WAP1750 UserManual 022014/v1.0 CONTENTS I1. I2. I3. I4. I5. I6. I7. I. ProductInformation...............................................................................4 PackageContents..........................................................................................................4 SystemRequirements....................................................................................................5 HardwareOverview.......................................................................................................5 LEDStatus......................................................................................................................6 Reset..............................................................................................................................6 MagneticWallMount....................................................................................................7 SafetyInformation.........................................................................................................8 II. QuickSetup.........................................................!
InitialSetup....................................................................................................................9 BasicSettings...............................................................................................................11 WiFiProtectedSetup(WPS).......................................................................................15 III. HardwareInstallation...........................................................................16 II1. II2. II3. IV. BrowserBasedConfigurationInterface.................................................17 Information................................................................................................................19 SystemInformation...................................................................................................19 WirelessClients..........................................................................................................23 WirelessMonitor.......................................................................................................25 Log..............................................................................................................................27 NetworkSettings.......................................................................................................29 LANSideIPAddress...................................................................................................29 LANPort.....................................................................................................................31 VLAN..........................................................................................................................32 WirelessSettings........................................................................................................33 2.4GHz11bgn.............................................................................................................33 Basic...........................................................................................................................34 Advanced...................................................................................................................37 Security......................................................................................................................39 NoAuthentication.....................................................................................................40 WEP............................................................................................................................41 IEEE802.1x/EAP..........................................................................................................41 WPAPSK....................................................................................................................41 WPAEAP....................................................................................................................42 AdditionalAuthentication.........................................................................................42 WDS...........................................................................................................................44 IV1. IV11. IV12. IV13. IV14. IV2. IV21. IV22. IV23. IV3. IV31. IV311. IV312. IV313. IV3131. IV3132. IV3133. IV3134. IV3135. IV3136. IV314. 2 IV32. IV321. IV322. IV323. IV324. IV33. IV34. IV341. IV342. IV343. IV35. IV36. IV4. IV41. IV42. IV43. IV44. IV5. IV51. IV52. IV53. IV54. IV55. 5GHz11ac11an.........................................................................................................46 Basic...........................................................................................................................46 Advanced...................................................................................................................49 Security......................................................................................................................51 WDS...........................................................................................................................53 WPS............................................................................................................................55 RADIUS.......................................................................................................................57 RADIUSSettings.........................................................................................................58 InternalServer...........................................................................................................60 RADIUSAccounts.......................................................................................................62 MACFilter..................................................................................................................64 WMM.........................................................................................................................66 Management.............................................................................................................68 Admin.........................................................................................................................68 DateandTime............................................................................................................71 SyslogServer..............................................................................................................73 ImHere.....................................................................................................................74 Advanced...................................................................................................................75 LEDSettings...............................................................................................................75 UpdateFirmware.......................................................................................................76 Save/RestoreSettings................................................................................................77 FactoryDefault..........................................................................................................79 Reboot........................................................................................................................80 V. Appendix..............................................................................................81 ConfiguringyourIPaddress.......................................................................................81 WindowsXP...............................................................................................................82 WindowsVista...........................................................................................................84 Windows7.................................................................................................................86 Windows8.................................................................................................................90 Mac............................................................................................................................94 Glossary......................................................................................................................96 V1. V11. V12. V13. V14. V15. V16. 3 I. ProductInformation I1.PackageContents 1 4 2 3 5 6 4 8 7 1. WAP1750AccessPoint 2. Antennasx3 3. MagneticWallMountx2
&Screws 4. CD 5. QuickInstallationGuide 6. EthernetCable 7. PowerAdapter 8. MagneticWallMountScrew Template I2.SystemRequirements Existingcable/DSLmodem&router Computerwithwebbrowserforaccesspointconfiguration I3.HardwareOverview CLAN2 GReset A12VDCIN EEject IOn/Off HWPS FConsole DUSBPort BLAN1(PoE) A. 12VDCporttoconnectthepoweradapter B. LANportwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE)IN C. LANportwithPoweroverEthernet(PoE)OUT D. USBPortforsystemlog E. EjectanattachedUSBdevice F. Connectamanagementconsole G. Resettheaccesspointtofactorydefaultsettings H. WiFiProtectedSetup(WPS)button I. Switchtheaccesspointon/off 5 I4.LEDStatus LEDStatus Description Off Theaccesspointisoff. Blue Theaccesspointison. Amber Theaccesspointisstartingup. FlashingAmber Theaccesspointcannotestablishaconnectionto thenetwork. FlashingAmber andBlue Theaccesspointexperiencedaproblemstarting up.Theaccesspointwillrestart. I5.Reset Ifyouexperienceproblemswithyouraccesspoint,youcanresetthedevice backtoitsfactorysettings.Thisresetsallsettingsbacktodefault. 1. Pressandholdtheresetbuttonontheaccesspointforatleast10seconds. ReleasethebuttonwhentheLEDisflashingamber. Youmayneedtouseapencilorsimilarsharpobjecttopushthe resetbutton. 2. Waitfortheaccesspointtorestart.Theaccesspointisreadyforsetup whentheLEDisblue. 6 I6.MagneticWallMount Theaccesspointincludesamagneticwallmountwhichrequiressome assembly. 1. Usetheincludedmagneticwallmountscrewtemplatetoidentifyand markcorrectscrewpositionsonyourselectedwall. 2. Attachthetwomagneticwallmountstripstoyourwallusingtheincluded screws,asshownbelow. 3. Pressthebackofyouraccesspointfirmlyagainstthetwowallmounted magneticstrips,withtheaccesspointsEdimaxlogointhecorrect,upright orientationasdisplayedabove. 7 Ensureyouraccesspointissecurelyattachedtothemagnetic strips. I7.SafetyInformation Inordertoensurethesafeoperationofthedeviceanditsusers,pleaseread andactinaccordancewiththefollowingsafetyinstructions. 1.Theaccesspointisdesignedforindooruseonly;donotplacetheaccess 2.Donotplacetheaccesspointinornearhot/humidplaces,suchasakitchen 3.Donotpullanyconnectedcablewithforce;carefullydisconnectitfromthe pointoutdoors. orbathroom. accesspoint. 4.Handletheaccesspointwithcare.Accidentaldamagewillvoidthe warrantyoftheaccesspoint. 5.Thedevicecontainssmallpartswhichareadangertosmallchildrenunder 3yearsold.Pleasekeeptheaccesspointoutofreachofchildren. 6.Donotplacetheaccesspointonpaper,cloth,orotherflammablematerials. Theaccesspointmaybecomehotduringuse. 7.Therearenouserserviceablepartsinsidetheaccesspoint.Ifyou experienceproblemswiththeaccesspoint,pleasecontactyourdealerof purchaseandaskforhelp. 8.Theaccesspointisanelectricaldeviceandassuch,ifitbecomeswetfor anyreason,donotattempttotouchitwithoutswitchingthepowersupply off.Contactanexperiencedelectricaltechnicianforfurtherhelp. 9.Ifyousmellburningorseesmokecomingfromtheaccesspointorpower adapter,thendisconnecttheaccesspointandpoweradapterimmediately, asfarasitissafelypossibletodoso.Callyourdealerofpurchaseforhelp. 8 InitialSetup II. QuickSetup II1. 1. ConnecttheaccesspointtoacomputerviaEthernetcable. 2. Connectthepoweradaptertotheaccesspoints12VDCportandplugthe poweradapterintoapowersupply. 3. Pleasewaitamomentfortheaccesspointtostartup.Theaccesspointis 4. SetyourcomputersIPaddressto192.168.2.xwherexisanumberinthe readywhentheLEDisblue. range3100.Ifyouareunsurehowtodothis,pleaserefertoV1. ConfiguringyourIPaddressformoreinformation. Pleaseensuretherearenootheractivenetworkconnectionson yourcomputer(disconnectWiFiconnectionsandEthernet cables). 5. EntertheaccesspointsdefaultIPaddress192.168.2.2intotheURLbarof awebbrowser. 6. Youwillbepromptedforausernameandpassword.Enterthedefault usernameadminandthedefaultpassword1234. 9 7. YouwillarrivetheSystemInformationscreenshownbelow. 8. Next,pleasefollowtheinstructionsbelowinII2.BasicSettingsto configuretheaccesspointsbasicsettings. Formoreadvancedconfigurations,pleaserefertoIV.Browser BasedConfigurationInterface. 10 BasicSettings II2. Theinstructionsbelowwillhelpyoutoconfigurethefollowingbasicsettings oftheaccesspoint:
LANIPAddress 2.4GHz&5GHzSSID&Security AdministratorName&Password Time&Date Itisrecommendedyouconfigurethesesettingsbeforeusingthe accesspoint. 1. TochangetheaccesspointsLANIPaddress,gotoNetworkSettings>
LANsideIPAddressandyouwillseethescreenbelow. 2. EntertheIPaddresssettingsyouwishtouseforyouraccesspoint.You canuseadynamic(DHCP)orstaticIPaddress,dependingonyournetwork environment.ClickApplytosavethechangesandwaitafewmoments fortheaccesspointtoreload. 11 WhenyouchangeyouraccesspointsIPaddress,youneedtouse thenewIPaddresstoaccessthebrowserbasedconfiguration interfaceinsteadofthedefaultIP192.168.2.2. 3. TochangetheSSIDofyouraccesspoints2.4GHzwirelessnetwork(s),go toWirelessSetting>2.4GHz11bgn>Basic.EnterthenewSSIDfor your2.4GHzwirelessnetworkintheSSID1fieldandclickApply. Toutilizemultiple2.4GHzSSIDs,openthedropdownmenu labelledEnableSSIDnumberandselecthowmanySSIDsyou require.ThenenteranewSSIDinthecorrespondingnumbered fieldsbelow,beforeclickingApply. 4. Toconfigurethesecurityofyouraccesspoints2.4GHzwireless network(s),gotoWirelessSetting>2.4GHz11bgn>Security.Select anAuthenticationMethodandenteraPresharedKeyorEncryption Keydependingonyourchoice,thenclickApply. IfusingmultipleSSIDs,specifywhichSSIDtoconfigureusingthe SSIDdropdownmenu. 12 theaccesspoints5GHzwirelessnetwork. 5. GotoWirelessSetting>5GHz11ac11anandrepeatsteps3&4for 6. Tochangetheadministratornameandpasswordforthebrowserbased configurationinterface,gotoManagement>Admin. andclickApply. 7. CompletetheAdministratorNameandAdministratorPasswordfields 8. Tosetthecorrecttimeforyouraccesspoint,gotoManagement>
DateandTime. 9. Setthecorrecttimeandtimezoneforyouraccesspointusingthedrop downmenus.TheaccesspointalsosupportsNTP(NetworkTimeProtocol) 13 soalternativelyyoucanenterthehostnameorIPaddressofatimeserver. ClickApplywhenyouarefinished. YoucanusetheAcquireCurrentTimefromyourPCbuttonif youwishtosettheaccesspointtothesametimeasyourPC. 10. Thebasicsettingsofyouraccesspointarenowconfigured.Please refertoIII.HardwareInstallationforguidanceonconnectingyouraccess pointtoarouterorPoEswitch. 14 2seconds. WiFiProtectedSetup(WPS) II3. WiFiProtectedSetupisasimplewaytoestablishconnectionsbetweenWPS compatibledevices.YoucanusetheWPSbuttontoestablishaconnection betweentheaccesspointandaWPScompatiblewirelessdevice/client. 1. PressandholdtheWPS/Resetbuttononthefrontoftheaccesspointfor 2. Withintwominutes,activateWPSonyourWPScompatiblewireless device.Pleasecheckthedocumentationforyourwirelessdevicefor informationregardingitsWPSfunction. 3. Thedeviceswillestablishaconnection. 15 III.HardwareInstallation 1. ConnectarouterorPoEswitchtotheaccesspointsLAN1portusingan Ethernetcable.PoEswitchesmustbeconnectedtotheaccesspointsLAN 1port. 2. Ifyouareusingarouter,thenconnectthepoweradaptertotheaccess 3. IfyouareusingaPoE(Powerover points12VDCportandplugthepoweradapterintoapowersupply. Ethernet)switchthenitisnotnecessary tousetheincludedpoweradapter,the accesspointwillbepoweredbythePoE switch. Donotusethepoweradapterifyou areusingaPoEswitch. 4. ConnectalocalnetworkclientorswitchtotheaccesspointsLAN2port asrequired. TheaccesspointsLAN2portcansupportPoEclients. 16 IV. BrowserBasedConfigurationInterface Thebrowserbasedconfigurationinterfaceenablesyoutoconfigurethe accesspointsadvancedfeatures.TheWAP1750featuresarangeofadvanced functionssuchasMACfiltering,MACRADIUSauthentication,VLAN configurations,upto32SSIDsandmanymore.Toaccessthebrowserbased configurationinterface:
1. ConnectacomputertoyouraccesspointusinganEthernetcable. 2. EnteryouraccesspointsIPaddressintheURLbarofawebbrowser.The 3. Youwillbepromptedforausernameandpassword.Thedefault accesspointsdefaultIPaddressis192.169.2.2. usernameisadminandthedefaultpasswordis1234,thoughitwas recommendedthatyouchangethepasswordduringsetup(seeII2.Basic Settings). Ifyoucannotrememberyourpassword,resettheaccesspoint backtoitsfactorydefaultsettings.RefertoI5.Reset 4. YouwillarriveattheSystemInformationscreenshownbelow. 5. Usethemenuacrossthetopanddowntheleftsidetonavigate. 17 6. ClickApplytosavechangesandreloadtheaccesspoint,orCancelto cancelchanges. Pleasewaitafewsecondsfortheaccesspointtoreloadafteryou Applychanges,asshownbelow. 7. Pleaserefertothefollowingchaptersforfulldescriptionsofthebrowser basedconfigurationinterfacefeatures. 18 Information IV1. Screenshotsdisplayedareexamples.Theinformationshownon yourscreenwillvarydependingonyourconfiguration. IV11. SystemInformation TheSystemInformationpagedisplaysbasic systeminformationabouttheaccesspoint. 19 20 Model ProductName Uptime BootFrom MACAddress ManagementVLAN ID RuntimeCode Version IPAddress Default Gateway DNS 21 Displaysthemodelnumberoftheaccess point. Displaystheproductname forreference, whichconsistsofAPplustheMACaddress. Displaysthetotaltimesincethedevicewas turnedon. Displaysinformationforthebooted hardware,bootedfromeitherUSBorinternal memory. Displays the accesspointsMACaddress. DisplaysthemanagementVLANID. Displays the runtimecodeversion. DisplaystheIPaddressofthisdevice.Click Refreshtoupdatethisvalue. DisplaystheIPaddressofthedefault gateway. IPaddressofDNS(DomainNameServer) DHCPServer IPaddressofDHCPServer. WiredLANPort Status VLANMode/ID Status MACAddress Channel TransmitPower SSID Authentication Method EncryptionType VLANID Additional Authentication WirelessClient Isolation SpecifieswhichLANport(1or2). DisplaysthestatusofthespecifiedLANport
(connectedordisconnected). DisplaystheVLANmode(taggedoruntagged) andVLANIDforthespecifiedLANport.See IV23.VLAN Displaysthestatusofthe2.4GHzor5GHz wireless (enabledordisabled). Displays the accesspointsMACaddress. Displaysthechannelnumberthespecified wirelessfrequencyisusingforbroadcast. Displaysthewirelessradiotransmitpower levelasapercentage. Displays the SSID name(s) forthespecified frequency. Displaystheauthenticationmethodforthe specifiedSSID.SeeIV3. WirelessSettings Displays the encryptiontypeforthespecified SSID.SeeIV3.WirelessSettings DisplaystheVLANIDforthespecifiedSSID. SeeIV23.VLAN Displaysthe additionalauthenticationtypefor thespecifiedSSID.SeeIV3. WirelessSettings Displayswhetherwirelessclientisolationisin useforthespecifiedSSID.See IV23.VLAN Refresh Clicktorefreshallinformation. 22 IV12. WirelessClients TheWirelessClientspagedisplays informationaboutallwirelessclients connectedtotheaccesspointonthe2.4GHzor5GHzfrequency. AutoRefreshTime ManualRefresh Selectatimeintervalfortheclienttablelistto automaticallyrefresh. Clickrefresh tomanuallyrefreshtheclient table. SSID MACAddress Tx Rx Signal(%) ConnectedTime 23 DisplaystheSSIDwhichtheclientis connectedto. DisplaystheMACaddressoftheclient. Displaysthetotaldatapacketstransmittedby thespecifiedclient. Displaysthetotaldatapacketsreceivedby thespecifiedclient. Displaysthewirelesssignalstrengthforthe specifiedclient. Displaysthetotaltimethewirelessclienthas beenconnectedtotheaccesspoint. Clientidletimeisthetimeforwhichtheclient hasnottransmittedanydatapacketsi.e.is idle. Thevendoroftheclientswirelessadapteris displayedhere. IdleTime Vendor 24 IV13. WirelessMonitor WirelessMonitorisatoolbuiltintotheaccess pointtoscanandmonitorthesurrounding wirelessenvironment.SelectafrequencyandclickScantodisplayalistof allSSIDswithinrangealongwithrelevantdetailsforeachSSID. ChannelSurvey ChannelSurvey Result Ch SSID MACAddress Security Signal(%) 25 Selectwhichfrequency(orboth)toscan,and clickScantobegin. Afterascaniscomplete,clickExporttosave theresultstolocalstorage. Displays the channelnumberusedbythe specifiedSSID. DisplaystheSSID identifiedbythescan. Displays the MACaddressofthewireless router/accesspointforthespecifiedSSID. Displaystheauthentication/encryptiontype ofthespecifiedSSID. Displaysthecurrentsignalstrengthofthe Type Vendor SSID. Displaysthe802.11wirelessnetworking standard(s)ofthespecifiedSSID. Displaysthevendorofthewireless router/accesspointforthespecifiedSSID. 26 IV14. Log Thesystemlogdisplayssystemoperation informationsuchasuptimeandconnection processes.Thisinformationisusefulfornetworkadministrators. Whenthelogisfull,oldentriesareoverwritten. Save Clear Refresh Clicktosavethelogasafileonyourlocal computer. Clearalllogentries. Refreshthecurrentlog. 27 Thefollowinginformation/eventsarerecordedbythelog:
USB Mount&unmount WirelessClient Connected&disconnected Keyexchangesuccess&fail Authentication Authenticationfailorsuccessful. Association Successorfail WPS M1M8messages WPSsuccess ChangeSettings SystemBoot Displayscurrentmodelname NTPClient WiredLink LANPortlinkstatusandspeedstatus ProxyARP ProxyARPmodulestart&stop Bridge Bridgestart&stop. SNMP SNMPserverstart&stop. HTTP HTTPstart&stop. HTTPS HTTPSstart&stop. SSH SSHclientserverstart&stop. Telnet Telnetclientserverstartorstop. WLAN(2.4G) WLAN(2.4G]channelstatusandcountry/regionstatus WLAN(5G) WLAN(5G)channelstatusandcountry/regionstatus ADT 28 NetworkSettings IV2. Screenshotsdisplayedareexamples.Theinformationshownon yourscreenwillvarydependingonyourconfiguration. IV21. LANSideIPAddress TheLANsideIPaddresspageallowsyouto configureyouraccesspointonyourLocalArea Network(LAN).YoucanenabletheaccesspointtodynamicallyreceiveanIP addressfromyourroutersDHCPserveroryoucanspecifyastaticIPaddress foryouraccesspoint,aswellasconfigureDNSservers. TheaccesspointsdefaultIPaddressis192.168.2.2. 29 IPAddress Assignment IPAddress SelectDHCPClientforyouraccesspointto beassignedadynamicIPaddressfromyour routersDHCPserver,orselectStaticIPto manuallyspecifyastatic/fixedIPaddressfor youraccesspoint(below). SpecifytheIPaddresshere.ThisIPaddress willbeassignedtoyouraccesspointandwill replacethedefaultIPaddress. SubnetMask DefaultGateway Specifyasubnetmask.Thedefaultvalueis 255.255.255.0 ForDHCPusers,selectFromDHCPtoget defaultgatewayfromyourDHCPserveror UserDefinedtoenteragatewaymanually. ForstaticIPusers,thedefaultvalueisblank. DHCPuserscanselecttogetDNSserversIPaddressfromDHCPormanually enteravalue.ForstaticIPusers,thedefaultvalueisblank. PrimaryAddress SecondaryAddress DHCPuserscanselectFromDHCPtoget DHCPuserscanselectFromDHCPtoget primaryDNSserversIPaddressfromDHCPor UserDefinedtomanuallyenteravalue.For staticIPusers,thedefaultvalueisblank. secondaryDNSserversIPaddressfromDHCP orUserDefinedtomanuallyenteravalue. ForstaticIPusers,thedefaultvalueisblank. 30 IV22. LANPort pointstwowiredLAN(Ethernet)ports. TheLANPortpageallowsyouto configurethesettingsforyouraccess WiredLANPort Enable Speed&Duplex FlowControl 802.3az IdentifiesLANport1or2. Enable/disablespecifiedLANport. Selectaspeed&duplextypeforspecifiedLAN port,orusetheAutovalue.LANportscan operateupto1000Mbpsandfullduplex enablessimultaneousdatapacket transfer/receive. Enable/disableflowcontrol.Flowcontrolcan pausenewsessionrequestuntilcurrentdata processingiscomplete,inordertoavoid deviceoverloadsunderheavytraffic. Enable/disable802.3az.802.3azisanEnergy EfficientEthernetfeaturewhichdisables unusedinterfacestoreducepowerusage. 31 IV23. VLAN TheVLAN(VirtualLocalAreaNetwork) enablesyoutoconfigureVLANsettings.A VLANisalocalareanetworkwhichmaps workstationsvirtuallyinsteadofphysicallyandallowsyoutogrouptogether orisolateusersfromeachother.VLANIDs04094aresupported. VLANIDsintherange04094aresupported. 32 WiredLAN Port/Wireless VLANMode VLANID VLANID IdentifiesLANport1or2,orwirelessSSIDs
(2.4GHzor5GHz). SelectTaggedPortor UntaggedPortfor specifiedLAN/wirelessinterface. SetaVLANIDforspecifiedinterface,if UntaggedPortisselected. SpecifytheVLANIDofthesubnet.Hosts belongingtothesubnetcanonlycommunicate withotherhostsonthesamesubnet. WirelessSettings IV3. Screenshotsdisplayedareexamples.Theinformationshownon yourscreenwillvarydependingonyourconfiguration. IV31. 2.4GHz11bgn The2.4GHz11bgnmenuallowsyoutoview andconfigureinformationforyouraccess points2.4GHzwirelessnetworkacrossfour categories:Basic,Advanced,SecurityandWDS. 33 IV311. Basic TheBasicscreendisplaysbasicsettingsfor youraccesspoints2.4GHzWiFinetwork(s). 34 EnableSSIDNumber SelecthowmanySSIDstoenableforthe Wireless Band SSID#
VLANID AutoChannel AutoChannel Interval ChannelBandwidth BSSBasicRateSet Enableordisabletheaccesspoints2.4GHz wirelessradio.Whendisabled,no2.4GHz SSIDswillbeactive. Selectthewirelessstandardusedforthe accesspoint.Combinationsof802.11b, 802.11g&802.11ncanbeselected. 2.4GHzfrequencyfromthedropdownmenu. Amaximumof16 canbeenabled. EntertheSSIDnameforthespecifiedSSID(up to16).TheSSIDcanconsistofany combinationofupto32alphanumeric characters. SpecifyaVLANIDforeachSSID. Enable/disableautochannelselection.Auto channelselectionwillautomaticallysetthe wirelesschannelfortheaccesspoints2.4GHz frequencybasedonavailabilityandpotential interference.Whendisabled,selectachannel manuallyasshowninthenexttable. setting(above)willchooseachannel. Specifyafrequencyforhowoftentheauto channelsettingwillcheck/reassignthe wirelesschannel.Check/unchecktheChange channelevenifclientsareconnectedbox accordingtoyourpreference. Setthechannelbandwidth:20MHz(lower performancebutlessinterference),40MHz
(higherperformancebutpotentiallyhigher interference)orAuto(automaticallyselect basedoninterferencelevel). SetaBasicServiceSet(BSS)rate:thisisthe transmissionrateforcontrolcommunication framesforwirelessclients. AutoChannelRange Selectarangefromwhichtheautochannel Whenautochannelisdisabled,selectawirelesschannelmanually:
ChannelInterval Selectawirelesschannelfrom113. 35 ChannelBandwidth BSSBasicRateSet Setthechannelbandwidth:20MHz(lower performancebutlessinterference),40MHz
(higherperformancebutpotentiallyhigher interference)orAuto(automaticallyselect basedoninterferencelevel). SetaBasicServiceSet(BSS)rate:thisisthe transmissionrateforcontrolcommunication framesforwirelessclients. 36 IV312. Advanced Thesesettingsareforexperiencedusersonly. Pleasedonotchangeanyofthevaluesonthis pageunlessyouarealreadyfamiliarwiththesefunctions. Changingthesesettingscanadverselyaffecttheperformanceof youraccesspoint. ContentionSlot PreambleType SelectShortorLong thisvalueisusedfor contentionwindowsinWMM(seeIV36. WMM). Setthewirelessradio preambletype.The defaultvalueisShortPreamble. Settheguardinterval. GuardInterval 802.11gProtection Enable/disable802.11gprotection,which increasesreliabilitybutreducesbandwidth
(clientswillsendRequesttoSend(RTS)to accesspoint,andaccesspointwillbroadcast CleartoSend(CTS),beforeapacketissent fromclient.) 37 DTIMPeriod RTSThreshold Fragment Threshold MulticastRate 802.11nProtection Enable/disable802.11nprotection,which increasesreliabilitybutreducesbandwidth
(clientswillsendRequesttoSend(RTS)to accesspoint,andaccesspointwillbroadcast CleartoSend(CTS),beforeapacketissent fromclient.) SettheDTIM(deliverytrafficindication message)periodvalueofthewirelessradio. Thedefaultvalueis1. SettheRTSthresholdofthewirelessradio.The defaultvalueis2347. Setthefragmentthresholdofthewireless radio.Thedefaultvalueis2346. Setthetransferrateformulticastpacketsor usetheAutosetting. Setthepoweroutputofthewirelessradio.You maynotrequire100%outputpower.Settinga lowerpoweroutputcanenhancesecuritysince potentiallymalicious/unknownusersindistant areaswillnotbeabletoaccessyoursignal. Setthebeaconintervalofthewirelessradio. Thedefaultvalueis100. Settheintervalforkeepalivemessagesfrom accesspointtowirelessclienttoverifyifthe stationisstillalive. StationKeepalive Interval BeaconInterval TxPower 38 IV313. Security Theaccesspointprovidesvarioussecurityoptions
(wirelessdataencryption).Whendatais encrypted,informationtransmittedwirelesslycannotbereadbyanyonewho doesnotknowthecorrectencryptionkey. Itsessentialtoconfigurewirelesssecurityinordertoprevent unauthorisedaccesstoyournetwork. Selecthardtoguesspasswordswhichincludecombinationsof numbers,lettersandsymbols,andchangeyourpassword regularly. 39 SSIDSelection BroadcastESSID WirelessClient Isolation LoadBalancing Authentication Method Additional Authentication SelectwhichSSIDtoconfiguresecuritysettings for. EnableordisableESSIDbroadcast.When enabled,theESSIDwillbevisibletoclientsas anavailableWiFinetwork.Whendisabled,the ESSIDwillnotbevisibleasanavailableWiFi networktoclientsclientsmustmanually entertheESSIDinordertoconnect.Ahidden
(disabled)ESSIDistypicallymoresecurethana visible(enabled)SSID. Enableordisablewirelessclientisolation. Wirelessclientisolationpreventsclients connectedtotheaccesspointfrom communicatingwitheachotherandimproves security.Typically,thisfunctionisusefulfor corporateenvironmentsorpublichotspots andcanpreventbruteforceattacksonclients usernamesandpasswords. Loadbalancinglimitsthenumberofwireless clientsconnectedtoanSSID.Setaload balancingvalue(maximum50). Selectanauthenticationmethodfromthedrop downmenuandrefertotheinformation belowappropriateforyourmethod. Selectanadditionalauthenticationmethod fromthedropdownmenuandrefertothe informationbelow(IV3136.)appropriatefor yourmethod. IV3131. NoAuthentication Authenticationisdisabledandnopassword/keyisrequiredtoconnecttothe accesspoint. Disablingwirelessauthenticationisnotrecommended.When disabled,anybodywithinrangecanconnecttoyourdevicesSSID. 40 IV3132. WEP WEP(WiredEquivalentPrivacy)isabasicencryptiontype.Forahigher levelofsecurityconsiderusingWPAencryption. KeyLength KeyType DefaultKey EncryptionKey1 4 Select64bitor128bit.128bitismoresecure than64bitandisrecommended. ChoosefromASCII(anyalphanumerical character09,azandAZ)orHex(any charactersfrom09,afandAF). Selectwhichencryptionkey(1 4below)isthe defaultkey.Forsecuritypurposes,youcanset uptofourkeys(below)andchangewhichis thedefaultkey. Enteryourencryptionkey/passwordaccording totheformatyouselectedabove. IV3133. IEEE802.1x/EAP KeyLength Select64bitor128bit.128bitismoresecure than64bitandisrecommended. IV3134. WPAPSK WPAPSKisasecurewirelessencryptiontypewithstrongdata protectionanduserauthentication,utilizing128bitencryptionkeys. WPAType SelectfromWPA/WPA2MixedModePSK, WPA2orWPAonly.WPA2issaferthanWPA only,butnotsupportedbyallwirelessclients. Pleasemakesureyourwirelessclientsupports yourselection. SelectTKIP/AESMixedModeorAES encryptiontype. Specifyafrequencyforkeyrenewalin minutes. ChoosefromPassphrase(8 63 Encryption KeyRenewal Interval PreSharedKey 41 Type PreSharedKey alphanumericcharacters)orHex(upto64 charactersfrom09,afandAF). Pleaseenter asecuritykey/passwordaccording totheformatyouselectedabove. IV3135. WPAEAP WPAType Encryption KeyRenewal Interval SelectfromWPA/WPA2MixedModeEAP, WPA2EAP orWPAEAP. SelectTKIP/AESMixedModeorAES encryptiontype. Specifyanfrequencyforkeyrenewalin minutes. IV3136. AdditionalAuthentication Additionalwirelessauthenticationmethodscanalsobeused:
MACAddressFilter RestrictwirelessclientsaccessbasedonMACaddressspecifiedintheMAC filtertable. SeeIV35.MACFiltertoconfigureMACfiltering. MACRADIUSAuthentication RestrictwirelessclientsaccessbasedonMACaddressviaaRADIUSserver,or passwordauthenticationviaaRADIUSserver. SeeIV34.RADIUStoconfigureRADIUSservers. 42 WPSmustbedisabledtouseMACRADIUSauthentication.See IV33.forWPSsettings. MACRADIUS Password SelectwhethertouseMACaddressor passwordauthenticationviaRADIUSserver.If youselectUsethefollowingpassword,enter thepasswordinthefieldbelow.Thepassword shouldmatchtheSharedSecretusedin IV34.RADIUS. MACFilter&MACRADIUSAuthentication RestrictwirelessclientsaccessusingbothoftheaboveMACfiltering&
RADIUSauthenticationmethods. 43 IV314. WDS WirelessDistributionSystem(WDS)can bridge/repeataccesspointstogetherinan extendednetwork.WDSsettingscanbeconfiguredasshownbelow. WhenusingWDS,configuretheIPaddressofeachaccesspointto beinthesamesubnetandensurethereisonlyoneactiveDHCP serveramongconnectedaccesspoints,preferablyontheWAN side. WDSmustbeconfiguredoneachaccesspoint,usingcorrectMACaddresses. AllaccesspointsshouldusethesamewirelesschannelandWEPkey. 44 WDSFunctionality SelectWDSwithAPtouseWDSorWDS DedicatedModetouseWDSandalsoblock communicationwithregularwirelessclients. WhenWDSisused,eachaccesspointshould beconfiguredwithcorrespondingMAC addresses,wirelesschannelandWEPkey. LocalMACAddress DisplaystheMACaddressofyouraccesspoint. WDS#
VLANMode VLANID Encryption EntertheMACaddressforuptofourother WDAdevicesyouwishtoconnect. SpecifytheWDSVLANmode. SpecifytheWDSVLANID. SelectwhethertouseNoneorAES encryptionandenterapresharedkeyforAES. 45 IV32. 5GHz11ac11an The5GHz11ac11anmenuallowsyoutoview andconfigureinformationforyouraccesspoints 2.4GHzwirelessnetworkacrossfourcategories:Basic,Advanced,Securityand WDS. IV321. Basic TheBasicscreendisplaysbasicsettingsfor youraccesspoints5GHzWiFinetwork(s). 46 EnableSSIDNumber SelecthowmanySSIDstoenableforthe5GHz Wireless Band SSID#
VLANID AutoChannel AutoChannel Interval ChannelBandwidth BSSBasicRateSet Enableordisabletheaccesspoints5GHz wirelessradio.Whendisabled,no5GHzSSIDs willbeactive. Selectthewirelessstandardusedforthe accesspoint.Combinationsof802.11a, 802.11n&802.11ac canbeselected. frequencyfromthedropdownmenu.A maximumof16 canbeenabled. EntertheSSIDnameforthespecifiedSSID(up to16).TheSSIDcanconsistofany combinationofupto32alphanumeric characters. SpecifyaVLANIDforeachSSID. Enable/disableautochannelselection.Auto channelselectionwillautomaticallysetthe wirelesschannelfortheaccesspoints5GHz frequencybasedonavailabilityandpotential interference.Whendisabled,selectachannel manuallyasshowninthenexttable. setting(above)willchooseachannel. Specifyafrequencyforhowoftentheauto channelsettingwillcheck/reassignthe wirelesschannel.Check/unchecktheChange channelevenifclientsareconnectedbox accordingtoyourpreference. Setthechannelbandwidth:20MHz(lower performancebutlessinterference),Auto 40/20MHzorAuto80/40/20MHz
(automaticallyselectbasedoninterference level). SetaBasicServiceSet(BSS)rate:thisisthe transmissionrateforcontrolcommunication framesforwirelessclients. AutoChannelRange Selectarangefromwhichtheautochannel Whenautochannelisdisabled,selectawirelesschannelmanually:
ChannelInterval ChannelBandwidth Selectawirelesschannel. Setthechannelbandwidth:20MHz(lower 47 BSSBasicRateSet performancebutlessinterference),Auto 40/20MHzorAuto80/40/20MHz
(automaticallyselectbasedoninterference level). SetaBasicServiceSet(BSS)rate:thisisthe transmissionrateforcontrolcommunication framesforwirelessclients. 48 IV322. Advanced Thesesettingsareforexperiencedusersonly. Pleasedonotchangeanyofthevaluesonthis pageunlessyouarealreadyfamiliarwiththesefunctions. Changingthesesettingscanadverselyaffecttheperformanceof youraccesspoint. Settheguardinterval. GuardInterval 802.11nProtection Enable/disable802.11nprotection,which increasesreliabilitybutreducesbandwidth
(clientswillsendRequesttoSend(RTS)to accesspoint,andaccesspointwillbroadcast CleartoSend(CTS),beforeapacketissent fromclient.) SettheDTIM(deliverytrafficindication message)periodvalueofthewirelessradio. Thedefaultvalueis1. SettheRTSthresholdofthewirelessradio.The defaultvalueis2347. Setthefragmentthresholdofthewireless radio.Thedefaultvalueis2346. Fragment Threshold RTSThreshold DTIMPeriod 49 MulticastRate TxPower BeaconInterval StationKeepalive Interval Setthetransferrateformulticastpacketsor usetheAutosetting. Setthepoweroutputofthewirelessradio.You maynotrequire100%outputpower.Settinga lowerpoweroutputcanenhancesecuritysince potentiallymalicious/unknownusersindistant areaswillnotbeabletoaccessyoursignal. Setthebeaconintervalofthewirelessradio. Thedefaultvalueis100. Settheintervalforkeepalivemessagesfrom accesspointtowirelessclienttoverifyifthe stationisstillalive. 50 IV323. Security Theaccesspointprovidesvarioussecurityoptions
(wirelessdataencryption).Whendatais encrypted,informationtransmittedwirelessly cannotbereadbyanyonewhodoesnotknowthecorrectencryptionkey. Itsessentialtoconfigurewirelesssecurityinordertoprevent unauthorisedaccesstoyournetwork. 51 Selecthardtoguesspasswordswhichincludecombinationsof numbers,lettersandsymbols,andchangeyourpassword regularly. SSIDSelection BroadcastESSID SelectwhichSSIDtoconfiguresecuritysettings for. EnableordisableESSIDbroadcast.When enabled,theESSIDwillbevisibletoclientsas anavailableWiFinetwork.Whendisabled,the ESSIDwillnotbevisibleasanavailableWiFi networktoclientsclientsmustmanually entertheESSIDinordertoconnect.Ahidden
(disabled)ESSIDistypicallymoresecurethana visible(enabled)SSID. WirelessClient Isolation LoadBalancing Authentication Method Additional Authentication Enableordisablewirelessclientisolation. Wirelessclientisolationpreventsclients connectedtotheaccesspointfrom communicatingwitheachotherandimproves security.Typically,thisfunctionisusefulfor corporateenvironmentsorpublichotspots andcanpreventbruteforceattacksonclients usernamesandpasswords. Loadbalancinglimitsthenumberofwireless clientsconnectedtoanSSID.Setaload balancingvalue(maximum50). Selectanauthenticationmethodfromthedrop downmenuandrefertotheinformation belowappropriateforyourmethod. Selectanadditionalauthenticationmethod fromthedropdownmenuandrefertothe informationbelowappropriateforyour method. PleasereferbacktoIV313.Securityformoreinformationonauthentication andadditionalauthenticationtypes. 52 IV324. WDS WirelessDistributionSystem(WDS)can bridge/repeataccesspointstogetherinan extendednetwork.WDSsettingscanbe configuredasshownbelow. WhenusingWDS,configuretheIPaddressofeachaccesspointto beinthesamesubnetandensurethereisonlyoneactiveDHCP serveramongconnectedaccesspoints,preferablyontheWAN side. WDSmustbeconfiguredoneachaccesspoint,usingcorrectMACaddresses. AllaccesspointsshouldusethesamewirelesschannelandWEPkey. 53 WDSFunctionality SelectWDSwithAPtouseWDSorWDS DedicatedModetouseWDSandalsoblock communicationwithregularwirelessclients. WhenWDSisused,eachaccesspointshould beconfiguredwithcorrespondingMAC addresses,wirelesschannelandWEPkey. LocalMACAddress DisplaystheMACaddressofyouraccesspoint. WDS#
VLANMode VLANID Encryption EntertheMACaddressforuptofourother WDAdevicesyouwishtoconnect. SpecifytheWDSVLANmode. SpecifytheWDSVLANID. SelectwhethertouseNoneorAES encryptionandenter apresharedkeyforAES. 54 IV33. WPS WiFiProtectedSetupisasimplewayto establishconnectionsbetweenWPS compatibledevices.WPScanbeactivatedoncompatibledevicesbypushinga WPSbuttononthedeviceorfromwithinthedevicesfirmware/configuration interface(knownasPBCorPushButtonConfiguration).WhenWPSis activatedinthecorrectmannerandatthecorrecttimefortwocompatible devices,theywillautomaticallyconnect.PINcodeWPSisavariationofPBC whichincludestheadditionaluseofaPINcodebetweenthetwodevicesfor verification. PleaserefertomanufacturersinstructionsforyourotherWPS device. 55 WPS ProductPIN PushButtonWPS WPSbyPIN Check/uncheckthisboxtoenable/disableWPS functionality.WPSmustbedisabledwhen usingMACRADIUSauthentication(see IV3136 &IV34). DisplaystheWPSPINcodeofthe device,used forPINcodeWPS.Youwillberequiredtoenter thisPINcodeintoanotherWPSdeviceforPIN codeWPS.ClickGeneratePINtogeneratea newWPSPINcode. ClickStarttoactivateWPSontheaccess pointforapproximately2minutes.Thishasthe sameeffectasphysicallypushingtheaccess pointsWPSbutton. EnterthePINcodeofanotherWPSdeviceand clickStarttoattempttoestablishaWPS connection forapproximately2minutes. WPSStatus WPSsecuritystatusisdisplayedhere.Click Releasetocleartheexistingstatus. 56 IV34. RADIUS TheRADIUSsubmenuallowsyoutoconfigurethe accesspointsRADIUSserversettings,categorized intothreesubmenus:RADIUSsettings,InternalServerandRADIUSaccounts. ARADIUSserverprovidesuserbasedauthenticationtoimprovesecurityand offerwirelessclientcontroluserscanbeauthenticatedbeforegaining accesstoanetwork. Theaccesspointcanutilizebothaprimaryandsecondary(backup)RADIUS serverforeachofitswirelessfrequencies(2.4GHz&5GHz).ExternalRADIUS serverscanbeusedortheaccesspointsinternalRADIUSservercanbeused. TouseRADIUSservers,gotoWirelessSettingsSecurityand selectMACRADIUSAuthenticationAdditional AuthenticationandselectMACRADIUSAuthentication(see IV313.&IV323). 57 IV341. RADIUSSettings ConfiguretheRADIUSserversettingsfor 2.4GHz&5GHz.Eachfrequencycanusea primaryandsecondary(backup)RADIUSserver. 58 RADIUSType SelectInternaltousetheaccesspoints builtinRADIUSserverorexternaltousean externalRADIUSserver. RADIUSServer EntertheRADIUS serverhostIPaddress. Authentication Port SharedSecret SessionTimeout Accounting AccountingPort SettheUDPportusedintheauthentication protocoloftheRADIUSserver.Valuemustbe between1 65535. Enterasharedsecret/passwordbetween1 99charactersinlength.Thisshouldmatchthe MACRADIUSpasswordusedinIV3136or IV323. Setadurationofsessiontimeoutinseconds between086400. EnableordisableRADIUSaccounting. Whenaccountingisenabled(above),setthe UDPportusedintheaccountingprotocolof theRADIUSserver.Valuemustbebetween1 65535. 59 IV342. InternalServer TheaccesspointfeaturesabuiltinRADIUS serverwhichcanbeconfiguredasshown below.usedwhenInternalisselectedforRADIUSTypeintheWireless SettingsRADIUSRADIUSSettingsmenu. TouseRADIUSservers,gotoWirelessSettingsSecurityand selectMACRADIUSAuthenticationAdditional AuthenticationandselectMACRADIUSAuthentication(see IV313.&IV323). 60 InternalServer Check/unchecktoenable/disabletheaccess pointsinternalRADIUSserver. SelectEAPinternalauthenticationtypefrom thedropdownmenu. DisplaystheEAPcertificatefileformat:
PCK#12(*.pfx/*.p12) EAPInternal Authentication EAPCertificateFile Format EAPCertificateFile ClickUploadtoopenanewwindowand selectthelocationofanEAPcertificatefileto use.Ifnocertificatefileisuploaded,the internalRADIUSserverwilluseaselfmade certificate. SharedSecret SessionTimeout Enterasharedsecret/passwordforuse betweentheinternalRADIUSserverand RADIUSclient.Thesharedsecretshouldbe1 99charactersinlength.Thisshouldmatchthe MACRADIUSpasswordusedinIV3136or IV323. Setadurationofsessiontimeoutinseconds between086400. ReauthenticationsendsaRADIUSrequestto theaccesspoint,NotReathenticationsends adefaultterminationactionattributetothe accesspoint,NotSendno terminationactionattributeissenttothe accesspoint. TerminationAction Selectaterminationactionattribute:
61 IV343. RADIUSAccounts TheinternalRADIUSservercanauthenticate upto256useraccounts.TheRADIUS Accountspageallowsyoutoconfigureandmanageusers. 62 UserName Add Reset Select UserName Password Customize Enterausernamehere. ClickAddtoaddtheusertotheuser registrationlist. Cleartextfromtheusernamebox. Checktheboxtoselectauser. Displaystheusername. Displaysifspecifiedusernamehasapassword
(configured)ornot(notconfigured). ClickEdittoopenanewfieldtoset/edita passwordforthespecifiedusername(below). DeleteSelected DeleteAll Deleteselecteduserfromtheuserregistration list. Deleteallusersfromtheuserregistrationlist. EditUserRegistrationList UserName Existingusernameisdisplayedhereandcan beeditedaccordingtoyourpreference. Enteroreditapasswordforthespecifieduser. Password 63 IV35. MACFilter Macfilteringisasecurityfeaturethatcan helptopreventunauthorizedusersfrom connectingtoyouraccesspoint. Thisfunctionallowsyoutodefinealistofnetworkdevicespermittedto connecttotheaccesspoint.DevicesareeachidentifiedbytheiruniqueMAC address.IfadevicewhichisnotonthelistofpermittedMACaddresses attemptstoconnecttotheaccesspoint,itwillbedenied. ToenableMACfiltering,gotoWirelessSettings2.4GHz 11bgn/5GHz11ac11anSecurityAdditional AuthenticationandselectMACFilter(seeIV313.&IV323). TheMACaddressfilteringtableisdisplayedbelow:
64 AddMACAddress Add Reset EnteraMACaddressofcomputerornetwork devicemanuallywithoutdashesorcolonse.g. forMACaddressaabbccddeeffenter aabbccddeeff. ClickAdd toaddtheMACaddresstothe MACaddressfilteringtable. Clearallfields. MACaddressentrieswillbelistedintheMACAddressFilteringTable.Select anentryusingtheSelectcheckbox. Select MACAddress DeleteSelected DeleteAll Backup Deleteselectedorallentriesfromthetable. TheMACaddressislistedhere. DeletetheselectedMACaddressfromthe list. DeleteallentriesfromtheMACaddress filteringtable. ClickBackuptosaveacopyoftheMAC filteringtable.Anewwindowwillpopupfor youtoselectalocationtosavethefile. 65 IV36.WMM WiFiMultimedia(WMM)isaWiFiAlliance interoperabilitycertificationbasedonthe IEEE802.11estandard,whichprovides QualityofService(QoS)featurestoIEE802.11networks.WMMprioritizes trafficaccordingtofourcategories:background,besteffort,videoandvoice. ConfiguringWMMconsistsofadjustingparametersonqueuesfordifferent categoriesofwirelesstraffic.Trafficissenttothefollowingqueues:
Background Low Priority BestEffort Medium Priority High Priority High Priority Video Voice Highthroughput,nontimesensitivebulk datae.g.FTP TraditionalIPdata,mediumthroughputand delay. Timesensitivevideodatawithminimum timedelay. TimesenstiviedatasuchasVoIPand streamingmedia withminimumtimedelay. Queuesautomaticallyprovideminimumtransmissiondelaysforvideo,voice, multimediaandcriticalapplications.Thevaluescanfurtherbeadjusted manually:
66 CWMin CWMax AIFSN TxOP 67 MinimumContentionWindow (milliseconds):
Thisvalueisinputtotheinitialrandom backoffwaittimealgorithmforretryofadata frametransmission.Thebackoffwaittimewill begeneratedbetween0andthisvalue.Ifthe frameisnotsent,therandombackoffvalueis doubleduntilthevaluereachesthenumber definedbyCWMax(below).Validvaluesare 1,3,7,15,31,63,127,255,511or1024.The CWMinvaluemustbelowerthantheCWMax value.Thecontentionwindowschemehelps toavoidframecollisionsanddetermine priorityofframetransmission.Ashorter windowhasahigherprobability(priority)of transmission. MaximumContentionWindow (milliseconds):
Thisvalueistheupperlimittorandom backoffvaluedoubling(seeabove).Valid valuesare1,3,7,15,31,63,127,255,511or 1024. ArbitrationInterFrameSpace (milliseconds):
Specifiesadditionaltimebetweenwhena channelgoesidleandtheAP/clientsends dataframes.TrafficwithalowerAIFSNvalue hasahigherpriority. TransmissionOpportunity(milliseconds):The maximumintervaloftimeanAP/clientcan transmit.Thismakeschannelaccessmore efficientlyprioritized.Avalueof0meansonly oneframepertransmission.Agreatervalue effectshigher priority. Management Screenshotsdisplayedareexamples.Theinformationshownon yourscreenwillvarydependingonyourconfiguration. IV4. IV41. Admin Youcanchangethepasswordusedtologinto thebrowserbasedconfigurationinterfacehere. Itisadvisedtodosoforsecuritypurposes. Ifyouchangetheadministratorpassword,pleasemakeanote ofthenewpassword.Intheeventthatyouforgetthis passwordandareunabletologintothebrowserbased configurationinterface,seeI5.Resetforhowtoresetthe accesspoint. 68 Administrator Name Administrator Password ProductName Management Protocol 69 Settheaccesspointsadministratorname. Thisisusedtologintothebrowserbased configurationinterface. Settheaccesspointsadministratorpassword. Thisisusedtologintothebrowserbased configurationinterface. Edittheproductnameaccordingtoyour preference.Thisnameisusedforreference purposes. Check/unchecktheboxestoenable/disable specifiedmanagementinterfaces(seebelow). SNMPVersion SNMPGet Community SNMPSet Community SNMPTrap SNMPTrap Community SNMPTrap Manager WhenSNMPisenabled,completetheSNMP fieldsbelow. SelectSNMPversion appropriateforyour SNMPmanager. EnteranSNMPGetCommunitynamefor verificationwiththeSNMPmanagerfor SNMPGET requests. EnteranSNMPSetCommunitynamefor verificationwiththeSNMPmanagerfor SNMPSETrequests. EnableordisableSNMPTrap tonotifySNMP managerofnetworkerrors. EnteranSNMPTrapCommunity namefor verificationwiththeSNMPmanagerfor SNMPTRAPrequests. SpecifytheIPaddressorsevername
(maximum128characters)oftheSNMP manager. HTTP InternetbrowserHTTPprotocolmanagementinterface HTTPS InternetbrowserHTTPSprotocolmanagementinterface TELNET Clientterminalwithtelnetprotocolmanagementinterface SSH ClientterminalwithSSHprotocolversion1or2managementinterface SNMP Networkmanagementprotocol.SNMPv1,v2&v3protocolsupported. SNMPv2canbeusedwithcommunitybasedauthentication.SNMPv3uses userbasedsecuritymodel(UM)architecture. FTPD ThirdpartyFTPserver. SNMP ThirdpartyTFTPserver. 70 DateandTime IV42. Youcanconfigurethetimezonesettingsofyour accesspointhere.Thedateandtimeofthe devicecanbeconfiguredmanuallyorcanbesynchronizedwithatimeserver. LocalTime AcquireCurrent TimefromyourPC Settheaccesspointsdateandtimemanually usingthedropdownmenus. ClickAcquireCurrentTimefromYourPCto entertherequiredvaluesautomatically accordingtoyourcomputerscurrenttimeand date. UseNTP ServerName TheaccesspointalsosupportsNTP(Network TimeProtocol)forautomatictimeanddate setup. EnterthehostnameorIPaddressofthetime serverifyouwish. 71 UpdateInterval Specifyafrequency(inhours)fortheaccess pointtoupdate/synchronizewiththeNTP server. TimeZone Selectthetimezoneofyourcountry/region.If yourcountry/regionisnotlisted,pleaseselect anothercountry/regionwhosetimezoneisthe sameasyours. 72 IV43. SyslogServer Thesystemlogcanbesenttoaserveror toattachedUSBstorage. TransferLogs CopyLogsto AttachedUSBDevice Check/unchecktheboxtoenable/disablethe useofasyslogserver,andenterahost name,domainorIPaddressfortheserver, consistingofupto128alphanumeric characters. Check/unchecktheboxtoenable/disable copyinglogstoattachedUSBstorage. 73 IV44. ImHere Theaccesspointfeaturesabuiltinbuzzer whichcansoundoncommandusingtheIm Herepage.Thisisusefulfornetworkadministratorsandengineersworking incomplexnetworkenvironmentstolocatetheaccesspoint. Thebuzzerisloud!
DurationofSound SoundBuzzer Setthedurationfor whichthebuzzerwill soundwhentheSoundBuzzerbuttonis clicked. Activatethebuzzersoundfortheabove specifieddurationoftime. 74 Advanced IV5. Screenshotsdisplayedareexamples.Theinformationshownon yourscreenwillvarydependingonyourconfiguration. IV51. LEDSettings preference. TheaccesspointsLEDscanbemanually enabledordisabledaccordingtoyour PowerLED DiagLED Selectonoroff. Selectonoroff. 75 IV52. UpdateFirmware TheFirmwarepageallowsyoutoupdate thesystemfirmwaretoamorerecent version.Updatedfirmwareversionsoften offerincreasedperformanceandsecurity,aswellasbugfixes.Youcan downloadthelatestfirmwarefromtheEdimaxwebsite. Donotswitchoffordisconnecttheaccesspointduringafirmware upgrade,asthiscoulddamagethedevice. Selecttouploadfirmwarefrom yourlocal computerorfromanattachedUSBdevice. UpdateFirmware From FirmwareUpdateFile ClickBrowsetoopenanewwindowto locateandselectthefirmwarefileinyour computer. ClickUpdatetouploadthespecified firmwarefiletoyouraccesspoint. Update 76 IV53. Save/RestoreSettings TheaccesspointsSave/RestoreSettings pageenablesyoutosave/backuptheaccess pointscurrentsettingsasafiletoyourlocalcomputeroraUSBdevice attachedtotheaccesspoint,andrestoretheaccesspointtopreviouslysaved settings. UsingDevice SaveSettings Selecttosavetheaccesspointssettingsto yourlocalcomputerortoanattachedUSB device. ClickSavetosavesettingsandanew windowwillopentospecifyalocationto savethesettingsfile.Ifsavingsettingsto yourcomputer,youcanalsocheckthe Encrypttheconfigurationfilewitha 77 passwordbox andenterapasswordto protectthefileinthefieldunderneath,ifyou wish. Clickthebrowsebuttontofindapreviously savedsettingsfileandthenclickRestoreto replaceyourcurrentsettings.Ifyoursettings fileisencryptedwithapassword,checkthe Openfilewithpasswordboxandenterthe passwordinthefieldunderneath. RestoreSettings 78 IV54. FactoryDefault Iftheaccesspointmalfunctionsorisnot responding,thenitisrecommendedthatyou rebootthedevice(seeIV5.5)orresetthedevicebacktoitsfactorydefault settings.Youcanresettheaccesspointbacktoitsdefaultsettingsusingthis featureifthelocationoftheaccesspointisnotconvenienttoaccessthereset button. FactoryDefault ClickFactoryDefault torestoresettingsto thefactorydefault.Apopupwindowwill appearandaskyoutoconfirm. Afterresettingtofactorydefaults,pleasewaitfortheaccess pointtoresetandrestart. 79 IV55. Reboot Iftheaccesspointmalfunctionsorisnot responding,thenitisrecommendedthat yourebootthedeviceorresettheaccesspointbacktoitsfactorydefault settings(seeIV54).Youcanreboottheaccesspointremotelyusingthis feature. Reboot ClickReboottorebootthedevice.A countdownwillindicatetheprogressofthe reboot. 80 ConfiguringyourIPaddress V. Appendix V1. TheaccesspointusesthedefaultIPaddress192.168.2.2.Inordertoaccess thebrowserbasedconfigurationinterface,youneedtomodifytheIPaddress ofyourcomputertobeinthesameIPaddresssubnete.g.192.168.2.x(x=3 254). TheprocedureformodifyingyourIPaddressvariesacrossdifferentoperating systems;pleasefollowtheguideappropriateforyouroperatingsystem. InthefollowingexamplesweusetheIPaddress192.168.2.10thoughyoucan useanyIPaddressintherange192.168.2.x(x=3254). 81 V11. WindowsXP 1. ClicktheStartbutton(itshouldbelocatedinthelowerleftcornerof yourcomputer),thenclickControlPanel.DoubleclicktheNetworkand InternetConnectionsicon,clickNetworkConnections,andthen doubleclickLocalAreaConnection.TheLocalAreaConnectionStatus windowwillthenappear,clickProperties. 2. SelectUsethefollowingIPaddress,theninputthefollowingvalues:
IPaddress:192.168.2.10 SubnetMask:255.255.255.0 ClickOKwhenfinished. 82 83 V12. WindowsVista 1. ClicktheStartbutton(itshouldbelocatedinthelowerleftcornerof yourcomputer),thenclickControlPanel.ClickViewNetworkStatusand Tasks,thenclickManageNetworkConnections.RightclickLocalArea Network,thenselectProperties.TheLocalAreaConnectionProperties windowwillthenappear,selectInternetProtocolVersion4(TCP/IPv4), andthenclickProperties. 2. SelectUsethefollowingIPaddress,theninputthefollowingvalues:
IPaddress:192.168.2.10 SubnetMask:255.255.255.0 ClickOKwhenfinished. 84 85 V13. Windows7 1. ClicktheStartbutton(itshouldbelocatedinthelowerleftcornerof yourcomputer),thenclickControlPanel. 2. UnderNetworkandInternetclickViewnetworkstatusandtasks. 3. ClickLocalAreaConnection. 86 4. ClickProperties. 87 5. SelectInternetProtocolVersion4(TCP/IPv4)andthenclickProperties. 6. SelectUsethefollowingIPaddress,theninputthefollowingvalues:
IPaddress:192.168.2.10 SubnetMask:255.255.255.0 ClickOKwhenfinished. 88 89 V14. Windows8 1. FromtheWindows8Startscreen,youneedtoswitchtodesktopmode. Moveyourcursertothebottomleftofthescreenandclick. 2. Indesktopmode,clicktheFileExplorericoninthebottomleftofthe screen,asshownbelow. 90 3. RightclickNetworkandthenselectProperties. 4. Inthewindowthatopens,selectChangeadaptersettingsfromtheleft 91 side. 5. Chooseyourconnectionandrightclick,thenselectProperties. 92 6. SelectInternetProtocolVersion4(TCP/IPv4)andthenclickProperties. 7. SelectUsethefollowingIPaddress,theninputthefollowingvalues:
IPaddress:192.168.2.10 SubnetMask:255.255.255.0 ClickOKwhenfinished. 93 IV15. Mac 1. HaveyourMacintoshcomputeroperateasusual,andclickonSystem Preferences 2. InSystemPreferences,clickonNetwork. 3. ClickonEthernetintheleftpanel. 4. OpenthedropdownmenulabeledConfigureIPv4andselect Manually. 94 5. EntertheIPaddress192.168.2.10andsubnetmask255.255.255.0.Click onApplytosavethechanges. 95 V16. Glossary DefaultGateway(Accesspoint):EverynonaccesspointIPdeviceneedsto configureadefaultgatewaysIPaddress.WhenthedevicesendsoutanIP packet,ifthedestinationisnotonthesamenetwork,thedevicehastosend thepackettoitsdefaultgateway,whichwillthensenditouttowardsthe destination. DHCP:DynamicHostConfigurationProtocol.Thisprotocolautomaticallygives everycomputeronyourhomenetworkanIPaddress. DNSServerIPAddress:DNSstandsforDomainNameSystem,whichallows Internetserverstohaveadomainname(suchaswww.Broadbandaccess point.com)andoneormoreIPaddresses(suchas192.34.45.8).ADNSserver keepsadatabaseofInternetserversandtheirrespectivedomainnamesand IPaddresses,sothatwhenadomainnameisrequested(asintyping
"Broadbandaccesspoint.com"intoyourInternetbrowser),theuserissentto theproperIPaddress.TheDNSserverIPaddressusedbythecomputerson yourhomenetworkisthelocationoftheDNSserveryourISPhasassignedto you. DSLModem:DSLstandsforDigitalSubscriberLine.ADSLmodemusesyour existingphonelinestotransmitdataathighspeeds. Ethernet:Astandardforcomputernetworks.Ethernetnetworksare connectedbyspecialcablesandhubs,andmovedataaroundatupto10/100 millionbitspersecond(Mbps). IPAddressandNetwork(Subnet)Mask:IPstandsforInternetProtocol.AnIP addressconsistsofaseriesoffournumbersseparatedbyperiods,that identifiesasingle,uniqueInternetcomputerhostinanIPnetwork.Example:
192.168.2.1.Itconsistsof2portions:theIPnetworkaddress,andthehost identifier. TheIPaddressisa32bitbinarypattern,whichcanberepresentedasfour cascadeddecimalnumbersseparatedby.:aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa,whereeach aaacanbeanythingfrom000to255,orasfourcascadedbinarynumbers separatedby.:bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb.bbbbbbbb,whereeachb caneitherbe0or1. 96 Anetworkmaskisalsoa32bitbinarypattern,andconsistsofconsecutive leading1sfollowedbyconsecutivetrailing0s,suchas 11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000.Thereforesometimesanetwork maskcanalsobedescribedsimplyasxnumberofleading1s. Whenbotharerepresentedsidebysideintheirbinaryforms,allbitsintheIP addressthatcorrespondto1sinthenetworkmaskbecomepartoftheIP networkaddress,andtheremainingbitscorrespondtothehostID. Forexample,iftheIPaddressforadeviceis,initsbinaryform, 11011001.10110000.10010000.00000111,andifitsnetworkmaskis, 11111111.11111111.11110000.00000000 Itmeansthedevicesnetworkaddressis 11011001.10110000.10010000.00000000,anditshostIDis, 00000000.00000000.00000000.00000111.Thisisaconvenientandefficient methodforaccesspointstorouteIPpacketstotheirdestination. ISPGatewayAddress:(seeISPfordefinition).TheISPGatewayAddressisan IPaddressfortheInternetaccesspointlocatedattheISP'soffice. ISP:InternetServiceProvider.AnISPisabusinessthatprovidesconnectivity totheInternetforindividualsandotherbusinessesororganizations. LAN:LocalAreaNetwork.ALANisagroupofcomputersanddevices connectedtogetherinarelativelysmallarea(suchasahouseoranoffice). YourhomenetworkisconsideredaLAN. MACAddress:MACstandsforMediaAccessControl.AMACaddressisthe hardwareaddressofadeviceconnectedtoanetwork.TheMACaddressisa uniqueidentifierforadevicewithanEthernetinterface.Itiscomprisedof twoparts:3bytesofdatathatcorrespondstotheManufacturerID(unique foreachmanufacturer),plus3bytesthatareoftenusedastheproducts serialnumber. NAT:NetworkAddressTranslation.Thisprocessallowsallofthecomputers onyourhomenetworktouseoneIPaddress.Usingthebroadbandaccess pointsNATcapability,youcanaccesstheInternetfromanycomputeron yourhomenetworkwithouthavingtopurchasemoreIPaddressesfromyour ISP. Port:NetworkClients(LANPC)usesportnumberstodistinguishonenetwork application/protocoloveranother.Belowisalistofcommonapplicationsand protocol/portnumbers:
97 23 21 25 110 1720 161 162 80 1723 5631 5632 Application ProtocolPortNumber TCP Telnet TCP FTP TCP SMTP TCP POP3 TCP H.323 SNMP UCP SNMPTrap UDP HTTP TCP PPTP TCP PCAnywhereTCP PCAnywhereUDP Accesspoint:Aaccesspointisanintelligentnetworkdevicethatforwards packetsbetweendifferentnetworksbasedonnetworklayeraddress informationsuchasIPaddresses. SubnetMask:Asubnetmask,whichmaybeapartoftheTCP/IPinformation providedbyyourISP,isasetoffournumbers(e.g.255.255.255.0)configured likeanIPaddress.ItisusedtocreateIPaddressnumbersusedonlywithina particularnetwork(asopposedtovalidIPaddressnumbersrecognizedbythe Internet,whichmustbeassignedbyInterNIC). TCP/IP,UDP:TransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol(TCP/IP)and UnreliableDatagramProtocol(UDP).TCP/IPisthestandardprotocolfordata transmissionovertheInternet.BothTCPandUDParetransportlayerprotocol. TCPperformspropererrordetectionanderrorrecovery,andthusisreliable. UDPontheotherhandisnotreliable.TheybothrunontopoftheIP(Internet Protocol),anetworklayerprotocol. WAN:WideAreaNetwork.Anetworkthatconnectscomputerslocatedin geographicallyseparateareas(e.g.differentbuildings,cities,countries).The Internetisawideareanetwork. WebbasedmanagementGraphicalUserInterface(GUI):Manydevices supportagraphicaluserinterfacethatisbasedonthewebbrowser.This meanstheusercanusethefamiliarNetscapeorMicrosoftInternetExplorer toControl/configureormonitorthedevicebeingmanaged. 98 COPYRIGHT CopyrightEdimaxTechnologyCo.,Ltd.allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublication maybereproduced,transmitted,transcribed,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortranslated intoanylanguageorcomputerlanguage,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic, mechanical,magnetic,optical,chemical,manualorotherwise,withoutthepriorwritten permissionfromEdimaxTechnologyCo.,Ltd. EdimaxTechnologyCo.,Ltd.makesnorepresentationsorwarranties,eitherexpressedor implied,withrespecttothecontentshereofandspecificallydisclaimsanywarranties, merchantability,orfitnessforanyparticularpurpose.Anysoftwaredescribedinthis manualissoldorlicensedasis.Shouldtheprogramsprovedefectivefollowingtheir purchase,thebuyer(andnotthiscompany,itsdistributor,oritsdealer)assumesthe entirecostofallnecessaryservicing,repair,andanyincidentalorconsequentialdamages resultingfromanydefectinthesoftware.EdimaxTechnologyCo.,Ltd.reservestheright torevisethispublicationandtomakechangesfromtimetotimeinthecontentshereof withouttheobligationtonotifyanypersonofsuchrevisionorchanges. Theproductyouhavepurchasedandthesetupscreenmayappearslightlydifferentfrom thoseshowninthisQIG.Thesoftwareandspecificationsaresubjecttochangewithout notice.Pleasevisitourwebsitewww.edimax.comforupdates.Allbrandandproduct namesmentionedinthismanualaretrademarksand/orregisteredtrademarksoftheir respectiveholders. 99 FederalCommunicationCommissionInterferenceStatement ThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassBdigitaldevice,pursuanttoPart 15ofFCCRules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoprovidereasonableprotectionagainstharmfulinterferenceina residentialinstallation.Thisequipmentgenerates,uses,andcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifnot installedandusedinaccordancewiththeinstructions,maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradiocommunications. However,thereisnoguaranteethatinterferencewillnotoccurinaparticularinstallation.Ifthisequipmentdoes causeharmfulinterferencetoradioortelevisionreception,whichcanbedeterminedbyturningtheequipment offandon,theuserisencouragedtotrytocorrecttheinterferencebyoneormoreofthefollowingmeasures:
1.Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna. 2.Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver. 3.Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfromthattowhichthereceiverisconnected. 4.Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradiotechnicianforhelp. FCCCaution Thisdeviceanditsantennamustnotbecolocatedoroperatinginconjunctionwithanyotherantennaor transmitter.ThisdevicecomplieswithPart15oftheFCCRules.Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwo conditions:(1)thisdevicemaynotcauseharmfulinterference,and(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterference received,includinginterferencethatmaycauseundesiredoperation.Anychangesormodificationsnotexpressly approvedbythepartyresponsibleforcompliancecouldvoidtheauthoritytooperateequipment. FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)RadiationExposureStatement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator &
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(TelecommunicationsTerminalEquipmentandSatelliteEarthStationEquipment)AsofApril8,2000. Safety Thisequipmentisdesignedwiththeutmostcareforthesafetyofthosewhoinstallanduseit.However,special attentionmustbepaidtothedangersofelectricshockandstaticelectricitywhenworkingwithelectrical equipment.Allguidelinesofthisandofthecomputermanufacturemustthereforebeallowedatalltimesto ensurethesafeuseoftheequipment. EUCountriesIntendedforUse TheETSIversionofthisdeviceisintendedforhomeandofficeuseinAustria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Cyprus,Czech, Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta, Netherlands,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Turkey,andUnitedKingdom.TheETSI versionofthisdeviceisalsoauthorizedforuseinEFTAmemberstates:Iceland,Liechtenstein,Norway,and Switzerland. EUCountriesNotIntendedforUse None EUDeclarationofConformity English:
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100 Thisequipmentisincompliancewiththeessentialrequirementsandotherrelevant provisionsofDirective1999/5/EC,2009/125/EC,2006/95/EC,2011/65/EC. Cetquipementestconformeauxexigencesessentiellesetautresdispositionsdela directive1999/5/CE,2009/125/CE,2006/95/CE,2011/65/CE. etina:
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Totozazenjevsouladusezkladnmipoadavkyaostatnmipslunmiustanovenmi smrnic1999/5/ES,2009/125/ES,2006/95/ES,2011/65/ES. Urzdzeniejestzgodnezoglnymiwymaganiamiorazszczeglnymiwarunkami okrelonymiDyrektywUE1999/5/EC,2009/125/EC,2006/95/EC,2011/65/EC.. Romn: Acestechipamentestenconformitatecucerineleesenialeialteprevederirelevanteale
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Directivei1999/5/CE,2009/125/CE,2006/95/CE,2011/65/CE. 1999/5/EC,2009/125/EC,2006/95/EC,2011/65/EC. Ezaberendezsmegfelelazalapvetkvetelmnyekneksmsvonatkozirnyelveknek
(1999/5/EK,2009/125/EK,2006/95/EK,2011/65/EK). Bucihaz1999/5/EC,2009/125/EC,2006/95/EC,2011/65/ECdirektiflerizorunluisteklerve dierhkmlerleileuyumludur.
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1999/5/ES,2009/125/ES,2006/95/ES,2011/65/ES. DiesesGerterflltdieVoraussetzungengemdenRichtlinien1999/5/EC,2009/125/EC, 2006/95/EC,2011/65/EC. ElpresenteequipocumplelosrequisitosesencialesdelaDirectiva1999/5/EC, 2009/125/EC,2006/95/EC,2011/65/EC. Italiano: Questoapparecchioconformeairequisitiessenzialieallealtredisposizioniapplicabili dellaDirettiva1999/5/CE,2009/125/CE,2006/95/CE,2011/65/CE. Nederlands: Ditapparaatvoldoetaandeessentileeisenenanderevantoepassingzijndebepalingen vanrichtlijn1999/5/EC,2009/125/EC,2006/95/EC,2011/65/EC.. Portugus: EsteequipamentocumpreosrequesitosessnciaisdaDirectiva1999/5/EC,2009/125/EC, 2006/95/EC,2011/65/EC. DetteutstyreterisamsvarmeddeviktigstekraveneogandrerelevanteregleriDirektiv 1999/5/EC,2009/125/EC,2006/95/EC,2011/65/EC. Svenska: Dennautrustningriverensstmmelsemeddevsentligakravenochvrigarelevanta bestmmelseridirektiv1999/5/EG,2009/125/EG,2006/95/EG,2011/65/EG. Detteudstyrerioverensstemmelsemeddevsentligstekravogandrerelevante forordningeridirektiv1999/5/EC,2009/125/EC,2006/95/EC,2011/65/EC. Norsk:
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suomenkieli: Tmlaitetyttdirektiivien1999/5/EY,2009/125/EY,2006/95/EY,2011/65/EY oleellisetvaatimuksetjamuutasiaankuuluvatmrykset. WEEEDirective&ProductDisposal Attheendofitsserviceablelife,thisproductshouldnotbetreatedashouseholdorgeneralwaste.It shouldbehandedovertotheapplicablecollectionpointfortherecyclingofelectricalandelectronic equipment,orreturnedtothesupplierfordisposal. 101 DeclarationofConformity We,EdimaxTechnologyCo.,Ltd.,declareunderoursoleresponsibility,thatthe equipmentdescribedbelowcomplieswiththerequirementsoftheEuropeanR&TTE directive1999/5/EC,and2009/125/EC,2006/95/EC,2011/65/EC. Equipment: N300WallplugAccessPoint ModelNo.: EW7438APn ThefollowingEuropeanstandardsforessentialrequirementshavebeenfollowed:
Spectrum: ETSIEN300328V1.7.1(200610) EMC: EN3014891V1.9.2(201109);
EN30148917V2.1.1(200905) EMF: EN50385:2002 Safety(LVD):
IEC609501:2005(2ndEdition);
EN609501:2006+A11:2009+A1:2010+A12:2011 EdimaxTechnologyCo.,Ltd. No.3,WuChuan3rdRoad, WuKuIndustrialPark, NewTaipeiCity,Taiwan DateofSignature: November15,2011 Signature:
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