LevelOne WAB-6120 manual

LevelOne W A B- 6120 150Mbps Wireless Outdoor PoE AP User Manual V1.0[...]

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Federal Commun ication Comm ission Interference Sta tement This equipm ent has been tested and found to com ply with the limits for a Class B digital device , pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Thes e limits are des igned to prov ide re asonable protection against harm ful interference in a r esidential installation. T his equipment gener ates u[...]

FCC Radiation Exp osure St atement : This equipm ent complies with FCC radiat ion exposure limits set forth f or an uncontrolled env ironment. T o avoid th e possibilit y of exceeding radi o frequenc y exposure lim its, you sha ll beep a d istance of at least 100cm between you and the a ntenna of the installed equipm ent. This transm itter must not[...]

Warranty Standard har dware warrant y is for one (1) year f rom date of shipm ent f rom Distributor . W arrants that hardware will conf orm to the current r elevant publish ed specif ications a nd w ill be free from m aterial defects in material and work manship under nor mal use an d service. IN NO EVE NT SHALL DIST RIBUTOR BE LI ABLE TO Y OU OR A[...]

Content Chapter 1 Introd uction ................................... ..................................... .................................... ............. 1 Introduction ................................... ..................................... .................................... ............................. 1 Appearance ........................[...]

W ireless Security Settings ........... .................................... ..................................... ............................ 33 Security Settin gs ................................................ ..................................... .................................... .. 33 Access Control .......................................[...]

FIGURE Figure 1 LEVELON E 150M BPS W IRELESS POE AP ................................................................... ........ 2 Figure 2 T ypical Applicati on .................................... .................................... .................................... ....... 3 Figure 3 Move th e Cover ..........................................[...]

Figure 30 W DS Settings ……… …………… ……………… ……………… …………… ………………… ..34 Figure 31 SNM P Management ………… ……………… ………………… …………… ………………… ...35 Figure 32 Conf igure SNM Pv3 User Prof ile …………… ………………… …………?[...]

T ABLE T able 1 LEVELONE 150 MBPS W IRELESS POE AP Fac tory Default Sett ings ................................... 14 T able 2 ACSII ............................... .................................... ..................................... ............................... 51 T able 3 Public Software Nam e and Descr iption ............................[...]

Chapter 1 In t roduction Page 1 Chapter 1 Introductio n Introdu ction Designed for outdoor en vironm ent app lication, the L EVELONE 150 MBPS W IRELESS POE AP is a high-perform ance last-mile broadband solution t hat provides reliable wi reless network coverage. As an IEEE 802.1 1b/g c ompliant wireless dev ice, the LEVELO NE 150M BPS W IRELESS PO [...]

Chapter 1 In t roduction Page 2 Appearance Figure 1 LEVELO NE 150 M BPS WIRELESS POE AP Key Feature s Compliant wit h IEEE 802.1 1b/g and IE EE 802.1 1n as well Support Pow er Through Et hernet wh ich is supplied with 12V . High reliable w atertight hou sing endur es almost an y harsh environm ents Four operating m odes inc luding AP , W ireless Cl[...]

Chapter 1 In t roduction Page 3 T ypical Appli cation This section desc ribes the ty pical applications of LEVELONE 1 50MBPS W IRELESS POE AP . By default, it is set to A P mode which a llows it to establish a wirel ess c overage; besides , it is als o ab le to join any available wire less network under wireles s client mode. The LE VELONE 150M BPS[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation P age 4 Chapter 2 Hardw are Inst allat ion This chapter describes safety precautions and product information you have to k now and check before installing LEVELONE 150MBPS W IRELESS PO E AP . Prep aration b efore Ins t allation Professional Inst allation Requi r ed Please s eek assistance f rom a profess ional instal[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation P age 5 Inst allation Precautions T o k eep the LEVELON E 150MBP S W IRELESS POE AP well while you are installing it, p lease read and follow these installation precaut ions. 1. Users MUST use a pro per and w e ll-installed s urge arrestor w ith t he L EVELONE 150MBPS W IRELESS POE AP; oth erwise, a ra ndom lighte ni[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation P age 6 Pole Mounting Ring Power Cord & PoE Injector Users MUST use the “Power cord & PoE Injector” shipped in the box with the LEVELONE 150M BPS W IRELESS POE A P . Use of other options will cause dam age to the LEVELON E 150MB PS W IRELESS POE A P . W arning:[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation P age 7 Hardw are Inst allatio n Connect up 1. The bottom of the LEV ELONE 15 0MBPS W IRELESS POE AP is a m ovable c over . G rab the cover and pull it back harder to take it out as the f igure s hown below . Figure 3 M ove the Cov er 2. Plug a standard Ethern et cable i nto the RJ45 p ort. Figure 4 Cable Connectio n[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation P age 8 3. Slide the cov er back to seal the bottom of the LEVELO NE 150MB PS WIRELESS POE AP . Figure 5 Seal th e Bottom 4. Plug the po wer cord into the DC port of the PoE inject or as the follo wing right pict ure shows. Figure 6 Conn ect to PoE I njector[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation P age 9 5. Plug the oth er side of the E thernet cable as shown in S t ep 3 i nto the P oE port of th e PoE i njector and get the com plete set re ady . Figure 7 Comp lete Set[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation P age 10 Pole Mounting 1. Turn the LEV ELONE 150M BPS W IRELESS POE AP over . P ut the pol e m ounting ring through the m iddle hole of it. N ote that you shoul d unlock the po le m ounting ring with a screw dr iver before puttin g it through L EVELONE 150M BPS W IRELESS POE A P as the follo wing right picture sho ws[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation P age 1 1 3. Now you ha ve com pleted t he hardware installation of LEVELON E 150MBP S W IRELESS POE AP . Figure 10 Pole M ou nting – Step 3[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation P age 12 Using the Externa l A ntenn a If you prefer to use t he exter nal anten na with N- type connector for your applic ation instea d of the built-in directio nal antenna, please follo w the steps below . 1. Grab the black rubber on th e top o f LEVELON E 150MBPS W IRELESS POE AP , and slightl y pull it up. The m[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation P age 13 antenna onto the LEVELON E 15 0MBPS W IRELESS POE AP ; ot herwise, damage might be cause d to the LEVE LONE 150MB PS W IRELESS POE AP itself.[...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 14 Chapter 3 Basic Setti ngs Factor y Default Sett ings We’ll elaborate the LE VELONE 150M BPS W IRELESS POE AP factor y default settings . Y ou can re-acquire these param eters b y defau lt. If necessar y , please refer to th e “ Restore F actory Defaul t Settings ”. T able 1 LEVELONE 15 0MBPS WIREL ESS POE AP F[...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 15 Encryption None W ireless Separation Disable Access Control Disable SNMP Enable/Disabl e Enable Read Comm unity Name Public Write Comm unity Name Private IP Addres s 0.0.0.0 System Req uirements Before configur ation, please m ake s ure your system meets the following requ irem ents: A computer coup led with 10/ 10 [...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 16 Enter the usernam e (Default: admin ) and pass word (Default: admin ) respectively and click “ Login ” to login the m ain page of L EVELONE 150MBPS W IRELESS POE AP . A s you can see, this m anagement interf ace provides five m ain options in th e black bar ab ove, which are S tatus, System, W ireless, Manage me[...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 17 Basic Syste m Settings For user s who use the LEVELONE 150MB PS W IRELESS POE A P for the first time, it is recomm ended that you begin configurat ion from “ Basic Settings ” in “ System ” sh own belo w: Figure 14 Ba sic System Set tings Basic Settings Netwo rk M ode : S pecif y th e networ k m ode, includin[...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 18 Figure 15 I P Settings (Bri dge) Obtain IP Address Autom atically : If a DHCP ser ver exists in your network , you c an ch eck this option, thus the L EVELONE 1 50MBPS W IRELESS POE AP is a ble to obtain IP settings automaticall y from that DH CP server . Note : Whe n the IP addres s of the LEV ELONE 15 0MBP S WIR E[...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 19 configure t he param eters of LEVELONE 1 50MBPS W IRELESS POE AP for acc essing t he Internet. Figure 16 I P Settings (Ro uter) W AN Settings : S pecif y th e Int ernet acces s m ethod to S tatic IP , DHC P or PPPO E. Us ers m ust enter WAN IP Ad dress, Subnet Mask, G ateway settings provided b y your ISPs. LAN S et[...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 20 Router mode. Bridge mode and A P Re peater m ode are sim ilar to A P m ode when de vice is set to Router mode; W AN i s on wired p ort and L AN is on w ire less port. Thus users m ust also connect LEVELONE 150 MBPS W IRELESS POE AP with another wireless device before it is set to Ro uter m ode a nd access LE VELONE [...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 21 Shared Secret : T his secre t, which is com posed of no more than 31 c haracters, is s hared b y t he LEVELONE 150 MBPS W IRELESS POE A P and RAD IUS durin g authenticati on. Re-authenticatio n Time : Set the tim e interval bet ween two auth entications. Global-Ke y Update : Chec k this option and specify the time i[...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 22 Firew all Settings The firewall is a s ystem or group of systems that enforce an access control policy between two networks . It ma y also be defined as a mechanis m used to protect a tr usted network from an un-trusted network . LEVELONE 150MBPS W IRELESS POE AP has c apabilities of Source IP Filtering, Destination[...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 23 Figure 20 De stination I P F iltering Source Port Filtering : The s ource port filtering ena ble you to r estrict c ertain ports of data pack et s from y our local network to I nternet through LE VELONE 150MBPS W IRELESS POE AP . Use of such filters can be he lpful in securing or restricting your local net work. Fig[...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 24 Destination Port Filtering : T he des tination port f iltering enables you to r estrict cer tain ports of data packets from your loca l networ k to Internet through LEVELON E 150M BPS W IRELESS POE AP . Use of such f ilters can be helpful in secur ing or restrict ing your local network . Figure 22 De stination Po rt[...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 25 Figure 23 Po rt Forwarding DMZ : A Demilitarized Zone is us ed to pr ovide Internet services without sacrificing unauthori zed access to its loc al privat e net work. T ypically , the DMZ host co ntains devices access ible t o the Internet traffic, such as Web (HTT P) servers, FT P servers, SMTP (e-m ail) servers an[...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 26 Basic Wireless Sett ings Open “ Basic Sett ings ” in “ Wireless ” as bel ow to m ake basic wireless configurati on. Figure 16 Ba sic Wireless Setting s Disable Wireless L AN Interfac e Check this option to d isable W LAN interface, then the wireles s module of LEVEL ONE 15 0MBPS W IRELESS POE AP will stop wo[...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 27 This wireless netw ork name is shared among all assoc iated devices in your wireless net work. Keep it identica l on all those devices. Note th at the SSID is case-sensiti ve and c an not exceed 32 characters. Broadcast SSID Under AP m ode, h iding net work name is necessar y when you are in a wireless env ironment [...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 28 Usually “ Auto ” is pref erred. Under this rate, the L EVELONE 150MB PS W IRELESS POE AP wil l automaticall y s elect the h ighest available rate to tran smit. In s om e cases, however , like where there is no great dem and for speed, you can have a relatively-lo w transmit rate for compromise of a long distance[...]

Chapter 3 Basic Settings Page 29 Figure 17 Sit e Surve y[...]

Chapter 4 Advanced Settings Page 30 Chapter 4 Advanced Settings Ad v a nced Wireless S etting s Open “ Advanced Settings ” in “ Wireless ” to m ak e advanced wireless settings. Figure 18 Advanced Wireless Setting s WMM Support W MM (W i-Fi Multim edia) is a s ubset of 802 .1 1e . It allo ws wireless c omm unication to def ine a priority lim[...]

Chapter 4 Advanced Settings Page 31 RTS T hreshold The LE VELONE 150MBP S W IRELESS POE AP send s RTS (Req uest t o Send) f ram es to certain receiving station and neg otiates the sen ding of a data fram e. After rec eiving a n RTS, that ST A responds with a CT S ( Clear to Sen d) fram e to ack nowledge the right to start tra nsmission. T he settin[...]

Chapter 4 Advanced Settings Page 32 Link Integration Available under AP/Br idge/AP repe ater m ode, it m onitors the c onnection o n the Ether net p ort by check ing “ Enab led ”. It can inform the associating wireless clients as soon as th e disc onnection occurs. Max. Station Num Available only under AP m ode, it defines the m axim um am ount[...]

Chapter 4 Advanced Settings Page 33 Wireless Secu rity Setting s T o prevent una uthorized radios from accessing data tr ansm itting over the con nectivit y , the LEVELONE 150MBPS W IRELESS PO E AP provides you with rock solid securit y settings. Security Settings Open “ Securit y Settings ” i n “ Wireless ” as be low: Figure 19 Securit y S[...]

Chapter 4 Advanced Settings Page 34 WP A2 with R ADIUS : As a ne w versio n of W P A, only a ll the clients support W P A2, can it be available. If it is s elected, A ES encr yption and RADIU S server is re quired. WP A&WP A 2 with RADIUS : It pro vides options of W P A (TKIP) or W P A2 ( AES) for t he client. If it i s selected, the data enc r[...]

Chapter 4 Advanced Settings Page 35 A c cess Control The Access Control appoints the authority to w ir eless client on accessing LEVELONE 150MBPS W IRELESS POE AP , thus a fur ther securit y m echanism is provided. T his f unction is ava ilable onl y under AP mode. Open “ Access Control ” in “ Wireless ” as belo w . Figure 20 Access Control[...]

Chapter 4 Advanced Settings Page 36 WDS Settings Extend th e range of your network without h aving to use c ables to link the Access Points by usi ng th e W ireless D istribution S ystem (W DS): Simply put, y o u can l ink the Acc ess Points wireles sly . Op en “ WDS Settings ” in “ Wireless ” as be low: Figure 30 WDS Settings Enter the MAC[...]

Chapter 5 Management P age 37 Chapter 5 Manageme nt SNMP Manage ment The LEVELONE 150MB PS W IRELESS POE AP s upports SNMP for conven ient r em ote managem ent. Open “ SNMP Conf iguration ” in “ M anagement ” s hown be low . S et th e SN MP param eters and obtain MIB file bef ore remote m anagement. Figure 31 SNM P Configuration Enable SNM [...]

Chapter 5 Management P age 38 default, it is set t o public an d allows all req uests. Set Communit y S pecify the pass word f or the incom ing Set req uests from the m anagem ent station. B y default, it is set to private. T rap Destination S pecify the I P address of the s tation to send the SN MP traps to. T rap Commun ity S pecify the password [...]

Chapter 5 Management P age 39 password are allow ed to acc ess the LEVELON E 150MBPS W IRELESS POE AP . Confirm Passw ord Input that password aga in to m ake sur e it is your desir ed one. Access T ype Select “ Read Onl y ” or “ Re ad and Write ” accordingl y . Authentication Protocol Select an authe ntication a lgorithm. SH A authenticati [...]

Chapter 5 Management P age 40 The password is case- sensitive and its length can not be excee d 19 characters ! Upgrade F irmw are Open “ Firmw are Up load ” in “ M anagemen t ” and f ollow th e steps below to upgra de firm ware loca lly or rem otely through LEVELO NE 150MB PS WIRELESS POE AP’s Web: Figure 34 Upgrad e Firmw are Click “ [...]

Chapter 5 Management P age 41 Figure 35 Ba ckup/Retrieve Sett ings Backup Setting s By c licking “ S ave ”, a di alog box will pop up. Sa ve it, then the configur ation file li ke ap.cfg wil l b e saved to your local com puter . Retrieve Settin gs By c licking “ Brow se ”, a file select ion m enu will appear , select the f ile you want to l[...]

Chapter 5 Management P age 42 Restore factor y default s ettings via Res et Button If software in L EVELONE 150MBPS W IRELESS PO E A P is unex pectedl y crashed a nd no longer reset the unit via W eb, you may do har dware r eset via the res et button. Press and hold the butto n for at least 5 sec onds and t hen releas e it until the PW R LED giv es[...]

Chapter 5 Management P age 43 Figure 38 System Log Remote Syslog Server Enable Remote Syslog : Enab le System log to alert rem ote server . IP A dd ress : S pec if y the IP address of the rem ote server . Port : S pecif y the port num ber of the remote server . Site Sur v e y Only available un der W ireless Client m ode, site surve y allows you to [...]

Chapter 6 S tatus P a ge 44 Ping W atch Do g If you m ess you r connecti on up and cut off y our abilit y the log in to th e unit, the ping watchdog has a chance to rebo ot due to los s of connecti vity . Ping W atchdog Enable Ping Watchdog : T o activate p ing watchdog , check this check box. IP A dd ress to Ping : S pecif y the IP address of the [...]

Chapter 6 S tatus P a ge 45 Chapter 6 S t atu s V iew LEVELONE 150MB PS WIRELE SS POE AP Basic Info rmation Open “ Information ” in “ Status ” to chec k the basic inform ation of L EVELON E 150MBPS W IRELESS POE AP , which is rea d onl y . Click “ Refresh ” at the bott om to have the r eal-tim e inform ation. Figure 22 Ba sic Informati [...]

Chapter 6 S tatus P a ge 46 V iew Netw ork Flow S tatis tics Open “ Netwo rk Flow ” in “ St atus ” to check the data packets received o n an d tr ansm itted f rom the wireless and Eth ernet ports. Cl ick “ Ref resh ” to view cu rrent statistics. Figure 24 Netw ork Flow St atist ics Poll Interval S pecify the ref resh tim e interval in t[...]

Chapter 6 S tatus P a ge 47 Figure 42 Bridg e T able V iew ARP T able Open “ ARP T able ” i n “ St atu s ” as below . Click “ Refres h ” to view curre nt table. Figure 43 ARP T able[...]

Chapter 6 S tatus P a ge 48 V iew Active DHCP Client T able Open “ DHCP Client List ” in “ Status ” as below to c heck the assigned IP address, MAC a ddress and time expired f or each DHC P leased c lient. Click “ Refresh ” to view current table. Figure 44 DHC P Client T able[...]

Chapter 7 T roubleshooting P age 49 Chapter 7 T roublesh ooting This chapter provides troub leshooting procedures f or basic problem s with th e L EVELONE 150MBP S W IRELESS PO E AP . For warranty assistance, conta ct your ser vice provider or distributor f or the process. Q 1. How to know the M AC address of LEVELON E 150M BPS WIRELE SS POE AP? MA[...]

Chapter 7 T roubleshooting P age 50 • Check whether t he IP address of PC is correct (in the same net work segm ent as the unit); • Login the unit v ia other bro wsers such as F irefox. • Hardware res et the unit. Q 5. What if the w ireless con nection is not stable after as sociating with an AP und er w ireless client mode? • Since the LEV[...]

Appendix A. ASCII Page 51 Appendix A. ASCII W EP c an be configured with a 64-bit, 1 28-bit or 152- bit Shared Key (hex adecim al number or ACSII). As def ined, hexadecim al num ber is repres ented by 0-9, A-F or a-f; ACSII is repr esented b y 0-9, A-F , a-f or punctuat ion. Each on e consists of t wo-digit hexadecim al. T able 2 ACSII ASCII Charac[...]

Appendix B. GPL Dec lamation P age 52 Appendix B . GPL Decla mation PUBLIC SOFT W ARE DEC LAM A T ION In th e software we delivered, the re m ay contains some public software, if it is, please read below carefull y: 1. Definition “ Public Software ”, when a pplicable, s hall m ean th at portion of the Licensed Software, i n sourc e code form , [...]

Appendix B. GPL Dec lamation P age 53 conditions of its m odel. Lic ensee her eb y agrees to com ply wit h the term s and cond itions ap plicable to any such Pu blic Software, as set f orth in its presentation o n website. 3. Limited Liab ility The supplier here by expres s that the su pplier shal l h ave no liabilit y for an y cos ts, loss or dam [...]

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