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The Information dialog box includes 4 items: 

Password

Configuration

Access Control

 and

Firmware Information

.

Password:

The password is required to configure the WAP-900 (default value is 

1234

).  This password only

allows network managers to change the settings for the WAP-900.  Click “

Change

” if you want

to change the password.  It is suggested to change the password for your network security.

Fig. 3.6 Change Password dialog box

Configuration:

In the 

Mode

 item, select either the station mode (Ad-hoc without Access Point or Infrastructure

with Access Point), or the stand alone AP mode.

channel

:

Select the channel number as your operating radio channel. (Default setting:

the channel 1)

essid

:

Input an ESS ID for your Micro AP. (Default setting: ANY).  If you

want to enable “Roaming”, the ESSID for each WAP-900 must be set as the

same.

repeating

:

The micro-AP can serve wireless LAN access point (AP) function as well as

repeating

 IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN traffic. If the repeating feature is

enabled, the micro-AP utilizes a well designed algorithm to select a non-loop

repeating path for each destination address among a group of micro-APs.

Click “

Modify

” to save all the changed parameters.

Access Control:

Using Access Control, users can decide which wireless devices are allowed to connect to the WAP-

900 by controlling the MAC address of each client.  Click “

Edit

” and the Access Control dialog

box will show up.  The Access Control dialog box includes two options: 

Allow to Access

 and

Deny to Access

.

Содержание WAP-900

Страница 1: ...1 WAP 900 WireFree USER S MANUAL...

Страница 2: ...quipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the eq...

Страница 3: ...dental consequential or indirect damages arising from the installation maintenance use performance failure or interruption of Planet s products whatever caused and on any theory of liability This limi...

Страница 4: ...STEM REQUIREMENTS 4 2 2 MECHANICAL DESCRIPTION 4 2 3 MICRO AP INSTALLATION 5 CHAPTER 3 HOW TO CONFIGURE MICRO AP 6 3 1 USING THE UTILITY 6 CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 13 APPENDIX A USING THE TERMINAL PR...

Страница 5: ...easily l Omnidirectional antenna included l Wireless connection without the hassles and cost of cabling l Great flexibility to locate or move networked PCs 1 2 Applications WireFree products offer a f...

Страница 6: ...ome Office users SOHO users need easy and quick installation of a small computer network 1 3 Product Kit Each WAP 900 package comes with u WAP 900 x 1 u Antenna dipole omni directional x 1 u WAP 900 A...

Страница 7: ...ill assert when Power supply to the WAP 900 works normally Wired Ethernet Tx Rx This LED asserts when power is on It blinks when the WAP 900 is Tx Rx data with the Ethernet Wireless LAN This LED asser...

Страница 8: ...tter the performance will be 3 Connect the Ethernet Cable WAP 900 can be connected to the 10 Base T Ethernet network Connect your UTP Ethernet cable to the RJ 45 connector of the WAP 900 Micro AP a To...

Страница 9: ...he WAP 900 remotely 3 1 Using the Utility The WAP 900 can be configured using the utility enclosed in the product kit Please follow the instructions shown in the next two sections 3 1 1 Installation o...

Страница 10: ...WireFree Wireless LAN 10 Fig 3 2 Step2 of the Wireless LAN Utility setup Fig 3 3 Step3 of the Wireless LAN Utility setup The Micro AP Utility has been successfully installed...

Страница 11: ...WAP 900 User s Guide 11 Fig 3 4 Step 4 of the Wireless LAN Utility setup...

Страница 12: ...e installed Micro AP Utility the program will automatically detect all the WAP 900s over the Ethernet network with a RJ 45 cable or over serial port with a RS 232 cable Or the Micro APs will be detect...

Страница 13: ...WAP 900 User s Guide 13 Among all the detected WAP 900s select and double click the WAP 900 you want to configure the Information dialog box will appear as follows OEM MicroAP AP...

Страница 14: ...ting radio channel Default setting the channel 1 essid Input an ESS ID for your Micro AP Default setting ANY If you want to enable Roaming the ESSID for each WAP 900 must be set as the same repeating...

Страница 15: ...ne Model as well as Firmware Version Users can get the newest firmware from Planet s web site and upgrade the WAP 900 by clicking the Upgrade icon You must type in the directory of the new firmware in...

Страница 16: ...to connect the WAP 900 to the hub You can also use a normal RJ 45 cable to connect the WAP 900 to the Ethernet NIC l WireFree mobile users do not have roaming capabilities on WAP 900s Probable Causes...

Страница 17: ...the Micro AP utility program using a RJ 45 cable or a RS 232 cable Fig a 1 Connecting the RS 232 cable 1 Connect the WAP 900 to your PC with the RS 232 cable 2 Turn on the power of your PC 3 Run Term...

Страница 18: ...rsion ATI2 No Display the manufacturer ID ATI3 No Display the model ID ATN1 Yes Change the micro AP to function in the Infrastructure BSS Station Mode ATN2 Yes Change the micro AP to function in the A...

Страница 19: ...t 2 Power on the micro AP Configure it to operate in the AP mode ATN3 set the ESS ID ATESSID string don t specify a null string ESS ID ANY to the micro AP while it is in the AP Mode and set the radio...

Страница 20: ...d Hoc Wireless LAN 1 Desktop PC WL 2400 Notebook PC WL 3501 Desktop PC WL 2400 Notebook PC WL 3501 Ad Hoc Wireless LAN 2 Desktop PC WL 2400 Desktop PC WL 2400 Notebook PC WL 3501 Notebook PC WL 3501 D...

Страница 21: ...nfiguration A group of WireFree PC users and a WAP 900 Access Point construct a Basic Service Set BSS Each WireFree PC in the BSS can talk to any computer in the wired LAN infrastructure via the WAP 9...

Страница 22: ...ions in the independent BSS must be configured with the BSS ID of the WAP 900 Check your WAP 900 for its BSS ID or use the Access Point Browser Utility program described in the next section Roaming In...

Страница 23: ...s BSS1 Fig b 4 Roaming in an Extended Service Set ESS Before setting up an ESS for roaming it is helpful to improve the performance by choosing an appropriate feasible the radio channel and right plac...

Страница 24: ...e Ad Hoc mode RJ 45 RS 232 POWER ANT back panel of micro AP The long cable ordinary UTP cable Your computer s RJ 45 port When will you use the WAP 900 without the repeating mode Do not enable the repe...

Страница 25: ...WAP 900 Micro AP Wired Interface Ethernet 10BaseT Wireless Interface WireFree Wireless LAN Frequency Band 2 412 2 462 GHz FCC Canada 2 422 2 462 GHz ETSI 2 484 Japan RF Technology Spread Spectrum Dir...

Страница 26: ...s an Access Point and all the WireFree PCs that associated with it ESS w ESS stands for Extended Service Set More than one BSS is configured to become Extended Service Set WireFree mobile users can ro...

Страница 27: ...ork RTS Threshold Transmitters contending for the medium may not be aware of each other RTS CTS mechanism can solve this Hidden Node Problem If the packet size is smaller than the preset RTS Threshold...

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