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Organization of the Configuration Web:

System AP WDS Scan Utilities Status
System Information Overview Overview Scan Settings Admin Password Overview
Network General RF Settings Scan Result Config Backup & Restore Antennas
Management VAP Config WDS Config   System Upgrade Clients
  Security WDS Discovery   Reboot WDS List
  Advanced       Event Log
  Access Control        

System

System > System Information

System > Network Settings

System > Management Services

For easier maintenance, SNMP and remote syslog services are provided in the . The will be managed remotely in a centralized manner.

AP

AP > Virtual AP Overview

AP > General Settings

The item in this page is for AP's RF settings and will be applied to all VAPs.

Normally, the available RF configurations can be illustrated as:

Mode Channel Rate Power
Disable NA NA NA
802.11a 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140,149, 153, 157, 161 1M, 2M, 5.5M, 11M, 12M, 18M, 24M, 36M, 48M, 54M Auto, Lowest, Low, Medium, High, Highest
802.11b 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 1M, 2M, 5.5M, 11M
802.11b+802.11g 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 1M, 2M, 5.5M, 11M, 12M, 18M, 24M, 36M, 48M, 54M

However, due to RF regulation in different nation, available values in the above table differ. Change from the "Country Selection" to find these available values from the drop-down list.

AP > VAP Configuration

To enable each VAP in the , we need to configure each VAP individually and the settings of each are collected as its profile.

AP > Security Settings

The supports various user authentication and data encryption in each VAP's profile, and thus we can depend on the needs to provide different service levels to clients. The security type includes:

AP > Advanced Wireless Settings

Mostly, the default settings should meet general requirements. If occasionally we need tune or debug the wireless network, we may take the following parameters for that purpose.

AP > Access Control Settings

The supports various methods of authenticating clients for using wireless LAN. The default policy is unlimited connections without any authentication required. To restrict the station number of wireless connections, just change the Maximum number of stations to a desired number. For example, while the number of station is set to 20, only 20 stations are allowed to connect to this VAP.

For MAC ACL control, the supported methods include:

The one selected in the Access Control Type is the activated policy while the rest ones will be omitted.

WDS

The configurations under this category apply to all virtual AP in this device.

WDS > RF Settings

The shared secret is used to discover remote WDS peer, both ends must share the same key, otherwise the remote peer will ignore the request.

To use WDS discovery, both peers must equipped this feature; For example, the remote one is also an .

Each WDS interface has its own RF settings, normally, valid combination of RF parameters configuration would like the following table; however, the available values of each item will be affected by the RF regulation which is configured in AP's RF settings.

Mode Channel Rate Power
Disable NA NA NA
802.11a 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140,149, 153, 157, 161 1M, 2M, 5.5M, 11M, 12M, 18M, 24M, 36M, 48M, 54M Auto, Lowest, Low, Medium, High, Highest
802.11b 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 1M, 2M, 5.5M, 11M
802.11b+802.11g 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 1M, 2M, 5.5M, 11M, 12M, 18M, 24M, 36M, 48M, 54M

Country: Due to the RF regulation of each country, the above values may changes after the country specified.

WDS > WDS Link Overview

The figure provides an overall status of all the WDS links.

WLAN > WDS Link Settings

For each WDS link profile, we need remote peer's MAC address and the authentication method for establishing a connection to the peer.

WLAN > WDS Discovery

Scan

The provides this Scan feature for users to figure out the wireless status as it is from the view of the VAPs. It probes the WLAN and retrieves the information from clients, thus, they can compare the result to the VAP's settings to avoid unexpected setting conflict and to tune the corresponding parameters. This section provides information on the following functions: Config and Reset.

In the , this job is done by a stand-alone antenna, thus it will act no harm to the normal traffic on the WDS or AP connections.

Scan > Scan Configuration

Scan > Scan Result

Utilities

Utilities > Change Password

The password will be verified before entering this Web interface. The login ID is "admin".

Utilities > Configuration Save & Restore

The settings of this AP can be backed up to a file. This file can be saved for future use. It can be used to duplicate settings to the other access points (backup settings and then restore in another AP).

Utilities > System Upgrade

Please make sure you have the correct firmware file. During firmware update, please don't turn off the power. This may permanent damage this AP.

Utilities > Reboot

At this page, you can reboot remotely.

Status

Status > System Overview

This section provides an overview of the system for the administrator.

System's overall status, for individual setting/status, we need check them in each configuration page.

The description of the table is as follows:

Item Description
Firmware Version The present firmware version.
System Name The system name.
Device Time The network time server that the system is set to align.
System Up Time The system time is shown as the local time.
LAN Interface MAC Address The MAC address of LAN Interface
IP Address The IP address of the LAN Interface
Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask of the LAN Interface

RF Card MAC Address The MAC address of RF Card
Band The RF band(a,b or g) used
Channel The channel specified
AP The RF module used for AP
WDS The RF module used for WDS link
SCAN The RF module used to probe other nearby APs
Virtual AP Profiles BSSID Basic Service Set ID
ESSID Extended Service Set ID
VAP Virtual AP, the supports total 4 APs

Status > Mini-PCI Slots

Indicate the role(AP, WDS or Scan) and MAC address of each RF interface.

Status > Associated Clients

List all associated clients from all the VAPs. We can take this table to manage the clients and take the signal strength for debug purpose.

Status > Event Log

Event log provides the system activities records. We can monitor the system status by checking this log.

In the log, normally, each line represents an event record; and in each line, there are 4 fields:

To save the file locally or clear all the records, press Save or Clear button respectively.