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AirTight W-68 Installation Manual

AirTight W-68 Installation Manual

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W-68 Access Point/Sensor

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  • Page 1 Installation Guide W-68 Access Point/Sensor...
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  • Page 3: End User License Agreement

    Regardless of the cause of action or the form of action, the total cumulative liability of AirTight Networks for actual damages arising out of or related to the use of AirTight Wi-Fi, AirTight WIPS, AirTight Cloud Services or AirTight devices will not exceed the respective price paid for AirTight Wi-Fi, AirTight WIPS, AirTight Cloud Services, or AirTight devices.
  • Page 4 FOR COUNTRY CODE SELECTION USAGE (WLAN DEVICES) Note: The country code selection is for non-US models only and is not available to all US models. Per FCC regulations, all Wi-Fi products marketed in the US must be fixed to US operation channels only. W-68 Installation Guide...
  • Page 5 Cet equipement est conforme aux limites d’exposition aux rayonnements IC etablies pour un environnement non controle. Cet equipement doit @tre installe et utilise avec un minimum de 20 cm de distance entre la source de rayonnement et votre cmps. W-68 Installation Guide...
  • Page 6: About This Guide

    4. Manually Configuring W-68 5. Config Shell Commands 6. Troubleshooting Note: All instances of the term ‘server’ in this document refer to the AirTight Wi-Fi / AirTight WIPS server, unless the server name or type is explicitly stated. Product and Documentation Updates To receive important news on product updates, please visit our website at http://www.airtightnetworks.com.
  • Page 7: Package Contents

    Package Contents Please ensure that the items shown in Figure 1-1 are included in the W-68 device package: Figure 1-1 W-68 Package Contents Note: The MAC address of the device is printed on a label at the bottom of the product and the packaging box.
  • Page 8 The 2.4 GHz /5 GHz LED blinks when there is activity on either of the radios. The rear panel of the W-68 has an Ethernet port labelled LAN1, that enables you to connect the device to a wired W-68 Installation Guide...
  • Page 9 Pass-through port RJ45 through port on the right side of the W-68 device. The traffic on the pass-through port does not interfere with the AP traffic. No policies can be applied on the pass- through port traffic.
  • Page 10 Reset Pin Hole: The Reset Pin Hole is on the right side of the device as shown in the figure above. The Reset Pin Hole resets the W-68 device to factory defaults. To reset the device, power cycle the device (remove the power cable once and connect it back again) and while plugging the power cable back into the power source, press and hold down the Reset Pin Hole for 45 seconds until the power, WAN, 2.4/5...
  • Page 11 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit RJ-45 The LAN 4 port can provide power for a device Ethernet LAN 3 connected to it using the 802.3af standard, only if LAN 4 the W-68 access point is powered by an 802.3at power supply. W-68 Installation Guide...
  • Page 12 (802.1Q capable) on a switch. The device then monitors the VLANS that are configured on that trunk port and are chosen by the user. In this mode, the W-68 can monitor up to 100 VLANs.
  • Page 13 Wall Mounting Use the mounting bracket to install the W-68 on the wall. To mount the device: 1. Attach the mounting bracket to the wall by using the mounting hardware kit. 2. Plug the Ethernet cable and, optionally, a pass-through cable, if any, into the Uplink port and the pass-through port respectively.
  • Page 14 Alternatively, you could seat an 8-wire Ethernet cable with a punch-down tool into the punch-down block provided at the rear of the W-68 device. The upper punch-down block is for the uplink or PoE.The lower punch-down block is for the pass-through port.
  • Page 15 4. The device is ready for use. Power on W-68 A W-68 device can be powered on by 802.3af Class 0 Power Over Ethernet (PoE) of Nominal input voltage 48V DC. You can connect the device to the network using PoE or a power adapter.
  • Page 16 1. Ensure that a DHCP server is available on the network to provide network configuration to the W-68. 2. Connect one end of the network interface cable to the Ethernet port at the rear of the W-68. 3. Connect the other end of the network interface cable to an Ethernet jack on the desired subnet.
  • Page 17 5. Log on to the server through SSH and run the get sensor list command. You would see a list of all AirTight devices that are recognized by the server. AirTight Cloud Services users can go to the Devices tab and check whether the device is visible under the Devices tab.
  • Page 18 Device is placed on a subnet that is not DHCP enabled. Configuring AP through Config Shell The Config Shell supports a pre-defined set of commands used to configure the W-68 device. Log in to the device console using the SSH shell.
  • Page 19 (802.1Q capable) on a switch. The device then monitors multiple VLANs that are configured on that trunk port and are chosen by the user. The wireless interface of the sensor is enabled. In this mode, a W-68 can monitor up to 16 VLANs.
  • Page 20 2. Choose option 1 to configure VLANs for DHCP and option 2 to configure VLANs with static IP address. The device will restart / reboot after the VLAN configuration. To configure VLANs with DHCP, you must provide comma-separated VLAN IDs. W-68 Installation Guide...
  • Page 21: Appendix A: Ap-Server Mutual Authentication

    9. Remove the crossover connection to the computer and connect the Ethernet port to the local switch. Configure IPv6 settings W-68 is IPv6 capable. Use the set ipv6 config command to configure advanced options such as DHCP settings, auto negotiation, and manual configuration.
  • Page 22 Drawing AF Power from W-68 LAN 4 can behave as a PoE by itself. If AT power is provided through WAN, it is possible to draw AF power from the LAN4. In this situation, the LAN4 behaves as a PoE and can power another device or AP that can run on AF power.
  • Page 23 W-68 Config Shell Commands The following tables detail the W-68 config shell commands. Table 6-1 get Commands get Commands Command Description get ap Displays all the currently visible APs Displays network interface speed and mode get interface get ip config...
  • Page 24 Sets the AP-server shared secret. You must enter a character string, of length between communication 10 and 127, as the shared secret. The string is internally converted to hexadecimal passphrase format. It can be used instead of the set communication key command. W-68 Installation Guide...
  • Page 25 Pings an IPv6 host address or Usage: ping6 <IPv6_address/host_name> hostname> reboot Reboots the AP restart Restarts the AP application Resets the AP to ‘out of the box’ status reset factory Upgrades the AP manually from a given IP address upgrade W-68 Installation Guide...
  • Page 26 W-68 Troubleshooting Following are the troubleshooting guidelines for W-68. Symptoms Diagnosis Solution The device did not Ensure that the DHCP server is on and available on the receive a valid IP VLAN/subnet to which the device is connected. If the device...
  • Page 27 Note: Although the server is backward compatible, that is, older version sensors can connect to a newer version server, this is not recommended. W-68 Installation Guide...