Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP
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1. Quick Note 050 Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP July 2015 VEO COC OIA AAA A PPP e E e e ro o atc 3 11 O O LU q risa ai ei 3 1 2 ACSUM LON sensato Eno suis E opa ed od DEU SR T a 3 1 3 CONECTOR RR RR O RR DE RD DR RD DE RO RT eee ee eee 3 1 4 e RR O E DRI e E OEP DR 3 2 DigrTransPor FOUTERCOMTGUT ALON ia mania 4 2 1 LAN SEE CES al E e E E E E 4 2 2 EINS CELINE SUN E lara A iecada 5 2 3 WAN Setunes ETH laredo T 8 2 4 DEUE Route via E TES Desa 9 e TTO Te cer REDE nn RODES DE A RN RN UR 10 3 1 Testing the Access Point connect a SmartphON cccoocccccnnccnncnnncnnnonanonnonanonnnnnnonnnonaronnonaninannnoss 10 3 2 Testing the Access Point connect a LaptOp ccccoccncnnccnnnnccnnnacononanononananonannnonacnnnarononarononaranonanos 12 A TransPort Configuration Tiles es 14 4 1 COEUNT ENO e oo e An 14 4 2 Hardware and Firmware ccccsceccecscsccsccccnccccscaccncarsnceccececececaetscaecncarceceraccssaececaesscatcncarsncesans 16 Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 Outline This Application Note gives a guide on configuring a TransPort router as a WiFi Access Point providing internet access to WiFi clients as Laptop or smartphone 1 2 Assumptions This guide has been written for use by technically competent personnel with a good understanding of the communications technologies used in the product and of the requirements for their specific application Preconditions This guide a2. the TransPort to see more details about the connection going to Management Network Status gt Interfaces gt Wi Fi v Interfaces Ethernet v Wi Fi Module Detected Admin Status Operational Status Channel Mode Channel MAC Address Bytes Received 53192 Packets Received 318 Receive Errors 38 Yes 168C 001B Up Up G 1 00 0E 8E 23 7C AD Bytes Sent 249125 Packets Sent 514 Transmit Errors 383 Received Packets Dropped 0 Number of Connected Wi Fi Clients 1 Wi Fi Node 8 A8 73 36 9D 87 0 33 ERP Disconnect All Clients Number of Access Point Connections O RSSI Flags TX Rate RX Rate Mbps Mbps Power Emis Mode Neg Rates Mbps 1 0 2 0 5 5 6 0 9 0 11 0 12 0 Awake G 18 0 24 0 36 0 48 0 54 0 Capability Info Privacy 1 0 Short Preamble Short Slottime Also the IP address that has been assigned to the smartphone can be checked going to the DHCP server status page at Management Network Status gt DHCP Status Interfaces K Ethernet K Wi Fi K Mobile Pb GRE k Serial Advanced k TP Statistics IP Routing Table k IP Hash Table K Port Forwarding Table k Firewall k Firewall Trace DHCP Status Clear DHCP Entries Hostname Lease time left mins Page 11 Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP 3 2 Testing the Access Point connect a Laptop Try to connect a laptop to the AP and check that it successfully connects an IP is assigned
3. to it and it has internet access EX Administrator CAWindowslsyster Currenthy connected to Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection Access Point WPA Connection specific DNS Suffix Internet access Description a a a a a an an n Physical Address co DHCP Enabled Autoconfiguration Enabled RETA PR PT T Pui dAnaco IPv4 Address a Subnet Mask Lease Obtained Lease Expires Default Gateway DHCP Server 1 Inte l K gt WiFi Link 5168 AGN gA 21 5D CB D9 E6 Yes Yes f d 517 c L Ad ad CEQA B hAnna PaE Add d PuoFamnaa Access Point WPA Connected 192 168 1 1H2 lt Preferred gt 255 255 255 6 12 December 2614 11 15 24 5 December 2614 65 44 38 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 1 218112349 BE HL H7 HL LH OS TOA TS LEC CO CH L D HE Wireless Network Connection Access Point DHCPv6 IAID APPA AROS Gilet Lu DNS Servers NetBIOS over Tcpip i 192 168 1 1 ccess Point WPA Enabled Gaeste Internet pA pA mobile Open Network and Sharing Center Laptop getting IP Laptop WiFi y configuration via connected to the AP 15 23 a E al E DHCPP on WiFi R 12 12 2014 Pj Documentation for Dig MA Dre L EN Administrator CAWindc C Users fAnny gt ping 8 8 8 8 Pinging 8 8 8 8 with 32 bytes of data Reply from 8 8 8 8 bytes 32 time 24ms TTL 52 Reply from 8 8 8 8 bytes 32 time 2Bms TTL 52 Reply from 8 8 8 8 bytes 32 time 19ms TTL 52 Repl
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5. D hccess Point WPA Mode access Point Y In order to send data to and from this Wi Fi interface it must be bridged with at least one Ethernet interface This Wi Fi interface is a member of Bridge instance and therefore bridged to the following interfaces Interface Cl Hide SSID Enable station isolation Click here to assign a timeband to this interface Wi Fi Security Use the following security on this Wi Fi interface ONone Owep wepa psk BOWPAZ PSK OWPA 802 1X O WPA2 802 1X WPA PSK Settings WPA Encryption 9 TKIP P O AES CCMP WPA pre shared key EE 8 63 chars Confirm WPA pre shared keylesessese K Network Scanning Figure 2 2 2 WiFi AP Settings Parameter Setting Description CLI command Enable the WiFi interface and reveals the E a Tor wifinode O descr WiFi Client A descriptive name for the Wi Fi interface to WiFi AP Description WAN make it easier to identify optional When the Wi Fi interface is configured to be a wifinode O ssid SSID AP this is the SSID that will be advertised to Access Point the Wi Fi clients to WPA O Mode Access Point Select the Access Point mode from the drop wifinode O mode down menu ap giga eat l When the Wi Fi interface is configured to be an This Wi Fi interface is a member a of Bridge instance lt n gt and Access Point in order to forward packets to Feco idea to a olaa and from the Wi Fi interface it must be bridged tens 9 with an Et
6. access 0 User Scaccess bl ser e acess user 7 access 0 user 8 access user 9 access 0 local sr crancaceess ta sslsvr 0 certfile cert0l pem sslsvr 0 keyfile privrsa pem sem 0 hosekeyl Corvos cem SO ios ISS Son O cem 0 Seek in Page 15 Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP 4 2 Hardware and Firmware The Hardware and firmware used for this AN are reported below Digi TransPort WR44 U4T1 WEl XX Ser 160601 Software Build Ver5271 OELSE IS 2 NV ARM BIOS Ver Az ves AO OM Bo by MS EL RS OSO 0 MAC 000472002 1559 Async Driver Revision tab ab Revision LX Revision Ethernet Port Isolate Driver Revision Firewall Revision EventEdit Revision Timer Module Reis ion ds ULSIB BIC S aE Revision L2TP Revision PPTP Revision TACPLUS Revision MODBUS Revision MySQL Revision RealPort Revision Mulas Revision LAPB Revision X25 Layer Revision MACRO Revision PAD Revision ASS a Revision BLZ Revision TPAD Interface Rev Toron GPS Revision SC RIDE RMS Revision BASTSK Revision PYTHON Revision SEDE L D Revision ARM Sync Driver Revision REP Revision POP UTING Revision PPP Revision WEB Revision SMTP Revision ELE Re em Revision FTP Revision du Revision PollANS Revision PPPOE Revision BRIDGE Revision MODEM TOO Witevescsom 36 Revision FLASH Write Revision Command Interpreter Revision SSECEL Revision OSPF Revision BGP Revision DOS Revision RADIUS Client Revision Sob oer
7. cess Point WPA wifinode 0 security wpapsk wifinode 0 esharedkey PDZxUOFFQFU Sela 0 meaciehe VILSZ Wes Lo 10 eth 0 bridge ON eth 1 dhcpcli ON eth 1 mask eth 1 do nat 2 addp 0 enable ON pon ams ola jalo 10 Ao cite ZO MAS EZ O lapb 3 dtemode 0 lapb 4 dtemode 0 lapb 5 dtemode 0 lapb 6 dtemode 0 o 10 cache ON def route O 11 ent ETH def route O 11 add 1 SON dice O respdelms 500 AMS Roses EPOR arema O O len dn r O DNS Vile se LS li sntp O server time etherios com ppp O timeout 300 ppp 1 name W WAN HSPA 3G po paa sam os es se ppp RISO ppp 1 timeout 0 as Lo Use moci n Jl ooo Ll imo ml pep aurtoassert 1 PPE il a nano ppp 3 defpak 16 ppp 4 defpak 16 Wels O prelogia dto ON mos ses 0 a o esy erclel 6 mocence O IL Stee VstC EO MgO Ocem ee CO INTE semi CECMION 1 modemcc 0 apn Your APN goes here Modene O link retries 10 Page 14 Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP moden e OU seat recimi e SU ie see T le Ik MOC eni e MO mei sm ae Ceo cual mecdemec Wess eo ne no Modene 0 Mabe Ste 4 OSORIO do NOE snes Do me A GO MIN Women ou A OCs here MOSSE ee rare so medem res nics 0 Ee O en CON Aaa don S O Al ana 0 logsize 45 Ena se oo ento HO MO E EE eme nos ename dica romper Vid els HT Cie VO cas L EDS EMG Or salia o ON user O access U user 1 name username user 1 epassword KD5ISVIDVVg ucen Sessa Y user 2 ac eso 0 user S access 0 user 4
8. ents Number of Access Point Connections O v Interfaces gt Ethernet Wi Fi Mobile b GRE Serial gt Advanced gt IP Statistics IP Routing Table gt IP Hash Table Bytes Sent 15580931 Packets Sent 19761 54 Transmit Errors 4994 Power Save Mode Neg Rates Mbps Awake G 18 0 24 0 36 0 48 0 54 0 Sleep G 18 0 24 0 36 0 48 0 54 0 gt Port Forwarding Table gt Firewall gt Firewall Trace w DHCP Status IP address 192 168 1 100 192 168 1 102 Clear DHCP Entries Hostname android a44a4cb72a53cdd8 test PC 1 0 2 0 5 5 6 0 9 0 11 0 12 0 1 0 2 0 5 5 6 0 9 0 11 0 12 0 TX Rate RX Rate Mbps Mbps 20154 20137 Capability Info Short Preamble Short Slottime Short Preamble Short Slottime Lease time left mins Check also the WiFi status on the TransPort to see more details about the connection going to Management Network Status gt Interfaces gt Wi Fi Also the IP address that has been assigned to the smartphone can be checked going to the DHCP server status page at Management Network Status gt DHCP Status Page 13 Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP 4 TRANSPORT CONFIGURATION FILES 4 1 Configuration File This is the configuration used on the TransPort in this Application Note relevant CLI lines are highlighted Comte EMO wifi O country Germany wifi O channel 1 wifinode O descr Wifi AP wifinode 0 ssid Ac
9. f route 0 II ent ETH Interface Ethernet 1 down list and the interface instance number is entered into the adjacent text box def route 0 ll add 1 Page 9 Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP 3 TESTING 3 1 Testing the Access Point connect a Smartphone As soon as the AP is configured check the eventlog Management Event Log a line like the following should appear TAS Dec Ola vam Tede 0 Access ME ORO Try to connect with a smartphone check the wifi status on the smartphone and try to navigate on internet The smartphone status and navigation should look like the example below O Wi Fi Smart network switch Wi Fi networks J Scanning Smartphone WiFi connected Access Point to the AP DAP WEP DAP GUEST Access Point WPA2 Gaeste Internet Consinto Scan Wi Fi Direct Digi TransPort Sarian Support FAQ FAQ General Configuration Generic WAN Internet GPRS Connections ISDN Wireless Serial Firewall Routing VPN Firmware Access General Configuration Back to top s Q How can reset my Digi TransPort or Sariar router to it s factory defaults e Q Can I use Internet Explorer to copy files to Digi TransPort or Sarian branded router Check also the status on the Transport checking again the eventlog on Management Event Log aie DES e Ola SN Ode Ole E One iS ASS Si DS Page 10 Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP And also check the WiFi status on
10. fect your browser connection Figure 2 1 1 LAN settings Parameter Setting Description CLI command Specifies the IP address of this eth O ipaddr 192 168 1 1 Specifies the subnet mask of the IP eth O mask 255 255 255 0 Mask 255 255 255 0 subnet to which the unit is attached via this Ethernet port Page 4 Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP 2 2 LAN Settings WiFi Browse to Configuration Network gt Interfaces gt Wi Fi gt Global Wi Fi Settings and set the Country and the Channel to use for your AP following the picture table below the click Apply Interfaces k Ethernet Wi Fi Global Wi Fi Settings Country Remote management access Network Mode Channel la y k Advanced Wi Fi Hotspot Wi Fi Filtering Figure 2 2 1 Global WiFi settings Parameter Setting Description Selecting a country from the drop down list will restrict the channels that the router will use See table on page 51 on the User Manual http ftp1 digi com support documentation 90 001019 K pdf for more info on licensed channels CLI command wifi O country Germany Page 5 Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP In order to configure the WiFi AP settings browse to Configuration Network gt Interfaces gt Wi Fi gt Wi Fi Node O and refer to the following picture and table then click Apply v Interfaces gt Ethernet v Wi Fi Global Wi Fi Settings v Wi Fi Node 0 Y Enable this Wi Fi interface SSI
11. hernet interface using a Bridge instance In this case is left as default 0 wifinode O bridge inst O Page 6 Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP The interfaces that are currently members of the selected Bridge instance In that case ETH eee EO O is added to the list to add it select ETH from eth O bridge ON the drop down list type the 0 and click add Use the following security on this Ge o is ett wifinode O security pee WPA PSK interface In this AN the AP is used WPA PSK i i Wi Fi interface Sai os wpapsk The encryption algorithm to use In this AN is wifinode O wpatype WA RENCIA pluion NNE used TKIP algorithm kip wifinode 0 WPA Pre Shared Key Confirm adi ans lees a Ea a Pe esharedkey 9 PDZxUOFFQFU Page 7 Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP 2 3 WAN Settings ETH 1 In this Application note the primary WAN connection is ETH 1 In order to configure it an ETH interface needs to be configured with DCHP client and NAT enabled The following picture table will explains how to do this configuration v Interfaces w Ethernet gt ETH O SETA Description o abet an IP address automatically using DHCP Override these DHCP server values DNS Server Secondary DNS Server C Use the MAC address as the client ID O Use the following settings Changes to these parameters may affect your browser connection v Advanced This device is currently in Port Isolate mode Switch to Hub m
12. ode Metric MTU Enable auto negotiation Speed currently 100Base T Auto O 10Base T 100Base T Duplex auto O Full Duplex O Half Duplex Max Rx rate o kbps Max Tx rate lo kbps TCP transmit buffer size o bytes Take this interface out of service after lo seconds when the link is lost e g cable removed or broken M Enable NAT on this interface O IP address 9 IP address and Port Figure 2 3 1 ETH 1 Settings Parameter Setting Description CLI command Selecting this option enables the DHCP client on this interface In this AN is la yy Selected selected as the TransPort will get the IP eth 1 dhcpcli on configuration from the DHCP server through the WiFi connection Selected IP As this Logical Eth will be the WAN Enable NAT on this interface address and interface NAPT needs to be enabled eth 1 do_nat 2 Port on it using DHCP Page 8 Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP 2 4 Default Route via ETH 1 Browse to Configuration Network gt IP Routing Forwarding gt Static Routes gt Default Route O and set the primary route to point at ETH 12 as follows k Routes 20 29 K Routes 30 39 K Routes 40 49 Default Route 0 Default route via Interface Ethernet Use PPP sub configuration 0 Metric k Advanced Figure 3 4 1 Primary Route via WiFi ETH 12 Parameter Setting Description CLI command The interface used to route the packets is selected from the drop de
13. ssumes that the Digi TransPort has WiFi features Models shown Digi TransPort WR44 Other Compatible Models All other Digi TransPort products with WIFi features Firmware versions All Versions Configuration This Application Note assumes the devices are set to their factory default configurations Most configuration commands are only shown if they differ from the factory default 1 3 Corrections Requests for corrections or amendments to this application note are welcome and should be addressed to tech supportO digi com Requests for new application notes can be sent to the same address 1 4 Version Version Number Status Completed 7 2015 Page 3 Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP 2 DIGI TRANSPORT ROUTER CONFIGURATION In order to configure the Digi TransPort connect a PC to the ETHO of the TransPort and log into the Web User Interface WebUl with a browser at the default address 192 168 1 1 Then follow the sections below 2 1 LAN Settings ETH 0 In this AN the LAN interface of the Transport is configured on ETH O and left as default The configuration can be checked going to the WEB Ul at the section Configuration Network gt Interfaces gt Ethernet gt ETH O Interfaces Ethernet ETH O O Get an IP address automatically using DHCP Use the following settings IP Address 102 168 1 1 Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway DNS Server Secondary DNS Server Changes to these parameters may af
14. y from 8 8 8 8 bytes 32 time 35ms TTL 52 Products E ees Ping statistics for 8 8 8 8 Home gt Support gt Digi Transport VC7 Packets Sent 4 Received 4 Lost lo Approximate round trip times in milli seconds Minimum 19ms Maximum 35ms Average 24ms C Users A gt tr t 8 8 8 8 Select Your Product for id dao da Support Tracing route to google public dns a google com 8 8 8 8 over a maximum of 38 hops Drivers Firmware Updates N digi router 192 168 1 1 16 164 1 1 172 25 62 129 E FR RF nn E YM A 172 2A 122 106 s l gwil Sc EIA C3 YAE K Internet sl crsi fra f 6 2 B sprintlink net 217 147 96 4 3 a 20 DICA NA Documentation mic 1 Access PHONE s 213 206 131 909 re Hilitac 289 85 248 105 Diagnostics Utilities amp 209 82 241 39 MIBs U S Canada 16 s s s google public dns a google com 8 8 8 8 l 877 912 3444 U complete Cabling Europe CilsersN nny gt Embedded Patches 44 870 35 000288 Page 12 v Interfaces gt Ethernet v Wi Fi Configure a TransPort as a WiFi AP Module Detected Yes 168C 001B Admin Status Operational Status Channel Mode Channel 1 MAC Address 00 0E 8E 23 7C AD Bytes Received 2521715 Packets Received 13374 Receive Errors 26 Received Packets Dropped O Number of Connected Wi Fi Clients 2 Wi Fi Node RSSI Flags 00 21 5D CB D9 E6 O 41 ERP 78 A8 73 36 9D 87 O 34 ERP Disconnect All Cli
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