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Chapter 11 Wireless LAN

WAP6804 User’s Guide

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Note: If you are configuring the WAP6804 from a computer connected to the wireless LAN

and you change the WAP6804’s SSID, channel or security settings, you will lose your

wireless connection when you press

Apply

to confirm. You must then change the

wireless settings of your computer to match the WAP6804’s new settings.

Click

Networking

>

Wireless Network 5G/2.4G > Basic

to open the

Basic

screen.

Figure 33

Networking > Wireless Network 5G/2.4G > Basic (Access Point Mode)

The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.

Table 20

Networking > Wireless Network 5G/2.4G > Basic

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Enable

Click the check box to activate the wireless LAN.

Network

Name(SSID)

The SSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless station is associated. Wireless stations

associating to the access point (AP) must have the same SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32

printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.

Broadcast SSID

Select this to have the WAP6804 broadcast the SSID in the area. If it is disabled the WAP6804 does

not broadcast the SSID.

Channel

Selection

Select the operating channel for the WAP6804 and its wireless clients. The options vary

depending on the frequency band and the country you are in.

Select

Auto

and the WAP6804 selects a channel automatically.

Select Smart Channel Selection (

SCS

), and the WAP6804 decides to switch channels, monitors

several channels and chooses the one with higher capacity.

Current

Channel

This displays the channel the WAP6804 is currently using.

Encryption

Select the data encryption method the WAP6804 uses.

Select

WPA2-AES

or

WPA2 + WPA (mixed mode)

to add security on this wireless network. The

wireless clients which want to associate to this network must have same wireless security settings

as this device. Or you can select

No Security

to allow any client to associate this network without

authentication.

Pre-Shared Key

Enter the password that lets you connect to the WAP6804. Your password should be in a string of

ASCII characters between 8 and 63 or hexadecimal characters between 8 and 64.

Group Key

Update Timer

The

Group Key Update Timer

is the rate at which the WAP6804 sends a new group key out to

clients.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the WAP6804.

Cancel

Click

Cancel

to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

Section	Page
WAP6804	1
Document Conventions	3
Contents Overview	4
Table of Contents	5
User’s Guide	9
Introduction	10
1.1 Overview	10
1.2 Securing the WAP6804	10
1.3 Front Panel and LEDs	11
1.4 Rear Panel	12
1.5 The WPS Button	13
1.5.1 Using the WPS Button	14
1.6 The RESET Button	14
1.6.1 Using the RESET Button	14
The Web Configurator	15
2.1 Overview	15
2.2 Accessing the Web Configurator	15
2.3 Preparing your Computer to Access the Web Configurator	16
2.3.1 Static IP Configuration in Microsoft Windows	17
2.3.2 Static IP Configuration in MAC OS X	19
Modes	22
3.1 Overview	22
3.1.1 Web Configurator Modes	22
3.1.2 Device Operating Modes	22
3.1.3 Changing Operating Mode	23
Easy Mode	24
4.1 Overview	24
4.2 What You Can Do	25
4.3 Navigation Panel	25
4.4 Network Map	26
4.5 Status Screen in Easy Mode	26
Access Point Mode	28
5.1 Overview	28
5.1.1 What You Can Do	28
5.2 Setting your WAP6804 to AP Mode	28
5.2.1 Status Screen (AP Mode)	29
5.2.2 AP Navigation Panel	31
Repeater Mode	33
6.1 Overview	33
6.1.1 What You Can Do	33
6.2 Setting your WAP6804 to Repeater Mode	33
6.2.1 Status Screen (Repeater Mode)	34
6.2.2 Repeater Navigation Panel	37
Client Mode	39
7.1 Overview	39
7.1.1 What You Can Do	39
7.2 Setting your WAP6804 to Client Mode	39
7.2.1 Status Screen (Client Mode)	40
7.2.2 Client Navigation Panel	41
Tutorials	43
8.1 Overview	43
8.2 Connecting to the Internet from an Access Point	43
8.3 Connecting to the WAP6804’s Wireless Network Using WPS	43
8.3.1 Push Button Configuration (PBC)	44
8.3.2 PIN Configuration	45
8.4 Connecting the WAP6804 (in Repeater or Client Mode) to an AP	46
8.4.1 Selecting an AP from an Automatically Detected List	47
8.4.2 Selecting an AP by Manually Entering Security Information	47
Technical Reference	49
Monitor	50
9.1 Overview	50
9.2 What You Can Do	50
9.3 Log	50
9.4 Wireless Monitor	51
9.5 WDS Monitor	54
9.6 MBSS Monitor	55
9.7 Multicast Monitor	56
Network	57
10.1 Overview	57
10.2 What You Can Do	57
10.3 What You Need To Know	57
10.4 Networking Screen	58
Wireless LAN	60
11.1 Overview	60
11.2 What You Can Do	61
11.3 What You Should Know	61
11.3.1 Wireless Security Overview	61
11.3.2 MAC Address Filter	61
11.3.3 Encryption	62
11.3.4 WPS	62
11.3.5 WDS	62
11.4 Basic Wireless Network Screen	62
11.5 Advanced Wireless Network Screen	64
11.6 WPS Screen	65
11.7 MAC Filter	66
11.8 WDS Screen	67
11.9 MBSS Screen	68
AP Connection	69
12.1 Overview	69
12.2 What You Can Do	69
12.3 Basic/Station Screen	69
12.4 Advance AP Connection Screen	70
12.5 AP List Screen	71
12.6 WPS Screen	73
Maintenance	74
13.1 Overview	74
13.2 What You Can Do	74
13.3 Password Screen	74
13.4 Time Screen	75
13.5 Firmware Upgrade Screen	76
13.6 Telnet Screen	77
13.7 Restore Screen	78
13.7.1 Backup Configuration	78
13.7.2 Restore Configuration	79
13.7.3 Back to Factory Defaults	79
13.7.4 Restore but retain IP settings	79
13.8 Restart Screen	80
Troubleshooting	81
14.1 Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs	81
14.2 WAP6804 Access and Login	82
14.3 Internet Access	83
14.4 Resetting the WAP6804 to Its Factory Defaults	84
14.5 Wireless Problems	84
Wireless LANs	85
Customer Support	98
Legal Information	104

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