IEEE802.11g Wireless

AP with PoE

User’s Manual

FCC Certifications

Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class

B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential 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 determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:

-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

This device complies with Part 15 of the 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.

FCC Caution: 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 for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.

This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

IEEE 802.11b or 802.11g operation of this product in the U.S.A. is firmware-limited to channels 1 through 11.

CE Mark Warning

This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN 55022 class B for ITE, the essential protection requirement of

Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member

States relating to electromagnetic compatibility.

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Table of Contents

Unpacking Information

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Introduction

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General Description ········································································ 2

Key Features ················································································· 2

The Front Panel ·············································································· 3

The Rear Panel ··············································································· 4

Connecting This AP to Your Network.

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Management

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Configuring the IP address of your computer ······································ 6

Starting the WEB-Based Management Interface ·································· 8

Status ························································································ 10

Items ·················································································· 10

Information ·········································································· 10

LAN Interface Setup ····································································· 11

System Log ················································································· 12

Password Setup ··········································································· 13

Basic Settings ·············································································· 14

Advanced Settings ········································································ 17

Security ······················································································ 19

WEP Encryption ···································································· 19

WPA Encryption ···································································· 20

WPA2 Encryption ··································································· 21

WPA2 Mixed Encryption ·························································· 22

Access Control ············································································· 23

Statistics ····················································································· 24

Upgrade Firmware ········································································ 25

Save and Reload Settings ······························································ 26

Log out ······················································································· 26

Product Specifications

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Unpacking Information

Thank you for purchasing the product. Before you start, please check all the contents of this package.

The product package should include the following:

1. One Wireless PoE AP

2. One power adapter

3. One Quick installation Guide

4. One User Manual (CD)

5. One detachable antenna

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Introduction

General Description

Easily constructing your LAN, this wireless access point offers a wireless interface and eliminates your effort busying cabling form one computer to another. This device also supports 802.3af PoE standard.

You don’t have to connect this device to a power outlet while connecting to a PoE-supported router or switch that offers power via

RJ-45 PoE cable.

With being compliant to IEEE 802.11g specification, this wireless access point supports data rate up to 54Mbps and hence help to construct your high-speed home or office wireless network. 802.11g is also backward compatible with IEEE 802.11b wireless devices.

This access point equips one LAN port and one embedding antenna.

With supporting DHCP server and client, the W430 is easy to install and setup. The wireless security mechanism is provided over 64/128-bit

WEP, WPA (TKIP with IEEE 802.1x), WPA2 and AES.

This device supports WEB-based graphics user interface that helps users to configure this device easily.

Key Features

Complies with IEEE 802.11b/g wireless standards

Compliant with IEEE 802.3af PoE standards.

Provides one 802.11b/g wireless Reverse SMA detachable antenna

High speed transfer data rate up to 54Mbps

Supports turbo mode for 72Mbps data transfer

Supports wireless data encryption with 64/128-bit WEP, WPA (TKIP with

IEEE 802.1x), WPA2 and AES functions

Supports one switch for selecting AP client mode or AP mode

Supports Ad Hoc mode, Infrastructure mode, AP Bridge mode, AP Bridge

WDS mode and Repeater mode

Supports authentication for wireless connectivity based on ESSID

Provides MAC access control and hidden SSID function

WDS supported with WEP, TKIP and AES encryption

Supports DHCP server

Supports firmware upgrade function via Web

Compliant with FCC Part 15.247 for US, ETS 300 328 for Europe

Flash: 2MB, SDRAM : 8MB

Certifications: FCC Class B, CE Mark

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The Front Panel

LED definition

LED

Status

WALN

LAN

Status Definition

Steady Blue System down or System restarting

Blinking Blue System works normally.

Blinking Blue Wireless interface enabled

Off Wireless interface disabled

Blinking Blue Data transmitting/receiving on LAN port

Steady Blue Valid connection on LAN port

Off Invalid connection on LAN port

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The Rear Panel

DC 12V

Plug this connector with the circle end of the included power adapter. Plug the adapter to an outlet to power on the AP.

AP/Client switch Push this switch to either side to function this AP in

AP mode or Client mode.

Restore

Press and hold this button for 5 seconds to restore the default values.

LAN/ PoE

The RJ-45 port for connecting this AP to your LAN.

Note: Please use Category5,5e UTP/STP cable or above to perform PoE connection correctly.

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Connecting This AP to Your Network.

This Chapter provides a step-by-step guide to the installation and configuration of this wireless access point.

Connect the power adapter with the connector end to the power connector in the rear panel of the device and the plug end to an appropriate outlet.

Connect the LAN port with RJ-45 cable to:

1. a (PoE) broad band router to allow wireless clients to connect to WAN.

2. a (PoE) switch to allow wireless clients to communicate with wired LAN.

3. a computer directly to use the computer configuring this AP.

Note:

1. You have to configure the network settings of this AP to be communicable with your router, switch or computer first. To change the default network settings of the AP, please refer to “LAN Interface setup”. category5,5e UTP/STP cable is required for connecting a PoE device(PoE power-source device) to provide power for this AP.

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Management

Configuring the IP address of your computer

In order to manage with this Wireless AP, you have to configure the IP addresses of your computer to be compatible with this device.

Note:

1. The default network setting of the device:

IP address: 192.168.1.1

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway: 192.168.1.254

2. In the following TCP/IP configuration guide, the IP address

“192.168.1.2 ” is assumed to be your IP address. Please DO NOT choose 192.168.1.1 for the IP address (192.168.1.1) has been set as the default IP for this device.

3. The following TCP/IP configuration guide uses windows XP as the presumed operation system.

Procedures to configure IP addresses for your computer

1. If you are in Classic Start menu view, click Start Settings Control

Connections.

2. Double click “Local Area Connection”

Panel Network Connections.

If you are in Start menu view, click Start Control Panel Network

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4. Choose “Use the following IP address” to specify IP addresses manually.

Fill in the IP addresses in each column. Please click the OK button after your configuration.

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Starting the WEB-Based Management Interface

The device uses WEB as the management interface. You can use a browser to access the management interface easily. Please follow up the steps listed below.

1. Double click the Internet WEB browser icon on your desktop screen

(Netscape Communicator 4.0 and Internet Explorer 3.0 or update version)

2. Type 192.168.1.1 into the URL WEB address location and press Enter.

3. The Username and Password Required window appears.

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Enter admin in the User Name location (default value).

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Enter admin in the Password location (default value).

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Click “OK” button

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The Graphic User Interaface

After the password authorization, the Setup Wizard shows up as the home page of the Graphic User interface. You may click on each folder on left column of each page to get access to each configuration page.

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Status

The Status page shows the following information of the device.

Items Information

Uptime

Firmware version

Mode

Band

SSID

Channel Number

The period that you turn the device on.

The current firmware version of the device.

Shows if the device is operating in AP or WDS mode.

The band that the wireless AP operating.

The name of this wireless network.

The channel that the wireless network using.

Encryption

BSSID

The security encryption type that the wireless network using.

The Basic Service Set Identity of this AP(This parameter is the same as the MAC address of LAN port)

Associated Clients The number of members who is currently connected with

Attain IP Protocol

IP Address

Subnet Mask

Default Gateway

MAC Address this AP.

The way for this AP to get a IP address.

The current IP address of this AP.

The current subnet mask of this AP.

The current default gateway of this AP.

The current MAC address of this AP.

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LAN Interface Setup

This page allows users to configure the LAN network settings.

Configuration

IP address

Subnet Mask

The IP of your AP LAN port (Default 192.168.1.1)

Subnet Mask of you LAN (Default 255.255.255.0)

Default Gateway The default gateway of this AP.

DHCP

Server

Select “Enable” to enable the DHCP server.

DHCP Client

Range

Specify the DHCP Client IP address range. You can also click the “Show Client” button to list those connected DHCP clients.

DNS Server

The DNS (domain name server) of this AP.

Domain Name

The name that the AP is going to be recognized in LAN.

802.1d Spanning tree

To prevent from network loops and preserve the quality of bridged network

Clone MAC

Address

MAC cloning feature allows the MAC address reported by WAN side network interface card to be set to the MAC address already registered with the ISP eliminating the need to register the new MAC address with the ISP. This feature does not change the actual MAC address on the NIC, but instead changes the MAC address reported by this device to client requests. To Change the MAC address, enter it in the text box.

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System Log

This System Log page shows the information of the current activities on the AP.

To enable system log function:

1. Mark the “Enable Log” checkbox.

2. To see all information of the system, select the “system all” checkbox.

To see wireless information only, select the “wireless” checkbox.

To send the log information to a certain note, select the “Enable

Remote Log” checkbox and fill in the IP address in the “Log Server

IP Address” box.

3. Click the “Apply Changes” button to activate

You could also click the “Refresh” button to refresh the log information or click the “clear” button to clean the log table.

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Password Setup

This page allows users to configure the username and password for getting accessed to this WEB based user interface.

To change the username/password, please fill in the username, New password and click the “Apply Changes” button after confirming the password.

You may also cancel the password authentication by leaving those blanks empty then clicking the “Apply Changes” button.

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Basic Settings

This page provides setting up the wireless configuration and monitoring the

Wireless Clients that associate with this AP.

Configuration

Disable Wireless

To Disable interface of Wireless LAN

LAN Interface

Band

AP Mode Type

SSID

Country

Channel Number

To select a band for this device to match 802.11b,

802.11g or both.

Configure this device as AP, WDS or both.

The name of the wireless network

Select the region you live.

The channel used by the wireless LAN. All devices in the same wireless LAN should use the same channel.

Associated Clients

Click the "Show Active Clients" button, then an "Active

Wireless Client Table" will pop up. You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are connecting to the access point.

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WDS Setting

Enable Universal

Repeater Mode

Root AP SSID

Click the “Show WDS Setting” button to configure WDS settings. The WDS settings pops up.

Mark this checkbox to enable Universal Repeater Mode which acts this device as an AP and client simultaneously.

While you enable the Universal Repeater Mode, you have to specify an SSID for the extended interface.

Click <Apply changes> button at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the

AP (with the advance settings in place)

Active Wireless Client Table

This is the window that pops up after clicking the “Show Active Clients” button.

MAC Address MAC address of this active wireless station.

Tx Packet

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.

The transmission rate

TX Rate

Power Saving Shows if the wireless client is in Power Saving mode

Expired Time This is the time in second before dissociation. If the wireless keeps idle longer than the expired time, this wireless AP will dissociate it. The wireless client station has to associate again when it is active.

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Refresh

Close

WDS Settings

Refresh the "Active Wireless Client Table".

Close the "Active Wireless Client Table".

This is the window that pops up after clicking the “Show WDS Setting” button.

Wireless Distribution System allows this AP to communicate with other APs wirelessly. To make it work, you must ensure that these APs are in the same

Channel and add these APs MAC Address and Comment values into the WDS list. Don’t Forget to Enable the WDS by click the check box of “Enable WDS” and press “Apply Changes” button to save.

To Delete the AP on the list, Click the check box in the select item and click the

“Delete Selected”. If you want to delete all APs on the list, click “Delete All” to remove all of them.

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Advanced Settings

You can set advanced wireless LAN parameters of this AP. The parameters include Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold,

RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Data Rate, Preamble Type,

Broadcast SSID, IAPP and 802.11g Protection.

Configuration

Authentication

Type

Fragment

Threshold

Open System mode

Allow communication with no security.

Shared Key mode

Allow communication with devices with the same WEP key only.

Auto

The wireless client can associate with this AP by using any one of these two Modes.

To specifies the maximum size of packet during the data transition. The lower values you set, the worst performance it will be.

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Beacon Interval The period of time how long a beacon is broadcasted.

Data Rate

The "Data Rate" is the data packets limitation this wireless

AP can transmit. The wireless AP will use the highest possible selected transmission rate to transmit the data packets.

Preamble Type

It defines the length of CRC block in the frames during the wireless communication. "Short Preamble" is suitable for heavy traffic wireless network. "Long Preamble" provides much communication reliability

Broadcast SSID

If you enable "Broadcast SSID", every wireless station located within the coverage of this wireless AP can discover this wireless AP easily. If you are building a public wireless network, enabling this feature is recommended. Disabling

"Broadcast SSID" can provide better security.

IAPP

802.11g

Protection

RF Output power

Turbo Mode

To enables multiple AP to communicate and pass information regarding the location of associated Stations.

Some 802.11g wireless adapters support 802.11g protection, which allows the adapters searches for 802.11g singles only.

Select the “Disabled” to disable supporting 802.11g protection or select “enable” to support this function.

Select the RF (Radio Frequency) power. The RF output power has positive correlation with signal strength.

Some of our wireless adapters supports turbo mode, which provides a better connection quality. Select “Always” to support turbo mode or select “off” to turn it off . Select

“Auto” turns it on or off automatically.

Click the <Apply Changes> button at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the AP.

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Security

At the page, you can set up the WEP, WPA Encryption to ensure the security of your Wireless. You will have to do different configurations to each encryption modes. Click on the Encryption drop list to select an encryption mode or select

“Disabled” to transmitting data without encryption.

WEP Encryption

Configuration

Encryption

Key Length

Key Format

Default Tx Key

To enable WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA2 Mixed encryption modes, select the option in the drop list. If you select none, any data will be transmitted without Encryption and any station can access the AP

Select a key length as 64-bit or 128-bit.

Select a key format as Hex or ASCII

Select a default key for transmitting data.

Use 802.1x

Authentication

Mark this check box. Fill in the RADIUS server IP address, Port Number, and Password to enable

802.1x authentication.

Click <Apply Change> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the AP.

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WPA Encryption

Configuration

Encryption

WPA Cipher Suite

WPA Authentication

Mode

To enable WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA2 Mixed encryption modes, select the option in the drop list. If you select none, any data will be transmitted without Encryption and any station can access the AP.

Select the WPA Cipher Suite to be TKIP or AES

Select the WPA mode as “Enterprise

(WPA-Radius)” or “Personal (Pre-Shared Key)”.

Pre-Shared key

Format

Click on the drop list to select an Pre-Shared

Key Format as Passphrase or Hex

Pre-shared Key

Enter the Pre-shared Key according to the pre-shared key format you select.

Click <Apply Change> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the AP.

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WPA2 Encryption

Configuration

Encryption

To enable WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA2 Mixed encryption modes, select the option in the drop list. If you select none, any data will be transmitted without Encryption and any station can access the AP.

WPA2 Cipher Suite

Select the WPA2 Cipher Suite to be TKIP or AES

WPA Authentication

Mode

Select the WPA mode as “Enterprise

(WPA-Radius)” or “Personal (Pre-Shared Key)”.

Pre-Shared key

Format

Click on the drop list to select an Pre-Shared

Key Format as Passphrase or Hex

Pre-shared Key

Enter the Pre-shared Key according to the pre-shared key format you select.

Click <Apply Change> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the AP.

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WPA2 Mixed Encryption

Configuration

Encryption

To enable WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA2 Mixed encryption modes, select the option in the drop list. If you select none, any data will be transmitted without Encryption and any station can access the AP.

WPA Cipher Suite

Select the WPA Cipher Suite to be TKIP or AES

WPA2 Cipher Suite

Select the WPA2 Cipher Suite to be TKIP or AES

WPA Authentication

Mode

Pre-Shared key

Format

Select the WPA mode as “Enterprise

(WPA-Radius)” or “Personal (Pre-Shared Key)”.

Click on the drop list to select an Pre-Shared

Key Format as Passphrase or Hex

Pre-shared Key

Enter the Pre-shared Key according to the pre-shared key format you select.

Click <Apply Change> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the AP.

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Access Control

To restrict the Number of Access authentication of Stations, Set up the control list in this page.

Configuration

Wireless Access

Control Mode

MAC Address &

Comment

Click on the drop list to choose the access control mode. You may select “Allow listed” to allow those allowed MAC addresses or select “Deny Listed” to ban those MAC addresses from accessing to this device.

To set up the Value of MAC Address & Comment; enter the MAC Address and Comment of station and click

Apply Changes to save.

Current Access

Control list

To Delete the station on the list, Click the check box in the select item and click the “Delete Selected”. If you want to delete all stations on the list, click “Delete All” to remove all of them.

Click <Apply Change> button to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the AP.

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Statistics

On this page, you can monitor the sent & received packets counters of wireless, Ethernet LAN, and Ethernet WAN. To see the latest report, click refresh button.

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Upgrade Firmware

To Upgrade Firmware,

STEPS

1. Click “browse…” button to select the firmware you want to upgrade.

2. Click Upload to start the upgrade process.

Please don’t close the WEB-browser and wait for the process to be completed.

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Save and Reload Settings

To save setting to file, click “Save...” button.

To load setting from file,

1. Click “Browse…” on the to select the file

2. Click upload to start the process and wait for it to complete

To reset setting to Default, click the Reset button to start the process.

Log out

Click the “Apply Change” button to log out the system and save your changes simultaneously.

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Product Specifications

Standard

Interface

Cable Connections

IEEE802.3, 10BASE-T

IEEE802.3u, 100BASE-TX

IEEE802.3x full duplex operation and flow control

IEEE 802.3af PoE Standard

IEEE802.11g/b wireless LAN infrastructure

1 * LAN port

Antenna: 802.11b/g wireless reverse SMA detachable

RJ-45 (10BASE-T): Category 3,4,5 UTP

RJ-45 (100BASE-TX): Category 5 UTP

Transmission Mode

LED indications

Security

Receiver Sensitivity

64/128-bit WEP,

WPA(TKIP with IEEE 802.1x), WPA2, AES

54Mbps OFDM, 10%PER, -68dBm

11Mbps CCK, 10%PER, -86dBm

1Mbps BPSK, 10%PER, -93dBm

Memory

Transmit Power

Auto-Negotiation (Full-duplex, Half-duplex)

1*Power, 1*WLAN, 1*LAN

Flash : 2MB, SDRAM : 8MB

16dBm~18dBm

Range Coverage

Indoor 30m at 54Mbps

Outdoor 61m at 54Mbps.

Emission

FCC CLASS B, CE

Environmental

Operating Temperature: 0° ~ 40°C (32° ~ 104°F)

Storage Temperature: -10° ~ 70°C (-14° ~ 140°F)

Operating Humidity: 10% ~ 90% RH non-condensing

Storage Humidity: 5% ~ 95% RH non-condensing

Power Supply

External Power Adapter, 12VDC/ 1A

61NB-04310+207C

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