D-Link RangeBooster N 650 Access Point manual

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2 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual T able of Contents Product Overview ........................................................ 4 Package Contents ................................................... 4 System Requirements ............................................. 4 Introduction .............................................................. 5 Features[...]

3 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual T able of Contents Troubleshooting ........................................................ 54 Wireless Basics ......................................................... 56 What is Wireless? .................................................. 57 Tips .................................................................. ....[...]

4 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview • D-Link DAP-1353 RangeBooster N 650 Access Point • 3 Detachable Antennas • Power Adapter • CAT5 Ethernet Cable • CD-ROM with Product Documentation • Quick Install Guide System Requirements • Compu ters with Windows ® , Maci ntosh ® , or Linux-bas ed operating systems with a[...]

5 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview Introduction TOTAL PERFORMANCE Combines award winning access point features and draft 802.11n wireless technology to provide the best wireless performance. TOTAL COVERAGE Provides greater wireless signal rates even at further distances for best-in-class coverage. ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE The D-[...]

6 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview • Faster Wireless Networking - The DAP-1353 provides up to 300Mbps* wireless connection with other draft 802.11n wireless clients. This capability allows users to participate in real-time activities online, such as video streaming, online gaming, and real-time audio. The performance of th[...]

7 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview Hardware Over view Connections Pressing the Reset Button restores the access point to its original factory default settings. Receptor for the Power Adapter. LAN Port Connect Ethernet devices such as computers, switches, and hubs.[...]

8 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview Hardware Over view LEDs WLAN LED A solid light indicates that the wireless segment is ready. This LED blinks during wireless data transmission. LAN LED A solid light indicates a connection to an Ethernet-enabled device. This LED blinks during data transmission. Status LED A blinking light i[...]

9 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 2 - Installation Installation This section will walk you through the installation process. Placement of the access point is very important. Do not place the access point in an enclosed area such as a closet, cabinet, or in the attic or garage.[...]

10 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 2 - Installation Wireless Installation Considerations The D-Link RangeBooster N 650 wireless access point lets you access your network using a wireless connection from virtually anywhere within the operating range of your wireless network. Keep in mind, however, that the number, thickness and location of walls[...]

11 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Configuration This section will show you how to congure your new D-Link wireless access point using the web-based conguration utility. W eb-based Configuration Utility To access the congur ation utility, open a web-brow ser such as Internet Explorer and enter the IP address of the[...]

12 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration After logging in the Setup > Wizard page will be displayed:[...]

13 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Setup Wizard A Setup Wizard is available to quickly and easily congure access point wireless security settings. Click Launch Setup Wizard .[...]

14 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration The wizard welcome screen will appear. Click Next to continue. Create a new password and then click Next to continue. Enter your wireless network name (SSID). Auto Channel Scan is enabled by default. Uncheck the option to select a channel. Click Next to continue.[...]

15 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Select the type of wireless security you want to use: • Best - WPA2 Authentication • Better - WPA Authentication • Good - WEP Encryption • None - No Security Click Next to continue. If yo u se le cte d Goo d (W EP ) se cu rit y, sel ec t a K ey Ty pe , Key Size , and enter a Wireless[...]

16 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration At the Setup Complete screen, if you selected Good secur ity, the follo wing scre en will show your WEP key. This key should be used by wireless clients connecting to the wireless network: Click Save . If you selected Better/Best security, enter a Wireless Security Password between 8-63 char[...]

17 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration I f y o u s e l ec t ed Be st s e c ur i t y , t h e f o l l ow i ng s c re e n w i ll sh ow y o u r Pre-S hared Key. T his ke y shou ld be used b y wire less clients connecting to the wireless network: Click Save . If you selected Better security, the following screen will show your Pre-Sha[...]

18 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Wireless Setup The Wireless Setup page is used to congure the wireless settings for the access point. Wireless security settings are also congured on this page.[...]

19 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Wireless Channel: Wireless Network Name: 802.11 Mode: SSID Broadcast: Wireless Settings Service Set Identier (SSID) is the name of your wireless network. Create a name using up to 32 characters. The SSID is case- sensitive, and set to dlink by default. Indicates the channel setting for th[...]

20 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration LAN Setup The LAN, or Local Area Network, is your private, internal network. This page allows you to congure the IP settings of the LAN interface for the DAP-1353. The IP address can be changed to your current network IP range. This IP address cannot be seen from the Internet.[...]

21 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration LAN Settings My LAN Connection Is: The DAP-1353 is set to Static by defau lt. Select this option if you do not have a DHCP server on you r net work , or if you wish to assign a static IP address to the DAP-1353. IP Address: Subnet Mask: Gateway Address: If yo u chan ge th e IP addr es s and [...]

22 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Advanced Performance This section contains advanced wireless conguration options. It is recommended that these options remain at their default values, as improperly adjusting them can have a negative effect on your wireless network perfomance. If you want to modify these settings and are [...]

23 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration T ransmit Power: Set the transmit power of the antennas. Beacon Interval: Beacons are packets sent by an Access Point to synchronize a wireless network. Spec ify a valu e. 100 is the defaul t set ting and is recommended. DTIM Interval: (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) 1 i s t h e d e f [...]

24 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Filter Use MAC address lters to allow or deny wireless clients network access based on their MAC address.[...]

25 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Wireless Access Settings Access Control: Disabled by default, select Accept or Reject to lter wireless access to the MAC addresses listed in the MAC Address List. MAC Address: Enter MAC addresses to be associated w i t h t h e s e l e c t e d A c c e s s C o n t r o l option. MAC Address [...]

26 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Multi-SSID If you want to congure the Guest and Internal networks on Virtual LAN (VLANs), the switch and DHCP server you are using must suppport VLANs. As a prerequisite step, congure a port on the switch for handling VLAN tagged packets as described in the IEEE802.1Q standard.[...]

27 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Multi-SSID Settings Index: The Primary SSID and Security cannot be changed here .Those values follow the setting in SETUP>WIRELESS. SSID: When you Enable Multi-SSID you can name each Multi-SSID. SSID Broadcast: Enable or Disable SSID Broadcast. Enabling this feature broadcasts the SSID ac[...]

28 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration User Limit The D-Link DAP-1353 can set limit of wireless client. Using user limit, you can prevent scenarios where the DAP-1353 in your network shows performance degradation because it is handling a heavy wireless trafc.[...]

29 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration User Limit Settings User Limit: When user limit is enabled, select the user limit. User Limit (0 - 64): Select user limit in this eld , range cover from 0~64. You can specify the limit only when user limit is enabled.[...]

30 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Maintenance Device Administration This page will allow you to change the Administrator and User passwords. There are two accounts that can access the management interface through the web browser. The accounts are admin and user. Admin has read/write access while user has read-only access. Us[...]

31 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Administrator Password: Enter the new password for the Administrator login. The administrator can make changes to the settings. User Password: Enter the new password for the User login. If you login as the User, you can only see the settings, but cannot change them.[...]

32 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration System Use this option to save the current access point conguration settings to a  l e o n th e ha r d d i s k o f t h e computer you are using. First, click the Save button. You will then see a le dialog, where you can select a location and le name for the settings. Use this opt[...]

33 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Firmware Click on the link in this screen to nd out if there is an updated rmware; if so, download the new rmware to your hard drive. After you have downloaded the new firmware, click Browse i n this window to locate the rmware update on your hard drive. Click Save Settings to co[...]

34 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration MISC Console Protocol: Choose None, Telnet or SSH. Time Out: Select a time period after which a session timeout will occur. Status: Check the check box to enable SNMP. Community String: Enter the Public/Private Community string as the password to access the SNMP service. T rap Sever IP: Ente[...]

35 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration T ime The Time Congura tion setting s are used by the Access Point for synchroni zing schedul ed services and system logging activities. You will need to set the time zone corresponding to your location. The time can be set manually or the device can connect to a NTP (Network Time Protoco[...]

36 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Time Zone: Select the Time Zone for the region you are in. Daylight Saving: If the region you are in observes Daylight Savings Time, enable this option and specify the Starting and Ending Month, Week, Day, and Time for this time of the year. Automatic Time Configuration: Check the check box[...]

37 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Status Device Info This page displays the current information for the DAP-1353. It will display the LAN and Wireless information. Displays the MAC address and the private (local) IP settings for the access point. Dis play s the wir ele ss MA C addr ess a nd y ou r wi r e le s s s e tt i n gs[...]

38 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Statistics T h e s c re en be lo w di sp la ys th e Tr af  c St a t i s ti cs . He re yo u ca n vi ew th e am ou nt of pa ck e t s t h a t p a s s t h r o ug h th e DA P- 13 53 on the LAN and Wireless network. The trafc counter will reset if the device is rebooted. Refresh Reset Click [...]

39 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Log T h e l og i nf or ma ti on w i l l i nc lu de , bu t no t l i m it ed t o, t he f ol l o w i n g it em s: • U pg ra de F ir mw ar e • C li en t as so ci at e a n d d is as so ci at e wi th A P • W eb l og in I f yo u r e q u i re[...]

40 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Log Sever: If you require more space to hold your logs, please provide the IP address of the Server that will store your logs. The embedded memory can only have up to 300 logs. Log Server/IP Address: Enter the IP address of the log server. Log T ype: Check the box for the type of activity yo[...]

41 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Client Info The Connected Wireless Client list shows the currently connected wireless clients. This table also displays the MAC address and wireless mode of the connected wireless clients.[...]

42 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Support The Support page contains an index of links to help topics for each function of the DAP-1353.[...]

43 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 4 - Security Wireless Security This section will show you the different levels of security you can use to protect your data from intruders. The DAP-1353 offers the following types of security: • WPA-Personal (Pre-Shared Key) • WPA-Enterprise (Extensible Authentication Protocol) • WPA2-Personal (Pre-Share[...]

44 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 4 - Security Configure WEP It is recommended to enable encryption on your wireless access point before your wireless network adapters. Please establish wireles s connectivity before enabling encryption. Your wireless signal may degrade when enabling encryptio n due to the added overhead. 1. Log into the web-b[...]

45 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 4 - Security 6. Next to K e y 1 , enter a WEP key that you create. Make sure you enter this key exactly on all your wireless devices. You may enter up to 4 different keys. 7. Click Save Sett ings to save your setti ngs. If you are congu ring the acces s point with a wireless adapter, you will lose connectiv[...]

46 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 4 - Security What is WP A? WPA, or Wi-Fi Protected Access, is a Wi-Fi standard that was designed to improve the security features of WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). The 2 major improvements over WEP: • Improved data encryption through the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). TKIP scrambles the keys using [...]

47 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 4 - Security Configure WP A-Personal It is recommended to enable encryption on your wireless access point before your wireless network adapters. Please establish wireles s connectivity before enabling encryption. Your wireless signal may degrade when enabling encryptio n due to the added overhead. 1. Log into[...]

48 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 4 - Security It is recommended to enable encryption on your wireless access point before your wireless network adapters. Please establish wireles s connectivity before enabling encryption. Your wireless signal may degrade when enabling encryptio n due to the added overhead. 1. Log into the web-based congura[...]

49 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 5 - Connecting to a Wireless Network Connect to a Wireless Network Using Windows ® XP Windows ® XP users may use the built-in wireless utility (Zero Conguration Utility). The following instructions are for Service Pack 2 users. If you are using another company’s utility or Windows ® 2000, please refer [...]

50 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 5 - Connecting to a Wireless Network Configure WEP It is recommended to enable WEP on your wireless access point before conguring your wireless adapter. If you are joining an existing network, you will need to know the WEP key being used. 2. Highlight the wireless network (SSID) you would like to connect t[...]

51 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 5 - Connecting to a Wireless Network 3. The Wireless Network Connection box will appear. Enter the same WEP key that is on your access point and click Connect . It may take 20-30 seconds to connect to the wireless network. If the con nec tio n fa ils , p lea se v eri fy t hat th e WE P se tti ngs are co rre ct[...]

52 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 5 - Connecting to a Wireless Network Configure WP A-Personal It is recommended to enable WEP on your wireless access point before conguring your wireless adapter. If you are joining an existing network, you will need to know the WEP key being used. 2. Highlight the wireless network (SSID) you would like to[...]

53 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 5 - Connecting to a Wireless Network 3. The Wireless Network Connection box will appear. Enter the WPA-Personal passphrase and click Connect . It may take 20-30 seconds to connect to the wireless network. If the connection fails, please verify that the WPA-Personal settings are correct. The WPA-Personal passph[...]

54 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 6 - T roubleshooting T roubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems that can occur during the installation and operation of the DAP-1353. Read the following descriptions if you are having problems. (The examples below are illustrated in Windows ® XP. If you have a different operating system, the[...]

55 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Section 6 - T roubleshooting • Congure your Internet settings: • Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel . Double-click the Internet Options Icon. From the Security tab, click the button to restore the settings to their defaults. • Click the Connection tab and set the dial-up option to Never Dial a Conne[...]

56 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Appendix A - Wireless Basics D-Link wireless products are based on industry standards to provide easy-to-use and compatible high-speed wireless connectivity within your home, business or public access wireless networks. Strictly adhering to the IEEE standard, the D-Link wireless family of products will allow you to se[...]

57 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Appendix A - Wireless Basics What is Wireless? Wireless or Wi-Fi technology is another way of connecting your computer to the network without using wires. Wi-Fi uses radio frequency to connect wirelessly, so you have the freedom to connect computers anywhere in your home or ofce network. Why D-Link Wireless ? D-Lin[...]

58 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Appendix A - Wireless Basics Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) Bluetooth is the industry standard wireless technology used for WPAN. Bluetooth devices in WPAN operate in a range up to 30 feet away. Compared to WLAN the speed and wireless operation range are both less than WLAN, but in return it doesn’t use nearl[...]

59 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Appendix A - Wireless Basics Where is wireless used? Wireless technology is expanding everywhere not just at home or ofce. People like the freedom of mobility and it’s becoming so popular that more and more public facilities now provide wireless access to attract people. The wireless connection in public places i[...]

60 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Appendix A - Wireless Basics Security Don’t let you next-door neighbors or intruders connect to your wireless network. Secure your wireless network by turning on the WPA or WEP security feature on the access point. Refer to product manual for detail information on how to set it up. There are basically two modes of n[...]

61 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Appendix B - Networking Basics Networking Basics Check your IP address After you install your network adapter, by default, the TCP/IP settings should be set to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server (i.e. wireless router) automatically. To verify your IP address, please follow the steps below. Click on Start > Run[...]

62 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Appendix B - Networking Basics Statically Assign an IP address If you are not using a DHCP capable gateway/router, or you need to assign a static IP address, please follow the steps below: Step 1 Windows ® XP - Click on Start > Control Panel > Network Connections . Windows ® 2000 - From the desktop, right-clic[...]

63 D-Link DAP-1353 User Manual Appendix C - T echnical Specifications T echnical Specifications Standards • IEEE 802.11n (draft) • IEEE 802.11g • IEEE 802.11b • IEEE 802.3 • IEEE 802.3u Operation Modes • Access Point • WDS with AP • WDS • AP Repeater • AP Client Security • WPA-Personal • WPA2-Personal • WPA-Enterprise ?[...]

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