English dropdown-ico

Alfa Network WLAN Outdoor Bridge AWAP08O-11gHP manual

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61

Go to page of

Similar user manuals

A good user manual

The rules should oblige the seller to give the purchaser an operating instrucion of Alfa Network WLAN Outdoor Bridge AWAP08O-11gHP, along with an item. The lack of an instruction or false information given to customer shall constitute grounds to apply for a complaint because of nonconformity of goods with the contract. In accordance with the law, a customer can receive an instruction in non-paper form; lately graphic and electronic forms of the manuals, as well as instructional videos have been majorly used. A necessary precondition for this is the unmistakable, legible character of an instruction.

What is an instruction?

The term originates from the Latin word „instructio”, which means organizing. Therefore, in an instruction of Alfa Network WLAN Outdoor Bridge AWAP08O-11gHP one could find a process description. An instruction's purpose is to teach, to ease the start-up and an item's use or performance of certain activities. An instruction is a compilation of information about an item/a service, it is a clue.

Unfortunately, only a few customers devote their time to read an instruction of Alfa Network WLAN Outdoor Bridge AWAP08O-11gHP. A good user manual introduces us to a number of additional functionalities of the purchased item, and also helps us to avoid the formation of most of the defects.

What should a perfect user manual contain?

First and foremost, an user manual of Alfa Network WLAN Outdoor Bridge AWAP08O-11gHP should contain:
- informations concerning technical data of Alfa Network WLAN Outdoor Bridge AWAP08O-11gHP
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the Alfa Network WLAN Outdoor Bridge AWAP08O-11gHP item
- rules of operation, control and maintenance of the Alfa Network WLAN Outdoor Bridge AWAP08O-11gHP item
- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards

Why don't we read the manuals?

Usually it results from the lack of time and certainty about functionalities of purchased items. Unfortunately, networking and start-up of Alfa Network WLAN Outdoor Bridge AWAP08O-11gHP alone are not enough. An instruction contains a number of clues concerning respective functionalities, safety rules, maintenance methods (what means should be used), eventual defects of Alfa Network WLAN Outdoor Bridge AWAP08O-11gHP, and methods of problem resolution. Eventually, when one still can't find the answer to his problems, he will be directed to the Alfa Network service. Lately animated manuals and instructional videos are quite popular among customers. These kinds of user manuals are effective; they assure that a customer will familiarize himself with the whole material, and won't skip complicated, technical information of Alfa Network WLAN Outdoor Bridge AWAP08O-11gHP.

Why one should read the manuals?

It is mostly in the manuals where we will find the details concerning construction and possibility of the Alfa Network WLAN Outdoor Bridge AWAP08O-11gHP item, and its use of respective accessory, as well as information concerning all the functions and facilities.

After a successful purchase of an item one should find a moment and get to know with every part of an instruction. Currently the manuals are carefully prearranged and translated, so they could be fully understood by its users. The manuals will serve as an informational aid.

Table of contents for the manual

  • Page 1

    Wireless LAN Device Series WLAN Outdoor Bridge AWAP08O-11gHP User Manual V ersion. 1.2.1 (25.03.2005)[...]

  • Page 2

    2 T able of Content s Preface............................................................................................................................ 3 Ch 1. AWAP08O-11gHP Installatio n .............................................................. . ............. . 4 Packing List ................................................................[...]

  • Page 3

    3 Preface This guide is for the networking professi onal who installs and manages the Ziwell AWAP08O-11gHP outdoor pr o duct, hereafter referred to as the “ d evice”. T o use this g u ide, you should have experience working with the TCP/IP configuration and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of wireless local area networks.[...]

  • Page 4

    4 Ch 1. AWAP08O-11gHP Ins t allation Packing List Before you start to inst all the ODU, make sure the package cont ains the following items ： z Wireless Outdoor Bridge unit * 1 z Mounting Kit * 1 z W aterproof (IP67) RJ-45 Cable (30M) * 1 z W aterproof (IP66) RF Cable (1M) * 1 z Power Over Ethernet Kit * 1 z Ground Wire * 1 z 2.5” /4” U bolts[...]

  • Page 5

    2.5” /4” U bolt and Anchor Hardware Inst allation Once you check off everything from the p ackage, you can st art to install the ODU. Y ou can mount to a pipe, a pole or to the side of a building. The steps are showed in the following ： 1. Y ou must mount the O DU into the bracket first. Note: ALL the 4 screws had been tightened onto the ODU [...]

  • Page 6

    6 W all Mounting Figure 3. Af ter checking the ODU is mount ed well, you can connect the following two cables: the Waterproof RJ-45 network cable to “P+ DATA OUT” port of ODU and the RF cable to ant enna port. Additional waterproof tool, such as waterproof tape, is recommended to use to enhance the waterproof function. It is sugges ted to have [...]

  • Page 7

    7 If the RJ-45 cable’ s length is not l ong enough to connect to your network device for indoor part s installation, you can extend the cable length. However , make sure the maximum lengt h of the RJ-45 cable is shorter than 100M (about 109 yards) for normal operation under IEEE 802.3 standards. When you plug the regular RJ-45 cable into the PoE [...]

  • Page 8

    8 Ch 2. First T ime Configuration Before S t art to Configure There are two interfaces to configure the device, one is web-browser interface, and the other is Secure Shell CLI interface. T o access the configuration interfaces, make sure y ou are using a computer connected to the same network as the device. T he default IP address of the device is [...]

  • Page 9

    9 The device provides 3 dif ferent operation modes and the wireless radio of device can act as AP/Client/WDS. The operati on mode is about the communication mechanism between the wired Ethernet NIC and wireless NI C, the following is the types of operation mode. Router The wired Ethernet (W AN) port is used to connect with ADSL/Cable modem and the [...]

  • Page 10

    10 survey and connect to the device. The device only allows the WDS connection. WDS+AP This mode combines WDS plus AP modes, it not only allow s W DS connections but also the wireless clients can su rvey and connect to the device. The following table shows the supporting combination of operation and wireless radio modes. Bridge Router WISP AP V v x[...]

  • Page 11

    11 Examples of Configuration Internet ADSL 192.168.2.x 192.168.3.x 192.168.3.x 192.168.2.x 192.168.2.x 192.168.2.x AP - Bridge WDS+AP - Bridge WDS+AP - Router Infrastructure Client – Router (WISP) Infrastructure Client - Bridge 192.168.2.x DEV 1 LAN 192.168.2.254 /24 WAN PPPoE connection W i re l e s s C h a nn e l / SS I D 11 / AWAP08O-11gHP MAC[...]

  • Page 12

    12 Configure DEV1: 1. Connect the ADSL modem to Ethernet por t of device using Ethernet cable. 2. Access the web server ( http://192.168.2.254 ) of device from the wireless station. 3. Use W izard page to setup device. 4. Press “Next>>” button then set the “Operation Mode” to “Router” mode. 5. Press “Next>>” button then [...]

  • Page 13

    13 7. Press “Next>>” button then select the “ PPPoE” for “W AN Access T ype” and fill in the “User Name” and “Password” fields. 8. Press “Next>>” button then select the “AP+WDS” for “m ode” and change the SSID to “ AWAP08O-11gHP ”. 9. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encry[...]

  • Page 14

    14 10. W ait for refreshing web page. 11. Use “WDS Settings” page to configure WDS. 12. Enable WDS function and add the B SSID of DEV2 to “Current WDS AP List”.[...]

  • Page 15

    15 13. Since we access the device by wireless c onnection, it may temporarily disconnect when applying the WDS setting. After re-c onnecting to the device, use the “Status “ page to check the settings.[...]

  • Page 16

    16 Configure DEV2: 1. Access the web server ( http://192.168.2.254 ) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you can’t access the web server of device. If the situation h appens, please try to clean the [...]

  • Page 17

    17 5. Press “Next>>” button then set th e IP address of LAN interface. 6. Press “Next>>” button then select the “AP+WDS” for “m ode” and change the SSID to “ AWAP08O-11gHP ”. 7. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button.[...]

  • Page 18

    18 8. W ait for refreshing web page. 9. Access the web server by new IP addr ess “192.168.2.202” then use “LAN Interface” page to disable DHCP Server . 10. W ait for refreshing web page. 11. Use “WDS Settings” page to configure WDS.[...]

  • Page 19

    19 12. Enable WDS function and add the B SSID of DEV1 to “Current WDS AP List”. 13. Use the “S tatus “ page to check the settings.[...]

  • Page 20

    20[...]

  • Page 21

    21 Configure DEV3: 1. Access the web server ( http://192.168.2.254 ) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you can’t access the web server of device. If the situation h appens, please try to clean the [...]

  • Page 22

    22 5. Use the “S tatus “ page to check the settings.[...]

  • Page 23

    23 Configure DEV4: 1. Access the web server ( http://192.168.2.254 ) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you can’t access the web server of device. If the situation h appens, please try to clean the [...]

  • Page 24

    24 5. Press “Next>>” button then set th e IP address of LAN interface. 6. Press “Next>>” button then select the “DHCP Cl ient” for “W AN Access T ype”. 7. Press “Next>>” button then select the “Client” for “m ode” and change the SSID to “ AWAP08O-11gHP ”. 8. Press “Next>>” button then sele[...]

  • Page 25

    25 9. W ait for refreshing web page. 10. Change the IP address of your PC to 192.168.3.x then access the web server by the new IP address “192.168.3.1” and use “S tatus” page check the setting. 11. If the “S tate” of “W irele ss Configuration” is not “Connected” or you want to refresh the “RSSI “, please use “Site Survey?[...]

  • Page 26

    26[...]

  • Page 27

    27 Configure DEV5: 1. Access the web server ( http://192.168.2.254 ) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you can’t access the web server of device. If the situation h appens, please try to clean the [...]

  • Page 28

    28 5. Press “Next>>” button then set th e IP address of LAN interface. 6. Press “Next>>” button then select the “Client” for “m ode” and change the SSID to “ AWAP08O-11gHP ”. 7. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button.[...]

  • Page 29

    29 8. W ait for refreshing web page. 9. Access the web server by the new IP address “192.168.2.205” and use “LAN Interface” page to disable DHCP Server . 10. W ait for refreshing webpage. 11. Use “S tate” page to check setting.[...]

  • Page 30

    30 12. If the “S tate” of “W irele ss Configuration” is not “Connected” or you want to refresh the “RSSI “, please use “Site Survey” page to re-connect a AP .[...]

  • Page 31

    31 Basic Settings Disable Wireless LAN Interface Disable the wireless interface of device Band: The device supports 2.4GHz(B), 2.4GHz (G) and 2.4GHz(B+G) mixed modes. Mode: The radio of device support s different modes as following: 1. AP The radio of device acts as an Access Point to serves all wireless clients to join a wireless local network. 2.[...]

  • Page 32

    32 Et her net Ac ce s s Po i nt A P Client 1 ( Infr ast ruct ure ) AP Clie nt 2 ( Inf rast ruct ure ) PC 2 PC 1 z Ad Hoc : This type provides a peer-to-peer communication between wireless stations. All the communication is done from Client to Client without any Access Point involved. Ad Hoc networking must use the same SSID and channel for establis[...]

  • Page 33

    33 1 1 2462 Americas, EMEA, Japan, and China 12 2467 EMEA and Japan only 13 2472 EMEA and Japan only 14 2484 Japan only When set to “Auto”, the device will find the least-congested channel for use. Associated Client Show the information of active wireless client stations that co nnected to the device.[...]

  • Page 34

    34 Advanced Settings These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have sufficient knowledge about wireless LAN. These settings sho uld not be changed unless you know what effect the changes will ha ve on your device. The default setting is optimized for the normal operation. For specific application, setting configuration will re[...]

  • Page 35

    35 can be useful in areas where many client devices are associating with the device, or in areas where the clients are far ap art and can detect only the device and not each other . Y ou can enter a setting ranging from 0 to 2347 bytes. Dat a Rate The standard IEEE 802.1 1b/1 1g support s 1, 2, 5.5,1 1/6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and Mbps dat a rates.[...]

  • Page 36

    36 Ethe rne t DEV-1 DE V-2 W irele ss S ta tio n m o ve s between the coverage areas Block WLAN Relay (Isolate Client) The device supports isolation funct ion. If you are building a public Wireless Network, enable this function can provide better security . The device will block packet s between wireless client s (relay). All the wireless clients c[...]

  • Page 37

    37 Configuring Wireless Security This device provides complete wireless security function include WEP , 802.1x, WP A-TKIP , WP A2-AES and WP A2-Mixed in different mode (see the Security Support T able). The default security setting of the encryption function is disabled. Choose your preferred security setting depending on what security function you[...]

  • Page 38

    38 refer to the following setting of the WEP encryption: z 64-bit WEP Encryption ： 64-bit WEP keys are as same as the encryption method of 40-bit WEP . Y ou can input 10 hexadecimal digit s (0~9, a~f or A~F) or 5 ACSII chars. z 128-bit WEP Encryption ： 128-bit WEP keys are as same as the encryption method of 104-bit WEP . Y ou can input 26 hexa[...]

  • Page 39

    39 WP A Encryption Setting WP A feature provides a high level of assurance for end-users and administrators that their data will remain private and access to their network restricted to authorized users. Y ou can choose the WP A encryption and select the Authentication Mode. WP A Authentication Mode This device supports two WP A modes. For personal[...]

  • Page 40

    40 Configuring as WLAN Client Adapter This device can be configured as a wir eless Ethernet adapter . In this mode, the device can connect to the other wirel ess stations (Ad-Hoc network type) or Access Point (Infrastructure netw ork type) and you don’t need to install any driver . Quick st art to configure Step 1. In “Basic Settings” page, c[...]

  • Page 41

    41 The alternative way to configure as following: Step 1. In “Wireless Site Survey” page, select one of the SSIDs you want to connect and then press “Connect” button to est ablish the link. Step 2. If the linking is established succe ssfully . It will show the message “Connect successfully”. Then press “OK”. Step 3. Then you can che[...]

  • Page 42

    42 Note ： If the available network requires aut hentication and data encryption, you need to setup the authentication and encryp tion before step1 and all the settings must be as same as the Access Point or S tation. About the detail authentication and data encryption settings, please refer the securi ty section. Authentication T y pe In client m[...]

  • Page 43

    43 Ch 3. Configuring WDS Wireless Distribution System (WDS) us es wireless media to communicate with the other devices, like the Ethernet does. This function allows one or more remote LANs connect with the lo cal LAN. T o do this, you must set these devices in the same channel and set MAC address of other devices you want to communicate with in the[...]

  • Page 44

    44 St ar topology ： Device Entries of WDS AP List S p anning T ree Protocol Required WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 No WDS2 The MAC Address of WDS1 No WDS3 The MAC Address of WDS1 No WDS4 The MAC Address of WDS1 No WDS5 The MAC Address of WDS1 No Ring topology ： Device Entries of WDS AP List Sp anning T ree Protocol Require[...]

  • Page 45

    45 Mesh topology ： PC 1 LAN3 LAN 4 PC 1 LAN 1 PC 1 LAN 2 LAN 5 WDS1 WDS2 WDS3 WDS4 WDS5 Device Entries of WDS AP List Spanning T ree Protocol R equired WDS1 The MAC Ad dresses of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 Y es WDS2 The MAC Ad dresses of WDS1, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 Y es WDS3 The MAC Ad dresses of WDS1, WDS2, WDS4 and WDS5 Y es WDS4 The MAC Ad dresse[...]

  • Page 46

    46 Description Entries of WDS AP List Sp anning T ree Protocol Required Access Point The MAC Address of Repeater Y es Repeater The MAC Address of Access Point Y es Wireless Bridge Wireless Bridge can establish a wire less connection between two or more Wired LANs. When you decide to use the WDS as a Wireless Bridge, please refer the following instr[...]

  • Page 47

    47 Ch 4. Advanced Configurations Configuring LAN to W AN Firewall Filtering function is used to block pa cket s from LAN to W AN. The device supports three kinds of filter Port Filtering, IP Filter ing and MAC Filtering. All the entries in current filter table are used to restrict cert ain types of p ackets from your local network to through the de[...]

  • Page 48

    48 Addresses in current filter table. Once the source MAC Address of outgoing packet s match the MAC Addresses in the table, the firewall will block this packet from LAN to W AN. Configuring Port Forwarding (V irtual Server) This function allows you to automatically redirect common network services to a specific machine behind the NA T firewall. Th[...]

  • Page 49

    49 Finger 79 HTTP (Hyper T ext T ransfe r Protocol) 80 POP3 (Post Protocol) 1 10 NNTP (Net work Ne ws T ransport Protoc ol) 1 19 SNMP (Simpl e Network M anagement Protocol) 161 SNMP trap 162 SIP (Sessio n Initiation Protocol ) 5060 PPTP (Point-to-Point T unneling Proto col ) 1723 Multiple Servers behind NA T Example: In this case, there are two PCs[...]

  • Page 50

    50 Enable DMZ: Enable the “Enable DMZ”, and then click “Apply Cha nges” button to save the changes. DMZ Host IP Address: Input the IP Address of the comput er that you want to expose to Internet. Internet Device with Router Mode e nab led AP Client 1 DNS Host Configuring W AN Interface The device supports four kinds of IP configuration for [...]

  • Page 51

    51 S t atic IP Y ou can get the IP configuration data of S tatic-IP from your ISP . And you will need to fill the fields of IP addr ess, subnet mask, gateway address, and one of the DNS addresses. IP Addres s: The Internet Protocol (IP) address of W AN interface provided by your ISP or MIS. The address will be your network identifier besides your l[...]

  • Page 52

    52 DHCP Client (Dynamic IP) All IP configuration data besides DNS will obt ain from the DHCP server when DHCP-Client W AN Access T ype is selected. DNS1~ 3: The IP addresses of DNS provided by your ISP. DNS ( Domain Name Server) is u sed to map domain names to IP addresses. DNS maintain central list s of domain name/IP addresses and map the domain [...]

  • Page 53

    53 User Name: The account provided by your ISP Password: The password for your account. Connect T ype: “Continuous “ : connect to ISP permanently “Manual” : Manual conne ct/disconnect to ISP “On-Demand” : Automatically connect to ISP when user need to access the Internet. Idle Time: The number of inactivity minutes to di sconnect from I[...]

  • Page 54

    54 IP Addres s: The Internet Protocol (IP) addres s of W AN interface provide d by your ISP or MIS. The address will be your netwo rk ide ntifier besides your local netwo rk. Subnet Mask: The number use d to identify the IP subnet network, indicating whether the IP address can be re cognized on the LAN or if it must be reached through a gateway. Se[...]

  • Page 55

    55 2. Clone MAC address for S tatic IP W AN access type 3. Clone MAC address for PPPoE W AN access type[...]

  • Page 56

    56 4. Clone MAC address for PPTP W AN access type 5. Physical LAN interface MAC address clone[...]

  • Page 57

    57 Configuring DHCP Server 1. T o use the DHCP server inside the devi ce, please make sure there is no other DHCP server existed in the same network as the device. 2. Enable the DHCP Server option and assign the client range of IP addresses as following page. 3. When the DHCP server is enabled and al so the device router mode is enabled then the de[...]

  • Page 58

    58 A. Operation Mode B. Wirele ss Setting C. TCP/IP-LAN Setting D. TCP/IP-WAN Setting E. Firewall Setting G. Manage ment H. Apply Changes to Flash I. Reboo t to take effect 0. Exit A. Basic Settings B. Advanc ed Sett ings C. Security Setting s D. Access Control Se ttings E. WDS Settings 0. Exit A. IP Add ress :19 2.168.2.3 B. Subn et Mask :2 55.255[...]

  • Page 59

    59 The System Management Password Protection Both Web-Browser and SSH configuration interfaces have p assword protection. T o disable the Web-Browser p assword protection just leave the “User Name” field to blank then c lick “Apply Changes” button. T o change the password of user “root” for SSH session, please use the CLI menu item G . [...]

  • Page 60

    60 wrong firmware won’t be accepted. After upgrading, the device will reboot and please note that depends on the version of firmware, the upgrading may cause the device conf iguration to be restored to the factory default setting, and the original configuration data will be lost! T o upgrade firmware, just assign the file name with full path then[...]

  • Page 61

    61 T o save & restore configuration data of device, just assign the target filename with full path at your local host, then you can backup configuration data to local host or restore configuration dat a to the device.[...]