User’s ManUal
Industrial-grade, long-range wireless Ethernet systems
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Wireless Ethernet Bridge
AW58100HTP-PAIR
Page 1: ...User s Manual Industrial grade long range wireless Ethernet systems AvaLAN W I R E L E S S 5 8 GHz Outdoor 100 Mbps Wireless Ethernet Bridge AW58100HTP PAIR ...
Page 2: ...distance The AW58100HTP PAIR includes 1 AW58100HTP AP High Power Access Point Radio 1 AW58100HTP SU High Power Subscriber Unit Radio 2 Heavy Duty Pole mount Brackets 2 AW POE18i Power Over Ethernet Injectors with Integrated 18 VDC Power Supplies Table of Contents Quick Start Guide 3 Physical Setup 5 Digital Configuration 5 ConnectingToThe Radio 6 Changing the Configuration Step By Step 7 Viewing S...
Page 3: ...ake the connections Connect the devices as shown in the diagram Do not point the two radio antennas directly at each other because their close proximity will overload the radio receivers Place the radios at least 10 feet apart with their antennas pointing in different directions Plug in the AW POE18i cords to turn on the radios Step 3 The default IP addresses of the radios are written on their pro...
Page 4: ...the MAC address of the Subscriber Unit The Signal Strength box will indicate whether the receivers are being overloaded Re position antennas if necessary to bring the sig nal strength below 30 dBm Utilizing state of the art MIMO technology the AW58100HTP PAIR achieves very high data rate through a combination of dual spacial streams and higher level OFDM modu lation The default RF configuration pr...
Page 5: ...hes Because the 3 dB beamwidth of the flat panel antennas is just 8 careful aiming is very important especially over long distances 4 Power is provided to the units by means of their Ethernet cables allowing the power supplies to be located at convenient locations The included power over Ethernet injectors POE provide the means for adding DC power to unused wires in the cable The POE RJ 45 socket ...
Page 6: ...ireless Status 4 Each screen provides a menu on the left to navigate from section to section The menu looks like this when sections are expanded In addition many screens drill down when an area within the screen is clicked In the upper right of the screen is a label that tells you the version of the web in terface If the version number is not the same as shown below you might want to visit www ava...
Page 7: ...k On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window click IP Addressing then click Set IP subnet The current IP Address is shown Click it to bring up the page that allows you to change it Enter a new IP Address and subnet following the instructions on the page for the subnet notation to be used Make sure you will be able to browse to the new address with your computer Also make sure that the...
Page 8: ...ext box to change it Change the SSID to a new value of your choice and click OK or Apply You will need to browse to the radio s IP Address and login again after the change 4 Setting the Encryption Pass Phrase On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window click Wireless Then click the Security Profiles tab to bring show the two pre defined pro files available Click in the WPA2 AES PSK2 ro...
Page 9: ...Hz which provides the highest possible data rate More range can be achieved at the expense of data rate by choosing a narrower bandwidth Your choices are 5 10 or 20 MHz The default Frequency Channel is 5805 MHz There are more choices available in the dropdown list than are legal or appropriate for this set of products Please choose from among the frequencies shown in the table on the last page of ...
Page 10: ...e will also be a WDS process running for each SU that is connected Status information that is visible on this page includes the current transmit and receive bits per second the number of packets sent and received since last reboot and the packet drops and errors encountered For the Wireless_Radio process the table includes the radio s RF frequency and SSID CAUTION Do not click the little D button ...
Page 11: ...at for the AW58100HTP PAIR Bridge this information is redundant because there is only one other radio 2 Associations Tab This provides a list of radios that are connected showing their MAC addresses how long the connection has been up seconds since last activity Transmit and receive signal strength in dBm and the transmit and receive data rate in use Clicking on the white text line brings up detai...
Page 12: ...ta rate Advanced Diagnostic Tools You may want to contact AvaLAN Technical Support for more guidance before using the additional tools described in this section The radio s browser interface unlocks some additional features if you login as an advanced user instead of the standard user described earlier in this manual From the browser initial login page if you enter a user name of adv_user with a p...
Page 13: ... tab brings up this screen When a new firmware revision is available it may be uploaded from your PC using the controls at the top You may download this manual or other files by clicking the appropriate Download button You are cautioned not to delete or alter these files without instructions from AvaLAN Technical Support It is very easy to render your radio inoperative by doing so 2 Bandwidth Test...
Page 14: ...et Ping uses ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol to request a packet from the target device waits for a return and then immediately sends another request You can specify the IP address to ping the packet count packet size in bytes and the timeout in milliseconds 4 IP Scan The radio will scan a range of addresses by default its entire subnet and report back the MAC address and other information ...
Page 15: ...to download a utility for instal lation on your PC Windows win32 compatibility only It may be possible to run it on Linux or MAC OSX by using a Windows emulator such as Wine By clicking the discovery button labeled any AvaLAN AW58100 family products on your LAN will be reported You may also see other devices as well if they respond to the CDP protocol used by the utility The popup window will show...
Page 16: ...anty does not cover defects resulting from misuse or modification of the product Limited Warranty Frequency Channels Frequency Band Frequency MHz Non overlapping 20 MHz Bandwidth Non overlapping 10 MHz Bandwidth Non overlapping 5 MHz Bandwidth 802 11a Upper Band FCC specifies for Outdoor use 5730 OK 5735 OK OK 5740 OK 5745 OK OK OK 5750 OK 5755 OK OK 5760 OK 5765 OK OK OK 5770 OK 5775 OK OK 5780 O...
