802.11g Wireless LAN Outdoor CPE AP WAP-6100 User’s Manual Version 1.
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Effective use of the radio spectrum – Article 3.2 Testing for radio test suites according to EN 300 328-2 has been conducted. These are considered relevant and sufficient. CE in which Countries where the product may be used freely: Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland.
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................6 1.1 PACKAGE CONTENTS ......................................................................................................................6 1.2 FEATURES .......................................................................................................................................6 1.3 SPECIFICATION ......................................................
Chapter 1 Introduction The WAP-6100 is an outdoor 802.11g CPE AP with 12dBi antenna built in. This manual describes the details of how to manage this equipment. 1.1 Package Contents Make sure that you have the following items: • • • • • • • • One WAP-6100 One Power Cord One PoE Injector One Metal Ring One 25m CAT5 Cable with RJ-45 plug and ODU connector One 1.
Modulation OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, DBPSK, DQPSK, CCK Port 10/100Mbps RJ-45 port * 1 Antenna Built-in 12dBi patch antenna Output Power 18dBm@11Mbps / 17dBm@54Mbps (typical) 5 levels adjustable (Full, Half, Quarter, Eighth, Minimum) -74dBm@54Mbps OFDM, 10% PER Sensitivity -88dBm@11Mbps CCK, 8% PER Operating Mode AP, Wireless Bridge, Wireless Client, Repeater WEP setting − Authentication type: Open System / Shared Key − Shared keys input type: HEX / ASCII − Shared keys length: (64-bit
WAP-6100. 1. Site selection To avoid interferences, please locate WAP-6100 and wireless clients away from transformers, microwave ovens, heavy-duty motors, refrigerators, fluorescent lights, and other industrial equipments. Keep the number of walls, or ceilings between AP and clients as few as possible; otherwise the signal strength may be seriously reduced. Place WAP-6100 in open space or add additional WAP-6100 as needed to improve the coverage. 2.
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Before you proceed with the installation, it is necessary that you have enough information about the WAP-6100. 1. Locate an optimum location and use the provided metal ring to secure WAP-6100 to a mast. 2. Using provided CAT5 waterproof cable; connect the waterproof connector port of the WAP-6100 to the “P+DATA OUT” port of PoE Injector. 3.
OUTDOOR INSTALLATION WARNING ! IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS: LIVES MAY BE AT RISK! Carefully observe these instructions and any special instructions that are included with the equipment you are installing. CONTACTING POWER LINES CAN BE LETHAL. Make sure no power lines are anywhere where possible contact can be made. Antennas, masts, towers, guy wires or cables may lean or fall and contact these limes.
z Refer to the National Electrical Code for grounding details. IF A PERSON COMES IN CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL POWER, AND CANNOT MOVE: z DON’T TOUCH THAT PERSON, OR YOU MAY BE ELECTROCUTED. z Use a non-conductive dry board, stick or rope to push or drag them so they no longer are in contact with electrical power. Once they are no longer contacting electrical power, administer CPR if you are certified, and make sure that emergency medical aid has been requested.
Chapter 3 Initial Setup The WAP-6100 allows configuration either via the configuration utility, known as Locator, or Web Browser through network. For the initial installation, we suggest using the PLANET WAP-6100 Locator. Before using Locator, please make sure the personal firewall installed in your PC is disabled. It is strongly recommended to configure and manage WAP-6100 using a wired LAN computer. 3.1 Setup Procedures 1. Insert the bundled CD in the CD-ROM drive to initiate the autorun program.
4. After type in correct user name and password, the “IP Setting” box appears. Here you can choose to obtain IP from a DHCP server or specify IP address manually. If your environment or ISP provide DHCP server, you can choose the first option. Otherwise, you need to manually setup IP address. Click on “Apply” button and WAP-6100 will reboot immediately. After the reboot completes, the WAP-6100 is operating with new settings. 5.
Chapter 4 Web Configuration Web configuration provides a user-friendly graphical user interface (web pages) to manage your WAP-6100. An AP with an assigned IP address (e.g. http://192.168.1.1) will allow you to monitor and configure via web browser (e.g., MS Internet Explorer or Netscape). 1. Open your web browser. 2. Enter the IP address of your WAP-6100 in the address field (default IP address is http://192.168.1.1). Please note that your PC’s IP address should be on the same IP subnet of the WAP-6100.
Current IP Settings • This section shows current IP address setting including IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and DHCP status. Current Wireless Settings • This area shows current wireless setting including operation mode, wireless mode, SSID, channel and security setting. 4.1.2 Wireless Station List This page can help user identify current clients who already associated to the WAP-6100.
4.1.3 System Properties Device Name You may assign any name to the WAP-6100. Memorable, Unique names are helpful especially if you are employing multiple access points on the same network. The device name needs to be less than 32 characters. After verify the name you input and click “Apply” to save the setting. Country / Region Here you can set the WAP-6100 to follow different country and region regulations.
Administrator Name You change the administrator login name in this field. Password Type the new password here if you need to change it. Confirm Password Re-type the new password again, then click the “Apply” below to save the changes. 4.1.5 IP Settings This page can configure system IP address. Default IP address is 192.168.1.1 and Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0. You can manually input IP address setting or get an IP from a DHCP server.
4.1.6 Wireless Network SSID The SSID is the unique name shared among all APs and clients in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all points in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 alphanumeric characters, which may be any keyboard character. Make sure this setting is the same for all points in your wireless network. For added security, you should change the SSID from the default name default, to a unique name. Suppressed SSID This option can hide the SSID.
WPA security mode. Once you setup the AP to work in security mode, all wireless stations will also need to have corresponding settings. System default setting is “No Security”. WEP Authentication type Select the appropriate value - "Open System" or "Shared Key". All Wireless stations must then be set to use the same method.
Shared keys input Select HEX or ASCII depends on your preference. type Default key The default key, selected by the radio button, is required. The other keys are optional. Other stations must have matching key values. Shared key There are 4 keys available, please ensure you have enter correct number for the key values with different Key Length and coding (Hex or ASCII). Key length Select the level of encryption you want among the options. WAP-6100 supports 64, 128, and 152-bit encryptions.
WPA RADIUS server Enter the IP address of your RADIUS server. RADIUS port Specify the port number for RADIUS service, default value is 1812. RADIUS secret RADIUS secret is the key shared between WAP-6100 and RADIUS server. Cipher type WPA gives you two encryption methods, TKIP and AES, with dynamic encryption keys. Select the type of algorithm, TKIP or AES. Group key update Enter the time interval in seconds which instructs the WAP-6100 how often it interval should change the encryption keys.
4.1.8 Wireless Advanced Settings Data rate You can select all data rates supported in current operation mode. Default value is “best” which means the system will automatically adjust the connection speed dynamically according to your current link status. Transmit power You can reduce RF output power by selecting Half (-3dB) / Quarter (-6dB) / Eighth (-9dB) / Minimum. To change transmit power may decrease your wireless signal coverage.
Fragment length This specifies the maximum size of a data packet. It should remain at its (256-2346) default setting of 2,346. A smaller setting means smaller packets, which will create more packets for each transmission. If you have decreased this value and experience high packet error rates, you can increase it again, but it will likely decrease overall network performance. Only minor modifications of this value are recommended. RTS/CTS threshold Enter the preferred setting between 256 and 2346.
4.1.9 MAC Filter Click on the “Enable MAC Filtering” button, the rule have allow only station in list (accept) or allow any station unless in list (deny). You can edit the MAC Filtering Table in you need associated the access point. 4.1.10 Backup / Restore Settings Backup the current Click on the “Backup” button, system will prompt you where to save the settings to a file backup file. You can choose the directory to save your configuration file.
4.1.11 Firmware Upgrade Enter the location of the new firmware file in the file path field, or click the “Browse” button to find the firmware upgrade file. Then click on the “Upgrade” button, and follow the on-screen instructions. The whole firmware upgrade process will take around 60 seconds. 4.1.12 Reboot Click on “Reboot” button to restart WAP-6100.
4.2 Wireless Client Mode WAP-6100 can also work as an Ethernet client bridge to connect up to 16 Ethernet device into wireless network. In order to setup the WAP-6100 to work in Ethernet bridge mode, you need to choose “Wireless Client” mode and click “Apply” at System Properties page. You also need to reboot the WAP-6100. After the system reboot is done, you can see the page as below. Status page shows the WAP-6100 is now working in Wireless Client mode. 4.2.
Network type Here indicates the WAP-6100 works in AP mode or Client mode (Infrastructure mode / Ad Hoc mode). SSID Here displays current SSID assigned to the WAP-6100. BSSID The MAC address of the associated AP. Connection status This column shows current connection status. If WAP-6100 already connects to an Access Point or station, here will show “Associated”. Otherwise, connection column will show “N/A” which means no connection to any Access Point or station.
Network mode You can set the wireless client into 2 different modes by clicking radio button. Wireless Client (Infrastructure) act as an AP client while Ad-hoc can support peer-to-peer network. The Infrastructure mode can support up to 108M SuperG transmission. Wireless mode Select the proper mode according to your wireless network. SSID The SSID is the unique name shared among all points in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all points in the wireless network.
4.2.4 Ethernet Client List You can check all the details about Ethernet clients including IP Address and MAC Address. Press “Refresh” if you add any new Ethernet client into network. The page will update latest status of current Ethernet network. 4.3 Repeater Mode Repeater is able to retransmit the signal of a remote AP. Choose repeater mode if you want to extend the range of your original AP. In order to setup this mode, you need to choose “Repeater” mode and click “Apply” at System Properties page.
4.3.1 Wireless Network After enable the repeater mode, you can click on “Wireless Network” and choose “Site Survey” to pick one of the SSIDs you would like to retransmit its signal. (Please be noted that while using the repeater mode, the throughput performance maybe nearly only half compare with Access Point mode. Because the repeater needs to communicate with original AP and also the clients associate to the repeater at the same time.
4.4 Wireless Bridge Wireless Bridge mode help to make the two or more Ethernet networks connected without any wire. With multiple WAP-6100s in this mode, several LANs in distance can communicate to each other. This could be deployed if the networks are hard to make the wire in between. 4.4.1 WDS Link Settings In the “WDS Link Settings”, select “Enable” in the “Mode” field. Then you are able to fill in MAC Address of each target WAP-6100.
Considerations before installation – z Loop Prevention – Be careful to plan you WDS connections, prevent your wireless network topology to have loop. Once loop shows up, you network traffic will become unstable. z Performance – The system can support up to 8 WDS links. But all links and wireless stations that operate at the same time will all share single radio bandwidth. (Ex.
Appendix A Glossary 802.11b - An IEEE wireless networking standard that specifies a maximum data transfer rate of 11Mbps and an operating frequency of 2.4GHz. 802.11g - An IEEE wireless networking standard that specifies a maximum data transfer rate of 54Mbps, an operating frequency of 2.4GHz, and backward compatibility with 802.11b devices. Adapter - This is a device that adds network functionality to your PC.
Fragmentation -Breaking a packet into smaller units when transmitting over a network medium that cannot support the original size of the packet. Gateway - A device that interconnects networks with different, incompatible communications protocols. Hardware - The physical aspect of computers, telecommunications, and other information technology devices. IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) - An independent institute that develops networking standards.
data transmission. SSID (Service Set IDentifier) - Your wireless network's name. Static IP Address - A fixed address assigned to a computer or device that is connected to a network. Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Switch - 1. A data switch that connects computing devices to host computers, allowing a large number of devices to share a limited number of ports. 2. A device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in an electrical circuit.
