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Access Point

Ver1.1

User’s Manual

30/08/2001

7

2 UTILITY/DRIVER

INSTALLATION

You can operate Access Point by default configuration directly. If you want to configure it by yourself, you will need

to install either APUtility and relative USB driver for local configuration, or SNMP (Simple Network Management

Protocol) manager for remote configuration.

This manual will demonstrate the installation in Windows 98 system.

2.1 APUtility

Below lists the minimum requirements to install APUtility:

1. PC with Utility/Driver CD-ROM Disk (included by this product kit), USB port and cable.

2. Win98//2000/ME operating system.

3. Minimum 5 Mbytes free disk space for installing driver and utility program

The Driver will not be enabled on Win95/NT

2.1.1 Driver

installation

1. Boot up your PC and power Access Point

2. Insert Utility/Driver CD-ROM Disk into drive.

3. Connect USB cable between PC and Access Point

4. Windows will display a "New Hardware Found" message indicating that Windows has recognized a new USB

device that has not been used before. Click Next>.

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Summary of Contents for WE711-AP

Page 1: ...Access Point Ver1 1 User s Manual 30 08 2001 1 Wireless LAN Access Point Access Point User s Manual Ver1 1 ...

Page 2: ...en tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules and Canada RSS 210 These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the ...

Page 3: ...t to understand the symbol and formatting conventions used in the documentation The following symbols are used in the guide Note Indicates a note which contains important information Caution Indicates procedures which if not observed could result in loss of data or damage to the equipment ...

Page 4: ...ation 7 2 1 2 APUtility installation 9 2 2 SNMP MANAGER 11 2 2 1 For Win98 2000 ME NT4 0 11 2 2 2 For Win95 13 3 CONFIGURATION 14 3 1 LOCAL CONFIGURATION BY APUTILITY 14 3 2 REMOTE CONFIGURATION BY SNMP MANAGER 18 4 OPERATING THE ACCESS POINT 28 4 1 APPLICATION 28 4 1 1 Ad hoc configuration 28 4 1 2 Infrastructure configuration 28 4 2 OPERATING 29 4 3 CHANNELS AVAILABLE 31 5 TROUBLESHOOTING 32 6 S...

Page 5: ...02 11b compliant equipment Interoperable with IEEE 802 3 compliant equipment Supports full mobility and seamless roaming from cell to cell Working range up to 300M under open environment Supports point to point and point to multipoint access Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS technology provides robust interference resistant and secure wireless connection Wireless connection without the hassles ...

Page 6: ...Auditors require workgroups at customer sites 1 3 System Requirements Below lists minimum requirement to use Access Point access point 1 LAN with a 10 100 Base T UTP Ethernet cable drop RJ 45 connector 2 An A C power outlet 100 240V 50 60Hz 3 At least one IEEE 802 11 or IEEE 802 11b standard Wireless LAN NIC Network Interface Card 1 4 Product Kit Access Point includes the following items If any li...

Page 7: ... APUtility Below lists the minimum requirements to install APUtility 1 PC with Utility Driver CD ROM Disk included by this product kit USB port and cable 2 Win98 2000 ME operating system 3 Minimum 5 Mbytes free disk space for installing driver and utility program The Driver will not be enabled on Win95 NT 2 1 1 Driver installation 1 Boot up your PC and power Access Point 2 Insert Utility Driver CD...

Page 8: ...search for the best driver and click Next 6 Make the appropriate selection depending on where the drivers are located e g D Driver and click Next 7 Windows will confirm the driver location you selected You only need to press next or back to change the location click Next ...

Page 9: ...confirm the completion of the procedure Click Finish to exit After the installation of the driver is complete unplug the cable and then plug it again 2 1 2 APUtility installation 1 Double click D Utility APUtility SETUP EXE 2 Click Next 3 Click Yes if you agree with the statements ...

Page 10: ...Access Point Ver1 1 User s Manual 30 08 2001 10 4 Browse the folder you want to install and then click Next 5 Select the installation type then click Next 6 Specify program folder name then click Next ...

Page 11: ...Point Ver1 1 User s Manual 30 08 2001 11 7 Click Finish to exit 2 2 SNMP Manager 2 2 1 For Win98 2000 ME NT4 0 1 Double click D Utility SNMP SETUP EXE 2 Click Next 3 Click Yes if you agree with the statements ...

Page 12: ...Access Point Ver1 1 User s Manual 30 08 2001 12 4 Browse the folder you want to install and then click Next 5 Select the installation type then click Next 6 Specify program folder name then click Next ...

Page 13: ...K MICROSOFT WEBSITE TO DOWNLOAD DCOM95 1 3 HTTP WWW MICROSOFT COM COM DCOM DCOM95 DOWNLOAD ASP 2 SECOND INSTALL WINDOWS SOCKET 2 UPDATE W95WS2SETUP EXE FOR WIN95 THE FILE CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE MICROSOFT WEBSITE HTTP WWW MICROSOFT COM WINDOWS DOWNLOADS BIN W95WS2SETUP EXE 3 Finally please refer to section 2 2 1 For Win98 2000 ME NT4 0 this is the same steps to install SNMP Manager ...

Page 14: ...u want to change or view the parameters of Access Point you have to plug the USB cable from PC where APUtility driver and utility had been installed to the Access Point USB port 1 Run the APUtility from Start Program AP UTILITIES APUtility 2 Click the Configuration button 3 A Bridge Configuration window will appear as shown below In the window that it will appear you have four options ...

Page 15: ... Algorithm 64 or 128 bits WEP key The WEP key if the WEP option is enabled in order to activate WE Pencryption for transmissions between the stations and the Access Point Wireless Fragmentation Threshold This is the option for the Fragmentation Threshold activation Wireless RTS Threshold This is the option for the RTS Threshold activation WEP Keys 1 4 The default key that will be used May be edite...

Page 16: ...y IP Filtering Enable Disable the possibility to allow only IP protocol packets to pass through the WLAN and any other protocol packets filtered out DHCP client Enable Disable automatic IP adress assigment by the DHCP server Primary Port Determines the Access Point s MAC and IP Address Primary Port The interface which determines the DHCP server EthernetPort Wireless Port Authorization Algorithm En...

Page 17: ...Access Point Ver1 1 User s Manual 30 08 2001 17 6 Default Settings Load the default values of the Access Point by selecting this option ...

Page 18: ...the Manufacturer Settings by selecting this option This option is used only for manufacturing purposes 3 2 Remote configuration by SNMP manager You can configure Access Point via Ethernet by PC with SNMP Manager installed 1 Run the SNMP Manager from Start Program AP UTILITIES SNMP Manager ...

Page 19: ...ppears and at the Community field type public and then press OK 3 If you don t know the IP address of the Access Point you can use the Find Access Point option which is also under the File menu in order to see the Access Points available for connection Select one of the available Access Points and press Connect 4 In case of a successful connection to the Access Point the following window appears ...

Page 20: ... Point As soon as the connection has been established you are now able to start viewing or setting the Access Point parameters Under the File menu the file menu contains the following enabled submenus Close Connection AP Terminates the connection with the Access Point Download Changes When all the desired values of the parameters have been set you are able to download the changes save the changes ...

Page 21: ...ss that was dynamically assigned to the AP by the network DHCP server and the IP Mask field displays the IP Mask utilized by the network DHCP server Additional you have to select the Primary Port which is the interface that determines the DHCP server If changes are made you need to Download Changes under the File menu in order to save them Filtering If the IP Routing is enabled only the IP protoco...

Page 22: ...Access Point Ver1 1 User s Manual 30 08 2001 22 Authorized Mac Address ...

Page 23: ...u select it in the Default key option Enable the WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy option in order to activate WEP encryption for transmissions between the stations and the Access Point WEP is an authentication algorithm which protects authorized Wireless LAN users against eavesdropping Operational Settings You can either view or modify the following Values ESSID Select the ESSID to be used Channel Sel...

Page 24: ...Point device may communicate with each other via the Access Point Acess Point Client This mode allows the connection of one or more remote LANs with a central LAN creating thus an extended single virtual LAN In this way any station of the Remote LAN can successfully communicate with any station of the central LAN as if all of them belonged to the same physical LAN Wireless Stations can t associate...

Page 25: ...uthorized MAC Addresses 8 Under the Setup menu you can either enable or disable SNMP traps which are messages displayed in the left bottom corner indicating that an action related to the AP Bridge took place such as Trap Reassociation This trap message is sent when a Station s reassociation request is received from the AP Bridge Trap Association Indicates the reception of an association request pa...

Page 26: ...ess Point Info menu Wireless statistics This submenu reports the statistics concerning the unit s Wireless activity Ethernet statistics This submenu reports the statistics concerning the unit s Ethernet port activity The meaning of the fields Traps menu Provides information for trap messages View Record You can see additional information for every Trap Message Network menu Provides information abo...

Page 27: ...Access Point Ver1 1 User s Manual 30 08 2001 27 Help menu Provides on line help about the application ...

Page 28: ...ated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration A group of TWL C11 PC users and an Access Point construct a Basic Service Set BSS Each TWL C11 PC in this BSS can talk to any computer in the wired LAN infrastructure via the Access Point Infrastructure configuration not only extends the accessibility of a TWL C11 PC to the wired LAN but also doubled the effective wireless trans...

Page 29: ... C11 Hub 4 1 2 1 Roaming An Infrastructure configuration also supports roaming capability for mobile workers More than one BSS can be configured as an Extended Service Set ESS On account of a continuous connection to the network users within this ESS could roam freely All TWL C11 PCs and Access Point within one ESS must be configured with the same ESS ID and at the same radio channel Before settin...

Page 30: ...less LAN Card into the PC slot until it seats snugly Arrows on the front of the PC Card indicate the insertion direction Make sure the mode of wireless LAN Card shall be set to infrastructure And the SSID shall be the same as Access Point 4 Now you will be able to operate your notebook just like you are connected with your local area network without wiring ...

Page 31: ...hannels in some country for your reference Frequency MHz FCC US IC Canada ETSI Europe Spain France MKK Japan 2412 1 1 1 1 2417 2 2 2 2 2422 3 3 3 3 2427 4 4 4 4 2432 5 5 5 5 2437 6 6 6 6 2442 7 7 7 7 2447 8 8 8 8 2452 9 9 9 9 2457 10 10 10 10 10 10 2462 11 11 11 11 11 11 2467 12 12 12 2472 13 13 13 2484 14 ...

Page 32: ...his is the antenna diversity it can increase the receive sensitivity of Access Point Q5 What external antenna connector type e g SMA or reverse polarity SMA It is SX connector SX to SMA adapter is available Q6 It is possible to connect two directional antennas to both Ap s How is it might work You can attach certified antenna with the same connector SX type with AP Q7 What about operating range 45...

Page 33: ...s access pionts One of our two units will not hold the IP address It reverts back to the factory address starting with 10 After you change IP please make sure you download this change Save the configuration by selecting Download Changes under the File menu The IP address of the access point has now been set permanently Q14 The second AP unit however refused to hold the IP address assigned even aft...

Page 34: ...a ping reply then the IP address has been temporarily set In order to set it permanently you need to proceed to Step B without powering off the Access Point Step B 1 Open the SNMP Manager application 2 Connect to the access point by selecting the Connect AP Bridge option under the File menu Type the IP address of the access point which has been temporarily set in Step A in the panel which appears ...

Page 35: ...use AP to built radio backbone network End user s will be grouped in few cable LAN s This LAN s we plan radio backbone connect using your AP s What do you think about this How is it work It is wireless bridge configuration of our AP it work as following figure ...

Page 36: ...apping RJ 45 Host interface USB local configuration Transmit power 15 dBm Typ Receive sensitivity 83 dBm Typ for 11Mbps 88 dBm Typ for 5 5 2 1 Mbps BER 10E 5 Power 500mA 5Vdc Software OS Supported Win95 98 2000 ME NT Local USB Remote SNMP Management interface Auto DHCP Client Mechanical Antenna Two SX connectors for external antennas Indicator Power CCA activity and duplex 0 55 C operation 10 85 C...

Page 37: ...als Ethernet operates on 10 Mbps baseband transmission over shielded coaxial cable or over shielded twisted pair telephone wire Infrastructure The infrastructure includes the distribution system medium DSM access point AP and portal entities It is also the logical location of distribution and integration service functions of an extended service set ESS An infrastructure contains one or more APs an...

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