Zinwell ZW-N5310, User Manual

Page 1: ...Wireless LAN Device Series 802 11n Draft 2 0 Multi Mode AP ZW N5310 User s Manual Version 1 2008 05 14 ...

Page 2: ...Y 19 MAC ACL 22 WPS 22 OPTIONS EXPLANATIONS 23 WPS CONFIGURATION STEPS 24 SITE SURVEY 25 CONFIGURING AS WLAN CLIENT ADAPTER 25 QUICK START TO CONFIGURE 25 CH 3 CONFIGURING WDS 27 WDS NETWORK TOPOLOGY 28 WDS APPLICATION 30 CH 4 ADVANCED CONFIGURATIONS 32 CONFIGURING LAN TO WAN FIREWALL 32 PORT FILTERING 32 IP FILTERING 33 MAC FILTERING 33 NAT NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION 33 CONFIGURING PORTFORWARDIN...

Page 3: ...41 MISCELLANEOUS 41 UPLOAD SCRIPT 42 SNMP 42 DDNS 45 TIME ZONE 45 QOS BANDWIDTH SETTING 46 SYSTEM LOG SETTING 48 PING TEST 48 SAVE RELOAD SETTINGS 49 UPGRADE FIRMWARE 49 PASSWORD SETUP 50 THE INFORMATION 51 SYSTEM INFORMATION 52 WIRELESS INFORMATION 52 ROUTING TABLE 52 PACKET STATICS 53 SYSTEM LOG 53 LOGOUT 53 LOGOUT 53 REBOOT 53 ...

Page 4: ...ential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be de...

Page 5: ...with the strongest signal is used This can only happen within an ESS z If using Ad hoc mode no Access Point all Wireless stations should be set to use the same Channel However most Wireless stations will still scan all Channels to see if there is an existing Ad hoc group they can join Note This equipment marketed in USA is restricted by firmware to only operate on 2 4GHz channel 1 11 also with UNI...

Page 6: ...l who installs and manages the Zinwell ZW 5310 product hereafter referred to as the device To use this guide you should have experience working with the TCP IP configuration and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of wireless local area networks ...

Page 7: ...m Left to right Power LED Red LED lights when power on WAN Orange LED lights when the Ethernet port is plugged and flashes when it is transmitting LAN 4 3 2 1 Green LED lights when the respective Ethernet port is plugged and flashes when it is transmitting WLAN Green LED flashes when WLAN is working WPS LED Blue LED lights when the WPS button is pushed WPS Button Press it to enable PBC Press Butto...

Page 8: ...llation Once you check everything from the package you can start to install the device You can use the wall mount hole on the bottom of the device to mount the device on the wall or just put the device on the desktop The administrator can refer to the figure below while in the process of constructing your WLAN environment Ch 2 First Time Configuration Before Start to Configure The configuration of...

Page 9: ...t WDS The operation mode is about the communication mechanism between the wired Ethernet NIC and wireless NIC Following are the types of operation mode Router The wired Ethernet WAN port is used to connect with ADSL Cable modem and the wireless NIC is used for your private WLAN The other wired Ethernet LAN port bridges to the private WLAN The NAT is existed between WAN and WLAN LAN and all the wir...

Page 10: ...With bridge operation mode you can directly connect one of the wired Ethernet port to your PC and the device becomes a wireless adapter And with WISP operation mode you can connect one of the wired Ethernet port to a hub switch and all the PCs connecting with hub switch can share the same public IP address from your ISP WDS Wireless Distribution System This mode combines up to 8 AP to a single wir...

Page 11: ...IP pool 192 168 3 2 254 DEV 3 LAN 192 168 2 203 24 Channel 5 SSID DEV 3 Broadband Modem WISP Bridge Mode With AP Bridge Mode With Router Mode With WDS AP Wireless Channel 11 SSID 192 168 2 x 192 168 2 x WDS AP Bridge Mode Setup Wizard When you login the device at the first time please click the Setup Wizard for configuration Just follow the instruction of the web page and input every field It will...

Page 12: ...P server 3 LAN Interface Setup z IP Address assign an IP Address for the device z Subnet Mask enter the subnet mask 4 WAN Interface Setup z Static IP DHCP PPPoE PPTP Select one for your WAN type Enter the necessary information for each type z Allow webpage from WAN Click to allow login the web configuration from WAN 5 Wireless Basic settings setup the information including Band Operation mode SSID...

Page 13: ...ocal network It s only in AP mode the BSSID number can be configured to 1 2 4 BSSID When configured to 2 or 4 SSID the same number of corresponding SSID text fields are opened for setting 2 Client Support Infrastructure and Ad hoc network types to act as a wireless adapter 3 WDS WDS stands for Wireless Distribution System this mode joins to a WDS network which combines up to 8 WDS AP only devices ...

Page 14: ...ll the communication is done from Client to Client without any Access Point involved Ad Hoc networking must use the same SSID and channel for establishing the wireless connection PC 3 PC 2 AP Client 1 AP Client 2 AP Client 3 PC 1 In client mode the device supports the WISP mode function including Firewall and WAN settings BSSID Number Click the drop down box to select the SSID number Select 1 2 or...

Page 15: ...ina 3 2422 Americas EMEA Japan Israel and China 4 2427 Americas EMEA Japan Israel and China 5 2432 Americas EMEA Japan Israel and China 6 2437 Americas EMEA Japan Israel and China 7 2442 Americas EMEA Japan Israel and China 8 2447 Americas EMEA Japan Israel and China 9 2452 Americas EMEA Japan Israel and China 10 2457 Americas EMEA Japan and China 11 2462 Americas EMEA Japan and China 12 2467 EMEA...

Page 16: ...of active wireless Stations Clients that connected to the device The table below shows the fields of the ACL MAC AID TxPackets TxRate Power Save BW Expired RSSI MAC The MAC Address of the WLAN Client Station AID Active client ID This is the sequence number of the current active client on the list TxPackets It counts the transmit data packets from this Client Station TxRate The current data rate mo...

Page 17: ...what effect the changes will have on your device The default setting is optimized for the normal operation For specific application setting configuration will required highly attention to reach optimistic condition Note Any unreasonable value change to default setting will reduce the throughput of the device Beacon Interval Beacons are the packets sending by Access point to synchronize the wireles...

Page 18: ...Tx Power RF transmit power The default Tx power is 100 In case of shortening the distance and the coverage of the wireless network click the drop down box to select the smaller percentage The level between each value is 10 b g Protection Default Auto You can select the other options including Always On Always Off The B G protection technology is CTS To Self It will try to reserve the throughput fo...

Page 19: ...e In this mode the device transmits the packets with preamble compatible legacy 802 11 a g so they can be decoded by legacy devices The device receives and decodes both Mixed Mode packets and legacy packets Green Field mode the device transmits HT packets without legacy compatible part But the device receives and decodes both Green Field and legacy packets HT Guard Interval Default 400ns The 11n d...

Page 20: ...n you need The available options are showed according to the numbers of the BSSID in the Basic Setting Each SSID can setup different encryption type For example set up 4 BSSID and 4 sets of security shows on this page z Authentication Mode Choose one as the wireless authentication among the following types Open Shared WPA Personal WPA Enterprise WPA2 Personal WPA2 Enterprise WPA WPA2 Personal and ...

Page 21: ...eless network The WEP setting must be as same as each client in your wireless network z Authentication Type Open Shared and Auto When choose Open or Shared all of the clients must select the same authentication to associate this AP If select WEP Auto the clients don t have to use the same Open or Shared authentication They can choose any one to authenticate z Default Key ID Select whether the Key ...

Page 22: ...ork z WPA WPA2 Personal Pre Share Key Option Pass Phrase 8 32bytes Hex 64hex This mode requires only an access point and client station that supports WPA PSK The WPA PSK settings include Key Format Length and Value They must be as same as each wireless client in your wireless network When Key format is Passphrase the key value should have 8 63 ACSII chars When Key format is Hex the key value shoul...

Page 23: ...n Key Ethernet RADIUS Server Wireless Station AP MAC ACL This device can setup Access Control List to allow or reject wireless clients Select Reject ALL but Allow those on MAC List or Allow ALL but Reject those on MAC List on each SSID and then input the information in the ACL WPS This device supports two kinds of WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup PIN Personal Identification and PBC Push Button Communicat...

Page 24: ...ode for authentication AP Security Information field explanation Label Description WPS Configured It could be No and Yes No It is not configured yet Yes PIN or PBC has been selected to use WPS Status It could be Unused Idle Start WSC Process Unused It is not enable WPS yet Idle The WPS is enabled but not active yet Start WSC Process Click Start WPS Config button and the process begin Configured At...

Page 25: ...It only supports the first SSID 3 PIN setup Open the WPS page on the configuration tool of the WLAN Client station and read the Pin Code for WPS Select the WPS Config Method PIN Personal Identification Number and enter the Pin Code in the text field Add Enrollee PIN code and then click the button Start WPS Config The WLAN client will get associated in a few seconds 4 PBC setup You could toggle PBC...

Page 26: ... can setup a different channel for the device accordingly to reduce the overlapping Please refer to the basic setting section to setup channel Click Refresh to rescan it In client mode the Radio button Select can be checked to connect Check the one you want to connect and then click Connect to connect Configuring as WLAN Client Adapter This device can be configured as a wireless Ethernet adapter I...

Page 27: ...he state of connection in Status web page The alternative way to configure as following Step 1 In Wireless Site Survey page select one of the SSIDs you want to connect and then press Connect button to establish the link ...

Page 28: ...ation Types Open system and Shared Key Although the default setting is Auto not every Access Points can support Auto mode If the authentication type on the Access Point is knew by user we suggest to set the authentication type as same as the Access Point Data Encryption In client mode the device supports WEP and WPA Personal Enterprise except WPA2 mixed mode data encryption About the detail data e...

Page 29: ...fy the MAC address of devices you need to directly connect to z The bandwidth of device is limited to add more bridging devices will split the more bandwidth to every bridging device WDS network topology In this section we will demonstrate the WDS network topologies and WDS AP List configuration You can setup the four kinds of network topologies namely bus star ring and mesh In this case there are...

Page 30: ... of WDS1 No WDS4 The MAC Address of WDS1 No WDS5 The MAC Address of WDS1 No Ring topology LAN3 LAN 4 LAN 1 LAN 2 LAN 5 WDS 5 WDS 2 WDS 3 WDS 4 WDS 1 Device Entries of WDS AP List Spanning Tree Protocol Required WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2 and WDS5 Yes WDS2 The MAC Addresses of WDS1 and WDS3 Yes WDS3 The MAC Addresses of WDS2 and WDS4 Yes WDS4 The MAC Addresses of WDS3 and WDS5 Yes WDS5 The MAC ...

Page 31: ...dresses of WDS1 WDS2 WDS3 and WDS4 Yes WDS Application Peer to Peer connection WDS AP can be used to increase the coverage area of another device Parent WDS AP Between the Parent WDS AP and the WDS AP Wireless Stations can move among the coverage areas of both devices When you decide to use the WDS function to connect another WDS AP please refer to the following instructions for configuration z In...

Page 32: ...nection between two or more Wired LANs When you decide to use the WDS as a Wireless Bridge please refer the following instructions for configuration z In AP mode enable the WDS function z You must set these connected devices with the same radio channel but you may use different SSID z Choose WDS mode for only wireless backbone extension purpose z You can use any network topology please refer the W...

Page 33: ... block some application from LAN to WAN you can go to the Firewall page then NAT and select Drop for IP Forwarding Default Policy Then go to the Port filtering IP Filtering MAC Filtering page option to edit the permit list Port Filtering When you enable the Port Filtering function you can specify a single port or port ranges in current filter table If you select Accept for the IP forwarding defaul...

Page 34: ... MAC Addresses in current filter table If you select Accept for the IP forwarding default policy once the source MAC Address of outgoing packets match the MAC Address definition in the table the firewall will block those packets form LAN to WAN If you select Drop for the IP forwarding default policy once the source MAC Address of outgoing packets match the MAC Address definition in the table the f...

Page 35: ...tarized Zone is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its local private network Typically the DMZ host contains devices accessible to Internet traffic such as Web HTTP servers FTP servers SMTP e mail servers and DNS servers So that all inbound packets will be redirected to the computer you set It is Services Port Number ECHO 7 FTP File Transfer Protocol 21 Te...

Page 36: ...ice supports four kinds of IP configuration for WAN interface including Static IP DHCP Client PPPoE and PPTP You can select one of the WAN Access Types depend on your ISP required The default WAN Access Type is Static IP Static IP You can get the IP configuration data of Static IP from your ISP You will need to fill the fields of IP address subnet mask gateway address and one of the DNS addresses ...

Page 37: ...il the specified web site is found Manual Setting MAC Clone Clone device MAC address to the specify MAC address required by your ISP MTU size Input the MTU size according to the requirement of ISP Ping from WAN Check to allow ping from WAN Access webpage from WAN Check to allow open the configuration page from WAN DHCP Client Dynamic IP All IP configuration data besides DNS will obtain from the DH...

Page 38: ...hange the MTU for optimal performance with your specific ISP Set DNS server The IP addresses of DNS provided by your ISP DNS Domain Name Server is used to map domain names to IP addresses DNS maintain central lists of domain name IP addresses and map the domain names in your Internet requests to other servers on the Internet until the specified web site is found Manual Setting MAC Clone Clone devi...

Page 39: ...nual Setting MAC Clone Clone device MAC address to the specify MAC address required by your ISP Ping from WAN Check to allow ping from WAN Access webpage from WAN Check to allow open the configuration page from WAN Configuring DHCP Server 1 To use the DHCP server inside the device please make sure there is no other DHCP server already existing in the same network as the device 2 Enable the DHCP Se...

Page 40: ...twork 1 that Routing Table configuration as below 1 Enable Static Route in Route Setup of TCP IP page and then enter IP Address of Network 3 Subnet Mask and IP Address of Router R1 in Default Gateway field final click Apply Change button 2 Enter IP Address of Network 4 Subnet Mask and IP Address of Router R2 in Default Gateway field final click Apply Change button 3 In Static Route Table there hav...

Page 41: ...e button 2 Click Show Route Table button to show Dynamic Route Table 3 In Dynamic Routing Table there have two routings for Network 3 and Network 4 UPNP Check to enable the UPNP setting The UPNP Map will show VPN Pass through This functionality let the device can Pass through the VPN packets including PPTP L2TP IPsec VPN Connection 1 Check the kind of VPN Pass through in NAT Page that you want and...

Page 42: ...cern you can change the device s http port to protect this web server from intrusion and attack 1 Entering the port number you want to change in HTTP PORT field then click Apply Changes button 2 After apply change you should re login the web server Type http 192 168 2 254 65500 in URL field ...

Page 43: ...is compatible with SNMP v1 v2c and provides standard MIB II Currently only the public community string is available and the modified settings by SNMP SET request will be lost after rebooting the device 1 Enable SNMP and then enter IP Address of SNMP Manager in Trap Receiver IP Address field and Community String in System Community String field Finally click Apply Changes button ...

Page 44: ...oblem can find they Trap Receiver IP Address Type the IP Address which is address of SNMP Manager There are three different Trap Receiver IP Addresses allowed Addresss1 Community String This string allows receiving trap from the device There are three respective string for setup 3 SNMP Traps Traps Description coldStart 0 The trap from device after reboot the device linkDown 2 The trap is sent when...

Page 45: ...t AP and Client RSSI 1 3 6 1 4 1 99 6 Active_Clients The number of associate clients 1 3 6 1 4 1 99 7 Active_Clients_List Client s Information MAC Address Data Rate RSSI etc 1 3 6 1 4 1 99 8 Encryption Encryption type of device in Wireless Network 1 3 6 1 4 1 99 1 Mode 1 3 6 1 4 1 99 2 SSID 1 3 6 1 4 1 99 3 Channel 1 3 6 1 4 1 99 4 Band 1 3 6 1 4 1 99 5 RSSI ...

Page 46: ...irst you go to the web site of DDNS to register a DDNS account Then setup the information in the DDNS page of the device The device will update the current IP Address when it changes to DDNS site Through DDNS service the user can use the same URL to connect to the device even the IP Address is changing Time Zone If the device connects to the Internet it will update the time automatically If doesn ...

Page 47: ...Download Bandwidth in the specific field Parameter Definition Label Description Upload Bandwidth Similar a buffer to limit the Upstream throughput Upload Latency Similar a waiting time the data queuing time LAN Download Bandwidth Similar a buffer to limit the Downstream throughput for LAN WLAN SSID1 Download Bandwidth Similar a buffer to limit the Downstream throughput for the WLAN If multi SSID i...

Page 48: ...he priorities that you can apply to bandwidth Option Description Upload Bandwidth Speed of transmit data that from Ethernet interface to Wireless interface LAN Download Bandwidth Speed of transmit data that from LAN to WAN QoS Item Description SrcIP Input the Source IP Address SrcPort Input the Source Port DstIP Input the Destination IP Address DstPort Input the Destination Port Pro Select the Pro...

Page 49: ...g level Total Log Size Choose whether 4 or 8 KB to storage the log Remote Log Check to enable the remote log Remote Log Server Address Enter your Remote Log Server Address Remote Log Server Port Input the port number Log to Remote and Local Check save the log into system and remote server Ping Test Input the IP Address of any host in the network and then click PING to ping it You will see the ping...

Page 50: ...rrent configuration data will be lost and restored to factory default value Saving Restoring Configuration Data To save restore configuration data of device just assign the target filename with full path at your local host then you can backup configuration data to local host or restore configuration data to the device Upgrade Firmware The simplest and safest way for upgrading the firmware for an e...

Page 51: ...ce configuration to be restored to the factory default setting and the original configuration data will be lost To upgrade firmware just assign the file name with full path then click Upload button in the following page Password Setup Edit the password for multiple user level login including admin user and guest Each level has different authority for accessing and configures this device Please ref...

Page 52: ...Packet Statics Logout Logout The configurable page for User level account Main Category Sub page Wireless Settings Advanced Settings Site Survey TCP IP UPnP Management SNMP DDNS Time Zone System Log Setting Ping Test Password Setup Information System Information Wireless Information Routing Table Packet Statics System Log The Information You can view the following information s including system in...

Page 53: ...egory System Information Click to view the information about the device Wireless Information Click to view the wireless information about the device Routing Table Click to view the Routing Table on the device ...

Page 54: ...og on the device Click the drop down box of priority or category to filter the log Click Refresh to apply the filter Logout Logout Click the Logout button to log out the current account Reboot The Guest account cannot be seen in this page Click the reboot button to reboot the device ...

Page 55: ... 27 13 5Mbps 802 11 a g 54 48 36 24 18 12 9 6Mbps 802 11 b 11 5 5 2 1Mbps ANTENNA Connector Reversed Polarity SMA Male X 3 Operating Environment Temperature 0 50 C Humidity 10 90 non condensing LED Indicators WAN Orange LAN x 4 Green WLAN Green Power Red WPS Blue Button WPS in the front panel Reset in the back panel Ethernet port WAN 10 100Mbps x1 port RJ 45 Auto MDI MDI X LAN 10 100Mbps x4 ports ...

Page 56: ... Aggregate MSDU MAC ACL Site Survey WAN MAC Clone Static IP DHCP PPPoE PPTP MTU LAN DNS relay 802 11d Spanning Tree UPNP DHCP server Routing Dynamic Route RIP 2 Static Route Firewall NAT IPSec Pass Through PPTP Pass Through L2TP Pass Through Port Fielding IP Fielding MAC Filtering Port Forwarding DMZ Management configurable http port SSH Private Script SNMP v2c DDNS NTP client QoS Bandwidth System...