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    Moxa AirW orks A WK-1 100 User ’ s Manual www .moxa.com/product Third Edition, October 2008 © 2008 Moxa Inc., All rights reserv ed. Reproducti on without perm ission is prohibit ed.[...]

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    Moxa AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual The software d escribed in this m anual is furni shed under a license agreem ent and may be used only in accordance with the term s of that agreement. Copyright Notice Copyright © 2008 Moxa Inc. All rights reserved. Reproducti on without perm ission is prohibit ed. Trademarks MOXA is a re gistered tradem ark [...]

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    Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 1-1 Overview .............................................................................................................................. 1 -2 Package Checklist ..................................................[...]

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    1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction The Moxa Ai rWorks AWK-1100 enables wireless users to access network resources wirelessly. The AWK-1100 can auth enticate and authorize wir eless users by IEEE 802.1X and RAD IUS, and communicate with a back-end R ADIUS (Remote Auth entication User Di al-In Service) server to determine if a wireless user is allo wed to ac[...]

  • Page 5

    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Introduction 1-2 Overview The -1100 is rated to operate at te mperatures ranging from 0 to 60°C, and is rugged en ough for any harsh industrial environ ment. It can be installed easily on DIN-Rail moun ting as well as in distribution boxes. Th e DIN-Rail mounting capability , wide op erating temperature range, and[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Introduction 802.11g: 10% PER@6Mbps ≤ -88dBm, 10% PER@9Mbps ≤ -87dBm 10% PER@12Mbps ≤ -8 4dBm, 10% PER@18Mbps ≤ -8 2dBm 10% PER@24Mbps ≤ -7 9dBm, 10% PER@36Mbps ≤ -7 5dBm 10% PER@48Mbps ≤ -6 9dBm, 10% PER@54Mbps ≤ -6 8dBm Software Features Protocols HTTP, DHCP, TCP/IP, R ADIUS, DNS, NetBIO S, NetBEU[...]

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    2 2 Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter exp lains how to install the M oxa AirWorks AWK-1100 for the fir st time. The following t opics are covered:  First-Time Installation and Configurat ion  Deploying the Access P oint (AP)  Setting up Client Computers ¾ Configuring IEEE 802.11g-related Settin gs ¾ Configuring TCP/IP-related Settin[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Getting Started First-Time Installation and Configuration Before installing the AWK-1100, check to make sure that all items in the Package Checklist are in the box. In addition, you will need access to a notebook computer or PC equi pped with an Ethernet port. The AWK-1100 has a default IP addr ess that you must us[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Getting Started NOTE For security reasons, we strong ly recommended ch anging the password. To do so, open the Network Ma nager home page, click on Gener al Æ Password , and then follow the onscreen instructions. Step 5: Select the Operat ion Mode for the AWK-1100 By default, the AWK-1100 ’s operation mode is se[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Getting Started Step 6: Configure the AWK-1 100’s IEEE 802.11 settings Go to the IEEE 802.11 Commun ication section to configure I EEE 802.11g-related communication settings, incl uding Regulat ory domain, C hannel number, and Network nam e (SSID). The number of available RF channels depends on local regulation s[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Getting Started NOTE About 10 seconds are needed for the AP t o complete its restart process. Deploying the Access Point (AP) After the sett ings have been c onfigured, depl oy the AP to t he field applicat ion environm ent. Connect the AP to an Ethernet LAN through an Ethernet switch or hub. If you are conf igurin[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Getting Started To establish a wireless link to an Access Point: 1. Launch the con figuration/monitoring utility prov ided by the vendor of the installed WLAN NIC. 2. Use the utility to make appropriate Operatin g Mode , SSID , and WEP settings. NOTE A wireless clie nt computer m ust be in infrastructure mode to as[...]

  • Page 13

    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Getting Started 2-7 Checking if the TCP/IP-related Settings Work To check if a client com p uter can assess the Internet: 1. Op en a Windows Command Promp t window on the client computer. 2. Type “ ping AP ”, where AP is the IP address of the Access Point. Replace it with your real IP address—for example, 192[...]

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    3 3 Chapter 3 Web Console Configuration In this chapter, we will explain each Web management page of the Web-based Network Manag er. The following topics are covered in this chapter:  Overview ¾ Menu Structure ¾ Save, Save & Restart, and Cancel Butto ns ¾ Home and Refresh Buttons  Viewing St atus ¾ Associated Wireless Clients ¾ Curre[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Overview Menu Structure The left side of the home page co ntains a menu that y ou can use to carry out commands. Here is a brief descri ption of the hy perlinks in t he menu: y Home. For ret urning to the h ome page. y Status. Status i nformation. ¾ Wireless Clients. T he status of the wi[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration y Advanced. Advanced settings of the A WK-1100. ¾ Packet Filters . Ethernet Type Fiters, IP Protocol Filters, and TCP/UDP Port Filters settings. ¾ Management. UPnP, System Log, and SNMP sett ings. Save, Save & Restart, and Cancel Buttons There are three buttons at th e bottom of each[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Viewing Status Associated Wireless Clients On this pa ge, the status infor mation of each a ssociated client, incl uding its MAC address, IP address, user name (if the clie nt has been IEEE 802.1X authenticated), nu mber of bytes i t has sent, number of byte s it has received, and the tim [...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Link Monitor (AP Client mode only) When the AWK-1100 is in AP Client mode, you can use the Link Mo nitor status page to monitor the link quality and signal strengt h sensed by its RF m odule. Larger values m eans better wireless connectivity to its associated Access Point. This f eature is[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration AP/Bridge AP Client AP/Bridge WDS STA-AP AP Client STA-AP To establish a static bridge link based on WDS, the AP/ bridges at bot h end of the WDS link must be configure d manually with each other’s MAC ad dresses. To establish a dynamic bridge link between an AP and an AP Cli ent, both d[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration To upgrade the firmware of the AW K-1100 by HTTP: 1. Click Browse and then select a correct firmware .bin file. The firm ware file path will be shown in the Firmware file name text box. 2. Click Upgrade to begin t he upgrade process . Backing up and Restoring Conf iguration Settings by HTT[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration To upgrade the AWK-1100’s firmw are by TFTP: 1. Prepare a computer that will be used as a TFTP server and as a managing computer to trigger the upgrade pr ocess. 2. Connect the computer and one of the LAN Ethern et switch port with a norm al Ethernet cable. 3. Configure the IP address of[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration NOTE After the dial og box of the T FTP server program appears, be sure to specify the worki ng folder within which the downloaded firmware files reside. Make sure the Accept read requests check box of the TFTP Server is selected. The LAN IP address of the AP and the IP addres s of the TFT[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration To restore the configu ration of the AWK-11 00 by TFTP: 1. Prepare a computer that will be used as a TFTP server and as a managing computer to trigger the restoring process. 2. Connect the computer and one of the LAN Ethern et switch ports with a normal Ethernet cable. 3. Configure the IP [...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Configuring TCP/IP-related Settings Addressing The IP addres s of the AP can be set manually ( Set Manually ) or autom atically assigned by a DHCP ser ver on the LA N ( Obtain from a DHCP Server ). If you are manu ally setting the IP address , Subnet mask , and Default gat eway settings, s[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Static DHCP Mappings IP addresses of servers are often static so that c lients can al ways locate the servers by the static IP addresses. By usi ng Static DHCP Mappings , you can ensure th at a host will get the same IP address when it requests one fr om the DHCP server. Therefore, i nstea[...]

  • Page 26

    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration For specific needs suc h as configuring the AWK- 1100 as a wireless LAN-to-LAN bridge, the AP functionality can be disabled so that no wireless client can associate with the AP. The RF type of the WLAN int erface can be configured to work with IEEE 802.11b only (B Only), IEEE 802.11g only [...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Wireless Distribution System LA N AP 2 Notebook Computer AP 1 WDS Traditionally, access points are connected by Ethern et. By using a Wirele ss Distri bution System (WDS), APs can comm unicate with one another wirelessly. For exam ple, AP 2 acts as an access point for t he notebook comput [...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 00-02-65-01-62 -C5, set the peer MAC address of port 1 to 00-02 -65-01-62-C6 an d on the AWK-1100 with MA C address 00-02-65 -01-62-C6, set the p eer MAC address of por t 1 to 00-02-65-01 -C5. TIP Plan your wireless network an d draw a diagram so that you know how each AWK-1100 is connecte[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Security IEEE 802.11g security settings include SSID broadcas ts , Wireless client isolation , Security mode , IEEE 802.11 Authentication algorithm , WEP keys , MAC-Addr ess-Based Access Control . Basic For security reasons, it is highly recommend ed that the security mode be set to optio [...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration AP 1 AP 2 STA 1 STA 2 STA 3 W ireles s Link Ethernet Link Switch WCI : Al l A Ps in T h is Subnet WCI : Al l A Ps in T h is Subnet Behavior of the “All APs on This Subnet” wireless client isolation option When AP 1 an d AP 2 are using the “This AP Only ” option, wireless t raffic b[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration In the above security m odes, a back-end RADI US (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) server is needed if IEEE 802.1X functio nality is enabled. See Sectio n 0 fo r more information about IEEE 802.1 X and RADIUS. According to the IEEE 802.11 standa rd, WEP can be used for authentic[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration NOTE The size of the access cont rol table is 64. Instead of manually entering MAC addresses to the access control ta ble one by one, you can prepare a text file that con tains all the MAC addresses and put it on a TFT P server, and then command the AWK-1100 to download th e MAC ACL (Acces[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration The IEEE 802.1X functionality of the access poi nt is controlled by the sec urity mode . So far, th e wireless access point supports two authentica tion mechanisms—EAP-MD5 (Message Digest version 5), EA P-TLS (Transport Lay er Security). I f EAP-MD5 is used , the user must gi ve his or h[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Configuring Advanced Settings Packet Filters The AWK-1100 provides layer 2 (Ethernet Typ e Filte rs), layer 3 (IP Protocol Filters), and layer 4 (TCP/UDP Port Filters) filtering capabilities. Th e configuration processes for the filters are similar. y Functionality : whether this fi lterin[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration IP Protocol Filters The protocol, s ource address, and destination addr ess fields of a packet incom ing from the WLAN or Ethernet interface is inspected for filtering. As a rule, specify the hex-decim al protocol number, source IP address range (Source IP Address AN D Source Subnet Mask )[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration System Log System events can be logged to the on-board RAM of the AWK-1100 ( Local log ) or sent to a remote com puter on which an SNMP trap moni tor program runs ( Remote log by SNMP trap ). See the next subsection for more in formation about SNMP trap settings. The system events are di v[...]

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    A A Appendix A Default Settings TIP Press the Reset ( SF-Rese t , or Soft-Reset ) switch on the housin g of a powered-on AP to reset the configuration settings to factory-default v alues. Setting Name Default V alue Global User Name admin Password root IEEE 802.11g Regu latory Domain FCC (U.S.) or ETSI (Europe) Channel Number 1 1 for FCC or 13 for [...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Default Settings A-2 LAN Interface Meth od of obtain ing an IP Address Set manually IP Address 192.168.127.253 Subnet Mask 255.255.2 55.0 Default Gate way 0.0.0.0 DHCP Server Disabled Management UPnP Enabled System Log Local Log SNMP Enabled SNMP read community public SNMP write community private TELNET Enabled[...]

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    B B Appendix B Troubleshooting Check the following first: y Make sure that the AWK-1100’ s power is on and the Ethernet cables are con nected firmly to the RJ45 jack s of the AWK-11 00. y Make sure the LED WLAN of the AP is blinking to indicate that th e RF is working. y Make sure you are using the corr ect types of Ethernet cables. Keep in mind [...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Troubleshooting TCP/IP Settings Problems Default Gateway of Client Computer AP IEEE 802 .1 1g S tage A S tate B Correspondent Host S tage D Client Computer DNS Server of Client Computer Ethernet LAN Internet Communication stages for a client to reach its correspo ndent host For a wireless client computer to comm un[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Troubleshooting y Are the IP address of t he client computer and the IP address of the AP on the same IP subnet? ¾ Use WinIPCfg.e xe or IPConfig.exe to see the current IP address of the client com puter. Make sure the IP address of the cli ent comput er and the IP addre ss of the AP ar e on the same IP subnet. TIP[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Troubleshooting B-4 The AWK-1100 st ops working and does no t respond to Web management re quests. y The firmware of the AP may be stuck in an incorrect state. ¾ Unplu g the power connect or from the powe r jack, an d then re-p lug the co nnector to restart the AP. ¾ Report this problem to our techni cal support [...]

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    C C Appendix C Regulatory Statement Federal Communication Commissi on Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant t o Part 15 of the FC C Rules. These l imits are designed t o provide reasona ble protection against harmful interference in a residential installation[...]

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    AirWorks AWK-1100 User’s Manual Regulatory Statement C-2 R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/CE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAM ENT AND THE COUNCIL OF 9 Ma rch 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal equipm ent and the mu tual rec ognition of thei r conformity (R&TTE). Th[...]