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Draytek VigorAP 800 User Manual

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  • Page 1 VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 3 ’ ’ Version: 1.0 Firmware Version: V1.0.0RC5 Date: 15/04/2010 VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 4 Web registration is preferred. You can register your Vigor modem via Owner http://www.draytek.com. Firmware & Tools Due to the continuous evolution of DrayTek technology, all modems will be regularly Updates upgraded. Please consult the DrayTek web site for more information on newest firmware, tools and documents.

  • Page 5: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    No. 26, Fu Shing Road, HuKou Township, HsinChu Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan 303 Product: VigorAP 800 DrayTek Corp. declares that VigorAP 800 is in compliance with the following essential requirements and other relevant provisions of R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EEC. The product conforms to the requirements of Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive 2004/108/EC by complying with the requirements set forth in EN55022/Class B and EN55024/Class B.
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  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    3.4 Wireless LAN Settings for Station-Infrastructure ..............33 3.4.1 General Setup......................... 33 3.4.2 Site Survey ........................38 3.4.3 Statistics.......................... 38 3.4.4 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)..................39 3.5 Wireless LAN Settings for AP Bridge-Point to Point ............. 41 VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 8 5.2 Checking If the Network Connection Settings on Your Computer Is OK or Not ....82 5.3 Pinging the Modem from Your Computer................84 5.4 Backing to Factory Default Setting If Necessary ..............85 5.6 Contacting Your Dealer ......................86 VigorAP 800 User’s Guide viii...

  • Page 9: Preface

    Thank you for purchasing this VigorAP 800! With this high cost-efficiency VigorAP 800, computers and wireless devices which are compatible with 802.11n can connect to existing wired Ethernet network via this VigorAP 800, at the speed of 300Mbps. Easy install procedures allows any computer users to setup a network environment in very short time - within minutes, even inexperienced users.

  • Page 10: Led Indicators And Connectors

    Blinking Data is transmitting (sending/receiving). (Orange) WPS Button Press this button for 2 seconds to wait for client device making network connection through WPS. When the orange LED lights up, the WPS will be on. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 11 Connector for future use. Restore the default settings. Usage: Turn on VigorAP 800. Press the button and keep for more than 10 seconds. Then VigorAP 800 will restart with the factory default configuration. ON/OFF: Power switch. PWR: Connecter for a power adapter.

  • Page 12: Hardware Installation

    Before starting to configure the modem, you have to connect your devices correctly. Connect VigorAP 800 to ADSL modem, router, or switch/hub in your network through the LAN A port of the access point by Ethernet cable.

  • Page 13: Wired Connection For Notebook In Wlan

    Connect VigorAP 800 to ADSL modem or router in your network through the LAN A port of the access point by Ethernet cable. Connect the A/C power adapter to the wall socket, and then connect it to the PWR connector of the access point.

  • Page 14: Wireless Connection

    Power on VigorAP 800. Check all LEDs on the front panel. ACT LED should be steadily on, LAN LEDs should be on if VigorAP 800 is correctly connected to the ADSL modem, router or switch/hub. (For the detailed information of LED status, please refer to section 1.2.)

  • Page 15: Poe Connection

    VigorAP 800 can gain the power from the connected switch, e.g., VigorSwitch P2260. PoE (Power over Ethernet) can break the install limitation caused by the fixed power supply. Connect VigorAP 800 to a switch in your network through the LAN A1 port of the access point by Ethernet cable.
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  • Page 17: Network Configuration

    After the network connection is built, the next step you should do is setup VigorAP 800 with proper network parameters, so it can work properly in your network environment. Before you can connect to the access point and start configuration procedures, your computer must be able to get an IP address automatically (use dynamic IP address).
  • Page 18 Select Specify an IP address, then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish. IP address: 192.168.1.9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 19: Windows 2000 Ip Address Setup

    Area Connection, and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), then click Properties. Select Use the following IP address, then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish. IP address: 192.168.1.9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 20: Windows Xp Ip Address Setup

    Connections, and then double-click Local Area Connection, Local Area Connection Status window will appear, and then click Properties. Select Use the following IP address, then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish: IP address: 192.168.1.9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 21: Windows Vista Ip Address Setup

    Connection Properties window will appear, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4), and then click Properties. Select Use the following IP address, then input the following settings in respective field and click OK when finish: IP address: 192.168.1.9 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 22: Accessing To Web User Interface

    IP address of the computer to be the same subnet as the default IP address of VigorAP 800 192.168.1.1. For the detailed information, please refer to the later section - Trouble Shooting of the guide.

  • Page 23: Changing Password

    Enter the login password (the default is blank) on the field of Old Password. Type New Password. Then click OK to continue. Now, the password has been changed. Next time, use the new password to access the Web Configurator for this modem. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 24: Operation Mode

    AP Bridge-Point to This mode can establish wireless connection with another Point VigorAP 800 using the same mode, and link the wired network which these two VigorAP 800s connected together. Only one access point can be connected in this mode.

  • Page 25: Online Status

    Displays the connection status of the station. Link Quality Displays the percentage of the link quality. High percentage means high quality. Link Speed Displays transmission and receiving speed for the station. Throughput Displays total processing size for data transmission and data receiving. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
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  • Page 27: Web Configuration

    Click LAN to open the LAN settings page and choose General Setup. Note: Such page will be changed according to the Operation Mode selected. The following screen is obtained by choosing AP as the operation mode. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 28 Primary IP Address You must specify a DNS server IP address here because your ISP should provide you with usually more than one DNS Server. If your ISP does not provide it, the modem will automatically apply VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 29: General Concepts For Wireless Lan

    In an Infrastructure Mode of wireless network, VigorAP 800 plays a role as an Access Point (AP) connecting to lots of wireless clients or Stations (STA). All the STAs will share the same Internet connection via VigorAP 800.
  • Page 30 Start PBC button or using PIN Code. On the side of VigorAP 800 series which served as an AP, press WPS button once on the front panel of VigorAP 800 or click Start PBC on web configuration interface. On the side of a station with network card installed, press Start PBC button of network card.

  • Page 31: Wireless Lan Settings For Ap Mode

    SSID and the wireless channel. Please refer to the following figure for more information. Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function. Mode At present, VigorAP 800 can connect to 11b only, 11g only, 11n VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 32 SSID or just cannot see any thing about VigorAP 800 while site surveying. The system allows you to set three sets of SSID for different usage. Set a name for VigorAP 800 to be identified. Default settings are SSID DrayTek-LAN-A and DrayTek-LAN-B. When Enable 2 Subnet is enabled, you can specify subnet interface (LAN-A or LAN-B) for each SSID by using the drop down menu.
  • Page 33 Packet-OVERDRIVE (refer to the following picture of Vigor N61 wireless utility window, choose Enable for TxBURST on the tab of Option). WMM Capable To apply WMM parameters for wireless data transmission, please click the Enable radio button. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 34: Security

    Key) entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802.1x authentication. WEP/802.1x - The built-in RADIUS client feature enables VigorAP 800 to assist the remote dial-in user or a wireless station and the RADIUS server in performing mutual authentication. It enables centralized remote access...
  • Page 35 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal values in 64-bit encryption level, or restricted to 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal values in 128-bit encryption level. The allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33(!) to 126(~) except '#' VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 36: Access Control

    MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface. By clicking the Access Control, a new web page will appear, as depicted below, so that you could edit the clients' MAC addresses to control their access rights (deny or allow). VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 37 Delete the selected MAC address in the list. Edit the selected MAC address in the list. Edit Cancel Give up the access control set up. Click it to save the access control list. Cancel Clean all entries in the MAC address list. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 38: Wps

    VigorAP 800 will wait for WPS requests from wireless clients about two minutes. The WPS LED on VigorAP 800 will blink fast when WPS is in progress. It will return to normal condition after two minutes. (You need to...

  • Page 39: Ap Discovery

    This page is used to scan the existence of the APs on the wireless LAN. Yet, only the AP which is in the same channel of VigorAP 800 can be found. Please click Scan to discover all the connected APs.

  • Page 40: Station List

    LAN MAC address of client. Only the valid MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface. Click this button to add current typed MAC address into Access Control. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 41: Wireless Lan Settings For Station-Infrastructure

    Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function. Mode At present, VigorAP 800 can connect to 11 b only, 11 g only, 11 n only, Mixed (11b+11g), Mixed (11b+11g+11n) and Mixed (11g+11n) stations simultaneously. Simply choose Mixed (11b+11g+11n) mode.
  • Page 42 TxBURST on the tab of Option). Mac Clone Check this box and manually enter the MAC address for Station mode driver. To add a new wireless profile for the stations, click Add. The following dialog box will appear. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 43 Set the RTS threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify default RTS Threshold value if you don’t know what it is, default value is 2347. Fragment Threshold Set the Fragment threshold of wireless radio. Do not modify VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 44 Therefore WEP is still a good choice for you if you have such kind of client in your network environment. There are two types of WEP key length: 64-bit and 128-bit. Using 128-bit is safer than 64-bit, but it will reduce some data transfer performance. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 45 You can set up to four sets of WEP key, and you can decide which key is being used as default here. If you don’t know which one you should use, select ‘Key 1’. Below shows an example for a wireless profile created. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 46: Site Survey

    Add Profile The system will add a profile automatically for you to connect with the wireless AP that you choose. This page displays the statistics for data transmission and receiving between the access point and the stations. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 47: Wps (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)

    Display the encryption setting of the access points. If you have selected the access point with security setting, you have to go to 2-7 Wireless Security to set the same security with the access point you want to associate. Ver. (Version) Display the version of WPS. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 48 Note: When you’re using PBC type WPS setup, you must press PBC button (hardware or software) of wireless client within 2 minutes. If you didn’t press PBC button of wireless client within this time period, please press PBC button (hardware or software) of this access point again. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 49: Wireless Lan Settings For Ap Bridge-Point To Point

    Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function. Mode At present, VigorAP 800 can connect to 11b only, 11g only, 11n only, Mixed (11b+11g) and Mixed (11b+11g+11n) stations simultaneously. Simply choose Mixed (11b+11g+11n) mode. Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN.
  • Page 50 Select CCK (11b mode), OFDM (11g mode), or HTMIX (11b/g/n mixed mode) from the drop down menu for the access point that VigorAP 800 wants to connect. Each access point should be setup to the same Phy mode for connecting with each other.

  • Page 51: Ap Discovery

    This page is used to scan the existence of the APs on the wireless LAN. Yet, only the AP which is in the same channel of VigorAP 800 can be found. Please click Scan to discover all the connected APs.

  • Page 52: Wireless Lan Settings For Ap Bridge-Point To Multi-Point

    Phy mode, security, Tx Burst and choose proper mode. Please refer to the following figure for more information. In this page, you can set up to four groups of encryption settings (WEP, TKIP or AES) for data transmission. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 53 Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function. At present, VigorAP 800 can connect to 11 b only, 11 g only, 11 Mode n only, Mixed (11b+11g) and Mixed (11b+11g+11n) stations simultaneously. Simply choose Mixed (11b+11g+11n) mode. Channel Means the channel of frequency of the wireless LAN.
  • Page 54 Select CCK (11b mode), OFDM (11g mode), or HTMIX (11b/g/n mixed mode) from the drop down menu for the access point that VigorAP 800 wants to connect. Each access point should be setup to the same Phy mode for connecting with each other.

  • Page 55: Ap Discovery

    This page is used to scan the existence of the APs on the wireless LAN. Yet, only the AP which is in the same channel of VigorAP 800 can be found. Please click Scan to discover all the connected APs.

  • Page 56: Wireless Lan Settings For Ap Bridge-Wds

    General Setup, Security, Access Control, WPS, AP Discovery and Station List. By clicking the General Setup, a new web page will appear so that you could configure the Phy mode, security, Tx Burst and choose proper mode. Please refer to the following figure for more information. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 57 Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function. Mode At present, VigorAP 800 can connect to 11b only, 11g only, 11n only, Mixed (11b+11g) and Mixed (11b+11g+11n) stations simultaneously. Simply choose Mixed (11b+11g+11n) mode. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 58 VigorAP 800 while site surveying. The system allows you to set three sets of SSID for different usage. SSID Set a name for VigorAP 800 to be identified. Default settings are DrayTek-LAN-A and DrayTek-LAN-B. When Enable 2 Subnet is enabled, you can specify subnet interface (LAN-A or LAN-B) for each SSID by using the drop down menu.
  • Page 59 Packet-OVERDRIVE (refer to the following picture of Vigor N61 wireless utility window, choose Enable for TxBURST on the tab of Option). To apply WMM parameters for wireless data transmission, please WMM Capable click the Enable radio button. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 60: Security

    Key) entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802.1x authentication. WEP/802.1x - The built-in RADIUS client feature enables VigorAP 800 to assist the remote dial-in user or a wireless station and the RADIUS server in performing mutual VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 61 The format of WEP Key is restricted to 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal values in 64-bit encryption level, or restricted to 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal values in 128-bit encryption level. The allowed VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 62: Access Control

    MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface. By clicking the Access Control, a new web page will appear, as depicted below, so that you could edit the clients' MAC addresses to control their access rights (deny or allow). VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 63 Delete the selected MAC address in the list. Edit Edit the selected MAC address in the list. Cancel Give up the access control set up. Click it to save the access control list. Cancel Clean all entries in the MAC address list. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 64: Wps

    This page is used to scan the existence of the APs on the wireless LAN. Yet, only the AP which is in the same channel of VigorAP 800 can be found. Please click Scan to discover all the connected APs.
  • Page 65 SSID Display the SSID of the AP scanned by VigorAP 800. BSSID Display the MAC address of the AP scanned by VigorAP 800. RSSI Display the signal strength of the access point. RSSI is the abbreviation of Receive Signal Strength Indication.

  • Page 66: Station List

    LAN MAC address of client. Only the valid MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface. Click this button to add current typed MAC address into Access Control. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 67: Wireless Lan Settings For Universal Repeater

    Please refer to the following figure for more information. Enable Wireless LAN Check the box to enable wireless function. Mode At present, VigorAP 800 can connect to 11b only, 11g only, 11n only, Mixed (11b+11g) and Mixed (11b+11g+11n) stations VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 68 SSID or just cannot see any thing about VigorAP 800 while site surveying. The system allows you to set three sets of SSID for different usage. Set a name for VigorAP 800 to be identified. Default settings are SSID DrayTek-LAN-A and DrayTek-LAN-B. When Enable 2 Subnet is enabled, you can specify subnet interface (LAN-A or LAN-B) for each SSID by using the drop down menu.
  • Page 69 Packet-OVERDRIVE (refer to the following picture of Vigor N61 wireless utility window, choose Enable for TxBURST on the tab of Option). WMM Capable To apply WMM parameters for wireless data transmission, please click the Enable radio button. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 70: Security

    Key) entered manually in this field below or automatically negotiated via 802.1x authentication. WEP/802.1x - The built-in RADIUS client feature enables VigorAP 800 to assist the remote dial-in user or a wireless station and the RADIUS server in performing mutual VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 71 The format of WEP Key is restricted to 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal values in 64-bit encryption level, or restricted to 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal values in 128-bit encryption level. The allowed VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 72 Set to zero to perform another authentication immediately after the first authentication has successfully completed. (The unit is second.) Idle Timeout Set the maximum time that a wireless device may remain idle. (The unit is second.) VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 73: Access Control

    Delete the selected MAC address in the list. Edit Edit the selected MAC address in the list. Cancel Give up the access control set up. Click it to save the access control list. Clean all entries in the MAC address list. Cancel VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 74: Wps

    VigorAP 800 will wait for WPS requests from wireless clients about two minutes. The WPS LED on t VigorAP 800 will blink fast when WPS is in progress. It will return to normal condition after two minutes. (You need to...

  • Page 75: Ap Discovery

    This page is used to scan the existence of the APs on the wireless LAN. Yet, only the AP which is in the same channel of VigorAP 800 can be found. Please click Scan to discover all the connected APs.

  • Page 76: Universal Repeater

    Type the MAC address of access point that VigorAP800 wants to connect to. Security Mode There are several modes provided for you to choose. Each mode will bring up different parameters (e.g., WEP keys, Pass Phrase) for you to configure. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 77 ASCII characters from 33(!) to 126(~) except '#' and ','. Encryption Type Select TKIP or AES as the algorithm for WPA. Pass Phrase Either 8~63 ASCII characters, such as 012345678 (or 64 Hexadecimal digits leading by 0x, such as "0x321253abcde..."). VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 78: Station List

    LAN MAC address of client. Only the valid MAC address that has been configured can access the wireless LAN interface. Click this button to add current typed MAC address into Access Control. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 79: System Maintenance

    Display the total memory of your system. Memory left Display the remaining memory of your system. LAN------- Display the MAC address of the LAN Interface. MAC Address IP Address Display the IP address of the LAN interface. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 80: Administrator Password

    When you click OK, the login window will appear. Please use the new password to access into the web user interface again. Follow the steps below to backup your configuration. Go to System Maintenance >> Configuration Backup. The following windows will be popped-up, as shown below. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 81 The above example is using Windows platform for demonstrating examples. The Mac or Linux platform will appear different windows, but the backup function is still available. Note: Backup for Certification must be done independently. The Configuration Backup does not include information of Certificate. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 82: Reboot System

    Note: When the system pops up Reboot System web page after you configure web settings, please click OK to reboot your modem for ensuring normal operation and preventing unexpected errors of the modem in the future. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 83: Firmware Upgrade

    Note that this example is running over Windows OS (Operating System). Download the newest firmware from DrayTek's web site or FTP site. The DrayTek web site is www.draytek.com (or local DrayTek's web site) and FTP site is ftp.draytek.com.
  • Page 84 Click Support Area>>FAQ, the following web page will be displayed. Click Support Area>>Product Registration, the following web page will be displayed. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 85: Application And Examples

    3. Access into Support >> Downloads. Please find out Utility menu and click it. 4. Click on the link of Router Tools to download the file. After downloading the files, please decompressed the file onto your host. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 86 You will find out two files with different extension names, xxxx.all (keep the old custom settings) and xxxx.rst (reset all the custom settings to default settings). Choose any one of them that you need. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 87 10. Click Send. 11. Now the firmware update is finished. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
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  • Page 89: Trouble Shooting

    Power on the modem. Make sure the POWER LED, ACT LED and LAN LED are bright. If not, it means that there is something wrong with the hardware status. Simply back to “1.3 Hardware Installation” to execute the hardware installation again. And then, try again. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 90 Go to Control Panel and then double-click on Network Connections. Right-click on Local Area Connection and click on Properties. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then click Properties. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...
  • Page 91 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically. Double click on the current used MacOs on the desktop. Open the Application folder and get into Network. On the Network screen, select Using DHCP from the drop down list of Configure IPv4. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 92: Pinging The Modem From Your Computer

    Open the Application folder and get into Utilities. Double click Terminal. The Terminal window will appear. Type ping 192.168.1.1 and press [Enter]. If the link is OK, the line of “64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=xxxx ms” will appear. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 93: Backing To Factory Default Setting If Necessary

    While the modem is running, press the Factory Reset button and hold for more than 5 seconds. When you see the ACT LED blinks rapidly, please release the button. Then, the modem will restart with the default configuration. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

  • Page 94: Contacting Your Dealer

    If the modem still cannot work correctly after trying many efforts, please contact your dealer for further help right away. For any questions, please feel free to send e-mail to support@draytek.com. VigorAP 800 User’s Guide...

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