Weidmuller Wireless Ethernet Modem & Device Server WI-MOD-E-G/A User Manual
Rev.
2.16
www.weidmuller.com
6
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION ......................................... 8
1.0
-
N
ETWORK
T
OPOLOGY
................................................ 8
Access Point vs Client ................................................. 9
Bridge vs Router ........................................................ 10
1.1
-
G
ETTING
S
TARTED
Q
UICKLY
.................................... 11
CHAPTER 2 - INSTALLATION ......................................... 12
2.0
-
G
ENERAL
................................................................ 12
2.1
-
A
NTENNA
I
NSTALLATION
.......................................... 12
Antenna Diversity ....................................................... 13
Example
...................................................................................
13
Line-of-sight installations ........................................... 13
Installation tips ........................................................... 14
Dipole and Collinear antennas ................................... 14
Directional antennas. ................................................. 14
2.2
-
P
OWER
S
UPPLY
....................................................... 15
2.3
-
S
ERIAL
C
ONNECTIONS
............................................. 15
RS232 Serial Port ...................................................... 15
DB9 Connector Pinouts ............................................. 15
RS485 Serial Port ...................................................... 16
2.4
-
D
ISCRETE
(D
IGITAL
)
I
NPUT
/O
UTPUT
......................... 17
CHAPTER 3 - OPERATION .............................................. 18
3.0
-
S
TART
-
UP
................................................................ 18
“Access Point” Start-up (WI-MOD-E-G) ..................... 18
“Access Point” Start-up (WI-MOD-E-A) ..................... 18
“Client” Start-up .......................................................... 18
Link Establishment ..................................................... 18
How a Link connection is lost .................................... 19
Roaming Clients ......................................................... 19
LED Indication ............................................................ 19
3.1
-
S
ELECTING A
C
HANNEL
............................................ 20
802.11b/g (2.4GHz) ................................................... 20
802.11a (5GHz) ......................................................... 21
Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) ........................ 22
3.2
-
C
ONFIGURING THE
U
NIT FOR THE FIRST TIME
............. 22
Default Configuration ................................................. 22
Accessing Configuration for the first time .................. 22
Method 1 - Set PC to same network as WI-MOD-E .. 23
Method
2
‐
Set
WI
‐
MOD
‐
E
Network
address
to
match
the
local
network
...................................................................................
24
3.3
-
Q
UICK
S
TART
C
ONFIGURATION
................................ 26
3.4
-
N
ETWORK
C
ONFIGURATION
...................................... 27
Network Settings Webpage Fields ............................. 28
3.5
-
S
PANNING
T
REE
A
LGORITHM
................................... 29
3.6
-
C
OMPATIBILITY
........................................................ 31
3 Address (Layer 3 Bridge) & 4 Address Mode ......... 31
What
Addresses
are
in
a
wireless
Ethernet
data
frame?
.........
31
Packets
between
AP
and
Client
...............................................
31
WI-MOD-E-100 Compatibility .................................... 31
3.7
-
S
ECURITY
M
ENU
...................................................... 32
WEP (64 bit) & (128 bit) ............................................. 32
Encryption
Keys
1
to
4
.............................................................
32
Default WEP Key ....................................................... 32
Authentication
Mode
=Open/Shared
......................................
32
WPA / WPA2 .............................................................. 33
WPA Enterprise - Authenticator (AP) Configuration .. 33
Supplicant
Re
‐
authenticate
Period:
.........................................
33
Enable
Debug:
..........................................................................
33
WPA Enterprise - Supplicant (Client) Configuration .. 33
Trusted
CA
certificate
upload
..................................................
33
Certificate
Verification
result:
..................................................
33
Trusted
CA
Certificate
Contents:..............................................
33
3.8
-
D
ISPLAYS THE CONTENTS OF THE
CA
C
ERTIFICATE
.N
ORMAL
O
PERATION
.................................. 34
Bridge Operation (Transparent Network) .................. 34
Router Operation (Routed Network) .......................... 34
3.9
-
R
ADIO
C
ONFIGURATION
........................................... 34
Channel Selection ..................................................... 36
WI
‐
MOD
‐
E
‐
G
modem
(2.4
GHz
802.11b/g)
..............................
36
WI
‐
MOD
‐
E
‐
A
modem
(5GHz
802.11a)
.....................................
36
3.10
-
A
DVANCED
R
ADIO
C
ONFIGURATION
....................... 37
Fixed Noise Floor ...................................................... 38
3.11
-
S
ERIAL
P
ORT
C
ONFIGURATION
.............................. 39
RS-232 PPP Server ................................................... 39
Serial Gateway (Server/Client/Multicast) ................... 40
Serial Gateway (Modbus RTU to TCP) ..................... 40
Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway .................................. 41
3.12
-
S
ERIAL
M
ENU
........................................................ 42
RS-232 / RS485 Serial Port Configuration (Common to
all) .............................................................................. 42
RS232 PPP Server (Only RS232) ............................. 42
RS-232 / RS485 Serial Gateway Mode ..................... 42
RS-232 / RS485 Modbus TCP/RTU Converter ......... 43
3.13
-
M
ULTICAST
P
IPE
M
ANAGER
................................... 44
Multicast Pipe Manager ............................................. 44
3.14
-
D
IGITAL
I
NPUT
/O
UTPUT
......................................... 45
3.15
-
M
ODBUS
I/O
T
RANSFER
........................................ 45
Modbus TCP Configuration on I/O Transfer Menu: ... 48
Modbus TCP Client Mappings on I/O Transfer Menu:
................................................................................... 48
3.16
-
R
OAMING
.............................................................. 49
3.17
-
R
EPEATERS
(WDS) ............................................... 51
Important
Notes:
.....................................................................
51
WDS Connections: .................................................... 52
Example 1 – Extending range using WDS ................ 53
Example 2 - Roaming with WDS Access Points ....... 54
Example 3 – Adding Redundancy ............................. 55
Example 4 – WDS Routed Network .......................... 56
3.18
-
R
OUTING
............................................................... 58
3.19
-
F
ILTERING
............................................................. 60
MAC Address Filter Configuration: ............................ 61
IP Address Filter Configuration: ................................ 62
ARP Filter Configuration ............................................ 62
3.20
-
DHCP
C
LIENT
C
ONFIGURATION
............................. 63
3.21
-
DHCP
S
ERVER
C
ONFIGURATION
........................... 63
3.22
-
DNS
S
ERVER
C
ONFIGURATION
.............................. 63
3.23
-
VLAN ................................................................... 64
What is VLAN ............................................................ 64
Operation ................................................................... 64
VLAN Group .............................................................. 65
Interface Membership ................................................ 66
Examples ................................................................... 66
Example
1
‐
Basic
VLAN
............................................................
66