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Chapter 3: Installation

2. Plug a standard Ethernet cable into the RJ-45 port.

Figure 3-2. Plugging a standard Ethernet cable into the RJ-45 port.

3. Slide the cover back and press down the lock button to seal the bottom of the Wireless Ethernet Extender.

Figure 3-3. Replacing the bottom cover.

3.4.2 Using the Grounding Wire

The extender is equipped with a grounding wire. Be sure to properly connect the extender, cables, and PoE injector to earth
ground to protect against surges or ESD during normal use.

1. Remove the screw on the grounding point at the bottom of the Wireless Ethernet Extender.

Remove the

grounding screw

Figure 3-4. Grounding point on the extender.

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Страница 2: ...his Manual Black Box and the Double Diamond logo are registered trademarks of BB Technologies Inc Any other trademarks mentioned in this manual are acknowledged to be the property of the trademark owners Disclaimer Black Box Network Services shall not be liable for damages of any kind including but not limited to punitive consequential or cost of cover damages resulting from any errors in the prod...

Страница 3: ...sly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emis sion from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulation of Industry Canada Le présent appareil numérique n émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils num...

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Страница 5: ...the AC Thin AP Mode 22 4 3 Firmware Upgrade for Ethernet Extender in AC mode 24 4 4 Install the Managed Thin AP 24 4 5 Manage the Extender Managed APs 25 4 6 Firmware Upgrade for Managed Thin APs 26 4 7 Monitor the Ethernet Extender Managed APs 27 4 8 Configure the Fat AP Mode 27 4 8 1 AP Mode 28 4 8 2 Wireless Client Mode 29 4 8 3 Bridge Mode 31 4 8 4 AP Repeater Mode 33 5 Navigating the Web Conf...

Страница 6: ...tus 58 View Basic Information 58 View Association List 59 View Network Flow Statistics 60 View ARP Table 61 View Bridge Table 61 View Active DHCP Client Table 61 View Network Activities 62 5 3 2 System 62 Basic System Settings 62 TCP IP Settings 62 Time Settings 64 RADIUS Settings 64 Firewall Settings 65 UDP Passthrough 68 DMZ 68 5 3 3 Wireless 69 VAP Profile Settings 71 VLAN 73 Advanced Settings ...

Страница 7: ...724 746 5500 blackbox com Page 7 Table of Contents SNMP Management 82 Certificate Settings 83 5 3 5 Tools 84 System Log 84 Ping Watchdog 84 Appendix ASCII 86 ...

Страница 8: ...02 11 b g n 2 4 2 484 GHz Radio Chains 2x2 MIMO with two spatial streams Operating Channels 2 4 GHz FCC 1 11 ETSI 1 13 RF Output Power 2 4 GHz 30 dBm 2 TX The maximum power setting will vary by channel and according to individual country regulations Receive Sensitivity IEEE 802 11b 85 dBm 11 Mbps IEEE 802 11g 89 dBm 6 Mbps IEEE 802 11n 86 dBm HT20 83 dBm HT40 RF Channels 20 40 MHz Security Open Sh...

Страница 9: ...h environments Three management modes including AC AC Thin AP Thin AP and Fat AP Four wireless operation modes in FAT AP mode including AP Wireless Client WDS and AP Repeater Up to 8 BSSIDs available for service deployment Support encryption 64 128 152 bit WEP and 802 1X WPA WPA2 WPA WPA2 WPA PSK WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK WPA2 PSK User friendly Web and SNMP based management interface 2 3 What s Include...

Страница 10: ...724 746 5500 blackbox com Page 10 Chapter 2 Overview 2 4 Hardware Description Figure 2 1 Front view Figure 2 2 Back view ...

Страница 11: ...724 746 5500 blackbox com Page 11 Chapter 2 Overview RJ 45 port Grounding point Reset button Figure 2 3 Inside the bottom cover Figure 2 4 Pole mounting ring Figure 2 5 Power supply ...

Страница 12: ...Blinking Transmitting receiving wireless packets Signal Green 3 LED ON The signal strength is excellent 2 LED ON The signal strength is good 1 LED ON The signal strength is weak 2 5 Typical Management Scenario This section describes the typical management of Wireless Ethernet Extender By default it is set to thin AP mode managed AP which allows it to be managed by the Wireless Ethernet Extender in...

Страница 13: ...r a Wireless Ethernet Extender in AC mode If the thin AP fids the AP controller on the network it will send the registration request to the AP controller Once the registration is successfully made the AP that acts as the AP controller will add the thin AP to its management list and provides it configuration information ...

Страница 14: ...rational avoid standing directly in front of it Strong RF fields are present when the transmitter is on 3 3 Installation Precautions To keep the Wireless Ethernet Extender well while you are installing it read and follow these installation precautions 1 Users MUST use a proper and well installed grounding and surge arrestor with the Wireless Ethernet Extender otherwise ran dom lightning could easi...

Страница 15: ...ttom of the Wireless Ethernet Extender Figure 3 3 Replacing the bottom cover 3 4 2 Using the Grounding Wire The extender is equipped with a grounding wire Be sure to properly connect the extender cables and PoE injector to earth ground to protect against surges or ESD during normal use 1 Remove the screw on the grounding point at the bottom of the Wireless Ethernet Extender Remove the grounding sc...

Страница 16: ...igure 3 5 Tighten the grounding wire 3 Connect the grounding wire to earth ground 3 4 3 Mount the AP on a Pole 1 Turn the Wireless Ethernet Extender over Put the pole mounting ring through the middle hole of it NOTE Unlock the pole mounting ring with a screw driver before putting it through the device as the following right picture shows Figure 3 6 Installing the pole mounting ring on the extender...

Страница 17: ... Up 1 Plug the power cord into the DC port of the power supply as the following picture shows Figure 3 8 Power cord plugged into the power supply s DC port 2 Use an Ethernet cable to connect the Wireless Ethernet Extender to the POE port of the power supply as shown next Figure 3 9 Power up the extender 3 Connect the power plug to a power socket The Wireless Ethernet Extender will be powered up im...

Страница 18: ...ector latches The core will open revealing a concave surface Figure 3 10 Open the connector latches 2 Lay the Ethermet cable into the core usually within 2 to 3 inches of the connector Figure 3 11 Putting cable into the core 3 Loop the cable around and through the core This helps lock the core in place and may be required in circumstances with severe interference Figure 3 12 Loop cable around core...

Страница 19: ...9 Chapter 3 Installation 4 Close the core and snap the halves back together Figure 3 13 Close core 5 Connect the Ethernet cable with suppression core to the Data In port of the PoE injector Figure 3 14 Connecting cable to data in port ...

Страница 20: ...724 746 5500 blackbox com Page 20 Chapter 3 Installation 6 Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to a PC or a switch hub The harware installation is complete Figure 3 15 Completed installation ...

Страница 21: ... IP address of the VAC Access Point is 192 168 1 1 X cannot be 0 1 or 255 Open a Web browser and enter the IP address Default 192 168 1 1 of the Wireless Ethernet Extender into the address field You will see the login page as below Figure 4 1 Login page Enter the username Default admin and password Default password respectively and click Login to login the main page of the Wireless Ethernet Extend...

Страница 22: ...Press Apply and wait for about 50 seconds to take effect Figure 4 3 Basic settings screen NOTE AC Thin AP mode allows the Wireless Ethernet Extender to operate as access controller and thin AP at the same time NOTE To operate the extender as a standalone Access Point wireless client or bridge select FAT AP from device mode For Virtual Controller Thin AP mode if you need to configure the wireless s...

Страница 23: ...also apply to other extender managed APs Click Apply to apply the configuration immediately Figure 4 6 Wireless Settings screen To make the change on the Wireless Ethernet Extender itself take effect you need to reboot the extender To reboot the Wireless Ethernet Extender go to Management Configuration File and click the Reboot button The reboot process will take about 50 seconds Figure 4 7 Config...

Страница 24: ...espectively They will automatically discover the Wireless Ethernet Extender in AC mode and issue registration request To check whether the thin APs are successfully registered or not enter the web page of the Wireless Ethernet Extender master access controller and go to Management AP Management You will see Registered in the Status column You can also see other information such as MAC address IP a...

Страница 25: ...owing screen appears Figure 4 11 AP Management screen The Wireless Ethernet Extender AP in Virtual AC Thin AP mode on the list is highlighted in bold font Select it and press Radio to configure its radio setting including channel bandwidth channel antenna and output power Figure 4 12 AP Management screen Radio button highlighted Besides radio setting you may also reboot the managed AP change its I...

Страница 26: ...the group upgrade by pressing Upgrade All Before upgrading the managed AP you need to locate the new firmware in the Wireless Ethernet Extender Go to Management Firmware Upload browse the firmware file where it is located click Upload and Click OK Figure 4 13 Upgrade Firmware screen Figure 4 14 Upload Firmware screen Then go back to Management AP Management to do single or group updates Figure 4 1...

Страница 27: ...gure 4 16 Managed APs screen 4 8 Configure the Fat AP mode Fat AP mode operates as standalone AP that cannot be managed by the Wireless Ethernet Extender To switch from Virtual AC mode to Fat AP mode go to Management System Settings From the Device Mode drop down list select Fat AP and press YES to make the change take effect Figure 4 17 System settings To switch from default mode Thin AP to Fat A...

Страница 28: ... Basic Settings screen 2 If security is required open Wireless Profile Setting and enter VAP Profile 1 Settings as below You may set the parame ters such as Network Authentication and Data Encryption for more secure network communication in your application Click Apply to save the parameters Figure 4 20 VAP Profile1 Settings screen 3 You may configure Network Authentication and Data Encryption par...

Страница 29: ... change it Figure 4 22 Advanced settings screen specifying distance 4 8 2 Wireless Client Mode 1 Choose Wireless Basic Settings Then you will see the Wireless Basic Settings page Choose Wireless Client from Wireless Mode and click Apply to save it You can then change the other parameters to optimize your application before clicking Apply Figure 4 23 Basic Settings page 2 Click the Site Survey butt...

Страница 30: ...e preferred extender Figure 4 25 Wireless Site Survey screen 3 If the AP you connect to require authentication or encryption keys click Profile Settings in the left column fill out the corre sponding items and click Apply for data encryption Figure 4 26 Basic Settings screen Wireless tab ...

Страница 31: ...ters to optimize your application before clicking Apply Figure 4 28 Wireless Basic Settings screen 2 Go to WDS Settings in Wireless type in the MAC address of the remote bridge to Remote AP MAC Address 1 field and click Apply Figure 4 29 WDS Settings screen NOTE The bridge uses the WDS protocol that is not defined as the standard so compatibility issues between equipment from different vendors may...

Страница 32: ...tween the two VAC bridges is 3 kilometers enter 3000 in the field Figure 4 30 Advanced settings screen 3 Use ping to check whether the link between the two bridges is OK 4 To check the wireless connectivity go to Status Connections If the connection is established it will display association information of the remote bridge including MAC address wireless mode signal strength and connection time Fi...

Страница 33: ...ode and click Apply to save it You can also change the other parameters to optimize your application before clicking Apply Figure 4 32 Wireless Basic Settings screen To establish a point to point bridge connection follow the procedures described in Bridge mode To connect the wireless client to the AP follow the procedures described in Wireless Client mode ...

Страница 34: ...formation includes system information IP settings and wireless network setting Click Refresh at the bottom of the page to display the real time information Figure 5 1 Information screen View Managed APs Open Managed APs in Status to check information of managed AP such as device name MAC address IP address numbers of associated clients and uploaded downloaded packets All options are read only Clic...

Страница 35: ...ddress and lease time for each DHCP client Click Refresh to update the table Figure 5 4 DHCP Clients screen 5 1 2 Wireless Settings Wireless Settings allow you to configure wireless parameters security method access control and flow control for your Wireless Ethernet Extender NOTE The configuration will also apply on all the other VAC managed APs Wireless Networks VAP Profiles Settings The IEEE 80...

Страница 36: ...724 746 5500 blackbox com Page 36 Chapter 5 Navigate the Web Configurator Figure 5 5 Wireless Networks screen Figure 5 6 VAP Profile1 Settings screen ...

Страница 37: ...paration can prevent the communication among associated wireless clients WMM Support WMM Wi Fi Multimedia is a subset of 802 11e It allows wireless communication to define a priority limit on the basis of data type under AP mode only thus those time sensitive data like video audio data may own a higher priority than common ones To enable WMM the wireless client should also support it By default it...

Страница 38: ... go to Wireless Radius Settings for further radius server configuration WPA PSK It is a simplified WPA mode with no need for specific authentication server In this so called WPA Pre Shared Key all you have to do is just pre enter a key in each WLAN node This is commonly used in large and middle enterprise as well as residential networks WPA2 PSK As a new version of WPA only all the clients support...

Страница 39: ... the Wireless Ethernet Extender Figure 5 9 Wireless Basic Settings screen Basic Settings Country Region The availability of some specific channels and or operational frequency bands is country dependent 802 11 Mode The IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Point can communicate with wireless devices using 802 11b g or 802 11b g n Data Rate Usually Auto is preferred Under this rate the IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Po...

Страница 40: ...ghput Preamble Type It defines some details on the 802 11 physical layer Long and Auto are available RTS Threshold The Wireless Ethernet Extender sends RTS Request to Send frames to certain receiving stations and negotiates the sending of a data frame After receiving an RTS that STA responds with a CTS Clear to Send frame to acknowledge the right to start transmission The setting range is 0 to 234...

Страница 41: ...re 5 11 Wireless Access Control screen Wireless Network Select the VAP network you would like to enable access control Access Control Mode If you select Allow Listed only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses are in the access control list will be able to connect to your AP When Deny Listed is selected those wireless clients on the list will not be able to connect the AP MAC Address Enter the...

Страница 42: ...n be sent within a given unit of time The suggested value is 20 KB You may just leave the default value there and then the connection will be bound to the traffic shaping rule at all times You may decrease it to smaller value if the incoming traffic limit is smaller Radius Settings RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service is a server for remote user authentication and accounting it plays ...

Страница 43: ...t number of the Radius Server Shared Secret This secret which is composed of no more than 31 characters is shared by the Wireless Ethernet Extender and RADIUS during authentication Global Key Update Check this option and specify the time interval between two global key updates Default is 3600 seconds TCP IP Settings When the Router mode is activated the TCP IP Settings will show up in Wireless Set...

Страница 44: ... Portal Captive portal is a management which allows WLAN users to easily and securely access the Internet Under Router mode when captive portal is enabled the IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Point will redirect the client to go to an authentication web page before browsing Internet web pages Captive portals are used on most Wi Fi hotspots networks Therefore to use captive portal you need to find the servi...

Страница 45: ...k from an un trusted network The Wireless Ethernet Extender uses Source IP Filtering Destination IP Filtering Source Port Filtering Destination Port Filtering and Port Forwarding as well as DMZ This is available only under Router Mode Source IP Filtering Figure 5 16 Source IP Filtering screen You may create and activate a rule that filters a packet based on the source IP address from your local ne...

Страница 46: ...nts to record your filtering rule Click Apply and the IP address will be added in the list To delete the IP address from filtering click Select checkbox of the designated destination IP address and click the Delete Selected button You may delete all the IP addresses in the list by clicking Delete All Source Port Filtering Figure 5 18 Source Port Filtering screen You may create and activate a rule ...

Страница 47: ...creen You may create and activate a rule that filters a packet based on the destination port from your local network to Internet Check Enable Destination Port Filtering to activate rule Port Range Enter the port range you would like to restrict Protocol Select port protocol Both TCP UDP Comment Make comments to record your filtering rule Click Apply and the IP address will be added in the list To ...

Страница 48: ...e up to 50 VAC managed APs The Wireless Ethernet Extender provides thin AP management for editing the VAC managed AP settings upgrading the firmware and monitoring etc AP Management AP Management allows you to configure and upgrade the VAC managed APs Select the VAP managed AP you would like to specifically configure Figure 5 21 AP Management screen Restart Restart the selected VAC managed AP Rena...

Страница 49: ...ted VAC managed AP the screen will pop up radio configuration information AP Management Figure 5 24 AP Management screen Upgrade Selected Upgrade firmware for the selected Wireless Ethernet Extender NOTE You need to upload the firmware file into the Wireless Ethernet Extender mode before upgrading firmware otherwise a window will pop up saying TAP firmware hasn t been uploaded Figure 5 25 TAP Firm...

Страница 50: ... Auto Spanning Tree Spanning Tree Protocol STP is a link management protocol for AP which provides path redundancy while preventing loops in a network STP allows only one active path at a time between the access points but establishes the redundant link as a backup if the initial link fails STP Forward Delay STP Forward Delay is the time spent in detecting and learning network tree topology state ...

Страница 51: ...mpliant with NTP the IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Point is capable of keeping its time in complete accord with the Internet time To use this feature check Enable NTP Client Update in advance Figure 5 29 Time Settings screen Current Time Display the present time in Yr Mon Day Hr Min and Sec Time Zone Select Select the time zone from the dropdown list NTP Server Select the time server from the NTP Server...

Страница 52: ... system may crash Backup Retrieve Settings We strongly recommend you back up configuration information in case of something unexpected If tragedy hits your device you may have access to restore the important files by the backup All these can be done by the local or remote computer Figure 5 31 Backup configuration screen Save AC Settings to File Click Save to export the configuration file of the Wi...

Страница 53: ...screen Restore factory default settings via Reset Button If software in the Wireless Ethernet Extender unexpectedly crashes and you can no longer reset the unit via Web you may do a hardware reset via the reset button Press and hold the button for at least 5 seconds and then release it until the PWR LED blinks The hardware reset will take about 2 minutes to complete Reboot You can software reboot ...

Страница 54: ...ord Enter the current password New Password Enter the new password Confirm Password Enter the new password again for confirmation NOTE The password is case sensitive and its length cannot exceed 19 characters Syslog Settings The Wireless Ethernet Extender provides remote syslog management by sending logs to an external syslog server The log can be also sent through Email Figure 5 35 Syslog Setting...

Страница 55: ...lear Log To clear log after sending logs via email check the After Sending Mail checkbox Mail Server Setting Send Log From Enter the email address of the mail server Mail Subject Type a title to be presented in the subject line of the log email message SMTP Server Enter the IP address of the SMTP sever SMTP Authentication If you want to use SMTP authentication check SMTP Authentication checkbox an...

Страница 56: ... 1 4 Tools The IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Points provide two tools to test the link status with other VAC managed Access Points or anyone on the network Ping Figure 5 38 Ping screen Ping Address Enter IP address of the remote destination Ping Count Enter the number of pings Packet Size Specify ping packet size ...

Страница 57: ...estination destination Figure 5 42 Trace Route screen Destination IP Address Enter IP address of the remote destination and click Start to start 5 2 Thin AP Mode 5 2 1 Information You may see some VAC managed AP s basic information such as model name firmware version MAC address current up time registration status as well as MAC address Figure 5 39 Information screen ...

Страница 58: ... exists in your network you can check this option thus the IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Pioint is able to obtain IP settings automatically from the DHCP server Use Fixed IP Address Check this option You have to specify a static IP address subnet mask default gateway and DNS server for the VAC Access Point manually Make sure the specified IP address is unique on your network in order to prevent IP confl...

Страница 59: ...MAC address signal strength connection time IP address etc All options are read only Click Refresh at the bottom to update the current association list Figure 5 42 Association List By clicking on the MAC address of the selected device on the web you may see more details including device name connection time signal strength noise floor ACK timeout link quality IP information current data rate and c...

Страница 60: ...tics in Status to check the data packets received on and transmitted from the wireless and Ethernet ports Click Refresh to view current statistics Figure 5 44 Statistics screen Poll Interval Specify the refresh time interval in the box beside Poll Interval and click Set Interval to save settings Stop helps to stop the auto refresh of network flow statistics ...

Страница 61: ...e screen View Bridge Table Open Bridge Table in Status as shown next Click Refresh to view current connected status Figure 5 46 Bridge Table screen View Active DHCP Client Table Open DHCP Clients in Status as shown next to check the assigned IP address MAC address and time expired for each DHCP leased client Click Refresh to view the current table Figure 5 47 DHCP Clients screen ...

Страница 62: ...gure parameters in Bridge Mode however users must pay extra attention to the way they configure the device when it is set to Router Mode For details please refer to TCP IP Settings Ethernet Data Rate Specify the transmission rate of data for Ethernet Default is Auto Country Region The availability of some specific channels and or operational frequency bands is country dependent Spanning Tree Spann...

Страница 63: ... client computer by running the nbtstat r command before using the device name of the Wireless Ethernet Extender to access its Web Management page In case the Wireless Ethernet Extender is unable to obtain an IP address from a valid DHCP server it will fall back to default static IP address Use Fixed IP Address Check this option You have to specify a static IP address subnet mask default gateway a...

Страница 64: ... Extender In wireless client mode users can access the Wireless Ethernet Extender via its wired port for WAN is on wireless port and LAN is on wired port when device is set to Router mode Bridge mode and AP Repeater mode are similar to AP mode when device is set to Router mode WAN is on wired port and LAN is on wireless port Thus users must also connect the Wireless Ethernet Extender with another ...

Страница 65: ...rs is shared by the IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Point and RADIUS during authentication Global Key Update Check this option and specify the time interval between two global key updates Default is 3600 seconds Firewall Settings The firewall is a system or group of systems that enforce an access control policy between two networks It may also be defined as a mechanism used to protect a trusted network fr...

Страница 66: ...5 54 Destination IP Filtering screen You may create and activate a rule that filters a packet based on the destination IP address to restrict the local computers from accessing certain websites Check Enable Destination IP Filtering to activate a rule Destination IP Address Enter the IP address to be restricted Comment Make comments to record your filtering rule Click Apply and the IP address will ...

Страница 67: ... Filtering Figure 5 56 Destination Port Filtering screen You may create and activate a rule that filters a packet based on the destination port from your local network to Internet Check Enable Destination Port Filtering to activate rule Port Range Enter the port range you would like to restrict Protocol Select port protocol Both TCP UDP Comment Make comments to record your filtering rule Click App...

Страница 68: ...ver Protocol Select Both UDP or TCP Port Range Specify the port range Comment Make comments to record the port forwarding rule UDP Pass Through Figure 5 58 UDP Passthrough screen Check Enable UDP Pass through to allow all the UDPs packets to pass through the firewall NOTE Opening all the UDP ports will be very likely to expose the network to intruders DMZ A Demilitarized Zone is used to provide In...

Страница 69: ...etwork around it Bridge The Wireless Ethernet Extender establishes wireless connectivity with other APs by keying in remote MAC address Please refer to the WDS Settings for detailed configuration AP Repeater The Wireless Ethernet Extender serves as AP and Bridge concurrently In other words the IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Point can provide connectivity services for CPEs under Bridge mode Wireless Netwo...

Страница 70: ...pliance with regulations NOTES You are able to choose External N Type only when you have installed the external antenna properly otherwise the Wireless Ethernet Extender might be damaged The maximum output power will vary depending on the country selected in order to comply with the local regulation The output power here is counted from the RF single chain only not including the 8dBi internal ante...

Страница 71: ...lick Selected to establish connection Figure 5 61 Wireless Site Survey screen VAP Profile Settings Available in AP mode the Wireless Ethernet Extender allows up to 16 virtual SSIDs on a single BSSID and to configure different profile settings such as security and VLAN ID to each SSID To create a virtual AP you may check the Enable box of the profile and click on the profile eg Profile 2 to configu...

Страница 72: ...y than a common one To enable WMM the wireless client should also support it Max Station Number By checking the Max Station Num the Wireless Ethernet Extender will only allow up to 32 wireless clients to associate with for better bandwidth for each client By disabling the checkbox the Wireless Ethernet Extender will allow up to 128 clients to connect but it is likely to cause network congestion or...

Страница 73: ...s required WPA PSK WPA2 PSK Available in AP mode this provides WPA TKIP or WPA2 AES encryption options for the client If it is selected the data encryption can only be TKIP AES and the passphrase is required Data Encryption If data encryption is enabled the key is required and only by sharing the same key with other wireless devices can the communication be established None Available only when the...

Страница 74: ...r receiving an RTS that STA responds with a CTS Clear to Send frame to acknowledge the right to start transmission The setting range is 0 to 2346 bytes Setting it too low may result in poor network performance We recommend leaving it at its default of 2346 Fragmentation Length Specify the maximum byte size for a packet before data is fragmented into multiple packets Setting it too low may result i...

Страница 75: ...roughput rates This function is only available in AP CPE mode We highly recommend enabling TDM coordination when there are multiple CPEs needed to connect to the AP in your application LAN2LAN CPE LAN2LAN CPE mode enables packet forwarding at layer 2 level It is fully transparent for all the Layer 2 protocols Space in Meter To decrease the chances of data retransmission at long distance the Wirele...

Страница 76: ...ntrol list will be able to connect to your AP When Deny Listed is selected those wireless clients on the list will not be able to connect the AP MAC Address Enter the MAC address of the wireless client that you would like to list in the access control list then click Apply and it will be added to the table at the bottom Delete Selected All Check the box before one or more MAC addresses of wireless...

Страница 77: ...ggested value is 20KBytes You may decrease it to smaller value if the outbound traffic limit is smaller VAP Traffic Shaping Check this box to control the overall bandwidth for a specific VAP network Incoming Traffic Limit To specify maximum incoming bandwidth to a certain rate in kbps Incoming Traffic Burst To specify the buffer size for incoming traffic that can be sent within a given unit of tim...

Страница 78: ... for billing Radius Shared Secret Enter the secret key of the radius server Radius NAS ID Enter the name of the radius server if any Radius Administrative User Radius Admin Username Enter the username of the Radius Administrator Radius Admin Password Enter the password of the Radius Administrator Captive Portal UAM Portal URL Enter the address of the UAM portal server UAM Secret Enter the secret p...

Страница 79: ...tibility issues between equipment from different vendors may arise Moreover Tree or Star shape network topology should be used in all WDS use cases i e if AP2 and AP3 are specified as the WDS peers of AP1 AP2 should not be specified as the WDS peer of AP3 and AP3 should not be specified as the WDS peer of AP2 in any case Mesh and Ring network topologies are not supported by WDS and should be avoid...

Страница 80: ...thernet Extender s Web Figure 5 70 Firmware Upgrade screen Click Browse to select the firmware file you would like to load Click Upload to start the upload process Wait a few minutes the VAC Access Point will reboot after successful upgrade CAUTION Do NOT cut the power off during upgrade otherwise the system may crash Backup Retrieve Settings We strongly recommend you back up configuration informa...

Страница 81: ...d Restore Factory Default Settings The IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Point provides two ways to restore the factory default settings Restore factory default settings via Web From the Configuration File screen clicking Reset will eliminate all current settings and reboot your device then will apply default settings Figure 5 72 Configuration File screen Reset settings to default Restore factory default se...

Страница 82: ...net SNMP FTP SSH HTTPS and exclusive WISE tool making configuration more convenient and secure SNMP Management The Wireless Ethernet Extender supports SNMP for convenient remote management Open the SNMP Settings screen in Management shown next Set the SNMP parameters and obtain MIB file before remote management Figure 5 74 SNMP Settings screen Protocol Version Select the SNMP version and keep it i...

Страница 83: ...rnet Extender Password Specify a password for the SNMPv3 administrator or user Only the SNMP commands carrying this password are allowed to access the Wireless Ethernet Extender Confirm Password Input that password again to make sure it is your desired one Access Type Select Read Only or Read and Write accordingly Authentication Protocol Select an authentication algorithm SHA authentication is str...

Страница 84: ...eboot and etc Open System Log in Tools as shown next Figure 5 76 System Log screen Remote Syslog Server Enable Remote Syslog Enable System log to alert remote server IP Address Specify the IP address of the remote server Port Specify the port number of the remote server Ping Watch Dog If you mess your connection up and cut off your ability the log in to the unit the ping watchdog has a chance to r...

Страница 85: ...box IP Address to Ping Specify the IP address of the remote unit to ping Ping Interval Specify the interval time to ping the remote unit Startup Delay Specify the startup delay time to prevent reboot before the Wireless Ethernet Extender is fully initialized Failure Count To Reboot If the ping timeout packets reached the value the Wireless Ethernet Extender will reboot automatically ...

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