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  • Page 1 MAXWiFi User´s manual V.10...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Configuring a MAXWIFI device as MESH controller ______________________________________________ 13 7.2.4 Configuring a Maxwifi agent ________________________________________________________________ 21 7.2.5 Pairing a MAXWIFI Agent with a MAXWIFI Controller ____________________________________________ 22 Advance settings of the Wireless network ___________________________________________ 23 7.3.1 Guest network ___________________________________________________________________________ 23 7.3.2...

  • Page 3: Security Rules

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 1 Security rules Please read the instructions carefully before using the MAXWIFI equipment. You will find information to use the equipment correctly and prevent incidents. Please keep the manual in a safe place. 1. This device is design to work in indoor.

  • Page 4: Content Of The Box

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 2 Content of the box Depending on the type of product that you have purchased either a MAXWIFI 3 KIT or a MAXWIFI unit when you open the box for the first time, you will find the following items:...

  • Page 5: Description Of The Product

    Quick installation guide 3 Description of the product Depending on the type of product selected either a MAXWIFI 3 KIT or a MAXWIFI unit when you open the box for the first time, you will find the following items: The MAXWIFI equipment can be configured as a router or wireless access point.

  • Page 6: Example Of Installation

    In the following example, we see a home with a MAXWIFI3 Kit installed. The kit is made up of three MAXWIFI devices. One device is configured as a controller that will connect to the operator's router to obtain the internet connection. The controller node allows you to configure the entire wireless network and information of the network identifier (SSID) and passwords.

  • Page 7: Connections

    D) Button WPS/Reset: Pressing and hold one or two second this button start the option WPS or start the pairing of the MAXWIFI Agent with a MAXWIFI controller device. If press and hold more than 15 seconds and release the button the device load the factory values and reboot.

  • Page 8: Installing The Kit Maxwifi3

    If you need change their settings go to the chapter “7 Device setting” of this manual.. To install the Kit MAXWIFI 3 must be purchase a cable cat 6 U/UTP separately, to connect the controller device to the operator’s router. The length of the cable depend of the distance between the Controller device and Router.
  • Page 9 User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 6) Check the colour of the Led status marked as 6 in the next picture in the front of the device. Depend of the colour we can estimate if the placement of the Agent is correct or not.

  • Page 10: Device Settings

    6 U/UTP no supplied with the device. The MAXWIFI has a DHCP server. It can assign an IP address to the computer. To change the settings of MAXWIFI Agent we recommended do a factory reset and connect using the default settings.

  • Page 11: Web Interface

    7.2 Web interface 7.2.1 Login Page If the MAXWIFI device was off, turn on the MAXWIFI device and wait a minute. Open the web browser in your computer and type in the address bar the IP address of the MAXWIFI device.
  • Page 12 User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 The first time after access with the default user and password, for security rules the device MAXWIFI ask to change the username and the password. In this screen you must be type the next fields: Username: Type the new username.

  • Page 13: Description Of The Workspace

    7.2.3 Configuring a MAXWIFI device as MESH controller Please, follow the next steps to set a MAXWIFI device as MESH controller of the wireless network. When access to the web interface you must be show the setup wizard screen to configure the device.
  • Page 14 User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Step 2: Lan Interface setup. In this section we configure the IP and net mask of the MAXWIFI controller device. With this information is defined the local network. IP address: Type the IP address of your MAXWIFI device controller.
  • Page 15 User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 • DHCP Client. The MAXWIFI device automatically obtains the network values through the DHCP server of its operator router. Select this option if you connect the MAXWIFI equipment to one of the Ethernet sockets of your operator router.
  • Page 16 User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Cancel: To cancel the wizard and go to one settings screen of the device. << Back: To return to the previous step. Paso 4 Wireless 5GHz basic settings In this step must be set the parameters of the Wireless 5 GHz.
  • Page 17 User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Step 5 Wireless 5 GHz Security setup In this screen have the next settings: Encryption: Select the type of encryption of the wireless network. The possible values are: None, WEP, WPA(AES), WPA Mixed. We recommended the default value WPA2 (AES) to use the MESH network.
  • Page 18 User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Step 6 Wireless 2.4 GHz basic settings In this step we do the settings of the Wireless 2.4 GHz. In the basic settings we see the next parameters: Band: The options available are: 2.4 GHz (B), 2.4 GHz (G), 2.4 GHz (N), 2.4 GHz (B+G), 2.4 GHz (G+N) and 2.4 GHz (B+G+N).
  • Page 19 User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Paso 7 Wireless 2.4 GHz security setup Encryption: Select the type of encryption of the wireless network. The possible values are: None, WEP, WPA(AES), WPA Mixed. We recommended the default value WPA2 (AES) to use the MESH network.
  • Page 20 MAXWIFI to continue with the next step. Step 8 EasyMesh settings for a MAXWIFI controller. To enable the EasyMesh settings for your MAXWIFI device move the mouse over the Tab EASYMESH and do a left click to select it. The screen General has the next options: Device name: This name will be the name of the node in the MESH network.

  • Page 21: Configuring A Maxwifi Agent

    15 seconds and release the button to restore the factory reset. Connect the Ethernet port of you computer to the LAN port of the MAXWIFI device. If you preffer use a wireless connection the default SSID and password are written in the bottom label.

  • Page 22: Pairing A Maxwifi Agent With A Maxwifi Controller

    The both equipment must be on and must be pass at least 2 minutes on. The light indicator in the Agent device must be red. 1.- Press and hold the button WPS/Reset in the MAXWIFI controller around 2 seconds. Release the button WPS/Reset. You can see the status led in the front must be blinking.

  • Page 23: Advance Settings Of The Wireless Network

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Advance settings of the Wireless network The devices MAXWIFI have many settings. All options are only available in the device configure as EASY MESH controller. The device configured as Agent has not several options. From here we understand the user is connected to the controller device.
  • Page 24 User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Active Client List: Pressing this button we can see the number of clients are connected to the Guest network. Press the button “Save & Apply” to save and apply the changes or press cancel to forget the changes.
  • Page 25 User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Cipher Suite: Must be use between TKIP o AES. RADIUS Server IP Address: Type in this field the IP address of the Radius server. RADIUS Server Port: Type in this field the value of the port used for the protocol Radius. The default value is 1812.

  • Page 26: Wireless Advance Settings

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 7.2.7 Wireless advance settings We recommended left the default values of the Wireless advance setting in the WLAN 5G and WLAN 2.4G , except if the user has high knowledge how work the wireless network. 7.2.8 Access control The Access control allow or not the access of the equipments in the network using the MAC address.

  • Page 27: Wireless Schedule

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 7.2.9 Wireless Schedule This option allows set the wireless schedule rules. You can set when the wireless is on or off. These rules could be independent in each band WLAN 5G and WLAN 2.4G. The schedule has 32 rules to permit do complex settings.
  • Page 28 User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Example mode 0. The next screen shows the setting of the Wireless Schedule. The rules enable the Wireless from 8:00 to 18:00 from Monday to Friday. Example Mode 1: This example shows the Wireless Schedule for the WLAN-2.4GHz. From Monday to Friday we have a rule to enable the wireless from 8:00 and other rule to disable 18:00.

  • Page 29: Easy Mesh

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 7.3 Easy Mesh 7.3.1 Network topology In the next picture we see EASYMESH network topology of the MESH. The Controller is identified as Maestro and the Agent device are identified as Nodo1 and Nodo2. The name of each node is assigned in the section EasyMesh General of each device.

  • Page 30: Tcp/Ip

    In this section we can configure the Local network and DHCP server used to assign the IP address of the local network clients. IP Address: Editing this field you can change the IP address of the MAXWIFI controller device. Subnet Mask: Type the Subnet mask of the MAXWIFI controller device.
  • Page 31 Comment: Type a description to identify the Wireless client to reserve the IP. The maximum length is 20 characters. Press the button Save & Apply to store and apply the changes. While the MAXWIFI store the settings the screen will be white. When the process finish show again the screen Static DHCP Settings.

  • Page 32: Wan Settings

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Static DHCP List Delete Select: To delete one or several devices of the Static DCHP List, Check the field Select of the row and press the button Delete Seleted. A confirmation will be required before deleting items from the list.
  • Page 33 Static mode PPPoE mode Enable Web Server Access on WAN: check this field to allow configure the MAXWIFI controller outside of the local network, in the WAN connected to the device. Save & Apply : Do click in this button to Save and apply the change.

  • Page 34: Firewall

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 7.5 Firewall The MAXWIFI device has basic options to protect the local network. By default all the options are disabled. 7.5.1 Port Filtering Allow filter the packets of one or a range of ports from your local network to internet.

  • Page 35: Ip Filtering

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 7.5.2 IP Filtering In this option filter the IP address to avoid arrived to the internet. Enable IP Filtering: Check this field enable the IP filtering. Enable IPv4: Check this option to enable the IP address filtering for IP address of the internet protocol version 4.

  • Page 36: Mac Filtering

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Delete All: Press this button to clear the list of IP filtering. After pres th button appear a dialog window. Press in the OK button to delete all the elements. Reset: Reload the current settings and clear all change in the form.

  • Page 37: Port Forwarding

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 7.5.4 Port Forwarding Use this option to redirect network services behind the NAT firewalll Enable Port Forwading: Check this field to enable this option WAN: Check this field to allow redirect service from your WAN to the lan network.

  • Page 38: Url Filtering

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Delete All: When presses this button, appear a window to confirm delete all elements in the list of MAC filtering. Do click in the button Ok to delete the elements of the list. Cancel: Do click in this button to clear the form and show the currents settings.

  • Page 39: Dmz

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 7.5.6 DMZ A Demilitarized zone is used to provide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to your lan network. Typically is used for internet servers as Web server, FTP server and email servers. Enable DMS: Check this field to enable the demilitarized zone.

  • Page 40: Qos Setup (Guest Network Qos)

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 7.5.8 QoS Setup (Guest Network QoS). Enable the QoS and set the maximum Uplink and downlink speed for the guest network. By default is disable. 7.6 Management 7.6.1 Status Show the status information of the device.

  • Page 41: Statistics

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 7.6.2 Statistics Show the statistics of the send and received packet in each interfaz. 7.6.3 Dynamic DNS The Dynamic Domain name server allow resolved the URL of one site if you have a dynamic IP address. This service must be purchased from a DDNS service provider if you needed. The settings are: Enable DDNS: Check this field to enable DDNS.

  • Page 42: Time Zone Settings

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Save & Apply: Do click over this button to save and apply the changes. Cancel: Do click over this button to cancel any changes in the form. 7.6.4 Time Zone settings Set the date, time and the timezone of the device. We can set a timer to reboot the device.

  • Page 43: Denial Of Services

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Enable Use time to reboot: Check this field to program a weekly reboot. Time to Reboot: Choose the date and time to reboot the device. Save & Apply: Press this button to save and apply the new settings.

  • Page 44: Configuración Tr-069

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 7.6.6 Configuración TR-069 In this section you can configure the access to one server TR-069 to auto configure and update the device. If use this time of server must be fill the next field of this page.

  • Page 45: Upgrade Firmware

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 7.6.8 Upgrade firmware Show the current version and allow update the firmware of the device. Firmware version: Show the current software version of the device. Select file: Do click in this button to open a dialog to select the fw.bin file with the firmware.

  • Page 46: Password

    Save Settings to File: do click in the button Save to save all the current settings of the MAXWIFI device in the file config.dat. in your download folder. Load Settings from File: Restore the setting saving in a file in the previous option. Press the button Select file.

  • Page 47: Technical Specification

    User’s manual · MAXWIFI/MAXWIFI3 Technical specification Model MAXWIFI Code 7400101 Device interface 2x 10/100/1000 Mbps ethernet 1x Lan/ 1x (WAN) 1 x IEEE 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Power / Status (coverage) Antenna type 2 x 2 internal antennas Wireless Speed 2.4 GHz: up to 300 Mbps...
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