VP Networks SuperAP 570n User manual

SuperAP 570n
User Manual
October, 2012

Overview
The 570n 1 Watt AP/bridge offers excellent and reliable performance along ith
cost-effective point-to-multipoint outdoor and indoor ireless solutions perfectly suited for
access technology, private net orks and hotspots. The 570n orks in the unlicensed 2.4
GHz Wi-Fi frequency band. It supports the ne est IEEE 802.11n standard and is
compatible ith IEEE 802.11b/g, ith options for SISO and MIMO functionality. The
private protocol iPoll offers effective point-to-multipoint deployment scenarios.
Contents
1 Deployment Scenarios
♦ 1.1 HotSpot
♦ 1.2 Point to Multipoint
♦ 1.3 Light PTP
2 Initial Device Setup
♦ 2.1 Initial 570n Setup
♦ 2.2 Initial Station Setup
3 Operation Mode
♦ 3.1 Bridge Mode
♦ 3.2 Router Mode
4 General Device operation
♦ 4.1 Web Management Structure
♦ 4.2 570npling and Saving Configuration Changes
5 Configuration Guide
♦ 5.1 Status
5.1.1 Information
5.1.2 Net ork
5.1.3 Wireless
5.1.4 Routes
5.1.5 ARP
♦ 5.2 Configuration
5.2.1 Net ork
5.2.2 Bridge Mode
5.2.2.1 IPSettings
5.2.2.2 VLAN to SSID Mapping
5.2.2.3 Management VLAN

5.2.3 Router Mode
5.2.3.1 WAN Settings
5.2.3.2 LAN Settings
• 5.2.3.2.1 LAN DHCP Settings
5.2.4 Wireless
5.2.5 Wireless Mode: Access Point (auto WDS)
5.2.5.1 570n Basic Wireless Settings
5.2.5.2 570n Security Settings
5.2.5.3 570n Advanced Wireless Settings
5.2.6 Wireless Mode: Station
5.2.6.1 Station Basic Wireless Settings
5.2.6.2 Station Security Settings
5.2.6.3 Station Advanced Wireless Settings
5.2.7 Wireless Mode: iPoll Access Point
5.2.7.1 iPoll 570n Basic Wireless Settings
5.2.7.2 iPoll 570n Security Settings
5.2.7.3 iPoll 570n Advanced Wireless Settings
5.2.8 Wireless Mode: iPoll Station
5.2.8.1 iPoll Station Basic Wireless Settings
5.2.8.2 iPoll Station Security Settings
5.2.8.3 iPoll Station Advanced Wireless Settings
5.2.9 Virtual 570n
5.2.10 Wireless ACL
5.2.11 Traffic Shaping
5.2.11.1 Limit all traffic
5.2.11.2 Limit per IP traffic
5.2.12 Port For arding
5.2.13 Static Routes
♦ 5.3 Services
5.3.1 WNMS
5.3.2 System alerts
5.3.2.1 SNMP Traps Settings
5.3.2.2 SMTP Settings
5.3.3 SNMP Settings
⋅ 5.3.3.1 Clock/NTP
5.3.4 SSH
5.3.5 HTTP
♦ 5.4 System
5.4.1 Administration
5.4.1.1 Device settings
5.4.1.2 Account settings
5.4.1.3 System functions
5.4.2 Log
5.4.3 LED Control
5.4.4 Firm are Upgrade
♦ 5.5 Tools
5.5.1 Antenna Alignment

5.5.2 Site Survey
5.5.3 Delayed Reboot
5.5.4 Ping
5.5.5 Traceroute
5.5.6 Spectrum Analyzer
♦ 6 UAM (Universal Access Method)
6.1 UAM Overvie
6.2 UAM Configuration
6.3 White/Black List
Deployment Scenarios
HotSpot
The 570n can easily create a hotspot net ork on the 2.4 GHz unlicensed band. IEEE 802.11n
lets you achieve (depending on laptop, smart-phone or PDA capabilities) maximum throughput
and supports all possible client equipment (based on IEEE 802.11b/g/n). Hotspot zones can be
created indoor or outdoor. WLAN hotspots are very popular in hotels, MTU/MDU, hospitals,
schools, government buildings, companies, and retail.
Point to Multipoint
IEEE 802.11n ireless multipoint hich delivers several times higher throughput than 802.11a/g.
The 570n supports a private ireless point to multipoint protocol called iPoll hich allo s
connecting more than one iPoll Stations to the iPoll Access Point thus creating a robust point to
multi point net ork.

Lig t PTP
The 570n supports access point and station operating modes, therefore point-to-point can be
created bet een AP and Station, or bet een 2 Stations, or bet een 2 APs. There are available
options for SISO and MIMO antennas. Maximum achievable real data throughput is up to 160
Mbps.

Initial Device Setup
The default IP address is 192.168.2.66. To access the Web management interface, configure
your PC ith a static IP address on the 192.168.2.X subnet ith mask 255.255.255.0. Connect
the 570n device in to the same physical net ork as your PC. Open the Web bro ser and type the
default IP address of the 570n device https://192.168.2.66/and the login page ill be loaded.
Enter default administrator login settings:
The default administrator login settings are:
Login: admin
Pass ord: admin01
After successful administrator login you ill see the main page of the device Web management
interface. The device no is ready for configuration.
Initial 570n Setup
Follo the steps for initial ireless Access Point setup that ill be prepared to accept ireless
Station connections (refer to the section Initial Station Setup for instructions).
1. Connect an Ethernet cable bet een your computer and the 570n.
2. Make sure your computer is set to the same subnet as the 570n, i.e. 192.168.2.150
3. Start your Web bro ser.
4. 570n uses follo ing default settings:
WAN IP: 192.168.2.66
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Username: admin
Pass ord: admin01

The initial login screen looks as follo :
Step 5. Enter the default pass ord, and then press the Login button to enter the 570n eb
management page.
Step 6. Navigate to the Configuration | Network tab and choose the Router net ork mode ith
NAT enabled, Static IP enabled on WAN side, LAN settings ith DHCP server enabled (to loan
an IP addresses for connected clients) on LAN side and click Save&Apply:
Step 7. Navigate to the Configuration | Wireless tab, choose Access Point ireless mode ith
WDS enabled, specify the SSID ith Broadcast enabled, Security parameters and IEEE mode
and click Save&Apply:

Step 8. Verify connection. Navigate to Status | Information menu to check if the Station is
successfully connected to the 570n device:

Initial Station Setup
Follo the steps for initial ireless client setup that ill be connected to the previously configured
570n (refer to the section Initial 570n Setup).
Step 1. Connect an Ethernet cable bet een your computer and the 570n device.
Step 2. Make sure your computer is set to the same subnet as the 570n, i.e. 192.168.2.150
Step 3. Start your Web bro ser.
Step 4. Each 570n devices uses follo ing default settings:
WAN IP: 192.168.2.66
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Username: admin
Pass ord: admin01

The initial login screen looks as follo :
Step 5. Enter the default pass ord, and then press the Login button to enter the 570n eb
management page.
Step 6. Navigate to the Configuration | Network tab and choose the bridge net ork mode ith,
Dynamic IP enabled (be sure that 570n to hich the device ill be associated has a DHCP server
running (refer to the section Initial 570n Setup for instructions), specify the DHCP fallback
settings in case the DHCP server is unreachable and click Save&Apply button:
Step 7. Navigate to the Configuration | Wireless tab, choose Station WDS ireless mode, click
Scan button near the SSID entry field to choose the SSID of the 570n here the station ill be
associated to. Specify the Security parameters for the 570n, check IEEE mode (these settings
must conform ith 570n ireless settings) and click Save&Apply:

Step 8. Verify connection. Navigate to the Status | Network page. The Net ork page ill sho
main net ork information about association ith 570n:

The main Status | Information page ill display ireless information of the link ith access point.
The connection status must be displayed as Connected and progress bars indicating the quality
of the connection must be displayed:
Operation Mode
The 570n device can operate as transparent Bridge or Router.
Bridge Mode
The 570n device can act as a ireless net ork bridge and establish ireless links ith other
570ns. In this mode all LAN ports and Wireless interface ill be a part of the Bridge.

With a Bridge, all connected computers are in the same net ork subnet. The only data that
is allo ed to cross the bridge is data that is being sent to a valid address on the other side of
the bridge.
Router Mode
In router mode the 570n ill receive internet through WAN port and ill share it to the
LAN ports that ill be separated ith a different IP range. The type of connection to the
WAN interface can be made by Static IP, DHCP client or PPPoE.
When device operates in Router mode, the traffic coming on ired interface and going out
on ireless interface can be masqueraded by enabling NAT. NAT allo s a set of clients to
invisibly access the Internet via the 570n . To other clients on the Internet, all this outgoing
traffic ill appear to be from the 570n device itself.
General Device operation
Web Management Structure
The main eb management menu is displayed after successfully login into the system (see the
figure belo ). From this menu all essential configuration pages are accessed. The active menu
tab is displayed in a different color:

By default the Status | Information menu is activated here the main device information is
displayed. The 570n eb management menu has the follo ing structure:
Status
Information : displays general information of the device.
Network : displays main net ork and ireless statistics of the device.
Wireless : displays information about connected stations on the particular interface (only
on station ireless mode).
Routes : displays unit's route table.
ARP : displays ARP table.
Configuration
Network : net ork mode, Ethernet speed, IP settings, management and data VLANs,

DHCP, PPPoE.
Wireless : specify ireless mode (AP, Station, iPoll AP, iPoll Station), country, SSID,
IEEE mode, channel configuration, security, advanced radio settings.
Virtual AP : create and setup virtual AP (only in AP ireless mode).
Wireless ACL : access control by MAC address (only in 570n and IPoll 570n ireless
modes).
Traffic s aping : do nload and upload traffic control.
Port forwarding : port for arding rules (only in router net ork mode for AP and IPoll AP).
Static routes : static route rules (only in router net ork mode for AP and IPoll AP).
Services
WNMS : set WNMS server/collector URL allo ing remote device configuration and
monitoring.
System alerts : set alerts hich can be sent via SNMP Traps or/and SMTP
notifications.
SNMP : SNMP service settings allo ing remote device monitoring.
Clock/NTP : set device date manually or enable and configure NTP service.
SSH : control SSH connection.
HTTP : control HTTP connection.
System
Administration : change pass ord, reboot, restore factory default settings,
backup/restore configuration, troubleshooting file support.
Log : vie device log, set system log for arding settings.
LED : control operation of LEDs.
Firmware upgrade : upgrade device firm are.
Tools

Antenna alignment : measure received signal quality of the ireless link to align antenna
in the best direction.
Site Survey : information about other ireless net orks in the local area.
Delayed reboot : setup delayed reboot for 570n unit.
Ping : perform ping command.
Traceroute : perform graphical traceroute command.
Spectrum analyzer : check the signal strength on available channels.
Applying and Saving Configuration C anges
There are three general buttons located on the right top corner of the WEB GUI allo ing
managing device configuration:
Apply : if pressed ne configuration settings are applied instantly. It ill take fe seconds
and the device ill be running ith ne settings. It should be noted that pressing Apply
button settings are not ritten to the permanent memory. Therefore, if the device is
rebooted it ill start ith old configuration settings.
Discard : if pressed parameter changes are discarded. It should be noted that if Apply or
Save&Apply is pressed it is not possible to discard changes.
Save&Apply : if pressed ne configuration settings are applied instantly and ritten to the
permanent memory.
It is not required to press Apply or Save&Apply in every Web GUI tab. The
device remembers all changes made in every tab and after action button is used, all
changes ill be applied.
Configuration Guide
This document contain product’s po erful eb management interface configuration
description allo ing setups ranging from very simple to very complex.
Status
Information

The Information page displays a summary of status information of your device. It sho s
important information for the 570n operating mode, net ork settings.
System information : displays general information about the device.
Wireless information : displays general information about the ireless net ork. The ireless
information ill differ on Access Point, Station, iPoll ireless modes:
AP mode : displays access point operating information, number of connected clients
and SSID details (including APs).
Station mode : displays settings at hich the station is connected to the access point.
iPoll AP : displays iPoll access point operating information, number of connected
ireless stations.
iPoll Station : displays settings at hich the iPoll ireless station is connected to the
iPoll access point.
Network mode : displays short summary of the 570n current net ork configuration (bridge or
router).

Network
The Net ork sections displays statistics of the net ork interfaces and DHCP leases (depending
on net ork mode: router or bridge):
Interface : displays the interface name. The SSID name is displayed in the brackets near the
radio interface (and VAPs).
IP address : displays the IP address of the particular interface.
MAC : displays the MAC address of the particular interface.
Received : displays the number of received packets.
RX errors : displays the number of the RX errors.
Transmitted : displays the number of transmitted packets.
TX errors : displays the number of the TX errors.
DHCP leases : table displays information about leased DHCP addresses.
Wireless

Status / Wireless section is not available if 570n is operating in Station
ireless mode. All necessary information about ireless connection ith 570n unit
is under Information section.
The Wireless statistics displays the receive/transmit statistics of successfully associated ireless
clients:
In case the access point has more than one ireless interface (VAPs), the appropriate number of
tables ith information about connected ireless clients ill be displayed.
Peer MAC : displays MAC address of the successfully connected ireless client. Signal :
indicates the signal strength of the access point main and auxiliary antennas that the
station communicates ith displayed dBm.
Noise : displays the noise level in dBm.
IEEE mode : displays the IEEE mode at hich the access point communicates ith the particular
station.
Data rate : displays the data rate at hich the access point communicates ith the particular
station.
Connection time : displays the duration of the session.
Routes
The Routes page displays the routing table for each interface:

ARP
The ARP page displays the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) table currently recorded on the
device. Use Refresh button to reload ARP table results.
Configuration
Network
The Configuration | Network page allo s you to control the net ork configuration and settings
of the device. First, the device operation mode must be defined to ork as a bridge or router. The
content of the indo varies depending on your selection: