Maipu MT-w101, User Manual

Page 1: ...nual Applicable to MT W101 MT W121 MT W104G V1 0 Maipu Communication Technology Co Ltd No 16 Jiuxing Avenue Hi tech Park Chengdu Sichuan Province People s Republic of China 610041 Tel 86 28 85148850 85148041 Fax 86 28 85148948 85148139 URL http www maipu com Email overseas maipu com ...

Page 2: ...ir respective owners The information in this document is subject to change without notice Every effort has been made in the preparation of this document to ensure accuracy of the contents but all statements information and recommendations in this document do not constitute the warranty of any kind express or implied Security Statement Important Before powering on and starting the product please re...

Page 3: ...ndependently when acting as a fat AP By supporting the Fat and Fit work modes the AP can be smoothly upgraded to the large scale network from the small size WLAN network This can greatly protect the user investment The AP works at the 2 4GHz band and adopts the MIMO and OFDM technologies The AP can provide the data transmission rate with a maximum of 150 Mbps for single channel and a maximum of 30...

Page 4: ...nformation 14 2 3 2 WLAN Status 14 2 3 3 WLAN Client 14 2 3 4 System Load 15 2 3 5 Network Detection 16 2 4 Wireless Configuration 16 2 4 1 Wireless Parameter 16 2 4 2 SSID 17 2 4 3 WDS 19 2 4 4 Advanced Setting 19 2 4 5 Portal Authentication 20 2 4 6 Roam 21 2 4 7 MAC Filtering 22 2 5 Network Configuration 22 2 5 1 IP Address 22 2 5 2 MAC Clone 23 2 5 3 DNS Setting 24 2 5 4 DHCP Patch 24 2 5 5 DH...

Page 5: ...f 34 2 7 3 Administrator Setting 27 2 7 4 Profiles 27 2 7 5 Firmware Upgrade 28 2 7 6 System Time 29 2 7 7 OUI Update 30 2 7 8 AP Restart 30 2 8 System Log 30 2 8 1 Event Log 31 2 8 2 Alarm Log 31 2 8 3 Security Log 32 2 8 4 Network Log 32 Appendix 33 Hardware Restoration Configuration 33 ...

Page 6: ...tch flexibly between these two modes as required by the network planning MP101 needs to cooperate with the wireless network controller when acting as a fit AP and can be deployed independently when acting as a fat AP By supporting the Fat and Fit work modes the AP can be smoothly upgraded to the large scale network from the small size WLAN network This can greatly protect the user investment The A...

Page 7: ... 2 4GHz band providing high rate wireless access service of high quality for users Centralized management The AP can act as a fit AP and cooperate with the AC The AC uniformly controls all the fit APs in the network and the status of all the devices can be viewed Comparing with the traditional fat AP the AC and the fit AP application mode greatly facilitate the administrator to manage the entire n...

Page 8: ...stallation This series APs have multiple form design and can be applicable to different installation scenarios There is no need to smash the wall to lay out cables and furnish the wall for the second time The AP provides the wireless coverage based on the wired network and can be installed conveniently and quickly Cooperating with the wireless network controller the wireless AP can achieve plug an...

Page 9: ...se the PC to configure the AP Through the PC connected to the AP the user can easily perform the web management after the following configuration The default IP address of the AP is 192 168 170 1 and this parameter can be set as required The following takes the default value as an example The PC is set by the following steps 1 Connect the PC to the port of the AP 2 Set the IP address of the PC 3 S...

Page 10: ...P protocol on the attribute window Click Properties to set the IP address of the PC On the Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 Properties dialog box choose Use the following IP address and input 192 168 170 xxx in IP address 255 255 255 0 in Subnet mask and input 192 168 170 1 default IP address of the AP in Default gateway ...

Page 11: ...click OK 4 Execute the ping command in command prompt to test whether the connection succeeds 5 Ping 192 168 170 1 The result is displayed as shown in Figure 2 3 Pinging 192 168 170 1 with 32 byte of data Replyfrom 192 168 170 1 bytes 32 time 10ms TTL 64 Replyfrom 192 168 170 1 bytes 32 time 10ms TTL 64 Replyfrom 192 168 170 1 bytes 32 time 10ms TTL 64 Replyfrom 192 168 170 1 bytes 32 time 10ms TT...

Page 12: ...yed it indicates that the PC is not correctly connected to the AP In this case you should check 1 Check whether the indicator is on 2 Check whether the TCP IP is correctly filled 2 2 System Login The AP provides the local and remote web management Input http 192 168 170 1 in the address bar of the Internet browser to log in to the AP configuration interface The login interface is displayed as show...

Page 13: ... are admin and the default IP address is 192 168 170 1 After correctly logging in to the system the homepage is displayed as shown in Figure 2 6 The homepage may vary slightly for different models Figure 2 6 The homepage displayed after logging in to the system The homepage displays the system wireless status of the device including the SSID containing APs and number of connected APs ...

Page 14: ...and Uptime is displayed as shown in Figure 2 7 Figure 2 7 The device information interface 2 3 2 WLAN Status On the WLAN Status interface the status information of the AP wireless connection including SSID Encryption Band Channel and Broadcast SSID is displayed as shown in Figure 2 8 Figure 2 8 The WLAN status interface 2 3 3 WLAN Client On the WLAN Clients interface the information of the host th...

Page 15: ...y the host 4 Tx Rate specifies the current rate of sending data package by the host 5 RSSI specifies the signal strength between the host and the AP 6 Link Time specifies the time that the host is connected to the AP 2 3 4 System Load On the System Load interface you can view the current AP memory and CPU load as shown in Figure 2 10 Figure 2 10 The system load interface 1 Auto refresh specifies w...

Page 16: ...face 1 Detection Address specifies the target host for the system sending the ICMP packet 2 Detection Packets specifies the number of ICMP packets sent by the system The number must an integer from 1 to 10 3 Detection notifies the system to begin to send the ICMP packet Figure 2 12 The result of network detection 2 4 Wireless Configuration 2 4 1 Wireless Parameter On the Basic Settings interface y...

Page 17: ...nnel indicates the wireless channel It is the data signal transmission channel considering the wireless signal as transmission media When multiple devices exist in the area covered by the AP signal set different channels to avoid interference The AP has a total of 1 to 11 channels 4 RF Power adjusts the output power of the AP 5 User Isolation the wireless clients cannot communicate with each other...

Page 18: ...rk is still available but it will not be searched in others available network list and the wireless network efficiency will be affected to a certain extent 3 VLAN ID specifies the VLAN ID to be allocated to the AP 4 Encryption specifies whether to encrypt the set SSID The AP provides the WEP WPA WPA2 and WPA WPA2 four encryption modes WEP short for Wired Equivalent Privacy encrypts the data transm...

Page 19: ...t modes to bridge and connect to other wireless Access Point while still keeps the two WLANs in the same network shown as Figure 2 15 and 2 16 Figure 2 15 Client Mode Figure 2 16 Repeater Mode Operating Mode there are three options available Repeater Client and Disabled When choosing Repeater or Client the Wireless parameters of which you want to connect to should be filled in including SSID Encry...

Page 20: ...on rate is high but the compatibility may be poor 4 Protection can be set to Enable or Disable Protection b g Protection indicates the protection mode of 802 11b Because the work modes of b g and n are different the entire network efficiency will be greatly reduced if the 802 11b protection is enabled 5 Aggregation can be set to Enable or Disable Combining multiple data frames as one frame can obv...

Page 21: ...NOT allow clients data to pass 3 Portal Auth specifies which SSID s will enable portal auth function 4 Service Addr specifies the IP address of the AC 3 Auth Addr specifies the IP address of the AC generally The IP address must be in the same network segment of the gateway address For example if the gateway address is 192 168 1 1 then the IP address must be 192 168 1 X 4 Others specifies how certi...

Page 22: ...ering rule for the content in the MAC list Blacklist indicates that the content is blocked and Whitelist indicates that the content is allowed 2 MAC List fills the MAC information to be filtered 2 5 Network Configuration 2 5 1 IP Address On the IP Address interface you can configure the IP address subnet mask and gateway of the AP Through these functions you can specify the AP to register on a cer...

Page 23: ...sk of the LAN in which the specified AC locates 3 Gateway specifies the gateway address of the LAN in which the AC locates 2 5 2 MAC Clone This function allows the user to modify the MAC address and MTU value of the AP This function is usually used before the old AP replaces the new AP to prevent causing a series of problems due to MAC address changing The MAC address of the old AP can be copied t...

Page 24: ...h interface For some operating systems such as Win7 and Mac OS X the WLAN clients only receive the unicast DHCP packets and do not receive the broadcast DHCP packets Therefore the DHCP patch function is added to the AP to solve the problem that some systems cannot obtain the IP address 2 5 5 DHCP Band When enabled DHCP packet will only send to the specified DHCP Sever specified here Note AP would ...

Page 25: ...k On this LLDP Page you could change the parameters including Mode Tx Interval Time to Live and Fast Change Figure 2 26 LLDP 2 6 VLAN Configuration 2 6 1 802 1Q VLAN Figure 2 27 The 802 1Q VLAN interface 1 VLAN ID If the AC manages the AP in the LAN the VLAN ID of the AC must be added and the AC can communicate with the AP and manages the AP 2 LAN VLAN ID fills the VLAN ID to be allocated to the A...

Page 26: ...lly and download default template configuration from the AC and the configuration takes effect immediately For details refer to the AP template description in the AC manual 2 Manual Setting when the AP needs to be managed independently enable the Manual setting When this setting is enabled you can modify the wireless parameters on the AP web page 3 Save Click Save after filling the AP static confi...

Page 27: ...Administrator interface as shown in Figure 2 30 Figure 2 30 The administrator setting interface 1 User name specifies the user name for the user logging in to the system 2 Password specified the password for the user logging in to the system 3 Confirm password specifies the password conformation and must be identical to the previously inputted password 4 Authority specifies the authority for the u...

Page 28: ...ftware must be optimized and upgraded continuously to satisfy the changeable network environment and meet different requirements Whether the software upgrade can be promoted to meet the changeable requirements is more and more concerned by users Choose WEB Management System Firmware Update to enter the Firmware Update interface as shown in Figure 2 32 Figure 2 32 The firmware upgrade interface Cur...

Page 29: ...ered off or the AP is powered off during upgrading the system will fail to be started In this case contact the technical personnel for support 2 7 6 System Time On the System time interface set the AP system time as shown in Figure 2 33 Figure 2 33 The system time interface 1 Update method specifies the mode for modifying the time It can be set to Synchronization time and Manual Setup 2 Computer t...

Page 30: ...ure 2 34 OUI Update 2 7 8 AP Restart On the Restart interface you can restart the AP Choose WEB Management System Restart to enter the Restart interface as shown in Figure 2 35 Figure 2 35 The restart interface 2 8 System Log The AP running status is recorded and saved as a log to help us locate the fault troubleshoot and manage network security and help us to analyze whether the AP is normal and ...

Page 31: ...nges 2 Level can be classified into Info and Warning Info records the running events and Warning reminds you notice based on the running event recorded 3 Message records the running event 4 Refresh click Refresh to refresh the latest log information 5 Clear click Clear to clear the log information 6 Export click Export to export the log to a text 2 8 2 Alarm Log Choose WEB Management System Log Al...

Page 32: ...og interface 1 Time specifies the instant time when the system changes 2 Level can be classified into Info and Warning Info records the running events and Warning reminds you notice based on the running event recorded 3 Message records the running event 2 8 4 Network Log Choose WEB Management System Log Network Log to enter the Network Log interface as shown in Figure 2 39 Figure 2 39 The network ...

Page 33: ...eset button on the front panel to clear the configuration and restore the AP to the default setting Operation Steps Step 1 Power on the AP and start the AP to the normal work status The AP can be pinged through via the PC Step 2 Use a sharp object to press the Reset button on the front panel and release the Reset button until the ping value is changed to a larger value as shown in the following fi...

Page 34: ...ally The system restores the default configuration when the AP is rebooted normally Notes 1 This function will take effect when the AP is started normally The AP can be pinged through via the PC 2 Press the Reset button and do not release in the midway 3 Contact the technical personnel for support if the system does not work normally ...