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TECHNICAL MANUAL
TRIMAR 802.11a/b/g AP/REPEATER
PEGASUS WIRELESS CORPORATION
TRIMAR TECHNICAL MANUAL
Version 1.0

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  • Page 1 TECHNICAL MANUAL TRIMAR 802.11a/b/g AP/REPEATER PEGASUS WIRELESS CORPORATION TRIMAR TECHNICAL MANUAL Version 1.0...
  • Page 2 Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2006, Pegasus Wireless Corporation. All rights reserved. Notes: OTC Wireless, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pegasus Wireless Corporation. The term TRIMAR and TRIMAR AP are used interchangeably throughout this document.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Section Title Features Specifications Equipment Installation Configuring the TRIMAR Information Tab Administration Tab Basic Wireless Tab Advanced Tab SSID Admin Tab WEP Security Tab Access Control Tab WDS Tab DHCP Server Tab Stations Tab Save Tab Help Tab Appendix PEGASUS WIRELESS CORPORATION TRIMAR TECHNICAL MANUAL...

  • Page 4: Features

    Features GENERAL: Enterprise-class wireless LAN capable of supporting up to 48 infrastructure stations/users. Power-Over-Ethernet system (POE) allows individual radios to be powered over the same cable used to carry data. SSID: Supports multiple SSIDs. Up to eight simultaneous virtual APs can be supported by each TRIMAR radio.

  • Page 5: Specifications

    Specifications • RF O Operating Frequency Range: 2.4 –2.4835 GHz, 5.15 – 5.85 GHz O Data Rate: 54, 48, 36, 24, 18,12, 11, 9, 6, 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbps O Turbo mode: 108 Mbps O Modulation: OFDM/CCK/DQPSK/DBPSK O Antenna Connector: Type N Female O Transmission Power: 14dBm typical at antenna port O Receiving Sensitivity: 65dBm @ 54 Mbps, -80dBm @11Mbps, at 10-5 BER •...

  • Page 6: Equipment Installation

    1. Equipment Installation Manufacturer’s Recommended Practices Applying Power and network connections to your TRIMAR Radio Safety Statement: Use only the power adapter provided with this product or other Pegasus Wireless Corporation authorized replacement power adapter. Connect the power adapter to a properly grounded electrical outlet that is near the product and easily accessible.
  • Page 7 Equipment Installation (.. /continued) Figure 3: Bracket assembly details RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. Do not mount the radio upside down or sideways. The type N-connector must face downwards towards the ground. 2. Strap down the external CAT 5 cable leading from the radio to the antenna mast or other suitable fixture.
  • Page 8 Equipment Installation (.. /continued) DC-Injector LED indicators Color State Power Amber OFF when there is no power. Steady ON when power is supplied to the unit. Network Amber OFF when network connection is absent. Steady ON when network connection is successfully established. BLINKING if the network connection is unstable –...
  • Page 9 Equipment Installation (.. /continued) Figure 4: Typical TRIMAR deployment schematic Figure 4 above illustrates a common wiring scheme for a TRIMAR radio unit that is physically connected to the network. A set up like this can be used to connect with another TRIMAR radio in a separate building that is wired similarly to form the basis of a wireless point-to-point bridge.

  • Page 10: Configuring The Trimar

    2. Configuring the TRIMAR AP The TRIMAR AP uses a web-based administration utility. To access this utility you will need to use Microsoft ® Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or a compatible web-browser. Accessing the web-based administration utility: Connect a PC either directly to the TRIMAR radio. If the radio is already configured for operation on an established network, connect to it via a network route.
  • Page 11 Configuring the TRIMAR AP (.. /continued) Navigating and using the web-based administration utility The different pages of the web-based administration utility can be accessed by clicking on the buttons located on the left side of the web-based administration screen. Make all the desired changes under each tab and “Save”...

  • Page 12: Information Tab

    3. Information Tab This is the “home page” of the TRIMAR’s web-based administration utility. It will be displayed when the utility is first accessed and whenever the TRIMAR AP has been rebooted after configuration changes have been made. The information on this page gives various readings polled directly from the TRIMAR AP.

  • Page 13: Administration Tab

    4. Administration Tab Device Control: (See Figure 12) Reboot: Clicking on this button causes the unit to be rebooted. This is normally used in conjunction with configuring the TRIMAR AP. Reset Configuration: Clicking on this button causes the unit to reboot and will reset the unit’s configuration back to its original factory default settings.
  • Page 14 Administration Tab (.. /continued) IP settings: (See Figure 15) These controls are used to assign the TRIMAR AP with its custom IP addressing scheme. IP Addressing Mode: Static – select this control if a static/fixed IP address is to be used. DHCP –...
  • Page 15 Administration Tab (.. /continued) SNMP Setting: (See Figure 17) These controls are used to enable SNMP control of the TRIMAR AP. SNMP enabled: Check this management. SNMP server IP address: This field is used to direct the TRIMAR AP to the network location of the SNMP server.

  • Page 16: Basic Wireless Tab

    5. Basic Wireless Tab (See Figure 19) Wireless On/Off: This control allows a TRIMAR AP to be switched On or Off. This is not the same as an on/off switch. It simply allows the wireless functions of the radio to be switched off for maintenance or other contingencies.
  • Page 17 Basic Wireless Tab (.. /continued) (See Figure 19 on previous page) Auto Channel Select: This control allows automatically select what it determines is the best channel to use. This occurs during the radio’s boot up process. The channel it selects can be seen under the Information Tab.

  • Page 18: Advanced Tab

    6. Advanced Tab (See Figure 20) Fragmentation Threshold: This determines the maximum size of a data package in bytes. Packages larger than value will transmission purposes. Reducing the package size in a noisy wireless environment should maintain overall performance. Factory default: 3200 bytes RTS/CTS Threshold: Reducing...
  • Page 19 Advanced Tab (.. /continued) (See on previous page Figure 20) DTIM Interval: This value determines the frequency when the radio will send broadcast/multicast packets to stations in power save mode. This function is associated with the Beacon Period. Factory default: 1 (each beacon period or once every 100 milliseconds) 802.11d...

  • Page 20: Ssid Admin Tab

    7. SSID Admin Tab SSID CONTROLS (See Figure 21) SSID #: Selecting an item in this dropdown menu allows configuration to be performed on the SSID selected. All the settings on this page are the exclusive properties of the selected SSID. Note the SSID number at the top of the frame –...
  • Page 21 SSID Admin Tab (.. /continued) WPA configuration (See Figure 22) Each configured SSID can support its own unique WPA configuration, which it does not need to share with the other SSIDs in the configuration set. WPA Enable: Check this box if WPA is to be used to secure this SSID’s wireless access and transmissions.
  • Page 22 SSID Admin Tab (.. /continued) 802.1X configuration (See Figure 23) If WPA is used in conjunction with a RADIUS Server, these controls are used to activate this service. The TRIMAR AP can support two RADIUS servers. The first RADIUS server entered is the “preferred” server, and the second RADIUS server entered is the “backup”...

  • Page 23: Wep Configuration

    SSID Admin Tab (.. /continued) WEP configuration (See Figure 24) The same WEP keys are used by all SSIDs using WEP encryption on the TRIMAR AP. TRIMAR APs deployed in WDS mode are limited to using WEP. Enable WEP: Check this box if the selected SSID will implement WEP as a component of its security policy.

  • Page 24: Wep Security Tab

    8. WEP Security Tab WEP configuration (See Figure 26) The WEP settings configured under this tab are shared by all SSIDs configured to use WEP. TRIMAR APs used in WDS mode are limited to using WEP encryption only. Enable WEP: Check this box to enable WEP.

  • Page 25: Access Control Tab

    9. Access Control Tab Access Control (See Figure 27) These controls allow administrators to specifically allow stations to associate with the access point. This is accomplished by entering the allowed stations’ unique MAC addresses into the MAC address fields. Stations whose MAC addresses are not entered into the list will not be able to authenticate with the TRIMAR AP.

  • Page 26: Wds Tab

    10. WDS Tab Wireless Distribution System (See Figure 28) WDS is one of the most important TRIMAR AP features. It allows TRIMAR APs to communicate with each other as well as other makes of APs to create radial and linear wireless meshes. Each TRIMAR AP can be linked with up to six other WDS capable APs.
  • Page 27 WDS Tab (.. /continued) WDS neighbor table (See Figure 29) This display reports on the radios that are a part of the same mesh and includes information such as the associating units MAC address, SSID and the wireless signal quality. WDS table: This button refreshes the display.

  • Page 28: Dhcp Server Tab

    11. DHCP Server Tab DHCP Server Configuration (See Figure 30 and Figure 31) The TRIMAR AP can be configured to function as a DHCP server. To use this feature, since the TRIMAR AP can only issue IP addresses within its own IP subnet, the TRIMAR AP must be given an IP address in the same IP subnet as the IP addresses it will be assigning.

  • Page 29: Stations Tab

    12. Stations Tab Stations (See Figure 32) The stations tab display shows information about all stations that have associated with the TRIMAR AP. Information polled from the associated stations include the individual stations’ MAC addresses as well as the number of packets sent and received. PEGASUS WIRELESS CORPORATION TRIMAR TECHNICAL MANUAL Figure 32: Associated stations display...

  • Page 30: Save Tab

    13. Save Tab Save Configuration (See Figure 33, Figure 34 and Figure 35) A TRIMAR AP’s configuration can be saved to a template and reapplied to other TRIMAR APs. This feature makes it easy to configure and deploy multiple units quickly and without having to re-type the configuration information into every unit.
  • Page 31 Save Tab (.. /continued) Uploading a template (See Figure 36) To upload a template file into a TRIMAR AP open the settings.htm file using a web-browser. Target AP: Enter the IP address of the TRIMAR AP to which the template is to be applied. Upload Settings: Click on this button to upload the template file.

  • Page 32: Help Tab

    14. Help Tab Contact our Technical Support department for additional technical assistance for configuring and deploying your TRIMAR AP. OTC Wireless Technical Support Department can be contacted by either email, phone or the web-mail form on the Pegasus Wireless Corporation...

  • Page 33: Appendix

    • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Caution: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by OTC Wireless could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

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