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Upgrading Firmware

You can upgrade your WLA-5000AP’s firmware (the software that controls your WLA-5000AP’s op-
eration). Normally, this is done when a new version of firmware offers new features that you want, or
solves problems you have encountered when using the current version. System upgrade can be per-
formed through the System Upgrade option as follows:

Step 1

Select

System Tools,

then

Firmware Upgrade

from the menu and the following screen dis-

plays:

AirLive WLA-5000AP WISP+Client Router Mode

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Summary of Contents for WLA-500AP

Page 1: ...WLA 500AP WISP Client Router Mode User s Manual...

Page 2: ...d in any form or by any means whether electronic mechanical photocopying recording or oth erwise without the prior writing of the publisher Windows 95 98 Me and Windows 2000 are trademarks of Microsof...

Page 3: ...MORE DEVICES THROUGH A HUB TO THE WLA 5000AP 12 BASIC CONFIGURATION OF THE WLA 5000AP 13 LOGGING ON 14 SETUP WIZARD 14 Set up your Local Time Zone and Date Time 15 Configure the ISP profile 15 Device...

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Page 5: ...chapters and appendixes Chapter One Introduction summarizes features and capabilities of the WLA 5000AP Chapter Two Installing the WLA 5000AP gives steps you should follow to install the WLA 5000AP an...

Page 6: ...2 11g or 802 11g only both radios support a data rate of up to 54 Mbps Data comes into the WLA 5000AP from the local wired and wireless LAN and then is routed to the Internet and vice versa WISP Clien...

Page 7: ...ction capabili ties which you can use to selectively filter discard packets to from the Internet You can selectively restrict management from remote devices To address the growing security concern in...

Page 8: ...e wired or wireless LAN network can manage the WLA 5000AP To do this the WLA 5000AP must have an IP address which can be statically configured or is dynamically ob tained from a DHCP server on the LAN...

Page 9: ...you have purchased llowed by steps of how to connect and power up your WLA 5000AP Finally it describes how to configure a Windows PC to communicate with your WLA 5000AP Chapter 2 What s in the Box The...

Page 10: ...nnecting to PCs and workstations or connecting external Ethernet hub or switch with auto sensing 2 1 DC 5V 2A power connector for connecting through a DC power adapter included as part of the product...

Page 11: ...e unit WLA 5000AP LED Description Label LAN WAN 11g WLAN 11a WLAN Power Steady Green Link is active Link is active Link is active Link is active System boot up OK OFF No LAN connec tion No connection...

Page 12: ...ing configuration step assumes that the router s built in DHCPS will be used Additionally since you need to perform various configuration changes to the WLA 5000AP including the SSID Channel number th...

Page 13: ...nts 6 In the TCP IP window check each of the tabs and verify the following settings Bindings Select Client for Microsoft Networks and Files and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks Gateway All field...

Page 14: ...ses dynamically you should specify the IP address explicitly Connecting More Devices Through A Hub To The WLA 5000AP The Wireless Router provides four LAN ports to allow up to four PCs or Workstations...

Page 15: ...0 or above is supported To access the WLA 5000AP s management interface for the first time enter the default IP ad dress of the WLA 5000AP in your Web browser http 192 168 1 1 Note The IP address of y...

Page 16: ...rs you type as your password will be echoed back as a string of asterisks for security reasons After you enter the password clicking the LOG ON button will begin the password verifica tion process and...

Page 17: ...ultiple mutually exclusive choices can be selected while square check boxes can be used to select multiple non mutually exclusive choices When configuring the device for Internet access decide which o...

Page 18: ...umbered Link This option can let your LAN be a public IP subnet That is PC s on the LAN can be configured with public IP addresses provided by your ISP You can put your own servers on the LAN and then...

Page 19: ...d MAC Address Some ISPs expect a PC to be connected to their service and use the MAC address of this PC s LAN card for identification purposes By checking the following Cloned MAC address square check...

Page 20: ...AirLive WLA 5000AP WISP Client Router Mode 18...

Page 21: ...k These values default to 192 168 1 1 and 255 255 255 0 respectively This IP address can be modified if necessary to either a different address in this same subnet or to an address in a different subn...

Page 22: ...on a network can have the same SSID The SSID can be up to 32 characters long This SSID is used for both radios i e 802 11a and 802 11 b g Disable SSID Broadcasting An access point periodically broadca...

Page 23: ...n manually configure each of them When you manually configure a key the length for a WEP64 key must be equal to 5 for a WEP128 key it must be equal to 13 and for a WEP152 key it must be equal to 16 On...

Page 24: ...der to provide association authentication but you do have to enter a shared key for the authentication purpose The encryption key is generated automatically and dynamically WPA2 PSK WPA2 is an improve...

Page 25: ...A N D S A V E Y O U R S E T T I N G S After stepping through the Wizard s pages you can press the FINISH button for your modification to take effect This will also cause your new settings to be saved...

Page 26: ...you change the router s IP address to a different IP network address space as soon as you click on FINISH you will no longer be able to communicate with your WLA 5000AP You need to change your IP add...

Page 27: ...ocedures for the WLA 5000AP It describes modifications that normally you may not need for basic system operation One exception is changing your password it is highly recommended that you change the de...

Page 28: ...on to enter the Password Settings screen enter the current password followed by the new password twice The entered characters will appear as asterisks If you forgot the password the only way to recove...

Page 29: ...o dis cover the router and automatically show an icon in the task bar on the screen You can double click the icon to access the router directly without having to specify its IP address Disable Ping Pi...

Page 30: ...AirLive WLA 5000AP WISP Client Router Mode 28...

Page 31: ...alphanumeric string of up to 30 characters System Location Description of where your WLA 5000AP is physically located It is an alphanu meric string of up to 60 characters System Contact Contact infor...

Page 32: ...work You can define trap managers in the system You can add a trap manager by entering a name an IP address followed by pressing the ADD but ton You can delete a trap manager by selecting the correspo...

Page 33: ...ign IP addresses to DHCP client devices on your wired or wireless LAN to obtain IP addresses automatically If you want the Router to act as a DHCP server and assign private IP addresses to requesting...

Page 34: ...ng 2 to 254 After you enter the information you should press APPLY Assigns the following IP address to the client with the following MAC address You can also specify the IP address to be assigned to a...

Page 35: ...dditional feature is to allow devices with WAN IP addresses to be used by the Internet users to access private devices in your local LAN In this case you need to configure the mapping be tween the WAN...

Page 36: ...mapped to a special port of the Router You can add a virtual server mapping by 1 selecting the service name such as HTTP FTP TELNET SMTP POP3 CUSTOM 2 enter the public port number to be used either a...

Page 37: ...orted list You should choose Other if your application is not explicitly shown in the list Name You can provide a mnemonic name Trigger Port You need to specify based on instructions provided by your...

Page 38: ...n this is elected packets received from transmitted to WAN with specified source or destination IP addresses will be allowed forwarded DENY IP access Packets received from transmitted to WAN with the...

Page 39: ...ation Port you can select Any Single or a Range of port numbers After you finish the above you press the ADD button to add the entry to the table There are up to 32 IP filtering rules could be configu...

Page 40: ...or WAN For instance you can configure the WLA 5000AP to route traffic des tined to a particular network to a specific router on the LAN or WAN using the following steps 1 Enter the IP address of the...

Page 41: ...ult value of 2347 A value of zero activates the RTS CTS handshake before every transmission It is recommended that this value does not deviate from the default too much Fragmentation When the size of...

Page 42: ...DNS server you use cur rently only DynDNS org is supported the service provider that provides domain name to IP address mapping This is so that you can advertise your router by providing your domain...

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Page 44: ...the system log How to upgrade your WLA 5000AP firmware How to save or restore configuration changes How to reboot your WLA 5000AP What if you forgot the password How to View the device Status You can...

Page 45: ...ountered You can select System Log on the left to view log events recorded in the system The System Log en tries are shown in the main screen along with the log level the severity level of messages th...

Page 46: ...clients connected with its host name IP address MAC address expiration time and entry type Bridge Table The bridge table shows all MAC entries learned from the wired LAN interface wireless clients an...

Page 47: ...dio Table The radio table shows the information of each radio including the current mode channel number of clients associated number of packets transmitted and received and number of errors happened 4...

Page 48: ...w version of firmware offers new features that you want or solves problems you have encountered when using the current version System upgrade can be per formed through the System Upgrade option as fol...

Page 49: ...are or click Browse to select the path and filename of the firmware Next Click the Upgrade button The new firmware will begin loading to your WLA 5000AP After a message appears telling you that the op...

Page 50: ...wnload it back to the WLA 5000AP system by following the steps below Step 1 Select Configuration Save and Restore from the System Tools menu and the following screen displays Step 2 Click SAVE TO FILE...

Page 51: ...restore the system settings to the factory defaults Step 1 Select Factory Default from the System Tools menu and the following screen displays Step 2 Click YES to restore the system configurations to...

Page 52: ...it Step 1 Select Reboot System from the System Tools menu the following screen shows Step 2 Click YES to reset the WLA 5000AP Note Resetting the WLA 5000AP disconnects any active clients and therefore...

Page 53: ...er is to clear the device configuration and return the unit to its original state as shipped from the factory You can do this by pressing the hardware re store button on the device for 2 seconds Pleas...

Page 54: ...2x External Antenna 9 x LED 1 x Power 1 x Diag 1 x WLAN 1 x WAN LINK ACT 4 x LAN LINK ACT 1 x DMZ LINK ACT DHCP Server Build in DHCP server Support static DHCP assignment Security VPN Support IP Sec...

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