Air Live Router WL-5470AP User Manual

							AirLive WL_5470AP User’s Manual 
16  LAN port adapter. 
The default value is Disabled. 
Security Press the setup button for detail configurations 
 
To provide a certain level of security, the IEEE 802.11 standard has defined two types of authentication 
methods: Open System or Shared Key. And WL-5470APv2 also support other wireless authentication and 
encryption methods for enhance your wireless network. 
With Open System authentication, a wireless PC can join any network and receive any messages that are 
not encrypted. With Shared Key authentication, only those PCs that possess the correct authentication key 
can join the network. By default, IEEE 802.11 wireless devices operate in an Open System network and 
None data encryption. If you want secure your wireless network, you need to setup wireless security related 
function to enable security network. 
None 
Encryption: None (Encryption is set to None by default.) 
If the Access Point is using Encryption None, then the wireless adapter will need to be set to the same 
authentication mode. 
 
 
 
WEP 
Encryption: WEP 
If selected WEP encryption, you must set WEP key value: 
  
						

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Encryption WEP 
Authentication Type You can select Open System or Shared Key type for authentication. 
Key Length You can set 64bit or 128bit Encryption. 
Key Format Select ASCII if you are using ASCII characters (case-sensitive). 
Select HEX if you are using hexadecimal numbers (0-9, or A-F). 
Default TX Key You can enter 4 different Encryption Key and select one key to use as default. 
10 hexadecimal digits or 5 ASCII characters are needed if 64-bit WEP is used; 
26 hexadecimal digits or 13 ASCII characters are needed if 128-bit WEP is used. 
Shared Key is used when both the sender and the recipient share a secret key. So you can choose Open 
system, or one Shared Key authentication method. 
WPA-PSK 
Encryption: WPA-PSK (TKIP)  or WPA-PSK (AES) 
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) with Pre-Shared Key (PSK) provides better security than WEP keys. It does 
not require a RADIUS server in order to provide association authentication, but you do have to enter a shared 
key for the authentication purpose. The encryption key is generated automatically and dynamically. 
  
						

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Encryption You can select WPA-PSK (TKIP) or WPA-PSK (AES) method for data 
encryption. 
Pre-shared Key There are two formats for choice to set the Pre-shared key, i.e. Passphraseand 
Hex. If Hex is selected, users will have to enter a 64 characters string. For easier 
configuration, the Passphrase (at least 8 characters) format is recommended. 
Group Key Life Time Enter the number of seconds that will elapse before the group key change 
automatically. The default is 86400 seconds. 
 
WPA2-PSK 
Encryption: WPA2-PSK (AES)  or WPA-PSK Mixed 
WPA2-PSK authentication method is almost like WPA-PSK, You can choose the Pre-Shared Key format and 
enter the Pre-shared key, 
 
 
  
						

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19  Encryption You can select WPA2-PSK (AES) or WPA2-PSK Mixed method for data 
encryption 
Pre-shared Key There are two formats for choice to set the Pre-shared key, i.e. Passphraseand 
Hex. If Hex is selected, users will have to enter a 64 characters string. For easier 
configuration, the Passphrase (at least 8 characters) format is recommended. 
Group Key Life Time Enter the number of seconds that will elapse before the group key change 
automatically. The default is 86400 seconds. 
 
802.1x / RADIUS 
 
 
Encryption: 802.1x / RADIUS 
security You can select None, WEP, WPA (TKIP), WPA (AES), WPA2 (AES), WPA2 
Mixed method for data encryption. 
Encryption: None 
No data encryption and Use 802.1x Authentication is disable. 
 
Encryption: WEP 
802.1x Authentication is enabled and the RADIUS Server will proceed to check the 802.1x Authentication, 
and make the RADIUS server to issue the WEP key dynamically. 
You can select WEP 64bits or WEP 128bits for data encryption. 
 
Encryption: WPA (TKIP) / WPA (AES) 
WPA-RADIUS authentication use WPA (Wi-Fi Protect Access) data encryption for 802.1x authentication.  
						

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20  WPA is an encryption standard proposed by WiFi for advance protection by utilizing a password key (TKIP) 
or certificate. It is more secure than WEP encryption. 
 
Encryption: WPA2-AES / WPA2-Mixed 
The two most important features beyond WPA to become standardized through 802.11i/WPA2 are: 
pre-authentication, which enables secure fast roaming without noticeable signal latency. Pre-authentication
provides a way to establish a PMK security association before a client associates. The advantage is that the 
client reduces the time that its disconnected to the network. 
Authentication RADIUS 
Server Enter the RADIUS Server IP address and Password provided by your ISP. 
Port: Enter the RADIUS Server’s port number provided by your ISP. The default 
is 1812. 
IP Address: Enter the RADIUS Server’s IP Address provided by your ISP. 
Password: Enter the password that the AP shares with the RADIUS Server. 
Accounting RADIUS 
Server Enter the Accounting RADIUS Server IP address and Password provided by your 
ISP 
Advanced Settings Press the setup button for detail configurations 
 
It is not recommended that settings in this page to be changed unless advanced users want to change to 
meet their wireless environment for optimal performance. 
Fragment Threshold Fragmentation mechanism is used for improving the efficiency when high 
traffic flows along in the wireless network. If your 802.11g Wireless LAN PC 
Card often transmit large files in wireless network, you can enter new  
						

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21  Fragment Threshold value to split the packet.    The value can be set from 
256 to 2346. The default value is 2346. 
RTS Threshold RTS Threshold is a mechanism implemented to prevent the “Hidden Node” 
problem. “Hidden Node” is a situation in which two stations are within range of 
the same Access Point, but are not within range of each other. Therefore, they 
are hidden nodes for each other. When a station starts data transmission with 
the Access Point, it might not notice that the other station is already using the 
wireless medium. When these two stations send data at the same time, they 
might collide when arriving simultaneously at the Access Point. The collision 
will most certainly result in a loss of messages for both stations. 
Thus, the RTS Threshold mechanism provides a solution to prevent data 
collisions. When you enable RTS Threshold on a suspect “hidden 
station”, this station and its Access Point will use a Request to Send 
(RTS). The station will send an RTS to the Access Point, informing 
that it is going to transmit the data. Upon receipt, the Access Point 
will respond with a CTS message to all station within its range to 
notify all other stations to defer transmission. It will also confirm the 
requestor station that the Access Point has reserved it for the 
time-frame of the requested transmission. 
If the “Hidden Node” problem is an issue, please specify the packet size. The 
RTS mechanism will be activated if the data size exceeds the value you set.. 
The default value is 2347.  
Warning: Enabling RTS Threshold will cause redundant network overhead 
that could negatively affect the throughput performance instead of providing 
a remedy. 
This value should remain at its default setting of 2347.  Should you encounter 
inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications of this value are 
recommended. 
Beacon Interval Beacon Interval is the amount of time between beacon transmissions. Before 
a station enters power save mode, the station needs the beacon interval to 
know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whether there are 
buffered frames at the access point). 
Data Rate By default, the unit adaptively selects the highest possible rate for 
transmission. Select the basic rates to be used among the following options: 
Auto, 1, 2, 5.5, 11or 54 Mbps. For most networks the default setting is Auto
which is the best choice. When Autois enabled the transmission rate will 
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22  automatically fall back to a lower rate. 
Preamble Type A preamble is a signal used in wireless environment to synchronize the 
transmitting timing including Synchronization and Start frame delimiter. In a 
noisy network environment, the Preamble Type should be set to Long
Preamble. The Short Preambleis intended for applications where minimum 
overhead and maximum performance is desired. If in a noisy network 
environment, the performance will be decreased. 
Broadcast SSID   Select enabled to allow all the wireless stations to detect the SSID of this 
Access Point.   
IAPP IAPP (Inter Access Point Protocol) is designed for the enforcement of unique 
association throughout a ESS (Extended Service Set) and a secure exchange 
of station’s security context between current access point (AP) and new AP 
during handoff period. 
802.11g Protection The 802.11g standard includes a protection mechanism to ensure mixed 802.11b and 
802.11g operation. If there is no such kind of mechanism exists, the two kinds of 
standards may mutually interfere and decrease network’s performance.   
TX Power Level For countries that impose limit on WLAN output power, it might be necessary
to reduce TX (transmit) power.  There are 7 TX Power Levels to choose 
from — select a level to make sure that the output power measured at the 
antenna end will not exceed the legal limit in your country.   
 
Enable Watch dog Check and enable this watch dog function 
Watch Interval Setup the interval time for watch dog function between 1 to 60 mins 
Watch Host Enter the watch dog host ip address . 
ACK Timeout When a packet is sent out from one wireless station to the other, it will waits 
for an Acknowledgement frame from the remote station. If the ACK is NOT 
received within that timeout period then the packet will be re-transmitted 
resulting in reduced throughput. If the ACK setting is too high then 
throughput will be lost due to waiting for the ACK Window to timeout on lost 
packets. By having the ability to adjust the ACK setting we can effectively 
optimize the throughput over long distance links. This is especially true for 
802.11a and 802.11g networks 
You can set as default for auto adjustment. 
Apply Change Press to save the new settings on the screen.     
Reset Press to discard the data you have entered since last time you press Apply 
Change.  
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When Enable Wireless Access Control is checked, only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses 
listed in the access control list can access this Access Point. If the list contains no entries with this function 
being enabled, then no clients will be able to access this Access Point. 
Wireless Access Control 
Mode Select the Access Control Mode from the pull-down menu. 
Disable: Select to disable Wireless Access Control Mode. 
Allow Listed: Only the stations shown in the table can associate with the AP.   
Deny Listed: Stations shown in the table won’t be able to associate with the AP. 
MAC Address Enter the MAC Address of a station that is allowed to access this Access Point. 
Comment You may enter up to 20 characters as a remark to the previous MAC Address. 
Apply Changes Press to save the new settings on the screen.     
Reset Press to discard the data you have entered since last time you press Apply 
Change.  
Delete Selected To delete clients from access to this Access Point, you may firstly check the 
Select checkbox next to the MAC address and Comments, and press Delete 
Selected.  
Delete All To delete all the clients from access to this Access Point, just press Delete All 
without selecting the checkbox. 
Reset If you have made any selection, press Reset will clear all the select mark.     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
						

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4.3 Client Mode Setting 
 
Alias Name You can set the alias name for this device. limited not exceed 32 characters. 
… Disable Wireless 
LAN Interface Check the box to disable the Wireless LAN Interface, by so doing, you won’t be 
able to make wireless connection with this Access Point in the network you are 
located. In other words, this device will not be visible by any wireless station. 
Band You can choose one mode of the following you need. 
~ 2.4GHz (B): 802.11b supported rate only. 
~ 2.4GHz (G): 802.11g supported rate only. 
~ 2.4GHz (B+G):802.11b supported rate and 802.11g supported rate. The 
default is 2.4GHz (B+G) mode. 
Network Type Client mode have two Network type : 
Infrastructure 
A wireless network that is built around one or more access points, providing 
wireless clients access to wired LAN or Internet service. It is the most popular 
WLAN network structure today. 
AdHoc wireless network do not use wireless AP orrouter as the central hub of the 
network. Instead, wireless client are connected directly to each other. 
SSID The SSID differentiates one WLAN from another; therefore, all access points and 
all devices attempting to connect to a specific WLAN must use the same SSID. It is 
case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters.  A device will not be permitted 
to join the BSS unless it can provide the unique SSID. An SSID is also referred to 
as a network name because essentially it is a name that identifies a wireless 
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25  Site Survey 
 
Site survey displays all the active Access Points and IBSS in the neighborhood. 
You can select one AP to associate. Press Site Survey button to search the 
wireless device that this client want to connect. 
Channel Number Allow user to set the channel manually or automatically. 
If set channel manually, just select the channel you want to specify. 
If “Auto” is selected, user can set the channel range to have Wireless Access Point 
automatically survey and choose the channel with best situation for
communication. All stations communicating with the Access Point must use the 
same channel. 
when setup infrastructure of Client mode, the channel number can not 
Be changed. You have to go to AP mode to change the channel number 
Auto MAC Clone Check the box to enable MAC Clone for Single Ethernet Client. 
Manual MAC Clone 
Address Enter the MAC Address of Single Ethernet Client. 
Security Please refer the AP mode settingsÆ Security for details. 
In client mode are not supported with RADIUS 802.1x authentication. 
 
Advance Setting   Please refer the AP mode settingsÆ Advance Setting for details.