Amer Networks WAP123N manual

300Mbps Wireless Access Point W A P123N 300Mbp s Wi reless Access Poin t User Guid e[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Point Copyright S t atement Amer Networks is the registered tra demark of Amer .com. All the products and product names mentioned herei n are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their r espect ive holders. Copyright of the w hole product as integration, including its ac cess ories and softw are, belongs to Am er .com.[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Point Content s Chapter 1 Pro duct Overview ....... ........... ............ ........... .......... ........... . 1 1.1 Product Feat ures................ ........... ............ ........... .. 2 1.2 Package Co ntents ................ .......... ............. .......... . 2 Chapter 2 Pro duct Installatio n ....... ..........[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t Chapter 6 S y stem T ool s .......... .......... ............ ........... .......... ........... .... 40 6.1 Password Change ................ .......... ............. ......... 40 6.2 Restore to Fa ctory . ........... .......... ............ ........... .. 4 1 6.3 Backup/Res tore ......... .......... ........... .....[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 1 Chapter 1 P roduct Ov er view WAP1 23N is a wireless Access Po int based on the latest IEEE802.1 1n standard while at the same time being backwards compatible with IEEE802.1 1b/g devices . Adopting the advanced “Multiple in and Multip le out” (MIMO) technology , it c an provide a m aximum of 300M bps stable tran[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 2 1.1 Product Featur es  Complies with the latest 802.1 1n and 802.1 1b/g standards  Supports AP and WDS working mode s  Provides 300Mbps receiving and transmitting rate  MIMO techno logy uses signal reflections to increase 8 ti mes transmission d istance of 802.1 1g standard and effi cientl y reduce “de[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 3  Eight Screws  One User Guide  One Network Cabl e  Four plastic covers If an y o f listed items are missing or damaged, please contact your lo cal amer .com reseller .[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 4 Chapter 2 P roduct Inst alla tion Y ou are recommen ded to ins tall the product after c onfiguring the settings of WAP123N according to the guide in chapter 3. The fo llowing steps take AP mode for example. 1. Use the i ncluded power adapter to power on the AP . Y ou c an also use POE power sup ply or POE switch to [...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 5 Chapter 3 Configur ation Guide 3.1 Web Login Connect to W AP123N via wired cable and configure 1 92.168.0.x(x ranges 2-254) as your PC’s I P address, and 255.255.255.0 as subn et mask. (Please re fer to the Append ix II for details on TCP/IP setting) Launch Internet Ex plore r . In the address ba r , enter the AP?[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 6 Y ou can select “Running S tatus”, ”LAN Setti ngs”, “W ireless Se ttings”, “SNMP Settings” and “System T ools” on the left menu. Click “Next” to enter t he wireless working mode setup page. W AP123N supports two working modes: wireless AP (AP), Bri dge (WDS). Select a w orki ng mode to c onfi[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 7 On th is page, you can sel ect wireles s AP or Bri dge to adapt different wireless access enviro nment. 3.3 Wireless A ccess Poi nt (AP) Mode Select “Wireless Access Point (AP)” and then click “Next” to enter the basic settings. Picture 4[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 8 Fill in the follo wing items according to the supplie d information. 1. SSID: Set the SSID n ame of the device. 2. Channel: Select the wireless commu nication c hannel. T he d efault is channel 6. After you finish the s ettings, c lick “Next” to enter the “ Security Settin gs” page as the picture below: “S[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 9 3.4 Bridge (W DS) Mode Select “Setup W izard” on the left menu and the working mode selection interface will appear as the picture below . Select Bridge ( W DS) and then click “Next”. Y ou will enter the W DS setup page as the picture below . Bridge ( W DS) working mode i ncl udes: Point to Point Bridge (WDS[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 10 Select the AP whic h you need t o bridge and click “Next” to enter the security setup interface. Y ou can also input the MAC address of the wireless device which you want to bri dge m anually and select the corresponding cha nnel. After finish the settings, click “N ext” to enter the “Security Setting” [...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 11 “WDS Securi ty Setting” is u sed to encrypt the AP and authorize th e device to est ablish bridge. Only when the passwords of the devices in the bridge are co nsistent, will the communica tion get through normally . After finishing the settings, click “Ne xt” and “Save” to finish setti ngs. 3.5 Running [...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 12  Wireless St atus It shows the current working status, including working mode, wireless network mod e, SSID, Channel, Encryption mod e, etc.  LAN Interface inf ormation It shows LAN IP , MAC address, I P address, subnet mask, etc.  System information It shows the device’s c urrent software version, hardw[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 13 3.6 LAN Settings This section mai nly deals with LAN’s basic settings.  Static IP ： ： ： ： The default IP address is 192.168.0.254. If necessary , you can configure a new IP address, subnet mask and gateway manually fo r the device.  Dynamic IP ： ： ： ： Automatically obtain IP address, subnet [...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 14 Chapter 4 Wireless Settings This chapter in troduces you to the wireless settings in two w orki ng modes: Access Point (AP) and Bridge ( W DS), including basic sett ings, security settings, advan ced setti ngs, access control, and connection status. 4.1 Basic Settings This mode introduces you the ba sic s ettings i[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 15 4.1.1.2 Function Explanation The basic setu p page in Access Point (AP) working mod e is as follows:[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 16  Wireless Signal: Click “Di sable” to turn off all the wireless fe atur es of this AP; click “Enable” to turn them b ack on.  Network Mode ： Select one mod e fr om the f ollowing. The default is 1 1b/g/n mode.  1 1b mod e ： ： ： ： Allow the wireless client to con nect with the d evice i n [...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 17 300Mbps.  Main SSID ： ： ： ： SSID (Service Set Identifier) is the unique name of the wireless n etwork. I t is recomme nded to mo dify this name for your wireless client to recognize the network.  Broadcast SSID: W hen you sel ect “Disable SSID broadcast”, the AP will not broadcast its own SSID num[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 18 4.1.2 Bridge (W DS) Mode Bridge (W DS) mode includes P2P , P2MP , W ireless Repeate r . 4.1.2.1 Poin t to Point Bridge P2P b ridge mode can c onnect with t wo wired net work via wirele ss access points, which communicate by wireless signals and not by cables. The P2P topology shows below Select P2P Bridge in drop-d[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 19 This page i ncludes t he AP and W DS parameter setting. AP parameter setting can ch ange SSID and e nable/ disable wireless feature.  AP MAC: Enter the interconnection equipment’s M AC address.  Channel: Select the channel according to interconnection equipment’s; the devices o n the two ends m ust be on [...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 20 the table. Select the device which nee ds to bridge, the AP will add the device’s MAC address a utomatically and select the corresponding cha nnel. 4.1.2.2 P2MP Bridge Mode The P2MP Bridge Mode whic h connects scatte red wired network together is more complica ted than P2P Bridge mode . P2MP usua lly transmit wir[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 21  AP MAC Addres s: Input the remote AP’s MAC address. (No more than 4)  Channel: Selec t the channel which the bridge ne eds to use. (All APs in the brid ge must be at the same chann el.)  Enable Scan: Click this button, t he AP will scan the nearb y wireless devices automatically and display the informat[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 22 channel of the last ad ded device as t he bridge channel (Y ou can also chang e the channel a ccording to you r needs. All the devices must at the same cha nnel, so the bridge can be established.) 4.1.2.3 Wireless Repeate r Mode Repeater Mode can repeat and amplif y wireless signals t o extend wireless network cove[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 23 W hen the users selects “permit wireless clien t to access”, the AP can also be used as a “Wireless Acc ess Point” to allow the access of wireless client when it is u sed as a w ireless bridge. The basic settings of wireless repeater is divided into tw o parts: one part is the ba sic setting in AP mode (See[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 24 4.2 Security Settings It is used to confi gure the AP network’s security setting, including AP security setting a nd WDS security setting. 4.2.1 A P Securit y S etting We introduce six common encryption mod es to you (support ten encryption mod es), including Mixed W EP encryption, W P A-PSK, W P A-Ente rprise, W[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 25 Setting Explan ation  Security Mode ： ： ： ： From the drop-down menu select the corresponding s ecurity encryption modes.  WEP Key1~4 ： ： ： ： Set the W EP key w ith the format of ASCII and Hex. Y ou can enter ASCII code ( 5 or 13 ASCII c haracters. Illegal character as “/” is n ot allowed.)[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 26 Setting Explan ation  WP A Algorithms ： ： ： ： Provides TKIP [T emporal Key Integrity Protocol ] or AES [ Advanced Encryption S tandar d]. The default is TKIP mode.  Pass Phrase ： ： ： ： Enter the encrypted characte rs with 8-63 ASCII characters.  Key Renewal Interval ： ： ： ： Set the [...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 27 Setting Explan ation  WP A Algorithms ： ： ： ： Provides TKIP [T emporal Key Integrity Protocol ] or AES [ Advanced Encryption S tandar d]. The default is TKIP mode.  Pass Phrase ： ： ： ： Enter the encrypted characte rs with 8-63 ASCII characters.  Key renewal Interval ： ： ： ： Set the [...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 28 Setting Explan ation  WP A Algorithms ： ： ： ： Provides TKIP [T emporal Key Integrity Protocol ] or AES [ Advanced Encryption S tandar d]. The default is TKIP mode.  Pass Phrase ： ： ： ： Enter the encrypted characte rs with 8-63 ASCII characters.  Key Renewal Interval ： ： ： ： Set the [...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 29 Setting Explan ation  WP A Algorithms ： ： ： ： Provides TKIP [T emporal Key Integrity Protocol ] or AES [ Advanced Encryption S tandar d]. The default is TKIP mode.  Pass Phrase ： ： ： ： Enter the encrypted characte rs with 8-63 ASCII characters.  Key Renewal Interval ： ： ： ： Set the [...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 30 802.1x A uthentic ation This security mode is u sed when a RADIUS server is connected to the device. 802 .1x, is a type of Port-base d authentication protocol. The port can be either a physical port or a logic al port (such as VLAN). Fo r wireless LAN users, a port is just a channel. The final purpose of 802.1 1x a[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 31  Radius Server ： ： ： ： Enter the IP ad dress o f the Radius server .  Radius Server Port ： ： ： ： Enter the aut hentication port o f the Radius se rver . The default is 1812.  Shared Secret ： ： ： ： Enter th e shared key for authenticatio n server with 8~63 ASCII characters .  Sess[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 32  WEP Key : You c an set the W EP key in ASCII code or Hexadecimal c ode.  Key: Y ou can choose ASCII co de (5 or 13 ASCII codes, illegal characters like “/” a re fo rbidden) or Hexadecimal characters (10 or 26 Hexadecimal characters).  TKIP/ AES Key: TKIP/AES is a n encrypt ion mode based on W PA and W[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 33 Security s etting of wireless repea ter can b e divided into AP se curity setting and W DS security setting. AP s ecurity setting focuses on wireless client a ccess, while W DS s ecurity setting focuses on w irel ess bridge connection. AP security setting appears only w hen wirele ss client accesses are permitted i[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 34 4.3 Adv anced Settings This sectio n mainly deals w ith wirele ss advanc ed settings, inc luding S pe ed, Beac on Interval, Fragme nt Threshold, etc. Select “Wireless Setting->Advanced Setting” to enter the following sc reen: Setting Explan ation ： ： ： ：  BG Protection Mode ： ： ： ： For 1 1[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 35  Fragment T hreshold ： ： ： ： The fragmentation threshold defines the maximum transmi ssion packet s ize in bytes. The packe t will be fragmented if the arrival is bigger than the threshold setting. The default size is 2346 bytes.  RTS Threshold ： ： ： ： RTS sta nds fo r “Request to sen d”. [...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 36 4.4 Access Control T o secure your wireless LAN, the wireless access c ontrol is actually based on the MAC address management. Select “W ireless Setting->Access Control” to display the following sc reen: Setting Expla nation:  MAC Address Filter ： ： ： ： Enable/disable MAC address filter . Select ?[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 37 4.5 Connection S t atus This page shows t he wireless client’s connec tion status, including MAC address, Channel bandwidth, etc. Select “Wireless Setting->connection status” to enter the following screen: Setting Explan ation ： ： ： ： MAC Ad dress: Sh ows current connecting host’s MAC address. Ba[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 38 Chapter 5 S NMP Setting 5.1 SNMP I ntroduction Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a p opular pro tocol for network manag ement. It i s widely u sed in local area networks (LAN) f or collecting information, a nd managing and monitoring, network devices, such as servers, printers, hubs, switches, and router[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 39 Click “enable ” or “disable” to enable and disable SNMP management. Setting Explan ation ： ： ： ：  Contact ： ： ： ： Set the name to access the AP . Usually set the administrator ’s name.  Device Name ： ： ： ： Set the AP’s n ame , such as Ame r_W ap123N.  Location ： ： ?[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 40 Chapter 6 S y stem T ools This sect ion focuses o n how to m aintain AP , including Res tore to Factory Default Setting, Backup/Restore, Firmware Upgr ade, Reboot, Password Change , Syslog. 6.1 Password Chan ge This section is t o set a new user name and password to better secure your device an d network. Click “[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 41 NOTE : It is highly recommended to change the password to secure your network and the device. 6.2 Restore to Factory This button is to re set all configurations to the defa ult values. It means the device will lose all the settings you have set . Restore : Click th is button to restore to default setting s. Factory[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 42 6.3 Backup/Restore The device provid es backup/restore settings, so you need set a directory to keep th ese settings. Backup: Click t his button to back up the device’s configurations. Browse: Click t his button to browse the directory where you backup or save the device’s settings. Restore: Click th is button [...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 43 Setting Explan ation ： ： ： ：  Time Zone: Select your time zone from the drop-down menu.  Customized time : Enter the time you customize.[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 44 6.5 Reboot Syst em This page i s used to reboot the wireless access point. Rebooting the device makes th e settings configured go in to effe ct. Reboot : Click th is button to reboot the device. 6.6 Firmware Upgra de The device provid es the firmware upgrade by clicking the “Upgrade” after browsing for the firm[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 45 Upgrade Steps ： ： ： ： 1. Download the higher firmware version fro m ou r website: www .amer .com 2. Extract the firmware fi le on your computer . 3. On the Firmware Upgrade screen, enter the location directo ry of the firmware file in the field provided, or click the Browse button and find the file. 4. Clic[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 46 records, it will cle ar them automatically . Refresh: Click th is button to update the log. Clear: Click this button to clear the curre nt log.[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 47 Appendix I: G lossary Access Point (AP) : A ny e ntity that has station functionality and provides access to the distribution se rvices, via the wireless medium (W M) for associ ated stations. Channel : An instance of medium use for the purpose of passing protocol data units (PDUs) tha t may b e used simultaneously[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 48 wireless network must use the same key and same type of en cryption. There are 2 methods for entering the KEY ; one is to ent er a 16-bit HEX digit. Using this method, users must enter a 10-digit number (for 64-bit) or 26-digit number (for 12 8-bit) in the KEY field. Users must select the same key number for all de[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 49 Appendix II: TCP/IP Address Setting (T ake WinXP for example) Click the “S tart—>Settings—>Control Panel” (Fig- 1): Click “Network and Internet Connections”, the windows as below will appear (Fig - 2): Click the “Network Co nnections”, as Fig-3:[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 50 Choose “Local Area Connection”, right-click on the icon, choose the “Properties”, then t he “Local Area Connec tion Properties”windows appear, choose the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” in the “This connection uses the following items”, click the “Properties ”. Choose the “Use the following I[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 51 Click “OK” to apply and return to the “Local Area Connecti on Properties” windows. Continue click “OK” to exit the setting windows.[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 52 Appendix Ⅲ Ⅲ Ⅲ Ⅲ : WDS Application Instan ces The configura tions of P2P , P2MP and W ireless Repeater in W DS m ode are almost the same. The n umber of devices which need to be configured is different according to different mode. The following steps take P2P for example. If you want to establish P2P transm[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 53 Select the enc ryption mod e you need to use. (For example: set the encryption mod e as TKIP and enter the enc ryption key as 12345678.) Click “Next” and s ave the settings. Then enter the AP 2 settings. Select “W DS” mode for AP2 and set SSID as “AP2”. Select the c hannel “13” which is th e s ame a[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 54 Click “Next” to en ter the W DS security setting a nd s elect AP1 corresponding encryption mode. Then enter the encryption key . ( We select TKIP and encryption key 12345678.) Click “Next” and s ave the settings.[...]

300Mbps Wireless Access Poin t 55 After you finished AP2 settings, return to AP1 setting. Select “W ireless S ettings→ Basic Setting” in AP . SSID, channe l and extension channel can’t be changed. Y ou only need to enter BSSID ： 00:b0:c6:05:4e:d d of AP2 in AP M AC add ress blank an then save it (Y ou can also use “Enab le Scan to add?[...]