WOP-2L. User manual Contents Introduction ..............................5 Annotation ..............................5 Symbols ............................... 5 Device description ............................6 Purpose ............................... 6 Device specification............................ 6 The device technical parameters....................... 7 Design ................................9 Light indication............................10 Reset to the default settings ........................11 Delivery package ............................11 Rules and recommendations for device installation .................
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WOP-2L. User manual The 'VAP' menu ............................35 5.6.1 The 'Summary' submenu ........................35 5.6.2 The 'VAP' submenu ..........................36 The 'Network Settings' menu ........................39 5.7.1 The 'System Configuration' submenu....................39 5.7.2 The 'Access' submenu.......................... 40 The 'External Services' menu........................42 5.8.1 The 'Captive Portal' submenu.......................
WOP-2L device is a Wi-Fi access point. The device enclosed into hermetic case which allows to use the access point outdoor in different climatic conditions – at temperatures from -45 to +65 °C This manual specifies intended purpose, main technical parameters, design, safe operation rules and installation and configuration recommendations for WOP-2L.
2 Device description 2.1 Purpose WOP-2L wireless access point (hereinafter the device) is designed for provision of users' access to high-speed safe network. The device provides high-speed and safe wireless network combining a lot of opportunities and services that are necessary for comfortable users' access to operator services in crowded areas.
RADIUS server (WPA Enterprise); • WPA/WPA2 data encryption; • Support for Captive Portal. The WOP-2L application diagram is shown in the figure below. 2.3 The device technical parameters Main specifications WAN interface parameters Number of ports 1 ...
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WOP-2L. User manual Operating channels 802.11b/g/n: 1–13 (2402–2482 MHz) 802.11a/n/ac: • 36–64 (5170–5320 MHz) • 100–144 (5490–5720 MHz) • 149-165 (5745–5835 MHz) Data rate 802.11a: up to 54 Mbps 802.11b: up to 11 Mbps 802.11g: up to 54 Mbps 802.11n: up to 300 Mbps 802.11ac: up to 867 Mbps...
WOP-2L. User manual 2.4 Design WOP-2L housed in a plastic case, industrial version. The size of the device: 80x232.5x47 mm. The design of WOP-2L is shown below. WOP-2L design Port of 10/100/1000Base-T (Ethernet) for local network connection and power supply via PoE and the button for resetting to factory settings (F) are located on the bottom panel of the device.
WOP-2L. User manual 2.5 Light indication The layout of WOP-2L indication panel is shown in the figure below. WOP-2L indication panel Device status LED indication LED status Description Power – device power and solid green the device power supply is enabled,...
WOP-2L. User manual 2.6 Reset to the default settings You can reset the device configuration using the «F» button on the device. When the device is loaded, press and hold the «F» button located on the bottom panel (approximately 10–15 seconds) until «Power» indicator is flashing orange;...
3.3 Frequency bands and channels in the range of 5 GHz for Wi-Fi Data transmission in the 5 GHz band is used for IEEE 802.11a/n/ac standards. WOP-2L supports frequency channels in the range of 5 GHz with the bandwidth of 20, 40 and 80 MHz.
WOP-2L. User manual 3.4 Calculating the number of required access points Attenuation values Material Change of signal level, dB 2.4 GHz 5 GHz Organic glass -0,3 -0,9 Brick -4,5 -14,6 Glass -0,5 -1,7 Plaster slab -0,5 -0,8 Wood laminated plastic...
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WOP-2L. User manual Similarly, the procedure of channel allocation is recommended to save for access point allocation between floors, see Figure 5 Figure 5 – Scheme of channel allocation between neighboring access points that are located between floors When width of used channel is 40 MHz there is no non-overlapping channels in frequency range of 2.4 GHz. In such cases, you should select channels maximally separated from each other.
WOP-2L. User manual 4 The device installation 1. Attach the bracket to the device with the screws provided, as shown in the figure below. 2. Install the device on communications mast/pole pointing Ethernet port down as it is shown on the figure below.
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6. Align the antenna position so that the subscriber devices fall within the coverage area of the installed antenna. 7.Connect the Ethernet cable outgoing form WOP-2L to the injector PoE port or the switch port (IEEE 802.3at-2009). 8. If you using PoE injector connect it to 220 V power supply network using the cable.
WOP-2L. User manual 5 Device management via the WEB interface 5.1 Getting started In order to start the operation, you should connect to the device via WAN interface using a web browser: 1. Open a web browser, for example, Firefox, Opera, Chrome.
WOP-2L. User manual 5. If necessary, you can switch the information display language. Russian and English languages are available for WEB interface. 5.2 Applying configuration and discarding changes Applying configuration Clicking on the button starts the process of saving the configuration to the device flash memory and applying the new settings.
WOP-2L. User manual 5.3 WEB interface basic elements Navigation elements of the WEB interface are shown on the figure below User interface window is divided into five general areas: Menu tabs categorize the submenu tabs: Monitoring, Radio, VAP, Network settings, External Services, System.
• MAC address – MAC address of the connected device; • Interface – interface of WOP-2L communication with the connected device; • Link Capacity – parameter that reflects the effectiveness of the use of a modulation access point on the transmission. It is calculated based on the number of packets transmitted on each modulation to the client, and the reduction factors.
WOP-2L. User manual • Tx BW – transmission bandwidth, MHz; • Rx BW – reception bandwidth, MHz; • Uptime – Wi-Fi client connection uptime. To display more detailed information on a particular client, select it from the list. A detailed description includes the following options: ...
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WOP-2L. User manual 'Transmit' table description: • Interface – name of the interface; • Total packets – number of successfully sent packets; • Total bytes – number of successfully sent bytes; • Total drop – number of rejected packets; • Errors – number of errors.
WOP-2L. User manual 5.4.3 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: •...
WOP-2L. User manual 5.4.4 The 'Events' submenu In this section, you can view a list of real-time informational messages which contains the following information: • Date and Time – time when event was generated; • Type – category and importance level of the event;...
WOP-2L. User manual 5.4.5 The 'Network Information' submenu In the 'Network Information' submenu you can view common network settings of the device. WAN Status: • Interface – name of the bridge interface; • Protocol – a protocol which is used for access to WAN;...
Such 'internal routes' exist in the routing buffer only; • ! – means that datagrams sent to this address will be rejected by the system. 5.4.6 The 'Device Information' submenu The 'Device Information' submenu displays main WOP-2L parameters. • Product – device model name;...
WOP-2L. User manual • Hardware Version – device hardware version; • Factory MAC Address – device WAN interface MAC address, setted by manufacturer; • Serial Number – device serial number, setted by manufacturer; • Firmware Version – device firmware version;...
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WOP-2L. User manual • Primary Channel – the parameter can only be changed if the bandwidth of a statically specified channel is equal to 40 MHz. The 40 MHz channel can be considered as consisting of two 20 MHz channels, which border in the frequency range.
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WOP-2L. User manual • OBSS Coexistence – automatic channel bandwidth reduction when the air is loaded. When the flag is set, the mode is enabled; • Short Guard interval – support for Short Guard interval. Access point transmits data using 400 ns Guard interval (instead of 800 ns) to clients which also support Short GI;...
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WOP-2L. User manual The following functions are available for quality assurance configuration: • AP EDCA parameters – access point settings table (traffic is transmitted from the access point to the client): • Queue – predefined queues for various kinds of traffic: •...
WOP-2L. User manual 5.5.2 The 'Radio 5 GHz' submenu In the 'Radio 5 GHz' submenu you can configure the main parameters of the radio interface of the device operating in the 5 GHz band. • Mode – select interface operation mode: •...
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WOP-2L. User manual If the 'Use Limit channels' list contains a channel that is not available for selection, it will be marked in grey. In order for the new configuration to be applied to an access point, only available (blue highlighted) channels must be specified in the 'Use Limit channels' list.
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WOP-2L. User manual • STBC – Soace-Time Block Coding method dedicated to improve data transmission reliability. The field is available only if the selected mode of operation of the radio interface includes 802.11n. When checked, the device transmits one data flow through several antennas. When unchecked, the device does not transmit one data flow through several antennas;...
WOP-2L. User manual • Data 0 (Voice) – high priority queue, minimal delay. In this queue, time sensitive data is automatically processed, such as: VoIP, streaming video (802.1p: cs6, cs7 priorities). • AIFS – Arbitration Inter-Frame Spacing, defines the waiting time of data frames, measured in slots, takes values (1-255);...
WOP-2L. User manual 5.6 The 'VAP' menu In the 'VAP' menu, you can configure virtual Wi-Fi access points (VAP). 5.6.1 The 'Summary' submenu The 'Summary' submenu displays the settings of all VAPs on Radio 2.4 GHz and Radio 5 GHz radio interfaces. You can see the settings of each virtual access point in sections VAP0..3.
WOP-2L. User manual 5.6.2 The 'VAP' submenu Common settings • Enabled – when checked, the virtual access point is enabled, otherwise it is disabled; • VLAN ID – VLAN number from which the tag will be removed when transmitting Wi-Fi traffic to clients connected to this VAP.
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WOP-2L. User manual • General Mode – when the flag is set, transmission of untagged traffic jointly with tagged traffic is allowed (available when Trunk VLAN mode is enabled); • General VLAN ID – a tag will be removed from the specified VLAN ID and the traffic of this VLAN will pass to the client without a tag.
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WOP-2L. User manual Captive Portal Under security modes: Off, WPA, WPA2, WPA/WPA2 a portal authorization setting is available on the VAP. • Enable – when checked, authorization of users in the network will be performed via the virtual portal;...
WOP-2L. User manual Shapers • Show – display configuration field; • VAP Limit Down – restriction of bandwidth in the direction from the access point to the clients (in total) connected to this VAP, Kbps; • VAP Limit Up – restriction of bandwidth in the direction from the clients (in total) connected to this VAP, to the access point, Kbps;...
WOP-2L. User manual • Static – operation mode where IP address and all the necessary parameters for WAN interface are assigned statically. If 'Static' is selected, the following parameters will be available to set: • Static IP – device WAN interface IP address in the provider network;...
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To enable access to the device via NETCONF, check the box next to 'NETCONF'. WOP-2L software allows monitoring status of the device and it's sensors via SNMP. In the SNMP submenu, you can configure settings of SNMP agent. The device supports SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 protocol version.
WOP-2L. User manual 5.8 The 'External Services' menu 5.8.1 The 'Captive Portal' submenu The 'Captive Portal' submenu is designed to enable and configure the APB service at the access point. The APB service is used to provide portal roaming of clients between access points connected to the service.
WOP-2L. User manual 5.9 The 'System' menu In the 'System' menu you can configure system, time, device access via dofferent protocols, change password and update device firmware. 5.9.1 The 'Device Firmware Upgrade' submenu The 'Device Firmware Upgrade' submenu is intended for upgrading the device's firmware.
WOP-2L. User manual 5.9.2 The 'Configuration' submenu In the 'Configuration' submenu you can save and update current configuration. Backup Configuration To save current device configuration to local computer click on the 'Download' button. Restore Configuration To download the configuration file saved on the local computer, use the Restore Configuration item. To update the device configuration click the 'Browse' button, specify a file (in .tar.gz format) and click the 'Upload' button.
WOP-2L. User manual 5.9.4 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' field and click the 'Apply' button to save the new password.
WOP-2L. User manual 5.9.6 The 'Date and Time' submenu In the 'Date and Time' submenu, you can set the time manually or using the time synchronization protocol (NTP). Manual • Date and Time device – date and time set on the device. Click on the 'Edit' button if the correction is necessary: •...
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WOP-2L. User manual NTP server • Date and Time device – date and time set on the device; • NTP Server – time synchronization server IP address/domain name. You can specify an address or select from an existing list; •...
To go back to the previous configuration section, enter the exit command. 6.1 Connection to the device By default, WOP-2L is configured to receive the address via DHCP. If this does not happen, you can connect to the device using the factory IP address.
WOP-2L. User manual Configuration of reception of the network parameters via DHCP WOP-2L(root):/# configure WOP-2L(config):/# interface WOP-2L(config):/interface# br0 WOP-2L(config):/interface/br0# common WOP-2L(config):/interface/br0/common# protocol dhcp WOP-2L(config):/interface/br0/common# save (Save changes) 6.2.1 Management VLAN configuration The access point supports multiple VLAN control modes: •...
WOP-2L. User manual After the access point receives the address in the Managment VLAN network, it is necessary to enter the device at the new address and save the changes made with the save command, otherwise, when the access point is rebooted, all the settings from it will be removed and the dot will no longer be available from the management network.
WOP-2L. User manual Table 8 – Commands for configuration of security mode on VAP Security mode Command to set the security mode Without password security-mode off security-mode WPA WPA2 security-mode WPA2 WPA/WPA2 security-mode WPA_WPA2 WPA-Enterprise security-mode WPA_1X WPA2-Enterprise security-mode WPA2_1X...
WOP-2L. User manual 6.3.3 Configuration of VAP with Enterprise authorization Creation of VAP with WPA2-Enterprise security mode with periodic accounting to RADIUS server WOP-2L(root):/# configure WOP-2L(config):/# interface WOP-2L(config):/interface# wlan1-va0 WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0# common WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/common# enabled true (Enable VAP) WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/common# exit WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0# vap...
WOP-2L. User manual 6.3.4 Configuration of VAP with Captive Portal Commands to configure portal authorization by sending your account to the Radius server WOP-2L(root):/# configure WOP-2L(config):/# interface WOP-2L(config):/interface# wlan1-va0 WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0# common WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/common# enabled true WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/common# exit WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0# vap WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/vap# vlan-id X (where X –...
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WOP-2L. User manual Assignment of VLAN-ID to VAP WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/vap# vlan-id X (where X - VLAN-ID number on VAP) Enabling VLAN trunk on VAP WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/vap# vlan-trunk true (Enabling VLAN trunk on VAP. To disable, enter false) Enabling General VLAN on VAP WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan1-va0/vap# general-vlan-mode true (Enabling General VLAN on SSID.
WOP-2L. User manual 6.4 Radio configuration In the Radio section, automatic selection of the working channel is used by default. To set the channel manually and change the power, use the following commands: Change of opeartion channel and radio interface power...
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WOP-2L. User manual Enabling STBC WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan0/wlan/radio-2g# stbc true (Enabling the Spatial-Time Block Coding (STBC) method, aimed at improving the reliability of data transmission. To disable, enter false) Enabling aggregation WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan0/wlan/radio-2g# aggregation true (Enabling aggregation on Radio - support for AMPDU/AMSDU. To disable, enter false) Enabling the short preamble WOP-2L(config):/interface/wlan0/wlan/radio-2g# short-preamble true...
Parameters configuration for queues be, vi, vo is similar to parameters configuration for queue bk. 6.5 System settings 6.5.1 Device firmware update Device firmware update via tftp WOP-2L(root):/# firmware upload tftp <tftp server ip address> <Firmware image name> (Example: firmware upload tftp 192.168.1.15 WOP-2L-1.0.2.3.tar.gz) WOP-2L(root):/# firmware upgrade Device firmware update via http WOP-2L(root):/# firmware upload http <URL to download Firmware image>...
WOP-2L. User manual 6.5.4 Setting the date and time The WOP-2L Access Point supports setting the date and time both manually and by synchronizing with the NTP server. Commands to configure NTP server time synchronization WOP-2L(root):/# configure WOP-2L(config):/# date-time...
WOP-2L. User manual 6.6.6 Spectrum Analyzer The spectrum analyzer provides information on channel utilization in the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. The result is displayed as a percentage. WOP-2L(root):/# monitoring spectrum-analyzer Channel| CCA 132| 136| 140| 144| 149| 153|...
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