MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual ALINK 300Mbps WiFi High Power Outdoor 5G Bridge / 2.4G Access Point User Manual Revision 1.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual Revision History Version Date Notes 1.0 Oct. 21, 2010 Initial Version 1.1 July 28, 2011 1.2a Feb. 20, 2012 1.3 May 29, 2012 1.4 Nov 13,2012 “Auto-reboot” feature added. Designed for situation of near-end AP cannot receive “alive message” from far-end AP in a certain period. Then this function will perform automatically at near-end AP without notice.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual Introduction The MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor System (“outdoor unit” in the following paragraphs) consists of two concurrent running radios, one at 5GHz supporting 802.11a/n standard, and the other at 2.4GHz for 802.11b/g/n features. This outdoor AP supports Point-to-Point, Point to Multipoint, building-to-building communication, that the data rate is up to 150Mbps in HT-20 mode, or to 300 Mbps in HT-40 mode.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual Key Features: 2x2 MIMO for both 5GHz (802.11n/a) and 2.4GHz (802.11n/b/g) Radios Platform High speed Wire and Wireless connectivity 300Mbps 802.11n/a wireless backhaul & 300Mbps 802.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual Table of Contents 1. MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System Hardware Feature ......................... 8 1.1 Hardware Outline ................................................................................................................................. 8 Product Features ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Feature Highlight ..............
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual Table of Figures Figure 1. Outdoor unit Hardware Outline .................................................................................................... 8 Figure 2. Antenna connection& bracket kit................................................................................................ 10 Figure 3. PoE connection ............................................................................................................................
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual Manual Conventions Bold Italic Courier Bold type within paragraph text indicates commands, files names, directory names, paths, output, or returned values. Within commands, italics indicate a variable that the user must specify. Titles of manuals or other published documents are also set in italics. The courier font indicates output or display.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 1. MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System Hardware Feature 1.1 Hardware Outline Figure 1.Outdoor unit Hardware Outline Product Features Range — the outdoor unit has been refined and optimized for long range application, up to 35Km. Temperature — the outdoor unit is tested for normal operation in the ambient temperatures from -35°C to 70°C. Operating in temperatures outside of this range may cause the unit malfunctioned.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual Feature Highlight 5GHz 802.11a/n based Point-to-Point Bridge 5GHz 802.11a/n based Point-to-Multipoint Bridge (up to 8 links) 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n based high capacity access point coverage Release 3.1 highlight SNMP support Management VLAN NTP 802.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 1.2 Interface 1.2.1 External Antenna Connection Figure 2.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 1.2.2 Power over Ethernet (PoE) & Cable Connection PoE Ethernet Cable connects to Output port and link to Outdoor Unit Ethernet cable connects to Input port and link to host PC or LAN Device (ex. Switch or Hub) Figure 3. PoE connection 1.2.3 Grounding 1) Proper grounding is always recommended for the safety consideration. 1.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual Support 10/100 Base-T Ethernet interface The operating mode is IEEE 802.11a/n & 802.11b/g/n infrastructure for the outdoor unit The dynamic data rate switching among the standards of 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n HT 20, and 802.11n HT40- and 802.11n HT 40+ are provided by Atheros chipset.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 2. Getting Started 2.1 Setup Local Area Connection on your PC 2.1.1 Start Network Configuration on your PC 1) Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Communications > Network Connections Figure 4. Windows Start Menu 2) Right click on the Local Area Connection and select Properties Figure 5.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 3) The following window shows up Figure 6. Local Area Connection Properties 4) Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then Properties (or double click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)) 5) Enter an IP address (ex. 192.168.100.2) under the same subnet as the Default IP Address of outdoor unit (192.168.100.20) 6) Enter 255.255.255.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual Figure 7. Internet Protocol Properties 2.2 Check access to the unit Use Ping utility of DOS mode to check the access to the outdoor unit. 1) Go to DOS mode 2) Enter the command: ping 192.168.100.20 The outdoor unit shall respond your ping request. Note that use the same PC to ping different outdoor units may cause ping failure. This is because the all of the outdoor units share the same default IP address but different MAC addresses.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual Figure 8. Ping& ARP command 2.3 Access to web pages 1) Launch a Web Browser 2) Enter the default IP address as URL (default IP address: 192.168.100.20) and the initial home page (login page) will appear 3) Enter user name (default username: Admin) and password (default password: Wireless) Note: You need to use the default user name and password when you log in for the first time. Figure 9.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 2.4 Basic Configuration 2.4.1 System Setting This page can be accessed by clicking System > Setting. Figure 10. System Setting page 1) Country You can set the AP to follow different country and region regulation. 2) IP Address DHCP Client Select this if your Internet Service Provider (ISP) uses a DHCP service to assign an IP address to your router when connecting to the Internet.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 3) Password Change Password by entering a new password twice, click Save and then Reboot. User will be asked to login again with new password after reboot (the password is case sensitive). 4) SNMP Community S SNMP Community name is a string for administrator to read and write the SNMP MIB from external SNMP manager. The default SNMP community name is “public” for read community, and “private” for write community.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 7) NTP The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol and software implementation for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. The available NTP server IP & its availability can be found by the following hyperlink (http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/). Enable this feature and specific the IP address of NTP server IP to get the system date & time through NTP protocol.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 2.4.2 System Information This page can be accessed by clicking System > Information. Figure 11. System Information page This page lists the important system information and software / hardware inventory data. 1) Uptime The elapse time since outdoor unit powered up. 2) IP address / Subnet Mask / Gateway The IP address / Subnet Mask / Gateway of the wireless ODU setting. 3) Ethernet, 5GHz & 2.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 2.4.3 Upgrade The reboot function can be apply by clicking “System -> Upgrade” from left side menu Figure 12. Upgrade page When the new version of firmware has been received, you can upload the file by the web interface for upgrade the firmware. The page can be access by clicking ”System -> Upgrade” from the left side menu. Note: (a).
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 2.4.4 Reboot You can access reboot function by clicking System > Reboot!. Figure 13. Reboot page When starting reboot, system will prompt you a rebooting window. It takes at least 25 seconds to finish the reboot process.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 3. Configure 5GHz Bridge 3.1 Bridge Configuration This page can be accessed by clicking Bridge > Setting. Figure 14.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 1) Enable / Disable 5GHz Radio Click the radio box to enable/disable 5GHz Radio. It is enabled by default. 2) Wireless Mode Figure 15. Wireless mode page There are four wireless modes: WiFi 11a (54Mbps), WiFI 11na HT20 (150Mbps), WiFi 11na HT40+ and WiFi 11na HT40- (300Mbps). It is required to set up the same wireless mode between the bridge links to communicate with each other.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 3) Channel (Radio Frequency) Figure 16. Channel page Select a radio channel according to the availability or system plan. It is required for all Bridges on outdoor units to have the same radio frequency to communicate with each other.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 4) Data Rate Figure 17. Data Rate page Available data rate range is dependent upon the selection of Wireless Mode setting. Rates of 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 54Mbps are supported for the wireless mode of 54Mbps (802.11a). And, rates of MCS-0, MCS-1, MCS-2, MCS-3, MCS-4, MCS-5, MCS-6, MCS-7, MCS-8, MCS-9, MCS-10, MCS-11, MCS-12, MCS-13, MCS-14, and MCS-15 are supported for the wireless mode of 802.11a/n HT-20, 802.11a/n HT-40+, and 802.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 5) Bridge Mode Figure 18. Bridge mode page Select Master for Master Bridge mode, or select Slave for Slave Bridge mode. The default mode is Slave. Note: When Master mode is enabled, the remote bridge mode shall set as Slave mode. One bridge network shall have only one outdoor unit in Master mode, and the others in Slave mode.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 6) Remote Bridge Setup Figure 19. Remote bridge setup page In order to establish the wireless link between Bridge Radios, the MAC address of remote Bridge(s) needs to be registered in the address filed. Enter the MAC address with format as xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (x is the hexadecimal digit). Master Bridge Radio may accommodate up to 8 remote MAC addresses by the current firmware.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 7) Security Please refer to Chapter 4 for security setting. 4X Figure 20. Security page 8) Distance (Km) Enter the distance according to the longest link between the Master and Slaves in the network. The value needs to be greater than or equal to the real distance. The range is from 1Km to 35Km.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 10) Tx Power Available selections of transmit power are Full, -3dB, -6dB and -9dB. Select the appropriate transmit power according to the distance and environmental factor between Bridges. 11) Auto Reboot Default is Disable. When this function is enabled, near-end AP cannot receive alive message from far-end AP in a certain period. Then this function will perform automatically at near-end AP without notice.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 4. Bridge Security Setting To have a secured data transmission, outdoor unit provides the following encryption types. No Security 64-bit & 128-bit WEP WPA TKIP-PSK or AES-PSK Note that it is required to have the same security setting between Bridges to communicate. 4.1 Bridge Security Setting - WEP This page can be accessed by clicking Bridge > Setting. Figure 21.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 2) Key Entry Method Hexadecimal: The key must be hexadecimal (0-9, A-F). 3) Key Length For WEP encryption, the key length can be 10 HEX. 4) Encryption Key The WEP key can be in one of the following formats: 5 characters, 10 hex digits, 13 characters, or 26 hex digits. Note that it is required to have the same security setting between Bridges to communicate. 5) To make changes take effect, click Save and Reboot when you finish all settings.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual Select WPA to enable the security mode. 2) WPA Mode Select WPA according to the security plan. 3) Cypher Mode Select Cypher according to the security plan. TKIP or AES. 4) PSK The key is an ASCII string with length from 8 to 63 characters. 5) To make changes take effect, click Save and Reboot when you finish all settings. Note that it is required to have the same security setting between Bridges to communicate.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 5. Network Management 5.1 5GHz Bridge Connection Status This page shows the local and remote Bridges and can be accessed by clicking Bridge > Status. Figure 23. Master/Slave Bridges connection status Figure 24. Master/Slave Bridges Connections 1) Salve Bridge This line shows the MAC address of Slave Bridge as well as its status.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 5.1.1 RSSI By clicking on MAC address hyperlink of desired remote Bridge, the system will show a RSSI page for you to monitor the bridge link. Figure 25. RSSI page RSSI values on this page are refreshed automatically.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 6. Configure 2.4GHz AP 6.1 AP Configuration This page can be accessed by clicking AP > Setting. Figure 26. 2.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 1) Enable / Disable 5GHz Radio Click the radio box to enable/disable 2.4GHz Radio. It is enabled by default. 2) Wireless Mode Figure 27. 2.4GHz wireless mode page There are four wireless modes: WiFi 11g (54Mbps), WiFi 11ng HT20 (150Mpbs), WiFi 11ng HT40+ and WiFi 11ng HT40- (300Mbps). 3) Channel (Radio Frequency) Select a radio channel according to the availability or system plan.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual option can make the SSID invisible from site survey tool. Enable this function only if you do not want the Access Point to be found by others. 5) Suppress SSID When you enable “Suppress SSID” function, SSID information will be removed from AP broadcast frame. Thus, only those stations aware of the SSID can associate with AP. The default setting is disabled. 6) Security By default, the security is disabled (No Security).
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual Figure 28. QoS parameters Note: - AC_BE: Best effort packet - AC_BK: Background packet - AC_VI: Video packet - AC_VO: Voice packet 10) ACL(Access Control) You may choose to Disabled, Allow, or Deny. By selecting Allow, only the address listed in the table will have access to the network; all other clients will be blocked.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 11) To make changes take effect, click Save and Reboot when you finish all settings.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 6.2 AP Connection Status This page can be accessed by clicking AP > Status This page can help user to identify current devices that already associated to the AP. The MAC addresses and signal strength for each client will appear.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 7. Planning Linkage 7.1 Site Survey You need to consider the following operating and environmental conditions when performing a site survey: Data rates – The sensitivity and the radio range are inversely proportional to data rates. Therefore, the maximum radio range is achieved at the lowest workable data rate, and a decrease in receiver threshold sensitivity occurs as the radio data rate increases.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual If there is any obstacle in the radio path, it may still be a radio link but the quality and the signal strength will be affected. Ensure the maximum clearance from objects on a path is important to locate the antennas and the height. For the long distance links, the radio signals might be lost partially due to the non-LOS issue.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual 7.2.1 Antenna Height The reliable wireless link usually depends on the both sides antennas for a clear radio line of sight. The minimum height is determined by the link distance, obstacles that may be in the path, topology of the terrain, and the curvature of the earth (for links over 2 miles). For the long distance links, the mast or the pole may need to be constructed to attain the minimum required height.
MIMO 2x2 Wireless Outdoor Access Point System User Manual is at an elevation of 17 m (56 ft), so the antennas link on both sides need to be at least 22.4 m (73 ft) high. The building A is six stories high or 20 m (66 ft), so the mast or pole with 2.4 m (7.9 ft) must be constructed on its roof to meet the required antenna height. The building B is only three stories high or 9 m (30 ft) but it is located at an elevation that is 12 m (39 ft) higher than the building A.
