Zinwell ZWA-G220 ZINWELL 802.11b/g Wireless AP User Manual G220 Manual 143b 0731
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Extend the Remote AP (BSS)
This device provides a software function to extend the AP-BSS (Basic
Service Set) which is in the remote distance. When in AP, WDS, AP+WDS
mode, this device can be set up to extend the remote AP BSS. This device
plays two roles simultaneously, connecting to the remote AP-BSS as a
WLAN client and serving as local AP-BSS and then forward packages from
remote BSS to local BSS.
There are two ways below to enable this function.
1. Enable this option and then select a SSID in the Table that you want. Click
Apply Changes button to take effective. (Click Refresh button to make
table renew)
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Note: It only applies under AP、WDS and AP+WDS mode
2. Enter specific SSID in the Extended SSID field and then click Apply
Changes button to take effective.
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Ch 3. Configuring WDS
Wireless Distribution System (WDS) uses wireless media to communicate
with the other devices, like the Ethernet does. This function allows one or
more remote LANs connect with the local LAN. To do this, you must set
these devices in the same channel and set MAC address of other devices
you want to communicate with in the WDS AP List and then enable the
WDS.
When you decide to use the WDS to extend your WLAN, please refer the
following instructions for configuration.
z The bridging devices by WDS must use the same radio channel.
z When the WDS function is enabled, all wireless stations can’t connect
the device.
z If your network topology has a loop, you need to enable the 802.1d
Spanning Tree function.
z You don’t need to add all MAC address of devices existed in your
network to WDS AP List. WDS AP List only needs to specify the MAC
address of devices you need to directly connect to.
z The bandwidth of device is limited, to add more bridging devices will
split the more bandwidth to every bridging device.
WDS network topology
In this section, we will demonstrate the WDS network topologies and WDS
AP List configuration. You can setup the four kinds of network topologies:
bus, star, ring and mesh.
In this case, there are five devices with WDS enabled: WDS1, WDS2,
WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5.
Bus topology:
Device Entries of WDS AP List Spanning Tree
Protocol Required
WDS1 The MAC Address of WDS2 No
WDS2 The MAC Addresses of WDS1 and WDS3 No
WDS3 The MAC Addresses of WDS2 and WDS4 No
WDS4 The MAC Addresses of WDS3 and WDS5 No
WDS5 The MAC Address of WDS4 No
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Star topology:
Device Entries of WDS AP List Spanning Tree
Protocol Required
WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4
and WDS5
No
WDS2 The MAC Address of WDS1 No
WDS3 The MAC Address of WDS1 No
WDS4 The MAC Address of WDS1 No
WDS5 The MAC Address of WDS1 No
Ring topology:
Device Entries of WDS AP List Spanning Tree
Protocol Required
WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2 and WDS5 Yes
WDS2 The MAC Addresses of WDS1 and WDS3 Yes
WDS3 The MAC Addresses of WDS2 and WDS4 Yes
WDS4 The MAC Addresses of WDS3 and WDS5 Yes
WDS5 The MAC Addresses of WDS4 and WDS1 Yes
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Mesh topology：
LAN3
LAN 4
LAN 1
LAN 2
LAN 5
WDS #5 WDS #2
WDS #3
WDS #4
WDS #1
Device Entries of WDS AP List Spanning Tree
Protocol Required
WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 Yes
WDS2 The MAC Addresses of WDS1, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 Yes
WDS3 The MAC Addresses of WDS1, WDS2, WDS4 and WDS5 Yes
WDS4 The MAC Addresses of WDS1, WDS2, WDS3 and WDS5 Yes
WDS5 The MAC Addresses of WDS1, WDS2, WDS3 and WDS4 Yes
WDS Application
Peer to Peer connection
WDS-AP can be used to increase the coverage area of another device
(Parent WDS-AP). Between the Parent WDS-AP and the WDS-AP, Wireless
Stations can move among the coverage areas of both devices. When you
decide to use the WDS function to connect another WDS-AP, please refer
the following instructions for configuration.
z In AP mode, enable the WDS function.
z You must set these connected devices with the same radio channel and
SSID.
z Choose “WDS+AP” mode.
z Using the bus or star network topology.
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Description Entries of WDS AP List Spanning Tree
Protocol Required
Parent WDS-AP The MAC Address of WDS-AP Yes
WDS-AP The MAC Address of Parent WDS-AP Yes
Wireless Bridge
Wireless Bridge can establish a wireless connection between two or more
Wired LANs. When you decide to use the WDS as a Wireless Bridge, please
refer the following instructions for configuration.
z In AP mode, enable the WDS function.
z You must set these connected devices with the same radio channel, but
you may use different SSID.
z Choose “WDS” mode for only wireless backbone extension purpose.
z You can use any network topology, please refer the WDS topology
section.
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Ch 4. Advanced Configurations
Configuring LAN to WAN Firewall
Filtering function is used to block or permit packets from LAN to WAN. The
device supports three kinds of filter Port Filtering, IP Filtering and MAC
Filtering. All the entries in current filter table are used to restrict or allow
certain types of packets from your local network to through the device. Use
of such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local network.
Denied or Allowed list depends on your IP forwarding default policy in Route
page. The IP forwarding default policy is “ACCEPT”.
If you want block some application from LAN to WAN, you can go to Route
page to select “ACCEPT” for IP Forwarding Default Policy.
If you want permit some application from LAN to WAN, you can go to Route
page to select “DROP” for IP Forwarding Default Policy.
Port Filtering
When you enable the Port Filtering function, you can specify a single port
or port ranges in current filter table. If you select ACCEPT for the IP
forwarding default policy, once the source port of outgoing packets match
the port definition or within the port ranges in the table, the firewall will
block those packets form LAN to WAN.
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If you select DROP for the IP forwarding default policy, once the source
port of outgoing packets match the port definition or within the port ranges
in the table, the firewall will allow those packets form LAN to WAN.
IP Filtering
When you enable the IP Filtering function, you can specify local IP
Addresses in current filter table. If you select ACCEPT for the IP
forwarding default policy, once the source IP address of outgoing packets
match the IP address definition in the table, the firewall will block those
packets form LAN to WAN.
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If you select DROP for the IP forwarding default policy, once the source IP
address of outgoing packets match the IP address definition in the table,
the firewall will allow those packets form LAN to WAN.
MAC Filtering
When you enable the MAC Filtering function, you can specify the MAC
Addresses in current filter table. If you select ACCEPT for the IP
forwarding default policy, once the source MAC Address of outgoing
packets match the MAC Address definition in the table, the firewall will
block those packets form LAN to WAN.
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If you select DROP for the IP forwarding default policy, once the source
MAC Address of outgoing packets match the MAC Address definition in
the table, the firewall will allow those packets form LAN to WAN.
NAT (Network Address Translation)
NAT is the translation between public IP address and private IP address.
While NAT is enabling, you can use port forwarding or DMZ to redirect your
common network services. If you want to disable NAT, you can go to
Management-Route page to disable it and the functions of DMZ, Port
Forwarding will be disabled.
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Configuring Port Forwarding (Virtual Server)
This function allows you to automatically redirect common network services
to a specific machine behind the NAT firewall. These settings are only
necessary if you wish to host some sort of server like a web server or mail
server on the private local network behind the device's NAT firewall.
The most often used port numbers are shown in the following table.
About the other well-known ports, please search in
http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers.
Multiple Servers behind NAT Example:
In this case, there are two PCs in the local network accessible for outside
users.
Services Port Number
ECHO 7
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) 21
Telnet 23
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) 25
DNS (Domain Name System) 53
Finger 79
HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) 80
POP3 (Post Protocol) 110
NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol) 119
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) 161
SNMP trap 162
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) 5060
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) 1723
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Configuring DMZ
A Demilitarized Zone is used to provide Internet services without
sacrificing unauthorized access to its local private network. Typically, the
DMZ host contains devices accessible to Internet traffic, such as Web
(HTTP) servers, FTP servers, SMTP (e-mail) servers and DNS servers.
So that all inbound packets will be redirected to the computer you set. It
also is useful while you run some applications (ex. Internet game) that use
uncertain incoming ports.
Enable DMZ: Enable the “Enable DMZ”, and then click “Apply Changes” button to
save the changes.
DMZ Host IP Address: Input the IP Address of the computer that you want to expose to
Internet.
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Configuring WAN Interface
The device supports four kinds of IP configuration for WAN interface,
including Static IP, DHCP Client, PPPoE and PPTP. You can select one of
the WAN Access Types depend on your ISP required. The default WAN
Access Type is “Static IP”.
Static IP
You can get the IP configuration data of Static-IP from your ISP. And you
will need to fill the fields of IP address, subnet mask, gateway address,
and one of the DNS addresses.
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IP Address: The Internet Protocol (IP) address of WAN interface provided by your
ISP or MIS. The address will be your network identifier besides your
local network.
Subnet Mask: The number used to identify the IP subnet network, indicating whether
the IP address can be recognized on the LAN or if it must be reached
through a gateway.
Default Gateway: The IP address of Default Gateway provided by your ISP or MIS.
Default Gateway is the intermediate network device that has knowledge
of the network IDs of the other networks in the Wide Area Network, so it
can forward the packets to other gateways until they are delivered to the
one connected to the specified destination.
DNS 1~3: The IP addresses of DNS provided by your ISP.
DNS (Domain Name Server) is used to map domain names to IP
addresses. DNS maintain central lists of domain name/IP addresses and
map the domain names in your Internet requests to other servers on the
Internet until the specified web site is found.
Clone MAC
Address:
Clone device MAC address to the specify MAC address required by your
ISP
Enable uPnP: Enable uPnP, this function allows the device to be found and configured
automatically by the system. (Ex. Window XP)
DHCP Client (Dynamic IP)
All IP configuration data besides DNS will obtain from the DHCP server
when DHCP-Client WAN Access Type is selected.
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DNS1~3: The IP addresses of DNS provided by your ISP.
DNS (Domain Name Server) is used to map domain names to IP
addresses. DNS maintain central lists of domain name/IP
addresses and map the domain names in your Internet requests
to other servers on the Internet until the specified web site is
found.
Clone MAC
Address:
Clone device MAC address to the specify MAC address required
by your ISP
Enable uPnP: Enable uPnP, this function allows the device to be found and
configured automatically by the system. (Ex. Window XP)
PPPoE
When the PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) WAN Access
Type is selected, you must fill the fields of User Name, Password provided
by your ISP. The IP configuration will be done when the device
successfully authenticates with your ISP.
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User Name: The account provided by your ISP
Password: The password for your account.
Connect Type: “Continuous “ : connect to ISP permanently
“Manual” : Manual connect/disconnect to ISP
“On-Demand”: Automatically connect to ISP when user needs to
access the Internet.
Idle Time: The number of inactivity minutes to disconnect from ISP. This
setting is only available when “Connect on Demand” connection
type is selected.
MTU Size: Maximum Transmission Unit, 1412 is the default setting; you may
need to change the MTU for optimal performance with your specific
ISP.
DNS1~3: The IP addresses of DNS provided by your ISP.
DNS (Domain Name Server) is used to map domain names to IP
addresses. DNS maintain central lists of domain name/IP
addresses and map the domain names in your Internet requests to
other servers on the Internet until the specified web site is found.
Clone MAC
Address:
Clone device MAC address to the specify MAC address required
by your ISP.
Enable UPnP: Enable UPnP, this function allows the device to be found and
configured automatically by the system. (Ex. Window XP)
PPTP
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a service that applies to
connections in Europe only.
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IP Address: The Internet Protocol (IP) address of WAN interface provided by
your ISP or MIS. The address will be your network identifier
besides your local network.
Subnet Mask: The number used to identify the IP subnet network, indicating
whether the IP address can be recognized on the LAN or if it
must be reached through a gateway.
Server IP Address:
(Default Gateway)
The IP address of PPTP server
User Name: The account provided by your ISP
Password: The password of your account
MTU Size: Maximum Transmission Unit, 1412 is the default setting, you
may need to change the MTU for optimal performance with your
specific ISP.
DNS1~3: The IP addresses of DNS provided by your ISP.
DNS (Domain Name Server) is used to map domain names to IP
addresses. DNS maintain central lists of domain name/IP
addresses and map the domain names in your Internet requests
to other servers on the Internet until the specified web site is
found.
Clone MAC Address: Clone device MAC address to the specify MAC address required
by your ISP.
Enable uPnP: Enable uPnP, this function allows the device to be found and
configured automatically by the system. (Ex. Window XP)
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Configuring Clone MAC Address
The device provides MAC address clone feature to fit the requirement of
some ISP need to specify the client MAC address.
Physical WAN interface MAC Address clone
1. Clone MAC address for Static IP WAN access type
2. Clone MAC address for DHCP Client WAN access type
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3. Clone MAC address for PPPoE WAN access type
4. Clone MAC address for PPTP WAN access type
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5. Physical LAN interface MAC address clone
Configuring DHCP Server
1. To use the DHCP server inside the device, please make sure there is no
other DHCP server existed in the same network as the device.
2. Enable the DHCP Server option and assign the client range of IP
addresses as following page.
3. When the DHCP server is enabled and also the device router mode is
enabled then the default gateway for all the DHCP client hosts will set to
the IP address of device.
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Bandwidth Control
This functionality can control Bandwidth of Up/Downstream
1. Enable Bandwidth Control and then enter Data Rate、Latency and Burst
Packet in the specific field.
Note: Only device on Client mode or WISP mode this functionality can take
effective.
2. Parameter Definition
Label Description
Upstream Data Rate Speed of transmit data that from Ethernet
interface to Wireless interface.
Upstream Latency Similar a waiting time the data queuing- time.
Upstream Burst Packet Similar a buffer the data will into the buffer
while the data is transmit or receive.
Downstream Data Rate Speed of transmit data that from Wireless
interface to Ethernet interface.
Downstream Latency Similar a waiting time the data queuing- time.
Downstream Burst
Packet
Similar a buffer the data will into the buffer
while the data is transmit or receive.
QoS (Quality of Service)
Filter Priority and IP-ToS have not finished yet and also fine tuning.
QoS allows you to specify some rules, to ensure the quality of service in your
network. Such as use Bandwidth Priority concept to allocate bandwidth. This
function can be helpful in shaping and queuing traffic from LAN (WLAN) to
WAN or LAN to WLAN, but not WLAN to WLAN.
Enable the QoS and then fill in Bandwidth Ratio (H/M/L) the device has three
Bandwidth Priorities High, Medium and Low user can allocation Bandwidth to
these and default is High:50％, Medium:30％ and Low:20％.
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The following table describes the priorities that you can apply to bandwidth.
Priority Level Description
High Typically used for voice or video applications that is
especially sensitive to the variations in delay.
Medium Typically used for important traffic that can tolerate
some delay.
Low Typically used for non-critical traffic such as a large
number of transfers but that should not affect other
application.
Click the QoS link under Management to open the QoS Setting page. This
page is divided into three parts: basic settings, QoS rule settings, and current
QoS setting table.
1. Enable QoS and enter Max Throughput (default 20Mbps) 、
Bandwidth Ratio (default H:50%, M:30%, L:20%)
The following table describes the labels in this part.
Label Description
QoS Enabled Select this check box to enable quality of service.
Bandwidth Borrowed Select this check box to allow a rule to borrow
unused bandwidth. Bandwidth borrowing is decided
by priority of the rules. Higher priority will get the
remaining bandwidth first.
Max Throughput Enter the value of max throughput in kbps that you
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want to allocate for one rule. The value should
between 1200 kbps and 24000 kbps.
Bandwidth Ratio
(H/M/L)
You can specify the ratio of priority in these fields.
The range from 1 to 99. The High priority’s ratio
should higher than Medium priority’s ratio and
Medium priority’s ratio should higher than Low
priority’s ratio.
Apply Changes Click this button to save and apply your settings.
2. QoS Rule settings
The following table describes the labels in this part.
Label Description
IP Address Enter source/destination IP Address in dotted
decimal notation.
Netmask Once the source/destination IP Address is entered,
the subnet mask address must be filled in this field.
MAC Address Enter source/destination MAC Address.
Port / range You can enter specific port number or port range of
the source/destination
Protocol Select a protocol from the drop down list box.
Choose TCP/UDP, TCP or UDP.
Bandwidth Priority Select a bandwidth priority from the drop down list
box. Choose Low, Medium or High.
Filter Priority Select a filter priority number from the drop down
list box. Lower number gets higher priority while
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two rules have the same bandwidth priority.
IP TOS Set Select an IP type-of-service value from the drop
down list box. Choose Normal Service, Minimize
Cost, Maximize Reliability, Maximize Throughput,
or Minimize Delay.
Apply Changes Click this button to save and apply your settings.
Reset Click this button to begin re-input the parameters.
Current QoS setting table
In this part, you can see how many rules have been specified. And you can
see the detail about the rules and manage the rules. This table can input 50
rules at most.
An example for usage
User B
Internet
AP
WANLAN
VoIP
FTP
Web
User A
User C
For example, there are three users in your network.
y User A wants to browse the websites to retrieve information.
y User B wants to use FTP connection to download a large file.
y User C wants to use software phone to connect with customer.
The voice is sensitive to the variations in delay; you can set High priority for
User C. The FTP transmission may take a long time; you can set Low priority
for User B.
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Static Route Setup
User can set the routing information let the Router knows what routing is
correct also it can not learn automatically through other means.
For example, if user wants to link the Network 3 and Network 4 separately from
Network 1 that Routing Table configuration as below:
1. Enable Static Route in Route Setup of TCP/IP page and then enter IP
Address of Network 3、Subnet Mask and IP Address of Router (R1) in
Default Gateway field final click Apply Change button.
2. Enter IP Address of Network 4、Subnet Mask and IP Address of Router (R2)
in Default Gateway field final click Apply Change button.
3. In Static Route Table there have two routings for Network 3 and Network 4
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Dynamic Route Setup
The Dynamic Route utilizes RIP1/2 to transmit and receive the route
information with other Routers.
1. Enable Dynamic Route and then select RIP 1 、RIP2 or Both to
transmit/receive packets final click Apply Change button.
2. Click Show Route Table button to show Dynamic Route Table.
3. In Dynamic Routing Table there have two routings for Network 3 and
Network 4
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VPN Pass-through
This functionality let the device can Pass-through the VPN packets including
PPTP/ L2TP/IPsec VPN Connection.
1. Check the VPN Pass-through in WAN Interface of TCP/IP Page that you
want and then click Apply Changes button.
Using CLI Menu
Start a SSH(Secure Shell) client session to login the device
The SSH server daemon inside device uses well-known TCP port 22.
User must use SSH client utility such like Putty to login the device. The
default password for user “root” is “qwert”, once user login the device
then can change the password by CLI command.
Execute CLI program
This program won’t execute automatically when user login the device.
User must manually execute it by typing the case-sensitive command
“cli”. Please note that any modified settings won’t save permanently
until user “Apply Changes to Flash” or reboot it. The new settings
modified by CLI will take effect after rebooting the device.
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Menu Tree List
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The System Management
Password Protection
Both Web-Browser and SSH configuration interfaces have password
protection.
To disable the Web-Browser password protection just leave the “User
Name” field to blank then click “Apply Changes” button.
To change the password of user “root” for SSH session, please use the
CLI menu item G. ManagementÆF. Password
SNMP Agent
This device is compatible with SNMP v1/v2c and provides standard MIB II.
Currently only the “public” community string is available and the modified
settings by SNMP SET request will be lost after rebooting the device.
1. Enable SNMP and then enter IP Address of SNMP Manager in Trap
Receiver IP Address field and Community String in System Community
String field. Final click Apply Changes button.
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2. Following Table describes the SNMP configuration parameter
Label Description
System Community String This is password sent with each trap to the
SNMP Manager.
System Name Type the Name which is name of device.
System Location Type the Location which is location of
device
System Contact Type the Name which is person or group
when the device has problem can find
they.
Trap Receiver IP Address Type the IP Address which is address of
SNMP Manager.
Trap Receiver Community
String
This is password receive with trap from
the device (SNMP Agent).
3. SNMP Traps
Traps Description
coldStart(0) The trap from device after reboot the
device
linkDown(2) The trap is sent when any of the links are
down. See the following table.
linkup(3) The trap is sent when any of the links are
UP. See the following table.
authenticationFailure(4) The trap is sent when the device receiving
gets or sets requirement with wrong
community.
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4. Private MIBs
OID Description
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.1 Mode, Operation Mode in device.
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.2 SSID, SSID of the device
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.3 Channel, Channel of the device in WLAN
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.4 Band, 802.11g / 802.11b only
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.5 RSSI, Receive Signal Strength Index
(Support AP and Client RSSI)
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.6 Active_Clients, The number of associate
clients
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.7 Active_Clients_List, Client’s Information
(MAC Address, Data Rate, RSSI…etc)
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.8 Encryption, Encryption type of device in
Wireless Network
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.1 - Mode
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.2 - SSID
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.3 - Channel
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.4 - Band
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1.3.6.1.4.1.99.5 - RSSI
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.6 - Active_Clients
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.7 - Active_Clients_List
1.3.6.1.4.1.99.8 - Encryption
Miscellaneous Settings
HTTP Port
The default http port is 80. For security concern, you can change the device’s
http port, to protect this web server from intrusion and attack.
1. Entering the port number you want to change in HTTP PORT field, then
click Apply Changes button.
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2. After apply change, you should re-login the web server. Type
http://192.168.2.254:65500/ in URL field.
RSSI Interval
Input your RSSI Interval to specify the refresh time of RSSI information. The
RSSI information can be found on the page of Wireless Basic Setting, Active
Client Table, Wireless Site Survey and Status. Because it has to wait to receive
the radio signal, the throughput of this device will be impacted if the interval is
too short. The default interval is 100 seconds.
Ping WatchDog
Ping WatchDog Enabled:
Click to enable this function. This device can check its own status by ping
another host. When user enable this option, the device perform ping to a
specific network host. Once the ping is timeout, it may be caused by its network
function crashes, and the device will reboot to fix it.
Following Table describes the Ping WatchDog configuration parameter
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Label Description
Target Host IP
Address
Specify the IP Address of the Network host to ping.
Ping Interval Specify the waiting time for the next ping. If this time
is too short, it will impact the through of this AP. The
default value is 100.
Ping Threshold Specify the Ping-fail times of criteria. If this device
ping fails several times continuously, and the fail
times meet this criterion, it will perform reboot. The
default value is 5.
Ping Rebooting
Delay
The time before it starting rebooting. When it meets
the Ping Threshold, it will wait for this time and then
reboot. The default value is 60.
Aiming Tool
The “Aiming tool” can help the installer of the device to find the best
direction targeting the specific Access Point or IBSS. It displays the RSSI
of the specify SSID on the Wireless Site Survey page on the web, so the
installer can adjust the antenna of this device to find the best position and
angle.
When this device is in AP Client mode, the user can click the “Aim” option
of one SSID on the list in the Wireless Site Survey page and then click the
“Aiming” button.
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After clicking the “Aiming” button, RSSI will be displayed on the web
page. The RSSI information will be refreshed by second. You can adjust
the position and the angle of the antenna while the device is aiming.
The RSSI value will change depending on your adjustment, so it is very
easy to get a high RSSI by aiming.
To stop the Aiming tool, the user just click “Stop Aiming” button.
*: If you can’t get high RSSI through aiming, consider changing a high
gain antenna to improvement the RF receives.
Connecting Profile
To enable this function, this device must be in the client mode. User clicks
to enable this function and input the SSID of preferred AP and then click
“Apply Changes”. The BSSID field is an option in case of two preferred
APs having the same SSID. In this case, this device will check both SSID
and BSSID and connect to the matching AP. We can leave it empty in the
normal case.
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After enabling the connecting profile, the system will check the preferred
SSID in a fixed period, if preferred APs are found; the radio will try to
connect with them one by one from top to down of the list and regardless
of the signal quality and strength. The users can put their most favorite AP
on the top so it will be connected first. Please note that check the
preferred APs will impact the throughput a lot! Unless the signal strength
is good enough, otherwise don't set the interval too short. The default
value is 10 minutes. And currently, all the profiles share the same security
setting.
To delete one SSID in the list, users click the square to select it and click
“Delete Selected” and then click “OK” in the pop-up window to confirm it.
The user can delete the whole list once for all! Just click “Delete All” and
then click “OK” in the pop-up window to confirm it.
To simply disable this function, the user just clicks to disable “Enable
connecting profile”. The preferred AP list will be preserved for the next
use.
Firmware Upgrade
Firmware Types
The firmware for this device is divided into 2 parts, one is web pages
firmware the other is application firmware, and the naming usually are
zwa-g220linux_adv_lna0.bin and zwa-g220webpages_adv.bin. To
upgrade firmware, we suggest user first upgrade the application
firmware then web pages firmware.
Upgrading Firmware
The Web-Browser upgrading interface is the simplest and safest way for
user, it will check the firmware checksum and signature, and the wrong
firmware won’t be accepted. After upgrading, the device will reboot and
please note that depends on the version of firmware, the upgrading may
cause the device configuration to be restored to the factory default
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setting, and the original configuration data will be lost!
To upgrade firmware, just assign the file name with full path then click
“Upload” button as the following page.
Memory Limitation
To make sure the device have enough memory to upload firmware, the
system will check the capacity of free memory, if the device lack of
memory to upload firmware, please temporarily turn-off some functions
then reboot the device to get enough memory for firmware uploading.
Configuration Data Backup & Restore
Reset Setting to Factory Default Value
Since the device is designed for outdoor used, there is no interface
outside the housing to reset the configuration value to the factory
default value. The device provides the Web-Browser interface to rest
the configuration data. After resetting it, the current configuration data
will be lost and restored to factory default value.
Saving & Restoring Configuration Data
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To save & restore configuration data of device, just assign the target
filename with full path at your local host, then you can backup
configuration data to local host or restore configuration data to the
device.
Auto Discovery Tool
User can use this tool to find out how many devices in your local area
network. The name of tool is WirelessConf.exe it in the packing CD.
Login:
When the user opens this Auto Discovery tool, the login password must be
inputted. The default password is “qwert”. After inputting the password, click
“Login” button to open the tool.
If the user doesn’t input the password or input a wrong password, he can’t login
the tool and see the alert window.
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1. Change Password
The user can change the default login password. Just enter new password after
login this tool and click “Change Password” button.
The pop-up window shows that the password has been successfully changed.
2. Discover
After press this button, you could see there are how many devices in your network.
And you would see the basic information about these devices, such as:
y SSID
y IP Address
y Subnet Mask
y Operation Mode
y Channel number
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y MAC Address
y Active Client: this field shows how many clients associated with the device
y RSSI: this field shows Received Signal Strength Indication while device is
on AP-Client mode
3. Setup IP
After you press the Setup IP button, you would see Setup IP Address window.
You could change device’s IP Address, Netmask, and Default Gateway in this
window. But if the device’s web server needs User Name and Password to login,
you should fill in these two fields and then apply changes.
4. Detail
If you want to see more detailed information, you could press the Detail button,
and then you would see the Detail Information window.
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5. WDS
If the device you selected is on WDS mode or AP+WDS mode, you could press
WDS button, and then you would see the WDS List window.
6. Active Clients
After press Active Clients button, you would see WLAN AP Active Clients window.
In this window, you could see client’s information, such as:
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7. Connect to Web Server
If you want connect to device’s web server, you could press this button, or
double-click on the device.
8. Close
You could press this button to leave this tool.
9. Reset the password to default password
If the user had changed the login password and forgot it, he can execute
“ResetPassword.exe” to reset to the default password. When the password has
been reset by this program, the following message window will be prompt on
screen. Then the user can use the default password “qwert” to login the tool.