WB-15-W. User manual Contents Introduction ..............................4 Annotation ..............................4 Symbols ..............................4 Device description ............................5 Purpose ..............................5 Device specification..........................5 Technical features ............................6 Design ................................8 Light indication............................9 The device schematic structure......................10 Reset to the default settings ........................11 Delivery Package.............................11 Installation order ............................12 Safety rules..............................12...
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WB-15-W. User manual The «Network» submenu........................27 4.7.1 The «Access» submenu........................28 The «Radio» menu...........................30 4.8.1 The «Radio» submenu ........................30 4.8.2 The «QoS» submenu ........................... 31 4.8.3 The «Advanced» submenu ......................... 32 The «VAP» menu.............................33 4.9.1 The «Summary» submenu........................33 4.9.2...
1 Introduction 1.1 Annotation WB-15-W is an all-weather wireless Wi-Fi access point with LTE support and a channel redundancy feature for connecting network equipment to the Internet or departmental/corporate networks. The device supports router mode, monitoring the quality of connection with the base station, traffic shaping.
Internet or departmental/corporate networks. The device supports router mode, monitoring the quality of connection with the base station, traffic shaping. WB-15-W is designed in a housing with an IP-54 protection, which allows you to operate the device in hard weather conditions.
WB-15-W. User manual Security: • WPA/WPA2 data encryption • Device access restriction WB-15-W application diagram is shown oh the figure below. 2.3 Technical features Technical features Parameters of the Ethenet interface Number of ports Electrical connector RJ-45 Data rate, Mbps...
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WB-15-W. User manual 4G LTE: up to 23 dBm Maximum transmitter output power 3G UMTS: up to 23 dBm 2G GSM: up to 33 dBm Wireless interface parameters Standards 802.11b/g/n Frequency range, MHz 2400–2480 Modulation CCK, BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM 802.11b/g/n: 1–13 (2412–2472 MHz)
2.4 Design WB-15-W housed in a plastic case, industrial version. The size of the device: 88x232.5x47 mm. The layout of WB-15-W is shown in the figure below. Under the cover at the bottom of the device are located: factory reset button (F), slot for installing two 2G/3G/4G nano-SIMs, 10/100Base-T (Ethernet) port for connecting to an internal network and Passive PoE power, socket for connecting 9-36 V DC power, 1 SMA type connector (female) for connecting an external GPS antenna.
The layout of WB-15-W indication panel is shown in the figure below. The LED indicators located on the front panel show the current state of the WB-15-W. The list of indicators and their description is shown in the table below.
WB-15-W. User manual LED state Description flashes packet data transmission between Ethernet interface of WB-15-W and connected device Wi-Fi – wireless Wi-Fi solid green at least one VAP is enabled on the device interface indicator Link level indicators from a...
DHCP server will be launched by default (clients connected via Ethernet will receive address in the range from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0). The device address is 192.168.1.1/24. User Name/Password to access via Web interface: admin/password. 2.8 Delivery Package The WB-15-W standard delivery package includes: • WB-15-W access point; •...
WB-15-W. User manual 3 Installation order This section describes the safety measures, installation procedure and process of turning WB-15-W on. 3.1 Safety rules Do not open the device case. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Do not install the device during a thunderstorm. There is a risk of lightning stroke.
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WB-15-W. User manual Connect the power supply (points 3, 4 in the Installation procedure section). Ensure the 3G/4G network is available: RSSI indicators should be on (network connection will occur 1-2 minutes after the device boots up). Configure the device: follow the algorithm from the Configuration example section.
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WB-15-W. User manual Remove the bottom cover which close bottom panel and connect the Ethernet cable to the PoE port. If the device will be supplied by a DC network, connect the contacts of the DC power supply (9-36V),...
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Adjust the position of the antenna so that it faces toward the base station. Connect Ethernet cable of your WB-15-W to LAN port of PoE injector (Passive PoE 24V) If the device is connected to a DC power supply, if you need to connect to the switch, make sure that PoE is disabled on it.
WB-15-W. User manual 4 Managing the device through web interface 4.1 Getting started To start, you need to connect the device through a browser: 1. Open a web browser (web-page explorer), for example, Firefox, Opera, Chrome. 2. Enter IP-address of the device to the browser address line.
WB-15-W. User manual 4.2 Applying configuration and discarding changes Applying configuration After clicking the button the configuration is saved to flash-memory of the device and new settings apply. All the settings come into operation without device rebooting. Visual indication of the process current status of the setting application process is realised in the WEB interface.
Information field displays current firmware version. 4.4 The «Monitoring» menu In the «Monitoring» menu you can view the current system state. 4.4.1 The «Device Information» submenu The «Device Information» submenu displays main WB-15-W parameters. • Product – device model name; •...
WB-15-W. User manual 4.4.2 The «Network Information» submenu In the «Network Information» submenu you can view common network settings of the device. DHCP server: • MAC address – MAC address of the device that received the address from the internal DHCP server;...
WB-15-W. User manual • R - indicates that the route was most likely created by a dynamic routing protocol running on the local system using the reinstate parameter; • D - indicates that the route was added as a result of receiving an ICMP Redirect Message. When the system learns the route from the ICMP Redirect message, the route will be added into the routing table in order to exclude redirection of the following packets intended for the same destination.
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WB-15-W. User manual • Status – connection status; • Network mode – mode in which the modem is connected to the mobile network; • PIN Status – status that indicates whether the PIN is set correctly in the configuration for the SIM used.
WB-15-W. User manual 4.4.4 The «Interfaces» submenu WAN Status: • Interface – device interface used as a WAN; • Protocol – protocol for obtaining an IP address on the WAN interface for network communication with the internal modem; •...
# – sequence number of the connected device in the list; • MAC – MAC address of the connected device; • Interface – WB-15-W interface to which the device is connected; • TX Bytes – number of bytes transmitted to the connected device; •...
WB-15-W. User manual 4.4.6 The «Scan Environment» submenu In the «Scan Environment» submenu, scanning of the surrounding radio is carried out and detection of neighboring access points. After clicking on the 'Scan' button, the process will be launched. After the scan is completed, a list of detected access points and information about them will appear: •...
WB-15-W. User manual 4.4.7 The «GPS» submenu Information on the current location of the device (in the form of coordinates width, longitude) is displayed in the «GPS» submenu. To obtain this information, you need to connect an external GPS antenna to the device.
WB-15-W. User manual • PIN – PIN code of the used SIM card. If there is no PIN code the field can be left blank. To apply a new configuration and save setting to non-volatile memory, press «Apply». Press «Cancel» to discard the changes.
WB-15-W. User manual • MAX RTT, ms – maximum average response time for all sent ICMP requests. If this value is exceeded, the active SIM card will switch, or go to the next ping-server; • MAX Jitter, ms – maximum deviation from the average response time. If this loss value is exceeded, the active SIM card will switch, or go to the next ping-server.
WB-15-W. User manual • Start IP Address, End IP Address – configuring a pool of addresses that can be issued to clients • DNS – address of the DNS server that is passed to the client in the corresponding option. For the clients to work correctly on the Internet, the IP address of the device should be indicated as a DNS server;...
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*Access via NETCONF is not supported in the current firmware version 1.1.0. WB-15-W software allows monitoring status of the device and configuring it via SNMP. In the «SNMP Settings» submenu, you can configure settings of SNMP agent. The device supports SNMPv1, SNMPv2, SNMPv3.
Enterprise.2.1 – SNMP settings • Enterprise.3.1 – syslog settings where Enterprise – 1.3.6.1.4.1.35265.1.56 is ELTEX identifier To apply a new configuration and store settings into the non-volatile memory, click the «Apply» button. Press «Cancel» to discard the changes. 4.8 The «Radio» menu In the «Radio»...
WB-15-W. User manual 4.8.2 The «QoS» submenu In the «QoS» submenu, you may configure Quality of Service functions. • Enable QoS – when the flag is set, the setting of Quality of Service functions is available; • AP EDCA parameters – access point settings table (traffic is transmitted from the access point to the client): •...
WB-15-W. User manual • TXOP Limit – this parameter is used only for data transmitted from the client station to the access point. The transmission capability is the time interval, in milliseconds, when the client WME station has the rights to initiate data transmission over the wireless medium to the access point, the maximum value is 65535 milliseconds;...
WB-15-W. User manual decreasing of the parameter's value will reduce general bandwidth of wireless network. The parameter takes values from 0 to 2347, by default – 2347; • Frame Aggregation – enable support for AMPDU/AMSDU; • Short Preamble – use of the packet short preamble;...
WB-15-W. User manual 4.9.2 The «VAP» submenu Common Settings: • Enabled – when checked, the virtual access point is enabled, otherwise it is disabled; • SSID – virtual wireless network name; • Broadcast SSID – when checked, SSID broadcasting is on, otherwise it is disabled;...
WB-15-W. User manual 4.10 The «System» menu In the «System» menu you can configure system, time, change password and update device firmware. 4.10.1 The «Device Firmware Upgrade» submenu The «Device Firmware Upgrade» submenu is intended for upgrading the device's firmware.
WB-15-W. User manual 4.10.2 The «Configuration» submenu In the «Configuration» submenu, the current configuration is saved to a file and the configuration is downloaded to the device. Backup Configuration To save current device configuration to local computer click on the 'Download' button.
WB-15-W. User manual 4.10.4 The «Password» submenu When logging in via WEB interface administrator (default password: password) has the full access to the device: read/write any settings, full device status monitoring. To change the password, enter the new password first in the «Password» field, then in the «Confirm Password»...
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WB-15-W. User manual NTP Server: • Date and Time device – date and time currently displayed; • NTP Server – time synchronization server IP address/domain name; • Time Zone – allows to set the timezone according to the nearest city for your region from the list;...
WB-15-W. User manual Configuration example Connect the PC to the LAN port of the injector (when the device is powered by Passive PoE 24 V), or directly to the Ethernet port of the device (if the device is powered from the DC 9-36V unit);...
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WB-15-W. User manual In the «Radio» menu, set the desired Wi-Fi network operation mode (preferably b/g/n), channel width, frequency channel number, radiation power. To configure VAP settings, go to the «VAP» menu. To save and apply changes click In the «VAP» menu, go to one of the four VAPs, turn it on, configure the settings necessary for connecting clients (SSID, security mode, security key, restriction of connected clients).
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WB-15-W. User manual 7. To prevent unauthorized access to the device, after making the settings, go to the «System» menu and in the «Password» tab, change the default password value. To save and apply changes click ...
WB-15-W. User manual The list of changes Document Version Issue Date Revisions Version 1.0 12.12.2018 First issue Firmware version 1.1.0...
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