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300Mbp s Wir eles s -N A c ce ss P oint /R epeat er SMCWEBS -N USER GUIDE.
20 Mason Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 679-8000 SMCWEBS-N User Guide January 2010 Pub. # 149100000065W E012010- AP-R01.
Information furnished by SMC Netw orks, Inc. (SMC) is believ ed to be accur ate and reliable. However , no responsibility is assumed by SMC for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which ma y result from its use.
– 4 – W ARRANTY AND P RODUCT R EGISTRATION T o regi ster SMC products and to revi ew the detail ed warr anty statement, please refer to the Support Section of the SMC W ebsite at http:/ / www .
– 5 – C OMPLIANCES F EDERAL C OMMUNICATION C OMMISSION I NTERFERENCE S TA T EM EN T This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the limits for a Class B digital device, p ursuant to P art 15 of the FCC R ules. These limits are designed to provi de reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential install ation.
C OMPLIANCES – 6 – IC S TA TE M EN T This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: ( 1) this device may not cause interference, an d (2) this device mu st accept any interferen ce, including interference that ma y caus e undesired operation of the devi ce.
C OMPLIANCES – 7 – This device is intended for use in the followi ng Europe an Communit y and EFT A countries: N OTE : The user must use the configurat ion utility provided wi th this product to ensure the channels of op eration are in conformance with the spectrum usage rules for European Communit y countries as described below .
C OMPLIANCES – 8 – German Deutsch Hiermit erklärt Manufacturer, dass sich dieser/diese/dieses Radio LAN device in Übereinstimmung mit den grundlegenden Anforderungen und den anderen relevanten Vorschriften der Richtlinie 1999/5/EG befindet".
– 9 – A BOUT T HIS G UIDE P URPOSE This guid e gives specific info rmation on how to insta ll the Wireless-N Access P oint/R epeater and its physical and performance related characteristics. It also gives i nformation on how to oper ate and use the management functions of t he Wireless-N Access P o i nt/Repeater .
– 10 – C ONTENT S W ARRANTY AND P RODUCT R EGISTRATION 4 C OMPLIANCES 5 A BOUT T HIS G UIDE 9 C ONTENTS 10 F IGURES 13 T ABLES 15 S ECTION I G ETTING S TARTED 16 1I NTRODUCTION 17 Key Hardware Fea.
C ONTENT S – 11 – Mounting on a Horizontal Surface 25 4I NITIAL C ONFIGURATI ON 26 Connecting to the Login Page 26 Home Page and Main Menu 27 Common Web P age Buttons 28 Setup Wizard 28 Step 1 - L.
C ONTENT S – 12 – System Status 61 Statistics 62 System Log 63 S ECTION III A PPENDICES 65 AT ROUBLESHOOTING 66 Diagnosing LED Indicators 66 Before Contacting Tech nical Support 66 BH ARDWARE S PE.
– 13 – F IGURES Figure 1: Top Panel 18 Figure 2: Rear Panel 19 Figure 3: LEDs 19 Figure 4: Operating as an Access Point 21 Figure 5: Operating as a Wireless Brid ge 22 Figure 6: Operating as a Wir.
F IGURES – 14 – Figure 32: System Management 57 Figure 33: Time Zone Settings 58 Figure 34: Firmware Upgrade 59 Figure 35: Configuration Settings 60 Figure 36: System Status 61 Figure 37: Statisti.
– 15 – T ABLES Table 1: Key Hardware Features 17 Table 2: LED Behavior 19 Table 3: WMM Access Categories 41 Table 4: LED Indicators 66 Table 5: 10/100BASE-TX MDI and MDI-X Port Pinouts 71.
– 16 – S ECTION I G ETTING S T ARTED This section provides an ov erview of the Wireless-N A ccess Point /Repeater , and describes how to install and mount the unit. It also des cribes the basic settings required to access the mana gement interface and run the setup Wizard.
– 17 – 1 I NTRODUCTION The Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeat er (SMCWEBS-N) supports an access point service that extends a local wired network to wireless clients. It is simple to configure and can be up and running in minutes. K EY H ARDWA RE F EATURES The following table describes the main hardware features of the Access Poi n t/ Rep ea te r .
C HAPTER 1 | Introduction Package Contents – 18 – P ACKAGE C ONTENT S The Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeater package includes: ◆ Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeater (SMCWEBS-N) ◆ RJ-45 Category 5.
C HAPTER 1 | Introduction Hardware Description – 19 – Figure 2: Rear Panel LED I ND ICATORS The Wireless-N Access Point /Repeater includes seven status LED indicators, as described i n th e followi ng figure and table.
C HAPTER 1 | Introduction Hardware Description – 20 – E THERNET LAN P ORT S The Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeater has four 100BASE- TX RJ-45 ports that can be attached directly to 10BASE- T/100BASE- TX LAN segments.
– 21 – 2 N ETWORK P LANNING The Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeater is desi gned as an access point that extends an existing wired network to support wi reless users. It also supports us e as a wireless r epeater/bridg e that can extend the ran ge of the network or connect to remote LANs.
C HAPTER 2 | Network Planning Wireless Bridge – 22 – W IRELESS B RIDGE The IEEE 802.11 standard defines a Wireless Distribution S ystem (WDS) for bridge connections between a ccess points. The Wirel ess-N Access P oint/Repeater can use WDS t o forward tr affic on links between uni ts.
– 23 – 3 I NST ALLING THE A CCESS P OINT / R EPEATER This chapter describes how to install the access point. S YSTEM R EQUIREMENT S Y ou must meet the followi ng minimum requirements: ◆ An Internet access device (DSL or Ca ble modem) with an Ethernet port connection.
C HAPTER 3 | Installing the Access Point/Repeater Mounting the Device – 24 – M OUNTING THE D EVICE The Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeater can be mounted on an y horizontal surface, or on a wall. The following sections desc ribe the mounting options.
C HAPTER 3 | Installing the Access Point/Repeater Mounting the Device – 25 – M OUNTING ON A H ORIZONTAL S URFACE T o k eep the Wireless-N Access Point/R epeater from sliding on the surface, the Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeater ha s fo ur rubber feet on the bottom of the unit.
– 26 – 4 I NITIAL C ONFIGURATION The Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeat erWireless-N Access P oint/Repeater offers a user-friendly web-based management interface for the configurati on of all the unit’ s features. Any PC directly attached to the unit can access the management interface using a web browser , such as Internet Explorer (version 6.
C HAPTER 4 | Initial Configuration Home Page and Main Menu – 27 – Figure 8: Login Page H OME P AGE AND M AIN M ENU After logging in to the web interfac e, the Home page displays. The Home page shows the main menu and the method to access the Setup Wizard.
C HAPTER 4 | Initial Configuration Common Web Page Buttons – 28 – C OMMON W EB P AGE B UTTONS The list below describes the common buttons found on most web management pages: ◆ Apply – Applies the new par ameters and saves them to memory . Also displays a screen to inform you when it has taken affect.
C HAPTER 4 | Initial Configuration Setup Wizard – 29 – S TEP 2 - T IME S ETTINGS The Step 2 pa ge of the Wizard config ures time zone and SN TP settings. Select a time zone according to wher e the device is operated. Click Next after completing the setup.
C HAPTER 4 | Initial Configuration Setup Wizard – 30 – The following items are displa yed on this page: ◆ SSID Choice — The name of the wireless network service provided by the Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeater . Clients that want to connect t o the network must set their SSID to the same as that of the Wireless-N Access Point/Repeater .
– 31 – S ECTION II W EB C ONFIGURATION This section pro vides details on c o nfiguring the Wireless-N Access P oint/ Repeater using t he web browser interface.
– 32 – 5 N ETWORK S ETTINGS The Network Settings pages allow y ou to manage basic system configur ation settings . LAN S ETTING The Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeater must hav e a vali d IP address for management using a web browser and to support other features.
C HAPTER 5 | Network Settings LAN Setting – 33 – ◆ MAC Address — The shared ph ysical lay er address for the Wireless -N Access P oin t/R epeater ’ s LAN ports. ◆ Hostname — The hostname of the ST A TIC or DHCP cli ent. ◆ IP Address — V alid IP addresses consist of four deci mal numbers, 0 to 255, separa ted by periods.
– 34 – 6 W IRELESS C ONFIGURATION The wireless settings section displays configur ation settings for the access point functionality of the Wireless-N Access P oint/R epeater .
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration Basic Settings – 35 – The Basic Settings page allows y ou to configure the wireless netw ork name (Service Set Identi fier or SSID) an d set the wireless security method. Click on “Wireless Settings, ” followed by “Basic.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration Basic Settings – 36 – ■ 11b/g/n mixed mode : All 802.11b/g/n clients can communicate with the Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeater (up to 150 Mbps) , but data trans mission rates may be slowed to compensate for 802.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration Basic Settings – 37 – HT P HYSICAL M ODE S ETTINGS The HT Physical Mode section on the Wireless Settings Adv anced page includes additional par ameters for 802.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration Advanced Settings – 38 – ◆ Decline BA Request — Select to reject peer BA -Request or not. (Default: Disabled) A DVANCED S ETTINGS The Advanc ed Settings page includes additional par ameters concerning the wireless network and Wi-Fi Multimedia settings.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration Advanced Settings – 39 – The following items are displa yed in this section on t his page: ◆ BG Protection Mode — Enables a backward compatible protection mechanism for 802.11b clients. Ther e are three modes: (Defaul t: Auto) ■ Auto — The unit enables its prot ection mechanism for 8 02.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration Advanced Settings – 40 – After receiving an R TS frame, the st ation sends a CTS (clear to send) frame to notify the sending station that it can start sending data. If the R TS threshold is set to 0, the access point always sends R TS signals.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration Advanced Settings – 41 – WMM defines four acces s categories (A Cs): voice, video , best effort, and background. These categories correspond to tr affic priority level s and are mapped to IEEE 802.1D priority tags (see Ta b l e 3 ).
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration Advanced Settings – 42 – ◆ WMM Parameters — Click the WMM Configuration button to set detailed WMM parameters.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration WLAN Security – 43 – ◆ ACM — The admission control mode for the access cate gory . When enabled, clients are b locked from using the access category . (Default: Disabled) ◆ AckPolicy — By default, all wireless data t ransmissions require the sender to wait for an acknowledge ment from the receiver .
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration WLAN Security – 44 – The Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeater supports supports ten different security mechanisms that pro vide va rious levels of au thentication and encryption depending on the requirements of the network.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration WLAN Security – 45 – When you select to use WEP , be sure to define at least one static WEP key for user authentication or data encr yption. Also, be sure that the WEP shared keys are the same for each client in the wireless network.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration WLAN Security – 46 – WP A P RE -S HARED K EY Wi-Fi Protec ted Access (WPA) was introduc ed as an interim solu tion for the vulnerabilit y of WEP pending the ad option of a more robust wireless security standard.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration WLAN Security – 47 – ■ AES — Uses Advanced Encrypt ion Standard (AES) keys for encryption. WP A2 uses AES Counte r-Mode encryption with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authenti cation Code (CBC-MAC) f or message integrity .
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration WLAN Security – 48 – Figure 23: Security Mode - WPA The following items are displa yed in this section on t his page: Security Mode — Configures the WPA and WP A2 security modes used by clients.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration WLAN Security – 49 – CCMP) provides extremel y robust data confidentialit y using a 128- bit key . Use of AES-CCMP encryption is specifi ed as a standard requirement for WP A2. Before impl ementing WP A2 in the network, be sure client devices are upgr aded to WPA2-compliant hardware.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration WLAN Security – 50 – Figure 24: Security Mode - 80 2.1X The following items are displa yed in this section on t his page: Security Mode — Configures the 802.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration Wireless Distribution System (WDS) – 51 – A CCESS P OL ICY The Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeater prov ides a MAC address filt ering facility . The access policy can be set to allow or reject specifi c station MAC addresses.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration Wireless Distribution System (WDS) – 52 – Figure 26: Manual WDS MAC A ddress Configuration Figure 27: WDS Configuration Example N OTE : When using WDS Lazy mode in the network, at least one unit must be set to Bridge or R epeater mode.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration Wireless Distribution System (WDS) – 53 – Figure 28: WD S Configuration The WDS settings configure WDS rela ted parameters. Up to four MAC addresses can be specified for each unit in the WDS network. WDS l inks may either be manually configured (B ridge and R epeater modes) or auto- discov ered (Lazy mode).
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) – 54 – ■ Repeater : Operates as a wirele ss repeater , extending the rang e for remote wireless clients and connecti ng them to an AP connected to the wired network. The MAC address es of WDS peers must be configured on the Wireless -N Access Point/R epeater .
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) – 55 – The following items are displa yed on this page: ◆ WPS — Enables WPS, l ocks security settings, and refreshes WPS configurati on information.
C HAPTER 6 | Wireless Configuration Station List – 56 – ◆ AP PIN — Displays the PIN Code for the Wireles s-N Access Poi nt/ Repeater . The defa ult is ex clusive for each unit. ◆ Reset WPS to Default — Resets the WPS se ttings to factory defaul t val ue s.
– 57 – 7 A DMINISTRATION S ETTINGS The Wirele ss-N Access Point/Repeater ’ s Admi nistr ation Se ttings allow you to configure a management access password, set the system time, upgrade the system s oftware, display the system status and statis tics.
C HAPTER 7 | Administration Settings System Management – 58 – The following items are displa yed in the first two sections on this page: ◆ Language Settings — Y ou can change the language display ed in web interface. Select the la nguage of your choice from the drop-down list, then click “ Apply” .
C HAPTER 7 | Administration Settings Firmware Upgrade – 59 – F IRMWARE U PGRADE Y ou can update the Wireless-N Access P oint/Re peater firmware by using the Firmware Update facility .
C HAPTER 7 | Administration Settings Configuration Settings – 60 – C ONFIGURATION S ETTINGS The Configuration Sett ing page allows you to sa ve the Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeater’ s current configurat ion or restore a previously saved configur ation back to the device.
C HAPTER 7 | Administration Settings System Status – 61 – S YSTEM S TA T US The System Information page displa ys basic system information and the display ed settings are for status info rmation only and are not configurable on this page. This information is spli t into the three sections that follow .
C HAPTER 7 | Administration Settings Statistics – 62 – S TA T IS T I CS The Wireless-N Access P oint/R epeater T raffic Statisti cs - Interfaces window displays received and tr ansmitted packet statistics for all int erfaces on the Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeater .
C HAPTER 7 | Administration Settings System Log – 63 – ◆ Tx bytes — Displays the total number of bytes tr ansmitted by the specifie d interface. S YSTEM L OG The Wireless-N Access P oint/Repeat er supports a l ogging process that controls error messages sav ed to memory or sent to a S yslog server .
C HAPTER 7 | Administration Settings System Log – 64 – ◆ Clear — Remo ves the current system log messages from the Sys tem Log T able..
– 65 – S ECTION III A PPENDICES This section provi des additional information and includes these i tems: ◆ “T roubleshooting” on page 66 ◆ “Hardware Specifications ” on page 68 ◆ “.
– 66 – A T ROUBLESHOOTING D IAGNOSING LED I NDICATORS B EFORE C ONT ACTING T ECHNICAL S UPPORT Check the following items before you contact local T echnical Support.
A PPENDIX A | Troubleshooting Before Contacting Technical Support – 67 – Then use the default user name “admin” and password “smcadmin” to access the management interface.
– 68 – B H ARDWARE S PECIFICATIONS P ORT I NTERFACE S LAN 1~4: 1 10/100BASE- TX port, RJ-45 connector , auto MDI/X (100-ohm, UTP cable; Category 5 or better) AC P OWER A DAPTER Input: 100~240 V AC, 50/60 Hz Output: 5 V/ 1 A LED I NDICATORS P ower , WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network), WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), LAN 1~4 (Local Area Network) .
A PPENDIX B | Hardware Specifications – 69 – S AFETY EN 60950-1 (2006) E NVIRONMENT AL ETSI EN 300 019-2-1 Class 1.2 (Storage) ETSI EN 300 019-2-2 Class 2.
– 70 – C C ABLES AND P INOUT S T WISTED -P AIR C ABLE A SSIGNMENT S For 1 0/100BASE- TX connections, a twisted-pair cable mus t have two pairs of wires. F or 1000BASE- T connections the t wisted-pair cable must hav e four pairs of wires. Each wire pai r is identified by two different colors.
A PPENDIX C | Cables and Pinouts 10/100BASE-TX Pin Assignments – 71 – 10/100BASE-TX P IN A SSIG NMENT S Use unshielded twisted-pair ( UTP) or shielded twisted-pair (STP) c able for RJ-45 connections: 100-ohm Category 3 or better cable for 10 Mbps connections.
A PPENDIX C | Cables and Pinouts Crossover Wiring – 72 – Figure 40: Straight-through Wir ing C ROSSOVER W IRING If the twisted-pair cable is to join two ports and either both ports are labeled wit h an “X” (MDI- X) or neithe r port is labeled with an “X” (MDI), a crossover must be implemented in th e wiring.
– 73 – D L ICENSE I NFORMATION This product includes copyrighted third-p arty software s ubject to the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public Licens e (LGPL), or other related free sof tware licenses.
A PPENDIX D | License Information The GNU General Public License – 74 – GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYIN G , DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICA TION 1.
A PPENDIX D | License Information The GNU General Public License – 75 – b). Accompany it with a written offer , valid for at least three yea rs, to give any third party , for a charge no more than.
A PPENDIX D | License Information The GNU General Public License – 76 – 9. If the distribution and/ or use of the Program is restricted in cert ain countries either by pa tents or by copyrighted i.
– 77 – G LOSSARY 10BASE-T IEEE 802.3-2005 specification for 10 Mbps Et hernet over two pai rs of Category 3 or better UTP cable. 100BASE-TX IEEE 802.3-2005 specificat ion for 100 Mbps F ast Ethernet over two pairs of Category 5 or better UTP cable.
G LOSSARY – 78 – the Bootstrap Protocol (BOO TP), ad ding the capability of automatic allocation of reusable network addresses and additional configuration options. E NCRYPTION Data passing between the ac cess point and cl ients can use encryption to protect from interc eption and evesdropping.
G LOSSARY – 79 – ODFM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple xing: OFDM allows multiple users t o transmit in an all ocated band by di viding the bandwidth into many narrow bandwidth carriers.
G LOSSARY – 80 – WP A-PSK WPA Pre-shared Key: WPA -PSK can be used for sm all office networks wi th a limited number of users that may not need a high level of security . WPA - PSK provides a simple securit y implementation that uses just a pre-shared password for network access.
– 81 – I NDEX N UMERICS 10/100BASE-TX pin assignments 71 802.11n settings 34 A access categories, WMM 41 access point connections 21 access policy settings 51 AES encryption 47 aggregate MSDU 37 A.
I NDEX – 82 – mounting on a wall 24 multicast-to-unicast convertion 43 multiple SSID 36 N network name, wireless 34 , 36 network statistics 62 O open system 43 P Package Contents 18 password defau.
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