Quatech, Inc.

 

AirborneDirect™ User Manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step

 

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optional

 

Restarts the device. After the device as

 

 

Press Restart [Button]

 

rebooted it will attempt to authenticate to the

 

 

 

configured network. As long as the network is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in range the wireless interface will connect.

 

 

 

 

 

If the network is using DHCP then an IP

 

 

 

 

 

address will be assigned to the WLAN interface

 

 

 

 

 

and IP connectivity is possible over the WLAN

 

 

 

 

 

network.

 

 

 

 

 

If the network is using static IP addresses it will

 

 

 

 

 

be necessary to configure the network

 

 

 

 

 

interface, see the next step.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature Link

 

The wireless interface is now configured

 

 

Select Network Settings

 

however if the WLAN network does not have a

 

 

 

DHCP server available to provide IP address to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the device, it necessary to assign a static IP

 

 

 

 

 

address to the wireless interface.

 

 

 

 

 

Selecting Network Settings will allow us to

 

 

 

 

 

configure the device with a static IP address.

 

 

 

 

 

This is covered in section 19.0.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18.3Configuring for WPA2-PSK Security

This security type is a very popular type and is easy to configure. Most often used in SOHO and home environments, WPA2-PSK is starting to be widely used by enterprise networks.

 

Table 28 - Configuring for WPA2 Security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step

 

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Navigation Bar

 

You will see a group of fields under the banner

 

Select Configuration

 

of WLAN Parameters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature Link

 

The wireless interface must be configured

 

Select WLAN Security Settings

 

before configuring the security for the network.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A page showing the range of security options

 

 

 

 

and fields is displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select Wireless LAN Security

 

Select WPA2-PSKfrom the drop down list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select WPA/WPA2 Pre Shared Key (PSK)

 

Enter the PreShared Key used by the AP. The

 

 

 

 

PSK is case sensitive and must be entered

 

 

 

 

exactly as it is in the AP.

 

 

 

 

The PSK cannot include spaces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press Commit [Button]

 

Saves changes to the device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optional

 

Reloads the WLAN Settings page. Select this

 

Press Reload [Button]

 

is you have further configuration options to

 

 

change.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Quatech IN5000, DP500, HD500 user manual Configuring for WPA2-PSK Security, Configuring for WPA2 Security