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Wireless Access Point

WAP-1960

User’s Manual

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Page 1: ...Wireless Access Point WAP 1960 User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...es the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes All brand and product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective holders Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply...

Page 3: ...m that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Notice 2 Shielded interface cables if any must be used in order to comply with the emission limits ...

Page 4: ...ion 8 CONFIGURING THE WIRELESS ACCESS POINT 9 3 1 Configure through DFU utility 9 3 2 Configure through SNMP Manager 14 APPLICATION 26 4 1 Wireless Access Point 26 4 2 Wireless AP Client Mode 27 4 3 LAN to LAN Bridging through WAP 1960 28 4 4 Multiple LAN to LAN Bridging through WAP 1960 29 TROUBLESHOOTING 30 5 1 Frequently Asked Questions 30 APPENDIX 32 ...

Page 5: ...hat you have the following items One WAP 1960 One AC Power Adapter One USB Cable For Configuration One CD ROM with AP manager Software and Installation Manual One Quick Installation Guide If any of the above items are missing contact your supplier as soon as possible 1 2 System Requirements Before installation please check the following requirements with your equipment Pentium Based And Above IBM ...

Page 6: ...on and Noisy Environments High Speed Data Transmitter Rate Up to 11 Mbps Interoperable with IEEE 802 11b DSSS 2 4GHz Compliant Equipment Features Roaming Best Access Point Selection Load Balancing and Network Traffic Filtering 64 Bit and 128 Bit Wired Equivalent Privacy Support 63 clients to connect the network For best performance the suggested maximum clients number of one WAP 1960 is 25 Softwar...

Page 7: ...Channels Japan 4 channels France 2 channels Spain Data Rate Up to 11Mbps with automatic scale back LED Indicators Power Activity wireless Link wired Power Requirement 5V DC 2A Temperature Operating 0 degree C to 40 degree C Storage 20 degree C to 70 degree C Humidity 90 Non Condensing Dimensions 206 x 142 x 35mm Output Power 14dBm Antenna Gain 1dBi Antenna Connector Reversed Polarity SMA Male Tran...

Page 8: ...t can best cover your wireless network The antenna s position will enhance the receiving sensitivity 3 Connect RJ 45 cable to WAP 1960 Connect this WAP 1960 to your LAN switch hub or a single PC 4 Connect USB cable to WAP 1960 USB port If you are first time to configure WAP 1960 please connect the USB cable for DFU configuration Before USB cable connected please ensure you have install DFU utility...

Page 9: ... USB port and ask for the driver click Next for Windows to automatically find the installed driver Installing the DFU Utility A Insert the Driver and Users Manual CD into your CD drive suppose E and execute the DFU EXE which is in E Utility WAP1960 B Then the wizard box will appears please click Next C Choose the destination folder that you want to install utility and click Next to continue D Afte...

Page 10: ...int you can select Access Point Wizard as show above to set the basic settings of WAP 1960 IP Address SSID Radio Channel Or you may click the Configuration to get more advanced settings But please be sure that you have got enough information and authorization to set the advance setting ...

Page 11: ... consult with your network administrator about how to configure WAP 1960 IP address After complete this setting click the Next Set SSID Note Please be sure the SSID of the Access Point and Wireless LAN card are the same This defines those wireless devices to work in the same WLAN SSID is the identification string for distinguish different wireless network Key in any string you like to identify you...

Page 12: ...12 Set Radio Channel Choose the radio channel you want to use then click Finish to complete the setting ...

Page 13: ...nt setting Modify Set new parameter to the identifier you selected You can click the identifier twice which provides the same function Set Save and take any effect to the current setting After press this button WAP 1960 will take 20 seconds for restart Set the settings below to your WAP 1960 Eth_IP_Address Set an IP address for the AP Eth_Submask Set the subnet mask for the AP Wirel_ESSID ESSID is...

Page 14: ...hen installing and configuring this device 3 2 Configure through SNMP Manager SNMP Manager is provided to configure WAP 1960 through Ethernet Note Before using the SNMP manager to configure AP please consult with your Network Administrator to have enough information for the setting Installing the SNMP manager A Be sure that there is no AP inserted at this stage Power on your computer and allow Win...

Page 15: ...nmpManger then the dialog box below will appear File Connect to Access Point You can connect to the Access Point directly by typing the appropriate IP Address and Community in the panel The default community is public Select the User or Administrator Authority in the Authority pull down list User Allow you to view the Access Point Configuration only Administrator Allow you to view and change the A...

Page 16: ...ing the IP Address of the selected Access Point and prompting you enter appropriate Community and select Authority Then press OK 3 The following window appears indicating a successful connection to Access Point Press OK The following message appears in indicating an unsuccessful connection If you have seen this error message please check your AP that has connected to your LAN properly or try to re...

Page 17: ... polling interval according to which the SNMP Manager polls the Access Point in order to update the Associated Stations List Setup Menu You are able to view or set the Access Point parameters under the Setup menu the section consists of following options Setup Bridge IP Configuration The IP Address and IP Mask can be changed when DHCP client is not enabled If DHCP client is enable the IP Address a...

Page 18: ... can define the WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy Key values by yourself There are 4 keys available for the 64bit WEP 10 Hex digit or 128bit WEP 26 Hex digit Enable the WEP option in order to activate WEP encryption for transmissions between the stations and the Access Point WEP is an authentication algorithm that protects authorized Wireless LAN users against eavesdropping ...

Page 19: ...e parameters of the Wireless Access Point Access Point Name Change the Access Point Name here if you want to set another name to this Access Point ESSID The ESSID is used by all wireless devices within the ESS or extended wireless LAN The ESSID value must be the same on all stations and Access points in this WLAN Channel Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with your...

Page 20: ...ithin a range of 128 to 2 346 bytes Regulatory Domain The value of this field is fixed and cannot be modified Auto Rate Fall Back When enabled the transmission rate will set to the optimum rate In case of interference the system will automatically fall back to the lower speed Authentication Type Open System With this setting any station in the WLAN can receives and transmits data from the Access P...

Page 21: ...ched to your WAP 1960 client can then be wirelessly bridged to the main WAP 1960 Enter the required MAC address of the main WAP 1960 Preferred BSS Enter MAC address of the main WAP 1960 to wireless traffic to the device Wireless Bridge Two types of wireless bridge connections are allowed A Point to point This mode connects two physically separated LAN segments by using two WAP 1960s The remote WAP...

Page 22: ...ission Antenna is ANT A only use this side s Reversed Polarity SMA Male connecter to connect external antenna Caution The Transmission Antenna is ANT A only use this side s Reversed Polarity SMA Male connecter to connect external antenna Setup Wireless LAN Authorized Mac Address For security purposes the Access Point can discriminate its associations with other wireless stations The Authorized MAC...

Page 23: ...tain a list of the Authorized MAC Address currently entered on the table Setup Enable SNMP Traps Enable SNMP traps Using this submenu to enable or disable SNMP traps messages will display at the right bottom corner of the main window indicating that an action related to the AP took place The permitted messages are a Trap association Indicates the reception of an association request packet and the ...

Page 24: ...sswords which referred to the community field for the User and the Administrator Authority Commands menu there are two options as described below 1 Reset Device Select the option will reset the device and initiate any changes that have been made to the device configuration settings 2 Restore Default Restore Access Point to factory default setting Info menu Various statistics concerning Ethernet an...

Page 25: ...nt Network Network Associated Stations View the MAC Address of the Associated stations with the Access Point Window menu Consists of the following submenus Window Cascade All opened windows will be arranged on the desktop in a cascade fashion Window Tile All open windows are visible on the desktop Help menu Provides on line help about the application ...

Page 26: ...re Wireless Access Point AP s Client Mode wired LAN to LAN bridging mode and Multiple LAN to LAN bridging mode 4 1 Wireless Access Point With the DFU utility you will found the default setting of your WAP 1960 should runs in Access Point mode in default With this mode your Wireless network connection could act as following ...

Page 27: ...int Refer to chapter 3 section 3 1 1 for the related parameters 4 2 Wireless AP Client Mode The WAP 1960 can also act as a client on a wireless LAN When configured as Access Point Client mode WAP 1960 soon makes your connected PC a wireless end nodes This mode can be deployed if your end nodes already installed with an Ethernet Adapter do not want to make any change but want to move it some where ...

Page 28: ...Please be noted please key in the MAC address to make the WAP 1960 communicate with a specific remote Access Point you can find the MAC address either from the utility or from the label under the Access Point In default your wireless radio wave is transmitted through ANT A you can find the printing near the antenna connector The omni antenna is with 14db transmitting power if you would like to mak...

Page 29: ...to multipoint three or more LANs can bridge to each other Be noted only one of the Access Point is required to set in this mode as master one And the rest Access Points should remain in Wbridge point to point mode with remote MAC point to the central one Note The mode Wbridge point to Multipoint will turns the Access Points for example the above three Access point in the figure into one network do...

Page 30: ... be used over a network Consult the application s user guide to determine if it supports operation over a network Can I play games with other members of the cordless network Yes as long as the game supports multiple plays over a LAN local area network Refer to the game s user guide for more information What is the IEEE 802 11b standard The IEEE 802 11b Wireless LAN standards subcommittee which is ...

Page 31: ...wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database or wireless application for mobile workers What is Roaming Roaming is the ability of a portable computer user to communicate continuously while moving freely throughout an area greater than that covered by a single Wireless Network Access Point B...

Page 32: ... IP address for the Access Point must correspond to the Subnet Mask Subnet Mask consists of four sets of three digits that divides a network into sub network Wireless ESSID Select the ESSID to be used The ESSID up to 32 printable ASCII characters of the unit is a string used to identify a WLAN The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co located WLANs ESSID Length The length of the ESSID nu...

Page 33: ...agmented Choose a setting within a range of 256 to 2346 bytes This is the option for the Fragmentation Threshold activation Wireless RTS Threshold Minimum packet size to require an RTS Request To Send For packets smaller than this threshold an RTS is not sent and the packet is transmitted directly to the WLAN This is the option for the RTS Threshold activation WEP Keys 1 4 The default key that wil...

Page 34: ...s communicate with or without data encryption Operational Rate Set By default the unit adaptively selects the highest possible rate for transmission In case of obstacles or interference the system will step down Select the basic rates to be used among the following options 1 2 Mpbs 1 2 5 5 11 Mbps Select the Operational Rate set among the following options 82 84 8B 96 1 2 5 5 11 Mbps or 82 84 0B 1...

Page 35: ... Point Access Point Client Wireless Bridge Point To Point Wireless Bridge Point To MultiPoint User Community Indicates the user s password The default password is public User Access Indicates the user s access rights The user can only read and not set or change the AP s parameters Administrator Community Indicates the administrator s password The default password is public Administrator Access Ind...

Page 36: ...otocol packets to pass through the WLAN and any other protocol packets filtered out DHCP client Enable Disable automatic IP address assignment by the DHCP server Primary Port When DHCP enable you have to select the Primary Port which is the interface that determines the AP dynamically obtains an IP address Either Ethernet or Wireless Authorization Algorithm Enable Disable the association with auth...

Page 37: ... keys 1 4 The default key that will be used May be edited if WEP type is 128 bits Auto Rate Fall Back When this is enabled the transmission rate is the optimum rate In case of obstacles or interference the system will automatically fall back Regulatory Domain The value of this field is already set and cannot be modified ...

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