Atheros AR5BAP-00031 User manual

AR5BAP-00031 Access Point
User's Guide
Revision March 2003
FCCID: PPD-AR5BAP-00031

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Contents
List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
List of Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
About this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
1Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
2AP Network Attachment and Configuration . . . . . . . . . 2-1
AP Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
AP Hardware Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
AP Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Web Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Command-Line Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
AAP Web Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Accessing the AP Web Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Configuration Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Working with Configuration Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
System Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
2.4 GHz Radio Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
2.4 GHz Security Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
Edit Security Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
2.4 GHz 802.1X Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14
2.4 GHz Access Control List Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . A-15
Adding New Access Control Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16
Adding Access Control List Permissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17

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2.4 GHz Radio Advanced Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18
Script Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-20
Firmware Update Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21
Statistics Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-23
AP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-23
Station Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-25
BRegulatory Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
FCC Requirements for Operation in the Unites States . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Radio Frequency Interference Warnings & Instructions. . . . . . . . . B-2
RF Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Declaration Of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

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List of Figures
Figure 2-1. Access Point to HPC Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Figure 2-2. AP Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Figure 2-3. AP Web Server Homepage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Figure 2-4. System Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Figure A-1. AP Web Server Homepage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Figure A-2. Statistics Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Figure A-3. AP Web Server Navigation Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Figure A-4. AP System Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
Figure A-5. 2.4 GHz Radio Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
Figure A-6. 2.4 GHZ Security Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . A-11
Figure A-7. 2.4 GHz RADIUS Server Configuration Window . . . . . . A-13
Figure A-8. 2.4 GHz Access Control List Configuration Window . . . . A-15
Figure A-9. 2.4 GHz New Access Control List Configuration Window. A-16
Figure A-10. 2.4 GHz Security Edit ACL Configuration Window . . . . A-17
Figure A-11. 2.4 GHz Radio Advanced Configuration Window . . . . . A-18
Figure A-12. Configuration Script Configuration Window . . . . . . . . A-20
Figure A-13. AP Firmware Update Configuration Window . . . . . . . . A-21
Figure A-14. Advanced Firmware Update Configuration Window . . . A-22
Figure A-15. Basic Service Set Statistics Window for an AP . . . . . . . . A-23
Figure A-16. Basic Service Set Statistics Window for Station . . . . . . . A-25

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List of Tables
Table 2-1. Ethernet Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Table A-1. Homepage .GIF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Table A-2. System Configuration Window Field Descriptions. . . . . . A-8
Table A-3. 2.4 GHz Radio Configuration Window Field Descriptions . A-10
Table A-4. 2.4 GHz Security Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
Table A-5. 2.4 GHz RADIUS Server Configuration Field Descriptions . A-13
Table A-6. 2.4 GHz New Access Control List Field Descriptions . . . . A-16
Table A-7. 2.4 GHz Security Edit Access Control List Field Descriptions A-
17
Table A-8. 2.4 GHz Radio Advanced Configuration Window Field
Descriptions A-19
Table A-9. BSS Stats Field for AP Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-24
Table A-10. BSS Stats Fields for S A Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-26

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