AW58100HTA AW58100HTS User’s Manual 5.
AW58100HTA, HTS User’s Manual Thank you for your purchase of this member of the 5.8 GHz Outdoor 100 Mbps family of wireless Ethernet radios. The AW58100HTA is a radio with dual omnidirectional antennas. It serves as an Access Point (master) in a point-to-multipoint network. The AW58100HTS is a radio with a dual flat panel high gain directional antenna. Multiple AW58100HTS radios can serve as a Subscriber Units (clients) in conjunction with an AW58100HTA.
User’s Manual AW58100HTA, HTS Quick Start Guide To create a point-to-multipoint system, you need one AW58100HTA Access Point and one or more AW58100HTS Subscriber Units. We recommend connecting and powering up the units on the bench before deploying in the field because it is much easier to troubleshoot problems and to adjust the configuration if necessary without having to climb poles to do it. Activate the AW58100HTS units one at a time until they can be given distinct IP addresses. Step 1.
AW58100HTA, HTS User’s Manual Step 4. Browse to the Access Point’s interface: Enter http://192.168.88.12 into your web browser’s address bar. If you are successful, you will see a login screen like this. If not, the browser will time out and you will need to double check the IP addresses and subnet masks. click Step 5. Log In to the Access Point: The default login name is “admin” and the password is “password.
User’s Manual AW58100HTA, HTS Physical Setup 1. If the factory default digital configuration is satisfactory, you can proceed directly to physical deployment. If you wish to make any changes, you may want to perform the procedures in the next section before mounting the radios in their final locations. Particularly if data security is important, you will likely want to change passwords and encryption keys. If RF interference sources are present, you may want to change the channel frequency or bandwidth.
AW58100HTA, HTS User’s Manual Connecting to the radio 1. Digital configuration is done by means of the radio’s built in browser interface. The unit should be powered on and connected at least temporarily to a network containing a computer that can run a conventional web browser. 2. Using your web browser, connect to the radio as described in the Quick Start Guide found earlier in this manual. 3. The initial screen after a successful login is “Quick Set”: 4.
User’s Manual AW58100HTA, HTS Changing The Configuration - Step by Step Again please remember that if you change the IP Address or User Password and forget their new values, you have locked yourself out of the browser interface. Recovery can be a time-consuming process and will require the help of AvaLAN Technical Support.
AW58100HTA, HTS User’s Manual 3. Setting the SSID: • On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window, click “Wireless.” Then click anywhere in the “Wireless_Radio” row to bring up the “Interface ” page. • The second line down in the content table shows the current SSID and provides a text box to change it. Change the SSID to a new value of your choice and click “OK” or “Apply.” • You will need to browse to the radio’s IP Address and login again after the change. 4.
User’s Manual AW58100HTA, HTS 5. Setting the Access Point Frequency Channel and Bandwidth: • On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window, click “Quick Set.” This returns you to the page presented after login. • The default Frequency Channel is 5805 MHz. There are more choices available in the dropdown list than are legal or appropriate for this set of products. Do not change the “Band” dropdown box setting.
AW58100HTA, HTS User’s Manual Viewing Status Information After configuring your AvaLAN radios and establishing links among them, you can use the browser interface to view status and troubleshooting Information. The initial “Quick Set” page will show whether the wireless link is operating and the current signal strength. For more comprehensive information, choose “Wireless” from the Main Menu at the left side of the window. The “Wireless” page leads to most of the useful status information.
User’s Manual AW58100HTA, HTS This page displays the current RF frequency, the SSID, current transmission rates, amount of data sent and received since last reboot, drops and errors. Also shown are graphs of megabits per second and packets per second during the last five minutes or so. The graphs are well labeled and auto-scale to fit the data. After viewing the status, you may leave the page by clicking “Cancel” or by using the Main Menu.
AW58100HTA, HTS User’s Manual Advanced Diagnostic Tools You may want to contact AvaLAN Technical Support for more guidance before using the additional tools described in this section. The radio’s browser interface unlocks some additional features if you login as an advanced user instead of the standard user described earlier in this manual.
User’s Manual AW58100HTA, HTS When you log in as the advanced user, the navigation menu looks like this. There are three new tabs: • Files - Lists the files associated with the web interface of the radio. This information may be useful when contacting AvaLAN Technical Support. You are cautioned not to delete or alter these files without instructions from AvaLAN Technical Support. (It is very easy to render your radio inoperative by doing so.
AW58100HTA, HTS User’s Manual 2. Flood Ping: This tool can be used to generate a continuous string of ping commands to any IP address the radio can see on its subnet. Ping uses ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) to request a packet from the target device, waits for a return and then immediately sends another request. You can specify the IP address to ping, the packet count, packet size in bytes and the timeout in milliseconds. 3.
User’s Manual AW58100HTA, HTS 4. Ping: This tool is like the normal Internet ping command and is less disruptive of network traffic than Flood Ping. A request is sent and the time needed for a reply is measured. After an interval, the process is repeated. By default, continuous ping requests are send until you click “Stop.” Or you can specify a count, much like the ping command used in the Windows or Unix command line. 6.
AW58100HTA, HTS User’s Manual Frequency Channels Frequency Band 802.
