ZyXEL Communications NWA5160N User Manual

NWA5160N

USER’S GUIDE

802.11a/g/n Wireless LAN
Managed Access Point

Version 1.00
Edition 2, 09/2010

www.zyxel.com

Copyright 2010
ZyXEL Communications Corporation

Device Panels

RESET

CONSOLE

PORT

ETHERNET

PORT

POWER

JACK

POWER

/ SYS

ETHERNETWLAN

KENSINGTON

LOCK

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LEDs

The following table describes your NWA5160N’s LEDs.

LED Color STATE DESCRIPTION

Power /
Sys

Ethernet Green Flashing / OnThe NWA5160N has an active 10M/100M

WLAN Green On The NWA5160N’s wireless module is active.

Green On The NWA5160N is powered on.

Off The NWA5160N is powered off.

Red Off The NWA5160N has succesfully booted.

Flashing The NWA5160N has encountered a system

failure and cannot boot.

connection.

Yellow Flas hi ng / OnThe NWA5160N has an active 1000M

connection.

Dark The NWA5160N does not have any active

connections.

Off The NWA5160N’s wireless module is inactive or

disconnected from the network.

Flashing The NWA5160N is transmitting and receiving

data to and from wireless clients.

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Hardware Connections

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The following shows you how to make the NWA5160N’s hardware
connections.

1. Connect the NWA5160N to a PoE device with an 8-pin CAT5e cable.

2. Connect the PoE device to an upstream switch or directly to the NXC-

5200 Wireless LAN Controller.

The NWA5160N is a DHCP client that requires an upstream DHCP
server in order to retrieve an IP address.

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Specifications

Specifications are accurate at the time of writing.

Feature Specification

Ethernet Port 10/100/1000 BASE-T RJ-45 (x1)

Console Port Hardware Console (PS-2)

Antenna Embedded 3 * 3 MIMO antenna

Power over
Ethernet

Power
Requirement

Tempe ratur e Operating: 0~40 degrees Celsius

Humidity Operating: 20~95%

Standards
Compliance

Management
Access

IP & DHCP Static IP address assignment

Data Rate Up to 300 Mbps

IEEE 802.3af

12VDC @ 1.5 A Maximum

Storage: -30~60 degrees Celsius

Storage: 20~95%

IEEE 802.3 & 802.3u 10Base-T & 100Base-TX physical layer
specification

IEEE 802.3ab (1000BASE-T)

IEEE 802.3z (1000Base-SX/ 1000Base-LX)

IEEE 802.11a

IEEE 802.11b

IEEE 802.11g

IEEE 802.11n

Managed though the NXC5200 Web-based user interface, access
over HTTP & HTTPS.

CLI access using SSH & console port.

DHCP client

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