Zinwell ZW N5310 User Manual

Wireless LAN Device Series

802.11n Draft 2.0 Multi-Mode AP

ZW-N5310 User’s Manual

Version. 1 (2008.05.14)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

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

CH 1. ZW-5310 INSTALLATION........................................................................................................6

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

CONNECTORS, BUTTONS AND LEDS .................................................................................................... 6

HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..................................................................................................................7

CH 2. FIRST TIME CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................7

BEFORE START TO CONFIGURE .............................................................................................................7

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

SETUP WIZARD................................................................................................................................... 10

BASIC SETTINGS................................................................................................................................. 11

ADVANCED SETTINGS.........................................................................................................................16

CONFIGURING WIRELESS SECURITY ................................................................................................... 19

MAC ACL .........................................................................................................................................22

WPS...................................................................................................................................................22

OPTIONS EXPLANATIONS .................................................................................................................... 23

WPS CONFIGURATION STEPS .............................................................................................................24

SITE SURVEY ......................................................................................................................................25

CONFIGURING AS WLAN CLIENT ADAPTER .......................................................................................25

QUICK START TO CONFIGURE ..............................................................................................................25

CH 3. CONFIGURING WDS..............................................................................................................27

WDS NETWORK TOPOLOGY................................................................................................................ 28

WDS APPLICATION.............................................................................................................................30

CH 4. ADVANCED CONFIGURATIONS.........................................................................................32

CONFIGURING LAN TO WA N FIREWALL ............................................................................................32

PORT FILTERING ................................................................................................................................. 32

IP FILTERING ...................................................................................................................................... 33

MAC FILTERING.................................................................................................................................33

NAT (NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION).........................................................................................33

CONFIGURING PORT FORWARDING (VIRTUAL SERVER)..............................................................................34

CONFIGURING DMZ ........................................................................................................................... 34

CONFIGURING WA N INTERFACE......................................................................................................... 35

STATI C IP............................................................................................................................................ 35

DHCP CLIENT (DYNAMIC IP).............................................................................................................36

PPPOE................................................................................................................................................ 37

PPTP..................................................................................................................................................37

CONFIGURING DHCP SERVER ............................................................................................................ 38

STATI C ROUTE SETUP .........................................................................................................................39

DYNAMIC ROUTE SETUP .................................................................................................................... 40

UPNP.................................................................................................................................................40

VPN PASS-THROUGH .......................................................................................................................... 40

CH5. THE MANAGEMENT...............................................................................................................41

MISCELLANEOUS ................................................................................................................................41

UPLOAD SCRIPT..................................................................................................................................42

SNMP ................................................................................................................................................ 42

DDNS ................................................................................................................................................45

TIME ZONE .........................................................................................................................................45

QOS / BANDWIDTH SETTING ...............................................................................................................46

SYSTEM LOG SETTING ........................................................................................................................48

PING TEST ..........................................................................................................................................48

SAV E /RELOAD SETTINGS ....................................................................................................................49

UPGRADE FIRMWARE .........................................................................................................................49

PASSWORD SETUP ............................................................................................................................... 50

THE INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................. 51

SYSTEM INFORMATION .......................................................................................................................52

WIRELESS INFORMATION ....................................................................................................................52

ROUTING TABLE .................................................................................................................................52

PACKET STATI CS .................................................................................................................................53

SYSTEM LOG ......................................................................................................................................53

LOGOUT..............................................................................................................................................53

REBOOT..............................................................................................................................................53

Notice

FCC 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.

FCC Statement

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：

z Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

z Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

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

which the receiver is connected.

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

FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an

uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated

with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. For product

available in the USA/Canada market, only channel 1~11 can be operated.

Selection of other channels is not possible. 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.

Channel

The Wireless Channel sets the radio frequency used for communication.

z Access Points use a fixed Channel. You can select the Channel used.

This allows you to choose a Channel which provides the least interference

and best performance. In the USA and Canada, 11channel are available.

If using multiple Access Points, it is better if adjacent Access Points use

different Channels to reduce interference.

z In “Infrastructure” mode, Wireless Stations normally scan all Channels,

looking for an Access Point. If more than one Access Point can be used,

the one with the strongest signal is used. (This can only happen within an

ESS.)

z If using “Ad-hoc” mode (no Access Point), all Wireless stations should be

set to use the same Channel. However, most Wireless stations will still

scan all Channels to see if there is an existing “Ad-hoc” group they can

join.

Note:

This equipment marketed in USA is restricted by firmware to only operate on

2.4GHz channel 1-11, also with UNII band, only band 1 (5.15-5.25G) & band 4

(5.745-5.805G) can be used. In addition, the UNII band 1 (5.15-5.25GHz) can

be indoor used only.

CE Statement

ZINWELL, hereby declares that this device is in compliance with the essential

requirement and other relevant provisions of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC.

This device will be sold in the following EEA countries：Austria, Italy, Belgium,

Liechtenstein, Denmark, Luxembourg, Finland, Netherlands, France, Norway,

Germany, Portugal, Greece, Spain, Iceland, Sweden, Ireland, United Kingdom,

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia,

Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania.

Preface

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

Zinwell ZW-5310 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. ZW-5310 Installation

Packing List

Before starting the installation of the device, please make sure the package contains the following items：

● ZW-5310 Multi-Mode AP unit * 1

● Power Adapter * 1

● RJ-45 Cable * 1

Connectors, Buttons and LEDs

Front Panel

From Left to right:

Power LED: Red LED lights when power on. WAN: Orange LED lights when the Ethernet port is plugged and flashes when

it is transmitting.

LAN 4/3/2/1: Green LED lights when the respective Ethernet port is plugged

and flashes when it is transmitting.

WLAN: Green LED flashes when WLAN is working. WPS LED: Blue LED lights when the WPS button is pushed. WPS Button: Press it to enable PBC (Press Button Communication) for WPS

authentication.

Back Panel

From left to right:

Antenna port 1/2/3: This SMA Reverse allows the user to connect antenna or

RF cable. Please connect all three antennas into it.

LAN 4/3/2/1: 4 Ethernet ports for the LAN connection. WAN: Connect the Ethernet port from ISP such as Adsl ITU-R, Cable MODEM. Reset Button: Press Reset button to revert it to factory default. DC Jack: Please supply the power in 12V and 1A.

Hardware Installation

Once you check 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 in the process of

constructing your WLAN environment.

Ch 2. First Time Configuration

Before Start to Configure

The configuration of this device is through web-browser. 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

192.168.1.254, and the subnet-mask is 255.255.255.0. We Recommend to

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.

Knowing the Network Application

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

Distribution System) function.

z Access Point

z WDS mode

z Bridge/Router

z WISP

z 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. Following are 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 other wired

Ethernet (LAN) port bridges to the private WLAN. The NAT is existed

between WAN and WLAN/LAN and all the wireless and wired 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 WAN port will bridge to the other 4 LAN ports. 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 both the

wired Ethernet ports of the device. When setup as this mode, the wireless

radio will be client mode connecting to the AP of your ISP as the WAN

connection and then you can configure the WAN IP configuration to meet

your WISP 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 enables the establishment of connection with the other AP using

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

can directly connect one of the wired Ethernet port to your PC and the

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

can connect one of 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 combines up to 8 AP to a single wireless network; 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, and 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

V V X

V X V

AP+WDS

V V X

Hereafter are some topologies of network application for your reference.

LAN 192. 168. 2. 254/ 24

WAN PPPoE connection

Wireless Channel : 11 / SSID :

MAC Address of WLAN ( BSSID ) 000000042728

DHCP Server enabled ( IP Pool 192 .168 .2.1~ 253 )

192. 168.2. x192. 168.2. x

Bridge Mode

With

192. 168.2. x

DEV 3 LAN 192. 168 . 2. 203 / 24 Channel : 5 SSID : DEV 3

Bridge Mode

With

WDS + AP

192. 168.2. x

Setup Wizard

DEV 1

Router Mode

With

WDS + AP

DEV 2 LAN 192. 168 .2. 202 /24

Wireless Channel : 11 / SSID : DEV 2

MAC Address of WLAN (BSSID ) 000000042692

Bridge Mode

LAN 192. 168. 2. 205/ 24

DEV 5

192. 168.2. x

Broadband

Modem

DEV 4 LAN 192. 168. 3.1 /24

WAN Dynamic IP address DHCP Server enabled ( IP pool 192 . 168 .3.2~254 )

WISP

Internet

192.168.3.x192. 168.3.x

When you login the device at the first time, please click the Setup Wizard for

configuration. Just follow the instruction of the web page and input every field.

It will take you through the settings. However, if you are not familiar with some

terms of WLAN, you may want to read the following section for the details of

each setting.

0. Welcome—click “Next” to continue.

1. Operation mode—select one mode among the modes below according to

your network environment.

z Router

z Bridge

z Wireless ISP

2. Time Zone Setting—input the Internet time setting. This device will update

time from NTP server.

z Time Zone: select your time zone.

z NTP Update Interval: select the time interval between every update

attempt.

z NTP Server 1: input your favorite NTP server.

z NTP Server 2: input the backup NTP server.

3. LAN Interface Setup

z IP Address: assign an IP Address for the device.

z Subnet Mask: enter the subnet mask.

4. WAN Interface Setup

z Static IP, DHCP, PPPoE, PPTP: Select one for your WAN type. Enter the

necessary information for each type.

z Allow webpage from WAN: Click to allow login the web configuration from

WAN.

5. Wireless Basic settings—setup the information including Band, Operation

mode, SSID and Channel.

6. Wireless Security Setup—Setup

Open, Shared, WEP Auto, WPA Personal, WPA2 Personal, WPA/WPA2

Personal

Basic Settings

WLAN:

Uncheck to disable the wireless interface of device. Default: Checked.

Band: Click the dropdown box to select one among 802.11b/g/n Mixed,

802.11b/g Mixed, 802.11a Only, 802.11b Only, 802.11g Only, 802.11n

Only, 802.11a/n Mixed modes.

Operation: The radio of device supports different modes as following:

1. AP

The radio of device act as an Access Point to serves all wireless

clients to join a wireless local network. It’s only in AP mode, the

BSSID number can be configured to 1, 2, 4 BSSID. When

configured to 2 or 4 SSID, the same number of corresponding SSID

text fields are opened for setting.

2. Client

Support Infrastructure and Ad-hoc network types to act as a

wireless adapter.

3. WDS

WDS stands for Wireless Distribution System, this mode joins to a

WDS network which combines up to 8 WDS-AP, only devices with

WDS function supported can connect to it, all the wireless clients

can’t survey and connect the device when the mode is selected.

4. AP+WDS

Support both AP and WDS functions, the wireless clients and

devices with WDS function supported can survey and connect to it.

z Infrastructure:

This type requires the presence of 802.11 a/b/g/n Draft 2.0 Access Point.

All communication is done via the Access Point.

Ethernet

AP Client #1

AP Client #2

z Ad Hoc:

This type of connection provides a peer-to-peer communication between

wireless stations. All the communication is done from Client to Client

without any Access Point involved. Ad Hoc networking must use the same

SSID and channel for establishing the wireless connection.

PC #1

AP Client #1

AP Client #2AP Client #3

PC #3 PC #2

In client mode, the device supports the WISP mode function

including Firewall and WAN settings.

BSSID Number:

Click the drop down box to select the SSID number. Select 1, 2 or 4 to

decide how many BSSID/ESSID to broadcast. This option is only

selectable in AP mode. The default number is 1 which broadcasts only 1

SSID.

SSID:

The SSID, which is also called ESSID is a unique identifier that wireless

networking devices use in order to establish and maintain wireless

connectivity. Multiple access point/bridges on a network or sub-network

can use the same SSID. SSIDs are case sensitive and can contain up

to 32 alphanumeric characters.

Hide SSID:

Check to hide SSID. With hidden SSID, the AP can’t be scanned and

the wireless client must input SSID manually to associate this AP.

Channel Number

The following table is the available frequencies (in MHz) for the 2.4 GHz

radio:

Channel No. Frequency Country Domain

1 2412 Americas, EMEA, Japan, and China 2 2417 Americas, EMEA, Japan, and China 3 2422 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, and China 4 2427 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, and China 5 2432 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, and China 6 2437 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, and China 7 2442 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, and China 8 2447 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, and China 9 2452 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, and China 10 2457 Americas, EMEA, Japan, and China 11 2462 Americas, EMEA, Japan, and China 12 2467 EMEA and Japan 13 2472 EMEA and Japan

※ EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa).

The following table is the available frequencies (in MHz) for the 5 GHz

radio for US:

HT Channel Bandwidth:

This option only appears when selecting Band mode in 802.11b/g/n

Mixed, 802.11n only, 802.11a/n Mixed. Click the drop down box to

choose between 20 MHz or 40MHz. The default value is 20MHz. When

Channel No. Frequency

36 5180 40 5200 44 5220 48 5240 149 5745 153 5765 157 5785 161 5805

choosing 40MHz, the data rate is doubled.

HT Extension Channel: below, above

This option only appears when you select 40MHz as the HT Channel

Bandwidth. Select one to decide whether up or down band to expand

the bandwidth. When you setup the below or above option, the available

channel may change to fit the RF frequency range. For example, the

table listed below shows the changes of the available channels.

Channel No. 20MHz 40MHz/below 40MHz/above

1 X N/A X

2 X N/A X

3 X N/A X

4 X N/A X

5 X X X

6 X X X

7 X X X

8 X X N/A

9 X X N/A

10 X X N/A

11 X X N/A

Active Client List

Show the information of active wireless Stations/Clients that connected

to the device. The table below shows the fields of the ACL.

MAC AID TxPackets TxRate Power

BW Expired RSSI

Save

MAC: The MAC Address of the WLAN Client/Station. AID: Active client ID. This is the sequence number of the current active

client on the list.

TxPackets: It counts the transmit data packets from this Client/Station. TxRate: The current data rate mode of this Client/Station. Power Save: It shows “Yes” or “No” to indicate whether the Power Save

mode of this Client/Station is enabled.

BW: It shows 20 or 40MHz to indicate whether the bandwidth mode of

this Client/Station.

Expired: The default expired time is 300 seconds. When this

client/station stops transmitting data packets, it starts to

countdown. If any data packet transmits, the countdown stops

and the value go back to 300 seconds. When it countdown to

zero, this Client/Station will be kicked out from this table.

RSSI: It shows the signal strength of this Client/Station in dBm unit.

Advanced Settings

These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have

sufficient knowledge about wireless LAN. These settings should not be

changed unless you know what effect the changes will have on your

device. The default setting is optimized for the normal operation. For

specific application, setting configuration will required highly attention to

reach optimistic condition.

Note：

Any unreasonable value change to default setting will reduce the throughput of the device.

Beacon Interval

Beacons are the packets sending by Access point to synchronize the

wireless network. The beacon interval is the time interval between

beacons sending by this unit in AP or AP+WDS mode. The default and

recommended beacon interval is 100 milliseconds.

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