MANGA Point User’s Manual (Last updated: 2004-06-14)
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FCC WARNING 1. FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 20 centimete rs between the radiator and your body. 2. This Transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. 3.
CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................... 1 1.1 2 INSTALLATION............................................................................................ 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 3 Connecting Your Computer and Your MANGA Point ........................................2 Turning on Your MANGA Point................................................................................2 Login to MANGA Point...............................................
INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 What is MANGA Point? MANGA Point is a network device for one or more PCs on a LAN to simultaneously access secure wireless broadband Internet service. With integrated 4 Ethernet switching ports and user-friendly web-based network administration features, MANGA Point can connect 4 PCs to the Internet without installing any wireless LAN adapter or configuring tedious wireless network settings on the PCs. MANGA Point supports DHCP, NAT, DMZ and port forwarding functions.
INSTALLATION 2 INSTALLATION 2.1 Connecting Your Computer and Your MANGA Point For the initial configuration of your MANGA Point, connect your local computer LAN port to MANGA Point LAN port using straight-through Ethernet or crossover Ethernet cables. 2.2 Turning on Your MANGA Point After you’ve made the connections, connect the power cable to a power supply and look at the front panel LED. The LAN LED turns on if it is properly connected.
INSTALLATION 2.3 Login to MANGA Point 1. Make sure your MANGA Point hardware is properly connected (refer to instructions in the hardware installation chapter 2.1). 2. Launch your web browser. You should be redirected to MANGA Point web administration page. If you are not being redirected to web administration page, enter “192.168.1.1” as the web site address.
INSTALLATION 4. You should now see the connection status page. The three icons show the current connection status. STATUS DESCRIPTION MANGA Point is searching for available wireless network (Access Point). MANGA Point is registering and authenticating to Radius server. MANGA Point is obtaining an IP address from DHCP server. MANGA Point is connected to the Internet. 5. Navigating the main menu items: Click on the item’s name to configure the corresponding item.
CONFIGURATION 3 CONFIGURATION 3.1 Connect You will see a connect page which allows you to manually connect to radio, network and the Internet. FIELD SSID DESCRIPTION Access Point’s SSID, default is “MetroFi”. configure SSID in “CPE Setup” page. Username/Domain Username and domain to login Radius server. Password Password to login Radius server.
CONFIGURATION 3.2 CPE Setup LAN Interface – Configures IP address over the LAN interface. IP Address/Subnet Mask: Enter fixed IP address and its associated subnet mask. Default is 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0. DHCP Server – Allows you to enable or disable the DHCP function. DHCP server is enabled by default. Start IP Address: Start of available range of IP addresses that can be assigned. Default is 192.168.1.10. Stop IP Address: End of available range of IP addresses that can be assigned. Default is 192.
CONFIGURATION DMZ – Allows a DMZ host acting as neutral zone between the private network and the outside network. Enable/Disable: Enable or disable the DMZ function. Default is disabled. DMZ IP Address: This is an IP address of a LAN computer for which all incoming accesses to the MANGA Point’s WAN IP address will be redirected to. Wireless setup – Configures the wireless interface. SSID: SSID of the access point, default is “MetroFi”.
CONFIGURATION Level B signal strength: Lower limit of level B’s signal strength (measured in dBm), default is -50. Level B PER: Lower limit of level B’s packet error rate (measured in percentage), default is 5. Level C signal strength: Lower limit of level C’s signal strength (measured in dBm), default is -60. Level C PER: Lower limit of level C’s packet error rate (measured in percentage), default is 8. Min. link speed: Minimum link speed (measured in Mbit/sec), default is 1.
CONFIGURATION 3.3 Port Forward Port forward can be used to set up public services on your network. When a user from the Internet makes certain request on your network, the MANGA Point can forward the request to specific computer which handles the request. Service port range: Port range used by the service that will be forwarded. Protocol: Protocol type used by the service that will be forwarded. IP Address: Internal IP address, where the packets are forwarded to. To add a server using forwarding: 1.
CONFIGURATION 3.4 Incoming Traffic Filter Configure the MANGA Point to block specific external traffic from Internet to internal network. You can set up different filters based on the network protocol and port number. To modify the filter setting: 1. Select a filter entry using the Filter box. 2. Enter the name of filter rule in the Name field. 3. Select the protocol, either TCP or UDP. 4. Enter the port number in Port field. 5. Click Save button to save the settings. To delete a filter: 1.
CONFIGURATION 3.5 Outgoing Traffic Filter Configure the MANGA Point device to block specific external traffic from internal network to Internet. You can set up different filters based on the network protocol and port number. To modify the filter setting: 1. Select a filter entry using the Filter box. 2. Enter the name of filter rule in the Name field. 3. Select the protocol, either TCP or UDP. 4. Enter the port number in Port field. 5. Click Save button to save the settings. To delete a filter: 1.
CONFIGURATION 3.6 Specification Technical Specification - Standard IEEE 802.3 and 802.3u 10Based-T and 100Based-TX IEEE 802.11g standard compliant IEEE 802.11x standard compliant - Media Access Protocol: IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11b - Data Rate: 54Mbps/48Mbps/36Mbps/24Mbps/11Mbps/5.
TROUBLESHOOTING 4 TROUBLESHOOTING This chapter provides possible solutions to potential problems regarding the installation and configuration of MANGA Point. 1. None of the LEDs are on when you turn on the MANGA Point Check the power cable between the AC adapter and the MANGA Point. If the error persists, you may have a hardware problem. In this case, contact your dealer for further inspection. 2.
