LevelOne WAP-6101, User Manual

Page 1: ...LevelOne User Manual WAP 6101 Managed Ceiling Wireless Access Point 300Mbps 802 11n Gigabit Ethernet PoE 802 3af V1 1_20140509...

Page 2: ...2 2 One Master and a series of connected Slaves 21 CHAPTER 3 MAKING CONFIGURATIONS 24 3 1 BASIC NETWORK 26 3 1 1 Ethernet LAN 26 3 1 2 Wireless 27 3 1 2 1 Wireless Setup 28 3 1 2 1 1 AP Only Mode 28...

Page 3: ...s 50 3 3 3 1 Change Password 50 3 3 3 2 FW Upgrade 51 3 3 3 3 System Time 52 3 3 3 4 Others 53 3 3 4 MMI 54 3 3 4 1 Web UI 54 CHAPTOR 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 55 APPENDIX A ASSIGNING A STATIC IP IN WINDOWS P...

Page 4: ...ment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio inte...

Page 5: ...lications like AP Point to Point Universal Repeater Mode not only has an easier setup method but also provides better performance and compatibility to creates a virtually larger wireless network infra...

Page 6: ...on of Java installed Visit www java com to download the latest version CD Installation Wizard Requirements Computer with the following Windows 7 Vista or XP with Service Pack 2 An installed Ethernet a...

Page 7: ...1 2 3 Hardware Configuration Rear View Receptor for Power Adapter PoE PD Ethernet Port...

Page 8: ...Illustration A 1 Drill 2 holes for wall plugs Self tapping screws Diameter 3mm If you run the cable above the ceiling invisible cabling you have to drill another big hole about 10 20 mm diameter to p...

Page 9: ...Ethernet cable Power cord to the connectors in the button side Run the cables upward to proper location D Attached this device to mounting bracket by rotating it clock wisely to click into place E Ins...

Page 10: ...sec Solid Green OFF The device is powered off WiFi Green LED Device is in Master Mode Amber LED Device is in Slave Mode LED flash data packet transferred LED in fast flash per second during 2min WPS...

Page 11: ...the WEC Reset button of the Master AP for 1 3 seconds release it to trigger the WEC process Then WiFi Green LED flashes fast 2 Press the WEC Reset button of the Slave AP for 1 3 seconds release it to...

Page 12: ...during paring the two devices the process will be finished in 2 minutes Once the easy configuration process completed the Status LED will be recovered to its original behavior prior to you triggered i...

Page 13: ...effect on this button behavior Reset to Default WEC Reset Press 20 sec 1 Press the Reset WEC button for about 20 seconds till the Status LED becomes solid Green to indicate that the reset to default...

Page 14: ...he power adaptor to an electrical outlet Software Preparation Most computers are connecting to a local network with dynamic IP DHCP setting To access the web UI of the device you have to change your c...

Page 15: ...I to configure the device Firstly you need to launch the Setup Wizard browser first and then the Setup Wizard will guide you step by step to finish the basic setup process Activate the setup wizard Ty...

Page 16: ...elect Wizard for basic settings in a simple way Or you can go to Basic Network Advanced Network Applications System to setup the configuration by your own selection Press Next to start the Setup Wizar...

Page 17: ...trator here Step 2 LAN IP Address You have to change the IP address of this device according to your network configuration Step 3 1 Wireless settings You can specify the Wireless setting for VAP1 Step...

Page 18: ...one device s wireless configuration to the other AP devices from the same manufacture by clicking one button for both devices There are two alternative AP modes defined for the device to operate with...

Page 19: ...e it via web UI 1 Make sure AP1 is in Master Mode WiFi LED should be Green color if not you have to toggle its AP mode via pressing the WEC button for 9 10 seconds 2 Login in to AP1 web UI and configu...

Page 20: ...EC configuration process 5 Mount the devices AP1 AP2 and AP3 to expected locations 1 Install AP1 to its location first and verify its wireless network connectivity with a client device Client3 2 Insta...

Page 21: ...ne wireless network you can follow the procedure below Step Button Description 1 Set AP1 in Master Mode and configure it via web UI 1 Make sure AP1 is in Master Mode WiFi LED should be Green color if...

Page 22: ...WEC configuration process via pressing the WEC button for 3 second 3 It takes 30 60 seconds for the device to finish the WEC configuration process 6 Mount the devices AP1 AP2 AP3 and AP4 to expected l...

Page 23: ...cted to it peer AP wirelessly It depends on the data rate and environment Besides if one of the AP say AP2 is disconnected the APs behind it will be disconnected as well Such topology needs more maint...

Page 24: ...f the device The default IP Address is 192 168 1 1 In the configuration section you may want to check the connection status of this device to do Basic or Advanced Network setup or to check the system...

Page 25: ...work Advanced Network Application or System respectively on left hand side of web page Note You can see the Connection Status screen below after you logged in Note You can see all the status of this d...

Page 26: ...twork You can enter Basic Network for Ethernet LAN Wireless and IPv6 settings in this web page 3 1 1 Ethernet LAN 1 Device Network Type This device supports two network types for connecting to your lo...

Page 27: ...ateway Primary Secondary DNS If you selected the Static IP network type for this device you have to further specify the LAN IP Address Subnet mask Gateway and optional Primary Secondary DNS settings f...

Page 28: ...manually configuration the devices to be deployed one by one you can also configure your devices via the simple WEC configuration approach as stated in last Chapter By default the Master AP is set to...

Page 29: ...oam freely over this device and other Access Points that have the same Network ID The factory default SSID is default you can change it to a meaningful identifier for the wireless users to easy find i...

Page 30: ...20MHz with care if some clients are suffering from the connectivity problem in higher bandwidth setting 12 Authentication Encryption You may select one of the following authentications to secure your...

Page 31: ...able encryption modes are TKIP AES or TKIP AES WPA2 PSK Select Encryption mode and enter the Pre share Key You can fill in 64 hexadecimal 0 1 2 8 9 A B F digits or 8 to 63 ASCII characters as the pre...

Page 32: ...on Save to store your settings or click Undo to give up the changes 3 1 2 1 2WDS Hybrid Mode This mode makes device act as a wireless bridge but also have AP function While acting as a wireless Bridg...

Page 33: ...t the same time for you to manage your wireless networks You can select AP1 AP8 and configure each wireless network individually 4 Network ID SSID Network ID is used for identifying a Wireless LAN Cli...

Page 34: ...11b g n modes You can also choose N only G N mixed or B G N mixed The factory default setting is B G N mixed 10 Bandwidth The default setting for Bandwidth is Auto You can change it to 20MHz with car...

Page 35: ...r 8 to 63 ASCII characters as the pre share key WPA2 PSK Select Encryption mode and enter the Pre share Key You can fill in 64 hexadecimal 0 1 2 8 9 A B F digits or 8 to 63 ASCII characters as the pre...

Page 36: ...MAC address However not all the APs can be set to enable the Lazy mode simultaneously at least there must be one AP with all the WDS peers MAC address filled 2 Green AP Enable the Green AP function to...

Page 37: ...typically the MAC address This is followed by an authentication response from the AP containing a success or failure message An example of when a failure may occur is if the client s MAC address is ex...

Page 38: ...ddress for each WDS peer one by one Afterwards click on Save to store your settings or click Undo to give up the changes 3 1 2 1 4Universal Repeater Mode Universal Repeater is a technology used to ext...

Page 39: ...D of the peer AP to be associated under the Universal Repeater mode you also have to specify the MAC address of the peer AP to avoid making wrong connection with other AP that has the same SSID 4 SSID...

Page 40: ...ded to choose a channel that is not used in your environment to reduce radio interference 8 Bandwidth The default setting for Bandwidth is Auto You can change it to 20MHz with care if some clients are...

Page 41: ...Wireless frames can be divided into smaller units fragments to improve performance in the presence of RF interference and at the limits of RF coverage 5 DTIM interval A DTIM is a countdown informing c...

Page 42: ...VAP is isolated to the others consequently 9 TX Rate For WiFi transmit rate you can choose Best for auto adjustment according to WiFi signal quality in your environment or you can fix it in certain TX...

Page 43: ...raffic IPv6 also implements additional features not present in IPv4 It simplifies aspects of address assignment stateless address auto configuration network renumbering and router announcements when c...

Page 44: ...d Management in this section 3 2 1 Firewall 3 2 1 1 MAC Address Control MAC Address Control allows you to assign different access right for different users and to assign a specific IP address to a cer...

Page 45: ...rotocol is a NAT port mapping protocol and is supported by some Network device It is a common communication protocol of automatically configuring port forwarding Applications using peer to peer networ...

Page 46: ...of GetRequest that this device will respond This is a text password mechanism that is used to weakly authenticate queries to agents of managed network devices 4 Set Community The community of SetRequ...

Page 47: ...d and authPriv for both authentication and private key required 8 Username 1 2 Use this field to identify the user name for the specified level of access 9 Password 1 2 Use this field to set the passw...

Page 48: ...section you can see system information system logs use system tools for system update and do service scheduling and system administration setting 3 3 1 System Information You can view the System Infor...

Page 49: ...e log messages 3 3 2 2 Syslog This device also can export system logs to specific destination by means of syslog UDP and SMTP TCP With enabled Syslog function this device will send log to a certain ho...

Page 50: ...number the default value is 25 For example mail your_url com or 192 168 1 100 26 3 SMTP Username Enter the Username offered by your ISP 4 SMTP Password Enter the password offered by your ISP 5 E mail...

Page 51: ...Upgrade If new firmware is available you can upgrade device firmware through the WEB GUI here Press browse button to indicate the file name of new firmware and then press Upgrade button to start to u...

Page 52: ...heck the Enable checkbox to enable this function Besides you can select a NTP time server to consult UTC time 3 Sync with Time Server Click on the button if you want to set Date and Time by NTP Protoc...

Page 53: ...3 Reboot You can also reboot this device by clicking the Reboot button 4 Domain Name or IP address for Ping Test This allows you to configure an IP and ping the device You can ping a specific IP to t...

Page 54: ...3 3 4 MMI 3 3 4 1 Web UI You can set UI administration time out duration in this page If the value is 0 means the time out is unlimited...

Page 55: ...i Access Point is responding Go to Start Run 1 Type cmd 2 Press OK 3 Type ipconfig to get the IP of default gateway 4 Type ping 192 168 1 1 Assure that you ping the correct IP Address assigned to the...

Page 56: ...onnects with the device B Ensure that the setting on your Network Interface Card adapter is Enabled C If settings are correct ensure that you are not using a crossover Ethernet cable not all Network I...

Page 57: ...s the Internet I Out of range Put the device closer to your client II Wrong SSID or Encryption Key Check the SSID or Encryption setting III Connect with wrong AP Ensure that the client is connected wi...

Page 58: ...setting to set up your Encryption key again 2 Reset the WiFi Concurrent 300Mbps Business AP to default setting 5 How to reset to default 1 Ensure the WiFi Concurrent 300Mbps Business AP is powered on...

Page 59: ...time it s booted up When you have to do troubleshooting on your network it s annoying going to each machine to figure out what IP they have Using Static IPs prevents address conflicts between devices...

Page 60: ...Then when the Network and Sharing Center opens click on Change adapter settings This will be the same on Windows 7 or 8 x Right click on your local adapter and select Properties...

Page 61: ...following IP address and enter in the correct IP Subnet mask and Default gateway that corresponds with your network setup Then enter your Preferred and Alternate DNS server addresses Here we re on a...

Page 62: ...ck OK Now close out of the Local Area Connections Properties window Windows 7 will run network diagnostics and verify the connection is good Here we had no problems with it but if you did you could ru...

Page 63: ...en successfully changed Windows XP In this example we re using XP SP3 Media Center Edition and changing the IP address of the Wireless adapter To set a Static IP in XP right click on My Network Places...

Page 64: ...Highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP and click the Properties button Now change the IP Subnet mask Default Gateway and DNS Server Addresses When you re finished click OK...

Page 65: ...out of the Network Connection Properties screen before the changes go into effect Again you can verify the settings by doing an ipconfig in the command prompt In case you re not sure how to do this c...

Page 66: ...dapter you changed If you have a small office or home network assigning each computer a specific IP address makes it a lot easier to manage and troubleshoot network connection problems Source HowtoAss...

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