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802.11g Wireless LAN Outdoor CPE AP WAP-6100 User’s Manual Version 1.0 ...
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Copyright Copyright © 2006 by PLANET T echnology Corp. All rights reserved. No p art of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or other wise, without the ...
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Effective use of the radio spectrum – Article 3.2 T esting for radio test suites according to EN 300 328- 2 has been con ducted. These are consi dered relevant and sufficient. CE in which Countries where the pro duct may be used freely: Germany , UK, Italy , S pain, Belgium, Nether lands, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Denmark, Luxemb ourg, Austria, ...
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T ABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 IN TRODU CTION ......................................................................................................... .. 6 1.1 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ...................................................................................................................... 6 1.2 F EA TURES .................................... ...
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Chapter 1 Introduction The WAP-6100 is an out door 802.1 1g CPE AP with 1 2dBi antenna built in. This manual describes th e details of how to manage this equipment. 1.1 Package Contents Make sure that you have the following items: • One WAP-6100 • One Power Cord • One PoE Injector • One Metal Ring • One 25m CAT5 Cable with RJ-45 plug a nd ...
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Modulation OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, DBPSK, DQPSK, CCK Port 10/100Mbps RJ-45 port * 1 Antenna Built-in 12dBi patch antenna Output Power 18dBm@11Mbps / 17dBm@54Mbps (t ypical) 5 levels adjustable (Full, Ha lf, Quarter, Eighth, Minimum) Sensitivity -74dBm@54Mbps OFDM, 10% PER -88dBm@11Mbps CCK, 8% PER Operating Mode AP, Wireless Bridge, Wir ...
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W AP-6100. 1. Site selection T o avoid interfer ences, pl ease locate W AP-6100 and wireless clients away from transformers, microwave ovens, heavy-dut y motors, refrigerat ors, fluorescent lights, and other industrial equipments. Keep the number of walls, or ceilings bet ween AP and clients as few as possible; otherwise the signal strengt h ma y b ...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Before you proceed with the installation, it is nec essary that you hav e enough information about the W AP-6100. 1. Locate an optimum location and use the provide d metal ring to secure W AP-610 0 to a mast. 2. Using provided CA T5 waterproof cable; connect the waterproof connector port of the WAP-6100 to the “P+D ...
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! OUTDOOR INST ALLA TION W ARNING IMPORT ANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS: LIVES MA Y BE A T RISK! Carefully observe these instructions an d any special inst ructions that are included with the equipment yo u are installing. CONT ACTING POWER LINES CA N BE LETH AL. Make sure no power lines are anywhere where possible contact can be made. Antennas, masts, tow ...
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z Refer to the National Electrical Code for grou nding details. IF A PERSON COMES IN CONT ACT WITH EL ECTRICAL POWER, AND CANNOT MOVE: z DON’T TOUCH THA T PERS ON, OR YOU MA Y BE ELECTROCUTED. z Use a non-conductive dry board, stick or rope to push or drag them so they no longer are in contact with electrical power . Once they are no longer conta ...
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Chapter 3 Initial Setup The WAP-6100 allows configuration eit her via the confi guration utilit y , kno wn as Locator , or Web Browser through network. For the initial installation, we sug gest using the PLANET WAP-6100 Locator . Before using Locator , ple ase make sure the personal firewall installed in your PC i s disabled. It is strongly recomme ...
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4. After type in correct user name and password , the “IP Setting” box appears. Here you can choose to obtain IP from a DHCP server or spec ify IP address manually . If your envir onment or ISP provide DHCP server , you can choos e the first option. Otherwise, you need to manual ly setup IP address. Click on “Apply” button and W AP-6100 wil ...
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Chapter 4 Web Configuration Web configuration provides a user-friendly graph ic al user interface ( web pages) to manage you r W AP-6100. An AP w ith an assigned IP address (e.g. http://192.168.1.1 ) will allow you to mo nitor and configure via web browser (e.g., MS Internet Explorer or N e tscape). 1. Open your web browser . 2. Enter the IP addres ...
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Current IP Settings • This section sho ws current IP address setting including IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and DHCP status. Current Wireless Settings • This area shows current wireless setting incl uding operation mode, wireless mode, SSID, channel and security setting. 4.1.2 Wireless Station List This page can help user identif y ...
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4.1.3 System Properties Device Name Y ou may assign an y name to the WAP-6100. Memorable, Unique names are helpful especially if you are employing m ultiple access points on the same network. The device name needs to be less than 32 characters. After verify the name you input and click “ Ap pl y” to save the setting. Country / Region Here you c ...
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Administrator Name Y ou change the administrator login name in this field. Password T ype the ne w password here if you need to chan ge it. Confirm Password Re-type the new password again, then click the “Appl y” belo w to save the changes. 4.1.5 IP Settings This page can configure system IP address. Def ault IP address is 192.168.1.1 an d Subn ...
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4.1.6 Wireless Network SSID The SSID is the unique name shared among all APs and clients in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all points in the wireless network. It is case-sensitive and must not exc eed 32 alphanumeric c haracters, which may be any keyboard character. Make sure this setting is the same for all points in your wirel ...
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WP A security mode. Once you setup the AP to work in security mode, all wireless stations w ill also need to have corresponding settings. System default setting is “No Security” . WEP Authentication type Select the appropri ate value - "Open Sy stem" or "Shared Key". All Wireless stations must then be set to use the same met ...
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Shared keys input type Select HEX or ASCII depends on your preference. Default key The default key , selected by the radio bu tton, is required. The other keys are optional. Other stations must have matching key values. Shared key There are 4 ke ys available, please ens ure yo u have enter correct num ber for the key values with different Key Lengt ...
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WP A RA DIU S se rv er Enter the IP address of your RADIUS server . RADIUS port S pecif y the port number for R ADIUS service, default value is 1812. RADIUS secret RADIUS secret is the key shared bet ween W AP-6100 an d RADIUS server . Cipher type WP A gives you two encryption methods, TKIP and AES, with dynamic encryption keys. Select the type of ...
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4.1.8 Wireless Advanced Settings Data rate Y ou can select all d ata rates supported in current operation mode. Defau lt value is “ best ” which means the system will automatically adjust the connection speed dynamically accordi ng to your current link status. T ransmit power Y ou can re duce RF output power by sele cting Half (-3dB) / Quarter ...
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Fragment length (256-2346) This specifies the maximum size of a data packet. It should remain at it s default setting of 2,346. A smaller setting means smaller packets, which will create more packets for each transmission. If you have decreased this value and experience high packet error rates, you can increase it again, but it will likely decrease ...
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4.1.9 MAC Filter Click on the “Enable MAC Filtering” button, the rule hav e allow only station in list (accept) or allo w any station unless in list (deny). Y ou can edit the MA C Filtering T able in you need ass ociated the access point. 4.1.10 Backup / Restore Settings Backup the current settings to a file Click on the “Backup” button, sy ...
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4.1.11 Firmware Upgrade Enter the location of the new firmware file in the file path field, or click the “Browse” button to find the firmware upgrade file. Then click on the “Upgrade” bu tton, and follo w the on-screen instructions. The whole firmware upgrade pr oce ss will take around 60 seconds. 4.1.12 Reboot Click on “Reboot” button ...
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4.2 Wireless Client Mode W AP-6100 can also work as an Ethernet client bridge to connect up to 16 Ethernet device into wireless network. In order to setup the W AP-6100 to w ork in Ethernet bridge mode, you need to choose “ Wireless Client ” mode and click “ Apply ” at System Properties page. Y ou also need to reboot the WAP-6100. After the ...
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Network type Here indicates the WAP-6100 works in AP mode or Client mode (Infrastructure mode / Ad Hoc mode). SSID Here displays current SSID assigned to the W AP-610 0. BSSID The MAC address of the associated AP . Connection st atus This column shows current connection status. If WAP-6100 already connects to an Access Point or station, here will s ...
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Network mode Y ou can set the wireless client into 2 different modes by clicking radio button . Wireless Client (Infrastructure) act as an AP client while Ad-hoc can supp ort peer-to-peer net work. The Infrastructure mode can support up to 108M SuperG transmission. Wireless mode Select the proper mode accor ding to your wireless network. SSID The S ...
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4.2.4 Ethernet Client List Y ou can check all the details about Ethernet clients including IP Address and MAC Address. Press “Refresh” if you add any new Ethernet c lient into network. The page will update latest stat us of current Ethernet network. 4.3 Repeater Mode Repeater is able to retransm it the signal of a remote AP . Choose repeat er m ...
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4.3.1 Wireless Network After enable the repeater mode, you can click on “ Wi reless Netw ork ” and choose “ Site Survey ” to pick one of the SSIDs you would like to retransm it its signal . (Please be noted that while using the repeater mode, the throughput perfor mance maybe nearl y only half compare with Access Point mode. Because the rep ...
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4.4 Wireless Bridge Wireless Bridge mode help to make the two or more Ethernet net works connected without any wire. With multiple W AP-6100s in this mode, several LANs in distance can communicate to each other . T his could be deployed if the networks are hard to mak e the wire in between. 4.4.1 WDS Link Settings In the “WDS Link Settings” , s ...
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Considerations befo re inst allation – z Loop Preve ntion – Be careful to plan you WDS connection s, prevent your wireless net work topology to have loop. Once lo op sho ws up, you network traffic will become unstable. z Performance – T he system can support up to 8 WDS links. But all links an d wireless stations that operate at the same time ...
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Appendix A Glossary 802.11b - An IEEE wireless n etworking standard that specifies a maximum dat a transfer rate of 11Mbps and an operating frequency of 2.4GHz. 802.11g - An IEEE wireless networking stand ard that specifies a maximum data transfer rat e of 54Mbps, an operating frequency of 2.4G Hz, and backward comp atibility with 802.11b devices. ...
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Fragmentation -Breaking a packet into smaller units when transm itting over a network medium that cannot support the original size of the packet . Gateway - A device that interconnects networks with different, in compatible communications protocols. Hardware - The physical aspect of c omputers, telecommunications, and oth er information technology ...
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data transmission. SSID ( S ervice S et ID entifi er) - Your wireless network's name. Static IP Address - A fixed address assigned to a computer or de vice that is connected to a network. Subnet Mask - An address code that determine s the size of the network . Switch - 1. A data switch that conne cts computing de vices to host computers, allow ...
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