FCCID: PPD-AR5BAP-00030 AP User’s Guide Revision October 2001 for Release 1.2 Atheros Confidential and Proprietary Subject to change without notice.
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Preliminary Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................4 1.1 1.2 2 PACKAGE CONTENTS ............................................................................................4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................4 GETTING TO KNOW THE ATHEROS ACCESS POINT .................................5 D O N O T C O P Y 2.1 FRONT VIEW .............
Preliminary 1 Introduction 1.1 Package Contents 1.2 C O P Y The Atheros AR5BAP-00030 Access Point is provided in a completely enclosed plastic housing with two 180° swivel antennas, a power supply, and a serial cable for use in AP software configuration. The AP Reference Design contains a single 10/100 Ethernet port. Using this Ethernet port, a RJ-45 cable, (not provided) should be used to connect the AP to a wired Ethernet LAN.
Preliminary 2 Getting to Know the Atheros Access Point 2.1 Front View The Atheros Reference Design Access Point (AP) has 3 LEDs, and a pair of sidemounted antennas that rotate 180° for alternative reception positioning and compact packaging.
Preliminary LED 2 Description No Ethernet Link Detected Green On 100 Mbps Link Detected but No Activity Green Blink 100 Mbps Link Activity – blink rate is proportional to activity Amber On 10 Mbps Link Detected but No Activity Amber Blink 10 Mbps Link Activity – blink rate is proportional to activity P Description C O LED 3 Y Off Wireless Link Disabled Very Slow Blink Looking for Network Association Slow Blink Associated with Network but No Activity Fast Blink Associated with Network
Preliminary The RS-232 serial interface is capable of 115 kbps operation, and is provided for the purpose of configuring the AP through a terminal interface and connectivity to other external devices such as analog modems. The AP software provides a selectable serial interface data format to allow selection of the number of start, stop, data, and parity bits. By default the serial interface is set to 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity.
Preliminary 2.3 AP Network Attachment and Configuration AP Network Configuration and Network Boot Figure 1 shows an example connection of the AP to a Host PC (HPC). Follow these steps to establish the physical connections: Y 1. Plug the serial cable from the AP RS-232 serial interface to the HPC serial COM port. C O P 2. Connect the AP Ethernet port to the HPC Ethernet card through the Ethernet hub/switch or an Ethernet crossover cable.
Preliminary D O N O T C O P Y 3. Within the Local Area Connection Properties window, choose Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties. Atheros Confidential and Proprietary Subject to change without notice.
Preliminary D O N O T C O P Y 4. Configure the IP address for the Ethernet connection in the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window. Click OK to continue, and close Local Area Connection Properties. Note that this IP address is used by the AP to access the VxWorks files stored on the HPC using the Ethernet connection. Page 10 • AP User’s Guide October 2001 Atheros Confidential and Proprietary Subject to change without notice.
Preliminary N O T C O P Y 5. The AP uses File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to download the VxWorks image from the HPC. A freeware FTP software package is included on the Atheros distribution CD in the \utils directory. Make sure there is no other FTP program such as Internet Information Service (IIS) running on the HPC. Double-click a-ftp.exe under the \utils folder in the distribution CD to start the FTP server.
Preliminary T C O P Y 7. Type any name under the Name field in the Connection Description dialog box and click OK. D O N O 8. Select COM1 or the COM port that is connected to the AP through the serial cable. Click “OK” to continue. Page 12 • AP User’s Guide October 2001 Atheros Confidential and Proprietary Subject to change without notice.
Preliminary N O T C O P Y 9. Set COM port settings to 9600 Bits per second, 8 Data bits, None Parity, 1 Stop bits, and no Flow control. Click OK, and plug the AP power supply into the power source to start the connection. D O 10. An auto-boot message appears on HyperTerminal a few seconds after the AP is connected to the power source. Press any key to stop the auto-boot process and follow Section 3.1.1 to load the VxWorks file over the Ethernet connection, or Section 3.1.
Preliminary N O T C O P Y 3. Press @ (Shift + 2) to continue, and the VxWorks image is loaded into the SDRAM using the Ethernet connection.
Preliminary 2.3.2 Booting VxWorks From Flash Memory Follow these steps to configure the AP to boot VxWorks from Flash memory. Refer to Appendix B (“Download Software Image” section on page Error! Bookmark not defined.) for CLI commands to load the VxWorks image file to the Flash file system, if VxWorks does not exist in Flash memory. 1. At the command prompt, type “c” to enter the configuration parameters. Y 2.
Preliminary 2.4 Configuring the AP When the VxWorks system software is loaded, the AP has to be configured to set some options such as the channel frequency and Service Set Identifier (SSID). This can be done in two ways, either through a web browser with access to the built- in AP web server, or by issuing commands through the serial port command line interface (CLI). 2.4.
Preliminary 2. Click Setup. A dialog box appears that requests login authorization. When prompted, enter the following information to log in: Log in: Admin Password: 5up D O N O T C O P Y Click OK to complete the login process. Atheros Confidential and Proprietary Subject to change without notice.
Preliminary 4. Optionally, you can also set up Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) for security purposes. To set up WEP, click WEP and the configuration screen appears. Refer to Appendix A for a detailed explanation of the WEP configuration options. Click Apply to save the settings. D O N O T C O P Y Note that the Un-Encrypted Frames filter option (previously available in release 1.0) is now removed.
Preliminary 2.4.2 Command-Line Interface The following procedures show the steps required to configure the AP channel frequency and SSID using the command- line (CLI) interface and HyperTerminal. D O N O T C O Press Enter to complete the login process. P Login: Admin Password: 5up Y 1. After the AP boots and VxWorks loads, press Enter to invoke the AP login: prompt. When prompted, enter the following information to log in: Atheros Confidential and Proprietary Subject to change without notice.
Preliminary D O N O T C O P Y 2. Type “set ssid ” to change the SSID that you wish to specify. Type “set channel ” to change the IEEE radio channel. You must type “reboot” and then press Enter, which reboots the AP, to make any changes effective. Page 20 • AP User’s Guide October 2001 Atheros Confidential and Proprietary Subject to change without notice.
Preliminary D O N O T C O P Y 3. To view CLI command options, log in and type “help” or refer to Appendix B for details about CLI options. Atheros Confidential and Proprietary Subject to change without notice.
Preliminary 2.5 Regulatory Compliance Information Radio Frequency Interference Requirements P Y This device is restricted to indoor use due to its operation in the 5.15 to 5.25 GHz frequency range. FCC requires this product to be used indoors for the frequency range 5.15 to 5.25 GHz to reduce the potential for harmful interference to co-channel Mobile Satellite systems. High power radars are allocated as primary users of the 5.25 to 5.35 GHz and 5.65 to 5.85 GHz bands.
