Zinwell ZWA-G120 user manual

Wireless LAN Device Series

Multi-Mode AP

ZWA-G120 User’s Manual

Version. 1.4.0c (2006.09.14)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTICE .................................................................................................................................................. 3

PREFACE ............................................................................................................................................... 5

CH 1. ZWA-G120 INSTALLATION .................................................................................................... 6

PACKING LIST....................................................................................................................................... 6

HARDWARE INSTALLATION.................................................................................................................. 6

CH 2. FIRST TIME CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................ 8

BEFORE START TO CONFIGURE .............................................................................................................8

KNOWING THE NETWORK APPLICATION ............................................................................................... 8

BASIC SETTINGS................................................................................................................................. 28

ADVANCED SETTINGS......................................................................................................................... 31

CONFIGURING WIRELESS SECURITY................................................................................................... 34

CONFIGURING AS WLAN CLIENT ADAPTER.......................................................................................37

QUICK START TO CONFIGURE ..............................................................................................................37

MAC CLONE FOR SINGLE ETHERNET CLIENT .................................................................................... 39

CONFIGURING UNIVERSAL REPEATER ................................................................................................ 40

CH 3. CONFIGURING WDS .............................................................................................................. 42

WDS NETWORK TOPOLOGY................................................................................................................ 42

WDS APPLICATION............................................................................................................................. 44

CH 4. ADVANCED CONFIGURATIONS ......................................................................................... 46

CONFIGURING LAN TO WAN FIREWALL ............................................................................................46

PORT FILTERING ................................................................................................................................. 46

IP FILTERING ......................................................................................................................................47

MAC FILTERING................................................................................................................................. 48

NAT (NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION).........................................................................................49

CONFIGURING PORT FORWARDING (VIRTUAL SERVER) ............................................................................. 50

MULTIPLE SERVERS BEHIND NAT EXAMPLE: ..................................................................................... 50

CONFIGURING DMZ ...........................................................................................................................51

CONFIGURING WAN INTERFACE......................................................................................................... 52

STATIC IP ............................................................................................................................................ 52

DHCP CLIENT (DYNAMIC IP).............................................................................................................53

PPPOE................................................................................................................................................54

PPTP ..................................................................................................................................................55

CONFIGURING CLONE MAC ADDRESS ............................................................................................... 57

CONFIGURING DHCP SERVER ............................................................................................................ 59

BANDWIDTH CONTROL.......................................................................................................................60

QOS (QUALITY OF SERVICE)............................................................................................................... 60

STATIC ROUTE SETUP ......................................................................................................................... 64

DYNAMIC ROUTE SETUP ....................................................................................................................65

VPN PASS-THROUGH.......................................................................................................................... 66

USING CLI MENU...............................................................................................................................66

THE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................. 68

SNMP AGENT ....................................................................................................................................68

MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS................................................................................................................ 71

PING WATCHDOG ............................................................................................................................... 72

AIMING TOOL..................................................................................................................................... 73

CONNECTING PROFILE........................................................................................................................ 74

FIRMWARE UPGRADE .........................................................................................................................75

CONFIGURATION DATA BACKUP & RESTORE ......................................................................................76

AUTO DISCOVERY TOOL.....................................................................................................................77

Notice

Warning：：：： Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the

party responsible for compliance could void the user authority to operate the

equipment.

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.

The user’s manual or instruction manual for an intentional or unintentional

radiator shall caution the user that changes or modifications not expressly

approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s

authority to operate the equipment.

NOTE：：：： This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits

for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits

are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in

a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio

frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the

instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular

installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or

television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and

on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures：

 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

which the receiver is needed.

 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for

compliance could void the user‘s authority to operate the equipment.

The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must not be co-located or operating in

conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with emission limits.

This EUT is incompliance with SAR for general population /uncontrolled

exposure limits in ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1999 and had been tested in accordance

with the measurement methods and procedures specified in OET Bulletin 65

Supplement C.

CAUTION：：：：

1. The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must be fixed-mounted on outdoor

permanent structures with a separation distance of at least 2 meters from

all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any

other antenna or transmitter. Users and installers must be provided with

antenna installation instructions and transmitter operating conditions for

satisfying RF exposure compliance.

2. This Transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any

other antenna or transmitter.

3. This equipment is only allowed to be professionally installed.

Preface

This guide is for the networking professional who installs and manages the

Zinwell ZWA-G120 product hereafter referred to as the “device”. To use this

guide, you should have experience working with the TCP/IP configuration and

be familiar with the concepts and terminology of wireless local area networks.

Ch 1. ZWA-G120 Installation

Packing List

Before you start to install the device, make sure the package contains the following items：

● ZWA-G120 Multi-Mode AP unit * 1

● Power Adapter * 1

● RJ-45 Cable * 1

Multi-Mode AP Power Adapter

RJ-45 Cable

Hardware Installation

Once you check off everything from the package, you can start to install the

device. You can use the wall mount hole on the bottom of the device to

mount the device on the wall, or just put the device on the desktop. The

administrator can refer to the figure below while constructing your WLAN

environment.

ZWA-G120

(As AP)

PDA

Internet

Ethernet

Tablet PC

ZWA-G120 (As Router)

Broadband

Modem

Ch 2. First Time Configuration

Before Start to Configure

There are two ways to configure the device, one is through web-browser,

and the other is through Secure Shell CLI interface. To access the

configuration interfaces, make sure you are using a computer connected to

the same network as the device. The default IP address of the device is

192.168.2.254, and the subnet-mask is 255.255.255.0.

The device has three operation modes (Router/Bridge/WISP). In bridge

mode, also known as AP Client, you can access the device by both WLAN

(Wireless Local Area Network) and wired LAN. And in router/WISP modes,

the device can be accessed by both WLAN and WAN. The default IP

addresses for the device are 192.168.2.254(for LAN), 172.1.1.1(for WAN),

so you need to make sure the IP address of your PC is in the same subnet

as the device, such as 192.168.2.X (for LAN), 172.1.1.X (for WAN).

Please note that the DHCP server inside the device is default to up and

running. Do not have multiple DHCP servers in your network environment,

otherwise it will cause abnormal situation.

We also provide an auto-discovery tool which is for finding out the IP of the

device. In case, you’ve forgot the IP of the device or the IP of the device has

been changed, you can use the tool to find out the IP of the device even your

PC is not in the same subnet as the device is.

Knowing the Network Application

The device can act as the following roles, and it supports WDS (Wireless

Distribution System) function.

 Access Point

 WDS (Wireless Repeater)

 Bridge/Router

 WISP

 AP Client

The device provides 3 different operation modes and the wireless radio of

device can act as AP/Client/WDS. The operation mode is about the

communication mechanism between the wired Ethernet NIC and wireless

NIC, the following is the types of operation mode.

Router

The wired Ethernet (WAN) port is used to connect with ADSL/Cable modem

and the wireless NIC is used for your private WLAN. The NAT is existed

between the 2 NIC and all the wireless clients share the same public IP

address through the WAN port to ISP. The default IP configuration for WAN

port is static IP. You can access the web server of device through the default

WAN IP address 172.1.1.1 and modify the setting base on your ISP

requirement.

Bridge

The wired Ethernet and wireless NIC are bridged together. Once the mode is

selected, all the WAN related functions will be disabled.

WISP (Wireless ISP)

This mode can let you access the AP of your wireless ISP and share the

same public IP address from your ISP to the PCs connecting with the wired

Ethernet port of the device. To use this mode, first you must set the wireless

radio to be client mode and connect to the AP of your ISP then you can

configure the WAN IP configuration to meet your ISP requirement.

The wireless radio of the device acts as the following roles.

AP (Access Point)

The wireless radio of device serves as communications “hub” for wireless

clients and provides a connection to a wired LAN.

AP Client

This mode provides the capability to connect with the other AP using

infrastructure/Ad-hoc networking types. With bridge operation mode, you

can directly connect the wired Ethernet port to your PC and the device

becomes a wireless adapter. And with WISP operation mode, you can

connect the wired Ethernet port to a hub/switch and all the PCs connecting

with hub/switch can share the same public IP address from your ISP.

WDS (Wireless Distribution System)

This mode serves as a wireless repeater; the device forwards the packets to

another AP with WDS function. When this mode is selected, all the wireless

clients can’t survey and connect to the device. The device only allows the

WDS connection.

WDS+AP

This mode combines WDS plus AP modes, it not only allows WDS

connections but also the wireless clients can survey and connect to the

device.

The following table shows the supporting combination of operation and

wireless radio modes.

Bridge Router WISP

WDS

Client

AP+WDS

V V X

V X V

V V X

Hereafter are some topologies of network application for your reference.

Internet

Broadband

Modem

Router Mode

With

WDS + AP

Bridge Mode

With

Bridge Mode

With

WDS + AP

WISP Mode

Bridge Mode

Examples of Configuration

This example demonstrates how to set up a network with different device

configurations. There are 2 DHCP servers (DEV1/DEV4) in the network to

control the IP configuration of 2 domains (192.168.2.x/192.168.3.x). Once

the setting is done, all the PCs can visit Internet through DEV1.

We assume all the devices keep the factory default setting. To make sure

that user can continuing press the rest button for more than 5 seconds to

restore the factory default setting.

The following descriptions show the steps to configure DEV1 to DEV5.

Configure DEV1:

1. Connect the ADSL modem to Ethernet port of device using Ethernet cable.

2. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the wireless station.

3. Use Wizard page to setup device.

4. Press “Next>>” button then set the “Operation Mode” to “Router” mode.

5. Press “Next>>” button then disable “Time Zone” function.

6. Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface.

7. Press “Next>>” button then select the “PPPoE” for “WAN Access Type” and fill in the “User Name” and “Password” fields.

8. Press “Next>>” button then select the “AP+WDS” for “mode” and change the SSID to “DEV1”.

9. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button.

10. Wait for refreshing web page.

11. Use “WDS Settings” page to configure WDS.

12. Enable WDS function and add the BSSID of DEV2 to “Current WDS AP List”.

13. Since we access the device by wireless connection, it may temporarily disconnect when applying the WDS setting. After re-connecting to the device, use the “Status” page to check the settings.

Configure DEV2:

1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port.

Caution

If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices

have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may

cause you not able to access the web server of device. If the situation

happens, please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS

command “arp –d” then you can access the web server of device

using the default IP address.

2. Use Wizard page to setup device.

3. Press “Next>>” button then set the “Operation Mode” to “Bridge” mode.

4. Press “Next>>” button then disable “Time Zone” function.

5. Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface.

6. Press “Next>>” button then select the “AP+WDS” for “mode” and change the SSID to “DEV2”.

7. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button.

8. Wait for refreshing web page.

9. Access the web server by new IP address “192.168.2.202” then use “LAN Interface” page to disable DHCP Server.

10. Wait for refreshing web page.

11. Use “WDS Settings” page to configure WDS.

12. Enable WDS function and add the BSSID of DEV1 to “Current WDS AP List”.

13. Use the “Status” page to check the settings.

Configure DEV3:

1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port.

Caution

If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you not able to access the web server of device. If the situation happens, please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command “arp –d” then you can access the web server of device using the default IP address.

2. Use “LAN Interface” page to set the IP address of LAN interface and disable DHCP server.

3. Wait for refreshing web page.

4. Access the web server by new IP address “192.168.2.203” then use “Basic Settings” page to change SSID and CHANNEL.

5. Use the “Status” page to check the settings.

Configure DEV4:

1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port.

Caution

If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you unable to access the web server of device. If the situation happens, please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command “arp –d” then you can access the web server of device using the default IP address.

2. Use Wizard page to setup device.

3. Press “Next>>” button then set the “Operation Mode” to “Wireless ISP” mode.

4. Press “Next>>” button then disable “Time Zone” function.

5. Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface.

6. Press “Next>>” button then select the “DHCP Client” for “WAN Access Type”.

7. Press “Next>>” button then select the “Client” for “mode” and change the SSID to “DEV4”.

8. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button.

9. Wait for refreshing web page.

10. Change the IP address of your PC to 192.168.3.x then access the web server by the new IP address “192.168.3.1” and use “Status” page check the setting.

11. If the “State” of “Wireless Configuration” is not “Connected” or you want to refresh the “RSSI “, please use “Site Survey” page to re-connect a AP.

Configure DEV5:

1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port.

Caution

2. Use Wizard page to setup device.

3. Press “Next>>” button then set the “Operation Mode” to “Wireless ISP” mode.

4. Press “Next>>” button then disable “Time Zone” function.

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