WHP Wireless WHP-1100 manual

User’s Manual Outdoor AP WHP-1 100, WHP-1 120 & WHP-1 130[...]

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P ac king List Your Outdoor Access Point packag e should contain the following ite ms: • One Outdoor Access Point • One DC injector w ith RJ-45 LAN and ODU (outdoo r unit) jack s • One power adapter for t he DC injector • One mount ing kit • One 25-meter Categ ory 5 waterproof cable with RJ-45 plug and ODU connector • One 30-cm Reve rse[...]

Contents INTRODUC TION ....................................................................... 1 RELATED PRODUC TS .............................................................. 2 WLAN M ANAGEMENT S YSTEM ........................................................................... 3 A UTOMATIC D ISCOVERY OF C OMPATIBL E D EVICES ....................[...]

M ONITOR ............................................................................................................ 35 Identity Inform ation ........................................................................................ 36 Statistics ........................................................................................................[...]

FIGURES F IGURE 1. S IMPLE WIRELESS I NFRASTRUCTURE NE TWORK ....................................... 8 F IGURE 2. S INGLE -AP NETWORK ............................................................................. 9 F IGURE 3. M UL TIPLE -AP NETWORK ......................................................................... 9 F IGURE 4-1. O UTDOOR A CC[...]

Intr oduction Congratulations on choosing an Outdoor Access Point. This guid e gives comprehensive instru ctions on installing and using the Outdoor Access Point (AP), and also explains how to instal l and use the WL AN Managem ent System (WMS) software. Outdoor Access Point 1[...]

R ela ted Pr oducts 11-Mbps Wire less products provide an integrated solu tion to your wireless networking requi rements. • For indoor appli cations: Access points, wi reless workgrou p bridges, wirele ss Ethernet clients, and wireless adapters with various bus interfaces (PCMCIA, USB, and PCI). • For outdoor applications: T he Outdoor B ridge [...]

WLAN Management System WLAN Mana gement Sy stem (WMS ) is a power ful network managem ent system that is fully compatible with the indu stry-standar d Simple Net work Mana gement Protocol (S NMP). It features: • Automatic discovery of all compatible devices that are configured within the same subnet • Individual a nd batch -mode rem ote managem[...]

Windows 95/98 step 1. Click S tart/Run , type wi nipcfg , a nd click OK . The IP Configuration d ialog box will op en. step 2. Select the network adapter you use to connect to th e Outdoor AP. Click Release . step 3. Click Renew to retrieve new information (IP address, subnet mask, and de fault gateway a ddress) from the DHCP server . Click OK to s[...]

WLAN Management System Hardware and Software Requirements System requi rement s for installi ng and operati ng the WLAN M anagement Sy stem are: • An x86-base d microcomput er running M icrosoft W indows 95, 98 , Me, NT 4.0, 2000 , or XP • Microsoft Internet Expl orer 4. 01 or later • A connection to a n Ethernet netwo rk Particular versions [...]

Terminology Used in this Guide BSSID, MAC ID The BSSID (Basic Service Set ID) is a factory-set ID unique to eac h wireless product. It is identical to the MAC ID (Media Access Co ntrol ID). It allows each wireless product to be identified on the wireless network. ESSID An Extended S ervice Set ID (often re ferred to as Service Set ID , or SSID) ide[...]

Ho w to Use this Guide This user’s guide gives complete instructions for installation and use of the Outdoor Access Point (AP). Wireless products are sup plied with factory set default network settings. Use the WMS (WLAN Managem ent System ) tool to change the def ault settings before introducing a new Outdoor Access Point to an already-establish[...]

Planning the Netw or k Infrastructure Network Types An infrastructu re network is formed by se veral wireless stations a nd one or m ore access points (APs), with t he st ations within radio range of the AP or APs. Figure 1 depicts a typi cal infrastructur e network topo logy. There are three infrastructure netwo rk setu ps that are commonly used. [...]

W ireless users have the same access to network resources as they would have i f they were wired. Suc h a configurat ion is ofte n used to allow roaming, or to extend an existing n etwork into a hard-to-wire environm ent. Figure 2. Single-A P network Type 3. The third type of network is co mposed of multiple APs and multiple stations (Figure 3). Fi[...]

Planning an Infrastructure Network This section explains so me of the factors you need to consider when planning an infrastructure netw ork. Setting up is a two-step process: 1. Install and configure the wireless products. 2. Decide the best physical location of the wireless p roducts so as t o optimize performance. The following section g ives qui[...]

enables Station 1 to move from the AP 1 signal coverage area to the AP 2 signal coverage area without disco nnecting from the network. Th e handover is a chieved transparentl y; the Station 1 us er would not re alize he had move d from AP 1 to AP 2. The requirements for a ro aming environment are: a) Multiple APs with o verlapping signal cov erage [...]

Har d ware Description Figure 4-1. Outdoor A ccess Point and D C Injector 12 Outdoor Access Poin t[...]

Outdoor A ccess Point Figure 4-2. Outdoor A ccess Point Install ation Outdoor Access Point 13[...]

Har d ware Pr e-configur ation Before adding the Outdoor Access Poin t to an existing Ethernet network , you may need to set basic pa rameters — SS ID, security (WEP, and possibly 802.1x), AP name, channel number, and IP address — to make the AP compatible with th e existing network. Pre-configuration can also be carried out through WMS. As lon[...]

W ireless Pr oduct Pl acement Guidelines A few tips to m ention that a re particularl y significa nt in a ra dio wave communications system: 1. Radio wa ves reflect or re fract from building s, walls, m etal furniture, or other objects. This coul d result in performa nce degradatio n due to the fluctuation of the received signal. 2. Microwave ovens[...]

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Figure 6. Welc ome window step 3. Older ope rating syst ems ma y need to update some system files to function correctly with the WLAN Management System. If required, follow the on-screen instructions to download the required file. Click Next to ope n the Choose Destination Loca tion windo w . Figure 7. Choose Destinati on Location window Outdoor Ac[...]

step 4. Click Next . Figure 8. Select Progra m Folder window step 5. Follow all on-screen instructions until th e Setup Complete window appears. Figure 9. Setup Complete window step 6. Check “I woul d like t o launch M anagement System” (Fig ure 9) and cli ck Finish . 18 Outdoor Access Poin t[...]

Using the WLAN Mana gement System Once the Outdoor AP is connected to a n Ethernet netw ork, a network admi nistrator can connect to it from any PC on the sa me net work via the WL AN Manag ement System (WMS) utility. The WMS utility is a Windows-based SNMP management tool allowing network administrators to remotely configure and monitor th e Outdo[...]

Figure 10. WMS Hosts View windows Kick Start Function If for any reason the AP does not yet ha ve a reachable IP addres s, it can be discovered, and a suitable IP address assigne d to it, using the Kick Start function. step 1. Click the Kick Start icon (a figure with one leg extended) in the top toolbar . The WLAN Kick S tart window will appear . s[...]

Figure 11. WL AN Kick Start window This window’ s T ools m enu also lets you test IP connectivity , reboot, reset the selected device , or change i ts password. The adm inistrator passwor d set on the device is “ admin ” as the defa ult. T he Edit menu is for m anually addi ng and removing de vices in the display . The Sta r t menu, in additi[...]

Configuration step 1. For configuration, select th e Outdoor AP on the Hosts V iew window . step 2. Right-click t he Outdoo r AP to open t he popup m enu (Figure 10) . step 3. Click Config to go to the co nfiguration window (Figure 12). Figure 12. Config window — IP panel Config Window – IP Panel IP Address Setting: The Outdoor AP is a DHCP cli[...]

Subnet Mask Manually assigns a s ubnet mask to the Outdoor AP . Default Gateway Manually specifies th e default gat eway IP address (if required). Note: An Outdoor AP will dir ectly tr ansfer SNMP r esponse packets (confirmation packets) to a WMS PC if it is within the same LAN (the same subnet mask). If an SNMP r esponse packet fr om an Out door A[...]

From the Filter panel, som e, all, or no ne of the prot ocols list ed may be select ed for filtering out: • IP Protocol • IPX Protocol • NetBEUI Protocol • AppleTalk Protocol • Other Protocol s • Internet Multicast Frames Config Window – Wireless Panel The Wi r e l e s s panel (Figure 14) provides access to t he W ireless settings. Fi[...]

existing domain nam e or create a new one that contains up to 32 characters. SSID Br oadcast s Click to enable or disable th e SSID Broadcasts feature: If disabled , the Outdoor AP will: • Blocks a connecti on request from a station without the correct SSID. • Hides the SSID in outgoing beacon frames. A site-survey tool will not find th e SSID.[...]

Config Window – MAC Access Con trol Panel This feature lets you limit access to th e network t hrough the access point. Y ou can list up to 1000 stations that ar e to be granted or denied access. A drop-down box lets you select the method of access control: • Disabled: Disable MAC-address access c ontrol. This is the default setting. • Accept[...]

disabled, and the access point will then re fuse all connection attempts from that station. Clear the Not Use box to let the selected method of access control take ef fect on this station. MAC Address List: St a t u s Disables or e nables an indi vidual entry Addre ss The MAC address of a wireless station Identification Identification for the wirel[...]

WEP-encrypted) • WEP: Enable, Authentication: Shar ed – Enable dat a encryption a nd use Shared Key authentication (s uch requests must be WEP-encrypted) • WEP: Enable, Authentication: Both – E nable data e ncrypti on and use bo th Open System and Shared Key authentication (all requests are processed) If enabled data encrypt ion, there are [...]

Figure 17. Config window — SNMP Access Control panel The New/Edit Address dialog box will open (Figure 18). Figure 18. New/Edit A ddress dialog box T wo levels of access right s may be assi gned: Read Read-only rights. The user may read eve rything except the Access Control setting s, but is not allowed to alter anything Read/W rite The user may [...]

T o set a stations access rights, enter a sta tion’ s IP address an d password and choose Read or Read/W rite . When a setting is made, click OK . Repeat the p rocedure for t he next station s. When all settings are made, click OK in the configurat ion dialo g box to m ake the changes effective. Config Window – IEEE 802.1X Panel The IEEE 802.1X[...]

Fail Retries – This is the number of times the AP will restart the authentication process with the client before returning an error. Enable Reauthentication – If this control is checked, the AP will re-initiate authentication whenever the specified amount of tim e has passed. Enable WEP Key Delivery – If this control is checked, th e AP will [...]

RADIUS Settings Figure 21. IEEE 802.1X panel – R ADIUS Settings Server I P – T h i s i s t h e RA D I U S s er v e r ’ s I P a d dr ess. This mu st be set in order for the AP to communicate with the server. Authentication Port , Accounting Port – These are the port num b ers that the server is using to li sten fo r incoming a ccounting a nd[...]

Click Apply IEEE 8 02.1X Settings button to turn on 802. 1x support on the AP immediately without reset. Once this is done, normal traffic will not be forwarded without authenticatio n. Config Window – Trap Server Panel When the Out door AP is powered on, o r an Ethernet port be comes active, an event log will be generated indicating the time, th[...]

Figure 23. Trap Server panel — Clear all address function Trap View T o view trap log information, click the St a r t Tr a p V i e w icon (a ringing telephone) in the upper left co rner of the main W MS window . A window such as that sh own below will appear (Figure 24). Figure 24. Tra p View window 34 Outdoor Access Poin t[...]

The log shows the time, the IP address of t he reporting Outdoor AP, and the event. You can save , open, and delete log fil es through t he File menu. Config Window – Advanced Panel Y ou m ay set the packet size of RE S Thresholds a nd Fragmentati on Thresholds i n the Advanced pa nel. The panel als o contains a Tx Power (mW) control with optio n[...]

Figure 26. Monitor command in po p-up menu An information window will app ear . The first of three panels in this window , the Identity pan el, will be visible (Figu re 27). Figure 27. Monitor window — Identity panel Identity Infor mation The informat ion shown (see table below) i s read-only . Device Name WMS system default category nam e 36 Out[...]

Name Human-frie ndly nam e assigned by t he user for easi er identification S/W V ersion Shows the de vice software version num ber H/W V ersion Shows the de vice hardware version number Current Channel Shows the wireless channel currently in us e on the device SSID Shows the SS ID of the de vice Current BSSID Shows the BS SID of the device (sam e [...]

Figure 29. Monitor window — Stations panel Restart Restating the Outdoor AP wi ll take about 30 seconds (Figure 3 0). Figure 30. Warning before AP restar t During this period, the WMS program will not be able to query the Out door AP via the SNMP protocol and the Outdoor AP will not be available to its client stations. If you try to access the de[...]

Figure 31. Warning before Factor y Reset Click Ye s to return the Outdoor AP to the factory default settings. Upgrade Firmware The Outdoor AP’ s embedded soft ware is contai ned in “flash” R OM, and can be updated ove r your LAN via the WMS progra m. T o download new embedded software to the device, click Upgrade Firmware . The U pgrade Firmw[...]

Advanced Settings Batch mode operation In order to maxim ize the efficiency of wireless LAN management, you can use batch mode operati on to ma nage selected APs or ot her wireless devi ces. Y ou ca n sort wireless devi ces by device ty pe first. Then sel ect the multiple APs or other devices you woul d like to m anage. Next, cl ick the ri ght mous[...]

Create Host Table vi a Automatic Discovery Click Automatic Discovery icon to find all compatible devices. Select the desired APs and othe r wireless de vices (for exam ple, located i n building A). Click t he right mouse button to open the popup me nu. Choose Export Host Table to save the Host Table to a file (for convenience, you can save the Host[...]

Exporting a Config uration Profile to a File The configu ration file can be saved to a t ext file and safely kept. This configuration file can also be imported to recover the wireless Product’ s setting, if there is an accident. This profile can also be copie d to the other wireless product of the same kind. T o do this, first click the Export bu[...]

On Step 2 scre en, you can select or clear the sessions of the configuration profile to be imported. Click Next . Figure 37. Importing a configur ation profile from a file (2) Encryption The configuratio n profile does not co ntain th e security key settings. Th e attributes of security keys are externally write-only and cannot be sa ved into t he [...]

On Step 3 screen, click Import . Figure 39. Importing a configur ation profile from a file (3) 44 Outdoor Access Poin t[...]

FA Q s The FAQs section attempts to answer the most com monly aske d questions about Outdoor Access Points. Question Answer At what radi o fr equency does an AP communic ate? In the U.S., wireless LAN radios tra nsmit and receive on one of 1 1 channels in the 2.4-GHz f requency ban d. This is a public band, and does no t require a license from the [...]

T roubleshooting This section provides you with som e troubleshooti ng info sho uld you enc ounter installation or opera tion problem s on Outdoor Access Point. If the problems still cannot be remedied after going through th e T roublesho oting section, check the F AQs on page 45 o f this m anual. If your problems still cannot be remedied after goi[...]

T ec hnical Suppor t If assistance is required, call your supplier for help. Have the following information ready before you make the ca ll. 1. LED status 2. A list of the p roduct hard ware (includi ng revisi on levels), a nd a brief description of the network structu re 3. Details of recent configuration changes, if applicable If it appea rs that[...]

Limited W ar r anty Hardware The manufactu rer warrants i ts products to be free of defects in workm anship and materials, un der norm al use and service, f or a period of 12 months f rom the date o f purchase from the manufactu rer or its Authorized Resel ler, and for t he period o f time specified in th e documentation supplied with each product.[...]

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 cond itions, can be returned to the manufacturer by following t hese steps: Y ou must prepare:  D ated proof of purchase  Pro duct model number and quantity  Product seria[...]

Service after Warranty Period After the wa rranty peri od expires, all products can be repair ed for a reason able service charge. The shipping charges to and from the manufacturer ’ s facility will b e borne by the purchase r . Return for Credit In the case of a DOA (Dead on Arrival) or a shipping error, a return for cred it will automatically b[...]

Outdoor Access Point 51 Re g ul at o r y D o m a ins and Channels This appendix lists the chan nels supported by the world’ s regulatory domains. The channel numbers, channel cen ter frequencies, and regulatory domains are shown in the table. Channel Number Center F req u en c y (MHz) FCC/ Canada ETSI Spain France Japan 1 2412 O O O 2 2417 O O O [...]