AW58100HTM - AvaLAN Wireless
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1. AW58100HTM USER S MANUAL 5 8 GHz Outdoor 100 Mbps Wireless Ethernet Mesh Node N e e Industrial grade long range wireless Ethernet systems i AvaLA N w I R E L E S AW58100HTM Thank you for your purchase of this member of the 5 8 GHz Outdoor 100 Mbps family of wireless Ethernet radios The AW58100HTM is a mesh node radio It features dual omnidirectional antennas and may be used in sets to create a high speed line of sight multipoint to multi point network with 1 Watt EIRP and up to 100 Mbps RF data rate via the latest MIMO technology The AW58100HTM includes e 1 AW58100HTM Outdoor 100 Mbps Wireless Ethernet Mesh Node Radio e 1 Heavy Duty Pole mount Bracket e 1 AW POE18i Power Over Ethernet Injector with integrated 18 VDC Power Supply Table of Contents Quick Start Guide et te te we ee ee 3 Physical Setup 2 6 6 a ae O86 26d ae ew OO ee ee ee ee 5 Digital Configuration ccc cc eee ee ee ee eens 5 Connecting To The Radio 6 202066 005 00 c6008e54 50s sbcawedueouwks 6 Changing the Configuration Step By Step 7 Viewing Status Information 0 cee ee ee ee eee 10 Advanced Diagnostic Tools 0 ee ee te eee ee ees 12 Frequency Channels 0 cc wc cc cee eee eee ee ee ences 16 Warranty and FCC Information s 2 4 6 6 6 040 4 ee e eed wes 16 If you have any questions when configuring your AvaLAN system the best place to get answers is2. vides a text box to change it Change the SSID to a new value of your choice and click OK or Apply e You will need to browse to the radio s IP Address and login again after the change 4 Setting the Encryption Pass Phrase e On the same page as above for setting the SSID a box is provided for entering the Encryption Key Quick Set a Wireless IP Addressing Y n rae OK Cancel Apply Set IP subnet System Y Password Reboot J Frequency 5825 x MHz Hide Menu 1 SSID a AvaLANSSPK Logout Encryption Key Tx Rx Rate 761 3 kbps 64 4 kbps Tx Rx Packet Rate 86 p s S6p s Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 8 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTM 5 Setting the Access Point Frequency Channel and Bandwidth e On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window click Quick Set This returns you to the page presented after login WebFig v5 16 aP Quick Set 192 168 1 51 8 way a 192 168 1 1 AvaLAN AP e The default Frequency Channel is 5805 MHz There are more choices available in the dropdown list than are legal or appropriate for this set of products Do not change the Band dropdown box setting Please choose from among the frequencies shown in the table on the last page of this manual Make sure that you choose channels for mesh networks operating in proximity that do n
3. make sure that the new IP address is unique on your LAN subnet Click the Apply Configuration button to make the change Nothing appears to happen but you have been disconnected and will need to browse to the new IP Address to login again Step 7 Repeat the above steps for each Mesh Node in your network giving them each a unique IP address You may wish at the same time to perform the other Digital Configuration steps beginning on Page 5 Each radio must have a unique IP address with the other configuration parameters set alike Utilizing state of the art MIMO technology the AW58100HTM achieves very high data rate through a combination of dual spacial streams and higher level OFDM modulation Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 4 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTM The default RF configuration provides a 20 MHz channel bandwidth with 5 selectable non overlapping channels to choose from When configured and mounted the ra dios operate as a fully connected peer to peer wireless network with automatic path routing and self healing Physical Setup 1 The factory default digital configuration may be used except that each radio must be given a unique IP address as described in the Quick Start Guide You may want to perform the procedures in the next section before mounting the radios in their final locations Particularly if data security is important you will likely want to change passwords and encryption keys If RF interference
4. screen is clicked Password In the upper right of the screen is a label that tells you the ver Reboot sion of the web interface If the version number is not the same as shown below you might want to visit www avalanwireless com to see if a newer version of this manual exists before proceeding 9 further Hide Menu WebFig v5 16 You are cautioned not to use the back button on your browser to attempt to move back to earlier screens If you do you will be logged out and will need to login again Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 6 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTM Changing The Configuration Step by Step Please remember that if you change the IP Address or User Password and forget their new values you have locked yourself out of the browser interface Recovery can be a time consuming process and will require the help of AvaLAN Technical Support If you are changing parameters over the RF link we do not recommend this be sure to make the remote changes first because the link will be broken if the SSIDs or Security Pass Phrases do not agree 1 Setting the IP Address and subnet mask e On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window click IP Addressing then click Set IP subnet e The current IP Address is shown Click it to bring up the page that allows you to change it e A special notation is used for this entry Use x at the end of t
5. Do not click the little D buttons Clicking on the Wireless_Radio line brings up more information Quick Set Interfaces WebFig v5 16 Interface lt Wireless_Radio gt Wireless IP Addressing mae ARN Encryption Key Tx Rx Rate Tx Rx Packet Rate Tx Rx Bytes Tx Rx Packets Tx Rx Drops Tx Rx Errors Byte Graph Packet Graph Technical Support 650 384 0000 5825 x Mkz AvaLANSSPK E 27 4 kbps 14 p s 12 p s 482 6 MiB 94 5 MiB 767 577 647 046 ie 0 0 Wireless 100 0 Mbps 80 0 Mbps avg 953 7 kbps avg 38 1 Mbps max 1602 9 kbps max 63 3 Mbps 10 000 p s 8 000 p s 2 min age Tx Packet 433 p s Rx Packet 808 p s PAGE 10 avg 1 662 p s avg 3 148 p s max 2 781 p s max 5 216 p s www avalanwireless com AW58100HTM This page displays the current RF frequency the SSID current transmission rates amount of data sent and received since last reboot drops and errors Also shown are graphs of megabits per second and packets per second during the last five min utes or so The graphs are well labeled and auto scale to fit the data After viewing the status you may leave the page by clicking Cancel or by using the Main Menu If you click OK or Apply the process will restart and briefly interrupt the data flow Back on the Wireless page you can click on a WDS process line to see
6. sources are present you may want to change the channel frequency or bandwidth 2 Mount each unit securely using the mounting brackets provided or other means as necessary 3 The units have two omnidirectional antennas to provide dual RF streams for high er data rates Each Mesh Node radio needs to be located with no more than a 1 2 mile line of sight path to whichever other Mesh Nodes it is intended to link with 4 Power is provided to the units by means of their Ethernet cables allowing the power supplies to be located at convenient locations The included power over Ethernet injectors POE provide the means for adding DC power to unused wires in the cable pins 4 5 negative and 7 8 positive The POE RJ 45 socket nearest the power cord may be connected with an Ethernet cable into your network router or at a remote site your remote data source such as a camera The female RJ 45 socket on the other end of the POE should be connected via your LAN cable to the AvaLAN radio Then the power cord on the POE is plugged into a 120 VAC source Each radio is provided with a cable clamping device that allows an RJ45 plug on the cable to pass through and can be tightened down around the cable to provide a weatherproof seal Digital Configuration These five configuration elements must be set for each radio 1 IP address subnet mask 2 User password 3 SSID Service Set Identifier 4 Encryption pass phrase 5 Frequency Channel For a s
7. 0 010s 20 32 dBm 20 32 dBm 58 43 dBm Signal To Noise 85 dB Rate Last Measured 6Mbps 00 00 00 01 9Mbps 20 42 48 78 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 54Mbps HT20 3 HT20 4 HT20 5 HT20 6 HT20 7 21 06 31 74 21 06 12 61 21 05 53 84 00 00 04 58 21 05 31 23 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 01 00 02 16 58 00 00 03 52 Nstreme Framing Mode Framing Limit Framing Current Size Nstreme Statistics Tx Rx Rate 78 0Mbps 78 0Mbps Tx Rx Packets 92 906 74 752 Tx Rx Bytes 113 3 MiB 12 7 MiB Advanced Diagnostic Tools You may want to contact AvaLAN Technical Support for more guidance before using the additional tools described in this section The radio s browser interface unlocks some additional features if you login as an advanced user instead of the standard user described earlier in this manual From the browser initial login page if you enter a user name of adv_user with a password of passwOrd a zero replacing the o you will see and be able to do anything the standard user user name admin can do plus some additional tasks Obviously you can change the password for adv_user and may want to do so for security purposes Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 12 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTM When you log in as the advanced user the navigation menu looks like this There are three new tabs e Files Lists the files associated with the web interface of the radio This information may
8. C 42 D9 39 0A 192 168 1 142 AvaLAN AP 5 13 RB711 Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 15 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTM Frequency Channels Frequency Frequency Non overlapping Non overlapping Non overlapping Band MHz 20 MHz Bandwidth 10 MHz Bandwidth a a MHz 802 113 mo S o Upper Band m a A es E a l O y O e E for Outdoor use alin sap OKT KK O O O Oj Oo ojoj ojo ojojojlojo ISM Band Limited Warranty This product is warranted to the original purchaser for normal use for a period of 360 days from the date of purchase If a defect covered under this warranty occurs AvaLAN will repair or replace the defective part at its option at no cost This warranty does not cover defects resulting from misuse or modification of the product Compliance Statement Part 15 19 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Warning Part 15 21 Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment RF Exposure OET Bulletin 65 To comply with FCC RF exposure requirements for mobile transmitting devices this transmitter should only be used or installed at locations where there is at least 20c
9. and the timeout in milliseconds Flood Ping son Sen coe Flood Ping To 0 0 0 0 Packet Count Packet Size 1500 Timeout Packets Sent Packets Received 0 0 Minimum RTT 0 Average RTT o 0 Maximum RTT 3 IP Scan The radio will scan a range of addresses by default its entire subnet and report back the MAC address and other information about each device it finds IP Scan Address Range vV Address MAC Address Time ms DNS Netbios 0 192 168 1 1 00 18 E7 F2 7C CA 3 1 192 168 1 3 00 1E 58 32 C6 8E 2 2 192 168 1 142 1 3 192 168 1 25 00 1D BA 95 84 13 2 4 192 168 1 11 00 21 74 00 06 99 4 5 192 168 1 12 00 21 74 02 44 87 1 6 192 168 1 13 00 21 74 02 63 13 7 7 192 168 1 14 00 21 74 00 03 40 7 8 192 168 1 15 00 21 74 00 14 29 19 9 192 168 1 16 00 21 74 02 23 26 21 10 192 168 1 17 00 21 74 02 44 83 16 11 192 168 1 141 C0 C1 C0 4B 57 E7 0 12 192 168 1 21 00 21 74 03 48 87 3 13 192 168 1 189 00 16 36 7D 18 45 2 14 192 168 1 95 00 1D 73 5B A9 DE 2 15 192 168 1 130 00 0C 42 D8 F5 D7 2 16 192 168 1 134 00 09 6B 8F 8C 99 0 17 192 168 1 137 00 24 1D 27 41 AA 2 18 192 168 1 147 00 23 18 94 6B 86 2 Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 14 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTM 4 Ping This tool is like the normal Internet ping command and is less disruptive of network traffic than Flood Ping A request is sent and the time needed for a reply is measured After an interval the pr
10. be useful when contacting AvaLAN Technical Support You are cautioned not to de Hide menu lete or alter these files without instructions from AvaLAN Hide passwords Technical Support It is very easy to render your radio in WinBox operative by doing so Logout sid e Tools Four different diagnostic tools are provided here to facilitate troubleshooting and performance optimization e WinBox Downloads a simple finder utility that can be used on Windows compatible PCs to locate AW58100 family products on your LAN Tools 1 Bandwidth Test This is a tool that will generate a high volume of traffic for a particular radio link and produce a graph of the data rate achieved The test can only be performed from one radio to another over the wireless link so enter the IP address of the remote radio you wish to exchange data with You can also specify the protocol tcp or udp and the packet size and data direction Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 13 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTM User s Manual 2 Flood Ping This tool can be used to generate a continuous string of ping com mands to any IP address the radio can see on its subnet Ping uses ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol to request a packet from the target device waits for a return and then immediately sends another request You can specify the IP address to ping the packet count packet size in bytes
11. et of Mesh Nodes in a network the IP addresses must be different and all other configuration parameters must be the same The following pages will give you step by step instructions for changing these configuration elements Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 5 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTM Connecting to the radio 1 Digital configuration is done by means of the radio s built in browser interface The unit should be powered on and connected at least temporarily to a network containing a computer that can run a conventional web browser 2 Using your web browser connect to the radio as described in the Quick Start Guide found earlier in this manual 3 The initial screen after a successful login is Quick Set WebFig v5 16 CPE 7 Quick Set Bridge WLAN MAC Address 00 0C 42 D8 B9 BF IP Address 192 168 1 52 8 LAN MAC Address 00 0C 42 D8 B9 BE Gateway a 192 168 1 1 Wireless System Status searching for network Router Identity AvaLAN SU AP MAC Password SSID Upgrade Choose File No file chosen Tx Rx Signal Strength Apply Configuration Signal To Noise Reset Configuration Wireless Protocol 4 Each screen provides a menu on the left to navigate from Quick Set section to section The menu looks like this when sections are interfaces expanded Wireless IP Addressing Set IP subnet System y In addition many screens drill down when an area within the
12. he radio With this configuration in place you should be able to use a web browser on your PC to log in to the radio s interface Step 4 Browse to the Access Point s interface Enter http 192 168 88 11 into your web browser s address bar If you are successful you will see a login screen like that on the next page If not the browser will time out and you will need to double check the IP addresses and subnet masks Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 3 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTM Ra LAN w Step 5 Log In to the radio The default login name is admin and the password is password If your login is successful you should see the Quick Set page similar to this You may need to scroll around in the page to see all the elements particularly if you have a lower resolution monitor or are using Firefox as your browser Step 6 To determine if your wireless mesh network is functioning correctly you will need to give each AW58100HTM Mesh Node a unique IP address There is a box near the upper right corner of the Quick Set page that displays the current value and allows you to change it A special notation is used for this entry Use x at the end of the IP Address to specify the subnet mask 8 for 255 0 0 0 16 for 255 255 0 0 24 for 255 255 255 0 and 32 for 255 255 255 255 Enter a new IP Address and subnet making sure you will be able to browse to the new address with your com puter Also
13. he IP Address to specify the subnet mask 8 for 255 0 0 0 16 for 255 255 0 0 24 for 255 255 255 0 and 32 for 255 255 255 255 Enter a new IP Address and sub net making sure you will be able to browse to the new address with your com puter Also make sure that the new IP address is unique on your LAN subnet Quick Set Interfaces Wireless WebFig v5 16 Address lt 192 168 1 91 8 gt IP Addressing E OK Cancel Apply Address Comment 192 168 1 91 8 e Click Apply Nothing appears to happen but you have been disconnected and will need to browse to the new IP Address to login again Note that the IP Address is also visible and may be changed on the Quick Set screen 2 Setting the User Password e On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window click System then click Password e Enter the old password and the new password twice in the boxes indicated e Click the Change button e Log out and log back in to test PAGE 7 www avalanwireless com Technical Support 650 384 0000 AW58100HTM Old Password New Password Confirm Password 3 Setting the SSID e On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window click Wireless Then click anywhere in the Wireless_Radio row to bring up the Interface lt Wireless_Radio gt page e The second line down in the content table shows the current SSID and pro
14. m separation distance between the antenna and all persons Information to the User Part 15 105 b This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 16 www avalanwireless com
15. ocess is repeated By default continuous ping requests are send until you click Stop Or you can specify a count much like the ping command used in the Windows or Unix command line ster _stop_ _cove 8 of 8 packets received 0 packet loss Min 1 ms Avg 1 ms Max 2 ms General Ping To 192 168 1 1 Packet Count VY meot 0 je Seq Host Time REPY TTL Status o o 192 168 1 1 1 56 64 1 1 192 168 1 1 1 56 64 2 2 192 168 1 1 1 56 64 3 3 192 168 1 1 1 56 64 4 4 192 168 1 1 2 56 64 5 5 192 168 1 1 1 56 64 6 6 192 168 1 1 1 56 64 7 7 192 168 1 1 2 56 64 6 WinBox Clicking this tab will cause your browser to download a utility for instal lation on your PC Windows win32 compatibility only It may be possible to run it on Linux or MAC OSX by using a Windows emulator such as Wine By clicking the discovery button labeled any AvaLAN AW58100 family products on your LAN will be reported You may also see other devices as well if they respond to the CDP protocol used by the utility The popup window will show the IP address of each radio and will facilitate logging in if you have lost or forgotten these addresses This utility has some powerful features that can totally disrupt the functioning of your product You are not encouraged to experiment or you may need to rely upon AvaLAN Technical Support to restore proper functionality 00 0C 42 D8 F5 D7 192 168 1 130 Password 00 0
16. ot overlap e The default Channel Width is 20 MHz which provides the highest possible data rate More range can be achieved at the expense of data rate by choos ing a narrower Channel Width Your choices are 5 10 or 20 MHz e Change to the Frequency and Channel Width desired and click OK or Apply 99 Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 9 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTM User s Manual Viewing Status Information After configuring your AvaLAN radios and establishing links among them you can use the browser interface to view status and troubleshooting Information The initial Quick Set page will show whether the wireless link is operating and the current signal strength For more comprehensive information choose Wireless from the Main Menu at the left side of the window The Wireless page leads to most of the useful status information This page has two tabs Interfaces and Associations Interfaces Associations IP Addressing System 2 items Hide Menu Name Dl R DR wdsi Wireless_Radio Type Wireless Atheros 11N 2290 WDS 2290 L2MTU Tx Tx Rx Rx Tx Packet poe E Drops Drops Erro p s p s 73 8 kbps 17 4kbps 9 8 0 0 0 73 8kbps 17 4kbps 9 8 0 0 0 1 Interfaces Tab This provides a list of the interface processes running in this ra dio There should be one Wireless_Radio process and a WDS process running for each mesh node that is connected CAUTION
17. similar information about traffic with just that particular radio 2 Associations Tab This provides a list of radios that are connected showing their MAC addresses how long the connection has been up seconds since last activity Transmit and receive signal strength in dBm and the transmit and receive data rate in use WebFig v5 16 Wireless Tables Radio Name Tx Rx Signal Strength dBm 000C429532C 00 0C 42 D8 B9 BF Wireless_Rz 21 07 10 0 010 31 27 78 0Mbps 7 Last MAC Address Interface Uptime Activity s Tx Rx ite Clicking on the white text line brings up detailed status of the remote radio This screen is a very tall window with several interesting sections shown on the next page The top General section shows information that may be useful if you contact AvaLAN Technical Support The Signal section shows transmit and receive signal strength overall and by in dividual MIMO channel The Statistics section shows the link transmit and receive rates Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 11 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTM User s Manual WebFig v5 16 AP Client lt 00 0C 42 D8 B9 BF gt Close Ping Radio Name MAC Address Interface Uptime RouterOS Version Last IP Last Activity Tx Rx Signal Strength Tx Rx Signal Strength ChO Tx Rx Signal Strength Chi General 000C429532CA 00 0C 42 D8 B9 BF Wireless_Radio 21 07 41 5 16 216 139 102 201 Signal
18. to visit www avalanwireless com You will also find the latest updates there If more assistance is needed send email to support avalanwireless com To speak to a live technician please call technical support at the number below during normal business hours 2012 by AvaLAN Wireless Systems Inc All rights reserved Revision 09 26 2012 125A Castle Drive Madison AL 35758 Sales 866 533 6216 Technical Support 650 384 0000 Customer Service 650 641 3011 Fax 650 249 3591 Technical Support 650 384 0000 PAGE 2 www avalanwireless com AW58100HTM Quick Start Guide We recommend connecting and powering up each AW58100M unit on the bench before deploying in the field because it is much easier to troubleshoot problems and to adjust the configuration if necessary without having to climb poles to do it Step 1 Gather the parts In addition to the AvaLAN radio and the accompanying AW POE18i Power Over Ethernet Injector power supply you will need at least two CAT5 cables and a PC with a LAN connection Step 2 Make the connections Connect the devices as shown in the diagram Plug the AW POE18i power cord into a 120 VAC outlet to turn on the radio Bw AW58100HTM Mesh Node Step 3 The default IP address of the radio is written on its product label This ad dress is 192 168 88 11 with a subnet mask of 255 0 0 0 You must configure your PC s wired LAN port to the same subnet and an IP address different from that of t
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