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User Manual
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE ................................................................................. 3
2 PRODUCT FEATURES ............................................................................................. 4
3 PACKAGE CONTENTS ............................................................................................ 5
4 PEPWAVE AP ONE OVERVIEW .............................................................................. 6
4.1 FRONT VIEW ......................................................................................................................... 6
4.2 REAR PANEL VIEW ................................................................................................................ 6
5 INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................... 7
5.1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES .................................................................................................. 7
6 INFORMATION.......................................................................................................... 8
6.1 SYSTEM ................................................................................................................................ 8
6.2 WIRELESS ............................................................................................................................. 9
7 CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................... 13
7.1 SYSTEM .............................................................................................................................. 13
7.2 WIRELESS NETWORKS ......................................................................................................... 16
7.3 ADVANCED WIRELESS SETTINGS.......................................................................................... 28
7.4 WDS .................................................................................................................................. 30
7.5 SNMP ................................................................................................................................ 31
7.6 WEB ADMINISTRATION ......................................................................................................... 34
8 TOOLS - DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS .............................................................................. 36
9 COMMANDS ........................................................................................................... 37
9.1 ACTIVATE CHANGES ............................................................................................................ 37
9.2 FIRMWARE .......................................................................................................................... 38
9.3 CONFIGURATION.................................................................................................................. 39
9.4 MISC .................................................................................................................................. 40
10 RESTORATION OF FACTORY DEFAULTS........................................................... 41
10.1 AP ONE .............................................................................................................................. 41
APPENDIX A. ................................................................................................................ 42
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1 Introduction and Scope
Pepwave AP One is an enterprise grade 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi access point with centralized management
system. It is a powerful solution for building wireless networks for all business needs. Each Pepwave AP
One is loaded with essential features such as Multiple SSID, VLAN, WDS and Guest Protect.
One Pepwave AP One can masquerade up to 4 different access points. Each virtual access point can
have its own security policy (e.g. WPA, WPA2, etc.) and authentication mechanism (e.g. 802.1x, open,
captive portal, etc), to facilitate building your network much faster, easier and more cost-effective than
ever before. Pepwave AP One comes with a high-power Wi-Fi transmitter which greatly enhances
coverage and performance.
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2 Product Features
Key features of Pepwave AP One:
• High-power output enhances coverage and lowers cost of ownership
• Independent security policies and encryption mechanisms per virtual AP
• Centralized management via InControl
• WDS Support for secure and fast network expansion
• Guest Protect Support
• WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) and QoS (Quality of Service) Support
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3 Package Contents
The following items are the contents of a Pepwave AP One package:
• 1 x Pepwave AP One unit
• 1 x Omni-directional Antenna
• 1 x Power Supply Unit
• 1 x Instruction Sheet
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4 Pepwave AP One Overview
4.1 Front View
4.2 Rear Panel View
Antenna
(Left-most
Connector)
WAN
Reset
Power Connector
Power
Status
Connectors
A RP-SMA connector for connecting the antenna.
A 10/100BaseT Ethernet connector, normally to be connected to back haul
network.
A reset button to be depressed with a pin. Depress and hold for at least 5
seconds to restore factory defaults.
For further details, please refer to Section 10, Restoration of Factory Defaults.
A connector for DC 12V power input, to be connected with the supplied power
adaptor.
LED Indicators
OFF – Power off
ON – Power on
OFF – The unit is initializing.
ON – The unit is ready.
Ethernet
Wireless
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OFF – The Ethernet port is not connected.
ON – The Ethernet port is connected.
OFF – Wireless is not ready.
On – Wireless is ready.
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5 Installation
Pepwave AP One acts as a bridge between the wireless and the wired Ethernet interface. A typical setup
is as follows:
5.1 Installation Procedures
1. Attach the antenna to the Pepwave AP One unit.
2. Connect the Ethernet port on the unit with the backbone network using an Ethernet cable. The
port could auto sense the cable is straight-through or cross-over.
3. Connect the power adapter to the power connector of the unit, and then plug in the power adapter.
4. Wait for the status LED to turn green.
5. Connect a PC to the backbone network, and configure the IP address of the PC to be any IP
address between 192.168.0.4 and 192.168.0.254, with subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
6. With Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above, or Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or above, or Google Chrome
2.0 or above, connect to the URL
7. When asked, enter the default admin login ID and password, admin and public respectively.
8. After logging in, the following Information main page appears. Please go to Configure > System
to facilitate further configuration of the Pepwave AP One unit.
https://192.168.0.3.
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