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Summary of Contents for R2 Extender

Page 1: ...R2 Extender Quick Installation Guide V 1 0 January 2009 Page 1...

Page 2: ...ns without the written permission of the supplier About the Installation Guide This Installation Guide is intended to guide professional installer to install the R2 Extender It includes procedures to...

Page 3: ...E PTP and PTMP connectivity Moreover the R2 Extender has a built in 23dBi planar antenna that can deliver up to a 40Km connection An external antenna may also be used to improve signal quality extend...

Page 4: ...the hardware properly please read and follow these safety precautions 1 If you are installing an antenna for the first time for your safety as well as others please seek assistance from a professional...

Page 5: ...1 PoE Injector Power cord 1 Grounding Wire w screw 1 Water Proof RJ 45 Connector Kit 1 Quick Installation Guide 1 Product CD 1 Note Product CD contains Management Tool Quick Installation Guide and Use...

Page 6: ...10 Wood Screw 4 for Wall Mount 11 Wall Gyprock Plug 4 for Wall Mount Waterproof RJ 45 Connector Kit 1 Gland 1 2 Sealing Nut 1 3 Sealing 1 Page 6...

Page 7: ...placing articulation pole 2 to the T form bracket 1 via a M8 90 4 screw through the insertion axe and fix with the M8 washer 5 spring washer 6 and M8 nut 7 Pole Mounting 1 Install the main bracket and...

Page 8: ...2 Fasten two M8 80 screws 4 and washers 5 through the drill holes and main bracket with a spanner 3 Adjust the antenna for appropriate tilt vertical orientation Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Page 8...

Page 9: ...black cover in advance by using a coin or a slotted screwdriver and then screw in the body of the gland and tighten 2 Slide the sealing nut to the RJ 45 cable from its middle breach and then insert th...

Page 10: ...5 Ethernet cable from your wired LAN or a computer into the power injector RJ 45 jack DATA IN 2 Plug a user supplied Cat 5 Ethernet cable from the R2 Extender into the power injector RJ 45 jack P DAT...

Page 11: ...s correctly connected to the RJ 45 port on the R2 Extender labeled PoE Data DO NOT connect to the port labeled Warning No POE otherwise the extender will be severely damaged Warning Chapter 5 Troubles...

Page 12: ...PC which is in the same network segment with the R2 Extender As the default IP address of this unit is 192 168 1 1 you may choose from 192 168 1 2 to 192 168 1 254 2 Test the link status between your...

Page 13: ...till initializing Considering convenient configuration it is recommended to configure local and remote R2 Extender respectively on two computers z TTL time may vary depending on the operating system C...

Page 14: ...sh wireless bridge connectivity with R2 Extender Enter the user name admin and password password to login and make configurations Note Due to browser s security trusted sites 192 168 1 1 might not abl...

Page 15: ...eless and you will find the default operating mode is Peer to Peer CSMA Select RF1 WLAN1 or RF2 WLAN2 as Bridge to make the following configuration Here we take RF1 as an example Se select Peer to Pee...

Page 16: ...ss MAC address of it either WLAN 1 or WLAN 2 MAC Address Login the Web based interface of local R2 Extender and open Peer to Peer Setup in Wireless Select RF1 input the WLAN1 or WLAN2 MAC address of t...

Page 17: ...segment to the one of bridges Use ping to check whether the link between the two R2 Extender is OK R2 Extender B R2 Extender A To get a better wireless connectivity antenna alignment is strongly reco...

Page 18: ...ix the remote antenna when it reaches your expectation Usually RSSI between 60 and 70dBm indicates rather good signal strength Adjust the local antenna after fixing the remote one During the adjustmen...

Page 19: ...k whether in each device are identical Security Settings Remote bridges attempting to authenticate to your R2 Extender must support the same security options configured in your bridge such as WEP and...

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