Browan BW1250, User Manual

Page 1: ...第0 页共72 页0 Copyright 2006 BROWAN Communications Inc BW1250 Dual Radio 2 4GHz 5GHz Access Point www browan com User s Guide V1 0 ...

Page 2: ...N COMMUNICATIONS reserves the right to change specifications without prior notice While the information in this document has been compiled with great care it may not be deemed an assurance of product characteristics BROWAN COMMUNICATIONS shall be liable only to the degree specified in the terms of sale and delivery The reproduction and distribution of the documentation and software supplied with t...

Page 3: ...eiver 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 following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including inte...

Page 4: ...l Overview 9 Bottom Cover 10 LEDs 10 Connectors 11 Connect to the Power Source and Local Network 12 Software Installation 13 Initialization 13 Software Introduction KickStart 13 Access Your BW1250 13 CHAPTER 3 APPLICATION MODE 17 AP AP Mode 17 AP Bridge Mode 17 CHAPTER 4 REFERENCE MANUAL 19 Web Interface 19 Status 20 Status Device Status 20 Status Wireless Status 21 Status Interface Statistics 22 ...

Page 5: ...ystem 56 System Security 56 System SNMP 57 System Telnet 58 System Configuration 58 System Reset 60 System Upgrade 61 APPENDIX 63 A Specification 63 B Factory Defaults for the BW1250 65 C Regulatory Domain Channels Power 66 D Location ID and ISO Country Codes 68 ...

Page 6: ... Document The following typographic conventions and symbols are used throughout this document Very important information Failure to observe this may result in damage Important information that should be observed Additional information that may be helpful but which is not required bold Menu commands buttons and input fields are displayed in bold code File names directory names form names and system...

Page 7: ...ncing wireless coverage by wireless repeating and wireless bridging Secure and Reliable Wireless Networking BROWAN s BW1250 supports and meets all security requirement of wide area networking professionals for secured wireless network Supports VLAN up to 16 VLAN ID per Radio IEEE 802 1x EAP with password certificates and SIM card EAP TLS EAP PEAP EAP SIM and EAP TTLS 64bits 128bits static and dyna...

Page 8: ...P Relay DHCP Client service supplies flexibility for different network setup Remote software upgrading via HTTPs Management Option You can use the Access Point management systems through the following interfaces Web browser interface with HTTPS Command Line interface CLI with optional SSH Simple Network Management Protocol This user s guide provides detailed description of the management for the w...

Page 9: ...ISH SNMP Standard MIB and BROWAN Private MIB BROWAN NMS Support Detail Client Survey Network interface statistics Remote firmware update via WEB UI Backup Restore configuration file DHCP Server Kickstart Tool Bridge Client Diagnostic tool NTP support and setting time manually Maintenance Software watchdog Super Brige 802 11a b g compliant 108Mbps raw data rate supporting Up to 8 bridge links suppo...

Page 10: ...verables BW1250 Dual Radio 2 4GHz 5GHz Access Point Ethernet cable 1 5m USA type Power Cord EU type Power Cord External power supply Installation CD containing BW1250 User s Guide in PDF format KickStart Utility Bridge Client Diagnostic Utility Product Firmware Release Notes Adobe Acrobat Readers Release Notes Printed 3 Year Warranty Card If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact...

Page 11: ...ory defaults Press the Reset button for less than 5 seconds to reboot the device Press the Reset button for more than 5 seconds to set the device to factory defaults Bottom Cover Figure 2 Bottom Cover of the BW1250 The Bottom Cover of the BW1250 contains 1 Back Label with Model and Device name The official device name is Dual Radio 2 4GHz 5GHz Access Point model BW1250 2 Serial Number label of the...

Page 12: ...LAN2 RF card Active Green 802 11g module is functional Blink BW1250 WLAN2 RF card is Transmitting and Receiving data On BW1250 WLAN2 RF card Active 4 Wireless2 Amber 802 11a module is functional Blink BW1250 WLAN2 RF card is Transmitting and Receiving data Connectors The BW1250 has several connectors on the rear panel Figure 4 RF Connectors Descriptions of the connectors are given in the following...

Page 13: ...ng on the wall Step 2 Connect the Ethernet cable from the BW1250 route to an IEEE802 3af compliant Power source Equipment Such as BE3011 POE HUB E 820 POE Switch products of BROWAN Step 3 If you use the BE3011 POE HUB please connect the BW1250 LAN port to the PWR LAN OUT port of BE3011 and connect the BE3011 LAN IN port to the Switch or hub in the local network Figure 5 Connect BW1250 to Power sou...

Page 14: ...ess to your AP via HTTPS telnet SSH To install the KickStart utility insert the Installation CD into your CD ROM drive Find and install the utility from the product CD into the computer Access Your BW1250 There are two choices for the first Web browser connection to your BW1250 Use the Web browser Launch the KickStart utility that can be found in your product CD If first method is preferred please...

Page 15: ...s Web user interface If second method is prefered please follow the instructions Step 1 Install the KickStart utility that can be found in the product CD Click Start Programs BROWAN KickStart to launch the application If the BW1250 device is connected to your network the utility will automatically find your BW1250 ...

Page 16: ...BW1250 Sep 22 2006 Browan Page 15 of 68 Step 2 Select your controller and right click Select Open WEB item to launch the web management interface through the secure https connection ...

Page 17: ...the BW1250 administrator login credential to access the web management interface The default administrator log on settings for all access point interfaces are User name admin Password admin01 Step 4 After successfully log on you will see the web interface ...

Page 18: ... BW1250 AP AP mode AP Bridge mode AP AP Mode AP AP configuration can be for client density environment The typical usage that is recommended is 11g AP 11a AP Figure 6 AP AP application mode AP Bridge Mode AP Bridge configuration is for environment with last mile issue The typical usage that is recommended is 11g AP 11a Bridge Chapter 3 Application Mode ...

Page 19: ...application mode Because of the reason of the antenna interference the performance will deteriorate dramatically if the same band 2 4GHz or 5GHz is used both on the two RF modules It is strongly recommended that one RF module uses 2 4GHz and the other uses 5GHz ...

Page 20: ... has the following structure Status Device Status show the status related with the whole device Wireless Status show the status of the two radios Interface Statistics show the status of each network interface Network Interface TCP IP settings of BW1250 LAN Bridge port RADIUS Server specify the settings of RADIUS server which is used by 802 1x or WPA DHCP Settings specify the settings of DHCP serve...

Page 21: ...t information when seeking support from BROWAN and preparing firmware upgrading Uptime indicates the time expressed in days hours and minutes since the system was last rebooted System Time shows the current time of the BW1250 Wlan1 MAC Wlan2 MAC shows the MAC addresses of the two wireless interfaces of the BW1250 Free System Memory indicates the memory currently available in the BW1250 Total Syste...

Page 22: ...hich channel is in use Domain indicates regulatory domain set on the BW1250 Mode AP or Bridge mode is be used for this wireless interface Band specify which band is in use for wireless interface Layer2 Isolation specify the status of Layer2 Isolation service on this wireless interface Total Connected Clients indicates number of the currently connected clients to your BW1250 Antenna Gain indicates ...

Page 23: ...f bytes received on the network interface The bytes number is displayed in KB Input Packets shows the packets number received on the network interface Input Errors shows the packets number which contain errors preventing them from being received correctly Output Bytes KB shows the total number of bytes transmitted out of the network interface The bytes number is displayed in KB Output Packets show...

Page 24: ...ecify the subnet mask 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 These numbers are a binary mask of the IP address which defines IP address order and the number of IP addresses in the subnet Gateway Address interface gateway For Bridge type interfaces the gateway is always the gateway router Protocol specify static for setting IP address manually and dhcp for getting IP address dynamically acting as DHCP client When...

Page 25: ...nges Request for reboot server appears Figure 15 Reboot Server Reboot click the button to restart the server and apply the changes If there is no other setting needed to be modified click the Reboot button for applying all modifications And if there are still other setting modifications needed go ahead to finish all changes and then click Reboot button to restart and apply all settings together To...

Page 26: ...n Network RADIUS Server Up to 32 different RADIUS servers can be configured under the RADIUS servers menu By default one RADIUS server is specified for the system Figure 17 RADIUS Servers Settings Add add new RADIUS server Click Add to configure RADIUS server settings ...

Page 27: ... is 1813 The port specified here must be the same with the one on the RADIUS server Secret shared secret string that is used to make sure the integrity of data frames used for authentication server Save add new specified RADIUS server Cancel restore all previous values After adding a new RADIUS server or editing an existing one the following control appears Figure 19 Apply or Discard RADIUS Server...

Page 28: ...ded go ahead to finish all changes and then click Reboot button to restart and apply all settings together Network DHCP Settings BW1250 can act as DHCP server or DHCP relay The DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol service is supported on layer 2 interfaces DHCP server and DHCP relay is disabled by default Figure 21 DHCP Settings Edit edit the wireless basic settings To change DHCP setting prop...

Page 29: ...ice Choose DHCP Relay to enable DHCP relay service DHCP Server This DHCP server service enables clients on the LAN to request configuration information such as IP address from a server Settings of the DHCP service can be viewed just like the follow page Figure 23 DHCP server Settings By default DHCP server is disabled for BW1250 IP Address from IP Address to specify the IP address range to be dyna...

Page 30: ...digits and dots notation DNS secondary address specify the secondary DNS server s IP address in digits and dots notation Change status or leave in the default state if no editing is necessary and click the Save button Figure 24 Apply or Discard DHCP server Settings The DHCP server settings will be automatically adjusted to match the network interface settings The Gateway of DHCP server settings mu...

Page 31: ...all modifications And if there are still other setting modifications needed go ahead to finish all changes and then click Reboot button to restart and apply all settings together When BW1250 network Interface uses DHCP to get IP address dynamically DHCP server service cannot be enabled When BW1250 serves as DHCP client to get IP address the similar WEB UI will appear as below diagram Figure 26 War...

Page 32: ...igure 28 Apply or Discard DHCP relay Settings For each change of settings the BW1250 needs to be restarted to apply all settings changes when clicking Apply Changes Request for reboot server appears Figure 29 Reboot information Reboot click the button to restart the server and apply the changes If there is no other setting needed to be modified click the Reboot button for applying all modification...

Page 33: ... Figure 30 NTP Settings NTP Status specify enable or disable this NTP service Time Zone specify the time zone for NTP service Delete delete the existed NTP server Edit edit the settings of the existed NTP server Add add a new NTP server setting for synchronizing time Clicking Add button to add a new NTP server Figure 31 Add new NTP server setting Two NTP servers can be configured under Network NTP...

Page 34: ...eave in the default state if no editing is necessary and click the Save button Figure 32 Apply or Discard NTP server Changes Choose the Time Zone for your local area time and enable or disable the NTP status Figure 33 Edit Time Zone setting NTP status Click Save button to save new Time Zone setting ...

Page 35: ...below diagram Figure 35 Reboot information Reboot click the button to restart the server and save the configuration you edit If there is no other setting to be edited click the Reboot button to save all configuration And if there are still other settings to be edited you can ignore the reboot request until you finish all editing Network Time Settings Configure the system time manually under Networ...

Page 36: ...ly button Thus the modified time will be taken effect at once No reboot is needed If NTP is enabled the local time cannot be modified Since BW1250 hasn t RTC real time clock the system time will show 1970 01 01 00 00 when the device reboots each time Wireless Wireless Basic Use the wireless Basic menu to configure such wireless settings as regulatory domain channel band layer2isolation Click the e...

Page 37: ...nterface of BW1250 is shown Domain show the regulatory domain Static Channel Auto Channel show the channel that the access point will use to transmit and receive information If DCA Dynamic Channel Allocation is enabled this will show Auto Channel and its channel number is chosen by auto channel selection If use static channel this will show Static Channel and its channel number 19 19 ...

Page 38: ...e value of RTS threshold Default is 2347 which means that RTS is disabled DCA threshold show the value in minutes of DCA threshold This threshold is been used to judge if there is no wireless users connected during this time And if yes BW1250 will monitor the environment and adjust channel for the best operational one DCA optional channel show the channels only in which auto channel selection DCA ...

Page 39: ...milar UI Figure 41 Site Survey information To refresh the statistics click the Rescan button During Site Survey all wireless clients which are connecting with BW1250 would be kicked off Site Survey takes some minutes to perform Please wait and don t power off AP during site survey Edit edit the wireless basic settings ...

Page 40: ...ange basic wireless setting properties click the Edit button in the Action column The status can be changed now Figure 42 Edit Basic Wireless Settings with static channel selection Figure 43 Edit Basic Wireless Settings with DCA enabled 19 19 dBm ...

Page 41: ...1b g or channels 36 40 and 64 for 11a Band working band on which your radio is working Five bands are supplied 5GHz 11a 2 4GHz Mixed 11g 2 4GHz 11g only 2 4GHz Mixed 11g WiFi and 2 4GHz 11g only WiFi If 2 4GHz Mixed 11g or 2 4GHz 11g only is selected the radio will work on 2 4GHz for a better performance 2 4GHz 11g only mode only allows 11g client access 2 4GHz Mixed 11g mode allows 11b 11g client...

Page 42: ...d So set a relative small value for DCA threshold to let channel change based on wireless environment Wireless users will be kicked off when DCA is processing site survey and new operational frequency channel takes effect DCA optional channel specify the channels only in which auto channel selection DCA will choose for reducing interference reference Only when DCA is enabled DCA threshold and DCA ...

Page 43: ...ireless Settings with Static Channel selection Figure 45 Apply or Discard Basic Wireless Settings with DCA enabled For such each change of settings the BW1250 needs to be restarted to apply all settings changes when clicking Apply Changes Request for reboot server appears 19 ...

Page 44: ...t click the button to restart the server and apply the changes If there is no other setting to be edited click the Reboot button to save all configuration And if there are still other settings to be edited you can ignore the reboot request until you finish all editing 19 ...

Page 45: ... connects one SSID for the special services Also BW1250 supports Bridge function it can support up to 8 Bridge links per radio Different bridge link can use different WEP key index AP Mode Figure 47 Advanced Wireless Setting AP Mode Radio specify which RF card wlan1 or wlan2 is needed to be configured since BW1250 has two Dual Band radios Mode specify the operation mode of BW1250 AP or Bridge Inte...

Page 46: ...02 1p Tag Show the 802 1p tag for the sub interface if 802 1p is used SSID priority Show the traffic priority specified for this sub interface BSSID SSID 0 means the normal priority Accounting Show the enable disable status of accounting service Security Show the security policy specified for this sub interface Current Connect Number Show the number of current connected client with this sub interf...

Page 47: ...e the settings of MBSSID entry appears Figure 50 Multiple BSSID Setting 1 Radio showing which RF card wlan1 or wlan2 is being configured Mode showing the current operation mode of BW1250 AP or Bridge Interface showing the current MBSSID Bridge link entry SSID a unique ID for your wireless network It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters The default SSID is BW1250 but you should chang...

Page 48: ... 7 is from lowest priority to highest priority And if no special QoS is needed leave priority to default 0 0 means normal priority Enable VLAN when enabled the outgoing packets from this SSID device will be tagged with VLAN ID and 802 1p tag If have VLAN ID configure VLAN ID for each Multiple SSID devices Valid numbers are from 1 to 4094 802 1p Tag configure 802 1p Tag for remote APC s or Router s...

Page 49: ...802 1x authenticator It supports multiple authentication types based on EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol like EAP TLS EAP TTLS EAP PEAP EAP SIM The privacy will be configured as dynamic WEP RADIUS Server Profile select the default radius server name If not please configure Network RADIUS Servers Web page first Dynamic Key Length select the dynamic 64 bits 128 bits encryption WPA Wi Fi Protec...

Page 50: ...itted to connect with AP Use Pre Shared Key specify more than 8 characters and less than 64 characters for WPA with pre shared key encryption Algorithm the same as WPA Group Key Rekey Interval the same as WPA MAC Auth when selected the MAC address of wireless client will be passed to RADIUS server for PAP authentication when it connects with BW1250 The MAC address of wireless client acts as userna...

Page 51: ...onfigure Remote MAC specify the remote peer s MAC address of this Bridge Security specify which security policy is used New create a new Bridge link entry Detail show the detail information of this Bridge link entry Edit edit the selected Bridge link entry you want to configure Delete delete the selected Bridge link entry Clicking Detail the similar page will be appears Figure 54 Detail of one bri...

Page 52: ...nt to configure as a bridge link Security specify WEP or WPA PSK TKIP or AES is used for security policy WPA PSK or static WEP can be used for encrypt each bridge link Each Bridge link can have its own WEP key key Index for encryption By default four WEP keys are all set to 6161616161 They can be modified in Wireless WEP ...

Page 53: ...th 4 key indexes for each RF card wlan1 or wlan2 Enable or Disable static WEP is in the Wireless Advance menu Figure 56 WEP Settings Radio specify which RF card wlan1 or wlan2 is needed to be set Click Edit to edit the existing wepkey1 to wepkey4 By default four WEP keys are all set to 6161616161 They can be modified according to real need Figure 57 Edit WEP Key ...

Page 54: ...idge moe Policy Setting click the edit button to choose Allow Deny or disable the access control service on device By default the ACL service is disabled and all wireless clients connecting to the BW1250 are allowed no ACL rules are applied to the wireless clients Select Allow means only the wireless clients whose MAC are listed in the MAC List would be permitted to access this AP Other wireless c...

Page 55: ... enter the physical address of the network device you need to MAC address The format is a list of colon separated hexadecimal numbers for example 00 AA A2 5C 89 56 Save click the button to save the new MAC entry Figure 61 Apply or Discard MAC ACL Configuration Changes Apply Changes to save all changes made in the interface table at once Discard Changes restore all previous values For such each cha...

Page 56: ...ot click the button to restart the server and apply the changes If there is no other setting to be edited click the Reboot button to save all configuration And if there are still other settings to be edited you can ignore the reboot request until you finish all editing ...

Page 57: ...word value used for user authentication in the system 4 8 characters spaces not allowed Confirm Password re enter the new password to verify its accuracy Save click to save new administrator settings Default administrator logon settings are User Name admin Password admin01 Password length is from 4 to 8 characters After filling in the right Old password and the New Password clicking the Save butto...

Page 58: ... 1 and version 2c Read only public community allows reading values but denies any attempt to change values 1 32 all ASCII printable characters no spaces Readwrite community community name is used in SNMP version 1 and version 2c Read write private community allows to read and where possible change values 1 32 all ASCII printable characters no spaces Default Trap community the default SNMP communit...

Page 59: ...a SNMP trap message This community will be used in trap messages to authenticate the SNMP manager If not defined the default trap community name will be used specified in the SNMP table 1 32 all ASCII printable characters no spaces Save save all current settings Cancel restore the last settings System Telnet Use System Telnet menu to manage the telnet SSH service of your BW1250 Figure 68 System Co...

Page 60: ...urrent version of firmware Click the Preparation button to start saving the configuration file Click the Download button to download current working configuration into your local PC Figure 71 Download system configuration A configuration file name will be required when you download save the configuration file And please remember the configuration file name should only include characters or numbers...

Page 61: ...mation HOST IP show the IP address in the configuration file that needs to upload Please remember this IP address for accessing BW1250 after the configuration file is uploaded HOST VERSION show the firmware version in the configuration file that needs to upload OK click the button to apply configuration setting to the device If everything is right click OK button for upload restore System Reset ...

Page 62: ...evice To reset device to factory defaults click Reset on Figure 74 System Reset setting and then the below appears to make sure Figure 76 Reset the device Please note that all settings including the administrator settings will be set back to the factory default when Reset is selected System Upgrade Check for new product updates at the BROWAN website http www browan com Upload Update your device fi...

Page 63: ...ware image to upgrade the firmware is done by click the Upgrade button Please make sure the firmware is correct for BW1250 Otherwise the upgrade will be failed Figure 79 Device Statistics Do not switch off and do not disconnect the BW1250 from the power supply during the firmware update process or the device might crash It is recommended to use the Ethernet connection not wireless for the firmware...

Page 64: ...guration Management Interfaces HTTPs Secure Telnet SSHv2 SNMP Software Update Remote software update via HTTPs Reset H W and S W remote restore factory default Physical Specification Dimension 205 mm x 160 mm x 45 mm Weight 600g Environment Specification Temperature Humidity Operating 0 to 50 C 20 to 90 non condensing Power Supply POE 48V IEEE802 3af Power adapter Jack Power adaptor External power...

Page 65: ...p 22 2006 Browan Page 64 of 68 International power supply USA type Power Cord EU type Power Cord Related Products Controllers BE9040 SMB Access Controller Access Points BW2250 54Mb Dual bang outdoor Access Point ...

Page 66: ...ay Disable NTP service Disable Telnet service Enable SSH service Enable Wireless Configuration Settings RF Card 1 WLAN1 Default Mode 11g Access Point Regulatory Domain World SSID BW1250g Default channel 11 RTS Threshold 2347 bytes RF Output Power 19dBm Authentication Type Open System MAC ACL Disable Encryption Off Security Policy Disable RF Card 2 WLAN2 Default Mode 11a Access Point Regulatory Dom...

Page 67: ...62 12 2467 13 2472 14 2484 Maximum output Power 19dBm 14dBm 14dBm 14dBm For channel 1 and channel 11 the maximum output power will be 19dBm in the case of the setting of domain is FCC Channels and Maximum power for the BW1250 11a radio Channels Identifiers Frequency in MHz USA Canada FCC European Union CE ETSI WORLD CE FCC Japan TELEC U NII lower band 5150 5250 MHz 34 5170 36 5180 38 5190 40 5200 ...

Page 68: ...22 2006 Browan Page 67 of 68 52 5260 56 5280 60 5300 64 5320 Maximum Output Power 17 dBm 17 dBm U NII upper band 5725 5875 MHz 149 5745 153 5765 157 5785 161 5805 165 5825 Maximum Output Power 18dBm 17 dBm 17 dBm ...

Page 69: ... MW Malawi AQ Antarctica MY Malaysia AG Antigua and Barbuda MV Maldives AR Argentina ML Mali AM Armenia MT Malta AW Aruba MH Marshall islands AU Australia MQ Martinique AT Austria MR Mauritania AZ Azerbaijan MU Mauritius BS Bahamas YT Mayotte BH Bahrain MX Mexico BD Bangladesh FM Micronesia federated states of BB Barbados MD Moldova republic of BY Belarus MC Monaco BE Belgium MN Mongolia BZ Belize...

Page 70: ...e PL Poland CK Cook islands PT Portugal CR Costa Rica PR Puerto Rico CI Côte d ivoire QA Qatar HR Croatia RE Réunion CU Cuba RO Romania CY Cyprus RU Russian federation CZ Czech republic RW Rwanda DK Denmark SH Saint Helena DJ Djibouti KN Saint Kitts and Nevis DM Dominica LC Saint Lucia DO Dominican republic PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon EC Ecuador VC Saint Vincent and the grenadines EG Egypt WS Sam...

Page 71: ...TG Togo HT Haiti TK Tokelau HM Heard island and McDonald islands TO Tonga VA Holy see Vatican city state TT Trinidad and Tobago HN Honduras TN Tunisia HK Hong Kong TR Turkey HU Hungary TM Turkmenistan IS Iceland TC Turks and Caicos islands IN India TV Tuvalu ID Indonesia UG Uganda IR Iran Islamic republic of UA Ukraine IQ Iraq AE United Arab emirates IE Ireland GB United kingdom IL Israel US Unite...

Page 72: ... of 68 KG Kyrgyzstan EH Western Sahara LA Lao people s democratic republic YE Yemen LV Latvia YU Yugoslavia LB Lebanon Zaire see Congo the democratic republic of the LS Lesotho ZM Zambia LR Liberia ZW Zimbabwe LY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ...