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Fig 2.2.2 Scan (AP BSSID) Bridges/AP for connecting AirONE AIR-CPE5K+

Summary of Contents for AirONE AIR-CPE5K+

Page 1: ...COMMANDO AirONE AIR CPE5K Wireless Bridge Configuration Guide ...

Page 2: ...2 11ac an a standard and comes with single band 5 8GHz with input power 500mW Build in High Gain15dBi Panel Antenna Separate WAN 1 x 10 100 1000Mbps port along with 24V PoE power option LAN 1 x 10 100 1000Mbps port along It comes with weather proof IP65 casing It has dual input power option either via WAN port or DC adapter 12V 1A Fig 1 Physical port on AirONE AIR CPE5K Table 1 Physical port on Ai...

Page 3: ...ct Button for selection purpose DC DC input power 12V 1 A Table 2 COMMANDO AirONE AIR CPE5K LED indication LED Indicator LED Status Power Green OFF No power Green ON 24V POE DC power given WAN Green OFF WAN not connected Green ON WAN connect with Gateway or 24V PoE devices and Green blinking shows activity on WAN port LAN Green OFF LAN not connected Green ON LAN connect with Gateway or 24V PoE dev...

Page 4: ...DHCP server and works as layer 3 device when configured in gateway mode It supports 24V PoE which helps in easy installation by eliminating the need of a dedicated power source and need of a power adapter It can identify and determine the correct transmission speed and half full duplex mode of the attached devices It also supports standard Auto MDI MDI X that can detect the type of connection to a...

Page 5: ...rotect your business by losing network sensitive information and data of wireless users surveillance cameras connected to them It supports energy efficient Ethernet that can save power It automatically adjusts power consumption according to the link status to limit the carbon footprint of your network It also complies with RoHS CE FC prohibiting the use of certain hazardous materials Besides that ...

Page 6: ... AirONE series Bridge default mode is Super WDS mode Support Super WDS mode device can act as AP as well as Bridge both simultaneously and can connect multi point to multi point connection to other bridges and APs Up to 4 Supports IEEE 802 11ac an a 5GHz Wireless bands Dual input for power either 24V POE or DC power inputs Support Open or encryption like WPA WPA2 PSK Supports IEEE 802 11ac an a 5G...

Page 7: ... H function this CPE will work as Master Configure other AIR CPE5K to C Function this CPE will work as Slave Press F to make H C linking and press S to change to H it will save automatically in 5 second For Point to Point Connection Press reset button on both master and slave CPE will start bridging Note H means Host Master XXX means channel C means Client XXX means Slave Channel Both master and s...

Page 8: ...rt Step 2 Connect LAN port of AirONE AIR CPE5K to PC via RJ 45 cable Step 3 Open Network and sharing center Step 4 Go to Change adapter settings Step 5 Double click on Local Area Connection Go to Properties Step 6 Double click on Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 option and set any IP address from 192 168 188 1 to 252 with subnet mask 255 255 255 0 and Gateway of PC to be set as 192 168 188 253...

Page 9: ... IP setting in PC connected to AirONE AIR CPE5K Note For New firmware Version set any IP address from 192 168 2 2 to 254 and Gateway of PC to be set as 192 168 2 1 2 Wireless access Via SSID connected to PC ...

Page 10: ...ord 66666666 or commando refer product label for password Step 3 Click on properties of SSID COMMANDO CPE5K Step 4 Edit IP setting from DHCP to Manual and set any IP address from 192 168 188 1 to 252 with subnet mask 255 255 255 0 and Gateway of PC to be set as 192 168 188 253 Fig 3 Connect to SSID of AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 11: ... can be changed as per user requirement For New firmware Version access IP 192 168 2 1 Open any web browser like Chrome Firefox Internet Explorer Opera etc and enter default IP address 192 168 188 253 in address field Caution If you have already taken any Other COMMANDO wireless device access Then before ...

Page 12: ...story to avoid catch pages issue Fig 5 Login page for AirONE AIR CPE5K Default Password admin or commando Note Password can be changed as per user choice Default password is written on backside of device According to firmware default password can either admin or commando ...

Page 13: ...Fig 6 Home page after login AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 14: ...Fi Clients Status with information like SSID Channel Bandwidth Encrypt MAC Address with Uptime Flow in bps for bridge Downstream and bridge Upstream All information can help to troubleshoot network issue if any very easily Fig 1 1 Home page Components of AirONE AIR CPE5K 1 1 Device Information In Device Information Current CPU Usage percentage and Memory Usage percentage of the Bridge is shown ...

Page 15: ...Fig 1 1 1 Home page Components of AirONE AIR CPE5K In Device location you can add the bridge description by clicking on Click Settings ...

Page 16: ...AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 1 1 3 New Device Location of AirONE AIR CPE5K 1 2 LAN WAN Information In LAN Information you can find the IP Mode LAN IP Subnet Gateway and MAC Address In WAN Information like WAN IP address Gateway DNS and MAC Address ...

Page 17: ...Fig 1 2 1 LAN information of AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 18: ...Fig 1 2 2 WAN information of AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 19: ...ig 1 2 3 WDS information of AirONE AIR CPE5K 1 3 Wi Fi Information In Wi Fi Information Status along with number of clients connected to AP SSID Channel used Encryption and MAC Address of Bridge is shown ...

Page 20: ...ients list along with number of clients connected to AP MAC address of clients connected Signal strength of clients connection along with connection time is shown We can learn about users in network with all vital information Fig 1 4 1 Clients list of AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 21: ...1 5 Bridge WDS UP Down stream Flow 5G Wi Fi bps In Flow 5G Wi Fi bps you can monitor the Upstream and Downstream bandwidth in bps Fig 1 5 1 Flow 5G Wi Fi bps of AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 22: ...terconnection of access points in an IEEE802 11ac an a network It allows a wireless network to be expanded using multiple access points without the need for a wired backbone to link them as is traditionally required In Super WDS mode device can act as Bridge as well as AP both simultaneously and can connect other bridges and AP s up to maximum 4 devices Repeater Mode In Repeater mode is used to ex...

Page 23: ...Channel width Encryption and Time reboot if required Fig 2 1 1 Gateway mode of AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 2 1 2 Gateway mode WAN Setting of AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 24: ...nfigure WDS setting Then configure the wireless parameters as per your choice of SSID Channel width Encryption and Time reboot if required Note Just in case if you don t have any RJ 45 cable running to site then in Super WDS mode you have to just power on the device and wirelessly can connect to clients as well as any SSID BSSID No need of connecting physically LAN as well as WAN port Maximum 4 Br...

Page 25: ...Fig 2 2 1 Super WDS mode of AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 26: ...Fig 2 2 2 Scan AP BSSID Bridges AP for connecting AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 27: ...Fig 2 2 3 Super WDS mode scan Bridges SSID for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 2 2 4 LAN Setting Super WDS mode of AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 28: ...ment 2 3 Repeater Mode In Repeater mode Scan Repeater SSID whose password is known Then configure the wireless parameters as per your choice of SSID Channel width Encryption and Time reboot if required Suggestion Just in case if you don t have any RJ 45 cable running to any room then In Repeater mode you have to just power on the device and wirelessly can connect to clients as well as available SS...

Page 29: ...Fig 2 3 1 Repeater mode of AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 30: ...Fig 2 3 2 Selecting Repeater SSID of AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 31: ...e effect for mode changes to Repeater mode This repeater SSID password is password of scan SSID with matching encryption 2 4 AP Mode In AP mode Set LAN setting from static IP AC or gateway Then configure the wireless parameters as per your choice of SSID Channel width Encryption and Time reboot if required ...

Page 32: ...Fig 2 4 1 AP mode of AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 2 4 2 Setting IP mode for AP mode of AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 33: ...Fig 2 4 3 Setting 5G Wi Fi for AP mode of AirONE AIR CPE5K Note It is recommended to keep Wi Fi Timer OFF The device will restart for the changes to take effect for mode changes to AP mode ...

Page 34: ...ANAGE CPE Manage will display working bridge channel along with Device List Description MAC Address IP Address Signal Online Offline Status Uptime of connected bridge Fig 3 1 1 CPE Manage of AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 35: ...ients based on MAC address Wi Fi Timer Settings Wi Fi Timer ON Off along with setting Time Frame Advanced Settings In Advanced setting can set Country Region Maximum Clients Channel WLAN Partition Short GI Multicast Fast TX Power Note All italic config options are only available in Gateway mode only 4 1 Wi Fi Setting We can set Wi Fi SSID Band Bandwidth Channel Wi Fi Status On mean SSID is availab...

Page 36: ...alyzer is a handy tool which helps you to select a better channel and mainly to analyze the AP s signal strength and channel to make user easier to choose the channel with less Wireless Interference Fig 4 1 2 5G Wi Fi Analyzer button of AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 37: ...mportant Note You can change SSID name Encryption and Wi Fi password as per your choice to be used by wireless clients 4 2 WDS Repeater Settings WDS Repeater Settings like scan AP BSSID Encryption Channel Password of scan SSID and bandwidth can be set ...

Page 38: ...his device based on MAC address Filters using MAC address of wireless client If you permit or allow few clients then automatically all other non allowed client cannot associate with AP When a client is denied access through a MAC based filter the client cannot associate with the AP Fig 4 3 1 Add MAC ACL of AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 39: ...C address of AirONE AIR CPE5K 4 4 Advance Setting In Advanced setting can set Country Region Maximum Clients Channel WLAN Partition Short GI Multicast Fast TX Power Fig 4 4 1 Default Advanced setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 40: ...Fig 4 4 2 Selecting Country Region for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 4 4 3 Setting Maximum wireless clients in 5G for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 41: ...Fig 4 4 4 Selecting WLAN Partition for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 4 4 5 Selecting Short GI for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 42: ...Fig 4 4 6 Setting Multicast Fast for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 4 4 7 Setting Tx Power for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 43: ... MTU and DNS Manually along with Primary Secondary DNS Note All italic config options are only available in Gateway mode only 5 1 LAN Settings IN LAN Setting you can set access IP for Bridge along with subnet You can set DHCP server which acts as a network server that automatically provides and assigns IP addresses default gateways and other network parameters to client devices It relies on the st...

Page 44: ...g A static IP address binding is ultimately set by an administrator and does not change Although DHCP stands for dynamic host configuration protocol you can still set up static IP addresses using DHCP This allows the network server to always get the same IP even after it reboots without dynamically assigning the IP The DHCP Static IP Mapping feature enables assignment of static IP addresses with M...

Page 45: ...Fig 5 3 1 Default Static DHCP for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 5 3 2 Static DHCP scan for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 46: ...Fig 5 3 3 Station list for AirONE AIR CPE5K 5 4 WAN Settings You can set WAN Connect Method MTU and DNS Manually along with Primary Secondary DNS Fig 5 4 1 Default WAN Setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 47: ...Fig 5 4 2 Changing Connect type manually for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 5 4 3 Set DNS manually for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 48: ...ng access Note All italic config options are only available in Gateway mode only 6 1 URL Filter Settings Organizations can create policies such as permanently allowing or blocking access to specific sites or groups of websites such as social networking pages to either redirect filter or blocked URL filtering is a type of web filtering and is used to restrict web content in order to restrict what c...

Page 49: ...Fig 6 1 1 Default URL filter setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 6 1 2 Setting URL filter for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 50: ...Fig 6 1 3 URL filter setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K 6 2 IP Filter Settings IP Filter bars filter IP to access the Bridge SSID Fig 6 2 1 Default IP filter setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 51: ...Fig 6 2 2 Setting IP filter for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 52: ...Fig 6 2 3 IP filter setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K 6 3 MAC Filter Settings MAC Filter bars filter MAC to access the Bridge SSID Fig 6 3 1 Default MAC filter setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 53: ...Fig 6 3 2 Setting MAC filter for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 6 3 3 MAC filter setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K 6 4 Security Settings ...

Page 54: ... network traffic and permits or blocks data packets based on a set of security rules It can help protect your network by filtering traffic and blocking outsiders from gaining unauthorized access Fig 6 4 1 Default Security setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 55: ...Fig 6 4 2 Security Rules setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 6 4 3 Security setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K 6 5 DMZ Settings ...

Page 56: ...nal security layer by restricting access to sensitive data and servers A DMZ enables website visitors to obtain certain services while providing a buffer between them and the organization s private network The goal of a DMZ is to add an extra layer of security to an organization s local area network A protected and monitored network node that faces outside the internal network can access what is e...

Page 57: ...Fig 6 5 2 DMZ setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 58: ...ure the system time Log The Logs can record Bridge information effectively You can enable and disable log and also can set Log server Flow Control Enabling flow control can optimize the bandwidth and improve the network experience of important applications IP Group It can define IP group which tells Bridge what groups the users are defined Time Group It can create Time Group with time range and se...

Page 59: ...y You can restore the Bridge to its factory default settings by the Reset button or by Reset Default option in this page It must be noted that once the Bridge is reset all the current configuration settings will be lost If you want old configure files which is backup already then can use option upload backup Use the page to restore the Bridge to the factory defaults or use the button to restore th...

Page 60: ...Fig 7 1 2 Taking backup of AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 7 1 3 Restore to known Configure for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 61: ...CPE5K 7 2 Reboot Setting It possible to schedule an automatic reboot of AP The configuration will not be lost after rebooting The Internet connection will be temporarily interrupted while rebooting Fig 7 2 1 Default reboot setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 62: ...Fig 7 2 2 Instant Reboot setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 7 2 3 Enable timed reboot for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 63: ... 7 2 5 Enable Restart interval for AirONE AIR CPE5K Recommendation It is strongly recommended to disable reboot to avoid network disruption and outage 7 3 Modify Password Setting On this page you create password as per your choice and even change the admin ...

Page 64: ...ry default password of the Bridge and create new user password to manage the device Note The factory default password is admin or commando depending on firmware version is mentioned in backside of device Fig 7 3 1 Modify password page for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 65: ... change default password admin or commando which is used to access device 7 4 Upgrade Setting Version displays the current Configuration version of the AP To upgrade the Bridge is to get more functions and better performance Note 1 After upgrading the Bridge will reboot automatically 2 To avoid damage to device please don t turn off the Bridge while upgrading ...

Page 66: ...Fig 7 4 1 Default Upgrade page for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 7 4 2 Upgrade with no previous configuration for AirONE AIR CPE5K Note It is advised to take backup of the configuration before upgrading ...

Page 67: ...with help of NTP service System Time displays the current date and time of the AP Time Zone displays the current time zone of the AP You can configure the time zone and NTP Server The Bridge will get GMT automatically if it has connected to a NTP Server Manual time can also be set by feeding date and time manually Synchronize with Host to set system time is best and recommended option It uses admi...

Page 68: ...Fig 7 5 2 Disable NTP and Sync with host for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 7 5 3 Enable NTP and select time zone for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 69: ...Fig 7 5 4 Enable NTP with Manual IP setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 7 5 5 Selecting well know NTP server for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 70: ...r for AirONE AIR CPE5K 7 6 Log Setting The Logs can record Bridge information effectively The logs allow thorough tracking alerting and analysis when something does go wrong It also determines the root cause of any issue ...

Page 71: ...Fig 7 6 1 Default Log setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 7 6 2 Turning OFF Log setting for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 7 6 3 Remote Log service setting IP for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 72: ...mmended to turn OFF logs to avoid excessive CPU cycles Memory usage and hanging of Bridge in long term 7 7 Flow Control Enabling flow control can optimize the bandwidth requirement and improve the network experience for important applications especially in the bandwidth hungry wireless client environment ...

Page 73: ...Fig 7 7 1 Default Flow control page for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 7 7 2 Enabling Speed limit for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 74: ...p A single IP address divides into two sections Network ID and Host ID The Network ID defines the logical group where devices belong Similarly we can define IP group which tells Bridge what IP group name and associated IP address are available for wireless users ...

Page 75: ...e and associated IP address for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 7 8 3 IP group page for AirONE AIR CPE5K 7 9 Time Group It can create Time Group with time range and set frequency of operation for particular activity to operate in specified time It can give automated effect to the network ...

Page 76: ...Fig 7 9 1 Default time group for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 7 9 2 Setting Time group for AirONE AIR CPE5K ...

Page 77: ...he domain names As many ISPs use DHCP to assign public IP addresses in WAN the public IP address assigned to the client is unfixed In this way it s very difficult for other clients to get the latest IP address of this client for access DDNS Dynamic DNS server provides a fixed domain name for DDNS client and maps its latest IP address to this domain name When DDNS server works DDNS client informs t...

Page 78: ...Fig 7 10 1 Default DDNS page for AirONE AIR CPE5K Fig 7 10 2 Enable DDNS page for AirONE AIR CPE5K Powered by TCPDF www tcpdf org ...

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