Draytek VigorAP 910C, User Manual

Page 1: ...VigorAP 910C User s Guide i ...

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Page 3: ... AP P 9 91 10 0C C 8 80 02 2 1 11 1a ac c C Ce ei il li in ng g m mo ou un nt t A Ac cc ce es ss s P Po oi in nt t U Us se er r s s G Gu ui id de e Version 1 3 Firmware Version V1 1 7 For future update please visit DrayTek web site Date July 5 2016 ...

Page 4: ...ervation of the environment Warranty We warrant to the original end user purchaser that the access point will be free from any defects in workmanship or materials for a period of one 1 year from the date of purchase from the dealer Please keep your purchase receipt in a safe place as it serves as proof of date of purchase During the warranty period and upon proof of purchase should the product hav...

Page 5: ...ence 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 of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equ...

Page 6: ...de any warranty A Limited Warranty is offered on DrayTek products This Limited Warranty does not cover any software applications or programs To download source codes please visit http gplsource draytek com GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE https gnu org licenses gpl 2 0 Version 2 June 1991 For any question please feel free to contact DrayTek technical support at support draytek com for further informatio...

Page 7: ...out a DrayTek Router LAN 12 1 8 Connecting to PC Directly 13 Network Configuration 15 2 1 Windows 7 IP Address Setup 15 2 2 Windows 2000 IP Address Setup 17 2 3 Windows XP IP Address Setup 18 2 4 Windows Vista IP Address Setup 19 2 5 Accessing to Web User Interface 20 2 6 Changing Password 21 2 7 Quick Start Wizard 22 2 7 1 Configuring 2 4GHz Wireless Settings General 22 2 7 2 Configuring 2 4GHz W...

Page 8: ...80 3 6 3 Statistics 81 3 6 4 WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup 81 3 7 Wireless LAN 2 4GHz Settings for AP Bridge Point to Point AP Bridge Point to Multi Point Mode 83 3 7 1 General Setup 83 3 7 2 Advanced Setting 87 3 7 3 AP Discovery 88 3 7 4 WDS AP Status 89 3 8 Wireless LAN 2 4GHz Settings for AP Bridge WDS Mode 89 3 8 1 General Setup 90 3 8 2 Security 94 3 8 3 Access Control 97 3 8 4 WPS 98 3 8 5 Adva...

Page 9: ...al Setup 161 3 11 2 Security 163 3 11 3 Access Control 166 3 11 4 WPS 167 3 11 5 Advanced Setting 168 3 11 6 AP Discovery 168 3 11 7 Universal Repeater 170 3 11 8 WMM Configuration 172 3 11 9 Bandwidth Management 174 3 11 10 Airtime Fairness 175 3 11 11 Station Control 177 3 11 12 Roaming 178 3 11 13 Station List 180 3 12 RADIUS Setting 181 3 12 1 RADIUS Server 181 3 12 2 Certificate Management 18...

Page 10: ...Hz Statistics 203 3 16 7 WLAN 5GHz Statistics 203 3 16 8 Station Statistics 204 3 16 Support Area 206 Trouble Shooting 207 4 1 Checking If the Hardware Status Is OK or Not 207 4 2 Checking If the Network Connection Settings on Your Computer Is OK or Not 208 4 3 Pinging the VigorAP from Your Computer 211 4 4 Backing to Factory Default Setting If Necessary 212 4 5 Contacting DrayTek 213 ...

Page 11: ...sroom connected to your LAN and offering you with wireless access It makes high density with quality performance be feasible for users as it is going to be implemented with DrayTek central wireless management AP Management supports configuration firmware upgrade status monitoring and load balancing The Power of Ethernet PoE on VigorAP 910C relieves the installation of power plug The massive deploy...

Page 12: ... any computer users to setup a network environment in very short time within minutes even inexperienced users Just follow the instructions given in this user manual you can complete the setup procedure and release the power of this access point all by yourself ...

Page 13: ... The firmware upgrade is in process Off Off VigorAP is powered off USB Connector for a printer Interface Explanation Ethernet Port Connecter for xDSL Cable modem Giga level or router Power Jack DC IN Connecter for a power adapter Hole Explanation Factory Reset Restore the default settings when any error occurs in VigorAP Usage Use sharp article e g paperclip or pin to insert into the hole and keep...

Page 14: ... C Ce ei il li in ng g 1 Place the bracket under the wooden ceiling and fasten two screws firmly as shown in Figure below Step 1 2 When the bracket is in place fasten two screws firmly as shown in Figure below Step 2 on the bottom of VigorAP 3 Make the device just below the bracket Put the screws installed in Step 2 on the holes of the bracket as shown in Figure below Step 3 4 Gently rotate the de...

Page 15: ...ket and insert into the turnbuckles as shown in Figure below Step 2 Fasten them to offer more powerful supporting force 3 When the bracket is in place fasten two screws firmly as shown in Figure below Step 3 on the bottom of VigorAP 4 Make the device just below the bracket Put the screws installed in Step 3 on the screw holes of the bracket as shown in Figure below Step 4 5 Gently rotate the devic...

Page 16: ...ur VigorAP is supplied with mounts T Rail brackets which attach directly to the metal grid T Rail of your suspended ceiling 1 Choose one set of T Rail mounting kits from the bundled package 2 Put the T Rail brackets on the holes of the bottom side of the device Fasten them with suitable screws 3 If a larger gap is required between the ceiling and the VigorAP use the extension pieces to extend the ...

Page 17: ...r s Guide 7 4 Use the T Rail brackets to fasten the device on Light weighted Steel Frame Warning The screw set shown below is for wall mounting only Do not use such set for ceiling mounting due to the danger of falling ...

Page 18: ...g side entry note the position of the side entry cable cutout 1 A template is provided on the VigorAP s packaging box to enable you to space the screws correctly on the wall 2 Place the template on the wall and drill the holes according to the recommended instruction 3 Fit screws into the wall using the appropriate type of wall plug as shown in the ceiling section but do not use the ceiling bracke...

Page 19: ...f required remove the protective cap of VigorAP to create extra space for the cables to pass through Connect VigorAP to Vigor router via LAN port with Ethernet cable Connect VigorAP to PoE switch via LAN port with Ethernet cable For connecting with PoE switch do not connect the power adapter VigorAP will get the power from the switch directly ...

Page 20: ... you to monitor and manage multiple DrayTek APs from a single interface 1 Connect one end of the power adapter to power port of VigorAP and the other side into a wall outlet 2 Access into the web user interface of Vigor router Here we take Vigor2860 as an example Open Central Management AP Status 3 Locate VigorAP 910C Click the IP address assigned by Vigor router to access into web user interface ...

Page 21: ... of VigorAP and the other side into a wall outlet 2 Access into the web user interface of Vigor router Here we take Vigor2830 as an example Open External Devices 3 Check the box of External Device Auto Discovery and click OK When the IP address assigned by Vigor router appears click it to access into web user interface of VigorAP 910C 4 After typing username and password admin admin the main scree...

Page 22: ...tlet 2 Access into the web user interface of the router 3 Check that DHCP table to find an entry with a MAC address matching the VigorAP the VigorAP s MAC address is printed on a label on the base Once you have the VigorAP s IP address you can access its own web interface as shown in section 4 6 4 After getting the IP address of VigorAP 910C access into the web user interface of VigorAP 910C throu...

Page 23: ...t for VigorAP initiation When VigorAP is ready the LED will blink in blue 4 Set the IP address of the PC as 192 168 1 x x means any number ranges from 3 to 100 5 Open a web browser on your PC and type http 192 168 1 2 The following window will be open to ask for username and password Type admin admin and click Login 6 Main screen will be displayed Before using VigorAP finish the following web conf...

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Page 25: ...omputer to use dynamic IP address For the default IP address of this AP is set 192 168 1 2 we recommend you to use 192 168 1 X except 2 in the field of IP address on this section for your computer If the operating system of your computer is Windows 7 please go to section 2 1 Windows 2000 please go to section 2 2 Windows XP please go to section 2 3 Windows Vista please go to section 2 4 2 2 1 1 W W...

Page 26: ...Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and click Properties Under the General tab click Use the following IP address Then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish IP address 192 168 1 9 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 ...

Page 27: ...mputer then click control panel Double click Network and Dial up Connections icon double click Local Area Connection and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear Select Internet Protocol TCP IP then click Properties Select Use the following IP address then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish IP address 192 168 1 9 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 ...

Page 28: ...ter then click control panel Double click Network and Internet Connections icon click Network Connections and then double click Local Area Connection Local Area Connection Status window will appear and then click Properties Select Use the following IP address then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish IP address 192 168 1 9 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 ...

Page 29: ...panel Click View Network Status and Tasks then click Manage Network Connections Right click Local Area Netwrok then select Properties Local Area Connection Properties window will appear select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and then click Properties Select Use the following IP address then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish IP address 192 168 1 9 Subnet...

Page 30: ...tp 192 168 1 2 A pop up window will open to ask for username and password Pease type admin admin on Username Password and click OK Note You may either simply set up your computer to get IP dynamically from the router or set up the IP address of the computer to be in the same subnet as the IP address of VigorAP 910C If there is no DHCP server on the network then VigorAP 910C will have an IP address...

Page 31: ...ration for security and adjust primary basic settings 2 2 6 6 C Ch ha an ng gi in ng g P Pa as ss sw wo or rd d 1 Please change the password for the original security of the modem 2 Go to System Maintenance page and choose Administrator Password 3 Enter the new login password on the field of Password Then click OK to continue 4 Now the password has been changed Next time use the new password to ac...

Page 32: ...Ge en ne er ra al l This page displays general settings for the operation mode selected Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Operation Mode There are six operation modes for wireless connection Settings for each mode are different Wireless Mode At present VigorAP 910C can connect to 11b only 11g only 11n only Mixed 11b 11g Mixed 11g 11n and Mixed 11b 11g 11n stations simult...

Page 33: ...splay button to open the Station List dialog It provides the knowledge of connecting wireless clients now along with its status code AP Discovery Click the Display button to open the AP Discovery dialog VigorAP 910C can scan all regulatory channels and find working APs in the neighborhood This option is not available when AP or Station Infrastructure is selected as the Operation Mode Site Survey T...

Page 34: ... I In nf fr ra as st tr ru uc ct tu ur re e When you choose Station Infrastructure as the Operation Mode and click Next you need to configure the following page to connect to one AP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description System Configuration Profile Name Type a name for the new profile SSID Type the name for such access point that can be used for connection by the stations Ne...

Page 35: ...LAN clients Open Authentication and Shared Key Authentication Choose one of the security modes from the drop down list If you choose OPEN or SHARED you have to type WEP information OPEN Open authentication is basically null authentication algorithm which means that there is no verification of the user SHARED It works similar to Open authentication with only one major difference If you choose OPEN ...

Page 36: ...When you select a key format the number of characters of key will be displayed For example if you select 64 bit as key length and Hex as key format you ll see the message at the right of Key Format is Hex 10 characters which means the length of WEP key is 10 characters WEP Keys Key 1 Key 4 Four keys can be entered here but only one key can be selected at a time The format of WEP Key is restricted ...

Page 37: ...l need to configure the following page Available settings are explained as follows Item Description PHY Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX communication channel Each access point should be setup to the same PHY Mode for connecting with each other Security Select WEP TKIP or AES as the encryption algorithm Type the key number if required Peer MAC Address Type the peer MAC address for the acces...

Page 38: ...ext you will need to configure the following page Available settings are explained as follows Item Description PHY Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX communication channel Each access point should be setup to the same PHY Mode for connecting with each other Security Select WEP TKIP or AES as the encryption algorithm Type the key number if required Peer MAC Address Type the peer MAC address fo...

Page 39: ...ble settings are explained as follows Item Description PHY Mode Data will be transmitted via HTMIX communication channel Each access point should be setup to the same PHY Mode for connecting with each other Security Select WEP TKIP or AES as the encryption algorithm Type the key number if required Or you can click Disable to disable the function Peer MAC Address Type the peer MAC address for the a...

Page 40: ...ring up different parameters e g WEP keys Pass Phrase for you to configure Encryption Type for Open Shared This option is available when Open Shared is selected as Security Mode Choose None to disable the WEP Encryption Data sent to the AP will not be encrypted To enable WEP encryption for data transmission please choose WEP WEP Keys Four keys can be entered here but only one key can be selected a...

Page 41: ...ected at a time The format of WEP Key is restricted to 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal values in 64 bit encryption level or restricted to 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal values in 128 bit encryption level The allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126 except and Pass Phrase It is available when WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK is selected ...

Page 42: ...cryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 8...

Page 43: ...umn Smaller interval leads to greater security but lower performance Default is 3600 seconds Set 0 to disable re key Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 WPA 802 1x WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode PMK Cache Period Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK Pairwise master key cache PMK Cache manages the list from the BSSIDs in the associated SSID with which it has pre authenticated Such fe...

Page 44: ...ode Wireless Mode At present VigorAP 910C can connect to 11a only 11n only 5G Mixed 11a 11n and Mixed 11a 11n 11ac stations simultaneously Simply choose Mixed 11a 11n 11ac mode Main SSID Set a name for VigorAP 910C to be identified Multiple SSID You can specify subnet interface for SSID2 SSID4 Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN The default channel is 36 You may switch chann...

Page 45: ...or you to choose Disable The encryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this field below or...

Page 46: ...odically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Smaller interval leads to greater security but lower performance Default is 3600 seconds Set 0 to disable re key Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 WPA 802 1x WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode PMK Cache Period Set the expire time of WPA2 PMK Pairwise master key cache PMK Cache manages the list from the BSSID...

Page 47: ...Next to continue 2 2 7 7 6 6 F Fi in ni is sh hi in ng g t th he e W Wi ir re el le es ss s S Se et tt ti in ng gs s W Wi iz za ar rd d When you see this page it means the wireless setting wizard is almost finished Just click Finish to save the settings and complete the setting procedure ...

Page 48: ...s shown below Item Description IP Address Displays the IP address of the LAN interface TX Packets Displays the total transmitted packets at the LAN interface RX Packets Displays the total number of received packets at the LAN interface TX Bytes Displays the total transmitted size at the LAN interface RX Bytes Displays the total number of received size at the LAN interface ...

Page 49: ...uration As for other examples of application please refer to chapter 5 1 Open a web browser on your PC and type http 192 168 1 2 The window will ask for typing username and password 2 Please type admin admin on Username Password for administration operation Now the Main Screen will appear Be aware that Admin mode will be displayed on the bottom left side ...

Page 50: ...nnected to the VigorAP 910C to an access point AP Bridge Point to Point This mode can establish wireless connection with another VigorAP 910C using the same mode and link the wired network which these two VigorAP 910Cs connected together Only one access point can be connected in this mode AP Bridge Point to Multi Point This mode can establish wireless connection with other VigorAP 910Cs using the ...

Page 51: ... 3 3 2 2 L LA AN N Local Area Network LAN is a group of subnets regulated and ruled by modem Click LAN to open the LAN settings page and choose General Setup Note Such page will be changed according to the Operation Mode selected The following screen is obtained by choosing AP as the operation mode Available settings are explained as follows Item Description LAN IP Network Configuration Enable DHC...

Page 52: ... IPAddress Enter a value of the IP address pool for the DHCP server to start with when issuing IP addresses If the 1st IP address of your modem is 192 168 1 2 the starting IP address must be 192 168 1 3 or greater but smaller than 192 168 1 254 End IPAddress Enter a value of the IP address pool for the DHCP server to end with when issuing IP addresses Subnet Mask Type in an address code that deter...

Page 53: ... AP Management allows you to configure VigorAP 910C to be managed by Vigor2860 series 3 3 3 3 1 1 G Ge en ne er ra al l S Se et tu up p Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable AP Management Check the box to enable the function of AP Management Enable Auto Provision VigorAP 910C can be controlled under Central AP Management in Vigor2860 series When both Vigor2860 series ...

Page 54: ... AP PM M L Lo og g This page will display log information related to wireless stations connected to VigorAP 910C and central AP management Such information also will be delivered to Vigor router e g Vigor2860 or Vigor2925 series and be shown on Central AP Management Event Log of Vigor router 3 3 3 3 3 3 F Fu un nc ct ti io on n S Su up pp po or rt t L Li is st t Click the Client tab to list the AP...

Page 55: ... can help to distribute the traffic for all of the access points e g VigorAP 910C registered to Vigor router Thus the bandwidth will not be occupied by certain access points However traffic overload might be occurred if too many wireless stations connected to VigorAP 910C for data incoming and outgoing Therefore Force Overload Disassociation is required to terminate the network connection of the c...

Page 56: ...MAC address into the White List Black List Delete Delete the selected MAC address in the White List Black List Edit Edit the selected MAC address in the White List Black List Cancel Give up the configuration 3 3 3 3 5 5 S St ta at tu us s o of f S Se et tt ti in ng gs s Load Balance can help to distribute the traffic for all of the access points e g VigorAP910C registered to Vigor 2860 or Vigor292...

Page 57: ...ed channel etc S Se ec cu ur ri it ty y O Ov ve er rv vi ie ew w WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy is a legacy method to encrypt each frame transmitted via radio using either a 64 bit or 128 bit key Usually access point will preset a set of four keys and it will communicate with each station using only one out of the four keys WPA Wi Fi Protected Access the most dominating security mechanism in industr...

Page 58: ...ssphrase to setup a wireless client every time He she only needs to press a button on wireless client and WPS will connect for client and VigorAP 910C automatically Note Such function is available for the wireless station with WPS supported There are two methods to do network connection through WPS between AP and Stations pressing the Start PBC button or using PIN Code On the side of VigorAP 910C ...

Page 59: ...igorAP 910C User s Guide 49 If you want to use PIN code you have to know the PIN code specified in wireless client Then provide the PIN code of the wireless client you wish to connect to the VigorAP 910C ...

Page 60: ...Security Access Control WPS AP Discovery WMM Configuration Station List Bandwidth Management and Roaming Note The Wireless LAN 2 4GHz settings will be changed according to the Operation Mode selected in section 3 1 3 3 5 5 1 1 G Ge en ne er ra al l S Se et tu up p By clicking the General Setup a new web page will appear so that you could configure the SSID and the wireless channel Please refer to ...

Page 61: ...b only 11g only 11n only Mixed 11b 11g Mixed 11g 11n and Mixed 11b 11g 11n for 2 4GHz simultaneously Enable Check the box to enable the SSID configuration Hide SSID Check it to prevent from wireless sniffing and make it harder for unauthorized clients or STAs to join your wireless LAN Depending on the wireless utility the user may only see the 44information except SSID or just cannot see any thing...

Page 62: ...AC Clone Check this box and manually enter the MAC address of the device with SSID 1 The MAC address of other SSIDs will change based on this MAC address Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN You may switch channel if the selected channel is under serious interference If you have no idea of choosing the frequency please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you Extensi...

Page 63: ...he tab of Option Antenna VigorAP 910C can be attached with two antennas to have good data transmission via wireless connection However if you have only one antenna attached please choose 1T1R Tx Power The default setting is the maximum 100 Lower down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless Channel Width Auto 20 40 MHZ the device will use 20Mhz or 40Mhz for data transmission and rece...

Page 64: ...e There are several modes provided for you to choose Disable The encryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key ent...

Page 65: ...gits leading by 0x such as 0x321253abcde Such feature is available for WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode Key Renewal Interval WPA uses shared key for authentication to the network However normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Sma...

Page 66: ... internal server of VigorAP 910C IPAddress Enter the IP address of external RADIUS server Port The UDP port number that the external RADIUS server is using The default value is 1812 based on RFC 2138 Shared Secret The external RADIUS server and client share a secret that is used to authenticate the messages sent between them Both sides must be configured to use the same shared secret Session Timeo...

Page 67: ...settings are explained as follows Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC Address Filter table will be blocked and cannot access into Vig...

Page 68: ...d system information for WPS If the wireless security encryption function of VigorAP 910C is properly configured you can see Yes message here WPS SSID Display current selected SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 910C Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encryp Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 910C Configure via Push Button Click S...

Page 69: ...at it is default value is 2347 Country Code VigorAP broadcasts country codes by following the 802 11d standard However some wireless stations will detect scan the country code to prevent conflict occurred If conflict is detected wireless station will be warned and is unable to make network connection Therefore changing the country code to ensure successful network connection will be necessary for ...

Page 70: ...SI is the abbreviation of Receive Signal Strength Indication Channel Display the wireless channel used for the AP that is scanned by VigorAP 910C Encryption Display the encryption mode for the scanned AP Authentication Display the authentication type that the scanned AP applied Scan It is used to discover all the connected AP The results will be shown on the box above this button Channel Statistic...

Page 71: ...he service of voice or video image please set small value for AC_VI and AC_VO categories For the service of e mail or web browsing please set large value for AC_BE and AC_BK categories CWMin CWMax CWMin means contention Window Min and CWMax means contention Window Max Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15 Be aware that CWMax value must be greater than CWMin or equals to CWMin value Both va...

Page 72: ...k default value the box means the AP will answer the response request while transmitting WMM packets through wireless connection It can assure that the peer must receive the WMM packets Check the box means the AP will not answer any response request for the transmitting packets It will have better performance with lower reliability After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to sav...

Page 73: ... If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Download Limit Define the maximum speed of the data downloading which will be used for the wireless station connecting to Vigor AP with the same SSID Use the drop down list to choose the rate If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Auto Adjustment Check this box to have the bandwidth limit determined by the ...

Page 74: ...802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g 11g 11n the result is not fair The slow stations 11g work in their slow data rate and occup...

Page 75: ...s and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display the...

Page 76: ...Then the connection time can be set as 1 hour and reconnection time can be set as 1 day Thus the guest can finish his job within one hour and will not occupy the wireless network for a long time Note Up to 300 Wireless Station records are supported by VigorAP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID that the wireless station will use it to connect with Vig...

Page 77: ...ate and RSSI requirement and cut off the network connection for that wireless station to assist it to connect another Wireless AP to get better signal Minimum Basic Rate Check the box to use the drop down list to specify a basic rate Mbps When the link rate of the wireless station is below such value VigorAP 910C will terminate the network connection for that wireless station Disable RSSI Requirem...

Page 78: ...SSID with which it has pre authenticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authentication procedure defined in IEEE 802 11i specification the pre four way handshake can reduce handoff delay perceivable by a mobile node It makes roaming faster and more secure Only valid in WP...

Page 79: ...frequency It helps to leave 2 4GHz band available for legacy clients and improves users experience by reducing channel utilization If dual band is detected the AP will let the wireless client connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Note To make Band Steering work successfully SSID and security on 2 4GHz also MUST be broadcasted on 5GHz ...

Page 80: ...t is capable of dual band or not within the time limit Check Time If the wireless station does not have the capability of 5GHz network connection the system shall wait and check for several seconds 15 seconds in default to make the 2 4GHz network connection Specify the time limit for VigorAP to detect the wireless client After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the setti...

Page 81: ...d Steering 2 Check the box of Enable Band Steering and use the default value 15 for check time setting 3 Click OK to save the settings 4 Open Wireless LAN 2 4GHz General Setup and Wireless LAN 5GHz General Setup Configure SSID as ap910C BandSteering for both pages Click OK to save the settings Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Page 82: ... Wireless LAN 5GHz Security Configure Security as 12345678 for both pages Click OK to save the settings 6 Now VigorAP 910C will let the wireless clients connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Page 83: ...ient Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate for packets Refresh Click this button to refresh the status of station list Add to Access Control Client s MAC Address For additional security of wireless access the Access Control facility allows you to restrict the network access right by controlling the wireless LAN MAC address of client Only the valid MAC address that has been config...

Page 84: ...VigorAP 910C User s Guide 74 Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations ...

Page 85: ... Please refer to the following figure for more information Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function Mode At present VigorAP 910C can connect to 11 b only 11 g only 11 n only Mixed 11b 11g Mixed 11b 11g 11n and Mixed 11g 11n stations simultaneously Simply choose Mixed 11b 11g 11n mode Add Click this button to add new ...

Page 86: ...less adapter supports this function Therefore you can use and install it into your PC for matching with Packet OVERDRIVE refer to the following picture of Vigor N61 wireless utility window choose Enable for TxBURST on the tab of Option MAC Clone Check this box and manually enter the MAC address for Station mode driver After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the settings...

Page 87: ...tructure In this mode you can connect the access point to Ethernet device such as TV and Game player to enable the Ethernet device as a wireless station and join to a wireless network through an access point or AP router 802 11 Ad Hoc An ad hoc network is a network where wireless stations can communicate with peer to peer P2P Power Saving Mode Choose the power saving mode for such device CAM Choos...

Page 88: ... major difference If you choose OPEN with WEP encryption key the WEP keys is used to encrypt and decrypt the data but not for authentication In Shared key authentication WEP encryption will be used for authentication If you choose WPA Personal or WPA2 Personal the corresponding WPA settings will be listed as follows You have to choose the WPA algorithms and type the pass phrase for such security m...

Page 89: ...WEP key is 10 characters WEP Keys Key 1 Key 4 Four keys can be entered here but only one key can be selected at a time The format of WEP Key is restricted to 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal values in 64 bit encryption level or restricted to 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal values in 128 bit encryption level The allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126 except and Such featur...

Page 90: ... the abbreviation of Receive Signal Strength Indication Channel Display the channel number 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 Authentication Display the authentication type of the acc...

Page 91: ...ll do the setup for you VigorAP 910C supports two types of WPS Push Button Configuration PBC and PIN code If you want to use PBC you have to switch VigorAP 910C to WPS mode and push a specific button on the wireless client to start WPS mode You can push Reset WPS button of this VigorAP 910C or click PBC Start button in the web configuration interface to do this if you want to use PIN code you have...

Page 92: ... 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 Ver Version Display the version of WPS Status Display the status of WPS access point Refresh Click this button to refresh the AP site survey Start PBC Click Start PBC to make a WPS connection within 2 minutes ...

Page 93: ...ridge Point to Point or Point to Multi Point Mode as the operation mode the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup AP Discovery WDS AP Status and Roaming AP Bridge Point to Point allows VigorAP 910C to connect to another VigorAP 910C which uses the same mode All wired Ethernet clients of both VigorAP 910Cs will be connected together Point to Multi Point Mode allows VigorAP 910C to conn...

Page 94: ...b only 11g only 11n only Mixed 11b 11g Mixed 11g 11n and Mixed 11b 11g 11n stations simultaneously Simply choose Mixed 11b 11g 11n mode Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN The default channel is 11 You may switch channel if the selected channel is under serious interference If you have no idea of choosing the frequency please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you...

Page 95: ...ed to ignore such feature Peer Mac Address Type the peer MAC address for the access point that VigorAP 910C connects to Packet OVERDRIVE This feature can enhance the performance in data transmission about 40 more by checking Tx Burst It is active only when both sides of Access Point and Station in wireless client invoke this function at the same time That is the wireless client must support this f...

Page 96: ...roughput of wireless Channel Width Auto 20 40 MHZ the device will use 20Mhz or 40Mhz for data transmission and receiving according to the station capability Such channel can increase the performance for data transit 20 MHZ the device will use 20Mhz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations 40 MHZ the device will use 40Mhz for data transmission and receiving between the AP...

Page 97: ...e if you don t know what it is default value is 2346 RTS Threshold Minimize the collision unit is bytes between hidden stations to improve wireless performance Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2347 Country Code VigorAP broadcasts country codes by following the 802 11d standard However some wireless stations will detec...

Page 98: ... APs Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID of the AP scanned by VigorAP 910C BSSID Display the MAC address of the AP scanned by VigorAP 910C RSSI Display the signal strength of the access point RSSI is the abbreviation of Receive Signal Strength Indication Channel Display the wireless channel used for the AP that is scanned by VigorAP 910C Encryption Di...

Page 99: ... AP P S St ta at tu us s VigorAP 910C can display the status such as MAC address physical mode power save and bandwidth for the working AP connected with WDS Click Refresh to get the newest information 3 3 8 8 W Wi ir re el le es ss s L LA AN N 2 2 4 4G GH Hz z S Se et tt ti in ng gs s f fo or r A AP P B Br ri id dg ge e W WD DS S M Mo od de e When you choose AP Bridge WDS as the operation mode th...

Page 100: ...l l S Se et tu up p By clicking the General Setup a new web page will appear so that you could configure the PHY Mode security Tx Burst and choose proper mode Please refer to the following figure for more information Available settings are explained as follows ...

Page 101: ...e system allows you to set three sets of SSID for different usage SSID Set a name for VigorAP 910C to be identified Isolate Member Check this box to make the wireless clients stations with the same SSID not accessing for each other VLAN ID Type the value for such SSID Packets transferred from such SSID to LAN will be tagged with the number If your network uses VLANs you can assign the SSID to a VL...

Page 102: ...lgorithm Peer Mac Address Four peer MAC addresses are allowed to be entered in this page at one time Packet OVERDRIVE This feature can enhance the performance in data transmission about 40 more by checking Tx Burst It is active only when both sides of Access Point and Station in wireless client invoke this function at the same time That is the wireless client must support this feature and invoke t...

Page 103: ...roughput of wireless Channel Width Auto 20 40 MHZ the device will use 20Mhz or 40Mhz for data transmission and receiving according to the station capability Such channel can increase the performance for data transit 20 MHZ the device will use 20Mhz for data transmission and receiving between the AP and the stations 40 MHZ the device will use 40Mhz for data transmission and receiving between the AP...

Page 104: ...e Disable The encryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this field below or automatically ...

Page 105: ...e is available for WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode Key Renewal Interval WPA uses shared key for authentication to the network However normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Smaller interval leads to greater security but lower pe...

Page 106: ... internal server of VigorAP 910C IPAddress Enter the IP address of external RADIUS server Port The UDP port number that the external RADIUS server is using The default value is 1812 based on RFC 2138 Shared Secret The external RADIUS server and client share a secret that is used to authenticate the messages sent between them Both sides must be configured to use the same shared secret Session Timeo...

Page 107: ... or allow Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC Address Filter table will be blocked and ca...

Page 108: ...gured Display related system information for WPS If the wireless security encryption function of VigorAP 910C is properly configured you can see Yes message here WPS SSID Display current selected SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 910C Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encryp Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 910C Configure via...

Page 109: ...e if you don t know what it is default value is 2346 RTS Threshold Minimize the collision unit is bytes between hidden stations to improve wireless performance Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2347 Country Code VigorAP broadcasts country codes by following the 802 11d standard However some wireless stations will detec...

Page 110: ... AP which is in the same channel of VigorAP 910C can be found Please click Scan to discover all the connected APs Each item is explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID of the AP scanned by VigorAP 910C BSSID Display the MAC address of the AP scanned by VigorAP 910C RSSI Display the signal strength of the access point RSSI is the abbreviation of Receive Signal Strength Indication...

Page 111: ...ded and be shown on WDS settings page 3 3 8 8 7 7 W WD DS S A AP P S St ta at tu us s VigorAP 910C can display the status such as MAC address physical mode power save and bandwidth for the working AP connected with WDS Click Refresh to get the newest information 3 3 8 8 8 8 W WM MM M C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ra at ti io on n WMM is an abbreviation of Wi Fi Multimedia It defines the priority levels f...

Page 112: ...t be smaller however the difference between AC_BE and AC_BK categories must be greater Txop It means transmission opportunity For WMM categories of AC_VI and AC_VO that need higher priorities in data transmission please set greater value for them to get highest transmission opportunity Specify the value ranging from 0 to 65535 ACM It is an abbreviation of Admission control Mandatory It can restric...

Page 113: ... If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Download Limit Define the maximum speed of the data downloading which will be used for the wireless station connecting to Vigor AP with the same SSID Use the drop down list to choose the rate If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Auto Adjustment Check this box to have the bandwidth limit determined by the ...

Page 114: ...EE802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g 11g 11n the result is not fair The slow stations 11g work in their slow data rate and occ...

Page 115: ...es and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display th...

Page 116: ... Then the connection time can be set as 1 hour and reconnection time can be set as 1 day Thus the guest can finish his job within one hour and will not occupy the wireless network for a long time Note Up to 300 Wireless Station records are supported by VigorAP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID that the wireless station will use it to connect with Vi...

Page 117: ...ate and RSSI requirement and cut off the network connection for that wireless station to assist it to connect another Wireless AP to get better signal Minimum Basic Rate Check the box to use the drop down list to specify a basic rate Mbps When the link rate of the wireless station is below such value VigorAP 910C will terminate the network connection for that wireless station Disable RSSI Requirem...

Page 118: ... SSID with which it has pre authenticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authentication procedure defined in IEEE 802 11i specification the pre four way handshake can reduce handoff delay perceivable by a mobile node It makes roaming faster and more secure Only valid in W...

Page 119: ...frequency It helps to leave 2 4GHz band available for legacy clients and improves users experience by reducing channel utilization If dual band is detected the AP will let the wireless client connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Note To make Band Steering work successfully SSID and security on 2 4GHz also MUST be broadcasted on 5GHz ...

Page 120: ...nt is capable of dual band or not within the time limit Check Time If the wireless station does not have the capability of 5GHz network connection the system shall wait and check for several seconds 15 seconds in default to make the 2 4GHz network connection Specify the time limit for VigorAP to detect the wireless client After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the sett...

Page 121: ...nd Steering 2 Check the box of Enable Band Steering and use the default value 15 for check time setting 3 Click OK to save the settings 4 Open Wireless LAN 2 4GHz General Setup and Wireless LAN 5GHz General Setup Configure SSID as ap910C BandSteering for both pages Click OK to save the settings Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Page 122: ... Wireless LAN 5GHz Security Configure Security as 12345678 for both pages Click OK to save the settings 6 Now VigorAP 910C will let the wireless clients connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Page 123: ...ion mode used by the wireless client Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate for packets Refresh Click this button to refresh the status of station list Add to Access Control Client s MAC Address For additional security of wireless access the Access Control facility allows you to restrict the network access right by controlling the wireless LAN MAC address of client Only the valid ...

Page 124: ...VigorAP 910C User s Guide 114 Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations ...

Page 125: ... mode the Wireless LAN menu items will include General Setup Security WPS AP Discovery Universal Repeater WMM Configuration Bandwidth Management Airtime Fairness Station Control Roaming Band Steering and Station List 3 3 9 9 1 1 G Ge en ne er ra al l S Se et tu up p By clicking the General Setup a new web page will appear so that you could configure the SSID and the wireless channel Please refer t...

Page 126: ...k the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations which try to connect Internet through Vigor AP The number you can set is from 3 to 64 Mode At present VigorAP 910C can connect to 11b only 11g only 11n only Mixed 11b 11g Mixed 11g 11n and Mixed 11b 11g 11n stations simultaneously Simply choose Mixed 11b 11g 11n mode Enable Check the box to enable the SSID configuration ...

Page 127: ...your network Client devices that associate using the SSID are grouped into this VLAN The VLAN ID range is from 3 to 4095 The VLAN ID is 0 by default it means disabling the VLAN function for the SSID MAC Clone Check this box and manually enter the MAC address of the device with SSID 1 The MAC address of other SSIDs will change based on this MAC address Channel Means the channel of frequency of the ...

Page 128: ... tab of Option Antenna VigorAP 910C can be attached with two antennas to have good data transmission via wireless connection However if you have only one antenna attached please choose 1T1R Tx Power The default setting is the maximum 100 Lower down the value may degrade range and throughput of wireless Channel Width Auto 20 40 MHZ the device will use 20Mhz or 40Mhz for data transmission and receiv...

Page 129: ... provided for you to choose Disable The encryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this fie...

Page 130: ...s 0x321253abcde Such feature is available for WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode Key Renewal Interval WPA uses shared key for authentication to the network However normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal security time seconds in the column Smaller interval leads to gr...

Page 131: ...r internal server of VigorAP 910C IPAddress Enter the IP address of external RADIUS server Port The UDP port number that the external RADIUS server is using The default value is 1812 based on RFC 2138 Shared Secret The external RADIUS server and client share a secret that is used to authenticate the messages sent between them Both sides must be configured to use the same shared secret Session Time...

Page 132: ...settings are explained as follows Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC Address Filter table will be blocked and cannot access into Vig...

Page 133: ...d system information for WPS If the wireless security encryption function of VigorAP 910C is properly configured you can see Yes message here WPS SSID Display current selected SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 910C Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encryp Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 910C Configure via Push Button Click S...

Page 134: ...e if you don t know what it is default value is 2346 RTS Threshold Minimize the collision unit is bytes between hidden stations to improve wireless performance Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio Do not modify default value if you don t know what it is default value is 2347 Country Code VigorAP broadcasts country codes by following the 802 11d standard However some wireless stations will detec...

Page 135: ...e same channel of VigorAP 910C can be found Please click Scan to discover all the connected APs Each item is explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID of the AP scanned by VigorAP 910C BSSID Display the MAC address of the AP scanned by VigorAP 910C RSSI Display the signal strength of the access point RSSI is the abbreviation of Receive Signal Strength Indication Channel Display t...

Page 136: ...tion to connect to a Root AP and use AP function to serve all wireless stations within its coverage Note While using Universal Repeater mode the access point will demodulate the received signal Please check if this signal is noise for the operating network then have the signal modulated and amplified again The output power of this mode is the same as that of WDS and normal AP mode Available settin...

Page 137: ...vel or restricted to 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal values in 128 bit encryption level The allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126 except and Encryption Type for WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK This option is available when WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK is selected as Security Mode Select TKIP or AES as the algorithm for WPA Pass Phrase Either 8 63 ASCII characters such as 012345678 or 64 Hexadec...

Page 138: ...n Data sent to the AP will not be encrypted To enable WEP encryption for data transmission please choose WEP WEPKeys Four keys can be entered here but only one key can be selected at a time The format of WEP Key is restricted to 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal values in 64 bit encryption level or restricted to 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal values in 128 bit encryption level The allowe...

Page 139: ... de e Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Encryption Type Select TKIP or AES as the algorithm for WPA Pass Phrase Either 8 63 ASCII characters such as 012345678 or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x such as 0x321253abcde After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the settings ...

Page 140: ...service of voice or video image please set small value for AC_VI and AC_VO categories For the service of e mail or web browsing please set large value for AC_BE and AC_BK categories CWMin CWMax CWMin means contention Window Min and CWMax means contention Window Max Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15 Be aware that CWMax value must be greater than CWMin or equals to CWMin value Both value...

Page 141: ...ult value the box means the AP will answer the response request while transmitting WMM packets through wireless connection It can assure that the peer must receive the WMM packets Check the box means the AP will not answer any response request for the transmitting packets It will have better performance with lower reliability After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the ...

Page 142: ... If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Download Limit Define the maximum speed of the data downloading which will be used for the wireless station connecting to Vigor AP with the same SSID Use the drop down list to choose the rate If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Auto Adjustment Check this box to have the bandwidth limit determined by the ...

Page 143: ...EE802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g 11g 11n the result is not fair The slow stations 11g work in their slow data rate and occ...

Page 144: ...es and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display th...

Page 145: ... Then the connection time can be set as 1 hour and reconnection time can be set as 1 day Thus the guest can finish his job within one hour and will not occupy the wireless network for a long time Note Up to 300 Wireless Station records are supported by VigorAP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID that the wireless station will use it to connect with Vi...

Page 146: ...ate and RSSI requirement and cut off the network connection for that wireless station to assist it to connect another Wireless AP to get better signal Minimum Basic Rate Check the box to use the drop down list to specify a basic rate Mbps When the link rate of the wireless station is below such value VigorAP 910C will terminate the network connection for that wireless station Disable RSSI Requirem...

Page 147: ... SSID with which it has pre authenticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authentication procedure defined in IEEE 802 11i specification the pre four way handshake can reduce handoff delay perceivable by a mobile node It makes roaming faster and more secure Only valid in W...

Page 148: ...frequency It helps to leave 2 4GHz band available for legacy clients and improves users experience by reducing channel utilization If dual band is detected the AP will let the wireless client connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Note To make Band Steering work successfully SSID and security on 2 4GHz also MUST be broadcasted on 5GHz ...

Page 149: ...nt is capable of dual band or not within the time limit Check Time If the wireless station does not have the capability of 5GHz network connection the system shall wait and check for several seconds 15 seconds in default to make the 2 4GHz network connection Specify the time limit for VigorAP to detect the wireless client After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the sett...

Page 150: ...nd Steering 2 Check the box of Enable Band Steering and use the default value 15 for check time setting 3 Click OK to save the settings 4 Open Wireless LAN 2 4GHz General Setup and Wireless LAN 5GHz General Setup Configure SSID as ap910C BandSteering for both pages Click OK to save the settings Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Page 151: ... Wireless LAN 5GHz Security Configure Security as 12345678 for both pages Click OK to save the settings 6 Now VigorAP 910C will let the wireless clients connect to less congested wireless LAN such as 5GHz to prevent from network congestion Same value for 2 4GHz and 5GHz ...

Page 152: ...ion mode used by the wireless client Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate for packets Refresh Click this button to refresh the status of station list Add to Access Control Client s MAC Address For additional security of wireless access the Access Control facility allows you to restrict the network access right by controlling the wireless LAN MAC address of client Only the valid ...

Page 153: ...VigorAP 910C User s Guide 143 Control Display connection and reconnection time of the wireless stations Neighbor Display more information for the neighboring wireless stations ...

Page 154: ...WPS AP Discovery WMM Configuration Bandwidth Management Airtime Fairness Station Control Roaming and Station List 3 3 1 10 0 1 1 G Ge en ne er ra al l S Se et tu up p By clicking the General Setup a new web page will appear so that you could configure the SSID and the wireless channel Please refer to the following figure for more information Available settings are explained as follows Item Descrip...

Page 155: ...mber Check this box to make the wireless clients stations with the same SSID not accessing for each other VLAN ID Type the value for such SSID Packets transferred from such SSID to LAN will be tagged with the number If your network uses VLANs you can assign the SSID to a VLAN on your network Client devices that associate using the SSID are grouped into this VLAN The VLAN ID range is from 3 to 4095...

Page 156: ...ansmission and receiving between the AP and the stations After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the settings 3 3 1 10 0 2 2 S Se ec cu ur ri it ty y This page allows you to set security with different modes for SSID 1 2 3 and 4 respectively After configuring the correct settings please click OK to save and invoke it By clicking the Security Settings a new web page will...

Page 157: ... WPA mode WPA 802 1x The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802 1x authentication WPA2 802 1x The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802 1...

Page 158: ...plained as follows Item Description Use internal RADIUS Server There is a RADIUS server built in VigorAP 910C which is used to authenticate the wireless client connecting to the access point Check this box to use the internal RADIUS server for wireless security Besides if you want to use the external RADIUS server for authentication do not check this box Please refer to the section 3 10 RADIUS Ser...

Page 159: ...dresses to control their access rights deny or allow Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC ...

Page 160: ...figured Display related system information for WPS If the wireless security encryption function of VigorAP 910C is properly configured you can see Yes message here WPS SSID Display current selected SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 910C Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encryp Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 910C Configure v...

Page 161: ...e VigorAP broadcasts country codes by following the 802 11d standard However some wireless stations will detect scan the country code to prevent conflict occurred If conflict is detected wireless station will be warned and is unable to make network connection Therefore changing the country code to ensure successful network connection will be necessary for some clients 3 3 1 10 0 6 6 A AP P D Di is...

Page 162: ...SI is the abbreviation of Receive Signal Strength Indication Channel Display the wireless channel used for the AP that is scanned by VigorAP 910C Encryption Display the encryption mode for the scanned AP Authentication Display the authentication type that the scanned AP applied Scan It is used to discover all the connected AP The results will be shown on the box above this button Channel Statistic...

Page 163: ...or WMM accessing categories For the service of voice or video image please set small value for AC_VI and AC_VO categories For the service of e mail or web browsing please set large value for AC_BE and AC_BK categories CWMin CWMax CWMin means contention Window Min and CWMax means contention Window Max Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15 Be aware that CWMax value must be greater than CWMin...

Page 164: ...e downstream or upstream from FTP HTTP or some P2P applications will occupy large of bandwidth and affect the applications for other programs Please use Bandwidth Management to make the bandwidth usage more efficient Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the specific SSID name Enable Check this box to enable the bandwidth management for clients Upload Limit Defi...

Page 165: ...tation at the same time The principle behind the IEEE802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g 11g 11n the result is not fair The slo...

Page 166: ...es and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display th...

Page 167: ...y Then the connection time can be set as 1 hour and reconnection time can be set as 1 day Thus the guest can finish his job within one hour and will not occupy the wireless network for a long time Note Up to 300 Wireless Station records are supported by VigorAP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID that the wireless station will use it to connect with V...

Page 168: ... rate and RSSI requirement and cut off the network connection for that wireless station to assist it to connect another Wireless AP to get better signal Minimum Basic Rate Check the box to use the drop down list to specify a basic rate Mbps When the link rate of the wireless station is below such value VigorAP 910C will terminate the network connection for that wireless station Disable RSSI Requir...

Page 169: ... SSID with which it has pre authenticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authentication procedure defined in IEEE 802 11i specification the pre four way handshake can reduce handoff delay perceivable by a mobile node It makes roaming faster and more secure Only valid in W...

Page 170: ...x Rate Display the transmission receiving rate for packets Refresh Click this button to refresh the status of station list Add to Access Control Client s MAC Address For additional security of wireless access the Access Control facility allows you to restrict the network access right by controlling the wireless LAN MAC address of client Only the valid MAC address that has been configured can acces...

Page 171: ... for more information Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function Enable Limit Client Check the box to set the maximum number of wireless stations which try to connect Internet through VigorAP The number you can set is from 3 to 64 Mode At present VigorAP 910C can connect to 11a only 11n only Mixed 11a 11n and Mixed 11a...

Page 172: ... SSID Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN You may switch channel if the selected channel is under serious interference If you have no idea of choosing the frequency please select AutoSelect to let system determine for you Extension Channel With 802 11n there is one option to double the bandwidth per channel The available extension channel options will be varied according to ...

Page 173: ...ose Disable The encryption mechanism is turned off WEP Accepts only WEP clients and the encryption key should be entered in WEP Key WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK Accepts only WPA clients and the encryption key should be entered in PSK The WPA encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using the key which either PSK Pre Shared Key entered manually in this field below or automaticall...

Page 174: ...s 012345678 or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x such as 0x321253abcde Such feature is available for WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK or Mixed WPA WPA2 PSK mode Key Renewal Interval WPA uses shared key for authentication to the network However normal network operations use a different encryption key that is randomly generated This randomly generated key that is periodically replaced Enter the renewal securit...

Page 175: ...r internal server of VigorAP 910C IPAddress Enter the IP address of external RADIUS server Port The UDP port number that the external RADIUS server is using The default value is 1812 based on RFC 2138 Shared Secret The external RADIUS server and client share a secret that is used to authenticate the messages sent between them Both sides must be configured to use the same shared secret Session Time...

Page 176: ... Policy Select to enable any one of the following policy or disable the policy Choose Activate MAC address filter to type in the MAC addresses for other clients in the network manually Choose Blocked MAC address filter so that all of the devices with the MAC addresses listed on the MAC Address Filter table will be blocked and cannot access into VigorAP 910C MAC Address Filter Display all MAC addre...

Page 177: ...ity encryption function of VigorAP 910C is properly configured you can see Yes message here WPS SSID Display current selected SSID WPS Auth Mode Display current authentication mode of the VigorAP 910C Only WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK support WPS WPS Encrypt Type Display encryption mode None WEP TKIP AES etc of VigorAP 910C Configure via Push Button Click Start PBC to invoke Push Button style WPS setup pr...

Page 178: ... following the 802 11d standard However some wireless stations will detect scan the country code to prevent conflict occurred If conflict is detected wireless station will be warned and is unable to make network connection Therefore changing the country code to ensure successful network connection will be necessary for some clients 3 3 1 11 1 6 6 A AP P D Di is sc co ov ve er ry y VigorAP 910C can...

Page 179: ...scanned AP Authentication Display the authentication type that the scanned AP applied Scan It is used to discover all the connected AP The results will be shown on the box above this button AP s MAC Address If you want the found AP applying the WDS settings please type in the AP s MAC address AP s SSID To specify an AP to be applied with WDS settings you can specify MAC address or SSID for the AP ...

Page 180: ... as that of WDS and normal AP mode Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Set the name of access point that VigorAP 910C wants to connect to MAC Address Optional Type the MAC address of access point that VigorAP 910C wants to connect to Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN The default channel is 36 You may switch channel if the selected channel is u...

Page 181: ...is selected as Security Mode Select TKIP or AES as the algorithm for WPA Pass Phrase Either 8 63 ASCII characters such as 012345678 or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x such as 0x321253abcde Connection Type Choose DHCP or Static IP as the connection mode DHCP The wireless station will be assigned with an IP from Static IP The wireless station shall specify a static IP for connecting to Internet ...

Page 182: ... data There are four accessing categories AC_BE AC_BK AC_VI and AC_VO for WMM Available settings are explained as follows Item Description WMM Capable To apply WMM parameters for wireless data transmission please click the Enable radio button Aifsn It controls how long the client waits for each data transmission Please specify the value ranging from 1 to 15 Such parameter will influence the time d...

Page 183: ... restrict stations from using specific category class if it is checked Note VigorAP 910C provides standard WMM configuration in the web page If you want to modify the parameters please refer to the Wi Fi WMM standard specification AckPolicy Uncheck default value the box means the AP will answer the response request while transmitting WMM packets through wireless connection It can assure that the p...

Page 184: ...s Upload Limit Define the maximum speed of the data uploading which will be used for the wireless stations connecting to VigorAP with the same SSID Use the drop down list to choose the rate If you choose User defined you have to specify the rate manually Download Limit Define the maximum speed of the data downloading which will be used for the wireless station connecting to VigorAP with the same S...

Page 185: ...IEEE802 11 channel access mechanisms is that each station has equal probability to access the channel When wireless stations have similar data rate this principle leads to a fair result In this case stations get similar channel access time which is called airtime However when stations have various data rate e g 11g 11n the result is not fair The slow stations 11g work in their slow data rate and o...

Page 186: ...es and improve the overall wireless performance Suitable environment 1 Many wireless stations 2 All stations mainly use download traffic 3 The performance bottleneck is wireless connection Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Airtime Fairness Try to assign similar airtime to each wireless station by controlling TX traffic Airtime Fairness Click the link to display th...

Page 187: ...y Then the connection time can be set as 1 hour and reconnection time can be set as 1 day Thus the guest can finish his job within one hour and will not occupy the wireless network for a long time Note Up to 300 Wireless Station records are supported by VigorAP Available settings are explained as follows Item Description SSID Display the SSID that the wireless station will use it to connect with V...

Page 188: ... rate and RSSI requirement and cut off the network connection for that wireless station to assist it to connect another Wireless AP to get better signal Minimum Basic Rate Check the box to use the drop down list to specify a basic rate Mbps When the link rate of the wireless station is below such value VigorAP 910C will terminate the network connection for that wireless station Disable RSSI Requir...

Page 189: ... SSID with which it has pre authenticated Such feature is available for WPA2 802 1 mode Pre Authentication Enables a station to authenticate to multiple APs for roaming securer and faster With the pre authentication procedure defined in IEEE 802 11i specification the pre four way handshake can reduce handoff delay perceivable by a mobile node It makes roaming faster and more secure Only valid in W...

Page 190: ...f Receive Signal Strength Indication Tx Rate Rx Rate Display the transmission receiving rate for packets Refresh Click this button to refresh the status of station list Add to Access Control Client s MAC Address For additional security of wireless access the Access Control facility allows you to restrict the network access right by controlling the wireless LAN MAC address of client Only the valid ...

Page 191: ...DIUS Server Check it to enable the internal RADIUS server Authentication Type Let the user to choose the authentication method for RADIUS server Radius EAP Type There are two types PEAP and EAP TLS offered for selection If EAP TLS is selected a certificate must be installed or must be ensured to be trusted Users Profile Username Type a new name for the user profile Password Type a new password for...

Page 192: ...ttings RADIUS configuration from an existed file After finishing this web page configuration please click OK to save the settings 3 3 1 12 2 2 2 C Ce er rt ti if fi ic ca at te e M Ma an na ag ge em me en nt t When the local client and remote server are required to make certificate authentication e g Radius EAP TLS authentication for wireless connection and avoiding the attack of MITM a trusted ro...

Page 193: ... less than 32 characters Email E Type the email address for the root CA with length less than 32 characters Key Type At present only RSA an encryption algorithm is supported by such device Key Size To determine the size of a key to be authenticated use the drop down list to specify the one you need Apply to Web HTTPS VigorAP needs a certificate to access into Internet via Web HTTPS Check this box ...

Page 194: ...once if you power down or reset the AP There is another way to set up time You can inquiry an NTP server a time server on the Internet to synchronize the AP s clock This method can only be applied when the WAN connection has been built up Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Schedule Enable Schedule Check it to enable the function of schedule configuration Schedule Configur...

Page 195: ...f the schedule Action Specify which action should apply the schedule WiFi 2 4GHz WiFi 5GHz When Wi Fi UP or Wi Fi DOWN is selected as Action you need to specify which channel will be used to apply the schedule Acts Specify how often the schedule will be applied Once The schedule will be applied just once Routine Specify which days in one week should perform the schedule Weekday Choose and check th...

Page 196: ...v ve e To keep the wireless connection via Wi Fi on iOS device in alive VigorAP 910C will send the UDP packets with 5353 port to the specific IP every five seconds Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Enable Apple iOS Keep Alive Check to enable the function Index Display the setting link Click the index link to open the configuration page for setting the IP address Apple iO...

Page 197: ...bile Device Management 3 3 1 14 4 1 1 D De et te ec ct ti io on n Such page displays mobile device s detected by VigorAP Detected device s with Policy Pass can access into the wireless LAN offered by VigorAP Detected device s with Policy Block are not allowed to access into Internet via VigorAP s WLAN Once you check uncheck the box of Enable Mobile Device Management and click OK VigorAP will reboo...

Page 198: ...evices will be blocked and not allowed to access into Internet via VigorAP Block PC Connections All of network connections based on PC MAC or Linux platform will be blocked and terminated Block Unknown Connections Only the unknown network connections unable to be recognized by Vigor router will be blocked and terminated WiFi 2 4GHz 5GHz Choose the SSID to apply the above policy After finished the ...

Page 199: ...189 3 3 1 14 4 3 3 S St ta at ti is st ti ic cs s The number of detected devices and the number of device s passed blocked according to the policy specified in Mobile Device Management Policy can be illustrated as doughnut chart ...

Page 200: ...provides basic network settings of Vigor modem It includes LAN and WAN interface information Also you could get the current running firmware version or firmware related information from this presentation Each item is explained as follows Item Description Model Display the model name of the modem Device Name Display the name of VigorAP Firmware Version Display the firmware version of the modem Buil...

Page 201: ...LAN interface IP Mask Display the subnet mask address of the LAN interface Wireless MAC Address Display the MAC address of the WAN Interface SSID Display the SSID of the device Channel Display the channel that the station used for connecting with such device 3 3 1 15 5 2 2 T TR R 0 06 69 9 This device supports TR 069 standard It is very convenient for an administrator to manage a TR 069 device thr...

Page 202: ...here because your ISP often provides you more than one DNS Server If your ISP does not provide it the modem will automatically apply default secondary DNS Server IP address 194 98 0 1 to this field Periodic Inform Settings The default setting is Enable Please set interval time or schedule time for the AP to send notification to VigorACS server Or click Disable to close the mechanism of notificatio...

Page 203: ...ord Available settings are explained as follows Item Description Account Type the name for accessing into Web User Interface Password Type in new password in this filed Confirm Password Type the new password again for confirmation When you click OK the login window will appear Please use the new password to access into the web user interface again ...

Page 204: ...ow the steps below to backup your configuration 1 Go to System Maintenance Configuration Backup The following windows will be popped up as shown below 2 Click Backup button to get into the following dialog Click Save button to open another dialog for saving configuration as a file 3 In Save As dialog the default filename is config cfg You could give it another name by yourself ...

Page 205: ... Note Backup for Certification must be done independently The Configuration Backup does not include information of Certificate R Re es st to or re e C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ra at ti io on n 1 Go to System Maintenance Configuration Backup The following windows will be popped up as shown below 2 Click Browse button to choose the correct configuration file for uploading to the modem 3 Click Restore bu...

Page 206: ...Syslog server Destination Port Assign a port for the Syslog protocol The default setting is 514 Log Level Specify which level of the severity of the event will be recorded by Syslog Mail Alert Setup Check Enable to activate function of mail alert SMTP Server The IP address of the SMTP server Mail To Assign a mail address for sending mails out Mail From Assign a path for receiving the mail from out...

Page 207: ...e browser time from the remote administrator PC host as AP s system time Use NTP Client Select to inquire time information from Time Server on the Internet using assigned protocol Time Zone Select a time protocol NTP Server Type the IP address of the time server Use Default Click it to choose the default NTP server Daylight Saving Check the box to enable the daylight saving Such feature is availab...

Page 208: ...eet your favor Blue Flashing Purple Flashing Blue Always On Orange Always On Purple Always On Flashing light or steady light with different color can be chosen to indicate VigorAP is ready and able to work normally You can change and specify the color of the flashing stabilizing LED at any time Simply use the drop down list to choose the option you want Disable The LEDs blink always since VigorAP ...

Page 209: ... take 5 seconds to reboot the system Note When the system pops up Reboot System web page after you configure web settings please click OK to reboot your modem for ensuring normal operation and preventing unexpected errors of the modem in the future 3 3 1 15 5 9 9 F Fi ir rm mw wa ar re e U Up pg gr ra ad de e Download the newest firmware from DrayTek s web site or FTP site The DrayTek web site is ...

Page 210: ... way to view or diagnose the status of your VigorAP 910C 3 3 1 16 6 1 1 S Sy ys st te em m L Lo og g At present only System Log is offered 3 3 1 16 6 2 2 S Sp pe ee ed d T Te es st t Click the Start button on the page to test the speed Such feature can help you to find the best installation place for Vigor AP ...

Page 211: ...epresents the transmission rate in kbps 3 3 1 16 6 4 4 W Wh he er re e a am m I I This function is useful for the administrator to locate the access points to build the best signal transmitting position for multiple access points Available parameters are explained as follows Item Description Sound Use the drop down list to specify a special sound for such access point for XX seconds Set the durati...

Page 212: ... such page periodically Refresh Click this link to refresh this page immediately Index Display the number of the data flow MAC Address Display the MAC address of the monitored device Station Display the IP address host name of the wireless client TX rate kbps Display the transmission speed of the monitored device RX rate kbps Display the receiving speed of the monitored device 2 4G 5G Display what...

Page 213: ...03 3 3 1 16 6 6 6 W WL LA AN N 2 2 4 4G GH Hz z S St ta at ti is st ti ic cs s Such page is used for debug by RD only 3 3 1 16 6 7 7 W WL LA AN N 5 5G GH Hz z S St ta at ti is st ti ic cs s Such page is used for debug by RD only ...

Page 214: ...h page is used for debug or for the user to observe network traffic and network quality Available parameters are explained as follows Item Description Item Description Show Chart Choose one of the items to display the statistics chart for wireless stations Nearby Connected Number Choose it to have the ...

Page 215: ...Time Choose it to have the statistics of the wireless stations which is visiting VigorAP 910C Daily Connected Number Analysis Daily Visiting Number Analysis Click this button to get analysis pie chart for daily connected wireless stations daily visiting wireless station Weekly Connected Number Analysis Weekly Visiting Number Analysis Click this button to get analysis pie chart for weekly connected...

Page 216: ...rAP 910C User s Guide 206 3 3 1 16 6 S Su up pp po or rt t A Ar re ea a When you click the menu item under Support Area you will be guided to visit www draytek com and open the corresponding pages directly ...

Page 217: ... ISP settings are OK or not Backing to factory default setting if necessary If all above stages are done and the modem still cannot run normally it is the time for you to contact your dealer for advanced help 4 4 1 1 C Ch he ec ck ki in ng g I If f t th he e H Ha ar rd dw wa ar re e S St ta at tu us s I Is s O OK K o or r N No ot t Follow the steps below to verify the hardware status 1 Check the p...

Page 218: ...illed failed please do the steps listed below to make sure the network connection settings is OK F Fo or r W Wi in nd do ow ws s The example is based on Windows 7 Professional Edition As to the examples for other operation systems please refer to the similar steps or find support notes in www draytek com 1 Open All Programs Getting Started Control Panel Click Network and Sharing Center 2 In the fo...

Page 219: ...tain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically Finally click OK F Fo or r M Ma ac c O OS S 1 Double click on the current used Mac Os on the desktop 2 Open the Application folder and get into Network 3 On the Network screen select Using DHCP from the drop down list of Configure IPv4 ...

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Page 221: ...m correctly F Fo or r W Wi in nd do ow ws s 1 Open the Command Prompt window from Start menu Run 2 Type command for Windows 95 98 ME or cmd for Windows NT 2000 XP Vista 7 The DOS command dialog will appear 3 Type ping 192 168 1 2 and press Enter If the link is OK the line of Reply from 192 168 1 2 bytes 32 time 1ms TTL 255 will appear 4 If the line does not appear please check the IP address setti...

Page 222: ...essing factory default setting you will loose all settings you did before Make sure you have recorded all useful settings before you pressing The password of factory default is null S So of ft tw wa ar re e R Re es se et t You can reset the modem to factory default via Web page Go to System Maintenance and choose Reboot System on the web page The following screen will appear Choose Using factory d...

Page 223: ...n the modem will restart with the default configuration After restore the factory default setting you can configure the settings for the modem again to fit your personal request 4 4 5 5 C Co on nt ta ac ct ti in ng g D Dr ra ay yT Te ek k If the access point still cannot work correctly after trying many efforts please contact your dealer for further help right away For any questions please feel fr...