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Page 2: ...t laws Manual Revision by Daniel Manual Number U 0496 V1 3C Version 1 3 September 2006 Disclaimer Compex Inc provides this manual without warranty of any kind expressed or implied including but not li...

Page 3: ...ny 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 This device complies with Part 15 of...

Page 4: ...Electromagnetic Immunity EN 55024 IEC61000 4 2 3 4 5 6 8 11 Low Voltage Directive EN 60 950 1992 A1 1993 A2 1993 A3 1995 A4 1996 A11 1997 Therefore this product is in conformity with the following re...

Page 5: ...port Centres Contact the technical support centre that services your location U S A Canada Latin America and South America Write Compex Inc 840 Columbia Street Suite B Brea CA 92821 USA Call Fax Tel T...

Page 6: ...st computer has already been installed with TCP IP and already up running and accessing the Internet Procedures for Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP operating systems are included in this document However for...

Page 7: ...or Access Point in this document Below is a list of conventions used throughout NOTE This section will consist of important features or instructions CAUTION This section concerns risk of injury syste...

Page 8: ...WARE INSTALLATION 5 Setup Requirements 5 Hardware Installation 5 OPTION One Using power adapter to supply power to the unit 5 OPTION Two Using PoE to supply power to the unit 7 Optional Mounting on th...

Page 9: ...RITY 63 How to set up WEP 64 How to set up WPA Personal 66 How to set up 802 1x RADIUS 68 How to set up WPA Enterprise 70 CHAPTER 6 WIRELESS EXTENDED FEATURES 73 Virtual AP Multiple SSID 73 Preferred...

Page 10: ...COVERY 95 APPENDIX II TCP IP CONFIGURATION 97 For Windows 95 98 98SE ME NT 97 For Windows XP 2000 99 APPENDIX III PANEL VIEWS DESCRIPTIONS 102 APPENDIX IV VIRTUAL AP MULTI SSID FAQ 105 APPENDIX V TECH...

Page 11: ...er its integrated Power over Ethernet PoE allows the access point to be used in areas where power outlets are not readily available To protect your security and privacy the access point is armed with...

Page 12: ...ough highly secure methods like EAP TLS EAP TTLS and EAP PEAP in order to obtain access to the network Smart Select This feature will automatically scan and recommend the best channel that the access...

Page 13: ...ions that can be accommodated through the different modes of the access point A AC CC CE ES SS S P PO OI IN NT T M MO OD DE E This is the default mode of the access point The Access Point mode enables...

Page 14: ...t device and the wireless and Ethernet network connected at the access point In this mode it can only connect with an access point Other wireless clients cannot connect with it directly unless connect...

Page 15: ...l is installed and IP address parameters are properly configured on all your network s nodes H HA AR RD DW WA AR RE E I IN NS ST TA AL LL LA AT TI IO ON N The access point can be powered using either...

Page 16: ...ower adapter to the main electrical supply and connect the power plug into the socket of the access point S St te ep p 4 4 Turn ON the power supply and power ON your PC Notice that the LEDs Power and...

Page 17: ...wireless AP via the Ethernet cable connection Users who have already purchased a PoE and who wish to use it to supply power to the access point may follow the installation procedures shown below S St...

Page 18: ...onnect the PoE Injector s RJ45 Ethernet cable to your network device such as to a switch or hub S St te ep p 4 4 Connect the power adapter supplied in the PoE kit to the main electrical supply and the...

Page 19: ...ower LED has lighted up This indicates that the access point is receiving power through the Compex PoE Injector Notice also that the corresponding port LEDs have lighted up This indicates that connect...

Page 20: ...N T TH HE E W WA AL LL L S St te ep p 1 1 Screw the mount onto the unit S St te ep p 2 2 Align the unit and mount to the wall Use the mount as a guide make 2 marks and drill 2 holes into the wall S S...

Page 21: ...of Internet Explorer You need to assign an IP address to your PC such as 192 168 168 x where x can take any value from 2 to 254 so that it is in the same subnet as the access point A AC CC CE ES SS S...

Page 22: ...en will appear click on the Yes button to proceed S St te ep p 4 4 Select W WP P5 54 4G G in the C Co om mp pe ex x P Pr ro od du uc ct ts s L Li is st t section and click on the O Op pe en n W We eb...

Page 23: ...while accessing to the web based interface This will disconnect you from the device Click on the OK button to proceed S St te ep p 6 6 At the login page press the L LO OG GI IN N button to enter the...

Page 24: ...14 S St te ep p 7 7 You will then reach the home page of the access point s web based interface...

Page 25: ...n IP address to your PC so that it belongs to the same subnet as your access point In this example we are using Windows XP for illustration For Windows 98 98SE 2000 NT ME kindly refer to Appendix II T...

Page 26: ...r rt ti ie es s button S St te ep p 4 4 Select the radio button for Use the following IP address Enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask as 192 168 168 x and 255 255 255 0 where x can be any number from...

Page 27: ...order to check if the IP address has been correctly assigned to your PC go to Start menu Accessories select Command Prompt and type the command ipconfig all Your PC is now ready to configure the acces...

Page 28: ...isable all the option boxes Click on the O OK K button to update the changes S St te ep p 9 9 At the Address bar enter http 192 168 168 1 and press Enter on your keyboard S St te ep p 1 10 0 At the lo...

Page 29: ...19 You will then reach the home page of the access point s Web interface...

Page 30: ...the access point unless stated otherwise Management Port WLAN Basic Setup WLAN Security STP Setup SNMP MAC Filtering Antenna Alignment M MA AN NA AG GE EM ME EN NT T P PO OR RT T S SE ET TU UP P This...

Page 31: ...ur network settings S St te ep p 1 1 Click on Management Port from the CONFIGURATION menu In the Management Port Setup page refer to the table below to replace the default settings of the access point...

Page 32: ...LAN enter the router IP address in the Management Gateway IP field The Management Gateway IP address of your access point is set to nil by default The next two fields DHCP Start IP Address and DHCP E...

Page 33: ...rnet gateway X a PC wired to the access point will be unable to obtain a dynamic IP address directly from X But if you can enable the DHCP server of the access point and set the IP address of X as the...

Page 34: ...e Advanced DHCP Server Options section click on the S Sh ho ow w A Ac ct ti iv ve e D DH HC CP P l le ea as se es s button The DHCP Active Leases table displays The Host Name of the DHCP client The IP...

Page 35: ...ic IP address allocation For instance if you set up a publicly accessible FTP HTTP server within your private LAN while that server would require a fixed IP address you would still want the DHCP serve...

Page 36: ...the IP Address to reserve The Hardware Address in pairs of two hex values Press the A Ap pp pl ly y button to make your new entry effective The DHCP Server Reservations page will then be refreshed to...

Page 37: ...server to reserve an IP address anymore you can delete the DHCP Server Reservation S St te ep p 1 1 Click on the reserved IP address that you wish to delete e g 192 168 168 20 S St te ep p 2 2 Click...

Page 38: ...tional parameters Virtual AP and Long Distance Parameters Kindly refer to Chapter 6 on Wireless Extended Features for details Statistics This function uses the Scan Feature to monitor and interpret th...

Page 39: ...e sub menus expanded under W WL LA AN N S Se et tu up p Click on B Ba as si ic c The default operating mode of Access point is the Access Point mode S St te ep p 2 2 O Op pt ti io on na al l C Ch ha a...

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Page 41: ...evice to let your changes take effect Note that the W WL LA AN N B Ba as si ic c S Se et tu up p pages for the modes are different Example W WL LA AN N B Ba as si ic c S Se et tu up p page for C Cl li...

Page 42: ...cters Site Survey A list of wireless devices that are detected by your access point in the WLAN Information such as MAC address channel SSID algorithm and signal strength can be found in the listing W...

Page 43: ...NOTE A Repeater AP can connect to an AP only if the option is set or checked in the AP setup Similarly if a second Repeater AP is to be connected to this first Repeater AP to extend the distance and...

Page 44: ...OD DE E S St te ep p 1 1 In the Mode Setup page click on the S Si it te e S Su ur rv ve ey y button The Site Survey provides a list of the MAC addresses BSSID and SSID of neighbouring access points d...

Page 45: ...g access points that can be viewed from the Site Survey page Parameters Description Bssid In an infrastructure wireless network the BSSID refers to the wireless MAC address of the access point SSID Re...

Page 46: ...FO OR R C CL LI IE EN NT T M MO OD DE E S St te ep p 1 1 To view the connection status when WP54G client is linked to another access point click on the S Sh ho ow w L Li in nk k I In nf fo or rm ma a...

Page 47: ...Description State Refers to the MAC address of the BSS AP to which the WP54G client is connected Current Channel The channel that is being presently used for transmission Tx Rate The rate of data tra...

Page 48: ...r and find the best channel they can use Channel Survey S St te ep p 1 1 In the M Mo od de e S Se et tu up p page click on the C Ch ha an nn ne el l S Su ur rv ve ey y button The C Ch ha an nn ne el l...

Page 49: ...nterference To connect the WP54G client to one of the channels detected select the radio button corresponding to the channel you want to connect to S St te ep p 2 2 Click on the A Ap pp pl ly y button...

Page 50: ...smission depending on its origin of country MyQuality Indicates the interference level of the respective channel with this AP The lower the value the less interference APCount Refers to the total numb...

Page 51: ...A An nt te en nn na a A Al li ig gn nm me en nt t The A An nt te en nn na a A Al li ig gn nm me en nt t page can act as a diagnostic tool to check the communication with a remote device The remote AP...

Page 52: ...D indicates the signal strength as described below Signal Strength RSSI Value Status of DIAG LED Above 20 Stays turned ON Between 19 and 17 Flashes 6 times Between 17 and 14 Flashes 3 times Between 13...

Page 53: ...U UR RE E T TH HE E A AD DV VA AN NC CE ED D S SE ET TU UP P O OF F T TH HE E W WI IR RE EL LE ES SS S M MO OD DE E The following will guide you to configure the advanced setup of the wireless mode yo...

Page 54: ...in power save mode have data frames waiting for them in the access point s buffer If the beacon period is set at 100 default value and the data beacon rate is set at 1 default value then the access po...

Page 55: ...ntrol whether to use the Main antenna Aux auxiliary antenna Auto Default to monitor the signal from each antenna and automatically switch to the one with better signal NOTE The values illustrated in t...

Page 56: ...er WLAN Setup Click on Statistics Wireless clients that are connected to the WLAN are shown in the WLAN Station List S St te ep p 2 2 Click on the R Re ef fr re es sh h button to get the latest inform...

Page 57: ...n WLAN Setup from the CONFIGURATION menu You will see the sub menus expanded under WLAN Setup Click on Statistics In Client mode you are not allowed to view other wireless clients statistics To view o...

Page 58: ...ll occur and this might confuse the forwarding algorithm and allow duplicate frames to be forwarded In short the main purpose of activating STP is to prevent looping when you have redundant paths in t...

Page 59: ...e that more than one connection may be simultaneously live which could result in an endless loop of traffic on the LAN Spanning Tree Protocol operation is transparent to end stations which are unaware...

Page 60: ...rotocol STP is not implemented in a network all clients Notebook 1 2 3 4 can access to one another resulting in low level of data security Due to the redundant paths found in this network broadcast pa...

Page 61: ...ing multiple active network paths in between any two APs If one of the APs is down the STP algorithm will reactivate one of the redundant paths so that the network connection will not be lost All wire...

Page 62: ...tive priority The lowest priority will be elected as the root Hello Time Default 2 Range 1 10 This is the hello time Every this number seconds a hello packet is sent out by Hello packets are used to c...

Page 63: ...ing to the network through their MAC address Each WLAN or radio card supports up to 16 virtual access points and has its own MAC address listing The client MAC addresses entries can be set apply to al...

Page 64: ...ses MAC Filtering set to E En na ab bl le e with Policy to A Ac cc ce ep pt t only the MAC addresses in the MAC Filter Address List and deny all other MAC addresses MAC Filtering set to E En na ab bl...

Page 65: ...55 S St te ep p 2 2 MAC Filter Address List page displays Click the A Ad dd d button S St te ep p 3 3 Add MAC Address page displays...

Page 66: ...r the Comment This describes the MAC Address you have entered To apply to all virtual access points Check A Ap pp pl ly y t to o A Al ll l To apply to specific virtual access point Select the checkbox...

Page 67: ...F FR RO OM M A AL LL L A AC CC CE ES SS S P PO OI IN NT TS S S St te ep p 1 1 Select M MA AC C F Fi il lt te er ri in ng g from W WL LA AN N S Se et tu up p a a b b g g MAC Address Filtering page dis...

Page 68: ...2 MAC Filter Address List page displays Select the checkbox of the MAC address you wish to delete Click the D De el le et te e button S St te ep p 3 3 MAC Filter Address List page displays with update...

Page 69: ...M M I IN ND DI IV VI ID DU UA AL L A AC CC CE ES SS S P PO OI IN NT T S St te ep p 1 1 Select M MA AC C F Fi il lt te er ri in ng g from W WL LA AN N S Se et tu up p a a b b g g MAC Address Filtering...

Page 70: ...2 MAC Filter Address List page displays Select the checkbox of the MAC address you wish to delete Click the D De el le et te e button S St te ep p 3 3 MAC Filter Address List page displays with update...

Page 71: ...AD DD DR RE ES SS S L LI IS ST T S St te ep p 1 1 Select M MA AC C F Fi il lt te er ri in ng g from W WL LA AN N S Se et tu up p a a b b g g MAC Address Filtering page displays Click E Ed di it t S S...

Page 72: ...62 S St te ep p 3 3 The Edit MAC Address page displays Edit the MAC address settings accordingly Click S Sa av ve e S St te ep p 4 4 MAC Filter Address List page displays with updated MAC Address List...

Page 73: ...configure each type of security mode individually To start with follow the common preliminary steps described below to select the most appropriate security approach for protecting your wireless commu...

Page 74: ...64 H HO OW W T TO O S SE ET T U UP P W WE EP P The guidelines below will help you to set up the access point for using WEP At the WEP Setup page...

Page 75: ...ansmission keys It defines a set of shared keys for network security You must enter at least one WEP key to enable security using a shared key S St te ep p 3 3 Select the length of each encryption key...

Page 76: ...Personal AUTO security modes At the WPA1 2 PSK Setup page S St te ep p 1 1 Specify the key entry type by selecting either Passphrase Alphanumeric characters Hexadecimal S St te ep p 2 2 Fill in the W...

Page 77: ...irement of WPA2 under the IEEE 802 11i standard For WPA Personal AUTO Set the C Ci ip ph he er r T Ty yp pe e to A Au ut to o to allow the access point to automatically detect the cipher type to use S...

Page 78: ...an optionally add in the IP address of a Secondary RADIUS Server if any The RADIUS authentication server MUST be in the same subnet as your access point S St te ep p 2 2 By default the value for Authe...

Page 79: ...s set as 600 seconds You may leave this value as its default setting S St te ep p 6 6 Select the length of each encryption key 64 bit 10 hexadecimal or 5 ASCII Text 128 bit 26 hexadecimal or 13 ASCII...

Page 80: ...e or WPA Enterprise AUTO At the WPA1 2 EAP Setup page S St te ep p 1 1 Key in the IP address of the Primary RADIUS Server in your WLAN You can optionally add in the IP address of a Secondary RADIUS Se...

Page 81: ...13 ASCII Text For WPA Enterprise Set the C Ci ip ph he er r T Ty yp pe e to T TK KI IP P WPA replaces WEP with a strong encryption technology called Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP with Message I...

Page 82: ...access point will automatically generate a new shared key to secure multicast broadcast traffic among all stations that are communicating with it By default the value is 600 seconds S St te ep p 7 7...

Page 83: ...network think there are many SSIDs available and channeling each connection through different VLANs to the respective virtual network segments on the Ethernet network How it Works When WLAN PC 1 conne...

Page 84: ...o register changes Click Clear to clear Virtual AP List Click Back to return to WLAN Basic Setup page Select the Delete option beside any Virtual APs you wish to delete Click Add to goto add Virtual A...

Page 85: ...dress of the APs in order of preference The MAC address at the top of the Preferred APs list has the highest connection preference and the MAC address at the bottom has the lowest connection preferenc...

Page 86: ...takes place efficiently and effortlessly between physically distant APs The following steps demonstrate how to configure the Long Distance Parameters S St te ep p 1 1 From WLAN Setup under Configurat...

Page 87: ...s disabled by default Select Enable from the pull down menu S St te ep p 4 4 The access point can automatically calculate the values of the parameters to input based on the distance between your acces...

Page 88: ...int and the remote access point It should be entered in meters Slot Time Time is slotted and each unit of time is called one slot time ACK Timeout This parameter determines the timeout allowed for the...

Page 89: ...ess point and multiple transparent clients to allow point to multiple point communication between the access point located at a facility and several other access points installed in any direction from...

Page 90: ...80 R Ro oo ot tA AP P S St te ep p 2 2 Select A Ac ct t a as s R Ro oo ot tA AP P click on the A Ap pp pl ly y button and reboot your device to let your changes take effect...

Page 91: ...nus expanded under W WL LA AN N S Se et tu up p Click on B Ba as si ic c Ensure that T Th he e C Cu ur rr re en nt t M Mo od de e is set to T Tr ra an ns sp pa ar re en nt t C Cl li ie en nt t To chan...

Page 92: ...Y YS ST TE EM M T TO OO OL LS S M ME EN NU U S SY YS ST TE EM M I ID DE EN NT TI IT TY Y If your network operates with several access points you would find it useful to have a means of identifying eac...

Page 93: ...name of a person to contact in the System Contact field S St te ep p 4 4 Fill up the System Location field If there are multiple devices in your network or building this entry might help to identify t...

Page 94: ...appropriate time zone from the Select to Change the Time Zone for the Router Location drop down list S St te ep p 3 3 Enable the Auto Time Setting SNTP radio button SNTP stands for Simple Network Tim...

Page 95: ...before following the next steps You can check the types and version of your firmware by clicking on About System from the HELP menu To begin with ensure that you have downloaded the latest firmware on...

Page 96: ...ructions given during the upgrading process S St te ep p 4 4 You need to reboot the system after the firmware upgrade NOTE The firmware upgrade process must NOT be interrupted otherwise the device mig...

Page 97: ...access point back to its default settings R RE ES SE ET T Y YO OU UR R S SE ET TT TI IN NG GS S S St te ep p 1 1 Click on Backup or Reset Settings from the SYSTEM TOOLS menu S St te ep p 2 2 To discar...

Page 98: ...Click on Backup or Reset Settings from the SYSTEM TOOLS menu S St te ep p 2 2 If you want to back up the current settings of your access point onto your hard disk drive click on the B Ba ac ck ku up p...

Page 99: ...gs from the SYSTEM TOOLS menu S St te ep p 2 2 If you want to store back the settings that you had previously saved click on the B Br ro ow ws se e button Proceed to the folder where you saved your co...

Page 100: ...s settings require a system reboot before the new parameters can take effect S St te ep p 1 1 Click on Reboot System from the SYSTEM TOOLS menu S St te ep p 2 2 Click on the R Re eb bo oo ot t button...

Page 101: ...set by default to password S St te ep p 1 1 Click on Change Password from the SYSTEM TOOLS menu S St te ep p 2 2 Key in the Current Password The factory default is password Enter the new password in...

Page 102: ...To exit the Web interface follow the next few steps S St te ep p 1 1 Click on Logout from the SYSTEM TOOLS menu S St te ep p 2 2 Click the L LO OG GI IN N button to access your access point s configur...

Page 103: ...t information of Compex s technical support centres around the world S St te ep p 1 1 Click on Get Technical Support from the HELP menu The access point is a feature packed device If you require furth...

Page 104: ...information about your system data when they are troubleshooting your configuration You can use the information displayed in this page to quickly find the data they need to resolve your system problem...

Page 105: ...progress ON Successful recovery Blinks very slowly Before starting check the status of the diagnostic LED against the table above to confirm whether firmware failure has occurred S St te ep p 1 1 Pow...

Page 106: ...er of the Product CD S St te ep p 6 6 If you have downloaded a newer firmware and have saved it in your local hard disk as C WP54G wp54gxxxx IMG then replace the command with this new path and firmwar...

Page 107: ...8 xxx and its subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 where xxx can be any number from 2 to 254 excluding 1 Simply follow the procedures stated below to configure the TCP IP settings of your PC F FO OR R W WI IN...

Page 108: ...adio button for Specify an IP address Enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask as 192 168 168 X and 255 255 255 0 where X can be any number from 2 to 254 except for 1 In this example we are using 192 168...

Page 109: ...ct your respective Ethernet Adapter from the drop down list and click OK Now your PC is now ready to communicate with the access point F FO OR R W WI IN ND DO OW WS S X XP P 2 20 00 00 0 S St te ep p...

Page 110: ...Select the radio button for Use the following IP address Enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask as 192 168 168 X and 255 255 255 0 where X can be any number from 2 to 254 except for 1 In this example w...

Page 111: ...ext in order to check if the IP address has been correctly assigned to your PC go to Start menu Accessories select Command Prompt and type the command ipconfig all Your PC is now ready to communicate...

Page 112: ...ription Steady Blue The device is powered up 1 LED Power Off No power is supplied to the device 2 LED Diagnostic Flashing Green This indicates the flash during the power up The LED will goes off when...

Page 113: ...y Green Connection has been established between the device and the network Flashing Green Activity is detected in the network 5 LED Port 1 2 LEDs Off No network connection Back View of the Access Poin...

Page 114: ...antenna Bottom View of the Access Point Name Description 11 Reset Push button To reboot press once To reset password press and hold the button for 5 seconds The DIAG light will flash fast for about 5...

Page 115: ...th multiple network path connections from a single AP to multiple VLAN network segments of the switch on the local area network A network setup application is illustrated below E g Virtual AP with SSI...

Page 116: ...method is compliant with IEEE 802 11h standard AP is running very old firmware v1 2x and below Q4 Can I update to mSSID firmware but setup only one SSID connection Yes mSSID firmware operation is sim...

Page 117: ...an be enabled again with the option Station Isolation in VAP setup page Q7 I have WDS setup in my network Will mSSID still support this WDS has the limitation that it can only support WEP security key...

Page 118: ...nits on site that you will update After testing the connection to be working in the office backup the configuration file for each unit Go to the first site to update the mSSID firmware and restore the...

Page 119: ...EEE 802 11g IEEE 802 3 IEEE 802 3u Wireless Operation Range IEEE 802 11b IEEE 802 11g 80m 54Mbps outdoor 20m 54Mbps indoor 300m 11Mbps outdoor 100m 11Mbps indoor Frequency Range IEEE 802 11b IEEE 802...

Page 120: ...a 13 Channels Europe 14 Channels Japan Advanced Wireless Features Virtual AP Long Distance Parameters Setup Adjustable transmit power control in 1dB steps Smart Select STP HTTPS Antenna Detachable 2dB...

Page 121: ...ized to country of sale 802 11af PoE Cable Length Requirement for PoE 100 meters max Environment Requirements Operating Temp Storage Temp Operating Humidity 20 C to 70 C 65 C to 100 C 5 to 95 RH Humid...

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