Advantech EKI-6331AN-BE, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual EKI 6331AN BE EKI 6332GN AE IEEE 802 11n Wi Fi AP Client Bridge ...

Page 2: ...installation Advantech assumes no liability under the terms of this warranty as a consequence of such events Because of Advantech s high quality control standards and rigorous testing most of our customers never need to use our repair service If an Advantech product is defec tive it will be repaired or replaced at no charge during the warranty period For out of warranty repairs you will be billed ...

Page 3: ... or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the fol lowing tw...

Page 4: ...of the problem The exact wording of any error messages Warnings Cautions and Notes Document Feedback To assist us in making improvements to this manual we would welcome comments and constructive criticism Please send all such in writing to support advan tech com Warning Warnings indicate conditions which if not observed can cause personal injury Caution Cautions are included to help you avoid dama...

Page 5: ... Never pour any liquid into an opening This may cause fire or electrical shock 13 Never open the equipment For safety reasons the equipment should be opened only by qualified service personnel 14 If one of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by service personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moistu...

Page 6: ...cts from damage To avoid electrical shock always disconnect the power from your PC chassis before you work on it Don t touch any components on the CPU card or other cards while the PC is on Disconnect power before making any configuration changes The sudden rush of power as you connect a jumper or install a card may damage sensitive elec tronic components ...

Page 7: ...ct to the Access Point 15 Chapter 3 Basic Settings 19 3 1 Factory Default Settings 20 Table 3 1 EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE Factory Default Set tings 20 3 2 System Requirements 20 3 3 How to Login the Web based Interface 21 Figure 3 1 Login Page 21 Figure 3 2 Main Page 21 3 4 Basic System Settings 22 Figure 3 3 Basic System Settings 22 3 5 Network Settings 22 Figure 3 4 Network Settings 22 Figure ...

Page 8: ...ot 42 5 6 User Certificate 43 Figure 5 6 User Certificate 43 5 7 Remote Management 43 Figure 5 7 Remote Management 43 5 8 SNMP Management 44 Figure 5 8 SNMP Management 44 Chapter 6 Monitoring Tools 47 6 1 System Log 48 Figure 6 1 Syslog 48 6 2 Ping Watch Dog 48 Figure 6 2 Ping Watchdog 48 Chapter 7 Status 51 7 1 View Basic Information 52 Figure 7 1 Basic Information 52 7 2 View Association List 52...

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Page 11: ...Chapter 1 1 Introduction ...

Page 12: ... can be used as the access point the client the WDS and the AP Repeater While being as the access point it can be deployed to provide wireless networking service In the other way to be as the client it can receive wireless signal over the last mile helping WISPs deliver internet service to the new residential and the business customer where wired broadband internet ser vice such as cable and DSL c...

Page 13: ...A WPA2 WPA PSK WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK WPA2 PSK etc User friendly Web and SNMP based management interface 1 4 Typical Application EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE can be applied into the following environments Cost effectively provide long distance backhaul for remote areas e g village oil well island mountain and etc Establish local backhaul for campus farm and factory Provide and access for video stream...

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Page 16: ... installation site especially where there are electric power and phone lines 4 When installing EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE please note the following things Do not use a metal ladder Do not work on a wet or windy day Wear shoes with rubber soles and heels rubber gloves long sleeved shirt or jacket 5 When the system is operational avoid standing directly in front of it Strong RF fields are present w...

Page 17: ...I 6331AN BE 1 Detachable 5dBi Antennas 2 Pole Mounting Ring 2 24VDC Power Cord PoE Injector 1 Ferrite Suppression Core 1 Grounding Wire 1 Product CD 1 Note Product CD contains Quick Installation Guide and User Manual Pole Mounting Ring Round Cable Suppression Core 24VDC Power Cord PoE Injector Warning Users MUST use the Power cord PoE Injector shipped in the box with EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE Us...

Page 18: ...Manual 8 2 2 Hardware Installation 2 2 1 Connect up 1 The bottom of the Access Point is a movable cover Grab the cover and pull it back harder to take it out as the figure shown below 2 Plug a standard Ethernet cable into the RJ45 port ...

Page 19: ...6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE is equipped with a grounding wire It is important that the Access Point cables and PoE Injector must be properly connected to earth ground during normal use against surges or ESD 1 Remove the screw on the grounding point at the bottom of the Access Point 2 Put the grounding wire on the grounding point at the bottom of the Access Point Then screw the grounding wire to tighte...

Page 20: ...ckage to the SMA type con nectors on top of the Access Point For longer coverage distance it is recom mended that higher gain antennas be used to best suit the application Warning Users MUST power off the Access Point first before connecting the external antenna to it Do not power on the device for a certain of time without physically attaching the external antenna otherwise damage might be caused...

Page 21: ...degrees to the right The tilted antennas are a reasonable way to operate and the best way if the antennas are fairly close together since they couple together much less than if they are both pointed in the same direction parallel Note The polarization of antennas should be properly aligned Maximum sig nal strength between bridges occurs when both bridges are using identi cal polarization ...

Page 22: ... joint clockwise to fix the antennas 5 To adjust antennas loose the connector joint counterclockwise first then adjust antenna to the desired position DO NOT bend or turn the antennas without loosening the connector joint otherwise damage might be caused to the anten nas ...

Page 23: ... installation is complete 2 2 4 Mount the AP on a Pole 1 Turn the Access Point over Put the pole mounting ring through the middle hole of it Note that you should unlock the pole mounting ring with a screw driver before putting it through the device as the following right picture shows ...

Page 24: ... steadily to the pole by locking the pole mounting ring tightly 2 2 5 Power Up 1 Connect power cord to the PoE injector as the following right picture shows 2 Connect the Ethernet cable that connects the Access Point to the POE port of the PoE injector as figured below ...

Page 25: ...the followings 1 Open the ferrite core by unsnapping the connector latches The core will open revealing a concave surface 2 Lay the Ethernet cable into the core usually within 2 to 3 inches of the connec tor You may have to experiment with the final location depending on the effec tiveness of the high frequency abatement 3 Loop the cable around and through the core This helps lock the core in plac...

Page 26: ...EKI 6331AN BE EKI 6332GN AE User Manual 16 4 Close the core and snap the halves back together 5 Connect the Ethernet cable with suppression core to the Data In port of the PoE injector ...

Page 27: ...2GN AE User Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 6 Connect the other end of Ethernet cable to a PC or a switch hub The hardware installation is complete To configure the Access Point please refer to Chapter 3 Basic Settings ...

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Page 29: ...Chapter 3 3 Basic Settings ...

Page 30: ...not be 0 1 nor 255 A Web browser on PC for configuration such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 0 or above Netscape Firefox or Google Chrome Table 3 1 EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE Factory Default Settings Features Factory Default Settings Username admin Password password Wireless Device Name apXXXXXX X represents the last 6 digits of Ethernet MAC address Operating Mode AP Data Rate Auto LAN IP Addre...

Page 31: ...ault 192 168 1 1 of EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE into the address field You will see the login page as below Figure 3 1 Login Page Enter the username Default admin and password Default password respec tively and click Login to login the main page of EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE As you can see this management interface provides five main options in the black bar above which are Status System Wireless...

Page 32: ...d of no more than 15 characters with 0 9 A Z a z or Country Region The availability of some specific channels and or operational frequency bands is country dependent 3 5 Network Settings The Network Settings allows you to change network IP address and configure few network parameters like spanning tree and management VLAN ID Make configura tion in Network Settings from System Figure 3 4 Network Se...

Page 33: ...lures of accessing the Web page of EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE IP Address Assignment Users may change the settings for IP Address Subnet Mask and DHCP Server Obtain IP Address Automatically If a DHCP server exists in your network you can check this option thus EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE is able to obtain IP settings automatically from that DHCP server Use Fixed IP Address Check this option You ha...

Page 34: ...relay agent check the Enable DHCP Relay checkbox and enter the IP address of the DHCP server Warning In AP mode EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE must establish con nection with another wireless device before it is set to Router mode To access the unit in Router mode via wired port please type the WAN IP address to enter the web page for WAN is on wired port and LAN is on wireless port Or you can access...

Page 35: ...ne from the dropdown list NTP Server Select the time server from the NTP Server dropdown list Manual IP Manually input the IP address of available time server Hit Apply to save set tings 3 7 RADIUS Settings RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service is a server for remote user authentication and accounting playing a central role in the network in providing the capabilities of authenticating...

Page 36: ...disable WLAN interface then the wireless module of EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE will stop working and no wireless device can con nect to it Operation Mode Four operating modes are available in EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE AP EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE establishes a wireless coverage and receives connectivity from other wireless devices Wireless Client EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE is able to connect ...

Page 37: ...bonding that allows EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE to use two channels at once Two options are available Upper Channel and Lower Chan nel Data Rate Usually Auto is preferred Under this rate EKI 6332GN AE EKI 6331AN BE will automatically select the highest available rate to transmit In some cases however like where there is no great demand for speed you can have a rela tively low transmit rate for com...

Page 38: ...which information on the available Access Points will be detected Open Basic Settings in Wireless by clicking the Site Survey button beside Wire less Mode option the wireless site survey window will pop up with a list of available AP in the vicinity Select the AP you would like to connect and click Selected to establish connection Figure 3 9 Site Survey ...

Page 39: ...urity and VLAN ID to each SSID To create a virtual AP you may check the Enabled box of the profile and click on the profile eg Profile 2 to configure wireless and security set tings Hit Apply to active the profile Figure 3 10 VAP Profile Settings Figure 3 11 VAP Profile Settings Profile Name Name of the VAP profile SSID Assign a network name for the VAP Broadcast SSID In AP mode hiding network nam...

Page 40: ...d also support it Max Station Number By checking the Max Station Num the Access Point will only allow up to 32 wireless clients to associate with for better bandwidth for each client By dis abling the checkbox the Access Point will allow up to 128 clients to connect but it is likely to cause network congestion or poor performance IGMP Snooping Available in AP Router mode IGMP snooping is the proce...

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Page 42: ...Clear to Send frame to acknowledge the right to start transmission The setting range is 0 to 2346 in byte Setting it too low may result in poor network performance Leave it at its default of 2346 is recommended Fragmentation Length Specify the maximum size in byte for a packet before data is fragmented into multiple packets Setting it too low may result in poor network performance Leave it at its ...

Page 43: ...overall bandwidth for a specific VAP network Interface Selection Select the VAP network you would like to enable traffic shaping Outgoing Traffic Rate To specify maximum outgoing bandwidth to a certain rate in kbit s Outgoing Traffic Burst To specify the buffer size for outgoing traffic that can be sent within a given unit of time The suggested value is 20KBytes You may just leave the default valu...

Page 44: ...zed authentication as well as dynamic key management it con trols the security risk of wireless network to the lowest To serve the 802 1x at least one EAP type should be supported by the RADIUS Server AP and wireless client WPA with RADIUS Available in AP Wireless Client mode with warrant username password and etc offered by user this kind of authentication can be realized with specific RADIUS ser...

Page 45: ...A2 AES encryption for the client If it is selected the data encryption can only be TKIP AES and the passphrase is required Data Encryption If data encryption is enabled the key is required and only sharing the same key with other wireless devices can the communication be established None Available only when the authentication type is open system 64 bits WEP It is made up of 10 hexadecimal numbers ...

Page 46: ...ss Control Mode If you select Allow Listed only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses are in the access control list will be able to connect to your AP While when Deny Listed is selected those wireless clients on the list will not be able to connect the AP MAC Address Enter the MAC address of the wireless client that you would like to list into the access control list click Apply then it will...

Page 47: ...f another AP you wirelessly want to connect to into the appropriate field and click Apply to save settings Note WDS Settings is available only under Bridge and AP Repeater Mode Bridge uses the WDS protocol that is not defined as the standard thus compatibility issues between equipment from different ven dors may arise Moreover Tree or Star shape network topology should be used in all WDS use cases...

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Page 50: ...r the new password again for confirmation 5 2 Upgrade Firmware Open Firmware Upload in Management and follow the steps below to upgrade firmware locally or remotely through IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Point s Web Figure 5 2 Firmware Upgrade Click Browse to select the firmware file you would like to load Click Upload to start the upload process Wait a few minutes the VAC Access Point will reboot after ...

Page 51: ... computer Open Configuration File in Management as below Figure 5 3 Backup Retrieve Settings Save Setting to File By clicking Save a dialog box will pop up Save it then the configuration file ap cfg will be generated and saved to your local computer Load Settings from File By clicking Browse a file selection menu will appear select the file you want to load like ap cfg Click Upload to load the fil...

Page 52: ... Restore to Default Settings Restore factory default settings via Reset Button If software in IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Point is unexpectedly crashed and no longer reset the unit via Web you may do hardware reset via the reset button Press and hold the button for at least 5 seconds and then release it until the PWR LED gives a blink 5 5 Reboot You can reboot your IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Point from C...

Page 53: ...port User Certificates click Browse and specify the location where the user certificate is placed Click Import Figure 5 6 User Certificate Delete User Certificate Delete the selected user certificate Import User Certificates Imported the user certificate 5 7 Remote Management The IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Point provides a variety of remotes managements including Telnet SNMP FTP SSH HTTPS and exclusi...

Page 54: ...mmunity Specify the password for the incoming Set requests from the management sta tion By default it is set to private Trap Destination Specify the IP address of the station to send the SNMP traps to Trap Community Specify the password sent with each trap to the manager By default it is set to public and allows all requests Configure SNMPv3 User Profile For SNMP protocol version 3 you can click C...

Page 55: ...ntication Protocol Select an authentication algorithm SHA authenti cation is stronger than MD5 but is slower Privacy Protocol Specify the encryption method for SNMP communication None and DES are available None means no encryption is applied DES is a Data Encryption Standard that applies a 58 bit key to each 64 bit block of data ...

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Page 58: ...rver Enable System log to alert remote server IP Address Specify the IP address of the remote server Port Specify the port number of the remote server 6 2 Ping Watch Dog If you mess your connection up and cut off your ability the log in to the unit the ping watchdog has a chance to reboot due to loss of connectivity Figure 6 2 Ping Watchdog Enable Ping Watchdog To activate ping watchdog check this...

Page 59: ...he interval time to ping the remote unit Startup Delay Specify the startup delay time to prevent reboot before the IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Point is fully initialized Failure Count To Reboot If the ping timeout packets reached the value the IEEE 802 11n VAC Access Point will reboot automatically ...

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Page 61: ...Chapter 7 7 Status ...

Page 62: ...ings wireless setting and interface status Click Refresh at the bottom to have the real time infor mation Figure 7 1 Basic Information 7 2 View Association List Open Connections in Status to check the information of associated wireless devices such as MAC address signal strength connection time IP address etc All is read only Click Refresh at the bottom to update the current association list Figur...

Page 63: ...rate current TX RX packets Figure 7 3 Association Node Details 7 3 View Network Flow Statistics Open Statistics in Status to check the data packets received on and transmitted from the wireless and Ethernet ports Click Refresh to view current statistics Figure 7 4 Network Flow Statistics Poll Interval Specify the refresh time interval in the box beside Poll Interval and click Set Interval to save ...

Page 64: ...fresh to view current table Figure 7 5 ARP Table 7 5 View Bridge Table Open Bridge Table in Status as below Click Refresh to view current connected status Figure 7 6 Bridge Table 7 6 View Routing Table Available in Router mode the routing table shows the current route information Figure 7 7 Routing Table ...

Page 65: ...hapter 7 Status 7 7 View Active DHCP Client Table Available in Router mode the DHCP allows to check the assigned IP address MAC address and time expired for each DHCP leased client Click Refresh to view cur rent table Figure 7 8 DHCP Client Table ...

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Page 67: ...Chapter 8 8 Troubleshooting ...

Page 68: ...ation settings You may do the backup by generating a configuration file or retrieve the settings you have backed up previously in Configuration File from Management Q4 What if I can not access the Web based management interface Please check the followings Check whether the power supply is OK Try to power on the unit again Check whether the IP address of PC is correct in the same network segment as...

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Page 70: ... Character Hex Equivalent ASCII Character Hex Equivalent ASCII Character Hex Equivalent ASCII Character Hex Equivalent 21 9 39 Q 51 i 69 22 3A R 52 j 6A 23 3B S 53 k 6B 24 3C T 54 l 6C 25 3D U 55 m 6D 26 3E V 56 n 6E 27 3F W 57 o 6F 28 40 X 58 p 70 29 A 41 Y 59 q 71 2A B 42 Z 5A r 72 2B C 43 5B s 73 2C D 44 5C t 74 2D E 45 5D u 75 2E F 46 5E v 76 2F G 47 _ 5F w 77 0 30 H 48 60 x 78 1 31 I 49 a 61 ...

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Page 72: ...ations are subject to change without notice No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means electronic photocopying recording or otherwise without prior written permis sion of the publisher All brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Advantech Co Ltd 2016 ...