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User ’ s Guide Ve r s i o n A 1 Jul y 2002 National Datacomm Corpo ration 4 th Fl., No. 24-2, Indust r y East Road IV Science-based Industrial Park Hs in chu , T aiw an, R.O .C. T echnical Support E-mail: techsupt@ndc.co m.tw NDC W orl d W ide W e b www .ndclan.com 11 - M b p s W ireless Acce ss Point NW H660[...]
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Instan tWave 11-M bp s W i reless Access Point TRA DEMA RKS NDC and In stantW ave are trad emarks o f Nation al Dat aco mm Corpor at i on. All o th er names menti on ed in thi s docu ment are t r ademarks/ r egi ster ed t r ad emarks o f thei r respective o wners. NDC pr ovides th is docum ent “as is ,” without w arra nty of any kind, neither e[...]
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Instan tWave 11-Mbps Wireless Access Poin t P acking List Your NW H660 package sh ould contain the following ite ms: • One Inst antW ave NWH660 1 1-Mbps W ireless Access Point (A P ) • One mounting kit (mounting t e mplate, screws, and screw anchors) • Inst a ntW a ve Management System (IWMS ) and AP COMFig softw are and user manu als, and th[...]
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Instan tWave 11-M bp s W i reless Access Point Contents INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 8 INSTANTWAVE WIRELESS LAN PRODUCTS .............................................. 9 IWMS — T HE I NSTA N T W AVE M ANAG EMENT S YSTEM ..................................... 10 A UT[...]
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Instan tWave 11-Mbps Wireless Access Poin t A UT O -D ISCOVER Y .............................................................................................. 39 C ONFIGURAT ION ................................................................................................. 41 IP ....................................................................[...]
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Instan tWave 11-M bp s W i reless Access Point Figur es F IGURE 1. S IM P LE W IR E LE S S I NFR ASTRUCTUR E N ETWO R K ................................... 15 F IGURE 2. S IN G LE AP N ETWORK ........................................................................... 16 F IGURE 3. M UL T IPLE -AP N ETWO R K .........................................[...]
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Instan tWave 11-Mbps Wireless Access Poin t F IGURE 43. U PGRADE F IR M W AR E .......................................................................... 57 F IGURE 44. B AT C H M ODE O PER A TION L IS T ........................................................... 58 F IGURE 45. I MPO R T H OST T ABLE TO C HEC K D EVI CE ............................[...]
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8 InstantWa ve 11 - M bps Wireless Access Po in t Intr oduction Congratulations o n choosi ng an InstantWa ve wireless product. T his guide gives comprehens ive instruction s on installi ng and using th e I nstantWave NWH660 11-Mbps Wireles s Access Point (AP), and also explain s ho w to install and us e the Inst a ntWave Manag e ment System (IWMS)[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 9 InstantW av e W ire less LAN Pr oducts InstantWave wireless p rod ucts p rovide an integrated sol ution to your wi rele ss netw orking requirem ents. • For i ndoor appli cations : A cce ss points, w ireless w orkgroup bri dges, w ireless ethernet clients, and wi reless a dapters with various bus interf[...]
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10 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int IWMS — The In stantWave Ma nagement Sy stem IWMS is a powerful network ma nageme nt syste m that is fully compatible with the indus try-stan dard Simple Ne t work Managem e nt Protocol ( SNMP). It feat ures: • Automatic discovery of all Ins tantWave devices that are configu red within the same s[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 11 stat ions’ IP sett ings as desc ribed below; other wise, Windo w s may c ont i n ue to use th e previous IP address in stead of executing th e auto-IP procedure. Wi ndows 95/98 step 1. Click Sta rt/Ru n , type wi nipcfg , and click OK . The IP Conf iguration dialog box will open . step 2. Select t he [...]
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12 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int IWMS Hard ware and Soft ware Requir em ents Syst e m req u ir e ments fo r i ns ta l l in g a nd o p er a ting t he In sta nt W ave M ana ge me nt System are: • An x 86-based mi croco mpu ter running Microsoft W indows 95, 98, Me, N T 4.0, 2000 , or XP • Microsof t Internet Ex plorer 4.01 or lat[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 13 Terminology Us ed in this Guide BSSID/M AC ID The BSSID (Basic Service Set ID) is a factory-s et ID unique to each InstantWave WLAN product. It is identical to the MAC ID (Media A ccess Control ID). It allows each Instan tWa ve product to be iden tified on the wireless network . ESSID An Extended Servic[...]
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14 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Ho w to Use this Guide This user’s guide gives co mplete instr uctions for instal latio n and use of the Inst a ntWave NWH660 11- Mbps Wireless Access Po int ( AP). Before putting th e NWH660 into operation on y o ur LAN, it is important th at you adjust t he unit’s settings t o conform to y our[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 15 Planning the Netw or k Infrastructu re Network Types An inf ras tructure network is form ed b y several s ta tions and one or m ore access point s ( APs), w ith the stati o ns with i n a set dis tance fro m the AP or A Ps. Figure 1 depicts a ty pical inf rastructure netw ork topology . There are three i[...]
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16 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Type 2. The next simplest wireless network is very similar to the T ype 1 network . This tim e th e AP is c on n ected to a w ired Ethern et netw ork as a node. In th is configuration the AP operates as a bridge betw ee n the wired Et her ne t ne t wor k a nd t he wire le ss ne t wor ks ( Fi g ur e [...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 17 Figure 3. Mu ltiple-AP Net w ork The reasons for having multip le APs i nstalled are: 1. T o increas e bandwidth in order to boost overall netw ork perform a nce 2. T o extend the cov erage range Any ot he r c on fig ura t io n i s u su all y a mix o f the s e co mmo nl y use d t ype s. Server “Sales?[...]
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18 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Plannin g an Infras tructure Net work This section explains so me of the fa c tors you need to con sid er when plann i ng an infrastructure network. Setti ng up is a t w o -step p rocess: 1. Install and co nfig ure the InstantW ave wireless pro d ucts. 2. Decide the best phy sical location of the In[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 19 Roam ing InstantWave prod ucts allow wireless stat ions to roa m f reely within an infrastr ucture domain composed of multiple APs with overlapping sig nal coverage (as in th e Type 3 netw ork configu ration described in the previous section). For exam ple, roaming enables Station 1 to m ove from the AP[...]
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20 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Har d war e Description Figure 4. NWH660 Front Panel LED Indicators The NWH660’ s LEDs show the status of the unit and its con nec tions. Figure 5. LED Indi cators LED Color Meaning Power Green Of f: Device not receiving po wer Blinking: Diagnostic test in progress On: No rmal op eratio n Status R[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 21 Connector s and Swi tches Figure 6. N WH660 Rear Pan el Item Funct ion Pow er jack DC 5V pow er input Power sw itch Device on /off Ethern et port RJ-45 jack f or connection to 10Base- T Ethernet LA N Reset button If held down more than 3 seconds, relo a d s fact o r y settings a nd r estar ts device. Po[...]
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22 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Har d war e Pr e-configur a tion Before addin g the NWH660 t o an existing Et hernet network, y ou may need to set basic param eters — e.g., S SID, secu rity s ettings (WEP), A P name, chann e l num ber, and IP address — to make the AP compatible with the existi ng network. From the AP COMFig ut[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 23 Using the AP COMFig T ool The AP COMFig T ool is a W indows-based utility used to co nfigure the AP via a COM port conn ection betw ee n the A P and a PC. It prov ides the follow ing function s: • Sets A P parameters (e.g., IP address , domain n a me [SSID], security, etc.) • Diagnoses t he AP ha r [...]
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24 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Figure 8. A P COMFig Tool/Pass word AP COMFig /Serv ice After connecting with the AP , click the Servi ce tab to open the Servic e panel ( Figur e 9 ). The Service panel prov ides access to A P management features. Figure 9. A P COMFig Tool/Serv ice Click the V ie w and Modify AP Configur ation butt[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 25 General: Th e General panel ( Figur e 10 ) is th e first panel i n the Conf iguration section. Figure 10. Confi guration/General On this panel, you can set an d vie w general AP settings. T hese settings are explained in the table below .[...]
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26 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int AP Alias Na m e Assigns t he AP a uniqu e human-fri e ndly name that allows the AP to be easil y identified. Domain Name (SSID) T his is commonly called the d o main name but is def ined in the IEEE 802. 1 1b w ireless standard as SSID. Stations and APs in the same gro up must use t he sa me d o ma [...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 27 After ma ki ng a ny c ha nge s, c l i c k the Apply bu tton to make the changes ef fective immedi ately , without closing the di alog box, or cli ck OK to accept the changes and close the box . Encryptio n: Data encryption provides more secure wireless data co mmunications. Click the Encryption tab to c[...]
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28 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Key Generation - There are two w a ys to generate a secu rit y key . The first is by entering any text in the Pass phrase field. Clic k the Genera te butto n. For 40-bit W EP , it will generate four keys, Key 1 , Key 2 , Key 3, and Key 4 . Select a key num ber from the dropdow n lis t o f th e De fa[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 29 If y ou assign a fixe d IP addres s to an NWH660, m ake su re that all NWH660s w ithin the sa me ne t wor k ha ve I P a ddr esse s o n t he sa me T C P /I P sub net . Obtain IP from DHCP Automat ically retrieves an IP address for th e NWH660 from a D ynamic Hos t Configurati on Protocol (D HCP) server .[...]
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30 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int a wired Ethernet LAN into the wireless LAN. If you do not require particular protocols on th e w ireless part of y o ur netw ork, you can save bandwi dth by en abling the protocol filter . Figure 13. Confi guration/Filter Fro m the Fil ter panel , so me, all, or none of the protocols listed m a y be[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 31 SNMP Access Control: SNMP Acces s Contr ol is the next tab on the box ( Figu re 14 ). Figure 14. Confi guration/SNMP A ccess Control The AP’ s access control is manag ed b y a con trol table on the AP . The firs t ti me this box is opened, the tabl e w i ll be empty . T his m eans that there are no re[...]
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32 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int T w o le vels of acce ss are available: Read Read-only righ ts. T he us er may read ev er yth i ng except the Access Co ntrol settin gs, but cannot alter anything Read/W rite The user may read and alter all settings Enter you r IP address and th e n set your own access righ ts to Read/W rite (see th[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 33 Figure 16. Hard w are Diagnosis Click Sta rt and the tests will co mmence. As each ite m is tested, a yellow arrow will appear alongside it. If the test is successf ul, the arrow will change to a green chec k mark. If a failure occurs, an “X” will appear . Y ou can click Cancel at any time to stop t[...]
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34 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Use the Br o wse button to choose the file to be uploaded to the AP , or ty pe the file location and name in the File Name field. The Upload butto n will the n beco me enabled. Click Upload . The new fir mware will be loaded into the AP’ s flash memory area. When the f ile transfer is co mplete, c[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 35 For the bes t performan ce, follo w t he guidelines bel o w in pla cing the produ ct: • Place as h igh as poss ible, in as open an area as poss ible • A void placing the A P (especially the antenna) clos e to metal objects (e.g. file cabinets, metal cubicles, etc.) • Keep A Ps and stations a s far[...]
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36 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Installing the InstantW av e Mana gement System step 1. Insert the InstantW a ve Manage ment System disk into flopp y drive A:. Click Sta rt/Ru n and type a:setup.exe . The setup prog ram w i ll prepare the InstallShi eld Wizard an d then display a We l c o m e win d o w . Figure 19. We lcome step [...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 37 Figure 20. Im portant Issues step 3. Older o pe rating s yste ms ma y need to up da te so me syste m fi les to function correctly wi t h the InstantW ave Management System. If required, follow the on-screen instr uctio ns to do wnload the required file (Figure 20). Cli ck Next to op e n the Choose Desti[...]
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38 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Figure 22. Sel ect Program Folder step 5. Click Next aga i n ( Fi g ur e 22 ) . Figure 23. Setu p Complete step 6. Chec k “I would li ke t o l au nch Inst a ntW a ve Ma na ge ment S ys te m” a nd click Fin ish .[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 39 Using the InstantW av e Management System Once the NWH660 i s connected to an Ethe r net netw or k, a network ad ministrat or can connect to it from any PC on the same network v ia the InstantWave Management System (IWMS) utility. The IWMS utilit y is a Windows-based SN MP man a gement tool allo wing ne[...]
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40 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Figure 24. In stantWave Man agement Sy stem step 2. Select one of the w ireless devices on the list. The utility buttons on the left toolbar will be en abled (Fig ure 25). step 3. Righ t -clicking on a partic ular device will open a popu p menu of fering the sam e func t ions as th e toolbar .[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 41 Figure 25. Popu p Menu Configurat ion step 1. For configu ratio n, select the AP (NW H660) on th e Ho sts V ie w win d o w (Figure 24) step 2. Righ t-click the NWH660 to o pen the popu p menu step 3. Click Co nfig to go to the configuration dialog bo x (Fi gure 2 6)[...]
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42 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Figure 26. IP Conf iguration IP IP Address Setting : T he Inst a ntW a ve NWH660 is a DHCP client. It will automatically ask the DHCP server to assign it a n IP address . An ad mini strator can assign a fixed IP to an NWH6 60 by un checking the Obtain IP fr om DHCP box (Figu re 26). Y ou m a y also [...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 43 another LAN , the SNMP r esponse packet needs to be forwar ded by r outers. The default gat eway is the clos est r outer to the NW H660. If the corr ect default gateway i s set, you can use an IW MS manager (i .e. a PC running IW MS) physical ly located in a differ ent subnet to ma nage this NWH660. Fil[...]
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44 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int • Ne tBEUI Protocol • A ppleTalk Protocol • Ot her Protocols • In ternet M ultica st Frames Wireless Th e Wi r e l e s s panel (Figure 28) prov ides access to the W ireless settings. Figure 28. Confi guration/Wi reless These settings are ex plained in the follo wing table. Nam e Assign s the[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 45 Br oadcast SSID Click t o enable or disable t he SSID broadcast ing feature: If disabled, th e NWH660 will: • Blocks a connection reques t fro m a s tation without the correct SSID • Hi des the SSID in outgoing beacon frames. A site-surve y too l will not find the SSID T ransm issio n Rate Sets the [...]
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46 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int M AC Access Co ntrol This feature lets you limit access to the network t hrough t he access point. Y o u can list up to 1000 station s that are to be granted or den ied access. A drop-down box lets y o u select the method of access con trol: • Disabled : Disable MAC-address access con trol. T his [...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 47 Figure 29. C onfiguration/Ma c Access Control W ireless st ations registered in the MAC Address C ontrol T able can be indivi d ually turned on or of f. For ex am ple, if y ou h ave enabled the A ccepted Lis t option, y ou can check the Not Us e option for any listed st at ion; the access point will the[...]
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48 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Encryptio n Click the Encryption tab (Fi gure 30) to set u p the security options . Figure 30. Confi guration/Encry ption The de fault settin g is Disabled and in itia ll y the ke y section s are b lank. The pull -down M ethod box lists three op tio ns: • Disabled (def ault) - Disable data encrypt[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 49 Anot her WE P ke y gene ra tio n me t hod is t o i nser t t he ke y va l ue s d ir ec tl y fro m the ke ybo ar d . Ent er your o wn ke y into one of t he Key 1~4 fields. Select that field number in the Default Key fiel d . SNMP Access Control The AP contains an SNMP ac cess table to limit access to its [...]
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50 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Figure 32. New/Edit A ddress T w o le vels of access may be assign ed: Read Read-only righ ts. T he us er may read ev er yth i ng except the Access Co ntrol settin gs, but is not allowed to alter anything Read/W rite The user may read and alter all settings Enter you r P C’ s IP address and th en [...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 51 the event. Y ou can save, open, and delete log files fro m the File menu. T o assign a trap server , click T rap Server (Figure 33). Figure 33. Confi guration/Trap Server Assign a station as a t rap server by ent ering its IP address and n etwork port ty pe. Click Edit addr ess . T o rem o ve a trap ser[...]
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52 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int T o view trap log information, click the Start T rap V iew icon (a ringing teleph one) in the upper lef t corner of t he main IWMS window ( see Figure 24, pag e 40). A wi ndo w such as that sho wn belo w will appear (Figure 35). Figure 35. Trap View The log sh o w s when a n NWH660 w as powe red on,[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 53 Moni tor The Monitor tool allo ws t he NWH660’s s tatus, Ethernet stat i stics , wireless statistics, and other configuration information to be viewed/ monitored. In the Hosts View window (Figure 37), select a dev ice and click the Monitor button on th e toolbar or on th e popup m enu. Figure 37. Moni[...]
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54 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Figure 38. Monitor/Summary Summ ary Informati on The information shown i s read-only . Devi c e N a me IW MS s yste m d e fa ult c at e go r y na me Na me Huma n - fri end l y na me a ssi gne d b y the user f or easier identification S/W V er sio n Sho ws the d evi c e soft war e ver s i o n numb er[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 55 Figure 39. Monitor/Statistics Th e C onnected W ir eless St ations w i ndo w lists all the currently associated wi rele ss station ’ s Me dia Acce ss Co ntro l ( MAC) a d dr esses. Whe n fi ni she d vie wing, clic k X to close the win do w . Figure 40. Monitor/Stations[...]
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56 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Reset Resetting the NWH660 w ill ta ke about 30 s econds (Figure 41). Figure 41. Reset the AP Configuration Duri ng this period, t he IWMS program will n o t be able to qu ery t he NWH660 vi a the SNMP protoc ol and th e NWH660 w ill not be avai lable to its clien t stations . If you try to access t[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 57 Figure 43. Upgrad e Firmware Browse for the file to be uploaded to the NWH660, or type the path and file name into the Select File fiel d. Th e Upgrade button will then b ecome enabled. Click Upgrade to s tart dow nl oading the fil e to the NWH660. The IWMS an d the NWH660’ s b uilt-in T rivial F ile [...]
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58 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Advanced Settings Batch mode oper ation In order to ma xi mize the ef ficiency of wireless LAN management, y o u can use batc h mode operation to manage selected A Ps or WEBs. Y ou can sort Instan tW ave devices by device type first. Then select the multip le APs or W EBs you would like to manag e. [...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 59 group with a specific Host T able nam e so that you can divide the w ireless network into m a ny small groups. A w ir eless LAN in the hotel application will be a typical example. In st ant W ave Pr od uct Device Ty p e Al i as Na me Host T able Name Explanation NWH660 A P AP1-A-1F A-1F A P on fi r st f[...]
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60 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Import Host Table to check dev ice’s a vaila bility Import the Hos t T able from a file (for convenien ce, you can retrieve th e Host table on a netw ork disk for the ease of acces s). Once the Host Table is imported, IWMS will automaticall y check the availability of APs a nd WE B s listed in the[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 61 Figure 46. N ew/Edit/Delete a Host A ddress From here y o u can also select any AP or WEB on th e table. Edit it for the modification or delete it whenever it is no long er nece ssary. T his table can be saved and retrieved f ro m the IWMS utility so t hat you don’t need to create such a table again i[...]
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62 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Import the Configuratio n Pro file from a File If there is a n accident, the configu ratio n file can also be imported to rec over the InstantW a ve prod uct’ s or iginal setti ngs. T his pro file can also be cop ied to the other InstantW a ve prod uct of the same k ind. T o do this, f irst click [...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 63 Figure 50. Import the Co nfiguration Profile from a File (3) Encryptio n T he co nfig ura t io n fil e do es no t co ntai n t he sec ur it y ke y set t i ng s. T he attributes of security keys are externally w rite-only and cannot be saved into the configuration file. Cli ck Encryptio n to se t up t he [...]
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64 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int FA Q s The FAQs section attempts to answ er the most co mmonly asked ques tio ns about InstantWave wireless access poin ts. Question Answer At what radio fr equency does an AP communicat e? In the U.S., wi reles s LAN radios tran smit a nd receive on on e of 1 1 channel s in the 2.4-GHz f requency b[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 65 T r oubleshooting T hi s sec tio n pr o vi de s yo u wit h so me tro ub le shoo ti ng i n fo s ho uld yo u enc o unter installation or o peratio n pr o blems on InstantW ave pro d ucts. If the proble ms still cann ot be re m edied after going t hrough th e Trou bleshooting s ection, check the F AQs on p[...]
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66 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int T rans mission perfor mance is slow or erratic. 1. Chan ge the direction o f the antenna sli ghtl y . 2. There may be in ter ference, pos sibly caused by a microwav e oven, 2.4-GH z wireles s phone, or m etal objects. Move thes e inter ference sources or chang e the location of the wireless P C or A[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 67 T ec hnical Suppor t Suppo rt f r o m Y our N etwor k Su pplier If assistance is required, call your supplier for help. Have the following informatio n ready before you make the call. 1. LED status 2. A l i st of the product h ard ware (i ncluding rev ision level s), and a brief des cription of the net [...]
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68 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int NDC Limited W ar r anty Hard ware NDC wa rrants its produ cts to be free of def ects in w or kmanshi p and materials , un der nor mal use and s ervice, for a period of 12 m onths from the dat e of purch ase from NDC or its Au thorized Reseller, and for the period of time specified in the docum e nta[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 69 Limited W arranty Serv ice Procedures Any product (1) received in er ror , (2) in a def ectiv e or non- fu nctioning condition, or (3) exhibiting a defect under normal w orking condit ions, can be returned to NDC b y following thes e s teps: Y ou m ust prepare: !" Dated proof of purch ase !" P[...]
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70 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Services after W arranty P eriod Afte r t he warranty period expires, all produ cts can be repaire d for a reasonabl e service charge. The shipping char ges to and fro m the NDC facilit y will be bor ne by the purchaser . Return for Credit In the case of a DOA (Dead on Arriv al) o r a shipping error[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 71 Specifica tions General Regulatory Co m pliance FCC Part 15 Clas s B (U.S.) Stan dards W ireless LA N : IEEE 802.1 1b, W i-Fi Compliant Ethern et : IEEE 802.3 Data Ra te 1 1, 5.5, 2, and 1 Mbps, w ith auto f allback Comm unicatio n Method Half-duplex Security 40-bit and 128-bit WEP data en cryption LED [...]
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72 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Wir eless Specifications Emissi on T ype Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Radio Fr equency Range 2471 t o 2497 MHz ( Japan) 2400 to 2483.5 MHz (N orth A m erica, Europe, an d Exte nde d J a p an B a nd ) 2445 to 24 75 MHz (Spain) 2446.5 t o 2483.5 MHz (Fran ce) T ransm itter RF Ou tput Pow er: 20 dBm[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 73 Appendix This appen dix lis t s the chann e ls support ed by th e world’ s reg ulatory doma i ns. The chann e l numbers, channe l center frequ e ncies, and regul a tory dom ains are shown in the table. Channel Numb er Cente r Fr equency (MHz) FCC/ Canada ETS I Spain Fran ce Japan 1 2412 O O O 2 2417 O[...]
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74 InstantWa ve 11 -Mbp s W ireless Access Po int Inde x Access C o ntrol ............................. 31 Access Righ ts ............................... 31 Alias Name ................................... 26 AP C OM Fi g Passw ord................................... 23 Service ...................................... 24 AP C OM Fig T ool Using ........[...]
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InstantWa ve 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point 75 Service Set ID............................... 26 Service/AP COMFig .................... 24 SNMP Access Control............ 31, 49 SSID ....................................... 13, 44 Statistics ....................................... 54 Subnet Mask ................................. 28 Summary Inf or mati[...]