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1. ComNet assumes no responsibility for its use TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 4 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 1 0 Introduction The NetWave industrially hardened wireless dual radio Ethernet transmission device is designed to be used with an external antenna and is used for redundant ring and drop amp repeat topologies Both radios can be configured through the embedded User Interface as a Client or as an Access Point Radio 2 supports 5GHz operation and is connected to the 19dBi internal antenna Radio 1 is user selectable for 5GHz or 2 4GHz and connects to an external antenna The NW8 and NWSE support up to 145Mbps throughput using MIMO technology The units can be powered by an IEEE 802 3af at PoE compliant device or through a supplied power injection module with the second Ethernet port operational as an IEEE 802 3at PoE power source The NW8 is FCC certified for use in North America and the NW8E is ETSI DFS and TPC certified for use in the European Union This manual contains detailed information covering ComNet NetWave outdoor NW8 and NW8E wireless products NetWave was designed for use in a wide ambient operating temperature range NetWave provides a cost effective 802 11 based solution The units are user configurable for either point to point or point to multipoint applications This manual contains detailed operational and configuration information not covered in the quick start guides T
2. TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 37 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 6 WIRELESS SETTINGS Page Radio 2 Access Point STATUS WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM ADMIN WT m SETTINGS SETTIMGS TOOLS ey Te _ MM netwave BASIC WIRELESS SETTINGS RADIO 1 Wireless Mode Access Point Local AP ESSID Netwave 1 7 Hide SSID Country Code United States of America imal Wireless Profilex NA 5GHz m Channel Spectrum Width 20 400 iw Guard Interval Short Channel Frequency 5745M E Auto Select 5745 5765 5785 5805 5 Transmit Power dBm Chainmask 2x2 Dual Aggregate Dual Chain Power LOCAL AP WIRELESS SECURITY RADIO 1 Security weaz el WPA Authentication F Cipher Type WPA Preshared Key 2345678 Pri Radius Server IP D 0 0 Sec Radius Server IP 0 0 0 Authentication Port L812 Accounting Port 1813 Radius Secret Key private LONG RANGE PARAMETERS RADIO 1 Long Range Parameters Enable Beacon Interval 100 RTS Threshold off Fragmentation Threshold r off Distance meters Slot Time us ACK Timeout us Auto Adjust for Slottime ACK Timeout CTS Timeout CTS Timeout us RSSI LED SETTINGS RADIO 1 LED1 10 LED2 20 LED3 Signal Strength Indicator RSSI LER TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 38 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 6 1 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 2 AP Page BASIC WIRELESS SETTINGS Secti
3. comnet Communication Networks This manual serves the following ComNet Model Numbers NW8 NWSE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL eom netwave gt INDUSTRIAL OUTDOOR 802 11A B G N DUAL RADIO WIRELESS ETHERNET Thank you for purchasing NetWave from ComNet This installation guide applies to the following models NW8 Industrial Multipoint FCC Version User Configurable NWS8E Industrial Multipoint ETSI Version User Configurable The NetWave industrially hardened wireless dual radio Ethernet transmission device is designed to be used with an external antenna and is used for redundant ring and drop amp repeat topologies Both radios can be configured through the embedded User Interface as a Client or as an Access Point Radio 2 supports 5GHz operation and is connected to the 19dBi internal antenna Radio 1 is user selectable for 5GHz or 2 4GHz and connects to an external antenna The NW8 and NW8E support up to 145Mbps throughput using MIMO technology The units can be powered by an IEEE 802 3af at PoE compliant device or through a supplied power injection module with the second Ethernet port operational as an IEEE802 3at PoE power source The NW8 is FCC certified for use in North America and the NW8E is ETSI DFS and TPC certified for use in the European Union INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E About This Guide This guide is intended for different users such as engineers integrators developers IT manage
4. e o e ELLLGCADAAAXCEX GIAGGEASC PAs o iE 4 SOLID YELLOW Ethernet connection is established and there is activity present ETHERNET RSSI2 RSSI Level is gt Yellow LED Threshold DD Y Power Ethernet RSSI2 RSSI3 Status RSSI4 POWER RSSI3 RSSI34 STATUS SOLID GREEN Excellent signal strength Advisable to check Status Page to confirm RSSI is 70 0 J e a Jj D e L j D o lt _ lt A ETHERNET RSSI2 SIGNAL STRENGTH wa Y Vp wa Y V wa Y Power Ethernet RSSI2 RSSI3 Status RSSI4 Power Ethernet RSSI2 RSSI3 Status RSSI4 Power Ethernet RSSI2 RSSI3 Status RSSI4 MINIMUM SIGNAL MAXIMUM SIGNAL Power will illuminate when there is power applied to the Ethernet port Ethernet will illuminate when there is an active Ethernet connection RSSI3 will illuminate when the RSSI threshold goes above what is set in the RSSI LED Setting section of the WIRELESS SETTINGS page Status RSSI4 Provided status during boot and will illuminate solid when the RSSI threshold goes above what is set in the RSSI LED Setting section of the WIRELESS SETTINGS page TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 13 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 6 4 NW8 and NWS8E Outdoor Standard Mounting Hardware This mounting hardware will support pole diameters up to 3 in 7 6 cm Below are the parts contained in the standard mounting hardware TECH SUP
5. e Press the browse button to browse to a location where the upgrade image is located e Once the file has been located hit the Upload button You should see the following screen while the image is uploading e Once the image has been uploaded an Upgrade button will appear as shown V 71 STATUS WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM ADMIN SETTINGS SETTINGS TOOLS FIRMWARE UPGRADE NW1i R2 V1 0 2 N2XNW2 R2 V1 0 0 img Browse 3232KBytes Firmware Version Firmware Size TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 51 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E e Press the upgrade button and you should see a prompt confirming the upgrade to continue Select Yes Upgrading of firmware would take some time Continue e The following screen will now show reminding the user to not reboot during an upgrade process This screen should render for at least 60 seconds if the PC browsing to this particular node is locally connected Note If a firmware upgrade is being performed on a node connected on the remote end of a wireless connection It may take several minutes for this screen to clear as the link needs to re establish and connections to restart One may have to clear ARP cash on the connected PC by issuing arp d command at the command prompt 7 Upgra
6. BRIDGE TABLE This table displays a list of devices connected to the node bridge interface as shown below Port No Mac Address 00 10 83 5b ee 46 00 13 21 0d 51 48 00 18 f8 a9 c3 bf 00 19 d1 6b 13 32 00 1a 80 de 2d 86 00 1b 78 30 40 e6 00 1b 78 ba 20 8a DHCP Active Leases This table displays a list of active DHCP leases if this node were configured as a DHCP server DHCP ACTIVE LEASES Host Name IP Address Hardware MAC Lease Expired Time TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NWS8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 49 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL 9 9 ADMIN Page Client or Access Point STATUS WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM ADMIN c SETTINGS SETTINGS TOOLS Pd Tw m d netwave FIRMWARE UPGRADE Firmware Version NW1 R2 V1 0 2 No file chosen Upload HOST NAME Host Name Testing 101 Apply ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNT Administrator Username Current Password New Password Verify New Password READ ONLY ACCOUNT Enable Read Only Account Read Only Username Password CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT Backup Configuration Upload Configuration No file chosen Backup System Log Restore DEVICE REBOOT RESET Reboot Reset to defaults TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 NW8 NW8E INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 50 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 9 1 ADMIN Page FIRMWARE UPGRADE Section Firmware Version Displays the version currently running Firmware Upgrade procedure
7. SETTINGS SETTINGS SYSTEM ADMIN TOOLS NETWORK Apply Settings Site Survey 2x2 Dual Aggregate Dual Chain Power Enabled Channel Scan List Select Channels to Scan REMOTE AP WIRELESS SECURITY WPA2 Security WPA Authentication Cipher Type Preshared Key Identity User Name User Password LONG RANGE PARAMETERS RADIO 2 Enable of n meters Auto Adjust for Slottime ACK Timeout CTS Timeout Long Range Parameters Beacon Interval RTS Threshold Fragmentation Threshold Distance Slot Time us ACK Timeout us CTS Timeout us RSSI LED SETTINGS RADIO 2 LED LED2 LED3 LED4 Signal Strength Indicator RSSTI INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 33 TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 5 1 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 2 Client Page BASIC WIRELESS SETTINGS Section Note Any settings changes made on this page will require selecting the Save pop up button then the Apply Settings button Wireless Mode The user can select either Access Point or Client mode of operation Remote AP ESSID Remote Access point SSID can be entered here Site Survey When pressed will generate a pop up screen showing all the potential APs that it can Button connect to like the image below Scanned channels 5745 5765 5785 5805 5825 MAC address ESSID Encryption ALG Signal dBm Channel Frequency 00 22 3b 0d 00 19 Netwave 1 WPA2 PSK AES 40 149 5745
8. Slot time ACK Timeout and CTS Timeout fields Once these have been updated press the Apply Settings button Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made 9 5 4 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 2 Client Page RSSI LED INDICATOR Section This section allows the user to set the LED threshold for the RSSI Indicating LEDs Note LED1 on this page is not brought out on the external LED label LED2 corresponds to Ethernet RSSI2 on the LED label LED3 corresponds to RSSI3 and LED4 corresponds to Status RSSI4 Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 36 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 5 5 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 2 Client Page NW8E ETSI Version Only 77799 ae com net Tm g STATUS WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM ADMIN b d SETTINGS SETTINGS TOOLS netwave Apply Settings 7 Enable Radio 2 BASIC WIRELESS SETTINGS RADIO 2 Wireless Mode Client Remote AP ESSID Metwave 11AP Site Survey Country Code United Kingdom Wireless Profile NA 5GHz e Channel Spectrum Width 20 40N Guard Interval Short Transmit Power dBm Chainmask 2x2 Dual Aggregate Dual Chain Power Channel Scan List Select Channels to Scan Enabled Note The ETSI version of the NetWave NWSE has the added feature of being able to enable or disable Radio 2 Enable Radio 2 Enable or Disable Radio 2 Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made
9. f ids DEP en y External Directional Antenna PoE Camera E L ZEM AS PSE device e Ethernet E i A gt 1Gbps S Ethernet N Y 3 s NWAVBSA1 ComNet Gigabit NW7 External Antenna Managed Switch Access Point P providing 30W PoE ATAI A d IP Camera PIM i ga Ethernet Ethernet e LEGEND NW1 Client WIRELESS ZS PORT 1 PD CAT5 POWER ETHERNET TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NWS8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 6 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 3 0 Redundant Ring NW8 and NW8E A redundant ring topology is a unidirectional transmission link between devices that forms a closed loop In this setup Spanning Tree must be enabled off by default to prevent a loop in the network NW8 PoE A BR PIM orany DA PSE device Ethernet f Eo gt EN PoE Camera NS NS PoE NWADA1 External Directional NWADA1 y Antenna External Directional Antenna JJ ComNet Gigabit STP Blocked Port ee Managed Switch providing 30W PoE N 1Gbps Ethernet T no ComNet Gigabit Managed Switch providing 30W PoE zn PoE Camera NWADA1 External Directional Antenna PoE y PIM or any NWADA1 ZW External Directional e Ethernet PSE device Antenna eet lt gt f D O gt A PoE Camera PoE amp LEGEND WIRELESS 8 PORT 1 PD CAT5 ETHERNET Z Z 502 COAX TECH SUPPO
10. from the port labelled as IN on the power Injection Module to either a laptop or a PC LAN port 2 Connect the second Ethernet cable from the OUT port on the Power Injection Module to the NetWave port 1 3 Apply 48VDC to the Power Injection Module with the provided power supply You should notice the green LED illuminate in the Power Injection Module and the power LED on the NetWave unit 4 Set the IP address of the laptop being used to configure NetWave to static and the subnet to 192 168 10 x 24 subnet 5 Point the browser to 192 168 10 102 This is the default address 6 A login prompt will pop up Enter ID admin Password admin 7 Select the NETWORK SETTINGS tab and set the desired network settings Select Apply Settings Select Save Note This will be the network address for the NetWave web server It is not necessary to set to the same subnet as the operating network but it is recommended 8 Select the WIRELESS SETTINGS tab and set e Wireless mode Set to AP or Client e Country code Only required if setting up the NW8E ETSI model Note It is the user s responsibility to ensure that the correct country is chosen ComNet accepts no liability for incorrect equipment set up e Output RF power if RSSI is greater than 70 it is recommended to reduce RF TX power at the remote connected node e Set SSID if changing from the default setting e Channel Spectrum Width May want to reduce to 20M or even 10M from the defaul
11. option under good RF conditions One may want to choose 20MHz for noisy or congested RF environments Options available are 20 40M 20M and 10M Guard Interval This represents the guard interval between packets The options are Short and Long The Long option is recommended for links greater than 2Km in distance Transmit Power This section will set the RF transmit power The maximum RF power available will be limited in software based on the gain of the integrated antenna and the region the unit was programmed to operate in The default will set the unit to maximum RF power and here the user can reduce the RF power in case the RX RSSI levels on the remote unit exceed 65 Channel Scan List When enabled the client will only scan the channels selected Select Channels When this button is pressed a new client scan window will pop up shown below To Scan Button gl 5745 MHz M 5765 MHz M 5785 MHz M 5805 MHz M 5825 MHz Here the user can select which channels the client will scan This can reduce link lock times if the desired AP is fixed to a known frequency Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 30 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 4 2 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 1 Client Page WIRELESS SECURITY Section Security WPA Authentication Cipher Type Here the end user can select the wireless security mode Options available are None WEP WPA WPA
12. packets are retransmitted a set number of times before an error is logged and counted Beacons are management packets sent by an AP and this value represents the number of beacons which were not received by the client Missed Beacon counts could indicate that there is too much distance between the Client and AP This count represents the total number of transmitted and received packets that were lost or discarded for reasons other than what is listed above INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 20 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 2 STATUS Radio 2 Client Uptime System Time LAN SETTING LAN MAC Address Mode IP Address s STATUS WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM ADMIN ur E Pe SETTINGS SETTINGS TOOLS on netwave VERSION 2 Days 04 03 14 Firmware Version NWi R2 V1 0 2 01 02 2000 19 03 15 00 22 3b 0d 03 91 Antenna Alignment E Gateway IP Address Signal Strength 50dBm NENNEN LAN cable Forti Port2 Radio 1 Wireless Mode Remote AP SSID Signal Strength TX Rate Left Right Chain 51 23 Noise Level 120 dBm Radio 2 MAC 00 22 3b 0d 03 93 Remote AP MAC 200 22 38 0D 03 97 Noise level RX Rate TX CCQ Client Conn Quality Channel Width Frequency 5 785 GHz Security WPA 9 2 1 STATUS Client Page MAIN Section This section will list the unit uptime as well as the system time which can be set on the SYSTEM TOOLS page 9 2 2 STATUS Client Page LAN SETTING Secti
13. 00 22 3b 01 6c 58 Netwave 1 WPA2 PSK AES 30 153 5765 00 22 3b 01 6c 59 Netwave Eng2 WPA2 PSK AES 67 161 5805 Close this window NOTE If there is an AP you wish to connect to just double click on the desired AP line this window will close and auto populate the Remote AP SSID box and the Remote AP Lock to MAC address box MAC Lock When enabled this feature allows for a higher operating EIRP for FCC versions and a more secure link between the AP and Client Country Code A country of operation can be selected from the pull down NOTE for the FCC version only United States will be in the list while countries participating in the ETSI harmonized standards will populate this list for the ETSI version Wireless Profile Select either NA or NG operation NA is 802 11a and 802 11n 5GHZ operation NG is 802 11g and 802 11n 2 4GHz operation NOTE Some models may only support the NA 5GHz option Channel The user can select the operation channel width 20 40M lets the units determine the Spectrum Width best channel width with the maximum 40MHz as an option under good RF conditions One may want to choose 20MHz for noisy or congested RF environments Options available are 20 40M 20M and 10M Guard Interval This represents the guard interval between packets The options are Short and Long The Long option is recommended for links greater than 2Km in distance Transmit Power This section will set the RF transmit power The maximum RF
14. 1 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 4 3 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 1 Client Page LONG RANGE PARAMETERS Section Long Range Check box to enable long range parameters This is enabled and set Parameters to 1000m by default 1000m should meet a majority of the system link distances but if the link distance goes beyond 1000m this section will need to be adjusted on both ends of the link see Distance and the Calculate Button section below Beacon interval Defines the time interval in ms between AP beacon broadcasts Not recommended to change the default 100ms setting RTS Threshold RTS Request to Send threshold This parameter controls what size data packet the low level RF protocol issues to an RTS packet The default is 2346 with the valid range of 0 2346 There are several trade offs to consider setting this parameter Using a small value causes RTS packets to be sent more often consuming more of the available bandwidth potentially reducing the throughput of the network packet However the more RTS packets that are sent the quicker the system can recover from interference or collisions as would be the case in a wireless network with interference Fragmentation Default is 2346 with a valid range is 256 2346 This parameter sets Threshold the threshold where the wireless transmission will fragment any give packet if the packet size exceeds the threshold value This setting rule will not apply to broadcast and multicast pa
15. 2 and 802 1x port based security 802 1x is for secure user based authentication through a centralized authentication server Options here will set the authentication depending on the security selected above PSK Pre Shared Key is the default for WPA WPA2 security EAP TTLS and EAP PEAP are the two authentication methods for 802 1x security Note Operating with 802 1x security will limit link throughput to a maximum of 54Mbps Options for WPA WPA2 are TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol which uses the RC4 encryption algorithm and AES Advanced Encryption Standard AES is the default setting and is the recommended cipher allowing the highest link throughput TKIP will limit throughput to a maximum of 54Mbps Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made Pre shared Key Identity User Name User Password For use with WPA security Here an alpha numeric between 8 and 63 character long pre shared key can be entered For use with 802 1x security identification credential and be entered here to be used by the WPA supplicant for EAP authentication For use with 802 1x security Identification credential used by the APA supplicant for EAP tunnelled authentication in an unencrypted form For use with 802 1x security Password credential used by the WPA supplicant for EAP authentication Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 3
16. AGE 28 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 4 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 1 Client Page com ne e g STATUS WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM ADMIN g SETTINGS SETTINGS TOOLS netwave Toots _ Apply Settings BASIC WIRELESS SETTINGS RADIO 1 Wireless Mode ciet wl Remote AP ESSID Netwave 1 Wireless Profile NA 5GHz Channel Spectrum Width 20 40 Guard Interval Short e Transmit Power 1i dBm Chainmask 2x2 Dual Aggregate Dual Chain Power Channel Scan List Select Channels to Scan Enabled REMOTE AP WIRELESS SECURITY WPA Authentication PsK el Cipher Type Preshared Key Identity User Name user example com User Password LONG RANGE PARAMETERS RADIO 1 Long Range Parameters Enable Beacon Interval RTS Threshold F off Fragmentation Threshold off Distance meters Slot Time us ACK Timeout us Auto Adjust for Slottime ACK Timeout CTS Timeout CTS Timeout us RSSI LED SETTINGS RADIO 1 LED1 10 LED2 i20 LED3 i30 Signal Strength Indicator RSSI TOUR ko m Apply Settings TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NWB8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 29 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 4 1 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 1 Client Page BASIC WIRELESS SETTINGS Section Note Any settings changes made on this page will require selecting the Save pop up button then the Apply Settings button Wireless Mode The user can select either Access Po
17. Key is the default for WPA WPA2 security EAP TTLS and EAP PEAP are the two authentication methods for 802 1x security NOTE Operating with 802 1x security will limit link throughput to a maximum of 54Mbps Cipher Type Options for WPA WPA2 are TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol which uses the RC4 encryption algorithm and AES Advanced Encryption Standard AES is the default setting and is the recommended cipher allowing the highest link throughput TKIP will limit throughput to a maximum of 54Mbps Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 40 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E Pre shared Key For use with WPA security Here an alpha numeric between 8 and 63 character long pre shared key can be entered Identity For use with 802 1x security identification credential and be entered here to be used by the WPA supplicant for EAP authentication User Name For use with 802 1x security Identification credential used by the APA supplicant for EAP tunnelled authentication in an unencrypted form User Password For use with 802 1x security Password credential used by the WPA supplicant for EAP authentication Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made 9 6 3 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 2 AP Page LONG RANGE PARAMETERS Section Long Range Check box to enable long range parameters This is enabled and set Parameters to 1000m by defau
18. OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 6 0 Hardware Installation 6 1 NW8 and NWSE Outdoor Ethernet Gland Installation There will be two cable glands and a weather seal cap included with each outdoor enclosure The provided weather seal cap should be used when Port 2 is not in use to prevent damage to the port and the wireless device Below is an image of the individual parts of the gland with an Ethernet cable routed through Note The split rubber washer allows a pre terminated Ethernet cable to be used Once the cable has been routed through the weather connection as shown push the split rubber gasket into place and loosely screw the cap that goes over the rubber washer Below is an image with the Ethernet connection made to the node and the gland assembly about to be installed Once the RJ45 connection has been made screw in the gland into the housing making sure it is tight enough for a water tight seal but not so tight to cause the rubber seal to squeeze off TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 10 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E Once the gland is tight in the housing tighten the outer nut cap making sure the rubber seal squeezes and seals the Ethernet cable to the gland as shown below Connect one end of an RJ 45 Ethernet cable to the LAN OUT port of the Power Injection Module PIM and the other end to LAN of the access point as sown below Note Maximum length of the RJ 45 CAT5 cable is 100
19. Outdoor Ethernet Gland Installation 10 6 2 NW8 and NWS8E Antenna Installation 12 6 3 NW8 and NWSE Indicating LED Details 13 6 4 NW8 and NW8E Outdoor Standard Mounting Hardware 14 6 5 NW8 and NWB8E Outdoor Upgrade Mounting Hardware 15 6 6 Optional Outdoor Industrial Rated Shielded CAT6 Cable 15 iO 0 IN O O BIR NM N NIJN O 7 0 Key Default Configurations 16 8 0 Quick Configuration 17 9 1 STATUS Page Access Point 18 9 2 STATUS Radio 2 Client 21 9 3 WIRELESS SETTINGS Page Radio 1 Access Point 24 9 4 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 1 Client Page 29 9 5 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 2 Client Page 33 9 6 WIRELESS SETTINGS Page Radio 2 Access Point 38 9 7 NETWORK SETTINGS Page Client or Access Point 43 9 8 SYSTEM TOOLS Page Client and Access Point 45 9 9 ADMIN Page Client or Access Point 50 10 0 Agency Compliance 55 11 0 GPL General Public License Statement 57 TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 3 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E Overview Legal Information No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic and mechanical for any purpose without the express written permission of ComNet Copyright Copyright 2013 ComNet All rights reserved Disclaimer ComNet reserves the right to make changes in specifications at any time without notice The information furnished by ComNet in this material is believed to be accurate and reliable However
20. PORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 14 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 6 5 NW8 and NW8E Outdoor Upgrade Mounting Hardware An upgrade to the outdoor mounting hardware is available This optional version is of heavier construction supporting an articulating joint and is designed for wall or pole mount supporting up to a 3 inch or 76mm pole Note This hardware is sold separately under part number NWBKT1 6 6 Optional Outdoor Industrial Rated Shielded CAT6 Cable The CAT6 upgrade is an outdoor and industrial rated CAT6 cable with Anti Crosstalk divider drain wire foil shield and shielded connector with drain wire tab Connector lock is also available TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 15 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 7 0 Key Default Configurations IP Address of Web Server 192 168 10 102 LAN Mode for Web Server Static Addressing Web Server User ID admin Web Server Password admin Web Server Guest UserID guest Web Server Guest Password guest SSID NetWave 1 WPA Pre shared Key 12345678 Channel Frequency AP Auto Channel Spectrum Width 20 40M Long Range Parameters Enabled and defaulted to 1000m STP Disabled Note A Reset to defaults performed on the ADMIN page will erase all user configurations TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 16 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 8 0 Quick Configuration 1 Connect an Ethernet cable
21. RT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE7 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 4 0 PoE Pass through Port NW8 and NW8E The Netwave NW8 and NW8E come with dual Gigabit Ethernet ports Port 1 supports IEEE 802 3af at PD PoE power and Port 2 is a Power over Ethernet IEEE 802 3at PSE Power Sourcing Equipment port that acts as a voltage source and supplies PoE PD devices with power via the Ethernet cable A OUT port of the Power Injection Module PIM B IN port of the PIM C Power socket of the PIM D External PoE device typically a camera as shown Ethernet E Drip Loop recommended Network ComNet Gigabit Managed Switch providing 30W PoE NW8 PoE Camera TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 8 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 5 0 Cabling Requirements Shielded CAT 5 or better should be used for all out of plant Ethernet connection and should be properly grounded through the PoE AC ground Industrial grade shielded Ethernet cable is recommended to help prevent ESD damage commonly experienced with outdoor installations Visit www comnet net comnet products cables The NW8 and NWSE have two N Female external connectors for connecting an antenna N Female Antenna Connector NA N Female Antenna Connector Gigabit Ethernet Port 1 PoE IN Gigabit Ethernet Port 2 PoE OUT TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE9 INSTALLATION AND
22. SSID This number will continually count up and will count up faster in congested RF environments It is normal to see this count increase Represents the number of transmitted and received packets which were encrypted with the wrong encryption key and failed the decryption routines It can be used to detect invalid wireless security settings and encryption break attempts This value represents dropped packets due to packet reassembly failure due to link layer fragments Represents the number of packet delivery failures Undelivered packets are retransmitted a set number of times before an error is logged and counted Beacons are management packets sent by an AP and this value represents the number of beacons which were not received by the client Missed Beacon counts could indicate that there is too much distance between the Client and AP This count represents the total number of transmitted and received packets that were lost or discarded for reasons other than what is listed above INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 23 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 3 WIRELESS SETTINGS Page Radio 1 Access Point STATUS WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM ADMIN WT m SETTINGS SETTIMGS TOOLS ey Te _ MM netwave BASIC WIRELESS SETTINGS RADIO 1 Wireless Mode Access Point Local AP ESSID Netwave 1 7 Hide SSID Country Code United States of America imal Wireless Profilex NA 5GHz m Channel Spectrum Width 20 400 iw G
23. TUP Section Enable SNMP Not enabled by default Read Password Password to query the device Engine ID Engine ID for the SNMP agent Default is 800007e5BD00002704D000007c Enable SNMP trap Not enabled by default Trap Destination IP Destination IP address where the trap messages will be sent Community Enter the SNMP community string Remember to select Apply if any changes were made 9 8 5 SYSTEM TOOLS Page NTP SETUP Section Select your Time Zone Current Router This is the time the node is set to This will be updated and displayed Time in the STATUS page by either setting to the browsing computer system clock or by a connected NTP server Proposed Router This will display the system clock of the device that is browsing to the Time node If the Adjust button is pressed The time displayed in this box will overwrite the clock on the device Enable NTP Client not enabled by default Known Time Select a time server from the drop down list Note The node will need Server to have access to the internet to connect to any one of these servers Time server Manually enter in a time server if the desired one is not in the Known Timer server lista Remember to select Apply if any changes were made 9 8 6 SYSTEM TOOLS Page TELNET SERVER Section Enable Telnet Server Enabled by default Telnet server port Port 23 is the default 9 8 7 SYSTEM TOOLS Page SYSTEM SERVER Section Enable Syslog Not enabled by default Logging IP Enter in the de
24. TX CCO Client Connection Quality Given in and provide the radio connection quality with the connected AP with 100 being the best Channel Width channel width the radio connection is using This is automatically determined based on the radio connection quality when 20 40M channel bandwidth is selected on the WIRELESS SETTINGS page Possible connections that may be displayed are listed below starting with the best fastest connection HT40 HTAO HT40 HT20 HT10 Refresh Button This will cause the data that feeds this page to be refreshed TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 19 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 1 5 STATUS_AP Page LOCAL AP ERRORS Section RX Invalid NWID RX Invalid Crypt RX Invalid Frags TX Excessive Retries Missed Beacons Other Errors TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 Shows the number of SSIDs detected that is different from the Remote AP SSID This number will continually count up and will count up faster in congested RF environments It is normal to see this count increase Represents the number of transmitted and received packets which were encrypted with the wrong encryption key and failed the decryption routines It can be used to detect invalid wireless security settings and encryption break attempts This value represents dropped packets due to packet reassembly failure due to link layer fragments Represents the number of packet delivery failures Undelivered
25. are enabled for entry DE eiPrasspessitelosisanitasiciess INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 43 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E DHCP Stop IP DHCP address block stop address Address DHCP Netmask DHCP Network mask that the DHCP sever will pass to the DHCP clients DHCP Gateway IP IP address for the network segment gateway that the DHCP sever will pass to the DHCP clients DIS CIP ease lease time bOr thie DACP acdehessesul e S OS UTR CO D Times seconds Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made 9 7 2 NETWORK SETTINGS Page DHCP SERVER RESERVATIONS Section Here one can assign IP addresses to specific MAC addresses Once the IP address and MAC address has been entered click the ADD button Make sure the IP address assigned is within the DHCP start and end address block Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made 9 7 3 NETWORK SETTINGS Page BANDWIDTH CONTROL Section When enabled is checked this will limit up and download speeds specified by the page that will launch when the configure button is pressed as shown below BANDWIDTH CONTROL SETUP Ethernet to WirelessTratfhic Limit kbit Download Wireless to EthernetTraffic Limit kbit Upload Enter in the throughput limiting values for upload and download then hit the Apply Setting button This feature could be useful when configuring clients connecting to a single multipoint AP or in a repeating system thus keeping within the
26. ckets Distance and the Distance in meters that will be used to calculate Slot time ACK Calculate Button timeout and CTS timeout The default is 1000 meters but this value should be increased if the link distance goes beyond 1000m Settings above 4000m will gradually start to affect link throughput Once the distance value has been entered press the Calculate button This will update the Slot time ACK Timeout and CTS Timeout fields Once these have been updated press the Apply Settings button Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made 9 4 4 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 1 Client Page RSSI LED INDICATOR Section This section allows the user to set the LED threshold for the RSSI Indicating LEDs Note LED1 on this page is not brought out on the external LED label LED2 corresponds to Ethernet RSSI2 on the LED label LED3 corresponds to RSSI3 and LED4 corresponds to Status RSSI4 Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 32 comnet INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 5 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 2 Client Page netwave BASIC WIRELESS SETTINGS RADIO 2 Wireless Mode Remote AP ESSID Remote AP Lock to MAC Country Code Wireless Profilex Channel Spectrum Width Guard Interval Transmit Power Client Enabled United States of America NA 5GHz x 20 400 Short G dBm Chainmask STATUS WIRELESS
27. ding in progress please do not reboot power off Rebooting Powering off the device during firmware upgrade would cause fatal errors TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 52 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E e The last screen will confirm to reboot Hit Yes Firmware upgrade finished Reboot e Unit will reboot and the page will refresh after about 60 seconds e t is recommended that a factory reset be performed by hitting the Restore to Default button at the bottom of the ADMIN page but may not be required Consult ComNet tech support for further detail on the particular upgrade or refer to the firmware release notes e End of Firmware upgrade procedure 9 9 2 ADMIN Page HOST NAME Section Enter in the desired host name Remember to select Apply if any changes were made 9 9 3 ADMIN Page ADMIN ACCOUNT Section Administrator Username Default is admin Current Password Default is admin Remember to select Apply if any changes were made 9 9 4 ADMIN Page READ ONLY ACCOUNT Section The read only account is for monitoring only with no configuration authorization Enable Read Only Account Enabled by Default Read only Username Default is guest Password Default is guest Remember to select Apply if any changes were made TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 53 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 9 5 ADMIN Page CONFIG MANAGEMENT Section This section allows th
28. e user to save the current configuration of the node in a file allowing backup of node configuration Backup When the Backup button is presses a prompt will pop up asking Configuration where to store the configuration file Backup System When Backup is pressed a page showing the contents of the current Log log files will be displayed This then can be saved One will have to hit the back button to get to the previous ADMIN page Upload Hit browse to the location of a backup configuration file then Configuration hit restore This will restore the unit configuration to the stored configuration 9 9 6 ADMIN Page DEVICE REBOOT RESET Section Reboot Button Will reboot the node Reset to defaults Will restore the node to factory defaults erasing all user set parameters TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 54 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 10 0 Agency Compliance FCC Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause harmful interference and e This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of
29. ection Enable STP Not enabled by default Root Priority Allows the user to set priorities in each node used during the root bridge selection process Root Hello Timer For setting STP hello times Default is 2 Root Forward For setting STP forward delay Default is 15 Delay Root Max Age For setting STP maximum age timer Default is 20 Remember to select Apply if any changes were made 9 8 2 SYSTEM TOOLS Page PING WATCHDOG Section The ping watchdog utility can be a useful tool if a node needs to be periodically rebooted Wireless equipment can sometimes require reboot to re establish a connection if operating in noisy environments Enable Ping Not enabled by default Watchdog IP Address to Network address that the watchdog utility will ping ping Ping Interval Interval in seconds that the watchdog utility will send ICMP ping requests out Default is 5 seconds Startup Delay One time delay after node is booted Default is 60 seconds Failure Countto The number of successive ping failures before the node will initiate a Reboot reboot Remember to select Apply if any changes were made 9 8 3 SYSTEM TOOLS Page AUTO REBOOT Section This can bet set to reboot a certain time every day or by a set number of hours This is disabled by default Remember to select Apply if any changes were made TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 46 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 8 4 SYSTEM TOOLS Page SNMP SE
30. evice is operated within local country regulatory requirements RoHS WEEE Compliance Statement European Directive 2002 96 EC requires that the equipment bearing this symbol on the product and or its packaging must not be disposed of with unsorted municipal waste The symbol indicates that this product should be disposed of separately from regular household waste streams It is your responsibility to dispose of this and other electric and electronic equipment via designated collection facilities appointed by the government or local authorities Correct disposal and recycling will help prevent potential negative consequences to the environment and human health For more detailed information about the disposal of your old equipment please contact your local authorities waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 56 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 11 0 GPL General Public License Statement You may have received from ComNet products that contained in part free software software licensed in a way that ensures your freedom to run copy distribute study change and improve the software Such products include NetWave series of products As part of these products ComNet may have distributed to you hardware and or software that contained a version of free software programs developed by the Free Software Foundation a separate not for profit organiza
31. he link see Distance and the Calculate Button section below Beacon interval Defines the time interval in ms between AP beacon broadcasts Not recommended to change the default 100ms setting RTS Threshold RTS Request to Send threshold This parameter controls what size data packet the low level RF protocol issues to an RTS packet The default is 2346 with the valid range of 0 2346 There are several trade offs to consider setting this parameter Using a small value causes RTS packets to be sent more often consuming more of the available bandwidth potentially reducing the throughput of the network packet However the more RTS packets that are sent the quicker the system can recover from interference or collisions as would be the case in a wireless network with interference Fragmentation Default is 2346 with a valid range is 256 2346 This parameter sets Threshold the threshold where the wireless transmission will fragment any give packet if the packet size exceeds the threshold value This setting rule will not apply to broadcast and multicast packets Distance and the Distance in meters that will be used to calculate Slot time ACK Calculate Button timeout and CTS timeout The default is 1000 meters but this value should be increased if the link distance goes beyond 1000m Settings above 4000m will gradually start to affect link throughput Once the distance value has been entered press the Calculate button This will update the
32. his guide applies to the following models NWA Industrial Hardened Dual Radio Two Gb Ethernet Ports One internal 19dBi 17 beamwidth directional antenna includes power injection module power supply and mounting hardware Port 1 supports IEEE 802 3af at PD PoE Port 2 provides IEEE 802 3at PSE PoE Power FCC Certified for use in the NA region NW8E Industrial Hardened Dual Radio Two Gb Ethernet Ports One internal 19dBi 17 beamwidth directional antenna includes power injection module power supply and mounting hardware Port 1 supports IEEE 802 3af at PD PoE Port 2 provides IEEE 802 3at PSE PoE Power ETSI Certified for use in the EU region TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 5 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 2 0 Drop and Repeat NW8 and NW8E The Dual Radio Netwave product with external antenna can be used in a Drop and Repeat topology with any other Netwave Access Point This design is recommended in situations where there is an object blocking Line of Sight There is a MAC address lock feature for the FCC version that can be enabled for either radio through the user interface but is not enabled by default The NW8 and NWABE has an integrated 19dBi directional antenna and supports external antenna connection to Radio 1 See the ComNet website for the latest information regarding antenna options and support IP Camera PIM Ethernet m Ethernet f A lt _ lt gt eo y NS NW8 NWADA1
33. imit link throughput to a maximum of 54Mbps Options for WPA WPA2 are TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol which uses the RC4 encryption algorithm and AES Advanced Encryption Standard AES is the default setting and is the recommended cipher allowing the highest link throughput TKIP will limit throughput to a maximum of 54Mbps Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made Pre shared Key Identity User Name User Password For use with WPA security Here an alpha numeric between 8 and 63 character long pre shared key can be entered For use with 802 1x security identification credential and be entered here to be used by the WPA supplicant for EAP authentication For use with 802 1x security Identification credential used by the APA supplicant for EAP tunnelled authentication in an unencrypted form For use with 802 1x security Password credential used by the WPA supplicant for EAP authentication Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 35 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 5 3 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 2 Client Page LONG RANGE PARAMETERS Section Long Range Check box to enable long range parameters This is enabled and set Parameters to 1000m by default 1000m should meet a majority of the system link distances but if the link distance goes beyond 1000m this section will need to be adjusted on both ends of t
34. ings above 4000m will gradually start to affect link throughput Once the distance value has been entered press the Calculate button This will update the Slot time ACK Timeout and CTS Timeout fields Once these have been updated press the Apply Settings button Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 41 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 6 4 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 2 AP Page RSSI LED INDICATOR Section This section allows the user to set the LED threshold for the RSSI Indicating LEDs Note LED1 on this page is not brought out on the external LED label LED2 corresponds to Ethernet RSSI2 on the LED label LED3 corresponds to RSSI3 and LED4 corresponds to Status RSSI4 Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made 9 6 5 WIRELESS SETTINGS RADIO 2 AP Page ETSI Version Only o M eeeeeeesnessssen9D9 com net me i STATUS WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM ADMIN O SETTINGS SETTINGS TOOLS netwave e Lame ve Apply Settings 7 Enable Radio 2 BASIC WIRELESS SETTINGS RADIO 2 Wireless Mode Client Remote AP ESSID Netwave 11AP Country Code United Kingdom Wireless Profile NA 5GHz Channel Spectrum Width 20 40 Guard Interval Short Transmit Power dBm Chainmask 2x2 Dual Aggregate Dual Chain Power Channel Scan List Select Channels to Scan Enabled Note The ETSI version of the NetWave NWSE has
35. int or Client mode of operation Remote AP ESSID Remote Access point SSID can be entered here Site Survey When pressed will generate a pop up screen showing all the potential APs that it can Button connect to like the image below Scanned channels 5745 5765 5785 5805 5825 MAC address ESSID Encryption ALG Signal dBm Channel Frequency 00 22 3b 0d 00 19 Netwave 1 WPA2 PSK AES 40 149 5745 00 22 3b 01 6c 58 Netwave 1 WPA2 PSK AES 30 153 5765 00 22 3b 01 6c 59 Netwave Eng2 WPA2 PSK AES 67 161 5805 Close this window NOTE If there is an AP you wish to connect to just double click on the desired AP line this window will close and auto populate the Remote AP SSID box and the Remote AP Lock to MAC address box MAC Lock When enabled this feature allows for a higher operating EIRP for FCC versions and a more secure link between the AP and Client Country Code A country of operation can be selected from the pull down NOTE for the FCC version only United States will be in the list while countries participating in the ETSI harmonized standards will populate this list for the ETSI version Wireless Profile Select either NA or NG operation NA is 802 11a and 802 11n 5GHZ operation NG is 802 11g and 802 11n 2 4GHz operation NOTE Some models may only support the NA 5GHz option Channel The user can select the operation channel width 20 40M lets the units determine the Spectrum Width best channel width with the maximum 40MHz as an
36. ireless Profile Select either NA or NG operation NA is 802 11a and 802 11n SGHZ operation NG is 802 11g and 802 11n 2 4GHz operation NOTE Some models may only support the NA 5GHz option Channel The user can select the operation channel width 20 40M lets the units Spectrum Width determine the best channel width with the maximum 40MHz as an option under good RF conditions One may want to choose 20MHz for noisy or congested RF environments Options available are 20 40M 20M and 10M Guard Interval This represents the guard interval between packets The options are Short and Long The Long option is recommended for links greater than 2Km in distance Channel Auto is enabled by default When Auto is unchecked the user can Frequency select from a number of frequencies available from the drop down list When Auto is checked and during boot up the AP will select the operational channel with least interference Select Button When pressed a pop up screen comes up like the one below IZ 5745 MHz v 5765 MHz 15785 MHz v 5805 MHz M 5825 MHz This allows the user to select which frequencies the AP will scan for during reboot and when Auto mode is checked enabled TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 25 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E Interference When pressed will generate a pop up window showing all the Analyzer Button detected AP signals like the image below Channel Bandwidth 20 40M Sca
37. is 2346 with the valid range of 0 2346 There are several trade offs to consider setting this parameter Using a small value causes RTS packets to be sent more often consuming more of the available bandwidth potentially reducing the throughput of the network packet However the more RTS packets that are sent the quicker the system can recover from interference or collisions as would be the case in a wireless network with interference Fragmentation Default is 2346 with a valid range is 256 2346 This parameter sets the Threshold threshold where the wireless transmission will fragment any packet if the packet size exceeds the threshold value This setting rule will not apply to broadcast and multicast packets Distance and the Distance in meters that will be used to calculate Slot time ACK Calculate Button timeout and CTS timeout The default is 1000 meters but this value should be increased if the link distance goes beyond 1000m Settings above 4000m will gradually start to affect link throughput Once the distance value has been entered press the Calculate button This will update the Slot time ACK Timeout and CTS Timeout fields Once these have been updated press the Apply Settings button Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 27 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 3 4 WIRELESS SETTINGS AP Page RSSI LED INDICATOR Section This section al
38. lows the user to set the LED threshold for the RSSI Indicating LEDs Note LED1 on this page is not brought out on the external LED label LED2 corresponds to Ethernet RSSI2 on the LED label LED3 corresponds to RSSI3 and LED4 corresponds to Status RSSI4 Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made 9 3 5 WIRELESS SETTINGS AP Page NWSE ETSI Version Only gn LS O l CO m n et 4 sm STATUS WIRELESS METWORK SYSTEM ADMIN ETTINGS SETTINGS TOOLS nhnetwave MERC intem BASIC WIRELESS SETTINGS RADIO 1 Wireless Mode Local AP ESSID E Hide SSID Country Code United Kingdom Wireless Profile Channel Spectrum Width Guard Interval 5600 5650M Band Remove 10 Minute CAC Band Channel Frequency Auto Transmit Power 11 dBm Chainmask 2x2 Dual Aggregate Dual Chain Power Note Dynamic Frequency Selection DFS is required for all ETSI Wireless Access Points The purpose of DFS is to have the device detect the presence of a radar system on the channel they are using and if the level of radar is above a certain threshold vacate the channel and select an alternate channel Channel Availability Check CAC is the time a system shall monitor a channel for presence of a radar prior to initiating a communications link on that channel 5600 5650M Band Enable or Disable 10 Minute CAC Band Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NWB8 E _REV 06 10 13 P
39. lt 1000m should meet a majority of the system link distances but if the link distance goes beyond 1000m this section will need to be adjusted on both ends of the link see Distance and the Calculate Button section below Beacon interval Defines the time interval in ms between AP beacon broadcasts Not recommended to change the default 100ms setting RTS Threshold RTS Request to Send threshold This parameter controls what size data packet the low level RF protocol issues to an RTS packet The default is 2346 with the valid range of 0 2346 There are several trade offs to consider setting this parameter Using a small value causes RTS packets to be sent more often consuming more of the available bandwidth potentially reducing the throughput of the network packet However the more RTS packets that are sent the quicker the system can recover from interference or collisions as would be the case in a wireless network with interference Fragmentation Default is 2346 with a valid range is 256 2346 This parameter sets the Threshold threshold where the wireless transmission will fragment any packet if the packet size exceeds the threshold value This setting rule will not apply to broadcast and multicast packets Distance and the Distance in meters that will be used to calculate Slot time ACK Calculate Button timeout and CTS timeout The default is 1000 meters but this value should be increased if the link distance goes beyond 1000m Sett
40. maximum throughput of any one hop or multipoint AP TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 44 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL 9 8 SYSTEM TOOLS Page Client and Access Point STATUS comnet c a WIRELESS SETTINGS NETWORK SYSTEM SETTINGS ADMIN TOOLS netwave SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL STP SETUP Enable STP Root Priority Root Hello Time Root Forward Delay Root Maximum Age PING WATCHDOG Enable Ping Watchdog IP Address To Ping 5 seconds seconds Ping Interval Startup Delay Failure Count To Reboot AUTO REBOOT Auto Reboot Mode Disabled Range Range Range Range More Tools iv 0 to 65536 1to 10 4 to 30 6 to 40 SNMP SETUP Enable SNMP Read Password Write Password Engine ID Enable SNMP Trap Trap Destination IP Community NTP SETUP Select Your Time Zone Current Router Time 12 31 1999 15 07 58 GMT 08 00 09 27 113 14 38 06 bonehed cs mit edu Apply Proposed Router Time Enable NTP Client Known Time Server Time Server TELNET SERVER Enable Telnet Server Server Port GMT 08 00 Pacific Time US amp Canada v SYSTEM LOG Enable System Log Logging IP Domain Name Logging Port TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV NW8 NW8E 06 10 13 PAGE 45 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 8 1 SYSTEM TOOLS Page STP S
41. meters without powering a second device connected to port 2 Connect the RJ 45 Ethernet cable attached to the PIM to a network device such as a switch or to the configuration PC Then plug the power adaptor to an AC power outlet and power plug into the socket of the PIM as shown in the diagram below Note DC Passive PoE input of 48 VDC If powering a second device from Port 2 it is recommended not to exceed 20 meters from the PIM PoE PSE to the Access Point and not to exceed 5 meters from the AP to the Camera or secondary device o OQ Ethernet Network When mounting the hardware outdoors it is highly recommended to create a drip loop with the Ethernet cable to prevent moisture from getting into the gland TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 11 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 6 2 NW8 and NWSE Antenna Installation To connect an external antenna to the NW8 and NWSBE attach RF Cables not included to the N Female connectors on the device RF Cables need to be properly fastened to have a secure connection Press down firmly on the N Male connector of the antenna cable and tighten TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 12 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 6 3 NW8 and NWSE Indicating LED Details Note External RSSI LEDs are for Radio 1 only One needs to logon to the embedded configuration pages to view the RSSI levels of Radio 2
42. n Channels 5745 5765 5785 5805 5825 Frequency Interference fe D 68 Close this window Transmit Power This section will set the RF transmit power The maximum RF power available will be limited in software based on the gain of the integrated antenna and the region the unit was programmed to operate in The default will set the unit to maximum allowed RF power Here the user can reduce the RF power in case the RX RSSI levels on the remote unit exceed 65 Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made 9 3 2 WIRELESS SETTINGS AP Page WIRELESS SECURITY Section Security Here the end user can select the wireless security mode Options available are None WEP WPA WPA2 and 802 1x port based security 802 1x is for secure user based authentication through a centralized authentication server WPA Options here will set the authentication depending on the security Authentication selected above PSK Pre Shared Key is the default for WPA WPA2 security EAP TTLS and EAP PEAP are the two authentication methods for 802 1x security NOTE Operating with 802 1x security will limit link throughput to a maximum of 54Mbps Cipher Type Options for WPA WPA2 are TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol which uses the RC4 encryption algorithm and AES Advanced Encryption Standard AES is the default setting and is the recommended cipher allowing the highest link throughput TKIP will limit throughput to a maximum of 54Mb
43. nvalid NWID TX Excessive Retries RX Invalid Crypt on E Missed Beacons RX Invalid Frag Lo S E Other Errors 9 1 1 STATUS_AP Page MAIN Section This section will list the unit uptime as well as the system time which can be set on the SYSTEM TOOLS page 9 1 2 STATUS_AP Page LAN SETTING Section LAN MAC Lists the MAC address for the electrical copper Ethernet port Address Mode Shows the current setting for setting the IP address for the embedded web server This is configured on the NETWORK SETTINGS page IP Address Current IP address for the embedded web server Gateway IP Address IP address for the network gateway LAN Port Connections Shows connection status for copper Ethernet ports 1 and 2 TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 18 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 1 3 STATUS_AP Page RADIO 1 Section Wireless Mode Shows the operational mode for the radio This can be set on the WIRELESS SETTINGS page Local AP SSID SSID that this AP is broadcasting Frequency Frequency that the AP is operating on MAC MAC address of the AP radio Local AP MAC MAC address of the AP radio Security Operating security This can be selected on the WIRELESS SETTINGS page 9 1 4 STATUS AP Page CONNECTED STATIONS Section MAC Address ists the MAC addresses ofthe connected stations Signal Strength Lists the RSSI values of the connected stations Tx Rate will show the transmit radio connection rate
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45. on LAN MAC Address Mode IP Address Gateway IP Address LAN Port Connections TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 Lists the MAC address for the electrical copper Ethernet port Shows the current setting for setting the IP address for the embedded web server This is configured on the NETWORK SETTINGS page C urent IP address for thie embedded Web servel IP address for the network gateway Shows connection status for copper Ethernet ports 1 and 2 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 21 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 2 3 STATUS Client Page RADIO Section Wireless Mode Lists the operational mode for the radio This can be set on the WIRELESS SETTINGS page Remote AP SSID SSID for that the client will scan and connect to Noise Level Receiver noise floor A higher number indicates an operating environment with more RF noise congestion Signal Strength Received signal strength TX Rate Radio connect rate for the transmit portion RX Rate Radio connect rate for the receive portion DS CIC Client Connection Quality Given in and provide the radio connection quality with the connected AP with 100 being the best Frequency Frequency the client is using to connect to the AP MAC MAC address of the client radio Remote AP MAC MAC address of the connected AP radio Channel Width channel width the radio connection is using This is automatically determined based on the radio connection quality when 20 40M channel band
46. on Note Any settings changes made on this page will require the hitting Apply Settings button then Select Save Wireless Mode The user can select either Access Point or Client mode of operation Local AP ESSID The SSID this AP will broadcast Country Code A country of operation can be selected from the pull down NOTE For the FCC version only United States will be in the list while countries participating in the ETSI harmonized standards will populate this list for the ETSI version Wireless Profile Select either NA or NG operation NA is 802 11a and 802 11n SGHZ operation NG is 802 11g and 802 11n 2 4GHz operation NOTE Some models may only support the NA 5GHz option Channel The user can select the operation channel width 20 40M lets the units Spectrum Width determine the best channel width with the maximum 40MHz as an option under good RF conditions One may want to choose 20MHz for noisy or congested RF environments Options available are 20 40M 20M and 10M Guard Interval This represents the guard interval between packets The options are Short and Long The Long option is recommended for links greater than 2Km in distance Channel Auto is enabled by default When Auto is unchecked the user can Frequency select from a number of frequencies available from the drop down list When Auto is checked and during boot up the AP will select the operational channel with least interference Select Button When pressed a po
47. p up screen comes up like the one below IZ 5745 MHz v 5765 MHz 15785 MHz v 5805 MHz M 5825 MHz This allows the user to select which frequencies the AP will scan for during reboot and when Auto mode is checked enabled TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 39 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E Interference When pressed will generate a pop up window showing all the Analyzer Button detected AP signals like the image below Channel Bandwidth 20 40M Scan Channels 5745 5765 5785 5805 5825 Frequency Interference fe D 68 Close this window Transmit Power This section will set the RF transmit power The maximum RF power available will be limited in software based on the gain of the integrated antenna and the region the unit was programmed to operate in The default will set the unit to maximum allowed RF power Here the user can reduce the RF power in case the RX RSSI levels on the remote unit exceed 65 Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made 9 6 2 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 2 AP Page WIRELESS SECURITY Section Security Here the end user can select the wireless security mode Options available are None WEP WPA WPA2 and 802 1x port based security 802 1x is for secure user based authentication through a centralized authentication server WPA Options here will set the authentication depending on the security Authentication selected above PSK Pre Shared
48. power available will be limited in software based on the gain of the integrated antenna and the region the unit was programmed to operate in The default will set the unit to maximum RF power and here the user can reduce the RF power in case the RX RSSI levels on the remote unit exceed 65 Channel Scan List When enabled the client will only scan the channels selected Select Channels When this button is pressed a new client scan window will pop up shown below To Scan Button gl 5745 MHz M 5765 MHz M 5785 MHz M 5805 MHz M 5825 MHz Here the user can select which channels the client will scan This can reduce link lock times if the desired AP is fixed to a known frequency Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 34 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 5 2 WIRELESS SETTINGS Radio 2 Client Page WIRELESS SECURITY Section Security WPA Authentication Cipher Type Here the end user can select the wireless security mode Options available are None WEP WPA WPA2 and 802 1x port based security 802 1x is for secure user based authentication through a centralized authentication server Options here will set the authentication depending on the security selected above PSK Pre Shared Key is the default for WPA WPA2 security EAP TTLS and EAP PEAP are the two authentication methods for 802 1x security Note Operating with 802 1x security will l
49. ps Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS_NW8 E _REV 06 10 13 PAGE 26 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E Pre shared Key For use with WPA security Here an alpha numeric between 8 and 63 character long pre shared key can be entered Identity For use with 802 1x security identification credential and be entered here to be used by the WPA supplicant for EAP authentication User Name For use with 802 1x security Identification credential used by the APA supplicant for EAP tunnelled authentication in an unencrypted form User Password For use with 802 1x security Password credential used by the WPA supplicant for EAP authentication Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made 9 3 3 WIRELESS SETTINGS AP Page LONG RANGE PARAMETERS Section Long Range Check box to enable long range parameters This is enabled and set Parameters to 1000m by default 1000m should meet a majority of the system link distances but if the link distance goes beyond 1000m this section will need to be adjusted on both ends of the link see Distance and the Calculate Button section below Beacon interval Defines the time interval in ms between AP beacon broadcasts Not recommended to change the default 100ms setting RTS Threshold RTS Request to Send threshold This parameter controls what size data packet the low level RF protocol issues to an RTS packet The default
50. rs and technicians It assumes that users have some PC competence and are familiar with Microsoft Windows operating systems and web browsers such as Windows Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox as well as have knowledge of the following Installation of electronic equipment Electrical regulations and guidelines Knowledge of Local Area Network technology Related Documentation The following documentation is also available NW8 NWSAOE Datasheets NW8 NWSAO8E Quick Start Guides Website For information on ComNet s entire product line please visit the ComNet website at http www comnet net Support For any questions or technical assistance please contact your sales person sales comnet net or the customer service support center techsupport comnet net Safety Only ComNet service personnel can service the equipment Please contact ComNet Technical Support The equipment should be installed in locations with controlled access or other means of security and controlled by persons of authority TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NWO E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 2 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E Contents About This Guide Related Documentation Website Safety Overview Legal Information 1 0 Introduction 2 0 Drop and Repeat NW8 and NW8E 3 0 Redundant Ring NW8 and NW8E 4 0 PoE Pass through Port NW8 and NW8E 5 0 Cabling Requirements 6 0 Hardware Installation 6 1 NW8 and NW8E
51. sie Cet appareil est conforme la norme RSS Industrie Canada exempts de licence norme s Son fonctionnement est soumis aux deux conditions suivantes 17 Compliance e Cet appareil ne peut pas provoquer d interf rences et e Cet appareil doit accepter toute interf rence y compris les interf rences qui peuvent causer un mauvais fonctionnement du dispositif TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 55 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E RF Exposure Warning The antennas used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 2 52m from all persons and must not be located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter Les antennes utilis es pour ce transmetteur doivent tre install en consid rant une distance de s paration de toute personnes d au moins 2 52m et ne doivent pas tre localis ou utilis en conflit avec tout autre antenne ou transmetteur CE Marking CE marking on this product represents the product is in compliance with all directives that are applicable to it This equipment may be operated in the following countries Great Britain and Northern Ireland Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Romania Switzerland Sweden Installer Compliance Responsibility Devices must be professionally installed and it is the professional installer s responsibility to make sure the d
52. stination IP address of the device to receive the system log Domain Name Logging port Port 514 is the default Port 514 is common for receiving UDP system logs TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 47 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 8 8 SYSTEM TOOLS Page MORE TOOLS Dropdown menu A More Tools pull down menu is present in the top right hand section of the SYSTEM TOOLs page as shown below t STATUS WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM ADMIN SETTINGS SETTINGS TOOLS omnet Sines ms mem n Te netwave Bridge Table SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL STP SETUP Enable STP Root Priority 3 768 DHCP Active Leases Root Hello Time 2 1to 10 Root Forward Delay 15 4 to 30 Root Maximum Age 20 6 to 40 Ping Utility Use this utility to test network connections using ICMP ping When Ping Utility is selected a pop up screen with come up as shown below NETWORK PING Destination IP HOST 192 168 10 70 Packet Count 5 continuous F Packet Size 4096 bytes Time 192 168 10 70 192 168 10 70 192 168 10 70 192 168 10 70 192 168 10 70 5 of 5 packets received 0 Min 3 038 ms Avg 3 664 ms Max 5 836 ms ARP Table When ARP Table is selected the below pop up screen comes up listing all ARP entries ARP TABLE TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 48 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E Bridge Table
53. t 20 40M if the 5GHz spectrum is crowded or experiencing unstable connections across the link e Wireless Security if changing from default settings e Select Apply Settings e Select Save Note NW8 and NWSE nodes may need to have the Wireless Mode set to either AP or Client default is Client for Radio 1 and Access Point for Radio 2 The unit IP addresses will need to be all set to different addresses default address is 192 168 10 102 This is the IP address of the embedded configuration web server Therefore it is recommended that configuration be performed one at a time and prior to deployment TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 17 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 0 Detailed Configuration 9 1 STATUS Page Access Point STATUS WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM ADMIN c SETTINGS SETTINGS TOOLS e Tw netwave VERSION Uptime 2 Days 01 46 47 Firmware Version NW1 R2 V1 0 2 System Time 01 02 2000 16 46 48 LAN SETTING LAN MAC Address Mode IP Address Gateway IP Address LAN cable Porti Port2 Not Connected Not Conrjected Radio 1 Radio 2 Wireless Mode MAC Local AP SSID Local AP MAC Frequency Security CONNECTED STATIONS 1 MAC Address Signal Strength Tx Rate Tx CCQ Client Conn Quality Rx Rate Channel Width 00 22 3b 0d 03 97 46 44 28 243M 50 300M HT40 LOCAL AP STATISTICS Bytes Packets Errors Received 3963 fo Transmitted 40556 fo LOCAL AP ERRORS RX I
54. the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a Industrial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operations of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Industry Canada This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 To reduce potential radio interference to other users the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated power EIRP is not more than that permitted for successful communication This device complies with Industry Canada license exempt RSS standard s Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause interference and e This device must accept any interference including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device Cet appareil num rique de la classe A est confrome la norme NMB 003 Canada Pour r duire le risque d interf rence aux autres utilisateurs le type d antenne et son gain doivent tre choisies de facon que la puissance isotrope rayonn e quivalente PIRE ne d passe pas ce qui est n cessaire pour une communication r us
55. the added feature of being able to enable or disable Radio 2 Enable Radio 2 Enable or Disable RIdio 2 Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 42 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 7 NETWORK SETTINGS Page Client or Access Point Gateway IP DHCP Fallback IP DHCP Mode DHCP Client Static 192 168 10 101 255 255 255 0 192 168 10 1 192 168 100 202 NONE amp DHCP Server LAN Mode needs to be Static DHCP Start IP Address DHCP End IP Address DHCP Netmaesk DHCP Gateway IP DHCP SERVER RESERVATIONS IP Address Hardwere MAC Description BANDWIDTH CONTROL Bandwidth Control Enabled 9 7 1 NETWORK SETTINGS Page LOCAL AREA NETWORK Section LAN Mode IP Address Netmask Gateway IP DHCP Fallback IP DHCP Mode TX P SES LE Address TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 Embedded web server addressing mode Options are static or dynamic for an address from a local DHCP server For setting the static address for the embedded web server Static network mask Static gateway IP address This will be the address the web server will default to if it cannot establish communications with a DHCP server This enables an option to make the node act as a DHCP server Note Can only set DHCP server if the node is statically addressed Once the DHCP Server option has been selected DHCP option fields below
56. tion without any affiliation to ComNet See http www gnu org philosophy free sw html for more details If ComNet distributed any portions of these free software programs to you you were granted a license to that software under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or GNU Lesser General Public License License copies of which are available from http www gnu org licenses licenses html The Licenses allow you to freely copy modify and redistribute that software without any other statement or documentation from us ComNet will provide to anyone who contacts us at the contact provided below for a charge of no more than our cost of physically performing source code distribution a complete machine readable copy of the complete corresponding source code for the free software programs used in the version of the programs that we distribute to you The cost will be free if the delivery medium of the machine readable copy is through the Internet Contact information Email techsupport comnet net Tel 203 796 5300 Address 3 Corporate Drive Danbury CT 06810 USA We will reply within 7 working days once the request has been made through email or telephone TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 57 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E ComNet Customer Service Customer Care is ComNet Technology s global service center where our professional staff is ready to answer your questions at any time Email C
57. uard Interval Short Channel Frequency 5745M E Auto Select 5745 5765 5785 5805 5 Transmit Power dBm Chainmask 2x2 Dual Aggregate Dual Chain Power LOCAL AP WIRELESS SECURITY RADIO 1 Security weaz el WPA Authentication F Cipher Type WPA Preshared Key 2345678 Pri Radius Server IP D 0 0 Sec Radius Server IP 0 0 0 Authentication Port L812 Accounting Port 1813 Radius Secret Key private LONG RANGE PARAMETERS RADIO 1 Long Range Parameters Enable Beacon Interval 100 RTS Threshold off Fragmentation Threshold r off Distance meters Slot Time us ACK Timeout us Auto Adjust for Slottime ACK Timeout CTS Timeout CTS Timeout us RSSI LED SETTINGS RADIO 1 LED1 10 LED2 20 LED3 Signal Strength Indicator RSSI LER TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 24 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 3 1 WIRELESS SETTINGS AP Page BASIC WIRELESS SETTINGS Section Note Any settings changes made on this page will require the hitting Apply Settings button then Select Save Wireless Mode The user can select either Access Point or Client mode of operation Local AP ESSID The SSID this AP will broadcast Country Code A country of operation can be selected from the pull down NOTE For the FCC version only United States will be in the list while countries participating in the ETSI harmonized standards will populate this list for the ETSI version W
58. width is selected on the WIRELESS SETTINGS page Possible connections that may be displayed are listed below starting with the best fastest connection HT40 HT40 HT40 HT20 HT10 Security Operating security This can be selected on the WIRELESS SETTINGS page Align Button This will produce a pop up Antenna Alignment window shown below that will render a graphical RSSI meter This meter will present a scale between 0 and 100 This tool may be helpful when performing antenna alignments Antenna Alignment Signal Strength 47dBm ES Left Right Chain 46 37 Noise Level 120 dBm NOTE RSSI values above 70 will begin to cause reduction of link throughput RSSI values greater than 75 will significantly reduce link throughput but RSSI values this high are normally experienced during bench testing Refresh Button This will cause the data that feeds this page to be refreshed TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 INS NW8 E REV 06 10 13 PAGE 22 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NW8 NW8E 9 2 4 STATUS Client Page LOCAL STATION STATICS Section Received Transmitted Shows Bytes Packets and Errors received Shows Bytes Packets and Errors transmitted 9 2 5 STATUS Client Page LOCAL STATION ERROR Section RX Invalid NWID RX Invalid Crypt RX Invalid Frags TX Excessive Retries Missed Beacons Other Errors TECH SUPPORT 1 888 678 9427 Shows the number of SSIDs detected that is different from the Remote AP

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