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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Point A02-AP-W54 MANUAL A02-AP-W54 _ME01[...]

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    Wireless Multi -Function Access Point INDEX CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 An Overvi ew of the del Wireless Multi-F uncti on Acces s Point 1 1.2 Pack age Con tent s 2 1.3 Wire less Mult i-Function Access Point Features 2 1.4 System Requirements 3 1.5 Set up 3 1.6 Loca tio n 4 CHAPTER 2: USING WIRELESS MULTI-FUNCTION ACCESS POINT 5 2.1 Cautions for u[...]

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    Wireless Multi -Function Access Point 3.5.3 Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) 25 3.5.4 80 2.1x Secur ity 26 3.5.5 Wi-F i Protected Access (W PA) 27 3.6 Stat us 28 3.6. 1 Stat us 28 3.6.2 W ireless Stat istics 29 3.6.3 Eve nt Report 29 3.7 Client s 30 3.7.1 W ireless Clien ts 30 3.7.2 Acc ess Point 30 3.8 Tool s 31 3.9 Confi gurations 32 3.9.1 Chan ge [...]

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    Wireless Multi -Function Access Point Copyright Statement No part of th is publication may be repr oduced, stored in a retrieval syst em, or transmitted i n any form or by any m e ans, whether electr onic, mechanica l, photoco pying, record ing or ot herw ise witho ut the pr ior writ ing of the publ isher. Windows™ 98SE/20 00/ME/XP are tr adema r[...]

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    Wireless Multi -Function Access Point CE Mark Warning This is a Cl ass B product. In a domes tic environme nt, this produc t may cause radio interference, in whic h case the user may be re quired to take adequa te measur es. CE in whic h Co untrie s whe re th e product may be used freely: Germany, UK , Italy, Spain, B elgium, N etherlands, Po rtuga[...]

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    Wireless Multi -Function Access Point 2) This device must accept any interference received, including interf erence that may cause undesir ed operat ion.[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 1 CHAPTER 1: Introducti on Congratul ations on your purchas e of this IEEE 802.11g Wi reless LAN Access Point. This manual helps to features the innovating wireless tech nology that can help you build a wireless network easily! This manual c ontains det ailed instructions in oper ation of this p[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 2 mixed-mode wireless ne tworks, and up to 50 percent greater throughput performance in 802.11g only ne tworks. 1.2 Package Contents Unpack the package and chec k all the items care fully. If any item contained is damaged or missing, please contac t your local deal er as soo n as possible. Als o[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 3 10Base-T and 100Base -TX ports is su pported. An Ethern et s traight or cross-over cable can be used directly, t h i s fa s t Et h e rn e t switch w ill detect it automatically. • Mac Filtering (ACL): Access Cont rol function allows clie nts whose M AC addresse s in the l ist will be able t [...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 4 1.6 Location Locate an optimum lo cation for the Wireless LAN Access Point (AP). The best place for your AP is us ually th e center of you r wirel ess networ k, wit h line of si ght to all of your mobile stations. Try to place the AP in a position that can best cover your wireless network. Nor[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 5 CHAPTER 2: Using Wireless Multi-Function Access Point 2.1 Caution s for using the Wi reless Multi-Function Access Point  Do not place the Wireless Multi-Function Access Point un der high humidity and high t emper atur e.  Do not use the same power source for Wi reless Multi-Func tion Acc[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 6 2.2 The Front LEDs The table below shows the LED Indicator of the W ireless Mul ti-Fu nction Access Point. LED Meaning POWER This indicato r lights green w hen the Access Point receives power. O therwise, i t turns off. LAN The indica tor lights green when the L AN port is connect ed to a 100M[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 7 jack. 2.4 Cabli ng The most common problem is bad cabling ora bad Wireless configuration. Make sure t hat al l connected device s are tur ned on. O n the fr ont of the produ ct is a bank of LEDs. As a fir st check, verify that the LAN Link, PWR a nd WLAN LED s are lit. If they are not, verify [...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 8 CHAPTER 3: Configuration The Wirel ess Multi- Function Acce ss Poin t c an be conf igured wi th your We b browser. The w eb browser is included as a standard applica t ion in the following operation systems, UNIX, Linux, Mac OS, Windows 95 /98/NT/200 0/Me, and etc. The produc t provides a v er[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 9 3.1.1 Windows 95/98/ME 1. Go to Start / Settings / Control Panel . In the Control Panel, double-click on Network and choose the Con fi g ur ati o n tab. 2. Select TCP / IP -> N E2000 Compatible , or the name of any Network Inter face C ard (NIC ) in your PC. 3. Click Properties . 4. Select [...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 10 3.1.2 Windows NT4.0 1. Go to Start / Settings / Control Panel . In t he Co ntrol Panel, do uble- click on Netwo rk and choose the Protocols tab. 2. Select TCP/IP Protocol and click Properties . 3. Select the IP Add ress tab . In th is page, click the Sp ecify an IP address radio button (EG IP[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 11 3.1.3 Windows 2000 1. Go to Start / Settings / Control Panel. In the Control Pane l, double-click on Network and Dial-up Connect ions. 2. Double -cl ick LAN Area Conne ction . 3. In the LAN Area Connection Status window, click Properti es . 4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and cli ck Prop[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 12 3.1.4 Windows XP 1. Go to Start / Control Panel (in Classi c View). In the Control Panel, doubl e- click on Net wo rk Connections. 2. Double -cl ick Local Area Connection 3. In the LAN Area Connection Status window, click Prope rties. 4. Select Int e rne t Pr ot ocol (TCP/IP) and click Proper[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 13 3.2 Default Settings Before co nfigura ting this Wireless M ulti-Fu nc tion Access Point, you need to know the following de fa ult settings.  User:  Password:  IP Ad rfre ss ( 192.168.1.100 )  Subnet Mask( 255. 25 5.255. 0 )  Wirele ss: Access Point  SSSID: defau lt  Chan[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 14 3.3 Accessing the Access P oint Web Configurator Before you configure this de vice, note that when the AP is configured t hrough an Ether net co nnect ion, mak e sur e the ma nager PC m ust be set on s ame the IP network . Open In ternet Expl orer 5.0 o r abo ve Web br owser. Ente r IP ad dre[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 15 3.3.1 Navigating the Access Point Web Configurator There are six main func tions included in the left side of the main screen: Network, Security, Sta tus, C lients, Tools and Con fig uration. Poin t t he select ions in the left side of the menu scr een.[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 16 3.4 Network 3.4.1 LAN Setup The LAN Setup fu nction can confi gure the basic LAN setting: Dynamic (DHCP Client): Click on the Dynamic for dynamic IP a ddress alloca tion from the Serv er PC s. Static IP: Click on the St atic IP to fill up the IP Ad dress, Subnet Mask and Gateway from t he Ne [...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 17 3.4.2 Wireless Setti ngs The Wireless Sett ings co ntain two se ttings, Radio Setting and W ireless LAN Setting. Radio Settings: to configure the R egulato ry Doma in settings. This is the channel select ion of each c ountry regulator y domai n. Select the co untry where you are usin g this W[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 18 Wireless LA N: to confi gure t he wire less networking s ettings. 1. W ireless Network Name (SSI D): . It is an ASCII s tring up to 3 2 characters used to id entify a WLAN that p revents th e unintenti onal merging of two c o-located WLANs. Th e SSID value must be the same in all stations and[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 19 4. Broadcast SSI D: when enable this fu nction, this AP will broadcast th e SSID to the s tations; if the func tion was disable, the stations must know the AP SSID in advance. The range of radio frequ encies used by IEEE 802.11g wire less devices is called a “channel”. Channe ls available[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 20 To remove an AP in the WDS Link list, unclick t he enable dialog box to rem ove the WDS Link where y ou set before . In Ad dition, make su re yo u configure all WDS APs to work on the same radio channe l and in t he sa me WEP ke y. Access Poin t (WDS d isable): The normal Access Poin t operat[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 21 Repeat Mode ( WDS enable ): It is able to extend the effective range and cover age of the wir eless ne two rk. Pl ease ma ke sure the SSID is the sa me as that AP you want to ex tend. Wire less LAN is Half Duplex, so one trans action pa ss- through 2 wireless its real data-r ate will be half [...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 22 Wireless Bri dge(WDS anable and A CL enable): A pair of APs operating unde r Bridge mode to act as th e bridge that c o nnect two Ethernet ne tworks or Ethernet enabled clients togeth er. You mus t make sure that th e SSID and Channel is s et the same as that AP you wish to connect. Remote Br[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 23 3.5 Security This function is used to protect w ire less comm unication from eaves droppi ng. A secondary function of encryption is to pr event unauthorized a cce ss to a wir eless network, and it can be achieved by using t he Encryption funct ion. This AP provides three mode s for Security E[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 24 3.5.1 Access Contr ol List Access Control function allows client s whose MAC addresses in the list will b e able t o con nect to this A cces s Poin t. When th is func tion i s acti va te, the re is no wireless clients will be able to connect to the Acce ss Po int unless they are listed in the[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 25 3.5.3 Wired E quivalent Privacy (WEP) WEP encryption implem entation w as not put in plac e with the 8 02.11 sta ndard. This means that the re are about as ma ny methods of WEP en crypti on as ther e are providers of wireless ne tworking products. In additi on, WEP is not complet ely secure. [...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 26 64-bits: selecting th e 64bit, you must t y pe 10 values in the following range (0~F , hexadecimal ). 128-bits: selecting the 128bit, you mus t ty pe 26 values in the following range (0~F , hexadecimal ). 3.5.4 802.1x Security To address the shortcomings of WEP for authentication , the indust[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 27 3.5.5 Wi-Fi Protecte d Access (WPA) Wi-Fi Pr otected Acce ss (WPA) is the newest and best available standard in Wi-Fi security . Two modes are av ailable: Pr e-Shared Key and RADIUS. Pre-Shared Key gives you a choice of two encryp tion meth ods: TK IP (Tempo ral Key Integrity Protocol), which[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 28 3.6 Status This function will show the statist ics of th e Statio n, Wir eless St atistics an d Event Reporting. 3.6.1 Status This scre en will sho w the sta tus summary of the syst em.[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 29 3.6.2 Wireless Stati stics This screen shows the st at ist ics of the wire less AP. 3.6.3 Event Report This screen shows the e vent happ ened on the A P, press Reset Even t Log to clear the reco rd of the event happened.[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 30 3.7 Clients This function shows the lis t of the wirele ss surrounde d this AP. 3.7.1 Wireless Clien ts This function shows the list o f the wirele ss clients that conn ected to this A P. 3.7.2 Access Point This fun ction shows th e list of the Wirel e ss Access Po int th at this AP ca n conn[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 31 3.8 Tools This function will help you to upgrade the firmware of the AP: 1. Please download last firmware from w ww.atlantis-land.com 2. Press Upgrade Fi rmwar e 3. Press Next 4. Type the firmware file th at you need to u pgrade inside t he dialog box , or press the Browse (or Sfoglia ) butto[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 32 3.9 Configur ations 3.9.1 Change Password This function will he lp you to confi gure the pas swor d of the AP, ty pe in the ne w password in side the New password a nd Co nfirm password dial og box, pre ss the Change password button to ac tivate this fu nction. 3.9.2 Lock Access Point Lock t [...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 33 APPENDIX A: T roubleshooting This chapt er covers pot ential pr oble ms and th e correspo nding r emedi es. A.1 Using LEDs to Diagnose Problems The LEDs are useful ai des for fi nd ing possible pr oblem causes. A.1.1 LED Power The PWR LED on the front panel does no t light up. Steps CORRECTIV[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 34 A.1.3 LED WLAN The WLAN LED o n the front panel does not light up. Steps CORRECTIVE ACTION 1 Press the “Reset” bu tton on the rear pane l of the AP, to set back to facto ry default s etting. 2 Please unplug AC Ad aptor and repl ug-it. 3 If these s tep s fail to cor rect the pro blem, con [...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 35 A.3 Login If yo u forg et the pa sswor d to log in Steps CORRECTIVE ACTION 1 The Rese t funct ion is to r eset the setti ng ba ck to f actor y default setting, once you press the “RESET” button within 10 seconds, the LED of the WLAN will turn off. And wh en the Access Point is ready, the [...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 36 A.4 FAQ Question Can I run a n application from a remote com puter over the wireless net work? Answ er This will depe nd on whether o r not the a pplication is d esigned to be used over a netw ork. Consult the application’s user guide to d etermine if it suppor ts operati on over a networ k[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 37 techniques em bedded in the radio can recover the original data without the need for retran smission. To an un intended receiver, DS SS appears as low p ower wideba nd noise and is rejected (i gnored) by most narrowband receivers. Question Would th e informa tion be intercep ted while tr ansm[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 38 Question What is the IEEE 80 2.11g st andard ? Answ er Approved in J une, 2003 as an IEEE standard for wirele ss local area networks ( WLAN s), 802.1 1g offe rs wireles s transmission over relatively short distances at up to 54 megabit s per s econd (Mbps) com pared with the 11 megabits per s[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 39 APPENDIX B: T echnical Features Standards Standard: IEEE 802.11g/b IEEE 802. 3u 10/100BASE-TX Fast Ethern et Advanced Wireless Distribution Sy stem (Bridge and Repeat) Intersil Pr ism GT Signal Type: OFDM (Orthogonal Frequen cy Division Multiplexing) Modulation: QPSK / BPSK / CCK / OFDM LED I[...]

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    Wireless Multi-Function Access Poin t A02-AP-W54 Pag. 40 APPENDIX C: Support If yo u have an y prob lems with th e Wirel essMulti -Funct ion Acce ss Point, please consult this manual. If you contin ue to have problems you should contac t the dealer where you boug ht t his de vice. I f yo u have any ot her q uestio ns you ca n contact the Atlantis L[...]