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Comnet Netwave NW1 Installation And Operation Manual

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This manual serves the following
ComNet Series:
NW1
NW9
NW1/M
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL
INDUSTRIALLY HARDENED HIGH PERFORMANCE
WIRELESS ETHERNET
Thank you for purchasing NetWave®from ComNet.This installation guide applies to
all NetWaveRadios.
The NetWave industrially hardened wireless Ethernet transmission link from ComNet
can be configured through the embedded User Interface as an AccessPoint.This
point‐to‐multipoint model allows multiple Ethernet endpoints to be connected to a
central AccessPoint.NetWave Radios support up to 500Mbps with their fastest radio
using MIMOTechnology.An easy to read LED array displays unit operational status
along with received signal strength ensuring optimal installation and operation.The
NW1, NW9 and NW1/M family of radios all support 802.3af
FCC radios are certified for the United States. IC radios are certified for Canada.

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  • Page 1 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL INDUSTRIALLY HARDENED HIGH PERFORMANCE WIRELESS ETHERNET Thank you for purchasing NetWave®from ComNet.This installation guide applies to This manual serves the following all NetWaveRadios. ComNet Series: The NetWave industrially hardened wireless Ethernet transmission link from ComNet can be configured through the embedded User Interface as an AccessPoint.This NW1/M point‐to‐multipoint model allows multiple Ethernet endpoints to be connected to a...

  • Page 2: About This Guide

    » NW9 Datasheet » NW1/M Datasheet » NetWave Quick Start Guide Website For information on ComNet’s entire product line, please visit the ComNet website at http://www.comnet.net Support For any questions or technical assistance, please contact your sales person (sales@comnet.net) or the customer service support center (techsupport@comnet.net)

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Contents About This Guide Overview Legal Information 1.0 Introduction 1.1 System Requirements 2.0 Cabling Requirements 3.0 Hardware Installation Outdoor Ethernet Gland Installation NetWave Indicating LED Details Outdoor Standard Mounting Hardware 4.0 Key Default Configurations 5.0 Quick Configuration 6.0 Detailed Configuration Getting Started Buttons and Alerts...
  • Page 4 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE 8.0 System Tab System Properties General Settings Logging Language and Style Services Auto Reboot WiFi –Overview WiFi – Wireless Network 9.0 Network Tab INS_NetWave_REV– 06/10/13 PAGE...

  • Page 5: Overview

    Copyright © 2015 Communication Networks, LLC (dba ComNet). All rights reserved. Disclaimer ComNet reserves the right to make changes in specifications at any time without notice. The information furnished by ComNet in this material is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, ComNet assumes no responsibility for its use.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    NETWAvE 1.0 Introduction The NetWave industrially hardened wireless Ethernet transmission link from ComNet can be configured through the embedded User Interface as an Access Point. This point‐to‐multipoint model allows multiple Ethernet endpoints to be connected to a central Access Point.

  • Page 7: Cabling Requirements

    PoE AC ground. Industrial grade shielded Ethernet cable is recommended to help prevent ESD damage commonly experienced with outdoor installations. Visit www.comnet.net/comnet‐products/cables 3.0 Hardware Installation Outdoor Ethernet Gland Installation There will be at least one cable gland included with each outdoor enclosure. Below is an image of the individual parts of the gland with an Ethernet cable routed through.
  • Page 8 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Connect one end of an RJ‐45 Ethernet cable to the LAN OUT port of the Power Injection Module (PIM) and the other end to LAN of the access point – as sown below. Note: Maximum length of the RJ-45 CAT5 cable is 90 meters. Connect the RJ‐45 Ethernet cable attached to the PIM to a network device, such as a switch or to the configuration PC.

  • Page 9: Netwaveindicating Led Details

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE NetWaveIndicating LED Details VISUAL CUE INDICATION SOLID GREEN Power is supplied to the unit POWER No power is supplied to the unit or the unit is in reset. SOLID GREEN LAN Connected No Connectivity RSSI1 SOLID RED Weak Connection RSSI2...

  • Page 10: Key Default Configurations

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE 4.0 Key Default Configurations IP Address of Web Server 192.168.10.100 192.168.10.101 for all others LAN Mode for Web Server Static Addressing Web Server User ID admin WebServer Password admin SSID NetWave‐1 WPAPre-shared Key 12345678 Channel-Frequency (AP) Auto ChannelSpectrumWidth 20/40M/80M...

  • Page 11: Quick Configuration

    8. Select the NETWORK ‐> WIFI tab and set: • Country code – Only required if setting up the NW2 (ETSI) model Note: It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the correct country is chosen. ComNet accepts no liability for incorrect equipment set up. •...

  • Page 12: Detailed Configuration

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE 6.0 Detailed Configuration Getting Started To access the NetWave configuration interface, perform the following steps: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from the Data In port on the Midspan Injector or Port 2 on the radio directly to your laptop. 2.

  • Page 13: Buttons And Alerts

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Buttons and Alerts The buttons are described here. Reset Undo the changes. Save Saves the changes but does not take effect till settings are applied Save & Apply Saves and applies the changes. Please use this button instead of the 'Save' button so that the changes would be applied immediately.

  • Page 14: Statustab

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Reset Button The reset button is a physical button attached to the underside of the radio. Please refer to Section "Reset Button." Indicating LEDs The light emitting diodes (LEDs) on the board are described in Section "Indicator LEDs". 7.0StatusTab After login, when you click on the Status top‐level tab, you can see the second‐level tabs of Overview, Routes, System Log, Kernel Log, and Real‐time Graphs.

  • Page 15: Wireless Ap

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE The Wireless section in the Status » Overview page shows a summary of the wireless parameters. The following describes the parameters when the device works. Figure 4: Asummary inthe Wirelesssectionforadeviceoperatingasan 802.11accesspoint. SSID Displays the name of the wireless network that this access point is offering, the Service Set Identifier (SSID).

  • Page 16: Associated Stations Ap

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Associated Stations This section shows the connected devices, if the Radio works. Figure 6: List of Associated Stations. If there are no associated Clients, the text “No information available” is displayed. The parameters shown are as follows: MAC‐Address Displays the MAC address of the station's radio.

  • Page 17: System

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE System This section shows the Netwave Product name, Firmware Version, Kernel Version, and Local Time. Figure 7: System parameters. Memory Here, the Total Available and Free memory are shown. Figure 8: Total Available and Free Memory. Network This section displays the status of the LAN and WAN networks.

  • Page 18: Routes

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Routes When you click on the Status » Routes tab, you would see the page that shows the routing rules that are currently active on the device. Figure 12: The Status » Routes page. This address resolution protocol (ARP) table shows the IP address and corresponding MAC address of each device on the network.

  • Page 19: Kernel Log

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Kernel Log This page shows the kernel debugging messages. This kernel log can also be obtained by typing “dmesg” in a serial console such as Tera Term if a suitable serial connector is used. Figure 14: The Status » Kernel Log page. INS_NetWave_REV–...

  • Page 20: Real-Time Graphs

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Real-time Graphs Under the tab for Real‐time Graphs, there are four tabs titled Load, Traffic, Wireless, and Connection. Load Figure 15: The graph for Real-time Load. INS_NetWave_REV– 06/10/13 PAGE...
  • Page 21 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Traffic Figure 16: The graph for Real-time Traffic. Wireless Figure 17: The graph for Real-time Wireless. INS_NetWave_REV– 06/10/13 PAGE...
  • Page 22 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Connection Figure 18: The graph for Real-time Connections. INS_NetWave_REV– 06/10/13 PAGE...

  • Page 23: Systemtab

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE 8.0SystemTab Within the System >>System page, you can configure the device parameters such as the hostname and time zone. Figure 19:The Systemtop-leveltab. System Properties Within the section on System Properties, there are tabs corresponding to General Settings, Logging, and Language and Style.

  • Page 24: Logging

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Logging Figure 20: Changing the system properties for Logging. Logging Specifies parameters used for the system log, such as System log buffer size, External system log server, External system log server port, Log output level, and Cron Log Level.

  • Page 25: Ssh

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Remote Access Within the System » Remote Access Page, you can configure SSH Network Shell Access. Figure 22: SSH settings in the System » Administration page. Allows you to access the device's Linux shell and file system using the Secure Shell protocol.

  • Page 26: Services

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Services In the System» Services page, you can configure the Ping Watchdog and the Auto Reboot. Ping Watchdog Figure 23: Ping Watchdog settings in the System » Services page. Ping Configures the device to ping to a remote IP address and reboot if the connection is Watchdog lost.
  • Page 27 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE SNMP The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet‐standard protocol for managing devices on IP networks. It consists of a set of standards for network management, including an application layer protocol, a database schema, and a set of data objects. SNMP exposes management data in the form of variables on the managed systems, which describe the system configuration.
  • Page 28 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE SNMP V3 Privacy Password Sets the password for data encryption. (default: password) Trap Figure 26: SNMP trap configuration. Enable SNMP Trap Allows the SNMP agent to notify the SNMP manager of events. SNMP Trap IP Address Sets the IP address of the SNMP manager which receives the trap messages.
  • Page 29 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Backup/Flash Firmware The System » Backup/Flash Firmware page lets you perform backup and restore, or flash a new firmware. Backup/Restore Download backup Generate archive: Downloads a tar archive of the current configuration files. Note: The backup archive file should be stored in a safe place because it contains the wireless password inclear text.

  • Page 30: Wifi -Overview

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE WiFi –Overview Clicking on the Network » WiFi tab would bring you to the Wireless Overview page. This page shows the radios present on the device. . The wireless local area networks (WLANs) are displayed under each radio. Figure 31:The Wireless Overview page showing one radio.
  • Page 31 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE INS_NetWave_REV– 06/10/13 PAGE...

  • Page 32: Wifi - Wireless Network

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE WiFi – Wireless Network As mentioned earlier, clicking on the Edit button for a network would bring you to the configuration page. This page contains the sections Device Configuration and Interface Configuration. The Device Configuration section covers the physical settings of the radio hardware such as channel, transmit power, or antenna selection.
  • Page 33 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE WPA or WPA2 with EAP The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is encapsulated by the IEEE 802.1X authentication method. IEEE 802.1X is equivalent to EAP over LAN or WLAN. Enterprise networks commonly use this authentication method. WPA or WPA2 with EAP Figure 39: Encryption options for WPA-EAP or WPA2-EAP in AP mode.
  • Page 34 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE WPA or WPA2 with EAP Figure 40: Encryption options for WPA-EAP or WPA2-EAP in Client mode. Cipher Only Cipher option is CCMP (AES) EAP‐Method The authentication protocol can be set to Transport Layer Security (TLS), Tunneled TLS (TTLS), or Protected EAP (PEAP).
  • Page 35 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE MAC-Filter This section tab is only available for a device operating as an AP. Figure 41:Configuring the MAC-Filter for a Wifi AP. MAC‐Address Lets you allow only devices with the listed MAC address to associate with this AP, or lets Filter you block devices with the listed MAC address.
  • Page 36 The Licenses allow you to freely copy, modify and redistribute that software without any other statement or documentation from us. ComNet will provide to anyone who contacts us at the contact provided below, for a charge of no more than our cost of physically performing source code distribution, a complete machine‐...
  • Page 37 T: 203.796.5300 | F: 203.796.5303 | TECH SUPPORT: 1.888.678.9427 | INFO@COMNET.NET 8 TURNBERRY PARK ROAD | GILDERSOME | MORLEY | LEEDS, UK LS27 7LE T: +44 (0)113 307 6400 | F: +44 (0)113 253 7462 | INFO‐EUROPE@COMNET.NET © 2019CommunicationsNetworks Corporation. All RightsReserved.“ComNet”andthe“ComNetLogo” areregisteredtrademarks of Communication Networks,LLC.
  • Page 38 FCC Statement Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

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