NDC InstantWave NWH2210, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...tallation Guide Rev A1 December 2001 National Datacomm Corporation 4F No 24 2 Industry East 4th Road Science Park Hsin Chu Taiwan R O C Technical Support E mail techsupt ndc com tw NDC World Wide Web www ndc com tw 11Mbps Wireless Networking WEC ...

Page 2: ...ation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Ÿ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Ÿ Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Ÿ Connect the equipment into an outlet on a ci...

Page 3: ...astructure Network 3 Ad Hoc Network 4 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION 5 LED INDICATORS 5 WEC CONFIGURATION TO OL INSTALLATION 6 USING THE WEC COMFIG TOOL 7 CONNECT 7 PASSWORD 8 SERVICE 8 General 9 Encryption 11 Ethernet 13 PERFORM WEC SELF DIAGNOSTIC TEST 14 UPGRADE WEC FIRMWARE 14 RESET WEC CONFIGURATION 15 CONNECT AN ETHERNET DEVICE 15 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 16 NDC LIMITED WARRANTY 17 SPECIFICATIONS 19 APPENDIX...

Page 4: ...WORD 8 FIGURE 7 SERVICE 8 FIGURE 8 CONFIGURATION GENERAL 9 FIGURE 9 CONFIGURATION ENCRYPTION 12 FIGURE 10 CONFIGURATION ETHERNET 13 FIGURE 11 HARDWARE DIAGNOSIS 14 FIGURE 12 UPGRADE FIRMWARE 15 FIGURE 13 RESET CONFIGURATION 15 Packing List The package should contain the following items One InstantWave Wireless Ethernet Client RS 232 Cable Cross over Ethernet Cable One Floppy Disk Installation Guid...

Page 5: ...WEC to WEC System Requirements System requirements to install and operate the InstantWave WEC are An Ethernet adapter A PC running Windows 95 98 Me NT4 0 2000 XP only required when configuration of the WEC s network properties is necessary Placement Guidelines A few tips to mention that are particularly significant in a radio wave communications system 1 Radio waves reflect or refract from buildin...

Page 6: ...of overlapping wireless cells Wireless nodes can roam freely within the same domain without disconnecting from the network Regulatory Domain InstantWave products use the unlicensed ISM Industrial Scientific Medical band to communicate through radio waves Different countries offer different radio frequencies to be used as the ISM band There are four frequency bands defined by IEEE 802 11 Japan 2 47...

Page 7: ...re network is formed by several stations and one or more Access Points APs with the stations within a set distance from the AP Figure 1 depicts a typical Infrastructure network topology Figure 1 Infrastructure Network Print Server Ethernet Ready Computer Computer with Wireless LAN Card Hub Access Point WEC ...

Page 8: ...unicating via radio waves For the users the shared resources on the wireless network appear exactly as they would on a regular wired network The wireless operation of the network is totally transparent Figure 2 depicts a typical Ad hoc network scenario Figure 2 Ad Hoc Network PrintServer WEC Ethernet Ready Computer Computer with Wireless LAN Card WEC ...

Page 9: ...ure 4 Front Panel LED Indicators The WEC LEDs on the front panel Figure 4 show the status of the connections PWR STATUS Unlit Power is off Blinking Green Diagnostic test Steady Green Healthy condition Steady Red Sick condition Blinking Green The WEC COMFig Tool is being used to configure the WEC Ethernet LINK Unlit No link Steady Green Ethernet link Ethernet TX RX Unlit No activity Blinking Orange...

Page 10: ...ow the steps below to connect the WEC to a PC for configuration step1 Connect the supplied RS 232 cable to the COM port on the WEC and connect the other end to a serial port COM port on the PC step2 Connect the power block to the electricity outlet and then to the WEC DC5V port step3 Insert the InstantWave WEC floppy disk into the floppy disk drive and click Start Run Type a setup exe step4 Follow...

Page 11: ...ecurity etc Diagnoses the WEC hardware and shows the diagnostic results Upgrades the WEC firmware Resets the WEC Configuration To start the WEC COMFIG Tool click Start Programs Wec WEC COMFig Tool Connect The program opens with the WEC COMFig Tool Connect card Figure 5 Once a valid COM port is selected the WEC COMFig tool will remember this port number and use it as the default port when the progr...

Page 12: ...ard Figure 6 Setting a password prevents unauthorized changes to the WEC configuration settings The password is blank by default A password of up to 30 characters may be set Figure 6 Password Service Click on the Service tab to open the Service card Figure 7 The Service card provides access to the management features Figure 7 Service ...

Page 13: ...he View and Modify WEC Configuration button The Configuration screen will open Figure 8 General The General card Figure 8 is the first card in the Configuration section Figure 8 Configuration General On this card you can set and view general WEC settings ...

Page 14: ...tting is checked The Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP key will be checked only when a data link is made Shared Key Both the SSID and the WEP key will be checked during WLAN association Shared Key selection is not available when the WEC encryption method is set to disabled see Encryption page 11 In such cases the WEC will automatically use the open system authentication mode Auto Switch When using auto...

Page 15: ...ned its available channel numbers and transmission power see Appendix page 22 WEC Address This is the MAC ID of the WEC Firmware Version The current WEC firmware version Important In a multiple cell network topology overlapping and or adjacent cells using different channels can operate simultaneously without interference if the frequency distance between the center frequencies is at least 30MHz Fo...

Page 16: ... may include spaces numbers and punctuation characters the passphrase is case sensitive Click the Generate button For 40 bit WEP it will generate four keys Key 1 Key 2 Key 3 and Key 4 Select a key number from the dropdown list of the Default Key box If you do not manually select a key key 1 will be selected For 128 bit WEP only one key will be generated Click Apply Another WEP key generation metho...

Page 17: ...llows you to specify a specific Ethernet device MAC address that is allowed to pass traffic through the WEC Always Connect Selecting this option keeps the WEC always associated with an Access Point regardless of whether an Ethernet device is connected to the WEC Idle Time The Idle Time option determines the amount of time the WEC may be idle no packets received from or transmitted to it before it ...

Page 18: ...e arrow will change to a green tick If a failure occurs an X will appear You can click Cancel at any time to stop the tests When the tests have completed the Cancel button changes to a Close button Click Close to return to the Service card Upgrade WEC Firmware From time to time updated firmware is released and may be downloaded from our website at http www ndc com tw support support htm The update...

Page 19: ...te click Close to return to the Service card Reset WEC Configuration Click Reset WEC Configuration Figure 7 page 8 to open the screen shown in Figure 13 and click Reset to restore the factory default configuration to the WEC Figure 13 Reset Configuration Connect An Ethernet Device Follow the steps below to connect the WEC to a PC or to another Ethernet device step1 Connect one end of the supplied ...

Page 20: ...faq htm please note the following information and contact our technical support team What you were doing when the error occurred What error messages you saw Whether the problem can be reproduced The serial number of the product The firmware version and the debug information NDC Technical Support is available via e mail techsupt ndc com tw For other information about NDC please visit us at www ndc ...

Page 21: ...eged defect in the product does not exist or was caused by the purchaser s or any third party s misuse neglect improper installation or testing unauthorized attempt to repair or modify or any other cause beyond the range of the intended use or by accident fire lightning or other hazard Software Software and documentation materials are supplied as is without warranty as to their performance merchan...

Page 22: ...harge The shipping charges to and from the NDC facility will be borne by the purchaser Return for Credit In the case of a DOA Dead on Arrival or a shipping error a return for credit will automatically be applied to the purchaser s account unless otherwise requested Limitation of Liability All expressed and implied warranties of a product s merchantability or of its fitness for a particular purpose...

Page 23: ...reless TX RX Interfaces Connectors 10Base T RJ 45 RS 232C V 24 compliance D SUB 9 pin female DCE definition Max Data Speed 38 4Kbps Max Cable Length 10 meters 32 81 feet Power Power Voltage DC 5 1Volt 5 AC Adapter AC 100V 240V Power Consumption 5 1Volt 1 0 A Typical Dimensions 135 x 115 x 35mm including antenna 5 31 x 4 52 x 1 38in Wireless Emission Type Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum RF Frequenc...

Page 24: ...r Sensitivity Less than 8 of FER packet size is 1024 bytes 80 dBm 11Mbps 25 C 5 C Antenna Type Dual Dipole Diversity Antenna Software Configuration WEC COMFIG program via COM port Security Data encryption Configuration settings password Firmware Upgrade Via COM port Environment Temperature Operating 0 50 C 32 122 F Except RF output power and sensitivity Storage 30 70 C 22 158 F Humidity 85 at 40 C...

Page 25: ...e evaluation regarding the electromagnetic compatibility the following standards were applied The product meets or exceeds the following EMC standards EN 300 328 November 1996 A1 July 1997 EN 300 826 November 1997 EN 60950 1992 A1 1993 A2 1993 A3 1995 A4 1996 A11 1997 The manufacturer importer is responsible for this declaration Company Name NDC Europe Company Address 1 Earlsfort Centre Hatch Stre...

Page 26: ...l numbers channel center frequencies and regulatory domains are shown in the table Channel Number Center Frequency MHz FCC Canada ETSI Spain France Japan 1 2412 O O O 2 2417 O O O 3 2422 O O O 4 2427 O O O 5 2432 O O O 6 2437 O O O 7 2442 O O O 8 2447 O O O 9 2452 O O O 10 2457 O O O O O 11 2462 O O O O O 12 2467 O O O 13 2472 O O O 14 2484 O ...

Page 27: ...e Time 13 L LEDs 5 M Modify WEC Configuration 9 N Network Infrastructure 3 Network Mode 10 Non overlapping Channels 11 P Packing List iv Password 8 Placement Guidelines 1 Placing for performance 1 R Radio Frequencies 2 Regulatory Domains 2 11 Reset WEC Configuration 15 S Self Diagnostic Test 14 Service 8 Service Set ID 10 System Requirements 1 T Transmission Rate 10 U Upgrade WEC Firmware 14 V Vie...