Aphelion 600AG
802.11a/b/g Intelligent Sequential
Outdoor Wireless Access Point
User Manual
V.06.3.14
March, 2006
Page 1: ...Aphelion 600AG 802 11a b g Intelligent Sequential Outdoor Wireless Access Point User Manual V 06 3 14 March 2006...
Page 2: ...kage Contents 3 1 3 2 Hardware Description 3 2 3 3 Outdoor Installation 3 7 Chapter 4 Basic Configurations 4 1 4 1 Aphelion System Menu Tree SMT 4 1 4 2 General Configuration 4 1 11 System General Set...
Page 3: ...List 4 23 43 System Log 4 24 44 System Information 4 25 45 Command Line 4 26 Chapter 5 Application Notes 5 1 5 1 Point to Point Installation 5 1 Bridge Mode 5 1 Router Mode 5 4 5 2 Hard Reset to Fact...
Page 4: ...this Limited Warranty will be at Aphelion s option to repair or replace the defective Hardware during the Warranty Period at no charge to the original owner or to refund the actual purchase price paid...
Page 5: ...he product is within warranty the customer shall submit a claim to Aphelion as outlined below The customer must submit with the product as part of the claim a written description of the Hardware defec...
Page 6: ...is determined by Aphelion not to be defective or non conforming What Is Not Covered The Limited Warranty provided herein by Aphelion does not cover Products that in Aphelion judgment have been subjec...
Page 7: ...ther equipment or computer programs to which Aphelion product is connected with loss of information or data contained in stored on or integrated with any product returned to Aphelion for warranty serv...
Page 8: ...rranty information applicable to products purchased outside the United States please contact the corresponding local Aphelion office 1 2 Technical Support Aphelion believes in ONE goal as to achieve t...
Page 9: ...y powerful routing engine easy installation and simple management Aphelion 600AG is the most ideal candidate for users who wish to deliver carrier class wireless services in multiple market segments s...
Page 10: ...eless IEEE802 11a IEEE802 11b g Standard Support Ethernet IEEE802 3 IEEE802 3u IEEE802 3af Console RS 232 Port Ethernet 1 10 100 Base T RJ 45 Power over Ethernet PoE Interface Wireless Antenna Connect...
Page 11: ...country 13 1 13 France 4 10 13 Japan 11b 14 1 13 or 14th 11g 13 1 13 China 13 1 13 802 11a 1 US Canada 12 non overlapping channels 5 15 5 35GHz 5 725 5 825GHz 2 Europe 19 non overlapping channel 5 15...
Page 12: ...mpliance Europe ETS 300 328 ETS 301 489 1 17 ETS 301 893 EN 60950 compliant and CE Mark Operating Temperature No Heater 30 65 With Heater 40 65 Built in heater module is option Storage 40 80 Environme...
Page 13: ...Intelligent Sequential Outdoor Wireless AP Hardware Installation 3 1 Chapter 3 Hardware Installation This chapter describes the installation procedure of Aphelion 600AG 3 1 Package Contents 1 2 4 3 5...
Page 14: ...missing 3 2 Hardware Description 1 The Outdoor AP Unit The outdoor AP unit has two antenna ports one data power port and one console port The antenna ports are N type female connectors used to connec...
Page 15: ...nector with MIL C 5015 IP67 waterproof Connecting to the Power Data Output Port of PoE The port on right side of the photo is Console port TBD It is an 8 pin male connector with MIL C 5015 IP67 waterp...
Page 16: ...t to Antenna base by Male to Male N type CFD 400 RF Cable Ethernet Port Connect one end of the 30m MIL C 5015 IP67 Cat 5 Ethernet Cable into this port connect the other end into the Power Data Output...
Page 17: ...to deliver power for the outdoor unit and the data communication 5 RS 232 console cable 2m MIL C 5015 IP67 RS 232 Console Cable RS 232 cable is used to connect the console port of the outdoor unit an...
Page 18: ...or unit and the flat panel antenna Please follow the installation procedure to mount the outdoor unit and the flat panel antenna The contents of the mounting kit are shown below A Wall Mounting Kit B...
Page 19: ...he male end of the power cord into a power outlet The red Power LED at the front of the PoE Injector will be on Step 3 Connect RJ 45 Ethernet connector from Aphelion 600AG into the Power Data Output p...
Page 20: ...one marked with a black dot to a serial port on a PC for setting up initial configuration the other connector at the same end of RS 232 the blue one or the one without a black dot is for antenna align...
Page 21: ...n is used for all outdoor installation to be waterproofed Step1 Ensure fasten all connectors securely together Step2 Tightly wrap two layers of self bonding insulating tape tapes from well known brand...
Page 22: ...ill appear after entering correct password of Aphelion 600AG the default password is 0000 The main menu is organized into 4 major sections General Configuration Advanced Setting System Management Syst...
Page 23: ...elect routing or bridging operation mode Wireless trunk mode or disable wireless trunk Set system time 12 Interface Configuration SMT 12 is for configure the Ethernet interface and two wireless interf...
Page 24: ...e IP address of 600AG is set in the Ethernet interface Depends on the system DHCP server and gateway can also be set in SMT 12 When 600AG is configured as a router the interface configuration looks sl...
Page 25: ...or WiFi phones When the interface is a wireless station it looks for the AP with the same ESSID to connect It will not accept any connection request from other wireless clients ESSID Assign ESSID to...
Page 26: ...link rate for 600AG When it is set to AUTO 600AG will use the maximum possible link rate to transmit the data MAX RF Distance 600AG can adjust the TTL of packets according to the given distance to imp...
Page 27: ...ne of the three interfaces can be specified as WAN and assign gateway For example when Ethernet is set as WAN 600AG can serve two Hot Spots simultaneously This function is only available when 600AG is...
Page 28: ...urity Setting 21 System Password The default password to enter Aphelion 600AG SMT is 0000 SMT 21 let the user change the password to control 600AG The new password will take in place on the next login...
Page 29: ...Aphelion 600AG Symmetrical bandwidth limit consolidates download and upload rate of each single client connection Asymmetrical bandwidth limit specifies download and upload rate of client connections...
Page 30: ...uration The scope of DHCP client pool that corresponds to the selected interface and subnet are defined in this menu Lease D is the duration that the DHCP server grants to the DHCP client permission t...
Page 31: ...nt ways 1 Port forwarding NAT Server sets 2 Static NAT One to One Mapping 3 Dynamic NAT Many to Many Mapping 4 Single Address NAT PAT This configuration in only available when 600AG is operating in ro...
Page 32: ...utdoor Wireless AP Basic Configurations 4 11 Static NAT In this menu you will be able to map internal private IP address to a global WAN IP address Dynamic NAT A range of internal IP address can be ma...
Page 33: ...esses can be mapped to a single global WAN IP addresses here 25 SNMP configuration SNMP is configured here for simple network management Aphelion 600AG supports all SNMP v1 v2 and v3 Aphelion has expe...
Page 34: ...f SMT page for information on each selection items Hide ESSID When Hide ESSID is enabled the ESSID of an AP will not be seen so only the authorized AC knows the existence of the AP This prevents an un...
Page 35: ...28 bit WEP can be set for reauthentication period up to 65535 seconds Two Eapol EAP over LAN versions are available 802 1x EAP MD5 WEP Key of 64 bit 128 bit and 152 bit in both ASCII and HEX format ca...
Page 36: ...SK Pre shared key of 8 to 63 characters are required Group Rekey Interval can be set up to 65536 seconds Two Eapol version are available WPA EAP Both TKIP and CCMP encryption are available for WPA EAP...
Page 37: ...Filtering Aphelion 600AG can control the client connection by accepting or blocking the traffic from devices of specific MAC addresses RADIUS RADIUS settings for 802 1x protocol authenticating with t...
Page 38: ...figuration Management 32 Security File Management 33 Firmware Upgrade 34 System reboot 31 Configuration management The configuration of 600AG can be backed up or restored by using TFTP here In a daisy...
Page 39: ...802 11a b g Intelligent Sequential Outdoor Wireless AP Basic Configurations 4 18 The configuration of Aphelion 600AG can be reset to factory default by using this menu...
Page 40: ...ing EAP_TLS secure connection network administrators may need to able to upload User Certificate Root Certificate and RSA Key file to the system In this menu system allowed administrators to upload th...
Page 41: ...may need username and password for login Upgrading progress will show on the menu Please do not shutdown the system during the upgrading process to prevent unexpected system failure System will automa...
Page 42: ...le or changing any connection Certain configurations require system reboot to take place such as configuration restore 4 5 System Monitoring SMT 41 45 provides system monitoring for 600AG The followin...
Page 43: ...is ENABLE or DISABLE Type Indicate the wireless interface is configured as an AP or wireless station Tx Power Transmit power of wireless interface set in SMT 12 Data Link Rate Real time data transmis...
Page 44: ...connection Too low a signal the wireless link between AP and AC can not be established Too high a signal level the power amplifier at the receiver might be forced to operate in saturation region and d...
Page 45: ...levels Level1 DEBUG Level2 EMERGENCY Level3 ALERT Level4 CRITICAL Level5 ERROR Level8 WARNING Level7 NOTICE Level8 INFO to indicate the level of attention needed for each log Through setting Syslog se...
Page 46: ...802 11a b g Intelligent Sequential Outdoor Wireless AP Basic Configurations 4 25 44 System Information System Information summarizes all the configuration and hardware information of the 600AG...
Page 47: ...nment tool alt wireless AC displays the real time Link Quality RSSI receive signal strength indication and Noise Level continuously alt is similar to the information in SMT 41 and only available when...
Page 48: ...nimum downgradable version of the current firm ware debug Enable debug mode by typing debug 1 in command line displays real time syslog in command line dfs Dynamic Frequency Selection is to avoid the...
Page 49: ...oints in the same net scope or act as routers to join two different subnets together Semi directional or directional antennas are normally used for this application to have a focus beam for distant si...
Page 50: ...sable Disable Note This is an example for point to point configuration Depends on your system you may use different IP addresses ESSID operation frequency and swap AP AC It is recommended to set MAX R...
Page 51: ...r Wireless AP Application Notes 5 3 SMT 12 Interface Configuration AphelionA AphelionB It is recommended to confirm all the configurations are correct and properly saved by using SMT 44 System Informa...
Page 52: ...ut need to be careful with the setting of IP addresses and gateway to let the data packet be able to go the desired way Configurations AphelionA AphelionB System Operation Mode Route Route Wireless Tr...
Page 53: ...eeds to have its own IP addresses Routing Information is set to BOTH so 600AG will both receive and give routing information If Routing Information is set to DISABLE SMT 14 Routing Configuration neede...
Page 54: ...lionB It is recommended to confirm all the configurations are correct and properly saved by using SMT 44 System Information If directional antennas are used for this point to point application please...
Page 55: ...sword or any other situations that require setting 600AG back to factory default without entering SMT there is a reset button on the PCB inside the waterproof housing for hard reset The reset button c...
Page 56: ...the newer version firmware is interoperable with the older one Also if you upgrade a very old version firmware to a very new one the configuration of the AP might be set to factory default and make th...
Page 57: ...ternet Protocol TCP IP selection in Network Neighborhood or your usual way The AP is configured to 192 168 0 2 with subnet mask of 255 255 255 0 in SMT 12 as shown below Use the space bar to move the...
Page 58: ...selection Upgrade new firmware and press Y to begin firmware upgrading Please keep both the TFTP connection and the power on during the whole upgrading process to ensure a successful upgrading After...
Page 59: ...ful the following upgrade new firmware fail message will appear Please press N to make the cursor active again Double check if the TFTP server is up and set in the same net scope with the AP Also chec...
Page 60: ...ensitivity The weakest RF signal level usually in negative dBm that a radio needs to receive in order to demodulate and decode a data packet without errors Antenna Gain The ratio of how much an antenn...
Page 61: ...d mile f radio frequency d distance between the transmitter and the receiver Fade Margin is an extra signal power added to ensure the proper working of a link Fade Margin System Gain Antenna Gain FSL...
Page 62: ...802 1x The major problem with 802 11 standard is that the keys are cumbersome to change If you do not update the WEP keys often an unauthorized person with a sniffing tool such as AirSnort or WEPcrac...
Page 63: ...e II 3 EAP 802 1x uses EAP to relay port access requests between LAN stations supplicants Ethernet switches or wireless access points authenticators and RADIUS servers authentication servers EAP can s...
Page 64: ...within EAP Windows CE NET supports EAP TLS EAP TTLS EAP with Tunneled TLS In EAP TTLS only a RADIUS Server needs to acquire a Digital Certificate but a wireless station needs to import the CA Certific...
Page 65: ...m an access server to an AC to response the access request message which informs the RADIUS client that the connection attempt is authenticated and authorized Access reject A message sent from an acce...
