Pismolabs Technology MC200 MC200 User Manual PePWave Surf

Pismo Labs Technology Limited MC200 PePWave Surf

USERS MANUAL

COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. Copyright © 2007 PePWave Ltd. All Rights Reserved. PePWave and the PePWave logo are trademarks of PePWave Ltd. Other brands or products mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. PePWave Surf Series PePWave MC200 User Manual Document Rev. 1.2 February 07
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 2 Table of Contents 1 COPYRIGHT ..................................................................................................................................... 3 2 DISCLAIMER..................................................................................................................................... 3 3 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................. 4 3.1 FEATURES .....................................................................................................................................4 3.2 HARDWARE SETUP ........................................................................................................................5 3.3 LED DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................5 3.4 INTEGRATED HOME WI-FI ACCESS POINT ......................................................................................6 4 USING THE PEPWAVE SURF ............................................................................................................. 8 4.1 FIRST TIME SETUP...........................................................................................................................9 4.2 SETTINGS DETAILS .......................................................................................................................12 4.3 INTEGRATED HOME WI-FI ACCESS POINT CONFIGURATION ..........................................................14 4.4 TEST THE SETUP............................................................................................................................21 4.5 FIRMWARE UPGRADE .................................................................................................................22 4.6 RESTORE TO DEFAULT SETTINGS....................................................................................................22
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 3 1 Copyright Copyright © 2007 by PePWave Ltd. The content of this documentation may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole without the prior written permission of PePWave Ltd. 2 Disclaimer PePWave does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any products, or software described herein. Neither does it convey any license under its patent right nor the patent rights of others. PePWave further reserves the right to make changes in any products described herein without notice. This documentation is subject to change without notice.
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 4 3 Product Description MC200 is a feature-rich Wi-Fi CPE with WPA, WPA2 and 802.1x supplicant support. It is designed to act as a Wireless router and connects LAN users with a Wireless Broadband Internet Service (such as Citywide Wi-Fi). It associates to a service provider and authenticates using 802.1x (if needed) on start up. Upon successful association and authentication, it will acquire an IP address from the service provider using DHCP. A DHCP server is built-in on its LAN port. Network Address Translation is performed for all outbound connections. Thus it supports multiple terminals to access the Internet simultaneously. 3.1 Features  10/100 Ethernet interface with auto-crossover detection  Reset button for restoring settings to factory defaults  Signal strength LED for showing the current signal strength  WPA/WPA2-Personal and WPA/WPA2-Enterprise support  Network Address Translation (NAT) routing  Built-in DHCP server  Inbound port range forwarding  Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point (PePWave Surf AP only)
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 5 3.2 Hardware Setup 1. Attach the provided antenna to the left most antenna connector 2. Connect the LAN port to the computer’s Ethernet port with an Ethernet cable. 3. Connect the end of the included power adapter to the power socket (labeled “DC 5V”) on PePWave Surf. 4. Power on the power adaptor. 3.3 LED Description 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 Ethernet is connected Green Blinking Sending/Receiving data LAN Off Ethernet is not connected Green On Associated with an access point Green Blinking Sending/Receiving data Wi-Fi Off Not associated with any access point Signal Bars Green N/A The number of lit signal bars depends on the strength of the received signal. A larger number of lit signal bars indicate stronger signals.
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 6 3.4 Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point The Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point functionality of PePWave Surf AP allows 802.11b/g devices on the customers’ premises to wirelessly connect with a PePWave Surf AP unit in order to gain access to Citywide Wi-Fi through PePWave Surf AP. With PePWave Surf AP, the already existing Ethernet capability of the PePWave Surf Series remains unaffected. PePWave Surf AP and Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 7 Previously, PePWave Surf, prior to the introduction of PePWave Surf AP, connects wirelessly at one end with Citywide Wi-Fi, and at the other end through an Ethernet cable with a computer, router, or other equipment on the customers’ premises. PePWave Surf, prior to the introduction of PePWave Surf AP
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 8 4 Using the PePWave MC200 You should set up your computer’s LAN interface to obtain an IP address automatically. If you do so, you should have set it up correctly. In order to do so, select the “Start” menu, “Control Panel” and then “Network Connections”. Right click on the “Local Area Connection” icon, choose “Properties”, double-click on the item “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” from the list. On the screen, just set it as follows: Click the “OK” button to confirm the change.
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 9 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 should be redirected to a logon page. Or you can go also go to this URL http://192.168.20.1/ The page will look like this.
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 10 Click the “Advanced Config” button to enter the parameters of the access point to associate to. You should see this screen: In the field “SSID” under Wireless Settings, input the access point’s SSID (sometimes it is called the “network name”). According to the setting of the Access Point you are associating to, you may choose a different “Authentication setting”. If “Static WEP key” or “WPA/WPA2-Personal” is selected for Authentication, input the Encryption Key field as well. (There are also options of “802.1x with dynamic WEP key” and “WPA/WPA2-Enterprise”. You do not need to use these settings unless instructed to do so by your ISP.) Click the “Save” button at the bottom to complete. You can now click the “Connect” link on the top bar and then click the “Connect” button to associate with the access point.
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 11 At this point, you are associated with the access point. You may now close the web browser and open a new one to start web browsing.
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 12 4.2 Settings Details LAN Interface: To configure the LAN interface’s IP address and subnet mask. DHCP Server: To configure and enable the built-in DHCP server or not. If enabled, the IP address range can be configured. Wireless Settings: SSID: To configure the SSID / ESSID / Network Name of the wireless network to associate to. Radio Mode: It allows the user to choose between radio modulations support. E.g. 802.11b/g, 802.11g only, 802.11b, etc. The available settings depend on the Wi-Fi module installed on the device. Bit Rate: To fix the 802.11 transmit bit rate. Available options depend on the Radio Mode chosen. If “auto” is chosen, the device will choose the best bit rate dynamically and automatically. Authentication: Available options are Open, Static WEP Key, 802.1x with dynamic WEP key, WPA/WPA2-Enterprise and WPA/WPA2-Personal. The selection should be according to the setting of the access point you are associating to. Data transferred are encrypted under all modes except in Open mode. When Static WEP Key or WPA/WPA2-Personal is chosen, you should enter an encryption key in the 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: The MAC address of a preferred access point can be entered here. When the preferred access point is found and its signal strength is higher than the “Min Signal Strength”, it will connect to this preferred access point, no matter the other access points are found even they have higher signal strength or the same SSID.
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 13 IP Settings: The IP address can be obtained automatically or configured manually. If you choose to manually configure the IP address for your unit, enter the fields “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask”, “Default Gateway”, “Preferred DNS Server” and “Alternate DNS Server”. MTU Size: You may also set the MTU Size to increase the data packet size your Surf can handle at one time. AP Settings: These settings apply only to the PePWave Surf AP model, and configure the properties of the Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point. The AP Settings will be covered in detail in the subsequent section Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point Configuration. WAI redirection: If the device is not connected to an access point, and the user is accessing an Internet web site, the settings control whether to redirect the web access to the web admin interface page or not. If this is disabled and the device is not connected, the browser will show a web access error message. The user can still access the web admin interface by accessing to the device’s LAN IP address. By default, the LAN IP address is set as http://192.168.20.1 . Web Password Protection: Sets the password to protect the web user interface. Restore default settings: To restore the device to default settings. When this option is clicked, default settings will be restored and the unit will be restarted. Reboot: To restart the device.
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 14 4.3 Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point Configuration Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point is configured via the CPE Setup tab. The following sections will provide information as a guide through the configuration. 4.3.1 Available Access Point Settings The available Access Point (AP) settings for the Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point functionality are as follows:  Disable Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point functionality is disabled  Configure Manually Manual configuration of the SSID, Authentication, and Encryption Key values corresponding to the Access Point.  Configure Automatically The SSID, Authentication, and Encryption Key values corresponding to the Access Point are automatically configured to be the same as the respective values that correspond to Citywide Wi-Fi.
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 15 4.3.2 Access Point Disabled Access Point Disabled, as shown with the red marker box
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 16 4.3.3 Manual Access Point configuration Manual Access Point Configuration, as shown with the red marker box
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 17 In Manual Configuration mode, the SSID is manually entered. Authentication can be one of three configurable values:  Open For Open Authentication Mode, no Encryption Key is necessary.  Static WEP Key For Static WEP Key Authentication Mode, a 64- or 128-bit Encryption Key is required, and can be entered in either an ASCII or HEX representation. Static WEP Key Authentication Configuration  WPA/WPA2-Personal For WPA/WPA2-Personal Authentication Mode, an Encryption Key, of at least 8 characters, is required. WPA/WPA2-Personal Authentication Configuration Broadcast SSID can be one of two configurable values:  Enable The configured SSID will be broadcast such that it can be detected by an SSID scan.  Disable The configured SSID will not be broadcast such that it cannot be detected by an SSID scan. In order to connect with the access point, the SSID needs to be known by the client.
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 18 A.1.1 Automatic Access Point Configuration Auto. Access Point Configuration, as shown with the red marker box With the Access Point Configuration set to Configure Automatically, the SSID, Authentication, and Encryption Key values of the Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point will be configured to be the same as in the Wireless Settings section. This configuration mode is effectively equivalent to directly connecting 802.1b/g devices on the customers’ premises with Citywide Wi-Fi.
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 19 Important Note: In the Wireless Settings section, if Authentication is set to either 802.1x with dynamic WEP key or WPA/WPA2-Enterprise, then the Configure Automatically option of the Access Point Configuration becomes unavailable, because the Integrated Home Wi-Fi Access Point functionality currently does not support authentication via the 802.1x with dynamic WEP key and WPA/WPA2-Enterprise methods. Automatic Access Point Configuration is unavailable with 802.1 with Dynamic WEP Key Authentication
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 20 Automatic Access Point Configuration is unavailable with WPA/WPA2-Enterprise Authentication
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 21 4.4 Test the Setup To test to setup, you can now go to the PePWave Surf’s Main page, enter the user name and password. The realm (the text box next to the “@” sign) value can be left empty. Then click the Connect button. After connected, you should see:
PePWave Surf Series User Manual Page 22 4.5 Firmware Upgrade The PePWave Surf is able to check whether a newer firmware (the software running on the PePWave Surf) is available. This can be done in the Firmware Upgrade section. However, it is recommended that you do not update the firmware unless specifically instructed by your ISP to do so. When a firmware upgrade is needed, your ISP will either give you instructions or upgrade the firmware remotely. 4.6 Restore to Default Settings There are two ways to restore the PePWave Surf to default settings. If you are able to access the web admin interface, go to the “CPE Setup” page, and click the “Restore and Reboot” button. Otherwise, you can also power up the unit and wait for about 1 min. Then press the Reset button at the rear side of the unit using a pin and then hold it for 5 seconds. The unit will restore the settings to factory default and reboot.
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RF exposure Compliance To maintain compliance with FCC’s RF exposure guidelines, this equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator and your body. Use only the supplied antenna. FCC Caution: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC Notes: The manufacture is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

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