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VigorAP 900 User’s Guide

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Open

Wireless LAN (2.4GHz)>>Band Steering

to get the following web page:

Available settings are explained as follows:

Item Description

Enable Band Steering

If it is enabled, VigorAP will detect if the wireless client is
capable of dual-band or not within the time limit.

Check Time

…. – If the wireless station does not have the

capability of 5GHz network connection, the system shall
wait and check for several seconds (30 seconds, in default)
to make the 2.4GHz network connection. Specify the time
limit for VigorAP to detect the wireless client.

After finishing this web page configuration, please click

to save the settings.

Below shows how Band Steering works.

Содержание VigorAP 900

Страница 1: ...VigorAP 900 User s Guide i ...

Страница 2: ...VigorAP 900 User s Guide ii ...

Страница 3: ... 900 User s Guide iii V Vi ig go or rA AP P 9 90 00 0 C Co on nc cu ur rr re en nt t D Du ua al l B Ba an nd d A AP P U Us se er r s s G Gu ui id de e Version 1 5 Firmware Version V1 1 6 Date September 10 2015 ...

Страница 4: ...ion of the environment Warranty We warrant to the original end user purchaser that the modem will be free from any defects in workmanship or materials for a period of one 1 year from the date of purchase from the dealer Please keep your purchase receipt in a safe place as it serves as proof of date of purchase During the warranty period and upon proof of purchase should the product have indication...

Страница 5: ...ns However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation betw...

Страница 6: ...VigorAP 900 User s Guide vi ...

Страница 7: ...2 5 Accessing to Web User Interface 14 2 6 Changing Password 15 2 7 Quick Start Wizard 16 2 7 1 Configuring 2 4GHz Wireless Settings General 16 2 7 2 Configuring 2 4GHz Wireless Settings based on the Operation Mode 18 2 7 3 Configuring 2 4GHz Security Settings 23 2 7 4 Configuring 5GHz Wireless Settings 25 2 7 5 Configuring 5GHz Security Settings 26 2 7 6 Finishing the Wireless Settings Wizard 28 ...

Страница 8: ... Access Control 79 3 7 4 WPS 80 3 7 5 AP Discovery 81 3 7 6 WDS AP Status 82 3 7 7 WMM Configuration 82 3 7 8 Bandwidth Management 84 3 7 9 Airtime Fairness 85 3 7 10 Band Steering 87 3 7 11 Station Control 90 3 7 12 Roaming 91 3 7 13 Station List 93 3 8 Wireless LAN Settings for Universal Repeater Mode 95 3 8 1 General Setup 96 3 8 2 Security 100 3 8 3 Access Control 103 3 8 4 WPS 104 3 8 5 AP Di...

Страница 9: ... iOS Keep Alive 159 3 12 3 Temperature Sensor 160 3 13 System Maintenance 162 3 13 1 System Status 162 3 13 2 TR 069 164 3 13 3 Administrator Password 166 3 13 4 Configuration Backup 167 3 13 5 Syslog Mail Alert 168 3 13 6 Time and Date 169 3 13 7 Management 170 3 13 8 Reboot System 171 3 13 9 Firmware Upgrade 171 3 14 Diagnostics 172 3 14 1 System Log 172 3 14 2 Speed Test 172 3 14 3 Traffic Grap...

Страница 10: ...s Guide x 5 2 Checking If the Network Connection Settings on Your Computer Is OK or Not 192 5 3 Pinging the Modem from Your Computer 195 5 4 Backing to Factory Default Setting If Necessary 196 5 5 Contacting DrayTek 197 ...

Страница 11: ...1 1 1 I In nt tr ro od du uc ct ti io on n Thank you for purchasing this VigorAP 900 the concurrent dual band wireless 2 4G 5G access point offering high speed data transmission With this high cost efficiency VigorAP 900 computers and wireless devices which are compatible with 802 11n 802 11a can connect to existing wired Ethernet network via this VigorAP 900 at the speed of 300Mbps Easy install p...

Страница 12: ...ency monitoring and security of your company wide wireless access easier be managed Inside the web user interface we call central wireless management as Central AP Management which supports mobility client monitoring reporting and load balancing to multiple APs For central wireless management you will need a Vigor2860 or Vigor2925 series router there is no per node licensing or subscription requir...

Страница 13: ...inking The data is transmitting On Wireless function is ready Off Wireless function is not ready 2 4G Blinking Data is transmitting sending receiving On Wireless function is ready Off Wireless function is not ready 5G Blinking Data is transmitting sending receiving On A normal connection rate with 100M 1000M is through its corresponding port Off LAN is disconnected LAN A1 A4 Blinking Data is trans...

Страница 14: ...for any wireless client connecting to it through WPS WPS Press the button for more than 6 seconds VigorAP 900 will disable the option of Enable AP Management under LAN General Setup and reset to the factory IP address 192 168 1 2 Note that the disabled AP Management must be enabled manually if enabled AP Management is required Restore the default settings Usage Turn on VigorAP 900 Press the button...

Страница 15: ...nnect VigorAP 900 to ADSL modem router or switch hub in your network through the LAN A port of the access point by Ethernet cable 2 Connect a computer to other available LAN A port Make sure the subnet IP address of the PC is the same as VigorAP 900 management IP e g 192 168 1 X 3 Connect the A C power adapter to the wall socket and then connect it to the PWR connector of the access point 4 Power ...

Страница 16: ...e LAN A port of the access point by Ethernet cable 2 Connect the A C power adapter to the wall socket and then connect it to the PWR connector of the access point 3 Power on VigorAP 900 4 Check all LEDs on the front panel ACT LED should be steadily on LAN LEDs should be on if the access point is correctly connected to the ADSL modem or router For the detailed information of LED status please refer...

Страница 17: ...orAP 900 to ADSL modem or router via wireless network 2 Connect the A C power adapter to the wall socket and then connect it to the PWR connector of the access point 3 Power on VigorAP 900 4 Check all LEDs on the front panel ACT LED should be steadily on LAN LEDs should be on if VigorAP 900 is correctly connected to the ADSL modem router or switch hub For the detailed information of LED status ple...

Страница 18: ... 1 Connect VigorAP 900 to a switch in your network through the LAN A1 PoE port of the access point by Ethernet cable 2 Connect a computer to VigorSwitch P2260 Make sure the subnet IP address of the PC is the same as VigorAP 900 management IP e g 192 168 1 X 3 Power on VigorAP 900 4 Check all LEDs on the front panel ACT LED should be steadily on LAN LEDs should be on if the access point is correctl...

Страница 19: ...puter to use dynamic IP address For the default IP address of this AP is set 192 168 1 2 we recommend you to use 192 168 1 X except 2 in the field of IP address on this section for your computer If the operating system of your computer is Windows 7 please go to section 2 1 Windows 2000 please go to section 2 2 Windows XP please go to section 2 3 Windows Vista please go to section 2 4 2 2 1 1 W Wi ...

Страница 20: ...Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and click Properties Under the General tab click Use the following IP address Then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish IP address 192 168 1 9 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 ...

Страница 21: ...puter then click control panel Double click Network and Dial up Connections icon double click Local Area Connection and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear Select Internet Protocol TCP IP then click Properties Select Use the following IP address then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish IP address 192 168 1 9 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 ...

Страница 22: ...er then click control panel Double click Network and Internet Connections icon click Network Connections and then double click Local Area Connection Local Area Connection Status window will appear and then click Properties Select Use the following IP address then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish IP address 192 168 1 9 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 ...

Страница 23: ...anel Click View Network Status and Tasks then click Manage Network Connections Right click Local Area Netwrok then select Properties Local Area Connection Properties window will appear select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and then click Properties Select Use the following IP address then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish IP address 192 168 1 9 Subnet ...

Страница 24: ...r to be the same subnet as the default IP address of VigorAP 900 192 168 1 2 For the detailed information please refer to the later section Trouble Shooting of the guide 2 Open a web browser on your PC and type http 192 168 1 2 A pop up window will open to ask for username and password Pease type admin admin on Username Password and click OK 3 The Main Screen will pop up Note If you fail to access...

Страница 25: ...assword for the original security of the modem 2 Go to System Maintenance page and choose Administrator Password 3 Enter the new login password on the field of Password Then click OK to continue 4 Now the password has been changed Next time use the new password to access the Web User Interface for this modem ...

Страница 26: ...xplained as follows Item Description Operation Mode There are five operation modes for wireless connection Settings for each mode are different Wireless Mode At present VigorAP 900 can connect to 11b only 11g only 11n only Mixed 11b 11g Mixed 11g 11n and Mixed 11b 11g 11n stations simultaneously Simply choose Mixed 11b 11g 11n mode Main SSID Set a name for VigorAP 900 to be identified Enable 2 Sub...

Страница 27: ...ce If you have no idea of choosing the frequency please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you Extension Channel With 802 11n there is one option to double the bandwidth per channel The available extension channel options will be varied according to the Channel selected above Station List Click the Display button to open the Station List dialog It provides the knowledge of connecting wi...

Страница 28: ... ng gs s f fo or r A AP P B Br ri id dg ge e P Po oi in nt t t to o P Po oi in nt t When you choose AP Bridge Point to Point you will need to configure the following page Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Phy Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX mode Each access point should be setup to the same Phy mode for connecting with each other Security Select WEP TKIP or AES a...

Страница 29: ...will need to configure the following page Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Phy Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX mode Each access point should be setup to the same Phy mode for connecting with each other Security Select WEP TKIP or AES as the encryption algorithm Type the key number if required Peer MAC Address Type the peer MAC address for the access point that V...

Страница 30: ...ettings are explained as follows Item Description Phy Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX mode Each access point should be setup to the same Phy mode for connecting with each other Subnet Choose LAN A or LAN B for each SSID Security Select WEP TKIP or AES as the encryption algorithm Type the key number if required Peer MAC Address Type the peer MAC address for the access point that VigorAP 900...

Страница 31: ...odes provided for you to choose Each mode will bring up different parameters e g WEP keys Pass Phrase for you to configure Encryption Type for Open Shared This option is available when Open Shared is selected as Security Mode Choose None to disable the WEP Encryption Data sent to the AP will not be encrypted To enable WEP encryption for data transmission please choose WEP WEP Keys Four keys can be...

Страница 32: ... PSK This option is available when WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK is selected as Security Mode Select TKIP or AES as the algorithm for WPA Pass Phrase It is available when WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK is selected After finishing this web page configuration please click Next to continue ...

Страница 33: ...in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802 1x authentication WEP 802 1x The built in RADIUS client feature enables VigorAP 900 to assist the re...

Страница 34: ...PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode PMK Cache Period Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK Pairwise master key cache PMK Cache manages the list from the BSSIDs in the associated SSID with which it has pre authenticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authentication procedure defined ...

Страница 35: ...connect to 11a only 11n only 5G Mixed 11a 11n stations simultaneously Simply choose Mixed 11a 11n mode Main SSID Set a name for VigorAP 900 to be identified Multiple SSID Set the SSIDs and specify subnet interface LAN A or LAN B for each SSID by click Multiple SSID Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN The default channel is 36 You may switch channel if the selected channel is...

Страница 36: ...GHz wireless connection capability You can setup 5G features in Quick Start Wizard first Once the USB 5GHz wireless dongle connects to VigorAP 900 it can work immediately Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Mode There are several modes provided for you to choose Disable The encryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be ent...

Страница 37: ...is available for WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode Key Renewal Internal WPA uses shared key for authentication to the network However normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Smaller interval leads to greater security but lower perf...

Страница 38: ... g t th he e W Wi ir re el le es ss s S Se et tt ti in ng gs s W Wi iz za ar rd d When you see this page it means the wireless setting wizard is almost finished Just click Finish to save the settings and complete the setting procedure 2 2 8 8 O On nl li in ne e S St ta at tu us s The online status shows the LAN status Station Link Status for such device Detailed explanation is shown below Item Des...

Страница 39: ...VigorAP 900 User s Guide 29 interface TX Bytes Displays the total transmitted size at the LAN interface RX Bytes Displays the total number of received size at the LAN interface ...

Страница 40: ...VigorAP 900 User s Guide 30 This page is left blank ...

Страница 41: ...uration As for other examples of application please refer to chapter 5 1 Open a web browser on your PC and type http 192 168 1 2 The window will ask for typing username and password 2 Please type admin admin on Username Password for administration operation Now the Main Screen will appear Be aware that Admin mode will be displayed on the bottom left side ...

Страница 42: ...t to Point This mode can establish wireless connection with another VigorAP 900 using the same mode and link the wired network which these two VigorAP 900s connected together Only one access point can be connected in this mode AP Bridge Point to Multi Point This mode can establish wireless connection with other VigorAP 900s using the same mode and link the wired network which these VigorAP 900s co...

Страница 43: ... that will help you to extend the networking wirelessly The access point can act as Station and AP at the same time It can use Station function to connect to a Root AP and use AP function to service all wireless clients within its coverage Note The Wireless LAN settings will be changed according to the Operation Mode selected here For the detailed information please refer to the section of Wireles...

Страница 44: ...network Default 255 255 255 0 24 Default Gateway In general it is not really necessary to specify a gateway for VigorAP 900 However if it is required simply type an IP address as the gateway for VigorAP 900 It will be convenient for the access point to acquire more service e g accessing NTP server from Vigor router Enable Management VLAN VigorAP 900 supports tag based VLAN for wireless clients acc...

Страница 45: ...em is 192 168 1 2 the starting IP address must be 192 168 1 3 or greater but smaller than 192 168 1 254 End IPAddress Enter a value of the IP address pool for the DHCP server to end with when issuing IP addresses Subnet Mask Type in an address code that determines the size of the network Default 255 255 255 0 24 Default Gateway Enter a value of the gateway IP address for the DHCP server Lease Time...

Страница 46: ...n of physical LAN port by checking the corresponding check box Disable Port Choose and check the LAN port After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the settings 3 3 3 3 C Ce en nt tr ra al l A AP P M Ma an na ag ge em me en nt t Such menu allows you to configure VigorAP device to be managed by Vigor2860 series 3 3 3 3 1 1 G Ge en ne er ra al l S Se et tu up p Available se...

Страница 47: ...rAP 900 separately 3 3 3 3 2 2 A AP PM M L Lo og g This page will display log information related to wireless stations connected to VigorAP 900 and central AP management Such information also will be delivered to Vigor router e g Vigor2860 or Vigor2925 series and be shown on Central AP Management Event Log of Vigor router 3 3 3 3 3 3 F Fu un nc ct ti io on n S Su up pp po or rt t L Li is st t Clic...

Страница 48: ...he access points e g VigorAP 900 registered to Vigor router Thus the bandwidth will not be occupied by certain access points However traffic overload might be occurred if too many wireless stations connected to VigorAP 900 for data incoming and outgoing Therefore Force Overload Disassociation is required to terminate the network connection of the client s station to release network traffic When th...

Страница 49: ...ck List Cancel Give up the configuration 3 3 3 3 5 5 S St ta at tu us s o of f S Se et tt ti in ng gs s Load Balance can help to distribute the traffic for all of the access points e g VigorAP900s registered to Vigor 2860 or Vigor2925 series This web page displays the settings related to Load Balance for VigorAP 900 In which By Station Number By Traffic and Force Overload Disassociation indicate s...

Страница 50: ...rypt each frame transmitted via radio using either a 64 bit or 128 bit key Usually access point will preset a set of four keys and it will communicate with each station using only one out of the four keys WPA Wi Fi Protected Access the most dominating security mechanism in industry is separated into two categories WPA personal or called WPA Pre Share Key WPA PSK and WPA Enterprise or called WPA 80...

Страница 51: ... the wireless station with WPS supported There are two methods to do network connection through WPS between AP and Stations pressing the Start PBC button or using PIN Code On the side of VigorAP 900 series which served as an AP press WPS button once on the front panel of VigorAP 900 or click Start PBC on web configuration interface On the side of a station with network card installed press Start P...

Страница 52: ... choose AP as the operation mode the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup Security Access Control WPS AP Discovery WMM Configuration Station List Bandwidth Management Airtime Fairness Roaming Status and Station Control Note The Wireless LAN settings will be changed according to the Operation Mode selected in section 3 1 ...

Страница 53: ... settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function Enable Limit Client Check the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations which try to connect Internet through Vigor device The number you can set is from 3 to 64 Mode At present VigorAP 900 can connect to 11b only 11g only 11n only Mixed 11b 11g Mixed 11g 11n and Mixed 11b 11g...

Страница 54: ...k LAN A and DrayTek LAN B When Enable 2 Subnet is enabled you can specify subnet interface LAN A or LAN B for each SSID by using the drop down menu Subnet Choose LAN A or LAN B for each SSID If you choose LAN A the wireless clients connecting to this SSID could only communicate with LAN A Isolate Member Check this box to make the wireless clients stations with the same SSID not access for each oth...

Страница 55: ...If you choose 11g Only 11b Only 11n Only or Mixed 11b 11g such feature will be available for you to set data transmission rate Packet OVERDRIVE This feature can enhance the performance in data transmission about 40 more by checking Tx Burst It is active only when both sides of Access Point and Station in wireless client invoke this function at the same time That is the wireless client must support...

Страница 56: ... Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless Channel Width 20 MHZ the device will use 20Mhz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations Auto 20 40 MHZ the device will use 20Mhz or 40Mhz for data transmission and receiving according to the station capability Such channel can increase the performance for data transmission After finishing this web page...

Страница 57: ... provided for you to choose Disable The encryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this fie...

Страница 58: ... 0x321253abcde Such feature is available for WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode Key Renewal Interval WPA uses shared key for authentication to the network However normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Smaller interval leads to gre...

Страница 59: ... internal server of VigorAP 900 IPAddress Enter the IP address of external RADIUS server Port The UDP port number that the external RADIUS server is using The default value is 1812 based on RFC 2138 Shared Secret The external RADIUS server and client share a secret that is used to authenticate the messages sent between them Both sides must be configured to use the same shared secret Session Timeou...

Страница 60: ...settings are explained as follows Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC Address Filter table will be blocked and cannot access into Vig...

Страница 61: ...P 900 is properly configured you can see Yes message here WPS SSID Display current selected SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 900 Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encryp Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 900 Configure via Push Button Click Start PBC to invoke Push Button style WPS setup procedure VigorAP 900 will wait for WPS...

Страница 62: ...APs on the wireless LAN Please click Scan to discover all the connected APs Each item is explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID of the AP scanned by VigorAP 900 BSSID Display the MAC address of the AP scanned by VigorAP 900 RSSI Display the signal strength of the access point RSSI is the abbreviation of Received Signal Strength Indication Channel Display the wireless channel u...

Страница 63: ... WMM accessing categories For the service of voice or video image please set small value for AC_VI and AC_VO categories For the service of e mail or web browsing please set large value for AC_BE and AC_BK categories CWMin CWMax CWMin means contention Window Min and CWMax means contention Window Max Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15 Be aware that CWMax value must be greater than CWMin o...

Страница 64: ...specification AckPolicy Uncheck default value the box means the AP will answer the response request while transmitting WMM packets through wireless connection It can assure that the peer must receive the WMM packets Check the box means the AP will not answer any response request for the transmitting packets It will have better performance with lower reliability After finishing this web page config...

Страница 65: ... Limit Define the maximum speed of the data uploading which will be used for the wireless stations connecting to Vigor device with the same SSID Use the drop down list to choose the rate If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Download Limit Define the maximum speed of the data downloading which will be used for the wireless station connecting to Vigor device with the same...

Страница 66: ...802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g 11g 11n the result is not fair The slow stations 11g work in their slow data rate and occup...

Страница 67: ...s and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display the...

Страница 68: ...ng detects if the wireless clients are capable of 5GHz operation and steers them to that frequency It helps to leave 2 4GHz band available for legacy clients and improves users experience by reducing channel utilization If dual band is detected the AP will let the wireless client connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Note To make Band Steering work ...

Страница 69: ...t is capable of dual band or not within the time limit Check Time If the wireless station does not have the capability of 5GHz network connection the system shall wait and check for several seconds 30 seconds in default to make the 2 4GHz network connection Specify the time limit for VigorAP to detect the wireless client After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the setti...

Страница 70: ...d Steering 2 Check the box of Enable Band Steering and use the default value 30 for check time setting 3 Click OK to save the settings 4 Open Wireless LAN 2 4GHz General Setup and Wireless LAN 5GHz General Setup Configure SSID as ap900 BandSteering for both pages Click OK to save the settings Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Страница 71: ... Wireless LAN 5GHz Security Configure Security as 12345678 for both pages Click OK to save the settings 6 Now VigorAP 900 will let the wireless clients connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Страница 72: ... hour and will not occupy the wireless network for a long time Note Up to 300 Wireless Station records are supported by VigorAP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID that the wireless station will use it to connect with Vigor router Enable Check the box to enable the station control function Connection Time Reconnection Time Use the drop down list to ch...

Страница 73: ...ilable settings are explained as follows Item Description PMK Cache Period Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK Pairwise master key cache PMK Cache manages the list from the BSSIDs in the associated SSID with which it has pre authenticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authen...

Страница 74: ...entication that the wireless client uses for connection with such AP Encrypt Display the encryption mode used by the wireless client Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate for packets Refresh Click this button to refresh the status of station list Add to Access Control Client s MAC Address For additional security of wireless access the Access Control facility allows you to restric...

Страница 75: ...n nt t M Mo od de e When you choose AP Bridge Point to Point or Point to Multi Point Mode as the operation mode the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup AP Discovery WDS AP Status Airtime Fairness Roaming Status and Station Control AP Bridge Point to Point allows VigorAP 900 to connect to another VigorAP 900 which uses the same mode All wired Ethernet clients of both VigorAP 900s wil...

Страница 76: ...nd choose proper mode Please refer to the following figure for more information Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function Mode At present VigorAP 900 can connect to 11b only 11g only 11n only Mixed 11b 11g Mixed 11g 11n and Mixed 11b 11g 11n stations simultaneously Simply choose Mixed 11b 11g 11n mode ...

Страница 77: ...e Each access point should be setup to the same Phy mode for connecting with each other Security Select WEP TKIP or AES as the encryption algorithm Type the key number if required Peer Mac Address Type the peer MAC address for the access point that VigorAP 900 connects to Packet OVERDRIVE This feature can enhance the performance in data transmission about 40 more by checking Tx Burst It is active ...

Страница 78: ... Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless Channel Width 20 MHZ the device will use 20Mhz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations Auto 20 40 MHZ the device will use 20Mhz or 40Mhz for data transmission and receiving according to the station capability Such channel can increase the performance for data transmission After finishing this web page...

Страница 79: ...ddress of the AP scanned by VigorAP 900 RSSI Display the signal strength of the access point RSSI is the abbreviation of Received Signal Strength Indication Channel Display the wireless channel used for the AP that is scanned by VigorAP 900 Encryption Display the encryption mode for the scanned AP Authentication Display the authentication type that the scanned AP applied Scan It is used to discove...

Страница 80: ...70 3 3 6 6 3 3 W WD DS S A AP P S St ta at tu us s VigorAP 900 can display the status such as MAC address physical mode power save and bandwidth for the working AP connected with WDS Click Refresh to get the newest information ...

Страница 81: ...nu items will include General Setup Security Access Control WPS AP Discovery WDS AP Status WMM Configuration Station List Bandwidth Management Airtime Fairness Roaming Status and Station Control 3 3 7 7 1 1 G Ge en ne er ra al l S Se et tu up p By clicking the General Setup a new web page will appear so that you could configure security Tx Burst and choose proper mode Please refer to the following...

Страница 82: ...r s Guide 72 Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function Enable Limit Client Check the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations ...

Страница 83: ...ity the user may only see the information except SSID or just cannot see any thing about VigorAP 900 while site surveying The system allows you to set four sets of SSID for different usage SSID Set a name for VigorAP 900 to be identified Default settings are DrayTek LAN A and DrayTek LAN B When Enable 2 Subnet is enabled you can specify subnet interface LAN A or LAN B for each SSID by using the dr...

Страница 84: ...onfigure the extension channel you want Rate If you choose 11g Only 11b Only or 11n Only such feature will be available for you to set data transmission rate Phy Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX mode Each access point should be setup to the same Phy mode for connecting with each other Subnet Choose LAN A or LAN B for each SSID Security Select Disabled WEP TKIP or AES as the encryption algor...

Страница 85: ...he maximum 100 Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless Channel Width 20 MHZ the device will use 20Mhz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations Auto 20 40 MHZ the device will use 20Mhz or 40Mhz for data transmission and receiving according to the station capability Such channel can increase the performance for data transmission After finishing...

Страница 86: ...e Disable The encryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this field below or automatically ...

Страница 87: ...e is available for WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode Key Renewal Interval WPA uses shared key for authentication to the network However normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Smaller interval leads to greater security but lower pe...

Страница 88: ... internal server of VigorAP 900 IPAddress Enter the IP address of external RADIUS server Port The UDP port number that the external RADIUS server is using The default value is 1812 based on RFC 2138 Shared Secret The external RADIUS server and client share a secret that is used to authenticate the messages sent between them Both sides must be configured to use the same shared secret Session Timeou...

Страница 89: ...settings are explained as follows Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC Address Filter table will be blocked and cannot access into Vig...

Страница 90: ...re WPS SSID Display current selected SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 900r Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encryp Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 900 Configure via Push Button Click Start PBC to invoke Push Button style WPS setup procedure VigorAP 900 will wait for WPS requests from wireless clients about two minutes Both...

Страница 91: ... AP scanned by VigorAP 900 RSSI Display the signal strength of the access point RSSI is the abbreviation of Received Signal Strength Indication Channel Display the wireless channel used for the AP that is scanned by VigorAP 900 Encryption Display the encryption mode for the scanned AP Authentication Display the authentication type that the scanned AP applied Scan It is used to discover all the con...

Страница 92: ...ority data There are four accessing categories AC_BE AC_BK AC_VI and AC_VO for WMM Available settings are explained as follows Item Description WMM Capable To apply WMM parameters for wireless data transmission please click the Enable radio button Aifsn It controls how long the client waits for each data transmission Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15 Such parameter will influence the t...

Страница 93: ...anging from 0 to 65535 ACM It is an abbreviation of Admission control Mandatory It can restrict stations from using specific category class if it is checked Note VigorAP 900 provides standard WMM configuration in the web page If you want to modify the parameters please refer to the Wi Fi WMM standard specification AckPolicy Uncheck default value the box means the AP will answer the response reques...

Страница 94: ...pload Limit Define the maximum speed of the data uploading which will be used for the wireless stations connecting to VigorAP with the same SSID Use the drop down list to choose the rate If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Download Limit Define the maximum speed of the data downloading which will be used for the wireless station connecting to VigorAP with the same SSID...

Страница 95: ...802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g 11g 11n the result is not fair The slow stations 11g work in their slow data rate and occup...

Страница 96: ...s and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display the...

Страница 97: ...ring detects if the wireless clients are capable of 5GHz operation and steers them to that frequency It helps to leave 2 4GHz band available for legacy clients and improves users experience by reducing channel utilization If dual band is detected the AP will let the wireless client connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Note To make Band Steering wor...

Страница 98: ...t is capable of dual band or not within the time limit Check Time If the wireless station does not have the capability of 5GHz network connection the system shall wait and check for several seconds 30 seconds in default to make the 2 4GHz network connection Specify the time limit for VigorAP to detect the wireless client After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the setti...

Страница 99: ...d Steering 8 Check the box of Enable Band Steering and use the default value 30 for check time setting 9 Click OK to save the settings 10 Open Wireless LAN 2 4GHz General Setup and Wireless LAN 5GHz General Setup Configure SSID as ap900 BandSteering for both pages Click OK to save the settings Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Страница 100: ...y the duration for the wireless client to connect and reconnect VigorAP If such function is not enabled the wireless client can connect VigorAP until it shuts down Such feature is especially useful for free Wi Fi service For example a coffee shop offers free Wi Fi service for its guests for one hour every day Then the connection time can be set as 1 hour and reconnection time can be set as 1 day T...

Страница 101: ... connecting to Vigor router by using such SSID will be listed on Station Control List After finishing all the settings here please click OK to save the configuration 3 3 7 7 1 12 2 R Ro oa am mi in ng g The network signal for a single wireless access point might be limited by its coverage range Therefore if you want to expand the wireless network in a large exhibition with a quick method you can i...

Страница 102: ...2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authentication procedure defined in IEEE 802 11i specification the pre four way handshake can reduce handoff delay perceivable by a mobile node It makes roaming faster and more secure Only valid in WPA2 Enable Enable IEEE 802 1X Pre Authentication Disable Disable IEEE 802 1...

Страница 103: ...he authentication that the wireless client uses for connection with such AP Encrypt Display the encryption mode used by the wireless client Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate for packets Refresh Click this button to refresh the status of station list Add to Access Control Client s MAC Address For additional security of wireless access the Access Control facility allows you to ...

Страница 104: ...VigorAP 900 User s Guide 94 Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations ...

Страница 105: ...rs sa al l R Re ep pe ea at te er r M Mo od de e When you choose Universal Repeater as the operation mode the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup Security Access Control WPS AP Discovery Universal Repeater WMM Configuration Station List Bandwidth Management Airtime Fairness Roaming Status and Station Control ...

Страница 106: ...ble settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function Enable Limit Client Check the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations which try to connect Internet through VigorAP The number you can set is from 3 to 64 Mode At present VigorAP 900 can connect to 11b only 11g only 11n only Mixed 11b 11g Mixed 11g 11n and Mixed 11b 11g 1...

Страница 107: ... can specify subnet interface LAN A or LAN B for each SSID by using the drop down menu Subnet Choose LAN A or LAN B for each SSID If you choose LAN A the wireless clients connecting to this SSID could only communicate with LAN A Isolate LAN Check this box to make the wireless clients stations with the same SSID not accessing for wired PC in LAN Isolate Member Check this box to make the wireless cl...

Страница 108: ...t Rate If you choose 11g Only 11b Only or 11n Only such feature will be available for you to set data transmission rate Packet OVERDRIVE This feature can enhance the performance in data transmission about 40 more by checking Tx Burst It is active only when both sides of Access Point and Station in wireless client invoke this function at the same time That is the wireless client must support this f...

Страница 109: ... Lowering down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless Channel Width 20 MHZ the device will use 20Mhz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations Auto 20 40 MHZ the device will use 20Mhz or 40Mhz for data transmission and receiving according to the station capability Such channel can increase the performance for data transmission After finishing this web page...

Страница 110: ... provided for you to choose Disable The encryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this fie...

Страница 111: ... 0x321253abcde Such feature is available for WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode Key Renewal Interval WPA uses shared key for authentication to the network However normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Smaller interval leads to gre...

Страница 112: ... internal server of VigorAP 900 IPAddress Enter the IP address of external RADIUS server Port The UDP port number that the external RADIUS server is using The default value is 1812 based on RFC 2138 Shared Secret The external RADIUS server and client share a secret that is used to authenticate the messages sent between them Both sides must be configured to use the same shared secret Session Timeou...

Страница 113: ...settings are explained as follows Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC Address Filter table will be blocked and cannot access into Vig...

Страница 114: ...ere WPS SSID Display current selected SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 900 Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encryp Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 900 Configure via Push Button Click Start PBC to invoke Push Button style WPS setup procedure VigorAP 900 will wait for WPS requests from wireless clients about two minutes Both...

Страница 115: ... Display the signal strength of the access point RSSI is the abbreviation of Received Signal Strength Indication Channel Display the wireless channel used for the AP that is scanned by VigorAP 900 Encryption Display the encryption mode for the scanned AP Authentication Display the authentication type that the scanned AP applied Scan It is used to discover all the connected AP The results will be s...

Страница 116: ... output power of this mode is the same as that of WDS and normal AP mode Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Set the name of access point that VigorAP 900 wants to connect to MAC Address Optional Type the MAC address of access point that VigorAP 900 wants to connect to Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN The default channel is 11 You may switch ...

Страница 117: ...SK and WPA2 PSK This option is available when WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK is selected as Security Mode Select TKIP or AES as the algorithm for WPA Pass Phrase Either 8 63 ASCII characters such as 012345678 or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x such as 0x321253abcde Connection Type Choose DHCP or Static IP as the connection mode DHCP The wireless station will be assigned with an IP from VigorAP Static IP ...

Страница 118: ...y data There are four accessing categories AC_BE AC_BK AC_VI and AC_VO for WMM Available settings are explained as follows Item Description WMM Capable To apply WMM parameters for wireless data transmission please click the Enable radio button Aifsn It controls how long the client waits for each data transmission Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15 Such parameter will influence the time ...

Страница 119: ... restrict stations from using specific category class if it is checked Note VigorAP 900 provides standard WMM configuration in the web page If you want to modify the parameters please refer to the Wi Fi WMM standard specification AckPolicy Uncheck default value the box means the AP will answer the response request while transmitting WMM packets through wireless connection It can assure that the pe...

Страница 120: ...Upload Limit Define the maximum speed of the data uploading which will be used for the wireless stations connecting to VigorAP with the same SSID Use the drop down list to choose the rate If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Download Limit Define the maximum speed of the data downloading which will be used for the wireless station connecting to VigorAP with the same SSI...

Страница 121: ...802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g 11g 11n the result is not fair The slow stations 11g work in their slow data rate and occup...

Страница 122: ...s and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display the...

Страница 123: ...ring detects if the wireless clients are capable of 5GHz operation and steers them to that frequency It helps to leave 2 4GHz band available for legacy clients and improves users experience by reducing channel utilization If dual band is detected the AP will let the wireless client connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Note To make Band Steering wor...

Страница 124: ...t is capable of dual band or not within the time limit Check Time If the wireless station does not have the capability of 5GHz network connection the system shall wait and check for several seconds 30 seconds in default to make the 2 4GHz network connection Specify the time limit for VigorAP to detect the wireless client After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the setti...

Страница 125: ...d Steering 14 Check the box of Enable Band Steering and use the default value 30 for check time setting 15 Click OK to save the settings 16 Open Wireless LAN 2 4GHz General Setup and Wireless LAN 5GHz General Setup Configure SSID as ap900 BandSteering for both pages Click OK to save the settings Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Страница 126: ...fy the duration for the wireless client to connect and reconnect VigorAP If such function is not enabled the wireless client can connect VigorAP until it shuts down Such feature is especially useful for free Wi Fi service For example a coffee shop offers free Wi Fi service for its guests for one hour every day Then the connection time can be set as 1 hour and reconnection time can be set as 1 day ...

Страница 127: ...nction Connection Time Reconnection Time Use the drop down list to choose the duration for the wireless client connecting reconnecting to Vigor router Or type the duration manually when you choose User defined Display All Station Control List All the wireless stations connecting to Vigor router by using such SSID will be listed on Station Control List After finishing all the settings here please c...

Страница 128: ...ilable settings are explained as follows Item Description PMK Cache Period Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK Pairwise master key cache PMK Cache manages the list from the BSSIDs in the associated SSID with which it has pre authenticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authen...

Страница 129: ...he authentication that the wireless client uses for connection with such AP Encrypt Display the encryption mode used by the wireless client Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate for packets Refresh Click this button to refresh the status of station list Add to Access Control Client s MAC Address For additional security of wireless access the Access Control facility allows you to ...

Страница 130: ...VigorAP 900 User s Guide 120 Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations ...

Страница 131: ...3 3 9 9 1 1 G Ge en ne er ra al l S Se et tu up p By clicking the General Setup a new web page will appear so that you could configure the general settings for wireless connection such as specifying SSID selecting the wireless channel isolate LAN connection and so on Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function Enable Li...

Страница 132: ...or different usage SSID Set a name for VigorAP 900 to be identified Default settings are Draytek_5G LANA and Draytek_5G LANB When Enable 2 Subnet is enabled you can specify subnet interface LAN A or LAN B for each SSID by using the drop down menu Subnet Choose LAN A or LAN B for each SSID If you choose LAN A the wireless clients connecting to this SSID could only communicate with LAN A Isolate Mem...

Страница 133: ...according to the station capability Such channel can increase the performance for data transmission After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the settings 3 3 9 9 2 2 S Se ec cu ur ri it ty y This page allows you to set security with different modes for SSID 1 2 3 and 4 respectively After configuring the correct settings please click OK to save and invoke it By clicking t...

Страница 134: ...802 1x The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802 1x authentication WPAAlgorithms Select TKIP AES or TKIP AES as the algorithm for WPA Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1x WPA 802 1x WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode Pass Phrase Either 8 63 ASCII char...

Страница 135: ...tion Data sent to the AP will not be encrypted Enable Enable the WEP Encryption Such feature is available for WEP 802 1x mode Click the link of RADIUS Server to access into the following page for more settings Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Use internal RADIUS Server There is a RADIUS server built in VigorAP 900 which is used to authenticate the wireless client connec...

Страница 136: ...eless LAN MAC address of client Only the valid MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface By clicking the Access Control a new web page will appear as depicted below so that you could edit the clients MAC addresses to control their access rights deny or allow Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the followin...

Страница 137: ...age configuration please click OK to save the settings 3 3 9 9 4 4 W WP PS S Open Wireless LAN WPS to configure the corresponding settings Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable WPS Check this box to enable WPS setting WPS Configured Display related system information for WPS If the wireless security encryption function of VigorAP 900 is properly configured you can see...

Страница 138: ...canning result users will know which channel is clean for usage Also it can be used to facilitate finding an AP for a WDS link Notice that during the scanning process about 5 seconds no client is allowed to connect to Vigor This page is used to scan the existence of the APs on the wireless LAN Please click Scan to discover all the connected APs Each item is explained as follows Item Description SS...

Страница 139: ... WMM accessing categories For the service of voice or video image please set small value for AC_VI and AC_VO categories For the service of e mail or web browsing please set large value for AC_BE and AC_BK categories CWMin CWMax CWMin means contention Window Min and CWMax means contention Window Max Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15 Be aware that CWMax value must be greater than CWMin o...

Страница 140: ...downstream or upstream from FTP HTTP or some P2P applications will occupy large of bandwidth and affect the applications for other programs Please use Bandwidth Management to make the bandwidth usage more efficient Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the specific SSID name Enable Check this box to enable the bandwidth management for clients Upload Limit Define...

Страница 141: ... can be accessed by only one wireless station at the same time The principle behind the IEEE802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g...

Страница 142: ...s 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display the following screen of airtime fairness note Triggering Client Number Airtime Fairness functi...

Страница 143: ...hour and will not occupy the wireless network for a long time Note Up to 300 Wireless Station records are supported by VigorAP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID that the wireless station will use it to connect with Vigor router Enable Check the box to enable the station control function Connection Time Reconnection Time Use the drop down list to cho...

Страница 144: ...ilable settings are explained as follows Item Description PMK Cache Period Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK Pairwise master key cache PMK Cache manages the list from the BSSIDs in the associated SSID with which it has pre authenticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authen...

Страница 145: ...he authentication that the wireless client uses for connection with such AP Encrypt Display the encryption mode used by the wireless client Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate for packets Refresh Click this button to refresh the status of station list Add to Access Control Client s MAC Address For additional security of wireless access the Access Control facility allows you to ...

Страница 146: ...VigorAP 900 User s Guide 136 Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations ...

Страница 147: ... Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function Enable Limit Client Check the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations which try to connect Internet through VigorAP The number you can set is from 3 to 64 Mode At present VigorAP 900 can connect to 11a only 11n only and Mixed 11a 11n Enable 2 Subnet Simulate 2 APs ...

Страница 148: ...sferred from such SSID to LAN will be tagged with the number If your network uses VLANs you can assign the SSID to a VLAN on your network Client devices that associate using the SSID are grouped into this VLAN The VLAN ID range is from 3 to 4095 The VLAN ID is 0 by default it means disabling the VLAN function for the SSID Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN You may switch ch...

Страница 149: ... or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802 1x authentication WEP 802 1x The built in RADIUS client feature enables VigorAP 900 to assist the remote dial in user or a wireles...

Страница 150: ...d WPA WPA2 PSK mode Key Renewal Interval WPA uses shared key for authentication to the network However normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Smaller interval leads to greater security but lower performance Default is 3600 seconds Set 0 to dis...

Страница 151: ... internal server of VigorAP 900 IPAddress Enter the IP address of external RADIUS server Port The UDP port number that the external RADIUS server is using The default value is 1812 based on RFC 2138 Shared Secret The external RADIUS server and client share a secret that is used to authenticate the messages sent between them Both sides must be configured to use the same shared secret Session Timeou...

Страница 152: ...e settings are explained as follows Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC Address Filter table will be blocked and cannot access into V...

Страница 153: ...d you can see Yes message here WPS SSID Display current selected SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 900 Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encrypt Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 900 Configure via Push Button Click Start PBC to invoke Push Button style WPS setup procedure VigorAP 900 will wait for WPS requests from wireless cl...

Страница 154: ...ID Display the MAC address of the AP scanned by VigorAP 900 RSSI Display the signal strength of the access point RSSI is the abbreviation of Received Signal Strength Indication Channel Display the wireless channel used for the AP that is scanned by VigorAP 900 Encryption Display the encryption mode for the scanned AP Authentication Display the authentication type that the scanned AP applied Scan I...

Страница 155: ...e output power of this mode is the same as that of WDS and normal AP mode Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Set the name of access point that VigorAP 900 wants to connect to MAC Address Optional Type the MAC address of access point that VigorAP 900 wants to connect to Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN The default channel is 36 You may switch...

Страница 156: ... WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK This option is available when WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK is selected as Security Mode Select TKIP or AES as the algorithm for WPA Pass Phrase Either 8 63 ASCII characters such as 012345678 or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x such as 0x321253abcde Connection Type Choose DHCP or Static IP as the connection mode DHCP The wireless station will be assigned with an IP from Static IP Th...

Страница 157: ...cific types of traffic voice video best effort and low priority data There are four accessing categories AC_BE AC_BK AC_VI and AC_VO for WMM Available settings are explained as follows Item Description WMM Capable To apply WMM parameters for wireless data transmission please click the Enable radio button Aifsn It controls how long the client waits for each data transmission Please specify the valu...

Страница 158: ...ssion control Mandatory It can restrict stations from using specific category class if it is checked Note VigorAP 900 provides standard WMM configuration in the web page If you want to modify the parameters please refer to the Wi Fi WMM standard specification AckPolicy Uncheck default value the box means the AP will answer the response request while transmitting WMM packets through wireless connec...

Страница 159: ... Upload Limit Define the maximum speed of the data uploading which will be used for the wireless stations connecting to VigorAP with the same SSID Use the drop down list to choose the rate If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Download Limit Define the maximum speed of the data downloading which will be used for the wireless station connecting to VigorAP with the same SS...

Страница 160: ...EE802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g 11g 11n the result is not fair The slow stations 11g work in their slow data rate and occ...

Страница 161: ...s and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display the...

Страница 162: ...ne hour and will not occupy the wireless network for a long time Note Up to 300 Wireless Station records are supported by VigorAP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID that the wireless station will use it to connect with Vigor router Enable Check the box to enable the station control function Connection Time Reconnection Time Use the drop down list to ...

Страница 163: ...vailable settings are explained as follows Item Description PMK Cache Period Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK Pairwise master key cache PMK Cache manages the list from the BSSIDs in the associated SSID with which it has pre authenticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre auth...

Страница 164: ...tication that the wireless client uses for connection with such AP Encrypt Display the encryption mode used by the wireless client Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate for packets Refresh Click this button to refresh the status of station list Add to Access Control Client s MAC Address For additional security of wireless access the Access Control facility allows you to restrict ...

Страница 165: ...VigorAP 900 User s Guide 155 Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations ...

Страница 166: ...irm Password Retype the password to confirm it Configure Add Make a new user profile with the name and password specified on the left boxes Cancel Clear current settings for user profile Delete Selected Delete the selected user profile s Delete All Delete all of the user profiles Authentication Client This internal RADIUS server of VigorAP 900 can be treated as the external RADIUS server for other...

Страница 167: ... menu items for Applications 3 3 1 12 2 1 1 S Sc ch he ed du ul le e The VigorAP has a built in clock which can update itself manually or automatically by means of Network Time Protocols NTP As a result you can not only schedule the AP to dialup to the Internet at a specified time but also restrict Internet access to certain hours so that users can connect to the Internet only during certain hours...

Страница 168: ...le when Enable Schedule is checked It allows to add a new schedule profile You can set up to 15 schedules To add a schedule 1 Check the box of Enable Schedule 2 Click the Add button to open the following web page Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Check to enable such schedule profile Start Date Specify the starting date of the schedule Start Time Specify the start...

Страница 169: ...p p A Al li iv ve e To keep the wireless connection via Wi Fi on iOS device in alive VigorAP 900 will send the UDP packets with 5353 port to the specific IP every five seconds Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Apple iOS Keep Alive Check to enable the function Index Display the setting link Click the index link to open the configuration page for setting the IP addr...

Страница 170: ...ly monitor the temperature of its environment When a pre determined threshold is reached you will be alerted via Syslog T Te em mp pe er ra at tu ur re e S Se en ns so or r S Se et tt ti in ng gs s Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Display Settings Calibration Offset Type a value used for correcting the temperature error Temperature Unit Choose the display unit of the te...

Страница 171: ...VigorAP 900 User s Guide 161 T Te em mp pe er ra at tu ur re e S Se en ns so or r G Gr ra ap ph h Below shows an example of temperature graph ...

Страница 172: ...stem Status provides basic network settings of Vigor modem It includes LAN and WAN interface information Also you could get the current running firmware version or firmware related information from this presentation Each item is explained as follows Item Description Model Device Name Display the model name of the modem Firmware Version Display the firmware version of the modem Build Date Time Disp...

Страница 173: ...ress Display the MAC address of the LAN Interface IP Address Display the IP address of the LAN interface IP Mask Display the subnet mask address of the LAN interface Wireless LAN 2 4GHz 5GHz MAC Address Display the MAC address of the WAN Interface SSID Display the SSID of the device Channel Display the channel that the station used for connecting with such device ...

Страница 174: ...le settings are explained as follows Item Description ACS Settings URL Username Password Such data must be typed according to the ACS Auto Configuration Server you want to link Please refer to Auto Configuration Server user s manual for detailed information The setting for URL can be domain name or IP address CPE Settings Such information is useful for Auto Configuration Server ACS Enable Check th...

Страница 175: ...this field Periodic Inform Settings The default setting is Enable Please set interval time or schedule time for the AP to send notification to VigorACS server Or click Disable to close the mechanism of notification Interval Time Type the value for the interval time setting The unit is second STUN Settings The default is Disable If you click Enable please type the relational settings listed below S...

Страница 176: ...rd Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Account Type the name for accessing into Web User Interface Password Type in new password in this filed Confirm Password Type the new password again for confirmation When you click OK the login window will appear Please use the new password to access into the web user interface again ...

Страница 177: ...w the steps below to backup your configuration 1 Go to System Maintenance Configuration Backup The following windows will be popped up as shown below 2 Click Backup button to get into the following dialog Click Save button to open another dialog for saving configuration as a file 3 In Save As dialog the default filename is config cfg You could give it another name by yourself ...

Страница 178: ...e es st to or re e C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ra at ti io on n 1 Go to System Maintenance Configuration Backup The following windows will be popped up as shown below 2 Click Browse button to choose the correct configuration file for uploading to the modem 3 Click Restore button and wait for few seconds the following picture will tell you that the restoration procedure is successful 3 3 1 13 3 5 5 S Sy...

Страница 179: ...for authentication Password Type the password for authentication User Login VigorAP will send an e mail out when a user accesses into the user interface by using web or telnet 3 3 1 13 3 6 6 T Ti im me e a an nd d D Da at te e It allows you to specify where the time of VigorAP should be inquired from Available parameters are explained as follows Item Description Current System Time Click Inquire T...

Страница 180: ...ort HTTPS port Specify user defined port numbers for the HTTP and HTTPS servers Wi Fi Hardware Button Setup Stop people manually disabling the wireless if they do not have the right of administration to access to the device Enable Choose it to enable the hardware button function Disable Choose it to disable the hardware button function LED Setup The LEDs blink always since VigorAP 900 is powered o...

Страница 181: ...K to reboot your modem for ensuring normal operation and preventing unexpected errors of the modem in the future 3 3 1 13 3 9 9 F Fi ir rm mw wa ar re e U Up pg gr ra ad de e Before upgrading your modem firmware you need to install the Modem Tools The Firmware Upgrade Utility is included in the tools The following web page will guide you to upgrade firmware by using an example Note that this examp...

Страница 182: ... way to view or diagnose the status of your VigorAP 900 3 3 1 14 4 1 1 S Sy ys st te em m L Lo og g At present only System Log is offered 3 3 1 14 4 2 2 S Sp pe ee ed d T Te es st t Click the Start button on the page to test the speed Such feature can help you to find the best installation place for Vigor AP ...

Страница 183: ...managed Access Points LAN A or LAN B daily or weekly for viewing data transmission chart Click Refresh to renew the graph at any time The horizontal axis represents time the vertical axis represents the transmission rate in kbps 3 3 1 14 4 4 4 W WL LA AN N 2 2 4 4G GH Hz z S St ta at ti is st ti ic cs s Such page is used for debug by RD only ...

Страница 184: ...VigorAP 900 User s Guide 174 3 3 1 14 4 5 5 W WL LA AN N 5 5G GH Hz z S St ta at ti is st ti ic cs s Such page is used for debug by RD only ...

Страница 185: ...St ta at ti is st ti ic cs s Such page is used for debug or for the user to observe network traffic and network quality Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Show Chart Choose one of the items to display the statistics chart for wireless stations ...

Страница 186: ... VigorAP 900 Visiting Time Choose it to have the statistics of the wireless stations which is visiting VigorAP 900 Daily Connected Number Analysis Daily Visiting Number Analysis Click this button to get analysis pie chart for daily connected wireless stations daily visiting wireless station Weekly Connected Number Analysis Weekly Visiting Number Analysis Click this button to get analysis pie chart...

Страница 187: ...orAP 900 User s Guide 177 3 3 1 15 5 S Su up pp po or rt t A Ar re ea a When you click the menu item under Support Area you will be guided to visit www draytek com and open the corresponding pages directly ...

Страница 188: ...VigorAP 900 User s Guide 178 This page is left blank ...

Страница 189: ...ts for reaching the target of managing wireless network See the following figure In the above figure VigorAP 900 is used to control the wireless network connection It can separate the wireless traffic between accessing internal server and the usage of video Wireless station connecting to VigorAP 900 with SSID 2 can get the IP address with the network segment of 192 168 1 0 24 LAN A wireless statio...

Страница 190: ...In the page of Operation Mode click AP mode for 2 4GHz Wireless and 5GHz Wireless 2 Open Wireless LAN 2 4GHz General Setup and then Wireless LAN 5GHz General Setup Choose the subnet LAN B for SSID 1 and choose LAN A for SSID 2 Specify the wireless channel Then click OK to save the configuration ...

Страница 191: ...less LAN 5GHz Security Settings Set the encryption method and set the password for SSID 1 and SSID 2 respectively 4 Open LAN General Setup to configure the settings for enabling DHCP server on LAN A LAN B If there is a DHCP server configured in the same network segment skip this step ...

Страница 192: ...ing to VigorAP 900 with SSID 1 can get the IP address assigned by LAN B 192 168 2 0 24 for accessing the internal server The wireless equipment connecting to VigorAP 900 with SSID 2 can get the IP address assigned by LAN A 192 168 1 0 24 for using the video audio uploading and downloading services ...

Страница 193: ...e It is suggested to use Universal Repeater Mode on AP900 with a distinguishable SSID to extent the wireless signal from Vigor router e g Vigor2830n LAN IP 192 168 1 1 Enable DHCP Server SSID DrayTek XXX Channel 6 Security Mode Mixed WPA WPA2 LAN IP 192 168 1 2 SSID DrayTek XXX X Channel 6 Security Mode Mixed WPA WPA2 S Se et tt ti in ng g L LA AN N o on n V Vi ig go or r2 28 83 30 0n n In this ex...

Страница 194: ... 2 Enable the DHCP Server 3 Set the DHCP IP range 4 Click OK 3 Go to Online Status Physical Connection to check if WAN is connected S Se et tt ti in ng g W Wi ir re el le es ss s L LA AN N o on n V Vi ig go or r2 28 83 30 0n n 1 Please go to Wireless LAN General Setup ...

Страница 195: ... SSID 4 Choose a channel Note To avoid signal interference it s suggested to do a Scan in Wireless LAN AP Discovery and choose an unoccupied or not so crowded channel 5 Click OK 2 Setting the Security Please go to Wireless LAN Security 1 Choose the Mode 2 Give a Pre Shared Key Note The Mode and Pre shared Key will be needed when setting on AP800 and it s suggested to memorize them 3 Click OK ...

Страница 196: ...r S Se et tt ti in ng g L LA AN N o on n A AP P9 90 00 0 Here we need to set AP900 using only one network segment which is correspondent to the one used by Vigor2830n Also the DHCP Server should be disabled so users will be assigned IP addresses by Vigor2830n 1 Please go to Wireless LAN General Setup and remove the tick on Enable 2 Subnet Please click OK to save setting ...

Страница 197: ...address of AP900 can t be the same as it of Vigor2830n 2 Disable the DHCP Server 3 Click OK C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ri in ng g S Se et tt ti in ng gs s f fo or r U Un ni iv ve er rs sa al l R Re ep pe ea at te er r M Mo od de e o on n A AP P9 90 00 0 1 Please go to Wireless LAN Access Point Discovery and click Scan ...

Страница 198: ... 3 A window will pop up Please enter the security information of Vigor2830n in it and click OK 4 Confirm the Universal Repeater connection is up We can launch the Command Prompt cmd exe on a wireless client of AP800 to ping Vigor2830 to confirm the Universal Repeater connection has been established successfully ...

Страница 199: ...eneral Setup Make SSID and Channel settings the same as configured for Vigor2830n 2 Please go to Wireless LAN Security Settings Make SSID and Channel settings the same as configured for Vigor2830n U Us si in ng g t th he e W Wi ir re el le es ss s S Se er rv vi ic ce e o of f A AP P9 90 00 0 1 Choose the SSID of AP900 2 Enter the SSID key ...

Страница 200: ...VigorAP 900 User s Guide 190 3 Confirm the IP address has been acquired 4 Confirm connection by ping 1 Test the connection to Vigor2830n 2 Test the connection to Internet ...

Страница 201: ...actory default setting if necessary If all above stages are done and the modem still cannot run normally it is the time for you to contact your dealer for advanced help 5 5 1 1 C Ch he ec ck ki in ng g I If f t th he e H Ha ar rd dw wa ar re e S St ta at tu us s I Is s O OK K o or r N No ot t Follow the steps below to verify the hardware status 1 Check the power line and cable connections Refer to...

Страница 202: ...lled failed please do the steps listed below to make sure the network connection settings is OK F Fo or r W Wi in nd do ow ws s The example is based on Windows 7 Professional Edition As to the examples for other operation systems please refer to the similar steps or find support notes in www draytek com 1 Open All Programs Getting Started Control Panel Click Network and Sharing Center 2 In the fol...

Страница 203: ...igorAP 900 User s Guide 193 4 Select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IP and then click Properties 5 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically Finally click OK ...

Страница 204: ...e 194 F Fo or r M Ma ac c O Os s 1 Double click on the current used Mac Os on the desktop 2 Open the Application folder and get into Network 3 On the Network screen select Using DHCP from the drop down list of Configure IPv4 ...

Страница 205: ...orrectly F Fo or r W Wi in nd do ow ws s 1 Open the Command Prompt window from Start menu Run 2 Type command for Windows 95 98 ME or cmd for Windows NT 2000 XP Vista The DOS command dialog will appear 3 Type ping 192 168 1 2 and press Enter If the link is OK the line of Reply from 192 168 1 2 bytes 32 time 1ms TTL 255 will appear 4 If the line does not appear please check the IP address setting of...

Страница 206: ...you pressing The password of factory default is null S So of ft tw wa ar re e R Re es se et t You can reset the modem to factory default via Web page Go to System Maintenance and choose Reboot System on the web page The following screen will appear Choose Using factory default configuration and click OK After few seconds the modem will return all the settings to the factory settings H Ha ar rd dw ...

Страница 207: ...for the modem again to fit your personal request 5 5 5 5 C Co on nt ta ac ct ti in ng g D Dr ra ay yT Te ek k If the modem still cannot work correctly after trying many efforts please contact your dealer for further help right away For any questions please feel free to send e mail to support draytek com ...

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