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Restart>

 stores the settings changes to the memory of the AP and restarts 

the AP immediately for the settings changes to take effect. Clicking 

<Cancel>

 

discards any settings changes and brings users back to the start page. 

 

 

 

If users click 

<Save>

, the start page will reflect the changed settings and 

followed by two buttons: 

<Restart>

 and 

<Cancel>

. In addition, changes are 

highlighted in red. Clicking Cancel discards all the changes. Clicking Restart 
restarts the AP for the settings changes to take effect. 

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for SP915A

Page 1: ...User s Manual Wireless LAN Outdoor AP Bridge Model No SP915A http www micronet info...

Page 2: ...via Web Based UI 8 2 5 1 Operational Mode 8 2 5 2 IP Address 10 2 5 3 Wireless Settings 10 2 5 4 Restart Device 10 2 6 Installation 11 2 7 Setting up Client Computers 12 2 7 1 Configuring SP915A Rela...

Page 3: ...Menu 24 3 6 1 Communication 24 3 6 2 Security 27 3 6 3 IEEE 802 1x RADIUS 31 3 7 Configuring Advanced Settings 33 3 7 1 Packet Filters 33 3 7 2 Management 35 Chapter 4 Appendix 37 4 1 Appendix A Defau...

Page 4: ...1 1 Package Contents Prior to the installation of the device please verify the following items are in the package y SP915A Wireless LAN Outdoor AP Bridge y Quick Installation Guide y Manual CD y 1 2M...

Page 5: ...AP Bridge y DHCP Server Client including static DHCP mappings y Provides Layer 2 Layer 3 and Layer 4 filtering capabilities y System Log local log and remote log by SNMP y Supplying power to an AP ove...

Page 6: ...t SP915A with a wall mount kit 1 1 Put the M6 90 screw into wall mount 1 2 Fix the wall mount 1 to the bottom of SP915A by using M4 80 screw 3 Fix the SP915A to the pole with the wall mount 1 using M6...

Page 7: ...astic conical anchor in each hole 4 Screw a supplied ST3 9 20 screw in each plastic conical anchor for a proper depth so that the wireless AP can be hung on the screws 5 Fix two wall mounts 1 to the b...

Page 8: ...tion 2 3 Preparing for Configuration For users to configure the SP915A a managing computer with a Web browser is needed For first time configuration of an SP915A an Ethernet network interface card NIC...

Page 9: ...a connection e g LAN The following screen will appear Step 2 Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click on the Properties button The screen will appear to allow entry of TCP IP settings Step 3 Sel...

Page 10: ...guration and status of the system After configuration of IP the management interface can be access by entering the IP address of the router into the browser Step 1 Login page will appear to prompt use...

Page 11: ...face to save changes 2 5 1 Operational Mode Go to the General menu and click Operational Mode to select a mode for the AP The AP supports 2 operational modes y AP Bridge This mode provides both Access...

Page 12: ...is actually an STA y WDS This type of wireless link is established between two IEEE 802 11 APs Wireless packets transmitted along the WDS link comply with the IEEE 802 11 WDS Wireless Distribution Sys...

Page 13: ...e AP 2 5 3 Wireless Settings Go to the IEEE 802 11 menu and click Communication to set wireless parameters for the AP 2 5 4 Restart Device After pressing Save on each page the interface will be bought...

Page 14: ...gure the data rate of each AP to the lowest value 1Mbps Step 2 Fix the alignment of the antenna on one side Run PING function in DOS environment between the two APs Response time from the PING will in...

Page 15: ...the AP 2 7 1 Configuring SP915A Related Settings Before the TCP IP networking system of a wireless client computer can communicate with other hosts the underlying wireless link must be established be...

Page 16: ...less client computer and the SSID of the AP must be identical Or in case the SSID broadcasts capability of the AP is enabled by default the SSID of the wireless client computer could be set to any y B...

Page 17: ...ser will proceed to the following page containing overview of AP s settings 3 2 Menu Structure The left side of the start page contains a menu for users to carry out commands Here is a brief descripti...

Page 18: ...HCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server on the AP y IEEE 802 11 IEEE 802 11b related settings Communication Basic settings for the IEEE 802 11b interface of the AP to work properly with wireles...

Page 19: ...discards any settings changes and brings users back to the start page If users click Save the start page will reflect the changed settings and followed by two buttons Restart and Cancel In addition c...

Page 20: ...including its MAC address IP address user name if the client has been IEEE 802 1x authenticated number of bytes it has send number of bytes it has received and the time of its last activity are shown...

Page 21: ...and Allocatable IP address count settings on the DHCP Server configuration page 3 3 3 System Log System events are recorded in the memory of the AP The logged information is useful for troubleshooting...

Page 22: ...oth Access Point and Static LAN to LAN Bridging functionality The static LAN to LAN bridging function is supported through Wireless Distribution System WDS y AP Client This mode is for Dynamic LAN to...

Page 23: ...AP AP Client STA AP To establish a static bridge link based on WDS the AP bridges at both end of the WDS link must be manually configured with each other s MAC addresses To establish a dynamic bridge...

Page 24: ...me Web browsers If users cannot successfully perform HTTP based firmware management operations with the Web browser try the TFTP based method Upgrade Firmware via HTTP y Click Browse and then select a...

Page 25: ...upload the configuration file to the AP Resetting Configuration to Factory Defaults Clicking the Reset button resets the device configuration to factory defaults 3 5 TCP IP Related Settings 3 5 1 Addr...

Page 26: ...ame IP address when it requests one from the DHCP server Therefore instead of configuring the IP address of an intranet server manually you can configure the server to obtain an IP address by DHCP and...

Page 27: ...s client computer and the SSID of the AP must be identical for them to communicate with each other y If there is RF interference users may want to reduce the Data rate for more reliable wireless trans...

Page 28: ...policy can be by Number of Users or by Traffic Load If the Number of Users policy is selected a new wireless user can only associate with an AP that has the smallest number of associated wireless use...

Page 29: ...e of AP repeater By WDS two or more LAN segments can be connected wirelessly As illustrated in the below diagram a pair of wireless LAN to LAN bridges is used to connect two LAN segments Since the AP...

Page 30: ...client isolation setting is set to This AP Only wireless clients of this AP cannot see each other and wireless to wireless traffic is blocked When the setting is set to All APs in This Subnet traffic...

Page 31: ...wireless client isolation option As illustrated in the first figure when AP 1 and AP 2 are using the This AP Only option wireless traffic between STA 1 and STA 2 is blocked by AP 1 While wireless traf...

Page 32: ...y IEEE 802 1x EAP with Dynamic WEP EAP TLS EAP TTLS PEAP The IEEE 802 1x functionality is enabled and dynamic WEP key distribution authentication EAP TLS EAP TTLS or PEAP is used Data encryption is ac...

Page 33: ...permitted to associate with the AP When the table type is set to exclusive entries in the table are not permitted to associate with the AP With MAC Address Based Access Control users can specify the...

Page 34: ...granted access to a wireless LAN supporting IEEE 802 1x a user has to issue his or her user name and password or digital certificate to the backend RADIUS server by EAPOL Extensible Authentication Pr...

Page 35: ...te with the secondary RADIUS server Users can specify the length of timeout and the number of retries before communicating with the secondary RADIUS server after failing to communicate with the primar...

Page 36: ...iltering capability to be enabled or disabled y Policy for matched packets Indicates how a matched packet is processed discard or pass y To enable a filtering rule Select the check box to the left of...

Page 37: ...tination Subnet Mask A source destination IP address range is determined by performing an AND operation on the source destination IP address field and the source destination subnet mask field For exam...

Page 38: ...e UPnP functionality is enabled users can see the AP in My Network Places of Windows XP The AP can be given a friendly name that will be shown in My Network Places Double click on the icon in My Netwo...

Page 39: ...ADIUS user authentication RADIUS user authentication status changes 3 7 2 3 SNMP The SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol functionality can be disabled and users specify the name used as a password...

Page 40: ...Enabled Transmission Rate Auto Transmit Power High Security Mode Open System Selected WEP Key Key 1 WEP Key 1 00 00 00 00 00 WEP Key 2 00 00 00 00 00 WEP Key 3 00 00 00 00 00 WEP Key 4 00 00 00 00 00...

Page 41: ...types of the Ethernet cables are correct Recall that there are two types normal and crossover 4 2 1 Wireless Settings Problems Problem The wireless client computer cannot associate with an AP y Is th...

Page 42: ...uter Finally this request is forwarded by the gateway to the DNS server on the Internet The DNS reply issued by the DNS server is transmitted back to the client computer following a reverse path When...

Page 43: ...s of the client computer Make sure the IP address of the client computer and the IP address of the AP are in the same IP subnet Problem The default gateway of the client computer does not respond to p...

Page 44: ...W z DHCP Server Client DHCP z Static DHCP mappings z Showing current DHCP mappings Operational Mode z AP Bridge WDS z AP Client z Wireless client isolation z AP load balancing z Transmit power control...

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