Airlink101 AP671W, User Manual

Page 1: ...Wireless N 300 Multi Function Access Point with 5 Port Switch Model AP671W User s Manual Ver 1A ...

Page 2: ...r an experienced radio technician for help FCC Caution This equipment must be installed and operated in accordance with provided instructions and a minimum 20 cm spacing must be provided between computer mounted antenna and person s body excluding extremities of hands wrist and feet during wireless modes of operation This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the fo...

Page 3: ... 4 3 AP Bridge Point to Point Mode 25 2 4 4 AP Bridge Point to Multi Point Mode 27 2 4 5 AP Bridge WDS Mode 29 2 4 6 Universal Repeater 31 2 5 CONFIGURE WIRELESS SECURITY 34 2 5 1 WEP 35 2 5 2 WPA Pre Shared Key 37 2 5 3 WPA Radius 37 2 5 4 802 1x Authentication 38 2 6 SET UP MAC FILTERING 40 2 7 CONFIGURE ADVANCED SETTINGS 42 2 8 CONFIGURE WPS SETTING 44 2 9 CONFIGURE RADIUS SERVER 46 2 10 MANAGE...

Page 4: ...rity features such as WEP WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK provide the highest level of wireless network security Best of all AP671W works with IEEE 802 11 b g n network devices which ensures compatibility with your existing network products 1 1 Features Highest data rate of up to 300Mbps with IEEE 802 11n standard 6 in 1 Multi Function Access Point Universal Repeater AP Client Point to Point and Point to Mul...

Page 5: ...store all settings to factory defaults WPS Press this button for no longer than 1 second to start wireless security synchronization with clients LED Light Status Description POWER On Router is powered on On WPS setup is in progress Off Wireless network is switched off WLAN Flashing Wireless network is ready and WPS setup is not in progress On LAN port is connected Off LAN port is not connected LAN...

Page 6: ...5 1 5 Local Area Network LAN ports 1 to 5 Power Power connector DC 12V 1A connects to A C power adapter ...

Page 7: ... provided CD into your computer s CD ROM drive You will be using this computer to configure the AP Step 2 Click Next to start the configuration Step 3 Connect one end of a network cable to the WAN port of the router and connect the other end of the cable to the DSL Cable modem Power on the modem Click Next ...

Page 8: ...7 A Connect the AP to the Router B Power on the AP ...

Page 9: ... AP s password to protect your network security Please enter a new password into New Password and Confirm New Password If you do not wish to change the current password please leave them blank Click Log In Step 6 Assign a valid IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway for your AP This setting must match with your wireless network You will use this IP address to access the AP s Web based Configur...

Page 10: ...ettings for the operation mode you have selected A Access Point Configure the SSID and Channel Number if you have selected Access Point mode Click Next Check on Enable the WPA WPA2 Mixed and enter 8 63 characters into Pre Shared Key This is the security key for your wireless network Click Next ...

Page 11: ...l Repeater Click on Site Survey select the wireless router or AP you wish to repeat on the popup Wireless Site Survey window and click Connect Configure a network name in Main SSID for the repeater to be identified ...

Page 12: ...e root AP s settings The Security Key you enter must match with the one of root AP Click Next C AP Client Click on Site Survey select the wireless router or AP you wish to connect on the popup Wireless Site Survey window or enter your wireless network s SSID manually Click Next ...

Page 13: ...ge Same setup procedure applies to Point to Point Bridge Point to MultiPoint Bridge and WDS Bridge modes For bridge mode you need at least two Access Points We will use Point to Point Bridge as an example Select a channel number you wish to use and enter the MAC address of the other Access Point for the bridge Click Next ...

Page 14: ...which is the safest encryption for general users Click Next After finishing the setup of the first AP you need to follow the same configuration procedure on other Access Point s Step 9 Verify the settings you have configured and click Restart Wait for 60 second for the AP to restart ...

Page 15: ...14 Step 10 Click Finish to end the EZ Setup Wizard After the AP is restarted it is ready to use To configure more advanced features please go to the next section ...

Page 16: ...tion of the functions available for this Access Point Menu Description Status Displaying the system status and information of this Access Point Basic Settings Selecting an operation mode for this Access Point and configuring its corresponding settings Security Configuring the wireless security settings for the Access Point MAC Filter Configuring the MAC address filter to protect your network from ...

Page 17: ...roblem between this access point and other wired wireless computer devices You can click Status on the left and the system status and information will be displayed as shown below Here are descriptions of every item Mode Displays current wireless operating mode see next Section ESSID Displays current ESSID the name used to identify this wireless access point Channel Number Displays current wireless...

Page 18: ...fault Gateway Displays the IP address of default gateway MAC address Displays the MAC address of the AP Up time Displays the total passed time since the wireless access point is powered Hardware Version Displays the hardware version Firmware Version Displays the current firmware version If you want to perform firmware upgrade this number will help you to determine if you need such upgrade ...

Page 19: ...ll need two AP671W for this mode The AP can only be connected by another AP in this mode wirelessly AP Bridge Point to Multi Point Connect four physically isolated wireless networks with four wireless access points Every access point must be configured to the same mode You will need four AP671W for this mode The AP can only be connected by other APs in this mode wirelessly AP Bridge WDS This mode ...

Page 20: ...2 4 1 to 2 4 6 listed below 2 4 1 AP Mode In AP mode this access point acts as a bridge between 802 11b g Draft N wireless devices and wired Ethernet network and exchanges data between them Diagram 1 AP mode application When you select AP the following options will be displayed Here are descriptions of every setup item ...

Page 21: ...up to 3 SSIDs can be set If you want to configure additional SSIDs please click this button For detailed descriptions of the function please refer to Section 2 4 1 1 Channel Number Please select a channel number you wish to use If you know a certain channel number is being used by other wireless access points nearby please refrain from using the same channel number Associated Clients Click Show Ac...

Page 22: ...the box to enable each additional ESSID SSID Please input the SSID name the name used to identify this wireless access point here You can input up to 32 alphanumerical characters PLEASE NOTE THAT ESSID IS CASE SENSITIVE Broadcast SSID Decide if the wireless access point will broadcast its own ESSID or not You can hide the ESSID of your wireless access point set the option to Disable so only people...

Page 23: ...into this VLAN The VLAN ID range is from 1 to 4094 The VLAN ID is 0 by default it means that disable the VLAN function for the ESSID 2 4 2 AP Client Mode In this mode you can connect the access point to Ethernet device such us TV and Game player to enable the Ethernet device be a wireless station and join to a wireless network through an access point or AP router Diagram 2 AP Client mode applicati...

Page 24: ...o identify this wireless access point here You can input up to 32 alphanumerical characters PLEASE NOTE THAT ESSID IS CASE SENSITIVE Site Survey When you use this access point as a wireless station for Ethernet network device to have wireless capability you have to associate it with a working access point Click Select Site Survey button then a Wireless Site Survey Table will pop up It will list al...

Page 25: ...s point Channel Display to channel number of the access point SSID Display the SSID name of the access point BSSID Display the BSSID MAC Address of the access point Encryption Display the encryption setting of the access points If you have selected the access point with security setting you have to go to 2 7 Wireless Security to set the same security with the access point you want to associate Aut...

Page 26: ...o Point Mode In this mode this wireless access point will connect to another AP671W Wireless N 300 Access Point which uses the same mode and all wired Ethernet clients of both wireless access points will be connected together You can use this mode to connect a network to another network which is physically isolated Please note that when you set your access point to this mode it will not accept reg...

Page 27: ...point If you want to allow 802 11b 802 11g and 802 11 Draft N clients to connect to this access point select 2 4GHz B G N Channel Number Please select a channel number you wish to use The channel number must be same with another wireless access point you wish to connect MAC address 1 Please input the MAC address of the wireless access point you wish to connect Set Security Click this button to sel...

Page 28: ... connect to up to four wireless access points which uses the same mode and all wired Ethernet clients of every wireless access points will be connected together You can use this mode to connect a network to other networks which is physically isolated Please note that when you set your access point to this mode it will not accept regular wireless clients anymore Diagram 4 Point to Multi Point Bridg...

Page 29: ...oint If you want to allow 802 11b 802 11g and 802 11 Draft N clients to connect to this access point select 2 4GHz B G N Channel Number Please select a channel number you wish to use The channel number must be same with another wireless access point you wish to connect MAC address 1 4 Please input the MAC address of the wireless access point you wish to connect Set Security Click this button to se...

Page 30: ...ebooting 2 4 5 AP Bridge WDS Mode In this mode this wireless access point will connect to up to four wireless access points which uses the same mode and all wired Ethernet clients of every wireless access points will be connected together You can use this mode to connect a network to other networks which is physically isolated When you use this mode this access point is still able to accept wirele...

Page 31: ...ng 802 11b and 802 11g band will be able to connect to this access point If you want to allow 802 11b 802 11g and 802 11 Draft N clients to connect to this access point select 2 4GHz B G N MAIN ESSID Please input the ESSID the name used to identify this wireless access point here You can input up to 32 alphanumerical characters PLEASE NOTE THAT ESSID IS CASE SENSITIVE Multiple ESSID The access poi...

Page 32: ...ction 2 5 for detailed descriptions After you finish with setting please click Apply and the following message will be displayed After you clicked Apply the following message will be displayed on your web browser You can click Continue to back to previous setup page to continue on other setup procedures or click Apply to reboot the router so the settings will take effect Please wait for 30 seconds...

Page 33: ...32 Diagram 5 Repeater mode application When you select Universal Repeater the following options will be displayed Here are descriptions of every setup item ...

Page 34: ...Section 2 4 1 1 Channel Number Please select a channel number you wish to use The channel number must be same with another wireless access point you wish to connect Associated Clients Click Show Active Clients button and a new popup window will appear which contains the information about all wireless clients connected to this access point You can click Refresh button in popup window to keep inform...

Page 35: ... is rebooting 2 5 Configure Wireless Security This wireless access point provides many types of wireless security wireless data encryption When you use data encryption data transferred by radio signals in the air will become unreadable for those people who don t know correct encryption key encryption password There are two ways to set wireless security 1 Click Security on the left of web managemen...

Page 36: ...tion Only disable it when you want to open your wireless access point to the public 2 Never use simple words as encryption password Use the random combination of symbols numbers and alphabets will greatly improve security 3 Use WPA when possible it s much safer than WEP 4 Change encryption password when you ve used it for too long time 2 5 1 WEP WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy is a common encryption ...

Page 37: ...ault Tx Key You can set up to four sets of WEP key and you can decide which key is being used by default here If you don t know which one you should use select Key 1 Encryption Key 1 to 4 Input WEP key characters here the number of characters must be the same as the number displayed at Key Format field You can use any alphanumerical characters 0 9 a z and A Z if you select ASCII key format and if ...

Page 38: ...ts both WPA and WPA2 If some of your wireless client supports WPA but not WPA2 you can select this cipher Pre shared Key Format Please select the format of pre shared key here available options are Passphrase 8 to 63 alphanumerical characters and Hex 64 hexadecimal characters 0 to 9 and a to f Pre shared Key Please input a key value according to the key format you selected here For security reason...

Page 39: ... you check this box the value in following three fields will be ignored RADIUS Server IP address Please input the IP address of RADIUS authentication server here RADIUS Server Port Please input the port number of RADIUS authentication server here Default value is 1812 RADIUS Server Password Please input the password of RADIUS authentication server here 2 5 4 802 1x Authentication You can enable 80...

Page 40: ...ication server here RADIUS Server Port Please input the port number of RADIUS authentication server here Default value is 1812 RADIUS Server Password Please input the password of RADIUS authentication server here After you finish with setting please click Apply and the following message will be displayed After you clicked Apply the following message will be displayed on your web browser You can cl...

Page 41: ...ltering information All allowed MAC addresses will be listed in upper part 1 and you can add new MAC addresses by components in lower part 2 Here are descriptions of every setup item Select Check this box to select one or more MAC address es to delete Delete Selected Click this button to delete all selected MAC address es Delete All Delete all MAC address entries Reset Uncheck all selected MAC add...

Page 42: ... this field to write a comment for every MAC addresses as a memory aid This is optional Add When you finish inputting MAC address and optional Comment click this button to add the MAC address to the list Clear Remove all characters in MAC address and Comments field After you finish with setting please click Apply and the following message will be displayed When you see this message the settings yo...

Page 43: ... not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2346 RTS Threshold Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2347 Beacon Interval Set the beacon interval of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 100 DTIM Period Set the DTIM period of wireless radio Do n...

Page 44: ...e audio video streaming network telephony VoIP and others When you enable WMM function the access point will define the priority of different kinds of data to give higher priority to applications which require instant responding Therefore you can improve the performance of such network applications CTS Protect Enabling this setting will reduce the chance of radio signal collisions between 802 11b ...

Page 45: ...wireless client to start WPS mode You can push Reset WPS button of this access point or click Start PBC button in the web configuration interface to do this if you want to use PIN code you have to provide the PIN code of the wireless client you wish to connect to this access point and then switch the wireless client to WPS mode The detailed instructions are listed follow To use WPS function to set...

Page 46: ...l be replaced by asterisk for security reason If encryption is not set on this access point nothing will be displayed here Config Mode There are Registrar and Enrollee modes for the WPS connection When Registrar is enabled the wireless clients will follow the access point s wireless settings for WPS connection When Enrolle mode is enabled the access point will follow the wireless settings of wirel...

Page 47: ...rove security and wireless user control The internal radius server only supports 96 users and 16 IP addresses If the number of user and or IP address you need is more than this please use external radius server To set up internal radius server click Radius Server on the left of web management interface and the following information will be displayed Here are descriptions of every setup item Enable...

Page 48: ...us client here Please input Authenticator IP the IP address of the AP Wireless Router on which the Radius Server is enabled secret key re type secret key in corresponding field and click Add button to add the IP address to radius server database You can click Reset to clear the text you typed in above three fields All current IP addresses will be listed here If you want to delete one or more addre...

Page 49: ... password in Current Password field then input new password in both New Password and Re Enter Password field 2 10 2 Change the IP Address of the AP You can change the IP address of this wireless access point so it can become a part of your local network Please remember this address or you will not be able to connect the configuration menu of this wireless access point To change the IP address plea...

Page 50: ...o change the IP address back to default value if you forget the IP address you set 2 11 Tools 2 11 1 Backup and Restore the Configuration Settings You can backup all configurations of this access point to a file for security reason or restore to a previously configured status including factory default To backup or restore access point configurations please click Tools on the left menu and the foll...

Page 51: ...your local hard drive Restore Settings Press Browse to pick a previously saved configuration file from your computer and then click Upload to transfer the configuration file to access point After the configuration is uploaded the access point s configuration will be replaced by the file you just uploaded Restore to Factory Default Press Reset button to remove all settings you made and restore the ...

Page 52: ... download the latest firmware file from our website and use it to upgrade your access point After a firmware upgrade file is selected click Apply button and the access point will start firmware upgrade procedure automatically The procedure may take several minutes please be patient NOTE Never interrupt the upgrade procedure by closing the web browser or physically disconnect your computer from acc...

Page 53: ... responding you may have to switch it off by unplug the power plug and plug it back again after 10 seconds To reset your access point please click Tools on the left menu and the following page will be displayed Please click Reboot button and a popup message will ask you again to make sure you really want to reboot the access point Click OK to restart the access point or click Cancel to abort Pleas...

Page 54: ... purchase for help Can t get connected to wireless access point If encryption is enabled please re check WEP or WPA passphrase settings on your wireless client Try to move closer to wireless access point Unplug the power plug of access point and plug it back again after 10 seconds I can t locate my access point by my wireless client Broadcast ESSID set to off Is Antenna properly installed and secu...

Page 55: ... WEP 64 128 bit encryption Radius Server Easy Setup Button WPS Data rate 11n up to 300Mbps 11b g 54 48 36 24 18 12 11 9 6 5 5 2 1Mbps auto fallback LEDs Power WLAN LAN1 5 System Requirement Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface Web Browser Recommended use with Airlink101 Wireless N products Power 12V 1A Dimensions 174 x 103 x 30 mm Temperature Operating 0ºC to 40ºC H...

Page 56: ...nvironmental factors including volume of network traffic building materials and construction mix of wireless products used radio frequency interference e g cordless telephones and microwaves as well as network overhead lower actual data throughput rate Compatibility with 802 11n devices from other manufactures is not guaranteed Specifications are subject to change without notice Photo of product m...