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GN-AP01G

AirCruiser G Access Point

User’s Manual

www.gigabyte.com.tw

June. 2005

Revision 1.0

Summary of Contents for AirCruiser G

Page 1: ...GN AP01G AirCruiser G Access Point User s Manual www gigabyte com tw June 2005 Revision 1 0...

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Page 3: ...between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician fo...

Page 4: ...wser 6 Using Web based Configuration 6 Configuring the Adapter for Access Point Mode Access 7 Chapter 4 Access Point Manager 23 Installing the Access Point Manager 23 Using the Access Point Manager 28...

Page 5: ...e network resources retrieve emails download large files conduct a video conference and distribute or display digital photos videos or MP3 files Furthermore the Access Point supports up to 128 bit WEP...

Page 6: ...ion CD containing User s Guide Quick Installation Guide Ethernet Cable If there are any missing or damaged parts please contact your local distributor or dealer immediately If a replacement unit is ne...

Page 7: ...Label Activity Description Power On Green Off Power is supplied to the Access Point Power is NOT supplied to the Access Point WLAN On Green Blink Wireless link is connected Data is being transmitted...

Page 8: ...PC Notebook or Macintosh Computer with installed 802 11b g wireless LAN adapter An Ethernet router or hub Ethernet patch cable Planning Your Network Environment You can build your network environment...

Page 9: ...riately Signal strength is greatly dependent on your well placed Access Point Generally a centralized area with 360 clear line of sight is the best location with the antenna in a high position to allo...

Page 10: ...ed to administer the GN AP01G AirCruiser G Access Point Using Web based Configuration Open the web browser of your choice and enter the local IP address of the GN AP01G AirCruiser G Access Point into...

Page 11: ...AirCruiser G Access Point 7 Configuring the Adapter for Access Point Mode Access Status You can use this status screen to view the Access Point s system information current connection status and confi...

Page 12: ...ters in length and is case sensitive i e upper case letters A Z and lower case a z are unique Channel Number Please choose the channel for best performance Normally no change is needed Transmit Rate S...

Page 13: ...GN AP01G AirCruiser G Access Point 9 Enable or disable the RF Radio function Associated Clients Click Show Active Clients button to obtain the connecting users information...

Page 14: ...hared Key 802 1x WPA and WPA Pre Shared Key Open system Allows any device to connect to the network assuming the device s SSID matches the access point s SSID Shared Key Only those computers that have...

Page 15: ...is called the authenticator One of the key points of 802 1x is that the authenticator can be simple and dumb all of the brains have to be in the supplicant and the authentication server This makes 802...

Page 16: ...tion in standard Wi Fi but a must for WPA RADIUD Server IP Assign an IP address for the RADIUS Server RADIUS Port Enter a value within the range 1 65536 for port RADIUS Secret Enter a password up to 3...

Page 17: ...it until they too are re keyed But with WPA the re keying of global encryption keys is all that is necessary In the case of unicast traffic the encryption key is changed after every frame using Tempo...

Page 18: ...points to compose a wide Wireless LAN network Please note all APs must be set to use the same channel and the SSID of all participating APs must also be the same WDS technologies between AP manufactur...

Page 19: ...r G Access Point 15 Wireless Access Control You may specify users based on their MAC addresses that are authorized to connect to the AP Only computers listed in the table can connect to AP when this f...

Page 20: ...DHCP server and assign a dynamic IP address automatically on the network select Server Enabled IP Address Assign an IP address to the AP with this option The default IP address is 192 168 1 1 Please m...

Page 21: ...ngs Password Setup Here you can set up administrator s user name and password to restrict administrative access to the AP Key in a password and confirm then press Apply Changes Note if you leave the p...

Page 22: ...AirCruiser G Access Point 18 System Settings Save Reload Settings You may save the current configuration as a file for restoring configuration in the future You may press Reset to restore to factory...

Page 23: ...GN AP01G AirCruiser G Access Point 19 Statistics Statistics shows you the packet flow status on the wireless LAN and Ethernet...

Page 24: ...GN AP01G AirCruiser G Access Point 20 Upgrade Firmware Upgrade the firmware with the latest firmware version available for download from the GIGABYTE website...

Page 25: ...GN AP01G AirCruiser G Access Point 21 About View firmware information Logout Logout from the configuration webpage when you finish...

Page 26: ...GN AP01G AirCruiser G Access Point 22 Reboot Reboot the GN AP01G The system may take up to 30 seconds to save your settings please allow the system to reboot itself...

Page 27: ...of wired link is better than wireless link for each Access Point running AP Manager Use the wired link to manage the Access Point is recommended Installing the Access Point Manager Please do the follo...

Page 28: ...GN AP01G AirCruiser G Access Point 24 Step3 Click Next Step4 Type the Customer Information then click Next...

Page 29: ...GN AP01G AirCruiser G Access Point 25 Step5 Click Next to accept the default directory or press Browse for another directory Step6 Click Next...

Page 30: ...GN AP01G AirCruiser G Access Point 26 Step7 Click Next Step8 Please wait a while...

Page 31: ...GN AP01G AirCruiser G Access Point 27 Step9 Click Finish to complete setup...

Page 32: ...P Manager through Start Programs Gigabyte AP Manager Utility Gigabyte AP Manager Enter the default password admin and click OK It will automatically search for Access Points on the same subnet when yo...

Page 33: ...E AP Name AP01G MAC Address 000c43256000 Menu bar Tools Including the following functions Search for AP by ESSID AP Name MAC Address and IP Address Connect to AP by IP Save and Load the AP configurati...

Page 34: ...P Manager password and set the SNMP community string About An online help link and the version of the AP Manager Exit Exit the AP Manager Note When you search for AP by AP Name Tools Search By AP Name...

Page 35: ...p file Load AP Configuration Load the setting of the temp file that you saved before to the current AP Page Copy Copy the setting of the current page Page Paste Paste the setting you have copied to th...

Page 36: ...AP After you change the community string of the AP you need to do the following two actions 1 Change the Community string between Access Point and AP Manager Password Set Community String on the Menu...

Page 37: ...SNMP manager system AP Manager and the agent systems all Access Points This string acts like a password to control the AP Manager to access the AP The default value of the community string is public...

Page 38: ...dress You can check this selection to assign IP address by yourself The default IP address is 192 168 1 1 and the subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 Please make sure the assigned IP address is unique in you...

Page 39: ...rmally no change is needed The default value is channel 6 Preamble Type The preamble field shall be provided so that the receiver can perform the necessary operations for synchronization Transmit Rate...

Page 40: ...at its default setting of 2432 ESSID ESSID or SSID as it is usually referred to is the network name of the Access Point in the wireless network You should set the same SSID name for all your wireless...

Page 41: ...as described in the IEEE 802 1x standard When the Disable is selected there is no WEP encryption When either 64bits or 128bits is selected there is encrypted data transfer to prevent unauthorized user...

Page 42: ...ave the correct authentication key can join the network Key Length choice Disable No encryption will be applied 64 bit enter 5 hexadecimal digits 128 bit enter 13 hexadecimal digits Verify the desired...

Page 43: ...is called the authenticator One of the key points of 802 1x is that the authenticator can be simple and dumb all of the brains have to be in the supplicant and the authentication server This makes 802...

Page 44: ...tion in standard Wi Fi but a must for WPA RADIUD Server IP Assign an IP address for the RADIUS Server RADIUS Port Enter a value within the range 1 65536 for port RADIUS Secret Enter a password up to 3...

Page 45: ...ss it until they too are re keyed But with WPA the re keying of global encryption keys is all that is necessary In the case of unicast traffic the encryption key is changed after every frame using Tem...

Page 46: ...hose MAC address in the table are allowed to connect to this AP Enable MAC Filter Choose the Enable MAC Filter and click the Add button to add more MAC addresses or click Remove button to delete the M...

Page 47: ...e Page The Access Point supports three operation modes Access Point Point to Point Point to MultiPoint The default operation mode is Access Point Access Point Mode In this operation mode the Access Po...

Page 48: ...G AirCruiser G Access Point 44 Point to MultiPoint Mode In this WDS supported mode the Access Point can communication with other GIGABYTE Access point which is also set to Point to Point and MultiPoin...

Page 49: ...GN AP01G AirCruiser G Access Point 45 WDS List After selecting the Point to MultiPoint Mode you have to add the MAC address of Access Point on the WDS List...

Page 50: ...log Please enter a new admin password and confirm admin password then press OK You have to enter this new password to log in when you want to use the AP Manager next time Set Community String The comm...

Page 51: ...site Run TFTP Program Step1 You can find the Upgrade Tool through Start Programs Gigabyte AP Manager Utility Gigabyte AP Upgrade Step2 The Gigabyte Firmware Upgrade Tool screen will appear Please ente...

Page 52: ...se the firmware then press Upgrade button to start the firmware upgrade process Note During the firmware upgrade please DO NOT turn off the PC or AP and DO NOT unplug the Ethernet cable Step4 After th...

Page 53: ...uiser G Access Point 49 Uninstall AP Manager Utility You can find the Uninstall program through Start Programs Gigabyte AP Manager Utility Step1 The InstallShield Wizard will appear then please wait S...

Page 54: ...installed successfully If you just want to modify some program components or reinstall all program components you can run the installation program directly And then the InstallShield Wizard will appea...

Page 55: ...ess Point Check this by typing ipconfig all from a DOS command prompt 3 Make sure you are carefully typing the correct IP address of the router in the address bar of your web browser The IP address of...

Page 56: ...term used to describe a device to device network See device to device network peer to peer network ADSL Asymmetric digital subscriber line ADSL is a new modem technology that converts existing twiste...

Page 57: ...o a user s AP in a TCP IP network typically by a DHCP server EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol A protocol that provides an authentication framework for both wireless and wired Ethernet enterprise...

Page 58: ...verifies that the individual has an account and if so ensures that the person uses the correct password before she or he can get on the network RADIUS can be set up to provide different access levels...

Page 59: ...ed Access TKIP uses a key hierarchy and key management methodology that removes the predictability that intruders relied upon to exploit the WEP key It increases the size of the key from 40 to 128 bit...

Page 60: ...m Indoor 30 100m RF 802 11g backwards compatible to 802 11b Frequency Band 2412 2484 MHz subject to local regulation Modulation Technology OFDM and DSSS Modulation Techniques 64QAM 16QAM QPSK BPSK DBP...

Page 61: ...IP network environment By default Windows 98 Me 2000 and XP already have TCP IP installed If you have not installed the TCP IP communication Protocol please install it now and then select your operat...

Page 62: ...tep 3 Double click the LAN CONNECTION and click the Properties button Step 4 The Local Area Connection Properties dialog box will appear Verify that the Internet Protocol TCP IP item is checked Then d...

Page 63: ...IP address used by the AP and the same Subnet Mask to the computer For example IP address is 192 168 1 2 and Subnet Mask is 255 255 255 0 click the OK button to return to Local Area Connection Propert...

Page 64: ...ruiser G Access Point 60 TCP IP Settings under Windows XP Step 1 Click the Start in the desktop of the Windows to select Settings and then select the Control Panel Step 2 Double click the Network Conn...

Page 65: ...Double click the LAN CONNECTION and click the Properties button Step 4 The Local Area Connection Properties dialog box will appear Verify that the Internet Protocol TCP IP item is checked And then do...

Page 66: ...IP address used by the AP and the same Subnet Mask to the computer For example IP address is192 168 1 2 and Subnet Mask is 255 255 255 0 click the OK button to return to Local Area Connection Propert...

Page 67: ...er manual Hardware is damaged due to inappropriate assembling Products are damaged due to the use of illegal accessory Products are damaged due to parts disassembling without authorization Products ar...

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