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High Rate 11Mbps Wireless Networking Access Point User’s Guide Rev.10 DEC 2000 National Datacomm Cor poration. 4F, No. 24-2, Industry East 4 th Road, Science Park, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel: 886-3-5783966 Fax: 886-3-5777989 Technical Su ppo rt E-mail: techsupt@ndc.com.tw NDC World Wide We b www.ndc.com.tw[...]

TRADEMARKS NDC and InstantWave a re trademarks of National Datacomm Corporation. All other nam es mentione d in this d ocument are trademarks/re gistered tra demarks of their respective owne rs. NDC provides this document “as is”, without war ranty of a ny kind, neither expressed nor i mplie d, including, but not l imited to, t he particul ar p[...]

Table Of Contents Intr oduc ti on ................................................................................................................... ..................... 1 INSTANTWA VE HIGH RA TE FAMILY ..........................................................1 SYSTEM REQUIREME NTS ................................................................[...]

Upgrade AP Firm ware ....................................................................................18 Reset AP Configuration ..................................................................................18 T r ouble Shooti ng ............................................................................................................... ..[...]

List of Figures F IGURE 1. S IMPL E W IRELESS I NFRASTRUCTURE N ETWORK .................... 4 F IGURE 2. AP TO W IRED E THERNET B RIDGE .......................................... 5 F IGURE 3. M ULTIPLE AP N ETWORK ....................................................... 5 F IGURE 4. A CCESS P OINT ....................................................[...]

Packing List The package should contain t he following items: • One Access Point • One diskett e for AP Ma nagement Software • One AC Powe r Adapter • This User’s Guide vi Instan t Wave High Rate Access Poin t[...]

Intr oduction Congratulations on choosing o ne of NDC’s I nstantWave Hig h Rate wireless networking product’s family . InstantWave High Rate was one of the first IEEE 802.11b wi reless standard c ompli ant product s in the indust ry and was designed t o maximize the convenien ce of network ing. You will find InstantWave High Rate products ve ry[...]

Glossar y Group ID / BSSID A Group ID (the 802.1 1 standard uses the term BSSID) is t he ID of a wir eless cell. A wireless cell is usually made up of stations in an area that the radio signal can comfortably cover. In ot her words, any wireless station in the cell can communicat e with any ot her wi thi n reac h of the radi o signal. Domain Name /[...]

Ho w to Use this Guide InstantWave High Rate is ex tremely versatile in provid ing varying levels of network m anagement. Fo r Small Office/Home Offi ce users, setu p and configuration is a quick, four-step pr ocess. The Access Point Hardware Installation section, o n page 9, p rovides sim ple instructio ns to get y our net work up and running with[...]

Planning Y our Netw or k Infrastructure Network Types An Infrastructu re network i s formed by several stat ions and o ne or more Access Points (APs), with the stations within a set distance from the AP. Figure 1 depicts a typical Infras tructure netw ork topology . There are three infrastructure netwo rk setu ps that are co mmonly used. It is a go[...]

Server Figure 2. AP to Wire d Ethernet Bridge Type 3. The third typ e of n etwork is co mposed of multiple APs and multiple Stations ( Figure 3 ). The APs could also be connected to serve rs on the wired Ethe rnet network. The shadowed area represents signal overlap bet ween subnet 1 (AP-1) and subnet 2 (AP-3). Figure 3. Multiple AP Network The rea[...]

Planning an Infrastructure Network This section e xplains som e of the thin gs you need to consider i n planni ng an Infrastructure network. Setting up is a two step process. 1. Install and co nfigure the InstantWave High Rate pr oducts 2. Decide the best physical locati on of the Inst antWave Hig h Rate product s so as to optimize performance The [...]

Roaming InstantWave High Rate products are eq uipped with seamless roaming capabilities. Roaming is ne cessary to prev ent mobile St ations from being di sconnected from the network as t hey move a round. InstantWave High Rate is designed to allow wireless Stations to roam freely within an infrastructure dom ain composed of multiple APs with overla[...]

Access Point Placement Guidelines A characteristic of radio com munication is t he “interferenc e” problem . Radio is receptive to interference . Therefore, th e more interference you can avoid, the better performance you will get from wireless products. The following section describes how the Instant Wave High Rate AP should be placed to re du[...]

Getting Star ted Access Point Hardware Installation Access Point Hardware Setup explains how to quickly setup the Access Poin t for use via a wire d Ethernet conn ection, and using the facto ry default settings. Fo r installation in network s us ing o ther than the default settings, i.e. into existing networks, com plete the Hardware Setu p and ref[...]

Figure 5. Access Point LEDs General Color Function Green Unlit: Power OFF Blinking: Diagnostic test On: Healthy condition PWR (Power/Status) Red On: Abnormal Condition E/N(Ethernet) Color Function Link Green Indicates an Ethernet link. If the radio fails, this LED will not light TX/RX Orange Blinks to indi cate Ethernet transmission/reception activ[...]

step4. From the Choose Destination Loca tio n dialog box accept the program files default location, C:Program FilesWireless LAN AP SB, or click Browse to choose another locatio n. Then click Next step5. To install th e fu ll program, choose Typical . Choosing Cu stom to open another screen with the option to install only selected parts of the man[...]

AP COMFig T ool The AP COMFig Tool is a Windows 95/98 /ME/NT/2000 based utility th at is u sed via a COM port connection between t he AP and a PC. It provides the following functions: • Sets necessary AP pa rameters (e.g., IP address, Dom ain name, etc.) • Diagnoses the AP hardwar e and shows the diagnostic resu lts • Upgrades the AP firmware[...]

AP COMFig Service After connecting with the AP, click on the Service tab to open the Service screen ( Figure 7 ). Th e Service screen provides access to the managem ent features. Figure 7. AP COMFig Tool/Serv ice Click the View and Modify AP Conf i gur at i o n button. The Configuration screen will open ( Figure 8 ). General The General card ( Figu[...]

Here you may: AP Alias Name Assign the AP a unique name Domain Nam e (ESSID) This is more commonly called the Domain Nam e but is define d in the 802.11 Wirel ess Standard a s ESSID. Stations and AP(s) in the same group must use the same Dom ain Name Transmission Rate The transmission rate at which the data packets are transmitted by the AP. Click [...]

Channels supported on each carrier set : Channel Number Center Frequency (MHz) FCC/ Canada ETSI Spain France Japan 1 2412 O O O 2 2417 O O O 3 2422 O O O 4 2427 O O O 5 2432 O O O 6 2437 O O O 7 2442 O O O 8 2447 O O O 9 2452 O O O 10 2457 O O O O O 11 2462 O O O O O 12 2467 O O O 13 2472 O O O 14 2484 O Important: In a multiple cell network topolo[...]

Figure 9. Encry ption Click the arrow to the right of the Method field. The pull-dow n method l ists four options: Disabled (default) The station communicates with this Acces s Point without any data encryption. 40 bit WEP Allows station to communicate with this Access Point thro ugh 40 bit WEP key data encryption. 128 bit WEP Allows station to com[...]

The first is by entering any text in the Passphrase field. Click the Generate button. It will generate four keys, Key 1 , Key 2 , Key 3 and Key 4 . Select a key number from the dr opdown list of the Defaul t Key box. If you do not select a key, key 1 i s selected, as it is the default key. Click Apply . Another key generatio n method i s to insert [...]

• Internet Multicast Frames After selecting a protocol for filtering, click the Apply button to make the changes effective immediately, without closing th e dialog box, or click OK to accept the changes and close the box. Perform AP Self Diagnostic Test On the Service card, click Perform AP Self Diagnostic Test . The Hardware Diagnosis screen wil[...]

T rouble Shooting Operational Problems The Wireless adapter appears to be function ing. The Activity LED is active. However, no network PC can be foun d when run in Infrastructur e Wireless Network m ode • You have only one AP, an d the PC is not placed t oo far fr om it, but the PC still has difficulties finding the AP 1. Check th at the anten n[...]

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T ec hnical Suppor t If you are ha ving a problem using an ND C product and cannot resolve it, please note the foll owing i nformati on and contact NDC Technical Support: • What you were doing when the error occurred • What error messages you saw • Whether the pr oblem can be reproduce d • The serial number of your product • The firmware [...]

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Limited Warranty Service Procedures Any product (1) received in error, (2) in a defective or non-functioning condition, or (3) exhibiting a defect under normal working cond itions, can be returned to NDC by following the se steps: You must prepare:  dated proof of purc hase  product model number & qu antity  product seri al number  [...]

Limitation of Liability All expressed and implied warranties of a product’s merchantability, or of its fitness for a particular purpose, are limite d in duration to the applicab le period as set forth in this limited warranty, and no warranty will be cons id ered valid after its expiration date . If this pr oduct does not functi on as warra nted,[...]

EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Name: : InstantWav e Wireless A ccess Point Model Number: : NWH650 Produced by: Manufacturer Name : N ATIONA L DATACOMM CORPORATION Manufacturer Address : 2F, NO. 28, INDUSTRY EAST 9TH ROAD SCIENCE PARK, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. is hereby confirm ed to comply with th e requir em ents [...]

Inde x A Access Control ............ 21, 28, 31–32 Access Point Ethernet Conn ection to... .......... 25 Access Rights. Setting ........... 21, 31 Alias name .............................. 15, 34 AP COMFig Passwor d ................. 13 AP COMFig Service .................... 14 AP COMFig Tool ......................... 13 AP Information...........[...]

SNMP ................................ 24, 26, 36 Subnet Mask Assigning.................................. 27 Assigning............................ 18, 30 System Requirem ents ..................... 1 T TCP/IP address ....................... 18, 30 Troubleshooting ........................... 39 U Uninstalling .................................. 12 Upgr[...]