User manual INTELLINET 501903

[. . . ] Wireless LAN Access Point IEEE 802. 11b/g 54Mbps 501903 User's Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. 1 1. 2 1. 3 1. 4 Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] For example: Passphrase: iamguest Hexadecimal Digits: 12345abcde Pre-shared Key The Pre-shared key is used to authenticate and encrypt data transmitted between the bridged access points. Hex WEP: input 64-digit Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) or at least 8 character pass phrase as the pre-shared keys. Click Apply button at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the Access Point. Active Wireless Client Table "Active Wireless Client Table" records the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point. You can lookup the MAC Address, Number of Transmitted Packets, Number of Received Packets and Encryption Status of each active wireless client in this table. 23 Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Parameter MAC Address Tx Packet Description MAC address of this active wireless station. The number of transmitted packets that are sent out from this active wireless station. Rx Packet The number of received packets that are received by this active wireless station. TX Rate Power Saving Expired Time The transmission rate in Mbps. Shows if the wireless client is in Power Saving mode. The time in second before dissociation. If the wireless keeps idle long than the expired time, this access point will dissociate it. The wireless client station has to associate again when it become active. Refresh Refresh the "Active Wireless Client Table". 24 Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration Close Refresh the "Active Wireless Client Table". Wireless Site Survey When this access point is in "Station-Ad Hoc mode", "Station-Infrastructure mode" or "Universal Repeater mode", it should associate with an access point or station and connect to your wireless LAN through the associated access point or station. "Wireless Site Survey" searches for all available access points near by. You can select one access point listed in this table. 25 Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration 3. 2. 3 Advanced Setting You can set advanced parameters of this access point. The parameters include Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Tx Operation Rate, Tx Basic Rate, Preamble Type, Broadcast ESSID. You should not change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on this access point. Parameter Authentication Type Description There are two authentication types: "Open System" and "Shared Key". When you select "Open System", wireless stations can associate with this access point without WEP encryption. When you select "Shared Key", you should also setup WEP key in the "Encryption" page and wireless stations should use WEP encryption in the authentication phase to associate with this access point. If you select "Auto", the wireless client can associate with this access point by using any one of these two 26 Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration authentication types. Fragment Threshold "Fragment Threshold" specifies the maximum size of packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If you set this value too low, it will result in bad performance. RTS Threshold When the packet size is smaller than the RTS threshold, the access point will not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to send this packet. Beacon Interval The interval of time that this access point broadcast a beacon. Beacon is used to synchronize the wireless network. Data Rate The "Data Rate" is the rate this access point uses to transmit data packets. The access point will use the highest possible selected transmission rate to transmit the data packets. Preamble Type 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 provide more reliable communication. Broadcast ESSID If you enable "Broadcast ESSID", every wireless station located within the coverage of this access point can discover this access point easily. If you are building a public wireless network, enabling this feature is recommended. Disabling "Broadcast ESSID" can provide better security. IAPP If you enable "IAPP", the access point will automatically broadcast information of associated wireless stations to its neighbors. This will help wireless station roaming smoothly between access points. If you have more than one access points in your wireless LAN and wireless stations have roaming requirements, enabling this feature is recommended. [. . . ] Once the reset process is complete you may start using the Access Point again. 46 Troubleshooting Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the Access Point. How to manually find your PC's IP and MAC Address? 1) 2) In Windows, open the Command Prompt program Type Ipconfig /all and Enter Your PC's IP address is the one entitled IP address Your PC's MAC Address is the one entitled Physical Address 2. An Ad-hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each with a WLAN adapter, connected as an independent wireless LAN. An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. [. . . ]