LEGRAND N-WAP, User Manual

Page 1: ... 1 N WAP 802 11n Wireless Access Point ...

Page 2: ...ccurred Information in this User s Manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Legrand Legrand assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this User s Manual Legrand makes no commitment to update or keep current the information in this User s Manual and reserves the right to make improvements to this User s Manual and or...

Page 3: ...e FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation CE mark Warning The is a class B device In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures...

Page 4: ... 4 Rev 1 0 2011 July Part No EM N WAP_v1 ...

Page 5: ...ss Point 11 Manipulation of Access Point via web browser 11 Starting Setup in Web UI 13 Network Operation Mode 16 LAN Interface Setup 17 WAN Interface Setup 18 Chapter 4 Firewall 27 Port Filtering 27 IP Filtering 28 MAC Filtering 30 Port Forwarding 30 URL Filtering 32 DMZ 33 Chapter 5 Wireless Settings 35 Basic Settings 35 Multiple APs 38 VLAN Settings 40 Advanced Settings 41 Security Setup 43 Acc...

Page 6: ...Upgrade Firmware 56 Save Reload Settings 57 Password Setup 57 Chapter 7 QoS 59 Enable QoS 59 QoS Rule Setting 59 Chapter 8 Route Setup 61 Dynamic Route 61 Static Route 61 Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions List 64 Appendix B Access Point Specifications TBD 65 ...

Page 7: ...the files can be transferred at up to 300Mbps The radio coverage is also doubled to offer the high speed wireless connection even in a wide space of your office or house To secure the wireless communication the N WAP supports most up to date encryption WEP WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK In addition the N WAP supports WPS configuration with PBC PIN type for users to connect to a secured wireless network easi...

Page 8: ...d in package will cause damage and void the warranty for this product LED Color State Descriptions PWR Blue ON Off Access Point is power ON Access Point is power Off LAN Yellow ON Flashing Off LAN is connected successfully Data is transmitting Ethernet not connected to PC WPS Red ON Off WPS Active WPS Not Active Reset Button Pressing over 5 seconds to reset to the factory default setting LAN RJ 45...

Page 9: ... or Cable modem Administration Interface LEGRAND Access Point provides GUI Web based Graphical User Interface and utility for machine management and administration Web configuration access You will connect to Access Point via your web browser automatically Access Point will prompt for logon username password please enter admin admin to continue machine administration Access Point will prompt for l...

Page 10: ... one of these web browsers installed on computer for management Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 00 or higher with Java support ÍNote Please locate your PC in the same network segment 192 168 1 x of Router If you re not familiar with TCP IP please refer to related chapter on user s manual CD or consult your network administrator for proper network configurations ...

Page 11: ...nal command line interface Provides user input data fields check boxes and for changing machine configuration settings Displays machine running configuration To start Access Point web configuration you must have one of these web browsers installed on computer for management Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 00 or higher with Java support Manipulation of Access Point via web browser Log on Access Point...

Page 12: ... 12 Access Point login prompt screen When users login the web page users can see the general information like company etc in this main page Access Point main page ...

Page 13: ...etup Wizard to quickly configure your AP Router AP Mode Step 1 Set Wireless Network Name SSID and then click Next Step 2 Select Wireless Security Mode Step 3 Click the Finished button You will then see the Finish page as shown below The AP will reboot automatically to make your wireless configuration to take effect and finish the Setup ...

Page 14: ...Client Mode Step 1 Set Wireless Network Name or click Site Survey to scan the nearby AP Step 2 Select Wireless Security Mode Step 3 Click the Finished button You will then see the Finish page as shown below ...

Page 15: ...ype and then click Next If your access type is DHCP Client then you can get the IP address from the ISP so you do not need to enter the information like other modes For other modes please refer to the section WAN Interface Setup Step 3 Click the Finished button You will then see the Finish page as shown below The AP will reboot automatically to make your wireless configuration to take effect and f...

Page 16: ... 16 Network Operation Mode You can setup different modes to WAN and LAN interface for NAT Bridging and Wireless ISP function ...

Page 17: ...ent In this mode all Ethernet ports are bridged together and the wireless client will connect to ISP access point The NAT is enabled and PCs in Ethernet ports share the same IP to ISP through wireless LAN You must set the wireless to client mode first and connect to the ISP AP in Site Survey page Router In this mode the device is supposed to connect to internet via ADSL Cable Modem The NAT is enab...

Page 18: ...sable the DHCP service of LAN port is disabled DHCP Server Default Server The first and last IP address that DHCP server assigns DHCP Client Range Default 192 168 1 100 192 168 1 200 It allows you reserve IP addresses and assign the same IP address to the network device with the specified MAC address any time it requests an IP address Static DHCP Default Disable Set three alternatives Domain Name ...

Page 19: ...s that your ISP had originally connected your Internet to Type in this section to replace the WAN MAC address with the MAC address of that PC Enable uPNP Check to enable the uPNP function Enable IGMP Proxy Check to enable the IGMP Proxy function Enable Ping Access on WAN Check to enable the Ping Access on WAN function Enable Web Server Access on WAN Check to enable the Web Server Access on WAN fun...

Page 20: ...wing fields Object Description Host Name This option specifies the Host Name of the Router MTU Size The default MTU Maximum Transmission Unit value is 1492 Bytes It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP Static IP If your ISP provides a static or fixed IP Address then you have to setup the IP address Subnet Mask Gateway and DNS setting You can see the p...

Page 21: ... IP address in dotted decimal notation provided by your ISP MTU Size The normal MTU Maximum Transmission Unit value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP DNS 1 Enter the DNS server IP address provided by your ISP or you can specify your own preferred DNS server IP address DNS 2 DNS 3 You can enter another DNS...

Page 22: ... your ISP This field is case sensitive Password Enter the Password provided by your ISP This field is case sensitive Service Name Enter the Internet service provider name in this field Connection Type Select the connection type Continuous Connect on Demand or Manual from the drop down menu If selected Manual user can click Connect button to make a connection Idle Time It represents that the device...

Page 23: ...452 Bytes It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP PPTP If your ISP provides PPTP connection please select PPTP option And enter the following parameters You can see the page as follows The page includes the following fields Object Description IP Address Enter the IP address in dotted decimal notation provided by your ISP ...

Page 24: ...pe Continuous Connect on Demand or Manual from the drop down menu If selected Manual user can click Connect button to make a connection Idle Time It represents that the device will idle after the minutes you set The time must be set between 1 1000 minutes Default value of idle time is 5 minutes This function will be available when the Connection Type is selected to Connect on Demand MTU Size The d...

Page 25: ... usually is 255 255 255 0 Server IP Address Enter the L2TP Server IP address in dotted decimal notation provided by your ISP User Name Enter the User Name provided by your ISP The Maximum input is 20 alphanumeric characters case sensitive Password Enter the Password provided by your ISP The Maximum input is 32 alphanumeric characters case sensitive Connection Type Select the connection type Contin...

Page 26: ...after the minutes you set The time must be set between 1 1000 minutes Default value of idle time is 5 minutes This function will be available when the Connection Type is selected to Connect on Demand MTU Size The default MTU Maximum Transmission Unit value is 1460 Bytes It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP ...

Page 27: ...ort Filtering Entries in this table are used to restrict certain types of data packets from your local network to Internet through the Gateway Use of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network 4 ...

Page 28: ... single port number enter it in both the start and finish fields Protocol Select the protocol TCP UDP or Both used to the remote system or service Comment You may key in a description MAC address Apply Changes After completing the settings on this page click Apply Changes button to save the settings Reset Click Reset button to restore to default values Current Filter Table Shows the current Port F...

Page 29: ...a description for the port range Apply Changes After completing the settings on this page click Apply Changes button to save the settings Reset Click Reset button to restore to default values Current Filter Table Shows the current IP filter information Delete Selected Click Delete Selected button to delete items which are selected Delete All Click Delete All button to delete all the items Reset Cl...

Page 30: ...y if you wish to host some sort of server like a Enable MAC Filtering Check to enable MAC filtering function MAC Address Enter the client MAC address in the field Comment You may key in a description MAC address Apply Changes After completing the settings on this page click Apply Changes button to save the settings Reset Click Reset button to restore to default values Current Filter Table Shows th...

Page 31: ... 31 web server or mail server on the private local network behind your Gateway s NAT firewall ...

Page 32: ... the range of port numbers used by the service If the service uses a single port number enter it in both the start and finish fields Comment You may key in a description MAC address Apply Changes After completing the settings on this page click Apply Changes button to save the settings Reset Click Reset button to restore to default values Current Port Forwading Table Shows the current Port Forward...

Page 33: ...servers and DNS servers Enable URL Filtering Check to enable URL filtering function URL Address Enter the URL address in the field Apply Changes After completing the settings on this page click Apply Changes button to save the settings Reset Click Reset button to restore to default values Current Filter Table Shows the current URL address filter information Delete Selected Click Delete All button ...

Page 34: ...ions software especially Internet online game can have two way connections DMZ Host IP Address Enter the IP address of a particular host in your LAN which will receive all the packets originally going to the WAN port Public IP address above Apply Changes After completing the settings on this page click Apply Changes button to save the settings Reset Click Reset button to restore to default values ...

Page 35: ...ients who may connect to your Access Point Here you may change wireless encryption settings as well as wireless network parameters 5 Disable Wireless LAN Interface Enable or disable the wireless LAN There are 6 modes 2 4GHz B 2 4GHz G 2 4GHz N 2 4GHz B G 2 4GHz G N and 2 4GHz B G N mode Band Default 2 4GHz B G N ...

Page 36: ...eans the device can support WDS and AP Mode simultaneously Mode Default AP mode Infrastructure The wireless LAN serves as a wireless station infrastructure Connected to a PC or a small LAN no more than 5 PCs it allows the PC or small LAN able to access the wireless network via Access Point Network Type Ad hoc The wireless LAN will use the Ad hoc mode to operate Wireless stations associating to the...

Page 37: ...20MHz 10 11 40MHz 11 FRANCE 20MHz 10 13 40MHz 13 MKK Japan 20MHz 1 14 40MHz 5 14 Domain Region Default FCC Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with your network settings Channels differ from country to country Channel Number Default Auto If you enable Broadcast ESSID every wireless station located within the coverage of this access point can discover this Access Poi...

Page 38: ...ll enhance the data transfer performance of multimedia contents when they re being transferred over wireless network WMM Default Enable Unavailable The Data Rate is the rate of data transmission for 802 11b g n clients The Access Point will use the highest possible selected transmission rate to transmit the data packets Default Auto Data Rate Default Auto Associated Clients To show the MAC address...

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Page 40: ...ttings page click the Multiple AP button You will then see the VLAN Settings page as shown below Enable Multiple APs Check the checkbox to enable the Multiple AP SSID Up to 4 SSIDs for each BSS can be entered in the filed SSID The name can be up to 32 characters The same name SSID must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network If Enable VLAN is checked the wireless stations connecting to...

Page 41: ...gured so that they can communicate as if they were attached to the same wire when in fact they are located on different LAN segments Because VLANs are based on logical instead of physical connections it is very flexible for user host management VID Provide a number between 1 and 4090 for VLAN This will cause the AP to send packets with VLAN tags The switch connecting with the AP must support VLAN ...

Page 42: ...int will not use the RTS CTS mechanism to send this packet RTS Threshold Default 2347 The interval of time that this access point broadcast a beacon Beacon is used to synchronize the wireless network Beacon Interval Default 100 Preamble type defines the length of CRC block in the frames during the wireless communication Short Preamble is suitable for high traffic wireless network Long Preamble can...

Page 43: ... a little lower due to many of frame traffic should be transmitted Protection Default Enable It is a function where the values of multiple rows are grouped together Aggregation Default Enable It is used to set the time that the receiver waits for RF reflections to settle out before sampling data Short GI Default Enable This feature also called WLAN isolation or Block Relay If this feature is disab...

Page 44: ...D that want to setup encryption function Select the data privacy algorithm you want Enabling the security can protect your data while it is transferred from one station to another Encryption Default Disable Check Box was used to switch the function of the 802 1X When the 802 1X function is enabled the Wireless user must authenticate to this router first to use the Network service 802 1x Authentica...

Page 45: ...the RADIUS server and this router This key value is consistent with the key value in the RADIUS server WPA2 When select the WPA function the Wireless user must authenticate to this router first to use the Network service RADIUS Server IP address or the 802 1X server s domain name If you select HEX you have to fill in 64 hexadecimal 0 1 2 8 9 A B F digits If ASCII the length of Pre share key is fro...

Page 46: ...atically which Security type WPA PSK version 1 or 2 the client uses to encrypt IP address or the 802 1X server s domain name If you select HEX you have to fill in 64 hexadecimal 0 1 2 8 9 A B F digits If ASCII the length of Pre share key is from 8 to 63 Key value shared by the RADIUS server and this router This key value is consistent with the key value in the RADIUS server ...

Page 47: ... Deny Listed is selected these wireless clients on the list will not be able to connect the Access Point WDS Settings Wireless Distribution System uses wireless media to communicate with other APs like the Ethernet does To do this you must set these APs in the same channel and set MAC address of other APs which you want to communicate with in the table and then enable the WDS ...

Page 48: ...led WPS Settings Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS is the simplest way to build connection between wireless network clients and this wireless router You don t have to select encryption mode and input a long encryption pass phrase every time when you need to setup a wireless client you only have to press a button on wireless client and router and the WPS will do the rest for you ...

Page 49: ... Configured message here If wireless security function has not been set you ll see unConfigured Self PIN Number This is the WPS PIN code of this wireless router This code is useful when router sets as Enrollee you need to fill this number into the web page of the other device Push Button Configuration Click Start PBC to start Push Button style WPS setup procedure This wireless router will wait for...

Page 50: ...t WPS PBC setting is successful PIN as register setup step 1 Fill the PIN code of the other device as Enrollee that support WPS PIN setting into the Client PIN Number of Access Point 2 Click the Start PIN buttons on Access Point and the other device in 2 minutes 3 If you see the wireless client in the list WPS PIN setting is successful PIN as Enrollee setup step 1 Fill the PIN code of Access Point...

Page 51: ... 51 As the figure as above just change two roles Wireless Schedule This page allows you setup the wireless schedule rule Please do not forget to configure system time before enable this feature ...

Page 52: ... Management Status In this page can show the current status and some basic settings of the Access Point Statistics This page shows the packet counters for transmission and reception regarding to Ethernet networks 6 ...

Page 53: ...ed to sign up for DDNS service providers such as www comexe cn www dyndns org or www no ip com The Dynamic DNS client service provider will give you a password or key To set up for DDNS follow these instructions Step 1 Check Enable DDNS Step 2 Select the Service Provider from the drop down menu Step 3 Type the Domain Name received from your dynamic DNS service provider Step 4 Type the User Name Em...

Page 54: ...t time from NTP server NTP server User may select prefer NTP sever or input address of NTP server manually Denial of Service DoS Denial of Service attacks can flood your Internet connection with invalid packets and connection requests using so much bandwidth and so many resources that Internet access becomes unavailable The Wireless Router incorporates protection against DoS attacks This screen al...

Page 55: ... 55 Log This page can be used to set remote log server and show the system log ...

Page 56: ...elated to the DoS protection will be recorded Enable Remote Log Only logs related to the Remote control will be recorded Log Server IP Address Only logs related to the server will be recorded Upgrade Firmware This page allows you upgrade the Access Point firmware to new version Please note do not power off the device during the upload because it may crash the system ...

Page 57: ...lt values Save Reload Settings This page allows you save current settings to a file or reload the settings from the file which was saved previously Besides you could reset the current configuration to factory default Save Settings to File Save current settings to a file Load Settings from File Browse a file and upload to reload settings Reset Settings to Default Click Reset button to restore to fa...

Page 58: ... 58 User Name Enter user name New Password Input password for this user Confirmed Password Confirm password again ...

Page 59: ...work traffic such as FTP or Web Enable QoS Check the box to enable the QoS function Automatic Uplink Download Speed Check the box to enable the automatic uplink download speed function Manual Uplink Download Speed User can manually enter the uplink download speed in the blank field QoS Rule Setting Administrator can setup a QoS rule for specific user depends on IP or MAC address 7 ...

Page 60: ...IP address or MAC address of client to set up the bandwidth of the transmission Mode Select Guaranteed minimum bandwidth or Restricted maximum bandwidth modes Uplink Bandwidth Kbps Enter the Uplink Bandwidth Kbps in the column Downlink Bandwidth Kbps Enter the Downlink Bandwidth Kbps in the column Comment Enter the note for the setting ...

Page 61: ...ed to support dynamic routing including RIP and OSPF Enable Dynamic Route Check the box to enable the Dynamic Route function NAT Network Address Translation NAT selects to enable or disable this function Transmit Select to enable or disable RIP protocol for transmit Receive Select to enable or disable RIP protocol for receive Static Route To set static routers enter the settings including route IP...

Page 62: ...enable the Static Route function IP Address Set up the IP address that would like to send the packets pass through Subnet Mask Set up the Subnet Mask that would like to send the packets pass through Gateway Set up the gateway that would like to send the packets pass through ...

Page 63: ...g table Router metrics can contain any number of values that help the router determine the best route among multiple routes to a destination A router metric typically based on information like path length bandwidth load hop count path cost delay Maximum Transmission Unit MTU reliability and communications cost Interface Select the interface of the setting path ...

Page 64: ...troubleshooting before contacting your dealer This can save your time and effort but if the symptoms persist please consult your dealer Q1 I forget my Access Point login username and or password A1 1 Restore Access Point to its factory default settings by pressing the Reset button which is at the side panel of the device for 5 seconds or more ...

Page 65: ...s 9Mbps 6Mbps Wireless Data Rate IEEE 802 11n 14 29 43 58 87 116 130 144Mps in 20MHz 30 60 90 120 180 240 270 300Mbps in 40MHz Transmit Power 802 11b 17dBm 802 11g 15dBm 802 11n 13dBm Receiver Sensitivity 802 11b 86dBm 11M 802 11g 72dBm 54M 802 11n 20MHz 68dBm 802 11n 40MHz 66dBm Antenna 2 x Antenna WDS WDS repeater support LAN 1 x 10 100 Base TX RJ 45 port Protocols and Standard Protocols TCP IP ...