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Repeater WDS Mode 

Repeater WDS Mode is mainly used to extend the wireless range and coverage of the wireless 

network allowing access and communication to go over places which are generally difficult for 

wireless clients to connect to a network. 

 

In repeater mode, the AP acts as a relay for network signals on the network by regenerating the 

signals it receives, and retransmitting them to the main network infrastructure. 

 

*Detailed information on the repeater mode is available in the 

‘Repeater Setup’ section.   

 

     

** Note:

 

Repeater WDS requires the AP to be setup in RootAP or access point 

                      WDS mode in order to work.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for APX-3200

Page 1: ...1 APX 3200 Industrial Wireless N Access Point User Manual Version 1 1 ...

Page 2: ...ologies LLC will not be liable for any technical inaccuracies or typographical errors found in this guide Changes are periodically made to the information contained herein and will be incorporated into later versions of the manual The information contained is subject to change without prior notice FCC NOTICE This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital devi...

Page 3: ...tive EN 60 950 1992 A1 1993 A2 1993 A3 1995 A4 1996 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 ...

Page 4: ...2 Station Mode 13 Station WDS Mode 14 Repeater WDS Mode 15 Configure the IP Address 16 For Windows 95 98 98SE ME NT 16 For Windows XP 2000 17 Access the Web Interface 20 Access with uConfig 20 Access with Web Browser 23 Navigation 25 Main Menu Bar 25 How to Save Changes 25 Basic Network Tab 26 Network Mode Bridging 26 LAN Setup 26 Basic Wireless Tab 28 Enable the Radio 29 Basic Wireless Settings 2...

Page 5: ...ion Management 47 Device Maintenance 47 Status Page 49 Status Reporting 49 Client Connection Status in AP Status Info 50 Station Connection Info 52 More Status 54 VLAN Tab 55 VLAN Switch 55 VLAN Management 56 Appendix I Network 57 Appendix II Advanced Settings 61 Appendix III Services 63 Appendix IV VLAN Setup examples 65 A Tagged Wireless VLAN to Tagged Ethernet VLAN Setup 65 B Untagged Wireless ...

Page 6: ...t can be 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 the latest wireless security features such as IEEE 802 11i standards MAC address filtering IEE...

Page 7: ...ess point also supports IEEE 802 1x for a 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 uConfig utility allows users to access the user friendly web configuration interface of the access point without having to change the TCP IP...

Page 8: ...ing kit on the rear panel The pole mounting kit helps to fix the AP in the appropriate location Wall Mount Installation Each AP has another installation method to fix the AP A wall mount panel can be found in the package The following step shows how to mount the AP on the wall ...

Page 9: ...rs on the APX 3200 Port Description 10 100 RJ 45 Fast Ethernet Ports 1 10 100 Base T X RJ 45 fast Ethernet port supports IEEE 802 3af PoE powered device Default Speed Auto ANT 1 2 N type connector for external antenna Front Panel of the APX 3200 Antenna 1 Ethernet 1 Antenna 2 ...

Page 10: ...ble for cable specifications Cable Types and Specifications Cable Type Max Length Connector 10BASE T Cat 3 4 5 100 ohm UTP 100 m 328 ft RJ 45 100BASE TX Cat 5 100 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 T...

Page 11: ...rt MDI X port 1 TD transmit RD receive 2 TD transmit RD receive 3 RD receive TD transmit 4 Not used Not used 5 Not used Not used 6 RD receive TD transmit 7 Not 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 APX 3200 and are connected using N type connectors External antennas also can...

Page 12: ...nt access and communication with each other The illustration below shows a typical application when resources are sharing the same AP The wireless users are able to access the file server connected to the switch through the access point in AP mode Access Point WDS Mode This mode is generally used for point to point or point to multi point connections and is mainly used with station WDS to build th...

Page 13: ...ween the Ethernet network connected at the client device and the wireless Ethernet network connected at the access point In the example below the workgroup of PCs on the Ethernet network are connected to the station device which can access the printer across the wireless connection to the access point where the printer is connected ...

Page 14: ...ction between two buildings or locations that are further away Point to Point Point to Multi Point An access point setup as Access Point WDS or RootAP and the 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 ...

Page 15: ... for wireless clients to connect to a network In repeater mode the AP acts as a relay for network signals on the network by regenerating the signals it receives and retransmitting them to the main network infrastructure Detailed information on the repeater mode is available in the Repeater Setup section Note Repeater WDS requires the AP to be setup in RootAP or access point WDS mode in order to wo...

Page 16: ...r desktop right click the Network Neighborhood icon and select Properties S St te ep p 2 2 Select the network 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 numb...

Page 17: ...enu select Run and enter the command winipcfg Select the Ethernet adapter from the drop down list and click 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 ...

Page 18: ...ght Internet Protocol TCP IP and click on the Properties button S St te ep p 4 4 Select the Use the following 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 Click on the OK button to close all windows ...

Page 19: ...fy 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 20: ...ce 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 S St te ep p 2 2 Select the access point from the products list and click on the O 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 ...

Page 21: ...21 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 22: ...22 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 s home page the Status page ...

Page 23: ... 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 24: ...24 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 s home page the Status page ...

Page 25: ...details Services 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 How to Save Changes After changes have been made from each respective setup page click this button and then the prompt be...

Page 26: ...e LAN Setup LAN Mode Static Default This allows the user to enter a specific IP address for the device o Default IP address is 192 168 168 1 DHCP Client When set allow the device to learn the IP address automatically from the network Netmask Allows the user to set the class for the IP address set o Default class C and value is 255 255 255 0 ...

Page 27: ...tion Then enter the IP address of the remote DHCP server where the DHCP client request will be relayed DHCP Start IP Address Enter the starting IP address which will be issued DHCP End IP Address Enter the last IP address the server will issue Netmask Allows the user to set the IP class for the IP address range set for the start and end address DHCP Lease Time Enter the new lease time in seconds d...

Page 28: ...rest the gateway router Secondary DNS IP Optional Enter the secondary DNS IP address nearest the gateway router Bandwidth Control Between Ethernet and Wireless An entry value of 0 means there is no bandwidth flow which limits communication between the two interfaces An entry value of 2000 means there is 2000Kbit or 2Mbit of limit traffic flow between the two interfaces Default is 0 Basic Wireless ...

Page 29: ...the network devices connected to the Ethernet devices of the station Access Point WDS This mode can be connected to station WDS mode Using WDS protocol it allows a client or station device to bridge wireless traffic transparently Station This is a client mode that can be connected to the AP mode It is used to bridge the wireless connection to an AP It forwards all the traffic to from the network d...

Page 30: ...nel selected Access Point Parameter Settings Fig 2 3 Basic Wireless Settings Access Point Access Point WDS Local AP ESSID This is the service set identifier used to identify the operator s wireless LAN It should be specified while operating in access point or access point WDS mode All the client devices within its range will receive broadcast messages from the access point advertising this SSID Hi...

Page 31: ...ountry Code Selecting one of these frequencies for operation may have an effect on the device and can delay for two or more minutes possibly up to 10 minutes in some situations when attempting to establish a connection Auto When checked during startup the device automatically selects the least interfering channels or frequency for the operation Data Rate Data rates consist of both the legacy rates...

Page 32: ... to choose a range of value from 3 2 1 Station Parameters Settings Fig 2 4 Basic Wireless Settings Station Station WDS These options below are only available in Station Station WDS and Repeater WDS modes unless otherwise stated Please keep in mind wireless mode is considered station mode Remote AP ESSID This is the service set identifier used by the station to seek and connect to the access point ...

Page 33: ... selected country Station setting must match AP country code setting o No Set Country Option when check marked only the frequency range is available 11n 2 4GHz is 2412 2462MHz Wireless Profile The NG is 11n 2 4GHz band and represents a mixed of 802 11n 802 11g and 802 11b mode Station setting must match AP Wireless Profile setting Channel Spectrum Width The 20M represents the data transmitted at a...

Page 34: ...ryption algorithm AES Advanced Encryption Standard AES algorithm AUTO Default Automatically selects between both algorithms Pre Shared Key This option is available when WPA or WPA2 is selected in addition to the selection of PSK The pre shared key is an alpha numeric password between 8 and 63 characters long Important An 802 11n network using WPA authentication should use AES cipher type for conne...

Page 35: ...Enter the primary radius server IP address Secondary Radius Server IP Enter the secondary radius server IP address Authentication Port Enter the authentication port number of the radius server The default is 1812 Accounting Port Enter the accounting port number of the radius server The default is 1813 Radius Secret Key Enter the secret key of the radius server The device uses this to authenticate ...

Page 36: ...n unencrypted form User Password The password credential used by the WPA supplicant for the EAP authentication IEEE802 1x Settings The operations of the keys are the same for ALL the modes Note Operating with IEEE802 1x security will limit the AP to a maximum wireless link speed of only 54Mbps Fig 2 8 IEEE802 1X Access Point Access Point WDS Repeater WDS This option only applies when either WPA EA...

Page 37: ...the radius server accounting port that will be used The default is 1813 Radius Secret Key Enter the radius server secret key that the access point will use to authenticate itself with the radius server IEEE802 1x Key Rotation For higher security enter the time in seconds it takes before the key rotation is activated in the authentication process IEEE802 1x Key Length This is the key length of the ...

Page 38: ...ion will provide a higher level of security o For 64 bit specify the WEP key as 5 HEX 0 9 A F or a f pairs e g 00112233AA or 5 ASCII characters o For 128 bit specify the WEP key as 13 HEX 0 9 A F or a f pairs e g 00112233445566778899AABBCC or 13 ASCII characters Virtual Access Point VAP Virtual AP VAP implements mSSID Multi SSID whereby a single wireless card can be setup with up to three virtual ...

Page 39: ...s Long Range Parameters Check to enable parameters Beacon Interval Default is 100 ms Define the time interval in milliseconds of the beacon to broadcast It is recommended using default RTS Threshold Default is OFF Fragmentation Threshold Default is OFF Distance Enter the distance in meters for the device connecting to the opposite device then click Calculate The close approximate values for slot t...

Page 40: ...s on the same AP from discovering other clients Chainmask Selection Available selections are a 1x1 Left Chain b 1x1 right Chain and c 2x2 Dual Chain Selecting 1x1 Left Chain will force the radio card to operate with 1 transmit and 1 receive stream and both transmit receive on only the left port of the radio card Selecting 1x1 Right Chain will force the radio card to operate with 1 transmit and 1 r...

Page 41: ...41 Services Tab Click the Services tab from menu to open the page below The services section provides a variety of useful and enhanced functions to help assist device operations ...

Page 42: ...t Default is 5 This is the number of ping failures before the device kicks into the reboot process Auto Reboot Auto Reboot Mode Default is disabled Select By Hour or By Time Auto reboot mode allows the user to preset a timer to automatically force a reboot The timer can be a fixed number of hours or a specified time of day By Hour Enter the number of hours the device needs to run before the kick s...

Page 43: ...y Enter the SNMP community string NTP Setup Enable NTP Client Default is disabled Check on box to enable Select Your Time Zone Select the country the user resides in from the list Custom Time Server Default is time nist gov Enter preferred time server domain IP Known Time Server The user can select one from this list as the new time server Web HTTP Security Web Server Mode Default is HTTP Option i...

Page 44: ...ess 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 the device to receive log Logging Port Default is 514 Enter the new preferred port number DDNS ...

Page 45: ... Displays the version of the device firmware which is currently operating Firmware File Activates the Browse button to navigate to the new firmware file The full path to the new firmware file location can be specified there The new firmware file is transferred to the system after the upload button is activated Upgrade button should be activated in order to proceed with firmware upgrade routine new...

Page 46: ... to protect the device from an 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 that the password or administrator username change routinely Default Administrator Login Credentials User Nam...

Page 47: ... It is highly recommended to back up the system configuration before uploading the new configuration Only use the 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 ar...

Page 48: ...leted and the default system configuration all the system settings with no exception will be set After the Reset to Defaults routine is completed the device 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 back up the system configuration before the Reset to Defaults is initiated ...

Page 49: ... device s current date and time An 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 will be from the device s inaccurate autonomous clock Version Firmware Version Displays current firmware version in operation Loader Version Displays current loader version of the dev...

Page 50: ...ys the secondary DNS IP address of the WAN setting Radio Wireless Mode Displays the current operating mode of the device Local AP SSID Displays the current SSID Service Set Identifier of the device when it operates in access point mode Frequency Displays current operating frequency running in the device WLAN MAC Displays the MAC address or BSSID of the current active WLAN card running in the devic...

Page 51: ...51 Signal strength at the left and right port of the radio card can be viewed more accurately while adjusting the antenna to get a more balanced reception ...

Page 52: ...ndicates established connection is 20MHz channel width o HT40 indicates established connection is 40MHz channel width WLAN Local AP Statistics Bytes transmitted received value represents the total amount of data in bytes transmitted and received during connection WLAN Local AP Errors This section displays the counters of 802 11 specific errors which were registered on the wireless interface Rx inv...

Page 53: ...nts of the packet were lost Tx Excessive Retries value represents the number of packets which failed to be delivered to the destination Undelivered packet are retransmitted a number of times before an error occurs Missed Beacons value represents the number of beacons management packets sent at regular intervals by the Access Point which were missed by the client This can indicate that the wireless...

Page 54: ...s Ping Utility Use the ping tool to test the connectivity between devices ARP Table displays a list of MAC addresses of the connected devices Bridge Table displays a list of devices connected to a bridge interface DHCP Active Lease Table displays a list of IP addresses leased to all computers ...

Page 55: ...Add To add a Tag VLAN ID for VAP1 wireless SSID type in the ID number 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 the device s interface port can cause a loss of connection to the device s web manager if t...

Page 56: ...ss of 192 168 168 20 Another entry is in the VLAN Management and has a VLAN ID of 2002 with a masquerade IP address of 192 168 168 10 The user can only select one of the two entries in order to be the active VLAN ID and IP address If the 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 ano...

Page 57: ...one network interface to the other without any intelligent routing For simple applications this provides an efficient and fully transparent network solution WLAN wireless and LAN Ethernet interfaces belong to the same network segment which has the same IP address space WLAN and LAN interfaces form the virtual bridge interface while acting as the bridge ports The bridge has assigned IP settings for...

Page 58: ...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 the network and it helps to eliminate loops from the topology If the STP is turned on the bridge device will communicate with other network devices by sending and receiving Bridge Protocol Data Units BPDU STP should be turned off s...

Page 59: ...ined from the PPPoE server after the PPPoE connection is established The broadcast address is used for the PPPoE server discovery and tunnel establishment A valid authorization with credentials is required for the PPPoE connection PPPoE Username The username to connect to the server must match the configured on the PPPoE server Password The password to connect to the server must match the configur...

Page 60: ...at want to receive it This technique addresses packets to a group of receivers rather than to a single receiver It depends on the network to forward the packets to the hosts which need to receive them Common routers tend to isolate all the broadcast thus multicast traffic between the internal and external networks however this provides the multicast traffic pass through functionality Click the Cha...

Page 61: ... the fully auto algorithm might give low throughput so by increasing the rate aggressiveness it will increase the transmit rate and in this case will have a higher throughput Choose a range of value from 3 2 1 Noise Immunity options increases the robustness of the device to operate in the presence of noise disturbance which is usually generated by external 802 11 traffic sources channel hopping si...

Page 62: ...as the ability to manually enter the value Distance This specifies the distance value in miles or kilometers by using a slider or one can manually enter the value 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 Every time when the station receives the data frame it sends an ACK fram...

Page 63: ...ts 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 The device contains an SNMP agent which allows it to communicate to SNMP management applications for network provisioning The SNMP agent provides a...

Page 64: ...ver Enables SSH access to the device Server Port SSH service TCP IP port setting System Log Enable Log This option enables the registration routine of the system log messages Enabling the remote log enables the syslog to remotely send the function while the system log messages are sent to a remote server specified by the remote log IP address and remote log port Remote Log IP Address is the host I...

Page 65: ...65 Appendix IV VLAN Setup examples A Tagged Wireless VLAN to Tagged Ethernet VLAN Setup ...

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