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LevelOne 

User Manual 

 

WAP-8101 

Managed Ceiling Wireless Access Point, 

1200Mbps, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Gigabit Ethernet, 

PoE 802.3af 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V1.0_20140829 

Summary of Contents for WAP-8101

Page 1: ...LevelOne User Manual WAP 8101 Managed Ceiling Wireless Access Point 1200Mbps 802 11a b g n ac Gigabit Ethernet PoE 802 3af V1 0_20140829...

Page 2: ...ter and a series of connected Slaves 21 CHAPTER 3 MAKING CONFIGURATIONS 24 3 1 BASIC NETWORK 26 3 1 1 Ethernet LAN 26 3 1 2 Wireless 27 3 1 2 1 Wireless Setup 28 3 1 2 1 1 AP Only Mode 28 3 1 2 1 2 WD...

Page 3: ...stem Tools 50 3 3 3 1 Change Password 50 3 3 3 2 FW Upgrade 51 3 3 3 3 System Time 52 3 3 3 4 Others 53 3 3 4 MMI 54 3 3 4 1 Web UI 54 CHAPTOR 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 55 APPENDIX A ASSIGNING A STATIC IP IN...

Page 4: ...ment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio inte...

Page 5: ...s applications like AP Point to Point Universal Repeater Mode not only has an easier setup method but also provides better performance and compatibility to creates a virtually larger wireless network...

Page 6: ...ion of Java installed Visit www java com to download the latest version CD Installation Wizard Requirements Computer with the following Windows 7 Vista or XP with Service Pack 2 An installed Ethernet...

Page 7: ...1 2 3 Hardware Configuration Rear View Receptor for Power Adapter PoE PD Ethernet Port...

Page 8: ...Illustration A 1 Drill 2 holes for wall plugs Self tapping screws Diameter 3mm If you run the cable above the ceiling invisible cabling you have to drill another big hole about 10 20 mm diameter to p...

Page 9: ...Ethernet cable Power cord to the connectors in the button side Run the cables upward to proper location D Attached this device to mounting bracket by rotating it clock wisely to click into place E Ins...

Page 10: ...powered off WiFi Green LED Device is in Master Mode Amber LED Device is in Slave Mode LED flash data packet transferred LED in fast flash per second during 2min WPS PBC status OFF Wireless Radio is di...

Page 11: ...the WEC Reset button of the Master AP for 1 3 seconds release it to trigger the WEC process Then WiFi Green LED flashes fast 2 Press the WEC Reset button of the Slave AP for 1 3 seconds release it to...

Page 12: ...during paring the two devices the process will be finished in 2 minutes Once the easy configuration process completed the Status LED will be recovered to its original behavior prior to you triggered i...

Page 13: ...effect on this button behavior Reset to Default WEC Reset Press 20 sec 1 Press the Reset WEC button for about 20 seconds till the Status LED becomes solid Green to indicate that the reset to default...

Page 14: ...the power adaptor to an electrical outlet Software Preparation Most computers are connecting to a local network with dynamic IP DHCP setting To access the web UI of the device you have to change your...

Page 15: ...I to configure the device Firstly you need to launch the Setup Wizard browser first and then the Setup Wizard will guide you step by step to finish the basic setup process Activate the setup wizard Ty...

Page 16: ...elect Wizard for basic settings in a simple way Or you can go to Basic Network Advanced Network Applications System to setup the configuration by your own selection Press Next to start the Setup Wizar...

Page 17: ...trator here Step 2 LAN IP Address You have to change the IP address of this device according to your network configuration Step 3 1 Wireless settings You can specify the Wireless setting for VAP1 Step...

Page 18: ...one device s wireless configuration to the other AP devices from the same manufacture by clicking one button for both devices There are two alternative AP modes defined for the device to operate with...

Page 19: ...e it via web UI 1 Make sure AP1 is in Master Mode WiFi LED should be Green color if not you have to toggle its AP mode via pressing the WEC button for 9 10 seconds 2 Login in to AP1 web UI and configu...

Page 20: ...EC configuration process P S VAP1 of 2 4GHz or 5GHz in Salve Mode will get WiFi profile from Master AP1 5 Mount the devices AP1 AP2 and AP3 to expected locations 1 Install AP1 to its location first an...

Page 21: ...ne wireless network you can follow the procedure below Step Button Description 1 Set AP1 in Master Mode and configure it via web UI 1 Make sure AP1 is in Master Mode WiFi LED should be Green color if...

Page 22: ...ure AP4 via WEC Slave to Slave WEC 1 Trigger AP3 into WEC configuration process via pressing the WEC button for 3 second 2 Trigger AP4 into WEC configuration process via pressing the WEC button for 3...

Page 23: ...ations for such topology First the available bandwidth for AP2 AP4 will be decayed due to it is connected to it peer AP wirelessly It depends on the data rate and environment Besides if one of the AP...

Page 24: ...f the device The default IP Address is 192 168 1 1 In the configuration section you may want to check the connection status of this device to do Basic or Advanced Network setup or to check the system...

Page 25: ...work Advanced Network Application or System respectively on left hand side of web page Note You can see the Connection Status screen below after you logged in Note You can see all the status of this d...

Page 26: ...twork You can enter Basic Network for Ethernet LAN Wireless and IPv6 settings in this web page 3 1 1 Ethernet LAN 1 Device Network Type This device supports two network types for connecting to your lo...

Page 27: ...for this device you have to further specify the LAN IP Address Subnet mask Gateway and optional Primary Secondary DNS settings for well connecting to your local network 3 1 2 Wireless Wireless setting...

Page 28: ...be deployed one by one you can also configure your devices via the simple WEC configuration approach as stated in last Chapter By default the Master AP is set to the WDS hybrid Mode and the Slave APs...

Page 29: ...r Access Points that have the same Network ID The factory default SSID is default you can change it to a meaningful identifier for the wireless users to easy find it out 6 SSID Broadcast By default th...

Page 30: ...roblem in higher bandwidth setting 12 Authentication Encryption You may select one of the following authentications to secure your wireless network Open include 802 1x Shared Auto WPA PSK WPA WPA2 PSK...

Page 31: ...ption mode and enter the Pre share Key You can fill in 64 hexadecimal 0 1 2 8 9 A B F digits or 8 to 63 ASCII characters as the pre share key WPA2 Select Encryption mode and enter RADIUS Server relate...

Page 32: ...es The 5GHz in configuration is the same as 2 4GHz configuration 3 1 2 1 2WDS Hybrid Mode This mode makes device act as a wireless bridge but also have AP function While acting as a wireless Bridge Wi...

Page 33: ...Client stations can roam freely over this device and other Access Points that have the same Network ID The factory default SSID is default you can change it to a meaningful identifier for the wireless...

Page 34: ...ntications to secure your wireless network Open include 802 1x Shared Auto WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK Open Open system authentication simply consists of two communications The first is an authentication req...

Page 35: ...he pre share key 12 Remote AP MAC 1 Remote AP MAC 4 If you do not enable the Lazy mode you have to enter the wireless MAC address for each WDS peer one by one Afterwards click on Save to store your se...

Page 36: ...F1 module supports 802 11b g n modes You can also choose N only G N mixed or B G N mixed The factory default setting is B G N mixed 5 Bandwidth The default setting for Bandwidth is Auto You can change...

Page 37: ...in 64 hexadecimal 0 1 2 8 9 A B F digits or 8 to 63 ASCII characters as the pre share key WPA2 PSK Select Encryption mode and enter the Pre share Key You can fill in 64 hexadecimal 0 1 2 8 9 A B F di...

Page 38: ...ame SSID of the peer AP to be associated under the Universal Repeater Mode 3 Destination AP MAC Besides to have the same SSID of the peer AP to be associated under the Universal Repeater mode you also...

Page 39: ...can associate to the SSID simultaneously 7 Channel The radio channel number The permissible channels depend on the Regulatory Domain The factory default setting is auto channel selection It s recomme...

Page 40: ...ld If an excessive number of wireless packet collision occurred the wireless performance will be affected It can be improved by adjusting the RTS CTS Request to Send Clear to Send threshold value 5 Fr...

Page 41: ...nal quality environment Afterwards click on Save to store your settings or click Undo to give up the changes 3 1 2 2 2Advanced RF Module2 Settings 1 Regulatory Domain The availability of some specific...

Page 42: ...an help control latency and jitter when transmitting multimedia content over a wireless connection 8 AP Isolation If you enabled multiple VAPs in this device you can further decide whether the wireles...

Page 43: ...raffic IPv6 also implements additional features not present in IPv4 It simplifies aspects of address assignment stateless address auto configuration network renumbering and router announcements when c...

Page 44: ...d Management in this section 3 2 1 Firewall 3 2 1 1 MAC Address Control MAC Address Control allows you to assign different access right for different users and to assign a specific IP address to a cer...

Page 45: ...rotocol is a NAT port mapping protocol and is supported by some Network device It is a common communication protocol of automatically configuring port forwarding Applications using peer to peer networ...

Page 46: ...of GetRequest that this device will respond This is a text password mechanism that is used to weakly authenticate queries to agents of managed network devices 4 Set Community The community of SetRequ...

Page 47: ...d and authPriv for both authentication and private key required 8 Username 1 2 Use this field to identify the user name for the specified level of access 9 Password 1 2 Use this field to set the passw...

Page 48: ...section you can see system information system logs use system tools for system update and do service scheduling and system administration setting 3 3 1 System Information You can view the System Infor...

Page 49: ...e log messages 3 3 2 2 Syslog This device also can export system logs to specific destination by means of syslog UDP and SMTP TCP With enabled Syslog function this device will send log to a certain ho...

Page 50: ...number the default value is 25 For example mail your_url com or 192 168 1 100 26 3 SMTP Username Enter the Username offered by your ISP 4 SMTP Password Enter the password offered by your ISP 5 E mail...

Page 51: ...Upgrade If new firmware is available you can upgrade device firmware through the WEB GUI here Press browse button to indicate the file name of new firmware and then press Upgrade button to start to u...

Page 52: ...heck the Enable checkbox to enable this function Besides you can select a NTP time server to consult UTC time 3 Sync with Time Server Click on the button if you want to set Date and Time by NTP Protoc...

Page 53: ...3 Reboot You can also reboot this device by clicking the Reboot button 4 Domain Name or IP address for Ping Test This allows you to configure an IP and ping the device You can ping a specific IP to t...

Page 54: ...3 3 4 MMI 3 3 4 1 Web UI You can set UI administration time out duration in this page If the value is 0 means the time out is unlimited...

Page 55: ...i Access Point is responding Go to Start Run 1 Type cmd 2 Press OK 3 Type ipconfig to get the IP of default gateway 4 Type ping 192 168 1 1 Assure that you ping the correct IP Address assigned to the...

Page 56: ...onnects with the device B Ensure that the setting on your Network Interface Card adapter is Enabled C If settings are correct ensure that you are not using a crossover Ethernet cable not all Network I...

Page 57: ...s the Internet I Out of range Put the device closer to your client II Wrong SSID or Encryption Key Check the SSID or Encryption setting III Connect with wrong AP Ensure that the client is connected wi...

Page 58: ...setting to set up your Encryption key again 2 Reset the WiFi Concurrent 300Mbps Business AP to default setting 5 How to reset to default 1 Ensure the WiFi Concurrent 300Mbps Business AP is powered on...

Page 59: ...time it s booted up When you have to do troubleshooting on your network it s annoying going to each machine to figure out what IP they have Using Static IPs prevents address conflicts between devices...

Page 60: ...Then when the Network and Sharing Center opens click on Change adapter settings This will be the same on Windows 7 or 8 x Right click on your local adapter and select Properties...

Page 61: ...following IP address and enter in the correct IP Subnet mask and Default gateway that corresponds with your network setup Then enter your Preferred and Alternate DNS server addresses Here we re on a...

Page 62: ...ck OK Now close out of the Local Area Connections Properties window Windows 7 will run network diagnostics and verify the connection is good Here we had no problems with it but if you did you could ru...

Page 63: ...en successfully changed Windows XP In this example we re using XP SP3 Media Center Edition and changing the IP address of the Wireless adapter To set a Static IP in XP right click on My Network Places...

Page 64: ...Highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP and click the Properties button Now change the IP Subnet mask Default Gateway and DNS Server Addresses When you re finished click OK...

Page 65: ...out of the Network Connection Properties screen before the changes go into effect Again you can verify the settings by doing an ipconfig in the command prompt In case you re not sure how to do this c...

Page 66: ...dapter you changed If you have a small office or home network assigning each computer a specific IP address makes it a lot easier to manage and troubleshoot network connection problems Source HowtoAss...

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Page 68: ...steps 1 copyright the software and 2 offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy distribute and or modify the software Also for each author s protection and ours we want to make c...

Page 69: ...and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it Thus it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you rather the intent is to exe...

Page 70: ...d to apply and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other circumstances It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any patents or other property right claims or to conte...

Page 71: ...Y AND OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES INCLUDING ANY GENERAL SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGR...

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