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WA603DE & WA653DE
Fat AP Configuration Guide

3 Service Configuration

Issue 02 (2012-04-19)

Huawei Proprietary and Confidential

Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd

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Figure 3-6

Viewing the IP settings

You can click

Release DHCP

to release the current IP address and click

Renew DHCP

to

obtain another IP address from the DHCP server only when the connection mode is DHCP.

3.3 Configuring the WLAN

Choose

Configuration

>

Radio 2.4G

(or

Radio 5G

) from the left navigation tree, click a

Wireless

#

tab, and configure the parameters, as shown in

Figure 3-7

.

The symbol # represents 1 to 8 for a single-frequency AP and 1 to 16 for a dual-frequency AP.

Figure 3-7

Configuring wireless parameters

3.3.1 (Optional) Configuring the Threshold Parameters

If you change a threshold parameter to an improper value, connecting to the wireless network
may fail. Therefore, do not change the default threshold settings unless you are an
experienced administrator.

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Summary of Contents for WA603DE

Page 1: ...WA603DE WA653DE V100R003C03 Fat AP Configuration Guide Issue 02 Date 2012 04 19 Huawei Technologies Co Ltd ...

Page 2: ... should be restricted by the Huawei commercial contract and the clauses in the contract All or a part of products services or features described in this document may not be purchased or used Unless otherwise stated this document serves only as a guide All contents in this document do not constitute a warranty of any kind expressed or implied The information in this document is subject to change wi...

Page 3: ... is organized into five chapters system overview basic configuration service configuration upgrade and maintenance and troubleshooting This document is intended for z Technical support engineers z Maintenance engineers Change History Updates between document issues are cumulative Therefore the latest document version contains all updates made in previous versions Issue 02 2012 04 19 This issue is ...

Page 4: ...iguring Device and User Specific Parameters 8 3 1 1 Configuring Device Specific Parameters 8 3 1 2 Optional Changing the User Name and Password 9 3 1 3 Operation Result 10 3 2 Configuring the IP address 10 3 3 Configuring the WLAN 12 3 3 1 Optional Configuring the Threshold Parameters 12 3 3 2 Configuring the Data Transmission Rate 14 3 3 3 Configuring Access Control Parameters 15 3 3 4 Configurin...

Page 5: ...ontents Issue 02 2012 04 19 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd iv 4 4 3 Downloading Logs to the Local Computer 28 4 5 Configuring the Access Modes 29 4 6 Verifying Network Connections 29 5 Troubleshooting 32 ...

Page 6: ...d 5 GHz As the configuration procedure is the same for WA603DE and WA653DE this document uses WA653DE as an example The configuration for WA603DE is slightly different from the configuration for WA653DE Unless otherwise specified WA603DE and WA653DE have the same parameter settings in this document 1 2 Fit Fat Switchover The WA603DE WA653DE works inAuto mode by default After theAPstarts it enters ...

Page 7: ...o Ltd 2 1 3 Typical Networking When functioning as a Fat AP WA653DE provides 802 11 functions That is such an AP can work as an independent network entity to complete user access and authentication data forwarding AP management security protocols routing and QoS functions Figure 1 1 shows the network topology Figure 1 1 Network topology for WA653DE ...

Page 8: ...not wireless network connections are configured 3 When the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box is displayed select TCP IP and click Properties The TCP IP Properties dialog box is displayed Record the current network configuration so that you can restore the network configuration when necessary 4 Select the Use the following IP addresses option and set the following parameters z IP address ...

Page 9: ...ox of a browser 2 Enter the user name and password and click Login to access the web page The default user name is user and password is sp admin Figure 2 1 Login page To ensure access security change your user name and password by referring to 3 1 1 Configuring Device Specific Parameters End 2 3 Configuring Wireless Parameters 2 3 1 Configuring Common Wireless Parameters 1 Choose Configuration Rad...

Page 10: ...el Channel Width Channel bandwidth Select 20 MHz or 40 MHz Country Code Name of the country where the AP is used AeroScout RFID tag detection Whether to detect the AeroScout RFID tag To detect the tag select Enabled By default Disabled is selected 3 Optional Click Edit Common Settings in the Advanced Settings area and configure the parameters as shown in Figure 2 3 according to Table 2 2 Figure 2 ...

Page 11: ...when the AP sends data out z RTS CTS If this option is selected the data sending and receiving devices are forced to confirm data exchange after a data transmission event is completed and before another transmission event occurs Here CTS is short for Clear To Send and RTS is short for Request To Send 4 Click Update Settings to save the settings End 2 3 2 Configuring Specific Wireless Parameters 1 ...

Page 12: ...Configuration Issue 02 2012 04 19 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 7 4 Click Update Settings to save the settings End After you perform the following operations the basic wireless settings are completed for the AP ...

Page 13: ...uration Device from the left navigation tree as shown in Figure 3 1 Figure 3 1 Configuring device specific parameters 2 Configure the parameters according to Table 3 1 Table 3 1 Description of device specific parameters Parameter Description Device Name Name of the device The name is a string of up to 64 characters including letters digits and symbols Device Location Location of the device This pa...

Page 14: ...o not select this option unless you are required to do so Temperature Update Interval for automatically updating the temperature information The value ranges from 30 to 7200 seconds The default value is 30 seconds 3 Click Update Settings to save the settings End 3 1 2 Optional Changing the User Name and Password The default user name is super and password is sp admin To ensure access security perf...

Page 15: ...Update Settings to save the settings End 3 1 3 Operation Result Choose Status Device from the left navigation tree or re log in to the AP The updated settings are displayed as shown in Figure 3 3 Figure 3 3 Viewing device information 3 2 Configuring the IP address Procedure By default the AP dynamically obtains its IP address from the DHCP server In addition to the default dynamic mode you can per...

Page 16: ... shown in Figure 3 5 Figure 3 5 Setting the static IP address If the DHCP server is unavailable or the AP fails to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server the AP uses the default IP address 192 168 0 1 3 Click Update Settings to save the settings End Operation Result Choose Configuration Internet from the left navigation tree The updated settings are displayed as shown in Figure 3 6 You can clic...

Page 17: ... DHCP 3 3 Configuring the WLAN Choose Configuration Radio 2 4G or Radio 5G from the left navigation tree click a Wireless tab and configure the parameters as shown in Figure 3 7 The symbol represents 1 to 8 for a single frequency AP and 1 to 16 for a dual frequency AP Figure 3 7 Configuring wireless parameters 3 3 1 Optional Configuring the Threshold Parameters If you change a threshold parameter ...

Page 18: ... wireless network The value ranges from 100 tu to 1000 tu 1 tu 1024 microseconds The default value is 100 tu Data Beacon Rate DTIM Interval for generating delivery traffic indication messages DTIMs specified in the radio profile A DTIM informs the stations STAs about the presence of buffered multicast broadcast data on the AP This parameter is mandatory for the stations that use the energy saving ...

Page 19: ...which improves the network usage Usually select the transmit byte segment according to the presence of network collisions The value ranges from 256 KB to 2346 KB The default value is 2346 KB 2 Click Update Settings to save the settings 3 Click Go back to Wireless Configuration End 3 3 2 Configuring the Data Transmission Rate To ensure fair access to network resources the transmission rates of devi...

Page 20: ...itive to data delay and requires the second highest priority Best Effort Traffic excluding the voice video and background data which is less sensitive to data delay Background Background traffic which provides the basic network status data It is least sensitive to data delay and requires lowest priority Rate Bandwidth rate The actual cell rate may exceed the rate in the Rate column but does not ex...

Page 21: ...low only stations listed in the Access Control Table the page shown in Figure 3 11 is displayed Figure 3 11 Adding MAC addresses of the STAs 3 Click Add new entry and add the MAC addresses of the STAs that will connect to the WLAN A maximum of 128 MAC addresses can be added To delete an MAC address click Cancel 4 Click Update Settings to save the settings 5 Click Go back to Wireless Configuration ...

Page 22: ... with the WPA encryption the WEP encryption is easy to be broken Therefore the WPA encryption is widely used Figure 3 12 Configuring the WPA encryption mode 2 Configure the parameters according to Table 3 5 Table 3 5 Description of parameters for the WPA encryption mode Parameter Description WPA Version The default value is WPA which is the basic version WPA Authentication z PSK applicable to indi...

Page 23: ...us server Authentication Server Required Information about the authentication server mandatory Enter the IP address port number and server key that are obtained from the carrier in the IP address Port and Server Secret fields Accounting Server Optional Information about the accounting server optional If the carrier does not provide the settings you do not need to set the parameters 4 Click Update ...

Page 24: ... are added to different VLANs z The VLAN ID for the STAs using IEEE 802 1X authentication is configured on the port of the Radius server z The VLAN ID for the STAs that do not use IEEE 802 1X authentication is allocated by the VAP z The default VLAN ID for STAs is 1 z When the VLAN function is enabled on a WLAN network VLAN IDs in the received and sent packets must be the same and packets without ...

Page 25: ...AN ID A VLAN ID ranges from 1 to 4094 Figure 3 16 Changing VLAN IDs 3 Click Update Settings test The system tests the new VLAN IDs If you click Update Settings no testing override the system directly saves the settings without any testing 4 If the test succeeds the system displays a dialog box indicating successful settings and save the new settings When this occurs click OK If the test fails the ...

Page 26: ...eliability and a short upgrade duration and does not require ID authentication z Web features a short upgrade duration and requires a connection to the Internet After upgrade you need to manually restart to the AP to make the upgrade takes effect Upgrade in FTP or TFTP Mode 1 Obtain the IP address of the FTP or TFTP server To upgrade in TFTP mode run the TFTP server application on the PC and set t...

Page 27: ...rs for the upgrade in FTP mode Parameter Description Firmware Server IP address of the TFTP or FTP server Port Port number of the FTP or TFTP server Retain the default setting By default the port number is 21 for FTP and 69 for TFTP Image Control File Name of the firmware to be upgraded Username User name used to log in to the FTP server Password Password used to log in to the FTP server 4 Restart...

Page 28: ...ng the web mode 2 Enter the URL of the firmware in the Url field and click Upgrade 3 Restart the AP after the upgrade End 4 2 Restarting the AP To restart the AP on the Web page perform the following operations Restarting the AP will interrupt the connection to the WLAN network 1 Choose Maintenance Reboot Reset from the left navigation tree The page shown in Figure 4 3 is displayed ...

Page 29: ... Factory Default Settings z When an AP is connected to a computer and configured with the Wi Fi function do not restore the AP s factory default settings unless you are assisted by Huawei technical support engineers or network administrators z Restoring the AP s factory default settings in Web mode will remove all the current settings of the AP and disconnect the AP from the wireless network To re...

Page 30: ...d out of the AP After the reset is completed the AP s factory default settings are restored End 4 4 Maintaining System Logs 4 4 1 Enabling the System Log Function APs can send information about events and errors to a system log server If there is a system log server on the network perform the following operations to enable the AP to send logs to the log server 1 Choose Administration Log from the ...

Page 31: ...Address IP address or host name of the system log server The default value is 0 0 0 0 Syslog Server Port UDP port used by the system log server The value is 514 or ranges from 11024 or 65535 The default value is 514 2 Select Enable in the Log Status field Table 4 3 describes the fields in an event log Table 4 3 Fields in an event log Parameter Description Log time Time when the log is generated De...

Page 32: ...rs in the FTP Options area according to Table 4 4 Table 4 4 describes the parameters for uploading logs to an FTP or TFTP server Table 4 4 Parameters for uploading logs to an FTP or TFTP server Parameter Description Transfer Method Logs can be transferred to an FTP or TFTP server or saved to the local computer Server Address IP address of the FTP or TFTP server Filename Name of the log file The lo...

Page 33: ... Co Ltd 28 Figure 4 7 Uploading log information End 4 4 3 Downloading Logs to the Local Computer 1 Choose Maintenance Support Info from the left navigation tree The page shown in Figure 4 8 is displayed 2 Select Save to Local Computer in the Transfer Method field The page shown in Figure 4 8 is displayed Figure 4 8 Downloading logs to the local computer ...

Page 34: ...e 4 9 Selecting access modes 4 6 Verifying Network Connections An AP provides the following methods to check whether devices connected to the AP have connected to the network z Ping This method can only identify whether a device is connected to a network If a device is not connected this method cannot help locate the problem z Traceroute The Traceroute is a tool used to trace the route that a pack...

Page 35: ...es Co Ltd 30 Figure 4 10 Ping test 2 Enter the IP address of the connected device in the Ping field and click Run test 3 View the test result If no data is lost you can infer that the device is connected to the network End Traceroute 1 Enter the IP address of the destination device in the Traceroute field and click Run test Figure 4 11 Traceroute test ...

Page 36: ...and Maintenance Issue 02 2012 04 19 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright Huawei Technologies Co Ltd 31 2 View the test result You can find the gateway that a packet passes from the source device to the destination device and the elapsed time End ...

Page 37: ... Ensure that the IP address subnet mask and default gateway of the AP are valid z If the VLAN is enabled on the AP packets sent from the PC must have the same VLAN ID as the AP When an AP is managed by a STA the AP management and control function must be enabled z Ensure that the AP is connected to a valid wireless network z If the PC is connected to the AP through an Ethernet ensure that the conn...

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