Intellinet High-Power Ceiling Mount Wireless 300N PoE Access Point User manual

High-Power Ceiling Mount Wireless 300N

PoE Access Point

UserManual

Model525800

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INT‐525800‐UM‐0316‐1

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TableofContents

1. PRODUCTINTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................1

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RODUCT

F

EATURES

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ACKAGE

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ONTENTS

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ARDWARE

D

ESCRIPTION

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2. HARDWAREINSTALLATION......................................................................................................3

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ALL

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RACKET

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NSTALLATION

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ABLE

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ONNECTIONS

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ONNECTINGTO

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CCESS

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OINT

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ONFIGURATION

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NTERFACE

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2.3.1 SetuptheIPaddressofyourcomputer............................................................................5

2.3.2 ConnecttotheIntellinetAccessPoint...............................................................................5

3. CONFIGURATIONOPTIONS......................................................................................................6

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OGINTOTHEDEVICEMANAGEMENTINTERFACE

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REREQUISITES

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3.2.1 Firmware.........................................................................................................................7

3.2.2 UsingtheWebInterface...................................................................................................7

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TATUS

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ENU

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3.3.1 Overview..........................................................................................................................8

3.3.2 SystemandKernelLog...................................................................................................10

3.3.3 Processes.......................................................................................................................10

3.3.4 RealtimeGraphs............................................................................................................11

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YSTEM

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ENU

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3.4.1 System...........................................................................................................................12

3.4.2 Administration(ChangingofAdministratorPassword)..................................................13

3.4.3 Backup,HardwareResetandFirmwareUpgrade...........................................................14

3.4.4 Reboot...........................................................................................................................15

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ETWORK

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ENU

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3.5.1 Interfaces.......................................................................................................................16

3.5.2 Wi‐Fi..............................................................................................................................21

3.5.3 DHCPandDNS...............................................................................................................29

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OGOUT

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4. HOWTO................................................................................................................................33

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OWTOCHANGETHE

IP

ADDRESSOFTHEACCESSPOINT

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OWTOSECURETHEWIRELESSNETWORKWITHAPASSWORD

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OWTORESTOREFACTORYDEFAULTSETTINGS

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4.3.1 FactoryResetviaWebInterface.....................................................................................35

4.3.2 FactoryResetviaHardwareButton................................................................................35

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OWTOSETUPTHEACCESSPOINTASAWIRELESSREPEATER

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OWTOSETUPTHEACCESSPOINTASAN

AP

CLIENT

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OWTOACCESSTHECONFIGURATIONVIA

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 HOWTOGETTHEMAXIMUMWI‐FIPERFORMANCE?....................................................................49

5. APPENDIX.............................................................................................................................51

 CHANGINGTHEIPADDRESSOFANETWORKADAPTER....................................................................51

5.1.1 Windows8.....................................................................................................................51

5.1.2 Windows7and10.........................................................................................................53

5.1.3 WindowsXP:..................................................................................................................54

5.1.4 MacOSX.......................................................................................................................55

 TECHNICALSPECIFICATIONS.......................................................................................................56

 GNUGENERALPUBLICLICENSE.................................................................................................57

6. WARRANTY...........................................................................................................................62

7. COPYRIGHT...........................................................................................................................63

8. FEDERALCOMMUNICATIONCOMMISSIONINTERFERENCESTATEMENT.................................64

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1. ProductIntroduction

Wirelessnetworkingwiththreetimesthespeedandfivetimesthe flexibility. The Intellinet Network

SolutionsHigh‐PowerCeilingMountWireless300NPoEAccessPoint,Model525800,isthelatestinwireless

networking. Taking advantage of new technology, a wireless network can now see greatly enhanced

networkspeeds.TheHigh‐PowerCeilingMountWireless300NPoEAccessPointcomeswithaPoEPDport.

ThisportcanbeusedtopowerthedevicefromaPoE‐compliantLANswitch,whichisveryconvenientin

situationswhereACpowerisnotreadilyavailable.

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ProductFeatures

 Upto300Mbpsnetworklinkspeed 

 Smokedetectordesign 

 Complieswith2.4GHzIEEE802.11nstandardandisbackwardcompatiblewithIEEE802.11g/b

standards

 2T2RMIMOtechnologyforenhancedthroughputandcoverage

 SupportsWMMfunctiontomeetthemultimediadatabandwidthrequirement

 SupportsWEPandWPA/WPA2(TKIPandAES)dataencryption

 IEEE802.3af‐compliantPoE‐powereddevicewithonePoE(PD)port

 DHCPserverassignsIPaddressesforallLANusers

 EasyinstallationthroughWeb‐baseduserinterface

 BasedonOpenWrt(opensource)andLuCI

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PackageContents

 High‐PowerCeilingMountWireless300NPoEAccessPoint 

 Installationaccessories

 QuickInstallationManual

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HardwareDescription 

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EthernetPort:Ethernetportjack(RJ45)forwiredEthernetconnections.Theportsupports10

and100Mbpsconnections.ItalsoactsasaIEEE802.3af/atcompliantPDport,soyoucan

connectittoaPoEinjectororPoEswitch.

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PowerInterface:Fornon‐PoEapplicationsyoucanusethisporttoconnectthepoweradapter

(included).

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ResetButton:Ifyouneedtorestoretheaccesspointtothefactorydefaultsettings,youcanuse

asharpobjecttopushintheresetbutton.Dothatforabout6secondsandtheAccessPointwill

automaticallyrestorethefactorysettingsandrestart.

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BracketAttachmentPoints:Wallorceilingmountinstallationrequiresaffixingthebracket

(Figure1)tothewallorceiling,andthenslidethebracketontothesetwohooks.

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2. HardwareInstallation

WallBracketInstallation

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1. Placethemountingbracketagainstawallortheceiling,andmarkthepositionsoftheholeswitha

pen.Removethebracketandthenuseadrillonthefourmarkedlocations.

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2. Inserttheanchorsintotheholes–seeimage 

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3. Lineupthemountingbracketagainstthewallandthescrewholes. 

InsertthescrewsintothemountingbracketandtightenthescrewswithaPhillipsheadscrewdriver. 

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4. Connectthecablestotheaccesspoint,andthenslidetheAccessPointontotheattachmentpoints

onthebracket. 

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CableConnections

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ConnectanEthernetcabletotheRJ45LANportontheaccesspoint.Connecttheotherendofthecable

toeitheraPoEinjector(whichconnectstoyournetwork),aregularLANswitch.

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Usethepoweradapterifyoudon’tuseaIEEE802.3af/atratedPoEinjectororPoEswitch.

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Threatthecablesthroughthe‘channels’inthemountingbracketsand

putthemountingbracketbackinplace.

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ConnectingtoAccessPointWebConfigurationInterface

2.3.1 SetuptheIPaddressofyourcomputer

Configuration of the access point is done with any standard webbrowser.Inordertoaccesstheweb

interface of the access point, the IP address of your computer must be in range of 192.168.2.2 –

192.168.2.254.Refertothesection“ChangingtheIPAddressofaNetworkAdapter”intheappendixfor

details.

2.3.2 ConnecttotheIntellinetAccessPoint

YoucaneitherconnectwirelesslytoSSID“Intellinet300NPoE”, or

youconnectviaawirednetworkconnection.Ineithercasemake

surethattheIPaddressissetupcorrectlyaspersection2.3.1.

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Openyourwebbrowserandconnecttohttp://192.168.2.1.The

defaultadministratorpasswordis‘1234’.

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3. ConfigurationOptions

Logintothedevicemanagementinterface

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AccesstothewebinterfaceisprovidedbytheURLhttp://192.168.2.1.Thedefaultusernameis‘root’,

andthedefaultpasswordis‘1234.’Theadministratormenuprovidesaccesstothefollowingmain

sections:

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 Status

Providesinformationaboutthedevicestatus,suchasmemoryusage,errorlogs,runningprocesses

andreal‐timegraphs.

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 System

Accesstosystemsettings,administratorpassword,toolstobackupandrestoretheconfiguration,

updatethefirmware,andmore. 

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 Network

All network related settings, wireless and wired, are controlled in this menu. Most of the key

configurationsaretobedonehere.

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 Logout

Whenyouaredoneworkingontheconfiguration,clickingthisbuttonwillendthesession.

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Prerequisites

3.2.1 Firmware

TheIntellinetHigh‐PowerCeilingMountWireless300NPoEAccessPointmodel525800isbaseduponthe

firmwareOpenWRTBarrierBreaker14.07,withLuCIutilizedasthefrontend.Thesecomponentsareopen

source.

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AboutOpenWRT:

OpenWrtisahighly extensibleGNU/Linuxdistributionforembeddeddevices(typicallywirelessrouters).

Unlikemanyotherdistributionsfortheserouters,OpenWrtisbuiltfromthegrounduptobeafull‐featured,

easilymodifiableoperatingsystemforyourrouter.Inpractice,thismeansthatyoucanhaveallthefeatures

youneedwithnoneofthebloat,poweredbyaLinuxkernelthat'smorerecentthanmostotherdistributions.

(Excerptfromwiki.openwrt.org)

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AboutLuCI:

Thisopensourceprojectresidesathttps://github.com/openwrt/luci/wiki.LuCIisanopensourcefrontend

and a “[…] collection of several libraries, applications and user interfaceswithgeneralpurpose forLua

programmerswhilethefocusstillremainsonthewebuserinterfacewhichalsobecameanofficialpartof

OpenWrtKamikaze.[…]

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NotethattheIntellinetfirmwareissettousetheBOOTSRAPtheme.Youcannotchangethis.

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3.2.2 UsingtheWebInterface

Wheneveryouwanttosavetheconfigurationandactivatethenewsettings,youmustclickon“Save&

Apply”. 

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Theaccesspointwillthensavethesettingsandactivatethemrightaway.

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StatusMenu

3.3.1 Overview

Theoverviewscreenprovidesanat‐a‐glance

overview of various system parameters.

Mostoftheparametersareself‐explanatory. 

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FirmwareandKernelVersion:

IfyoueverneedtocontacttheIntellinet

technicalsupport,makesureyouincludethe

firmwareandkernelversioninyourmessage

tothesupportteam.

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LoadAverage:

ThisparameterindicatestheCPUloadonthe

accesspoint.Ifyouexperienceslow‐downs

either when configuring the device, or

duringnormaloperations,youshouldcheck

the load average. Any value approaching

1.00isacauseforconcern.Anyvaluegreater

than1.00andyouruserswillexperiencealot

ofslow‐downsandarebootoftheaccesspointmaybeadvisable.Ifyouwanttofindoutexactlywhich

processiscausingthehighCPUload,clickon‘Status‐>Processes’tofindout.

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Memory:

Thisisaquickoverviewofthememorysituationontheaccesspoint.Ideally,youwillseeplentyoffree

memory.Ifthesystemhasbeenrunningforalongtime,theamountoffreememorymayhavecomedown.

Eventuallyyoumayneedtoreboottheaccesspointtofreeupsomememory,justlikeyousometimesneed

torebootaPCorserver.

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DHCPLeases: 

IfyouenabletheDHCPserverinthe

Intellinetaccesspoint,andnetworkclients

havejoinedthewirelessnetwork,youcan

seethelistofclientsthathaveobtainedan

IP address from the access point here.

NexttgothehostnameyoucanseetheIP

address, MAC address, and also the

remaining lease time, which indicates

whenthatIPaddressisduetoexpire.

DHCP lease information is provided for

bothIPv4andIPv6IPaddresses.

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Wireless:

Informationaboutthecurrentstateofthewirelessoperationisshowninthissection.Notethatthesignal

strengthindicatorwillshow0%whenrunningthestandardaccesspointmode(‘master’).Thatisperfectly

normalbehavior.

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AssociatedStations:

AllconnectedWLANclientsareshownhere,alongwiththeirMACaddress,signalstrength,datarates,etc.

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3.3.2 SystemandKernelLog

TheIntellinet accesspoint providestoverydetailedlogs,whichcanbeusefulincaseyoueverneedto

contactthetechnicalsupportdepartment.t

3.3.3 Processes

Thisscreenshowsacompletelistofall

running processes on the Intellinet

access point. Thislistcanbe useful if

you need to examine performance

slow‐downs,whichmaybecausedby

a higher CPU load. Each process is

shownwithitscurrentCPUusage(%)

andmemoryusage(%).Ifyouwishto

endaprocess,youhavethreechoices

todoso.

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1. 

The safest and least aggressive

command will try toend the process

by ‘asking nicely’. Most daemons will

adheretothiscommandandclosethe

processwithoutdisruptinganythingor

losingdata.

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Thiscommandsorderstheprocesstostopwhateveritisdoingandenditself.Thisisnolonger‘askingnicely’.

Thisis‘telling’.Sinceendingtheprocessisstillinthehandofthedaemonfortheprocess,thisisalsofairly

safetoexecute.

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3. 

Whenallotheroptionsfailandyoucannotgetaprocesstoshutdownbyanyofthetwoothermeans,the

killcommandisthelastresort.It’sthetoughestkillsignalavailableasitshutsdowntheprocessratherthan

letthedaemonshutitdownproperly. 

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Note: Under normal circumstances there is no need to end, terminateorkillaprocess.Allofthese

processesserveraspecificpurpose,andshuttingdownprocessescanbringdowntheentiresystem.Inthat

caseapowercycleoftheaccesspointmaybecomeunavoidable. 

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3.3.4 RealtimeGraphs

TheIntellinetaccesspointprovidesyouwithdetailedruntimedataabouttheCPUload,traffic,wireless

signalqualityandtheamountofconnections. 

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SystemMenu

3.4.1 System

Onthisscreenyoucandefineparametersrelatedtoerrorlogging,timesettingsandthenetworknameof

theIntellinetaccesspoint.



GeneralSettings:

Displaysthecurrentsystemtime,allowsto

synchronizethetimewithyourcomputer’s

webbrowser,displaysthecurrentnetwork

nameoftheaccesspoint(default

‘Intellinet300NPoE’), as well as the time

zone.

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TimeSynchronization:

TheIntellinetaccesspointdoesn’thaveareal‐timeclockoraCMOSbattery,

andbecauseofthis,everytimeitlosespower,theclockresetstoadefault

date.Topreventthisfromhappening,,youcanuseNTPtogetthetimefrom

theinternet.NotethatsettingupNTPisnotrequiredfortheIntellinetaccess

pointtofunction,butitcanmaketroubleshootingeasierwhenyou’relookingattimestampedlogfiles. 



EnabletheNTPclienttoactivatethisfeature.When

activated, the Intellinet access point will provide you

withalistoffourpossibleNTPservers.Thesearegood

choicesingeneral.

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The option “Provide NTP server” can be activated, to

turntheIntellinetaccesspointintoanNTPrelaySERVER.

Thatmeans,it’llforwardNTPrequestsfromclientsin

yournetworktoanexternalNTPserver.

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Logging:

TheIntellinetaccesspointhastheabilitytocreateahistorylogofimportantevents.Theselogscanbe

storedeitherinthedeviceownmemory,oronanexternalserverusingtheSyslogprotocol,whichisa

standardforforwardinglogmessagesinanIPnetwork. 

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Systemlogbuffersize: 

Thedefaultvalueis16kiB(kibibyte,orkilobyte).

Oncethatbufferisusedup,thelogwillbe

overwritten.Youcanassignalargervaluehere,but

bemindfulofthetotalavailablememoryofyour

system. 

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Externalsystemlogserver:

Syslogisaclient/serverprotocol.TheSyslog

sender(theaccesspoint)sendsasmall(lessthan

1KB)textualmessagetotheSyslogserver.Enter

theIPaddressofyourSyslogserverhere.



Externalsystemlogserverport:

ThestandardportforSyslogserversis514.Youcanmakeadjustmentstothatvaluehere,ifnecessary.



LogOutputlevel:

Youcandefine,howmuchinformationyouwanttoincludeinthelogfile.“Debug”createsmessages

aboutvirtuallyeverythingthatisgoingonwhereas“Emergency”onlylogsmessagesoftheutmost

importance.

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CronLogLevel:

Thisparametercontrolstheloglevelforthekernellog.

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3.4.2 Administration(ChangingofAdministratorPassword)



Onthispageyoucanchangethe

administratorpasswordfortheweb

interface.Provideanewpassword,and

repeatitintheconfirmationfield. 

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3.4.3 Backup,HardwareResetandFirmwareUpgrade

3.4.3.1 Backup/Restore

Thispageenablesyoutosavetheaccesspoint’scurrentsettingsasafiletoyourlocalcomputer,andalso

restoretheaccesspointtopreviouslysavedsettings. 



Backup:

1. 

2. 

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Restore:

1. 

2. 

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3.4.3.2 FactoryReset:

InordertosetbacktheIntellinetaccesspointtothefactorydefaultsettings,youneedtoclickonthe

“performreset“button,andthenconfirmthesecondquestionbyclicking“OK”.

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3.4.3.3 FirmwareUpgrade:

Thisfunctionallowsupdatingthesystemfirmwaretoamorerecentversion.Updatedfirmwareversions

canofferincreasedperformanceandsecurity,aswellasbugfixes.Youcandownloadthelatestfirmware

fromtheIntellinetwebsiteatwww.intellinetnetwork.com/search?q=525800.



KeepSettings:Activatethisoptionifyouwanttokeepthecurrentsystemconfigurationofyouraccess

point.Ifyouuncheckthisoption,theaccesspointwillperformaresettofactrydefaultvaluesafterthe

firmwareupgrade.



Image:Click“Browse…”toselectthefirmwarefileonyourharddrive.

FlashImage:Clickheretobeginthefirmwareupgradeprocess.



Note:Installinganincorrectfirmwarefile,orinterruptingthefirmwareupgradeprocess,i.e.,by

disconnectingtheaccesspointfrompowerorthenetwork,canleadtothedestructionoftheaccess

point.PROCEEDWITHCAUTION.

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3.4.4 Reboot

Inordertoreboottheaccesspointwithoutphysicallydisconnectingitfromthepowersource,youcan

usethisfunction.Arebootmaybenecessaryfromtimetotimeinordertofreeupsystemresources,such

asmemory.

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NetworkMenu

3.5.1 Interfaces

TheinterfacesscreenallowscustomizationoftheLANinterface.Itprovidesaccesstomanyadvanced

featureswhichrequireagoodknowledgeaboutTCP/IPandwirelessnetworks.Thisuserguidewill

thereforelimititselftothosetasks,thatmostusersaregoingtohavetodealwith.



Above:InterfaceStatistics



Clickingthe“Edit”buttonopensanewscreen,whichisdividedintofourscreens. 



GeneralSetup:

Themostimportantfeaturehereistheprotocolselection.Youwilleithersetthisto“Staticaddress”,

whichisthedefaultvalue,orto“DHCPclient”.Allotheroptionsdon’tapplytotheIntellinetaccesspoint.

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DHCPclient: 

IfyouwanttheIntellinetaccesspointtoreceiveitsIP

informationfromaDHCPserverinyournetwork,i.e.,a

router,thenyoucanenablethisoption.Withthisoptionenabled,theIPaddressoftheIntellinetaccess

pointwilldependontheDHCPserverinyournetwork.YouwillneedtocheckwiththeDHCPserverlogin

ordertofindoutwhichIPaddresstheIntellinetaccesspointcanbereachedat.

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Staticaddress: 

YouneedtosetuptheIPaddressoftheaccesspoint

manually.Whenyouselectthisoption,youwillneedto

specifytheIPv4IPaddressandtheIPv4netmask.



YoucanalsosetuptheIPv6address,incaseyourunan

IPv6addressschemeinyourlocalnetwork.SettheIPv6assignmentlength,i.e.,64andtheprefix(hint). 

Allotheroptions(IPv4broadcast,customDNSservers,etc.)donotapply.



AdvancedSettings:

LargelyirrelevanttotheIntellinetAccessPoint,howeveryoudowanttomakesurethatthe“bringupon

boot”optionisactivated.



PhysicalSettings:

Undernormalcircumstancesthereisnoneedtomakeanyadjustmentshere.Aboveshowsthedefault

configurationoftheIntellinetaccesspoint.  

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Bridgeinterfaces:Activatethisoptionandtheinterfacesselectedbelowwillbeabletocommunicatewith

eachother(i.e.,“eth0”and“Intellinet300NPoE”.Normally,thisiswhatyouwouldwant.

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