AirLive WL-5450AP manual

1 User’s Guide Wireless Access Point WL-5450AP & WL-5460AP[...]

2 FCC Certifications This equipment has been tested and found to comp ly with the limits for a Class B digita l device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FC C Rules. These limits ar e designed to provide reasonable protection against harmfu l interference in a residential inst allation. This equipmen t generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy[...]

3 Table of Content Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................4 F EATURES ......................................................................................................................................................[...]

4 INTRODUCTION AirLive WL-5450 AP/WL-5460AP is an IEEE802.11b/g compliant 11 Mbps & 54 Mbps Ethernet Wireless Access Point. The Wireless Access Poin t is equipped with two 10/100 M Auto-sensing Ethernet ports for conn ecting to LAN and also for cascading to next Wireless Access Point. AirLive WL-5450AP/WL-5460AP provides 64/128bit WEP encr ypti[...]

5 Application Example 1 Example 2[...]

6 Parts Names and Functions 1. Front Panel: (LED Indicators) LED Status Indica tor Color Solid Flashi ng 1 Power Green Turns solid green when power is applied to this device. N/A. 2 Status Red T urns solid red when the device is booting, after b oot successfully, the light turn off. Link/Act. Green Turns solid green when connected and associated to[...]

7 2. Rear Panel: Connection Ports Port/button Functions A 12V DC Connects the power adapter plug B LAN1 Connects to Ethernet C LAN2 Connects to Ethernet D (Factory) RESET Press over 3 seconds to reboot this device. Press for over 10 seconds to restor e factory settings. Performing the Factory Reset will erase all previously entered device settings.[...]

8 Factory Default Settings Setting Wireless Access Point Device Name WL-5460AP SSID Default value: airlive Channel 11 WEP Default value: Disabled IP Address 192.168.100. 252 [...]

9 HARDWARE CONNECTION Note: Before you starting hardware connection, you are advised to find an appropriate location to place the Access Point. Usually, the best place for th e Access Point is at the center of your wireless network, with li ne of straight to all your wirele ss stations. Also, reme mber to adjust the antenna ; usually the hig her th[...]

10 ABOUT THE OPERATION MODES This device provides four op erational applications with Access Point, Bridge, Client (Ad-hoc) and Client (Infrastructure) modes, which are mutually exclusive. This device is shipped with configuration th at is functional right out of the box. If you want to change the settings in order to perform more advanced configur[...]

11 WDS Repeater Mode Refer to the illustration below. While acti ng as Bridges, AP1 (with Station 1 being associated to) and AP2 (with Station 2 being associated) can communicate with each other through wireless interface (with WDS). Thus Station 1 can communicate with Station 2 and both Station 1 and Stat ion 2 are able to access the Internet if o[...]

12 Client Mode (Infrastructure) If set to Client (Infrastruct ure) mode, this device can work like a wireless station when it’s connected to a computer so th at the computer can send packets from wired end to wireless interface. Refer to the illust ration below. This st ation (AP1 plus the connected computer 1) can associate to another Access Poi[...]

13 Client Mode (Ad-hoc) If set to the Client (Ad-hoc) mode, this device can work like a wireless station when it is connected to a computer so that the computer can send packets from wired end to wireless interface. You can share files and printers between wireless stations (PC and laptop with wireless network adapter installed). See the sample app[...]

14 WDS Bridge Mode The WDS (Wireless Distributed System) func tion let this access point acts as a wireless LAN access point and repeater at the same time. Users can use this feature to build up a large wireless netwo rk in a large space like airports, hotels and schools …etc. This feature is also usef ul when users want to bridge netw orks betwe[...]

15 CONFIGURATION Login 1. Start your computer. Connect an Ethernet ca ble between your computer and the Wireless Access Point. 2. Make sure your wired stati on is set to the sa me subnet as the Wireless Access Point, i.e. 192.168.100.252 3. Start your WEB browse r. In the Address box, enter the following: HTTP://192.168.100.252 The configuration me[...]

16 Status In this screen, you can see th e current settings and status of this Access Point. You ca n change settings by selecting spec ific tab described in below. System System Uptime The time period sinc e the device was up. Firmware Version The current version of the firmware installed in this device. Wireless Configuration Wireless Mode There [...]

17 unique SSID. An SSID is also refe rred to as a network name beca use essentially it is a n ame that identifies a wireless network. Channel Number The number of channels supported de pends on the region of this Access Point. All station s communicating with the Access Point must use the same channel. Encryption WEP Encryption (W ired Equivalent P[...]

18 System Log This page display log events with time when ev ents happened, log events’ types, log sources and the description for events themselves. System manager can use the system log t o trace when problems occur. Statistics The Statistics table shows the packets sent/receive d over wireless and ethernet LAN respectively.[...]

19 Wireless Basic Settings This page includes all primary and major parameters. An y parameter change will cause the device to reboot for the ne w settings to take e ffect.  Disable Wireless LAN Interface Check the box to disable the Wirele ss LAN Interface, by so doing, you won’t be able to make wirele ss connection with this Access Point in [...]

20 SSID The SSID differentiates one W LAN from another; therefore, all access points and all devices attemp ting to co nnect to a speci fic WLAN must use the sa me SSID. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters. A device will not be permitted to join the BSS unless it can provide the uniqu e SSID. An SSID is also referred to as a netw[...]

21 Advanced Settings It is not recommended that settings in this page to be changed unless adva nced users want to change to meet their wireless en vironment for optimal performance Authentication Type To provide a certain level of secu rity, the IEEE 802.11 stan dard has defined two types of authentica tion methods, Open System and Shared Key. Wit[...]

22 mode. Fragment Threshol d Fragmentation mechan ism is used for improving the eff iciency when high traffic flows along in the wireless n etwork. If your 802.11g Wireless LAN PC Card often transmit large files in wireless network, you can enter new Fragm e nt Threshold value t o split the packet. The value can be set fr om 256 to 2346. The defaul[...]

23 Before a station enters power sa ve mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point). Data Rate By default, the unit adaptively se lects the highest possible rate for transmission. Select th e basic rates to be used among the following opti[...]

24 Security Here you can configure the security of yo ur wi reless network. Selectin g different method will enable you to have dif ferent level of securit y. Please note that by using any encryption, by which data packet is encrypted before transmission to prevent data packets from being eavesdropped by unrelated people, there may be a significan [...]

25 Set WEP key  Click t he Set WEP Keys will prompt you a win dow to set 64bit or 128bit Encryption.  Select HEX if you are using hexadecimal numbers ( 0-9, or A-F ). Select ASCII if you are using ASCII characters ( c ase-sensitive ).  Ten hexadecimal digits or five A SCII characters are needed if 64-bit WEP is used; 26 hexadecimal digits [...]

26 change automatically. The default is 86400 seconds. Enable Pre-Au thentica tion The two most important features b eyond WPA to become standardized through 802.11i/WPA2 are: pre-a uth entication, which enables secure fast roaming without noticeable signal latency . Preauthentication provi des a way to establi sh a PMK security associ ation before[...]

27 Access Control When Enable Wireless Access Control is checked, only those clien ts whose wireless MAC addresses listed in the access control list can a ccess this Access Point. If the list contains no entries with this function being ena bled, then no clients will be able to access this Access Point. Wireless Access Control Mode Select the Acces[...]

28 Site Survey Site survey displa ys all the acti ve Access Points and IBSS in the neighborhood. Wh en you are in the client mode, you can select one AP to associate. Press Refresh to get the latest information. WDS Setting To enable WDS function w ill let this AP enter “ Bridge Mode”. Two APs in bridge modes can communicate with each other thr[...]

29 Add WDS AP MAC Address: Enter the MAC Address for the Access Point to establish WDS Comment: You may enter up to 20 characters as a remark to the previous MAC Address. Apply Changes Press to save the new settings on the screen. Reset Press to discard the data you have entered since last time you press Apply Change. Set Security Click to set the [...]

30 TCP/IP Basic In this page, you can change the TCP/IP settings of this Access P oint, select to enable/ disable the DHCP Client, 802.1d Spanning Tr ee, and Clone MAC Address. IP Address This field can be modified only when DHCP Clie nt is disabled. If your system manager assigned you static IP settings, th en you will have to enter the inf ormati[...]

31 DNS Server Enter the Domain Name Service IP address. 802.1d Spanning Tree To enable 802.1d Spanning Tree will prevent the network from infinite loop s. Infin ite loop will happen in t he network when WDS is enabled and there are multiple active paths be tween stations. Clone MAC Address You can specify the MA C address of your Access Point to re[...]

32 Other Upgrade Firmware 1. Download the latest firmware from your distri butor and sa ve the file on the hard drive. 2. Start the browser, open the configuration page, click on Other, and click Upgrade Firmware to enter the Upgrade Firmwar e window. Enter the new firmware’s path and file name (i.e. C:FIRMWAREfirmware.b in). Or, click the Brow[...]

33 Save Settin gs to F ile: Click SAVE.. to save the current configuration to file. When prompted the upper left screen, select “ Save t his file to disk ”, and the upper right screen will prompt you a dialog box to enter the file n ame and the file location. Load Settings From File: Click Browse… if you want to load a pre-saved file , enter [...]

34 Password For secure reason, it is recommended that you se t the account to access the web server of this Access Point. Leavin g the user name and password blank will disab le the protection. The login screen prompts immediately once you finish s etting the account and password. Remember your user name and password for you will be aske d to enter[...]