Wireless LAN Device Series 802.11n Draft 2.0 Multi-Mode AP ZW-N5310 User’s Manual Version. 1 (2008.05.
TABLE OF CONTENTS NOTICE ..................................................................................................................................................3 PREFACE ...............................................................................................................................................5 CH 1. ZW-5310 INSTALLATION........................................................................................................6 PACKING LIST .........................................
PPTP ..................................................................................................................................................37 CONFIGURING DHCP SERVER ............................................................................................................38 STATIC ROUTE SETUP .........................................................................................................................39 DYNAMIC ROUTE SETUP ............................................................
Notice FCC Warning Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user authority to operate the equipment. 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.
Selection of other channels is not possible. The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with emission limits. Channel The Wireless Channel sets the radio frequency used for communication. z Access Points use a fixed Channel. You can select the Channel used. This allows you to choose a Channel which provides the least interference and best performance.
Preface This guide is for the networking professional who installs and manages the Zinwell ZW-5310 product hereafter referred to as the “device”. To use this guide, you should have experience working with the TCP/IP configuration and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of wireless local area networks.
Ch 1. ZW-5310 Installation Packing List Before starting the installation of the device, please make sure the package contains the following items： ● ● ● ZW-5310 Multi-Mode AP unit * 1 Power Adapter * 1 RJ-45 Cable * 1 Connectors, Buttons and LEDs Front Panel From Left to right: Power LED: Red LED lights when power on. WAN: Orange LED lights when the Ethernet port is plugged and flashes when it is transmitting.
From left to right: Antenna port 1/2/3: This SMA Reverse allows the user to connect antenna or RF cable. Please connect all three antennas into it. LAN 4/3/2/1: 4 Ethernet ports for the LAN connection. WAN: Connect the Ethernet port from ISP such as Adsl ITU-R, Cable MODEM. Reset Button: Press Reset button to revert it to factory default. DC Jack: Please supply the power in 12V and 1A. Hardware Installation Once you check everything from the package, you can start to install the device.
192.168.1.254, and the subnet-mask is 255.255.255.0. We Recommend to login with username: root and password: root for the first time configuration. Please note that the DHCP server inside the device is default to up and running. Do not have multiple DHCP servers in your network environment, otherwise it will cause abnormal situation. Knowing the Network Application The device can act as the following roles, and it supports WDS (Wireless Distribution System) function.
This mode can let you access the AP of your wireless ISP and share the same public IP address from your ISP to the PCs connecting with both the wired Ethernet ports of the device. When setup as this mode, the wireless radio will be client mode connecting to the AP of your ISP as the WAN connection and then you can configure the WAN IP configuration to meet your WISP requirement. The wireless radio of the device acts as the following roles.
V AP+WDS V X Hereafter are some topologies of network application for your reference. DEV 1 LAN 192 . 168.2. 254 / 24 WAN PPPoE connection Wireless Channel : 11 / SSID : DEV 1 MAC Address of WLAN ( BSSID ) 000000042728 DHCP Server enabled ( IP Pool 192 .168 .2.1~ 253 ) Internet Broadband Modem Router Mode With WDS + AP 192. 168.2.x 192. 168.2.x DEV 4 LAN 192.168 .3.1/ 24 WAN Dynamic IP address DHCP Server enabled ( IP pool 192 . 168 .3.2~254 ) DEV 2 LAN 192 .168 .2.
z z z Router Bridge Wireless ISP 2. Time Zone Setting—input the Internet time setting. This device will update time from NTP server. z Time Zone: select your time zone. z NTP Update Interval: select the time interval between every update attempt. z NTP Server 1: input your favorite NTP server. z NTP Server 2: input the backup NTP server. 3. LAN Interface Setup z IP Address: assign an IP Address for the device. z Subnet Mask: enter the subnet mask. 4.
WLAN: Uncheck to disable the wireless interface of device. Default: Checked. Band: Click the dropdown box to select one among 802.11b/g/n Mixed, 802.11b/g Mixed, 802.11a Only, 802.11b Only, 802.11g Only, 802.11n Only, 802.11a/n Mixed modes. Operation: The radio of device supports different modes as following: 1. AP The radio of device act as an Access Point to serves all wireless clients to join a wireless local network. It’s only in AP mode, the BSSID number can be configured to 1, 2, 4 BSSID.
devices with WDS function supported can survey and connect to it. z Infrastructure: This type requires the presence of 802.11 a/b/g/n Draft 2.0 Access Point. All communication is done via the Access Point. Ethernet AP AP Client #1 z AP Client #2 Ad Hoc: This type of connection provides a peer-to-peer communication between wireless stations. All the communication is done from Client to Client without any Access Point involved.
SSID: The SSID, which is also called ESSID is a unique identifier that wireless networking devices use in order to establish and maintain wireless connectivity. Multiple access point/bridges on a network or sub-network can use the same SSID. SSIDs are case sensitive and can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters. Hide SSID: Check to hide SSID. With hidden SSID, the AP can’t be scanned and the wireless client must input SSID manually to associate this AP.
choosing 40MHz, the data rate is doubled. HT Extension Channel: below, above This option only appears when you select 40MHz as the HT Channel Bandwidth. Select one to decide whether up or down band to expand the bandwidth. When you setup the below or above option, the available channel may change to fit the RF frequency range. For example, the table listed below shows the changes of the available channels. Channel No.
and the value go back to 300 seconds. When it countdown to zero, this Client/Station will be kicked out from this table. RSSI: It shows the signal strength of this Client/Station in dBm unit. Advanced Settings These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have sufficient knowledge about wireless LAN. These settings should not be changed unless you know what effect the changes will have on your device. The default setting is optimized for the normal operation.
DTIM Period The default value of Delivery Traffic Indication Message is 1 beacon. The DTIM which is in the beacon is to inform clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages. RTS Threshold The RTS threshold determines the packet size at which the radio issues a request to send (RTS) before sending the packet.
Short Slot Default: enabled. Reduce the waits after the collision time before retransmitting. It will increase the throughput. Tx Burst Default: enabled. Enable it and the device will try this function when the other associated AP/Client is available. Tx Short Preamble Default: enabled. Only requires disabling it when connecting some old 802.11 b wireless clients. Packet Aggregation Default: enabled. This is one of 802.11n technique to increase the data throughput. 802.11h Support Default: enabled.
HT TX Aggregation MSDU Default: enabled. Enable to increase the 11n throughput. Configuring Wireless Security This device provides complete wireless security function include WEP, WPA/WPA2 Personal and Enterprise in different mode (see the Security Support Table). The default security settings of the encryption function are disabled. Choose your preferred security setting depending on what security function you need.
Open None, WEP Default Key ID, Key type, Key content Shared/WEP WEP Auto Default Key ID, Key type, Key content WPA/WPA2 TKIP, AES, Pass Phrase (8..32bytes), Hex Personal TKIP/AES (64hex) WPA/WPA2 TKIP, AES, Radius Server Enterprise TKIP/AES Network/Address/Port/Key WEP Encryption Setting Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is implemented in this device to prevent unauthorized access to your wireless network. The WEP setting must be as same as each client in your wireless network.
encryption method of 40-bit WEP. When input 10 hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f or A-F) or 5 ACSII chars as the key, it is using 64-bit WEP encryption. 128-bit WEP Encryption：128-bit WEP keys are as same as the encryption method of 104-bit WEP. When input 26 hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f or A-F) or 10 ACSII chars, it is using 128-bit WEP encryption.
depends on whether the RADIUS server location is. Radius Server Address: Input the IP Address of the Radius server. Radius Server Port: Input the port of the Radius server. The default port is 1812. Radius Server Key: Input the Authentication Key. Ethernet AP RADIUS Server Wireless Station MAC ACL This device can setup Access Control List to allow or reject wireless clients.
z Only applies in AP mode. Options explanations WPS Mode: As Registrar – add other enrollee to this device. The device supports “As Registrar” mode currently. WPS Config Method: PIN – Personal Identification Number: input 8-character code. The PIN code setting must be the same as the enrollee’s setting. PBC – Push Button communication: When using the PBC, push the WPS button on the device and then connect the wireless client in 5 seconds.
Note: When the WPS is enabled, the authentication mode is left only Open, WPA Personal and WPA2 Personal for configuration. WPS Configuration Steps 1. Setup the Wireless Security: We recommended you to setup Wireless Security before setting WPS; otherwise it will use no encryption after you setup and start WPS. Please refer to the section of wireless security mentioned in this guide book. 2. Enable WPS setting: Check the Enable box and then submit to apply.
communication” and then press “PBC” option on the configuration tool of the WLAN Client (station). The client will get associated in a few seconds. Note: If there isn’t any WPS setting such as Pin code and PBC in your WLAN client tool, perhaps your WLAN client card doesn’t support WPS. You can try to find the latest driver and tool to see if it supports WPS, or just don’t use WPS.
Step 2. Check the state of connection in “Status” web page. The alternative way to configure as following: Step 1. In “Wireless Site Survey” page, select one of the SSIDs you want to connect and then press “Connect” button to establish the link.
Step 2. If the linking is established successfully. It will show the message “Connect successfully”. Then press “OK”. Step 3. Then you can check the linking information in “Status” page. Note ： If the available network requires authentication and data encryption, you need to setup the authentication and encryption before step1 and all the settings must be as same as the Access Point or Station. About the detail authentication and data encryption settings, please refer the security section.
you want to communicate with in the WDS AP List and then enable the WDS. When you decide to use the WDS to extend your WLAN, please refer the following instructions for configuration. z The bridging devices by WDS must use the same radio channel. z When the WDS function is enabled, all wireless stations can’t connect the device. z If your network topology has a loop, you need to enable the 802.1d Spanning Tree function.
LAN 1 WDS #5 WDS #2 WDS #1 LAN 5 LAN 2 WDS #4 WDS #3 LAN 4 LAN3 Device Entries of WDS AP List WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 The MAC Address of WDS1 The MAC Address of WDS1 The MAC Address of WDS1 The MAC Address of WDS1 WDS2 WDS3 WDS4 WDS5 Spanning Tree Protocol Required No No No No No Ring topology: LAN 1 WDS #1 LAN 5 LAN 2 WDS #2 WDS #5 WDS #4 LAN 4 WDS #3 LAN3 Device Entries of WDS AP List WDS1 WDS2 WDS3 WDS4 WDS5 The MAC Addresses of WDS2 and WDS5 The MA
Mesh topology： LAN 1 WDS #1 LAN 5 LAN 2 WDS #2 WDS #5 WDS #4 LAN 4 WDS #3 LAN3 Device Entries of WDS AP List WDS1 WDS2 WDS3 WDS4 WDS5 The MAC Addresses of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 The MAC Addresses of WDS1, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 The MAC Addresses of WDS1, WDS2, WDS4 and WDS5 The MAC Addresses of WDS1, WDS2, WDS3 and WDS5 The MAC Addresses of WDS1, WDS2, WDS3 and WDS4 Spanning Tree Protocol Required Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WDS Application Peer to Peer connection WDS-AP can be used to increase the c
Description Entries of WDS AP List Parent WDS-AP WDS-AP The MAC Address of WDS-AP The MAC Address of Parent WDS-AP Spanning Tree Protocol Required Yes Yes Wireless Bridge Wireless Bridge can establish a wireless connection between two or more Wired LANs. When you decide to use the WDS as a Wireless Bridge, please refer the following instructions for configuration. z In AP mode, enable the WDS function.
Ch 4. Advanced Configurations Configuring LAN to WAN Firewall Filtering function is used to block or permit packets from LAN to WAN. The device supports three kinds of filter Port Filtering, IP Filtering and MAC Filtering. All the entries in current filter table are used to restrict or allow certain types of packets from your local network to through the device. Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network.
IP Filtering When you enable the IP Filtering function, you can specify local IP Addresses in current filter table. If you select “Accept” for the IP forwarding default policy, once the source IP address of outgoing packets match the IP address definition in the table, the firewall will block those packets form LAN to WAN.
Configuring Port Forwarding (Virtual Server) This function allows you to automatically redirect common network services to a specific machine behind the NAT firewall. These settings are only necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail server on the private local network behind the device's NAT firewall. The most often used port numbers are shown in the following table.
also useful while you run some applications (ex. Internet game) that use uncertain incoming ports. Enable DMZ: DMZ LAN IP: Enable the “Enable DMZ”, and then click “Apply Changes” button to save the changes. Input the IP Address of the computer that you want to expose to Internet. Configuring WAN Interface The device supports four kinds of IP configuration for WAN interface, including Static IP, DHCP Client, PPPoE and PPTP. You can select one of the WAN Access Types depend on your ISP required.
provided by your ISP or MIS. The address will be your network identifier besides your local network. The number used to identify the IP subnet network, Subnet Mask: indicating whether the IP address can be recognized on the LAN or if it must be reached through a gateway. The IP address of Default Gateway provided by your ISP or Default MIS.
PPPoE When the PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) WAN Access Type is selected, you must fill the fields of User Name, Password provided by your ISP. The IP configuration will be done when the device successfully authenticates with your ISP. Host Name: Input the host name for the device. MTU size: Input the MTU size according to the requirement of ISP. PPPoE User Name: The account provided by your ISP. PPPoE Password: The password for your account.
Subnet Mask: Server IP Address: (Default Gateway) User Name: Password: MTU Size: The number used to identify the IP subnet network, indicating whether the IP address can be recognized on the LAN or if it must be reached through a gateway. The IP address of PPTP server. Manual Setting (MAC Clone): The account provided by your ISP The password of your account Maximum Transmission Unit, 1412 is the default setting, you may need to change the MTU for optimal performance with your specific ISP.
Static Route Setup User can set the routing information let the Router knows what routing is correct also it can not learn automatically through other means. For example, if user wants to link the Network 3 and Network 4 separately from Network 1 that Routing Table configuration as below: 1. Enable Static Route in Route Setup of TCP/IP page and then enter IP Address of Network 3、Subnet Mask and IP Address of Router (R1) in Default Gateway field final click Apply Change button. 2.
Dynamic Route Setup The Dynamic Route utilizes RIP1/2 to transmit and receive the route information with other Routers. 1. Enable Dynamic Route and then select RIP 1 、 RIP2 or Both to transmit/receive packets final click Apply Change button. 2. Click Show Route Table button to show Dynamic Route Table. 3. In Dynamic Routing Table there have two routings for Network 3 and Network 4 UPNP Check to enable the UPNP setting. The UPNP Map will show.
CH5. The Management Miscellaneous HTTP Port The default http port is 80. For security concern, you can change the device’s http port, to protect this web server from intrusion and attack. 1. Entering the port number you want to change in HTTP PORT field, then click Apply Changes button. 2. After apply change, you should re-login the web server. Type http://192.168.2.254:65500/ in URL field.
SSH Port Check to enable SSH login. Input the password for SSH login. Upload Script You can upload your private script file or paste your script into the device. SNMP This device is compatible with SNMP v1/v2c and provides standard MIB II. Currently only the “public” community string is available and the modified settings by SNMP SET request will be lost after rebooting the device. 1.
2. Following Table describes the SNMP configuration parameter Label Description SNMP Read Community This string is for SNMP Get-Request for accessing the device. SNMP Write Community This string is for SNMP Set-Request for accessing the device. SNMP Trap Host Setup the Trap host for sending the SNMP event. SNMP Trap Community Setup the string for the trap community. System Name Type the Name which is the name of device.
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.3 Channel, Channel of the device in WLAN 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.4 Band, 802.11g / 802.11b only 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.5 RSSI, Receive Signal Strength Index (Support AP and Client RSSI) 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.6 Active_Clients, The number of associate clients 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.7 Active_Clients_List, Client’s Information (MAC Address, Data Rate, RSSI…etc) 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.8 Encryption, Encryption type of device in Wireless Network 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.1 - Mode 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.2 - SSID 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.3 - Channel 1.3.
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.6 - Active_Clients 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.7 - Active_Clients_List 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.8 - Encryption DDNS If you want to access the device from Internet with the dynamic IP (DHCP, PPPoE) WAN of the device, you can use the DDNS function. First you go to the web site of DDNS to register a DDNS account. Then setup the information in the DDNS page of the device. The device will update the current IP Address when it changes to DDNS site.
QoS / Bandwidth setting You can select one between Bandwidth and QoS. Select “Disable” to disable this function. Bandwidth This functionality can control Bandwidth of Up/Downstream. Enable Bandwidth Control and then enter Upload Bandwidth, Latency and Download Bandwidth in the specific field. Parameter Definition Label Upload Bandwidth Upload Latency LAN Download Bandwidth WLAN SSID1 Download Bandwidth Description Similar a buffer to limit the Upstream throughput.
Download Latency download bandwidth for every SSID. Similar a waiting time the data queuing- time. QoS QoS allows you to specify some rules, to ensure the quality of service in your network. Such as use Bandwidth Priority concept to allocate bandwidth. This function can be helpful in shaping and queuing traffic from LAN (WLAN) to WAN or LAN to WLAN, but not WLAN to WLAN. The following table describes the priorities that you can apply to bandwidth.
System Log Setting The device supports the log function. Check the Enable checkbox to setup the details. Options Description System Log Check to enable the log function. Storage Type Choose RAM or Flash to storage the log. Kernel Log Level Click the drop-down box to choose one log level. Total Log Size Choose whether 4 or 8 KB to storage the log. Remote Log Check to enable the remote log. Remote Log Server Address Enter your Remote Log Server Address.
Save/Reload Settings Reset Setting to Factory Default: Besides reset through pressing reset button, this device provides the Web-Browser interface to reset the configuration data. After resetting it, the current configuration data will be lost and restored to factory default value.
is the Web-Browser upgrading interface. It will check the firmware checksum and signature, and the wrong firmware won’t be accepted. After upgrading, the device will reboot and please note that depends on the version of firmware, the upgrading may cause the device configuration to be restored to the factory default setting, and the original configuration data will be lost! To upgrade firmware, just assign the file name with full path then click “Upload” button in the following page.
The configurable page for “Admin” level account Main Category Sub page All pages are configurable. All pages are configurable.
category. System Information Click to view the information about the device. Wireless Information Click to view the wireless information about the device. Routing Table Click to view the Routing Table on the device.
Packet Statics Click to view the packet statics. System Log Click to view the log on the device. Click the drop down box of “priority” or “category” to filter the log. Click “Refresh” to apply the filter. Logout Logout Click the Logout button to log out the current account. Reboot The “Guest” account cannot be seen in this page. Click the reboot button to reboot the device.
ZW-5310 Specification RF SPECIFICATIONS Frequency range 2.4 ~ 2.484 GHz 5.15~5.26, 5.725~5.825 GHz 802.11g TX power 14dBm ± 1dB @ 54Mbps 802.11b TX power 17dBm ± 1dB @ 11Mbps 802.11a TX power 12dBm ± 1dB @ 54Mbps 802.11n(20MHz) sensitivity -70dBm ± 2dB @ 130Mbps 802.11n(40MHz) sensitivity -66dBm ± 2dB @ 270Mbps 802.11g RX sensitivity -74dBm ± 2dB @ 54Mbps 802.11b RX sensitivity -89dBm ± 2dB @ 11Mbps 802.11a RX sensitivity -73dBm ± 2dB @ 54Mbps Data Rate 802.
Hidden SSID Broadcast 64 / 128-bit WEP Encryption WPS Push Button and PIN Code WPA for 802.1x and WPA-PSK WPA2 / IEEE 802.11i Software Feature WLAN: b/g protection, Block WLAN Relay, Tx Burst, Tx Short Preamble, Packet Aggregation, HT Operation mode, HT Guard Interval, HT Tx Aggregate MSDU, MAC ACL, Site Survey. WAN: MAC Clone, Static IP/DHCP/PPPoE/PPTP, MTU. LAN: DNS relay, 802.11d Spanning Tree, UPNP, DHCP server. Routing: Dynamic Route (RIP 2), Static Route.
