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Cheetah Wireless TM 802.11a Access Point - W A5001 Quick Installation Guide[...]

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iii Contents Introduction 1 Package Checklist 1 System Requirements 1 Hardware Description 2 Ethernet Compatibility 2 Radio Characteristics 2 LED Indicators 2 Applications 3 Hardware Instal lation 4 Software Installation and Configura tion 6 Windows Installation (98/Me/NT/2000/XP) 6 Setup Wizard 7 Advanced Setup 11 Identificati on 12 Channel 12 Per[...]

Contents iv Network Configurat ion and Planning 24 Network Topologies 24 Ad Hoc Wireless LAN (no AP or Bridge) 24 Infrastructure Wireless LAN 25 Infrastructure Wireless LAN for Roaming Wi reless PCs 26 Troubleshooting 27 Accton Networks 27 Specificati ons 28 Termin ology 3 1[...]

1 Introduction Accton’ s Cheetah Wireless 802.11a Access P oint (W A5001) provides tr ansparent, wireless high speed data communications for portable or mobile devices equipped with an 802.11a wireless adapter (such as the WN 5301) . These communications can be between the access point and the wired LAN, between the access point and the wireless [...]

Quick Installation Guide 2 Hardware Description Ethernet Compatibility Accton’ s Wireless Ac cess P oint can attach directly to 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX (twisted-pair) Ethernet LAN segments. These segments must conform to the IEEE 802.3 specification. The access point appears as an Ether net node and performs a routing function by mo ving pack ets fro[...]

Applications 3 Applications The Cheetah Wireless products offer a high s peed, reliable , cost-effectiv e solution f or 10/100 Mbps wireless Ether net client access t o the network in applications such as: • Remote access to corporate network information E-mail, file transf er and ter minal emulation • Difficult-to-wire environments Historical [...]

Quick Installation Guide 4 Hardware Installation Figure 2. Top Panel 1. Select the Site – Choose a proper place for y our W A5001 Wireless Access P oint. In general, the best location is at the center of your wireless cov erage area, within line of sight of all wireless devices . 2. Placement of the Wireless Access Point – Proper placement will[...]

Hardware Installati on 5 4. Connect the Power Cable – Connect the pow er adapter cable to the 3.3 V DC power sock et on the rear panel. Warning: USE ONLY the power adapter supplied with the WA5001. Otherwise, the product may be damaged. The CD-ROM that comes with the package cont ains a utility program f or the access point. Any updates can be do[...]

Quick Installation Guide 6 Software Installati on and Configuration Windows Installation ( 98/Me/NT/2000/XP) 1. Inser t the CD-ROM that comes with the package into the CD-R OM drive on your PC , and then enter the following command: D:utilitysetup . F ollow the on-screen instructions to install the utility program. 2. After you finish the installe[...]

Setup Wizard 7 Setup Wizard 1. T o view the access point’s management interf ace, enter the user name Admin, with a pass word 5up , and click LOGIN. 2. The home page displays the Main Menu on the screen. 3. Click on Setup Wizard to displa y basic configurations including SSID , Channel, Authentication T ype and Standard WEP Setup.[...]

Quick Installation Guide 8 4. Click on the Ne xt button to star t using the 1-2-3 Setup Wizard. SSID – The Ser vice Set ID . This should be set to the same value as other wireless devices in y our network. (Default: ANY) Note: The SSID is case sensitive and can consis t of up to 32 alphanumeric characters.[...]

Setup Wizard 9 Channel – Y ou can select Enable to set the access point to operate in turbo mode with a data rate of up to 72 Mbps. (Def ault: Disable) Authentication T ype – Check the Shared K ey radio button to start filter ing frames with addresses defined in the Standard WEP Se tup screen. (Default: Open System) Standard WEP Setup – For m[...]

Quick Installation Guide 10 Wired Equivalent Priv acy (WEP) is implemen ted in this device to pre v ent unauthorized access to your wireless network. All wireless de vices m ust hav e the same K ey ID to communicate. 5. Click on the Finish button when completed. Key Length (Manual Entry) Hex Digits per Key ID 64-bit: suppor ts 4 shared keys 10 HEX [...]

Advanced Setup 11 Advanced Setup Click the Adv anced setup in the bottom r ight-hand corner to display additional inf ormation about the access point configuration as shown below: Note: The Advanced Setup screen allows you to view and change the current configuration of the access point. After modifying the configuration parameters, you must click [...]

Quick Installation Guide 12 Identific ation The SSID (Ser vice Set Identifica tion) is the name of a basic ser vice set provided b y an access point. All clients that want to connect to the Inter net via an access point must set their SSIDs to the same as that of the access point. SSID: This should be set to the same value as other wireless de vice[...]

Advanced Setup 13 T urbo Mo de: Y ou may either Enab le or Disable the T urbo Mode. (Def ault: Disable) T urbo Mode is the enhanced wireless LAN oper ating mode (not regulated in the standard IEEE 802.11a) that can provide a higher data rate. The Normal Mode of the 802.11a access point provides connections up to 54 Mbps. Enabling T urbo Mode on the[...]

Quick Installation Guide 14 Synchronization In order to obtain transmission, the access point and connected clients need to be synchronized . Beacon Interval (20-1000 K µ s): Set the beacon interval between synchronization fr ames. These synchronization frames ma y also contai n an indication of frames that are to be transmitted to stations in P o[...]

Advanced Setup 15 Transmit Thres hold Fragment Length (256-2346): The F ragment Length can be set between 256 and 2,346. If the pack et size is smaller than the preset fragment size, the pac ket will not be segmented. F ragmentation of the pack ets can increase the reliability of tr ansmission because it increases the probability of a successful tr[...]

Quick Installation Guide 16 TCP / IP Settings Set the TCP/IP configuration for accessing the Internet. DHCP Client : If Enable is selected, the IP address, subnet ma sk and default gatew ay can be dynamically assigned to the access poi nt by the network DHCP ser ver . (Default: Disab le) Note: If there is no DHCP server on your network, then the ac[...]

Advanced Setup 17 Encryption F or more secure data transmission, you ma y enable WEP (Wired Equiv alent Privacy) to prev ent unauthorized access to your wireless network. The WEP setting must be the same for each client in y our wireless network.[...]

Quick Installation Guide 18 Authentication Type Y ou may choose either the Open System or the Shared Ke y . (Def ault: Open System) If Shared K ey is enab led, WEP should be enab led and at least one shared ke y should be defined. But you can enab le WEP , and se t the authentication type as Open System. Standard WEP Setup (WEP Default: Disable) De[...]

Advanced Setup 19 How to Set up the Access Control List: 1. Select ACL Enab le 2. Enter an ACL ID (1 ~ 60) 3. Enter the MAC address of the station you w ant to set up . 4. Enter a Ke y Map , one of the shared keys (1 ~ 4) or one of the unique ke ys (5 ~ 64), and choose Allow or Deny . If the station’ s WEP ke y is the same as the Ke y Map you ass[...]

Quick Installation Guide 20 System Administration New P assw ord Change the access point's password. Factory Default Use the Restore button to load the f actory default configuration and reboot this device . Note that all user-configured information will be lost. Y ou will also have to re-enter the pass word to regain management access to this[...]

Status 21 Status Checking the AP Status and Stations Status radio button s on the home page displa ys additional information about the access point status and Stations Status as shown in the follo wing section: Access Poin t Status[...]

Quick Installation Guide 22 In the AP Status page, clic k the appropriate hyperlink to view the access point configuration, access point SME statistics (station association info r mation), or access point (transmit and receive) statistics . AP Configuration View the access point configuration AP SME (Station Management En tity) View the station ass[...]

Status 23 Station Configuratio n Station SME Station Statistics[...]

Quick Installation Guide 24 Network Configuration and Planning Accton’ s Cheetah wireless solution suppor ts a stand-alone wireless ne twork configuration, as well as an integrated configuration with 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LANs. The Accton wireless network cards, adapters, access points and Wireless Access P oint can be configured as: • Ad hoc - [...]

Network T opologies 25 Infrastructu re Wireless LAN The W A5001 can also provide access to a wired LAN f or wireless workstations. An integrated wired/wireless LAN is called an infr astructure configuration. A Basic Ser vice Set (BSS) consists of a group of wireless PC users, and an access point that is directly connected to the wired LAN. Each wir[...]

Quick Installation Guide 26 Infrastructu re Wireless LAN for Roa ming Wireless PCs The Basic Service Set (BSS) is the communications domain for each Wi reless Access P oint. F or wireless PCs that do not need to suppor t roaming, set the domain identifier (SSID) fo r the wireless card to the BSS ID of the access point to which you w ant to connect.[...]

T roubleshooting 27 Troubleshooting Check the f ollowing items bef ore you contact Accton T echn ical Suppor t. 1. If mobile users do not have roaming a ccess to the W A5001 Wireless Access P oint, check the f ollowing: • Make sure that all the WA5001s and wireless devices in the ESS in which the WLAN mobile users can roam are configur ed to the [...]

Quick Installation Guide 28 Specifications Physical Cha racteristics Maximum Channels US & Canada: 8 (normal mode), 3 (turbo mode) Japan: 5 (normal mode), 1 (turbo mode) Maximum Clients 64 Operating Range Up to 1,650 feet Data Rate Normal Mode: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 Mbps per channel Turbo Mode: 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 72 Mbps pe r channel Ne[...]

Specifications 29 Sensitivity Modulation/Rate s Sensitivity (dBm) BPSK (6 Mbps) -85 BPSK (9 Mbps) -84 QPSK (12 Mbps) -83 QPSK (18 Mbps) -81 16 QAM (24 Mbps) -78 16 QAM (36 Mbps) -74 64 QAM (48 Mbps) -69 64QAM (54 Mbps) -65 BPSK Turbo (12 Mbp s) -82 BPSK Turbo (18 Mbp s) -81 QPSK Turbo (24 Mbps) -80 QPSK Turbo (36 Mbps) -78 16 QAM Turbo (48 Mbps) -7[...]

Quick Installation Guide 30 Modulation Modulation 5.15-5.25 GHZ (dBm) 5.25-5.35 GHZ (dBm) BPSK (6 Mbps) 16 20 BPSK (9 Mbps) 16 20 QPSK (12 Mbps) 16 19 QPSK (18 Mbps) 16 19 16 QAM (24 Mbps) 16 18 16 QAM (36 Mbps) 16 18 64 QAM (48 Mbps) 16 16 64 QAM (64 Mbps) 14 14 BPSK Turbo (12 Mbps) 16 20 BPSK Turbo (18 Mbps) 16 20 QPSK Turbo (24 Mbps) 16 19 QPSK [...]

T erminology 31 Terminology The follo wing is a list of terminol og y that is used in this document. Access P oint – An internetwor king de vice that seam lessly connects wired and wireless networks. Ad Hoc – An ad hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers each with LAN adapters, connected as an ind ependent wireless LAN. Backbone – The core i[...]

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