National Datacomm Instant Wave manual

High Rate 11Mbps Wireless Networking Access Point User’s Guide Rev.10 DEC 2000 National Datacom m Corporation. 4F, No. 24-2, Industry East 4 th Road, Science Park, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel: 886-3-5783966 Fax: 886-3-5777989 Technica l Supp ort E-mail: techsupt@ndc.com.tw NDC World Wide Web www.ndc.com.tw[...]

TRADEMARKS NDC and Instant Wave are trademarks of National Datacomm Corporatio n. All other nam es menti oned in t his docum ent are tradem arks/regi stered tra demarks of their respective o wners. NDC provides this document “as is”, without warranty of any ki nd, neit her expressed n or im plied, includi ng, but not limi ted to, the particul a[...]

Table Of Contents Intr oduc ti on ................................................................................................................... ..................... 1 INSTANTWA VE HIGH R ATE FAMIL Y ..........................................................1 SYSTEM REQUIREME NTS ...............................................................[...]

Upgrade AP Fi rmware ....................................................................................18 Reset AP Conf iguration ..................................................................................18 T r ouble S hootin g ............................................................................................................... [...]

List of Figures F IGURE 1. S IMPL E W IRELESS I NFRASTRUCTURE N ETWORK .................... 4 F IGURE 2. AP TO W IRED E THERNET B RID GE .......................................... 5 F IGURE 3. M ULTIPLE AP N ETWORK ....................................................... 5 F IGURE 4. A CCESS P OINT ...................................................[...]

Packing List The package s hould contain the following item s: • One Access Point • One dis kette for AP Managem ent Soft ware • One AC P ower Adapte r • This User’s Guide vi Insta nt Wav e High Rate Acces s Point[...]

Intr oduction Congratulatio ns on choosing o ne of NDC’ s InstantW ave High Rate wireless networking product’s family . InstantWave High Rate was one of the first IEEE 802.11b wireless stan dard com pliant pro ducts in t he indust ry and was designed t o maximize the conven ience of networking. You will find Instan tWave High Rate products very[...]

Glossar y Group ID / BSSID A Group I D (the 802. 11 stan dard uses the t erm B SSID) is the I D of a wir eless cell. A wireless cell is usually made up of stations in an area that the radio signal can comfortabl y cover. In other w ords, any wirel ess station in the cell can comm uni cate with any ot her wi t hin reac h of the radio signa l . Domai[...]

Ho w to Use this Guide InstantWav e High Rate is extremely versatile in providing varying lev els of network m anagem ent. For S mall Office/ Home Office users, setup a nd configuration is a quick, four-step pr ocess. The Access Point Hardware Installati on secti on, on page 9, provi des simpl e instructions to get y our net work up and running wit[...]

Planning Y our Netw or k Infrastructure Network Types An Infrastr ucture netw ork is form ed by seve ral stations and one or more Access Points (APs), with the stations within a set distance from the AP. Figure 1 depicts a typical In frastructure network to pology. There are three infrastru cture network setu ps that are co mmo nly used. It is a go[...]

Server Figure 2. A P to Wired Ethernet Bridge Type 3. Th e third type of network is composed of mu ltip le APs and multiple Stations ( Figure 3 ). The APs could also be connected to s ervers on the wired Et hernet netw ork. The s hadowed area represents signal overlap bet ween s ubnet1 (AP -1) and s ubnet2 (A P-3). Figure 3. Multiple A P Network Th[...]

Planning an Infrastructure Network This section e xplains s ome of the things y ou need to c onsider in planni ng an Infrastructure network. Setting up is a two step process. 1. Install and c onfigure t he Instant Wave High Rate product s 2. Decide the bes t physical locat ion of t he Instant Wave High R ate products so as to optimize performance T[...]

Roaming InstantWave High Rate products are equipped with seamless roaming cap abilities. Roaming i s necessary to prevent m obile Stations from being discon nected from the network as they m ove arou nd. InstantWave High Rate is designed to allow wireless Stations to roam freely within an infrastructure dom ain composed of m ultiple APs with overla[...]

Access Point Placement Guidelines A characteristic of ra dio comm unication is the “inte rference” pro blem. R adio is receptive to interfe rence. Therefore , th e more interfe rence you ca n avoid, the better performance you will get from wireless products. The following section describes how the InstantWave High Rate AP should be pla ced to r[...]

Getting Star ted Access Point Hardware Installation Access Point Hardware Setup explains how to quickly setup the Access Po int for use via a wi red Ethernet c onnection, a nd usi ng the factory default sett ings. Fo r installation in netwo rks using other than the default settin gs, i.e. into existing networks, complet e the Hardware Setup a nd re[...]

Figure 5. Access Point LEDs General Color Function Green Unlit: Power OFF Blinking: Diagnostic test On: Healthy condition PWR (Power/Status) Red On: Abnormal Condition E/N(Ethernet) Color Function Link Green Indicates an Ethernet link. If the radio fails, this LED will not light TX/RX Orange Blinks to i ndicate Ethernet transmission/reception activ[...]

step4. From the Choose Destination Location dialog box accept the program files default location, C:Program FilesWireless LAN AP SB, or click Browse to choose another lo cation. Then click Next step5. To install the full program, choose Typical . Choosing Cus tom to open another screen with the op tion to install only selected p arts of the manag[...]

AP COMFig T ool The AP COMFig Tool is a Windows 95 /98/ME/NT/2000 ba sed utility that is us ed via a COM port connection between t he AP and a PC. It provides the following function s: • Sets necessary AP pa rameters (e.g., IP addre ss, Domain na me, etc.) • Diagnoses the AP hardw are and show s the diagno stic results • Upgrades the AP firmw[...]

AP COMFig Service After connecting with the AP, click on the Service tab to open the Service screen ( Figure 7 ). T he Service scree n provides access to t he managem ent features. Figure 7. A P COMFig Tool/ Service Click the View and Modify AP Conf i gur ation button. The Configura tion screen will open ( Figure 8 ). General The General card ( Fig[...]

Here you may: AP Alias Name Assign the AP a unique name Domain Nam e (ESSID) This is more commonly called th e Domai n Name but is defi ned i n the 802.11 Wireless Stan dard as E SSID. Stations and AP(s) in the same group must use the same Dom ain Name Transmission Rate The transmission rate at which the data packets are tran smitted by th e AP. Cl[...]

Channels supported on each carrier set: Channel Number Center Frequency (MHz) FCC/ Canada ETSI Spain France Japa n 1 2412 O O O 2 2417 O O O 3 2422 O O O 4 2427 O O O 5 2432 O O O 6 2437 O O O 7 2442 O O O 8 2447 O O O 9 2452 O O O 10 2457 O O O O O 11 2462 O O O O O 12 2467 O O O 13 2472 O O O 14 2484 O Important: In a multiple cell network topolo[...]

Figure 9. Encr yption Click the arrow to the right of the Method field. The pull- down m ethod list s four options : Disabled (default) The station communicates with this Acces s Point without a ny data encryption. 40 bit WEP Allows station to communicate with this Access Poin t through 40 bit WEP key data encryption . 128 bit WEP Allows station to[...]

The first is by entering any text in the Passphrase field . Click the Generate button. It will generate four keys, Key 1 , Key 2 , Ke y 3 and Key 4 . Select a key number from t he dropdown li st of the Default Key box. If you do not select a ke y, key 1 i s selected, as it is the default key. Click Apply . Another key generat ion m ethod is to inse[...]

• Internet Multicast Frames After selecting a protocol for filtering, click the Apply button t o make the changes effective immediately, without closing the dialog box, or click OK to accept the changes and close t he box. Perform AP Self Diagnostic Test On the Service card, click Perform AP Self Diagnostic Test . The Hardware Diagnosis screen wi[...]

T rouble Shooting Operational Problems The Wireless adapter appears to b e functio ning. The Activity LED is active. However, no networ k PC can be found when ru n in Infrastructur e Wireless Network m ode • You have onl y one AP, and the PC is not pl aced too far from it , but the PC still has difficulties finding the AP 1. Check that the ant en[...]

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T ec hnical Suppor t If you are having a proble m using an ND C product and cannot resolve it, please note the followi ng inform ation and contact NDC Technica l Support: • What you were doing when t he error occurred • What error messages you sa w • Whether t he problem can be repr oduced • The serial numb er of your product • The firmwa[...]

NDC Limited W ar r anty Hardware NDC (NDC Communications, I nc.) warra nts its products to be free of defects in workm anship and m aterial s, under norm al use and se rvice, for a period of 12 months f rom the date of purc hase from NDC or i ts Author ized Reseller a nd for t he period o f time specified in the d ocumentat ion suppli ed with eac h[...]

Limited Warranty Service Procedures Any product (1) received in e rror, (2) in a defective or non-functioning condition, or (3) exhibiting a defect under normal working conditions, can be returned to NDC by follo wing these steps: You must prepare:  dated proof of purc hase  product model n umber & quantity  product se rial num ber [...]

Limitation of Liability All expressed and implied warranties of a product’s merchantability, or of its fitness for a particular purpose, are limite d in duration to the app licable period as set forth in this limited warranty, and no warranty will be con sidered valid after its expiration date. If this product does not function as warranted, y ou[...]

EC DECLARATION OF CON FORMITY For the following equipment: Product Name: : InstantWav e Wireless A ccess Point Model Number: : NWH650 Produced by: Manufacturer Name : N ATIONA L DATACOMM CORPORATION Manufacturer Address : 2F, NO. 28, INDUSTRY EAST 9TH ROAD SCIENCE PARK, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. is hereby confir med to comply with the requir ements s[...]

Inde x A Access Control ............ 21, 28, 31–32 Access Point Ethernet Conn ection to... .......... 25 Access Rights. Setting ........... 21, 31 Alias name .............................. 15, 34 AP COMFig Passw ord ................. 13 AP COMFig Service .................... 14 AP COMFig Tool ......................... 13 AP Inform ation..........[...]

SNMP ................................24, 26, 36 Subnet Mas k Assigning.................................. 27 Assigning............................ 18, 30 System Requirem ents ..................... 1 T TCP/IP addres s ....................... 18, 30 Troubleshooting ........................... 39 U Uninstalling .................................. 12 Upg[...]