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202-10182-01
May 2006

NETGEAR

, Inc.

4500 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA

NETGEAR ProSafe Dual
Band Wireless Access
Point WAG302v2
Reference Manual

Summary of Contents for WAG302 - ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point

Page 1: ...202 10182 01 May 2006 NETGEAR Inc 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 USA NETGEAR ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG302v2 Reference Manual...

Page 2: ...trademarks of their respective holders Information is subject to change without notice All rights reserved Statement of Conditions NOTE In the interest of improving internal design operational functio...

Page 3: ...e Guidelines Indoors computers can connect over 802 11 wireless networks at a maximum range of several hundred feet for 802 11b g devices However the operating distance or range of your wireless conne...

Page 4: ...Digital apparatus meets all the requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations ICES 003 Cet appareil numerique de classe B respecte les exigences du reglement du Canada sur le...

Page 5: ...is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999 5 EC Espa ol Spanish Por medio de la presente NETGEAR Inc declara que el Radiolan cumple con los requis...

Page 6: ...for operation in any European Community country The current setting for this feature is found in the 5GHz Radio Configuration Window as described in the user guide This device may be operated indoors...

Page 7: ...2006 Country 5 15 5 25 GHz Channels 36 40 44 48 5 25 5 35 GHz Channels 52 56 60 64 5 47 5 725 GHz Channels 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 2 4 2 4835 GHz Channels 1 to 13 Except Where Not...

Page 8: ...02v2 has been suppressed in accordance with the conditions set out in the BMPT AmtsblVfg 243 1991 and Vfg 46 1992 The operation of some equipment for example test transmitters in accordance with the r...

Page 9: ...What s In the Box 1 4 Hardware Description 1 5 Front Panel 1 5 Rear Panel 1 6 Chapter 2 Basic Installation and Configuration System Requirements 2 1 Wireless Equipment Placement and Range Guidelines...

Page 10: ...ing the Configuration 3 6 Erasing the Configuration 3 6 Using the Reset Button to Restore Factory Default Settings 3 6 Viewing General Information 3 7 Viewing the Activity Log 3 9 Viewing the Availabl...

Page 11: ...ifications Default Factory Settings B 1 Specifications for the WAG302v2 B 4 Appendix C Command Line Reference Accessing CLI TAB Completion Help C 1 Keyboard Shortcuts C 2 Interface Naming Conventions...

Page 12: ...NETGEAR ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG302v2 Reference Manual xii v1 0 May 2006...

Page 13: ...f this manual are described in the following paragraphs Typographical Conventions This manual uses the following typographical conventions Formats This manual uses the following formats to highlight s...

Page 14: ...one page at a time A button that displays the table of contents and an button Double click on a link in the table of contents or index to navigate directly to where the topic is described in the manu...

Page 15: ...r link at the top left of any page Click the PDF of This Chapter link at the top right of any page in the chapter you want to print The PDF version of the chapter you were viewing opens in a browser w...

Page 16: ...NETGEAR ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG302v2 Reference Manual xvi v1 0 May 2006...

Page 17: ...ult wireless clients can freely roam from one access point to another and still maintain seamless connection to the network The auto sensing capability of the WAG302v2 Wireless Access Point allows pac...

Page 18: ...Operating Modes Wireless Access Point Operates as a standard 802 11a and 802 11b g wireless access point Point to Point Bridge In this mode the WAG302v2 only communicates with another bridge mode wire...

Page 19: ...ork of computers to behave as if they are connected to the same network even though they might actually be physically located on different segments of a LAN VLANs are configured through software rathe...

Page 20: ...adapter and cord Straight through Category 5 Ethernet cable Resource CD for the NETGEAR ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG302v2 Support Registration card Contact your reseller or customer su...

Page 21: ...oes not come on with the power adapter and cord correctly installed see Chapter 5 Troubleshooting On Power is on TEST Self Test Indicator Blink Indicates self test loading software or system fault if...

Page 22: ...operly if the 2 4 GHz antenna is not attached to the correct port The antenna frequency is labeled near its base 3 Reset button This restores the default factory settings 4 Serial Console Port Use the...

Page 23: ...SL gateway One or more computers with properly configured 802 11a or 802 11b g wireless adapters System Requirements Before you install the WAG302v2 make sure you have the following equipment and that...

Page 24: ...les as Auto Uplink will accommodate either type of cable to make the right connection Wireless Equipment Placement and Range Guidelines The range of your wireless connection can vary significantly bas...

Page 25: ...s will be able to communicate with the Ethernet network In order for this to work correctly verify that you have met all of the network and system requirements described in System Requirements on page...

Page 26: ...of your browser The WAG302v2 login screen appears When prompted enter admin for the user name and password for the password both in lower case letters For more information see Logging in to the WAG30...

Page 27: ...gs on page 2 10 for information about how to configure the settings on this page Now that you have finished the setup you are ready to deploy the WAG302v2 in your network If needed you can now reconfi...

Page 28: ...r file and printer access on your network Note By default the DHCP client on the WAG302v2 is disabled If your network uses dynamic IP addresses you must change this setting To connect to the WAG302v2...

Page 29: ...e HTTP or HTTPS protocol 1 Open a Web browser such as Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator or Mozilla Firefox 2 Connect to the WAG302v2 by entering its default address of http 192 168 0 230 into your...

Page 30: ...ser displays the General Information page as shown in Figure 2 1 on page 2 4 Basic IP Settings To configure the basic settings of your wireless access point 1 Connect to the WAG302v2 and click Basic S...

Page 31: ...y settings automatically from the DHCP server on your network when you connect the WAG302v2 to your LAN IP Address The default IP address is 192 168 0 230 To change it enter an unused IP address from...

Page 32: ...t for Daylight Saving Time The Current Time as used on the wireless access point is displayed NTP Server Click Enable to use a network time protocol NTP server to synchronize the clock in your access...

Page 33: ...e in a particular wireless network will need to use the SSID The WAG302v2 default SSID is NETGEAR_11g for the 802 11b g radio and NETGEAR_11a for the 802 11a radio The following list contains addition...

Page 34: ...nd Australia The default is channel 11 There are 13 channels available for the 802 11a radio The default is channel 52 Access points use a fixed channel You can select the channel to provide the least...

Page 35: ...ireless network discovery feature of some products such as Windows XP but the data is still fully exposed to a determined person using specialized test equipment like wireless sniffers Use WEP Wired E...

Page 36: ...e Security Profile which are described on the following page 5 To update the settings click Apply After the configuration changes are applied the main Security Profile page displays 6 If the Security...

Page 37: ...NETGEAR ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG302v2 Reference Manual Basic Installation and Configuration 2 15 v1 0 May 2006 Figure 2 7 Selected Security Profile...

Page 38: ...authentication When setting up Network Authentication note the following information If you are using Access Point mode then all options are available In other modes such as Repeater or Bridge some o...

Page 39: ...use AES encryption and enter the WPA passphrase Network key WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK This selection allows clients to use either WPA with TKIP or WPA2 with AES If selected you must use TKIP AES encryption...

Page 40: ...s and other public access situations The default is disabled VLAN ID Enter a VLAN ID from 1 4094 to assign traffic from wireless clients to a VLAN When a wireless client uses this Security Profile the...

Page 41: ...u select shared key the other devices in the network will not connect unless they are set to Shared Key and have the same keys in the same positions as those in the WAG302v2 WEP Encryption Keys For al...

Page 42: ...tings 1 Connect to the WAG302v2 In the address field of your Web browser enter the default LAN address of http 192 168 0 230 Log in with the user name of admin and default password of password or log...

Page 43: ...authenticating the supplicant wireless client The shared secret can contain up to 63 standard alphanumeric and special characters The shared secret is case sensitive Accounting Server Configuration Th...

Page 44: ...e you plan to use You can usually find the MAC address of a wireless station printed on the wireless adapter Click Add to add the wireless device to the access list Repeat these steps for each additio...

Page 45: ...t WAG302v2 Reference Manual Basic Installation and Configuration 2 23 v1 0 May 2006 5 Be sure to click Apply to save your wireless access control list settings Now only devices on the MAC ACL will be...

Page 46: ...NETGEAR ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG302v2 Reference Manual 2 24 Basic Installation and Configuration v1 0 May 2006...

Page 47: ...to the WAG302v2 Using Its Default IP Address on page 2 7 Changing the Administrator Password The default password is password NETGEAR recommends that you change this password to a more secure passwor...

Page 48: ...ble SNMP to allow the SNMP network management software such as HP OpenView to manage the wireless access point via SNMPv1 v2 protocol Public Community Name The community string to allow the SNMP manag...

Page 49: ...pple Macintosh or UNIX workstation start a secure terminal emulation program 2 Configure the terminal emulation program to use the following settings Baud rate 9600 bps Data bits 8 Parity none Stop bi...

Page 50: ...ink You must use a computer that is connected to the WAG302v2 with an Ethernet cable You cannot use the WAG302v2 image to upgrade the WAG302v1 software When you upgrade the WAG302v2 software the confi...

Page 51: ...The upgrade process typically takes about one minute In some cases you may need to reconfigure the wireless access point after upgrading Configuration File Management The WAG302v2 Wireless Access Poin...

Page 52: ...rd will be password the SSID will be NETGEAR the DHCP client will be disabled the default LAN IP address will be 192 168 0 230 and the access point name is reset to the name printed on the label on th...

Page 53: ...erence Manual Management and Information 3 7 v1 0 May 2006 Viewing General Information The information on the General screen is a summary of the WAG302v2 configuration settings From the WAG302v2 main...

Page 54: ...the WAG302v2 Access Point Bridge or Repeater VLAN 802 1Q Indicates if VLAN support is enabled The default is enabled Current IP Settings IP Address The IP address of the wireless access point Subnet M...

Page 55: ...To save the log contents into a file on your PC click Save As and save the file to a disk drive You can use a SysLog server to view the Activity Log If you have a SysLog server on your LAN then enable...

Page 56: ...on ID MAC address IP Address and Status whether the device is allowed to communicate with the wireless access point or not If the wireless access point is rebooted the table data is lost until the wir...

Page 57: ...ference Manual Management and Information 3 11 v1 0 May 2006 Viewing Statistics The Statistics screen provides LAN and WLAN statistics From the WAG302v2 main menu click Statistics under the Informatio...

Page 58: ...to the Known AP List 5 Click Delete to remove an AP from the list 6 Click Save to export the list of known APs to a file A window opens so you can browse to the location where you want to save the fil...

Page 59: ...rt a list of known APs 1 Create a text file that contains the MAC address of each known AP separated by a space The following example shows a list of six known APs that an administrator might upload t...

Page 60: ...v1 0 May 2006 2 Check the Replace radio button to replace the existing list of known APs or check Merge to add the new MAC addresses to the existing list 3 Click Browse and navigate to the location w...

Page 61: ...ireless Settings Configure advanced wireless LAN parameters and Quality of Service QoS Access Point Settings Enable wireless bridging and repeating To get to these features connect to the WAG302v2 as...

Page 62: ...255 255 255 0 Gateway Address Enter a Gateway Address for the DHCP server on the Access Point to assign wireless clients The wireless clients will use this IP address as the default gateway for any t...

Page 63: ...e this feature For example a hotel might want all wireless connections to go to its server to show a branded splash screen Enter the URL of the Web server where you want to redirect HTTP requests Conf...

Page 64: ...rom the Advanced Wireless Settings menu you can configure wireless LAN parameters and modify QoS queue settings including Wi Fi Multimedia WMM Configuring Wireless LAN Parameters Figure 4 3 shows the...

Page 65: ...gher priority than normal traffic For WMM to function correctly wireless clients must also support WMM SpectraLink Enabled When SpectraLink support is enabled SVP traffic takes priority over all other...

Page 66: ...nimum delay Time sensitive video data is automatically sent to this queue Data 2 best effort Medium priority queue medium throughput and delay Most traditional IP data is sent to this queue Data 3 Bac...

Page 67: ...e Configuration on page 4 9 Multi Point Bridge The WAG302v2 is the master for a group of bridge mode wireless stations Then all traffic is sent to this master rather than to other access points See Mu...

Page 68: ...NETGEAR ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG302v2 Reference Manual 4 8 Advanced Configuration v1 0 May 2006 Figure 4 4...

Page 69: ...gure the other access point AP 2 on LAN Segment 2 in Point to Point Bridge mode AP 1 must have AP 2 s MAC address in its Remote MAC Address field and AP 2 must have AP 1 s MAC address in its Remote MA...

Page 70: ...AG302v2 as the Remote MAC Address Use wireless security to protect this traffic The figure below shows an example of a Multi Point Bridge mode configuration The following steps describe how to set up...

Page 71: ...tomatically DHCP Client in the IP Address Source portion of the Basic IP Settings menu All WAG302v2 Wireless Access Points must use the same SSID Channel authentication mode if any and encryption in u...

Page 72: ...f a Repeater Mode configuration To set up a repeater with wireless client association follow the steps below 1 Configure the Operating Mode of the WAG302v2 Wireless Access Points Configure AP 1 on LAN...

Page 73: ...cation mode if any and encryption in use 3 Verify connectivity across the LANs A computer on any LAN segment should be able to connect to the Internet or share files and printers with any other PCs or...

Page 74: ...NETGEAR ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG302v2 Reference Manual 4 14 Advanced Configuration v1 0 May 2006...

Page 75: ...the wireless access point s configuration password Go to Viewing the Activity Log on page 3 9 If you have trouble setting up your WAG302v2 check the tips below No lights are lit on the access point It...

Page 76: ...band modem Make sure the connected device is turned on Be sure the correct cable is used Use a standard Category 5 Ethernet patch cable If the network device has Auto Uplink MDI MDIX ports you can use...

Page 77: ...er on your network If your computer is set to Obtain an IP Address automatically DHCP client restart it If your computer uses a Fixed Static IP address ensure that it is using an IP Address in the ran...

Page 78: ...ocols such as FTP might not work with the NAPT on the WAG302v2 To fix this issue reconfigure the DHCP server settings Advanced IP Settings so that the wireless clients receive IP addresses that are on...

Page 79: ...orking and TCP IP Addressing http documentation netgear com reference enu tcpip index htm Wireless Communications http documentation netgear com reference enu wireless index htm Preparing a Computer f...

Page 80: ...NETGEAR ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG302v2 Reference Manual A 2 Related Documents v1 0 May 2006...

Page 81: ...ur device will return to the factory configuration settings shown in Table B 1 Table B 1 Access Point Default Configuration Settings Feature Description AP Login User Login URL 192 168 0 230 User Name...

Page 82: ...g Broadcast SSID Enabled 802 11a Radio Frequency Channel Channel 52 802 11g Radio Frequency Channel Channel 11 Data Rate Auto Output Power Full Security Profile Settings Profile Name NETGEAR SSID 802...

Page 83: ...Super A G Mode Disabled RTS Threshold 2 346 Fragmentation Length 2 346 Beacon Interval 100 DTIM Interval 1 WMM Support Disabled SpectraLink Support Disabled Other Settings MAC Access Control Disabled...

Page 84: ...ding 802 11b 1 and 2 Mbps Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS 802 11b 5 5 and 11 Mbps Complementary Code Keying CCK 802 11g All rates Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OFDM Maximum Computers...

Page 85: ...get or set configuration information on an access point Accessing CLI TAB Completion Help Keyboard Shortcuts Interface Naming Conventions Entering CLI Commands Using the CLI to Configure the WAG302v2...

Page 86: ...ENTER to display the output results of the command Keyboard Shortcuts The CLI provides keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate the command line and build valid commands Table C 1 describes the keyboa...

Page 87: ...f all executed commands like Up and Down arrow keys typically do Up Down arrow keys also work for this Ctrl d Exit the CLI At a blank command prompt typing Ctrl d closes the CLI Typing Ctrl d within c...

Page 88: ...rofile on radio 1 wlan1vapx The wireless interface for the x security profile on radio 2 wlan0wdsx A wireless distribution system WDS interface on radio 1 where x indicates the number of the WDS link...

Page 89: ...e UI In some cases the CLI get command provides additional details not available through the Web UI config Uploads or downloads the running configuration firmware upgrade Upgrades the firmware save ru...

Page 90: ...interface brvlan1 mac View the Country Region get system country View the Firmware Version for the Access Point get system version View the Access Point Mode get interface brvlan1 type View the Untagg...

Page 91: ...View DNS settings get host Table C 6 Basic Setting s Task Command Set the Access Point Name set host id name Example set host id LAB_AP Set the Country Region set system country 2_letter_country_code...

Page 92: ...LANs and set the VLAN ID set untagged vlan untagged vlan id 1 4096 Set the Time Zone set ntp timezone timezone Enable the NTP Server set ntp status up Disable the NTP Server set ntp status down Use a...

Page 93: ...y SSID Broadcasts set bss wlan0bssvap0 ignore broadcast ssid on Set the Wireless Mode set radio wlan0 mode g set radio wlan0 mode b set radio wlan0 mode a Set the Channel Frequency Not permitted Set t...

Page 94: ...Disable a security profile set vap vap0 with radio wlan0 status down Set the security profile name set vap vap0 with radio wlan0 profile name Set the SSID of the security profile set interface wlan0v...

Page 95: ...ed on set bss wlan0bssvap0 wpa2 allowed off Set Network Authentication to WPA2 set interface wlan0 security wpa personal set bss wlan0bssvap0 wpa allowed off set bss wlan0bssvap0 wpa2 allowed on Set N...

Page 96: ...gs Task Command Set the IP Address of the Primary Authentication Server set radius client primary authentication server ip_address Set the Port Number of the Primary Authentication Server set radius c...

Page 97: ...client secondary accounting port port_number Set the Shared Secret for the Secondary Accounting Server set radius client secondary accounting key value Table C 11 Access Control Settings Task Command...

Page 98: ...ssword Enable Remote CLI Access set ssh status up Disable Remote CLI Access set ssh status down Enable SNMP set snmp status up Disable SNMP set snmp status down Set a Public Community name set snmp ro...

Page 99: ...vity log get log entry View all SysLog server information get log detail Enable SysLog set log relay enabled 1 Disable SysLog set log relay enabled 0 Set the IP address of the SysLog server set log re...

Page 100: ...t action export config file wag302Rogue3 cfg config server tftp 192 168 24 10 knownAP Import a list of known APs set known ap list action import config file file_name config server tftp_server Example...

Page 101: ...ver dns2 ip_address Set the Primary WINS Server set dhcp server wins1 ip_address Set the Secondary WINS Server set dhcp server wins1 ip_address Set the Lease set dhcp server lease seconds Table C 15 H...

Page 102: ...e Queue_Name to aifs AIFS_Value Example set tx queue wlan0 with queue data0 to aifs 13 Set cwMin and cwMax on AP to station traffic set tx queue wlan0 with queue Queue_Name to cwmin cwmin_Value cwmax...

Page 103: ...wme queue wlan0 with queue vo to txop limit 49 Table C 17 Advanced Access Point Settings Task Command Enable Wireless Bridging and Repeating set interface wlan0wds0 status up set interface wlan0wds0 r...

Page 104: ...NETGEAR ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG302v2 Reference Manual C 20 Command Line Reference v1 0 May 2006...

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