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ap-config(8)		     System Manager's Manual		    ap-config(8)

NAME
     ap-config - configure and monitor Atmel and NWN based APs

SYNOPSIS
     ap-config

DESCRIPTION
     ap-config	to  config  and get stats from Atmel-chipset based AP with ATMEL
     Private MIB support.

MENU
     Info/

     SysInfo
	    Get info about AP hardware and software

     Ethernet
	    This option displays the Ethernet statistics for your reference.

     Wireless
	    This option displays the wireless statistics for your reference.

     Stations (atmel)
	    Under this menu the user will be able to see the Associated Stations
	    that are currently associated with the Access Point. For each  asso-
	    ciated  station  the  user will be able to see the MAC Address. From
	    version  0.7.3-pre1  you  may  save  mac  addresses  list  to   file
	    ~/<util_name>.stations.   Stations	on  NWN  AP: For each associated
	    station the user will be able to see the MAC Address, Link	Quality,
	    RSSI and Idle time.
	     *	Mac  address: If the association is pending (that is, the Client
	    is scanning, authenticating or associating),  assocAddress	contains
	    the  MAC  address  of that Client with the group bit set to indicate
	    that the Access Point is aware of the presence of that  Client.  The
	    other  objects of the entry will be updated based on the information
	    extracted from the received Probe Requests.
	     * Link Quality: An indicator for the quality of the Client. If  the
	    association is still pending, the quality is calculated over the re-
	    ceived  Probe Requests from the Client. If the Client is associated,
	    the quality derived from any activity with the  Client.  The  actual
	    quality source depends on the selected quality indicator. The seman-
	    tics  of  the  indicator  is  'low is good quality' and 'high is bad
	    quality'.
	     * IdleTime: An indicator (in seconds) for the age of  the	informa-
	    tion  on  the  Client. The age is reset to 0 if any activity of this
	    Client is detected.
	     * RSSI: An indicator for the RSSI of the Client. If the association
	    is still pending, the RSSI is calculated over the received Probe Re-
	    quests from the Client. If the Client is associated,  the  RSSI  de-
	    rived from any activity with the Client.

     KnownAP
	    By	using  option  APs  from info menu you may see all Access Points
	    thats visible by your AP.
	     * Link  Quality:  An indicator for the quality of	the  Client.  If
	    the  associat  ion	 is  still  pending, the  quality  is calculated
	    over the received Probe Requests from the Client. If the  Client  is
	    associated,   the	quality   derived  from  any  activity	with the
	    Client. The actual quality	source	depends  on the  selected  qual-
	    ity  indicator. The semantics of the indicator is 'low is good qual-
	    ity' and 'high is bad quality'.
	     * RSSI:  An indicator for the RSSI in dBm of the  Client.	 If  the
	    association  is  still pending,  the  RSSI	is calculated  over  the
	    received Probe Requests from the Client. If the  Client  is  associ-
	    ated,  the	RSSI derived from any activity with the Client.
	     * WARNING! By reports this option my be dangerously - in some cases
	    you may lost you AP configuration and on SMC2655W the one way to fix
	    it - only restore factory defaults.

     Config/

     Bridging
		 IP  configuration  -  If the server site supports DHCP function
	    and the  DHCP Enable box is ticked; the  IP  address  of  an  access
	    point  will  be automatically displayed and assigned; otherwise, you
	    need to key in an IP address now.	    The primary port provides  a
	    wired  or wireless method to change the access point setting. If the
	    Ethernet  option is ticked, the setting of an access  point  can  be
	    done through Ethernet. If the Wireless  option is ticked, the access
	    point  function can be set through a wireless station. Wireless sta-
	    tion means a laptop PC or a desktop PC equipped with an  IEEE802.11b
	    PCMCIA  card or USB dongle.       Enable SNMP Traps enables the SNMP
	    trap function. You can view the records by using  ap-trapd	utility.
		 You  are allowed to set your access point to be used as  Access
	    point, Access point client, or  Wireless bridge.
	     * Access Point - An internetworking device that seamlessly connects
	    wired and wireless networks together.
	     * Wireless bridge Point to  point	-  The	point-to-point	wireless
	    bridge  configuration  uses two Wireless Bridge units to connect two
	    separate LANs. You must to fill in the  Remote  MAC  Address  before
	    your bridge-function-enable access point can work with it.
	     *	Point  to  multipoint  -  When connecting three to more separate
	    LANs, each LAN located building requires a wireless bridge. This  is
	    called  Multipoint	wireless  bridge  and again requires one  Master
	    bridge unit and two or more Slave bridge units as required.  If  the
	    point-to-multipoint  option is selected, your bridge-function-enable
	    access point will designate as a  Mater  and to work with it, others
	    bridges need to be set as a point-to-point bridge and enter the  MAC
	    address of the mater access point.

     Wireless
	    You can give your access point a name and give it an ESSID (Extended
	    Service  Station ID), which can allow other wireless stations, which
	    knows the ESSID, to link with it.

     Privacy
	    The Privacy options allow you to enable 64-bit or 128-bit WEP (wired
	    equivalent privacy) encryption. If an  encryption  function  is  not
	    needed, you can just simply tick on the  Disable  box to disable it.
	    If	the  64-bit or 128-bit encryption function is enabled, there are
	    four sets of key need to be filled into the blanket boxes.	For  the
	    64-bit  encryption,  each key is required to enter 5 Hex digits. For
	    example: 11 22 33 44 55 66. The 128-bit encryption requires each key
	    to enter 13 Hex digits. For example: 12 34 56 78 9A BC DE F0  11  22
	    33 44 55.
	    NOTE!  The WEP keys you enter are really accepted and written to the
	    AP, permanently if you do an Upload from  the  Commands  menu  after
	    setting  them.   However,  the  new key values are not echoed to the
	    user when you return to the Privacy settings under the Config  menu.
	    This is a security feature of SNMP implementation in this hardware.

     Authorized MAC address
	    For  security  or  management purpose, you can edit a list of autho-
	    rized MAC addresses, which are allowed to view or modify the setting
	    of an access point. Authorization Table Enable  option allows you to
	    enable or disable this function.

     Community
	    The Community configuration  allow you to set a phrase for	adminis-
	    trator  and  manufacturer community and a phrase for user community.
	    If a user knows the phrase of administrator, he/she is authorized to
	    change the setting of an access point. If a user  only  knows  about
	    the  phrase  of a user community; he/she is allowed to view the set-
	    ting of an access point but is not allowed to change the setting.

     Radio	 Under the Radio user will be able to set or get  the  Transmit-
	    ting  Powervalues,	for the Control Register 31 of the Baseband, for
	    each channel. Reg CR31: Under this option user defines a  value  for
	    the  transmitted  power  (Value  for  the Control register 31 of the
	    baseband) and it must be in the range 128 (max) to 255 (min) in Dec-
	    imal form. Starting from version 0.6 of  Access  Point  SNMP  Config
	    utility it's possible to set power output level for your AP. You may
	    set  signal power output in range from 0mw to 100mw by setting value
	    for corresponding channel from 0 to 255 (0xFF). The scale is as fol-
	    lows:
			 Value: 00----------128--------255
			 Power: 0mw--------100mw-------0mw
		 So to get maximum power output from your AP set value for  cor-
	    responding	channel  to  128 (0x80). But sometimes better solution -
	    experimentalli choose values for best link	quality,  sometimes  not
	    max. More info you can get from:
	     http://pasadena.net/aprf/;
	     http://www.wi2600.org/mediawhore/nf0/wire-
	    less/docs/802.11/WAP11/fun_with_the_wap11.txt.

     Advanced

     StationDBTimeout:	This  object  specifies  a  timeout on entries and their
     state information in the Station database. For Clients the Station database
     is mapped on the roamTable. For Access  Points,  the  Station  database  is
     mapped on the assocTable. The timeout is in seconds.

     ACKWindow:  The ACK frame time out defined in number of slottimes. This can
     be used to optimize long range links.

     Commands/

     Upload
	    After you ve changed any value or setting of an access point through
	    the SNMP config utility. You must come back to this option	to  make
	    the new changes and setting s validated. Also, only an administrator
	    and manufacturer is allowed to do such changes.

     Defaults
	    Restore factory default configuration.

     Reset  Reset AP. All changed and not uploaded settings will be lost.

     TestMode/
		 When  user selects the Tests option a form will appear indicat-
	    ing a number of parameter needed to be set by the user in  order  to
	    perform the Radio test.
		    Antenna:  Under  this  option  we  specify the antenna to be
	    tested (A, B).
		    Tx Filter: Under this option user needs to select the  Base-
	    band transmitting Filter to be used. There are two options (US, JPN)
	    available  since  the  bandwidth  for Europe - USA is 11MHz and for,
	    Japan is 14MHz.
		    Rate: Under this option user needs to specify the rate to be
	    used among the following options 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 5.5Mbps and 11Mbps.
		    Channel: Under this option user needs to select the  channel
	    to be used. There are 14 channels available.       After setting the
	    parameters	there  are three commands available: Continuous Tx (With
	    modulation), Continuous Tx (Witout modulation) and Continuous Rx:
	     * Continuous Tx (with modulation): Using this command the MAC  sets
	    the  transmitter  in continuous mode with modulation. We can measure
	    the output power of the radio.
	     * Continuous Tx (without modulation): Using  this	command  we  can
	    measure  the frequency accuracy of the radio. The MAC sets the base-
	    band Processor in test mode and turns off the spreading  and  scram-
	    bling codes.
	     * Continuous Rx: With this command user can set the device in a re-
	    ceiving mode.
	     Note:  In	 order	to  perform  the above test user needs to have a
	    Spectrum Analyzer connected.

     Connect/
	    In order to make a connection with Access Point user  needs  to  set
	    two parameters. The IP Address of the Access Point and the Community
	    name (default 'public').

     Search/
	    Find  connected Access Points. Search for WNW APs only works if com-
	    munity set to right AP community. It's useful if you know  community
	    but  dont  know what ip your AP got from DHCP server.  You must have
	    support for multicasting enabled in kernel.

     About/
	    About function shows the Wireless Access Point Configurator for Unix
	    version and short info.

     Shell/
	    Run subshell. To return type 'exit'

NAVIGATION KEYS
     In case you unable to use cursor keys to menu navigate - try to use "h"  to
     go left, "j" to go down, "k" to go up, "l" to go right, like vi editor.

AUTHOR
     Roman Festchook <roma@polesye.net>
     http://ap-utils.polesye.net

SEE ALSO
     ap-trapd(8), ap-mrtg(8)

		     Wireless Access Point Utilites for Unix	    ap-config(8)
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