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 ALink-5801a

 Wireless LAN Outdoor Bridge

 

                                  ALCON Telecommunications Co., Ltd.   

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Field Description 

RSSI 

Displays the strength of the received signal in dBm (the remote bridge 
received signal strenth). Refresh every 2 seconds. 

RSSI of ACK 

Displays the strength of the far end received signals in dBm (the local 
bridge received signal strength). Refresh every 2 seconds. 

MSDU 

Maximum service data unit. Displays the number of packets sent and 
received by the remote bridge. 

Data / Management / 
Control 

Packets can be data, management or control. Displays the number of 
packets sent and received for each. 

Multicast 

Displays the number of multicast frames. 

Errors 

Displays the error count for both transmit and receive. 

Data Rate 

Displays the receive and transmit data rate in Mbps. 

Receive Errors 

Displays the number of receive errors. 

Discarded Frames 

Displays the number of receive discarded frames. 

Duplicate Frames 

Displays the number of receive duplicate frames. 

CRC Errors 

Displays the number of receive CRC errors. 

Decrypt Errors 

Displays the number of receive description errors. 

PHY Errors 

Displays the number of receive PHY errors. 

DMA Errors 

Displays the number of receive DMA errors. 

Transmit Errors 

Displays the number of transmit errors. 

Discarded Frames 

Displays the number of transmit discarded frames. 

Excessive Retries 

Displays the number of transmit excessive retries. 

DMA Errors 

Displays the number of transmit DMA errors. 

 

Summary of Contents for ALink-5801a

Page 1: ...ALink 5801a Wireless LAN Outdoor Bridge ALCON Telecommunications Co Ltd 1 ALink 5801a Wireless LAN Outdoor Bridge User s Manual Version 3 2a April 10 2005...

Page 2: ...Scope 0 0 March 31 2004 Initial 1 0 April 2 2004 First draft 2 0 A p r i l 2 2 0 0 4 Correct errors and the paragraph orders 2 5 May 25 2004 Second draft 3 0 June 15 2004 Edit the third part and corre...

Page 3: ...g measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the rece...

Page 4: ...abilities The wireless building to building bridging solution contains a state of the art wireless Bridge high gain performance antenna and power over Ethernet technology For further protection the br...

Page 5: ...To Start Network Configuration on your PC 18 4 1 2 Master Bridge side PC TCP IP Setup 19 4 1 2 1 Master side PC TCP IP Setup 19 4 1 2 2 Master Bridge Side PC IP MAC Address Set up 19 4 1 2 3 Slave Si...

Page 6: ...ct 46 7 1 3 Accessories 46 7 2 INSTALLING THE ODU 47 7 2 1 Required Tools 47 7 2 2 Installed Accessories 47 7 2 3 How to Mount the Bridge 47 7 2 4 Connecting the cable 48 7 2 5 General Antenna and Saf...

Page 7: ...24 Picture 15 Auto Get IP 25 Picture 16 5GHz Bridge Master 28 Picture 17 5GHz Bridge Slave 28 Picture 18 Master Bridge Security Setup 29 Picture 19 Slave Bridge Security Setup 30 Picture 20 Master Sla...

Page 8: ...er can choose to specify or omit Within commands item enclosed in braces are options from which the user must choose Within commands the vertical bar separates options An ellipsis indicates a repetiti...

Page 9: ...orm or any means electronic magnetic chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of ALCON Telecommunications Co Ltd ALCON 2F No 480 5 Sec 6 Yen Ping N Road Shih Lin Taipei Taiwan...

Page 10: ...mode the one is the IEEE 802 11a About the bridge under the IEEE 802 11a mode it supports the data rate from 6 Mbps to 54 Mbps The supported frequency channel for the IEEE802 11a is across from 5 725...

Page 11: ...ALink 5801a Wireless LAN Outdoor Bridge ALCON Telecommunications Co Ltd 11 Picture1 Bridge outlook 2 2 Hardware Architecture Picture2 Bridge Architecture...

Page 12: ...any supporting structure and cables are all properly grounded Additional protection using lightning rods lightning arrestors or surge suppressors may also be employed Range The wireless bridge has be...

Page 13: ...nding strip connection 2 Proper grounding is always for the safety consideration 2 5 3 Caution over Cable Connection Picture 4 Connection1 External Antenna Connector PoE Cable Connector 1 Crossover Et...

Page 14: ...other country The ALCON warranty is for its software and the ALCON designed firmware when you properly installed on this product The ALCON does not warrant that the operation of the product or softwar...

Page 15: ...Ethernet interface with 10 100Base T The operating mode is for IEEE 802 11a infrastructure The dynamic data rate switching with 6 9 1 2 18 24 36 48 54 provided by Atheros Chip allows auto fallback dat...

Page 16: ...sure the system firewall installed in your PC is Disable Below the installation and usage procedure 1 Insert the Utility and User s Manual CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Once the menu screen appears clic...

Page 17: ...the Scan button for the utility to start searching And the utility will display the IP address and MAC address of the available ALink 5801a Outdoor Bridge Now you can using a web browser to access th...

Page 18: ...ation 4 1 The Master Slave side PC Network Configuration 4 1 1 How To Start Network Configuration on your PC 1 Click the Start Menu and choose Setting 2 Click Network and Dial up Connection 3 Right cl...

Page 19: ...P and click the Properties Picture 9 Local Area Connection Properties 4 1 2 2 Master Bridge Side PC IP MAC Address Set up 1 Use IP address ex 192 168 1 2 under the same Bridge subnet and Bridge Defaul...

Page 20: ...Internet Protocol Properties 4 1 2 3 Slave Side PC Configuration and TCP IP set up 1 About the Salve side PC Configuration you just following the same Set up method as how you set the Master side 2 A...

Page 21: ...ion 4 1 3 1 How To Start 1 Launch a Web Browser 2 Key in the default IP Address as URL Default IP Address is http 192 168 1 20 3 Enter Network Password Diagram will appear 4 Enter Username Admin Case...

Page 22: ...Username and Password when you sign in for the first time 4 SSH Server SSH is a secured telnet like mechanism to invoke the command line interface All the commands and response will be encrypted SSH...

Page 23: ...n events generated by SNMP agent to send to the network management server To have the Outdoor WLAN product send SNMP trap you need to enter the IP address of the server where the trap is sent to There...

Page 24: ...ng 2 Default value 255 255 255 0 for the first time set up 3 Keep the Default Gateway as Blank or set it up if you have your own Default Gateway Picture 14 Manually setup IP address Note that every ra...

Page 25: ...ios the MAC address of remotes bridge s need to be registered in the address table Type the MAC address with format xx xx xx xx xx xx x is the hexadecimal digit and use Add and Delete button to edit t...

Page 26: ...Mbps Minimum RX Sensitivity BPSK 6 88 BPSK 9 87 QPSK 12 86 QPSK 18 84 16QAM 24 81 16QAM 36 76 64QAM 48 72 64QAM 54 68 Table 1 5GHz RX Sensitivity VS Data Rate 7 Transmit Power Available selection of T...

Page 27: ...g function enables multiple frames are transmitted at SIFS intervals which may reduce transmission overhead But this may increase packet error rate on the other side Fast Frame Turning on Fast Frame f...

Page 28: ...e ALCON Telecommunications Co Ltd 28 Picture 16 5GHz Bridge Master Picture 17 5GHz Bridge Slave Security Setting Master Slave side Share Unique Key To have a secured data transmission Outdoor WLAN Pro...

Page 29: ...have the same security setting between Bridges to communicate Picture 18 Master Bridge Security Setup 1 Master Bridge Security Enable Disable bridge s security setting 2 Entry Method Hexadecimal The...

Page 30: ...es to communicate Slave Side Slave Bridge security setting may apply on bridges of Point to Point network as well as Point to Multipoint network For a Point to Point bridging network 2 bridges to comm...

Page 31: ...ondition 1 Local Bridge This line shows the IP and MAC address of local Bridge as well as its state 2 Remote Bridge This line shows the IP and MAC address of remote Bridge as well as its state 4 1 4 3...

Page 32: ...y minute You may manually press the refresh button of browser to get the updated data more frequent As RF signal strength is more critical for outdoor deployment purpose RSSI bar is refreshed every 2...

Page 33: ...number of multicast frames Errors Displays the error count for both transmit and receive Data Rate Displays the receive and transmit data rate in Mbps Receive Errors Displays the number of receive er...

Page 34: ...Update when you finish 3 When uploading successful users need to reboot the system by clicking Reboot on the left side column of the firmware upload page to make it effective 4 Caution over the traff...

Page 35: ...when you finish all kinds of settings Picture 23 Rebooting Window When all the parameters have been setup according to the network configuration and requirements click Update and Reboot for parameter...

Page 36: ...1 1 1 dot11StationID string Wireless MAC address of system 1 1 2 dot11DesiredSSID string The value shall be the same as SSID of system itself 1 1 3 dot11DesiredBSSType int The value shall be 1 1 Infra...

Page 37: ...f zero one two or three 1 3 3 dot11WEPKeyMappingLen int The maximum number of tuples that dot11WEPKeyMappings can hold 1 3 4 dot11ExcludeUnencrypted int 1 3 5 dot11WEPICVErrorCount counter This counte...

Page 38: ...t counter 2 3 10 dot11RxFragmentCount counter Rx MSDU on statistics web 2 3 11 dot11MulticastRxFrameCount counter 2 3 12 dot11CRCErrorCount counter 2 3 13 dot11TxFrameCount counter Tx MSDU on statisti...

Page 39: ...ALink 5801a Wireless LAN Outdoor Bridge ALCON Telecommunications Co Ltd 39 3 2 2 dot11CurrentTxRate int Current transmission rate in the unit of Kbps...

Page 40: ...hreshold sensitivity occurs as the radio data rate increases Antenna type and placement Proper antenna configuration is a critical factor in maximizing radio range As a general rule the radio range in...

Page 41: ...16 85 KM 48 Mbps 3 72KM 12 23 KM 54 Mbps 1 84 KM 7 32 KM Table 1 Evaluated Maximum Distance 6 3 Planning Radio Path For the wireless communication the Line of Sight LOS will be the major issue over b...

Page 42: ...dge link it needs to consider these factors Avoid any partial line of sight between the antennas Be aware of trees that may be near the path or obstruct the path Make sure there is enough clearance fr...

Page 43: ...s up to the link distance obstacles that may be in the path topology of the terrain and the curvature of the earth for links over 2 miles For the long distance links the mast or the pole may need to b...

Page 44: ...0 ft but it is located at an elevation that is 12 m 39 ft higher than the building A A mast or pole is required to mount an antenna at the required height 1 4 m 4 6ft on the roof of building B 6 3 2 A...

Page 45: ...e weather plays one of major matters to the antenna performance for the wireless communication The raining day the lightning day the cloudy day or the windy day will make a quite big impact to the bot...

Page 46: ...pment consists of an ODU and an installation kit in the container If there is any difference from the packing list you will need to contact the sales representative Please inspect the equipment to see...

Page 47: ...2 1 Required Tools 1 Screw Driver 2 Sealing Type 7 2 2 Installed Accessories 1 Antenna Mounting Set x 1 2 Grounding rod x 1 3 Waterproof Seal 4 Ethernet Cable x 1 7 2 3 How to Mount the Bridge You co...

Page 48: ...ions heating and air conditioning ducts large ceiling trusses building superstructures and major power cabling runs Use a directional antenna when you establish a link between two buildings A directio...

Page 49: ...onnecting to the ESD connector during equipment installation maintenance and repairs 7 2 8 Review the Installation When you finish installing the bridges and aligning the Antennas you need to secure a...

Page 50: ...ckets sent and received for each Discarded Frames receive Specifies the number of receive discarded frames Discarded Frames transmit Specifies the number of transmit discarded frames DMA Errors receiv...

Page 51: ...Output for antenna alignment RTS CTS Threshold Specifies the value of the RTS CTS threshold Enter a value between 256 and 2346 State Current state of Bridge Transmit Power Specifies the level of trans...

Page 52: ...rmance high package loss rate during the bridge link it is better for to check the following items To check the range is still inside the Antenna range limitation or not To make sure the Antenna is al...

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