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SIL ECHO BS/ST
User Manual
Version 1.0 (27/06/2017)
ECHO MANUAL v1.111
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  • Page 1 SIL ECHO BS/ST User Manual Version 1.0 (27/06/2017) ECHO MANUAL v1.111 Page 1 of 47...
  • Page 2: Radio Frequency Interference Requirements

    • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Modifications made to the product, unless expressly approved by SilverNet Limited, could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. RF Exposure Requirements...
  • Page 3: Ce Statement

    R&TTE directive. In particular the client must ensure that appropriate antennas and transmit power levels are selected to ensure that all power limits are met. Hereby, SilverNet Limited declares that this device is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents Radio frequency Interference Requirements ................... 2 FCC Warning ............................ 2 RF Exposure Requirements ......................2 CE Statement ..........................3 Copyright Information ........................3 Installing the radio ..........................6 Instructions before installing ....................6 Installation ........................... 7 Powering up the Radio ...................... 10 Accessing the radio ......................
  • Page 5 NETWORK ........................30 2.4.1 Bridge Mode ....................... 30 2.4.2 WISP/SOHO Router Mode ..................33 SERVICES ........................36 2.5.1 Web Server ......................36 2.5.2 NTP Client ........................ 37 2.5.3 Dynamic DNS ......................37 2.5.4 Wireless Client Rate Limit ..................37 2.5.5 MAC Control ......................
  • Page 6: Installing The Radio

    1. Installing the radio 1.1 Instructions before installing You will need clear Line-Of-Sight for the units to work correctly. Locate a suitable mounting location with a pole between 30 and 60mm. Do not install anywhere that is illegal and please ensure you obey the local regulatory rules.
  • Page 7: Installation

    1.2 Installation Attach the Ball Joint Mount to the radio by rotating the lock nut clockwise by hand. Do not tighten the nut. Open the Metal strap and feed it through the two slots of the Ball Joint Mount, then wrap the Metal Strap around the pole.
  • Page 8 Make sure the air bubble stays in the middle of the level after installation ECHO MANUAL v1.111 Page 8 of 47...
  • Page 9 Press the buckle down and move the cover (highlighted) in the direction shown above. Connect your Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port. Replace the cover (highlighted) with the cable passing through the hole. Mount the radio to a pole with the provided clip If you are using our 5GHz radios these should be connected with a Cat 5 or Cat 6 outdoor shielded grade Ethernet cable.
  • Page 10: Powering Up The Radio

    LAN port of the PoE adapter to a PC or switch using a separate Ethernet cable. Finally, plug the PoE adapter into a standard electrical wall socket. If you use a PoE adapter which is not provided by SilverNet, we cannot provide warranty cover if the radio is damaged.
  • Page 11: Accessing The Radio

    1.4 Accessing the radio 1. Configure the Ethernet adapter on your computer with a static IP address on the 192.168.1.x subnet (for example, IP address: 192.168.1.100 and subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Launch your web browser and enter the default IP address of your device (192.168.1.1) in the address field.
  • Page 12: Software Configuration

    2. Software Configuration Main Page Figure 2-1 Wireless Status (Access Point WDS Mode) Figure 2-2 Wireless Status (Station Mode) ECHO MANUAL v1.111 Page 12 of 47...
  • Page 13: Status-Wireless

    2.1.1 Status WIRELESS The Radio status window displays a summary of the link status information ▪ Wireless mode: The mode the unit is currently set to, there are 4 modes the unit can run in. AP Mode, Station Mode, AP WDS Mode and Station WDS Mode. ▪...
  • Page 14 ▪ BSSID is the Mac address of the remote device. Use this to lock stations to AP’s. BSSID: ▪ Signal Strength: When there is a link between an AP and Station there will be a signal strength value. This is displayed as a negative so the smaller the value the better the signal strength.
  • Page 15: Status-Network

    2.1.2 Status-NETWORK Figure 2-5 Network Network Mode ▪ Mode: The device supports 3 different network modes Bridge Mode, SOHO Router Mode and WISP Mode. A brief introduction to those modes: Bridge Mode: Bridge Mode is a 2-layer network mode. The unit ETH port and wireless interface are working at layer-2.
  • Page 16: Status-System

    ▪ Bridge Name: The name of the bridge interface ▪ VLAN Description: The name of the VLAN interface ▪ Will show as “static” or “DHCP” depending on the selected mode IP Mode: ▪ IP address: The IP address of the device ▪...
  • Page 17: Monitor-Throughput

    2.1.4 Monitor-Throughput Figure 2-7 Monitor-Throughput 2.1.5 Monitor-Interfaces Interfaces list counts the send-receive information of all interfaces. Figure 2-8 Monitor-Interfaces ▪ Interface:Listing all interfaces and interface names. ▪ Address:Listing MAC address of all interfaces. ▪ Bytes:Sending bytes number. ▪ Packet:Sending packets. ▪...
  • Page 18: Monitor-Arp List

    2.1.6 Monitor-ARP List ARP List counts the ARP information of device. As Figure 2-9. Figure 2-9 Monitor-ARP List ▪ IP address of device. ▪ MAC: MAC address corresponding to IP address of device. ▪ Interface: Interface of the IP address of device. ▪...
  • Page 19 Figure 2-11 Station Details ▪ BSSID:BSSID of station. ▪ Mode: The mode of Station Radio. ▪ AID: connecting ID of Station. ▪ Signal: AP detected RSSI of the Station. ▪ Assoc Time: Uptime of STA. ▪ Tx/Rx Packets: send-receive packets between AP and Station. Tx means sending packets, Rx means receiving packets.
  • Page 20: Monitor-Ap Stats

    2.1.8 Monitor-AP Stats When the unit is in Station Mode, the list shows information of the connected AP, as Figure 2-12 Figure 2-12 Monitor-AP Stats ▪ SSID: SSID name of the AP that the Station is connecting to. ▪ BSSID: BSSID address of the AP that the Station is connecting to.
  • Page 21 2.1.9 Monitor-Routes Routes list shows current routing relationship of devices, as Figure 2-13. Figure 2-13 Monitor-Routes ▪ Destination: Destination address ▪ Netmask: The subnet mask ▪ Gateway: The address of the router on the network if applicable. ▪ Interface: The interface relating to this routing info. ECHO MANUAL v1.111 Page 21 of 47...
  • Page 22: Radio Page

    Radio Page The Radio Page is mainly used for setting up the wireless LAN parameters Figure 2-17 Radio Page 2.2.1 Basic Wireless Settings Figure 2-18 Wireless Mode ▪ Wireless Mode: The mode of the WLAN. There are 4 modes the unit can run in. AP Mode, Station Mode, AP WDS Mode and Station WDS Mode.
  • Page 23 Figure 2-19 Country Code ▪ Region code:The default set region code is United Kingdom. Figure 2-20 IEEE 802.11 Mode ▪ IEEE 802.11 Mode: The default mode is 802.11an. Figure 2-21 Channel Width ▪ Channel Width: The default mode is 20/40MHz. ECHO MANUAL v1.111 Page 23 of 47...
  • Page 24 Figure 2-22 Channel ▪ Channel: This is set to auto channel by default. 、 Figure 2-23 Tx Power ▪ Tx Power: The default is 24dBm. Tx power has a different limit for each country. When changing the Tx power the user should follow the regulatory rules.
  • Page 25: Advanced Wireless Settings

    Figure 2-24 Max TX Rate ▪ Max TX Rate: 2.4GHz/5GHz radio are 2X2 devices, the max support is MCS=15 which is also the default setting. 2.2.2 Advanced Wireless Settings Figure 2-25 RTS Threshold ▪ RTS Threshold: The default setting for the RTS threshold is 2347. However this is not enabled by default.
  • Page 26: Wmm Settings

    ▪ Distance: ACK _timeout is enabled by default you can set distance between AP and STA allowing the link to be more stable when it is transmitting in long distance, proper adjustment can improve throughput. ▪ Aggr Enable:Enable to start function of A-MPDU this is set to enable by default. ▪...
  • Page 27: Wireless Page

    WIRELESS Page The wireless Page is used to set up the WLAN of the AP or the relevant parameters for the Station allowing the station to connect to the AP 2.3.1 AP/AP WDS Mode When the unit is set as AP/AP WDS Mode, Wireless Page is shown as Figure 3-12. Wireless Settings ▪...
  • Page 28 Wireless Security ▪ Security: This is where the security settings of the link can be changed the default setting is WPA2 PSK. WEP security type, as shown Figure 2-27. Figure 2-28 WEP Security Type ▪ Authentication Type: Set authentication method, the default is set to open. ▪...
  • Page 29: Station/Station Wds Mode

    2.3.2 Station/Station WDS Mode Wireless settings when the unit is set as Station/Station WDS Mode, Wireless is shown as Figure 2-30. Figure 2-31 Wireless Setting Page Wireless Settings ▪ SSID: Enter the same SSID as you have in the AP. IF you just enter the SSID and do not lock to AP MAC the station will connect to the strongest signal of the same SSID.
  • Page 30: Network

    input the pre shared key to establish connection. NETWORK NETWORK Page is used for setting up the relevant parameters of the network mode. The unit supports Bridge Mode, SOHO Router Mode and WISP Mode. SOHO Router Mode and WISP Mode have the same settings page; here is introduction about Bridge Mode and WISP Mode.
  • Page 31: Echo Manual V1.111

    ▪ Describe: The description of a VLAN. ▪ Untagged Port: Untagged ports of this VLAN. ▪ Tagged Port: Tagged ports of this VLAN. ▪ Edit: Edit corresponding VLAN ▪ Delete: Delete corresponding VLAN. 3. VLAN Interface ▪ VLAN ID. ▪ Interface: corresponding VLAN interface of VLAN ID.
  • Page 32: Echo Manual V1.111

    Figure 2-35 Edit VLAN Interface ▪ IP Address: Set static IP address. ▪ Netmask: Set netmask of static IP address. ▪ Gateway IP: Set static gateway address. ▪ Primary DNS IP: Set static main DNS address. ▪ Secondary DNS IP: Set static backup DNS address.
  • Page 33: Wisp/Soho Router Mode

    2.4.2 WISP/SOHO Router Mode WISP/SOHO Router Mode is shown as Figure 2-35. Figure 2-36 Setting Page Network Role ▪ Network Mode: Used to set network mode. WAN Network Settings ▪ WAN IP Address: The WAN IP address can be obtained in three different ways, Static, DHCP and PPPoE negotiation.
  • Page 34: Echo Manual V1.111

    Figure 2-38 Static Routes Static Routes is one kind of special routes, manually configured by the administrator. ▪ Enable: Set the static routes service to enable or disabled. ▪ Target Network IP: Set the target network IP address. ▪ Netmask: set the netmask.
  • Page 35: Echo Manual V1.111

    Figure 2-40 Traffic Shaping Traffic Shaping is used to limit ingress and egress bandwidth on the Ethernet port and the wireless interface. ▪ Enable: set traffic shaping service to enable or disabled for the corresponding interface. ▪ Ingress: ingress traffic is traffic on the ingressing interface. ▪...
  • Page 36: Services

    SERVICES Services Page is used for setting safe access, access management and so on, as Figure 2-40. Figure 2-41 Services 2.5.1 Web Server Web Server is used to set server port and session timeout of web server. Figure 2-42 Web Server ▪...
  • Page 37: Ntp Client

    2.5.2 NTP Client NTP means Network Time Protocol. NTP can set the time as the same on all units. Figure 2-44 NTP Client ▪ NTP Client: Set NTP Client service as enable or disabled, the default is set to disabled. ▪...
  • Page 38: Echo Manual V1.111

    Figure 2-47 Client Rate Limit-Classified Clients ▪ 11n Clients: Set the inbound and outbound rate limit of 802.11n clients. ▪ 11a/11g Clients: Set the inbound and outbound rate limit of 802.11a/802.11g clients. ▪ 11b Clients: Set the inbound and outbound rate limit of 802.11b clients. ECHO MANUAL v1.111 Page 38 of 47...
  • Page 39: Mac Control

    2.5.5 MAC Control MAC Control means to restrict Internet access by computer MAC address, and manage access and visit of users by supporting blacklist or white list. Don’t open MAC control in the case of the default, that is to say, all computers can visit Internet without limit, as Figure 2-51.
  • Page 40: System

    2.6 SYSTEM System Page is mainly used for settings relating to device management, as Figure 2-49. Figure 2-53 System Page 2.6.1 Device Figure 2-54 Device ▪ Device Description: Set the device description. ▪ Enable Startup Date: Set to enable startup date, the default is disabled. ECHO MANUAL v1.111 Page 40 of 47...
  • Page 41: Ping Watchdog

    ▪ Startup Date: Set the device startup date. ▪ Time zone: Set the device time zone. 2.6.2 Ping Watchdog Figure 2-55 Ping Watchdog 2.6.3 System Accounts Figure 2-56 System Accounts ▪ Username: Set the admin username. ▪ Current Password: Input current password. ▪...
  • Page 42: Configuration Management

    2.6.4 Configuration Management Figure 2-57 Location Page ▪ Latitude: Set device latitude. ▪ Longitude: Set device longitude. Figure 2-58 Configuration Management Figure 2-59 Restore Factory-default settings Figure 2-60 Import the configuration file ECHO MANUAL v1.111 Page 42 of 47...
  • Page 43: Firmware Upgrade

    Figure 2-61 Device Reboot ▪ Restore Factory defaults: Restore to factory default. ▪ Export Configuration: Export current configuration. ▪ Import Configuration: Import configuration into device. ▪ Reboot: Reboot device. 2.6.5 Firmware upgrade Figure 2-62 Firmware Upgrade Firmware upgrade is used for upgrading software of the device. ▪...
  • Page 44: Tools

    2.7 Tools 2.7.1 Ping The ping test is usually used for measuring the network latency and performance. Figure 2-63 Network Ping ▪ Destination IP: The target IP address. ▪ Packet Count: Number of the pings. ▪ Packet Size: Define the ping/ICMP packet size, the larger size of the packet the higher latency for the ping.
  • Page 45: Site Survey

    2.7.3 Site survey Figure 2-65 Scan List ▪ MAC Address: BSSID address of the wireless service. ▪ SSID: BSSID name of wireless service, also called ESSID. ▪ Auth_mode: Authentication method of the wireless service. ▪ Encryption: Encryption type of the wireless service. ▪...
  • Page 46: Contact Us

    Contact Us SilverNet Ltd 2 Vermont Place Tongwell Milton Keynes MK15 8JA Online Resources If you need any further assistance go to our website download centre: www.silvernet.com/downloadcentre/ View our troubleshooting guide: http://www.silvernet.com/support/frequently-asked-questions/ Use our online ticket support: www.silvernet.com/support/ Email us at support@silvernet.com...
  • Page 47 This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. ECHO MANUAL v1.111 Page 47 of 47...

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