AP Pro
Document Rev.2
Sep-11
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User Manual
Pepwave AP Pro
Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE ................................................................................. 3
2 PRODUCT FEATURES ............................................................................................. 4
3 PACKAGE CONTENTS ............................................................................................ 5
3.1 AP PRO ........................................................................................................................... 5
4 PEPWAVE AP PRO OVERVIEW .............................................................................. 6
4.1 AP PRO ........................................................................................................................... 6
5 INSTALLATION......................................................................................................... 7
5.1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES .............................................................................................. 7
6 INFORMATION.......................................................................................................... 8
6.1 SYSTEM ........................................................................................................................... 8
6.2 WIRELESS........................................................................................................................ 8
7 CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................... 11
7.1 SYSTEM ......................................................................................................................... 11
7.2 WIRELESS NETWORKS .................................................................................................... 13
7.3 ADVANCED WIRELESS SETTINGS ...................................................................................... 20
7.4 WDS ............................................................................................................................ 22
7.5 SNMP........................................................................................................................... 22
7.6 WEB ADMINISTRATION..................................................................................................... 24
8 COMMANDS ........................................................................................................... 25
8.1 ACTIVATE CHANGES ....................................................................................................... 25
8.2 FIRMWARE ..................................................................................................................... 25
8.3 CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................. 25
8.4 MISC ............................................................................................................................. 25
9 RESTORATION OF FACTORY DEFAULTS........................................................... 26
9.1 AP PRO ......................................................................................................................... 26
APPENDIX A. ................................................................................................................ 27
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1 Introduction and Scope
Pepwave AP Pro is an enterprise grade 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi access point with centralized management
system. It is a powerful solution for building wireless net works for all business needs. Each Pepwave AP
Pro is loaded with essential f eatures such as Multiple SSID, VLAN, WDS and Guest Pr otect.
One Pepwave AP Pro can masquerade up to 4 different ac c ess point s. E ac h v ir tual access point can
have its own security policy (e.g. WPA, WPA2, etc.) and authenti c ation mechanism (e.g. 802.1x, open,
captive portal, etc), to facilitate building your network much faster, easier and m or e c ost-effective than
ever before. Pepwav e AP Pro comes with a high-power Wi-Fi transmitter which greatly enhances
coverage and perf ormance.
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2 Product Features
Key features of Pepwav e AP Pro:
• High-power output enhance s coverage and lowers cost of ownership
• Independent securit y policies and encrypti on m echani sms per virtual AP
• Centralized management via InControl
• WDS Support for secure and f ast network expansion
• Guest Protect Support
• WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) and QoS (Quality of Service) Support
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3 Package Contents
3.1 AP Pro
The following it em s are t he contents of a Pepwave AP Pro package:
• 1 x Pepwave AP Pro unit
• 2 x Omni-directional Antenna
• 1 x Power Supply Unit
• 1 x Instruction Sheet
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4 Pepwave AP Pro Overview
4.1 AP Pro
Front View
Connectors
Antenna
(Left-most
Connector)
A RP-SMA connector for connec ting the antenna.
WAN
Reset
Power Connector
Power
Status
Ethernet
Wireless
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 f actor y 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.
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
5.1 Installation Procedures
1. Attach the antenna t o the Pepwav e AP Pro unit.
2. Connect the Ether net port on the unit with the backbone network using an Ethernet c able. 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 tur n gr een.
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, wit h subn et mask of 255.255.255. 0.
6. With Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above, or Mozill a Firefox 2.0 or above, or Google Chrome
2.0 or above, connec t t o the URL
7. Enter the default admin login ID and password, admin and public respectively.
8. After loggi ng in, t he following Information main page appears. P lease go to Configure > System
to facilitate further configuration of the Pepwave AP Pro unit.
https://192.168.0.3
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