ALCON ACP24, User Manual

Page 1: ...1 802 11n b g Wireless Outdoor High Power Access Point System version 1 0 User Manual Apply to ALCON ACP24 ALCON AMU24 ...

Page 2: ...ay cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or ...

Page 3: ...3 Revision History Version Date Notes 0 2 4 August 2013 Initial Version 0 2 8 January 2014 Add some features 0 3 2 April 2014 Released version ...

Page 4: ...s setting You need to configure your PC s network settings to obtain an IP address Computers use IP addresses to communicate with each other across a network such as the Internet 1 Click Start select Control Panel Double click the Network Connections 2 Right click the Local Area Connection and click Properties select Internet Protocol TCP IP for the applicable Ethernet adapter Then click Propertie...

Page 5: ...User Name Admin Password leave blank then click OK 3 You will enter the Utility homepage Start Setup by Locator 1 You just need to click on the Web icon in Locator main page The Locator will launch a default browser for you and lead you into web UI directly ...

Page 6: ...uration AP Mode System Information The default operation mode is AP mode And the first page appears in main page will show System Status System Summary automatically you can find detail system configuration in this page ...

Page 7: ... Client List Automatically this page can help user to identify current devices who already associated to the AP Throughput This page shows the throughput for both LAN and WAN It refreshes every 5 seconds ...

Page 8: ...needs to be less than 32 characters After verify the name you input click Apply to save the change Country Region Here you can set the AP to follow different country and region regulation Operation Mode The default operation mode is Access Point this connects your wireless PCs and devices to a wired network In most cases no change is necessary You can switch operation mode to Wireless Client Pt M ...

Page 9: ...cimal digit A Master Bridge Radio may accommodate up to 8 remote MAC addresses Make sure you click Apply to save the changes before move to next page IP Settings IP Setting page can configure system IP address Default IP address is 192 168 1 1 and Subnet Mask is 255 255 255 0 You can manually enter the IP address setting or get an IP from a DHCP server IP Network Setting Here you can choose to get...

Page 10: ... private address and should work well with your original environment IP Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask must be the same as that set on your Ethernet network Default Gateway If you have assigned a static IP address to the Access Point then enter the IP address of your network s Gateway such as a router in the Gateway field If your network does not have a Gateway then leave this field blank ...

Page 11: ... the network Spanning Tree Status Choose to enable or disable the spanning tree feature Bridge Hello Time Specify the number of seconds for the hello time Bridge Max Age Specify the number of seconds for the max age Bridge Forward Delay Specify the number of seconds for the bridge forward delay Priority Specify the number of seconds for the priority Click Apply to save the changes before leaving t...

Page 12: ...standard SSID Profile The SSID is the unique name shared among all points in a wireless network The SSID must be identical for all points in the wireless network It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 alphanumeric characters which may be any keyboard character Make sure this setting is the same for all points in your wireless network For added security you should change the SSID from the defa...

Page 13: ...13 Click Apply to save the changes ...

Page 14: ...mitted without encryption Shared Key sends an unencrypted challenge text string to any device attempting to communicate with the Access Point The device requesting authentication encrypts the challenge text and sends it back to the Access Point If the challenge text is encrypted correctly the Access Point allows the requesting device to authenticate Input Type Select Hex or ASCII from the drop dow...

Page 15: ...ot have RADIUS server in their network environment WPA can provide better security level than WEP without difficult setting procedure Encryption WPA gives you three encryption methods Auto TKIP and AES with dynamic encryption keys PassPhrase Enter a WPA Shared Key of 8 63 characters The Shared Key should be also applying the clients work in the same wireless network Group Key Update Interval Enter...

Page 16: ...ure all changes are made before leaving this page WPA option features WPA used in coordination with a RADIUS server this should only be used when a RADIUS server is connected to the Access Point Encryption WPA gives you three encryption methods Auto TKIP and AES with dynamic encryption keys RADIUS Server Enter the IP address of your RADIUS server RADIUS Port Port number for RADIUS service default ...

Page 17: ...or blocking access the network ACL Access Control Mode You may choose to Disabled Deny MAC in the List or Allow MAC in the List By selecting Allow MAC in the List only the address listed in the table will have access to the network all other clients will be blocked On the other hand selected Deny MAC in the List means only the listed MAC addresses will be blocked from accessing the network all oth...

Page 18: ...onfigure advanced wireless setting Before making any changes in this page please check your wireless settings on other system as well as these changes will alter the effectiveness of the Access Point In most cases these settings do not need to be changed Data Rate In data rate column you can select all bit rate supported in current operation mode Default value is Auto which means the system will a...

Page 19: ...eral packets and then transmit them as one This is to reduce the overhead when there are large packets to be transmitted WMM Choose to Enable or Disable wireless multimedia mode Distance 1 30km Setup this parameter according to the longest link distance between the point to point or point to multi point in the network The input needs to be greater than or equal to the real distance The range can b...

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Page 21: ...umn Then enter the password in the second column to confirm This option allows you to create a user name and password for the device By default this device is configured with a user name Admin and password is leave blank For security reasons it is highly recommended that you create a new user name and password Click Apply to finish the procedure Be sure you noted the modification before apply all ...

Page 22: ...ing that describes the system location Maximum length is 255 characters Community Name Read Only Specifies a community string with read only access Authorized management stations are able to retrieve MIB objects Maximum length is 32 characters Default is public Community Name Read Write Specifies a community string with read write access Authorized management stations are able to both retrieve and...

Page 23: ...e directory to save your configuration file Restore Saved Settings from A File Here you can restore the configuration file from where you previously saved Revert To Factory Default Settings Be very carefully before restore system back to default since you will lose all current settings immediately If you act the function the IP address will restore the establishing value situation 192 168 1 1 in t...

Page 24: ...ield or click Browse to find the firmware upgrade file Click Upgrade and follow the instructions The whole firmware upgrade process will take around 1 minute Before upgrade make sure you are using correct version Please check with your technical support service if new firmware available ...

Page 25: ...ice You may do this manually or by connecting to a NTP server Manually Set Date and Time Setup the date and time Automatically Get Date and Time Select the time zone from the drop down list and then specify the IP address of the NTP server Click Apply to save the changes ...

Page 26: ...own error occurs on the system or when a report needs to be sent to the technical support department for debugging purposes Syslog Choose to enable or disable the system log Log Server IP Address Specify the IP address of the server that will receive the system log Local Log Choose to enable or disable the local log Click Apply to save the changes ...

Page 27: ... server or any device with IP address And you can decide the time period in seconds or the failure counts to trigger this function Schedule to Reboot This function is used when there are large data communicating in your network which may cause system unstable as sometimes the buffer memory on different devices such as the Access point IP camera switch or computer would run out and you may find the...

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Page 29: ...ceed configuration Click Wireless Network under Wireless menu you can configure Wireless Setting Wireless Mode Default setting is 802 11g n HT20 This will support all 802 11g clients connect to the AP You can choose 802 11g in wireless mode column if your environment only has 802 11g clients Channel Frequency The channels available are based on the country s regulation and select the appropriate c...

Page 30: ...table Performance The system can support up to 8 Wireless Bridge links But all links and wireless stations that operate at the same time will all share single radio bandwidth Ex 11g have 54Mbps bandwidth Latency In the chain topology configuration if the chain becomes very long end to end latency issue may come in play We suggest the Bridge link topology planning should not exceed 2 hops in chain ...

Page 31: ...rts limit wireless security protocol Here lists Wireless Bridge WDS security settings below None Both Point to Point and Point to Multi Point traffic transmit without encryption AES Both Point to Point and Point to Multi Point traffic are encrypted by the same AES key ...

Page 32: ...32 After all changes are made click Apply to save into system ...

Page 33: ...also work as a client device In order to setup this device to work in such mode you need to choose Wireless Client mode and click Apply After the system reboot is done you can see the page as below Status page show the device is now working in Wireless Client mode ...

Page 34: ...ier This is the assigned MAC address of the station in the access point Connection Status Showa the current status Associated or N A Wireless Mode Shows the Access Point current work in either 11g or 11n mode Current Channel This column indicates the radio channel currently in use Security Indicates AP security settings in client mode Should be either Disabled WEP or WPA PSK Tx Data Rate Mbps Show...

Page 35: ...You can also click Site Survey and choose any available AP system will determine the Access Point currently available and establish connection with that Access Point If you already understand your wireless environment well you can enter the SSID in manually In Wireless Network page you can find Site Survey button as shown below You can click on it to find all wireless networks available in your cu...

Page 36: ...36 After you determine which AP SSID to join you can click on the BSSID column your want to choose The system will automatically join the SSID you specified after reboot ...

Page 37: ...ncrypted correctly the Access Point allows the requesting device to authenticate Input Type Select Hex or ASCII from the drop down list Key Length Select a key format from the drop down list 40 64bit hex keys require 10 characters or ASCII keys require 5 characters where as 104 128 bit hex keys require 26 characters or ASCII keys require 13 characters as 128 152 bit hex keys require 32 characters ...

Page 38: ... can provide better security level than WEP without difficult setting procedure Encryption there are two encryption methods TKIP and AES with dynamic encryption keys Passphrase Key Enter a WPA Shared Key of 8 63 characters The Shared Key should be also applying the Access Point work in the same wireless network Be sure to click Apply to save all settings ...

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Page 40: ... the device is able to talk with one remote access point within its range and retransmit its signal In order to setup the device to work in such mode you need to choose Repeater and click Apply in System Settings page Please reboot the device to make sure it works in repeater mode ...

Page 41: ...he SSIDs you would like to retransmit its signal please be awarded that while using the repeater mode the throughput performance maybe nearly only half compare with access point mode Because the repeater needs to communicate with original AP and also the clients associate to the repeater at the same time ...

Page 42: ... configure the security of your wireless network There are three wireless security mode options supported by the Access Point WEP WPA PSK and WPA2 WPA stands for Wi Fi Protected Access which is a security standard stronger than WEP encryption WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy In Wireless Security page you can configure the AP to work with Disabled no Security WEP WPA PSK and WPA2 security mo...

Page 43: ...th the Access Point The device requesting authentication encrypts the challenge text and sends it back to the Access Point If the challenge text is encrypted correctly the Access Point allows the requesting device to authenticate Input Type Select Hex or ASCII from the drop down list Key Length Select a key format from the drop down list 40 64 bit 10 hex digits or 5 ACSII char require 10 character...

Page 44: ...tected Access Pre Shared Key WPA PSK is design for home users who do not have RADIUS server in their network environment WPA can provide better security level than WEP without difficult setting procedure Encryption WPA gives you three encryption methods Auto TKIP and AES with dynamic encryption keys PassPhrase Enter a WPA Shared Key of 8 63 characters The Shared Key should be also applying the cli...

Page 45: ...45 encryption keys more often Default value is 3600 seconds set 0 in Group Key Update Interval to disable key renewal Remember to click Save to make sure all changes are made before leaving this page ...

Page 46: ...refer to the following system grounding diagram for your installation reference When in doubt refer to the NEC code to determine proper grounding techniques For detailed information regarding grounding the outdoor wireless system ...