WLAN Outdoor Bridge User Manual Version 1.
Table of Contents PREFACE................................................................................................................................ 1 1. OUTDOOR AP INSTALLATION ......................................................................................... 4 Packing List.........................................................................................................................................................4 Hardware Installation ................................................
Preface This guide is for the networking professional who installs and manages the outdoor product hereafter referred to as the “device”. To use this guide, you should have experience working with the TCP/IP configuration and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of wireless local area networks.
Certification Declaration FCC Radiation Norm Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
CE Radiation Norm This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of the European Council Directive 99/5/EC on the approximation of the law of the member states relating to EN 300 328, EN 301 489-1, EN 301 489-17 and EN60950. FCC & CE Compliance Statement These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio interference in a residential environment.
1. Outdoor AP Installation Packing List Before you start to install the ODU, make sure the package contains the following itemsΚ ɿ ɿ ɿ ɿ ɿ ɿ ɿ ɿ ɿ Wireless Outdoor Bridge unit * 1 Mounting Kit * 1 Waterproof (IP67) RJ-45 Cable (30M) * 1 Waterproof (IP66) RF Cable (1M) * 1 Power Over Ethernet Kit * 1 Ground Wire * 1 2.5” /4” U bolts * 2 and Anchor * 4 6 dBi omni directional antenna * 1 (separated package) RJ-45 Cable (1.
Hardware Installation Once you check off everything from the package, you can start to install the ODU. You can mount to a pipe, a pole or to the side of a building. The steps are showed in the followingΚ 1. You must mount the ODU into the bracket first. Note: ALL the 4 screws had been tightened onto the ODU and Bracket 2. You can use the 2 or 4 inches U bolt to mount on the pipe, depending on the radius of the pipe.
3.. After checking the ODU is mounted well, you can connect the following two cables: the Waterproof RJ-45 network cable to “P+ DATA OUT” port of ODU and the RF cable to antenna port. Additional waterproof tool, such as waterproof tape, is recommended to use to enhance the waterproof function. It is suggested to have a lightening protector between antenna and antenna port. Connecting the ground wire as the figure of “ODU ground wire connection.” 4.
Caution:Be careful! Don’t plug the two cables inversely. It will damage the devices We recommend you refer to the following illustration as a guideline for hardware installation.
2. First Time Configuration Before Start to Configure There are two ways to configure the device, one is through web-browser, and the other is through Secure Shell CLI interface. To access the configuration interfaces, make sure you are using a computer connected to the same network as the device. The default IP address of the device is 192.168.2.254, and the subnet-mask is 255.255.255.0. The device has three operation modes (Router/Bridge/WISP).
Router The wired Ethernet (WAN) port is used to connect with ADSL/Cable modem and the wireless NIC is used for your private WLAN. The NAT is existed between the 2 NIC and all the wireless clients share the same public IP address through the WAN port to ISP. The default IP configuration for WAN port is static IP. You can access the web server of device through the default WAN IP address 172.1.1.1 and modify the setting base on your ISP requirement.
WDS+AP This mode combines WDS plus AP modes, it not only allows WDS connections butʳalso the wireless clients can survey and connect to the device. The following table shows the supporting combination of operation and wireless radio modes. Bridge Router WISP AP V V X WDS V V X Client V X V AP+WDS V V X Hereafter are some topologies of network application for your reference.
Examples of Configuration This example demonstrates how to set up a network with different device configurations. There are 2 DHCP servers (DEV1/DEV4) in the network to control the IP configuration of 2 domains (192.168.2.x/192.168.3.x). Once the setting is done, all the PCs can visit Internet through DEV1. We assume all the devices keep the factory default setting. To make sure that user can continuing press the rest button for more than 5 seconds to restore the factory default setting.
Configure DEV1: 1. 2. Connect the ADSL modem to Ethernet port of device using Ethernet cable. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the wireless station. 3. Use Wizard page to setup deviceˁ 4. Press “Next>>” button then set the “Operation Mode” to “Router” mode.
5. Press “Next>>” button then disable “Time Zone” function. 6. Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. 7. Press “Next>>” button then select the “PPPoE” for “WAN Access Type” and fill in the “User Name” and “Password” fields.
8. Press “Next>>” button then select the “AP+WDS” for “mode” and ʳ change theʳSSID to “DEV1”. 9. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press“Finished” button. 10. Wait for refreshing web page.
11. Use “WDS Settings” page to configure WDS. 12. Enable WDS function and add the BSSID of DEV2 to “Current WDS AP List”. 13. Since we access the device by wireless connection, it may temporarily disconnect when applying the WDS setting. After re-connecting to the device, use the “Status” page to check the settings.
Configure DEV2: 1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254). of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you not able to access the web server of device. If the situation happens, please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command “arp –d” then you can access the web server of device using the default IP address. 2. Use Wizard page to setup device. 3.
4. Press “Next>>” button then disable “Time Zone” function. 5. Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. 6. Press “Next>>” button then select the “AP+WDS” for “mode” and change theʳSSID to “DEV2”.
7. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button. 8. Wait for refreshing web page. 9. Access the web server by new IP address “192.168.2.202” then use “LAN Interface” page to disable DHCP Server.
10. Wait for refreshing web page. 11. Use “WDS Settings” page to configure WDS. 12. Enable WDS function and add the BSSID of DEV1 to “Current WDS AP List”.
13. Use the “Status” page to check the settings.
Configure DEV3: 1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you not able to access the web server of device. If the situation happens, please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command “arp –d” then you can access the web server of device using the default IP address. 2.
4. Access the web server by new IP address “192.168.2.203” then use “Basicʳ Settings” page to change SSID and CHANNEL. 5. Use the “Status” page to check the settings.
Configure DEV4: 1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you unable to access the web server of device. If the situation happens, please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command “arp –d” then you can access the web server of device using the default IP address. 2. Use Wizard page to setup device. 3.
4. Press “Next>>” button then disable “Time Zone” function. 5. Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. 6. Press “Next>>” button then select the “DHCP Client” for “WAN Access Type”. 7. Press “Next>>” button then select the “Client” for “mode” and change theʳSSID to “DEV4”.
8. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button. 9. Wait for refreshing web page. 10.Change the IP address of your PC to 192.168.3.x then access the web server by the new IP address “192.168.3.1” and use “Status” page check the setting.
11.If the “State” of “Wireless Configuration” is not “Connected” or you want to refresh the “RSSI “, please use “Site Survey” page to re-connect a AP.
Configure DEV5: 1. Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you unable to access the web server of device. If the situation happens, please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command “arp –d” then you can access the web server of device using the default IP address. 2. Use Wizard page to setup device. 3.
4. Press “Next>>” button then disable “Time Zone” function. 5. Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. 6. Press “Next>>” button then select the “Client” for “mode” and change theʳSSID to “DEV5”.
7. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then pressʳ “Finished” button. 8. Wait for refreshing web page. 9. Access the web server by the new IP address “192.168.2.205” and useʳ “LANʳ Interface” page to disable DHCP Server.
10.Wait for refreshing webpage 11.Use “State” page to check setting. 12.If the “State” of “Wireless Configuration” is not “Connected” or you want to refresh the “RSSI “, please use “Site Survey” page to re-connect a AP.
Basic Settings Disable Wireless LAN Interface Disable the wireless interface of device Band: The device supports 2.4GHz(B), 2.4GHz(G) and 2.4GHz(B+G) mixed modes. Mode: The radio of device supports different modes as following: 1. APʳ The radio of device acts as an Access Point to serves all wireless clients to join a wireless local network. 2. Client Support Infrastructure and Ad-hoc network types to act as aʳwireless adapter. 3.
Infrastructure: This type requires the presence of 802.11b/g Access Point. All communication is done via the Access Point. Ethernet AP AP Client #1 AP Client #2 Ad Hoc: This type provides a peer-to-peer communication between wireless stations. All the communication is done from Client to Client without any Access Point involved. Ad Hoc networking must use the same SSID and channel for establishing the wireless connection.
SSID: The SSID is a unique identifier that wireless networking devices use to establish and maintain wireless connectivity. Multiple access point/bridges on a network or sub-network can use the same SSID. SSIDs are case sensitive and can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters. Do not include spaces in your SSID. Channel Number The following table is the available frequencies (in MHz) for the 2.4-GHz radio: Channel No.
Advanced Settings These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have sufficient knowledge about wireless LAN. These settings should not be changed unless you know what effect the changes will have on your device. The default setting is optimized for the normal operation. For specific application, setting configuration will required highly attention to reach optimistic condition. NoteΚ Any unreasonable value change to default setting will reduce the throughput of the device.
RTS Threshold The RTS threshold determines the packet size at which the radio issues a request to send (RTS) before sending the packet. A low RTS Threshold setting can be useful in areas where many client devices are associating with the device, or in areas where the clients are far apart and can detect only the device and not each other. You can enter a setting ranging from 0 to 2347 bytes. Data Rate The standard IEEE 802.11b/11g supports 1, 2, 5.5, 11 / 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 54 Mbps data rates.
Block WLAN Relay (Isolate Client) The device supports isolation function. If you are building a public Wireless Network, enable this function can provide better security. The device will block packets between wireless clients (relay). All the wireless clients connected to the device can’t see each other. Transmit Power The device supports four transmission output power levels 250, 200, 150 andʳ100mW for CCK (802.11b) mode and two transmission output power levelsʳ100 and 50mW for OFDM (802.11g) mode.
Configuring Wireless Security This device provides complete wireless security function include WEP, 802.1x, WPA-TKIP, WPA2-AES and WPA2-Mixed in different mode (see the Security Support Table). The default security setting of the encryption function is disabled. Choose your preferred security setting depending on what security function you need. WEP Encryption Setting Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is implemented in this device to prevent unauthorized access to your wireless network.
When you decide to use the WEP encryption to secure your WLAN, please refer to the following setting of the WEP encryption: ϥʳ 64-bit WEP EncryptionΚ64-bit WEP keys are as same as the encryption method of 40-bit WEP. You can input 10 hexadecimal digits (0~9, a~f or A~F) or 5 ACSII chars. 128-bit WEP EncryptionΚ128-bit WEP keys are as same as the encryption method of 104-bit WEP. You can input 26 hexadecimal digitsʳ(0~9, a~f or A~F) or 10 ACSII chars.
You should choose WEP 64 or 128 bit encryption to fit with your network environment first. Then add user accounts and the target device to the RADIUS server. In the device , you need to specify the IP addressΕ Password Shared Secret) and Port number of the target RADIUS server. WPA Encryption Setting WPA feature provides a high level of assurance for end-users and administrators that their data will remain private and access to their network restricted to authorized users.
Configuring as WLAN Client Adapter This device can be configured as a wireless Ethernet adapter. In this mode, the device can connect to the other wireless stations (Ad-Hoc network type) or Access Point (Infrastructure network type) and you don’t need to install any driver. Quick start to configure Step 1. In “Basic Settings” page, change the Mode to “Client” mode. And key in the SSID of the AP you want to connect then press “Apply Changes” button to apply the change. Step 2.
The Alternative way to configure as following: Step 1. In “Wireless Site Survey” page, select one of the SSIDs you want to connect and then press “Connect” button to establish the link. Step 2. If the linking is established successfully. It will show the messageʳ“Connect successfully”. Then press “OK”. Step 3. Then you can check the linking information in “Status” page.
Note Κ If the available network requires authentication and data encryption, you need to setup the authentication and encryption before step1 and all the settings must be as same as the Access Point or Station. About the detail authentication and data encryption settings, please refer the security section. Authentication Type In client mode, the device also supports two Authentication Types “Open system” and “Shared Key”.
Configuring Universal Repeater This device can be configured as a Repeater. In this mode, the device can extend available wireless range of other AP let user can link the network that they want, Also the device working as AP and Repeater same time. Following two ways describe how to make Universal Repeater effective. 1. Enable Universal Repeater Mode and then select a SSID in the Table that you want. Final click Apply Changes button to take effective.
2. Enter specific SSID in the Extended SSID field and then click Apply Changes button to take effective.
3. Configuring WDS Wireless Distribution System (WDS) uses wireless media to communicate with the other devices, like the Ethernet does. This function allows one or more remote LANs connect with the local LAN. To do this, you must set these devices in the same channel and set MAC address of other devices you want to communicate with in the WDS AP List and then enable the WDS. When you decide to use the WDS to extend your WLAN, please refer the following instructions for configuration.
Device Entries of WDS AP List Spanning Tree Protocol Required WDS1 The MAC Address of WDS2 WDS2 The MAC Addresses of WDS1 and WDS3 No No WDS3 The MAC Addresses of WDS2 and WDS4 WDS4 The MAC Addresses of WDS3 and WDS5 No No WDS5 The MAC Address of WDS4 No Star topology Device Entries of WDS AP List The MAC Address of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4 WDS1 and WDS5 WDS2 The MAC Address of WDS1 WDS3 The MAC Address of WDS1 WDS4 The MAC Address of WDS1 WDS5 The MAC Address of WDS1 46 Spanning Tree Protocol Require
Ring topology: Device Entries of WDS AP List Spanning Tree Protocol Required WDS1 The MAC Address of WDS2, WDS5 WDS2 The MAC Address of WDS1, WDS3 WDS3 The MAC Address of WDS2, WDS4 Yes Yes Yes WDS4 The MAC Address of WDS3, WDS5 WDS5 The MAC Address of WDS4, WDS1 Yes 47 Yes
Mesh topologyΚ Device WDS1 WDS2 WDS3 Spanning Tree Protocol Entries of WDS AP List Required The MAC Address of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4, WDS5 Yes Yes The MAC Address of WDS˄, WDS3, WDS4, WDS5 Yes The MAC Address of WDS˄, WDS2, WDS4, WDS5 Yes The MAC Address of WDS˄, WDS2, WDS3, WDS5 WDS4 WDS5 The MAC Address of WDS˄, WDS2, WDSˆ, WDS4 48 Yes
WDS Application Wireless Repeater Wireless Repeater can be used to increase the coverage area of another device (Parent AP). Between the Parent AP and the Wireless Repeater, wireless stations can move among the coverage areas of both devices. When you decide to use the WDS as a Repeater, please refer the following instructions for configuration. ɿ In AP mode, enable the WDS function ɿ You must set these connected devices with the same radio channel andʳ SSID. ɿ Choose “WDS+AP” mode.
Wireless Bridge Wireless Bridge can establish a wireless connection between two or more Wired LANs. When you decide to use the WDS as a Wireless Bridge, please refer the following instructions for configuration. ɿ In AP mode, enable the WDS function. ɿ You must set these connected devices with the same radio channel, but you may use different SSID. ɿ Choose “WDS” mode for only wireless backbone extension purpose. ɿ You can use any network topology, please refer the WDS topology section.
