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Back View

The back panel of the APX-110N5/120N5 includes the PoE Ethernet
connection, mounting points and LED diagnostic.

LED Indicators

The diagnostic LEDs located on the front panel of the industrial switch
provide real-time information of the system and optional status. The
following table provides the description of the LED status.

LED

Color

Description

Red

Power is being received

Off

No power is received by the device

Green

A link to a switch or PC is present

Off

No connection has been established

Green

Sufficient signal strength to establish a connection

Off

No wireless connection has been made

Green

When a connection has been made

Off

When device is first powered on or no connection

Summary of Contents for APX-110N5

Page 1: ...1 APX 110N5 APX 120N5 Outdoor IP67 IEEE 802 11a n Wireless AP Client Bridge And Preconfigured Wireless Bridge w Built in 19dBi 5GHz Antenna User Manual Version 1 1 ...

Page 2: ...tors harmless against all claims costs damages expenses and reasonable attorney fees arising out of either directly or indirectly any claim of personal injury or death that may be associated with such unintended or unauthorized use even if such claim alleges that we were negligent regarding the design or manufacture of said product TRADEMARKS Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp H...

Page 3: ...APX 110N5 APX 120N5 This document is the current official release manual Please check our website WWW Antaira com for any updated manual or contact us by E mail info antaira com 2013 2014 All Rights Reserved The contents of this document are subject to change without any prior notice ...

Page 4: ... 14 Cabling 15 Operation Modes Connection Examples 16 APX 120N5 Pre Configured Bridge 16 Preconfigured Bridge Access Point 17 Preconfigured Bridge Station 18 Access Point and Access Point WDS Mode 19 Station Mode 19 Station WDS Mode 20 Repeater WDS Mode 20 Configure the Computers IP Address 21 For Windows 95 98 98SE ME NT 21 For Windows XP 2000 22 Logging onto the APX 110N5 APX 120N5 23 Navigation...

Page 5: ...e Upgrade 47 Host Name 48 Administrative and Read only Account 48 Configuration Management 49 Device Maintenance 49 Status Page 50 Status Reporting 50 Clients Connection Status in AP Status Info 52 Station Connection Info 53 More Status 54 VLAN Tab 56 VLAN Switch 56 VLAN Management 57 Appendix I Network 58 Appendix III Advanced Settings 60 Appendix IV Services 63 Appendix V VLAN Setup examples 65 ...

Page 6: ...features Hidden SSID MAC address filtering WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy in 64 and 128 bit as well as IEEE 802 11i and 802 1x security authentication Features System Interface Performance Point to Point Wireless Bridge Internal Antenna Signal Strength Indication by Web console IEEE 802 11a n Compliant IEEE 802 11i i02 1x Authentication Maximum data Rate 300Mbps Supports QoS Power Supply PoE PD Powe...

Page 7: ...n different locations allows the user too bridge wireless clients that are kilometers apart Highly Secured Wireless Network The units are IEEE802 11i compliant and supports IEEE 802 1x for secure authentication The wireless bridge supports EAP TTLS and EAP PEAP HTTPS The access point supports HTTPS SSL in addition to the standard HTTP HTTPS SSL features additional authentication and encryption for...

Page 8: ...Guide Pole mount Kit Rubber grommet for waterproof RJ45 APX 110N5 Outdoor IP67 IEEE 802 11a n Wireless Bridge with Built in 19dBi 5GHz Antenna User Manual CD Quick Installation Guide Pole mount Kit Rubber grommet for waterproof RJ45 Compare the contents of the wireless device with the checklist above If any item is damaged or missing please contact Antaira or Antaira s authorized channel partners ...

Page 9: ...ardware Description The Wireless devices hardware spec port cabling information and wiring installation will be described Physical Dimension APX 110N5 APX 120N5 Dimension W x D x H is 257mm x 86mm x 257mm ...

Page 10: ...10 Front Panel The Front Panel of the Wireless Device is shown below Front Panel of the Wireless Device Side View Side View of the Wireless Bridge ...

Page 11: ...optional status The following table provides the description of the LED status LED Color Description 1 Red On Power is being received Off No power is received by the device 2 Green On A link to a switch or PC is present Off No connection has been established 3 Green On Sufficient signal strength to establish a connection Off No wireless connection has been made 4 Green On When a connection has bee...

Page 12: ...re connecting the devices directly to the main network 1 Unpack the unit from the box 2 To mount the outdoor wireless bridge please refer to the Mounting Installation section 3 Power on the unit by connecting an IEEE 802 3af PoE RJ45 cable to the RJ45 port on the back of the unit The power LED on the wireless bridge will turn on Please refer to the LED Indicators section for indication of LED ligh...

Page 13: ...put capabilities of the units 1 Align and attach the metal L shaped bracket to the back of the unit with the screws and washers provided 2 Use the metal U shaped pole grip to fasten the metal L shaped mounting plate to a pole a Fixed mounting intervals can be used which provide 5 degrees of change per hole b The sliding mounting option can also be used and might provide more precise tuning for a b...

Page 14: ...he table below for RJ 45 pin assignment Cable Type Max Length Connector 10BASE T Cat 3 4 5 100 ohm UTP 100 m 328 ft RJ 45 100BASE TX Cat 5 100 ohm UTP UTP 100 m 328 ft RJ 45 Cable Types and Specifications 10BaseT 100BaseTX Pin Assignments With 100BASE TX 10BASE T cable pins 1 and 2 are used for transmitting data and pins 3 and 6 are used for receiving data RJ 45 Pin Assignments Pin Number Assignme...

Page 15: ... RD receive 2 TD transmit RD receive 3 RD receive TD transmit 4 Not used Not used 5 Not used Not used 6 RD receive TD transmit 7 Not used Not used 8 Not used Not used MDI MDI X The following figures show the cable schematic for both straight through type and crossover type Straight Through Cable Schematic Cross Over Cable Schematic Cabling Twisted pair segments can be connected with an unshielded ...

Page 16: ...nt any networking conflicts Once the units have been installed and a connection between the two units has been established it is then possible to transmit traffic to and from the network The preconfigured bridge is ideal for quickly deploying and establishing a connection between the main network and a more remote location at the facility The preconfigured pair of unit will have one unit set up as...

Page 17: ...0N5 1 will have the following landing page As shown below the unit is already equipped with an ESSID name IP address and the wireless mode The Access Point WDS unit will also be equipped with preconfigured security encryption features as shown below Preconfigured settings ...

Page 18: ...eatures Higher security features and other advanced settings can be customized in the APX 120N5 but is only suggested for more advanced users that are more familiar with wireless communication features Preconfigured Bridge Station The Station WDS device APX 120N5 2 will have the following landing page As shown below the unit is already equipped with the information required to automatically connec...

Page 19: ...each client device to the main network is then possible The illustration below shows a typical resources sharing application example using this device The wireless users are able to access the file server connected to the switch through the access point in Access Point Mode Station Mode In Station mode the device acts as a wireless client When connected to an access point it creates a network link...

Page 20: ...gs or locations as far as several kilometer away Repeater WDS Mode Repeater WDS Mode to mainly to extend the wireless range and coverage of the wireless network allowing access and communications over places generally difficult for wireless clients to connect to the network In Repeater mode the access point acts as a relay for network signals on the network by regenerating the signals it receives ...

Page 21: ...en right click and select Properties Step 3 Highlight TCP IP and click on the Properties button Step 4 Select the Specify an IP address radio button Set the IP address to 192 168 168 X and subnet mask to 255 255 255 0 where X can be any number from 2 to 254 Step 5 To verify that the IP address has been correctly assigned to your PC go to the Start menu select Run and enter the command winipcfg Sel...

Page 22: ...etwork adapter icon and select Properties Step 3 Highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP and click on the Properties button Step 4 Select the Use the following IP address radio button Set the IP address to 192 168 168 X and subnet mask to 255 255 255 0 where X can be any number from 2 to 254 Step 5 Click on the OK button to close all windows ...

Page 23: ...g all PC is now setup with a proper IP address to communicate with the access point Logging onto the APX 110N5 APX 120N5 By opening an internet browser and typing in the default IP address 192 168 168 1 the user will be prompted with a login screen The default settings are Username admin Password password The user will then be redirected to the web console page ...

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Page 25: ...e DHCP Server Advanced Wireless Page settings for advanced wireless features Advanced Network page settings for more details of these features Services Page covers the configuration of system management services i e Ping Watchdog Auto Reboot SNMP NTP Telnet SSH System Log System Page contains controls for system maintenance routines administrator account management device customization and configu...

Page 26: ... to finalize the changes How to save changes After made changes from each respective setup page click this button Next the prompt below appear Click Save will write all configuration changes to flash Click Discard will discard all changes made If not sure what changes were made earlier recommend to discard and reconfigure again ...

Page 27: ...Select Bridge mode LAN Setup LAN Mode Static default allows the user to enter a specific IP address for the device Default IP address is 192 168 168 1 DHCP Client when set let device learn the IP address automatically from the network Netmask Allows the user set the class for the IP address set Default value is 255 255 255 0 ...

Page 28: ...e IP address of the remote DHCP server where the DHCP Client request will be relayed to DHCP Start IP Address Enter the starting IP address to be issue DHCP End IP Address Enter the last IP address the server will issue Netmask Allows the user to set the IP class for the IP address range set for the start and end address DHCP Lease Time default is 3600 seconds or 1hour Enter the new lease time in ...

Page 29: ...vices are displayed in the Status tab page from the More Status selection Bandwidth Control between Ethernet and Wireless An entry of value 0 means no bandwidth flow limit between the 2 interfaces An entry of 2000 means 2000Kbit or 2Mbit limit traffic flow between the 2 interfaces Default is 0 ...

Page 30: ...less settings can be configured in this page Operators can change the ESSID regulatory country code wireless profile channel spectrum width frequency of interest data rates transmit power and rate aggressiveness Wireless Mode Access Point This mode can be connected to Station mode and then forwards all the traffic to the network devices connected to the Ethernet devices of the Station Access Point...

Page 31: ...ent at layer 2 level Note for Station WDS Access Point WDS Repeater WDS WDS protocol used is not defined as the standard thus compatibility issues between equipment from different vendors might arise Repeater WDS This mode consists of a Station WDS and an Access Point WDS mode The Repeater WDS must first link up with an Access Point WDS and then it can link up with a Station WDS It acts as an exte...

Page 32: ...le NA is 11n 5GHz band and represents a mixed of 802 11n and 802 11a mode Channel Spectrum Width 20M represents the data transmitted at a bandwidth of 20MHz 20 40MHz represents the data transmitted at either 20MHz or 40MHz In very noisy environment it automatically falls back to 20MHz to be more resilient to the interference In situation when auto fall back did not happened manually changing chann...

Page 33: ...new frequency have higher power output permitted by regulation the power previously selected low power level will remains unchanged The user needs to readjust the power level to in order to take advantage higher output power available for the channel Rate Aggressiveness Allows user to reduce or increase transmit rate while still remain in Fully Auto Algorithm There are 2 scenarios that Rate Aggres...

Page 34: ...ers in wireless security section Click Scan to re scan the Access Points in range Select the Access Point from the list and click Close this window Site Survey channel scan list can be modified using the Channel Scan List control Remote AP Lock to MAC Enter the MAC address of the remote access point the device is connected to This option will make device only connect to this access point This is i...

Page 35: ...um Width 20M represents the data transmitted at a bandwidth of 20MHz 20 40MHz represents the data transmitted at either 20MHz or 40MHz In very noisy environment it automatically fall back to 20MHz to be more resilient to the interference In situation when auto fall back did not happened manually changing channel spectrum width to 20MHz will to help reduce interference on the link and improve perfo...

Page 36: ... PSK Default WPA or WPA2 with Pre shared Key method Cipher Type TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol which uses RC4 encryption algorithm AES Advanced Encryption Standard AES algorithm AUTO Default Automatically select between both algorithms Preshared Key This option is available when WPA or WPA2 with PSK selected The pre shared key is an alpha numeric password between 8 and 63 characters long Imp...

Page 37: ...fault Automatically select between both algorithms Primary Radius Server IP Enter the Primary Radius Server IP address Secondary Radius Server IP Enter the Secondary Radius Server IP address Authentication Port Enter the Authentication Port number of the Radius Server Default is 1812 Accounting Port Enter the Accounting Port number of the Radius Server Default is 1813 Radius Secret Key Enter the S...

Page 38: ...th EAP is selected Station Station WDS Repeater WDS Mode Identity Identification credential used by the wpa supplicant for EAP authentication User Name Identification credential used by the wpa supplicant for EAP tunneled authentication in unencrypted form User Password Password credential used by the wpa supplicant for EAP authentication ...

Page 39: ... the Primary Radius Server IP that Access Point will use to query server Secondary Radius Server IP Enter the Secondary Radius Server IP that Access Point will use to query the server Authentication Port Enter the Radius Server Authentication Port number to use Default is 1812 Accounting Port Enter Radius server Accounting Port to use Default is 1813 Radius Secret Key Enter Radius server Secret Ke...

Page 40: ...es the character format for the WEP key if WEP security method is used Current Key Specify the Index of the WEP Key used 4 different WEP keys can be configured at the same time but only one is used WEP Key WEP encryption key for the wireless traffic encryption and decryption should be specified if WEP security method is used WEP Key Length 64 bit selected by default or 128 bit WEP Key length shoul...

Page 41: ...s 100 ms Define the time interval in millisecond the beacon to broadcast Recommend to use default RTS Threshold Default is OFF Fragmentation Threshold Default is OFF Distance Enter the distant in meters the device is to connect with the opposite device Then click Calculate The close approximate values for Slot Time ACK Timeout CTS Timeout will be calculated Fine tuning can be further adjusted for ...

Page 42: ... new range e g the LEDs values can be adjusted as follows LED1 RSSI value 7 LED2 RSSI value 15 LED3 RSSI value 22 LED4 RSSI value 27 Station Isolation When checked prevent wireless clients on same AP from discovering other clients Chainmask Selection Available selections are a 1x1 Left Chain b 1x1 right Chain and c 2x2 Dual Chain Selecting 1x1 Left Chain will forced radio card to operate with 1tra...

Page 43: ...43 Services Tab Click Services tab from menu to open the page below Services section provides varieties of useful and enhanced functions to help assist device operations ...

Page 44: ...unt To Reboot Default is 5 This is the number of ping failure count before device kick in the reboot process Auto Reboot Auto Reboot Mode Default is disabled Select by Hour or by Time check This mode lets you preset a timer to automatically force a reboot Timer can in fixed number of hours or at a specified time of day By Hour Enter the number of hours device need to run before kick start reboot p...

Page 45: ...unity Enter the SNMP community string NTP Setup Enable NTP Client Default is disabled Check on box to enable Select Your Time Zone Select from list the country you reside Custom Time Server Default is time nist gov Enter preferred time server domain IP Known Time Server The user can also select one from this list as the new time server Web HTTP Security Web Server Mode Default is HTTP Option is HT...

Page 46: ...H Access Setup Enable SSH Server Default is disabled Check on box to enable Server Port Default is 22 Enter new preferred port number System Log Setup Enable System Logging Default is disabled Check on box to enable Logging IP Domain Name Enter destination IP address of device to receive log Logging Port Default is 514 Enter the new preferred port number ...

Page 47: ...on to navigate to and select the new firmware file The full path to the new firmware file location can be specified there New firmware file is transferred to the system after Upload button is activated Close this window button cancels the new firmware upload process if activated Upgrade button should be activated in order to proceed with firmware upgrade routine new firmware image should be upload...

Page 48: ...ery first system setup Administrator Username specifies the name of the system user Current Password administrator is required to enter a current password It is required for Password or Administrator Username change routine Default administrator login credentials User Name admin Password password New Password new password used for administrator authentication should be specified Verify Password ne...

Page 49: ...booting resetting generating of the support information report Reboot activate Reboot control in order to initiate full reboot cycle of the device Reboot effect is the same as the hardware reboot which is similar to the power off power on cycle The system configuration is not modified after the reboot cycle completes Any non applied changes will be lost Reset to Defaults activate Reset to Defaults...

Page 50: ...essed in days hours minutes and seconds Host Name displays the assigned device host name ID System Time display device current date and time Accurate system date and time is retrieved from the internet services using NTP Network Time Protocol if device is setup and connected to internet Otherwise the date and time update from device own inaccurate autonomous clock Version Firmware Version displays...

Page 51: ...Static IP WAN IP Address displays the current IP address of the WAN interface WAN Gateway IP Address displays the IP address of the gateway used in WAN WAN Primary DNS IP displays the Primary DNS IP address of the WAN setting WAN Secondary DNS IP displays the Secondary DNS IP address of the WAN setting Radio Wireless Mode displays the current operating mode of the device Local AP SSID displays the...

Page 52: ...rom AP Status page Below is an example of a client s connection status info Click to refresh client connection statistics and status page Signals strength at the left and right port of radio card can be view with more accurately while adjusting the antenna to get a more balanced reception ...

Page 53: ...a reception RX rate while operating in Station mode Typically the higher the signal and the higher the data rate the higher the data throughput will be Channel Width HT20 indicates established connection is 20MHz channel width HT40 indicates established connection is 40MHz channel width WLAN Local AP Statistics Bytes transmitted received value represents the total amount of data in bytes transmitt...

Page 54: ...ssion and reception These packets were dropped due to re assembling failure as some link layer fragments of the packet were lost Tx Excessive Retries value represents the number of packets which failed to be delivered to the destination Undelivered packet are retransmitted a number of times before an error occurs Missed beacons value represents the number beacons management packets sent at regular...

Page 55: ...le display a list of MAC addresses of the connected devices Bridge Table display a list the devices connect to the bridge interface DHCP Active Lease Table display a list of IPs addresses leased to all computers ...

Page 56: ...ber select Tag and click Add To add a Tag VLAN ID for VAP2 wireless SSID type in the ID number select Tag and click Add To add a Tag VLAN ID for VAP3 wireless SSID type in the ID number select Tag and click Add Warning Adding a Tag VLAN ID to device interface port can cause lost of connection to device web manager if the PC ethernet port or wireless connection do not have a Tag VLAN ID or do not h...

Page 57: ...N ID 2001 with masquerade IP address 192 168 168 20 Another entry in VLAN Management has VLAN ID 2002 with masquerade IP address 192 168 168 10 You can only select one of the 2 entries to be the active VLAN ID and IP address If VLAN ID 2001 group is selected then only computers in that VLAN ID group can open the AP device web page using the IP address To change to other ID group say VLAN ID 2002 m...

Page 58: ...he network management and data packets from one network interface to the other without any intelligent routing For simple applications this provides efficient and fully transparent network solution WLAN wireless and LAN Ethernet interfaces belong to the same network segment which has the same IP address space WLAN and LAN interfaces form the virtual bridge interface while acting as the bridge port...

Page 59: ... Cable modem or a WISP gateway router Device will direct the packets of data to the gateway if the destination host is not within the local network Gateway IP address should be from same address space on same network segment as the device Primary Secondary DNS IP The Domain Name System DNS is an internet phone book which translates domain names to IP addresses These fields identify the server IP a...

Page 60: ...chanism used by the 802 11 wireless networking protocol to reduce frame collisions introduced by the hidden terminal problem RTS CTS packet size threshold is 0 2347 bytes If the packet size the node wants to transmit is larger than the threshold the RTS CTS handshake gets triggered If the packet size is equal to or less than threshold the data frame gets sent immediately System uses Request to Sen...

Page 61: ...re sends the frame The performance drops because of the too many data frames are re send thus if the timeout is set too short or too long it will result poor connection and throughput performance Changing the ACK Timeout value will change the Distance to the appropriate distance value for the ACK Timeout Auto Adjust control and enable the ACK Timeout Self Configuration feature If enabled ACK Timeo...

Page 62: ...hich will switch on LEDs indicating signal strength LED 1 Red will switch on if the Signal Strength reaches the value set in an entry field next to it LED 2 Yellow will switch on if the Signal Strength reaches the value set in an entry field next to it LED 3 Green will switch on if the Signal Strength reaches the value set in an entry field next to it LED 4 Green will switch on if the Signal Stren...

Page 63: ...nuously the Ping Watchdog Tool will reboot the device SNMP Agent Simple Network Monitor Protocol SNMP is used in network management systems to monitor network attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention Device contains an SNMP agent which allows it to communicate to SNMP manage applications for network provisioning SNMP Agent provides an interface for device monitoring us...

Page 64: ...setting System Log Enable Log option enables the registration routine of the system log messages Enable Remote Log enables the syslog remote sending function while System log messages are sent to a remote server specified by the Remote Log IP Address and Remote Log Port Remote Log IP Address is the host IP address where syslog messages should be sent Remote host should be configured properly to re...

Page 65: ...65 Appendix V VLAN Setup examples A Tagged Wireless VLAN to Tagged Ethernet VLAN Setup ...

Page 66: ...66 B Untagged Wireless VLAN to Tagged Ethernet VLAN setup C Tagged VLAN Pass Through AP and Station link No VLAN Setup Required ...

Page 67: ...ort IEEE 802 3af Positive VCC RJ 45 pin 1 2 Negative VCC RJ 45 pin 3 6 Data 1 2 3 6 LED Power On Power is received Off No PoE detected Ethernet On A link to PC or switch is present Off No link is detected Signal On Sufficient signal strength to establish the c connection Off No wireless connection has been made Diag On When a wireless connection has been made Off On start up or when a wireless con...

Page 68: ...68 Operating Humidity 5 to 95 Non Condensing Storage Temperature 40o C to 85o C Case Dimension IP 67 257mm W x 86mm D x 257mm H EMI This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules ...

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