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INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL

 

MINI INDUSTRIAL OUTDOOR HIGH THROUGHPUT 802.11A/N 

WIRELESS ETHERNET DEVICE

Thank you for purchasing NetWave® from ComNet. This installation guide applies to 
the following models:

NW7/M:  Individual Hardened Single Radio with One GB Ethernet Port, One internal 

16dBi 30° beamwidth directional antenna. FCC Certified for use in the NA 
Region.

NW7E/M:  Individual Hardened Single Radio with One GB Ethernet Port, One internal 

16dBi 30° beamwidth directional antenna. ETSI certified for use in the EU 
Region.

NWK7/M:  Industrial Multipoint Kit, FCC Version (Includes NWK7/M_AP and 

NWK7/M_CL)

NWK7E/M:  Industrial Multipoint Kit, ETSI Version (Includes NWK7E/M_AP and 

NWK7E/M_CL)

The NetWave NW7[E]/M industrially hardened high throughput (HT) wireless 
Ethernet transmission link from ComNet can be configured through the embedded 
User Interface as a Client or as an Access Point. This point-to-multipoint model 
allows multiple Ethernet endpoints to be connected to a central Access Point. Up 
to 15 endpoints can be linked to a central access point. The NW7/M and NW7E/M 
support up to 240 Mbps throughput using MIMO technology. An easy to read LED 
array displays unit operational status along with received signal strength ensuring 
optimal installation and operation.  The units can be powered by an 802.3af/at PoE 
Compliant device or through an optional Midspan Power Injector. The NW7/M is FCC 
certified and the NW7E/M is ETSI, DFS and TPC certified.

This manual serves the following 

ComNet Model Numbers:

NW7/M
NW7E/M
NWK7/M
NWK7E/M

Summary of Contents for NetWave NWK7/M

Page 1: ...M_AP and NWK7E M_CL The NetWave NW7 E M industrially hardened high throughput HT wireless Ethernet transmission link from ComNet can be configured through the embedded User Interface as a Client or a...

Page 2: ...lines Knowledge of Local Area Network technology Related Documentation The following documentation is also available NW7 E M Datasheet NW7 E M Quick Start Guide NWK7 E M Datasheet NWK7 E M Quick Start...

Page 3: ...dware Installation 8 5 1 Outdoor Ethernet Gland Installation 8 5 2 NW7 M and NW7E M Indicating LED Details 10 5 3 Outdoor Standard Mounting Hardware 10 6 0 Key Default Configurations 11 7 0 Quick Conf...

Page 4: ...34 11 0 Network Tab 35 11 1 Interfaces WAN 36 11 2 Interfaces LAN 39 11 3 WiFi Overview 42 11 4 WiFi Wireless Network 46 11 5 Hostnames 56 11 6 Static Routes 56 11 7 Firewall 57 11 8 Diagnostics 59 11...

Page 5: ...lectronic and mechanical for any purpose without the express written permission of ComNet Copyright Copyright 2015 Communication Networks LLC dba ComNet All rights reserved Disclaimer ComNet reserves...

Page 6: ...Atheros 10 1 x wireless drivers NetWave now includes a new user friendly LuCI web interface for configuring the device OpenWRT is an extensible GNU Linux distribution for embedded devices It is built...

Page 7: ...enna support Preconfigured NWK kits do not support point to multipoint topologies PC NVR ComNet Gigabit Managed Switch with 30W PoE NW7 M IA870 Recommended Access Point PoE WIRELESS CAT5 POWER ETHERNE...

Page 8: ...ation There will be at least one cable gland included with each outdoor enclosure Below is an image of the individual parts of the gland with an Ethernet cable routed through Note The split rubber was...

Page 9: ...VDC A Connect one end of an RJ 45 Ethernet cable to the OUT port of the Power Injection Module PIM and the other end to LAN of the access point Maximum length of the RJ 45 CAT5 cable is 100 meters B...

Page 10: ...Connected OFF No Connectivity RSSI1 SOLID RED Weak Connection RSSI2 SOLID ORANGE Moderate Connection RSSI3 SOLID GREEN Solid Connection RSSI4 SOLID GREEN Excellent Connection Advisable to check Statu...

Page 11: ...2 168 10 101 for all others LAN Mode for Web Server Static Addressing Web Server User ID admin Web Server Password admin SSID NetWave 1 WPA Pre shared Key 12345678 Channel Frequency AP Auto Channel Sp...

Page 12: ...d set the desired network settings Select Apply Save Note This will be the network address for the NetWave web server It is not necessary to set to the same subnet as the operating network but it is r...

Page 13: ...cable to an outlet and turn on power 3 Assign the Ethernet adapter on your computer with a static IP address on the 192 168 1 x network e g 192 168 10 10 and with a subnet mask 255 255 255 0 4 Launch...

Page 14: ...ves the changes but does not take effect till settings are applied Save Apply Saves and applies the changes Please use this button instead of the Save button so that the changes would be applied immed...

Page 15: ...ease refer to Section Reset Button 8 3 2 Indicating LEDs The light emitting diodes LEDs on the board are described in Section Indicator LEDs 8 3 3 Buzzer The new NetWave buzzer provides the following...

Page 16: ...nd level tabs of Overview Routes System Log Kernel Log and Real time Graphs This is shown in Figure 2 Figure 2 The Status Tab 9 1 Overview The Status Overview page is divided into the sections Link St...

Page 17: ...parameters The following describes the parameters when the device is in the AP mode Figure 5 A summary in the Wireless section for a device operating as an 802 11 access point SSID Displays the name o...

Page 18: ...t would automatically select the same channel as the AP Bitrate This is the maximum bitrate supported by the radio in the current configuration MAC Address States the MAC address of the device s radio...

Page 19: ...dress of the station as seen by the Radio Signal Displays the received signal strength from the Client e g 26 dBm Signal Chains Shows the received signal strengths from the station on each antenna e g...

Page 20: ...ws a table of MAC and IP addresses of connected devices with static DHCP leases They are specified in the Network Interfaces LAN Static Leases section of the device s configuration web page Figure 11...

Page 21: ...indicator LEDs See Section LED Configuration Just like for the LEDs more beeps indicate a higher received signal strength This is useful for a person aligning directional antennas at a height in an ou...

Page 22: ...NW7 E M TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 9 12 Kernel Log This page shows the kernel debugging messages This kernel log can also be obtained by typing dmesg in a serial console such as Tera Term if a suita...

Page 23: ...ALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW7 E M TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 9 13 Real time Graphs Under the tab for Real time Graphs there are four tabs titled Load Traffic Wireless and Connection 9 13 1 Load F...

Page 24: ...M_REV 06 10 13 PAGE 24 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW7 E M TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 9 13 2 Traffic Figure 16 The graph for Real time Traffic 9 13 3 Wireless Figure 17 The graph for Real time...

Page 25: ...INS_NW7 E M_REV 06 10 13 PAGE 25 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW7 E M TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 9 13 4 Connection Figure 18 The graph for Real time Connections...

Page 26: ...such as the hostname time zone and set Time Synchronization Figure 19 The System top level tab 10 1 System Properties Within the section on System Properties there are tabs corresponding to General Se...

Page 27: ...e are the sources of the time information At least three are recommended for accurate time synchronization Figure 20 Time Synchronization settings Logging Figure 21 Changing the system properties for...

Page 28: ...Requires you to re enter the password 10 3 2 SSH Figure 24 SSH settings in the System Administration page SSH Allows you to access the device s Linux shell and file system using the Secure Shell proto...

Page 29: ...and telnet 192 168 10 101 or telnet 192 168 10 101 23 into a Command Prompt if using Windows or into a Terminal if using Linux or Mac OS X 10 3 4 Web Figure 26 The device s web server mode and port We...

Page 30: ...rval Specifies the time between successive pings the default being 5 seconds Startup Delay Sets the time delay after the device finishes rebooting before running the Ping Watchdog the default being 60...

Page 31: ...Settings Figure 29 General settings for SNMP Enable SNMP Enables SNMP SNMP V2c Read Password Sets the community string for read only access to the variables on the SNMP agent by the network management...

Page 32: ...p messages SNMP Trap Port Sets the port number 10 6 Reset Button The reset button is a physical hardware button on the AP hardware board Depending on how long the button is pressed you can reboot the...

Page 33: ...signal strength thresholds in dBm above which RSSI LEDs 1 to 4 would light up Figure 31 Signal strength indicator LEDs and their default threshold values in dBm 10 7 2 Summary of the LED Indicators W...

Page 34: ...in clear text Reset to defaults Perform reset Resets the firmware to its initial state Restore backup Upload archive Lets you upload a previously generated backup archive to restore configuration file...

Page 35: ...is a network point that acts as an entrance to another network Figure 32 The Network top level tab Figure 33 The Interface Overview on the Network Interfaces page The Network column shows that the WA...

Page 36: ...rotocols are PPTP PPPoE and L2TP Protocol Static address IPv4 address Sets the IP address of the device as seen from the WAN zone IPv4 netmask Sets the subnet mask e g 255 255 255 0 The IP address and...

Page 37: ...ts the username for the Password Authentication Protocol PAP or the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CHAP PAP CHAP password Sets the password for the PAP or CHAP Configure PPTP IP settings...

Page 38: ...nless your ISP requires it is not recommended to change this setting Use gateway metric Allows you to specify a gateway metric This acts as a cost for choosing the gateway when a connected device has...

Page 39: ...ick the Save Apply button Protocol Static address IPv4 address Sets the IP address of the device e g 192 168 10 1 where you can access the Radios configuration web page IPv4 netmask Sets the subnet ma...

Page 40: ...to specify a gateway metric This acts as a cost for choosing the gateway when a connected device has to select between multiple available gateways The gateway with the smallest metric is chosen Use br...

Page 41: ...ses for clients If disabled only clients having static leases will be served Checked by default Force Forces DHCP on this network even if another server is detected unchecked by default IPv4 Netmask O...

Page 42: ...splayed under each radio Figure 36 The Wireless Overview page showing one radio Spectrum Shows the Channel Scan Report and allows you to run the Interference Analyzer Add Allows you to add virtual acc...

Page 43: ...adio in AP Mode Associated Stations will show a list of devices connected to the AP Figure 37 The Associated Stations are also shown on the Wireless Overview page The MAC address network name received...

Page 44: ...nnel Load Min RSSI Shows the minimum received signal strength indicator due to the neighboring access points Max RSSI Shows the maximum received signal strength indicator due to the neighboring access...

Page 45: ...eral Setup Mode option after clicking on the Edit button Figure 39 The Wireless Overview page showing a radio as a Client station The following buttons are for a radio operating as a client Scan Scans...

Page 46: ...Configuration section covers the physical settings of the radio hardware such as channel transmit power or antenna selection These are shared among all defined wireless networks of the radio Per netwo...

Page 47: ...nd has twice the throughput of a 20 MHz band A smaller bandwidth may allow more devices to be connected The 20 40 MHz option allows both 20 and 40 MHz bands to be used Channel Chooses the frequency ch...

Page 48: ...n is illustrated with the following examples Example Country Code CZ Channel 100 Antenna Gain is 5dBi Transmit Power is 15dBm In the Czech Republic Channel 100 would mean the maximum power is 30dBm fo...

Page 49: ...n ms A beacon is a frame broadcast by the AP to synchronize the wireless network For the multiple VAP case the beacons are transmitted evenly within this interval Thus if four VAPs are created and the...

Page 50: ...ates with BSSID Sets the MAC address of the AP This option is available for a device operating as a client This is useful because there can be multiple APs with the same ESSID Setting the MAC address...

Page 51: ...ted wirelessly Wireless Security Figure 43 Setting the Wireless Security for the Wifi Interface Encryption Chooses between No Encryption open and the following encryptions WPA PSK WPA2 PSK WPAPSK WPA2...

Page 52: ...n server Note Remote Authentication Dial In User Service RADIUS is a networking protocol that provides centralized Authentication Authorization and Accounting AAA management for users that connect and...

Page 53: ...hat issues digital certificates In a public key infrastructure scheme a digital certificate certifies the ownership of a public key by the named subject of the certificate Path to Client Certificate S...

Page 54: ...is only available for a device operating as an AP Figure 46 Configuring the MAC Filter for a Wifi AP MAC Address Filter Lets you allow only devices with the listed MAC address to associate with this A...

Page 55: ...When Station Isolation is enabled the AP blocks communication between wireless clients on the same AP Maximum Stations Specifies the maximum number of associated stations the default being 127 Minimu...

Page 56: ...ive IP addresses This is an additional local DNS Note The computers in the same subnet need to set the IP address of this device as their preferred DNS server in order to interpret these custom hostna...

Page 57: ...ttings Zone Settings Figure 49 General Settings for the Firewall Zones Enable SYN flood protection Checked by default Drop invalid packets Unchecked by default Input To accept by default Output To acc...

Page 58: ...l Traffic Rules page configures the traffic rules and source NAT Traffic Rules Traffic rules define policies for packets travelling between different zones for example to reject traffic between certai...

Page 59: ...g which allows fine grained control over the source IP used for outgoing traffic for example to map multiple WAN addresses to internal subnets Figure 54 Source NAT 11 8 Diagnostics 11 8 1 Network Util...

Page 60: ...1 888 678 9427 11 9 Quality of Service The Network QoS page configures the quality of service QoS With QoS you can prioritize network traffic that passes through the WAN port You can limit the downlo...

Page 61: ...wser Click on the network tab to check that the L2TP is communicating packets with the APc 3 Set the hostname of the AP to better identify it The following describes the APController top level tab Whe...

Page 62: ...insertion Pre shared key Sets the password for the IPsec 12 4 APc SNMP Settings The SNMPv3 AP to APC section contains the APc SNMP settings Figure 60 APc SNMP Settings Currently the following default...

Page 63: ...the IP addresses must be unique and be of the form 192 168 3 X Check whether the NetWave device and your computer are connected on the same network by running the ping command to ping the IP address...

Page 64: ...hical naming system for computers services or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network EIRP Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power Each country sets the legally permitted maximum f...

Page 65: ...cting a network of hosts to an ISP without the ISP having to manage the allocation of IP addresses PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol This is a protocol for the creation of VPNs for the secure tra...

Page 66: ...Network This is a network that enables IP traffic to travel securely over a public TCP IP network by encrypting all traffic from one network to another The VPN uses tunneling to encrypt all informatio...

Page 67: ...ase the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Industry Canada This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 To reduce potential radio interference to ot...

Page 68: ...ly Netherlands Norway Portugal Romania Switzerland Sweden Installer Compliance Responsibility Devices must be professionally installed and it is the professional installer s responsibility to make sur...

Page 69: ...ere granted a license to that software under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or GNU Lesser General Public License License copies of which are available from http www gnu org license...

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