Pepwave Surf Series User manual

C OPYRIGHT & T RADEMARKS
Specifications are subject to c ange wit out notice. Copyrig t © 2007 PePWave Ltd. All Rig ts Reserved.
PePWave and t e PePWave logo are trademarks of PePWave Ltd. Ot er brands or products mentioned may be
trademarks or registered trademarks of t eir respective owners.
PePWave Surf Series
PePWave Surf Indoor Series:
Surf 200, AP 200, AP 400
PePWave Surf Outdoor Series:
Surf AP 200/400-X, PolePoint 400-X, Surf 400-DX
User Manual
Document Rev. 1.2
July 07

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Table of Contents
1 COPYRIGHT ..................................................................................................................................... 3
2 ISCLAIMER..................................................................................................................................... 3
3 PRO UCT ESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................. 4
.1 FEATURES .....................................................................................................................................4
.2 HARDWARE SETUP ........................................................................................................................5
. LED DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................5
4 USING THE PEPWAVE SURF ............................................................................................................. 7
4.1 FIRST TIME SETUP...........................................................................................................................8
4.2 SETTINGS DETAILS .......................................................................................................................11
4. INTEGRATED HOME WI-FI ACCESS POINT CONFIGURATION ..........................................................1
4.4 TEST THE SETUP............................................................................................................................20
4.5 FIRMWARE UPGRADE .................................................................................................................21
4.6 RESTORE TO DEFAULT SETTINGS....................................................................................................21

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1 Copyright
Copyrig t © 2007 by PePWave Ltd.
T e content of t is documentation may not be reproduced in any part or as a w ole wit out
t e prior written permission of PePWave Ltd.
2 isclaimer
PePWave does not assume any liability arising out of t e application or use of any products,
or software described erein. Neit er does it convey any license under its patent rig t nor
t e patent rig ts of ot ers. PePWave furt er reserves t e rig t to make c anges in any
products described erein wit out notice. T is documentation is subject to c ange wit out
notice.

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3 Product escription
PePWave Surf is a feature-ric Wi-Fi CPE wit WPA, WPA2 and 802.1x supplicant support.
It is designed to act as a Wireless router and connects LAN users wit a Wireless Broadband
Internet Service (suc as Citywide Wi-Fi).
It associates to a service provider and aut enticates using 802.1x (if needed) on start up.
Upon successful association and aut entication, it will acquire an IP address from t e
service provider using DHCP. A DHCP server is built-in on its LAN port. Network Address
Translation is performed for all outbound connections. T us it supports multiple terminals
to access t e Internet simultaneously.
3.1 Features
 10/100 Et ernet interface wit auto-crossover detection
 Reset button for restoring settings to factory defaults
 Signal strengt LED for s owing t e current signal strengt (PePWave indoor serials
only)
 WPA/WPA2-Personal and WPA/WPA2-Enterprise support
 Network Address Translation (NAT) routing
 Built-in DHCP server
 Inbound port range forwarding
 Integrated Wi-Fi Access Point (Surf AP indoor and outdoor only)
Surf 200, AP 200, AP 400
Surf
AP 200/400
-
X, PolePoint 400
-
X
Surf
400
-
DX

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3.2 Hardware Setup
3.2.1 Surf Indoor Series
1. Attac t e provided antenna to t e left most antenna connector
2. Connect t e LAN port to t e computer’s Et ernet port wit an Et ernet cable.
3. Connect t e end of t e included power adapter to t e power socket (labeled “DC 5V”)
on PePWave Surf.
4. Power on t e power adaptor.
3.2.1 Surf Outdoor Series
Please follow t e installation guide to set up AP 200/400-X, PolePoint 400-X, Surf 400-DX
3.3 LE escription
3.3.1 Surf Indoor Series
LED Color Status Description
Green On Power is on
Power Off Power is off
Green Solid Received signal is Excellent, Very Good and Good
Green Blinking Received signal is Low
Amber Blinking Received signal is Very Low
Amber Solid No wireless signal is detected
Status
Off Booting up / Upgrading firmware
Green On Et ernet is connected
Green Blinking Sending/Receiving data
LAN
Off Et ernet is not connected

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LED Color Status Description
Green On Associated wit an access point
Green Blinking Sending/Receiving data
Wi-Fi
Off Not associated wit any access point
Signal
Bars Green N/A
T e number of lit signal bars depends on t e strengt
of t e received signal. A larger number of lit signal bars
indicate stronger signals.
3.3.2 Surf X Series LE escription
LED Color Status Description
Green On Power is on
PWR Off Power is off
Green On Et ernet is connected
LAN
Off Et ernet is not connected
Green On
Associated wit an access point. T e
number of LED lig ts from “MIN” to
“MAX” indicates t e received signal
strengt level.
Wi-Fi
Off Not associated wit any access point

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4 Using the PePWave Surf
You s ould set up your computer’s LAN interface to obtain an IP address automatically. If
you do so, you s ould ave set it up correctly.
In order to do so, select t e “Start” menu, “Control Panel” and t en “Network Connections”.
Rig t click on t e “Local Area Connection” icon, c oose “Properties”, double-click on t e
item “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” from t e list. On t e screen, just set it as follows:
Click t e “OK” button to confirm t e c ange.

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4.1 First Time Setup
On your PC, start a web browser, e.g. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, etc. Visit an
Internet web site. If you are not associated to an access point, you s ould be redirected to
a logon page. Or you can go also go to t is URL
ttp://192.168.20.1/
T e page will look like t is.

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Click t e “Advanced Config” button to enter t e parameters of t e access point to associate
to. You s ould see t is screen:
In t e field “SSID” under Wireless Settings, input t e access point’s SSID (sometimes it is
called t e “network name”). According to t e setting of t e Access Point you are
associating to, you may c oose a different “Aut entication setting”.
If “Static WEP key” or “WPA/WPA2-Personal” is selected for Aut entication, input t e
Encryption Key field as well. (T ere are also options of “802.1x wit dynamic WEP key” and
“WPA/WPA2-Enterprise”. You do not need to use t ese settings unless instructed to do so
by your ISP.)
Click t e “Save” button at t e bottom to complete.
You can now click t e “Connect” link on t e top bar and t en click t e “Connect” button to
associate wit t e access point.

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At t is point, you are associated wit t e access point. You may now close t e web browser
and open a new one to start web browsing.