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VigorAP 902 User’s Guide

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Summary of Contents for VIGORAP 902

Page 1: ...VigorAP 902 User s Guide i ...

Page 2: ...igorAP 902 User s Guide ii V Vi ig go or rA AP P 9 90 02 2 8 80 02 2 1 11 1a ac c A Ac cc ce es ss s P Po oi in nt t U Us se er r s s G Gu ui id de e Version 2 1 Firmware Version V1 2 1 Date June 9 2017 ...

Page 3: ...ion of the environment Warranty We warrant to the original end user purchaser that the modem will be free from any defects in workmanship or materials for a period of one 1 year from the date of purchase from the dealer Please keep your purchase receipt in a safe place as it serves as proof of date of purchase During the warranty period and upon proof of purchase should the product have indication...

Page 4: ...rgy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct...

Page 5: ...s between the radiator and your body GPL Notice This DrayTek product uses software partially or completely licensed under the terms of the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE The author of the software does not provide any warranty A Limited Warranty is offered on DrayTek products This Limited Warranty does not cover any software applications or programs To download source codes please visit http gplsource...

Page 6: ...tup 13 2 5 Accessing to Web User Interface 14 2 6 Changing Password 15 2 7 Quick Start Wizard 16 2 7 1 Configuring Wireless Settings General 16 2 7 2 Configuring 2 4GHz Wireless Settings Based on the Operation Mode 17 2 7 3 Configuring 5GHz Wireless Settings Based on the Operation Mode 24 2 7 4 Finishing the Wireless Settings Wizard 28 2 8 Online Status 29 AdvancedConfiguration 31 3 1 Operation Mo...

Page 7: ...3 7 3 AP Discovery 82 3 7 4 WDS AP Status 84 3 8 Wireless LAN 2 4GHz Settings for AP Bridge WDS Mode 85 3 8 1 General Setup 85 3 8 2 Security 89 3 8 3 Access Control 92 3 8 4 WPS 93 3 8 5 Advanced Setting 94 3 8 6 AP Discovery 96 3 8 7 WDS AP Status 97 3 8 8 WMM Configuration 98 3 8 9 Bandwidth Management 100 3 8 10 Airtime Fairness 101 3 8 11 Station Control 103 3 8 12 Roaming 104 3 8 13 Band Ste...

Page 8: ...ontrol 177 3 11 11 Roaming 178 3 11 12 Station List 180 3 12 Wireless LAN 5GHz Settings for Universal Repeater Mode 182 3 12 1 General Setup 182 3 12 2 Security 185 3 12 3 Access Control 188 3 12 4 WPS 189 3 12 5 Advanced Setting 190 3 12 6 AP Discovery 191 3 12 7 Universal Repeater 193 3 12 8 WMM Configuration 195 3 12 9 Bandwidth Management 197 3 12 10 Airtime Fairness 198 3 12 11 Station Contro...

Page 9: ...17 7 Station Statistics 232 3 17 8 Interference Monitor 234 3 17 9 Station Airtime 235 3 17 10 Station Traffic Graph 236 3 17 11 Station Link Speed 237 3 18 Support Area 237 Applications 239 4 1 How to set different segments for different SSIDs in VigorAP 902 239 4 2 How to use VigorAP in Universal Repeater Mode 243 Trouble Shooting 251 5 1 Checking If the Hardware Status Is OK or Not 251 5 2 Chec...

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Page 11: ...1 1 1 I In nt tr ro od du uc ct ti io on n Thank you for purchasing this VigorAP 902 the concurrent dual band wireless 2 4G 5G access point offering high speed data transmission With this high cost efficiency VigorAP 902 computers and wireless devices which are compatible with 802 11n 802 11a can connect to existing wired Ethernet network via this VigorAP 902 at the speed of 300Mbps Easy install p...

Page 12: ...iency monitoring and security of your company wide wireless access easier be managed Inside the web user interface we call central wireless management as Central AP Management which supports mobility client monitoring reporting and load balancing to multiple APs For central wireless management you will need a Vigor2860 or Vigor2925 series router there is no per node licensing or subscription requi...

Page 13: ...inking The data is transmitting On Wireless function is ready Off Wireless function is not ready 2 4G Blinking Data is transmitting sending receiving On Wireless function is ready Off Wireless function is not ready 5G Blinking Data is transmitting sending receiving On A normal connection rate with 100M 1000M is through its corresponding port Off LAN is disconnected LAN A1 A4 Blinking Data is trans...

Page 14: ... and 5G On pressed and released the button once 2 4G On and 5G Off pressed and released the button twice 2 4G Off and 5G Off pressed and released the button three times WPS When WPS function is enabled by web user interface press this button for more than 2 seconds The router will wait for any wireless client connecting to it through WPS USB Connecter for a USB device for temperature sensor Restor...

Page 15: ...rAP 902 to ADSL modem router or switch hub in your network through the LAN A port of the access point by Ethernet cable 2 Connect a computer to other available LAN A port Make sure the subnet IP address of the PC is the same as VigorAP 902 management IP e g 192 168 1 X 3 Connect the A C power adapter to the wall socket and then connect it to the PWR connector of the access point 4 Power on VigorAP...

Page 16: ...e LAN A port of the access point by Ethernet cable 2 Connect the A C power adapter to the wall socket and then connect it to the PWR connector of the access point 3 Power on VigorAP 902 4 Check all LEDs on the front panel ACT LED should be steadily on LAN LEDs should be on if the access point is correctly connected to the ADSL modem or router For the detailed information of LED status please refer...

Page 17: ... network through wireless connection 1 Connect the A C power adapter to the wall socket and then connect it to the PWR connector of the access point 2 Power on VigorAP 902 3 Check all LEDs on the front panel ACT LED should be steadily on 4 Connect VigorAP 902 to ADSL modem or router via wireless network For the detailed information of LED status please refer to section 1 2 ...

Page 18: ... 1 Connect VigorAP 902 to a switch in your network through the LAN A3 PoE port of the access point by Ethernet cable 2 Connect a computer to VigorSwitch P2260 Make sure the subnet IP address of the PC is the same as VigorAP 902 management IP e g 192 168 1 X 3 Power on VigorAP 902 4 Check all LEDs on the front panel ACT LED should be steadily on LAN LEDs should be on if the access point is correctl...

Page 19: ...puter to use dynamic IP address For the default IP address of this AP is set 192 168 1 2 we recommend you to use 192 168 1 X except 2 in the field of IP address on this section for your computer If the operating system of your computer is Windows 7 please go to section 2 1 Windows 2000 please go to section 2 2 Windows XP please go to section 2 3 Windows Vista please go to section 2 4 2 2 1 1 W Wi ...

Page 20: ...Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and click Properties Under the General tab click Use the following IP address Then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish IP address 192 168 1 9 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 ...

Page 21: ...puter then click control panel Double click Network and Dial up Connections icon double click Local Area Connection and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear Select Internet Protocol TCP IP then click Properties Select Use the following IP address then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish IP address 192 168 1 9 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 ...

Page 22: ...er then click control panel Double click Network and Internet Connections icon click Network Connections and then double click Local Area Connection Local Area Connection Status window will appear and then click Properties Select Use the following IP address then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish IP address 192 168 1 9 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 ...

Page 23: ...anel Click View Network Status and Tasks then click Manage Network Connections Right click Local Area Netwrok then select Properties Local Area Connection Properties window will appear select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and then click Properties Select Use the following IP address then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish IP address 192 168 1 9 Subnet ...

Page 24: ...http 192 168 1 2 A pop up window will open to ask for username and password Pease type admin admin on Username Password and click OK Note 1 You may either simply set up your computer to get IP dynamically from the router or set up the IP address of the computer to be in the same subnet as the IP address of VigorAP 902 If there is no DHCP server on the network then VigorAP 902 will have an IP addre...

Page 25: ...ation for security and adjust primary basic settings 2 2 6 6 C Ch ha an ng gi in ng g P Pa as ss sw wo or rd d 1 Please change the password for the original security of the modem 2 Go to System Maintenance page and choose Administration Password 3 Enter the new login password on the field of Password Then click OK to continue 4 Now the password has been changed Next time use the new password to ac...

Page 26: ...splays general settings enable disable wireless LAN 2 4GHz 5GHz for the operation mode selected Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Wireless LAN 2 4GHz Check the box to enable WLAN 2 4GHz for VigorAP Operation Mode There are four operation modes for wireless connection Settings for each mode are different Wireless LAN 5GHz Check the box to enable WLAN 5GHz for VigorAP Oper...

Page 27: ...e following page Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Channel Means the channel frequency of the wireless LAN The default channel is 6 You may switch channel if the selected channel is under serious interference If you have no idea of choosing the frequency please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you Main SSID Set a name for VigorAP 902 to be identified Securit...

Page 28: ...ou want Download Limit Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want Enable Station Control Check the box to set the duration for the guest connecting reconnecting to Vigor device Connection Time Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want Reconnection Time Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want S Se et tt ti in ng gs s f fo or r A AP P B Br ri id dg ge e P Po oi in n...

Page 29: ... to the same Phy Mode for connecting with each other Security Select WEP TKIP or AES as the encryption algorithm Type 8 63 ASCII characters such as 012345678 or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x such as 0x321253abcde Peer MAC Address Type the peer MAC address for the access point that VigorAP 902 connects to ...

Page 30: ...scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood Phy Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX mode Each access point should be setup to the same Phy Mode for connecting with each other Security Select WEP TKIP or AES as the encryption algorithm Type the key number if required Peer MAC Address Type the peer MAC address for the access point that VigorAP 902 connects to Main SSID ...

Page 31: ...SSID means the identification of the wireless LAN After choosing one of the AP from AP Discovery window and clicking OK the settings SSID and MAC Address related to the selected AP will be displayed on these fields automatically Later VigorAP 902 will be allowed to access Internet through the selected AP by using SSID displayed here Security Mode There are several modes provided for you to choose ...

Page 32: ...ess client and the repeater VigorAP 902 in Universal Repeater mode Check it to use the same SSID and security key configured as above SSID SSID can be any text numbers or various special characters For VigorAP 902 is set as Repeater the purpose of the device is to extend the Wi Fi service Therefore the characters set here will be regarded as main SSID Other wireless client can receive the wireless...

Page 33: ...se the value you want Enable Station Control Check the box to set the duration for the guest connecting reconnecting to Vigor device Connection Time Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want Reconnection Time Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want After finishing this web page configuration please click Next to continue ...

Page 34: ...s Item Description Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN The default channel is 36 You may switch channel if the selected channel is under serious interference Main SSID Set a name for VigorAP 902 to be identified Security Key Type 8 63 ASCII characters such as 012345678 or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x such as 0x321253abcde Enable Guest Wireless Check the box to enable ...

Page 35: ... finished the configuration for wireless LAN 2 4GHz and click Next you will need to configure the following page if you choose AP Bridge WDS as the operation mode for wireless LAN 5GHz Available settings are explained as follows Item Description AP Discovery Click this button to open the AP Discovery dialog VigorAP 902 can scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood Phy M...

Page 36: ...ation mode for wireless LAN 5GHz Available settings are explained as follows Item Description AP Discovery Click this button to open the AP Discovery dialog VigorAP 902 can scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood SSID MAC Address Optional SSID means the identification of the wireless LAN After choosing one of the AP from AP Discovery window and clicking OK the setting...

Page 37: ...e ASCII characters from 33 to 126 except and Encryption Type for WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK This option is available when WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK is selected as Security Mode Select TKIP or AES as the algorithm for WPA Security Key Type 8 63 ASCII characters such as 012345678 or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x such as 0x321253abcde Such feature is available for WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK mode Use the same SSID...

Page 38: ...l be used for the guest connecting to Vigor device with the same SSID Upload Limit Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want Download Limit Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want Enable Station Control Check the box to set the duration for the guest connecting reconnecting to Vigor device Connection Time Scroll the radio button to choose the value you want Reconnection Tim...

Page 39: ... shown below Item Description IP Address Displays the IP address of the LAN interface TX Packets Displays the total transmitted packets at the LAN interface RX Packets Displays the total number of received packets at the LAN interface TX Bytes Displays the total transmitted size at the LAN interface RX Bytes Displays the total number of received size at the LAN interface ...

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Page 41: ...uration As for other examples of application please refer to chapter 5 1 Open a web browser on your PC and type http 192 168 1 2 The window will ask for typing username and password 2 Please type admin admin on Username Password for administration operation Now the Main Screen will appear Be aware that Admin mode will be displayed on the bottom left side ...

Page 42: ...s connected to the wired network Station Infrastructure Enable the Ethernet device such as TV and Game player connected to the VigorAP 902 to an access point AP Bridge Point to Point This mode can establish wireless connection with another VigorAP 902 using the same mode and link the wired network which these two VigorAP 902s connected together Only one access point can be connected in this mode A...

Page 43: ...ccess point is not working in bridge dedicated mode and will be able to accept wireless clients while the access point is working as a wireless bridge Universal Repeater This product can act as a wireless range extender that will help you to extend the networking wirelessly The access point can act as Station and AP at the same time It can use Station function to connect to a Root AP and use AP fu...

Page 44: ... an IP address as the gateway for VigorAP 902 It will be convenient for the access point to acquire more service e g accessing NTP server from Vigor router Enable Management VLAN VigorAP 902 supports tag based VLAN for wireless clients accessing Vigor device Only the clients with the specified VLAN ID can access into VigorAP 902 VLAN ID Type the number as VLAN ID tagged on the transmitted packet 0...

Page 45: ... with usually more than one DNS Server If your ISP does not provide it the modem will automatically apply default DNS Server IP address 194 109 6 66 to this field Secondary DNS Server You can specify secondary DNS server IP address here because your ISP often provides you more than one DNS Server If your ISP does not provide it the modem will automatically apply default secondary DNS Server IP add...

Page 46: ...can specify another valid DHCP server on other VigorAP to make the wireless LAN client obtaining the IP address from the designated DHCP server Specify a DHCP server in such field All the IP addresses of the devices on LAN of VigorAP will be assigned via such specified server It is used to avoid IP assignment interference due to multiple DHCP servers in one LAN After finishing this web page config...

Page 47: ...Item Description Enable AP Management Check the box to enable the function of AP Management APM Enable Auto Provision VigorAP 902 can be controlled under Central AP Management in Vigor2860 series When both Vigor2860 series and VigorAP 902 have such feature enabled once VigorAP 902 is registered to Vigor2860 series the WLAN profile pre configured on Vigor2860 series will be applied to VigorAP 902 i...

Page 48: ...er different firmware versions Note DrayTek central wireless management AP Management lets control efficiency monitoring and security of your company wide wireless access easier to be managed Inside the web user interface we call central wireless management as Central AP Management which supports mobility client monitoring reporting and load balancing to multiple APs For central wireless managemen...

Page 49: ... e g Vigor2860 or Vigor2925 series is enabled wireless clients specified in black list of such web page will be disassociated to solve the problem of traffic overload The following web page is used to configure white list and black list for wireless stations Available settings are explained as follows Item Description White List Black List Display the information such as index number MAC address a...

Page 50: ...ffic for all of the access points e g VigorAP 902s registered to Vigor 2860 or Vigor2925 series This web page displays the settings related to Load Balance for VigorAP 902 In which By Station Number By Traffic and Force Overload Disassociation indicate settings configured in Vigor 2860 or Vigor2925 series X means the function is not enabled or VigorAP 902 has not registered to any Vigor router yet...

Page 51: ...ame transmitted via radio using either a 64 bit or 128 bit key Usually access point will preset a set of four keys and it will communicate with each station using only one out of the four keys WPA Wi Fi Protected Access the most dominating security mechanism in industry is separated into two categories WPA personal or called WPA Pre Share Key WPA PSK and WPA Enterprise or called WPA 802 1x In WPA ...

Page 52: ... the wireless station with WPS supported There are two methods to do network connection through WPS between AP and Stations pressing the Start PBC button or using PIN Code On the side of VigorAP 902 series which served as an AP press WPS button once on the front panel of VigorAP 902 or click Start PBC on web configuration interface On the side of a station with network card installed press Start P...

Page 53: ... AP as the operation mode the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup Security Access Control WPS Advanced Setting AP Discovery WMM Configuration Bandwidth Management Airtime Fairness Station Control Roaming Band Steering and Station List Note The Wireless LAN 2 4GHz settings will be changed according to the Operation Mode selected in section 3 1 ...

Page 54: ...imit Client Check the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations which try to connect Internet through Vigor device The number you can set is from 3 to 64 Enable Limit Client per SSID Define the maximum number of wireless stations per SSID which try to connect to Internet through Vigor device The number you can set is from 3 to 64 Mode At present VigorAP 902 can connect to 11b only 11g onl...

Page 55: ...nauthorized clients or STAs to join your wireless LAN Depending on the wireless utility the user may only see the information except SSID or just cannot see any thing about VigorAP 902 while site surveying The system allows you to set four sets of SSID for different usage SSID Set a name for VigorAP 902 to be identified Default settings are DrayTek LAN A and DrayTek LAN B When Enable 2 Subnet is e...

Page 56: ...e Disable The encryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this field below or automatically ...

Page 57: ... is available for WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode Key Renewal Interval WPA uses shared key for authentication to the network However normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Smaller interval leads to greater security but lower per...

Page 58: ... internal server of VigorAP 902 IPAddress Enter the IP address of external RADIUS server Port The UDP port number that the external RADIUS server is using The default value is 1812 based on RFC 2138 Shared Secret The external RADIUS server and client share a secret that is used to authenticate the messages sent between them Both sides must be configured to use the same shared secret Session Timeou...

Page 59: ...settings are explained as follows Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC Address Filter table will be blocked and cannot access into Vig...

Page 60: ...P 902 is properly configured you can see Yes message here WPS SSID Display current selected SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 902 Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encryp Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 902 Configure via Push Button Click Start PBC to invoke Push Button style WPS setup procedure VigorAP 902 will wait for WPS...

Page 61: ...to the station capability Such channel can increase the performance for data transmission 40 MHz the device will use 40MHz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations Packet OVERDRIVE This feature can enhance the performance in data transmission about 40 more by checking Tx Burst It is active only when both sides of Access Point and Station in wireless client invoke this fu...

Page 62: ...Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2347 Country Code VigorAP broadcasts country codes by following the 802 11d standard However some wireless stations will detect scan the country code to prevent conflict occurred If conflict is detected wireless station will be warned and is unable to make network connection Therefore ...

Page 63: ...ected by such device after clicking Scan In general only the available AP will be detected by Vigor device Once the AP is unavailable it will be deleted from the Access Point List immediately However if such function is enabled the system will keep the record of the AP once detected by Vigor device until it is available for Vigor device again SSID Display the SSID of the AP scanned by VigorAP 902 ...

Page 64: ... Width Display the channel width that the scanned AP used Scan It is used to discover all the connected AP The results will be shown on the box above this button Channel Statistics It displays the statistics for the channels used by APs ...

Page 65: ... WMM accessing categories For the service of voice or video image please set small value for AC_VI and AC_VO categories For the service of e mail or web browsing please set large value for AC_BE and AC_BK categories CWMin CWMax CWMin means contention Window Min and CWMax means contention Window Max Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15 Be aware that CWMax value must be greater than CWMin o...

Page 66: ...specification AckPolicy Uncheck default value the box means the AP will answer the response request while transmitting WMM packets through wireless connection It can assure that the peer must receive the WMM packets Check the box means the AP will not answer any response request for the transmitting packets It will have better performance with lower reliability After finishing this web page config...

Page 67: ...u choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Download Limit Define the maximum speed of the data downloading which will be used for the wireless station connecting to Vigor device with the same SSID Use the drop down list to choose the rate If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Auto Adjustment Check this box to have the bandwidth limit determined by the sy...

Page 68: ...802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g 11g 11n the result is not fair The slow stations 11g work in their slow data rate and occup...

Page 69: ...s and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display the...

Page 70: ... guests for one hour every day Then the connection time can be set as 1 hour and reconnection time can be set as 1 day Thus the guest can finish his job within one hour and will not occupy the wireless network for a long time Note Up to 300 Wireless Station records are supported by VigorAP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID that the wireless station ...

Page 71: ...e wireless station is too worse VigorAP 902 will automatically detect based on the link rate and RSSI requirement and cut off the network connection for that wireless station to assist it to connect another Wireless AP to get better signal Minimum Basic Rate Check the box to use the drop down list to specify a basic rate Mbps When the link rate of the wireless station is below such value VigorAP 9...

Page 72: ...Cache manages the list from the BSSIDs in the associated SSID with which it has pre authenticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authentication procedure defined in IEEE 802 11i specification the pre four way handshake can reduce handoff delay perceivable by a mobile node...

Page 73: ...requency It helps to leave 2 4GHz band available for legacy clients and improves users experience by reducing channel utilization If dual band is detected the AP will let the wireless client connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Note To make Band Steering work successfully SSID and security on 2 4GHz also MUST be broadcasted on 5GHz ...

Page 74: ...m shall wait and check for several seconds 15 seconds in default to make the 2 4GHz network connection Specify the time limit for VigorAP to detect the wireless client 5GHz Minimum RSSI The wireless station has the capability of 5GHz network connection yet the signal performance might not be satisfied Therefore when the signal strength is below the value set here while the wireless station connect...

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Page 76: ...d Steering 2 Check the box of Enable Band Steering and use the default value 15 for check time setting 3 Click OK to save the settings 4 Open Wireless LAN 2 4GHz General Setup and Wireless LAN 5GHz General Setup Configure SSID as ap902 BandSteering for both pages Click OK to save the settings Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Page 77: ... Wireless LAN 5GHz Security Configure Security as 12345678 for both pages Click OK to save the settings 6 Now VigorAP 902 will let the wireless clients connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Page 78: ... Description MAC Address Display the MAC Address for the connecting client Hostname Display the host name of the connecting client SSID Display the SSID that the wireless client connects to Auth Display the authentication that the wireless client uses for connection with such AP Encrypt Display the encryption mode used by the wireless client Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate ...

Page 79: ...ped MAC address into Access Control Advanced Display more information e g AID PSM WMM RSSI PhMd BW MCS Rate for the station Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations ...

Page 80: ...PS 3 3 6 6 1 1 G Ge en ne er ra al l S Se et tu up p By clicking the General Setup a new web page will appear so that you could configure the wireless profile and choose proper mode Please refer to the following figure for more information Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function Mode At present VigorAP 902 can conne...

Page 81: ...e this function at the same time That is the wireless client must support this feature and invoke the function too Note Vigor N61 wireless adapter supports this function Therefore you can use and install it into your PC for matching with Packet OVERDRIVE refer to the following picture of Vigor N61 wireless utility window choose Enable for TxBURST on the tab of Option Mac Clone Check this box and m...

Page 82: ...ructure In this mode you can connect the access point to Ethernet device such as TV and Game player to enable the Ethernet device as a wireless station and join to a wireless network through an access point or AP router 802 11 Ad Hoc An ad hoc network is a network where wireless stations can communicate with peer to peer P2P Power Saving Mode Choose the power saving mode for such device CAM Choose...

Page 83: ...des from the drop down list If you choose OPEN or SHARED you have to type WEP information OPEN Open authentication is basically null authentication algorithm which means that there is no verification of the user SHARED It works similar to Open authentication with only one major difference If you choose OPEN with WEP encryption key the WEP keys is used to encrypt and decrypt the data but not for au...

Page 84: ... key method ASCII and Hex When you select a key format the number of characters of key will be displayed For example if you select 64 bit as key length and Hex as key format you ll see the message at the right of Key Format is Hex 10 characters which means the length of WEP key is 10 characters WEP Keys Key 1 Key 4 Four keys can be entered here but only one key can be selected at a time The format...

Page 85: ...is the abbreviation of Receive Signal Strength Indication Channel Display the channel number of the access point Encryption Display the encryption setting of the access points If you have selected the access point with security setting you have to go to 2 7 Wireless Security to set the same security with the access point you want to associate Authentication Display the authentication type of the a...

Page 86: ...oint and the WPS will do the setup for you VigorAP 902 supports two types of WPS Push Button Configuration PBC and PIN code If you want to use PBC you have to switch VigorAP 902 to WPS mode and push a specific button on the wireless client to start WPS mode You can push Reset WPS button of this VigorAP 902 or click PBC Start button in the web configuration interface to do this if you want to use P...

Page 87: ...e security with the access point you want to associate Ver Version Display the version of WPS Status Display the status of WPS access point Refresh Click this button to refresh the AP site survey Start PBC Click Start PBC to make a WPS connection within 2 minutes Start PIN When using PinCode method it is required to enter PIN Code Personal Identification Number Code 8 digit numbers into Registrar ...

Page 88: ... Ethernet clients of both VigorAP 902s will be connected together Point to Multi Point Mode allows AP 902 to connect up to four AP 902s which uses the same mode All wired Ethernet clients of every VigorAP 902 will be connected together 3 3 7 7 1 1 G Ge en ne er ra al l S Se et tu up p By clicking the General Setup a new web page will appear so that you could configure security Tx Burst and choose ...

Page 89: ...tension channel options will be varied according to the Channel selected above Rate If you choose 11g Only 11b Only or 11n Only such feature will be available for you to set data transmission rate PHY Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX mode Each access point should be setup to the same PHY Mode for connecting with each other Security Select WEP TKIP or AES as the encryption algorithm Type the...

Page 90: ...formance for data transmission 40 MHz AP will use 40MHz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations Packet OVERDRIVE This feature can enhance the performance in data transmission about 40 more by checking Tx Burst It is active only when both sides of Access Point and Station in wireless client invoke this function at the same time That is the wireless client must support th...

Page 91: ...tations to improve wireless performance Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2347 Country Code VigorAP broadcasts country codes by following the 802 11d standard However some wireless stations will detect scan the country code to prevent conflict occurred If conflict is detected wireless station will be warned and is unab...

Page 92: ...can to discover all the connected APs Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable AP Monitor Mode This function can help to get and keep the records of APs detected by such device after clicking Scan In general only the available AP will be detected by Vigor device Once the AP is unavailable it will be deleted from the Access Point List immediately However if such function ...

Page 93: ...nected AP The results will be shown on the box above this button Channel Statistics It displays the statistics for the channels used by APs AP s MAC Address If you want the found AP applying the WDS settings please type in the AP s MAC address AP s SSID To specify an AP to be applied with WDS settings you can specify MAC address or SSID for the AP Here is the place that you can type the SSID of th...

Page 94: ...84 3 3 7 7 4 4 W WD DS S A AP P S St ta at tu us s VigorAP 902 can display the status such as MAC address physical mode power save and bandwidth for the working AP connected with WDS Click Refresh to get the newest information ...

Page 95: ...tems will include General Setup Security Access Control WPS Advanced Setting AP Discovery WDS AP Status WMM Configuration Bandwidth Management Airtime Fairness Station Control Roaming Band Steering and Station List 3 3 8 8 1 1 G Ge en ne er ra al l S Se et tu up p By clicking the General Setup a new web page will appear so that you could configure security Tx Burst and choose proper mode Please re...

Page 96: ... try to connect Internet through VigorAP The number you can set is from 3 to 64 Enable Limit Client per SSID Define the maximum number of wireless stations per SSID which try to connect to Internet through Vigor device The number you can set is from 3 to 64 Mode At present VigorAP 902 can connect to 11b only 11g only 11n only Mixed 11b 11g Mixed 11g 11n and Mixed 11b 11g 11n stations simultaneousl...

Page 97: ...iguration Hide SSID Check it to prevent from wireless sniffing and make it harder for unauthorized clients or STAs to join your wireless LAN Depending on the wireless utility the user may only see the information except SSID or just cannot see any thing about VigorAP 902 while site surveying The system allows you to set four sets of SSID for different usage SSID Set a name for VigorAP 902 to be id...

Page 98: ...ssion rate PHY Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX mode Each access point should be setup to the same PHY Mode for connecting with each other Subnet Choose LAN A or LAN B for each SSID Security Select Disabled WEP TKIP or AES as the encryption algorithm Peer MAC Address Four peer MAC addresses are allowed to be entered in this page at one time After finishing this web page configuration please...

Page 99: ...e Disable The encryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this field below or automatically ...

Page 100: ...e is available for WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode Key Renewal Interval WPA uses shared key for authentication to the network However normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Smaller interval leads to greater security but lower pe...

Page 101: ... internal server of VigorAP 902 IPAddress Enter the IP address of external RADIUS server Port The UDP port number that the external RADIUS server is using The default value is 1812 based on RFC 2138 Shared Secret The external RADIUS server and client share a secret that is used to authenticate the messages sent between them Both sides must be configured to use the same shared secret Session Timeou...

Page 102: ...settings are explained as follows Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC Address Filter table will be blocked and cannot access into Vig...

Page 103: ...re WPS SSID Display current selected SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 902r Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encryp Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 902 Configure via Push Button Click Start PBC to invoke Push Button style WPS setup procedure VigorAP 902 will wait for WPS requests from wireless clients about two minutes Both...

Page 104: ...erformance for data transmission 40 MHz the AP will use 40MHz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations Packet OVERDRIVE This feature can enhance the performance in data transmission about 40 more by checking Tx Burst It is active only when both sides of Access Point and Station in wireless client invoke this function at the same time That is the wireless client must supp...

Page 105: ... between hidden stations to improve wireless performance Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2347 Country Code VigorAP broadcasts country codes by following the 802 11d standard However some wireless stations will detect scan the country code to prevent conflict occurred If conflict is detected wireless station will be w...

Page 106: ... be found Please click Scan to discover all the connected APs Each item is explained as follows Item Description Enable AP Monitor Mode This function can help to get and keep the records of APs detected by such device after clicking Scan In general only the available AP will be detected by Vigor device Once the AP is unavailable it will be deleted from the Access Point List immediately However if ...

Page 107: ...for the channels used by APs AP s MAC Address If you want the found AP applying the WDS settings please type in the AP s MAC address AP s SSID To specify an AP to be applied with WDS settings you can specify MAC address or SSID for the AP Here is the place that you can type the SSID of the AP Add Click Repeater for the specified AP Next click Add Later the MAC address of the AP will be added and b...

Page 108: ...he service of voice or video image please set small value for AC_VI and AC_VO categories For the service of e mail or web browsing please set large value for AC_BE and AC_BK categories CWMin CWMax CWMin means contention Window Min and CWMax means contention Window Max Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15 Be aware that CWMax value must be greater than CWMin or equals to CWMin value Both va...

Page 109: ... default value the box means the AP will answer the response request while transmitting WMM packets through wireless connection It can assure that the peer must receive the WMM packets Check the box means the AP will not answer any response request for the transmitting packets It will have better performance with lower reliability After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save...

Page 110: ...ou choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Download Limit Define the maximum speed of the data downloading which will be used for the wireless station connecting to VigorAP with the same SSID Use the drop down list to choose the rate If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Auto Adjustment Check this box to have the bandwidth limit determined by the system...

Page 111: ...EE802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g 11g 11n the result is not fair The slow stations 11g work in their slow data rate and occ...

Page 112: ...s and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display the...

Page 113: ...Then the connection time can be set as 1 hour and reconnection time can be set as 1 day Thus the guest can finish his job within one hour and will not occupy the wireless network for a long time Note Up to 300 Wireless Station records are supported by VigorAP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID that the wireless station will use it to connect with Vig...

Page 114: ...te and RSSI requirement and cut off the network connection for that wireless station to assist it to connect another Wireless AP to get better signal Minimum Basic Rate Check the box to use the drop down list to specify a basic rate Mbps When the link rate of the wireless station is below such value VigorAP 902 will terminate the network connection for that wireless station Disable RSSI Requiremen...

Page 115: ...ID with which it has pre authenticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1x mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authentication procedure defined in IEEE 802 11i specification the pre four way handshake can reduce handoff delay perceivable by a mobile node It makes roaming faster and more secure Only valid in WPA...

Page 116: ...frequency It helps to leave 2 4GHz band available for legacy clients and improves users experience by reducing channel utilization If dual band is detected the AP will let the wireless client connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Note To make Band Steering work successfully SSID and security on 2 4GHz also MUST be broadcasted on 5GHz ...

Page 117: ...m shall wait and check for several seconds 15 seconds in default to make the 2 4GHz network connection Specify the time limit for VigorAP to detect the wireless client 5GHz Minimum RSSI The wireless station has the capability of 5GHz network connection yet the signal performance might not be satisfied Therefore when the signal strength is below the value set here while the wireless station connect...

Page 118: ...VigorAP 902 User s Guide 108 ...

Page 119: ...nd Steering 2 Check the box of Enable Band Steering and use the default value 15 for check time setting 3 Click OK to save the settings 4 Open Wireless LAN 2 4GHz General Setup and Wireless LAN 5GHz General Setup Configure SSID as ap902 BandSteering for both pages Click OK to save the settings Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Page 120: ... Wireless LAN 5GHz Security Configure Security as 12345678 for both pages Click OK to save the settings 6 Now VigorAP 902 will let the wireless clients connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Page 121: ...less client connects to Auth Display the authentication that the wireless client uses for connection with such AP Encrypt Display the encryption mode used by the wireless client Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate for packets Refresh Click this button to refresh the status of station list Add to Access Control Client s MAC Address For additional security of wireless access the ...

Page 122: ...dvanced Display more information e g AID PSM WMM RSSI PhMd BW MCS Rate for the station Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations ...

Page 123: ...sa al l R Re ep pe ea at te er r M Mo od de e When you choose Universal Repeater as the operation mode the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup Security Access Control WPS Advanced Setting AP Discovery Universal Repeater WMM Configuration Bandwidth Management Airtime Fairness Station Control Roaming Band Steering and Station List ...

Page 124: ...e Limit Client Check the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations which try to connect Internet through VigorAP The number you can set is from 3 to 64 Enable Limit Client per SSID Define the maximum number of wireless stations per SSID which try to connect to Internet through Vigor device The number you can set is from 3 to 64 Mode At present VigorAP 902 can connect to 11b only 11g only ...

Page 125: ...ility the user may only see the information except SSID or just cannot see any thing about VigorAP 902 while site surveying The system allows you to set four sets of SSID for different usage SSID Set a name for VigorAP 902 to be identified Default settings are DrayTek LAN A and DrayTek LAN B When Enable 2 Subnet is enabled you can specify subnet interface LAN A or LAN B for each SSID by using the ...

Page 126: ... provided for you to choose Disable The encryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this fie...

Page 127: ...0x321253abcde Such feature is available for WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode Key Renewal Interval WPA uses shared key for authentication to the network However normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Smaller interval leads to grea...

Page 128: ... internal server of VigorAP 902 IPAddress Enter the IP address of external RADIUS server Port The UDP port number that the external RADIUS server is using The default value is 1812 based on RFC 2138 Shared Secret The external RADIUS server and client share a secret that is used to authenticate the messages sent between them Both sides must be configured to use the same shared secret Session Timeou...

Page 129: ...settings are explained as follows Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC Address Filter table will be blocked and cannot access into Vig...

Page 130: ...ere WPS SSID Display current selected SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 902 Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encryp Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 902 Configure via Push Button Click Start PBC to invoke Push Button style WPS setup procedure VigorAP 902 will wait for WPS requests from wireless clients about two minutes Both...

Page 131: ...performance for data transmission 40 MHz the AP will use 40MHz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations Packet OVERDRIVE This feature can enhance the performance in data transmission about 40 more by checking Tx Burst It is active only when both sides of Access Point and Station in wireless client invoke this function at the same time That is the wireless client must sup...

Page 132: ...if you don t know what it is default value is 2346 RTS Threshold Minimize the collision unit is bytes between hidden stations to improve wireless performance Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2347 Country Code VigorAP broadcasts country codes by following the 802 11d standard However some wireless stations will detect ...

Page 133: ...o get and keep the records of APs detected by such device after clicking Scan In general only the available AP will be detected by Vigor device Once the AP is unavailable it will be deleted from the Access Point List immediately However if such function is enabled the system will keep the record of the AP once detected by Vigor device until it is available for Vigor device again SSID Display the S...

Page 134: ...s If you want the found AP applying the WDS settings please type in the AP s MAC address AP s SSID To specify an AP to be applied with WDS settings you can specify MAC address or SSID for the AP Here is the place that you can type the SSID of the AP Select as Universal Repeater In Universal Repeater mode WAN would work as station mode and the wireless AP can be selected as a universal repeater Cho...

Page 135: ...f this mode is the same as that of WDS and normal AP mode Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Universal Repeater Parameters SSID Set the name of access point that VigorAP 902 wants to connect to MAC Address Optional Type the MAC address of access point that VigorAP 902 wants to connect to Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN The default channel is 11 ...

Page 136: ...ryption Type for WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK This option is available when WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK is selected as Security Mode Select TKIP or AES as the algorithm for WPA Pass Phrase Either 8 63 ASCII characters such as 012345678 or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x such as 0x321253abcde Universal Repeater IP Configuration Connection Type Choose DHCP or Static IP as the connection mode DHCP The wireless s...

Page 137: ...our access categories derived from 802 1d prioritization tabs The categories are designed with specific types of traffic voice video best effort and low priority data There are four accessing categories AC_BE AC_BK AC_VI and AC_VO for WMM Available settings are explained as follows Item Description WMM Capable To apply WMM parameters for wireless data transmission please click the Enable radio but...

Page 138: ...anging from 0 to 65535 ACM It is an abbreviation of Admission control Mandatory It can restrict stations from using specific category class if it is checked Note VigorAP 902 provides standard WMM configuration in the web page If you want to modify the parameters please refer to the Wi Fi WMM standard specification AckPolicy Uncheck default value the box means the AP will answer the response reques...

Page 139: ...ou choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Download Limit Define the maximum speed of the data downloading which will be used for the wireless station connecting to VigorAP with the same SSID Use the drop down list to choose the rate If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Auto Adjustment Check this box to have the bandwidth limit determined by the system...

Page 140: ...EE802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g 11g 11n the result is not fair The slow stations 11g work in their slow data rate and occ...

Page 141: ...s and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display the...

Page 142: ...Then the connection time can be set as 1 hour and reconnection time can be set as 1 day Thus the guest can finish his job within one hour and will not occupy the wireless network for a long time Note Up to 300 Wireless Station records are supported by VigorAP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID that the wireless station will use it to connect with Vig...

Page 143: ...t off the network connection for that wireless station to assist it to connect another Wireless AP to get better signal Minimum Basic Rate Check the box to use the drop down list to specify a basic rate Mbps When the link rate of the wireless station is below such value VigorAP 902 will terminate the network connection for that wireless station Disable RSSI Requirement If it is selected VigorAP wi...

Page 144: ...enticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authentication procedure defined in IEEE 802 11i specification the pre four way handshake can reduce handoff delay perceivable by a mobile node It makes roaming faster and more secure Only valid in WPA2 Enable Enable IEEE 802 1X Pr...

Page 145: ...frequency It helps to leave 2 4GHz band available for legacy clients and improves users experience by reducing channel utilization If dual band is detected the AP will let the wireless client connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Note To make Band Steering work successfully SSID and security on 2 4GHz also MUST be broadcasted on 5GHz ...

Page 146: ...m shall wait and check for several seconds 15 seconds in default to make the 2 4GHz network connection Specify the time limit for VigorAP to detect the wireless client 5GHz Minimum RSSI The wireless station has the capability of 5GHz network connection yet the signal performance might not be satisfied Therefore when the signal strength is below the value set here while the wireless station connect...

Page 147: ...VigorAP 902 User s Guide 137 ...

Page 148: ...nd Steering 2 Check the box of Enable Band Steering and use the default value 15 for check time setting 3 Click OK to save the settings 4 Open Wireless LAN 2 4GHz General Setup and Wireless LAN 5GHz General Setup Configure SSID as ap902 BandSteering for both pages Click OK to save the settings Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Page 149: ... Wireless LAN 5GHz Security Configure Security as 12345678 for both pages Click OK to save the settings 6 Now VigorAP 902 will let the wireless clients connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Page 150: ...m Description MAC Address Display the MAC Address for the connecting client Hostname Display the host name of the connecting client SSID Display the SSID that the wireless client connects to Auth Display the authentication that the wireless client uses for connection with such AP Encrypt Display the encryption mode used by the wireless client Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate...

Page 151: ...ped MAC address into Access Control Advanced Display more information e g AID PSM WMM RSSI PhMd BW MCS Rate for the station Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations ...

Page 152: ...t tu up p By clicking the General Setup a new web page will appear so that you could configure the general settings for wireless connection such as specifying SSID selecting the wireless channel isolate LAN connection and so on Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function Enable Limit Client Check the box to set the maxi...

Page 153: ...vent from wireless sniffing and make it harder for unauthorized clients or STAs to join your wireless LAN Depending on the wireless utility the user may only see the information except SSID or just cannot see any thing about VigorAP 902 while site surveying The system allows you to set four sets of SSID for different usage SSID Set a name for VigorAP 902 to be identified Default settings are Drayt...

Page 154: ...es provided for you to choose Disable The encryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this f...

Page 155: ...wever normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Smaller interval leads to greater security but lower performance Default is 3600 seconds Set 0 to disable re key Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 WPA 802 1x WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA ...

Page 156: ...to use the external RADIUS server for authentication do not check this box Please refer to the section 3 13 RADIUS Server to configure settings for internal server of VigorAP 902 IPAddress Enter the IP address of external RADIUS server Port The UDP port number that the external RADIUS server is using The default value is 1812 based on RFC 2138 Shared Secret The external RADIUS server and client sh...

Page 157: ...s Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC Address Filter table will be blocked and cannot access into VigorAP 902 MAC Address Filter Disp...

Page 158: ...elected SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 902 Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encryp Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 902 Configure via Push Button Click Start PBC to invoke Push Button style WPS setup procedure VigorAP 902 will wait for WPS requests from wireless clients about two minutes Both ACT and 5G WLAN LEDs on Vigor...

Page 159: ...rformance for data transmission Tx Power The default setting is the maximum 100 Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless Rate Adaptation Algorithm Wireless transmission rate is adapted dynamically Usually performance of new algorithm is better than old Fragment Length Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is d...

Page 160: ...sful network connection will be necessary for some clients Auto Channel Filtered Out List The selected wireless channels will be discarded if AutoSelect is selected as Channel selection mode in Wireless LAN General Setup After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the settings ...

Page 161: ...lable AP will be detected by Vigor device Once the AP is unavailable it will be deleted from the Access Point List immediately However if such function is enabled the system will keep the record of the AP once detected by Vigor device until it is available for Vigor device again SSID Display the SSID of the AP scanned by VigorAP 902 BSSID Display the MAC address of the AP scanned by VigorAP 902 RS...

Page 162: ...VigorAP 902 User s Guide 152 shown on the box above this button Channel Interference Access into Diagnostics Interference Monitor for viewing interference status for channel s ...

Page 163: ... the service of voice or video image please set small value for AC_VI and AC_VO categories For the service of e mail or web browsing please set large value for AC_BE and AC_BK categories CWMin CWMax CWMin means contention Window Min and CWMax means contention Window Max Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15 Be aware that CWMax value must be greater than CWMin or equals to CWMin value Both ...

Page 164: ...some P2P applications will occupy large of bandwidth and affect the applications for other programs Please use Bandwidth Management to make the bandwidth usage more efficient Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the specific SSID name Enable Check this box to enable the bandwidth management for clients Upload Limit Define the maximum speed of the data uploading...

Page 165: ... crowd out other users With airtime fairness every client at a given quality of service level has equal access to the network s airtime After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the settings The wireless channel can be accessed by only one wireless station at the same time The principle behind the IEEE802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probabi...

Page 166: ...on can reduce the bad influence of slow wireless devices and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX...

Page 167: ...y Then the connection time can be set as 1 hour and reconnection time can be set as 1 day Thus the guest can finish his job within one hour and will not occupy the wireless network for a long time Note Up to 300 Wireless Station records are supported by VigorAP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID that the wireless station will use it to connect with V...

Page 168: ...rate and RSSI requirement and cut off the network connection for that wireless station to assist it to connect another Wireless AP to get better signal Minimum Basic Rate Check the box to use the drop down list to specify a basic rate Mbps When the link rate of the wireless station is below such value VigorAP 902 will terminate the network connection for that wireless station Disable RSSI Requirem...

Page 169: ...SID with which it has pre authenticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authentication procedure defined in IEEE 802 11i specification the pre four way handshake can reduce handoff delay perceivable by a mobile node It makes roaming faster and more secure Only valid in WPA...

Page 170: ... Address for the connecting client Hostname Display the host name of the connecting client SSID Display the SSID that the wireless client connects to Auth Display the authentication that the wireless client uses for connection with such AP Encrypt Display the encryption mode used by the wireless client Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate for packets Refresh Click this button to...

Page 171: ...61 Display more information e g AID PSM WMM RSSI PhMd BW MCS Rate for the station Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations ...

Page 172: ...time Fairness Station Control Roaming Band Steering and Station List 3 3 1 11 1 1 1 G Ge en ne er ra al l S Se et tu up p By clicking the General Setup a new web page will appear so that you could configure security Tx Burst and choose proper mode Please refer to the following figure for more information Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box...

Page 173: ...n the wireless utility the user may only see the information except SSID or just cannot see any thing about VigorAP 902 while site surveying The system allows you to set four sets of SSID for different usage SSID Set a name for VigorAP 902 to be identified Default settings are DrayTek5G LAN A and DrayTek5G LAN B When Enable 2 Subnet is enabled you can specify subnet interface LAN A or LAN B for ea...

Page 174: ...ryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 80...

Page 175: ...WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode Key Renewal Interval WPA uses shared key for authentication to the network However normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Smaller interval leads to greater security but lower performance Default i...

Page 176: ... internal server of VigorAP 902 IPAddress Enter the IP address of external RADIUS server Port The UDP port number that the external RADIUS server is using The default value is 1812 based on RFC 2138 Shared Secret The external RADIUS server and client share a secret that is used to authenticate the messages sent between them Both sides must be configured to use the same shared secret Session Timeou...

Page 177: ...s Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC Address Filter table will be blocked and cannot access into VigorAP 902 MAC Address Filter Disp...

Page 178: ...cted SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 902r Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encryp Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 902 Configure via Push Button Click Start PBC to invoke Push Button style WPS setup procedure VigorAP 902 will wait for WPS requests from wireless clients about two minutes Both ACT and 2 4G WLAN LEDs on Vigor...

Page 179: ...Such channel can increase the performance for data transmission Tx Power The default setting is the maximum 100 Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless Rate Adaptation Algorithm Wireless transmission rate is adapted dynamically Usually performance of new algorithm is better than old Fragment Length Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio Do not modify default valu...

Page 180: ... allowed to connect to Vigor This page is used to scan the existence of the APs on the wireless LAN Yet only the AP which is in the same channel of VigorAP 902 can be found Please click Scan to discover all the connected APs Each item is explained as follows Item Description Enable AP Monitor Mode This function can help to get and keep the records of APs detected by such device after clicking Scan...

Page 181: ...anned AP applied Mode Display the wireless connection mode that the scanned AP used Ch Width Display the channel width that the scanned AP used Scan It is used to discover all the connected AP The results will be shown on the box above this button Channel Interference Access into Diagnostics Interference Monitor for viewing interference status for channel s ...

Page 182: ... service of voice or video image please set small value for AC_VI and AC_VO categories For the service of e mail or web browsing please set large value for AC_BE and AC_BK categories CWMin CWMax CWMin means contention Window Min and CWMax means contention Window Max Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15 Be aware that CWMax value must be greater than CWMin or equals to CWMin value Both valu...

Page 183: ...fault value the box means the AP will answer the response request while transmitting WMM packets through wireless connection It can assure that the peer must receive the WMM packets Check the box means the AP will not answer any response request for the transmitting packets It will have better performance with lower reliability After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save th...

Page 184: ...you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Download Limit Define the maximum speed of the data downloading which will be used for the wireless station connecting to VigorAP with the same SSID Use the drop down list to choose the rate If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Auto Adjustment Check this box to have the bandwidth limit determined by the syste...

Page 185: ...EE802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g 11g 11n the result is not fair The slow stations 11g work in their slow data rate and occ...

Page 186: ...s and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display the...

Page 187: ...y Then the connection time can be set as 1 hour and reconnection time can be set as 1 day Thus the guest can finish his job within one hour and will not occupy the wireless network for a long time Note Up to 300 Wireless Station records are supported by VigorAP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID that the wireless station will use it to connect with V...

Page 188: ...rate and RSSI requirement and cut off the network connection for that wireless station to assist it to connect another Wireless AP to get better signal Minimum Basic Rate Check the box to use the drop down list to specify a basic rate Mbps When the link rate of the wireless station is below such value VigorAP 902 will terminate the network connection for that wireless station Disable RSSI Requirem...

Page 189: ...SID with which it has pre authenticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authentication procedure defined in IEEE 802 11i specification the pre four way handshake can reduce handoff delay perceivable by a mobile node It makes roaming faster and more secure Only valid in WPA...

Page 190: ...tication that the wireless client uses for connection with such AP Encrypt Display the encryption mode used by the wireless client Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate for packets Refresh Click this button to refresh the status of station list Add to Access Control Client s MAC Address For additional security of wireless access the Access Control facility allows you to restrict ...

Page 191: ...VigorAP 902 User s Guide 181 Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations ...

Page 192: ...n ne er ra al l S Se et tu up p By clicking the General Setup a new web page will appear so that you could configure the SSID and the wireless channel Please refer to the following figure for more information Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function Enable Limit Client Check the box to set the maximum number of wirel...

Page 193: ... connect one router no matter connecting to LAN A or LAN B in this environment Hide SSID Check it to prevent from wireless sniffing and make it harder for unauthorized clients or STAs to join your wireless LAN Depending on the wireless utility the user may only see the information except SSID or just cannot see any thing about VigorAP 902 while site surveying The system allows you to set four sets...

Page 194: ...VigorAP 902 User s Guide 184 from 3 to 4095 The VLAN ID is 0 by default it means disabling the VLAN function for the SSID After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the settings ...

Page 195: ...es provided for you to choose Disable The encryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this f...

Page 196: ...0x321253abcde Such feature is available for WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode Key Renewal Interval WPA uses shared key for authentication to the network However normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Smaller interval leads to grea...

Page 197: ... internal server of VigorAP 902 IPAddress Enter the IP address of external RADIUS server Port The UDP port number that the external RADIUS server is using The default value is 1812 based on RFC 2138 Shared Secret The external RADIUS server and client share a secret that is used to authenticate the messages sent between them Both sides must be configured to use the same shared secret Session Timeou...

Page 198: ...e settings are explained as follows Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC Address Filter table will be blocked and cannot access into V...

Page 199: ...e here WPS SSID Display current selected SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 902 Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encrypt Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 902 Configure via Push Button Click Start PBC to invoke Push Button style WPS setup procedure VigorAP 902 will wait for WPS requests from wireless clients about two minutes ...

Page 200: ...a transmission and receiving according to the station capability Such channel can increase the performance for data transmission Tx Power The default setting is the maximum 100 Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless Rate Adaptation Algorithm Wireless transmission rate is adapted dynamically Usually performance of new algorithm is better than old Fragment Length Set th...

Page 201: ...d to facilitate finding an AP for a WDS link Notice that during the scanning process about 5 seconds no client is allowed to connect to Vigor This page is used to scan the existence of the APs on the wireless LAN Yet only the AP which is in the same channel of VigorAP 902 can be found Please click Scan to discover all the connected APs Each item is explained as follows Item Description Enable AP M...

Page 202: ...P used Scan It is used to discover all the connected AP The results will be shown on the box above this button Channel Interference Access into Diagnostics Interference Monitor for viewing interference status for channel s AP s MAC Address If you want the found AP applying the WDS settings please type in the AP s MAC address AP s SSID To specify an AP to be applied with WDS settings you can specif...

Page 203: ...e output power of this mode is the same as that of WDS and normal AP mode Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Set the name of access point that VigorAP 902 wants to connect to MAC Address Optional Type the MAC address of access point that VigorAP 902 wants to connect to Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN The default channel is 36 You may switch...

Page 204: ...r WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK This option is available when WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK is selected as Security Mode Select TKIP or AES as the algorithm for WPA Pass Phrase Type 8 63 ASCII characters such as 012345678 or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x such as 0x321253abcde Connection Type Choose DHCP or Static IP as the connection mode DHCP The wireless station will be assigned with an IP from Static IP The...

Page 205: ...cific types of traffic voice video best effort and low priority data There are four accessing categories AC_BE AC_BK AC_VI and AC_VO for WMM Available settings are explained as follows Item Description WMM Capable To apply WMM parameters for wireless data transmission please click the Enable radio button Aifsn It controls how long the client waits for each data transmission Please specify the valu...

Page 206: ...ssion control Mandatory It can restrict stations from using specific category class if it is checked Note VigorAP 902 provides standard WMM configuration in the web page If you want to modify the parameters please refer to the Wi Fi WMM standard specification AckPolicy Uncheck default value the box means the AP will answer the response request while transmitting WMM packets through wireless connec...

Page 207: ...you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Download Limit Define the maximum speed of the data downloading which will be used for the wireless station connecting to VigorAP with the same SSID Use the drop down list to choose the rate If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Auto Adjustment Check this box to have the bandwidth limit determined by the syste...

Page 208: ...EEE802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g 11g 11n the result is not fair The slow stations 11g work in their slow data rate and oc...

Page 209: ...s and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display the...

Page 210: ...ne hour and will not occupy the wireless network for a long time Note Up to 300 Wireless Station records are supported by VigorAP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID that the wireless station will use it to connect with Vigor router Enable Check the box to enable the station control function Connection Time Reconnection Time Use the drop down list to ...

Page 211: ...wireless station to assist it to connect another Wireless AP to get better signal Minimum Basic Rate Check the box to use the drop down list to specify a basic rate Mbps When the link rate of the wireless station is below such value VigorAP 902 will terminate the network connection for that wireless station Disable RSSI Requirement If it is selected VigorAP will not terminate the network connectio...

Page 212: ...enticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authentication procedure defined in IEEE 802 11i specification the pre four way handshake can reduce handoff delay perceivable by a mobile node It makes roaming faster and more secure Only valid in WPA2 Enable Enable IEEE 802 1X Pr...

Page 213: ...e MAC Address for the connecting client Hostname Display the host name of the connecting client SSID Display the SSID that the wireless client connects to Auth Display the authentication that the wireless client uses for connection with such AP Encrypt Display the encryption mode used by the wireless client Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate for packets Refresh Click this butt...

Page 214: ...dvanced Display more information e g AID PSM WMM RSSI PhMd BW MCS Rate for the station Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations ...

Page 215: ...ble the internal RADIUS server Authentication Type Let the user to choose the authentication method for RADIUS server Radius EAP Type There are two types PEAP and EAP TLS offered for selection If EAP TLS is selected a certificate must be installed or must be ensured to be trusted Users Profile Username Type a new name for the user profile Password Type a new password for such new user profile Conf...

Page 216: ...store the settings RADIUS configuration from an existed file After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the settings 3 3 1 13 3 2 2 C Ce er rt ti if fi ic ca at te e M Ma an na ag ge em me en nt t When the local client and remote server are required to make certificate authentication e g Radius EAP TLS authentication for wireless connection and avoiding the attack of MITM ...

Page 217: ...ngth less than 32 characters Key Type At present only RSA an encryption algorithm is supported by such device Key Size To determine the size of a key to be authenticated use the drop down list to specify the one you need Apply to Web HTTPS VigorAP needs a certificate to access into Internet via Web HTTPS Check this box to use the user defined root CA certificate which will substitute for the origi...

Page 218: ...r PC The clock will reset once if you power down or reset the AP There is another way to set up time You can inquiry an NTP server a time server on the Internet to synchronize the AP s clock This method can only be applied when the WAN connection has been built up Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Schedule Enable Schedule Check it to enable the function of schedule confi...

Page 219: ...Action Specify which action should apply the schedule WiFi 2 4GHz WiFi 5GHz When Wi Fi UP or Wi Fi DOWN is selected as Action you can check the Radio or SSID 2 4 boxes 2 4GHz and 5GHz respectively to setup the network based on the schedule profile Note When Radio is selected SSID2 SSID3 and SSID4 are not available for choosing vice versa Acts Specify how often the schedule will be applied Once The...

Page 220: ...v ve e To keep the wireless connection via Wi Fi on iOS device in alive VigorAP 902 will send the UDP packets with 5353 port to the specific IP every five seconds Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Apple iOS Keep Alive Check to enable the function Index Display the setting link Click the index link to open the configuration page for setting the IP address Apple iOS...

Page 221: ... com for testing if the access point is stable or not 3 3 1 14 4 4 4 T Te em mp pe er ra at tu ur re e S Se en ns so or r A USB Thermometer is now available that complements your installed DrayTek AP installations that will help you monitor the server or data communications room environment and notify you if the server room or data communications room is overheating During summer in particular it ...

Page 222: ...e temperature error Temperature Unit Choose the display unit of the temperature There are two types for you to choose Alarm Settings Enable Syslog Alarm The temperature log containing the alarm message will be recorded on Syslog if it is enabled Mail Alert The temperature log containing the alarm message will be sent by mail Temperature High Alarm Temperature Low Alarm Type the upper limit and low...

Page 223: ...VigorAP 902 User s Guide 213 T Te em mp pe er ra at tu ur re e S Se en ns so or r G Gr ra ap ph h Below shows an example of temperature graph ...

Page 224: ...ile Device Management 3 3 1 15 5 1 1 D De et te ec ct ti io on n Such page displays mobile device s detected by VigorAP Detected device s with Policy Pass can access into the wireless LAN offered by VigorAP Detected device s with Policy Block are not allowed to access into Internet via VigorAP s WLAN Once you check uncheck the box of Enable Mobile Device Management and click OK VigorAP will reboot...

Page 225: ...ked and not allowed to access into Internet via VigorAP Block PC Connections All of network connections based on PC MAC or Linux platform will be blocked and terminated Block Unknown Connections Only the unknown network connections unable to be recognized by Vigor router will be blocked and terminated WiFi 2 4GHz Specify the SSID s to apply such policy WiFi 5GHz Specify the SSID s to apply such po...

Page 226: ...pecified in Mobile Device Management Policy can be illustrated as doughnut chart 3 3 1 16 6 S Sy ys st te em m M Ma ai in nt te en na an nc ce e For the system setup there are several items that you have to know the way of configuration Status TR 069 Administrator Password Configuration Backup Reboot System Firmware Upgrade Below shows the menu items for System Maintenance ...

Page 227: ...splay the date and time of the current firmware build System Uptime Display the period that such device connects to Internet Operation Mode Display the operation mode that the device used System Memory total Display the total memory of your system Memory left Display the remaining memory of your system LAN A LAN B MAC Address Display the MAC address of the LAN Interface IP Address Display the IP a...

Page 228: ...CS Settings URL Username Password Such data must be typed according to the ACS Auto Configuration Server you want to link Please refer to Auto Configuration Server user s manual for detailed information The setting for URL can be domain name or IP address CPE Settings Such information is useful for Auto Configuration Server ACS Enable Check the box to allow the CPE Client to connect with Auto Conf...

Page 229: ...S Server IP address 194 98 0 1 to this field Periodic Inform Settings The default setting is Enable Please set interval time or schedule time for the AP to send notification to VigorACS server Or click Disable to close the mechanism of notification Interval Time Type the value for the interval time setting The unit is second STUN Settings The default is Disable If you click Enable please type the ...

Page 230: ...ype the name for accessing into Web User Interface Password Type in new password in this filed Confirm Password Type the new password again for confirmation Password Strength The system will display the password strength represented with the word of weak medium or strong of the password specified above When you click OK the login window will appear Please use the new password to access into the we...

Page 231: ...w the steps below to backup your configuration 1 Go to System Maintenance Configuration Backup The following windows will be popped up as shown below 2 Click Backup button to get into the following dialog Click Save button to open another dialog for saving configuration as a file 3 In Save As dialog the default filename is config cfg You could give it another name by yourself ...

Page 232: ... Note Backup for Certification must be done independently The Configuration Backup does not include information of Certificate R Re es st to or re e C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ra at ti io on n 1 Go to System Maintenance Configuration Backup The following windows will be popped up as shown below 2 Click Browse button to choose the correct configuration file for uploading to the modem 3 Click Restore bu...

Page 233: ... Log Level Specify which level of the severity of the event will be recorded by Syslog Mail Alert Setup Check Enable to activate function of mail alert SMTP Server The IP address of the SMTP server Mail To Assign a mail address for sending mails out Mail From Assign a path for receiving the mail from outside User Name Type the user name for authentication Password Type the password for authenticat...

Page 234: ...browser time from the remote administrator PC host as router s system time Use NTP Client Select to inquire time information from Time Server on the Internet using assigned protocol Time Zone Select a time protocol NTP Server Type the IP address of the time server Use Default Click it to choose the default NTP server Daylight Saving Check the box to enable the daylight saving Such feature is avail...

Page 235: ...ess to the device Enable Choose it to enable the hardware button function Disable Choose it to disable the hardware button function Telnet Server Enable The administrator user can access into the command line interface of VigorAP remotely for configuring settings Disable The administrator user is unable to access into the command line interface of VigorAP remotely for configuring settings LED Setu...

Page 236: ...VigorAP 902 User s Guide 226 comfortable and undisturbed When Disable is chosen all the LEDs on VigorAP will light off immediately after clicking OK ...

Page 237: ...K to reboot your modem for ensuring normal operation and preventing unexpected errors of the modem in the future 3 3 1 16 6 9 9 F Fi ir rm mw wa ar re e U Up pg gr ra ad de e Before upgrading your modem firmware you need to install the Modem Tools The Firmware Upgrade Utility is included in the tools The following web page will guide you to upgrade firmware by using an example Note that this examp...

Page 238: ... way to view or diagnose the status of your VigorAP 902 3 3 1 17 7 1 1 S Sy ys st te em m L Lo og g At present only System Log is offered 3 3 1 17 7 2 2 S Sp pe ee ed d T Te es st t Click the Start button on the page to test the speed Such feature can help you to find the best installation place for Vigor AP ...

Page 239: ...orizontal axis represents time the vertical axis represents the transmission rate in kbps 3 3 1 17 7 4 4 D Da at ta a F Fl lo ow w M Mo on ni it to or r This page displays general information for the client connecting to VigorAP 910C Available parameters are explained as follows Item Description Auto refresh After checking this box Vigor system will refresh such page periodically Refresh Click thi...

Page 240: ... kbps Display the transmission speed of the monitored device RX rate kbps Display the receiving speed of the monitored device 2 4G 5G Display what wireless band 2 4G or 5G used by the wireless client Action DeAuth Deauthenticate a wireless station 3 3 1 17 7 5 5 W WL LA AN N 2 2 4 4G GH Hz z S St ta at ti is st ti ic cs s Such page is used for debug by RD only ...

Page 241: ...VigorAP 902 User s Guide 231 3 3 1 17 7 6 6 W WL LA AN N 5 5G GH Hz z S St ta at ti is st ti ic cs s Such page is used for debug by RD only ...

Page 242: ...ebug or for the user to observe network traffic and network quality Available parameters are explained as follows Item Description Show Chart Choose one of the items to display the statistics chart for wireless stations Nearby Connected Number Choose it to have the statistics of the wireless stations which is nearby and ...

Page 243: ...atistics of the wireless stations which is visiting VigorAP 910C Daily Connected Number Analysis Daily Visiting Number Analysis Click this button to get analysis pie chart for daily connected wireless stations daily visiting wireless station Weekly Connected Number Analysis Weekly Visiting Number Analysis Click this button to get analysis pie chart for weekly connected wireless stations weekly vis...

Page 244: ...e factors for certain channel used or for all of the wireless channels C Cu ur rr re en nt t C Ch ha an nn ne el l The analysis page with information about wireless band channel transmission power bandwidth wireless mode and country code chosen will be displayed on this page completely based on the wireless band 2 4G or 5G selected Also channel status can be seen easily from this page ...

Page 245: ...lays the utilization and energy result for all channels based on 2 4G 5G Click Refresh to get the newly update interference situation 3 3 1 17 7 9 9 S St ta at ti io on n A Ai ir rt ti im me e This page displays the operation status for 2 4GHz wireless stations within 30 minutes ...

Page 246: ...s Guide 236 3 3 1 17 7 1 10 0 S St ta at ti io on n T Tr ra af ff fi ic c G Gr ra ap ph h This page displays the data traffic receiving transmitting status for 2 4GHz wireless stations within 30 minutes with a run chart ...

Page 247: ...e ed d This page displays the link rate status for 2 4GHz 5GHz wireless stations within one hour with a run chart 3 3 1 18 8 S Su up pp po or rt t A Ar re ea a When you click the menu item under Support Area you will be guided to visit www draytek com and open the corresponding pages directly ...

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Page 249: ...ts for reaching the target of managing wireless network See the following figure In the above figure VigorAP 902 is used to control the wireless network connection It can separate the wireless traffic between accessing internal server and the usage of video Wireless station connecting to VigorAP 902 with SSID 2 can get the IP address with the network segment of 192 168 1 0 24 LAN A wireless statio...

Page 250: ...In the page of Operation Mode click AP mode for 2 4GHz Wireless and 5GHz Wireless 2 Open Wireless LAN 2 4GHz General Setup and then Wireless LAN 5GHz General Setup Choose the subnet LAN B for SSID 1 and choose LAN A for SSID 2 Specify the wireless channel Then click OK to save the configuration ...

Page 251: ...less LAN 5GHz Security Settings Set the encryption method and set the password for SSID 1 and SSID 2 respectively 4 Open LAN General Setup to configure the settings for enabling DHCP server on LAN A LAN B If there is a DHCP server configured in the same network segment skip this step ...

Page 252: ...ing to VigorAP 902 with SSID 1 can get the IP address assigned by LAN B 192 168 2 0 24 for accessing the internal server The wireless equipment connecting to VigorAP 902 with SSID 2 can get the IP address assigned by LAN A 192 168 1 0 24 for using the video audio uploading and downloading services ...

Page 253: ...e It is suggested to use Universal Repeater Mode on AP902 with a distinguishable SSID to extent the wireless signal from Vigor router e g Vigor2830n LAN IP 192 168 1 1 Enable DHCP Server SSID DrayTek XXX Channel 6 Security Mode Mixed WPA WPA2 LAN IP 192 168 1 2 SSID DrayTek XXX X Channel 6 Security Mode Mixed WPA WPA2 S Se et tt ti in ng g L LA AN N o on n V Vi ig go or r2 28 83 30 0n n In this ex...

Page 254: ... 2 Enable the DHCP Server 3 Set the DHCP IP range 4 Click OK 3 Go to Online Status Physical Connection to check if WAN is connected S Se et tt ti in ng g W Wi ir re el le es ss s L LA AN N o on n V Vi ig go or r2 28 83 30 0n n 1 Please go to Wireless LAN General Setup ...

Page 255: ...e a SSID 4 Choose a channel Note To avoid signal interference it s suggested to do a Scan in Wireless LAN AP Discovery and choose an unoccupied or not so crowded channel 5 Click OK 2 Setting the Security Please go to Wireless LAN Security 1 Choose the Mode 2 Give a Pre Shared Key Note The Mode and Pre shared Key will be needed when setting on VigorAP 902 and it s suggested to memorize them 3 Click...

Page 256: ...r S Se et tt ti in ng g L LA AN N o on n A AP P9 90 02 2 Here we need to set AP902 using only one network segment which is correspondent to the one used by Vigor2830n Also the DHCP Server should be disabled so users will be assigned IP addresses by Vigor2830n 1 Please go to Wireless LAN General Setup and remove the tick on Enable 2 Subnet Please click OK to save setting ...

Page 257: ...address of AP902 can t be the same as it of Vigor2830n 2 Disable the DHCP Server 3 Click OK C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ri in ng g S Se et tt ti in ng gs s f fo or r U Un ni iv ve er rs sa al l R Re ep pe ea at te er r M Mo od de e o on n A AP P9 90 02 2 1 Please go to Wireless LAN Access Point Discovery and click Scan ...

Page 258: ... 3 A window will pop up Please enter the security information of Vigor2830n in it and click OK 4 Confirm the Universal Repeater connection is up We can launch the Command Prompt cmd exe on a wireless client of AP902 to ping Vigor2830 to confirm the Universal Repeater connection has been established successfully ...

Page 259: ...eneral Setup Make SSID and Channel settings the same as configured for Vigor2830n 2 Please go to Wireless LAN Security Settings Make SSID and Channel settings the same as configured for Vigor2830n U Us si in ng g t th he e W Wi ir re el le es ss s S Se er rv vi ic ce e o of f A AP P9 90 02 2 1 Choose the SSID of AP902 2 Enter the SSID key ...

Page 260: ...VigorAP 902 User s Guide 250 3 Confirm the IP address has been acquired 4 Confirm connection by ping 1 Test the connection to Vigor2830n 2 Test the connection to Internet ...

Page 261: ...actory default setting if necessary If all above stages are done and the modem still cannot run normally it is the time for you to contact your dealer for advanced help 5 5 1 1 C Ch he ec ck ki in ng g I If f t th he e H Ha ar rd dw wa ar re e S St ta at tu us s I Is s O OK K o or r N No ot t Follow the steps below to verify the hardware status 1 Check the power line and cable connections Refer to...

Page 262: ...lled failed please do the steps listed below to make sure the network connection settings is OK F Fo or r W Wi in nd do ow ws s The example is based on Windows 7 Professional Edition As to the examples for other operation systems please refer to the similar steps or find support notes in www draytek com 1 Open All Programs Getting Started Control Panel Click Network and Sharing Center 2 In the fol...

Page 263: ...igorAP 902 User s Guide 253 4 Select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IP and then click Properties 5 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically Finally click OK ...

Page 264: ...e 254 F Fo or r M Ma ac c O Os s 1 Double click on the current used Mac Os on the desktop 2 Open the Application folder and get into Network 3 On the Network screen select Using DHCP from the drop down list of Configure IPv4 ...

Page 265: ...rrectly F Fo or r W Wi in nd do ow ws s 1 Open the Command Prompt window from Start menu Run 2 Type command for Windows 95 98 ME or cmd for Windows NT 2000 XP Vista 7 The DOS command dialog will appear 3 Type ping 192 168 1 2 and press Enter If the link is OK the line of Reply from 192 168 1 2 bytes 32 time 1ms TTL 255 will appear 4 If the line does not appear please check the IP address setting o...

Page 266: ...you pressing The password of factory default is null S So of ft tw wa ar re e R Re es se et t You can reset the modem to factory default via Web page Go to System Maintenance and choose Reboot System on the web page The following screen will appear Choose Using factory default configuration and click OK After few seconds the modem will return all the settings to the factory settings H Ha ar rd dw ...

Page 267: ...for the modem again to fit your personal request 5 5 5 5 C Co on nt ta ac ct ti in ng g D Dr ra ay yT Te ek k If the modem still cannot work correctly after trying many efforts please contact your dealer for further help right away For any questions please feel free to send e mail to support draytek com ...

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Page 269: ...hentication Client 183 Authentication Type 182 Auto Adjustment 55 100 129 152 174 Auto Provision 35 AutoSelect 17 87 125 162 170 Ｂ Backup 183 Backup the Configuration 198 Band Steering 61 106 135 Bandwidth Limit 17 Bandwidth Management 55 100 129 152 174 Black List 36 Blocked MAC address filter 92 Browser Time 201 Ｃ CAM 70 Central AP Management 34 Certificate Management 183 Changing Password 15 Ch...

Page 270: ...Size 184 Key Type 184 Ｌ LAN 31 LAN A 3 LAN B 3 LAN port 34 Lease Time 33 LED Indicators and Connectors 3 LED Setup 202 Limit Client 43 85 113 142 161 Limit Client per SSID 43 77 86 113 142 161 Load Balance 36 Ｍ MAC Address 170 MAC Address Filter 49 Mac Clone 68 MAC Clone 44 87 114 Main Screen 14 29 Main SSID 17 Management 201 Management VLAN 32 Mobile Device Management 191 Mode 44 46 67 77 86 89 1...

Page 271: ...eout 48 91 119 146 165 SHARED 70 Shared Secret 48 91 119 146 165 Show Chart 208 Simulate 2 APs 44 86 114 142 161 Site Survey 73 Software Reset 229 Speed Test 204 SSID 86 142 161 SSL HTTPS 195 Start Date 186 Start PBC 40 75 93 121 148 167 Start PIN 75 93 121 148 167 Start Time 186 Station Control 17 58 103 132 155 177 Station List 65 110 139 158 180 Station Statistics 208 Station Infrastructure 30 ...

Page 272: ...atus 83 97 WEP 21 72 WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy 39 White List 36 Wi Fi DOWN 186 Wi Fi Hardware Button 202 Wi Fi UP 186 Wired Connection 5 6 Wireless Connection 7 Wireless LAN 2 4GHz 5GHz 39 Wireless LAN 2 4GHz 30 Wireless LAN 5GHz 31 WLAN 2 4GHz Statistics 206 WLAN 5GHz Statistics 207 WMM Configuration 53 98 127 151 172 WPA Wi Fi Protected Access 39 WPA Algorithms 47 70 90 118 144 164 WPS 50 74 ...

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