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Status Page

The Status Page displays a summary of link status information, current values of basic

configuration settings (depending on operating mode), network settings and traffic

statistics of all the interfaces.

Status Reporting

Main

Uptime:

displays device up time since boot up. The time is expressed in days, hours,

minutes and seconds.

Host Name:

displays the assigned device host name (ID).

System Time:

display device current date and time. Accurate system date and time is

retrieved from the internet services using NTP (Network Time Protocol) if device is setup

and connected to internet. Otherwise, the date and time update from device own

inaccurate autonomous clock.

Version Firmware Version:

displays current firmware version in operation.

Loader Version:

displays current loader version of the device.

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Summary of Contents for APN-210N

Page 1: ...1 Industrial Wireless N Access Point APN 210N User Manual Version 1 2 ...

Page 2: ...gies LLC All rights reserved Reproduction adaptation or translation without prior permission of Antaira Technologies LLC is prohibited except as allowed under the copyright laws Disclaimer Antaira Technologies LLC provides this manual without warranty of any kind expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Antaira...

Page 3: ...na Connect the computer to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Increase the separation between the computer and receiver Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the grantee of this device could void the user s authority to operate the equipment FCC Compliance Statement...

Page 4: ...A11 1997 Therefore this product is in conformity with the following regional standards FCC Class B following the provisions of FCC Part 15 directive CE Mark following the provisions of the EC directive Antaira also declares that The wireless card in this product complies with the R TTE Directive 1999 5 EC issued by the Commission of the European Community Compliance with this directive implies con...

Page 5: ... Point and Access Point WDS Mode 16 Access Point WDS Mode 16 Station Mode 17 Station WDS Mode 18 Repeater WDS Mode 19 Configure the IP Address 19 For Windows 95 98 98SE ME NT 20 For Windows XP 2000 21 Access the Web Interface 23 Access with uConfig 23 Access with Web Browser 26 Navigation 29 Main Menu Bar 29 How to save changes 29 Basic Network Tab 30 Network Mode Bridging 30 LAN Setup 30 Basic Wi...

Page 6: ...inistrative and Read only Account 51 Configuration Management 52 Device Maintenance 52 Status Page 54 Status Reporting 54 Station Connection Info 56 More Status 58 VLAN Tab 59 VLAN Switch 59 VLAN Management 60 Appendix I Network 61 Appendix II Advanced Settings 64 Appendix III Services 67 Appendix IV VLAN Setup examples 69 A Tagged Wireless VLAN to Tagged Ethernet VLAN Setup 69 B Untagged Wireless...

Page 7: ...e used for a wide variety of wireless applications and allows you to position the wireless antenna in a better signal broadcasting location for improved wireless coverage and signal strength or simply in a more convenient location To protect your security and privacy the access point is armed with many enhanced and latest wireless security features such as IEEE 802 11i standards MAC Address Filter...

Page 8: ...int also supports IEEE 802 1x for secure and centralized user based authentication Wireless clients are thus required to authenticate through highly secure methods like EAP TTLS and EAP PEAP in order to obtain access to the network uConfig Utility The exclusive uConfig utility allows users to access the user friendly Web configuration interface of the access point without having to change the TCP ...

Page 9: ... has a DIN Rail kit on rear panel The DIN Rail kit helps AP to fix on the DIN Rail It is easy to install the AP on the DIN Rail Step 1 Slant the AP and mount the metal spring to DIN Rail Step 2 Push the AP toward the DIN Rail until you heard a click sound ...

Page 10: ...unt the AP on the wall Step 1 Remove DIN Rail kit Step 2 Use 6 screws that can be found in the package to combine the wall mount panel The screws specification shows in the following two pictures In order to prevent the AP from any damage the screws should not be larger than the size of that used in the APN 210N Pozidrive Step 3 Mount the combined AP on the wall ...

Page 11: ... T X RJ 45 fast Ethernet ports support auto negotiation Default Setting Speed auto ANT 1 Reversed SMA connector for external antenna Reset Reset unit Momentary press button Reset to factory default Press and hold for 10 sec Front Panel of the APN 210N Antenna 1 Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2 Reset Button Diagnostic LED WLAN Signal Strength LED Power Status LEDs ...

Page 12: ...50 Green LED 3 75 Green LED 4 100 Diag Green Blinking Unit not ready Boot sequence Off Unit ready 10 100Base T X Fast Ethernet ports ETH 1 Yellow On Port link up at 10Mbps ETH 2 Green On Port link up at 100Mbps Top Panel The top panel components of the APN 210N are showed as below Terminal block includes PWR1 PWR2 12 24V DC and Relay output 1A 24VDC Top panel of the APN 210N Power 1 12 24VDC Power...

Page 13: ...13 Rear Panel The rear panel components of the APN 210N are showed as below 1 Screw holes for wall mount kit 2 DIN Rail kit Rare panel of the APN 210N ...

Page 14: ...100 ohm UTP UTP 100 m 328 ft RJ 45 10BaseT 100BaseTX Pin Assignments With 100BASE TX 10BASE T cable pins 1 and 2 are used for transmitting data and pins 3 and 6 are used for receiving data RJ 45 Pin Assignments Pin Number Assignment 1 TD 2 TD 3 RD 4 Not used 5 Not used 6 RD 7 Not used 8 Not used The APN 210N AP support auto MDI MDI X operation You can use a straight through cable to connect PC and...

Page 15: ... used Not used 8 Not used Not used Note and signs represent the polarity of the wires that make up each wire pair Wireless Antenna 2 4GHz antennas are used for the APN 210N and connected with reversed SMA connectors External antennas also can be applied with this connectors ...

Page 16: ...s and communication with each other The illustration below shows a typical resources sharing application example using this device The wireless users are able to access the file server connected to the switch through the access point in Access Point Mode Access Point WDS Mode This is mode is generally use for point to point or point to multi point connection It is mainly use with Station WDS to bu...

Page 17: ... link between the Ethernet network connected at this client device and the wireless Ethernet network connected at the access point In this example the workgroup PCs on the ethernet network connected to the Station device can access the printer across the wireless connection to the access point where the printer is connected ...

Page 18: ...ween 2 buildings or locations as far as several kilometer away Point to Point Point to MultiPoint An access point setup as Access Point WDS or RootAP and other as Station WDS Transparent Client An access point setup as Access Point WDS or RootAP and several other devices as Station WDS or Transparent Client This mode is generally used for outdoor connections over long distances or for indoor conne...

Page 19: ...a relay for network signals on the network by regenerating the signals it receives and retransmitting them to main network infrastructure Detailed information on the Repeater mode is available in the Repeater Setup section Note Repeater WDS requires the access point to be setup in RootAP or Access Point WDS mode to work Configure the IP Address After setting up the hardware you need to assign an I...

Page 20: ...twork adapter that you are using then right click and select Properties S St te ep p 3 3 Highlight TCP IP and click on the Properties button S St te ep p 4 4 Select the Specify an IP address radio button Set the IP address to 192 168 168 X and subnet mask to 255 255 255 0 where X can be any number from 2 to 254 S St te ep p 5 5 To verify that the IP address has ...

Page 21: ... OK PC is now setup with a proper IP address to communicate with the access point For Windows XP 2000 S St te ep p 1 1 Go to your desktop right click on the My Network Places icon and select Properties S St te ep p 2 2 Right click the network adapter icon and select Properties S St te ep p 3 3 Highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP and click on the Properties button ...

Page 22: ... X can be any number from 2 to 254 S St te ep p 5 5 Click on the OK button to close all windows S St te ep p 6 6 To verify that the IP address has been correctly assigned to your PC go to the Start menu Accessories select Command Prompt and type the command ipconfig all PC is now setup with a proper IP address to communicate with the access point ...

Page 23: ...cess the Web Interface Access with uConfig The UConfig utility provides direct access to the web interface S St te ep p 1 1 Click u uC Co on nf fi ig g icon to launch the utility then click Y Ye es s button ...

Page 24: ... Op pe en n W We eb b button To retrieve and display the latest device s in the list click on the R Re ef fr re es sh h button S St te ep p 3 3 Do not exit the uConfig program while accessing the web based interface as this will disconnect you from the device Click on the O OK K button ...

Page 25: ...25 S St te ep p 4 4 At the login prompt enter the User Name and Password The default are User Name admin Password password S St te ep p 5 5 It then opens the device home page The Status page ...

Page 26: ... I In nt te er rn ne et t O Op pt ti io on ns s S St te ep p 2 2 Open the C Co on nn ne ec ct ti io on ns s tab and in the L LA AN N S Se et tt ti in ng gs s section disable all the option boxes Click on the O OK K button to update the changes S St te ep p 3 3 At the A Ad dd dr re es ss s bar type in http 192 168 168 1 and press E En nt te er r on your keyboard ...

Page 27: ...27 S St te ep p 4 4 At the login prompt enter the User Name and Password The default are User Name admin Password password It then opens the device home page The Status page ...

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Page 29: ...ices Page covers the configuration of system management services i e Ping Watchdog Auto Reboot SNMP NTP Telnet SSH System Log System Page contains controls for system maintenance routines administrator account management device customization and configuration backup Activation Keys Optional special add on functions you can purchased separately to activate in device How to save changes After made c...

Page 30: ...de Bridge mode default LAN Setup LAN Mode Static default lets you enter a specific IP address for the device Default IP address is 192 168 168 1 DHCP Client when set let device learn the IP address automatically from the network Netmask Let you set the class for the IP address set Default class C and value is 255 255 255 0 ...

Page 31: ...yed to DHCP Start IP Address Enter the starting IP address to be issue DHCP End IP Address Enter the last IP address the server will issue Netmask Let you set the IP class for the IP address range set for the start and end address Note if device is also the router then IP class must be same as device IP class DHCP Lease Time default is 3600 seconds or 1hour Enter the new lease time in seconds DHCP...

Page 32: ...ernet time server and other services that use domain name Note Ensure device gateway IP is also set that to allow device to access to internet Primary DNS IP optional Enter the primary DNS IP address nearest to the gateway router Secondary DNS IP optional Enter the secondary DNS IP address nearest to the gateway router Bandwidth Control between Ethernet and Wireless An entry of value 0 means no ba...

Page 33: ...tings All the basic wireless settings can be configured in this page Operators can change the ESSID regulatory country code wireless profile channel spectrum width frequency of interest data rates transmit power and rate aggressiveness Wireless Mode There are 5 modes available Access Point This mode can be connected to Station mode and then forwards all the traffic to the network devices connected...

Page 34: ...level Note for Station WDS Access Point WDS Repeater WDS WDS protocol used is not defined as the standard thus compatibility issues between equipment from different vendors might arise Repeater WDS This mode consists of a Station WDS and an Access Point WDS mode The Repeater WDS must first link up with an Access Point WDS and then it can link up with a Station WDS It acts as an extension to the li...

Page 35: ...trum Width 20M represents the data transmitted at a bandwidth of 20MHz 20 40MHz represents the data transmitted at either 20MHz or 40MHz In very noisy environment it automatically falls back to 20MHz to be more resilient to the interference In situation when auto fall back did not happened manually changing channel spectrum width to 20MHz will to help reduce interference on the link and improve pe...

Page 36: ...ows user to reduce or increase transmit rate while still remain in Fully Auto Algorithm There are 2 scenarios that Rate Aggressiveness is useful Environment might be noisy at times Lower the throughput will ensure better stability Rate Aggressiveness allows device to reduce the transmit rate so range or power can be higher Choose a range of value from 3 2 1 Environment might be free of interferenc...

Page 37: ...y is from top to bottom In the event all preferred MAC addresses are not available device will then pick the matching SSID access point with the strongest signal Country Code Different countries have different power levels and also frequency selections To ensure device operation follows regulatory compliance rules the operator should make sure that correct country code where device will be used is...

Page 38: ...gulatory Power checking this box will obey Tx output regulatory power by country Channel Scan List Fig 2 5 Channel Scan List In US Country Code According to the availability of channels in the country codes the operator can select which channels to be scanned when scanning for an Access Point Then the scanned channels will appear on the Site Survey Wireless Security All the wireless security setti...

Page 39: ...k using WPA authentication should use AES cipher type for connection Only AES allows highest transmission speed and throughput operation Using TKIP cipher type device will limit maximum transmission speed of up to 54Mbps only WPA EAP Fig 2 8 WPA EAP EAP WPA or WPA2 with EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol Firmware supported options for clients are EAP TTLS and EAP PEAP Cipher Type TKIP Temporal...

Page 40: ...uses this to authenticate itself with Radius Server WPA EAP TTLS and WPA EAP PEAP Fig 2 8 WPA Station Station WDS Repeater WDS This applies to the following modes only when WPA or WPA2 with EAP is selected Station Station WDS Repeater WDS Mode Identity Identification credential used by the wpa supplicant for EAP authentication User Name Identification credential used by the wpa supplicant for EAP ...

Page 41: ... the Primary Radius Server IP that Access Point will use to query server Secondary Radius Server IP Enter the Secondary Radius Server IP that Access Point will use to query the server Authentication Port Enter the Radius Server Authentication Port number to use Default is 1812 Accounting Port Enter Radius server Accounting Port to use Default is 1813 Radius Secret Key Enter Radius server Secret Ke...

Page 42: ...es the character format for the WEP key if WEP security method is used Current Key Specify the Index of the WEP Key used 4 different WEP keys can be configured at the same time but only one is used WEP Key WEP encryption key for the wireless traffic encryption and decryption should be specified if WEP security method is used WEP Key Length 64 bit selected by default or 128 bit WEP Key length shoul...

Page 43: ...g 2 11 Virtual AP Only Available in Access Point Access Point WDS Mode All VAPs are created from the same radio they all share the same wireless channel country code channel spectrum width and transmit power Note Security options like IEEE802 1x and WPA EAP uses radius server for authentication and accounting You may not use different secret key for each VAP Or you should configure only for one SS...

Page 44: ...s 100 ms Define the time interval in millisecond the beacon to broadcast Recommend to use default RTS Threshold Default is OFF Fragmentation Threshold Default is OFF Distance Enter the distant in meters the device is to connect with the opposite device Then click Calculate The close approximate values for Slot Time ACK Timeout CTS Timeout will be calculated Fine tuning can be further adjusted for ...

Page 45: ...s greater than 20 When all 4 LEDs light up it indicate RSSI is greater than 40 For long distant installation when signal strength expected to be about 20 30 the values can be adjusted to display over this new range e g the LEDs values can be adjusted as follows LED1 RSSI value 7 LED2 RSSI value 15 LED3 RSSI value 22 LED4 RSSI value 27 Station Isolation When checked prevent wireless clients on same...

Page 46: ...46 Services Tab Click Services tab from menu to open the page below Services section provides varieties of useful and enhanced functions to help assist device operations ...

Page 47: ...unt To Reboot Default is 5 This is the number of ping failure count before device kick in the reboot process Auto Reboot Auto Reboot Mode Default is disabled Select By Hour or By Time check This mode lets you preset a timer to automatically force a reboot Timer can in fixed number of hours or at a specified time of day By Hour Enter the number of hours device need to run before kick start reboot p...

Page 48: ...mmunity Enter the SNMP community string NTP Setup Enable NTP Client Default is disabled Check on box to enable Select Your Time Zone Select from list the country you reside Custom Time Server Default is time nist gov Enter preferred time server domain IP Known Time Server You can also select one from this list as your new time server Web HTTP Security Web Server Mode Default is HTTP Option is HTTP...

Page 49: ...H Access Setup Enable SSH Server Default is disabled Check on box to enable Server Port Default is 22 Enter new preferred port number System Log Setup Enable System Logging Default is disabled Check on box to enable Logging IP Domain Name Enter destination IP address of device to receive log Logging Port Default is 514 Enter the new preferred port number ...

Page 50: ...on to navigate to and select the new firmware file The full path to the new firmware file location can be specified there New firmware file is transferred to the system after Upload button is activated Close this window button cancels the new firmware upload process if activated Upgrade button should be activated in order to proceed with firmware upgrade routine new firmware image should be upload...

Page 51: ... to protect your device from unauthorized configuration The default administrator s password should be changed on the very first system setup Administrator Username specifies the name of the system user Current Password administrator is required to enter a current password It is required for Password or Administrator Username change routine Default administrator login credentials User Name admin P...

Page 52: ...y recommended to backup the system configuration before uploading the new configuration Use only configuration backups of the same type device configuration backed up from PowerStation2 suits only PowerStation2 but not LiteStation2 or LiteStation5 Behavior may be unpredictable when mixing configurations from different type devices Device Maintenance The controls in this section are dedicated for t...

Page 53: ...e default system configuration all the system settings with no exception will be set After the Reset to Defaults routine is completed the device system will return to the default IP configuration 192 168 168 1 255 255 255 0 and will start operating in Station Bridge mode It is highly recommended to backup the system configuration before the Reset to Defaults is initiated ...

Page 54: ...essed in days hours minutes and seconds Host Name displays the assigned device host name ID System Time display device current date and time Accurate system date and time is retrieved from the internet services using NTP Network Time Protocol if device is setup and connected to internet Otherwise the date and time update from device own inaccurate autonomous clock Version Firmware Version displays...

Page 55: ...S IP displays the Secondary DNS IP address of the LAN setting WAN Setting Not available in APN 210N units Radio Wireless Mode displays the current operating mode of the device Local AP SSID displays the current SSID Service Set Identifier of device when operates in access point mode Frequency displays current operating frequency running in device WLAN MAC displays the MAC address or BSSID of the c...

Page 56: ...t s connection status info Click to refresh client connection statistics and status page Signals strength at the left and right port of radio card can be view with more accurately while adjusting the antenna to get a more balanced reception Station Connection Info Status Info Click to refresh client connection statistics and status page ...

Page 57: ... destined for another access point It can help to detect configuration problems or identify the adjacent wireless network existence on the same frequency Rx Invalid Crypt value represents the number of transmitted and received packets which were encrypted with the wrong encryption key and failed the decryption routines It can be used to detect invalid wireless security settings and encryption brea...

Page 58: ...ages Ping Utility a ping tool to test the connectivity between devices ARP Table display a list of MAC addresses of the connected devices Bridge Table display a list the devices connect to the bridge interface DHCP Active Lease Table display a list of IPs addresses leased to all computers ...

Page 59: ...er select Tag and click Add To add a Tag VLAN ID for VAP2 wireless SSID type in the ID number select Tag and click Add To add a Tag VLAN ID for VAP3 wireless SSID type in the ID number select Tag and click Add Warning Adding a Tag VLAN ID to device interface port can cause lost of connection to device web manager if the PC ethernet port or wireless connection do not have a Tag VLAN ID or do not ha...

Page 60: ...th masquerade IP address 192 168 168 20 Another entry in VLAN Management has VLAN ID 2002 with masquerade IP address 192 168 168 10 You can only select one of the 2 entries to be the active VLAN ID and IP address If VLAN ID 2001 group is selected then only computers in that VLAN ID group can open the AP device web page using the IP address http 192 168 168 20 To change to other ID group say VLAN I...

Page 61: ... 2 packet filtering and access control in Bridge mode Bridge Mode Bridge Mode Network Settings In bridge mode the device forwards all the network management and data packets from one network interface to the other without any intelligent routing For simple applications this provides efficient and fully transparent network solution WLAN wireless and LAN Ethernet interfaces belong to the same networ...

Page 62: ...pecified for the device management purposes Secondary DNS server IP address is optional It is used as the fail over in case the primary DNS server will become unresponsive Spanning Tree Protocol Multiple interconnected bridges create larger networks using the IEEE 802 1d Spanning Tree Protocol STP which is used for finding the shortest path within network and to eliminate loops from the topology I...

Page 63: ...ressed to Comments is the informal field for the comment of the particular firewall entry Few words about the particular firewall entry purpose are saved there usually On flag enables or disables the effect of the particular firewall entry All the added firewall entries are saved in system configuration file however only the enabled firewall entries will be active during the system operation New F...

Page 64: ...ge of value from 3 2 1 Environment might be free of interference But the fully auto algorithm might give low throughput Increase Rate Aggressiveness will increase transmit rate in this case to get higher throughput Choose a range of value from 3 2 1 Noise Immunity option increases the robustness of the device to operate in the presence of noise disturbance which is usually generated by external 80...

Page 65: ...zing long distance outdoor links The user also has the ability to enter the value manually Distance specify the distance value in miles or kilometers using slider or enter the value manually The signal strength and throughput falls off with range Changing the distance value will change the ACK Timeout to the appropriate value of the distance ACK Timeout specify the ACK Timeout Every time the stati...

Page 66: ...hich will switch on LEDs indicating signal strength LED 1 Red will switch on if the Signal Strength reaches the value set in an entry field next to it LED 2 Yellow will switch on if the Signal Strength reaches the value set in an entry field next to it LED 3 Green will switch on if the Signal Strength reaches the value set in an entry field next to it LED 4 Green will switch on if the Signal Stren...

Page 67: ...MP echo response replies If the specified number of ICMP echo response packets is not received continuously the Ping Watchdog Tool will reboot the device SNMP Agent Simple Network Monitor Protocol SNMP is used in network management systems to monitor network attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention Device contains an SNMP agent which allows it to communicate to SNMP ma...

Page 68: ... SSH Server the following the device SSH Server parameters can be set there Enable SSH Server Enables SSH access to the device Server Port SSH service TCP IP port setting System Log Enable Log option enables the registration routine of the system log messages Enable Remote Log enables the syslog remote sending function while System log messages are sent to a remote server specified by the Remote L...

Page 69: ...69 Appendix IV VLAN Setup examples A Tagged Wireless VLAN to Tagged Ethernet VLAN Setup ...

Page 70: ...70 B Untagged Wireless VLAN to Tagged Ethernet VLAN setup C Tagged VLAN Pass Through AP and Station link No VLAN Setup Required ...

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