TP-Link AURANET CAP300-Outdoor User manual

REV1.0.0
191001
2023
User Guide
300Mbps Wireless N Outdoor Access Point
CAP300-Outdoor

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operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
“To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, this grant is applicable to
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CONTENTS
About this User Guide............................................................................................................................ 1
Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 2
Working Mode.................................................................................................................. 3
FIT Mode................................................................................................................................. 3
FAT Mode............................................................................................................................... 5
Status.................................................................................................................................. 8
Device Information ............................................................................................................. 8
Wireless Parameter............................................................................................................ 8
Wireless Service.................................................................................................................. 9
Wireless Client ...................................................................................................................10
Wireless............................................................................................................................11
Wireless................................................................................................................................11
WDS Settings .....................................................................................................................14
Advanced Settings ...........................................................................................................16
Network............................................................................................................................19
Wireless MAC Filtering ....................................................................................................19
VLAN Settings....................................................................................................................20
System..............................................................................................................................21
AP Management ................................................................................................................22
Account ................................................................................................................................23
System Log .........................................................................................................................23
Time Setting........................................................................................................................24
Configuration Management...........................................................................................25
Firmware Upgrade ............................................................................................................25
Ping Watch Dog .................................................................................................................26

About this User Guide
When using this guide, please notice that features of the CAP may vary slightly
depending on the model and software version you have, and on your location, language,
and Internet service provider. All screenshots, images, parameters and descriptions
documented in this guide are used for demonstration only.
The information in this document is subject to change without notice. Every effort has
been made in the preparation of this document to ensure accuracy of the contents, but
all statements, information, and recommendations in this document do not constitute
the warranty of any kind, express or implied. Users must take full responsibility for their
application of any product.
Convention
Some models featured in this guide may be unavailable in your country or region.
For local sales information, visit http://www.tp-link.com.
Unless otherwise noted, the CAP or the device mentioned in this guide stands for
CAP300 -Outdoor.
More Info
The latest software can be found at Download Center at www.tp-link.com/support.
The Quick Installation Guide can be found where you find this guide or inside the package
of the CAP.
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http://forum.tp-link.com.
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Support page at www.tp-link.com/support.
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Introduction
Auranet series products provide wireless coverage solutions for small-medium
business. They can either work independently in FAT mode or be centrally managed by
the wireless controller in FIT mode, providing a flexible, richly-functional but easily-
configured enterprise-grade wireless network for small and medium business.
CAP300-Outdoor:
Figure 1-1 Top View of the CAP
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Working Mode
CAPs support two working modes including FIT mode and FAT mode. In FIT mode, APs
can be centrally managed by TP-Link’s wireless controller. The default FIT mode is used
when you want to deploy a large wireless network. The management of every single AP
in the network is complex and complicated. With the wireless controller, you can
centrally manage the mass APs simply in a web browser.
In FAT mode, you can log in to AP’s webpage to manage the AP alone. The FAT mode is
used in a small wireless network. The AP cannot be managed by wireless controller in
FAT mode.
FIT Mode
In the default FIT mode, CAP should be managed by the wireless controller. Please refer
to the Wireless Controller User Guide from our website at www.tp-link.com to learn
more information about configuring and using the CAPs by the controller.
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Typical topology in FIT mode:
Figure 2-1 Typical Topology in FIT Mode
NOTE:
The IP address of the wireless controller must be reachable for the CAPs in the
network.
4

FAT Mode
In FAT mode, you can log in to AP’s webpage to manage the AP alone. The FAT mode is
used in a small wireless network.
Typical topology in FAT mode:
Figure 2-2 Typical Topology in FIT Mode
5

Follow the steps below to log in to the web interface.
1. Launch a web browser, enter 192.168.0.254 in the address field and press the Enter
key.
NOTE:
To log in to the device, the IP address of your PC should be set in the same subnet
addresses of the device. The IP address is 192.168.0.x (”x” is any number from 1
to 253). Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0.
2. Create a new username and password for login, and then click OK.
Figure 2-3 Login
3. The webpage will be shown as below. Click the menu bar to configure the
corresponding parameters.
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Figure 2-4 Status
TIPS:
Proceed to the following chapters for information on configuring the CAP in FAT mode.
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Status
The
Status
page displays the device information, wireless parameter, wireless service
and wireless client of the CAP.
Figure 3-1 Status Page
Device Information
This section displays the information of hardware version, MAC address, IP address,
system time and running time of the CAP. If you want to modify the IP address of the CAP,
Please refer to AP Management. To modify the system time, please refer to Time
Setting.
Figure 3-2 Device Information
Wireless Parameter
This section displays the wireless mode, channel bandwidth, channel frequency and
WDS status of the device. Please refer to Advanced Settings to configure the wireless
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mode, channel bandwidth and channel frequency and refer to WDS Settings to
configure the WDS feature.
Figure 3-3 Wireless Parameter
Wireless Service
In this section, you can check or edit the wireless service information of the CAP.
Figure 3-4 Wireless Service
Click the button to edit the corresponding wireless service entry. You can change
the SSID, Network type and password. Check or uncheck the status box to enable or
disable the wireless service as needed.
Figure 3-5 Wireless
NOTE:
If the wireless network is not encrypted, changing password here will encrypt the network
with WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK. If the wireless network has been already encrypted, changing
password here will not change the encryption type.
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Wireless Client
The wireless client table displays the information of the connected clients including their
MAC address, connected SSID and the connection time.
Figure 3-6 Wireless Client
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Wireless
Wireless
page consists of Wireless, WDS Settings and Advanced Settings.
Figure 4-1 Wireless Page
If you have made any change of the parameters, please click OK to make the
configuration take effect. There will be a blue bar at the top of the page to remind you to
save the configuration. Click Save when you finish all settings, otherwise all the settings
will be recovered to last saved settings at reboot or power off.
NOTE:
Proceed to the following chapter for information on configuring the wireless network of
the CAP.
Wireless
This section allows you to configure the wireless basic settings, such as SSID, network
type, security mode, and password of each wireless service entry.
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Figure 4-2 Wireless
Click Add to create a new wireless service. Click button to edit the corresponding
wireless service.
SSID: Enter a character string no more than 32 characters to name your
wireless network. We suggest you to set an easy-to-remember SSID
to conveniently identify your wireless network.
Check the box of Enable Broadcast to allow this device to broadcast
its SSID. Therefore, the hosts within its wireless coverage could find
the wireless signals.
Network Type: Select the network type of the wireless network.
Guest Network: The hosts in a guest network cannot communicate
with hosts in other wireless networks.
Office Network: Functions as a normal wireless network.
Security Mode: Select the security mode of wireless network. If all the hosts are
allowed to access the wireless network without password, please
select None. For the safety of wireless network, you are suggested to
encrypt your wireless network. This device provides two security
modes: WPA/WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access) and WPA-PSK/WPA2-
PSK (WPA Pre-Shared Key). WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK is recommended.
Settings vary in different security modes as the details is in the
following introduction.
AP Isolation: Select this checkbox to enable the AP Isolation feature that allows
you to confine and restrict all wireless devices on your network from
interacting with each other, but still able to access the Internet. This
function will be disabled if WDS is enabled.
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Enable Wireless
Network:
Check the box to enable this wireless network, allowing the hosts
connected to the wireless network to communicate with each other.
Security Mode
Following is the detailed introduction of security mode: WPA/WPA2 and WPA-PSK/WPA2-
PSK.
WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
Based on pre-shared key. It is characterized by higher safety and simple settings, which
suits for common households and small business. WPA-PSK has two versions: WPA-
PSK and WPA2-PSK.
Figure 4-3 Security Mode WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
Authentication
Type:
Auto: Select WPA or WPA2 automatically based on the wireless
station's capability and request.
WPA-PSK: Pre-shared key of WPA.
WPA2-PSK: Pre-shared key of WPA2.
Encryption: Select the encryption type, including Auto, TKIP, and AES. The default
setting is Auto, which can select TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) or
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) automatically based on the wireless
station's capability and request. AES is more secure than TKIP and TKIP
is not supported in 802.11n mode. It is recommended to select AES as
the encryption type.
PSK Password: Configure the PSK password with ASCII or Hexadecimal characters. For
ASCII, the length should be between 8 and 63 characters with
combination of numbers, letters (case-
sensitive) and common
punctuations. For Hexadecimal, the length should be 64 characters (case-
insensitive, 0-9, a-f, A-F).
Group Key
Update Period:
Specify the group key update period in seconds. The value can be either
0 or 30-8640000 seconds.
WPA/WPA2
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