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Page 2: ...mply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation...

Page 3: ...ove the DC plug the device still consuming power from the power circuit In the view of Saving the Energy and reduce the unnecessary power consuming it is strongly suggested to remove the DC plug for t...

Page 4: ...ve 1999 5 EC without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below Country Restriction Reason remark Bulgaria None General authorization required for outdoor use and public service France Ou...

Page 5: ...User s Manual of WNAP 6306 Revision User s Manual for PLANET 802 11n Wireless Outdoor Access Point Model WNAP 6306 Rev 1 0 April 2012 5...

Page 6: ...1 Preparation before Installation 19 3 1 1 Professional Installation Required 19 3 1 2 Safety Precautions 19 3 1 3 Installation Precautions 19 3 2 Hardware Installation 22 3 2 1 Connect Up 22 Chapter...

Page 7: ...How does wireless networking work 57 5 What is BSSID 58 6 What is ESSID 58 7 What are potential factors that may causes interference 58 8 What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications 59 9...

Page 8: ...TP Client 62 27 What is VPN 62 28 What is IPSEC 62 29 What is WLAN Block Relay between Clients 63 30 What is WMM 63 31 What is WLAN ACK TIMEOUT 63 32 What is Modulation Coding Scheme MCS 63 33 What is...

Page 9: ...N This document describes the steps required for the initial IP address assign and other configuration of the Outdoor AP Flexible Outdoor Wireless Network PLANET WNAP 6306 Wireless Outdoor Access Poin...

Page 10: ...with its Plug n Link capability via the built in N Type antenna connector The N Type antenna connector is most commonly adapted with outdoor antenna and the mounting free design of outdoor enclosure U...

Page 11: ...twork security and prevent unauthorized wireless connection Furthermore the WNAP 6306 features the Dual SSID function to enable you setup two different wireless networks with the WNAP 6306 serving as...

Page 12: ...tics IP65 Enclosure Passive Power Over Ethernet Design Operating Temperature 20 70 C Multiple Operation Wireless Mode Multiple Wireless Modes AP Client WDS PtP PtMP Repeater Universal Repeater Support...

Page 13: ...4 5 PIN 7 8 Dimension D x H 46 x 205 mm Weight 192g Wireless Interface Specification Frequency Band 2 4 2 4835GHz Modulation Transmission Emission Type DSSS OFDM Data modulation type OFDM with BPSK QP...

Page 14: ...up Wireless Security Enable Disable SSID Broadcast B G Protection Mode A protection mechanism prevents collisions among 802 11b g modes Association List Display current status of the wireless client a...

Page 15: ...other industrial equipments Keep the number of walls or ceilings between AP and clients as few as possible otherwise the signal strength may be seriously reduced Place WNAP 6306 in open space or add...

Page 16: ...n Power Off System Off On LAN Port linked Off No link LAN Blinking Data is transmitting or receiving on the LAN interface LED1 On The wireless Signal Strength reaches the value LED2 On The wireless Si...

Page 17: ...u can use the N Type connector to connect with 2 4GHz external antenna LAN The RJ 45 sockets allow LAN connection through Category 5 cables Support auto sensing on 10 100M speed and half full duplex c...

Page 18: ...ector PoE Warning Label The 18VDC PoE Injector is for EU US regions Figure 2 3 18VDC PoE Injector 15VDC Power Adapter PoE Injector PoE Warning Label The 15VDC Power Adapter PoE Injector are for UK Oth...

Page 19: ...electric power and phone lines 4 When installing WNAP 6306 please note the following things Do not use a metal ladder Do not work on a wet or windy day Wear shoes with rubber soles and heels rubber gl...

Page 20: ...WORKING AT HEIGHTS ABOVE GROUND Select equipment locations that will allow safe simple equipment installation Don t work alone A friend or co worker can save your life if an accident happens Use appro...

Page 21: ...ED Use a non conductive dry board stick or rope to push or drag them so they no longer are in contact with electrical power Once they are no longer contacting electrical power administer CPR if you ar...

Page 22: ...o the LAN Port through the Cap and Gasket Then seal the bottom of the WNAP 6306 with the Cap and Gasket Figure 3 2 Cable Connection 1 Ensure to pack the Gasket into the Cap tightly to avoid the penetr...

Page 23: ...llation 1 It will take about 30 seconds to complete the boot up sequence after powered on the Outdoor AP Power LED will be active and after that the WLAN Activity LED will be flashing to show the WLAN...

Page 24: ...e AP For OS of Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 1 Click the Start button and select Settings then click Control Panel The Control Panel window will appear 2 Move mouse and double click the right button on Ne...

Page 25: ...he installation Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP IP installation 6 Select TCP IP and click the properties button on the Network dialog box Figure 4 2 7 Select Specify an IP addres...

Page 26: ...ow will appear 2 Move mouse and double click the right button on Network Connections item The Network Connections window will appear Double click Local Area Connection icon then User Account Control w...

Page 27: ...click General tab Select Specify an IP address and type in values as following example IP Address 192 168 1 2 any IP address within 192 168 1 2 to 192 168 1 254 is good to connect the Wireless LAN Ac...

Page 28: ...work Protocol dialog box then click OK button to install the TCP IP protocol it may need the Microsoft Windows CD to complete the installation Close and go back to Network dialog box after the TCP IP...

Page 29: ...r web browser has been set to a proxy Go to Tools menu Internet Options Connections LAN Settings in the screen that appears cancel the Using Proxy checkbox and click OK to finish it After you enter th...

Page 30: ...led information 5 1 1 System This item provides current running information of System Figure 5 1 System 5 1 2 LAN Info This item provides information about AP s LAN port display LAN port s physical ad...

Page 31: ...less Mode Current wireless mode of wireless AP Channel Display current channel of your wireless AP SSID SSID Service Set Identifier is your wireless network s name shared among all points in a wireles...

Page 32: ...5 Statistics This item provides statistics information about the bits AP sends and received Figure 5 5 Statistics 5 2 System Log View the system log You can set the number of records per page default...

Page 33: ...de allows that the wireless interface is treated as WAN port and the Ethernet port is LAN port User must configure wireless encryption connection and set the Radio Mode to Client SSID You can manually...

Page 34: ...ddress is designed for your special application that request the clients to register to a server machine with one identified MAC address Default MAC address Use Default MAC address to register to a se...

Page 35: ...re case sensitive Clone MAC address Clone MAC address is designed for your special application that request the clients to register to a server machine with one identified MAC address Default MAC addr...

Page 36: ...Subnet Mask Gateway and DNS setting select Static user option WAN IP address Enter the IP address in dotted decimal notation provided by your ISP Subnet Mask Enter the subnet Mask in dotted decimal n...

Page 37: ...two DNS addresses in dotted decimal notation provided by your ISP 5 4 Wireless Management Providing basic configuration items for wireless AP users including wireless network status SSID Radio Band R...

Page 38: ...lly Channel width This switch allows you to set AP s wireless bandwidth 20MHz In this mode you can get low bandwidth little interference and slow rate 40MHz In this mode you can get high bandwidth hig...

Page 39: ...ord it If you select WEP to encrypt your data choose th should be 64 bits or 128 bits Then choose the format of password it should be HEX or ASCII The valid character for HEX format should be numbers...

Page 40: ...Advanced Encryption System which utilizes a symmetric 128 Bit block data Key Renewal you can configure the renewal time between 60 to 86400 seconds Key Length description you need to input 8 to 63 AS...

Page 41: ...ich type you select E WPA WPA2 PSK This item mixed WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK mode which provides higher security level you can configure it according with WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK Figure 5 16 Security WPA WPA2...

Page 42: ...reless bridge to tell apart WDS MAC Address If the current working mode is WDS or AP WDS then you need to configure wireless bridge configuration Enter MAC address of remote access point at the same t...

Page 43: ...4 1 5 Host List All this shows the current wireless access point by access to the state of the wireless station easy to manage Figure 5 19 Host List 5 4 1 6 WPS Wi Fi Protect Setup WPS function can l...

Page 44: ...nerate a new AP PIN code Wireless Host PIN Code Input the PIN of wireless network card that support WPS function Click Connect when it connect successfully it will be encrypted to WPA2 PSK WPS PBC set...

Page 45: ...r 3 seconds Or you can click the WPS button with the same function in the configuration utility of the adapter 1 Step 1 2 should process within two minutes 2 WNAP 6306 only supported Software PBC Step...

Page 46: ...in WPS Settings each AP has its unique PIN code Figure 5 24 WPS PIN of AP Step 2 For the configuration of the wireless adapter please choose the option that you want to enter the PIN of the AP in the...

Page 47: ...e beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point Beacon is used to synchronize the wireless network The valid interval is...

Page 48: ...s Long Preamble WLAN Partition This feature is to isolate the communication of wireless clients connected with different AP When this feature is enabled each of your wireless clients will be in its ow...

Page 49: ...ost List Display current status of the wireless client associate with the secondary AP Figure 5 28 Multiple AP Setup Host List 5 5 Wireless LED Thresholds Please set the AP to the external LED lights...

Page 50: ...rength reaches the value set in an entry field next to it The default value is 30dBm LED4 The LED4 will switch on if the Signal Strength reaches the value set in an entry field next to it The default...

Page 51: ...use DHCP function If a DHCP server has already existed in the network please select Disable IP Address Pool The IP Address pool is used for allocate IP address by DHCP server The IP Address pool rang...

Page 52: ...function supports load Application s port forward record automatically Select Enable to enable this function Figure 5 33 UPnP 5 8 Routing Most of AP and wireless AP are using NAT mode so this feature...

Page 53: ...nguish Network portion and Host portion for an IP address Next hop IP Address This is an IP address of the next hop device and also is the gateway address for local host that allows forwarding data be...

Page 54: ...le click Upgrade button to execute upgrade procedure Do not cut off the power supply during the process of upgrading Figure 5 36 Upgrade 5 9 3 Reboot Click Restart button to restart the AP Figure 5 37...

Page 55: ...elect the configuration file from your PC then click Parameter Recovery button to update the configuration 5 9 5 Restore Click Restore button the AP will erase all of your settings and replace them wi...

Page 56: ...User s Manual of WNAP 6306 5 9 7 System Time You can choose the time zone for the system time Figure 5 41 System Time 56...

Page 57: ...n press the Enter button 3 Your PC s IP address is the one entitled IP Address and your PC s MAC address is the one entitled Physical Address 2 What is Wireless LAN A wireless LAN WLAN is a network th...

Page 58: ...room convention center or airport or where access to the wired network is barred such as for consultants at a client site Example 2 wireless Ad Hoc Mode 5 What is BSSID A six byte address is that dist...

Page 59: ...reless Ethernet card and an access point i e a base station The secret key is used to encrypt packets before they are transmitted and an integrity check is used to ensure that packets are not modified...

Page 60: ...management frame provides the heartbeat of a wireless LAN enabling stations to establish and maintain communications in an orderly fashion Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beacon...

Page 61: ...d MAC level access control defines Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP over LANs WAPOL The standard encapsulates and leverages much of EAP which was defined for dial up authentication with Point to...

Page 62: ...he PPP connection will indicate its MRU and will be accepted The actual MTU of the PPP connection will be set to the smaller one of MTU and the peer s MRU 24 What is Clone MAC Address Clone MAC addres...

Page 63: ...eme MCS MCS is Wireless link data rate for 802 11n The throughput range performance of an AP will depend on its implementation of coding schemes MCS includes variables such as the number of spatial st...

Page 64: ...on the back panel of the AP when it is working wait for a few seconds until the SYS LED indicator stays green After the above those steps the manufacture s parameters will be restored in the AP The de...

Page 65: ...Interface Specification Frequency Band 2 4 2 4835GHz Modulation Transmission Emission Type DSSS OFDM Data modulation type OFDM with BPSK QPSK 16 QAM 64 QAM DBPSK DQPSK CCK Data Rate 802 11b 11 5 5 2 a...

Page 66: ...ast Multiple SSID Support Dual SSID B G Protection Mode A protection mechanism prevents collisions among 802 11b g modes Association List Display current status of the wireless client associate with A...

Page 67: ...load FCC Federal Communications Commission FTP File Transfer Protocol IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IKE Internet Key Exchange IP Internet Protocol ISM Industrial Scientific and...

Page 68: ...User s Manual of WNAP 6306 WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WLAN Wireless Local Area Network WPA Wi Fi Protected Access 68...

Page 69: ...il Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to 1999 5 EC R TTE For the evaluation regarding the R TTE the following standards were applied EN 60950 1 2006 A11 2009 A1 2...

Page 70: ...chnology Corporation o wiadcza e 802 11n Wireless Outdoor AP spe nia wszystkie istotne wymogi i klauzule zawarte w dokumencie Directive 1999 5 EC PLANET Technology Corporation 802 11n Wireless Outdoor...

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