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  • Page 1 NIO200WMR User Manual V1.2...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    3.2.1 3.2.2 Power installation .................19 Antenna installation ................19 3.2.3 Earth grounding ..................20 3.2.4 3.2.5 Mounting of NIO200 Series ..............20 System configuration ........................23 Login ........................23 Status ........................25 Overview ....................... 25 4.2.1 Firewall ......................29 4.2.2 Routes ......................29 4.2.3...
  • Page 3 4.4.2 Wi-Fi ....................... 50 4.4.2.1 Wireless Overview ................50 4.4.2.2 Associated Stations ................51 Wireless configuration ..............51 4.4.2.3 Mesh Advanced................... 55 4.4.3 Mesh Advanced................... 55 4.4.3.1 DHCP and DNS .................... 58 4.4.4 4.4.4.1 General Settings ................. 59 Resolve and Hosts Files ..............60 4.4.4.2 TFTP Settings ..................

  • Page 4: Preface

    Preface This manual is for user to set up a network environment using the NIO200 series Product line. It contains step-by-step procedures and graphic examples to guide installer or individuals with slight network system knowledge to complete the installation. Copyright This publication, including all photographs, illustrations and software, is protected under international copyright laws, with all rights reserved.
  • Page 5 Installation Recommendations Ensure you have a stable, clean working environment. Dust and dirt can get into components and cause a malfunction. Use containers to keep small components separated. Adequate lighting and proper tools can prevent you from accidentally damaging the internal components.
  • Page 6  environment - There must be a disconnect device in front of “NIO200 series” to keep the worker or field side maintainer be cautious and aware to close the general power supply before they start to do maintenance. The disconnect device hereby means a 20A circuit-breaker.
  • Page 7 DC IN: 12-48Vdc, 2.1-0.6A WAN(POE):57Vdc, 600mA 19. This equipment is intended to Ex nA IIC T4 Gc. Note: This equipment is intended to be mounted on a pole with the mounting bracket, wall mounting or DIN mounting; the mounting should always let water proof connectors down to bottom position.
  • Page 8 Juridiction (AHJ) Ou similaire. Technical Support and Assistance 1. For the most updated information of NEXCOM products, visit NEXCOM’s website at www.nexcom.com. 2. For technical issues that require contacting our technical support team or sales representative, please have the following information ready before calling: –...
  • Page 9 If no such station is available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the computer chassis. Conventions Used in this Manual Warning: Information about certain situations, which if not observed, can cause personal injury.

  • Page 10: General Information

    1 General Information 1.1 Document Purpose This quick installation guide is designed to let user quickly get necessary installation information about hardware as well as software so that the field installation can be well done through this first aid. 1.2 Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations The following table lists definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations that are only suitable to this document.
  • Page 11 Term Description DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol – a method to automatically configure the IP settings of a host connected in a LAN. EUI64, EUI-64 The 64-bit address of a device in the network; it is a unique identifier usually set at the manufacturing of the device. Field The geographic space that contains all the nodes of a wireless network.
  • Page 12 Term Description Security Manager An entity in the ISA100.11a network that assigns the security keys that are required for communication between devices. System Manager Superframe A collection of timeslots with a common repetition period and possibly other common attributes. System Manager An entity in the ISA100.11a network that supervises the various operational aspects of a network other than security.

  • Page 13: Product Overview

    2 Product Overview 2.1 About the NIO200WMR NEXCOM’s NIO200WMR is a unique anti-explosive (CID2 & ATEX certified) Wi-Fi routers which support Mesh, AP and Client modes. This is dedicated design for heavy industrial HazLoc environment. With the Wi-Fi Mesh technology, NIO200WMR provides most reliable wireless connectivity with intelligent multi-path mechanism.

  • Page 14: Package Contents

    2.2 Package Contents Each NIO200WMR package contains the following items:  One NIO200WMR unit  Two simple wall mounting kit  Three liquid-tight cable gland or conduit based on the ATEX or CID2 model. (used only for DC power input and Ethernet port) ...

  • Page 15: Getting Started

    3 Getting Started 3.1 Installation background The web-based administration is the preferred method to administer/configure the NIO200WMR. It requires a web browser and the IP of the NIO200WMR. The NIO200WMR is suggested to connect to the local LAN then powered on, and the IP/mask or the router must be accessible from the PC where the browser is running.

  • Page 16: Water Proof Connector Installation

    3.2.1 Water proof connector installation Installation of conduit connector for CID2 model To install conduit in NIO200 enclosure, please follow the steps below:   Position the  Pass DC conduit through ferrule at the end power cable or cap nut and of the conduit.
  • Page 17 NIO200 ferrule into cap nut enclosure, connector of forwards to tighten locknut NIO200 NIO200 with body. enclosure. conduit connector and tighten the cap nut To install the conduit, user should implement with Flexible Metal Conduit, Liquid-tight which meets UL360 standard. Here is the requirement of the diameter and size information for the selection of Metal Conduit that mate with NIO200 conduit connectors.
  • Page 18 Power connector installation 1. De-assembly the cable gland connector. 1. Pass power and Ethernet cable through cable gland as the illustration at the left. 2. Connect cable gland to NIO200 unit:  Screw up the tips of power cable to green power connector.

  • Page 19: Power Installation

    3.2.2 Power installation  Prepare DC power source (12~48 VDC) or standard PoE facility such PoE swtich or PoE injector.  If use external DC power source, please carefully check if the polarity of power cord fits the polarity drawing in this diagram. ...

  • Page 20: Earth Grounding

    2. There must be a disconnect device in front of “NIO200 series” to keep the worker or field side maintainer be cautious and aware to close the general power supply before they start to do maintenance.
  • Page 21 2. Be sure to fasten the mounting kit with horizontal position as below: 3. Hang on NIO200 to the wall with water proof connector at the bottom direction. B.Pole mounting method:...

  • Page 23: System Configuration

    4 System configuration Login To access the NIO200WMR device, you may open a browser to access the Web GUI via default IP address 192.168.1.1. The login Web page requires login information as below: Default login information is: Login: root Password: admin After successful login, you will see the “Status”...
  • Page 24 Saving Changes Saving & apply the configuration in WebUI after you do the changes at the bottom of WebUI. Unsaved Changes “UNSAVED CHANGES” provides the help to see the parameters which were not saved & applied, Click “Save & Apply” button to save the parameters. Auto Refresh Toggle “AUTO REFRESH”...

  • Page 25: Status

    Status To display more detailed status, you can click the “Status” under the page bar. This allows users to select the item of Overview, Firewall, Routes, System Log, Kernel Log, Process, and Real-time Graphs from the pull-down list like below screen: 4.2.1 Overview To see NIO200 over all status, click “Overview”...
  • Page 26 Load Average: CPU average loading in recent time frame. For example, CPU average loading: 94% in the past 1 minute. 43% in the past 5 minutes 24% in the past 15 minutes. 4.2.1.2 Memory Total Available: Displays the available memory in percentage. Free: Displays free memory of NIO200.
  • Page 27 4.2.1.4 DHCP Leases This displays information about hosts (Personal Computers or electronic devices) that are connected to NIO200 including IPv4, MAC address and leasing time 4.2.1.5 DHCPv6 Leases This displays information about hosts (Personal Computers or electronic devices) that are connected to NIO200 including IPv6, DUID and leasing time. 4.2.1.6 Wireless This displays Wireless information about NIO200 for radio 0&1.
  • Page 28 Mode: Displays the mode in this radio Channel: Displays current channel using. Bitrate: Displays current wireless data rate. BSSID: Displays MAC address of this radio Encryption: Displays current encryption setting. 4.2.1.7 Associated Stations Displays current associated device information (Personal Computers or electronic devices) with NIO200WMR, including device’s MAC address, signal level, noise, connecting data rate.

  • Page 29: Firewall

    4.2.2 Firewall Firewall setting is a particular function which allows user to connect or block two or more interfaces in device with sophisticated and specifically defined parameters in this Web page. It’s highly recommended to keep this Firewall setup page as it is. 4.2.3 Routes This section display information about routing list for current connecting device.
  • Page 30 Displays active WAN and LAN port’s IPv4 routing table. 4.2.3.3 Active IPv6-Routes Displays active IPv6 routing table of WAN and LAN port. 4.2.3.4 IPv6 Neighbors...

  • Page 31: System Log

    Display connected device with IPv6 information. 4.2.4 System Log The “System Log” Web page contains the events log in NIO200 system for trouble shooting reference. 4.2.5 Kernel Log The “Kernel Log” displays the record of kernel activities. The administrator can monitor the system status by checking this log.

  • Page 32: Processes

    4.2.6 Processes This Webpage is designed for detailed trouble shooting/status monitoring by professional personnel in the field. Any improper terminating or killing individual process tasks may cause device malfunction. It’s highly recommended to keep this Firewall setup page as it is. 4.2.7 Real-time Graphic This section provides utilities to monitor NIO200 system information including real-time load, real-time Ethernet traffic, Real-time wireless signal and real-time...
  • Page 33 Display real-time CPU average loading percentage. i.e. 1 minute 5 minutes Minimum Average Peak 15 minutes 4.2.7.2 Traffic...
  • Page 34 Display NIO200 real-time traffic loading of Ethernet, WLAN and internal bridge interfaces. Inbound: Incoming data throughput of the observed interface. Outbound: Outgoing data throughput of the observed interface. 4.2.7.3 Wireless Display Wireless real-time signal quality including signal level, noise and data rate.
  • Page 35 4.2.7.4 Connections This “Connections” displays NIO200 real-time active TCP/UDP/ICMP,… connection information for trouble shooting reference.

  • Page 36: System

    4.3 System To setup detail configuration about NIO200 system, click the “System” under the page bar, then select the item of System, Administration, SNMP, Backup/Flash Firmware and Reboot from the pull-down list like below screen. 4.3.1 System 4.3.1.1 General Settings This section provide general settings of NIO200 including Time, Host name, Time zone and NTP.
  • Page 37 To make NIO200 system get time synchronization with NTP server, user may enable the NTP client and input the address of an NTP server to get the time updates. 4.3.1.2 Logging This section provides the setting of log configuration. System log buffer size: The size of log information. Unit: Kbytes. External system log server: The server address of external log server.
  • Page 38 4.3.1.3 Language and Style This section provides setting of language and WebUI style. NIO200 only provides English as default style.

  • Page 39: Administration

    Administration 4.3.2 Router Password 4.3.2.1 To change default password, enter new password and confirm new one. SSH Access 4.3.2.2 Secure Shell(SSH). Enable NIO200 to be accessed via SSH-based application. This increase the security in configuration of NIO200 remotely. Interface: Select the interface. Port: Enter the port number for the communication via SSH.

  • Page 40: Backup/Flash Firmware

    Allow root logins with password: Enable/Disable the root user to login with password. User may paste the public SSH-Keys (one per line) for additional SSH public-key authentication. 4.3.3 Backup/Flash Firmware To upgrade new firmware on device, user may choose “Backup/Flash Firmware” from “Systme”...
  • Page 41  Then select the correct firmware file from the file browser:  Then, WebUI displays the file checksum.  You can choose “Proceed” to start the upgrading. Note: After you click “Proceed”, the DUT firmware will be upgraded with the file you selected, and the upgrade progress will display like below:...
  • Page 42 Note: The whole firmware image may take several minutes to complete the flash writing. PLEASE DO NOT REBOOT OR POWER OFF THE DEVICE before the whole progress. If the firmware upgraded is successful, the WebUI should switch to the Login page.

  • Page 43: Reboot

    Note: After restore the file, system will apply the changes and automatically reboot. Due to configuration backup may cause IP address change, you have to enter new IP address accordingly. Otherwise, the new web page may not be accessible. 4.3.3.3 Reset to default To reset NIO200 to factory default configuration, user will need to press “Perform reset”...

  • Page 44: Network

    4.4 Network Interfaces 4.4.1 Configuration of IP address 4.4.1.1 To set up a new IP address, please click “Network” from page bar, then select the “Interface”, and then click “Edit” Edit IP address: When modifying the IP address, user needs to input the IP address, netmask, gateway,.. for this device and then click “Save &...
  • Page 45 switch to new Web page after 5 minutes.  Interfaces overview Connect: Press this button to re-connect LAN interface to Ethernet network. Stop: Shutdown this interface. Edit: Modify WAN port setting or LAN port group settings Delete: Delete this Interfaces from group Note: Do not perform “Stop”...
  • Page 46 <General Setup> You can change your Protocol to link worldwide Internet. The default setting is DHCP client, send discover to find DHCP server. Static address Static IP (Manual):. Choose this option if you do not have a DHCP server in your network, or if you wish to assign a static IP address to NIO200WMR DHCP client When Dynamic IP (DHCP) is selected, the DHCP client to be functional once this selection...
  • Page 47 This is used for advanced settings and configure, strongly recommend user do not make change to this web page. <Physical Settings>...
  • Page 48 Bridge interfaces You can bridge an interfaces group for your WAN or LAN interface. Normally, only LAN interface need to enable bridge interfaces. After enable bridge interfaces, select interfaces to bridge. Interface Select interfaces for your bridge group. Select both the Ethernet adapter ( most likely eth0.1’ eth1) and the wireless network.
  • Page 49 Ignore Interface: Select this option to disable your DHCP server, you will need static IP or another DHCP server for your network interfaces. Default is “enable DHCP” <Advanced Settings> Dynamic DHCP: Dynamically allocate DHCP addresses for clients. If disabled, only clients having static leases will be served.

  • Page 50: Wi-Fi

    Wi-Fi 4.4.2 4.4.2.1 Wireless Overview To set up the Wireless configuration, please select “Network” in the tab , then select “Wi-Fi”, which would show you the current radio interfaces status. Wireless Overview includes channel’ SSID’ MAC address and security setting information. Scan: Scan can explore how many AP signals can be detected.

  • Page 51: Associated Stations

    Edit: Configure the radio interface Remove: Remove radio interface. Please note that disable radio first when you don’t want to use the radio interface. 4.4.2.2 Associated Stations Associated stations show wireless client connection information. It includes the SSID wireless client connect’ wireless client MAC/ IP address’ RSSI signal strength and Tx/Rx rate.
  • Page 52 <General setup> Wireless network is enabled: Enable or disable the radio interface Operating frequency: Select radio frequency and channel bandwidth for signal transmission. For channel bandwidth, please note you need to confirm AP/ client mode or mesh mode and which channel you will use Transmit Power: Control the transmit power of a radio by selection of Transmission Power.
  • Page 53 Distance Optimization: Specify the ACK timeout by entering the value manually. ACK timeout can be entered by defining the link distance. Too short value of the ACK timeout may cause transmission time out and no packet can be received. Too long value may cause low throughput rate.
  • Page 54 Encryption: To setup the Security on Radio, please select one of the Encryption:  No Encryption  WEP Open System: WEP provides a basic level of security, preventing unauthorized access to the network. WEP uses static shared keys that are manually distributed to all clients that want to use the network ...

  • Page 55: Mesh Advanced

     Force TKIP and CCMP(AES) The cycle icon will display the characters you just input. <MAC filter> Select MAC Filtering. Specifies the MAC address to block or allow traffic from. 4.4.3 Mesh Advanced Mesh Advanced setting contains the important information about real Mesh connection path and Neighbor node signal strength and blocking status.
  • Page 56  Block RSSI threshold: This is used to set the threshold of blocking current associated Mesh points.  0: Disable  Input value between -60 ~ -90(dBm)  Block/Reopen Sensitivity: This is a criteria for choosing the sensitivity level in Mesh path availability.
  • Page 57  Iface: display the Mesh interface used in the Wi-Fi radio  Inactive time: the elapsed time since last forward data by the according Mesh path.  Shorter inactive time implies more frequently used in data forwarding by Mesh network. Too long inactive time means the Mesh path is almost un-used.

  • Page 58: Dhcp And Dns

    4.4.4 DHCP and DNS A combined DHCP-Server and DNS-Forwarder for NAT firewall is provided in NIO200WMR. Click the “Network” -> “DHCP and DNS” in the GUI menu. The “DHCP and DNS” page will appear. There are four categories of settings or lease status: “Active DHCP Leases”, “Active DHCPv6 Leases”, “Static Leases”, and “Server Settings”.

  • Page 59: General Settings

    Static leases are used to assign fixed IP addresses and symbolic hostnames to DHCP clients by calculating MAC-Address. They are also required for non-dynamic interface configurations where only hosts with a corresponding lease are served. Add: Add a new lease entry. After clicking “Add”...

  • Page 60: Resolve And Hosts Files

    Domain required: default value is checked. Authoritative: default value is checked. 4.4.4.2 Resolve and Hosts Files 4.4.4.3 TFTP Settings By default, TFTP server is not enabled.

  • Page 61: Advanced Settings

    4.4.4.4 Advanced Settings Max. DHCP Leases: default value is unlimited. Max. concurrent queries: default value is 150...

  • Page 62: Hostnames

    4.4.5 Hostnames Clicking the “Network” -> “Hostnames” in the GUI menu will appear the “Hostnames” page. For those device does not have hostname or does not resolve automatically, users manually assign hostname-IP pair to specific devices. Add: create a host entry (hostname-IP pair) for a specific device. (For example, Hostname =>...

  • Page 63: Static Routes

    4.4.6 Static Routes Clicking “Network” -> “Static Routes” in the GUI menu will appear the “Routes” page for two categories: “Static IPv4 Routes” and “Static IPv6 Routes”. Static routes specify interface and gateway which certain host or network can be reached over.
  • Page 64 Delete: delete a followed route entry. For IPv6 network, scroll down to “Static IPv6 Routes” screen as follows. Add: add an entry for route to an IPv6 network or host. Clicking “Add” button has an entry as follows.

  • Page 65: Diagnostics

    4.4.7 Diagnostics Click “Network” -> “Diagnostics” in the GUI menu, and navigate to “Diagnostics” web page. In this page, there are 3 utilities for users to diagnose interface settings and network paths: Ping, Traceroute, and Nslookup. Ping: test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network and measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination host and back.

  • Page 66: Firewall

    4.4.8 Firewall Click “Network” -> “Firewall” in the GUI menu, and navigate to page configuring firewall attributes in the NIO200WMR. 4.4.8.1 General Settings Clicking “General Settings” tab on the top of screen will show the “Zone Settings” configuration including “General Settings” and “Zones” categories. In the “General Settings”...

  • Page 67: Port Forwards

    Delete: delete the followed flow entry. Add: create a new entry for traffic flow among zones over interfaces. 4.4.8.2 Port Forwards Clicking the “Port Forwards” tab on the top of screen will show the tables for port forwarding. Adding or editing specific forwarding table allows remote computers on the Internet to connect to a specific computer or service within the private LAN.

  • Page 68: Custom Rules

    In the “Traffic Rules” category, the flow entries of traffic rule define policies for packets traveling between different zones (for example, to reject traffic between certain hosts or to open WAN ports on the router). In “Source NAT” category, specific flow entries of masquerading that allow fine grained control over the source IP used for outgoing traffic(For example, to map multiple WAN addresses to internal subnets) can be added or edited.

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