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    11Mbps Wireless Access P oint w/Bridg e W A P-196 3A User ’ s Manual[...]

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    2 Co p y right Copyright  2004 by PLAN ET T echnology Corp. All r igh t s r eserved. No part of this publication ma y be reproduced, transmitted, t r ansc r ibed, sto r ed in a retrieval system , o r translated into any language or compute r language , in any fo r m o r by any means, electronic, mechanical , magnetic, optical, chemical , manual [...]

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    3 Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposu r e S t atement This equipment complies w ith FCC radia t ion e x posure set f orth for an uncontrolled envi r onment. I n order to avoid t he possibility o f e x ceeding the FCC radio frequency e x posure limi t s, human pro x imity to the antenna shall not be less t han 20 cm (8 inches) du[...]

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    4 T A BLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introducti o n 1 1.1 Package Content s 1 1.2 Syste m Require m ent s 1 1.3 Feature s 2 1.4 Specificat i on 2 Chapter 2 Har d w are Ins t allatio n 3 2.1 Hardware Connection 3 Chapter 3 Configuration 4 3.1 Ho m e 5 3.2 Wire l ess Setting 6 3.2.1 A P m ode 6 3.2.2 S t a t ion - Ad H oc m ode 8 3.2.3 S t a t ion- I n f [...]

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    5 4.1 Ente r prise or Ca m pus User s 33 4.2 Wi r eless ISP 33 4.3 LAN to LAN or LAN to Multi-LA N 34 Chapter 5 T roubles h ooting 35[...]

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    1 Chapter 1 I ntroduction Thank you for pu r chasing W A P-1963A . The W A P-1963 A is an access poin t fo r IEEE 802. 1 1b 2 . 4GHz w ireless net w ork. Y ou can use this access point to build up a w ireless LAN, any w ireless L A N s t ation can join the w ireless net w ork. I t has suppor t the most security functions such as W P A, 802.1 X auth[...]

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    2 1.3 Features l Compliant w ith t he IEEE 802. 1 1b (DSSS) 2.4GHz specification l High data rate 11, 5 . 5, 2 and 1 M bps net w ork speed, Auto ra t e fallback l Seamlessly in t egra t e w ireless and w ired Etherne t LAN net w orks l 64/128-bi t W E P Encryption and M AC Filter to p r otect the w ireless data t r ansmissions l Suppor t s W i r el[...]

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    3 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-1963A . 2.1 Har d w are Connecti o n 12V DC LAN RESE T ANT + 1. Locate an opt i mum location for the W A P-1963 A. T h e be s t place fo r you r W A P-1963 A is usually at t he cen t er of your w [...]

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    4 Chapter 3 C onf i gurat i on W eb configura t ion provides a user-f r iendly graphical user in t erface ( w eb pages ) to manage you r W A P-1963A. An AP w ith an assigned I P address (e . g. ht t p:/ / 192.168.0 .1 ) w ill allo w you via w eb bro w se r (e.g., M S Internet E x plorer or Ne t scape) to monitor and con f igure . 1. Open your w eb [...]

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    5 3.1 Home On this sc r een , you can see the general info r ma t ion o f t he A ccess Poin t including A lias Name , Firm w are V ersion , SSID , Channel Numbe r , Securit y , Number o f Associa t ed Clien t s , IP A ddress , M A C Address, etc .[...]

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    6 3.2 Wireless Setting In this op t ion, you can set the M ode, Alias Name, ESSID and W ork Channel to t his A ccess Point . There are si x operating modes available in W A P - 1963A: A P , S t ation-Ad hoc, S t ation-Inf r ast r uctu r e, A P Bridge-Point t o Point, A P B r idge-Point t o M ulti-Point, and A P Bridge - W D S. W hen con f igu r ati[...]

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    7 same. The default ESSID is “ default ” . Channel Number Select the app r opriate channel from t he list provided t o correspond w ith your net w ork se t tings. Channels di ff er from country to countr y . Channel 1- 1 1 ( N orth A merica ) Channel 1-14 (Japan) Channel 1-13 (Europe) Associated Clien ts Click “ Sho w Active Clien ts ” bu t[...]

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    8 Refresh Refresh the “ A ctive W ireless C lien t T able ” . Close Close “ A ctive W ireless Clien t T able ” w indo w . 3.2. 2 St ation - A d Hoc mo d e Served as a w ireless s t a t ion ( Ad-hoc ) . Connected to a PC or a small LAN, this s t ation along w ith other w ireless s t ations can es t ablish a small w ireless net w ork w ithout[...]

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    9 appear as belo w . Y ou can select the A P you w ant to connect and press “ Connect ” button to connect. I f you don ’ t have find the A P you w ant to connect , please p r ess “ Refresh ” to rescan .[...]

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    10 3.2. 3 St ation-Infrastructure mode Served as a w ireless s t a t ion ( infrast r uc t ure) . Connected to a PC or a small LAN, i t allo w s the PC or small LAN able to access t he w ireless net w ork via A ccess P oint. Parameters Description Alias Name The alias name of this access poin t . ESSID The ESSID (up to 31 p r in t able ASCII cha r a[...]

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    11 3.2. 4 A P Bridg e – Point to Poi n t M ode This mode can use to connec t to another B r idge M ode WAP - 1963 A that the M AC Address is en t ered in the setting. I t can w ork as a b r idge to connect t w o LANs in dis t an t place . Parameters Description Channel Number Select the appropria te channel f r om the list provided t o correspond[...]

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    12 3.2. 5 A P Bridg e – Point to M ult i -Point M ode This mode can use to connec t to other Bridge M ode W A P-1963 A that the M AC Address is entered in t he setting. I t can w ork as a bridge to connect ma x 7 LANs in dis t ant place. Parameters Description Channel Number Select the app r opriate channel from t he list provided t o correspond [...]

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    13 3.2. 6 A P Bridg e – WDS M ode In this mode, W A P-1963 A w ill be a repeater bet w een t w o A P mode W A P-1963A, t hat can e x tend the connect dis t ance. W hen it w orks in this mode, it w ill also be an access point. Parameters Description Alias Name The alias name of this access poin t . ESSID The ESSID (up to 31 p r in t able ASCII cha[...]

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    14 MAC Address 1~6 Please enter the M AC Address of t he other W A P - 1963 A tha t you w ant to connect to. Set Security Set a W EP K ey to pro t ect you r w ireless connec t ion. It has support 64/128bi t Key to the W E P f unc t ion. I f you w ant to change W A P- 1963 A to othe r opera t e mode , please disable this function before change ope r[...]

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    15 3.3 Wireless A d vance Settings Y ou can set advanced parameters of t his W A P-1963A. The paramete r s include Au t hen t ication T ype, Fragment Threshold, R TS Threshold, B eacon I nterval , Da t a Rate, P r eamble T ype, and Broadcas t ESSID. Y ou should not change these p aramete r s unless you kno w w hat e ff ect the changes w ill have on[...]

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    16 Fragmen t Threshold “ Fragmen t Threshold ” speci f ies the ma x imum size of packet during the fragmen t ation of da t a to be t r ansmitted. If you set this value too lo w , it w ill resul t in bad pe r formance. R TS Threshold W hen the packet size is smaller the R TS th r eshold , the access poi n t w ill not use the R TS/CTS mechanism t[...]

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    17 3.4 Securit y In this op t ion , you can select one of t he security methods t o pro t ec t your net w ork. W A P - 1963 A has provide W E P , 802.1 x , 802 . 1 x W E P s t atic ke y , W P A pre-shared key and W P A RADIU S functions fo r your net w ork secu r it y . Please choose one of them and refer to t he belo w sec t ions fo r the de t ail[...]

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    18 ASCII Characters: guest He x adecimal Digi t s: 12345abcde Defaul t T x K e y Select one of the four keys t o encrypt your da t a. Only t he key you selec t it in the “ Defaul t key ” w ill t ake e ff ec t . Key 1 - Key 4 The W EP keys are used to encrypt da t a transmitted in the w ireless net w ork . Fill t he te x t b o x by follo w ing t[...]

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    19 Use In t ernal M D5 RADIUS Server W A P-1963 A has built-in R A DIUS Serve r . I f you have a RADIU S server in your net w ork alread y , you can disable this option and ente r the settings belo w . RADIUS Server I P address Enter RADIUS Serer I P address. RADIUS Server Pot Leave the default por t se t ting or assign a ne w port number for t his[...]

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    20 3.4. 3 802 . 1x WEP s t atic ke y IEEE 802.1 x is an authentication pro t ocol. Every user must use a valid account to login to this A cces s Point befo r e accessing the w ireless LAN . The au t hen t ication is processed by a RADIUS serve r . Y ou can use an e x ternal RADIUS server or use the RADIUS server built - in w ith the A ccess Point .[...]

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    21 64-bi t W E P: inpu t 10-digit Hex values (in t he “ A-F ” , “ a-f ” and “ 0-9 ” range) o r 5- digi t ASCII cha r ac t er as the encryp t ion keys. 128-bit W E P: input 26-digit He x values (in the “ A -F ” , “ a-f ” and “ 0 -9 ” range) o r 10-digit ASCI I characters as the encryption keys. Use In t ernal M D5 RAIUS Serve[...]

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    22 3.4. 4 W PA p re-sh a red k e y W i - Fi Protected A ccess ( W P A ) is an advanced secu r ity s t andard. Y ou can use a pre - shared key t o authenticate w ireless s t ations and encryp t da t a during communication . I t uses TKI P to change t he encryption key frequen t l y . This can improve secu r ity much more. Parameters Description TKIP[...]

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    23 3.4. 5 W PA R A D I U S W i - Fi Protected A ccess ( W P A ) is an advanced securit y s t andard . Y ou can use an e x ternal RADIUS server t o authenticate w ireless s t ations and p r ovide the session key to encrypt da t a during communication. I t uses TKI P t o change the encryption key f requentl y . This can improve security very much. Pa[...]

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    24 3.5 R A D I US Ser v er This Access P oin t provides an internal RADIUS server to au t hentica t e w ireless s t ation use r s. Y ou have to add user accoun t s to the RADIUS serve r . The w ireless s t a t ion user has to use one o f thes e accoun t s to login to the Access Poin t before access the w ireless LAN . Y ou also have to add secre t [...]

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    25 Add an user account Fill in the “ Username ” , “ Pass w ord ” and “ Re- T ype P ass w ord ” o f the ne w account t o be added and t hen click “ A dd ” . Then this ne w accoun t w ill be added into the accoun t t able belo w . If you find any typo befo r e adding it and w ant to retype again. Just click “ Reset ” and “ Usern[...]

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    26 3.6 M A C Filtering This Access Point provides M AC Address Filtering , w hich p r even t s the unau t horized M AC Addresses from accessing your w ireless net w ork. Parameters Description MAC Address Filte r ing T able This t able records the M AC addresses o f w ireless s t ations you wa nt to allo w to access you r net w ork. The “ Comment[...]

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    27 t able Selected ” . If you w ant remove all M AC addresses from the t able, just click “ Delet e All ” button. Reset Click “ Reset ” w ill clea r your current selections. 3.7 S y stem Utilit y From here , you can define the Access Point ’ s I P Add r ess and Login Pass w ord and enable the A ccess Point t o be a DHC P Serve r . A ft [...]

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    28 Point . The default pass w ord f or the Access Point is admin . Note that the pass w ord is case-sensitive. Ne w Pass w ord Enter the p ass w ord (up t o 15- digi t alphanumeric st r ing ) you w ant to login to the Access P oin t . Note tha t the pass w ord is case - sensi t ive . Re-Enter Pass w ord Recon f irm the pass w ord (up to 15- digit a[...]

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    29 3.8 Configuration Tool The Configuration T ool screen allo w s you to backup, r es t ore and r eset WAP - 1963 A configuration settings. Saving t he configu r ation settings provides an added protection and convenience should problems occur w ith the W AP -1963 A and you have to reset to fac t ory default. W hen you save the con f iguration se t[...]

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    30 Default[...]

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    31 3.9 Upgrade This page allo w s you to upg r ade W A P-1963 A w ith w hen the ne w firm w are released. Parameter Description Firm w are Upgrade Y ou can use the “ Bro w se …” button t o find t he f irm w are loca t ion on your PC, and then press “ Apply ” button to upgrade your A ccess Point. P lease po w er o f f and on the Access P o[...]

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    32 3.10 Reset Y ou can reset the A ccess Point ’ s sys t em should any problem e x ist. The reset f unction essen t iall y Re-boo t s your A ccess Point ’ s system. Parameter Description Reset In the event t hat t he system s t ops r esponding correctly o r in some w ay stops func t ioning , you can perfo r m a rese t . Y our set t ings wi l l [...]

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    33 Chapter 4 A ppl i cation This chap t er describe the Application o f your W A P - 1963 A . The w orking modes o f W A P-1963 A ar e Access P oin t , S t ation M odes, W i r eless Bridge modes. In di ff erent w ork mode, you can use WAP-1963 A to fit to each environment. 4.1 Enterprise or Campus Users In an enterp r ise o r campus a r ea, some mo[...]

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    34 4.3 L A N to L A N or L A N to Multi- L A N W i r ing inside you r o w n building may be an easy job, but it is ha r d i f net w ork cabling needs to rou t e through some public areas or di ff icult w iring envi r onmen t s. P LANET ’ s 1 1 M bps W ireless access point, the W A P-1963A, can w ork in bridge or repea t er mode to provide a robus[...]

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    Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapte r gives t ips on ho w to con f igu r e the communication so f t w are. This chapter pro v ides solu t ions to problems usually encoun t e r ed during the ins t alla t ion and opera t ion of the Wi r eless Ne t work Access Point . Read t he descrip t ion belo w to solve your problems. Q. Can I run an applicat i [...]

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    36 Q. What is Roaming? A. Roaming is the ability of a por t able compu t er user to communicate continuously w hile moving freely throughou t an area g r eate r than that covered by a single W i r eless Net w ork Access Point . B efore using the roaming func t ion , the w orks t ation must make sure t ha t it is the same channel number w ith the W [...]