Planet Technology WAP-5100 manual

802.11b WLAN O u tdoor Bridge W A P-5100 User ’ s Manual[...]

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Federal Communication Commissio n (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies w ith FCC radia t ion e x posure set f orth for an uncontrolled envi r onment. In orde r to avoid the possibility of e x ceeding the FCC r adio f r equency e x posure limi t s , human p r o x imity to the an t enna shall not be less than 20 cm(8 inches) dur[...]

T A BLE OF CONTENTS C H A P T ER 1 IN T RODUC T I O N ................................................................................................. .1 1.1 P ACKAGE C ON T ENTS ........................................................................................................ .1 1.2 S YSTEM R EQUIREME N TS ..................................[...]

- 1 - Chapter 1 I ntroduction W A P-5100 is an IEEE 802. 1 1b W ireless Ou t doo r Bridge, w hich links t w o or mo r e remo t e si t es t oge t he r . I t o f fe r s up t o 1 1 M bps transmission r ate that is higher t han an E1 o r T1 line, and also elimina t es the ins t allation and maintenance cost of a lease line or cable. The special designe[...]

- 2 - 1.3 Feat u re s • W i r eless LAN IEEE802. 1 1b compliant • Solid housing provides protection against rigorous w eathe r condi t ions • M ulti-level secu r ity includes 64/128-bi t W E P encryption, protocol filtering, and SN M P access cont r ol • One de t achable N-type female connectors can connec t to e x ternal antenna for expand[...]

- 3 - Elect r omagne t ic Compa t ibility FCC, CE 1.5 W ireles s P e rf o rmance The follo w ing info r ma t ion w ill help you utilizing t he w ireless performance, and opera t ing co v erage of W A P-5100. 1. Site se l ection T o avoid interfe r ences , please locate W A P-5100 a w ay from t r ans f orme r s, micro w ave ovens , heavy-duty mo t o[...]

- 4 - Chapter 2 H ard w a re 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-5100 . 1. Locate an op t imum location for the W A P-5100. 2. Assemble the antennas to W AP-5100 . T ry to place them t o a position that can best co v er your w ireless net w ork. The antenna[...]

- 5 - OUTDOOR INS T A L L A TION W A RNING I M PO R TA N T S A F E T Y PRE C A U T IONS: LIVES M A Y BE A T RIS K! C arefully observe these instructions and any special inst r uc t ions t hat ar e included w ith the equipment y ou are ins t alling. CON T A CTING POWER LIN E S C A N BE LET H A L. M ake sure no po w er lines are any w here w here pos[...]

- 6 - corrosion-resis t ant connectors. l Refer to the National E lect r ical Code fo r grounding de t ails. IF A PER S ON COMES IN CON T A CT WITH ELECTRIC A L POWER, AND C A N N OT MOVE : l DON ’ T TOUCH T H A T PERSON, OR YOU M A Y BE ELECT R OCUTED. l Use a non-conductive dry board, stick or r ope to push o r drag t hem so t hey no longe r ar[...]

- 7 - Chapter 3 P L A N ET Outdoor W L A N Manag e m e nt S y stem 3.1 Introduction The bundled P LANE T Ou t door W MS ( W LAN M anagemen t System) is a po w erful u t ility for managing W A P-5100. This u t ility is f ully com p atible w ith the indus t ry-s t anda r d Simple Net w ork M anagemen t Protocol (SN M P). A po w erful auto-discovery a[...]

- 8 - 3. Y ou can click “ Bro w se ” to specify the Destination Folder that you w ant to ins t all t he utilit y . Or you can keep the de f aul t setting and click ” Ne xt ” to continue. 4. Click “ Ne xt ” to con t inue.[...]

- 9 - 5. The setup w ill s t a r t to copy necessary files to you r compute r . W hen t he Se t up Complete w indow appea r s, click “ Finish ” to complete t he so f t w are ins t allation.[...]

- 10 - 3.3 U s ing PL A NET Outdoor W MS A f ter successfully ins t alling the utilit y , you can f ound the icon on your desktop. T o ac t ivate W M S, you can double click t his icon or click S tart > Programs > PLANET > PLANET Outdoor WLAN M anagement Sys t em . The main WMS w indo w w ill then open. 3.3.1 Kick S t art It is r ecommende[...]

- 11 - 3.3. 1 .1 Find This function hel p s you t o quickly locate all compa t ible devices ( include A P and B r idge). Open the S t art menu and select Find , or click on t he icon , o r press F5 . Fe w seconds late r , the MA C addresses of all compatible devices w ill be listed belo w . I f you selec t a specific device from t he le f t field, [...]

- 12 - 3.3. 1 .2 Pref e re n ce Y ou can set the p aramete r s for the Kick S t art as desi r ed. Open the S t art menu and select Preference , a dialog bo x w ill appear as belo w . A f ter completing desired modifications, click OK to close t he dialog bo x and appl y the changes to K i ck S t art . 3.3. 1 .3 N e w If the M AC address of t he dev[...]

- 13 - 3.3. 1 .7 Chan g e I P Settings This func t ion allo w s you to change the IP add r ess of a specific device. Highlight the M AC a d dress o f the device from the list, open the T ools menu and select Change IP Settings , or click on the ico n , a dialog bo x w ill pop up as belo w . Please note the modified I P address must be in the same s[...]

- 14 - 3.3. 1 .10 Restore Defa u lt This function allo w s you to restore de f aul t settings of t he device. H ighlight the M AC address of a device from the list, open the T ools menu and select Restore Default , or click on t he icon , a dialog bo x w ill pop up and ask for t he administrative pass w ord. T ype in the correct pass w ord, then cl[...]

- 15 - w ill pop up as belo w . Identit y The info r mation sho w n here is read-onl y . • Device Name: W M S system default category name • Name: Device name assigned by the user f or easie r identi f ication • S / W V ersion : Sho w s the device so f t w are version number • H / W V ersion: S ho w s the device hard w are version number ?[...]

- 16 - 3.3. 2 .3 Config This function allo w s you to configure t he pa r amete r s of W A P - 5100. Open the Host menu and selec t Config , or click on the icon , a con f igu r ation w indo w w ill pop up. IP W A P-5100 is a DHC P clien t by default. It w ill au t omatically ask the DHC P serve r for I P address . I f you w ant to assign s t atic [...]

- 17 - Filter This is a one- w ay pro t ocol f iltering mechanism that preven t s the W A P - 5100 f r om transmitting specified protocols packet from a w ired E thernet LAN in t o t he w ireless LAN . If you do not require particular p r otocols on the w ireless par t o f your net w ork, you can save band w idth by enabling the protocol f il t e r[...]

- 18 - Wirel e ss The Wireless w indo w allo w s you to configu r e w ireless set t ings o f WA P -5100.[...]

- 19 - • Name : A ssigns the W A P-5100 a unique name t hat allo w s the device to be easily identified on the net w ork. • SSID : Iden t ifies t he w ireless domain that this W A P-5100 is in. A w ireless domain, in t he case o f outdoor bridges, is o r dinarily composed of t w o or more W AP -5100 t hat are in communication w ith each other v[...]

- 20 - MAC address. Fo r e x ample, if Bridge A is to connec t w ith Bridge B, t hen B r idge B ’ s M AC address mus t be ente r ed on this page f or Bridge A, and Bridge A ’ s M AC address must be en t ered here for Bridge B. • Point to Multipoint: This is for connec t ing mo r e than t w o remote si t es . At leas t one of t he W A P-5100 m[...]

- 21 - Encryption Click the Encr y ption t ab to set up the security settings of W AP-5100.[...]

- 22 - There are t w o selec t able options in Method pull-do w n menu : • WEP : Disable - Disable data encryption • WEP : Enable - Enable data encryption If data encryption is enabled, t here w ould be t w o available options in K e y Length menu: • 64-bit • 128-bit There are t w o w ays to gene r a t e a secu r ity key. The f irst is by e[...]

- 23 - W hen you select SNM P A ccess Control , the system will display four blank fields f or set t ing (ma x imum of 4 SN MP devices can be set). Right - click on a blank in the list and click Edit Address . The Ne w /Edi t A ddress dialog bo x w ill appea r . T ype in t he IP add r ess and set t he pass w ord for t he S N MP device . There are t[...]

- 24 - Click the icon and assign a s t ation as a t r ap server by en t e r ing i t s IP address . T o remove a trap server from the list, highlight it and click the icon . Click t he icon t o remove all assigned t r ap servers from the list. A d v anced Y ou may se t the p acke t size o f RTS Thresholds and Fragmen t ation Thresholds in the A dvan[...]

- 25 - Export/Imp o rt Configurat i on Profile The configuration file can be saved to a te x t file and safely kept . This configuration file can also be impo r ted to recover t he W A P-5100 ’ s setting, if the r e is an accident . This pro f ile can also be copied t o the other W A P-5100 . T o do this, fi r st click the Export button in the Co[...]

- 26 - also be copied t o the othe r W A P-5100 . T o do this , fi r st click the Import bu t ton in the Config w indo w . Then enter the f ile name f or the configuration p r ofile to be imported from. Click N ext . On S tep 2 sc r een, you can select or clear the sessions of t he configura t ion profile t o be impor t ed . Click Next. The configu[...]

- 27 - Confirm the configurations again in S tep 3 screen, t hen click Import button to s t art the process. 3.3. 2 .4 A ntenn a A lignme n t The WAP-5100 is usually used to connect t w o or more separa t e LANs via the radio link w ith a directional antenna to e x tend the dis t ance bet w een t w o w ireless bridges . Sometimes the dis t ance bet[...]

- 28 - S tep 2 : Set the p arameters f or testing The calculation of t he antenna alignment is conduc t ed by t he follo w ing procedu r e: • Bridge A sends a packet t o Bridge B • W hen Bridge B successfully receives the packet f r om B r idge A, it w ill au t omatically echo t he packe t back. • W hen B r idge A receives the packet echoed b[...]

- 29 - S tep 3 : Execu t e the test and evaluate the performance A f ter all the pa r amete r s have been prope r ly entered, click St art on t he right side of the w indo w to e x ecute the tes t . T est resul t s are immediately presen t ed as a three - dimension graphic. During t he antenna alignment test, the bridge might receive interfe r ence[...]

- 30 - stored file as a r eference to compare w ith the latest t est r esul t s and evaluate the di f ference bet w een them. I n the follo w ing figure , the red line rep r esen t s t he latest test resul t s and the g r een line represen t s the previous test resul t s. S tep 5 : V iew test resu l t s as a three-d i mensiona l graph i c The Anten[...]

- 31 - the Firmware Fi le field or b r o w se the file by clicking the Bro w se bu t ton , then click Upgrade bu t ton to s t art the process. 3.3. 2 .7 N e w /Edit/Delete H ost A d d re s s Click t he icon to open the Ne w /Edit A ddress dialog bo x . A f ter enter the IP add r ess of a W A P-5100, WMS w ill automatically find the device and list [...]

- 32 - 3.3.3 T rap V i e w If the administ r ative PC has been assigned as a T rap Server of a W A P - 5100, you can use T rap V iew to vie w the trap log in f ormation of the W A P-5100. Open S t art menu and select St art T rap V iew , or click on the icon from the main WMS w indo w , then t he T rap Vi ew w indo w appears as belo w . The log sho[...]

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encoun t ered during the ins t alla t ion and ope r ation of the W A P-5100. Ho w do I set t he W A P-5100 back to i t s f actor y default settings? Y ou can apply Factor y Reset option from t he menu o f the WL A N Management S y stem (WMS) o r use K i ck S t art functio[...]

- 34 - w W hat er r or messages you sa w w W hether the problem can be r eproduced w The serial number of t he p r oduct w The firm w are version and the debug in f ormation[...]