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AIRNET 300Mb 802.11b/g/n Indoor
High Power Access Point
User’s Manual
September, 2010
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Page 2: ...hnologies Inc All rights reserved Reproduction adaptation or translation without prior permission of Netkrom Technologies Inc is prohibited except as allowed under the copyright laws Disclaimer Netkro...
Page 3: ...ntenna Connect the computer to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Increase the separation between the computer and receiver Consult the dealer or an experien...
Page 4: ...1993 A2 1993 A3 1995 A4 1996 A11 1997 Therefore this product is in conformity with the following regional standards FCC Class B following the provisions of FCC Part 15 directive CE Mark following the...
Page 5: ...h uConfig 26 Access with a Web Browser 29 Navigation 31 Main Menu Bar 31 How to save changes 31 Basic Network Tab 32 Network Mode Bridging and Routing 32 LAN Setup 32 Basic Wireless Tab 35 Basic Wirel...
Page 6: ...nnection Status in AP Status Info 63 Station Connection Info 64 Status Info 64 More Status 66 VLAN Tab 67 VLAN Switch 67 VLAN Management 68 Appendix I Network 69 Appendix II Wireless with Router Mode...
Page 7: ...l broadcasting location for improved wireless coverage and signal strength or simply in a more convenient location Moreover its integrated Power over Ethernet PoE allows the access point to be used in...
Page 8: ...s IEEE 802 1x for secure and centralized user based authentication Wireless clients are thus required to authenticate through highly secure methods like EAP TTLS and EAP PEAP in order to obtain access...
Page 9: ...ccess and communication with each other The illustration below shows a typical resources sharing application example using this device The wireless users are able to access the file server connected t...
Page 10: ...network link between the Ethernet network connected at the AIR AP600GHP and the wireless Ethernet network connected at the access point In this example the workgroup PCs on the Ethernet network conne...
Page 11: ...for point to point connection between 2 buildings or locations as far as several kilometers away Point to Point Point to MultiPoint An access point setup as Access Point WDS and other as Station WDS...
Page 12: ...ils refer to the respective section Station Router connection example Wireless is used to connect to the broadband WAN Ethernet is the local network LAN sharing the Broadband connection AP Router conn...
Page 13: ...ommunications over places generally difficult for wireless clients to connect to the network In Repeater mode the AIR AP600GHP acts as a relay for network signals on the network by regenerating the si...
Page 14: ...d between device and the network OFF Ethernet port is not connected 3 4 5 6 SIGNAL STRENGTH LEVEL INDICATOR low higher low lower high high LED10 LED20 LED30 LED40 6 DIAGNOSTIC LED Flashing During powe...
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Page 16: ...1b g n Indoor High Power Access Point installation kit before you begin installing the product If any parts are missing please contact your local vendor or contact us at 305 4182232 KIT CONTAINS 1 Air...
Page 17: ...des installed with TCP IP and properly configured IP address parameters Using power adapter to supply power to the unit S St te ep p 1 1 Connect the external antenna to the SMA connector of the access...
Page 18: ...ly and connect the power plug into the socket of the access point S St te ep p 4 4 Turn ON the power supply and power ON your PC Notice that the LEDs Power and Port have lighted up This indicates that...
Page 19: ...tional power to the wireless AP via the Ethernet cable connection The installation process is described below S St te ep p 1 1 Connect the external antenna to the SMA connector of the access point S S...
Page 20: ...have finished configuring your access point you can connect the standard 802 3af PoE s RJ45 Ethernet cable end to your network device such as to a switch or hub S St te ep p 4 4 Turn ON the power sup...
Page 21: ...S St te ep p 1 1 Screw the mount onto the unit S St te ep p 2 2 Align the unit and mount to the wall Using the mount as a guide make 2 marks and drill 2 holes into the wall S St te ep p 3 3 Secure the...
Page 22: ...ur desktop right click the Network Neighborhood icon and select Properties S St te ep p 2 2 Select the network adapter that you are using then right click and select Properties S St te ep p 3 3 Highli...
Page 23: ...address has been correctly assigned to your PC go to the Start menu select Run and enter the command winipcfg Select the Ethernet adapter from the drop down list and click OK PC is now setup with pro...
Page 24: ...te ep p 2 2 Right click the network adapter icon and select Properties S St te ep p 3 3 Highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP and click on the Properties button S St te ep p 4 4 Select the Use the follo...
Page 25: ...ll windows S St te ep p 6 6 To verify that the IP address has been correctly assigned to your PC go to the Start menu Accessories select Command Prompt and type the command ipconfig all PC is now setu...
Page 26: ...te ep p 1 1 Insert the Product CD into your CD ROM drive the CD will autorun S St te ep p 2 2 From the U Ut ti il li it ti ie es s section select to install the u uC Co on nf fi ig g utility to your...
Page 27: ...the O Op pe en n W We eb b button To retrieve and display the latest device s in the list click on the R Re ef fr re es sh h button S St te ep p 5 5 Do not exit the uConfig program while accessing the...
Page 28: ...age 28 of 83 S St te ep p 6 6 At the login prompt enter the User Name and Password The default are User Name admin Password password S St te ep p 7 7 It then opens the device home page The Status page...
Page 29: ...elect I In nt te er rn ne et t O Op pt ti io on ns s S St te ep p 2 2 Open the C Co on nn ne ec ct ti io on ns s tab and in the L LA AN N S Se et tt ti in ng gs s section disable all the option boxes...
Page 30: ...Page 30 of 83 S St te ep p 4 4 At the login prompt enter the User Name and Password The default are User Name admin Password password It then opens the device home page The Status page...
Page 31: ...ings for more advanced network features Services Page covers the configuration of system management services i e Ping Watchdog Auto Reboot SNMP NTP Telnet SSH System Log System Page contains controls...
Page 32: ...ode LAN Setup LAN Mode Static default lets you enter a specific IP address for the device Default IP address is 192 168 168 1 DHCP Client when set let device learn the IP address automatically from th...
Page 33: ...ng IP address to be issue DHCPEnd IPAddress Enter the last IP address the server will issue DHCP Netmask Let you set the IP class for the IP address range set for the start and end address Note if dev...
Page 34: ...internet time server and other services that use domain name Note Ensure device gateway IP is also set that to allow device to access to internet Primary DNS IP optional Enter the primary DNS IP addr...
Page 35: ...setup which is necessary for the operator to setup the wireless part of the link Enable the radio Fig 2 2 Enable Radio Checkbox Tick Untick the checkbox to enable disable the radio Basic Wireless Set...
Page 36: ...ulting in a lack of transparency Station WDS WDS is the acronym of Wireless Distribution System It can be connected to the Access Point WDS mode It enables packet forwarding at layer 2 level Unlike St...
Page 37: ...d The channel list output power limits IEEE 802 11 and Channel Spectrum Width modes will be tuned according to regulations of the selected country No Country Set Option when checked only the frequency...
Page 38: ...the best data rate it can use Transmit Power The maximum transmit power displayed is determined by the country code and the maximum transmit power of the device that is being used Note on changing ch...
Page 39: ...ameters in wireless security section Click Scan to re scan the Access Points in range Select the Access Point from the list and click Close this window Site Survey channel scan list can be modified us...
Page 40: ...0M represents the data transmitted at a bandwidth of 20MHz 20 40MHz represents the data transmitted at either 20MHz or 40MHz In very noisy environment it automatically falls back to 20MHz to be more r...
Page 41: ...l which uses RC4 encryption algorithm AES Advanced Encryption Standard AES algorithm AUTO Default Automatically select between both algorithms Preshared Key This option is available when WPA or WPA2 w...
Page 42: ...fault Automatically select between both algorithms Primary Radius Server IP Enter the Primary Radius Server IP address Secondary Radius Server IP Enter the Secondary Radius Server IP address Authentic...
Page 43: ...2 with EAP is selected Station Station WDS Repeater WDS mode Identity Identification credential used by the wpa supplicant for EAP authentication User Name Identification credential used by the wpa su...
Page 44: ...t will use to query server Secondary Radius Server IP Enter the Secondary Radius Server IP that Access Point will use to query the server Authentication Port Enter the Radius Server Authentication Por...
Page 45: ...if WEP security method is used Current Key Specify the Index of the WEP Key used 4 different WEP keys can be configured at the same time but only one is used WEP Key WEP encryption key for the wireles...
Page 46: ...tication mode Fig 2 11 Virtual AP Only Available in Access Point Access Point WDS Mode All VAPs are created from the same radio they all share the same wireless channel country code channel spectrum w...
Page 47: ...t is 100 ms Define the time interval in millisecond the beacon to broadcast Recommend to use default RTS Threshold Default is OFF Fragmentation Threshold Default is OFF Distance Enter the distant in m...
Page 48: ...as follows LED1 RSSI value 7 LED2 RSSI value 15 LED3 RSSI value 22 LED4 RSSI value 27 Radio Off with No Ethernet When checked automatically stop wireless broadcast when Ethernet link down Station Isol...
Page 49: ...pen when the device is in Bridge node To open page first enable Router mode in Basic Network We recommend to use first Station Mode set an Static IP on WAN interface and set a Remote Management Port b...
Page 50: ...k on box to enable DMZ IPAddress Input IP address of the local PC to receive the DMZ packets Port Forwarding Default is disabled Check on box to enable For configuration refer to Appendix section Addi...
Page 51: ...IP of the PC running the application Private Port From If single port enter same public port number or new port number If port range enter only the starting port number Public IPAddress If the applica...
Page 52: ...enter the source port number in rule check Is the source port of the TCP UDP packet specified within the packet header usually it is the port of the host system application which sends the packets De...
Page 53: ...In Router mode with Access Point Mode Remote Management is disabled and the Ethernet port becomes a WAN port To continue using it enter the Remote Management with port 88 for example Example For WAN...
Page 54: ...Page 54 of 83 Services Tab Click Services tab from menu to open the page below Services section provides varieties of useful and enhanced functions to help assist device operations...
Page 55: ...d Count to Reboot Default is 5 This is the number of ping failure count before device kick in the reboot process Auto Reboot Auto Reboot Mode Default is disabled Select By Hour or By Time check This m...
Page 56: ...Community Enter the SNMP community string NTP Setup Enable NTP Client Default is disabled Check on box to enable Select Your Time Zone Select from list the country you reside Custom Time Server Defau...
Page 57: ...r SSH Access Setup Enable SSH Server Default is disabled Check on box to enable Server Port Default is 22 Enter new preferred port number System Log Setup Enable System Logging Default is disabled Che...
Page 58: ...button to navigate to and select the new firmware file The full path to the new firmware file location can be specified there New firmware file is transferred to the system after Upload button is act...
Page 59: ...ault administrator s password should be changed on the very first system setup Administrator Username specifies the name of the system user Current Password administrator is required to enter a curren...
Page 60: ...evice Maintenance The controls in this section are dedicated for the device maintenance routines rebooting resetting generating of the support information report Reboot activate Reboot control in orde...
Page 61: ...expressed in days hours minutes and seconds Host Name displays the assigned device host name ID System Time display device current date and time Accurate system date and time is retrieved from the int...
Page 62: ...or Static IP WAN IPAddress displays the current IP address of the WAN interface WAN Gateway IPAddress displays the IP address of the gateway used in WAN WAN Pri DNS IP displays the Primary DNS IP add...
Page 63: ...view from AP Status page Below is an example of a client connection status info Click to refresh client connection statistics and status page Signals strength at the left and right port of radio card...
Page 64: ...l spectrum width selected by default 40MHz the widest channel spectrum width required to connect to an 802 11a network which supports Static Turbo feature WLAN Local AP Statistics Bytes transmitted re...
Page 65: ...o re assembling failure as some link layer fragments of the packet were lost Tx Excessive Retries value represents the number of packets which failed to be delivered to the destination Undelivered pac...
Page 66: ...tus pages Ping Utility a ping tool to test the connectivity between devices ARP Table display a list of MAC addresses of the connected devices Bridge Table display a list the devices connect to the br...
Page 67: ...number select Tag and click Add To add a Tag VLAN ID for VAP2 wireless SSID type in the ID number select Tag and click Add To add a Tag VLAN ID for VAP3 wireless SSID type in the ID number select Tag...
Page 68: ...1 with masquerade IP address 192 168 168 20 Another entry in Vlan Management has Vlan ID 2002 with masquerade IP address 192 168 168 10 You can only select one of the 2 entries to be the active Vlan I...
Page 69: ...nfigured for Layer 2 packet filtering and access control in Bridge mode Router operating mode can be configured in order to operate in Layer 3 to perform routing and enable network segmentation wirele...
Page 70: ...Gateway IP Typically this is the IP address of the host router which provides the point of connection to the internet This can be a DSL modem Cable modem or a WISP gateway router Device will direct th...
Page 71: ...of the packet specified within the packet header usually it is the IP of the host system which sends the packets Source Port is the source port of the TCP UDP packet specified within the packet heade...
Page 72: ...nagement purpose of the device WLAN IP Address This IP addresses represents the LAN or WLAN interface which is connected to the external network according to the wireless operation mode described abov...
Page 73: ...e while the device is operating in Router mode Please refer to the iptables tutorial for detailed description of the NAT functionality in Router mode Static routes should be specified in order the pac...
Page 74: ...the based device which will accept and forward the connections from the external network to the host connected to the internal network Comments are the informal field for the comment of the particula...
Page 75: ...effect of the particular firewall entry All the added firewall entries are saved in system configuration file however only the enabled firewall entries will be active during device operation New entri...
Page 76: ...om the external network as if it was the host which is specified with DMZ IP It is recommended to leave Management Port disabled while the based device will become inaccessible from the external netwo...
Page 77: ...nce But the fully auto algorithm might give low throughput Increase Rate Aggressiveness will increase transmit rate in this case to get higher throughput Choose a range of value from 3 2 1 Noise Immun...
Page 78: ...lity to enter the value manually Distance specify the distance value in miles or kilometers using slider or enter the value manually The signal strength and throughput falls off with range Changing th...
Page 79: ...dBm which will switch on LEDs indicating signal strength LED 1 Red will switch on if the Signal Strength reaches the value set in an entry field next to it LED 2 Yellow will switch on if the Signal St...
Page 80: ...o response packets is not received continuously the Ping Watchdog Tool will reboot the device SNMPAgent Simple Network Monitor Protocol SNMP is used in network management systems to monitor network at...
Page 81: ...an be set there Enable SSH Server Enables SSH access to the device Server Port SSH service TCP IP port setting System Log Enable Log option enables the registration routine of the system log messages...
Page 82: ...Page 82 of 83 Appendix V VLAN Setup examples A Tagged Wireless VLAN to Tagged Ethernet VLAN Setup...
Page 83: ...Page 83 of 83 B Untagged Wireless VLAN to Tagged Ethernet VLAN setup C Tagged VLAN Pass Through AP and Station link No VLAN Setup Required...
