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IEEE 802.11b Outdoor 

Wireless Client Bridge

 

 

 

 

User Manual 

 

November 03, 2004 

Version 1.00 

 

 

 
 

Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly, and 
retain it for future reference. 

 

Version 1.02 

  Contents 

CHAPTER 1.

 

INTRODUCTION .................................................................. 1

 

1.1

 

I

NTRODUCING THE 

W

IRELESS CLIENT BRIDGE

........................................... 1

 

1.2

 

P

RODUCT 

F

EATURES

................................................................................. 1

 

1.3

 

P

ACKAGE 

C

ONTENTS

................................................................................. 1

 

1.4

 

S

YSTEM 

R

EQUIREMENTS

........................................................................... 2

 

1.5

 

I

NLINE 

P

OWER 

I

NJECTOR 

(P

O

E) ................................................................ 2

 

CHAPTER 2.

 

INSTALLATION AND BASIC CONFIGURATION ......... 3

 

2.1

 

B

EFORE 

Y

OU 

S

TART

.................................................................................. 3

 

2.2

 

L

OCATE THE 

W

IRELESS CLIENT BRIDGE AND 

I

NLINE 

P

OWER 

I

NJECTOR 

P

ORTS

  4

 

2.3

 

P

REPARING 

I

NSTALLATION

........................................................................ 7

 

2.4

 

B

ASIC 

C

ONFIGURATION

............................................................................. 9

 

2.4.1

 

What you need to know..................................................................... 9

 

2.4.2

 

Basic Configuration Steps ................................................................ 9

 

2.4.3

 

Login into the Web Interface .......................................................... 10

 

2.4.4

 

Set IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Route IP ............................. 13

 

2.4.5

 

Set Wireless Encryption for Wireless Interface .............................. 14

 

2.4.6

 

Change Supervisor Account & Password ...................................... 15

 

2.4.7

 

Upgrade the Firmware ................................................................... 16

 

2.4.8

 

Back-up the Wireless client bridge’s Configuration Files ............. 20

 

CHAPTER 3.

 

NETWORK TOPOLOGIES ............................................... 22

 

3.1

 

W

IRELESS 

C

LIENT 

B

RIDGE

-

TO

-C

ENTRAL 

W

IRELESS 

B

RIDGE

.................. 23

 

3.2

 

W

IRELESS 

C

LIENT 

R

OUTER

-

TO

-C

ENTRAL 

W

IRELESS 

B

RIDGE

................. 24

 

3.3

 

W

IRELESS 

C

LIENT 

B

RIDGE

-

TO

-C

ENTRAL 

W

IRELESS 

R

OUTER

................. 25

 

3.4

 

W

IRELESS 

C

LIENT 

R

OUTER

-

TO

-C

ENTRAL 

W

IRELESS 

R

OUTER

................ 26

 

CHAPTER 4.

 

NETWORK PARAMETERS .............................................. 28

 

4.1

 

IP

 

C

ONFIGURATION

................................................................................. 28

 

4.2

 

C

ONFIGURE 

SNMP.................................................................................. 28

 

4.2.1

 

Configure Community Pool............................................................ 28

 

4.2.2

 

Configure Trap Host Pool .............................................................. 30

 

4.3

 

C

ONFIGURE 

W

IRELESS RELATED PARAMETERS

....................................... 32

 

4.4

 

U

TILITY

................................................................................................... 35

 

4.4.1

 

Software Upgrade........................................................................... 35

 

4.4.2

 

Administration ................................................................................ 36

 

CHAPTER 5.

 

MONITOR INFORMATION ............................................. 37

 

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Страница 1: ...ps 9 2 4 3 Login into the Web Interface 10 2 4 4 Set IP Address Subnet Mask Default Route IP 13 2 4 5 Set Wireless Encryption for Wireless Interface 14 2 4 6 Change Supervisor Account Password 15 2 4 7 Upgrade the Firmware 16 2 4 8 Back up the Wireless client bridge s Configuration Files 20 CHAPTER 3 NETWORK TOPOLOGIES 22 3 1 WIRELESS CLIENT BRIDGE TO CENTRAL WIRELESS BRIDGE 23 3 2 WIRELESS CLIENT...

Страница 2: ...Bridge to construct point to point as well as point to multipoint topologies for maximum flexibility in configuring building to building networks to WISP 1 2 Product Features 9 Outdoor enclosure in compliance with IP67 9 RF transmit power 100mW 20dBm with 85dBm Rx sensitivity 11Mbps data rate 9 Embedded 9dBi patch directional antenna 9 Support 24VDC 0 8A Power over Ethernet 9 NAT NAPT and Virtual ...

Страница 3: ... ratio 1 This works great in areas where you may not have power and or Ethernet easily accessible like house roof 2 This also allows you to place the Wireless client bridge unit closer to the antenna more easily thus reducing signal loss over antenna cabling 3 Ethernet signal travels well over CAT 5 cable but 2 4GHz signal doesn t do as well over antenna cabling 4 Ethernet cabling is much cheaper ...

Страница 4: ...k casing pipe Before After Interface on the Inline Power Injector Version 1 02 5 9 Data Input Port 3 for connecting cross over Ethernet Cable to PC or straight Ethernet cable to Hub Switch Router 9 110 240VAC 50 60Hz AC DC power adapter DC Input Port 4 9 Power Data Output Port 5 for connecting the 30m RJ 45 CAT 5 Ethernet Cable 9 Grounding Port 6 NOTE The cross over or straight type Ethernet cable...

Страница 5: ...bridge Step 1 Attach the 1 8m RS 232 null modem console cable to the Console Port on the Wireless client bridge unit refer to page 4 and the other end DB9 female type to a terminal or a PC running a terminal emulation program Step 2 Plug the DC plug of the AC DC power adapter into the DC Input Port of Inline Power Injector and the wall mount plug into a power outlet or power strip refer to page 4 ...

Страница 6: ...e configured into two operation roles including Wireless Client Bridge and Wireless Client Router The Wireless client bridge is shipped with default configuration to function as a client bridge between an Ethernet and Wireless network by attaching Wireless client bridge to the wired LAN simply If user would configure Wireless client bridge please refer to the following procedures 2 4 2 Basic Confi...

Страница 7: ...32 Console Port on Wireless client bridge Connect the other end to a terminal or a PC running a terminal emulation program Step 2 Set the terminal to 115200 baud rate None Parity 8 data bits 1 Stop bit and ANSI compatible Step 3 Run a terminal emulation program on PC such as Hyper Terminal and set the following connection properties Step 3 1 Click the Start icon Program Accessories Communication T...

Страница 8: ... System TCP IP SNMP Wireless Running Status System Info Statistic Info Version 1 02 13 Site Survey Wireless Link Info Utility Software Upgrade Administration Move through the tree by clicking on an icon to expand or collapse the tree The nodes on the tree represent web pages that allow viewing and modifying the parameters 2 4 4 Set IP Address Subnet Mask Default Route IP Host Information The Host ...

Страница 9: ...64 bit WEP encryption an encryption key is 10 hexadecimal characters 0 9 and A F or 5 ASCII characters For 128 bit WEP encryption an encryption key is 26 hexadecimal characters or 13 ASCII characters Modify the WEP encryption parameters on the web page General Config Woreless Enter 1 15 characters into the WEP Key field and click KeyGen to generate the WEP64 or WEP128 key patterns Version 1 02 15 ...

Страница 10: ... TFTP to upgrade Wireless client bridge Here user must specify the TFTP server IP and select which file you want to upgrade it Program image Web image then click OK button to start the TFTP upgrade process Step 2 If the upgrade process is success the Wireless client bridge will apply the new settings and start rebooting right away Hint You must set up a TFTP Server and this server must contain the...

Страница 11: ...the firmware files one by one Step 6 While the window starts to display C character continuously click Transfer and select the new firmware files soho bin file press OK to start to transfer file to Wireless client bridge Step 7 Select 4 to upgrade WEBIMG file The procedures are the same with upgrading SOHO file go back to step 5 but should select pfs img file correctly for WEBIMG file upgrade Step...

Страница 12: ...t S Save image to file and then select 6 CONFIG to back up the Wireless client bridge configuration as the figure shown below The back up file will be saved as CONFIG IMG file Uploading Configuration Files To upload an configuration file to Wireless client bridge user should select F upgrade Flash memory and then select 6 CONFIG While the window starts to display C character continuously click Tra...

Страница 13: ...network notes may be Wireless Client Router or Bridge To show the available Point to Multipoint topologies the following examples are provided 1 Wireless Client Bridge to Central Wireless Bridge 2 Wireless Client Router to Central Wireless Bridge 3 Wireless Client Bridge to Central Wireless Router 4 Wireless Client Router to Central Wireless Router Version 1 02 23 3 1 Wireless Client Bridge to Cen...

Страница 14: ...The ROU assigns IP addresses to PC1 and PC2 Version 1 02 25 3 3 Wireless Client Bridge to Central Wireless Router Step 1 Set the COU to perform a Wireless Router Wireless Interface IP 192 168 1 1 Ethernet Interface IP 192 168 2 1 It is a must to enable NAT on Ethernet interface default route 192 168 2 254 Step 2 Set Wireless parameters on COU Channel 1 and SSID wireless Step 3 Set the DHCP server ...

Страница 15: ...lt route 192 168 1 1 Step 4 Set Wireless parameters on ROU Channel 1 and SSID wireless and these parameters must be the same with COU Step 5 Set the DHCP server service on the ROU and apply it on Ethernet Interface Step 6 The ROU assigns IP addresses to PC1 and PC2 Version 1 02 27 The operator can also disable NAT behavior on COU and enable NAT behavior on ROU enable NAT on Wireless Interface In t...

Страница 16: ...onfigure Community Pool The SNMP Community Pool has five entries 1 To modify the entry click the select button beside the entry index number and click Modify The configuration page appears as the figure shown below Version 1 02 29 2 Specify the Validity Access Right and Community field 9 Validity Select Enable or Disable to control this community 9 Access Right Select a command from the pull down ...

Страница 17: ...ify the Version IP Address and Community field 9 Version Select Disable Version 1 or Version 2 to control this trap host 9 IP Address Enter the Trap Host IP Address 9 Community Enter the password in this field Version 1 02 31 3 Click OK to refresh the current trap host pool 4 To modify another trap host entry to the current trap host pool repeat step 1 through step 3 5 When you have modified all t...

Страница 18: ...et A low RTS Threshold setting can be useful in areas where many client devices are associating with the access point or in areas where the clients are far apart and can detect only the bridge and not each other frag Threshold The setting determines the size ranging from 256 to 2338 bytes at which packets are fragmented sent as several pieces instead of as one block Use a low setting in areas wher...

Страница 19: ...grade Step 1 Click Utility select Software Upgrade page as the figure shown below and then use TFTP to upgrade AP In the Utility Software Upgrade page user must specify the TFTP server IP and select by which file to upgrade Program image Web image then click OK button to start the TFTP upgrade process Step 2 If the upgrade process is success the AP will apply the new settings and start rebooting r...

Страница 20: ...complete the restart process Version 1 02 37 Chapter 5 Monitor Information User can find the system running status and other information on this window Click the Running Status link on the left window use can choose which function that he wants to monitor General System Information The following information can be found in this block 9 Product Model 9 Host Name 9 Software Version 9 Build Built by ...

Страница 21: ...nformation and most of the running parameters Version 1 02 39 5 2 Statistic Information By selecting Running Status Statistic Info the figure below shows the Statistic of Interface page In this page user can find the packet statistic of each interface Wireless and Ethernet This statistic table includes the following information 9 In Packets 9 Out Packets 9 In Bytes 9 Out Bytes ...

Страница 22: ... the following information 9 SSID 9 BSSID 9 Channel 9 Type 9 Encrypt 9 Signal Version 1 02 41 5 4 Wireless Link Information This item only displayed on ROU mode By selecting Running Status Wireless Link Info the figure below shows the Radio Link Information page In this page user can find the following information about the radio link 9 Link Status 9 Current SSID 9 SNR C I 9 RSL 9 Noise Level 9 Cu...

Страница 23: ...ture Infrastructure with Wireless client bridge Access Protocol CSMA CA Roaming IEEE802 11b compliant Security 64 128 bit data encryption Radio Specifications Frequency Band 2 4 2 484 GHz Radio Type Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS Modulation CCK 11 5 5Mbps DQPSK 2Mbps Version 1 02 43 DBPSK 1Mbps Operation Channels North America 11 Japan 14 Europe 13 Spain 2 France 4 Transmit Power 10dBm ETSI ...

Страница 24: ...Disable Bridge IP Address 192 168 2 1 Bridge Subnet Mask For Wireless Client Bridge with Operation Mode 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway IP Address IP address of the gateway for default route when TCP IP filtering 192 168 2 254 7 1 2 SNMP 7 1 2 1 Table of SNMP Community Pool Parameter Description Default Value Index 1 Enable Index 2 Enable Index 3 Disable Index 4 Disable Index 5 Validity Enable or di...

Страница 25: ... threshold value 60 Fragmentation Threshold Set fragmentation threshold value 2346 SSID Wireless LAN service area identifier of the RB case sensitive wireless Station Name Show the name of the AP ap WEP Key Push the KeyGen button to generate the WEP key patterns automatically wepkey WEP 1 WEP128 2 WEP64 3 Disable Disable Default Key Select a WEP key to encrypt each frame transmitted from the radio...

Страница 26: ...ransmitter Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class C digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules and Regulation These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used i...

Страница 27: ... Type Wireless Access Bridge Made in Taiwan Complies with Part 15 Class C of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Version 1 02 51 European Community CE Notice Marking by the symbol Indicates compliance with ...

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