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Preliminary 

 

Chapter 

2

 

Actiontec Electronics, Inc. 

 

COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 

BBS Stats Window for STA 

Field 

Description 

WEP 

Current state of Wired Equivalent Privacy; either 
on or off. 

Authentication/Deauthentication 

Number of times a STA attempted 
authentication and deauthentication. 

Association/Deassociation 

Number of times a STA attempted associations 
and deassociations. 

MSDU 

Maximum Service Data Unit. Specifies the 
number of packets sent and received by the STA. 

Data/Management/Control 

Packets can either be data, control, or 
management. Specifies the number of frames. 

Multicast 

Specifies the number of multicast frames. 

Errors 

Specifies the error count for both transmit and 
receive sides. 

Signal Strength 

Specifies the strength of the signal in dBm. 

Receive 

Specifies the strength of received frames in dBm. 

ACK 

Specifies the strength of transmitted frames in 
dBm. 

Rate 

Specifies the data rate in megabits per second 
(Mbps). 

Receive 

Specifies the rate of the received data. 

Transmit Short Frame/Long Frame  Specifies the rate of transmitted short and long 

frames. A short frame is less than 500 bytes; long 
frames are equal to or greater than 500 bytes. 

Specifies the number of transmit frames of each 
type. 

Receive Errors 

Specifies the number of receive errors. 

FCS Failures 

Specifies the number of FCS failures. 

Short Transmit Frame Retries 

Specifies the number of short transmit frame 

retries. 

Retry 1-15 

Specifies the number of retries for each retry 

group. 

 

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Страница 1: ...Actiontec Electronics Inc 802AA User Guide...

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Страница 3: ...Radio Frequency Interference Requirements ix FCC Warning ix RF Exposure Requirements x 1 Introduction 1 1 Package Contents 1 1 System Requirements 1 2 2 Access Point Physical Description 1 1 Top Pane...

Страница 4: ...Advanced Configuration Window A 2 8 Shared Key Configuration A 2 8 Per Station Privacy Configuration Window A 2 10 Script Configuration Window A 2 12 Firmware Update Configuration Windows A 2 14 Stati...

Страница 5: ...PRELIMINARY Actiontec Electronics Inc COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL...

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Страница 7: ...AR5000 chipset reference for both hardware and software developers After reading this user s guide you should be able to install configure control and maintain the Actiontec AP Reference Design provi...

Страница 8: ...s Inc and are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are also protected by copyright law Reverse engineering of this hardware software or documentation is...

Страница 9: ...pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules as well as ICES 003 B NMB 003 B Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accep...

Страница 10: ...in operation a separation distance of at least 20 centimeters must be maintained between the radiating antenna and the body of all persons exposed to the transmitter in order to meet the FCC RF exposu...

Страница 11: ...be found in the appropriate vendor datasheets or by contacting the appropriate company The Actiontec AP Reference Design hardware together with AP Reference Design software provide an IEEE 802 11a Acc...

Страница 12: ...e is included on the Actiontec distribution CD in the utils directory Actiontec Electronics provides an FTP site you can use to evaluate the firmware update capabilities of the AP for test purposes on...

Страница 13: ...Top Panel The top panel of the AP provides 3 LEDs for status indication and a pair of side mounted antennas that rotate 180 for alternative reception positioning and compact packaging WARNING To ensur...

Страница 14: ...ing at other times this indicates a system fault LED 2 Description Off No Ethernet Link Detected Green On 100 Mbps Link Detected but No Activity Green Blink 100 Mbps Link Activity blink rate is propor...

Страница 15: ...ovides an RS 232 serial interface an RJ 45 Ethernet jack a reset button and a power supply connector see Figure 1 2 Table 1 2 describes each connection and its function Figure 1 2 Access Point Rear Vi...

Страница 16: ...h as analog modems Selectable serial interface speeds up to 115 Kbps default is 9600 baud 8 data bits one stop bit and no parity RJ 45 Ethernet connector Provides 10 100 Mbps connectivity to a wired E...

Страница 17: ...information on using CLI AP Network Connections Connect your HPC to the AP using one of the following two methods Use an Ethernet crossover cable not supplied to connect directly to the Ethernet port...

Страница 18: ...using the web browser refer to Appendix A AP Web Server For more information on using the CLI refer to Appendix B The following description illustrates the use of the web browser For information on us...

Страница 19: ...ID you must specify a unique System Name for each AP within a single SSID 24 Specify the radio channel of operation of the AP by selecting the desired value from the Radio Channel drop down menu This...

Страница 20: ...P button that appears Command Line Interface The following procedures show the steps required to configure the AP SSID and channel frequency using the command line CLI interface and HyperTerminal 3 Af...

Страница 21: ...nics Inc COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 28 Use the set ssid SSID command to specify the SSID 29 Use the set channel channel command to change the radio channel 30 Use the reboot command and then press Enter whi...

Страница 22: ...PRELIMINARY Chapter 2 Actiontec Electronics Inc COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 49 To view CLI command options use the help command or refer to Appendix B for details about CLI options...

Страница 23: ...wser Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer are examples of commonly used web browsers 3 From the HPC enter the IP address that is assigned to the AP as the URL address for example http 192 168 1 1 C...

Страница 24: ...Preliminary Chapter 2 Actiontec Electronics Inc COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 6 Click OK to complete the login process NOTE Your browser must support frames and Javascript must be enabled...

Страница 25: ...figuration screens select the desired hotlink from the navigation bar on any configuration screen see Figure A 3 Figure A 3 AP Configuration Window Navigation Bar i Working With Configuration Windows...

Страница 26: ...r as the AP reboots To reestablish the connection with the AP Web Server wait until the AP has completed rebooting and navigate to the Web Server to resume communication b General Configuration Window...

Страница 27: ...nter a number or address between 1 and 32 characters in length that the STAs are associating with in Infrastructure mode You can specify more than one AP in an SSID Use the System Name field to unique...

Страница 28: ...ency auto attempted before scanning the remaining list Turbo Mode Allows transmission on two channels thereby improving data rate To enable disable Turbo Mode click on the appropriate Turbo button Ena...

Страница 29: ...lable Transmit Power Specifies the level of transmit power Specify the value of the transmit power from the drop down menu Decrease the transmit power if more than one AP is co located using the same...

Страница 30: ...EP keys Refer to Table A 3 for examples of WEP configurations on the AP and the STA Table A 3 Wired Equivalent Privacy Settings WEP Disable WEP is disabled Any STA can access to the network WEP Enable...

Страница 31: ...allowed to access to the network x Enable Yes No Deny STA with the matched MAC ID is blocked from accessing the network x Enable No Unique key Deny STA with the matched unique key is blocked from acce...

Страница 32: ...rivacy Field Description ACL Specifies the state of the Access Control List ACL Use the drop down menu to specify the state of ACL where 1 Disable Unrestricted Access By default while checking of the...

Страница 33: ...Add Modify MAC address to the ACL 5 Denied Add Modify MAC address to the disabled ACL Follow these steps to configure privacy for stations 1 Specify the ACL type from the drop down menu The Access Co...

Страница 34: ...s for your application 2 Enter the host name where the script resides 3 Enter the user name and password for the host 4 Specify the script path and the script name in the data entry fields in the Conf...

Страница 35: ...ult values for the Host Name Image Path and Image Name appear in the window To access the Firmware Update window click on Firmware Update in the navigation bar Follow these steps to enable firmware up...

Страница 36: ...rt to the default vendor values click Use Factory FTP Location 3 Click Update Firmware to store the new firmware changes If you want to restore the previous firmware click Restore Statistics Windows F...

Страница 37: ...ress and current state of the AP and all stations currently part of its BBS Basic Service Set The top level Statistics window automatically updates each minute i AP Statistics To view statistics on th...

Страница 38: ...m Service Data Unit Specifies the number of packets sent and received by the AP Data Management Control Packets can either be data control or management Specifies the number of packets sent and receiv...

Страница 39: ...ort Transmit Frame Retries Specifies the number of short transmit frame retries Retries Specifies the state of transmit retries for each type The AP Stats window automatically updates every five secon...

Страница 40: ...tation Table A 6 summarizes the information fields on the BSS Stats window for an STA Table A 6 BSS Stats Fields for STA Descriptions BBS Stats Window for STA Field Description AID The ID of the stati...

Страница 41: ...Specifies the error count for both transmit and receive sides Signal Strength Specifies the strength of the signal in dBm Receive Specifies the strength of received frames in dBm ACK Specifies the str...

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