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    LevelOne WAC-1000 / WAC-1001 Wireless LAN Controller User's Manual V1. 0_20151110
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    Table of Contents Introduction ...1 0.1 Manual Description ...1 0.2 Interface style ...1 0.3 Basic conventions ...1 0.4 Factory configuration ...2 Chapter 1 Product Overview ...3 1.1 Key characteristics ...3 1.2 Specifications of product...3 Chapter 2 Hardware installation ...4 2.1 Panel description
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    28 7.1 Setting online ...28 7.2 Offline settings ...28 7.3 Blacklist settings ...29 Chapter 8 Log ...30 Chapter 9 Settings ...32 9.1 Service area...32 9.1.1 Wireless settings...33 9.1.2 VLAN settings ...34 9.1.3 Security settings ...35 9.1.4 Bandwidth setting ...38 9.2 Radio frequency template...39
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    Chapter 11 FAQ ...52 Appendix A List of Common IP ...53 Appendix B Common service ports ...54 Appendix C Figure index ...55 Appendix D LICENSE STATEMENT / GPL CODE STATEMENT 58
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    Explorer browser to Version 10.0 or above. 0.1 Manual Description This manual applies to wireless controllers. This manual description is applied to the features and functions of wireless find options to be chosen. 0.3 Basic conventions 1) Icon description Router Switch WAC-1000/ WAC-1001 AP 1
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    Modem Server Wired client Wireless client PDA 2) Symbol appointment Refers to basic parameters, describing the basic meaning of the parameters. If a parameter contains "*", which means this parameter is a required item. Means tips, pointing out the priorities, considerations. Means to list the
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    functions and features of LevelOne ReOS_SE software platform WAC-1000 / WAC-1001. 1.1 Key characteristics Automatically find and associate the LevelOne wireless AP, without the need to do any configuration of AP, to achieve the centralized management of AP Support real-time monitoring the AP status
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    is shown in the schematic diagram below. Figure 2- 1 Front Panel -- WAC-1000 2.1.1 Description of LED lights LED lights Description PWR Power LED SYS System Provide an external USB interface. Remarks LAN (RJ-45) port supports adaptive positive and negative lines. Connect the USB disk, to
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    2.2 Installation Guidelines 1) Make sure that your workbench or standard rack is level and stable. 2) Do not place heavy objects on the Device. 3) Make sure that there is proper heat dissipation and adequate ventilation around the Device. 4) Position
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    the Device in a Rack 2 2.5 Connecting the Device Follow these steps to connect the Device: 1）Connect the Device to the local network Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to one of the LAN ports on the Device, and the other end to a network port on a PC, hub, switch or wireless access point
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    it is already installed, please skip this step. Step 3 Do one the following to configure TCP/IP settings on your computer: ① If you want set the IP address and other settings manually, select Use the following IP address, set the IP address to an unused one in the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet,
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    If the Ping command is successful, the connection between the computer and the Device is working properly. If the Ping command fails, please do the following: ① Check physical connection: Verify that the LAN LED on the Device and the LED on your computer's network card are lit. ② Check TCP/IP
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    Figure 3-2 Web UI Home Page 1) The page shows the number of online and offline APs, and the number of wireless users online, click on the icon and to refresh the number of APs and wireless users online. The icons on the top mean as follows: : Number of APs online, which means the number of
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    the current drawing can be saved to the local computer. The right side of this page is the display interface of the distribution map. With manually addition, all the APs you manage will be displayed on the map. AP's online status is represented by colors, green means AP online, while gray
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    : AP's serial number. Online client: The number of clients accessed to the AP. Channel: Show the current wireless network frequency where AP works. SSID: SSID (Service Set Identification) is used to uniquely identify a string of wireless network, and is case sensitive. 11
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    4.3 Load detection Click on Map → Load detection, to detect the proportion of the number of wireless clients accessed to AP to the AP carrying capacity. The detection results are represented by colors: Green: The proportion of the number of clients accessed to AP to the AP carrying capacity is less
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    Figure 4- 5 Interference detection 4.5 Overlay Plots Click on Map → Overlay Plot, to view the coverage area of AP wireless signal. On the map, the coverage area of the AP is displayed by a circle with the AP icon as the center of a circle. Figure 4- 6 AP Overlay Plot Before viewing the coverage area
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    box pops up, as shown in the figure below, to upload drawings and enter the name and description of the drawing. Note: The drawing name supports only the names that contain upper/lowercase letters, numbers, underline, and the picture name only
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    Figure 4- 9 Drawings import Delete drawings in batch: Check the multiple drawings to be deleted, and click Delete button in the top right side of the page. 15
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    Chapter 5 Statistics In the statistics menu, the administrator can view the statistics data classified according to the SSID, radio frequency, distribution map and operating system by all wireless LAN clients, the number of accessed wireless clients and APs, the most active wireless clients, the
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    in registration. In the practical applications, it is common for WAC-1000 / WAC-1001＋Fit AP to register by crossing three-layer network. Our device has three ways of implementation: the first is the DNS mode, which requires the support from DNS, DHCP Server, and is relatively complex; the second
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    wireless controller. Tip: (1) In the process of device operation, while the configuration file is modified on the AP, for instance, it joins in a service area, WAC-1000 / WAC-1001 will save the modified configuration file locally and send it to AP, and the configuration file will be deleted after
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    the terminal is connected to AP2 from AP1 is two-layer wireless roaming. Way of implementation: Configure a service area on the device and enable the roaming function, and add AP1, AP2 into the same service area; when the AP reaches the set roaming threshold, the two-layer wireless roaming can be
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    products in LevelOne WAC series, but the device of other manufacturers does not support it. 6.2.1 Batch settings When there are multiple APs needing to perform the same action, for example, to be set to the same RF template, administrator password, software version, to join the same service area and
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    6.2.2 AP Settings Do personalized settings for each AP. Click on the information about the client, system of AP. behind the AP name to be set, view the details of the AP, set 6.2.2.1 Details In the AP list, click the Name/MAC address of AP, to show the AP details interface, in which you can view
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    2) Trend statistics View the number of users accessing to the current AP at the time points, wireless throughput, packet loss rate and packet error ratio. Wireless throughput: The wireless upload, download rate of the current AP. Packet loss rate: Refers to the ratio of the lost error packets to the
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    Figure 6- 7 Radio frequency information 2.4GHz: Displays if the AP 2.4 G function is enabled. Mode: Displays the AP wireless working mode. Rate: Displays the AP wireless rate. Channel bandwidth: Displays the channel bandwidth occupied by the wireless data transmission. Channel: Displays the channel
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    Click Device→AP name→ Settings to enter into the AP Settings page, and you can modify the related parameters of RF settings and the distributed service area. 1) Radio frequency settings Set the related parameters according to the actual needs, and click the OK button, to complete the setting of RF
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    AP signal access. When signal strength is lower than the set threshold, the roaming function is enabled. 2) Setting of service area Check the service area to be distributed, and click Join service area button, to distribute a service area for the current AP. Note: One AP can distribute at most four
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    area. SSID: Displays the name of wireless network. Type: Displays the application type. Frequency band: Supports two frequency bands, 2.4 G / 5 G, in which ALL means that two frequency bands of the service area will be distributed. VLAN ID: Displays the VLAN value, which is between 1-4094. Address
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    System mode: AP working mode. There are two modes: Fat AP and Fit AP. Device name: Custom AP name. User name: Displays the name of the currently logged administrator. Password: Custom password. Confirming password: Enter the password again. 2) Network settings Set the way to obtain the IP address of
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    accessed by the wireless client. Frequency band: Displays the frequency bands accessed by the wireless client. Signal quality: Displays the strength level of the current wireless signal. Occupied lattice means strong signals. Wireless rate: Displays the wireless rate of wireless clients. Download
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    7.3 Blacklist settings To remove the wireless clients from the blacklist and other settings. Under this page, you can view such information as the name of the blacklist user/MAC address and the time of being pulled into the blacklist or can remove the blacklist. Figure 7- 3 Blacklist interface 29
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    Chapter 8 Log In the Log page, the system records the AP online/offline logs, wireless client online/offline logs, wireless client number alarm log and other information. You can set to display the categories of log information, or can delete and export log information. Figure 8- 1 Log information
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    Figure 8- 3 Log settings - Monitoring Enable log monitoring: Checking it means to enable this feature. Email subject: Sets the subject name for monitoring. Outgoing Server: Fills the sending server address. Sender mailbox: Fills in the name of sender mailbox, such as 163. com. Sender password: Fills
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    , load balancing, software version, etc. on the WAC-1000 / WAC-1001, and these configurations can be distributed to the AP as a template. 9.1 Service area In the service area, the list of configured service areas has been displayed, and the parameters of each service area in the list can be modified
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    name: Defines the name of the service area. SSID: (Service Set Identification) defines the SSID of the service area, and a string for uniquely identifying a wireless network, case sensitive. Main use: Employees, voice, visitors, etc. can be selected. The access levels of these three from high to
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    : Selects the frequency band that the service area supports. 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, ALL are available. Inactivity timeout: The default is 100 seconds. Hide SSID: Checking it to enable this feature. After hiding SSID, access is possible only when the SSID name is manually
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    , Custom. 9.1.3 Security settings To make access authentication for such clients as computers, mobile phones that want to join the service area, password authentication and free of authentication are now provided. Password authentication provides three wireless security mechanisms, namely WEP, WPA
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    Shared key: At this point, the client must provide the correct key to pass the authentication, otherwise it cannot be associated with the wireless devices, and cannot perform data transmission. Key format: Two formats, hexadecimal code and ASCII code are provided: When the hexadecimal code is used,
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    of the wireless hosts. Radius port: The Port number of service used by the Radius server for identifying the authentication of the wireless hosts . Radius password: Sets the password for accessing the Radius service. Key update cycle: It is the timed update cycle used to specify
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    for authentication. Figure 9- 7 No security mechanism 9.1.4 Bandwidth setting To set the speed limit for the wireless clients like computers, mobile phones, etc. that join the service area. Figure 9- 8 Broadband restrictions 38
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    rate of IP address in this range can be set. 0 means no limitation. Back: Click to return to the interface at the next higher level. Finish: Click on the complete configuration. Cancel: Cancel the configuration information. 9.2 Radio frequency template Set the radio frequency template for AP to
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    to enable this function. Interference immunity level: Chooses the level of interference immunity, with a Guides the STA supporting dual frequency to be connected to AP first via 5GHz. Mandatory 5GHz: For STA that supports dual service. The load balance groups can be modified, deleted, added, etc. 40
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    software is higher than that of the current AP, the system will automatically be upgraded. If you want to upgrade an AP or more than one AP, please upgrade the corresponding AP under the Device menu. Figure 9- 13 Software management 41
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    area: Install the three APs in the corresponding office area reasonably, to realize a seamless connection through the two-layer roaming. 2) Create two service areas on the WAC-1000 / WAC-1001, one for the company's employees, and the other for outsiders. And three sets of AP are added into these two
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    VLAN connected to WAC-1000 / WAC-1001 is VLAN10. 2) Interface configuration Log in to WAC-1000 / WAC-1001, to configure the LAN port, WAN port of the device, to complete the basic configuration on the Internet. Here, the LAN port IP address is 192.168.1.252. 3) Service area configuration Enter
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    Service settings. After entering the service area list page, check the service areas whose names are default, S2, and then click the Join service button. Add other two APs into these two service option43 with the field of WAC-1000 /WAC-1001 is defined. The supported field. 2） Environment topology 44
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    procedures (1) Click System->Administration, and configure the TCP/IP address of WAC - 1000 / WAC - 1001 in the figure below. Figure 9- 17 AC IP address as follows: no service password-encryption hostname GTL-2890 sysLocation China authentication line console login local service dhcp ip dhcp excluded
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    APs are discovered, and the IP address of the AP are 192.168.2.0 network segment address and 192.168.3.0 network segment address respectively. (4) Enter the WAC-1000 / WAC-1001 service area page, create a new service area, to be distributed to two sets of AP, and see if they can take effect. 46
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    Figure 9- 18 AP management list 47
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    This chapter introduces the system configuration and related information about WAC-1000 / WAC-1001. 10.1 Information In the System->Information page, the administrator can view the system information, and timely know any potential problems happening to or possibly existing in the network, thus
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    issues, or the device used does not support automatic consultation function, then Ethernet consultation type can Checking it to enable this feature. Monitoring port: Any one of ports 1 ~ 5 can be selected, and two ways of system time setting, "Manual setup time" and "Network time synchronization".
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    can the network time synchronization function work properly. Manual time setting: Manually enters the current date and time (unit: Y-M-D, Click on the Save button in the above figure, to back up the WAC - 1000 / WAC 1000 configuration file to the local PC, and the the format of the configuration
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    Steps for upgrading the WAC-1000 / WAC-1001 software: ① Download the latest version of software of the same model from the LevelOne official website. It is recommended to back up the current
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    the administrator password Under normal circumstances, you can directly enter the System management- > Configuration management page, and then click restore to manually restart the device, and the device can be restored to its factory configuration. Case II: Forget the administrator password If you
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    Appendix A List of Common IP Protocol IP ICMP IGMP GGP IPINIP TCP EGP IGP PUP UDP HMP XNS-IDP RDP GRE ESP Protocol No. Full name 0 Internet Protocol 1 Internet Protocol Message Protocol 2 Internet Group Management 3 Gateway-Gateway Protocol 4 IP in IP Tunnel Driver 6 Transmission
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    Appendix B Common service ports Characters Enter ESC Space ASCII 0D 1B 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C Characters - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; ASCII 2D 2E
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    Appendix C Figure index Table 0- 1 Factory configuration of interfaces 2 Figure 2- 1 Front Panel...4 Table 2-1 Description of LEDs 4 Table 2-2 Description of Ports 4 Figure 2- 2 Attaching Brackets to the Device 1 6 Figure 2- 3 Mounting the Device in a Rack 2 6 Figure 2-4 Connecting the Device
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    Figure 6- 8 Client ...24 Figure 6- 9 Radio frequency settings 25 Figure 6- 10 Setting of service area 26 Figure 6- 11 System settings 26 Figure 6- 12 Network settings 27 Figure6- 13 Software upgrade diagram 27 Figure 7- 1 User online interface 28 Figure 7- 2 Offline
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    Figure 9- 17 AC IP address configuration 45 Figure 9- 18 AP management list 47 Figure 10- 1 System information 48 Figure 10- 2 Systems management 48 Figure 10- 3 Clock management 49 Figure 10- 4 System configuration 50 57
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    Appendix D LICENSE STATEMENT / GPL CODE STATEMENT This product resp. the here (http://global.level1.com/downloads.php?action=init) for downloading offered software includes software code developed by third parties, including software code subject to the GNU General Public License Version 2 ("GPLv2")
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    Phone: +49 231 9075 - 0 Fax: +49 231 9075 - 184 Email: [email protected] Web: www.level1.com NO WARRANTY This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
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    THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
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    charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can and passed on, we want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original, so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original authors' reputations. 61
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    Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for
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    Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program (independent of having
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    a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change. b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at
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    (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: we use this doubled UL to get the sub-sections indented, while making the bullets as unobvious as possible. 65
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    a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or, b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party,
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    RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. 12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY
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LevelOne
WAC-1000 / WAC-1001
Wireless LAN Controller
User’s
Manual
V1. 0_20151110