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11b/g Wireless Outdoor Multi-Client Bridge/AP 

 

 

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1.5  Applications 

The wireless LAN products are easy to install and highly efficient. The following list 
describes  some  of  the  many  applications  made  possible  through  the  power  and 
flexibility of wireless LANs: 

 

 

a)  Difficult-to-wire environments 

There  are  many  situations  where  wires  cannot  be  laid  easily.  Historic 
buildings,  older  buildings,  open  areas  and  across  busy  streets  make  the 
installation of LANs either impossible or very expensive. 

b)  Temporary workgroups 

Consider situations in parks, athletic arenas, exhibition centers, disaster-
recovery,  temporary  offices  and  construction  sites  where  one  wants  a 
temporary WLAN established and removed. 

c)  The ability to access real-time information 

Doctors/nurses,  point-of-sale  employees,  and  warehouse  workers  can 
access  real-time  information  while  dealing  with  patients,  serving 
customers and processing information. 

d)  Frequently changed environments 

Show rooms, meeting rooms, retail stores, and manufacturing sites where 
frequently rearrange the workplace. 

e)  Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) networks 

SOHO users need a cost-effective, easy and quick installation of a small 
network. 

f)  Wireless extensions to Ethernet networks 

Network  managers  in  dynamic  environments  can  minimize  the  overhead 
caused  by  moves,  extensions  to  networks,  and  other  changes  with 
wireless LANs. 

g)  Wired LAN backup 

Network  managers  implement  wireless  LANs  to  provide  backup  for 
mission-critical applications running on wired networks. 

h)  Training/Educational facilities 

Training  sites  at  corporations  and  students  at  universities  use  wireless 
connectivity  to  ease  access  to  information,  information  exchanges,  and 
learning. 
 
 

1.6  Network Configuration 

To  better  understand  how  the  wireless  LAN  products  work  together  to  create  a 
wireless network, it might be helpful to depict a few of the possible wireless LAN PC 
card network configurations. The wireless LAN products can be configured as: 

 

a)  Ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) for departmental or SOHO LANs. 
b)  Infrastructure for enterprise LANs. 

 

a)  Ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) Mode 

 

This  is  the  simplest  network  configuration  with  several  computers 
equipped with the PC Cards that form a wireless network whenever they 

Содержание 11b/g Wireless Outdoor Multi-Client Bridge/AP

Страница 1: ...________ 11b g Wireless Outdoor Multi Client Bridge AP User s Manual Version 1 0...

Страница 2: ...S NETWORK SETTINGS 21 3 3 2 INFRASTRUCTURE AD HOC MODE 22 3 3 3 WIRELESS SECURITY 23 3 3 3 1 1 WEP WIRED EQUIVALENT PRIVACY 23 3 3 3 1 2 WPA PERSONAL WI FI PROTECTED ACCESS 24 3 3 4 ADVANCED WIRELESS...

Страница 3: ..._______ Table of Contents 4 4 LAN 45 4 5 DHCP SERVER 46 4 6 MAC ADDRESS FILTER 48 4 7 LOGS 49 4 8 STATISTICS 50 APPENDIX A SPECIFICATIONS 51 APPENDIX B FCC INTERFERENCE STATEMENT 52 APPENDIX C INDEX 5...

Страница 4: ...________ Revision History Version Date Notes 1 0 August 12 2007 Initial Version...

Страница 5: ...etwork This chapter describes the features benefits package contents applications and network configuration 1 1 Features Benefits Features Benefits High Speed Data Rate Up to 54Mbps Capable of handlin...

Страница 6: ...oor Wireless Client Bridge unit 48V 0 375A AC DC adapter with wall plug power code One 5dBi SMA dipole antenna Inline Power Injector PoE 1 8m Grounding Cable User manual CD disc Wall mounting kit Mast...

Страница 7: ...ng sites where frequently rearrange the workplace e Small Office and Home Office SOHO networks SOHO users need a cost effective easy and quick installation of a small network f Wireless extensions to...

Страница 8: ...The image below depicts a network in ad hoc mode b Infrastructure Mode The infrastructure mode requires the use of an access point AP In this mode all wireless communication between two computers has...

Страница 9: ...r into the port labeled DC IN and the other end into the power socket on the wall This diagram depicts the hardware configuration 2 2 IP Address Configuration This device can be configured as a Bridge...

Страница 10: ...ur PC Notebook 3 Select Use the following IP Address radio button and then enter the IP address and subnet mask Ensure that the IP address and subnet mask are on the same subnet as the device For Exam...

Страница 11: ...will graphical user interface GUI of the bridge The navigation drop down menu on left is divided into six main sections 1 System This menu includes the administrator settings Also included are other...

Страница 12: ...firmware LAN IP address and MAC address and the wireless settings such as the radio status MAC address SSID RF channel and security General o Displays firmware version and system date LAN o Displays t...

Страница 13: ...password to access this device from the web browser You can also specify a name for the bridge as well as backup and restore the system settings The first part of this page gives you the option to sa...

Страница 14: ...ame for this device as well as save or restore a configuration Click on the Save Settings button to store the changes Bridge Name Specify a name for this bridge Web Idle Timeout Specify a time in minu...

Страница 15: ...n in the dialog box 3 2 1 2 Restore the Configuration from a File This option allows you to restore a backup configuration from a file to the device Click on the Browse button to select the file and t...

Страница 16: ...ss Point mode Click on the Switch Device to AP Mode and then you will see a confirmation dialog box Click on the OK button to continue Please wait while the system is rebooting Note Do no un plug the...

Страница 17: ...nsure that you have downloaded the appropriate firmware from the vendor s website Connect the device to your PC using an Ethernet cable as the firmware cannot be upgraded using the wireless interface...

Страница 18: ...ttings Therefore you may need to restore a configuration from a file Refer to Administrator Settings for details 3 2 3 System Reboot and Restore Settings to Default Click on the System link under the...

Страница 19: ...current settings will be lost 3 2 4 System Time Configuration Click on the Time link under the System menu This feature allows you to configure update and maintain the correct time on the device s int...

Страница 20: ...ect your time zone from the drop down list Set the Date and Time Select a date and time from the drop down list or do to use computer s time and date click on the Copy Your Computer s Time Settings bu...

Страница 21: ...and cannot exceed 32 characters Channel The channel used to communicate on the wireless network Mode Frequency and IEEE 802 11 operation mode b only g only or b g Privacy The type of security used on...

Страница 22: ...l on all points of the wireless network and cannot exceed 32 characters Channel Select a channel from the drop down list The channels available are based on the country s regulation When selecting Inf...

Страница 23: ...the WEP radio button if your wireless network uses WEP encryption WEP is an acronym for Wired Equivalent Privacy and is a security protocol that provides the same level of security for wireless netwo...

Страница 24: ...sting authentication encrypts the challenge text and sends it back to the access point If the challenge text is encrypted correctly the access point allows the requesting device to authenticate It is...

Страница 25: ...egotiates the cipher type with the access point and uses AES when available Pre Shared Key The key is entered as a pass phrase of up to 63 alphanumeric characters in ASCII American Standard Code for I...

Страница 26: ...change Fragment Threshold Packets over the specified size will be fragmented in order to improve performance on noisy networks Specify a value between 256 and 65535 The default value is 2346 RTS Thre...

Страница 27: ...s Send SNMP Trap Select Enable if you would like to receive SNMP traps Send Trap To Specify the IP address that would receive the SNMP traps Trap Community Name Specify the password for the SNMP trap...

Страница 28: ...r DHCP server If you select the Static radio button you must enter the IP address subnet mask and default gateway IP Address Enter an IP address for this device Subnet Mask Enter the subnet mask for t...

Страница 29: ...ue to errors collisions or bridge resource limitations RX Packets Dropped The number of packets that were dropped while being received due to errors collisions or bridge resource limitations Collision...

Страница 30: ...on the system or when a report needs to be sent to the technical support department for debugging purposes Log Options Select the type of warning that you would like recorded and place a check in the...

Страница 31: ...and password configured by default therefore please leave user name and password field blank and then click on the Login button After logging in you will graphical user interface GUI of the Access Po...

Страница 32: ...ime Each option is described below 4 2 1 Administrator Settings Click on the Administrator Settings link under the System menu This page allows you to configure the password to access this device from...

Страница 33: ...4 2 1 1 Save Configuration to a File This option allows you to save the current configuration of the device into a file Click on the Save Configuration button to begin Save the file on your local dis...

Страница 34: ...stem then prompts you to reboot the device Click on the OK button to continue You will then see the Rebooting page Please wait while the system is rebooting Note Do no un plug the device during this p...

Страница 35: ...interface Click on the Browse button to select the firmware and then click on the Upload button The above dialog box requests you to confirm the upgrade process Click on the OK button to continue Onc...

Страница 36: ...reboot the device using the current settings or restore all the settings to the factory defaults 4 2 3 1 System Reboot Click on the Reboot the Device button to reboot the device using its current sett...

Страница 37: ...f the device is 192 168 1 2 in Access Point mode This section will describe the steps to switch from Access Point to Bridge mode Click on the Switch Device to Bridge Mode and then you will see a confi...

Страница 38: ...em clock as well as configure the time zone The date and time of the device can be configured manually or by copying the time on the PC that it is wired to Note If the device losses power for any reas...

Страница 39: ...the wireless network will be using only IEEE 802 11g clients then it is recommended to select 802 11g only instead of Mixed 802 11g and 802 11b which will reduce the performance of the wireless networ...

Страница 40: ...d challenge text string to any device attempting to communicate with the AP The device requesting authentication encrypts the challenge text and sends it back to the access point If the challenge text...

Страница 41: ...n It cannot be shorter than eight characters although for proper security it needs to be of ample length and should not be a commonly known phrase This phrase is used to generate session keys that are...

Страница 42: ...type with the access point and uses AES when available Group Key Update Interval Specify the number of seconds before the group key used for broadcast and multicast data is changed Authentication Time...

Страница 43: ...346 RTS Threshold Packets over the specified size will use the RTS CTS mechanism to maintain performance in noisy networks and preventing hidden nodes from degrading the performance Specify a value be...

Страница 44: ...the other AP and the other AP must have a WDS link back to this AP Make sure the APs are configured with same channel number WDS AP MAC Address Specify one half of the WDS link The other AP must also...

Страница 45: ...following fields Choose Static IP Manual if your router does not support DHCP or if for any other reason you need to assign a fixed address to this device Note You cannot choose DHCP Dynamic if you ha...

Страница 46: ...a DHCP Server DHCP IP Address Range Enter the first and last IP address of the range Make sure that the range is on the same subnet as the device These two IP values from and to define a range of IP...

Страница 47: ...o all clients thereby working around the problem at the cost of increased broadcast traffic on the LAN Click on the Save Settings button once you have modified the settings Enable DHCP Reservation You...

Страница 48: ...tting from the drop down list When only allow listed machines is selected only computers with MAC addresses listed in the MAC Address List are granted network access When only deny listed machines is...

Страница 49: ...e system or when a report needs to be sent to the technical support department for debugging purposes Log Options Select the type of warning that you would like recorded and place a check in the appro...

Страница 50: ...errors collisions or bridge resource limitations RX Packets Dropped The number of packets that were dropped while being received due to errors collisions or bridge resource limitations Collisions The...

Страница 51: ...bps 95dBm Available transmit power Typical 2 412 2 472G 802 11g 27dBm 6 24Mbps 25dBm 36Mbps 24 dBm 48Mbps 23dBm 54Mbps 2 412 2 472G 802 11b 28 dBm 1 2 5 5 and 11Mbps RF Connector SMA Female Reverse Ty...

Страница 52: ...following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which...

Страница 53: ...structure Mode 7 IP Address Configuration 8 L LAN Settings 26 Logging In 10 30 Logs 29 30 48 M MAC Address 20 41 43 46 47 mounting 5 50 N Network Configuration 6 NIC 8 O Open 5 23 39 operation mode 20...

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