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COMMANDO AirONE APO300 Outdoor Access Points

Configuration Guide

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Page 1: ...COMMANDO AirONE APO300 Outdoor Access Points Configuration Guide ...

Page 2: ...mW which support up to 400 meters and above for wireless clients with 5 in 1 mode of operation like AP Gateway WISP Super WDS Mode Repeater with maximum 64 recommended 50 wireless clients at a time Fig 1 Physical port on AirONE APO300 Table 1 Physical port on AirONE APO300 Description Physical Port Description Reset Reset Button makes APO revert to default settings after pressing for 15sec WAN PoE...

Page 3: ...nt with speed up to 300Mbps It equipped with separate Gigabit WAN LAN port which enhances the sharing of files photo audio video and gaming experience over wireless network It can also be used as 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...

Page 4: ...ife of device With Inbuilt security features protect 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 us...

Page 5: ...extendable up to 3 years Noise free Operation The ports support reduced power modes for silent operation Perfect for noise sensitive environments Software Highlights Multiple Operational Modes like Gateway Super WDS Repeater WISP and AP mode D efault mode Multiple SSID with Up to 4 SSIDs with VAP Supports IEEE 802 11b g n 2 4GHz with Antenna RF input Power of 30dBm Support wireless RF power adjust...

Page 6: ...WPA WPA2PSK_TKIPAES How to take access of COMMANDO AirONE APO300 1 Wired access Via LAN port connected to PC Power ON AirONE APO300 Connect LAN port of AirONE APO300 to PC via RJ 45 cable Open Network and sharing center Go to Change adapter settings Double click on Local Area Connection Go to Properties Double click on Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 option and set any IP address from 192 168...

Page 7: ...Fig 2 IP setting in PC connected to AirONE APO300 2 Wireless access Via SSID connected to PC Power ON AirONE APO300 ...

Page 8: ...or commando refer product label for password Click on properties of SSID COMMANDO APO300 2 4G Edit IP setting from DHCP to Manual and set any IP address from 192 168 188 1 to 252 and Gateway of PC to be set as 192 168 188 253 Note All Default SSID and password can be changed as per user requirement ...

Page 9: ...ired to clean the browser history to avoid catch pages issue Fig 4 Login page for AirONE APO300 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 After giving proper password Home page is displayed giving device information like CPU usage memory usa...

Page 10: ...Encrypt MAC Address Operation Mode configure like AP Fat APO Mode with Uptime Flow in bps for APO downstream and APO upstream Fig 6 Home page after login AirONE APO300 ...

Page 11: ...ith information like SSID Channel Bandwidth Encrypt MAC Address Operation Mode configure like AP Fat AP Mode with Uptime Flow in bps for APO downstream and APO Up stream All information can help to troubleshoot network issue if any very easily Fig 1 1 Home page Components of AirONE APO300 1 1 Device Information In Device Information Current CPU Usage percentage and Memory Usage percentage of the A...

Page 12: ...Fig 1 1 1 Home page Components of AirONE APO300 In Device Description you can add the APs description by clicking on Click Settings ...

Page 13: ...of AirONE APO300 Fig 1 1 3 New Device Description of AirONE APO300 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 14: ...Fig 1 2 1 LAN information of AirONE APO300 ...

Page 15: ...Fig 1 2 2 WAN information of AirONE APO300 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 APO is shown ...

Page 16: ... 1 4 Clients List Clients 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 ...

Page 17: ...r authentication QoS network management roaming technologies and application layer functions It can provide wireless access independently Each AP is an independent node The channels and power on each AP are configured independently All APs work independently and support advanced and independent security policy A Fit AP has only Select the IP mode along with reset and reboot options ...

Page 18: ...E APO300 Fig 1 5 2 Fit APO mode Note Same Password to be used for login in Fit and Fat mode of operation 1 6 APO UP Down stream Flow 2G Wi Fi bps In Flow 2G Wi Fi bps you can monitor the AP s Upstream and Downstream bandwidth in bps ...

Page 19: ...Fig 1 6 1 Flow 2G Wi Fi bps of AirONE APO300 ...

Page 20: ...ss interconnection of access points in an IEEE 802 11 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 APO as well as Bridge both simultaneously and can connect other bridges and APs WISP Mode In WISP mode the device connects to ISP station or hot spot...

Page 21: ... provider WAN setting can have Static IP PPPoE or DHCP accordingly select option Then configure the wireless parameters as per your choice of SSID Channel width Encryption and Time reboot if required Fig 2 1 1 Gateway mode of AirONE APO300 Fig 2 1 2 Gateway mode WAN Setting of AirONE APO300 ...

Page 22: ... password is known and configure 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...

Page 23: ...Fig 2 2 1 Super WDS mode of AirONE APO300 ...

Page 24: ...Fig 2 2 2 Repeater Setting Super WDS Mode of AirONE APO300 Note This repeater SSID password is password of scan SSID with matching encryption ...

Page 25: ...Fig 2 2 3 WAN Setting Super WDS Mode of AirONE APO300 Fig 2 2 4 2G Wi Fi Setting Super WDS mode of AirONE APO300 Note The device will restart for the changes to take effect for mode changes to Super ...

Page 26: ...r 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 any room then In WISP mode you have to just power on the device and wirelessly can connect to clients as well as ISP router BSSID No need of connecting physically LAN as well as WAN port Fig 2 3 1 WISP mode of AirONE APO300 ...

Page 27: ...Fig 2 3 2 Repeater Setting WISP mode of AirONE APO300 Note This repeater SSID password is password of scan SSID with matching encryption ...

Page 28: ...2 3 3 WAN Setting WISP mode of AirONE APO300 Fig 2 3 4 2G Wi Fi Setting WISP mode of AirONE APO300 Note The device will restart for the changes to take effect for mode changes to WISP mode 2 4 Repeater Mode ...

Page 29: ...ncryption 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 SSID BSSID No need of connecting physically LAN as well as WAN port Fig 2 4 1 Repeater mode of AirONE APO300 ...

Page 30: ...Fig 2 4 2 Selecting Repeater SSID of AirONE APO300 Note This repeater SSID password is password of scan SSID with matching encryption ...

Page 31: ...Fig 2 2 3 Setting 2G Wi Fi setting of AirONE APO300 ...

Page 32: ...changes to take effect for mode changes to Repeater mode 2 5 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 Note This is a default mode of operation for device ...

Page 33: ...Fig 2 5 1 AP mode of AirONE APO300 Fig 2 5 2 Setting IP mode for AP mode of AirONE APO300 ...

Page 34: ...Fig 2 5 3 Setting 2G Wi Fi for AP mode of AirONE APO300 Note The device will restart for the changes to take effect for mode changes to AP mode ...

Page 35: ...ased 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 2G Mode Multicast Fast Maximum wireless clients for APO Range 1 64 WLAN Partition Short GI Coverage Threshold and Transmit Power Note All italic config options are only available in WISP and Gateway mode only 3 1 2G 5G Wi Fi Setting We can set 2 4G ...

Page 36: ...nalyzer 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 3 1 2 2G Wi Fi Analyzer button of AirONE APO300 ...

Page 37: ...ll SSID name Encryption and Wi Fi password as per your choice to be used by wireless clients Note You can have Multi SSID up to 4 configured on AirONE APO300 All SSID will use same channel in 2G band and channel width as set as per Basic SSID but each Virtual Access Point VAP can set different name encryption and password ...

Page 38: ...300 3 3 MAC ACL Settings MAC ACL Allow or prohibits the wireless users access into this 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 ...

Page 39: ...Fig 3 3 1 Default MAC ACL of AirONE APO300 Fig 3 3 2 Add MAC ACL of AirONE APO300 ...

Page 40: ...d time It schedules turning your Wi Fi OFF at a given time so that wireless client cannot associate with AP Recommendation It is not recommended to make Wi Fi Timer to be OFF in Wizard as well as in this setting to enjoy Wi Fi all the time Fig 3 4 1 Default Wi Fi Timer Off for AirONE APO300 How to shutdown Wi Fi after office time ...

Page 41: ... you have to turn OFF Wi Fi from 22 00 to 09 00 as shown Fig 3 4 2 Wi Fi Timer Off for AirONE APO300 3 5 Advance Setting In Advanced setting can set Country Region 2G 5G Mode Multicast Fast Maximum wireless 128 clients for AP Range 1 64 in 2G and AP Range 1 64 in 5G WLAN Partition Short GI Coverage Threshold and Transmit Power ...

Page 42: ...Fig 3 5 1 Default Advanced setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 3 5 2 Selecting Country Region for AirONE APO300 Fig 3 5 3 Selecting 2G Mode for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 43: ...Fig 3 5 5 Selecting Multicast Fast for AirONE APO300 Fig 3 5 6 Setting Maximum wireless clients in 2G 5G for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 44: ...Fig 3 5 7 Selecting WLAN Partition for AirONE APO300 Fig 3 5 8 Selecting Short GI for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 45: ...Fig 3 5 9 Setting Coverage Threshold for AirONE APO300 Fig 3 5 10 Setting Tx Power for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 46: ...Fig 3 5 11 Setting 2G distance for AirONE APO300 Fig 3 5 12 Setting Terminal Fast Roam for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 47: ...35 It can set MAC Clone Enable or disable Ping Access on WAN Enable or disable IPsec PPTP L2TP pass through on VPN connection Cloud Server Settings You can set Cloud server URL along with binding code URL Mapping URL mappings work for the new Portal installation URL mapping redirection to particular Website Note All italic config options are only available in WISP and Gateway mode only 4 1 LAN Set...

Page 48: ...et networks The Spanning Tree Protocol STP is responsible for identifying links in the network and shutting down the redundant ones preventing possible network loops The purpose of STP is to allow redundant connection between devices while ensuring a loop free topology for a LAN It can also automatically re enable redundant paths as backup paths in case the active path fails ...

Page 49: ...s a network server that automatically provides and assigns IP addresses to wireless client devices It relies on the standard protocol known as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol or DHCP to respond to broadcast queries by clients Fig 4 1 3 Setting DHCP for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 50: ... Setting In VLAN Setting you need a L2 L3 switch that make use of multiple VLAN You can give wireless clients member of multiple VLAN using multi SSID It is required to enable basic and VAP These Multi SSID can be provided with different VLAN ID to set different network with separate broadcast domain ...

Page 51: ...300 4 3 Static DHCP Setting 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 ...

Page 52: ...ing feature enables assignment of static IP addresses with MAC address without taking IP addresses from DHCP pool with manual bindings Compatible ARP binding list is statically assigned Fig 4 3 1 Default Static DHCP for AirONE APO300 Fig 4 3 2 Static DHCP scan for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 53: ...Fig 4 3 3 Station list for AirONE APO300 Fig 4 3 4 Static DHCP for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 54: ... 4 3 5 Config Button for Static DHCP for AirONE APO300 4 4 WAN Settings You can set WAN Connect Method MTU and DNS Manually along with Primary Secondary DNS Fig 4 4 1 Default WAN Setting for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 55: ...Fig 4 4 2 Changing Connect type manually for AirONE APO300 Fig 4 4 3 Set DNS manually for AirONE APO300 4 5 WAN Advanced Settings ...

Page 56: ...to 65535 You also can set MAC Clone Enable or disable Ping Access on WAN Enable or disable IPsec PPTP L2TP pass through on VPN connection and Line Detection Fig 4 5 1 Default WAN Advanced setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 4 5 2 Enable Port setting for WEB server for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 57: ...Fig 4 5 3 Configuration of MAC clone for AirONE APO300 Fig 4 5 4 Enabling Ping access through WAN for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 58: ...ection for AirONE APO300 4 6 Cloud Server Setting A cloud managed access point or networking solution allows business owners to manage Wi Fi and network infrastructure over the cloud with zero maintenance charges centralize control painlessly This means businesses can connect to the cloud by ...

Page 59: ...This function is currently not available Fig 4 6 1 Default Cloud server setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 4 6 2 Enabling Cloud server setting for AirONE APO30 4 7 URL Mapping URL mappings work for the new Portal installation URL mapping redirection to particular ...

Page 60: ...Website You can replace URL for a selected IP Fig 4 7 1 Default URL Mapping setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 4 7 2 Configure URL Mapping setting for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 61: ...Fig 4 7 3 URL Mapping setting for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 62: ...ote All italic config options are only available in WISP and Gateway mode only 5 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 con...

Page 63: ...Fig 5 1 1 Default URL filter setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 5 1 2 Setting URL filter for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 64: ...Fig 5 1 3 URL filter setting for AirONE APO300 5 2 IP Filter Settings IP Filter bars filter IP to access the APO SSID Fig 5 2 1 Default IP filter setting for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 65: ...Fig 5 2 2 Setting IP filter for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 66: ...Fig 5 2 3 IP filter setting for AirONE APO300 5 3 MAC Filter Settings MAC Filter bars filter MAC to access the APO SSID Fig 5 3 1 Default MAC filter setting for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 67: ...Fig 5 3 2 Setting MAC filter for AirONE APO300 Fig 5 3 3 MAC filter setting for AirONE APO300 5 4 Security Settings ...

Page 68: ...ng 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 5 4 1 Default Security setting for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 69: ...Fig 5 4 2 Security Rules setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 5 4 3 Security setting for AirONE APO300 5 5 DMZ Settings ...

Page 70: ...ional 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...

Page 71: ...Fig 5 5 2 DMZ setting for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 72: ...n 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 APO what groups the users are defined Time Group It can create Time Group with time range and set frequency to operate time group DDNS Settings It provides a fixed domain name for ...

Page 73: ...y Reset Default option in this page It must be noted that once the APO 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 APO to the factory defaults or use the button to restore the APO to old configuration Fig 6 1 1 Default Configure setting for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 74: ...Fig 6 1 2 Taking backup of AirONE APO300 Fig 6 1 3 Restore to known Configure for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 75: ...APO30 6 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 6 2 1 Default reboot setting for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 76: ...Fig 6 2 2 Instant Reboot setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 6 2 3 Enable timed reboot for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 77: ... 6 2 5 Enable Restart interval for AirONE APO300 Recommendation It is strongly recommended to disable reboot to avoid network disruption and outage 6 3 Modify Password Setting On this page you create password as per your choice and even change the admin ...

Page 78: ...ctory default password of the APO 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 6 3 1 Modify password page for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 79: ...ssword to be entered to login AirONE APO300 Recommendation It is strongly recommended to change default password admin or commando which is used to access device 6 4 Upgrade Setting Version displays the current Configuration version of the AP To upgrade the APO is to get more functions and better performance ...

Page 80: ... damage to device please don t turn off the APO while upgrading Fig 6 4 1 Default Upgrade page for AirONE APO300 Fig 6 4 2 Upgrade with no previous configuration for AirONE APO300 Note It is advised to take backup of the configuration before upgrading 6 5 Time Setting ...

Page 81: ...lp 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 APO 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 administrator ...

Page 82: ...Fig 6 5 2 Disable NTP and Sync with host for AirONE APO300 Fig 6 5 3 Enable NTP and select time zone for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 83: ...Fig 6 5 4 Enable NTP with Manual IP setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 6 5 5 Selecting well know NTP server for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 84: ...rver for AirONE APO300 6 6 Log Setting The Logs can record APO 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 85: ...Fig 6 6 1 Default Log setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 6 6 2 Turning OFF Log setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 6 6 3 Remote Log service setting IP for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 86: ...mmended to turn OFF logs to avoid excessive CPU cycles Memory usage and hanging of APO in long term 6 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 87: ...Fig 6 7 1 Default Flow control page for AirONE APO300 Fig 6 7 2 Enabling Speed limit for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 88: ...ides 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 APO what IP group name and associated IP address are available for wireless users Fig 6 8 1 Default IP group page for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 89: ...ess for AirONE APO300 Fig 6 8 3 IP group page for AirONE APO300 6 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 90: ...Fig 6 9 1 Default time group for AirONE APO300 Fig 6 9 2 Setting Time group for AirONE APO300 ...

Page 91: ...e 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 th...

Page 92: ...Fig 6 10 1 Default DDNS page for AirONE APO300 Fig 6 10 2 Enable DDNS page for AirONE APO300 Powered by TCPDF www tcpdf org ...

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