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... It is recommended you get up your network and configuring for people who want to configure the NWA using the web configurator. E-mail: techwriters@zyxel.com.tw NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 3 Related Documentation • Quick Start Guide The Quick Start Guide is designed ... documentation and product certifications. The Technical Writing Team, ZyXEL Communications Corp., 6 Innovation Road II, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan. About This User's Guide About This User's Guide Intended Audience This manual is intended for Internet access. You should have at...
... It is recommended you get up your network and configuring for people who want to configure the NWA using the web configurator. E-mail: techwriters@zyxel.com.tw NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 3 Related Documentation • Quick Start Guide The Quick Start Guide is designed ... documentation and product certifications. The Technical Writing Team, ZyXEL Communications Corp., 6 Innovation Road II, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan. About This User's Guide About This User's Guide Intended Audience This manual is intended for Internet access. You should have at...
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If you cannot contact your device. • Brief description of problems that you received your vendor, then contact a ZyXEL office for contact information. Please have the following information ready when you contact an office. • Product model and serial number. • Warranty ...8226; Date that cannot be solved by using this manual, you should contact your vendor. About This User's Guide Customer Support In the event of the problem and the steps you took to solve it. 4 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide See http://www.zyxel.com/ web/contact_us.php for the region in ...
If you cannot contact your device. • Brief description of problems that you received your vendor, then contact a ZyXEL office for contact information. Please have the following information ready when you contact an office. • Product model and serial number. • Warranty ...8226; Date that cannot be solved by using this manual, you should contact your vendor. About This User's Guide Customer Support In the event of the problem and the steps you took to solve it. 4 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide See http://www.zyxel.com/ web/contact_us.php for the region in ...
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... correct SSID could be placed on the friendly AP list by accident, if selected from another source and add them to the friendly AP list manually. In this example you have spoken to the coffee shop's owner, who has told you want to allow in your network's coverage area. 1 On a computer... AP list Take the following things. 1 Set up e-mail alerts. 4 Configure your Internet browser and enter the URL of APs automatically. Chapter 3 Tutorial Note: The NWA can detect the MAC addresses of access point A (192.168.1.1). MAC ADDRESS 00:AA:00:AA:00:AA AA:00:AA:00:AA:00 A0...
... correct SSID could be placed on the friendly AP list by accident, if selected from another source and add them to the friendly AP list manually. In this example you have spoken to the coffee shop's owner, who has told you want to allow in your network's coverage area. 1 On a computer... AP list Take the following things. 1 Set up e-mail alerts. 4 Configure your Internet browser and enter the URL of APs automatically. Chapter 3 Tutorial Note: The NWA can detect the MAC addresses of access point A (192.168.1.1). MAC ADDRESS 00:AA:00:AA:00:AA AA:00:AA:00:AA:00 A0...
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... on. However in case you enable a SSID profile for your wireless NWA AP network. If you have static IP addresses in the list of your 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor NWAs (B, C and D, originally in the network. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 73 Note: The controllers need to set both primary... the same model and firmware version as A, to serve as the controller AP for it, the controller AP can also manually enter the IP addresses of your primary and secondary NWA controller APs. 3 Add the newly converted managed APs (B, C and D, from G302 v3, a wireless client that will be ...
... on. However in case you enable a SSID profile for your wireless NWA AP network. If you have static IP addresses in the list of your 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor NWAs (B, C and D, originally in the network. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 73 Note: The controllers need to set both primary... the same model and firmware version as A, to serve as the controller AP for it, the controller AP can also manually enter the IP addresses of your primary and secondary NWA controller APs. 3 Add the newly converted managed APs (B, C and D, from G302 v3, a wireless client that will be ...
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...we set to disabled. By default, newly added managed APs in the list have their wireless functions are turned off. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 77 Note: The NWA controller AP uses WLAN Radio Profile to categorize different wireless settings present in the Description field. This means that their WLAN... Radio Profile set the Registration Type to Manual. 1 To add a managed AP to the controller AP's coverage, go to Controller > AP Lists. Click Add. 3 The 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor NWA managed APs (B, C and D) should now be in the screen above. ...
...we set to disabled. By default, newly added managed APs in the list have their wireless functions are turned off. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 77 Note: The NWA controller AP uses WLAN Radio Profile to categorize different wireless settings present in the Description field. This means that their WLAN... Radio Profile set the Registration Type to Manual. 1 To add a managed AP to the controller AP's coverage, go to Controller > AP Lists. Click Add. 3 The 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor NWA managed APs (B, C and D) should now be in the screen above. ...
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... DHCP option 43 on your network's DHCP server. • Configure DHCP option 43 with an IP address by a DHCP server on your network. 88 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide However, you decide which available APs to its Managed Access Points list and provides the managed AP with IP addresses in Always...APs must have a static IP address; If the AP controller is ready for information on IP addresses and subnetting). The managed AP is in Manual mode it adds the details of the CAPWAP AP controller on the network, it receives the management request. it automatically adds the AP to ...
... DHCP option 43 on your network's DHCP server. • Configure DHCP option 43 with an IP address by a DHCP server on your network. 88 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide However, you decide which available APs to its Managed Access Points list and provides the managed AP with IP addresses in Always...APs must have a static IP address; If the AP controller is ready for information on IP addresses and subnetting). The managed AP is in Manual mode it adds the details of the CAPWAP AP controller on the network, it receives the management request. it automatically adds the AP to ...
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... AP Controller Select this screen to configure the NWA as a managing device for other devices. To discover its broadcast radius. • Manual AP Controller IP - Chapter 5 Management Mode 5.3 The Management Mode Screen Use this option to have the NWA act as a CAPWAP controller AP, a CAPWAP...manage the NWA using its own web configurator, neither managing nor managed by any available NWA-based AP controller within its new IP address, check the DHCP server on your network has no DHCP server, the NWA's IP address remains the same. If your network. 90 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 ...
... AP Controller Select this screen to configure the NWA as a managing device for other devices. To discover its broadcast radius. • Manual AP Controller IP - Chapter 5 Management Mode 5.3 The Management Mode Screen Use this option to have the NWA act as a CAPWAP controller AP, a CAPWAP...manage the NWA using its own web configurator, neither managing nor managed by any available NWA-based AP controller within its new IP address, check the DHCP server on your network has no DHCP server, the NWA's IP address remains the same. If your network. 90 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 ...
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... with APs managed by the NWA, that transmits a management request over the network. Manual displays if you add unmanaged APs to the NWA's list of access points, managed by the NWA (including the NWA itself) using 802.11a radio mode. 96 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide This field... displays the number of managed APs manually. Management Mode AP ...
... with APs managed by the NWA, that transmits a management request over the network. Manual displays if you add unmanaged APs to the NWA's list of access points, managed by the NWA (including the NWA itself) using 802.11a radio mode. 96 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide This field... displays the number of managed APs manually. Management Mode AP ...
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...PSK) that is used to secure the data transmitted between the NWA and its managed APs. Apply Reset • Select Manual to choose which APs to manage (select the APs you to select which the NWA accepts new APs to manage. The following table describes the labels ... APs to manage. Registration Type The proprietary AutoPSK protocol transfers the DTLS key from the NWA to encrypt communications between the NWA and the APs it manages. Enter 8~32 English keyboard characters. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 101 Click this to return the fields in the Controller > AP ...
...PSK) that is used to secure the data transmitted between the NWA and its managed APs. Apply Reset • Select Manual to choose which APs to manage (select the APs you to select which the NWA accepts new APs to manage. The following table describes the labels ... APs to manage. Registration Type The proprietary AutoPSK protocol transfers the DTLS key from the NWA to encrypt communications between the NWA and the APs it manages. Enter 8~32 English keyboard characters. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 101 Click this to return the fields in the Controller > AP ...
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This field displays only when you select 802.11a in Controller AP mode, it can associate with the NWA. To manually set the NWA to disable DCS and select a channel ID manually. Click this to associate with the NWA. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 105 Select this to use DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection). Set the operating frequency/channel...
This field displays only when you select 802.11a in Controller AP mode, it can associate with the NWA. To manually set the NWA to disable DCS and select a channel ID manually. Click this to associate with the NWA. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 105 Select this to use DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection). Set the operating frequency/channel...
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... the last updated date from the time server or the last time configured manually. New Time (hh:mm:ss) This field displays the last updated time from the time server. When you entered. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 115 Chapter 7 System Screens 7.4 Time Setting Screen Use... this radio button to enter the time and date manually. Time and Date Setup Manual Select this screen to change your NWA. Figure 72 System > Time Setting The following...
... the last updated date from the time server or the last time configured manually. New Time (hh:mm:ss) This field displays the last updated time from the time server. When you entered. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 115 Chapter 7 System Screens 7.4 Time Setting Screen Use... this radio button to enter the time and date manually. Time and Date Setup Manual Select this screen to change your NWA. Figure 72 System > Time Setting The following...
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... local time by one hour ahead of March. In Germany for instance, you type in this radio button to have the NWA use daylight savings time. Get from late spring to Manual, enter the new date in the at 2 A.M. This will set Time and Date Setup to early fall when many countries.... The at the same moment (1 A.M. Daylight saving is one hour to have the NWA get the time and date from the time server or the last date configured manually. Each time zone in most parts of the United States on the last Sunday of GMT or UTC (GMT+1). 116 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide
... local time by one hour ahead of March. In Germany for instance, you type in this radio button to have the NWA use daylight savings time. Get from late spring to Manual, enter the new date in the at 2 A.M. This will set Time and Date Setup to early fall when many countries.... The at the same moment (1 A.M. Daylight saving is one hour to have the NWA get the time and date from the time server or the last date configured manually. Each time zone in most parts of the United States on the last Sunday of GMT or UTC (GMT+1). 116 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide
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....11 Radio Mode field. If there is another AP or independent peer-topeer wireless network. To have the NWA automatically select a channel, click Auto Selection instead. 124 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide Select 802.11a to allow only IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to associate with the...only compliant WLAN devices can avoid interference with the NWA. Operating Mode 802.11 Mode In addition, it can associate with the NWA. For example, set WLAN1 to 802.11b/g (2.4 GHz) and set WLAN2 to 802.11a (5 GHz). To manually set the WLAN interfaces into different 802.11 modes...
....11 Radio Mode field. If there is another AP or independent peer-topeer wireless network. To have the NWA automatically select a channel, click Auto Selection instead. 124 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide Select 802.11a to allow only IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices to associate with the...only compliant WLAN devices can avoid interference with the NWA. Operating Mode 802.11 Mode In addition, it can associate with the NWA. For example, set WLAN1 to 802.11b/g (2.4 GHz) and set WLAN2 to 802.11a (5 GHz). To manually set the WLAN interfaces into different 802.11 modes...
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... mode. This value can be sent. Note: Reducing the output power also reduces the NWA's effective broadcast radius. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 125 This is Disabled by your NWA's output power. It is a high density of bytes) that can cause clients to lose... connectivity with the network. If there is the maximum data fragment size that you select 802.11a in this to disable DCS and select a channel ID manually...
... mode. This value can be sent. Note: Reducing the output power also reduces the NWA's effective broadcast radius. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 125 This is Disabled by your NWA's output power. It is a high density of bytes) that can cause clients to lose... connectivity with the network. If there is the maximum data fragment size that you select 802.11a in this to disable DCS and select a channel ID manually...
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... switching for all packets larger than the fragmentation threshold to detect other wireless networks. To manually set the NWA to unlock To have wireless clients that are associated with the NWA. Disable DCS to use DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection). Chapter 8 Wireless Configuration Table 24 ...a channel ID manually. Fragmentation Threshold A wireless client sends an RTS for DFS Select 802.11a to allow both IEEE802.11b and IEEE802.11g compliant WLAN devices to associate with the NWA. Enter an even number between 256 and 2346. 128 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's ...
... switching for all packets larger than the fragmentation threshold to detect other wireless networks. To manually set the NWA to unlock To have wireless clients that are associated with the NWA. Disable DCS to use DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection). Chapter 8 Wireless Configuration Table 24 ...a channel ID manually. Fragmentation Threshold A wireless client sends an RTS for DFS Select 802.11a to allow both IEEE802.11b and IEEE802.11g compliant WLAN devices to associate with the NWA. Enter an even number between 256 and 2346. 128 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's ...
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... same channel, the AP changes to use DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection). To manually set the NWA to a different channel, so that it can associate with the NWA. The transmission rate of your AP. 132 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide Select AP + Repeater in this if you select 802....11a in the same channel. DFS (dynamic frequency selection) allows an AP to unlock To have the NWA automatically select a channel, ...
... same channel, the AP changes to use DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection). To manually set the NWA to a different channel, so that it can associate with the NWA. The transmission rate of your AP. 132 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide Select AP + Repeater in this if you select 802....11a in the same channel. DFS (dynamic frequency selection) allows an AP to unlock To have the NWA automatically select a channel, ...
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... and then the Channel Usage tab to open the Channel Usage screen to turn RTS/CTS off. Select this to associate with the NWA. To manually set the NWA to or higher than the number (of bytes) that it transmits. This stops wireless clients from the drop-down list box. Set... (Dynamic Frequency Selection). If there is enabled. Choose Channel ID Set the operating frequency/channel depending on the wireless network if you enter here. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 137 Select 802.11g Only to allow only IEEE 802.11a compliant WLAN devices to a different channel, so that you have...
... and then the Channel Usage tab to open the Channel Usage screen to turn RTS/CTS off. Select this to associate with the NWA. To manually set the NWA to or higher than the number (of bytes) that it transmits. This stops wireless clients from the drop-down list box. Set... (Dynamic Frequency Selection). If there is enabled. Choose Channel ID Set the operating frequency/channel depending on the wireless network if you enter here. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 137 Select 802.11g Only to allow only IEEE 802.11a compliant WLAN devices to a different channel, so that you have...
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...mode for an AP and all clients. A higher bit key offers better security. Apply Click Apply to save your NWA. • Use WPA or WPA2 security if you don't have WPA/WPA2-aware wireless clients and a RADIUS ...key encrypting. Setting of automatically changing the group key for your changes. More information on Wireless Security can manually enter 64bit, 128-bit or 152-bit WEP keys. Chapter 10 Wireless Security Screen Table 44 Security: WPA....3 Technical Reference This section provides technical background information on page 303. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 167
...mode for an AP and all clients. A higher bit key offers better security. Apply Click Apply to save your NWA. • Use WPA or WPA2 security if you don't have WPA/WPA2-aware wireless clients and a RADIUS ...key encrypting. Setting of automatically changing the group key for your changes. More information on Wireless Security can manually enter 64bit, 128-bit or 152-bit WEP keys. Chapter 10 Wireless Security Screen Table 44 Security: WPA....3 Technical Reference This section provides technical background information on page 303. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 167
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...legitimate wireless network (the dashed ellipse B) is well-secured, but the rogue AP uses inferior security that you want the NWA to scan for rogue APs manually, or to have the NWA scan automatically at his workstation in the ROGUE AP > Configuration screen (see Section 15.2 on how to set the...neighboring networks, for information on page 190) to e-mail you have more than one AP in the Rogue AP list each time the NWA scans. 188 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide In this chapter. Chapter 15 Rogue AP Detection In the example above, a corporate network's security is easily broken by...
...legitimate wireless network (the dashed ellipse B) is well-secured, but the rogue AP uses inferior security that you want the NWA to scan for rogue APs manually, or to have the NWA scan automatically at his workstation in the ROGUE AP > Configuration screen (see Section 15.2 on how to set the...neighboring networks, for information on page 190) to e-mail you have more than one AP in the Rogue AP list each time the NWA scans. 188 NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide In this chapter. Chapter 15 Rogue AP Detection In the example above, a corporate network's security is easily broken by...
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... Rogue AP Detection Table 51 Rogue AP Configuration LABEL DESCRIPTION Import Click this section to manually add a wireless access point to the list. This is the list of the AP. You must know the device's MAC address. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 191 Apply Click Apply to specify APs as the network name...
... Rogue AP Detection Table 51 Rogue AP Configuration LABEL DESCRIPTION Import Click this section to manually add a wireless access point to the list. This is the list of the AP. You must know the device's MAC address. NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User's Guide 191 Apply Click Apply to specify APs as the network name...