Lucent Technologies Orinoco WavePOINT II Getting Started Manual

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Table of Contents

1 Welcome

Introducing ORiNOCO 1-1

■ About the WavePOINT-II AP 1-2

Finding Information 1-6

■ This Guide 1-6

■ The ORiNOCO Manager User’s Guide 1-8

■ The On-line Help Information 1-8

■ Conventions Used in This Document 1-10

Kit Contents 1-11

Optionally Available Products 1-13

2 Installing the WavePOINT-II AP

Introduction 2-1

■ WavePOINT-II AP Placement 2-1

■ Indoor Antenna Placement 2-2

■ Outdoor Antenna Placement 2-3

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Hardware Installation 2-4

■ Verifying Kit Contents 2-4

■ Registering your ORiNOCO Products 2-4

■ Placing Mounting Plate and Power Supply 2-6

■ Mounting the Processor Module 2-8

■ Connecting the Network Interfaces 2-9

■ Mounting the Cover Plate 2-12

Powering-up 2-14

3 Beyond Quick-Start...

Introduction 3-1

■ Connect Stations to your WavePOINT-II AP 3-2

■ Configure your WavePOINT-II AP 3-3

A WavePOINT-II AP Specifications

B WavePOINT-II AP Start-up Configuration

Identify the Start-up Settings B-1

C Additional Installation Instructions

Removing the Cover Plate C-1

Technical Support

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W Warranty Repair Card

About Warranty and Repair W-1

Limited Warranty W-2

List of Figures

List of Tables

Index

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Welcome

Introducing ORiNOCO 1

Welcome to ORiNOCO, the easy way to wireless computing. Building your

own wireless network has never been easier.

This book introduces you to the ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II Access Point (AP),

and will help you to get your network “on the air” within a snap. It describes

the most common configurations and a quick start set-up.

To install and manage ORiNOCO products, it is assumed that you have a

working knowledge of installation procedures for network operating systems

under Microsoft Windows.

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About the WavePOINT-II AP 1

The ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP bridge is a modular unit with an integrated

ethernet interface and two PC Card slots, that enable you to use your access

point with ORiNOCO PC Cards.

The dual slot design allows you to configure the access point to operate with

almost any combination of the wired and wireless network interfaces listed

above. This way your access point provides easy migration paths between

various generations of ORiNOCO products.

The ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP is a transparent Media Access Control

(MAC) bridge that exists in two versions:

■ ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP.

■ ORiNOCO Outdoor Router.

ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II Access Point 1

The access point is a wired to wireless bridge that you can use to connect

wireless cells to one another or to a wired (ethernet) Local Area Network

(LAN). The access point can serve mobile wireless stations roaming

between various locations within a network premises.

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Figure 1-1 ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP

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ORiNOCO Outdoor Router 1

The ORiNOCO Outdoor Router bridge

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has been designed to serve a

wireless backbone between wireless cells and/or wireless (outdoor) antenna

link.

The ORiNOCO Outdoor Router device is based on the same hardware

design as the ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP. Besides its wireless point-to-

point bridging functionality, the ORiNOCO Outdoor Router also supports the

access point features as described on the previous page.

Figure 1-2 ORiNOCO Outdoor Router

1 Previously known as WavePOINT-II PTP and WaveACCESS Office Router

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WhenyouwishtousetheORiNOCOOutdoorRouterinanoutdoorantenna

installation, you are advised to consult the information described in the

“Outdoor Antenna Installation Guide", which can be downloaded from the

document Library on the ORiNOCO website at:

http://www.lucent.com/

orinoco

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NOTE:

To install the ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP, you will need at least

one ORiNOCO PC Card. This card is not included with your

ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II kit, but must be ordered as an additional

item. For more information about the various card types available

please refer to the “ORiNOCO Manager User’s Guide”.

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Finding Information 1

The ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP, together with ORiNOCO PC Cards,

enables you to build a variety of network configurations:

■ A wireless LAN environment for mobile computers.

■ A flexible network, that allows for adding and/or relocating workstations

quickly and easily.

■ A migration path between various generation ORiNOCO infrastructures.

■ An inexpensive alternative to leased lines for building-to-building links

(an outdoor solution).

To design and install your wireless network, you can find the information you

need in the following information products:

■ This Guide

■ The "ORiNOCO Manager User’s Guide"

■ The on-line help information

This Guide 1

The "ORINOCO WavePOINT-II - Getting Started Guide" (this document)

describes:

■ The contents of your ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP kit (see page 1-12).

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■ How to install the access point hardware (see Chapter 2 ”Installing the

WavePOINT-II AP”).

■ How to power up the device using the default factory-set settings (see

Chapter 3 ”Beyond Quick-Start...”).

■ The hardware specifications of your access point (see Appendix A).

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The ORiNOCO Manager User’s Guide 1

The "ORiNOCO Manager User’s Guide" describes:

■ Examples of various configuration scenarios.

■ How to setup an LAN administrator’s station to configure your ORiNOCO

WavePOINT-II AP(s).

■ How to modify the access point start-up configuration.

■ How to monitor the performance of your wireless LAN.

■ How to optimize the performance of your wireless LAN, using the

advanced features of your access point bridge.

■ How to enhance network security, using the various security options

available to the ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP.

■ Troubleshooting unexpected performance.

The On-line Help Information 1

You can configure your access point bridge, or monitor its performance using

the ORiNOCO AP Manager program, provided on the CD-ROM that came

with your access point.

When you install the ORiNOCO AP Manager program, you can display

context-sensitive help with each screen by:

■ Clicking the ‘ ’ or ‘?’ button on your screen, or

■ Pressing the function key on your keyboard.

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Alternatively, you can start the ORiNOCO AP Manager Help directly from the

Programs Menu and click one of the tabs in the menu bar of the help

window:

■ ‘Contents’ to display topics listed by subject.

■ ‘Index’ to search for topics listed in alphabetical order.

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ConventionsUsedinThisDocument 1

Throughout this document we use the icons listed below to picture the

following network devices:

Icon Description Icon Description

Wireless (mobile) station

equipped with:

■ ORiNOCO PC Card

ORiNOCO Range Extender

Antenna. This antenna for

indoor use can be connected

to ORiNOCO PC Cards only.

Wireless station equipped

with:

■ ORiNOCO ISA Adapter

Outdoor (directional) antenna.

ORiNOCO

WavePOINT-II AP equipped

with:

■ ORiNOCO PC Card

Network hub.

Server station.

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Kit Contents 1

a. Mounting plate to mount the WavePOINT-II AP to a wall.

b. ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP processor module.

c. Power supply & AC power cord.

d. Slot protector card.

e. T-connector and terminator for ethernet 10Base2.

f. Access point cover plate.

g. ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II - Getting Started (this document).

h. ORiNOCO software CD-ROM containing:

■ AP Manager management and diagnostics software.

■ WavePOINT-II AP software (also referred to as firmware).

■ "ORiNOCO Manager User’s Guide" (a detailed reference guide for

designing and managing your wireless LAN system).

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Figure 1-3 WavePOINT-II AP Kit Contents

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Welcome - Optionally Available Products

Optionally Available Products 1

■ ORiNOCO Range Extender Antenna

An omni-directional antenna for indoor use that enables you to extend

the wireless range of the access point when connected to an ORiNOCO

PC Card (see Figure 2-5 on page 2-11).

■ ORiNOCO Vehicle Mount Antenna

A more ruggedized omni-directional antenna for outdoor use that allows

for mounting an external ORiNOCO antenna in an industrial

environment.

■ ORiNOCO Outdoor Antenna kit

A complete outdoor antenna kit that includes an ORiNOCO Outdoor

Router, Lightning arrestor, Outdoor antenna cable and antenna.

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Installing the

WavePOINT-II AP

Introduction 2

This chapter describes how to:

■ Install the ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP hardware.

■ Install the ORiNOCO network interface(s).

■ Power up the device to start operation in Basic Access mode.

To install the ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP you will need:

■ One ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP unit.

■ One or more ORiNOCO PC Card(s).

■ (Optional) An Ethernet backbone

(either 10Base-T or 10Base2).

WavePOINT-II AP Placement 2

YoucanmounttheWavePOINT-IIAPonaverticalsurfacelikeawallor

place the unit on a flat surface such as a table or cabinet.

Prior to mounting it to a fixed location, you may consider performing a site

survey to determine optimal placement for your access point unit(s).

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