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Wireless LAN Device Series

Multi-Mode AP

ZWA-G120 User Manual

Version. 1.0.0 (13.05.2005)

Summary of Contents for Wireless LAN Device Series ZWA-G120

Page 1: ...Wireless LAN Device Series Multi Mode AP ZWA G120 User Manual Version 1 0 0 13 05 2005 ...

Page 2: ...S 37 WDS NETWORK TOPOLOGY 37 WDS APPLICATION 39 CH 4 ADVANCED CONFIGURATIONS 41 CONFIGURING LAN TO WAN FIREWALL 41 PORT FILTERING 41 IP FILTERING 41 MAC FILTERING 42 CONFIGURING PORT FORWARDING VIRTUAL SERVER 42 MULTIPLE SERVERS BEHIND NAT EXAMPLE 43 CONFIGURING DMZ 43 CONFIGURING WAN INTERFACE 44 STATIC IP 45 DHCP CLIENT DYNAMIC IP 46 PPPOE 46 PPTP 47 CONFIGURING CLONE MAC ADDRESS 48 CONFIGURING ...

Page 3: ...ho installs and manages the Ziwell ZWA G120 Multi Mode AP hereafter referred to as the device To use this guide you should have experience working with the TCP IP configuration and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of wireless local area networks ...

Page 4: ... RJ 45 Cable Hardware Installation Once you check off everything from the package you can start to install the device You can use the wall mount hole on the bottom of the device to mount the device on the wall or just put the device on the desktop The administrator can refer to the figure below while constructing your WLAN environment Internet Ethernet ZWA G120 As AP Tablet PC NB PDA ZWA G120 As R...

Page 5: ...in the same subnet as the device such as 192 168 2 X for LAN 172 1 1 X for WAN Please note that the DHCP server inside the device is default to up and running Do not have multiple DHCP servers in your network environment otherwise it will cause abnormal situation We also provide an auto discovery tool which is for finding out the IP of the device In case you ve forgot the IP of the device or the I...

Page 6: ...nnect to the AP of your ISP then you can configure the WAN IP configuration to meet your ISP requirement The wireless radio of the device acts as the following roles AP Access Point The wireless radio of device serves as communications hub for wireless clients and provides a connection to a wired LAN AP Client This mode provides the capability to connect with the other AP using infrastructure Ad h...

Page 7: ...ing combination of operation and wireless radio modes Bridge Router WISP AP V V X WDS V V X Client V X V AP WDS V V V Hereafter are some topologies of network application for your reference Bridge Mode With AP Bridge Mode With WDS AP Bridge Mode Router Mode With WDS AP WISP Mode Internet Broadband Modem ...

Page 8: ... the IP configuration of 2 domains 192 168 2 x 192 168 3 x Once the setting is done all the PCs can visit Internet through DEV1 We assume all the devices keep the factory default setting To make sure that user can continuing press the rest button for more than 5 seconds to restore the factory default setting The following descriptions show the steps to configure DEV1 to DEV5 ...

Page 9: ... of device using Ethernet cable 2 Access the web server http 192 168 2 254 of device from the wireless station 3 Use Wizard page to setup device 4 Press Next button then set the Operation Mode to Router mode 5 Press Next button then disable Time Zone function ...

Page 10: ... the IP address of LAN interface 7 Press Next button then select the PPPoE for WAN Access Type and fill in the User Name and Password fields 8 Press Next button then select the AP WDS for mode and change the SSID to ZPlus G120 DEV1 ...

Page 11: ...9 9 Press Next button then select None for Encryption then press Finished button 10 Wait for refreshing web page 11 Use WDS Settings page to configure WDS ...

Page 12: ...dd the BSSID of DEV2 to Current WDS AP List 13 Since we access the device by wireless connection it may temporarily disconnect when applying the WDS setting After re connecting to the device use the Status page to check the settings ...

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Page 14: ... but different MAC addresses it may cause you not able to access the web server of device If the situation happens please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command arp d then you can access the web server of device using the default IP address 2 Use Wizard page to setup device 3 Press Next button then set the Operation Mode to Bridge mode 4 Press Next button then disable Time Zone funct...

Page 15: ... the IP address of LAN interface 6 Press Next button then select the AP WDS for mode and change the SSID to ZPlus G120 DEV2 7 Press Next button then select None for Encryption then press Finished button 8 Wait for refreshing web page ...

Page 16: ...14 9 Access the web server by new IP address 192 168 2 202 then use LAN Interface page to disable DHCP Server 10 Wait for refreshing web page 11 Use WDS Settings page to configure WDS ...

Page 17: ...15 12 Enable WDS function and add the BSSID of DEV1 to Current WDS AP List 13 Use the Status page to check the settings ...

Page 18: ... you not able to access the web server of device If the situation happens please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command arp d then you can access the web server of device using the default IP address 2 Use LAN Interface page to set the IP address of LAN interface and disable DHCP server 3 Wait for refreshing web page 4 Access the web server by new IP address 192 168 2 203 then use Ba...

Page 19: ...17 5 Use the Status page to check the settings ...

Page 20: ...ut different MAC addresses it may cause you unable to access the web server of device If the situation happens please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command arp d then you can access the web server of device using the default IP address 2 Use Wizard page to setup device 3 Press Next button then set the Operation Mode to Wireless ISP mode 4 Press Next button then disable Time Zone fun...

Page 21: ...LAN interface 6 Press Next button then select the DHCP Client for WAN Access Type 7 Press Next button then select the Client for mode and change the SSID to ZPlus G120 DEV4 8 Press Next button then select None for Encryption then press Finished button ...

Page 22: ...f your PC to 192 168 3 x then access the web server by the new IP address 192 168 3 1 and use Status page check the setting 11 If the State of Wireless Configuration is not Connected or you want to refresh the RSSI please use Site Survey page to re connect a AP ...

Page 23: ...ut different MAC addresses it may cause you unable to access the web server of device If the situation happens please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command arp d then you can access the web server of device using the default IP address 2 Use Wizard page to setup device 3 Press Next button then set the Operation Mode to Wireless ISP mode 4 Press Next button then disable Time Zone fun...

Page 24: ... the IP address of LAN interface 6 Press Next button then select the Client for mode and change the SSID to ZPlus G120 DEV5 7 Press Next button then select None for Encryption then press Finished button 8 Wait for refreshing web page ...

Page 25: ...23 9 Access the web server by the new IP address 192 168 2 205 and use LAN Interface page to disable DHCP Server 10 Wait for refreshing webpage 11 Use State page to check setting ...

Page 26: ...24 12 If the State of Wireless Configuration is not Connected or you want to refresh the RSSI please use Site Survey page to re connect a AP ...

Page 27: ...port Infrastructure and Ad hoc network types to act as a wireless adapter 3 WDS Wireless Distribution System this mode serves as a wireless repeater only devices with WDS function supported can connect to it all the wireless clients can t survey and connect the device when the mode is selected 4 AP WDS Support both AP and WDS functions the wireless clients and devices with WDS function supported c...

Page 28: ... Firewall and WAN settings SSID The SSID is a unique identifier that wireless networking devices use to establish and maintain wireless connectivity Multiple access point bridges on a network or sub network can use the same SSID SSIDs are case sensitive and can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters Do not include spaces in your SSID Channel Number The following table is the available frequencie...

Page 29: ...hina 9 2452 Americas EMEA Japan Israel and China 10 2457 Americas EMEA Japan and China 11 2462 Americas EMEA Japan and China 12 2467 EMEA and Japan only 13 2472 EMEA and Japan only 14 2484 Japan only When set to Auto the device will find the least congested channel for use Associated Client Show the information of active wireless client stations that connected to the device ...

Page 30: ...rts two Authentication Types Open system and Shared Key When you select Share Key you need to setup WEP key in Security page See the next section The default setting is Auto The wireless client can associate with the device by using one of the two types Fragment Threshold The fragmentation threshold determines the size at which packets are fragmented sent as several pieces instead of as one block ...

Page 31: ...blic Wireless Network disable this function can provide better security Every wireless stations located within the coverage of the device must connect this device by manually configure the SSID in your client settings Int Roaming This function will let Wireless Stations roam among a network environment with multiple devices Wireless Stations are able to switch from one device to another as they mo...

Page 32: ...t see each other Transmit Power The device supports four transmission output power levels 250 200 150 and 100mW for CCK 802 11b mode and two transmission output power levels 100 and 50mW for OFDM 802 11g mode User can adjust the power level to change the coverage of the device Every wireless stations located within the coverage of the device also needs to have the high power radio Otherwise the wi...

Page 33: ...ecurity setting depending on what security function you need WEP Encryption Setting Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP is implemented in this device to prevent unauthorized access to your wireless network The WEP setting must be as same as each client in your wireless network For more secure data transmission you can change encryption type to WEP and click the Set WEP Key button to open the Wireless WEP...

Page 34: ...etting The device supports external RADIUS Server that can secure networks against unauthorized access If you use the WEP encryption you can also use the RADIUS server to check the admission of the users By this way every user must use a valid account before accessing the Wireless LAN and requires a RADIUS or other authentication server on the network An example is shown as following Ethernet RADI...

Page 35: ...ved via WPA RADIUS Server You need a RADIUS or other authentication server on the network z Enterprise RADIUS When WPA Authentication mode is Enterprise RADIUS you have to add user accounts and the target device to the RADIUS Server In the device you need to specify the IP address Password Shared Secret and Port number of the target RADIUS server z Pre Share Key This mode requires only an access p...

Page 36: ...stations Ad Hoc network type or Access Point Infrastructure network type and you don t need to install any driver Quick start to configure Step 1 In Basic Settings page change the Mode to Client mode And key in the SSID of the AP you want to connect then press Apply Changes button to apply the change Step 2 Check the status of connection in Status web page ...

Page 37: ...ey page select one of the SSIDs you want to connect and then press Connect button to establish the link Step 2 If the linking is established successfully It will show the message Connect successfully Then press OK Step 3 Then you can check the linking information in Status page ...

Page 38: ...ation Type In client mode the device also supports two Authentication Types Open system and Shared Key Although the default setting is Auto not every Access Points can support Auto mode If the authentication type on the Access Point is knew by user we suggest to set the authentication type as same as the Access Point Data Encryption In client mode the device supports WEP and WPA Personal Enterpris...

Page 39: ...enable the 802 1d Spanning Tree function z You don t need to add all MAC address of devices existed in your network to WDS AP List WDS AP List only needs to specify the MAC address of devices you need to directly connect to z The bandwidth of device is limited to add more bridging devices will split the more bandwidth to every bridging device WDS network topology In this section we will demonstrat...

Page 40: ...Address of WDS1 No WDS4 The MAC Address of WDS1 No WDS5 The MAC Address of WDS1 No Ring topology Device Entries of WDS AP List Spanning Tree Protocol Required WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2 and WDS5 Yes WDS2 The MAC Addresses of WDS1 and WDS3 Yes WDS3 The MAC Addresses of WDS2 and WDS4 Yes WDS4 The MAC Addresses of WDS3 and WDS5 Yes WDS5 The MAC Addresses of WDS4 and WDS1 Yes ...

Page 41: ...e MAC Addresses of WDS1 WDS2 WDS3 and WDS4 Yes WDS Application Wireless Repeater Wireless Repeater can be used to increase the coverage area of another device Parent AP Between the Parent AP and the Wireless Repeater wireless stations can move among the coverage areas of both devices When you decide to use the WDS as a Repeater please refer the following instructions for configuration z In AP mode...

Page 42: ...blish a wireless connection between two or more Wired LANs When you decide to use the WDS as a Wireless Bridge please refer the following instructions for configuration z In AP mode enable the WDS function z You must set these connected devices with the same radio channel but you may use different SSID z Choose WDS mode for only wireless backbone extension purpose z You can use any network topolog...

Page 43: ...n securing or restricting your local network Port Filtering When you enable the Port Filtering function you can specify a single port or port ranges in current filter table Once the source port of outgoing packets match the port definition or within the port ranges in the table the firewall will block those packets from LAN to WAN IP Filtering When you enable the IP Filtering function you can spec...

Page 44: ...ows you to automatically redirect common network services to a specific machine behind the NAT firewall These settings are only necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail server on the private local network behind the device s NAT firewall The most often used port numbers are shown in the following table Services Port Number ECHO 7 FTP File Transfer Protocol 21 Tel...

Page 45: ...ork accessible for outside users Configuring DMZ A Demilitarized Zone is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its local private network Typically the DMZ host contains devices accessible to Internet traffic such as Web HTTP servers FTP servers SMTP e mail servers and DNS servers So that all inbound packets will be redirected to the computer you set It also i...

Page 46: ...the IP Address of the computer that you want to expose to Internet Configuring WAN Interface The device supports four kinds of IP configuration for WAN interface including Static IP DHCP Client PPPoE and PPTP You can select one of the WAN Access Types depend on your ISP required The default WAN Access Type is Static IP ...

Page 47: ... ISP or MIS Default Gateway is the intermediate network device that has knowledge of the network IDs of the other networks in the Wide Area Network so it can forward the packets to other gateways until they are delivered to the one connected to the specified destination DNS 1 3 The IP addresses of DNS provided by your ISP DNS Domain Name Server is used to map domain names to IP addresses DNS maint...

Page 48: ... Internet requests to other servers on the Internet until the specified web site is found Clone MAC Address Clone device MAC address to the specify MAC address required by your ISP Enable uPnP Enable uPnP this function allows the device to be found and configured automatically by the system Ex Window XP PPPoE When the PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet WAN Access Type is selected you must...

Page 49: ...d to change the MTU for optimal performance with your specific ISP DNS1 3 The IP addresses of DNS provided by your ISP DNS Domain Name Server is used to map domain names to IP addresses DNS maintain central lists of domain name IP addresses and map the domain names in your Internet requests to other servers on the Internet until the specified web site is found Clone MAC Address Clone device MAC ad...

Page 50: ...rformance with your specific ISP DNS1 3 The IP addresses of DNS provided by your ISP DNS Domain Name Server is used to map domain names to IP addresses DNS maintain central lists of domain name IP addresses and map the domain names in your Internet requests to other servers on the Internet until the specified web site is found Clone MAC Address Clone device MAC address to the specify MAC address r...

Page 51: ...49 2 Clone MAC address for Static IP WAN access type 3 Clone MAC address for PPPoE WAN access type ...

Page 52: ...Server 1 To use the DHCP server inside the device please make sure there is no other DHCP server existed in the same network as the device 2 Enable the DHCP Server option and assign the client range of IP addresses as following page 3 When the DHCP server is enabled and also the device router mode is enabled ...

Page 53: ... once user login the device then can change the password by CLI command Execute CLI program This program won t execute automatically when user login the device User must manually execute it by typing the case sensitive command cli Please note that any modified settings won t save permanently until user Apply Changes to Flash or reboot it The new settings modified by CLI will take effect after rebo...

Page 54: ... The firmware for this device is divided into 2 parts one is web pages firmware the other is application firmware and the naming usually are g120webpage bin and g120linux bin To upgrade firmware we suggest user first upgrade the application firmware then web pages firmware Upgrading Firmware The Web Browser upgrading interface is the simplest and safest way for user it will check the firmware chec...

Page 55: ...ckup Restore Rest Setting to Factory Default Value Since the device is designed for outdoor used there is no interface outside the housing to reset the configuration value to the factory default value The device provides the Web Browser interface to rest the configuration data After resetting it the current configuration data will be lost and restored to factory default value Saving Restoring Conf...

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