This file contains information on the screens and parameters accessible through the browser-based Access Point Configuration Management System.
The screens covered are the following:
Access Control List
Client History
Client Statistics
File Transfer
Ethernet Statistics
Express Setup
Configuration
Radio 802.11a
Radio 802.11b
Ethernet Setup
Radio Statistics
SNMP Agent
SNTP Server
Change Login Info
WEP Settings
Description |
How to use the Access Control List (ACL): "Disabled" disables the Access Control List. "Enabled" causes stations in the
list with "Allowed" attribute set to "No" to be rejected
when attempting to associate with the Access Point. |
Valid Range |
Enabled, Disabled, Strict. |
Each entry is a station identified by its MAC address. The station has two attributes: "Allowed" and "WEP map". The user may select one or more entries of this list to be deleted by pressing the "Delete" button.
Description |
The meaning of this
attribute depends on the setting for "ACL Mode", as follows: |
Valid Range |
Yes, No. |
Description |
Indicates how the station uses WEP keys. If "Allowed" attribute is set "No", then "WEP map" is set "* (any)", i.e. it doesn't matter. |
Valid Range |
1 (WEP Key 1), 2 (WEP Key 2), 3 (WEP Key 3), 4 (WEP Key 4), d (default WEP Key), * (any). |
Description |
The MAC address of the station. |
Valid Range |
MAC address of the form nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn |
Description |
Button to bring into editable fields the currently selected entry in Access Control List. |
Description |
Button to delete the selected entries from the Access Control List. |
Description |
Button to replace the currently selected entry in Access Control List with the one from editable fields. |
Description |
Button to add a new entry to the Access Control List. |
Description |
Button for restarting the Access Point. When Restart AP is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
Button for applying new settings. Most settings become effective only after the Access Point is restarted. When Apply is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
The Client History is a list of entries corresponding to those stations which attempted at least to authenticate with the Access Point. Each entry has the following fields:
Description |
The MAC address of the station. |
Valid Range |
MAC address of the form nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn |
Description |
The time when the station performed the last packet transfer with the Access Point. |
Valid Range |
N/A. |
Description |
The state of the station when this page is accessed. |
Valid Range |
Assoc (associated), Auth (authenticated), Away (not authenticated). |
Description |
The number of packets sent by the Access Point to the station. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets received by the Access Point from the station. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
Button to refresh the Client History. |
When the user clicks the MAC address of a station presented in the Client History, the Access Point shows the "Client Station Log" page for that station.
Description |
The MAC address of the station. |
Valid Range |
MAC address of the form nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn |
Description |
The Association ID assigned by the Access Point to the station, if the station is in the "Assoc" state. |
Valid Range |
1 - 2007 |
Description |
The state of the station when this page is accessed. |
Valid Range |
Assoc (associated), Auth (authenticated), Away (not authenticated). |
Description |
The current data transmission rate. |
Valid Range |
For 802.11a clients, one of the following rates: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 Mbps. For 802.11b clients, one of the following rates: 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps. |
Description |
The data transmission rates in common between the Access Point and the station. |
Valid Range |
For 802.11a clients, a subset of the following rates: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 Mbps. For 802.11b clients, a subset of the following rates: 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps. |
Description |
The current index of radio signal quality. |
Valid Range |
0 - 100%. |
Description |
The time when the station performed the last packet transfer with the Access Point. |
Valid Range |
N/A. |
Description |
The number of good packets received by the Access Point to send to the station. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets with errors received by the Access Point to send to the station. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of times RTS and data packets sent by the Access Point to the station reached the maximum retry number. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of times RTS packets sent by the Access Point to the station had to be retried at least once. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of times data packets sent by the Access Point to the station had to be retried at least once. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of good packets received by the Access Point from station. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets with errors received by the Access Point from the station. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets with WEP errors received by the Access Point from the station. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
Button to cause the Access Point to send a deauthentication notification packet to the station. |
Description |
Button to cause the Access Point to send a disassociation notification packet to the station. |
Description |
Button to show Access Point internal information that may be useful for troubleshooting. |
Description |
Button to clear the station statistics. |
Description |
Button to refresh the station statistics. |
Description |
The IP address of the host machine that has a TFTP server configured for file transfer to the Access Point. |
Valid Range |
Valid IP address format. |
Description |
The path needed on the TFTP server for the Access Point to access files on the TFTP server. Depending on how the TFTP server is configured, this path may not be needed. |
Valid Range |
0 - 255 characters |
Description |
The file name on the TFTP server for the file to be transferred to the Access Point. |
Valid Range |
1 - 255 characters |
Description |
Button to start TFTP file transfer to update the AP firmware. |
Description |
Button for restarting the Access Point. When Restart AP is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
The MAC address of the Access Point. |
Valid Range |
MAC address of the form nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn |
Description |
The speed of the Ethernet interface. |
Valid Range |
Auto, 10BaseTHalfDuplex, 100BaseTHalfDuplex, 10BaseTFullDuplex, 100BaseTFullDuplex. |
Description |
The number of unicast packets transmitted to the wired network. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of multicast packets transmitted to the wired network. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of bytes transmitted to the wired network. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets received from the radio that contained errors. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of times packets sent to the wired network reached the maximum retry number. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packet collisions that occurred through this interface. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets received from the radio which were discarded because the Ethernet interface was starved for data. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of unicast packets received from the wired network. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of multicast packets received from the wired network. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of bytes received from the wired network. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets received from the wired network that presented errors. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
|
Valid Range |
Description |
The number of packets received from the wired network that were discarded because the Access Point had a temporary overload of packets to handle. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets received from the wired network that were shorter than the minimum packet size of 64 bytes |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets received from the wired network that were larger than the maximum packet size of 1518 bytes. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets received from the wired network that were corrupt or incomplete. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
Button to clear the Ethernet statistics. |
Description |
Button to refresh the Ethernet statistics. |
Description |
A descriptive name for the Access Point. |
Valid Range |
1 - 32 characters |
Default |
WDAP5000 |
Description |
The static IP address of the Access Point (effective if DHCP usage is disabled or DHCP server is not available). |
Valid Range |
Valid IP address format. |
Default |
192.0.2.1 |
Description |
The static subnet mask of the Access Point (effective if DHCP usage is disabled or DHCP server is not available). |
|
Valid Range |
Valid IP address format. |
|
Default |
255.255.0.0 |
Description |
The IP address of the default gateway (effective if DHCP usage is disabled or DHCP server is not available). |
|
Valid Range |
Valid IP address format. |
|
Default |
None (no default gateway) |
Description |
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) usage. |
Valid Range |
Enabled, Disabled. |
Default |
Disabled |
Description |
The URL of the Help system file. |
Valid Range |
Valid URL format. |
Default |
Empty string (Help not installed). |
Description |
SSID (Service Set Identifier) of 802.11a service set (driven by radio 802.11a). |
Valid Range |
1 - 32 characters. |
Default |
101 |
Description |
SSID (Service Set Identifier) of 802.11b service set (driven by radio 802.11b). |
Valid Range |
1 - 32 characters. |
Default |
101 |
Description |
Button for restarting the Access Point. When Restart AP is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
Button for applying new settings. Most settings become effective only after the Access Point is restarted. When Apply is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
The name of the regulatory area the channels of the Access Point radio are configured to work in. This determines the channel and frequencies used by the Access Point and the clients. The Regulatory Domain for the Access Point and clients must match in order for them to work together. |
Valid Range |
Americas, Europe, Japan, Asia-Pacific. |
Description |
The MAC (Media Access Control) address used by the Access Point. |
Valid Range |
MAC address of the form nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn |
Description |
The IP address currently used by the Access Point. If DHCP is enabled and available, this is the dynamic address assigned by the DHCP server, otherwise this is the Default IP Address. |
Valid Range |
Valid IP address format. |
Description |
The subnet mask currently used by the Access Point. If DHCP is enabled and available, this is the dynamic subnet mask assigned by the DHCP server, otherwise this is the Default Subnet Mask. |
Valid Range |
Valid IP address format. |
Description |
The name of the Access Point. |
Valid Range |
1 - 32 characters. |
Default |
WDAP5000 |
Description |
The static IP address of the Access Point (effective if DHCP usage is disabled or DHCP server is not available). |
Valid Range |
Valid IP address format. |
Default |
192.0.2.1 |
Description |
The static subnet mask of the Access Point (effective if DHCP usage is disabled or DHCP server is not available). |
Valid Range |
Valid IP address format. |
Default |
255.255.0.0 |
Description |
The IP address of the default gateway (effective if DHCP usage is disabled or DHCP server is not available). |
Valid Range |
Valid IP address format. |
Default |
None (no default gateway) |
Description |
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) usage. |
Valid Range |
Enabled, Disabled. |
Default |
Disabled |
Description |
The URL of the AP Help file. |
Valid Range |
Valid URL format. |
Default |
Empty string (Help not installed). |
Description |
Button for restoring factory settings. Most settings become effective only after the Access Point is restarted. When Restore Default Configuration is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
Button for restarting the Access Point. When Restart AP is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
Button for applying new settings. Most settings become effective only after the Access Point is restarted. When Apply is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
The BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier) of the radio 802.11a. |
Valid Range |
MAC address of the form nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn |
Description |
The type of authentication algorithm required to be used by a client station attempting to authenticate with the Access Point. "Shared" authentication requires the Access Point and stations to use the authentication key indicated by the "Default WEP Key" setting of the "WEP Settings 802.11a" page. That key must be defined in order for “Shared” to be used. |
Valid Range |
Open, Shared. |
Default |
Open. |
Description |
Service Set Identifier String. The Access Point broadcasts this string in its beacons. |
Valid Range |
1 - 32 characters. |
Default |
101 |
Description |
The pattern of the radio antenna. |
Valid Range |
Omni, half circle front. |
Description |
The frequency at which the radio operates. |
Valid Range |
36 [5.18 GHz], 40 [5.20 GHz], 44 [5.22 GHz], 48 [5.24 GHz], 52 [5.26 GHz], 56 [5.28 GHz], 60 [5.30 GHz], 64 [5.32 GHz]. |
Description |
The radio transmission power level. |
Valid Range |
MAX, 50%, 25%. 12%. MIN. |
Description |
The Fragmentation threshold is the size at which packets will be fragmented and transmitted piecemeal instead of all at once. |
Valid Range |
256 – 2346 |
Description |
The Request To Send (RTS) threshold is the size at which the Access Point will issue a Request to Send frame before sending the packet. |
Valid Range |
256 - 2346. |
Description |
The maximum number of times the Access Point will issue a Request to Send frame before stopping the attempt to send the packet from the radio. |
Valid Range |
1 - 128 |
Description |
The maximum number of attempts to send a packet before giving up and dropping a packet. |
Valid Range |
1 - 128 |
Description |
The amount of time in Time Units (TU) between beacons. One TU is 1024 microseconds. |
Valid Range |
20 - 1000 |
Description |
The DTIM (Delivery Traffic Information Message) interval in beacon intervals. |
Valid Range |
1 - 16384 |
Description |
Button for restarting the Access Point. When Restart AP is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
Button for applying new settings. Most settings become effective only after the Access Point is restarted. When Apply is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
The BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier) of the radio 802.11b. |
Valid Range |
MAC address of the form nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn |
Description |
The type of authentication algorithm required to be used by a client station attempting to authenticate with the Access Point. "Shared" authentication requires the Access Point and stations to use the authentication key indicated by the "Default WEP Key" setting on the "WEP Settings 802.11b" page. That key must be defined in order for “Shared” to be used. |
Valid Range |
Open, Shared. |
Default |
Open. |
Description |
Service Set Identifier String. The Access Point broadcasts this string in its beacons. |
Valid Range |
1 - 32 characters |
Default |
101 |
Description |
The frequency at which the radio operates. |
Valid Range |
1 [2,412 GHz], 2 [2.417 GHz], 3 [2.422 GHz], 4 [2.427 GHz], 5 [2.432 GHz], 6 [2.437 GHz], 7 [2.442 GHz], 8 [2.447 GHz]. 9 [2.452 GHz], 10 [2.457 GHz], 11 [2.462 GHz] |
Description |
The radio transmission power level. |
Valid Range |
1mW, 5mW, 15mW, 30mW |
Description |
The Fragmentation threshold is the size at which packets will be fragmented and transmitted piecemeal instead of all at once. |
Valid Range |
256 - 2338 |
Description |
The Request To Send (RTS) threshold is the size at which the Access Point will issue a Request to Send frame before sending the packet. |
Valid Range |
0 - 2339 |
Description |
The maximum number of times the Access Point will issue a Request to Send frame before stopping the attempt to send the packet from the radio. |
Valid Range |
1 - 128 |
Description |
The maximum number of attempts to send a packet before giving up and dropping a packet. |
Valid Range |
1 - 128 |
Description |
The amount of time in Time Units (TU) between beacons. One TU is 1024 microseconds. |
Valid Range |
1 - 65535 |
Description |
The DTIM (Delivery Traffic Information Message) interval in beacon intervals. |
Valid Range |
1 - 255 |
Description |
Button for restarting the Access Point. When Restart AP is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
Button for applying new settings. Most settings become effective only after the Access Point is restarted. When Apply is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
The IP address currently used by the Access Point. If DHCP is enabled and available, this is the address assigned dynamically by the DHCP server, otherwise this is Default IP Address . |
Valid Range |
Valid IP address format. |
Description |
The subnet mask currently used by the Access Point. If DHCP is enabled and available, that address is assigned dynamically by the DHCP server. Otherwise the Default Subnet Mask is used. |
Valid Range |
Valid IP address format. |
Description |
The speed and duplex mode the Ethernet is currently using. This will be the negotiated result when the setting is “Auto”, or it will be the specified Speed setting. |
Valid Range |
10BaseTHalfDuplex, 100BaseTHalfDuplex, 10BaseTFullDuplex, 100BaseTFullDuplex. |
Description |
The speed and duplex mode of the Ethernet interface. Normally “Auto” is used and is the recommended setting because with this setting, the Ethernet device will negotiate a setting depending on the link it is connected to. Using settings other than “Auto” forces the Ethernet device to that setting (no negotiation) which may not work depending on the link it is connected to. |
Valid Range |
Auto, 10BaseTHalfDuplex, 100BaseTHalfDuplex, 10BaseTFullDuplex, 100BaseTFullDuplex. |
Default |
Auto |
Description |
The MAC address of the Access Point. |
Valid Range |
MAC address of the form nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn |
Description |
The number of unicast packets transmitted to client stations. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of multicast packets transmitted to client stations. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets presenting errors received from the Ethernet device. A non-zero count may indicate a failure of the Ethernet device. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets that could not be transmitted after being retried the maximum number of times. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets for which the radio retried the transmission. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of management packets sent to client stations. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of beacon packets broadcast by the Access Point radio. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of data packets whose transmission to client stations had to be retried by the Access Point radio. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets whose transmission was retried once because of a collision error. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets whose transmission was retried more than once because of collision errors. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets sent to client stations for which the Access Point radio did not receive the expected ACK. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of unicast packets received from client stations. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of multicast packets received from client stations. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
Total packets received from client stations presenting errors. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets with CRC errors received from client stations. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets with WEP errors received from client stations. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets received from client stations that were discarded because the Access Point had a temporary overload of packets to handle. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets from client stations that were received twice because a lost acknowledgment with a retransmit from the sender. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of fragmented data packets received from client stations that were dropped because it took too long to get the next fragment. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of management packets received from client stations. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of beacons received from client stations. This counter should stay 0 for proper operation of client stations in an infrastructure wireless LAN. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
The number of packets received from client stations presenting CRC errors in the PLCP header. |
Valid Range |
Positive integer (0 included). |
Description |
Button to clear Ethernet statistics. |
Description |
Button to refresh Ethernet statistics. |
Description |
The IP address of the server running SNMP management software. |
Valid Range |
0 - 255 characters |
Description |
SNMP community name. |
Valid Range |
0 - 255 characters |
Description |
Password that allows the user to perform SNMP "get" commands. |
Valid Range |
0 - 32 characters |
Description |
Password that allows the user to perform SNMP "set" commands. |
Valid Range |
0 - 32 characters |
Description |
Text indicating the Access Point location. |
Valid Range |
0 - 32 characters |
Description |
The name of the technician responsible for Access Point maintenance. |
Valid Range |
0 - 32 characters |
Default |
Empty string. |
Description |
Button for restarting the Access Point. When Restart AP is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
Button for applying new settings. Most settings become effective only after the Access Point is restarted. When Apply is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
The IP address of the SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) server. |
Valid Range |
0 - 255 characters |
Description |
Button for restarting the Access Point. When Restart AP is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
Button for applying new settings. Most settings become effective only after the Access Point is restarted. When Apply is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
The name to be provided by the user in order to gain access to the Access Point management pages. |
Valid Range |
1 - 32 characters |
Description |
The new password to be provided by the user in order to gain access to the Access Point management pages. |
Valid Range |
5 - 12 characters, except colon ":". |
Description |
The new password needed to be provided by the user in order to gain access to the Access Point management pages. Should be identical with the content of the "Password" field. |
Valid Range |
5 - 12 characters, except colon ":" |
Description |
Button for applying new settings. Most settings become effective only after the Access Point is restarted. When Apply is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
The usage of the WEP keys. |
Valid Range |
Enabled, Disabled. |
Default |
Disabled. |
Description |
The index of the default WEP key. |
Valid Range |
1 ... 4 |
Description |
The WEP key string. |
Valid Range |
10 hex digits for 64-bit encryption, or 26 hex digits for 128-bit encryption. A hex digit is a character in the following range: '0'... '9', 'A'... 'F', 'a'... 'f'. |
Description |
Button for restarting the Access Point. When Restart AP is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
Description |
Button for applying new settings. Most settings become effective only after the Access Point is restarted. When Apply is pressed, the Access Point requests user confirmation. |
A WEP key is subject to the following rules:
The presence or absence of a WEP key is indicated by the read-only status field on the right side of the WEP key field: