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.

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4.2 Settings etails
LAN Interface: To configure t e LAN interface’s IP address and subnet mask.
DHCP Server: To configure and enable t e built-in DHCP server or not. If enabled, t e IP
address range can be configured.
Wireless Settings:
SSID: To configure t e SSID / ESSID / Network Name of t e wireless network to associate
to.
Radio Mode: It allows t e user to c oose between radio modulations support. E.g.
802.11b/g, 802.11g only, 802.11b, etc. T e available settings depend on t e Wi-Fi module
installed on t e device.
it Rate: To fix t e 802.11 transmit bit rate. Available options depend on t e Radio Mode
c osen. If “auto” is c osen, t e device will c oose t e best bit rate dynamically and
automatically.
Authentication: Available options are Open, Static WEP Key, 802.1x wit dynamic WEP
key, WPA/WPA2-Enterprise and WPA/WPA2-Personal. T e selection s ould be according to
t e setting of t e access point you are associating to. Data transferred are encrypted under
all modes except in Open mode. W en Static WEP Key or WPA/WPA2-Personal is c osen,
you s ould enter an encryption key in t e Encryption Key field. (You do not need to use
802.1x and WPA/WPA2-Enterprise unless instructed to do so by your ISP.)
Preferred AP: T e MAC address of a preferred access point can be entered ere. W en
t e preferred access point is found and its signal strengt is ig er t an t e “Min Signal
Strengt ”, it will connect to t is preferred access point, no matter t e ot er access points
are found even t ey ave ig er signal strengt or t e same SSID.

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IP Settings: T e IP address can be obtained automatically or configured manually. If you
c oose to manually configure t e IP address for your unit, enter t e fields “IP Address”,
“Subnet Mask”, “Default Gateway”, “Preferred DNS Server” and “Alternate DNS Server”.
MTU Size: You may also set t e MTU Size to increase t e data packet size your Surf can
andle at one time.
AP Settings: T ese settings apply only to t e PePWave Surf AP model, and configure t e
properties of t e Integrated Wi-Fi Access Point. T e AP Settings will be covered in detail in
t e subsequent section Integrated Wi-Fi Access Point Configuration.
WAI redirection: If t e device is not connected to an access point, and t e user is
accessing an Internet web site, t e settings control w et er to redirect t e web access to
t e web admin interface page or not. If t is is disabled and t e device is not connected, t e
browser will s ow a web access error message. T e user can still access t e web admin
interface by accessing to t e device’s LAN IP address. By default, t e LAN IP address is set
as ttp://192.168.20.1 .
Web Password Protection: Sets t e password to protect t e web user interface.
Restore default settings: To restore t e device to default settings. W en t is option is
clicked, default settings will be restored and t e unit will be restarted.
Reboot: To restart t e device.

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4.3 Integrated Wi-Fi Access Point Configuration
Integrated Wi-Fi Access Point is configured via t e CPE Setup tab. T e following sections
will provide information as a guide t roug t e configuration. T is session is not applicable
for PePWave Surf DX series.
4.3.1 Available Access Point Settings
T e available Access Point (AP) settings for t e Integrated Wi-Fi Access Point functionality
are as follows:
 Disable
Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point functionality is disabled
 Configure Manually
Manual configuration of t e SSID, Aut entication, and Encryption Key values
corresponding to t e Access Point.
 Configure Automatically
T e SSID, Aut entication, and Encryption Key values corresponding to t e Access
Point are automatically configured to be t e same as t e respective values t at
correspond to Citywide Wi-Fi.

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4.3.2 Access Point isabled
Access Point Disabled, as shown with the red marker box

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4.3.3 Manual Access Point configuration
Manual Access Point Configuration, as shown with the red marker box

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In Manual Configuration mode, t e SSID is manually entered.
Authentication can be one of t ree configurable values:
 Open
For Open Aut entication Mode, no Encryption Key is necessary.
 Static WEP Key
For Static WEP Key Aut entication Mode, a 64- or 128-bit Encryption Key is
required, and can be entered in eit er an ASCII or HEX representation.
Static WEP Ke Authentication Configuration
 WPA/WPA -Personal
For WPA/WPA -Personal Aut entication Mode, an Encryption Key, of at least 8
c aracters, is required.
WPA/WPA2-Personal Authentication Configuration
Broadcast SSID can be one of two configurable values:
 Enable
T e configured SSID will be broadcast suc t at it can be detected by an SSID scan.
 Disable
T e configured SSID will not be broadcast suc t at it cannot be detected by an
SSID scan. In order to connect wit t e access point, t e SSID needs to be known
by t e client.

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A.1.1 Automatic Access Point Configuration
Auto. Access Point Configuration, as shown with the red marker box
Wit t e Access Point Configuration set to Configure Automatically, t e SSID,
Authentication, and Encryption Key values of t e Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point
will be configured to be t e same as in t e Wireless Settings section.
T is configuration mode is effectively equivalent to directly connecting 802.1b/g devices on
t e customers’ premises wit Citywide Wi-Fi.

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Important Note:
In t e Wireless Settings section, if Authentication is set to eit er 80 .1x with dynamic
WEP key or WPA/WPA -Enterprise, t en t e Configure Automatically option of t e
Access Point Configuration becomes unavailable, because t e Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access
Point functionality currently does not support aut entication via t e 802.1x wit dynamic
WEP key and WPA/WPA2-Enterprise met ods.
Automatic Access Point Configuration is unavailable with 802.1 with D namic WEP
Ke Authentication

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Automatic Access Point Configuration is unavailable with WPA/WPA1-Enterprise
Authentication

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4.4 Test the Setup
To test to setup, you can now go to t e PePWave Surf’s Main page, enter t e user name
and password. T e realm (t e text box next to t e “@” sign) value can be left empty. T en
click t e Connect button.
After connected, you s ould see: