Planet WNAP-2000PE User Manual

N-WAP

802.11n Wireless Access Point

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Disclaimer

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Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro-vide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equip-ment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the inter-ference at his own expense.

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FCC Caution

To assure continued compliance, any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. (Example - use only shielded interface cables when connecting to computer or peripheral devices).

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement

This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 20 centimeters between the radiator and your body.

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

The antennas used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

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.

CE mark Warning

The is a class B device, In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

WEEE Warning

To avoid the potential effects on the environment and human health as a result of the presence of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, end users of electrical and electronic equipment should understand the meaning of the crossed-out wheeled bin symbol. Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and have to

collect such WEEE separately .

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Revision

User’s Manual for 802.11n Wireless Access Point: Model: N-WAP

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Rev: 1.0 (2011, July) Part No. EM-N-WAP_v1

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Introduction...........................................................................................................................7

Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 7

Package Content............................................................................................................................ 7

Physical Details.............................................................................................................................. 7

Physical Interface & Button....................................................................................................... 8

Chapter 2 Preparations & Installation..................................................................................................9

Physical Installation Requirement................................................................................................ 9

Chapter 3 Network Settings ................................................................................................................11

Configuring and monitoring your Access Point from web browser........................................11

Overview on the web interface of Access Point.......................................................................11

Manipulation of Access Point via web browser........................................................................11

Starting Setup in Web UI......................................................................................................... 13

Network Operation Mode........................................................................................................ 16

LAN Interface Setup................................................................................................................ 17

WAN Interface Setup.............................................................................................................. 18

Chapter 4 Firewall ................................................................................................................................27

Port Filtering............................................................................................................................ 27

IP Filtering............................................................................................................................... 28

MAC Filtering.......................................................................................................................... 30

Port Forwarding ...................................................................................................................... 30

URL Filtering...........................................................................................................................32

DMZ ........................................................................................................................................ 33

Chapter 5 Wireless Settings................................................................................................................35

Basic Settings......................................................................................................................... 35

Multiple APs............................................................................................................................ 38

VLAN Settings......................................................................................................................... 40

Advanced Settings.................................................................................................................. 41

Security Setup......................................................................................................................... 43

Access Control........................................................................................................................ 47

WDS Settings.......................................................................................................................... 47

Site Survey.............................................................................................................................. 48

WPS Settings.......................................................................................................................... 48

Wireless Schedule.................................................................................................................. 51

Chapter 6 Management........................................................................................................................52

Status...................................................................................................................................... 52

Statistics.................................................................................................................................. 52

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DDNS...................................................................................................................................... 53

Time Zone Setting................................................................................................................... 53

Denial-of-Service .................................................................................................................... 54

Log.......................................................................................................................................... 55

Upgrade Firmware.................................................................................................................. 56

Save / Reload Settings ........................................................................................................... 57

Password Setup...................................................................................................................... 57

Chapter 7 QoS ......................................................................................................................................59

Enable QoS............................................................................................................................. 59

QoS Rule Setting.................................................................................................................... 59

Chapter 8 Route Setup.........................................................................................................................61

Dynamic Route ....................................................................................................................... 61

Static Route............................................................................................................................. 61

Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions List.......................................................................... 64

Appendix B Access Point S pecifications (TBD) ....................................................................... 65

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Overview

Integrating the cutting edge of Internet Telephony and Access Point manufacturing experience, LEGRAND now introduces the latest member of LEGRAND Wireless Access Point family: the N-WAP.

The N-WAP provides not only high-performance Access Point (AP) function for flexible wireless communication.

With built-in IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless network capability, the N-WAP allows any computer and wireless enabled network client connect to it without additional cabling. The 802.11n wireless capability gives users the highest speed of wireless experience ever. With an 802.11n compatible wireless adapter installed in your PC, the files can be transferred at up to 300Mbps. The radio coverage is also doubled to offer the high speed wireless connection even in a wide space of your office or house.

To secure the wireless communication, the N-WAP supports most up-to-date encryption: WEP, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK. In addition, the N-WAP supports WPS configuration with PBC/PIN type for users to connect to a secured wireless network easily.

Product Features

 IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless standard compliant  Multi-mode: AP, Client, Router Mode  Supports 64/128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK and 802.1x encryption

Package Content

The contents of your product should contain the following items:

 802.11n Wireless Access Point



Power adapter



Quick Installation Guide User’s Manual CD



RJ-45 cable x1

Physical Details

The following figure illustrates the each panel of N-WAP

Front Panel of N-WAP

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Rear Panel of N-WAP

Physical Interface & Button

Front Panel LED Indicators

LED Color State Descriptions

PWR

LAN

WPS

Reset Button

Rear Panel Indicators

LAN

Blue

Yellow

Red

1. Machine LAN port default IP is http://192.168.1.254

ÍNote

2. Using the power supply that is not the one included in package will

Off

Flashing

Off

Pressing over 5 seconds to reset to the factory default setting

RJ-45 connector, to maintain the existing network structure, connected directly to the PC through straight CAT-5 cable

button on front panel over 5 seconds will reset the Access Point to factory default value.

cause damage and void the warranty for this product.

Access Point is power ON Access Point is power Off LAN is connected successfully Data is transmitting Ethernet not connected to PC WPS Active WPS Not Active

. Press RESET

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Chapter 2 Preparations & Installation

Physical Installation Requirement

This chapter illustrates basic installation of Wireless Access Point (“Access Point” in the following term)

 Network cables. Use standard 10/100Base- TX network (UTP) cables with RJ-45

connectors.

 TCP/IP protocol must be installed on all PCs.

For Internet Access, an Internet Access account with an ISP, and either of a DSL or Cable modem

Administration Interface

LEGRAND Access Point provides GUI (Web based, Graphical User Interface) and utility for machine management and administration.

Web configuration access

You will connect to Access Point via your web browser automatically. Access Point will prompt for logon username / password, please enter: admin / admin to continue machine administration.

Access Point will prompt for logon username/password, please enter: admin / admin to continue machine administration.

The default IP address of LAN port is 192.168.1.254. You also could open your web browser , and insert

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http://192.168.1.254 in the address bar of your web browser to logon Access Point web configuration page.

To start Access Point web configuration, you must have one of these web browsers installed on computer for management

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.00 or higher with Java support

ÍNote

Please locate your PC in the same network segment (192.168.1.x) of Router. If you’re not familiar with TCP/IP, please refer to related chapter on user’s manual CD or consult your network administrator for proper network configurations.

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Chapter 3 Network Settings

Configuring and monitoring your Access Point from web browser

The Access Point integrates a web-based graphical user interface that can cover most configurations and machine status monitoring. Via standard web browser, you can configure and check machine status from anywhere around the world.

Overview on the web interface of Access Point

With web graphical user interface, you may have:

More comprehensive setting feels than traditional command line interface. Provides user input data fields, check boxes, and for changing machine configuration setting s

 Displays machine running configuration

To start Access Point web configuration, you must have one of these web browsers installed on computer for management Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.00 or higher with Java support

Manipulation of Access Point via web browser Log on Access Point via web browser

After TCP/IP configurations on your PC, you may now open your web browser , and input

http://192.168.1.254

The Access Point will prompt for logon username/password: admin / admin

(Default LAN port IP address) to logon Access Point web configuration page.

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Access Point login prompt screen

When users login the web page, users can see the general information like company…etc in this main page.

Access Point main page

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Starting Setup in Web UI

It is easy to configure and manage the AP/ Router with web browser. After successfully login, you can click Setup Wizard to quickly configure your AP/ Router.

 AP Mode

Step 1. Set Wireless Network Name (SSID), and then click Next>>.

Step 2. Select Wireless Security Mode.

Step 3. Click the Finished button. You will then see the Finish page as shown below.

The AP will reboot autom atically to make your wirele ss configuration to take ef fe ct and finish the Setup.

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 Client Mode

Step 1. Set Wireless Network Name, or click Site Survey to scan the nearby AP.

Step 2. Select Wireless Security Mode.

Step 3. Click the Finished button. You will then see the Finish page as shown below.

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The AP will reboot autom atically to make your wirele ss configuration to take ef fe ct and finish the Setup.

 Router Mode

Step 1. Select the WAN Access Type.

Step 2. Enter the information for the selected WAN Access Type, and then click Next. If your access

type is DHCP Client, then you can get the IP address from the ISP, so you do not need to

enter the information like other modes. For other modes, please refer to the section WAN

Interface Setup.

Step 3. Click the Finished button. You will then see the Finish page as shown below.

The AP will reboot autom atically to make your wirele ss configuration to take ef fe ct and finish the Setup.

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Network Operation Mode

You can setup different modes to WAN and LAN interface for NAT, Bridging and Wireless ISP function.

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In this mode, all Ethernet ports are bridged together and NAT function

is disabled. All the LAN port related function and firewall are not supported. In this mode, all Ethernet ports are bridged together and the wireless client will connect to ISP access point. The NAT is enabled and PCs in

Client

Ethernet ports share the same IP to ISP through wireless LAN. You must set the wireless to client mode first and connect to the ISP AP in Site-Survey page. In this mode, the device is supposed to connect to internet via ADSL/Cable Modem. The NAT is enabled and your PC in LAN port

Router

shares the same IP to ISP through WAN port. The connection type can be setup in WAN page by using Static, DHCP Client, PPPOE, PPTP or L2TP.

LAN Interface Setup

This page is used to configure the parameters for local area network which connect s to the LAN port of your Gateway. Here you may change the setting for IP address, subnet mask, DHCP, etc..

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IP Address

LAN IP Address of the Access Point

Default : 192.168.1.254

Subnet Mask

DHCP Server

DHCP Client Range

Static DHCP

Domain Name

802.11d Spanning Tree

LAN mask of the Access Point Default : 255.255.255.0

You can select Server or Disable. If you select Disable, the DHCP service of LAN port is disabled.

Default : Server The first and last IP address that DHCP serve r assigns. Default : 192.168.1.100 – 192.168.1.200

It allows you reserve IP addresses, and assign the same IP address to the network device with the specified MAC address any time it requests an IP address

Default : Disable Set three alternatives Domain Name Server for LAN interface. Default : Null Spanning Tree Protocol. You can select Enable or Disable.

Default : Disable

WAN Interface Setup

Choose menu “TCP/IP Settings→WAN Interface”, you can configure the IP parameters of the WAN on the screen below when router mode is enabled.

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DHCP Client

Connections which use dynamic IP address assignment.

WAN Access Ty pe

Attain DNS Automatically

Set DNS Manually

Clone MAC Address

Static IP

Connections which use static IP address assignment. Connections which use PPPoE that requires a user

PPPoE

name and password. Connections which us e

a Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

PPTP

(PPTP) connection.

Connections which use

a Layer2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)

L2TP

connection.

Select to attain DNS automatically from your ISP.

Select to specify your own preferred DNS Server IP address. The DNS 2 or DNS 3 is optional. You can enter the secondary and the third DNS Server’s IP address as an alternative of DNS 1.

Your ISP may require a particular MAC address in order for you to connect to the Internet. This MAC address is the PC’ s MAC addre s s that your ISP had originally connected your Internet to. Type in this section to replace the WAN MAC address with the MAC address of that PC.

Enable uPNP Enable IGMP Proxy

Enable Ping Access on WAN Enable Web Server Access on WAN Enable IPsec pass through on VPN connection Enable PPTP pass through on VPN connection Enable L2TP pass throug h on VPN connection Enable IPv6 pass through on VPN connection

Check to enable the uPNP function. Check to enable the IGMP Proxy function.

Check to enable the Ping Access on WAN function.

Check to enable the Web Server Access on WAN function.

Check to enable the IPsec pass through on VPN connection function.

Check to enable the PPTP pass through on VPN connection function.

Check to enable the L2TP p ass through on VPN connection function.

Check to enable the IPv6 pass through on VPN co nnection function.

Apply Changes

After completing the settings on this page, click Apply changes button to save the settings.

Reset

Click Reset to restore to default values.

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 DHCP Client

If your ISP provides the DHCP service, please choose DHCP Client type, and the Router will automatically obtain IP parameters from your ISP. You can see the page as follows.

The page includes the following fields:

Object Description

Host Name

This option specifies the Host Name of the Router.

MTU Size The default MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value is 1492

Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default MTU Size unless required by your ISP.

 Static IP

If your ISP provides a static or fixed IP Address, then you have to setup the IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and DNS setting. You can see the page as follows.

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+ 45 hidden pages