Black Box WAP-300BGN manual

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om About Bl ack Bo x Bl ack Box Ne t w ork Se r v ice s is y our so ur ce f or mo re th an 1 1 8, 00 0 n etwor kin g an d in fr astr uctu re p rod ucts. Y ou ’l l fi nd ev ery t hin g from cabinet s and rac k s and power and surge protection product s to media converters and Ethernet s witc hes all suppor ted by fr[...]

B L A C K B O X ® C o n n e c t 8 0 2 . 1 1 N D r a ft -N c o m p a t i b l e c o m p u t e r s a n d w i r e l e s s d e v i c e s t o a n e x i s t i n g w i r e d E t h e r n e t net wor k . Oper at es a t speed s up t o 30 0 Mb ps. 802.11N 2T2R Wireless Access Point Ord er toll-fre e in the U.S . : Call 877- 877 - BBOX ( outs ide U.S . call 72[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 2 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint T radem ark s Used i n this Man ual Black Box and the Double Diamond logo are registered trademarks of B B T echnologies, Inc. Any other trademar k s men tione d in th is manu al are acknowledg ed to be the proper ty of the trademark owners. W e ‘ r e he r e t o h e[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 3 T able of Co ntents 1 . Spe cifications .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 2. Over view .................................................................[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 4 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint 3. 10 S y stem Utilities ................................................................................................................................................................................ 47 3. 10. 1 Change Password ......................................[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 5 FC C and IC RFI S tateme nt s Feder al Commun icati ons Commissi on and Industr y Can ada Radi o Frequency Interferenc e S t at ement s Clas s B Digit al D evice. T h is equipmen t has b een tested and found to comply with the limits for a C lass B c omputing device pur - su an t to P art 1 5 of t he FC C [...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 6 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint Instrucc iones de Segur idad ( Normas Ofic ia les M ex icanas E lec tr ical Safety Stat ement) 1 . T odas las instruc ciones de seguridad y operación de ber án ser leídas antes de que el aparat o eléc trico sea operado. 2 . Las in s truc ciones de seguridad y oper[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 7 Compliance R&T TE Compl iance Stat ement Th is eq uip men t co mpl ies w ith a ll th e req ui rem en t s o f DIRE CTIVE 1 99 9 / 5/ EC OF THE E UROP EAN P ARLIAME NT AND THE C OUN C I L of Mar ch 9, 1 999 on r adio equipment and t ele c ommunication t erminal E quipment and the mutual recognition of th[...]

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72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Chapte r 2 : Over view 2. Over v iew 2. 1 Int roduc t ion Use the 1 1 N 2T2R Access Point t o connect comput er s and wireless d evic e s that are compati ble with 802 . 1 1 n / g / Dr af t - N t o an exist - ing wired E thernet network at speeds of up to 300 Mbps. E ven i nexp erie nc ed us ers can set up a ne t [...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 0 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint 2.4 System R e qu irements • C omputer or network devices w ith wired or wireless network inte r face card • Web browser ( Microsoft Int ernet Ex plore r 4.0 or above, N etscape Navigator 4. 7 or above , Opera Web browser , or Saf ari Web browser) • An availab[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 1 Chapte r 2 : Over view 2. 7 Back P anel The Wireless Ac cess Point’ s back panel is sho w n in Figu re 2 -2 . T able 2 -2 describes its components. 4 4 6 5 7 Figure 2 -2 . Back panel. T able 2- 2 . Back panel components. Numb er Compo nent De scription 4 Antennas Included detachable 3-d Bi antenn as co[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 2 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint 3. Install ati on and Conf igur ation 3. 1 Inst al lati on Please f ollow these in s tructions to connect the wireless access po i nt to your c omputers and net work d evic e s: 1 . Using an Ethernet cable, connec t the acc e ss po i nt to an ADSL mo dem, router , o[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 3 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion 2 . Selec t Specify an I P address, then input the following set tings (se e Figure 3 - 2) : I P address : 1 92 . 1 6 8.2.2 S ub n et M as k : 255. 255 . 255. 0 C l i ck OK wh en f in i sh ed . Figure 3-2 . Input I P address and subnet mask.[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 4 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint 3.2. 2 Windo w s 200 0 IP A ddress Setup 1 . Cl ic k on th e S tart bu t t on (lo cat ed at t he lo wer -l eft c orne r of y our c omp ut er ), the n cli ck on con tr ol pa nel . Dou ble-cl ick o n the Net work and Dial-up C onnec tions icons, double click Local Are[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 5 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion C l i ck OK wh en f in i sh ed . Se e F ig u re 3-4. F ig u re 3-4. In t e rn et pr o t oc ol (T C P/IP) pr op ert i es sc re e n.[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 6 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint 3.2. 3 Windo ws X P IP A ddress Setup 1 . C lick on the S tar t button ( located at lower -lef t corner of your c omputer), then click on the c ontrol panel . Double -click the Netwo rk a nd In ter net C o nne c t ion s ic on, cli ck on N e twor k C onn ectio ns, a [...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 7 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion 2 . Selec t Use the fol lowing IP address ( see Fig ure 3- 6 ), then input the following set tin gs : I P address : 1 92 . 1 6 8.2.2 S ub n et M as k : 255. 255 . 255. 0 F ig u re 3-6. In t e rn et pr o t oc ol (T C P/IP) pr op e rti es . C l i ck OK wh [...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 8 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint 3.2. 4 Wi ndows Vis ta IP Add ress S et up 1 . C lick on the S tar t button ( located at lower -lef t corner of your c omputer), then click on contr ol panel. Clic k View Net work Status an d T a sks, t hen c li ck Ma nag e Networ k C on nectio ns. R igh t - c li ck[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 1 9 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion 2 . Selec t Use the fol lowing IP address, then input the fol low i ng settings (see Figure 3- 8 ): I P address : 1 92 . 1 6 8.2.2 S ub n et M as k : 255. 255 . 255. 0 C lick OK w hen finished. F ig u re 3-8. Pr o pe rti es wi n do w , Ge ne r a l ta b .[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 2 0 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint T ype in the user name and pass word in the respec tive fields. ( The d ef ault user name is admin , and the defaul t pass wor d is 1 234 ). Press the OK button, and the ac cess point’s Web management interface app ears ( see Figure 3- 1 0 ): Figure 3- 1 0. W e b [...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 2 1 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion C lick Home on the left, and the sys tem status and inf or m ation displa y s, as shown b elow (se e Figure 3 - 1 1). Figure 3- 1 1 . Status and in formation s cr e en . T able 3 - 1 . S tatus and inf ormation screen o pt i on s. Op tion De scr iption Up[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 22 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint 3.4 Select an Oper atin g Mode for the Wir eless Acc e ss Point This a c cess point op er ates in dif f erent mo des; cl ick on Basic Set ti ng on the lef t of the Web man agement in ter fac e screen t o selec t an operating mo de for different n eeds: C lick on the [...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 23 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion T able 3 - 3. A P mod e setup options. Op tion De scr iption Ba nd Sel ect the w ire less b and you w an t to u se . By sel ectin g diff er en t ban d sett ing s, y ou’ l l be ab le to allow or deny access t o the wire l ess client on a certain band . I[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 2 4 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint Multiple ESSI D This a c cess point suppor ts four SSIDs. C onfigure the main SSID in the Basic Set ting page, then confi gure anothe r three SSI Ds here. With differen t SSIDs, you can separate the wireless net works with differ ent SSID n ame s, wireless security [...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 2 5 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion 3. 4. 2 Statio n- I nfras tru c ture In thi s mode, y ou can con ne ct the access point to an Ethe rn et device su ch as a T V and game play er to enable the Ethernet d evic e to be a wireless s tation and join a wireless network thr ough an access point[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 2 6 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint After y ou finish the settings, click on the Apply button, and the following mes sage wil l be displa yed : Figure 3- 1 6. Settings saved succ e ssfully prompt. When you se e this m essage, the settings you made are succ es sful ly saved. C lick on the Cont inue but[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 2 7 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion T abl e 3- 6 (c ont in ued). Wi rel ess si te s urve y opt ion s. Op tion D es criptio n BSSID Displays the access po i nt ’ s B SSI D ( MAC Address ). E ncryp tion Di spl ays t he ac ce ss poi nt’ s en crypt ion s etti ng. I f you se lect ed the acc[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 2 8 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint T able 3 - 7 (continued). AP bridge -point to point mode options. Op tion De scr iption Ch annel Number S elect a channel number you want t o use. The chan nel number must be same as another w ir e - less acc es s point you want to con ne ct. M A C address Input the[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 29 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion T able 3 -8. AP bridge -point to mu lti -point mo de options. Op tion De scr iption Ba nd Sel ect the w ire less b and you w an t to u se . Select ing a diff er ent ban d setti ng wi ll e nab le th e AP t o all ow or d en y the wi re less c lie nt o f a c[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 30 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint 3.4.5 AP Bridge-WDS Mode In thi s mode, th is wireless ac cess point connec ts to up t o four wireless access point s that use the same mo de , and all wired Ethe r net clients of ever y wireless acc es s point will be connected t o gether . Use this mode to connect [...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 3 1 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion T abl e 3-9 (co nt in ued). AP br idg e WDS mo de opt ion s. Op tion De scr iption M A C Address 1- 4 Input the MAC a ddr es s of the wireless access po i nt you want to con ne ct. Set Securit y C lick on this but ton to select an encr yption mode f or t[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 3 2 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint T able 3 - 1 0. Universal repeat er options. Op tion De scr iption Ba nd Sel ect the w ire less b and you w an t to u se . Select ing diff er ent b and s etti ngs e na bles y ou t o allow or deny the wireless cl ient of a certain band . If you s elect 2 .4 GHz ( B )[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 3 3 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion When you se e this m essage, the settings you made are succ es sful ly saved. C lick on the Cont inue button to go back to the previ - ou s pag e and c on tin ue se ttin g ot her i tem s, o r cli ck on the Ap ply bu tto n to r estart t he wi rel ess ac c[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 34 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint T able 3 - 1 1 . E nable WP S options. Op tion De scr iption Enable W PS Check this box to enable or disable WP S function. W i- Fi Protected All information related to WPS will be display ed here. It ’ s help ful when you’ re setting up Setup Inf ormation connec[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 3 5 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion 3.6 A dvanced Wir eless Set ti ngs This w ir eles s access poin t has many advanc ed wireless f eatures. NOTE: A ll set ti ngs listed here are for ex perienced users only . If you’ re not sure about the meaning and function of these settings, don’t m[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 36 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint T abl e 3- 1 2 (co nt in ued). Ad van ced Setti ng s scr een op tio ns. Op tion De scr iption Ch annel Width Selec ts the wireless chan nel width (bandwidth take n by wir ele ss signals of thi s access p oin t) . We sugg est set ting Auto 20 /4 0 MHz. Do not change t[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 3 7 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion 3. 7 Wirel e ss Secur it y Th is wi rel ess ac ce ss poi nt p ro vides man y types o f wir ele ss sec uri ty (wir ele ss dat a enc r yp tio n). Whe n you u se da ta en crypt ion , da ta transf erred by radio sign als in the air will become unreadable for[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 38 1 1 N 2T 2 R Wirel e ss A ccess P oint 2 . N ever use simple words as an encryption password. Us ing a random combin ation of s ymbols, numbers, and alphabets will greatly improve secur ity . 3. Use WP A when possible — it' s much safer th an WEP . 4. C hange the encr yption pass word periodically [...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 39 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion 3. 7 . 2 WEP WEP (W i red Equiv alent Privacy) is a common encryption mode tha t ’ s safe enough f or home and per sonal use. If you ne ed a high - er level of securit y , consider using W P A encry ption. Ho w ev e r , so m e w ir e le ss cl ie n ts do[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 40 1 1 N 2T2R Wir eless Ac cess Poi nt T abl e 3- 1 3 (co nt in ued). WE P opt ion s. Op tion De scr iption E nab le 80 2. 1 x C he ck th is bo x t o ena ble 80 2 . 1 x u ser a uth ent ica tio n. Re fe r to S ection 3 . 7 .5 f or de tai led Authentication instruc tions. After y ou finish the settings, click [...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 4 1 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion T able 3 - 1 4. WP A pre-shared k ey option s. O p t i o n D e s c r i p t i o n WP A Un ica st C ip her S uit e Av ai lab le op tio ns a re: WP A (TKIP), WP A2 (AES), a nd WP A2 Mi xed . Y ou can s elect on e of them , bu t yo u ha ve t o mak e s ur e y[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 4 2 1 1 N 2T2R Wir eless Ac cess Poi nt T able 3 - 1 5. W PS R ADI U S screen options. Op tion De scr iption Pr e -s ha red K ey Inp ut a pr e-sh are d k ey ac co rdi ng t o the ke y fo rma t yo u sele c t ed he re . For s ecu rity , do n ’t us e simple words. Us e in ter na l MD5/ PEAP Uses a bui lt -in R[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 43 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion 3. 7 .5 8 02. 1 x A uthenti c a tion Y ou ca n ena ble 80 2 . 1 x u ser i den tif icat ion (b ased o n R ADIU S use r aut hen ti cat ion se r v er ) by c heck in g the E na ble 80 2 . 1 x Authen tic ation box when you selec t Disable or WEP as the encr yp[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 4 4 1 1 N 2T2R Wir eless Ac cess Poi nt When you se e this m essage, the settings you made are succ es sful ly saved. C lick on the Cont inue button to go back to the previ - ou s pag e and c on tin ue se ttin g ot her i tem s, o r cli ck on the Ap ply bu tto n to r estart t he wi rel ess ac ce ss poi nt . T[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 4 5 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion T able 3 - 1 7 ( con tinued) . Ra di us ser ver options. O p t i o n D e s c r i p t i o n Authentication Clien t Add an al lowed radiu s client IP address here . Input client I P , secret key , then re-t ype th e secr et k ey i n the cor res pond in g f[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 46 1 1 N 2T2R Wir eless Ac cess Poi nt T o s et up MAC filteri ng, click MAC Filtering on the l eft o f the W e b management interface and the following screen will be dis - playe d: Figure 3- 43. M A C address fil tering table s cr e en . Th is pa ge co nta in s t w o parts o f MAC f il ter in g in for ma t[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 4 7 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion After y ou finish the settings, click on the Apply button. T he following mess age w il l be displ ayed : Figure 3- 4 4. Settings saved succ e ssfully prompt. When you se e this m essage, the settings you made are succ es sful ly saved. C lick on the Con[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 4 8 1 1 N 2T2R Wir eless Ac cess Poi nt Input the current pass wor d in Curr ent Password fi eld , then input a new password in both the N ew Pass word and the Re -Enter Password field. After you finish , go to the bottom of this page and click o n the Apply button. The following mess age will be dis - playe[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 49 Cha pter 3 : Ins ta ll ati on and Con fig ura tion After y ou finish , go t o the bottom of this page and click on the Apply button, and the following mes sage w il l be displ ayed : Figure 3- 4 8. Settings s av ed succ es sful l y prompt. When you se e this m essage, the settings you made are succ es sfu[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 50 1 1 N 2T2R Wir eless Ac cess Poi nt T able 3 - 1 9. DH C P server screen o ption s. Op tion De scr iption Default Gateway IP Input the network’s default gateway IP address. Domain Name S erver IP Input the domain name ser ver’ s ( DNS) IP address here. Start IP Input the st art IP address of the I P r[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 5 1 Chapter 4 : Advanced Configurat ion 4. Adv anced Conf igur ation 4. 1 Con figur atio n Back up and Restore Backup all configura tions of this ac cess point to a file, so you can make several copies of the acc es s point c onfiguration for securi - t y reasons . T o backup or restore the access p oin t co[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 5 2 1 1 N 2T2R Wir eless Ac cess Poi nt 4. 2 F irmw are Upgr ade T o upload the most rec ent firmw are to the acc es s point, cl ick Upgrade on the left of the Web management interface , and the fol - lowing s cr een will b e displayed: Figure 4-2 . Web upgrade screen. C lick on the Browse button , then you [...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 53 Chapter 4 : Advanced Configurat ion Figure 4 - 4. Confirm reset s creen. C lick OK to reset the acc e ss po i nt, or click C ancel t o abor t. Remember all connec tions bet ween the wireless cl ient and this ac cess poi nt w ill be disco nnec ted.[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 54 1 1 N 2T2R Wir eless Ac cess Poi nt Appendix A. T r oubleshoot ing A . 1 Pr oblem / S ol utions If the access poin t is worki ng improperly , read this sec tion. If you s til l need help , con t act Black Box T e ch nical Support at 724- 7 46 - 55 0 0. Problem: The acc e ss po i nt is not respondin g to m[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 5 5 App endix A : T rouble shooting Problem: I can ’t log on to the Web man ag emen t int er face; the password is w r ong. Solution # 1: M ak e s ure you’ r e connecting to the ac cess point’s correct IP address. Solution #2: T he pass word is case- sens itive. Make sure the Caps Lo ck light is not li[...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 56 1 1 N 2T2R Wir eless Ac cess Poi nt Appendix B. G lossar y Defau lt Gatewa y (Access p oin t) : E ver y non-access po i nt IP device nee ds to configure a defa ult gate way’s I P address. When the device s ends out an IP pack et, if the des tin ation is not on the same network, the d evic e has to send [...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 5 7 Appendix B : Gl os sary MAC Address : M A C stands f or Media Ac cess C ontrol. A MAC address is the hardware address of a device connec ted to a net - wo rk. Th e MA C addr ess i s a un iqu e ide nti fie r fo r a devi ce wi th a n Et her net i nt erfa ce . It i s com pri sed o f two pa r ts: 3 b y t es [...]

72 4 - 7 46 -5500 | blac kbox.c om Pa ge 58 1 1 N 2T2R Wir eless Ac cess Poi nt W eb-base d ma nage men t Gr ap hica l Use r In terf ac e ( G UI ): Man y de vic es su ppo r t a g rap hic al us er in t erfa ce th at i s bas ed on t he Web browser . This means the user can use the f amiliar Net scape or M icr os o f t In ternet Explorer to control /c[...]