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Chapter 4

 

Building a Wireless  

Network

Summary of Contents for EWS370AP

Page 1: ...User Manual Business Solutions Dual Band Wireless AC2600 Managed Access Point EWS370AP EWS371AP EWS870AP EWS871AP version 1 0...

Page 2: ...2 IMPORTANT To install this Access Point please refer to the Quick Installation Guide included in the product packaging...

Page 3: ...ss Point Mode 28 Chapter 5 Status 29 Main Status 30 Connection 33 Chapter 6 Network 34 Basic IPv4 IPv6 Settings 35 Spanning Tree Protocol Setting 35 Chapter 7 2 4 GHz 5 GHz Wireless 37 Wireless Settin...

Page 4: ...4 Chapter 1 Product Overview...

Page 5: ...y 48V 802 3at Input design with Gigabits port supports Supply 802 3af power source over the 2nd LAN port EWS870AP EWS871AP Only Superior redundant Ethernet interface to assure the non interruption pow...

Page 6: ...nes or transferring files To protect sensitive data during wireless transmissions the device offers different encryption settings for wireless transmissions including industry standard WPA and WPA2 en...

Page 7: ...5 dBi 5 GHz Omni directional Antennas EWS371AP all items must be in package to issue a refund EWS870AP EWS871AP should contain the following items Access Point Power Adapter 48V 1 25A PoE injector Gro...

Page 8: ...02 11ac a n on 5 GHz IEEE802 11b g n on 2 4 GHz Antenna Integrated Omni directional antennas EWS370AP 3dBi for 2 4GHz 3dBi for 5GHz EWS870AP 3dBi for 2 4GHz 3dBi for 5GHz External Omni directional ant...

Page 9: ...gue AP Detection Support on Manged mode L2 Isolation Client Isolation Https SSH tunnel Security WEP Encryption 64 128 152 bit WPA WPA2 Personal WPA PSK using TKIP or AES WPA WPA2 Enterprise WPA PSK us...

Page 10: ...dBi 2 4GHz and 5GHz antennason EWS371AP only 2 Reset Button Push this button to reset or reboot this device 3 LAN Port 1 Proprietary 48V 54V 802 3at Ethernet port for RJ 45 cable 4 LAN Port 2 Ethernet...

Page 11: ...install included 3dBi 2 4GHz and 5GHz antennason EWS871AP only 2 Console Reset Button Push this button to reset or reboot this device 3 LAN Port 1 Proprietary 48V 54V 802 3at Ethernet port for RJ 45...

Page 12: ...12 Chapter 2 Before You Begin...

Page 13: ...system 1a Click the Start button and open the Control Panel 1b Move your mouse to the lower right hot corner to display the Charms Bar and select the Control Panel in Windows 8 OS 1c In Windows 10 cl...

Page 14: ...e Network and Internet section then select Change adapter settings 3 RightclickonLocalAreaConnectionandselectProperties 4 Select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and then select Properties 5 Selec...

Page 15: ...15 Note Ensure that the IP address and Subnet mask are on the same subnet as the device For example ENH220EXT IP address 192 168 1 1 PCIPaddress 192 168 1 2 192 168 1 255 PC Subnet mask 255 255 255 0...

Page 16: ...ction 3 Highlight Ethernet 4 In Configure IPv4 select Manually 5 Enter an IP address that is different from the Access Point and Subnet mask then press OK Note Ensure that the IP address and Subnet ma...

Page 17: ...ess Point and plug the other end into an electrical outlet 3 Screwontheprovidedantennastothetopofthisdevice EWS371AP only This diagram depicts the hardware configuration Note The Access Point supports...

Page 18: ...nto the LAN port of the PoE injector and the other end to the Ethernet port on the computer 4 Place the pane removed from step A back into the device 6 Screwontheprovidedantennastothetopofthisdevice E...

Page 19: ...attached to a wall or a ceiling 1 Managed Indoor Access Point 2 Power Adapter 3 RJ 45 Ethernet Cable 4 Ceiling Mount Base 9 16 T Rail 5 Ceiling Mount Base 15 16 T Rail 6 Mounting Screw Kit 7 2 4GHz De...

Page 20: ...ide the ceiling mount base into the slot of the Access Point 2 Hold the Access Point with one hand to reach the other hand overthe T Rail sides of the bracket Then hook the stationary end of the ceili...

Page 21: ...on on the surface for the two mounting holes Use the appropriate drill bit to drill two 8 1mm diagram and 26mm depth holes in the markings and hammer the bolts into the openings 2 Screw the anchors in...

Page 22: ...d hardware the AP can be attached to a wall or a pole 1 Managed Outdoor Access Point 2 PoE Injector 3 PoE Injector 4 Ground cable 5 Wall Mounting Kit 6 Pole Mounting Kit 7 Quick Installation Guide 8 M...

Page 23: ...8mm hole in the markings and hammer the bolts into the openings 3 Place the lock and flat washer on the four hex cap screws and drive these screws to attach bracket of this Access Point 4 Attach this...

Page 24: ...ound head screws to attached the pole mount bracket to the wall mount bracket 2 Thread the open end of the pole straps through these two tabs on the pole mount bracket 3 Lock and tighten pole strap to...

Page 25: ...25 Chapter 3 Configuring Your Access Point...

Page 26: ...net Explorer Firefox Safari Chrome and enter the IP Address http 192 168 1 1 Note If you have changed the default LAN IP Address of theAccessPoint ensureyouenterthecorrectIPAddress 2 The default usern...

Page 27: ...27 Chapter 4 Building a Wireless Network...

Page 28: ...2 11ac a b g nnetworks The stations and clients must be configured to use the same SSID Service Set Identifier and security password to associate with the AP The AP supports up to eight SSIDs per band...

Page 29: ...29 Chapter 5 Status...

Page 30: ...us link under the Overview menu shows the status information about the current operating mode The Device Information section shows general system information such as Device Name MAC Address Current Ti...

Page 31: ...ocol STP The Wireless LAN Information 2 4 GHz 5 GHz section shows wireless information such as Operation Mode Frequency andChannel SincethisAccessPointsupports multiple SSIDs information about each SS...

Page 32: ...GHz 5 GHz WDS Link List Click the connection link under the Overview menu This page displays the current status of the WDS link including WDS Link ID MAC Address Link Status and RSSI Note Only applica...

Page 33: ...nd peak time Realtime Connection Pkts Overview on current active network connections It displays UDP and TCP packets information and other connection status UDP connections curve is in blue TCP connec...

Page 34: ...34 Chapter 6 Network...

Page 35: ...Primary Secondary DNS The primary secondary DNS address for this device Save Click Save to confirm the changes Spanning Tree Protocol STP Settings This page allows you to modify the Spanning Tree sett...

Page 36: ...ay time is the time spent in each of the Listening and Learning states before the Forwarding state is entered This delay is provided so that when a new bridge comes onto a busy network it analyzes dat...

Page 37: ...37 Chapter 7 2 4 GHz 5 GHz Wireless...

Page 38: ...client devices to network to the 2 4GHz band only if the client devices are not currently associated on 2 4GHz radio in this AP Prefer 5GHz When band steering is configured to Prefer 5GHz mode the AP...

Page 39: ...nel bandwidth is 20 MHz on 2 4GHz frequency radio and 40 MHz on 5GHz frequency radio Considering the different applications users can decide to implement a channel bandwidthtofulfillrealapplications T...

Page 40: ...CTS packets to be sent more often and consumes more bandwidth ClientLimits Limitsthetotalnumberofclientsonthisradio Once setting the ceiling of client numbers the maximum assocaited client devices wil...

Page 41: ...ed SSID Check this option to hide the SSID from clients If checked the SSID will not appear in the site survey Station Separation Click the appropriate radio button to allow or prevent communication b...

Page 42: ...ommended Hexadecimal Numbers For advanced users Key Length Select the desired option and ensure that wireless clients use the same setting Your choices are 64 128 and 152 bit password lengths Default...

Page 43: ...he Key must be from 8 to 63 characters in length If using HEX format the Key must be 64 HEX characters in length Group Key Update Interval Specifies how often in seconds the Group Key changes The defa...

Page 44: ...Accounting Port Enter the port number used for connections to the Radius accounting server Radius Accounting Secret Enter the secret required to connect to the Radius accounting server Interim Accoun...

Page 45: ...isable Wireless MAC Filter Note Only applicable in Access Point and WDS AP modes ACL Mode Determines whether network access is granted or denied to clients whose MAC addresses appear in the MAC addres...

Page 46: ...on this SSID Save Click Save to confirm the changes Fast Roaming Enable the function to serve mobile client devices that roam from Access Point to Access Point Some applications running on Client devi...

Page 47: ...The first IP Address in the range of the addresses by the DHCP server Ending IP Address The last IP Address in the range of addresses assigned by the DHCP server RSSI Threshold AP mode Only RSSI Thre...

Page 48: ...48 Chapter 8 Management...

Page 49: ...ated next to one another on the LAN Note Only applicable in Access Point Management VLAN If your network includes VLANs you can enable Management VLAN ID for packets passing through the Access Point w...

Page 50: ...pecifies the contact details of the device Location Specifies the location of the device Community Name Read Only Specifies the password for the SNMP community for read only access Community Name Read...

Page 51: ...es HTTPS Enable HTTPS to transfer and display web content securely The Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL Secure Socket Layer is a TCP IP protocol used by web servers to transfer and display web con...

Page 52: ...username for the email account that will be used to send emails Password Enter the password for the email account that will be used to send emails SMTP Server Enter the IP address or hostname of the...

Page 53: ...lly Get Date and Time and check whether you wish to enter the IP address of an NTP server or use the default NTP server to have the internal clock set automatically Time Zone Choose a time zone to imp...

Page 54: ...can specify how often you wish to reboot the AP Auto Reboot Setting Enables or disables the Auto Reboot function Timer Select the day and enter the time you would like to reboot automatically Save Cli...

Page 55: ...Fi scheduler function Wireless Radio Select 2 4 GHz or 5 GHz from the drop down list for the preferred band type SSID Selection Select a SSID from the drop down list Schedule Templates Select a schedu...

Page 56: ...address you would like to search Ping Packet Size Enter the packet size of each ping Number of Pings Enter the number of times you wish to ping Start Ping Click Start Ping to begin pinging the target...

Page 57: ...you would like the test to implement for and in how many intervals IPv4 IPv6 Port This Access Points uses IPv4 5001 and IPv6 5002 port for the speed test Start Click start to implement speed test LED...

Page 58: ...58 Device Discovery This page allows you to discover devices from network for Operation Mode IP Address System MAC Address and Firmware version...

Page 59: ...box Verify Password Re enter the new password in the Confirm Password entry box for confirmation Apply Click Apply to apply the changes Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the firmware o...

Page 60: ...u have set the AP incorrectly you can use the Reset button in the Revert to Factory Default Settings section to restore all the configurations of the AP to the original default settings Backup Setting...

Page 61: ...ser settings you would like to the device s memory for the default settings Restore to User Default Click Restore to restore user settings to the factory standard settings Note1 After setting the curr...

Page 62: ...are deleted from the log When powered down or rebooted the log will be cleared Status Enable Disable this function Log type You may choose one of log types to display logs in the following window The...

Page 63: ...k on Reset to reboot the AP Once you click reset button you will see the options for reboot or restore this AP Reboot the device Click it to reboot this device Restore to Factory Default Click it to r...

Page 64: ...64 Appendix...

Page 65: ...one of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from th...

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