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WB-1750-KIT AC1750 Wireless Gaming Bridge
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Version A1.0, August 2020

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  • Page 1 WB-1750-KIT AC1750 Wireless Gaming Bridge User Manual Version A1.0, August 2020...
  • Page 2 Preface This manual provides information related to the installation and operation of this device. The individual reading this manual is presumed to have a basic understanding of telecommunications terminology and concepts. If you find the product to be inoperable or malfunctioning, please contact technical support for immediate service by email at support@nexuslinkusa.com For product update, new product release, manual revision, or software upgrades,...
  • Page 3 Copyright Copyright © 2020 NexusLink. All rights reserved. The information contained herein is proprietary to NexusLink. No part of this document may be translated, transcribed, reproduced, in any form, or by any means without prior written consent of NexusLink. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ....................5 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION....................6 2.1 Hardware Setup ........................6 2.2 LED Indicators ......................... 8 2.3 Initial Device Setup ....................... 10 2.3.1 Setup of Wireless Devices via WiFi Protected Setup ............11 2.3.2 Setup of Wireless Devices via Manual Connection..............12 CHAPTER 3 WEB USER INTERFACE ................
  • Page 5 CHAPTER 7 TOOLS ......................49 7.1 Tools – Log ..........................49 7.2 Tools – Admin ........................52 7.3 Tools – Restore ........................53 CHAPTER 8 SYSTEM ......................54 8.1 System – Upgrade ......................... 54 8.2 System – Reboot ........................56 APPENDIX A - SPECIFICATIONS ..................

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction The WB-1750 is an 802.11ac 4T4R Wireless Gaming Bridge, with two Giga Ethernet ports. WB-1750 performs AP to transmission package TCP/UDP to client, also supporting Station mode, receiving packets and forwarding to the Ethernet port. The WB-1750 has a high power wireless design which supports 802.11ac 5Ghz band 4T4R and is backward compatible 802.11n, 802.11a.

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation 2.1 Hardware Setup Follow the instructions below to complete the hardware setup. BACK PANEL The figure below shows the back panel of the device. Power ON Press the power button to the OFF position (OUT). Connect the power adapter to the power port.
  • Page 8 Ethernet (LAN) Ports Use 1000-BASE-T RJ-45 cables to connect two network devices to a Gigabit LAN, or 10/100BASE-T RJ-45 cables for standard network usage. These ports are auto- sensing MDI/X; so either straight-through or crossover cable can be used. Reset Button To reboot the device press the Reset button for 1-5 seconds.

  • Page 9: Led Indicators

    2.2 LED Indicators The front panel LED indicators are shown below and explained in the following table. This information can be used to check the status of the device and its connections.
  • Page 10 Color Mode Description Power on POWER GREEN Power off Ethernet connected Ethernet not connected ETH1 GREEN Ethernet is transmitting/receiving Blink Ethernet connected Ethernet not connected ETH2 GREEN Ethernet is transmitting/receiving Blink Wi-Fi enabled Wi-Fi disabled WiFi GREEN [AP] When no client connected Blink [Station] When not connected to the AP WPS connection successful...

  • Page 11: Initial Device Setup

    2.3 Initial Device Setup AP Device Setup Setup the first Wireless Gaming Bridge by plugging in the power adapter and press the Power Button to the ON position (IN). Set the Wireless Gaming Bridge to AP Mode by sliding the AP/Station Switch to the up position. Connect the Wireless Gaming Bridge to a Network Device (Gateway, Router, etc.) with an Ethernet (RJ-45) cable.

  • Page 12: Setup Of Wireless Devices Via Wifi Protected Setup

    2.3.1 Setup of Wireless Devices via WiFi Protected Setup Press and release the WPS button on the device setup in AP Mode and the WPS LED will start to blink GREEN. Within two minutes press and release the WPS button on the device setup in Station mode the WPS LED will start to blink GREEN.

  • Page 13: Setup Of Wireless Devices Via Manual Connection

    2.3.2 Setup of Wireless Devices via Manual Connection NOTE: If you do not wish to setup your Wireless Gaming Bridges via WPS you can set it up manually. 1. Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the LAN port of a Notebook/PC (setup with a fixed IP 10.0.0.11 and subnet mask 255.255.255.0) and the other end into the Ethernet port of the Wireless Gaming Bridge that is in Station mode.
  • Page 14 4. Select an SSID (AP unit) and input the passphrase. The SSID and passphrase (WiFi Key) can be found a label on the bottom on the Wireless Gaming Bridge. Next, click “connect.” 5. To confirm that the connection is sucessful, check that the current SSID is the same as the one that you tried to connect to in the previous step.

  • Page 16: Chapter 3 Web User Interface

    Chapter 3 Web User Interface This section describes how to access the device via the web user interface (WUI) using an Internet browser such as Internet Explorer (version 6.0 and later). 3.1 Default Settings The factory default settings of this device are summarized below. •...

  • Page 17: Ip Configuration

    3.2 IP Configuration STATIC IP MODE In static IP mode, you assign IP settings to your PC manually. Follow these steps to configure your PC IP address to use subnet 10.0.0.x. NOTE: The following procedure assumes you are running Windows. However, the general steps involved are similar for most operating systems (OS).

  • Page 18: Login Procedure

    3.3 Login Procedure Perform the following steps to login to the web user interface. NOTE: The default settings can be found in section 3.1 Default Settings. STEP 1: Start the Internet browser and enter the default IP address for the device in the Web address field.

  • Page 20: Chapter 4 Login

    Chapter 4 Login • (username: root, password: 12345) http://<address>/login.php Please enter the user name and the password to login to the web page system of the device.

  • Page 21: Chapter 5 Status

    Chapter 5 Status 5.1 Status - Device This screen shows the status of the device. http://<address>/status_device.php...
  • Page 22 Menu Item Description Options Detail Device Name Name of the NexusLink device Gets the Software The version number of software version Version the current firmware of the current system Uptime Displays the There are two types of uptime of the...

  • Page 23: Status - Wireless

    5.2 Status – Wireless This screen shows the wireless status of the device in AP mode. 5.2.1 AP Mode http://<address>/status_wireless.php Menu Item Description Options Detail WiFi Interface Real wireless device name and MAC Address in Device Mode AP or STA mode Access Point(AP) Device Acts as Station (STA)
  • Page 24 Wireless Band Current system 802.11a or Band 802.11an or 802.11ac Bandwidth Per the 802.11a 20 MHz 20 MHz operation or 802.11an or 802.11ac standard Per 802.11an or 40 MHz 40 MHz operation 802.11ac standard 80MHz(11ac 80 MHz only) operation(11ac only) AP Mac Address The current In AP mode, it will...
  • Page 25 Successfully received successfully Bytes Received The total bytes received successfully Packets Wireless packets Transmitted transmitted Successfully Bytes Total bytes Transmitted transmitted successfully This screen shows the information of all station devices which are connecting with the wifi0 of the AP. In above example, STA with MAC address 00:26:86:F0:30:83 00:26:86:01:14:43 are currently associated to the primary interface (wifi0), If...

  • Page 26: Sta Mode

    5.2.2 STA Mode This screen shows the wireless status of the device that acts as a STA. http://<address>/status_wireless.php Menu Item Description Options Detail Device Mode AP or STA mode Access Point(AP) Device Acts as Station (STA) Access Point or Station Wireless Band Current system 802.11n or...
  • Page 27 80MHz(11ac 80 MHz only) operation(11ac only) AP Mac Address The current In STA mode and (BSSID) associated BSSID associated to an of the Wi-Fi AP: this will be the system value of the AP’s MAC address. If the STA is not associated, this will state: “Not Associated”.

  • Page 28: Status - Networking

    Bytes Received The total bytes received successfully Packets Wireless packets Transmitted transmitted Successfully Bytes Total bytes Transmitted transmitted successfully 5.3 Status – Networking This screen shows the status of the networking. http://<address>/status_networking.php...
  • Page 29 Menu Item Description Options Detail IP Address The IP Address of Logged into the the system web GUI with this IP address. It can be changed in the Config Networking page. Netmask The netmask of the IP address Ethernet MAC This is the IEEE The internal Address...

  • Page 30: Status - Wds

    5.4 Status – WDS This screen shows the status of the WDS links. http://<address>/ status_wds.php This option is not available on STA mode, the typical WDS link status includes: • The interface name of the WDS link, the name is managed by the system automatically, usually it is: WDS0/WDS1/WDS2…so on.

  • Page 31: Status - Mbss

    5.5 Status – MBSS This option is not available on STA mode. http://<address>/ status_mbssid.php Menu Item Description Options Detail SSID SSID of the MBSS This will be the SSID of the wireless network. The other STA must be configured to the same SSID and security to connect to the...
  • Page 32 broadcast FALSE Wi-Fi devices can’t scan out this SSID Association Associated STA >=0 The number of number STAs which are connected to the Virtual AP...

  • Page 33: Chapter 6 Config

    Chapter 6 Config 6.1 Config Wireless (AP WPA2-AES mode) – This screen has two tab pages, “Basic” and “Advanced”. http://<address>/config_wireless.php Basic Menu Item Description Options Detail Device Mode AP or STA mode Access Point Device Acts as Access Point Station Device Acts as Station ESSID...
  • Page 34 name wireless network. The STA must be configured to the same SSID and security (see below) to connect to the AP. Channel Available 5Ghz 36-48, 149-165 5.180-5.240, channels based 5.745-5.825 GHz on region setting are the supported frequency ranges Protected Sets the 802.11w Management / PMF capability.
  • Page 35 passphrase. Applies to AP only. Group Key Group key Group key This is the interval interval(in sec) renewal interval interval needs to at which the group for enterprise be between 0 and key is renewed for security 43200 clients associated to this SSID Advanced Menu Item...
  • Page 36 40 MHz 40 MHz operation. or 802.11ac Will fall back standard automatically to 20Mhz if STA does not support 40Mhz. If STA is a NexusLink station device, it will also fall back to 20Mhz. 80MHz(11ac 80 MHz only) operation(11ac only)
  • Page 37 Beacon Interval Set the interval How often the of the beacon device sends a Beacon. The interval should be between 25 and 5000. The default value is 100. DTIM Period Delivery Traffic The DTIM period Indication indicates how Message often clients serviced by the access point should check for...

  • Page 38: Config - Wps

    6.2 Config – WPS Connect to AP or STA without selecting an SSID and inputting a Passphrase. http://<address>/config_ wps.php...
  • Page 39 Menu Item Description Options Detail WPS State Set WPS states Disabled WPS disabled Not configured WPS enabled Client can remotely change AP's wireless settings…SSID, Encryption and Passphrase for example. Configured User needs to fill certain parameters to start WPS connection WPS PBC WPS push button Push button to...

  • Page 40: Config - Mac Filter

    6.3 Config – MAC Filter This screen shows the MAC addresses filtering configurations that are used for the http://<address>/config_macfilter.php Menu Item Description Options Detail Wifi Interface Real wireless device name and MAC Address in MAC Address The device filter NONE The AP can block Filtering MAC address...
  • Page 41 “NONE”= Disable MAC address filtering. Click the “Config MAC Filter” button link to the MAC ADDRESS LIST page. Authorize if not Accept a STA denied association request unless the MAC address for that STA has been blocked Deny if not Block a STA authorized association...

  • Page 42: Config - Networking

    6.4 Config – Networking These screens show the networking configuration. http://<address>/ config_networking.php DHCP Static IP...
  • Page 43 Menu Item Description Options Detail DHCP or Static Set the network DHCP The device will try configuration to to get its IP DHCP or Static IP address with DHCP from a device like a router Static IP The device will use the static IP address IP Address...
  • Page 44 CAUTION: After selecting “Save”, the IP Address will change IMMEDIATELY. The Web UI must be pointed at the new address in order to continue your Web UI Session. Netmask Netmask of the IP address Ethernet MAC This is the IEEE The internal Address compliant MAC...

  • Page 45: Config - Wds

    6.5 Config – WDS This screen shows the configuration of the WDS links. http://<address>/ config_wds.php This option is not available if the device is configured as a STA. Menu Item Description Options Detail WDS checkbox To determine if Checked The WDS link will the WDS link is be stored to a file enabled...
  • Page 46 Not Checked The WDS link will be discarded after clicking the Save Button MAC Address 48bit MAC The WDS peer address MAC address on the opposite side Passphrase 64 ASCII PSK Wi-Fi devices can see the SSID in scan. Now the passphrase string is displayed as "*******"...

  • Page 47: Config - Mbss

    6.6 Config – MBSS This option is not available if the device is configured as a STA. http://<address>/ config_mbss.php...
  • Page 48 Menu Item Description Options Detail SSID SSID of the MBSS This will be the SSID of the wireless network. The other STAs must be configured to the same SSID and security to connect to the Virtual AP. VLAN Virtual Lan for 1-4096 different interface Broadcast...
  • Page 49 encryption Passphrase The passphrase applies to this MBSS SSID...

  • Page 50: Chapter 7 Tools

    Chapter 7 Tools 7.1 Tools – Log This page has the ability to directly view the PHY statistics of the device. http://<address>/tools_log.php Pressing the “Start” button will start a 10 second polling log. This data can be useful to assist in debugging the system. After selecting “Start”, the page will look similar to the image above.
  • Page 51 the measurement taken from the internal system clock RxPkts This represents the number of packets that were successfully received over 1 second intervals. Each line represents 1 second of time. RxGain This is the higher receiver The maximum value of gain value that was RxGain is 62 recorded on successfully...
  • Page 52 Defers This number counts the Defers are common in number of times an busy WiFi environments attempted transmission was deferred due to the medium being busy. This is helpful in determining if an environment is very busy. Tout This is an indicator of Tx Timeouts are not common.

  • Page 53: Tools - Admin

    7.2 Tools – Admin This page is for administration of the user passwords. http://<address>/tools_admin.php Menu Item Description Notes User Name The user name for login Only for the login privilege Old Passphrase Enter the original password of the user name New Passphrase Enter the new passphrase New Passphrase...

  • Page 54: Tools - Restore

    Again again the “New Passphrase” 7.3 Tools – Restore The Tools Restore page is for users to restore all the configurations of the device to factory defaults. http://<address>/tools_restore.php The Restore function also restores the password of the login user.

  • Page 55: Chapter 8 System

    Chapter 8 System 8.1 System – Upgrade The System Upgrade page is for users to update the firmware on the device. http://<address>/system_upgrade.php When you select the file and click “Upgrade”, the “Upgrade” button will be disabled and the page will display “Loading the image file..Please wait”, please wait for 2 minutes.
  • Page 56 When the firmware has been upgraded successfully, you will be automatically directed to the reboot page.

  • Page 57: System - Reboot

    8.2 System – Reboot The System Reboot page is for users to reboot the device. http://<address>/system_reboot.php...

  • Page 58: Appendix A - Specifications

    Appendix A - Specifications Hardware Interface • AP/Station Switch x 1, • RJ-45 X 2 for Giga Ethernet port • Reset Button X 1, • WPS button X 1, • Power switch X 1 • Power Jack X 1 Standard •...

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