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802.11b WLAN O u tdoor AP W A P-5000 User ’ s Manual[...]

Co p y right Copyright  2004 by PLANE T T echnology Corp . A ll righ t s r eserved . No par t of t his publication ma y be reproduced, t r ansmit t ed, t r anscribed, s t ored in a ret r ieval system, or translated into any language or compu t er language , in any form or by any means , electronic, mechanical , magne t ic, optical , chemical, ma[...]

Federal Communication Commissio n (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies w ith FCC radia t ion e x posure set f orth for an uncontrolled envi r onment. In orde r to avoid the possibility of e x ceeding the FCC r adio f r equency e x posure limi t s , human p r o x imity to the an t enna shall not be less than 20 cm(8 inches) dur[...]

T A BLE OF CONTENTS C H A P T ER 1 IN T RODUC T I O N ................................................................................................. .1 1.1 P ACKAGE C ON T ENTS ........................................................................................................ .1 1.2 S YSTEM R EQUIREME N TS ..................................[...]

- 1 - Chapter 1 I ntroduction W A P-5000 is an IEEE 802. 1 1b W i r eless Ou t door Access P oint . The special designed housing allo w s W A P-5000 t o be ins t alled in e x posed locations under the r igorous w eather condi t ions including heav y rain, w ind , and sno w . E x c e pt for 64/128bit W E P encryption, W A P-5000 also integ r ates 80[...]

- 2 - 1.3 Feat u re s • W i r eless LAN IEEE802. 1 1b compliant • Solid housing provides protection against rigorous w eathe r condi t ions • S trong net w ork secu r ity w ith 802.1 X authentica t ion, 64/128-bit W EP encryption, user isolation , protocol f il t ering, and M AC access control • One de t achable N-type female connectors can[...]

- 3 - Storage tempera t ure: - 30 – 80 degree C Relative humanity: 5% – 95% (non-condensing ) Po w er Requirement 12V DC, 2.0A Elect r omagne t ic Compa t ibility FCC, CE 1.5 W ireles s P e rf o rmance The follo w ing info r ma t ion w ill help you utilizing t he w ireless performance, and opera t ing co v erage of W A P-5000. 1. Site se l ecti[...]

- 4 - Chapter 2 H ard w a re Installation Before you p r oceed w ith the ins t allation, it is necessary that you have enough info r ma t ion about the W A P-5000 . 1. Locate an op t imum location for the W A P-5000. 2. Assemble the antennas to W AP-5000 . T ry to place them t o a position that can best co v er your w ireless net w ork. The antenna[...]

- 5 - OUTDOOR INS T A L L A TION W A RNING I M PO R TA N T S A F E T Y PRE C A U T IONS: LIVES M A Y BE A T RIS K! C arefully observe these instructions and any special inst r uc t ions t hat ar e included w ith the equipment y ou are ins t alling. CON T A CTING POWER LIN E S C A N BE LET H A L. M ake sure no po w er lines are any w here w here pos[...]

- 6 - corrosion-resis t ant connectors. l Refer to the National E lect r ical Code fo r grounding de t ails. IF A PER S ON COMES IN CON T A CT WITH ELECTRIC A L POWER, AND C A N N OT MOVE : l DON ’ T TOUCH T H A T PERSON, OR YOU M A Y BE ELECT R OCUTED. l Use a non-conductive dry board, stick or r ope to push o r drag t hem so t hey no longe r ar[...]

- 7 - Chapter 3 P L A N ET Outdoor W L A N Manag e m e nt S y stem 3.1 Introduction The bundled P LANE T Ou t door W MS ( W LAN M anagemen t System) is a po w erful u t ility for managing W A P-5000. This u t ility is f ully com p atible w ith the indus t ry-s t anda r d Simple Net w ork M anagemen t Protocol (SN M P). A po w erful auto-discovery a[...]

- 8 - 3. Y ou can click “ Bro w se ” to specify the Destination Folder that you w ant to ins t all t he utilit y . Or you can keep the de f aul t setting and click ” Ne xt ” to continue.[...]

- 9 - 4. Click “ Ne xt ” to con t inue. 5. The setup w ill s t a r t to copy necessary files to you r compute r . W hen t he Se t up Complete w indow appea r s, click “ Finish ” to complete t he so f t w are ins t allation.[...]

- 10 - 3.3 U s ing PL A NET Outdoor W MS A f ter successfully ins t alling the utilit y , you can f ound the icon on your desktop. T o ac t ivate W M S, you can double click t his icon or click S tart > Programs > PLANET > PLANET Outdoor WLAN M anagement Sys t em . The main WMS w indo w w ill then open.[...]

- 1 1 - 3.3.1 Kick S t art It is r ecommended to use Kick S t art func t ion w hen initial setting up a W A P-5000. Open S t art menu and select Kick S t art , or click on t he icon from the main WMS w indo w , then t he Kick S t art w indo w appears as belo w .[...]

- 12 - 3.3. 1 .1 Find This function hel p s you t o quickly locate all compa t ible devices ( include A P and B r idge). Open the S t art menu and select Find , or click on t he icon , o r press F5 . Fe w seconds late r , the MA C addresses of all compatible devices w ill be listed belo w . I f you selec t a specific device from t he le f t field, [...]

- 13 - MAC address of the device and click OK to make the connection. 3.3. 1 .4 D elete If you w ant to r emove a specific device f r om the list , select i t s M AC address, open the E dit menu and select Delete , or click on t he icon . The device w ill disappear f r om t he lis t immedia t el y . 3.3. 1 .5 D elete A l l It is the similar functio[...]

- 14 - 3.3. 1 .8 Chan g e Pass w ord This function allo w s you to change the administrative pass w ord of the device . Highlight the M AC address of a device from the list , open the T oo ls menu and selec t Change Password , o r click on the icon , a dialog bo x w ill pop up . T ype the Old P ass w ord, Ne w Pass w ord, and confirm New Pass w ord[...]

- 15 - 3.3. 2 .1 A uto D i sco v er y This func t ion helps you to quickly loca t e all com p atible devices in the same IP subnet as the administra t ive PC. Open t he Host menu and select A uto Discove ry , or click on t he icon , o r press F5 . Fe w seconds late r , all com p atible devices w ill be listed belo w w ith their info r mation. 3.3. [...]

- 16 - • Device Name: W M S system default category name • Name: Device name assigned by the user f or easie r identi f ication • S / W V ersion : Sho w s the device so f t w are version number • H / W V ersion: S ho w s the device hard w are version number • Current Channel : Sho w s the w ireless channel currently in use on the device ?[...]

- 17 - 3.3. 2 .3 Config This function allo w s you to configure t he pa r amete r s of W A P - 5000. Open the Host menu and selec t Config , or click on the icon , a con f igu r ation w indo w w ill pop up. IP W A P-5000 is a DHC P clien t by default. It w ill au t omatically ask the DHC P serve r for I P address . I f you w ant to assign s t atic [...]

- 18 - • NetBEUI Protocol • AppleTalk Protocol • Other Protocols • Internet M ulticast F r ames SN M P A c c ess Control W A P-5000 con t ains an SN MP access t able to limit access to i t s configura t ions. By default t here is no restriction on accessing the A P . Fo r secu r ity reason, access to W A P-5000 configuration should be restr[...]

- 19 - W hen you select SNM P A ccess Control , the system will display four blank fields f or set t ing (ma x imum of 4 SN MP devices can be set). Right - click on a blank in the list and click Edit Address . The Ne w /Edi t A ddress dialog bo x w ill appea r . T ype in t he IP add r ess and set t he pass w ord for t he S N MP device . There are t[...]

- 20 - T o add a w ireless s t a t ion to t he lis t , click on the icon and a dialog bo x w ill pop up . T ype in the MAC address o f the w ireless s t a t ion and i t s iden t ification description (7 cha r ac t ers ma x imum). W i r eless s t ations regis t ered in the M A C A ddress Control T able can be individually turned on or o f f. For e x[...]

- 21 - • Name : A ssigns the W A P-5000 a unique name t hat allo w s the AP to be easily iden t ified on t he net w ork. • SSID : The SSID is t he name shared among all points in t he w ireless net w ork. Y ou can type an e x isting domain name or crea t e a ne w one tha t contains up t o 32 cha r acters. • SSID Broadcas ts : Click to enable [...]

- 22 - There are four selec t able options in Method pull-do w n menu : • WEP : Disable, A uthenticat i on: Open – Disable data encryption • WEP : Enable, A uthenticat i on : Open – Enable data encryption and use Open Sys t em authentication ( w ireless clien ts ’ reques t s to join the net w ork mus t no t be W E P - encrypted ) • WEP [...]

- 23 - vie w and save the even t logs from t he s t a t ion as a T rap Se r ve r . T o assign a t r ap serve r , click T rap Server t ab. Click the icon and assign a s t ation as a t r ap server by en t e r ing i t s IP address . T o remove a trap server from the list, highlight it and click the icon . Click t he icon t o remove all assigned t r ap[...]

- 24 - IEEE 8 02 . 1X The IEEE 802.1X w indo w allo w s you to set up 802 . 1 x authentication on a W A P - 5000. Check Enab l e 802.1 X A ccess Control bo x w ill activa t e the t hree subca t egories o f IEEE 802 . 1 x related controls : A uthentication Options , A ccounting Options , and R A DIUS Settings . Authen t ication Options[...]

- 25 - • Supplicant Timeout – This control se t s the ma x imum time t hat the A P w ill w ait for an authentication r esponse f r om a client. Once t his limit has been reached , the AP w ill check ho w many times i t has tried. • Fail Retries – This is the number of times t he AP w ill r es t art the authentication p r ocess w ith the cli[...]

- 26 - • Retries – This is the number of times t he AP w ill attempt t o r esend accounting info r ma t ion t o the server before r eturning an er r or. • Enable I nterim Update – If t his control is checked , the AP w ill pe r iodically resend any accounting info r mation t o the server. RADIUS Settings[...]

- 27 - • Server IP – This is the RADIUS server ’ s IP address . This must be se t in order for t he AP t o communicate w ith the server . • A uthentication Port, A ccounting Port – These a r e the por t numbers tha t the server is using to lis t en f or incoming accounting and authenticating packe t s. These can be set manually on the ser[...]

- 28 - A configura t ion f ile can also be impor t ed to recover the W A P - 5000 ’ s o r iginal settings . This profile can also be copied t o the othe r W A P-5000 . T o do this , fi r st click the Import bu t ton in the Config w indo w . Then enter the f ile name f or the configuration p r ofile to be imported from. Click N ext . On S tep 2 sc[...]

- 29 - The configuration pro f ile does not con t ain the security key settings . The attributes of security keys are e x ternally w rite-only and cannot be saved into the con f igura t ion file. If you select Enc r y ption session to be imported, i t w ill display the Encr y ption w indo w before S tep 3 screen and ask you to enter t he security k[...]

- 30 - 3.3. 2 .4 R estart Y ou can r es t art a selected W A P-5000 by opening the Host menu and select Res t art , or click on the icon . A w arning message w ill pop up for con f irmation. Click OK button to res t art the device. The res t ar t process w ill t ake about 30 seconds. D uring this pe r iod, the WMS program w ill not be able t o quer[...]

- 31 - 3.3. 2 .7 N e w /Edit/Delete H ost A d d re s s Click t he icon to open the Ne w /Edit A ddress dialog bo x . A f ter enter the IP add r ess of a W A P-5000, WMS w ill automatically find the device and list it on the Hos t T able . Y ou can also selec t any WAP-5000 on t he t able and click the icon to delete it w henever it is no longer nec[...]

- 32 - 3.3.3 T rap V i e w If the administ r ative PC has been assigned as a T rap Server of a W A P - 5000, you can use T rap V iew to vie w the trap log in f ormation of the W A P-5000. Open S t art menu and select St art T rap V iew , or click on the icon from the main WMS w indo w , then t he T rap Vi ew w indo w appears as belo w . The log sho[...]

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encoun t ered during the ins t alla t ion and ope r ation of the W A P-5000. Ho w do I set t he W A P-5000 back to i t s f actor y default settings? Y ou can apply Factor y Reset option from t he menu o f the WL A N Management S y stem (WMS) o r use K i ck S t art functio[...]