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Contents

INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 1

RODUCT

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RODUCT

EATURES

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ASIC

IP N

ETWORKING

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IRELESS

LAN B

ASICS

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GETTING STARTED...................................................................................................... 5

AP1001G CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................ 5

ONFIGURATION

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ASIC

ONFIGURATION

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DMINISTRATION

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OCATION

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IP C

ONFIGURATION

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PERATION

ODE

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DVANCE

ONFIGURATION

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ADIO

ETTING

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WPA S

ECURITY

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ECURITY

ERVER

ETTINGS

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NON-WPA S

ECURITY

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ROTOCOL

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ISCELLANEOUS

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TATUS

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YSTEM

TATUS

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SSOCIATION

TATUS

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UPER

SER

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UPER

SER

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IRMWARE

PGRADE

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IRMWARE

ERSION

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FACTORY RESET......................................................................................................... 17

Summary of Contents for AP-1001g-P

Page 1: ...User Manual AP 1001g P 802 11g 54Mbps Wireless Access Point and Wireless Bridge ...

Page 2: ...desired operation Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment Important Note FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the ...

Page 3: ...emove this RF module in the users manual of the end product which integrate this module The user s manual for OEM integrators must include the following information in a prominent location IMPORTANT NOTE To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements The antenna must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter and antenna must be installed such that ...

Page 4: ...ION 5 BASIC CONFIGURATION 6 ADMINISTRATION 6 LOCATION 6 IP CONFIGURATION 7 OPERATION MODE 8 ADVANCE CONFIGURATION 9 RADIO SETTING 9 WPA SECURITY 10 SECURITY SERVER SETTINGS 11 NON WPA SECURITY 11 PROTOCOL 13 MISCELLANEOUS 13 STATUS 15 SYSTEM STATUS 15 ASSOCIATION STATUS 15 SUPER USER 16 SUPER USER 16 FIRMWARE UPGRADE 16 FIRMWARE VERSION 17 FACTORY RESET 17 ...

Page 5: ... license free frequency band Full backward compatibility with 802 11b standard WiFi 11Mbps 802 1x Authentication For AP mode only Used with a RADIUS server to check and verify the identity of WLAN users WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy A simple WLAN encryption standard to protect wireless data from sniffers WPA WiFi Protected Access for AP mode only An improved WLAN encryption standard where the secre...

Page 6: ... software from using the connection Static IP Address Static IP addressing ensures that the device will always have the same IP address Static addressing is commonly used for your servers Dynamic IP Address A dynamic IP address is one that is automatically assigned to a PC These IP addresses are dynamic because they are only temporarily leased to the PC when it connects to the network This is the ...

Page 7: ...d on both the AP and Client The Client sniffs the radio frequencies for an AP with the same SSID with itself The client locks onto the AP and they are associated To enable plug and play convenience most client cards can sniff the frequencies to extract the available SSIDs to let the user choose from Encryption WLAN traffic can be captured by anybody to be read The solution is to use encryption to ...

Page 8: ...near to one another The speed of the network drops and the signal strength fluctuates wildly Roaming Association happens when the SSID Encryption and MAC Address Control settings are correct between the AP and client If 2 APs with these same settings are located in the same area the client would choose to associate to the one which gives it a better signal strength The client would roam over to th...

Page 9: ...Netscape etc 3 Type AP1001g LAN IP 192 168 1 20 address into the browser s Address field The default LAN IP address of AP1001g is 192 168 1 20 4 Enter username and password There are two types of users admin user and super user The default username and password for admin user is admin admin and the default username and password for super user is super super Only super user will be able to carry ou...

Page 10: ...rd The username and password are case sensitive Location This page allows you to store information such as where the AP1001g is being placed Room No Password Extra Info Authentication URL Eg http 10 0 0 33 test asp or http www abc com test asp Server Port 80 Room No Enter the room number where the AP1001g is being place Password Enter the password Extra Info Enter any extra information that for th...

Page 11: ...st time it is in Static mode You assign a Static IP to AP1001g The default IP address subnet mask and gateway mask are 192 168 1 20 255 255 255 0 and 0 0 0 0 DHCP mode AP1001g will obtain an IP Address from an upstream DHCP Server When in DHCP client mode these 4 columns show the IP settings obtained from the network Remember that after every configuration change it is necessary to Click Update on...

Page 12: ...1g will not broadcast the SSID Unwelcome PCs will not be able to scan for the SSID of this AP1001g and they can only associate if they know exactly what is the SSID Wireless Mode To choose to operate the AP or Bridge in 802 11b or 802 11g Both operate in the frequency of 2 4GHz but 802 11g has a faster data rate of 54Mbps as compared to the 11Mbps of 802 11b Radio Frequency There are 11 different ...

Page 13: ...oaming process very responsive However throughput will decrease so it is necessary to strike a balance Typical Beacon Interval is set to 100ms Data Beacon Rate DTIM Choose between 1 to 16384 This is always a multiple of the beacon interval It determines how often the beacon contains a delivery traffic indication message DTIM The DTIM tells power save client devices that a packet is waiting for the...

Page 14: ...p Key Update Interval 300 Enable WPA Security Tick the box to enable the following suite of Encryption and Authentication features Enabling WPA Security will disable the non WPA security PSK Pre shared Key PSK mode is less secure than EAP as it does not use a RADIUS Server To configure key in an 8 64 character PassPhrase onto both AP1001g and the Client EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol When ...

Page 15: ...t Enter the port number of the RADIUS Server RADIUS Secret Enter the Shared Secret of the RADIUS Server Only if 802 1x protocol is used 2 4GHz Key Source Specify the location of the key storage Only if 802 1x is used If you are using PSK or Pre shared key select local NON WPA Security Enable Non WPA Security Note Enable Non WPA security will Disable the WPA security settings Disable Non WPA securi...

Page 16: ...Otherwise choose Ascii Text to enter the Key in ASCII format ASCII is also called Alphanumeric in some systems Use the same key format for AP1001g and Client Key Length Choose the number of bit for the encryption key Hexadecimal Characters 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and a b c d e f ASCII Characters 0 1 2 8 9 and a b c d x y z Access Control List To enable MAC Address Filtering enable Access Control List ...

Page 17: ...to communicate with each other Miscellaneous Enable Telnet Button Mode Request Internet Access Restore Good Settings Save the current settings as a backup Restore settings from the backup Enable Telnet Disable enable Telnet access to this device Request Internet Access TBA Restore Good Setting Restore last known good setting Save the current setting as a backup After you have successfully configur...

Page 18: ...he backup Allows you to retrieve the Good Config that you have saved previously Remember that after every configuration change it is necessary to Click Update on the page Reboot AP1001g The changes take effect only AFTER Reboot ...

Page 19: ...teway Address 0 0 0 0 SSID RfNetech Wireless Mode 11g Radio Frequency 2462 Operation Mode Access Point Security method Non WPA security Security Mode Disabled Wireless MAC Address 00 06 c7 14 07 bc Ethernet MAC Address 00 06 c7 14 07 bd Association Status This page presents an overview of the MAC address of all the Client connected to AP1001g through Ethernet or wireless Connected Ethernet Station...

Page 20: ...The Username of super user cannot be the same as the Username of admin user Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to update the firmware software in AP1001g New firmwares are issued to improve the performance and add features to the product The new firmware will be name apimg1 1 Save the file in your PC 2 Browse to the file with the name apimg1 3 Click on Upload 4 Reboot the AP1001g and the proces...

Page 21: ... Reset In case you forget the password or IP address of the wireless bridge and is unable to configure the wireless bridge you can restore it back to factory setting by doing a factory reset To restore the wireless bridge to factory default setting follow the following steps 1 Power off the bridge 2 Press the reset button 3 Power on the bridge without releasing the reset button 4 Keep on pressing ...

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