Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AWL-500 BenQ
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BENQ Corporation Wir eless LAN Access P oint A WL-500 User Man ual V ersion 1.1 J une 2002.
BENQ Corporation Notice I Cop yright Statement This manual cannot be r eproduced in an y form or by an y means or used to mak e any derivativ e such as translation, transfor mation, or adaptation without the prior written permission of BenQ Corporation.
BENQ Corporation Notice II FCC Warning The A WL-500 compiles with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following tw o conditions. (1) This device ma y not cause harmful interfer ence . (2) This device must accept an y interfer en ce receiv ed, including interfer ence that ma y cause undesir ed operation.
BENQ Corporation T ab le of Contents Wireless LAN Access Point ...................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction .............................................. 1 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation .......................... 2 2-1 Product Kit .
BENQ Corporation -1- Chapter 1 Introduction Thank y ou for choosing BenQ Wir ele ss LAN Access Point A WL-500. The A WL500 Wir eless LAN Access P oint can be used wi th r elevant BENQ wir eless networ.
BENQ Corporation -2- Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter describes initial setup of the Access P oint. 2-1 Product Kit Befor e installation, mak e sure th at y ou ha v e the follo wing items:.
BENQ Corporation -3- 2-3 Mechanical Description T op panel of the Access P oint The follo wing table pr ovides an ov er view of each LED activity: LED Definition Activity Description PWR Continuous Gr.
BENQ Corporation -4- Back panel of the Access P oint: Back P anel Description Reset button Designed to r eset the A WL500 after a system failure or crash. When pr essed, the A WL500 will reset. PWR/DC jack Wher e pow er is input to A WL500 thr ough the power ada pter supplied with it.
BENQ Corporation -5- 2-4 Hardware Installation Connect the Ethernet Cable The 11Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point s upports 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 ca ble to a hub or a station.
BENQ Corporation -6- Chapter 3 Configuring the Access Point The 11Mbps Wir eless LAN Access P o int is shi pped with default parameters, which will be suitable for the typical infrastructur e wireless LAN . Just simply install the Access P oint, power it on, and it is now r eady to w ork.
BENQ Corporation -7- II. After sear ching for a fe w seconds, inform ation on the r esult of the sear ch will b e shown in a window . III. When the Access P o int is f ound within the netw ork, a configuration window will appear .
BENQ Corporation -8- Change IP Address 1. When both Access P o int and host ar e not on the same subnet, y ou can choose it and change IP Address . 2. Configure IP ad dr ess to the Access P oint. Y ou ma y either give a fix ed IP addr ess to y our Wir eless Access P o int, or choose DHCP client with the Enable DHCP item selected.
BENQ Corporation -9- 3. When both Access P oint and host on th e same subnet, please select IE icon , into W eb Management. 3-2 Using the Web Management The Wir eless Access P oint has a build-in web management ser v er . The built-in W eb Management pr ovides you with us er -friend ly w e b pages to manage y our Wireless Access P o ints.
BENQ Corporation -10- The Wir eless Access P oint main page contains fe w items on the left for y ou to manage y our Wir eless Access P o int. Quick Installation Wizard This tool displa ys the Firmware V ersion of this Wir eless Access Point.
BENQ Corporation -11- stations ar e within range of the same Acce ss P oint, but ar e not within range of each other . Theref ore, they ar e hidden nodes to each other . When a hidden station star ts data transmission with the Access P o int, it might not notice that the other station is alr eady using the wireless media.
BENQ Corporation -12- Associated T able This is a list of all the st ations that have ever associated. This table provides information to track how many stations hav e ever associated with the Access Point.
BENQ Corporation -13- Advanced Setting Security Setup T o pr ev ent unauthorized wireless stations fr om accessing data transmitted ov er the netw ork, the 11Mbps Wir eless LAN Access P oint offers WEP (Wir ed Equivalency Privacy). Y ou can set up 4 encr yption k eys to encrypt your data.
BENQ Corporation -14- Enter the 4 WEP k eys in the K ey 1, K ey 2, K ey 3 and K ey 4 entr y filed. Select one WEP k ey as an activ e k ey bef ore enabling use of encryption Access Contr ol The Access .
BENQ Corporation -15- Re verse Access – Change to Enable for r ev erse access (Only those Mac Ad dr ess in the table ar e prohibited ) Change – to change and ad d the entries in th e table if you enter the incor rect MA C addr ess Delete – to r emov e MA C addr esses one at a time 802.
BENQ Corporation -16- MAC Authenticate Parameter Wir eless Interface – Enable RADIUS authentication through MAC address of W ireless LAN card. LAN Interface – Enable RADIUS authentication through MAC address of Ethernet LAN card. EAP Authenticate Parameter Wir eless Interface – Enable EAP-MD5 certification for wireless interf ace.
BENQ Corporation -17- Authenticate T imeout – Number of seconds that is the Au thenticator should wait for a response before retransmit the request. Authenticate Retry – Number of times that is the Authenticator authenticates process. Radius Accounting Parameters Accounting Service – The char ging service.
BENQ Corporation -18- There are two default user account. One is admin(password:admin) and the other is guest(password:guest). And user could add more use r account to differentiate their access right. Administrator type give highest rights including reading web page, writing web page and adding user account.
BENQ Corporation -19- Sa ve Setting This function offers y ou the oppor tunity to sa ve y our curr ent configuration. Re boot System This function offers y ou the oppor t unity to r estar t y our Access P oint. ALL settings will not tak e effect until “Sa ve Setting” and “Reboot System” performed.
BENQ Corporation -20- Firmwar e Upgrade Her e , you can upload the ne w est firmware of the Wir eless Access Point. Y ou ma y either enter the file name in the entr y fi eld or br owse the file by clicking the Br o wse button. W eb Languag e Her e , you can choose diff er ent w eb language.
BENQ Corporation -21- Load Default Setting This function offers you the opport unity to load your default setting..
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