PPD-AR5BAP-00032802.11 a/b/g Access Point

AR5BAP-00032 Access Point User's Guide Revision March 2003 ii• AP User’s GuideAtheros Communications, Inc. ii •March 2003COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL © 2000–2003 by Atheros Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. ATHEROS ™, 5-UP™, Driving the Wireless Future™, Atheros Driven™, Atheros Turbo Mode™, and the Air is Cleaner at 5-GHz ™ are trademarks of Atheros Communications, Inc. The Atheros logo is a registered trademark of Atheros Communications, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Subject to change without notice. Notice The information in this document has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate. Nonetheless, this document is subject to change without notice, and Atheros Communications, Inc. (Atheros) assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document, and makes no commitment to update or to keep current the contained information, or to notify a person or organization of any updates. Atheros reserves the right to make changes, at any time, in order to improve reliability, function or design and to attempt to supply the best product possible. Atheros does not represent that products described herein are free from patent infringement or from any other third party right. No part of this document may be reproduced, adapted or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, except as expressly set forth in a written agreement signed by Atheros. Atheros or its affiliates may have patents or pending patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, maskwork rights or other intellectual property rights that apply to the ideas, material and information expressed herein. No license to such rights is provided except as expressly set forth in a written agreement signed by Atheros. ATHEROS MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THE CONTENT OF THIS DOCUMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL ATHEROS BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL SPECULATORY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN PARTICULAR, ATHEROS SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA TRANSMITTED OR OTHERWISE USED WITH THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING, REPLACING, INTEGRATING, INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE, SOFTWARE OR DATA. ATHEROS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AS THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE APPLY TO THIS DOCUMENT AND TO THE IDEAS, MATERIAL AND INFORMATION EXPRESSED HEREIN. Document Number: 984-00023-003 Atheros Communications, Inc.•iii COMPANY CONFIDENTIALMarch 2003•iii Document Conventions Text Conventions Notices CAUTION:Cautions call special attention to hazards that can cause system damage or data corruption, to a lesser degree than warnings. WARNING:Warnings call special attention to hazards that can cause system damage, data corruption, personal injury, or death. boldBold type within paragraph text indicates commands, file names, directory names, paths, output, or returned values. Example: The DK_Client package will not function unless the wdreg_install batchfile is used. italicWithin commands, italics indicate a variable that the user must specify. Example: mem_alloc size_in_bytes Titles of manuals or other published documents are also set in italics. Courier The Courier font indicates output or display. Example: Error: Unable to allocate memory for transfer! [ ]Within commands, items enclosed in square brackets are optional parameters or values that the user can choose to specify or omit. { }Within commands, items enclosed in braces are options from which the user must choose. |Within commands, the vertical bar separates options. ...An ellipsis indicates a repetition of the preceding parameter. >The right angle bracket separates successive menu selections. Example: Start > Programs > DK > wdreg_install. NOTE:This message denotes neutral or positive information that calls out important points to the text. A note provides information that may apply only in special cases. iv• AP User’s GuideAtheros Communications, Inc. iv •March 2003COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL D O N O T C O P Y Atheros Communications, Inc.Contents •v COMPANY CONFIDENTIALMarch 2003•v Contents List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii List of Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi About this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi 1Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 2AP Network Attachment and Configuration . . . . . . . . . 2-1 AP Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 AP Hardware Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 AP Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Web Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Command-Line Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 AAP Web Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Accessing the AP Web Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Configuration Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5 Working with Configuration Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6 System Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7 5 GHz Radio Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9 5GHz Security Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11 Edit Security Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…

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Atheros Communications, Inc. 529 Almanor Avenue Sunnyvale CA 94085 t 408 773 5200 f 408 773 9940 www.atheros.com Federal Communications Commission 7435 Oakland Mills Road Columbia, MD 21046 7/2/03 Dear Examiner: I am writing to avoid the possibility of an inadvertent disclosure of proprietary information. The accompanying Form 731 is being filed with the commission on our behalf by Compliance Engineering Services, Inc., a consulting and testing laboratory. Included as exhibits with the enclosed application are block diagrams, schematics, antenna spec. and a detailed description of the theory of operation of the device. We ask that these portions (block diagrams, schematics, antenna spec and theory of operation) of our application be withheld from public inspection as provided under FCC section 0.459. These documents contain details of the proprietary operation of the product. These details are not readily discernible - even to technically sophisticated individuals - from our hardware and constitute trade secrets. We request that these documents and this letter be segregated from the body of our evaluation report and withheld from public inspection. Sincerely, Michael Green Manager of Global Product Compliance

From: Claire Hoque Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 10:22 AM To: Steve Cheng Cc: Michael Heckrotte; Mike Kuo; Scott Klackle Subject: ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. FCC ID:PPD-AR5BAP-00032, AN03T3060 Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Hi Steve, Here are our answers for Atheros AP30(03U2012), AN03T3060. Pls kindly review the answers and issue the grant ASAP. Thanks! _____________________________________________________________________________ Question 1: Please re-take the internal photo - not clear and RF shielding shall be removed. <Claire>Pls see revised internal photos. Question 2: User manual p2-7 p2-8 missing graphic. <Atheros Mike Green>: Pls see attached revision of user manual. Question 3: Page 2-9 of operation manual stated, "Depending on firmware settings, the channel of operation may not be accessible and will be utomatically determined depending on the current regulatory domain (i.e. country of operation)". Recently, FCC had released a notice to TCB that user selectable regulatory domain is no longer allowed. Please provide what have been implemented on the AP firmware to prevent user from changing the regulatory domain? <Atheros Mike Green>: I thought user selectable regulatory domain has never been allowed by FCC. This device has an EEPROM code programmed at the factory which locks the regulatory domain to the U.S. setting so that user cannot change via the user interface or any other means. Question 4: User manual stated, "This device has been evaluated for compliance with FCC RF Exposure (SAR) limits". But SAR report cannot be found, please clarify. <Atheros Mike Green>: Pls see revised user manual, page B-3, attached. Question 5: User manual stated "CAUTION: To ensure compliance with FCC RF exposure requirements, the antenna used for this device must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operated in conjunction with any other antenna or radio transmitter. But this device has a self co-located transmitter. Please modify users manual to reflect the actual situation. <Atheros Mike Green>: I believe this statement to our users is appropriate (i.e. don't locate or modify this device so that it is used with any other transmitter device). But the term co-located seems to be at issue. Therefore, I have modified the user manual as attached. Pls see updated text on page B-3. Question 6: Please explain how antenna info is qualified for confidentiality? <Atheros Mike Green>: The antenna was designed by Atheros and we wish to protect our intellectual property per .459. These antenna performance specs are only provided to Atheros customers under Non Disclosure Agreement. Question 7: Please explain why all test was conducted with open chassis? <CCS Mike H> The enclosure was not available during testing. It is plastic therefore does not affect the test results. Question 8: For your info, Page 61 of the test report stated, “RBW = 3 kHz and VBW >= 3KHz. And is not follow the FCC test guideline. Please correct. (all the test plots use VBW > 3KHz) <CCS Mike H>Regarding Q8: The report page 61 is updated and attached. Question 9: For your info “Operation theory content duplicated text.” <Claire> Pls see revised Theory of Operation. Thanks, Claire

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules and Canadian standard RSS-210. Operation is subject to the following conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canada ICES-003. ©Atheros Commun ications, I nc. 2001-2003 FCC ID: PPD-AR5BAP-00032 Model AR5BAP-00032 Canada: FCCID: PPD-AR5BAP-00032

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FCC CFR47 PART 15 SUBPART C CERTIFICATION TEST REPORT FOR 802.11a/b/g ACCESS POINT MODEL NUMBER: AR5BAP-00032 BRAND NAME: ATHEROS FCC ID: PPD-AR5BAP-00032 REPORT NUMBER: 03U2012-1 ISSUE DATE: JULY 1, 2003 Prepared for ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS 529 ALMANOR AVE. SUNNYVALE CA 94085, USA Prepared by COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION SERVICES 561F MONTEREY ROAD, MORGAN HILL, CA 95037, USA TEL: (408) 463-0885 FAX: (408) 463-0888 REPORT NO: 03U2012-1 DATE: JULY 1, 2003 EUT: 802.11 a/b/g Access Point FCC ID: PPD-AR5BAP-00032 Page 2 of 153 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION SERVICES DOCUMENT NO: CCSUP4031A 561F MONTEREY ROAD, MORGAN HILL, CA 95037 USA TEL: (408) 463-0885 FAX: (408) 463-0888 This report shall not be reproduced except in full, without the written approval of CCS. This document may be altered or revised by Compliance Certification Services personnel only, and shall be noted in the revision section of the document. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. TEST RESULT CERTIFICATION..........................................................................................3 2. EUT DESCRIPTION...............................................................................................................4 3. TEST METHODOLOGY.........................................................................................................5 4. FACILITIES AND ACCREDITATION...................................................................................5 4.1. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.........................................................................................5 4.2. TABLE OF ACCREDITATIONS AND LISTINGS..................................................................6 5. CALIBRATION AND UNCERTAINTY..................................................................................7 5.1. MEASURING INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION......................................................................7 5.2. MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY.......................................................................................7 5.3. TEST AND MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT.........................................................................8 6. SETUP OF EQUIPMENT UNDER TEST................................................................................9 7. APPLICABLE RULES AND TEST RESULTS......................................................................13 7.1. 6 dB BANDWIDTH...........................................................................................................13 7.2. 99% BANDWIDTH...........................................................................................................27 7.3. PEAK OUTPUT POWER..................................................................................................41 7.4. MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE............................................................................56 7.5. AVERAGE POWER..........................................................................................................58 7.6. PEAK POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY................................................................................61 7.7. CONDUCTED SPURIOUS EMISSIONS............................................................................75 7.8. RADIATED EMISSIONS...................................................................................................96 7.9. CO-LOCATED RADIATED EMISSIONS..........................................................................135 7.10. CO-LOCATED MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE...............................................141 7.11. POWERLINE CONDUCTED EMISSIONS....................................................................143 8. SETUP PHOTOS.................................................................................................................147 REPORT NO: 03U2012-1 DATE: JULY 1, 2003 EUT: 802.11 a/b/g Access Point FCC ID: PPD-AR5BAP-00032 Page 3 of 153 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION SERVICES DOCUMENT NO: CCSUP4031A 561F MONTEREY ROAD, MORGAN HILL, CA 95037 USA TEL: (408) 463-0885 FAX: (408) 463-0888 This report shall not be reproduced except in full, without the written approval of CCS. This document may be altered or revised by Compliance Certification Services personnel only, and shall be noted in the revision section of the document. 1. TEST RESULT CERTIFICATION COMPANY NAME: ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS 529 ALMANOR AVE. SUNNYVALE, CA 94085 EUT DESCRIPTION: 802.11A/B/G ACCESS POINT MODEL: AR5BAP-00032 DATE TESTED: JUNE 1 – JUNE 30, 2003 APPLICABLE STANDARDS STANDARD TEST RESULTS FCC PART 15 SUBPART C NO NON-COMPLIANCE NOTED Compliance Certification Services, Inc. tested the above equipment in accordance with the requirements set forth in the above standards. The test results show that the equipment tested is capable of demonstrating compliance with the requirements as documented in this report. Note: This document reports conditions under which testing was conducted and results of tests performed. This document may not be altered or revised in any way unless done so by Compliance Certification Services and all revisions are duly noted in the revisions section. Any alteration of this document not carried out by Compliance Certification Services will constitute fraud and shall nullify the document. Note: The 2.4 and 5.8 GHz bands are applicable to this report; another band of operation (5.2 GHz) is documented in a separate report. Approved & Released For CCS By: Tested By: MIKE HECKROTTE VIEN TRAN CHIEF ENGINEER EMC ENGINEER COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION SERVICES COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION SERVICES REPORT NO: 03U2012-1 DATE: JULY 1, 2003 EUT: 802.11 a/b/g Access Point FCC ID: PPD-AR5BAP-00032 Page 4 of 153 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION SERVICES DOCUMENT NO: CCSUP4031A 561F MONTEREY ROAD, MORGAN HILL, CA 95037 USA TEL: (408) 463-0885 FAX: (408) 463-0888 This report shall not be reproduced except in full, without the written approval of CCS. This document may be altered or revised by Compliance Certification Services personnel only, and shall be noted in the revision section of the d…

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REPORT NO: 03U2012-1 DATE: JULY 1, 2003 EUT: 802.11 a/b/g Access Point FCC ID: PPD-AR5BAP-00032 Page 147 of 153 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION SERVICES DOCUMENT NO: CCSUP4031A 561F MONTEREY ROAD, MORGAN HILL, CA 95037 USA TEL: (408) 463-0885 FAX: (408) 463-0888 This report shall not be reproduced except in full, without the written approval of CCS. This document may be altered or revised by Compliance Certification Services personnel only, and shall be noted in the revision section of the document. 8. SETUP PHOTOS ANTENNA PORT CONDUCTED RF MEASUREMENT SETUP ANTENNA PORT CONDUCTED PHOTO REPORT NO: 03U2012-1 DATE: JULY 1, 2003 EUT: 802.11 a/b/g Access Point FCC ID: PPD-AR5BAP-00032 Page 148 of 153 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION SERVICES DOCUMENT NO: CCSUP4031A 561F MONTEREY ROAD, MORGAN HILL, CA 95037 USA TEL: (408) 463-0885 FAX: (408) 463-0888 This report shall not be reproduced except in full, without the written approval of CCS. This document may be altered or revised by Compliance Certification Services personnel only, and shall be noted in the revision section of the document. RADIATED RF MEASUREMENT SETUP RADIATED FRONT PHOTO REPORT NO: 03U2012-1 DATE: JULY 1, 2003 EUT: 802.11 a/b/g Access Point FCC ID: PPD-AR5BAP-00032 Page 149 of 153 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION SERVICES DOCUMENT NO: CCSUP4031A 561F MONTEREY ROAD, MORGAN HILL, CA 95037 USA TEL: (408) 463-0885 FAX: (408) 463-0888 This report shall not be reproduced except in full, without the written approval of CCS. This document may be altered or revised by Compliance Certification Services personnel only, and shall be noted in the revision section of the document. RADIATED BACK PHOTO REPORT NO: 03U2012-1 DATE: JULY 1, 2003 EUT: 802.11 a/b/g Access Point FCC ID: PPD-AR5BAP-00032 Page 150 of 153 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION SERVICES DOCUMENT NO: CCSUP4031A 561F MONTEREY ROAD, MORGAN HILL, CA 95037 USA TEL: (408) 463-0885 FAX: (408) 463-0888 This report shall not be reproduced except in full, without the written approval of CCS. This document may be altered or revised by Compliance Certification Services personnel only, and shall be noted in the revision section of the document. DIGITAL DEVICE RADIATED EMISSIONS SETUP DIGITAL DEVICE FRONT PHOTO REPORT NO: 03U2012-1 DATE: JULY 1, 2003 EUT: 802.11 a/b/g Access Point FCC ID: PPD-AR5BAP-00032 Page 151 of 153 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION SERVICES DOCUMENT NO: CCSUP4031A 561F MONTEREY ROAD, MORGAN HILL, CA 95037 USA TEL: (408) 463-0885 FAX: (408) 463-0888 This report shall not be reproduced except in full, without the written approval of CCS. This document may be altered or revised by Compliance Certification Services personnel only, and shall be noted in the revision section of the document. DIGITAL DEVICE BACK PHOTO REPORT NO: 03U2012-1 DATE: JULY 1, 2003 EUT: 802.11 a/b/g Access Point FCC ID: PPD-AR5BAP-00032 Page 152 of 153 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION SERVICES DOCUMENT NO: CCSUP4031A 561F MONTEREY ROAD, MORGAN HILL, CA 95037 USA TEL: (408) 463-0885 FAX: (408) 463-0888 This report shall not be reproduced except in full, without the written approval of CCS. This document may be altered or revised by Compliance Certification Services personnel only, and shall be noted in the revision section of the document. POWERLINE CONDUCTED EMISSIONS MEASUREMENT SETUP LINE CONDUCTED FRONT PHOTO REPORT NO: 03U2012-1 DATE: JULY 1, 2003 EUT: 802.11 a/b/g Access Point FCC ID: PPD-AR5BAP-00032 Page 153 of 153 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION SERVICES DOCUMENT NO: CCSUP4031A 561F MONTEREY ROAD, MORGAN HILL, CA 95037 USA TEL: (408) 463-0885 FAX: (408) 463-0888 This report shall not be reproduced except in full, without the written approval of CCS. This document may be altered or revised by Compliance Certification Services personnel only, and shall be noted in the revision section of the document. END OF REPORT LINE CONDUCTED BACK PHOTO