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Wandy 2R client Manual

The Wandy unit is an “Active WiFi outdoor antenna”. The unit consist of an antenna with high gain and a WiFi-
Ethernet-client. The slim line enclosure is compact and made of all weather ABS for years of uninterruptible
operation. Long distance connections are easy with the Wandy 2R. Simple installation with Power Over Ethernet.
Build in router function provides extra security for internet connections. Wandy 2R for fast, stable and long range
WiFi connections.

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Summary of Contents for 2R

Page 1: ...The slim line enclosure is compact and made of all weather ABS for years of uninterruptible operation Long distance connections are easy with the Wandy 2R Simple installation with Power Over Ethernet...

Page 2: ...logy 22 5 6 4 Mesh topology 23 5 7 WDS Application 23 5 7 1 Wireless Repeater 23 5 7 2 Wireless Bridge 24 5 8 Site Survey 24 5 9 Antenna Aligment 24 6 TCP IP 26 6 1 Configuring LAN Interface 26 6 1 1...

Page 3: ...9 SSH login 42...

Page 4: ...e line of signed between the Wandy2R and the access point The setup procedure is Connect the power to the Wandy2R unit Connect the PC to the Wandy 2R unit Configure the Wandy2R for wireless network In...

Page 5: ...llowing items This package contains Manual Quick start Wandy2R unit Power adapter Wall mount plugs Mounting bracket Power cable Wall mount screws 1M cross cable Pole mount hardware Mounting bracket bo...

Page 6: ...to the DATA IN port Don t plug your computer in the P DATA OUT you can seriously damage your hardware D Configure the wandy unit by the web interface Hi Wandy How are you Fine thanks 192 168 1 2 192 1...

Page 7: ...Open the web interface of the Wandy 2R unit at IP 192 168 1 1 Select in the menu Wireless the option site survey Press refresh to let the Wandy 2R unit make site survey...

Page 8: ...nnect to the wireless network with SSID gamma1 by selecting this network and pressing connect We now configure the Wandy 2R unit to get an IP address from the AP Open the menu TCP IP and then WAN inte...

Page 9: ...get an IP address form the AP to the Wandy 2R Set the Attain DNS Automatically This will set automatically the DNS servers from the AP Press Apply Changes to make the setting effective Click on statu...

Page 10: ...92 168 16 105 with gateway 192 168 16 2 The LAN interface does have IP number 192 168 1 1 with a DHCP server enabled Signal strength is 76 dBm The Wandy 2R is connected to an access point and has a ro...

Page 11: ...unit to connect to an AP with SSID gamma1 and make a transparent connection between the wireless interface and wired Open the web interface of the Wandy 2R unit at IP 192 168 1 1 First change the ope...

Page 12: ...can survey and connect to the device The device only allows the WDS connection WDS AP This mode combines WDS plus AP modes it not only allows WDS connections but also the wireless clients can survey a...

Page 13: ...WDS Yes Yes No Client Yes No Yes AP WDS Yes Yes No...

Page 14: ...wing Mode AP The radio of device acts as an Access Point to serves all wireless clients to join a wireless local network Client Support Infrastructure and Ad hoc network types to act as a wireless ada...

Page 15: ...e Wandy 2R unit This canb only be done in Client mode Enable Universal Repeater Mode Universal repeater mode will make the Wandy 2R unit become client as well as AP on the same radio In this mode it c...

Page 16: ...will help you to improve the network performance RTS Threshold The RTS threshold determines the packet size at which the radio issues request to send RTS before sending the packet A low RTS Threshold...

Page 17: ...items 1 All the devices must be in the same subnet network and the SSID must be the same 2 If you use the 802 1 x authentication you need to have the user profile in these devices for the roaming stat...

Page 18: ...etwork For more secure data transmission you can change encryption type to WEP and click the Set WEP Key button to open the Wireless WEP Key setup page When you decide to use the WEP encryption to sec...

Page 19: ...and administrators that their data will remain private and access to their network restricted to authorized users You can choose the WPA encryption and select the Authentication Mode 5 3 6 WPA Authent...

Page 20: ...easier 5 5 Configuring WDS Wireless Distribution System WDS uses wireless media to communicate with the other devices like the Ethernet does This function allows one or more remote LANs connect with t...

Page 21: ...need to directly connect to The bandwidth of device is limited to add more bridging devices will split the more bandwidth to every bridging device 5 6 WDS network topology In this section we will demo...

Page 22: ...dress of WDS1 No WDS4 The MAC Address of WDS1 No WDS5 The MAC Address of WDS1 No 5 6 3 Ring Topology Device Entries of WDS AP List Spanning Tree Protocol Required WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2 and WD...

Page 23: ...d to increase the coverage area of another device Parent AP Between the Parent AP and the Wireless Repeater wireless stations can move among the coverage areas of both devices When you decide to use t...

Page 24: ...network topology please refer the WDS topology section Description Entries of WDS AP List Spanning Tree Protocol Required WDS1 The MAC Address of WDS2 No WDS2 The MAC Address of WDS1 No 5 8 Site Surv...

Page 25: ...By pressing start the Wandy 2R will constant update the receive signal strength In this mode it is easy to direct the unit optimal to the central access point...

Page 26: ...mber used to identify the IP subnet network indicating whether the IP address can be recognized on the LAN or if it must be reached through a gateway Default Gateway The IP address of Default Gateway...

Page 27: ...work so it can forward the packets to other gateways until they are delivered to the one connected to the specified destination DHCP Client Range The IP range that the DHCP server will provide to the...

Page 28: ...the packets to other gateways until they are delivered to the one connected to the specified destination DNS 1 3 The IP addresses of DNS provided by your ISP DNS Domain Name Server is used to map dom...

Page 29: ...ically connect to ISP when user need to access the Internet Idle Time The number of inactivity minutes to disconnect from ISP This setting is only available when Connect on Demand connection type is s...

Page 30: ...Europe only IP Address The Internet Protocol IP address of WAN interface provided by your ISP or MIS The address will be your network identifier besides your local network Subnet Mask The number used...

Page 31: ...domain names to IP addresses DNS maintain central lists of domain name IP addresses and map the domain names in your Internet requests to other servers on the Internet until the specified web site is...

Page 32: ...local network 7 1 Port Filtering When you enable the Port Filtering function you can specify a single port or port ranges in current filter table Once the source port of outgoing packets match the por...

Page 33: ...r This function allows you to automatically redirect common network services to a specific machine behind the NAT firewall These settings are only necessary if you wish to host some sort of server lik...

Page 34: ...7 5 DMZ A Demilitarized Zone is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its local private network Typically the DMZ host contains devices accessible to Internet tr...

Page 35: ...resore config with new firmware upload functions provide the tools to keep the unit up to date 8 1 Wizard The setup wizard will guide you to configure access point for first time Please follow the set...

Page 36: ...Ethernet and wireless NIC are bridged together Once the mode is selected all the WAN related functions will be disabled 8 2 3 WISP Wireless ISP This mode can let you access the AP of your wireless ISP...

Page 37: ...en the device is set to client mode 8 4 Statistics This page shows the packet counters for transmission and reception regarding to wireless and Ethernet networks 8 5 Dynamic DNS Setting Dynamic DNS is...

Page 38: ...e by synchronizing with a public time server over the Internet 8 7 Log The Wandy 2R has a log funtion On this page you can set what to log en where the unit must send its log to A remote log server is...

Page 39: ...he Access Point firmware to new version 8 9 Save Reload Settings This page allows you save current settings to a file or reload the settings from the file which was saved previously Besides you could...

Page 40: ...ss Point Empty user name and password will disable the protection The username and password must be smaller then 20 characters Best to use a combination of numbers and characters 8 11Reboot This page...

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Page 42: ...a computer connected to the same network as the device The default IP address of the device is 192 168 1 1 and the subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 The default configuration of the device is WISP mode The...

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