Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto EAP600 del fabbricante EnGenius
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1 W ireless- N 300 + 30 0Mbps L ong Ra nge Ce ilin g Mount D ual Concur rent A cc ess P oint EAP600 W ireless - N 300 + 300Mbps L o ng Range Ceiling Mount Dual Co ncurrent Ac cess P oint V1.
1 T able of Contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Featur es and Benefit s .................
2 5.6 System Log ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 6 Sy s te m ....................
3 Appendix A – FC C Inter ference Statement .......................................................................................................................... 78 Appendix B – IC Inter ference St atement ....................................
4 R evision Histor y V er sion Date Notes 1.0 201 2/07/31 F irs t R elea se.
5 1 Introducti on The E AP600 is a high - powered, lon g- r ange d ual - band concurr ent wir eless 802.11a/b/g/n access point with four major functi onal mode s.
6 1.1 Feat ures and Benef its Feat ures Benef it s High Speed Data R ate Up to 30 0 M bps for each band (2.4GHz / 5GHz) Capable of ha ndling hea vy data payloads suc h as HD mult imedia streami ng. 10/1 00 /1000 Giga bit Et he rnet Suppor t up to 1 000M bps wired net work ing speed .
7 1.2 Packa ge Cont en ts The EAP600 package contains the following it ems (all items mu st be in package to issue a refund): EAP600 Access Point 12V/ 2 A 100V~240V P ower Adap ter RJ - 45.
8 b) T empor ar y W or kgroups Cre ate tem porar y work groups /netw orks i n more open ar eas wi thin a buil ding – auditoriums, amphithe ater cla ssrooms, ball rooms, ar enas, e xhibiti on ce nters, t emporar y o ff ices wher e one want s either a pe rmanent or temporar y W ireless L A N establi shed.
9 2 Before you Begin This section w ill guide y ou through the insta llati on pr ocess . Placement o f the EnG enius EAP 600 is essential t o maximize the access poin t’ s per for mance. Avoid placing th e EAP600 in an enclose d space such as a closet, ca binet, or stair well.
10 2.2 Com puter Set tings ( in W indow s XP /Windo ws 7 ) In orde r to us e the EAP60 0, you must f irst conf igure the T CP/IPv4 conne ction of your W indow s OS co mputer sy stem.
11 In Windows X P , click Network Connection s In Windows 7 , click View Network Status and Tasks in th e Network and Internet section, t hen select Change adapter settings Right click on .
12 Select “ Inter net Protocol Version 4 ( TCP/IP v4 ) ” an d then select Properties Select Use the followi ng IP address and enter an IP addres s that is different from the E AP600 and subnet mask then click OK . Note: Ensure that the IP address and subnet mask are on the same subnet as the devic e.
13 2.3 Computer Se ttings in Apple Mac OS X Go to System Preferences ( can be op ened in the Applications folder or selecting it in th e Apple Menu ) Select Netw ork in the Internet & Netw.
14 2.4 Hardware Installation 1. Ensure that the c ompute r in use has an Ether net Control ler (RJ - 45 Et hernet Port). For m ore i nfor mation, ver ify with y our compute r ’s use r manual. 2. Connect one end of the Category 5e Ethernet cable into the RJ - 45 port of the EAP600 a nd the other end to the RJ - 45 port of the compute r.
15 Mounti ng the E AP60 0 Using the provided har dware, the EAP600 can be attac hed to a ceiling or wall. T o at tach the EAP600 to a cei ling or wall using the mou nting bracket: 1) Attach the mounting b racke t to the wall or ceiling using the provided wall/ceiling mounting hardwar e kit.
16 3) Mount the EAP600 on the mounting bracke t by rot ating the unit clockwise about 90 degrees to secure i t in place. T o at tach the EAP600 to a cei ling using the provided T - rail connectors: 1) Attach the T - ra il conne ctors t o the bottom cov er of t he EAP600 using the provided shor t scre ws.
17 2) Line up the connect ed T - rail conne ctors with an appro priately sized rail and pr ess the uni t onto the ra il until i t snaps into place. Note : T o protec t your EAP600 , use the Kensing ton security slot to at tach a cable lock (cable lock is no t included).
18 Front Pane l Rea r Panel Front P anel R eset Button One click for reset the devic e. Press over 10 seconds for r eset to facto r y default. LED Lights LED lights for WPS, WL AN 5 G , WL AN 2.4 G , Ethernet por t and Po wer . R ear Panel Po we r DC IN for P owe r .
19 3 Configur ing Y our Access Poin t This section w ill show you how t o conf igu re t he de vice using the w eb - ba sed conf iguration i nterface. 3.1 Default Settin gs Ple ase u s e your Ethe rnet p or t or wireless networ k adapter to connec t the Access P oint .
20 3.2 Web Co nfigura ti on Open a web browser (Int ernet Ex plorer/Fir efox/Safar i) and ent er the IP Addr ess http ://192.168. 1 .1 Note: If you h ave changed the de fault LAN IP Address of the A cces s Poin t , ensure you enter the correct IP Addres s.
21 If successful, you will b e logging in and see the EAP600 User Menu ..
22 4 Building a Wir eless Net work The EAP600 has the ability t o operate in v arious modes. This chapter describes the operating modes of the EAP600. 4.1 Acces s Point Mode In Acce ss P oint Mode, EAP600 behav es lik es a central c onnection f or stations or clie nts that suppor t IEEE 80 2.
23 4.2 WDS AP M ode The EAP600 also supp or ts W DS AP m ode. This operating mode a llows wir eless conne ctions to the E AP600 using WDS tec hnology . In this mode , conf igure the M AC addresses in both A ccess P o ints t o en large the wireless a rea by ena bling WDS Link set tings.
24 4.3 WDS Br idge Mo de In WDS Br idge Mode, the E AP600 can wir elessly connect differ ent L ANs by conf iguring the MAC addres s and security settings o f each EAP60 0 device. Use this mode when two wi red LAN s located a small distance apar t want to communicat e with e ach other .
25 4.4 Repeater mode The Repeater mode i s used to regen erate or replicate sig nals from a wir eless r outer or other access point/stat ion that is unable to reac h cer tai n areas in a b uilding.
26 5 S tatus The Sta t us section co ntains the follo wing options: Main , 2.4G /5G W ireless Client L is t , 2. 4G /5 G Connect io n S tatus , 2.4G/5G WDS Link List and Sys t e m Log .
27 5.2 Main Clicking th e Main link under the Stat u s me nu or clicking Home at the top - right o f the EAP600 P age sh ows th e status informa tion ab out the curre nt operating m ode.
28 - The L AN Settings section s hows the Lo cal A rea Network setting s s uch as the LAN IP Address , Subnet M ask , and DNS A ddress . - The Curre nt 2.4 G/5G W ireless Set tings section show s wir eless informatio n such a s Operating M ode , F requency , an d C hannel.
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30 5.3 2.4G /5G Wireless Client L ist Clicking th e 2.4G /5G W ireless C lient Lis t link under the Sta t u s menu displays the list of clients as sociated t o the EAP600 ’ s 2.4GHz /5GHz , along with the MAC a ddresse s and signal strength for each client.
31 5.4 2.4 G/5G Connec tion St atus Click on t he 2.4G/5G Connecti on Status link under the Sta t us menu. This p age displays th e curre nt status of the N etwork , includin g N etwork T ype, SSID , BSSID , C onnection S tatus, W ireless M ode, C u rrent C hannel, S ecu rity , D at a R ate, N oi se L eve l , and S ignal S trength.
32 5.5 2.4G/5 G WDS Link List Click on t he 2.4G/5G WDS Link List link unde r the St at u s menu. This page di splays the current status o f the WDS link , includin g WDS Link ID , MAC Address , Link St atu s and RSSI. Note : Only app licab le in WDS AP and WDS Bridge mo de.
33 5.6 System Log The EAP600 a utomatically logs (records) events of possibl e inter est in its inte rnal memor y . T o view the logged informati on, click the System Log link under the St a t u s menu. If t here is not e nough internal m emor y to log all event s, olde r event s are deleted from the log.
34 6 System 6.1 Ope ration Mode The EAP600 sup por ts four operating modes: Access P o int, WDS AP , WD S Bridge, and R epeater . S ystem Pro pert ies Device Nam e Enter a name for the devic e. The name you type appears in SNMP management. This name is not the SSID and is not bro adcast to other devices.
35 6.2 IP Settings This page allows you to modify the device ' s IP settin gs. IP Se tt ing s IP Network Settin g Select whether the device IP address will u se the static IP address specif ie d in the IP Address f ield or be obt ained automatically when the device connect s to a D HC P ser ver .
36 6.3 Spanning Tre e Setting This page al lows you to m odif y the Sp anning T ree set tings. Enabli ng Sp anning T ree protoc ol wil l prev ent network loop s in your LAN network. Spa nning T ree Spa nning T ree S tatus Enable or disable the Spanning T ree function.
37 Priority Specify the Pr iority N um ber . A s maller number ha s great er priority . Accept / C ancel Click Accep t to conf irm the changes or Cancel to cancel and return previous set tings.
38 7 2.4G/ 5G Wireless 7.1 Wireless Network This page displays the current stat us o f the W ireless settin gs of t h e E AP600 . Access P oint / WDS AP mode:.
39 2.4G/5G Wireless Netwo rk (Access P oi nt / WDS AP mode) W irel ess Mode W ireless mode suppor ts 802.11 b/g /n mixed mode in 2.4G and 802.11a/n mix ed mode in 5G . Channel HT Mode The default channel band wid th is 20/ 40M Hz. The larger the channel, the b etter the transmission quality and speed.
40 Auto Check this option to enable auto - channel selec tion. AP Dete ctio n AP Detection can select the best channel t o use by scanning nearby areas f o r Access P oints. Curre nt Profile Conf igure up to eig ht different SSI D s (four in WDS AP mode ).
41 2.4G/5G S SID Prof ile.
42 2.4G/5G SSID Prof ile SSID Specify the SSID for the curr ent pro f ile. Su ppressed SSID Check this option to hide the SSID from client s. If checked, the SSID will not appear in the site sur vey . S tation Se paration Click the appropriate radi o but ton to allow or pr event communication between client devic es.
43 R epeater mode:.
44 2.4G/5G Wireless Netwo rk (R epete r mode) W irel ess Mode W ireless mode suppor ts 802.11b/g /n mixed mode in 2.4G and 802.11a/n mix ed mode in 5G . SSID The SSID is a unique named shared amongst all the point s of the wireless netw ork . The SSID must be identical on all points o f the wireless network and cannot ex ceed 32 characters.
45 7.2 Wireless Security The W ireless Security section l ets you c onf igure the EA P600 ' s securit y mode s: WEP , WP A - P S K , W PA 2 -PS K , W PA - PSK Mixed, WP A , WP A2, and WP A M ixe d. It is st ron g ly recommend to u s e W PA 2 -PSK.
46 Y ou mus t enter a K ey V alue for the Defau lt Key . Encr yption K ey # Enter the k ey value or values you wi sh to use. Only the K ey select ed as Default is requir ed.
47 WPA Enc ryptio n: Only in Access Poi nt / WDS AP mo de W PA En cr y p ti on En cr yp ti on Select the WPA encryption type you would like. Please ensure that your wireless c lients use the same settings. R adius Se r ver Enter the IP addr ess o f the R adius s er ver .
48 Radius Accounti ng Enable or disable accounting featur e. Radiu s Acco unting Ser v er Enter the IP addr ess o f the R adius a ccounting s er ver . Radius Accounti ng Po r t Enter the por t number us ed for connections to the R adiu s accounting ser ver .
49 7.3 S ite Survey Use thi s fea ture to sc a n nearby Acces s P oint s. Note: O nly appl icable in Repeater mode. 1. Click Site Sur vey ..
50 2. Scanning the n earby Access P o in ts 3. The EAP600 will lis t the available acc ess poi nts after site su r ve y ..
51 Site Sur vey ( Re peater mode) BSSI D Access Point's w ireless MAC address. SSID SSID that the Access Poin t is broadcasting. Channel Channel that the Access P oint is using. Signal Level (dBm) Signal strength from the Access Point t o your s tation.
52 5. Ente r the corr ect se curity se tting..
53 7.4 Wireless MA C Filter ing W ireless M AC Filterin g is used to a llow or d eny network a ccess to wireless clients (comp uters, tablet PCs, N AS, smar tphones, etc.) ac cording t o their MAC a ddresses. Y ou can manually add a MAC addr ess to restrict t he permi ssion t o access EAP600.
54 W irel ess MAC Filter (Access Point / WDS AP mo de ) ACL Mode Determines whether network access is granted or denied to clients whose MAC addresses appear in the MAC Address table on this page. Choic es are : Dis able d , Deny MAC in the list , or Allow MAC in the l ist .
55 7.5 Wireless Advance d This page allows you to conf igure wire less advance s et tings. It is recommended that the default settings are used unless th e user h as experience wit h more advanced n etworkin g features .
56 2.4G/5G W ireless A dvance d Data Rate Select a d at a rate fr om the dr op - down list. The data rate a ffects thr oughput of dat a in the EAP600 . The lower the dat a rate, t he throughput will be lower , but so will the transmission distance. T ran smit Power Set the power output of t he wireless signal.
57 7.6 WPS ( Wi - Fi Protected Se tup ) Wi - F i Protected Setup (WPS) featu re complies w ith th e W i - F i Allia nce WPS st andard and mak es it easier t o quickly add client devic es to an establish ed, security - en abled W i - F i n etwork .
58 WPS ( Wi - Fi Protec ted Setup ) WPS Select to Ena ble or Disable the WPS feature. WPS Cu rre nt S tatus Shows whether the WPS function is C onf igured or un C onfigured . When it is Conf igured, th e WPS has been used to a uthorize connection betw een the device and wireless clients.
59 WPS v ia PIN Enter the PIN code o f the w ireless device and c lick this button to initialize WPS feature using the PIN method..
60 7.7 WDS Link Setting s Using WDS (W ireless Dis tributio n System) will allow a net work admin istrator or installer to co nnect to Acce ss P oint s wirelessly . Do ing so will extend the wired infr astructure to locat ions where cabling i s not po ssible or ineff icient to implement .
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62 2.4G/5G WDS Link Set tings Securi ty Select None or AES from drop - down list. AES Passphrase Enter the key valu es you wish to use. Other AP( s) must use the same key to establish WDS link . MAC A ddre ss Enter the Access Point’s MAC address to whic h you want to extend the wireless area.
63 8 Management 8.1 Admi n istration This page allows y ou to c hange the EAP600 username and password . By default, t he usern ame is adm in and t he passw ord is: adm in . Th e p a ssw ord ca n cont ain 0 to 12 alphanumeric ch aracters and is case s ensitive.
64 8.2 Manage ment V LA N Settings This page allows you to assign a VLAN tag to the pac ke ts. A VLAN is a group o f comput ers on a networ k whose soft ware has been conf igure d so that t hey behave as if they were on a separate Local Are a Network (LAN).
65 Manag ement VLAN (O nly applicable in Access P oint mod e) Prof ile Isolation R es tricted c lient to communicate w ith different VID by s electing the rad io button.
66 8.3 Wireless Traffic Shaping T raff ic shaping regulates the fl ow of packet s l eaving an inter face to deliver improved Quali ty of Ser v ice. W ireless T r aff ic Shaping Enabl e T raff ic Shaping Check this option to enable wir eless traff ic shaping.
67 8.4 SNMP Settings This page all ow s y ou to assign t he Cont act Det ails , Locati on, Communit y N ame , and T rap S et tings for Simple Net work Managem ent Pr otocol ( SNMP ) . This is a networking management p r otocol us ed t o monit or net work attac hed devices.
68 SN MP SNMP E nable/ Disabl e Enable or D isable SNMP feature. Co n tac t Specify the contact det ails of the device Location Specify the location of the devic e. Community Name (R ead Onl y ) Specify the passwor d for the SNMP community for r ead only access.
69 8.5 Backup/Restore This page allows y ou to save the c urrent devic e conf igurations. W hen you sav e the c onf igurati ons, you al so can r eloa d the saved c onf iguratio ns into the de vice through the Resto re Saved S et tings from A Fil e section .
70 8.6 Auto Reboot Settin g s Y ou can spec ify how long to re boot the EAP600 p eriodically . Auto R eboot Settings Auto R eboot Setting Enable or disable the aut o reboot functi on. Frequency of Auto Reboot T o specif y the time to r eboot the EAP600 by Min , Hour , Day or Wee k .
71 8.7 Firmware Upgrade This page a llows yo u to upgrade the f ir mware of the EA P600 . To perform the Firmware Upgrade: 1. Click the Browse butto n and navigate the OS F ile System to the l ocation of the upgrade file. 2. Select the upgrad e file. The n ame of th e file w ill appear in the Upgrade File field.
72 8.8 Time Setting This page a llows you to se t the inter na l clock of the EAP600 . T ime Manu ally Set Da te and T ime Manually specify the dat e and time .
73 8.9 Log This page allows y ou to setup S yslog and l ocal log func tions of the EAP600 . Log Sy s lo g Enable or disable the syslog function. Log Ser ver IP Address Enter the IP addr ess o f the log ser ver . Local Log Enable or disable the local log ser vice.
74 8.10 Diagn os tics This page allows y ou to an alyze the conne ction quality o f t he EAP600 an d trace the routing t able to a t arget in th e networ k . Diagnosis Ta r g e t I P Enter the IP addr ess you w ould lik e to search. Ping Packet Size Enter the pack et size of e ach ping.
75 8.11 LED Control This page allows y ou to control LED on/o ff for P ower , L AN interface, 2.4G/5G WL AN in ter face and WPS ..
76 8.12 Logout Click [ Logout ] in Man agement menu to logout..
77 8.13 Reset In some c ircumst ances , it may be requir ed to force the device t o reboot. Click on Re boot the Device to r eboot the EAP600 ..
78 Appendix A – FCC Interference Stateme nt Federal Communication Commission Inter f erence S tatement This equipment has be en tested and found to co mply with the limits for a Class B dig it al d evice, purs uant to P ar t 15 of the FC C Rules.
79 Appendix B – IC Interference Statement Indus tr y Canada statem ent: This device complies with RSS - 210 of t h e Indus tr y Canada Rules. Oper ation is sub ject to the following two conditio ns:.
80 Cet équ ipe ment es t confo rme au x limit es d ' exposition aux rayon nements IC établies pour un env ironnement non contrôlé. Cet équipement doit être in stall é et ut ilisé av ec u n minimu m de 2 1 cm de d istanc e entr e la sou rce de r ayo nne ment et vo tre co rps.
81 Appendix C – CE Interference Statem ent Europe – EU Declaratio n o f Conformi ty This device co mplies with the essenti al requir ements of the R&TTE Directive 1999 /5/EC.
82 In Italy the end - user should apply for a lic ense at the national spectru m authoritie s in order to obtain authorization to use the d evice for s etting up outdoor ra dio l ink s and/or for supplying publi c access to telecommuni cations and/or network ser vi ces.
83 Français [F rench] P a r la présente [nom du fabric ant] déclare que l'ap pareil [type d 'app areil] est conforme aux exigences essentie lles et aux autres dispositions per tinentes de la directi ve 1999/5/CE.
84 väs entliga egenskapskrav och övr iga re lev an t a bestämmelser som framgår av direktiv 1999/5/EG ..
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il EnGenius EAP600 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del EnGenius EAP600 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso EnGenius EAP600 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul EnGenius EAP600 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il EnGenius EAP600, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del EnGenius EAP600.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il EnGenius EAP600. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo EnGenius EAP600 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
