Z-Com XG-580 PLUS User Manual

XG-580 PLUS

User’s Manual

FW 4.1.8.0

Copyright

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FCC Information

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class digital devices pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

This equipment 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 communication.

Operation of this equipment in residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at this own expense.

The user should not modify or change this equipment without written approval from company name. Modification could void authority to use this equipment.

For the safety reason, people should not work in a situation which RF Exposure limits be exceeded. To prevent the situation happening, people who work with the antenna should be aware of the following rules:

Install the antenna in a location where a distance of 20cm from the antenna may be maintained.

While installing the antenna in the location, please do not turn on the power of wireless card.

While the device is working, please do not contact the antenna.

About the manual

The purpose to use this manual is for install the AP. This manual is including disposing course and method and helping the customer to solve the unpredictable problem.

XG-580PLUS User’s Manual

Table of Contents

COPYRIGHT ......................................................................................................................2

FCC INFORMATION...........................................................................................................2

ABOUT THE MANUAL.......................................................................................................2

1. XG-580PLUS INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................4

APPEARANCE OF PRODUCT ...................................................................................................................... 4

FEATURES AND BENEFITS ........................................................................................................................ 4

REPRESENTATIVE APPLICATION .............................................................................................................. 5

SYSTEM REQUIREMENT ........................................................................................................................... 5

2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION......................................................................................5

PRODUCT KIT........................................................................................................................................... 5

MECHANICAL DESCRIPTION..................................................................................................................... 6

INITIALIZE................................................................................................................................................ 7

3. CONFIGURING XG-580PLUS........................................................................................8

USING THE WEB MANAGEMENT ..............................................................................................................8

4. TROUBLESHOOTING ..................................................................................................20

FAQ ....................................................................................................................................................... 20

TECHNICAL SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................. 20

APPENDIX...........................................................................................................................21

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................. 21

GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................................................. 22

ASCII..................................................................................................................................................... 23

1. XG-580PLUS Introduction

¾ Appearance of Product

Features and Benefits

¾ ¾ Representative Application

System Requirement

The XG-580PLUS is quite a handy device to have around, with dedicated one LAN/WAN port, it can be communicate with other mobile devices enabled for 802.11g standard-base Wireless LAN connectivity. Let you quickly network multiple PCs and notebooks without laying new cables, and gives users the freedom to roam throughout the workplace and stay connected to corporate resources, e-mail and Internet access.

Appearance of Product

Features and Benefits

¾ High Speed & Backward Compatible

The high-speed wireless device simultaneously supports both IEEE802.11b/802.11g 54 Mbps wireless networks.

¾ AP operating mode

Three different functions are integrated as well: Access Point, Station, AP with repeating.

¾ Multiple Client Support

Create a big wireless network to connect more hubs or switches.

¾ WEB Interface

It is easy to configure the device or upgrade the Firmware via WEB browser.

¾ Enhanced Security

Provides the highest available level of WEP /WAP-PSK as well as MAC Address Control to increase security.

Representative Application

The XG-580PLUS offers a fast, reliable, high-speed, and high security solution for wireless clients access to the network in applications like these:

1. Remote access to corporate network information

E-mail, file transfer and terminal emulation.

2. Difficult-to-wire environments

Historical or old buildings, asbestos installations, and open area where wiring is difficult to deploy.

3. Frequently changing environments

Retailers, manufacturers and those who frequently rearrange the workplace and change location.

4. Temporary LANs for special projects or peak time

♦ Trade shows, exhibitions and construction sites where a temporary network will be practical. ♦ Retailers, airline and shipping companies need additional workstations during peak period. ♦ Auditors requiring workgroups at customer sites.

5. Access to database for mobile workers

Doctors, nurses, retailers, accessing their database while being mobile in the hospital, retail store or office campus.

6. SOHO (Small Office and Home Office) users

SOHO users need easy and quick installation of a small computer network.

7. High security connection

The secure wireless network can be installed quickly and provide flexibility.

System Requirement

Installation of the AP requires:

 A PC of install the WEB browsers.  One 5V, 2A power module, in order to power supply of the AP.  A 10/100 Base-T (UTP) Ethernet cable drop.

2. Hardware Installation

¾ Product Kit

Hardware Installation

Initialize

Product Kit

Before installation, make sure that you the following items:

XG-580PLUS*1 Product CD*1 Power Adapter*1

Use Manual*1

If any of the above items are not included or damaged, please contact your local dealer for

support.

Mechanical Description

Connect the adapter to your Ethernet-enabled device

A. Combine the antenna with the product to wirelessly connect to the 802.11g networks. B. Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the product and connect the other end to the Ethernet LAN port located on the device (e.g., a gaming console, laptop,desktop computer, or network printer). C. Connect the power adapter to product.

The following table provides an overview of each LED activity:

LED Definition Activity Description

PWR

WLAN Green

Green

Power enabled

Off: No Wireless LAN

traffic activity

On: Wireless LAN traffic

LAN Green

activity.

Off: No Ethernet traffic

activity

Flashing: Wired LAN

traffic activity

On: Connect to the

Ethernet.

Default

Press the “default” button for about 3 seconds until all LEDs go off. This action will restore to

the factory default settings of the 3-in-1 and enable you to configure the product via web again.

Besides, this is also used when you forget the password.

Hardware Installation

Take the following steps to set up your Access Point.

 Site Selection

Before installation, determine the Access Point location. Proper placement of the Access Point is critical to ensure optimum radio range and performance. You may use the Site Survey and Access Points Browser utility (The utilities included with the wireless PC Card) to choose a proper placement for your Access Point. Typically, the best location to place your Access Point at your site is the center of your wireless coverage area. Try to place your mobile stations within the line of sight. Obstructions may impede performance of the Access Point.

 Access Point Placement

You can place the Access Point on a flat surface such as a table or cabinet, or mount the unit on a vertical surface like a wall. The integrated antenna of your Access Point performs best in an open environment with as few obstructions as possible. In most situations placing the Access Point as pictured below will provide satisfactory performance results.

 Connect the Ethernet Cable

The 54Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point supports 10/100M Ethernet connection.Attach your UTP Ethernet cable to the RJ-45 connector on the Access Point. Then connect the other end of the RJ-45 cable to a hub or a station.

 Power On

Connect the power adapter to the power socket. Your Access Point then will automatically enter the self-test phase. During the self-test, the LAN will flash. Finally,the PWR LED will light permanently as the Access Point enters normal operation.

Initialize

Have initial value , network of bridge whether which is short of province parameter set up ,

is it install after finishing is it can make working to it to supply powering in hardware to need only.

Warning：We cannot assume the responsibility for the damage from using with the other power adapter supplier.

3. Configuring XG-580PLUS

¾ Using the Web Management

Using the Web Management

The built-in Web Management provides you with a user-friendly graphical user interface to

manage the AP. The AP with an assigned IP address (e.g. http://192.168.0.2) will allow you via web browser (e.g. Netscape Navigator 3.0 ~ 4.5 or MS Internet Explorer 4.0) to monitor and configure.

Run Web explorer.

Enter the IP address of the AP in the Address field. The default IP Address is 192.168.0.2. You will have access to Web Pages of the AP.

Enter the password to login to the AP. The default password is default. The main page will show up.

The AP main page contains four items.

¾ Information:  General: This item displays the general information of the AP such as the MAC

address and Firmware Version.

¾ Configuration:  General: You may make the settings on the AP such as Access Point Name, Radio

mode, ESSID, channel and password etc.

AP Name: In this field, you may enter any name. This will enable you to manage your AP more easily if you have multiple Access Points on the network. Besides, Access Point Name can be

used to prevent you from forgetting an IP Address and fail to access the website. Try to type the

nickname you like to identify the website, then press the button of “Apply” to reboot. Whenever

you want to get back to the website again, just type the name you login.

Wireless Mode: Select the work mode.

AP Mode: The system can be configured to work as a wireless network access point. Note that

the AP acts only as a layer 2 bridge and does not act as a DHCP server. In other words, it does not supply dynamic IP addresses and instead relies on the network to supply them.

Station Mode: When configuring as a station mode, the device is now acting as a wireless

client. The product will associate to an AP within its range in infrastructure mode, or join with another 5-in-1 device in Client mode in an ad-hoc network.

AP with repeating: In this mode, you can extend the range of a wireless network. Wireless

clients can associate with the repeater to communicate with each client on your network. Note that all the Access Points’ IP address must be set in the same network and make sure that Mode, SSID, Channel and encryption settings are set the same for all of your AP with repeating(s).

Network Type: There are 2 network types for the wireless station adapter to operate. If you need to access company network or Internet via Access Point, select “Infrastructure”. To set up a group of wireless stations for files and printer sharing, select “Ad-Hoc” (without Access Point). For Ad-Hoc operation, the same ESSID is required to set for the wireless stations.

ESSID: The ESSID is a unique ID used by Access Points and Stations to identify a wireless LAN.

Wireless clients associating to any Access Point must have the same ESSID. The default ESSID is ANY. The ESSID can have up to 32 characters.

Channel: Select a clear and available channel as an operational channel for your wireless station

adapter when it performs as Ad-Hoc mode.

Mode: There are three different wireless modes to operate, “B Only Mode”, “G Only Mode”, and

“B/G Mixed Mode”. In B/G Mixed Mode, the wireless station adapter is compatible with a mix of both 802.11g and 802.11b clients. You will see that the factory-set default “B/G Mixed Mod” will prove the most efficient. B Only Mode is compatible with 802.11b clients only. This mode can be used only if you do not allow any 802.11g clients to join a network. G Only Mode is compatible with 802.11g clients only. This mode can be used only if you do not allow any

802.11b clients to access to the network. To switch the mode, select the desired mode form the

pull-down menu next to “Mode”.

Rate: The wireless station adapter provides various data rate options for you to choose. Data

rates options include Auto, 1, 2, 5.5, 11, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 54. The default setting is Auto.

Country/Region: Allows you to select country domain in case there is any chances that you

would use wireless network in other countries. There are a total of 11 countries for you to select. They are Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, France, Israel, Japan, Mexico, South America, and USA. Note that if your AP and station adapter are in different standards, please use the

“Country/Region” item to switch the standards of the station adapter (For example, when set to

client mode, if your Access Point is America standard but your station adapter is Japanese

standard, you can pull down the “Country/Region” option to switch your station adapter from

Japanese standard to American standard.).

Password: You may change the default password by entering the new password.

Note：Click “Apply” if you have made any changes.

 Security WEB Mode: This wireless adapter allows you to create up to 4 data encryption keys to secure

your data from being eavesdropping by unauthorized wireless user. To enable the encryption, all devices on the network must share the same WEP key.

Disable: Allows the wireless station adapter to communicate with the Access Point without any

data encryption.

WEP40: Requires the wireless station adapter to use data encryption with 40-bit algorithm when

communicating with the Access Point.

WEP128: Allows the wireless station adapter to communicate with the Access Point with data

128-bit encryption algorithm.

WPA-PSK: Allows the wireless station adapter to communicate with the Access Point with a

more secure data protection than the WEP. Here you can select the WPA with PSK mode to improve the data security and privacy during wireless transmission. The present WPA supplied with this adapter is used in a pre-shared key mode, which does not require an authentication (Radius) server.

 Access Control

When configuring the adapter with AP mode operation, the Access Control is a powerful security feature that allows you to specify which wireless stations are allowed or denied in the list including:

Open: Allows any wireless station to access the network. Allow: Any wireless station in this list attempting to access the network is allowed. Deny: Any wireless station in this list will be denied access.

To add the Mac address of each wireless station on your network by entering the Mac

address of the client you desire to add into the list. Click “Add”, and then “Apply” to

save the settings. To delete a Mac address from the list, select the Mac address you

want to delete by clicking “Del” and then “Apply” to save the settings.

 Parameter Log The Parameter log item allows you to save settings to the local hard drive by clicking“Save”.

When you click the “Browse” button, you can select the saved setting files.To click “Load”, the

saved settings will be loaded back.

 Advanced

RTS Threshold:

Request to Send Threshold. The packet size that is used to determine if it should use the CSMA/CD(Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection)mechanism or the CSMA/CA mechanism for packet transmission. With the CSMA/CD transmission mechanism, the transmitting station sends out the actual packet as soon as it has waited for the silence period. With the CSMA/CA transmission mechanism, the transmitting station sends out an RTS packet to the receiving station, and waits for the receiving station to send back a CTS (Clear to Send) packet before sending the actual packet data. Default: 2346

Fragmentation Threshold:

This is the maximum packet size used for fragmentation. Packets larger than the size programmed in this field will be fragmented. The Fragment Threshold value must be larger than the RTS Threshold value. Default: 2346

Beacon Interval:

The Beacon Interval. Specifies the interval time between 20ms and 1000ms for each beacon transmission Default: 100

DTIM:

The Delivery Traffic Indication Message. Specifies the data beacon rate between 1 and 255. Default: 1

Preamble Type:

A long transmit preamble may provide a more reliable connection or slightly longer range. A auto transmit preamble gives better performance.

Enable Protection:

The function protect link quality.

Enable Hidden AP：Enable the function ,The AP don’t broadcast the ESSID .

AnyIP(Unable in Bridge Mode):the terminal with any ip address can visit the network

¾ TCP/IP

 General

You may assign a proper IP address to your wireless adapter manually. If you would like the wireless adapter to obtain the IP address from the DHCP server on your network automatically,

enable the DHCP client function. Click the “Apply” button to make it effect.

¾ Statistics

 General

This item will allow you to monitor the connection status when set to AP mode such as the Mac Address, Link Status, Rate Type as well as RX/TX from Ethernet packets.

When set to Client mode, you may also open the General page to view the available Access

Points around your environment. The status includes Link Status, ESSID, BSSID, Channel and Signal as well as RX/TX from Ethernet packets.

 AP Browser

This AP Browser shows only when configuring your 3-in-1 as Station mode. By clicking the

“Refresh” button, the AP Browser will reload and display available Access Points around the

working environment. Besides showing the BSSID of each Access Point, it also displays ESSID, Channel, Support Rate and Capability. To connect one of displayed Access Points, just select the

Access Point you desire and then click the “Connect” button to make the connection.

¾ Firmware Upgrade

Here, you can upload the latest firmware of the wireless adapter. You may either enter the file

name in the entry field or browse the file by clicking the “Browse” button. Then click the “Apply” button to begin to upgrade the process.

4. Troubleshooting

¾ FAQ ¾

Technical support

FAQ Technical support

If you meet difficulty and please contact our supplier in the course of installing and using

the AP.

Appendix

¾ Technical Specifications

Glossary

¾ ¾ ASCII

Technical Specifications

Feature

Description IEEE 802.11b/g WLAN Station Adapter

Host interface One 10/100BaseT R-45 LAN port with Auto-MDIX

Antenna One external dipole antenna

Data Rate

Power Consumption

Voltage DC 5V/2A

Support OS Win98SE/ME/2000/XP

Channels

RF output 15dBm Typical

Sensitivity

11g Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (64QAM, 16QAM,

Modulation

11b Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK)

Security 64/128-bit WEP Encryption

Dimension 80.90mm(L)*108.20mm(W)*29.80mm(H)

Weight <75g

Operating

Temperature

Storage

Temperature

Humidity 5~95%

11g Mode: 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, 6 Mbps

11b Mode: 11, 5.5, 2, 1 Mbps

11g: TX:650mA ; RX: 450mA (max)

11b: TX: 500mA ; RX: 450mA (max)

USA (FCC) 11 Channels: 2.412GHz~2.462GHz

Europe (ETSI) 13 Channels : 2.412GHz~2.472GHz

Japan (TELEC) 14 Channels : 2.412GHz~2.483GHz

11g : 54Mbps OFDM<-65dBm 11b+: 22Mbps PBCC<-80dBm

QPSK, BPSK)

Environment

0~55C

-20~70C

Glossary

AP The abbreviation of Access Point, refer in particular to the wireless access point.

BWA

IEEE 802.11 Include IEEE 802.11a/b/g。

Notice

warning

SSID

AP IP address

HTTP

User’s name/password

Encrypt setting

Link test

MAC control

The abbreviation of Broadband Wireless Access Point, does not have the network

bridge to refer in particular to broadband .

Show that there is important information that reminds you with better using the

equipment.

It have potential dangerous operation will do harm to hardware of the equipment or

make data not to lose or make equipment not to can be used normally all to show.

It distribute to may make wireless users can connect to the network name of AP to

use for. It is different from the access point name of AP, it was used for

distinguishing AP that that is only available for AP.

If has not used DHCP server in the network , has needed to assign a legal IP address

for AP , used to land to AP through HTTP. IP address of acquiescence is http://192.

168. 0. 228.

Used for landing admin password or password of user name of acquiescence to AP

from WEB page.

Which kind of encryption ways are not needed to decide to set up for AP with you

according to the environment.

When AP is chosen as mode of bridge graft, this function can be used for

determining the connection state with an purpose MAC address.

This function is only valid under AP mode, invalid under the mode of bridge graft.

Used in MAC address to filter.

ASCII

You can dispose sexadecimal number system counting or ACSII one yard of keys encrypted as WEP .

Sexadecimal number system is made up by 0-9 and A-F (letter does not distinguish capital and small letter );

ACSII yard is by 0-9 figures , A-F , a-f (letter distinguishes capital and small letter), and the punctuation mark

makes up . Each ACSII yard can is it say to count by one sexadecimal number system of two. One-one ASCII

yard of all and sexadecimal number system are counted to make forms and list all.

ASCII

Character

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- 2D E 45 ] 5D u 75 . 2E F 46 ^ 5E v 76 / 2F G 47 _ 5F w 77 0 30 H 48 ` 60 x 78 1 31 I 49 a 61 y 79 2 32 J 4A b 62 z 7A 3 33 K 4B c 63 { 7B 4 34 L 4C d 64 | 7C 5 35 M 4D e 65 } 7D 6 36 N 4E f 66 ~ 7E 7 37 O 4F g 67 8 38 P 50 h 68

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Z-Com XG-580 PLUS User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Copyright

FCC Information

About the manual

1. XG-580PLUS Introduction

Features and Benefits

Appearance of Product

Representative Application

System Requirement

2. Hardware Installation

Product Kit

Mechanical Description

Hardware Installation

Initialize

3. Configuring XG-580PLUS

Using the Web Management

4. Troubleshooting

Technical support

Appendix

Technical Specifications

Glossary

ASCII