenna.
Hardware connections Connecting with power adapter 1. Plug in network cable to the Ethernet port of the Switch/Hub, and plug in the other end to the Ethernet port of the Wireless Access Point. 2. Plug in DC plug of the power adapter to the DC jack of the Wireless Access Point, and plug in the power adapter to the power outlet. Connecting with PoE switch (WAP-3100 only) 1.
4. Configuring the Wireless LAN Access Point The Wireless Access Point has a Web GUI interface for the configuration. The AP can be configured through the Web Browser. A network manager can manage, control and monitor the AP from the local LAN. This section indicates how to configure the AP to enable its functions. Login to the Wireless AP through WLAN Before configuring the Wireless AP through WLAN, make sure that the SSID, Channel and the WEP was set properly.
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 functions included in the top side of the main screen: Wizard, Status, Basic Setting, IP Setting, Advanced Setting, Security and Tools. Point the selections in the top side of the menu screen.
Wizard Setup wizard is provided as the part of the web configuration utility. User can simply follow the stepby-step process to get Access Point configuration ready to run in 4 easy steps by clicking on the “Wizard” button on the function menu. The following screen will appear. Please click “Next” to continue. Step 1: Set Password User can change the password and then click “Next” to continue. Step2: Set WLAN Connection Please type the name of SSID and select the Channel. Then, click “Next” to continue.
Step 3: Set WEP Encryption If user wants to enable WEP, please click “Enabled”. Then, select the key size of WEP encryption and enter the key value in the key text box. Please click “Next” to continue. Step 4: Restart The Setup wizard is now completed. The new settings will be effective after the Access Point restarted. Please click “Restart” to reboot the Access Point. If user does not want to make any changes, please click “exit” to quit without any changes.
Status This page as below shows the following information. Firmware Version Shows the current firmware version and released date code. LAN Shows the Mac address, IP address (default: 192.168.0.254), Subnet Mask, Gateway Address. The current LAN traffic calculated in terms of number of packets sent and received by AP through wired connection is also displayed. Wireless Shows the Mac address, current SSID, the status of Encryption Function (Enable or Disable), the current using channel.
View Log Once clicked, the page will change to login page. The login page records every event and the time that it happens. User may clear the entries recorded in the log by clicking the “Clear Log” button, and refresh the screen to show the latest log entries by clicking the “Refresh” button.
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 operation mode for Access Point, AP Client, WDS (Wireless Distribution System), AP+WDS and Repeater mode. Access Point Mode Configure the AP to Access Point mode; with this mode, WLAN clients can access LAN or other WLAN clients through this AP.
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 all clients and nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in the wireless network. Authentication Type: The authentication type default is set to Open system.
WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to set the key in the passphrase field as the below 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 for the RADIUS server.
RADIUS Server 1: Enter the IP address of and the Port used by the Primary Radius Server, 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 Radius Server, enter the Shared Secret, which is used by the Radius Server. Apply: For the changes made to any of the items above to be effective, click “Apply”. The new settings are now been saved to Access Point and will be effective once the Access Point restarts.
AP Client mode configuration SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in the wireless network. Site Survey: This button allows user to enable the Site Survey function to scan for the available wireless network (wireless clients and Access Points) and establish wireless communications with one. Selected one of them in list to establish communications and click “Connect” button.
WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to set the key in the passphrase field as the below screen. The key length 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 been saved to Access Point and will be effective once the Access Point restarts. For entering to the Web Setting page after changing to AP Client mode, change your PC/Notebook IP address to 192.168.0.x.
Bridge mode Configure the AP to Bridge mode; a point-to-point configuration in which the AP relays frames from one other 802.11 bridge onto an adjacent Ethernet LAN. Bridge mode application The Bridge need to fill all the AP’s MAC address in the “Remote AP Mac” list, the maximum of one Bridge can join eight AP to be one group. Bridge mode configuration Security Type: The security type default is set to none. There are four options: WEP 64bits; WEP 128bits; WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK.
Note: When WEP security is enabled, all the wireless clients that wish to connect to the Access Point must also have WEP enabled with the identical WEP Key value entered. WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to set the key in the passphrase field as the below screen. The key length should be 8 characters at least. Apply: For the changes made to any of the items above to be effective, click “Apply”.
WDS mode With WDS (Wireless Distribution System) mode, user can use wireless media to communicate two or more LANs through 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, the other two APs will be the Slave, all of the APs in the WDS group must use the same wireless channel and the same security setting, the Master need to fill all the Slave’s MAC
Multiple WDS group application: When there are five APs to be join into two separated WDS group, the member of WDS group 1 is AP-A, AP-B and AP-C, and member of the 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.
Master setting (AP-A, WDS Group 1) Master setting (AP-C, WDS Group 2) Slave setting (AP-B, WDS Group 1) Slave setting (AP-D and AP-E, WDS Group 2) WDS mode configuration for Example-2 22
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, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in the wireless network.
Site Survey: This button allows user to enable the Site Survey function to scan for the available wireless network (wireless clients and Access Points) and establish wireless communications with one. Selected one of them in list to establish communications and click “Connect” button. Authentication Type: The authentication type default is set to Open system. There are four options: Open system; Shared Key; WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK.
WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to set the key in the passphrase field as the below screen. The key length 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 been saved to Access Point and will be effective once the Access Point restarts.
5. IP Setting This page allows user to configure the IP and DHCP settings of the Access Point. The default IP address of this access point is 192.168.0.254 with the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. User can type in other values for IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway and click “Apply” button for the changes to be effective. User can also set the Access Point to obtain the IP from a DHCP server, but it is not recommended.
Advanced Setting This page contains configurations for advanced users, which the change reflects the wireless performance and operating modes. Beacon Interval: To set the period of time in milliseconds that AP sends out a beacon. Default is 100 milliseconds. RTS Threshold: To set the size of RTS/CTS packet size. Default is 2432 bytes. Fragmentation Threshold: To set the number of bytes used for the fragmentation boundary for directed messages. Default is 2346 bytes.
Security This page is where user configures 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 “Confirm” field. 3. Click “Apply” MAC Filter: MAC Filter function controls the MAC of the network devices that are listed in this table for access authorization or denial.
Tools Four functions are provided in this page, Backup, Restore Settings, Restore default settings and Firmware Upgrade. Save Settings to Local Hard Drive: Click on “Save Settings to Local Hard Drive” button, which will open a FileSave Dialog box, where user gets to save all the current settings and configurations to a file. Restore Settings: Click on the “Browse” button to open a FileOpen Dialog box, where user gets to select the file, which saves previous settings and configurations.
Technical Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.11b/g IEEE 802.3u 10/100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (WAP-3100 only) Signal Type: DSSS (802.11b) OFDM (802.
Temperature Operating: 0 ~ 40 oC, Storage: -10 ~ 70 oC 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, This product incorporates open source code into the software and therefore falls under the guidelines governed by the General Public License (GPL) agreement. Adhering to the GPL requirements, the open source code and open source license for the source code are available for free download at http://global.level1.
