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Planet Technology WAP-4030 manual

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    Wireless A c cess Point WA P -4 0 30 User ’ s M an u al[...]

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    2 Co p y right Copyright ã 2004 by PLANE T T echnology Corp. All righ t s r eserved. No part of this publication ma y be reproduced, t r ansmi t ted, t r anscribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language , in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical , magne t ic, optica l, chemical, manual or o t[...]

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    3 inter f erence received, including in t erference tha t may cause undesired operation . Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposu r e S t atement This equipment complies w ith FCC radia t ion e x posure set f orth for an uncontrolled envi r onment. I n order to avoid the possibility of e x ceeding the FCC radio frequency e x posure [...]

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    4 T A B LE OF C O N TENTS Chapter 1 Introd u ction 1 1.1 Package Content s 1 1.2 S y stem Requirement s 1 1.3 Feature s 1 1.4 S pec i f ication 2 1.5 W i re l ess Performance 3 Chapter 2 H a r d w a re Ins t a ll a tio n 4 2.1 Hard w are Connection 4 Chapter 3 Config u ring th e W ir e les s A P 5 3.1 Association T ab l e 5 3.2 Radio Settin g 6 3.3[...]

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    1 Chapter 1 I ntroduction Thank you f or purchasing W A P-4030 . This device is an access point f or IEEE 802. 1 1g 2 . 4GHz w ireless net w ork. Y ou can use t his access point t o build up a w ireless LAN, any w ireless LAN s t a t ion can join the w ireless net w ork. It suppor t s 64/128 - bit W E P ( W ired E quivalent Privacy) Encryption, W P[...]

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    2 1.4 Specification Standa r d IEEE 802 . 11g / 802.11b Frequency Band 2.400~2.4835GHz Transfer Rate 802.11g: 54/48/36 / 24/18/12/9 / 6 M bps 802.11b: 11/5 . 5/2 / 1 M bps M odulation OF D M , CCK, DQPSK and DBPSK Sensitivity IEEE802. 1 1b: -92dBm @ 1 M bps -89dBm @ 2 M bps -87dBm @ 5.5 M bps -82dBm @ 1 1 M bps IEEE802. 1 1g -91dBm @ 6 M bps -90dBm[...]

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    3 1.5 Wire l ess Perfo r mance The follo w ing info r ma t ion w ill help you utilizing t he w ireless performance and operating coverage of W A P-4030 . 1. Site selection T o avoid inte r ferences, please loca t e W A P-4030 and w ireless clien t a w ay from transforme r s , mic r o w ave ovens , heavy-duty motors, f luorescen t ligh t s and other[...]

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    4 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Before you p r oceed w ith the ins t allation, it is necessary that you have enough info r ma t ion about the W A P-4030 . 2.1 Hardware Connection 12V DC LAN RESE T ANT + 1. Locate an opt i mum l ocat i on for the W A P-4030. T h e be s t place for your WAP-4030 is usually at the center of your w ireless net w ork,[...]

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    5 Chapter 3 Configuring the Wireles s AP W eb configura t ion provides a user-f r iendly graphical user in t erface ( w eb pages ) to manage you r W A P-4030 . An AP w ith an assigned I P address (e . g. http: // 192.168.0 .1 ) w ill allo w you to monito r and con f igure via w eb bro w ser (e . g., M S Internet E x plorer or Ne t scape ) . 1. Open[...]

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    6 3.2 Radio S etting In this option, you can set t he w ireless settings such as SS I D and RF C hannel t o this Access Point . W hen con f igu r ation finished, please click “ Apply ” to save.[...]

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    7 Parameters Description Service Se t ID (SSID) The SSID (up to 32 p r in t able A SCII cha r ac t ers) is t he unique name identi f ied in a W LAN . The ID p r even t s the unintentional merging of t w o co - loca t ed W LA N s. Please make su r e that the SS I D of all s t ations in t he same W LAN net w ork are the same. Broadcast S S ID in t he[...]

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    8 Please make su r e your w ireless s t ations use the same security func t ion. Parameters Description W P A M ode Disabled: D isable W P A-PSK W P A-PSK: Enable W P A-PS K Da t a Encryption There are t w o encryption me t hods selec t able: TKI P and AES . Please make sure all w ireless clien t s a r e using identical encryp t ion me t hod. Pass [...]

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    9 the authentication phase to associate w ith this access point. If you select “ Bo th ” , the w ireless client can associate w ith this access point by using any one o f these t w o authen t ica t ion types. T ransmit W E P Key The W E P keys are used to encrypt da t a transmit t ed in the w ireless net w ork. Please select one of them f or W [...]

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    10 Access P oin t . Confirm Ne w Pass w ord Recon f irm the pass w ord you w ant to login to the Access Point. I P Add r ess Designate the A ccess Point ’ s IP Address . This IP Address should be unique i n y ou r net w ork. The default I P Add r ess is 192.168.0.1 . Subnet M ask S pecify a Subnet M ask for your LAN segment. The default value is [...]

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    11 Parameters Description Accept Association If this option is selected, all w ireless s t a t ions can associate t o this A P . If uncheck[...]

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    12 from any s t ation this op t ion, only the w ireless clien t s in the M AC Address lis t are allo w ed. MAC Address T able This t able records t he M AC addresses of w ireless s t ations you gran t ed access to. 3.6 Firmware U pg r ade This page allo w s you to upload the ne w est fi r m w are of t he W A P-4030.. Parameter Description Firm w ar[...]

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    13 Chapter 4 T roubleshoo t ing This chap t er provides ans w er to problems usually encountered during the ins t alla t ion and operation o f the Wireless Net w ork A ccess Point . Read t he descrip t ion belo w to solve your problems. Q. Can I run an applicat i on f rom a remote computer over the wireless ne t work? A. This w ill depend on w heth[...]