Pepwave Surf AP 200, Surf AP 400 Setup Manual

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Wirelessly Connecting a Home Network with PePWave Surf AP 200 and 400

I n t e g r a t e d H o m e W i - F i A c c e s s P o i n t S e t u p G u i d e

Overview

This guide presents a brief introduction, and a step-by-step process, to

configure a basic setup for the Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point

functionality of PePWave Surf AP 200 and 400.

Prior to carrying out the setup procedure in this

guide, the process of connecting PePWave Surf

AP 200/400 with Citywide Wi-Fi must have been

successfully performed.

The high-level steps are as follows:

1. Set up Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access

Point on PePWave Surf AP 200/400

2. Configure Wi-Fi enabled host PC(s)

Test the Wi-Fi connection(s) with PePWave Surf AP 200/400

Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point – Introduction

Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point functionality of PePWave Surf AP 200/400 allows

802.1b/g devices on customers’ premises to wirelessly connect with a PePWave Surf

AP 200/400 unit through which Citywide Wi-Fi is accessed. With PePWave Surf AP

200/400, the already existing Ethernet capabilities of the PePWave Surf Series

remain unaffected.

Figure 1 – PePWave Surf AP 200/400 and Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point

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Important Note: Prerequisite Setup

In order to configure, and subsequently test, the Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point

functionality of PePWave Surf AP 200/400, connectivity between the PePWave Surf AP

200/400 unit and Citywide Wi-Fi must have already been established.

A guide through this “Prerequisite Setup” process to connect PePWave Surf AP 200/400

and Citywide Wi-Fi is available from the PePWave website, as follows:

Wi-Fi Connection Setup Guide – PePWave Surf How-to Document

http://www.pepwave.com/document/PePWave_Surf_howto_connection_setup_guide.pdf

Setup Procedure

Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point Configuration

From the configuration and connections performed in the Prerequisite Setup, the

Web-based Configuration Interface of PePWave Surf AP 200/400 should remain

accessible via a host PC connected via Ethernet to the PePWave Surf AP 200/400

unit.

Configure the Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point settings as follows:

1. Connect through a web-browser with the Web-based Configuration Interface

of PePWave Surf AP 200/400, via the URL http://192.168.20.1

Upon successfully connecting, the Welcome Screen is displayed.

Figure 2 – PePWave Surf Web-based Configuration Interface Welcome Screen

2. Click on Advanced Config. This loads the CPE Setup page, where the Wi-Fi

settings are configured. (On the CPE Setup page, configuration parameters

in the section AP Settings will need to be modified, whereas the other

settings will remain at the values configured in the Prerequisite Setup.)

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3. In the section AP Settings, select the radio button labeled Configure

Manually. Upon the selection, further configuration parameters are

displayed.

Figure 3 – The AP Settings section on the CPE Setup page

Figure 4 – Further configuration parameters are displayed upon the selection of the Configure Manually radio button.

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4. In the AP SSID field, enter an alphanumeric value by which the home Wi-Fi

network is to be identified. For illustration purposes, the default AP SSID value MySSID@home will be used throughout this guide.

5. Select WPA/WPA-2-Personal from the Authentication drop-down menu.

6. In the Encryption Key field, enter an alphanumeric value that is difficult to

guess, and contains at least 8 characters. The same value as the one

entered here will subsequently be used when configuring host PC(s) that

connect with Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point of PePWave Surf AP

200/400. For illustration purposes, the encryption key value PePWaveSurfAP will be used throughout this guide.

7. Click Save at the bottom-right corner of the CPE Setup page.

Configuration of Wi-Fi Enabled Host PC(s)

From a Wi-Fi enabled Windows XP host PC, connect with the Integrated Home Wi-Fi

Access Point of PePWave Surf AP 200/400 as follows:

1. Make the following menu selections:

Start Menu > Control Panel > Network Connections

2. From Network Connections, right-click on the Wireless Network

Connection icon, then select View Available Wireless Networks. The

Wireless Network Connection window appears, as illustrated in Figure 5.

Figure 5 – Windows XP dialog box for connecting to a wireless network

An entry for MySSID@home should be present in the list of available

wireless networks. If the entry is absent, click on Refresh network list on

the left-hand side of the Wireless Network Connection window.

The entry for MySSID@home should be present afterwards.

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3. Select the entry for MySSID@home.

4. Click Connect at the bottom-right corner of the Wireless Network

Connection window. A dialog box then prompts for the Network Key.

5. In the Network key field, enter the value that was previously entered as the

Encryption Key when configuring the AP Settings of PePWave Surf AP 200/400. (The value PePWaveSurfAP was previously used in this guide for

illustration.)

6. In the Confirm key field, enter the same value as in the previous step.

7. Click Connect at the bottom-right corner of the dialog box.

Testing the Wi-Fi Connection(s)

Test the Wi-Fi connection between the newly configured Wi-Fi enabled host PC and

PePWave Surf AP 200/400 as follows:

1. Disconnect the Ethernet cable from the host PC.

2. Connect through a web-browser with the Web-based Configuration Interface

of PePWave Surf AP 200/400, via the URL http://192.168.20.1

Upon successfully connecting, the Welcome Screen is displayed.

After successfully testing the connection between the Wi-Fi enabled host PC and

PePWave Surf AP 200/400, test the connection with the Internet by visiting our

website at www.pepwave.com.

PePWave Technical Support

In the event that, after carrying out the setup procedure, the Integrated Home Wi-Fi

Access Point component of PePWave Surf AP 200/400 fails to function, please browse

the PePWave website at www.pepwave.com for additional information, or contact

PePWave Technical Support via email at [email protected].