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    I 54/108Mbp s Super-G Wireless Access Point with Bridge W AP-4000A User Manual V ersion: 1.00 Date: March 2007[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual II Copyright Copyright © 2007 by PLANET T echnology Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduce d, transmitted, trans cribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or comput er language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magneti c, optical, chemical[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual III Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Ra diation Exposure S tatement This equipment complies with FCC radiatio n exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to av oid the possibility of exceed ing the FCC radi o frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenn a shall not be less than 20 cm[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual IV T ABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCT ION ............................................................................................................ 1 1.1 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 S YSTEM R EQUIRE[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 1 - Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing W AP-4000A. This devic e features the latest innovation wireless technology making the wireless net working world happened. This manual guides you on h ow to install and prop erly use the WAP-400 0A in order to take full advant age of its features. 1.1 Package Conten[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 2 - ‧ Support DHCP Server and Client ‧ Support MAC Filter 1.4 Specification 1.5 Wireless Performance The following information will help you utiliz ing the wirele ss performance, and operating coverage of W AP-4000A. 1. Site selection T o avoid interferences, please locate W AP-4000A and wireless cli ents away fro[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 3 - W AP-4000A in open space or add ad ditional W AP-4000A as needed to improve the coverage. 2. Environment al factors The wireless network i s easily affect ed by many environment al factors. Every environment is unique with dif ferent obst acles, construction materials, weathe r , etc. It is hard to determine the e[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 4 - Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Before you proceed with the in stallation, it is necessary th at you have enough information about the W AP-4000A. 1. Locate an optimum location for the W AP-4000A. T he best pla ce for your W AP-4000A is usually at the center of your wireless netwo rk, with line of sight to all of [...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 5 - Chapter 3 Configuring the Wireless Access Point W AP-4000A can be configured via web browser . It is strongly recommended to configure and manage W AP-4000A using a wire d LAN computer . 3.1 Configure through Web Browser Web co nfiguration provides a us er-friendly graphical user interface (web page s) to manage y[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 6 - Figure2 To quick configure WAP-4000A, please follow th e steps below to complete the configuration. Click Next> to continue. Step 1. Set your new pass w ord Figure3 The default password for administrator (login name i s “admin”) is “admin”. You can chang e the Password in this step. Click Next> . Ste[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 7 - Figure4 Enter the SSID of your WLAN and select the frequency channel. Cli ck Next> . Step 3. Set Encryption Figure5 You can enable WEP encryption and se t WEP key in this screen. Click Next> to contin ue. Step 4. Restart[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 8 - Figure6 Please click the Rest art button to save the settings and restart W AP-4000A. In the next web page, please cli ck Close to close the Setup Wizard windo w . 3.3 Status Y ou can check your W AP-4000A settings and status in this scre en.[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 9 - Figure7 Y ou can click the Vie w L o g button, and then the screen below will appear . Y ou can view the logged message here. Y ou can also clear or refresh the log record. Figure8 3.4 Basic Settings Y ou can set the AP Name , SSID, Channel and Authentication method to thi s Access Point. After configuration, plea[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 10 - Figure9 AP Nam e: The host name of the W AP-4000A. This can be any name for you to easily identify this access point. SSID: The SSID is the name share d among all points in the wireless n etwork system, must be identical for all point s. Channel: The value of channel can be selected fro m channel 1 to 1 1 for FCC[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 11 - WP A-EP A/WP A2-EAP p age are described in section 3.8. If WP A-PSK/WP A2-PSK is selected, the screen appears as b elow . Please enter a hard-to-guess pa ssphrase (between 8 and 63 characters) in the fiel d. Figure10 Figure1 1 3.5 IP Settings Y ou can set the IP , Gateway , DHCP and DNS to this Access Point on th[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 12 - Figure12 LAN IP: Y ou can configure this Access Point to obt ain its IP address automatically or manually assign. If you select Fixed IP , please fill in the following fields with proper para met ers . Address : This address is a unique numbers that identifies a computer or device on the W AN or LAN. These num be[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 13 - address to this access point, please en sure this IP addres s is on the same IP range as DHCP Server settings. Note : When you select Obt ain IP Automatical ly , DHCP S ever will be disabled automatically . 3.6 Advanced Settings Y ou can set the W AP-4000A operation mode and relative settings. Af ter configuratio[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 14 - address of the remote W AP-4000A. Multiple Bridge : This mode allows you to construct a network that has multiple W AP-4000As bridging multiple LANs wirelessly . For all bridged W AP-4000As, configure them in Multiple Bridge mode and all the W AP-4000As must be configure d on the same channel. Y ou can have up to[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 15 - interoperability if you want to set the AP in the above-mentioned mode s to asso ciate with other brands of APs or routers. 1 1g Only Mode: Enabling 1 1g only mode maximizes the performance of W AP-4000A in a pure 802.1 1g WLAN, but 802.1 1b clients are not all owed to connect to it. Disabling this option allows [...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 16 - access through the Access Point by usi ng MAC address filteri ng. By choosing t he Allow option, only MAC addresses in the Authori zation table will be allowed to communicate with the Access Point. By choosing the Deny option, any MAC address in the ta ble will be denied association with t he Access Poin t. Y ou [...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 17 - Figure16 RADIUS Server 1: Enter the IP address, communicate port number , and shared se cret key of your primary RADIUS server . RADIUS Server 2 (optional): Enter the IP address, communicate port number , and shared secret key of your secondary RADIUS server . 3.9 Tools Y ou can backup or restore W AP-4000A setti[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 18 - Figure17 Backup Settings: Y ou can backup current settings to a f ile. Press “Backup” button, it will prompt you a location to save the backup file (config. bin). Restore Settings: When you try to restore the settings you have saved, please pre ss “Browse…” to find out the backup file and then pres s ?[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 19 - Chapter 4 Application This chapter describe the four op erating mode of your WAP-40 00A. The four working mode s of W AP-4000A are Access Point, Access Point Client Mode, Wireless Bri dge mode and Multiple Bridge mode. 4.1 Access Point mode With this mode, your Wireless netwo rk connection could act as following.[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 20 - Figure19 4.3 Wireless Bridge mode The Wireless Bridge mode help to make the two Ethernet networks co nnected without any wire. With two W AP-4000As in this mode, the tw o LANs in distance can communicate to ea ch other . This could be deployed if the networks a re hard to make the wire in between. Please be noted[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 21 - Figure21 Note: The mode “Multiple Bridge” will turns the Access Points, for ex ample the above three Access point in the figure, i nto one network domai n. It is suggested to fi x the transmiss ion rate when W AP-4000As are configure d in bridge mo de. For performance reason, pl ease connect no more than 6 W [...]

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    22 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to pro blems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the W AP-4000A. The W AP-4000A cannot power up. Use an electrical test meter to determine the output voltage of the po wer supply . Check if it matched the specification of W AP-4000A. Cannot communicate w ith W AP-[...]

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    PLANET WAP-4000A User Manual - 23 - per second  V erify wired network topology and configuration.[...]