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AirLive WHP-1130 User Manual

Outdoor Bridge
WHB-1100, WHB-1120,
WHB-1130 & WHB-5800
User’s Manual
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Packing List
Your Outdoor Bridge package should contain the following items:
• One Outdoor Bridge
• One DC injector with RJ-45 LAN and ODU (outdoor unit) jacks
• One power adapter for the DC injector
• One mounting kit
• One 25-meter Category 5 waterproof cable with RJ-45 plug and ODU
connector
• One 30-cm Reverse N(M)-N(M) RG400 cable
• WLAN Management System software and wireless outdoor bridge user’s
guide in electronic form (CD-ROM)
Your Outdoor Bridge Solution package should contain the following items:
• One Outdoor Bridge Solution assembly made up of one Outdoor Bridge
and one 18-dBi directional antenna
• One DC injector with RJ-45 LAN and ODU (outdoor unit) jacks
• One power adapter for the DC injector
• One mounting kit
• One 25-meter Category 5 waterproof cable with RJ-45 plug and ODU
connector
• One 30-cm Reverse N(M)-N(M) RG400 cable
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• One Surge Arrester
• WLAN Management System software and wireless outdoor bridge user’s
guide in electronic form (CD-ROM)
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Contents
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................... 1
RELATED PRODUCTS.......................................................................................... 2
WLAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ........................................................................... 3
AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY OF COMPATIBLE DEVICES ............................................. 3
WLAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS .... 5
TERMINOLOGY USED IN THIS GUIDE .....................................................................6
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE .................................................................................. 7
PLANNING THE NETWORK................................................................................ 8
HARDWARE DESCRIPTION................................................................................ 9
HARDWARE CONFIGURATION....................................................................... 10
11-MBPS WIRELESS PRODUCT PLACEMENT GUIDELINES.................................... 12
ANTENNA ALIGNMENT........................................................................................ 12
INSTALLING THE WLAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM .................................... 13
USING THE WLAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM................................................ 16
AUTO-DISCOVERY ..............................................................................................16
KICK START FUNCTION....................................................................................... 17
CONFIGURATION .................................................................................................18
Config Window – IP Panel............................................................................. 19
Config Window – Filter Panel........................................................................ 20
Config Window – Wireless Panel................................................................... 21
Config Window – Bridge Mode Panel............................................................ 23
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Config Window – Encryption Panel ............................................................... 24
Config Window – SNMP Access Control Panel ............................................. 25
Config Window – Trap Server Panel.............................................................. 27
Config Window – Advanced Panel................................................................. 29
MONITOR ............................................................................................................30
Monitor Window – Identity Panel ..................................................................30
Monitor Window – Statistics Panel ................................................................ 31
RESTART .............................................................................................................32
FACTORY RESET ................................................................................................. 32
UPGRADE FIRMWARE.......................................................................................... 33
ANTENNA ALIGNMENT UTILITY.......................................................................... 34
ADVANCED MANAGEMENT............................................................................ 43
BATCH MODE OPERATION ................................................................................... 43
MANAGE WLAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HOST TABLE..................................... 43
Exporting a Configuration Profile to a File................................................... 45
Importing a Configuration Profile from a File...............................................45
FAQS......................................................................................................................48
TROUBLESHOOTING......................................................................................... 50
TECHNICAL SUPPORT....................................................................................... 51
LIMITED WARRANTY .......................................................................................52
REGULATORY DOMAINS AND CHANNELS.................................................. 55
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FIGURES
FIGURE 1. TYPICAL APPLICATION SCENARIO........................................................... 8
FIGURE 2. CONNECTION TO LAN OR LAN/WLAN................................................ 8
FIGURE 3. OUTDOOR BRIDGE AND DC INJECTOR ...................................................9
FIGURE 4. OUTDOOR BRIDGE SOLUTION INSTALLATION ......................................10
FIGURE 5. OUTDOOR BRIDGE INSTALLATION ....................................................... 11
FIGURE 6. MAIN MENU OF INSTALLATION CD-ROM............................................ 13
FIGURE 7. WELCOME WINDOW............................................................................. 14
FIGURE 8. CHOOSE DESTINATION LOCATION WINDOW......................................... 14
FIGURE 9. SELECT PROGRAM FOLDER WINDOW................................................... 15
FIGURE 10. SETUP COMPLETE WINDOW .................................................................15
FIGURE 11. MAIN AND HOSTS VIEW WINDOWS ...................................................... 17
FIGURE 12. WLAN KICK START WINDOW ............................................................. 18
FIGURE 13. CONFIG WINDOW — IP PANEL .............................................................19
FIGURE 14. CONFIG WINDOW — FILTER PANEL...................................................... 20
FIGURE 15. CONFIG WINDOW — WIRELESS PANEL ................................................21
FIGURE 16. BRIDGE MODE – POINT TO POINT........................................................ 23
FIGURE 17. BRIDGE MODE – POINT TO MULTIPOINT ..............................................23
FIGURE 18. CONFIG WINDOW — ENCRYPTION PANEL ............................................ 24
FIGURE 19. CONFIG WINDOW — SNMP ACCESS CONTROL PANEL ........................ 26
FIGURE 20. NEW/EDIT ADDRESS DIALOG BOX .......................................................26
FIGURE 21. CONFIG WINDOW — TRAP SERVER PANEL........................................... 27
FIGURE 22. TRAP SERVER PANEL — CLEAR ALL ADDRESS FUNCTION .................... 28
FIGURE 23. TRAP VIEW WINDOW ........................................................................... 29
FIGURE 24. CONFIG WINDOW — ADVANCED PANEL............................................... 29
FIGURE 25. WARNING BEFORE BRIDGE RESET ........................................................ 30
FIGURE 26. MONITOR WINDOW — IDENTITY PANEL............................................... 31
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IGURE 27. MONITOR WINDOW — STATISTICS PANEL ............................................32
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FIGURE 28. WARNING BEFORE BRIDGE RESTART .................................................... 32
FIGURE 29. WARNING BEFORE FACTORY DEFAULTS ARE LOADED ...........................33
FIGURE 30. UPGRADE FIRMWARE DIALOG BOX ...................................................... 33
FIGURE 31. ANTENNA ALIGNMENT FOR BRIDGES.................................................... 35
FIGURE 32. ANTENNA ALIGNMENT TOOL............................................................... 36
FIGURE 33. THROUGHPUT PRESENTED AS A 3D GRAPHIC ....................................... 37
FIGURE 34. 3D VIEW OF DATA RATE DISTRIBUTION................................................. 37
FIGURE 35. SAVING THE TEST RESULTS TO A FILE ................................................... 38
FIGURE 36. 3D VIEW OF PAST AND LATEST TEST RESULTS....................................... 39
FIGURE 37. ZOOMING IN FOR A MAGNIFIED VIEW ...................................................40
FIGURE 38. ZOOMING OUT FOR A WIDER VIEW .......................................................40
FIGURE 39. ENHANCED 3D EFFECT ........................................................................ 41
FIGURE 40. ROTATION AND ELEVATION EFFECTS ....................................................41
FIGURE 41. EXPORTING THE CHART TO A FILE ........................................................ 42
FIGURE 42. BATCH MODE OPERATION LIST ............................................................. 43
FIGURE 43. NEW/EDIT ADDRESS DIALOG BOX .......................................................45
FIGURE 44. EXPORTING A CONFIGURATION PROFILE TO A FILE................................ 45
FIGURE 45. IMPORTING A CONFIGURATION PROFILE FROM A FILE (1)...................... 46
FIGURE 46. IMPORTING A CONFIGURATION PROFILE FROM A FILE (2)...................... 46
FIGURE 47. ENCRYPTION DIALOG WHEN IMPORTING A CONFIGURATION PROFILE ... 47
FIGURE 48. IMPORTING A CONFIGURATION PROFILE FROM A FILE (3)...................... 47
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Introduction

Congratulations on choosing an outstanding wireless product. This guide gives
comprehensive instructions on installing and using the Outdoor Bridge and also
explains how to install and use the WLAN Management System software.
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Rela ted Products

Outdoor Bridge is part of a family of wireless networking products that can provide
an integrated solution for your wireless networking needs.
• For indoor applications: Access points, wireless workgroup bridges, wireless
Ethernet clients, and wireless adapters with various bus interfaces (PCMCIA,
USB, and PCI).
• For outdoor applications: The Outdoor Bridge connects two independent
Ethernet LANs via a radio link, making expensive outdoor cabling
unnecessary. High-gain directional antennas provide the greatest possible
transmission range.
• Management tools: 11-Mbps wireless products support the industry-standard
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and the SNMP-based
WLAN Management System, a powerful set of utilities for managing not only devices but whole networks and inter-networks.
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WLAN Management System

WLAN Management System is a powerful network management system that is fully
compatible with the industry-standard Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP). It features:
• Automatic discovery of all compatible devices that are configured within the
same subnet.
• Individual and batch-mode remote management of compatible devices,
including Multi-Monitor, Batch-Upgrade, Batch-Reset, and Batch-Load
Default functions. Batch-mode operation is ideal when deploying multiple
compatible products.
• A friendly end-user interface with a consistent look and feel.

Automatic Discovery of Compatible Devices

A powerful auto-discovery algorithm is built into WLAN Management System.
With a simple click on the Auto Discovery icon, all compatible devices within the
subnet will be discovered. This discovery feature is based on the following
techniques:
• DHCP client and IP recovery: The Outdoor Bridge has a built-in DHCP
client, and will request an IP address from a DHCP server so that SNMP
management can be carried out. Should there be a failure of the DHCP server,
the Outdoor Bridge will auto-assign itself an IP address (see next) and then
automatically negotiate for a new IP address when the server recovers.
• Auto-IP: When the Outdoor Bridge cannot get an IP address from a DHCP
server, it will auto-assign itself an IP address of 169.254.x.x and a subnet
mask of 255.255.0.0. A Windows-based system configured as a DHCP client
will use the same algorithm to assign itself an IP address in the same subnet.
When the DHCP server comes back on line, users may need to renew their
stations’ IP settings as described below; otherwise, Windows may continue
to use the previous IP address instead of executing the auto-IP procedure.
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Windows 95/98
step 1. Click Start/Run, type winipcfg, and click OK. The IP
Configuration dialog box will open.
step 2. Select the network adapter you use to connect to the Outdoor
Bridge. Click Release.
step 3. Click Renew to retrieve new information (IP address, subnet
mask, and default gateway address) from the DHCP server.
Click OK to save the changes and exit the program.
Windows NT 4.0
step 1. Click Start/Programs/Command Prompt. Type ipconfig
/release (with a space after ipconfig) and press Enter.
step 2. Ty pe ipconfig /renew (with a space after ipconfig) and press
Enter to retrieve new information (IP address, subnet mask,
and default gateway address) from the DHCP server.
step 3. Ty pe exit and press Enter.
Windows 2000/XP
step 1. Click Start/Programs/Accessories/Command Prompt. Type
step 2. Ty pe ipconfig /renew (with a space after ipconfig) and press
step 3. Ty pe exit and press Enter.
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ipconfig /release (with a space after ipconfig) and press Enter.
Enter to retrieve new information (IP address, subnet mask,
and default gateway address) from the DHCP server.

WLAN Management System Hardware and Software Requirements

System requirements for installing and operating the WLAN Management System
are:
• An x86-based microcomputer running Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, NT
4.0, 2000, or XP
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or later
• A connection to an Ethernet network
Particular versions of Windows have the following additional requirements:
1. On Windows 95, Microsoft DCOM95 must be installed. You can obtain
DCOM95 from the following Microsoft Web page:
http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom95/download.asp
DCOM95 can also be found on the Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 CD-ROM
(Enterprise, Professional, or Standard edition), in the directory
\Pro\Tools\DCOM95.
2. On Windows 98 (with the exception of Windows 98SE, which already
includes this component), Microsoft DCOM98 must be installed. You can use
the following link to download it:
http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom98/download.asp
3. On Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 4 or later must be installed.
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Terminology Used in this Guide

BSSID, MAC ID
The BSSID (Basic Service Set ID) is a factory-set ID unique to each wireless
networking product. It is identical to the MAC ID (Media Access Control ID). It
allows each device to be identified on the wireless network.
ESSID
An Extended Service Set ID (often referred to as Service Set ID, or SSID) identifies
the wireless LAN domain that a bridge is in. A domain is generally composed of
wireless bridges in communication with each other via radio links. You can type an
existing domain name or create a new one that contains up to 32 characters. The
SSID is case-sensitive.
Regulatory Domain
11-Mbps wireless products use the license-free ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and
Medical) band to communicate through radio waves. Different countries offer
different radio frequencies to be used as the ISM band. There are four frequency
bands defined by IEEE 802.11: Japan (2.471 to 2.497 GHz), USA, Extended Japan,
Canada, and Europe (2.4 to 2.4835 GHz), Spain (2.445 to 2.475 GHz), and France
(2.4465 to 2.4835 GHz). To use 11-Mbps wireless products in a country not listed
above, check with your government’s regulating body to find the correct frequency
band to use. All 11-Mbps wireless products are supplied preset to the country of
sale’s frequency band.
WEP
WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. It is an encryption scheme that provides
secure wireless data communications. WEP uses a 40-bit or 128-bit key to encrypt
data. In order to decode the data transmission, all wireless clients on the network
must use identical keys.
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How to Use this Guide

This user’s guide gives complete instructions for installation and use of the Outdoor
Bridge.
Outdoor Bridge is supplied with factory set default network settings. Use the
WLAN Management System tool to change the default settings before introducing a
new bridge to an already-established wireless network.
The WLAN Management System is a simple-to-use, yet extremely powerful,
SNMP-based utility for online central configuration and network management from
a remote station on the same subnet. A trap management program is also provided to
monitor/diagnose the Outdoor Bridge.
Read through the next section ‘Planning the Network’, in order to get the best
possible performance from the 11-Mbps wireless network.
Step 1: Plan the wireless network
Step 2: Pre-configure the
outdoor bridge before installing it into an existing Ethernet network
Step 3: Install the outdoor bridge
into the Ethernet network
Step 4: Make online
configuration and manage the outdoor bridge via the WLAN Management System utility
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Planning the Network

The Wireless Outdoor Bridge is used to connect two separate networks via radio
waves. A typical application is shown below.
Figure 1. Typical application scenario
The bridge connects to your existing wired or wired/wireless local area network as
shown below (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Connection to LAN or LAN/WLAN
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Hardware Description

Figure 3. Outdoor Bridge and DC injector
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