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Ziwell Wireless LAN Device Series ZWA-G120 manual

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    Wireless LAN Device Series Multi-Mode AP ZWA-G120 User Manual V ersion. 1.0.0 (13.05.2005)[...]

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    i T ABLE OF CONTENTS PREF ACE ........................................................................................................................ ....................... 1 CH 1. ZW A-G120 INST ALL A TION.................................................................................................... .2 P ACKING L IST .......................[...]

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    1 Preface This guide is for the networking professi onal who installs and manages the Ziwell ZW A-G120 Multi-Mode AP , hereaf ter referred to as the “device”. T o use this guide, you should have experience working with the TCP/IP configuration and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of wireless local area networks.[...]

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    2 Ch 1. ZW A-G120 Inst allation Packing List Before you start to inst all the device, make sure the package cont ains the following items ： z ZW A-G120 Multi-Mode AP * 1 z Power Adapter * 1 z RJ-45 Cable * 1 Multi-Mode AP Power Adapter RJ-45 Cable Hardware Inst allation Once you check off everything from the p ackage, you can start to install the[...]

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    3 Ch 2. First T ime Configuration Before S t art to Configure There are two ways to configure the device, one is through web-browser , and the other is through Secure S hell CLI interface. T o access the configuration interfaces, make sure y ou are using a computer connected to the same network as the device. T he default IP address of the device i[...]

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    4 types of operation mode. Router The wired Ethernet (W AN) port is used to connect with ADSL/Cable modem and the wireless NIC is used for your private W LAN. The NA T is existed between the 2 NIC and all the wireless clients share th e same public IP address through the W AN port to ISP . The default IP configurati on for W AN port is s tatic IP .[...]

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    5 also the wireless clients can su rvey and connect to the device. The following table shows the supporting combination of operation and wireless radio modes. Bridge Router WISP AP V V X WDS V V X Client V X V AP+WDS V V V Hereafter are some topologies of netwo rk application for your reference. Bridge M ode With AP Bridge Mode With WDS + AP Bridge[...]

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    6 Examples of Configuration This example demonstrates how to set up a network with dif ferent device configurations. There are 2 DHCP servers (DEV1/DEV4) in the network to control the IP configuration of 2 doma ins (192.168.2.x/192.168.3.x). Once the setting is done, all the PCs can vis it Internet through DEV1. W e assume all the devices keep the [...]

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    7 Configure DEV1: 1. Connect the ADSL modem to Ethernet port of device using Ethernet cable. 2. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the wireless station. 3. Use W i zard page to setup device. 4. Press “Next>>” button then set the “Operation Mode” to “Router” mode. 5. Press “Next>>” button then dis[...]

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    8 6. Press “Next>>” button then set th e IP address of LAN interface. 7. Press “Next>>” button then select th e “PPPoE” for “W AN Access T ype” and fill in the “User Name” and “Passwor d” fields. 8. Press “Next>>” button then select the “AP+WDS” for “m ode” and change the SSID to “ZPlus-G120-D[...]

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    9 9. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button. 10. W ait for refreshing web page. 11. Use “WDS Settings” page to configure WDS.[...]

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    10 12. Enable WDS function and add the B SSI D of DEV2 to “Current WDS AP List”. 13. Since we access the device by wire less connectio n, it may temporarily disconnect when applying the WDS setting. After re-connecting to the device, use the “Status” page to check the settings.[...]

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    11[...]

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    12 Configure DEV2: 1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you not able to access the web server of device. If the situation happens, please try to clean the[...]

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    13 5. Press “Next>>” button then set th e IP address of LAN interface. 6. Press “Next>>” button then select the “AP+WDS” for “m ode” and change the SSID to “ZPlus-G120-DEV2”. 7. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button. 8. W ait for refreshing web pa[...]

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    14 9. Access the web server by new IP address “192.168.2.202” then use “LAN Interface” page to disable DHCP Server . 10. W ait for refreshing web page. 11. Use “WDS Settings” page to configure WDS.[...]

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    15 12. Enable WDS function and add the B SSI D of DEV1 to “Current WDS AP List”. 13. Use the “Status” page to check the settings.[...]

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    16 Configure DEV3: 1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the d evices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it m ay cause you not able to access the web server of device. If the situation happens, please try to clean t[...]

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    17 5. Use the “Status” page to check the settings.[...]

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    18 Configure DEV4: 1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the d evices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it m ay cause you unable to access the web server of devi ce. If the situation happens, please try to clean th[...]

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    19 5. Press “Next>>” button then set th e IP address of LAN interface. 6. Press “Next>>” button then select the “DHCP Client” for “W AN Access T ype”. 7. Press “Next>>” button then select the “Client” for “mode” and change the SSID to “ZPlus-G120-DEV4”. 8. Press “Next>>” button then select[...]

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    20 9. W ait for refreshing web page. 10. Change the IP address of your PC to 192.168.3.x then access the web server by the new IP address “192.168.3.1” and use “S tatus” page check the setting. 11. If the “State” of “W irele ss Configuration” is not “Connected” or you want to refresh the “RSSI “, please use “Site Survey”[...]

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    21 Configure DEV5: 1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the d evices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it m ay cause you unable to access the web server of devi ce. If the situation happens, please try to clean th[...]

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    22 5. Press “Next>>” button then set th e IP address of LAN interface. 6. Press “Next>>” button then select the “Client” for “mode” and change the SSID to “ZPlus-G120-DEV5”. 7. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button. 8. W ait for refreshing web pag[...]

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    23 9. Access the web server by the new IP address “192.168.2.205” and use “LAN Interface” page to disable DHCP Server . 10. W ait for refreshing webpage. 11. Use “State” page to check setting.[...]

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    24 12. If the “State” of “W irele ss Configuration” is not “Connected” or you want to refresh the “RSSI “, please use “Site Survey” page to re-connect a AP .[...]

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    25 Basic Settings Disable Wireless LAN Interface Disable the wireless interface of device Band: The device supports 2.4GHz(B), 2.4GHz (G) and 2.4GHz(B+G) mixed modes. Mode: The radio of device support s different modes as following: 1. AP The radio of device acts as an Access Point to serves all wireless clients to join a wireless local network. 2.[...]

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    26 Ethernet AP AP Client #2 AP Client #1 z Ad Hoc : This type provides a peer-to-peer communication between wireless stations. All the communication is done from Client to Client without any Access Point involved. Ad Hoc networking must use the same SSID and channel for establishing the wireless connection. PC #3 PC #2 AP Client #1 AP Client #2 AP [...]

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    27 5 2432 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, an d China 6 2437 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, an d China 7 2442 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, an d China 8 2447 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, an d China 9 2452 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, an d China 10 2457 Americas, EMEA, Japan, and China 1 1 2462 Americas, EMEA, Japan, and China 12 2467 EMEA and Ja[...]

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    28 Advanced Settings These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have sufficien t knowledge about wireless LAN. The se settings should not be changed unless you know what effect the changes will have on your device. The default setting is optimized for the normal operation. For specific application, setting configuration will re[...]

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    29 can be useful in areas where many client devices are associating with the device, or in areas where the clients are far ap art and can detect only the device and not each other . Y ou can enter a setting ranging from 0 to 2347 bytes. Dat a Rate The standard IEEE 802.1 1b/1 1g supports 1, 2, 5.5, 1 1 / 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 54 Mbps data ra[...]

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    30 Block WLAN Relay (Isolate Client) The device supports isolation funct ion. If you are building a public Wireless Network, enable this function can provide better security . The device will block packet s between wireless clients (r elay). All the wireless clients connected to the device can’t see each other . T ransmit Power The device support[...]

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    31 Configuring Wireless Security This device provides complete wireless security function include WEP , 802.1x, WP A-TKIP , WP A2-AES and WP A2-Mixed in different mode (see the Security Support T able). The default security setting of the encryption function is disabled. Choose your preferred security setting depending on what security function you[...]

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    32 refer to the following setting of the WEP encryption: z 64-bit WEP Encryption ： 64-bit WEP keys are as same as the encryption method of 40-bit WEP . Y ou can input 10 hexadecimal digits (0~9, a~f or A~F) or 5 ACSII chars. z 128-bit WEP Encryption ： 128-bit WEP keys are as same as the encryption method of 104-bit WEP . Y ou can input 26 hexad[...]

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    33 WP A Encryption Setting WP A feature provides a high level of assurance for end-users and administrators that their data will remain private and access to their network restricted to authorized users. Y ou can choose the WP A encryption and select the Authentication Mode. WP A Authentication Mode This device supports two WP A modes. For personal[...]

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    34 Configuring as WLAN Client Adapter This device can be configured as a wir eless Ethernet adapter . In this mode, the device can connect to the other wirel ess stations (Ad-Hoc network type) or Access Point (Infrastructure netw ork type) and you don’t need to install any driver . Quick st art to configure Step 1. In “Basic Settings” page, c[...]

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    35 The alternative way to configure as following: Step 1. In “Wireless Site Survey” page, select one of the SSIDs you want to connect and then press “Connect” button to est ablish the link. Step 2. If the linking is establi shed successfully . It will show the message “Connect successfully”. Then press “OK”. Step 3. Then you can che[...]

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    36 Note ： If the available network requires aut hentication and data encryption, you need to setup the authentication and encryp tion before step1 and all the settings must be as same as the Access Point or S tation. About the detail authentication and data encryption settings, please refer the securi ty section. Authentication T ype In client mo[...]

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    37 Ch 3. Configuring WDS Wireless Distribution System (WDS) us es wireless media to communicate with the other devices, like the Ethernet does. This function allows one or more remote LANs connect with the lo cal LAN. T o do this, you must set these devices in the same channel and set MAC address of other devices you want to communicate with in the[...]

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    38 St ar topology: Device Entries of WDS AP List Sp anning T ree Protocol Required WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 No WDS2 The MAC Address of WDS1 No WDS3 The MAC Address of WDS1 No WDS4 The MAC Address of WDS1 No WDS5 The MAC Address of WDS1 No Ring topology: Device Entries of WDS AP List Sp anning T ree Protocol Required WDS1 [...]

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    39 Mesh topology ： LAN3 LAN 4 LAN 1 LAN 2 LAN 5 WDS #5 WDS #2 WDS #3 WDS #4 WDS #1 Device Entries of WDS AP List Spanning T ree Protocol R equired WDS1 The MAC Add resses of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 Y es WDS2 The MAC Add resses of WDS1, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 Y es WDS3 The MAC Add resses of WDS1, WDS2, WDS4 and WDS5 Y es WDS4 The MAC Add resses of [...]

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    40 Ethernet Wireless station AP Repeater Description Entries of WDS AP List Sp anning T ree Protocol Required Access Point The MAC Address of Repeater Y es Repeater The MAC Address of Access Point Y es Wireless Bridge Wireless Bridge can establish a wire less connection between two or more Wired LANs. When you decide to use the WDS as a Wireless Br[...]

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    41 Ch 4. Advanced Configurations Configuring LAN to W AN Firewall Filtering function is used to block pa cket s from LAN to W AN. The device supports three kinds of filter Port Filtering, IP Filter ing and MAC Filtering. All the entries in current filter table are used to restrict cert ain types of packets from your local network to through the dev[...]

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    42 MAC Filtering When you enable the MAC Filtering f unction, you can specify the MAC Addresses in current filter table. Once the source MAC Address of outgoing packet s match the MAC Addresses in the table, the firewall will block this packet from LAN to W AN. Configuring Port Forwarding (V irtual Server) This function allows you to automatically [...]

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    43 POP3 (Post Protocol) 1 10 NNTP (Net work Ne ws T ransport Protocol) 1 19 SNMP (Simpl e Network M anagement Protocol) 161 SNMP trap 162 SIP (Session Initiation Protocol ) 5060 PPTP (Point-to-Point T unneling Protocol) 1723 Multiple Servers behind NA T Example: In this case, there are two PCs in the local network accessible for outside users. Conf[...]

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    44 Enable DMZ: Enable the “Enable DMZ”, and then click “Apply Cha n ges” button to save the changes. DMZ Host IP Address: Input the IP Address of the comput er that you want to expose to Internet. Configuring W AN Interface The device supports four kinds of IP configuration for W AN interface, including S tatic IP , DHCP Clie nt, PPPoE and [...]

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    45 S t atic IP Y ou can get the IP configuration data of S tatic-IP from your ISP . And you will need to fill the fields of IP addr ess, subnet mask, gateway address, and one of the DNS addresses. IP Address: The Internet Protocol (IP) address of W AN interface provided by your ISP or MIS. The address will be your network identifier besides your lo[...]

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    46 DHCP Client (Dynamic IP) All IP configuration dat a besides DNS will obt ain from the DHCP server when DHCP-Client W AN Access T ype is selected. DNS1~3: The IP addresses of DNS provided by your ISP. DNS ( Domain Name Server) is used to map domai n names to IP addresses. DNS maintain central list s of domain name/IP addresses and map the domain [...]

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    47 User Name: The account provided by your ISP Password: The password for your account. Connect T ype: “Continuous “ : connect to ISP permanently “Manual” : Manual conne c t/disco nnect to ISP “On-Demand” : Automatically connect to ISP when user need to access the Internet. Idle Time: The number of inactivity minutes to di sconnect from[...]

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    48 IP Address: The Internet Protocol (IP) addres s of W AN interface provided by your ISP or MIS. The address will be your network ide ntifier besides your local netwo rk. Subnet Mask: The number use d to identi fy the IP subnet network, indicating whether the IP address can be re cognized on the LAN or if it must be reached through a gateway. Serv[...]

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    49 2. Clone MAC address for Static IP W AN access type 3. Clone MAC address for PPPoE W A N access type[...]

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    50 4. Clone MAC address for PPTP W AN access type 5. Physical LAN interface MAC address clone Configuring DHCP Server 1. T o use the DHCP server inside the devi ce, please m ake sure there is no o ther DHCP server existed in the same network as the device. 2. Enable the DHCP Server option and assign the client range of IP addresses as following pag[...]

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    51 then the default gateway f or all the DHCP client hosts will set to the IP address of device. Using CLI Menu S tart a SSH(Secure Shell) client session to login the device The SSH server daemon inside device uses well-known TCP port 22. User must use SSH client utility such like Putty to login the device. The default password for user “root” [...]

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    52 T o disable the Web-Browser p assword protection just leave the “User Name” field to blank then c lick “Apply Changes” button. T o change the password of user “root” for SSH session, please use the CLI menu item G . System Setting Æ A. Root Password About SNMP Agent This device is compatible with SNMP v1/v2c and provide standard MIB[...]

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    53 T o upgrade firmware, just assign the file name with full path then click “Upload” button as the following page. Memory Limitation T o make sure the device have enough memory to upload firmware, the system will check the ca pacity of free me mory , if the device lack of memory to upload firmware, please te mporarily turn-off some functions t[...]