BenQ AWL-500 User Manual Download

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BENQ Corporation

Wireless LAN Access Point

AWL-500

User Manual

Version 1.1
June 2002

Summary of Contents for AWL-500

Page 1: ...BENQ Corporation Wireless LAN Access Point AWL 500 User Manual Version 1 1 June 2002...

Page 2: ...reserves the right to change this manual and the specifications to improve products without prior notice So you can get the most recent software and user documentation for all BenQ Wireless LAN produ...

Page 3: ...comply with the limits for a Class B digital device and a low power transmitter pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interfe...

Page 4: ...er 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 2 1 Product Kit 2 2 2 System Requirements 2 2 3 Mechanical Description 3 2 4 Hardware Installation 5 Chapter 3 Configuring the Access Point 6 3 1...

Page 5: ...with relevant BENQ wireless networking devices such as the BENQ AWL100 Wireless LAN PC Card and BENQ AWL300 Wireless LAN USB Adapter which would allow the users to access an office LAN wirelessly or s...

Page 6: ...nual and utility Quick Start Guide RJ 45 cable Power adapter Metal stand Screw pack Warranty card 2 2 System Requirements Before using your AWL500 please check that you have the following required ite...

Page 7: ...ng table provides an overview of each LED activity LED Definition Activity Description PWR Continuous Green Power enabled Off No wireless activity WLAN Flashing Green Flashing Wireless RX TX activity...

Page 8: ...to this jack LAN port Where the AWL500 can be connected to ADSL cable modem Ethernet LAN via an RJ 45 cable Antenna Where the radio signal carrying network data is transmitted and received Power Socke...

Page 9: ...of the RJ 45 cable to a hub or a station Please be sure to use the MDI port to connect the Access Point to a hub Otherwise please use the MDI X port to connect the Access Point to a computer station...

Page 10: ...configure via the browse TCP IP HTTP 3 1 Using the Access Point Search Tool The Access Point Search tool is useful for first time configuration and forgot Access Point IP The following steps will guid...

Page 11: ...asic information of the Access Point such as MAC Address SSID IP Channel WEP Mode and FirmwareVersion ITEM Description MAC Address It is a hardware identification number on the network Access Point SS...

Page 12: ...same subnet you can choose it and change IP Address 2 Configure IP address to the Access Point You may either give a fixed IP address to your Wireless Access Point or choose DHCP client with the Enabl...

Page 13: ...http 192 168 1 1 will allow you to monitor and configure the Wireless Access Point The Access Point Search Tool described in the previous section may help you to find out the IP address of the Wireles...

Page 14: ...P IP Address Netmask ESSID Channel RTS Threshold Fragment Threshold Basic Rates TX Rates and Preamble Type SSID The SSID is a unique ID given to the Access Point Wireless clients associating to the Ac...

Page 15: ...ange to notify all other stations to defer transmission It will also confirm to the requesting station that the Access Point has reserved the channel for transmission Fragmentation Threshold Fragmenta...

Page 16: ...BENQ Corporation 12 AssociatedTable This is a list of all the stations that have ever associated This table provides information to track how many stations have ever associated with the Access Point...

Page 17: ...keys please do the following From the WEP encryption item list three options Disable Allows wireless adapters to communicate with Wireless Access Points without any data encryption WEP64 Requires wire...

Page 18: ...cessing the Wireless Access Points by identifying the MAC address of the wireless devices Use the following buttons to manage the Access Control Table Enable allow network access from stations in the...

Page 19: ...ncorrect MAC address Delete to remove MAC addresses one at a time 802 1x Security setup 802 1x is enterprise class security mechanism It gives user higher security and protection by way of backend rad...

Page 20: ...or wireless interface Radius Parameters Radius IP A specify IP address of the remote RADIUS server Radius Port For auth port port number specify the UDP destination port for authentication requests Ra...

Page 21: ...ng Secret For key string specify the authentication and encryption key used between the Authenticator and the Accounting server The key is a text string that must match the encryption key used on the...

Page 22: ...password guest And user could add more user account to differentiate their access right Administrator type give highest rights including reading web page writing web page and adding user account Powe...

Page 23: ...unction offers you the opportunity to save your current configuration Reboot System This function offers you the opportunity to restart your Access Point ALL settings will not take effect until Save S...

Page 24: ...e Wireless Access Point You may either enter the file name in the entry field or browse the file by clicking the Browse button Web Language Here you can choose different web language The second item i...

Page 25: ...BENQ Corporation 21 Load Default Setting This function offers you the opportunity to load your default setting...