Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product WAP-1963 Planet
Go to page of 27
Wireless Access Po i nt WAP-1963 User ’ s Manual.
2 Co p y right Copyright 2003 by PLAN ET T echnology Corp. All r igh t s r eserved. No part of this publication ma y be reproduced, transmitted, t r ansc r ibed, sto r ed in a retrieval system , o.
3 inter f erence received, including in t erference tha t may cause undesired operation. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposu r e S t atement This equipment complies w ith FCC radia t ion e x posure set f orth for an uncontrolled envi r onment.
4 T A B LE OF C O N TENTS Chapter 1 Introducti o n 1 1.1 Package Co n ten t s 1 1.2 System R eq u ire m en t s 1 1.3 Feature s 1 1.4 Specifica t i on 2 Chapter 2 Har d w are Ins t allatio n 3 2.1 Hardware Co n nectio n 3 Chapter 3 Configuration 4 3.1 Con f igur e thro u gh Web Br o wser 4 3.
1 Chapter 1 I ntroduction Thank you f or purchasing W A P-1963 . This device is an access point f or IEEE 802. 1 1b 2 . 4GHz w ireless net w ork. Y ou can use t his access point t o build up a w ireless LAN, any w ireless LAN s t a t ion can join the w ireless net w ork.
2 • Seamlessly in t egra t e w ireless and w ired Etherne t LAN net w orks • Interfe r ences Provide 64/128-bit W E P Encryption and MAC Fil t er to p r otect t he w i r eless da t a transmissions.
3 Chapter 2 H ard w a re Installation Before you p r oceed w ith the ins t allation, it is necessary that you have enough info r ma t ion about the W A P-1963 . 2. 1 Har d w a r e Connection 12V DC LAN RESE T ANT + 1. Locate an opt i mum l ocat i on for the W A P-1963.
4 Chapter 3 C onf i gurat i on 3.1 Configur e t h rough Web Br o w s er W eb configura t ion provides a user-f r iendly graphical user in t erface ( w eb pages ) to manage you r W A P-1963 . An A P w ith an assigned I P add r ess ( e.g . ht t p:/ / 192.
5 3.1.1 Home: On this sc r een , you can see the general info r ma t ion o f t he A ccess Poin t including A lias Name , Firm w are V ersion , SSID , Channel Numbe r , Securit y , Number o f Associa t ed Clien t s , IP A ddress , M A C Address, etc .
6 3.1.2 Wi r eless Setting: In this op t ion, you can set the M ode, Alias Name, ESSID and W ork Channel to t his A ccess Point . W hen con f igu r ation finished, please click “ Apply ” to save. 3.1. 2 . 1 A P M ODE This mode is set to W A P-1963 by default.
7 Channel 1-13 (Europe) Associated Clien ts Click “ Sho w Active Clien ts ” bu t ton, then a “ Ac t ive W ireless Client T able ” w ill pop up as belo w . Y ou can see the s t a t us o f all active w ireless s t a t ions that are connecting to the access point.
8 3.1. 2 . 2 S T A T ION - A D HOC M ODE Served as a w ireless s t a t ion ( Ad-hoc ) . Connected to a PC or a small LAN, this s t ation along w ith other w ireless s t ations can es t ablish a small w ireless net w ork w ithout A ccess Poin t s. Parameters Description Alias Name The alias name of this access poin t .
9 Parameters Description Alias Name The alias name of this access poin t . ESSID The ESSID (up to 31 p r in t able ASCII cha r ac t ers) is t he unique name iden t ified in a W LAN . Please se t it as t he AP ’ s ESSID that you w ant to connect to. I n de f ault, the ESSID is “ default ” .
10 3.1.3 Wireless A d v ance Settings: Y ou can set advanced parameters of this W A P-1963. The paramete r s include Authentication T ype , Fragment Threshold, R TS Threshold, B eacon I nterval , Da t a Rate, P r eamble T ype, and Broadcas t ESSID.
11 R TS Threshold W hen the packet size is smaller the R TS th r eshold , the access poin t w ill not use the R TS/CTS mechanism t o send this packet. Beacon In t erval The interval of time t hat this access point broadcast a beacon. Beacon is used to synchronize the w ireless net w ork.
12 3.1.4 Securit y : W EP is an authentication algo r ithm, w hich protec t s authorized W ireless LAN users agains t eavesdropping . The Authen t ication type and W E P key of w i r eless s t ations must be t he same w ith t he Access Point. W A P - 1963 has support 64 / 128 - bit W E P Encryption func t ion.
13 te x t b o x by follo w ing the rules belo w . 64-bi t W E P: inpu t 10-digit Hex values (in t he “ A-F ” , “ a-f ” and “ 0-9 ” range) o r 5-digi t ASCII cha r ac t er as the encryp t ion keys.
14 3.1.5 M A C Filtering: This Access Point provides M AC Address Filtering , w hich p r even t s the unau t horized M AC Addresses from accessing your w ireless net w ork. Parameters Description MAC Address Filte r ing T able This t able records the M AC addresses o f w ireless s t ations you w ant to allo w to access you r net w ork.
15 All ” button. Reset Click “ Reset ” w ill clea r your current selections..
16 3.1.6 S y stem Utilit y : From here , you can define the Access Point ’ s I P Add r ess and Login Pass w ord and enable the A ccess Point t o be a DHC P Serve r .
17 Re-Enter Pass w ord Recon f irm the pass w ord (up to 15- digit alphanumeric string) you w ant to login to t he A ccess Point. No t e that t he p ass w ord is case-sensitive. Management I P I P Add r ess Designate the Access P oint ’ s IP Add r ess.
18 3.1.7 Configuration T ool The Configu r ation T ool sc r een allo w s you to backup, r es t ore and reset W A P-1963 configu r ation settings. Saving t he configu r ation settings provides an added protection and convenience should problems occur w ith the W A P-1963 and you have t o reset to factory de f aul t .
19 3.1.8 Upgrade This page allo w s you to upg r ade W A P-1963 w ith w hen the ne w firm w are released. Parameter Description Firm w are Upgrade Y ou can use the “ Bro w se …” button t o find t he f irm w are loca t ion on your PC, and then press “ Apply ” button to upgrade your A ccess Point.
20 3.1.9 Reset Y ou can reset the A ccess Point ’ s sys t em should any problem e x ist. The reset f unction essen t iall y Re-boo t s your A ccess Point ’ s system. Parameter Description Reset In the event t hat t he system s t ops r esponding correctly o r in some w ay stops func t ioning , you can perfo r m a rese t .
21 Chapter 4 A ppl i cation This chapter describe the four opera t ing mode of your W A P-1963 . The four w orking modes of W A P-1963 are Access P oint , Access Point Client M ode, W ireless Bridge mode and M ultiple B r idge mode. 4.1 A ccess Point mode W i t h t his mode, you r W ireless net w ork connection could act as follo w ing.
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapte r gives t ips on ho w to con f igu r e the communication so f t w are. This chapter pro v ides solu t ions to problems usually encoun t e r ed during the ins t alla t ion and opera t ion of the Wi r eless Ne t work Access Point .
23 Q. What is Roaming? A. Roaming is the ability of a por t able compu t er user to communicate continuously w hile moving freely throughou t an area g r eate r than that covered by a single W i r eless Net w ork Access Point .
An important point after buying a device Planet WAP-1963 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Planet WAP-1963 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Planet WAP-1963 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Planet WAP-1963 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Planet WAP-1963 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Planet WAP-1963, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Planet WAP-1963.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Planet WAP-1963. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Planet WAP-1963 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
