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WH-9000MESH

Dual-Band MESH AP/Bridge

User’s Manual

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Page 1: ...WH 9000MESH Dual Band MESH AP Bridge User s Manual ...

Page 2: ..._______ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEGEND If you are a United States Government agency then this documentation and the product described herein are provided to you subject to the following All technical data and computer software are commercial in nature and developed solely at private expense Software is delivered as Commercial Computer Software as defined in DFARS 252 227 7014 June 1995 or as a co...

Page 3: ...13 2 4 1 Antenna for AP 13 2 4 2 Antenna for Bridge 13 2 4 3 Sealing Antenna Connections 14 2 4 4 Lightning Arrestor Installation 14 2 5 Mounting Kit Setup 14 Chapter 3 LED Indicator 16 Chapter 4 Enter Configuration Screen 17 4 1 Configuration Steps 17 4 1 1 Before Configuration 17 4 1 2 Computer setting 17 4 1 3 Enter WH 9000MESH configure screen 18 4 1 4 Enter WH 9000MESH Gateway mode configure ...

Page 4: ...5 Point to Multipoint Bridge Setup Guide 39 7 6 Repeater Bridge Setup Guide 40 Chapter 8 Auto Bridge Wireless Mesh Network 42 8 1 Auto Bridge Wireless Mesh Network 42 8 2 Rule of Auto Bridge mode 42 8 2 1 Root device 42 8 2 2 Routing Path 42 8 3 Auto Bridge GUI Screen 42 8 3 1 Wireless Bridge General GUI Screen 42 8 3 2 Wireless Bridge Radio GUI Screen 44 8 3 3 Wireless Bridge Encryption Screen 45...

Page 5: ...e 57 13 1 2 Location Configuration Upgrade 57 13 1 3 Remote Configuration Upgrade 58 13 2 Factory Default 59 13 3 Remote Logging 60 13 4 Reboot 60 13 5 Utilities 60 Chapter 14 Reset and Rest to Factory Default Setting 62 Chapter 15 Technical Support 63 Appendix A Channel information at 5 GHz frequency band 64 Appendix B Lightning Arrestor Installation Guide 65 AirLive WH 9000 MESH User s Manual 4 ...

Page 6: ...A mode doesn t support at ETSI domain region The 9000MESH adopts newest 802 11i WPA2 standard to enhance the wireless security The major feature of 9000MESH is Wireless Mesh Network function and introduce at section 1 1 3 The 9000MESH works at 2 4GHz and 5GHz band too The 9000MESH also provides Layer 2 Client isolation features 1 1 1 802 11g Super and 802 11a Turbo 802 11g Super and 802 11a Turbo ...

Page 7: ...solation Local Configuration Upgrade Wireless Bridge System Upgrade Remote Configuration Upgrade Manual Bridge Factory General Auto Bridge Remote Logging Radio Reboot Encryption AES CCM Utilities MAC Address Filtering Auto Bridge Mode Only Service Setting SNMP Agent 1 3 Appearance 1 2 7 6 5 4 3 1 AP Antenna TX RX 2 AP Antenna RX 3 Bridge Antenna TX RX 4 Reset Button 5 Console Port 6 WAN LAN Port 7...

Page 8: ...rnet PoE y LED indicator Power WAN WLAN1 AP WLAN2 Bridge and Received Radio Strength Bridge 1 4 2 Wireless Features y AP Disable SSID broadcast MAC address filtering MAC address Authentication Wireless client information MAC address Signal Strength Transmit rate list Adjacent AP list Rogue AP detection Load Balancing Support SNMP V1 V2 V3 Layer 2 Isolation y Bridge Manual Bridge Point to Point and...

Page 9: ... with TEC 40 degree 70 degree C 1 5 Radio Characteristic y 802 11b Frequency band American FCC 2 412 2 462GHz 11 channels Europe ETSI 2 412 2 472GHz 13 channels Data Rate 1 2 5 5 11Mbps Modulation y Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS Differential Binary Phase Shift Keying DBPSK at 1 Mbps Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying DQPSK at 2Mbps Complementary Code Keying CCK at 5 5 and 11 Mbps Tr...

Page 10: ...tting will vary according to individual country regulations Receive Sensitivity Typical 89dBm at 6Mbps 73dBm at 48Mbps 70dBm at 54Mbps y 802 11a Frequency band y 5 15 5 25GHz 5 25 5 35GHz 5 725 5 825GHz Note Frequency band setting will vary according to individual country regulations Data rate y 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54 Mbps y 72 96 108 Mbps Super A mode Modulation y Orthogonal Frequency Divisional M...

Page 11: ...hable 5dBi omni directional antennas y 1 Power injector with power cord y 15m CAT5 cable with waterproof RJ45 connector y 1 Ground cable y Documentation as PDF files on CD ROM y 1 Mounting kit set y 1 5m low loss antenna cable 1 7 Optional accessory You can contact OvisLink to buy below accessory y High gain directional antenna for bridge y Lightning Arrestor AirLive WH 9000 MESH User s Manual 10 ...

Page 12: ...puter that you wish to wirelessly connect to your wireless network y Access to one laptop or PC with an Ethernet card and cable that can be used to complete the initial configuration of the unit y A Web browser program such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 5 or later or Netscape 6 2 or later installed on the PC or laptop you will be using to configure the Access Point y TCP IP Protocol usually com...

Page 13: ...es spread out into after they leave the antenna This area must be clear or else signal strength will weaken The rule of thumb is that 60 of the Fresnel zone must be clear of obstacles Typically 20 Fresnel Zone blockage introduces little signal loss to the link Beyond 40 blockage signal loss will become significant The equation of the width of Fresnel Zone is F D W 4 3 43 Where W Width of the Fresn...

Page 14: ...r Mode as Off at Wireless Access Point General Some experience show us and we want to suggest that the equipment may need to up side down while the it is put at high location For the case where the AP is placed high on a tower the part of the antenna pattern is pointed towards the sky instead of the ground where the clients are Hence if you are standing underneath the antenna you may not get much ...

Page 15: ...s adheres to itself and forms a single amalgamated rubber molding conforming to the shape of the item it is covering Once the tape is in place for several hours it forms a shaped rubber molding that is resistant to water and most solvents It remains stable over a wide temperature range and degrades very slowly in sunlight Be sure that it is completely dry when applied If you need to uninstall it a...

Page 16: ...Step2 Mounting the mounting kits to post by U Ring screw and nut Step3 Mounting the unit to mounting kits by screw AirLive WH 9000 MESH User s Manual 15 ...

Page 17: ...e an active connection to network WLAN1 AP The light is ling for indicate the WLAN 1 is active The light is blinking to indicates data transmission WLAN2 Bridge The light is ling for indicate the WLAN 2 is active The light is blinking to indicates data transmission WLAN2 SS Signal Strength This indicates the WLAN2 received signal strength 1 LED off no connection on the bride side or the signal is ...

Page 18: ...t on your computer This LAN port in the WH 9000MESH connects you to the device s internal DHCP server which will dynamically assign an IP address to your computer so you can access the device for reconfiguration In order to connect properly to the WH 9000MESH on the LAN port the TCP IP parameters on your laptop PC must be set to obtain IP address automatically If you are unfamiliar with above proc...

Page 19: ...68 254 254 Please make sure your PC is set to the same subnet as the WH 9000MESH Note POE line must connect to the WAN port for power supply 4 1 4 Enter WH 9000MESH Gateway mode configure screen IFigure 4 1 Log in IP screen Key in https 192 168 15 1 4 1 5 Username and Password Figure 4 2 Login in username and password screen You will be asked for your user name and password The default is airlive ...

Page 20: ... IP but you forget it You can find there is a Reset button at front plane Press this button over 8 seconds the unit will go back as factory default setting The username and password will back to airlive and airlive and the IP will be back to 192 168 15 1 AirLive WH 9000 MESH User s Manual 19 ...

Page 21: ...AP s y Subnet mask y DNS IP address 5 2 System Configuration General Click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for enter System Configuration General This directs you to the System Configuration General page This screen lists the software version number for your WH 9000MESH and allows you to set the Host Name and Domain Name as well as establish system date and time y Description You can e...

Page 22: ...static IP You need in the information that the AP requires in order to allow the wireless devices 9000MESH access to the wired LAN This will be the IP address Subnet Mask Default Gateway and where needed DNS1 and 2 The default WAN port value is IP Address 192 168 254 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 254 1 put You also can choose Using DHCP to get an IP address By this way the ...

Page 23: ...bnet Mask The Local LAN port provides local access for configuration It is not advisable to change the private LAN address while doing the initial setup as you are connected to that LAN If you do change DHCP IP address as new one you need use the IP you key in to enter configure screen again after clicking Apply button AirLive WH 9000 MESH User s Manual 22 ...

Page 24: ...ddress The MAC address list here is AP s wireless interface This is not the BSSID for bridging setup The BSSID for bridging is found on the Wireless Bridge General page 6 1 2 SSID If you will be using an SSID for a wireless LAN enter it here and in the setup of each wireless client This nomenclature has to be set on the AP and each wireless device in order for them to communicate 6 1 3 Wireless Mo...

Page 25: ...of 802 11g and 802 11b devices It will little slow down the network throughput The side effect is an overall increase in overhead so a small price is paid in 802 b g Mixed mode If you make sure all of WLAN devices are 802 11g clients then you can chooses 802 11g mode to gain a higher performance y 802 11g Super The 802 11g Super mode can support data rate up to 108Mbps 72 96 108 Mbps Although you ...

Page 26: ...series of access points If you are using the WH 9000MESH as both an AP and bridge the channel number set for the AP and the one for bridge should be sufficiently different to avoid interference Generally it has been found that the selection channel 4 for bridging and channel 11 for AP gives a good spread at 2 4GHz band or one use 2 4GHz band and another one use 5GHz band Before you setting the cha...

Page 27: ...and 802 11a Turbo The frequency band of IEEE 802 11a will vary according to individual country regulations The FCC U S has allocated three bands UNII1 5 15 5 25GHz UNII2 5 25 5 35GHz and UNII3 5 725 5 825GHz Each band has 4 non overlapping channels For Pan Europe there are the 5 15GHz 5 35GHz 5 425GHz 5 725GHz At Taiwan the 802 11a device use the 5 725GHz 5 875GHz frequency band Refer to Appendix ...

Page 28: ...mble Specifies whether frames are transmitted with the Short or Long Preamble Broadcast SSID Enabled Disabled When disabled the AP hides the SSID in outgoing beacon frames and client can not obtain the SSID through passive scanning Also when it is disable the AP doesn t send probe responses to probe requests with unspecified SSIDs 6 2 Wireless Access Point Security Click the entry on the left hand...

Page 29: ...nction generates a randomized encryption key of the appropriate length automatically The key is initially shown in plain text so the user has the opportunity to copy the key Once the Key is applied there is no longer displayed in plain text That same WEP key must also be set on each wireless clients those are to become part of the wireless network For greater security set authentication type to sh...

Page 30: ... newer hardware Simply input up to 63 character numeric hexadecimals in the Passphrase field If your clients use WPA TKIP select TKIP as encryption type If your clients use WPA AES select AES CCMR Pre Share Key or 802 1x If you don t have Radius Server selecting pre shared key If you have installed Radius Servers select WPA 802 1x and input the Radius Server setting Use of Radius Server for key ma...

Page 31: ...e click Apply to save all setting 6 3 MAC address Filtering The factory default for MAC Address filtering is Disabled If you enable MAC Address filtering you should also set the toggle for Filter Type This works as follows y If Filtering is enabled and Filter Type is Deny AII Except Those Listed Below only those devices equipped with the authorized MAC addresses will be able to communicate with th...

Page 32: ...s bridge s channel y If both options are checked only APs that match both the SSID and channel are sent The Adjacent AP lists under Monitoring Reports on the navigation menu will detail any APs information 6 5 Wireless Access Point Advanced Click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for Wireless Access Point Advanced This directs you to the Wireless Access Point Advanced page The Advanced p...

Page 33: ...clients on both APs 6 5 2 Publicly Secure Packet Forwarding The Publicly Secure Packet Forwarding selection item is the Layer 2 Isolation function Layer 2 isolation prevents wireless clients that associate with the same AP from communication with each other AirLive WH 9000 MESH User s Manual 32 ...

Page 34: ...one AP and to connect two separate LANs without installing my cabling The 9000MESH model support manual bridge function and auto bridge mode The manual bridging function in the WH 9000MESH allows you to set a number of alternate bridging configurations We discuss some of the most popular settings in this chapter The auto bridging function will be discussed at next chapter Chapter 8 y Point to Poin...

Page 35: ...display any connection signal select Not Assigned You need click Apply after you change this value y Spanning Tree Protocol STP 802 1d It should be enabled if there is any possibility that a bridging loop could occur If you are certain that there is no possibility that a bridging loop will occur you can disable Spanning Tree Protocol because the bridge will be more efficient faster without it Howe...

Page 36: ...arge frequency bandwidth it may interfere the AP s radio signal y Tx Rates When set to AUTO the unit attempts to select the optimal rate for the channel If a fixed rate is used the unit will only transmit at that rate y Channel No The channel number is a means of an assigning frequency that device uses it to transmit receive data The channel number should be same as the one using on the devices th...

Page 37: ... not case sensitive You may also enter a note that defines the location of the remote bridge Then click Add to accept The remote bridge s BSSID will now appear in the Remote AP s MAC Address section of previous page Wireless Bridge General 7 3 Wireless Bridge Encryption This page is used to configure static encryption keys for the wireless bridge On this screen you can either select Off No Data En...

Page 38: ...ly they have to be set up with compatible commands in setup screens Below is the list y Channel number The bridges must have the same channel number The channel number doesn t be same as using for AP y Wireless Mode Choose 802 11g for high data rate Choose 802 11b for high transmit distance y Spanning Tree Protocol 802 1d Enable if there is any possibility of a bridging loop or Disable if there is...

Page 39: ...to accept your changes 7 4 1 Example Point to Point Bridge configuration Direction Bridge 1 Bridge 2 Wireless Bridge General Bridge Mode Manual Bridge Manual Bridge Spanning Tree Protocol Enable or Disable if no bridging loop Enable or Disable if no bridging loop Wireless Bridge Radio Channel 4 4 Wireless Mode 802 11g for high data rate 802 11g for high data rate TX Power Auto Auto Propagation dis...

Page 40: ...rates a Point to Multipoint topology as an example Figure 7 3 Point to Multipoint Bridge scene BSSID Bridge 1 Bridge 2 Same as Point to Point Bridge Setup procedure you need to set up with compatible commands in setup screens Using Figure 7 3 as a example Bridge 1 must contain all of the other s BSSID while Bridge 2 and 3 must contain Bridge 1 s BSSID Direction Bridge 1 Bridge 2 3 AirLive WH 9000 ...

Page 41: ...s Bridge 1 The above recommended setup requires only Bridge 1 to be set in point to multipoint mode It is possible to set all bridges in point to multipoint mode in which case each bridge would have to contain the BSSID for each of the other bridges and Spanning Tree Protocol must be enabled 7 6 Repeater Bridge Setup Guide A repeater setup can be used to extend the wireless signal from one bridge ...

Page 42: ... rate TX Power Auto Auto Auto Propagation distance Appropriate value Appropriate value Appropriate value BSSID Add Bridge2 s BSSID MAC address Add Bridge1 s and 3 s BSSID MAC address Add Bridge2 s BSSID MAC address Wireless Configuration Bridging Encryption Encryption Select appropriate Key type and Key Must be the same key as Bridge 2 Select appropriate Key type and Key Must be the same key as Br...

Page 43: ... status automatically Thus if some of devices are out of order or change location a new bridge network topology will be made and let those devices bridge together again The feature is called auto hearing 8 2 Rule of Auto Bridge mode 8 2 1 Root device The lowest priority number plus BR MAC address will be selected to be the root device of bridging network The priority number is a setting parameter ...

Page 44: ...rk topology y Signal Strength Threshold If the signal strength of remote node is blow this threshold The link will be dropped y Broadcast SSID It on by default to enabled bridge will use SSID for token for communication If don t like SSID be exposed it can be disable However both setting must be same otherwise the devices cannot bridge together y Signal Strength MAC Choosing the BSSID that you wan...

Page 45: ...TO the unit attempts to select the optimal rate for the channel If a fixed rate is used the unit will only transmit at that rate y Channel No The channel number is a means of an assigning frequency that device uses it to transmit receive data The channel number should be same as the one using on the devices those will be bridge together y Tx Pwr Mode It is same as AP support Off Fix and Auto modes...

Page 46: ...ate length automatically You can use this function to get a randomized key number from one device and use it to all of other devices those are on the same bridge network The encryption key that you use on this screen must be the same for any bridge connect to your bridging network in order for communication to occur 8 3 4 Wireless Bridge MAC Address filtering The factory default for MAC Address fi...

Page 47: ...pped Broadcast SSID Default on to enabled bridge will use SSID for token for communication If don t like SSID be exposed it can be disable However both setting must be same otherwise the devices cannot bridge together Wireless Bridge Radiol Page Wireless Mode 802 11b g Mixed 802 11g Super 802 11a 802 11a Turbo Tx Rate Auto 6 9 12 24 36 48 54 Mbps When set to AUTO the unit attempts to select the op...

Page 48: ...nabled You can disable the DHCP server function if you wish You can also set the range of address to be assigned WNS server The WNS Windows Internet Naming Service server is used for name resolution It is similar in function to DNS It allows you to search for resources by computer name instead of IP address Lease period is for the DHCP server function The lease times you can select are 1 hour 2 ho...

Page 49: ...ed packets and so forth The SNMP configuration consists of several fields which are explained below y Community This is simply the SNMP terminology for password for SNMP functions y Source This field is for Key in the IP address or name where the information is obtained y Access Control Define the level of management interaction permitted AirLive WH 9000 MESH User s Manual 48 ...

Page 50: ...e is crypto officer to allow you initial the configuration job 10 1 List All Users Click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for Admin User Management List All Users This directs you to this page The List All Users page simply lists all administrator accounts configured for the unit 10 2 Add New User The Add New User screen allows you to add new Crypto Officer or Administrators assigning a...

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Page 52: ...s Most of there are self explanatory 11 1 System Status Click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for Monitor Reports System status This directs you to this page This screen displays the status of the WH 9000MESH device and network interface details and the routing table There are also some pop up informational menus on this screen that give detailed information about CPU PCI Interrupts Pr...

Page 53: ... Port STP status wireless port STP status and wireless bridging information 11 3 Bridge Site Map Click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for Monitor Reports Bridge Site Map This screen displays the graphology of Bridges Network topology with some useful information IP Signal Strength and so on AirLive WH 9000 MESH User s Manual 52 ...

Page 54: ... signal strength and transmit rate 11 5 Adjacent AP list Click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for Monitor Reports DHCP Client List The Adjacent AP list shows all the APs on the network 11 6 DHCP Client List Click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for Monitor Reports DHCP Client List This direct s you to this page The AirLive WH 9000 MESH User s Manual 53 ...

Page 55: ...clients currently connected to the WH 9000MESH via DHCP server including their hostnames IP addresses and MAC addresses Use the Remove button to clear any DCHP client entries you wish to remove AirLive WH 9000 MESH User s Manual 54 ...

Page 56: ...time stamp There are messages documenting functions performed internal to system based on the system s functionality Generally the network administrator would only use this information if trained as or working with a field engineer or as information provide to technical support The system log will continue to accumulate listing If you wish to clear listings manually use the Clear button 12 2 Web A...

Page 57: ...e this log records when you set encryption mode change operating mode etc using the web browser It establishes a running record regarding what actions were performed and by whom The Web Access Log will continue to accumulate listing Using the Clear button to clear listings manually AirLive WH 9000 MESH User s Manual 56 ...

Page 58: ...on Upgrade and Remote Configuration Upgrade tabs to perform file transfers Only the Crypto Officer role can access this function 13 1 1 Firmware Upgrade On the System Administration System Upgrade screen the Firmware Upgrade tab is the default view Click browse and select the firmware file to be uploaded Click on the Upload Firmware button 13 1 2 Location Configuration Upgrade On the System Admini...

Page 59: ... Map button to find out the remote devices and then select which are you want to configure Step 2 Select File to Transfer You can click the Local File Tag that set up remote AP same as local one or as different by choosing Generated File It will generate a random configuration file is used to update the bridging SSID and bridging encryption on other devices using the existing bridging link If the ...

Page 60: ...128 0 0 and the WAN MAC address is 00 07 D5 01 02 03 Basically the second byte add 128 1 The MAC address on the WAN port is from the AirLive s address pool of 16 million addresses There is a small chance for duplicate MACs However if a duplicate IP address is detected the bridge site map will show this device with a red IP address The distributed default gateway is the first IP address in the vali...

Page 61: ...earch engine such as Google to find a versin compatible with your operation system If you enable Remote logging input a System Log Server IP Address and System Log Server Port click Apply to accept these values 13 4 Reboot Click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for System Administration Reboot to enter this page The Reboot utility allows you to reboot the WH 9000MESH without changing an...

Page 62: ...ady access to two useful utilities Ping and Traceroute Simply enter the IP address or hostname you wish to ping or traceroute and click either the Ping or Traceroute button as appropriate AirLive WH 9000 MESH User s Manual 61 ...

Page 63: ... functionality There are two ways to do reset function One is by enter configure screen introduce at chapter 12 2 and chapter 12 4 and another way is done by press reset button at the front panel of case The behaviors of reset button are as below y No action if press button less than 3 seconds y Reset system if press button between 3 8 seconds y Reset to Factory Default setting if press button lon...

Page 64: ...energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may came harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Installation should be accomplished using the authorized cables and or connectors provided...

Page 65: ...2 Taiwan DGT Frequency band Channel No Carrier Frequency 149 5 745 GHz 153 5 765 GHz 157 5 785 GHz 161 5 805 GHz 165 5 825 GHz DGT 5 725 5 875 GHz 169 5 845GHz Table 6 2 Europe CEPT Frequency band Channel No Carrier Frequency 36 5 180 GHz 40 5 200 GHz 44 5 220 GHz 48 5 240 GHz 52 5 260 GHz 56 5 280 GHz 60 5 300 GHz 64 5 320 GHz 100 5 500 GHz 104 5 520 GHz 108 5 540 GHz 112 5 560 GHz 116 5 580 GHz ...

Page 66: ...Appendix B Lightning Arrestor Installation Guide AirLive WH 9000 MESH User s Manual 65 ...

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