ConnectGear WA540G User manual

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction...................................................................................1
1.1 Package Contents....................................................................................2
1.2 Features ..................................................................................................2
1.3 Specifications..........................................................................................2
1.4 Physical Description................................................................................3
Chapter 2 Wireless LAN Access Point Connection..................................5
Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration.............................6
3.1 Getting Started ........................................................................................6
3.2 Configuring the Access Point.................................................................10
3.2.1 Status and Information.......................................................................................10
3.2.2 Wireless Setting .................................................................................................10
3.2.3 Advanced Setting...............................................................................................18
3.2.4 Security..............................................................................................................20
3.2.5 MAC Address Filtering......................................................................................27
3.2.6 Radius Server .....................................................................................................29
3.2.7 System Utility....................................................................................................33
3.2.8 Configuration Tool.............................................................................................35
3.2.9 Firmware Upgrade .............................................................................................36
3.2.10 Reset...................................................................................................................37
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting..........................................................................38

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Chapter 1 Introduction
This product is an access point for IEEE 802.11g/b 2.4GHz wireless network. You
can use this access point to build up a wireless LAN.
The product supports WEP, ESSID and MAC address filter functions to consolidate
the wireless network security. With ESSID authentication, 64/128/152 bit WEP
encryption and MAC address filtering you can prevent unauthorized wireless stations
from accessing your wireless network.
The product’s dipole antenna is detachable by connecting to a RP-SMA connector.
Users can install a high gain antenna to the connector for better network link quality
so that you can build wireless network with more flexibility.
This product provides easy to use user interface and allows users to configuring from
web browser. Also it integrates DHCP server to provide multiple wireless and wired
users to get their IP address automatically. With the versatile of features, this product
is the best choice for you to integrate your wireless and wired network seamlessly.

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1.1 Package Contents
The Access Point includes the following items:
ŸOne Access Point
ŸOne Power Adapter
ŸOne User’s Manual
1.2 Features
ŸComplies with the IEEE 802.11g/b 2.4GHz specification.
ŸHigh data rate 54, 11, 5.5, 2 and 1Mbps network speed.
ŸSeamlessly integrate wireless and wired Ethernet LAN networks.
ŸProvides an internal 5-Port Fast Ethernet Switch for wired Ethernet
connection.
ŸAuto rate fallback in case of obstacles or interferences.
ŸProvide 64/128/152-bit WEP Data Encryption function to protect the
wireless data transmissions.
ŸBuilt-in DHCP server supports auto IP addresses assignment.
ŸSupports Web-based configuration.
1.3 Specifications
ŸStandards: IEEE 802.11g/b(Wireless), IEEE 802.3 (Wired)
ŸData Rate: 54/11/5.5/2/1Mbps auto fallback
ŸSecurity: 64/128/152-bit WEP Data Encryption
ŸFrequency Band: 2.400~2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band)
ŸRadio Technology: Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)
ŸAntenna:Externaldetachable dipole antenna (with RP-SMA connector)
ŸConnectors: 10/100Mbps RJ-45 x 1
ŸPower: 12VDC, 1A
ŸTransmit Power: 18dBm (Typical)
ŸLEDs: Power, LAN Link/Activity, Wireless Activity
ŸDimension: 30(H) x 187(W) x 100(D) mm
ŸTemperature:
Operating: 32~131°F (0~55°C)

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Storage: -4~158°F(-20~70°C)
ŸHumidity: 10-90% (Noncondensing)
ŸCertification: FCC, CE
1.4 Physical Description
Front Panel
On the Access Point’s front panel there are LED lights that inform you of the Access
Point’s current status. Below is an explanation of each LED.
LED Color Status Description
Lit Power is supplied.
Power Green Off No Power.
Flash Antenna is transmitting or receiving data.Wireless
Activity Green Off Antenna is not transmitting or receiving data.
On A valid link is established.
Flash It is transmitting or receiving data.
LAN
Link/Activity
Green Off No link is established.
Back Panel
Access Point’s connection ports are located on the back panel. Below is the
description of each connection port.

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ŸAntenna Connector
This round connection is standard Reverse SMA connector where any antennas
with Reverse SMA connector can connect to the Access Point.
ŸDC Adapter Port
Insert the power jack of the power adapter into this port.
ŸLAN Port
The Access Point’s LAN port is where you connect to your LAN’s network
devices.
ŸReset
The Reset button allows you to do one of two things.
1) If problems occur with your Access Point, press the reset button with a
pencil tip (for less than 4 seconds) and the Access Point will re-boot itself,
keeping your original configurations.
2) If problems persist or you experience extreme problems or you forgot your
password, press the reset button for longer than 4 seconds and the Access
Point will reset itself to the factory default settings (warning: your original
configurations will be replaced with the factory default settings).

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Chapter 2 Wireless LAN Access Point
Connection
1. Locate an optimum location for the Wireless LAN Access Point.
The best location for your Access Point is usually at the center of your wireless
network, with line of sight to all of your mobile stations.
2. Connect the Wireless LAN Access Point to your router, hub or switch.
Connect one end of standard UTP cable to the Access Point’s LAN Port and
connect the other end of the cable to a switch, a router or a hub. The Access Point
will then be connected to your existed wired LAN Network.
3. Connect the DC Power Adapter to the Wireless LAN Access Point’s Power
Socket.
Only use the power adapter supplied with the Access Point. Using a different
adapter may damage the product.
The Hardware Installation is complete.

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Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Access Point
Configuration
3.1 Getting Started
This Access Point provides web-based configuration tool allowing you to configure
from wired or wireless stations. Follow the instructions below to get started
configuration.
From Wired Station
1. Make sure your wired station is in the same subnet with the Access Point.
The default IP Address and Sub Mask of the Access Point is:
Default IP Address: 192.168.2.1
Default Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Configure your PC to be in the same subnet with the Access Point.
1a) Windows 95/98/Me
1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel
window will appear.
2. Double-click Network icon. The Network window will appear.
3. Check your list of Network Components.If TCP/IP is not installed, click the Add button to
install it now. If TCP/IP is installed, go to step 6.
4. In the Network Component Type dialog box, select Protocol and click Add button.
5. In the Select Network Protocol dialog box, select Microsoft and TCP/IPand then click the
OK button to start installing the TCP/IP protocol. You may need your Windows CD to
complete the installation.
6. After installing TCP/IP, go back to the Network dialog box. Select TCP/IP from the list of
Network Components and then click the Properties button.
7. Check each of the tabs and verify the following settings:
•Bindings: Check Client for Microsoft Networksand File and printer sharing for
Microsoft Networks.
•Gateway: All fields are blank.
•DNS Configuration: Select Disable DNS.
•WINS Configuration: Select Disable WINS Resolution.

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•IP Address: Select Specify an IP Address. Specify the IP Address and Subnet Mask
as following example.
üIP Address: 192.168.2.3 (any IP address within 192.168.2.2~192.168.2.254 is
available, do not setup 192.168.2.1)
üSubnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
8. Reboot the PC. Your PC will now have the IP Address you specified.
1b) Windows 2000
1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel
window will appear.
2. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections icon. In the Network and Dial-up
Connection window, double-click Local Area Connection icon. The Local Area Connection
window will appear.
3. In the Local Area Connection window, click the Properties button.
4. Check your list of Network Components. You should see Internet Protocol [TCP/IP] on
your list. Select it and click the Properties button.
5. In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window, select Use the following IP address
and specify the IP Address and Subnet mask as following.
üIP Address: 192.168.2.3 (any IP address within 192.168.2.2~192.168.2.254 is
available, do not setup 192.168.2.1)
üSubnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
6. Click OK to confirm the setting. Your PC will now have the IP Address you specified.
1c) Windows NT
1. Click the Start button and select Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel
window will appear.
2. Double-click Network icon. The Network window will appear. Select the Protocol tab from
the Network window.
3. Check if the TCP/IP Protocol is on your list of Network Protocols. If TCP/IP is not installed,
click the Add button to install it now. If TCP/IP is installed, go to step 5.
4. In the Select Network Protocol window, select the TCP/IP Protocol and click the Ok
button to start installing the TCP/IP protocol. You may need your Windows CD to
complete the installation.
5. After you install TCP/IP, go back to the Network window. Select TCP/IP from the list of
Network Protocols and then click the Properties button.
6. Check each of the tabs and verify the following settings:

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•IP Address: Select Specify an IP address. Specify the IP Address and Subnet Mask
as following example.
üIP Address: 192.168.2.3 (any IP address within 192.168.2.2~192.168.2.254 is
available, do not setup 192.168.2.1)
üSubnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
•DNS:Let all fields are blank.
•WINS: Let all fields are blank.
•Routing: Let all fields are blank.
7. Click OK to confirm the setting. Your PC will now have the IP Address you specified.
2. Enter 192.168.2.1 from Web Browser to get into the Access Point’s
configuration tool.
3. A screen will be popped up and request you to enter user name and password.
The default user name and password is as follows.
User Name: Admin
Password: 1234
Enter the default user name and password, then press OKbutton directly.
4. You can start configuring the Access Point.
From Wireless Station
1. Make sure your wireless station is in the same subnet with the Access Point.
Please refer to the step 1 above for configuring the IP Address and Sub Mask of
the wireless station.

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2. Connect to the Access Point.
The Access Point’s ESSID is “default”and the WEP Encryption function is
disabled. Make sure your wireless station is using the same ESSID as the
Access Point and associate your wireless station to the Access Point.
3. Enter 192.168.2.1 from Web Browser to get into the Access Point’s
configuration tool.
4. Enter the user name and password and then press OK button and you are
available to configure the Access Point now.

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3.2 Configuring the Access Point
3.2.1 Status and Information
On this screen, you can see the general information of the Access Point including
Alias Name, Firmware Version, ESSID, Channel Number, Status, IP Address, MAC
Address, etc.
3.2.2 Wireless Setting
This Access Point supports AP, Bridge and WDS modes. “AP Bridge Mode”
provides the function to bridge more than 2 wired Ethernet networks together by
wireless LAN. You can use two access points with “AP Bridge-Point to Point mode”
to bridge two wired Ethernet networks together. If you want to bridge more than two
wired Ethernet networks together, you have to use enough access points with “AP
Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode”. An access point with “AP Bridge-Point to Point
mode”or “AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode”can only be used to bridge wired
Ethernet networks together. It can’t accept connection from other wireless station at
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provide connection service for other wireless station at the same time, you have to set
the access point to “AP Bridge-WDS mode”. Simply speaking, “AP Bridge-WDS
mode”function is the combination of “AP mode”and “AP Bridge-Point to Multi-
Point mode”.
AP mode setting page:

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AP Bridge-Point to Point mode setting page:

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AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode setting page:
AP Bridge-WDS mode setting page:

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Parameter Description
Alias Name The alias name of this access point. You should assign Alias Name in
“AP mode”, “Station-Ad Hoc mode”, “Station-Infrastructure mode”and
“AP Bridge-WDS mode”.
ESSID The ESSID (up to 31printable ASCII characters) is the unique name
identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two
co-located WLANs. Please make sure that the ESSID of all stations in
the same WLAN network are the same. The default ESSID is “default”.
You should assign Alias Name in “AP mode”, “Station-Ad Hoc mode”,
“Station-Infrastructure mode”and “AP Bridge-WDS mode”.
Channel Number Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with
your network settings. Channels differ from country to country.
Channel 1-11 (North America)
Channel 1-14 (Japan)
Channel 1-13 (Europe)
There are 14 channels available.
You should assign Alias Name in “AP mode”, “Station-Ad Hoc mode”,
“AP Bridge-Point to Point mode”, “AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode”

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and “AP Bridge-WDS mode”.
MAC Address If you want to bridge more than one wired Ethernet networks together
with wireless LAN, you have to set this access point to “AP Bridge-Point
to Point mode”, “AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode”or “AP Bridge-
WDS mode”. You have to enter the MAC addresses of other access
points that join the bridging work.
Associated Clients Click “Show Active Clients”button, then an “Active Wireless Client Table”
will pop up. You can see the status of all active wireless stations that are
connecting to the access point.
Wireless Site Survey When you use this access point as a wireless station for wired network
device to have wireless capability, you have to associate it will an
working access point. Click “Select Site Survey”button, then a “Wireless
Site Survey Table”will pop up. It will list all available access points near
by. You can select one access point in the table and it will join wireless
LAN through this access point.
Click Apply button at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure
other advance sections or start using the Access Point.
Active Wireless Client Table
“Active Wireless Client Table”records the status of all active wireless stations that
are connecting to the access point. You can lookup the MAC Address, Number of
Transmitted Packets, Number of Received Packets and Encryption Status of each
active wireless client in this table.

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Parameter Description
MAC Address MAC address of this active wireless station.
Tx Packet The number of transmitted packets that are sent out from this active
wireless station.
Rx Packet The number of received packets that are received by this active wireless
station.
TX Rate The transmission rate in Mbps.
Power Saving Shows if the wireless client is in Power Saving mode.
Expired Time The time in second before dissociation. If the wireless keeps idle long
than the expired time, this access point will dissociate it. The wireless
client station has to associate again when it become active.
Refresh Refresh the “Active Wireless Client Table”.

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Close Refresh the “Active Wireless Client Table”.

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3.2.3 Advanced Setting
You can set advanced parameters of this access point. The parameters include
Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Tx
Operation Rate, Tx Basic Rate, Preamble Type, Broadcast ESSID. You should not
change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on this
access point.
Parameter Description
Authentication Type There are two authentication types: “Open System”and “Shared Key”.
When you select “Open System”, wireless stations can associate with
this access point without WEP encryption. When you select “Shared
Key”, you should also setup WEP key in the “Encryption”page and
wireless stations should use WEP encryption in the authentication phase
to associate with this access point. If you select “Both”, the wireless client
can associate with this access point by using any one of these two
authentication types.
Fragment Threshold “Fragment Threshold”specifies the maximum size of packet during the
fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If
you set this value too low, it will

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result in bad performace.
RTS Threshold When the packet size is smaller the RTS threshold, the access point will
not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to send this packet.
Beacon Interval The interval of time that this access point broadcast a beacon. Beacon is
used to synchronize the wireless network.
Data Rate The “Data Rate”is the rate this access point uses to transmit data
packets. The access point will use the highest possible selected
transmission rate to transmit the data packets.
Preamble Type Preamble type defines the length of CRC block in the frames during the
wireless communication. “Short Preamble”is suitable for high traffic
wireless network. “Long Preamble”can provide more reliable
communication.
Broadcast ESSID If you enable “Broadcast ESSID”, every wireless station located within
the coverage of this access point can discover this access point easily. If
you are building a public wireless network, enabling this feature is
recommended. Disabling “Broadcast ESSID”can provide better security.
IAPP If you enable “IAPP”, the access point will automatically broadcast
information of associated wireless stations to its neighbors. This will help
wireless station roaming smoothly between access points. Ifyou have
more than one access points in your wireless LAN and wireless stations
have roaming requirements, enabling this feature is recommended.
Disabling “IAPP”can provide better security.
Click Apply button at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure
other advance sections or start using the Access Point.