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  • Page 1       COMMANDO AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Wireless Bridge Configuration Guide...
  • Page 2 OVERVIEW COMMANDO AirONE series AIR-CPE10K+ Bridge enables communication between wireless and wired computers/laptops and mobile devices in the networks over 10km distance without physical wiring. It has 5 in 1 mode of operation like AP, Super WDS (Default Mode) , Repeater, WISP, Gateway Modes and operates at 900Mbps bridge with up to 10 KM distance with WPA/WPA2PSK_TKIPAES encryption and Inbuilt Wi-Fi channel analysis.
  • Page 3 S (Select) Button for selection purpose. Reset Button, makes Bridge revert to Reset default settings after pressing for 15sec. DC input power 12V, 1 A. Table 2. COMMANDO AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ LED indication LED INDICATOR LED Status Green OFF: No power. Power Green ON: 24V POE/ DC power given.

  • Page 4: Led Indicator

    LED INDICATOR LED Status Green OFF: 5G not enabled. Green ON: 5G enabled. Green ON: Device is Power ON Green OFF: Device is Power OFF It is 5 in 1 mode, Outdoor bridge with Gateway Mode, Super WDS Mode (Default Mode), WISP Mode, Repeater Mode &...
  • Page 5 INTRODUCTION COMMANDO AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ is WEB GUI based easy to use and manage device. It requires minimal configuration, so setup is simple and hassle-free. Auto-negotiation senses the link speed of a network device in wired 10/100/1000Mbps and also for wireless clients. It intelligently adjusts for compatibility and optimal performance by DFS and setting channel bandwidth 20/40/80MHz wireless band and also can check free channels available with inbuilt Wi-Fi analysis.
  • Page 6 • Multiple Operational Modes like Gateway Mode, Super WDS Mode, Repeater mode, WISP, AP mode. All COMMANDO AirONE series Bridge default mode is Super WDS mode. • Support Super WDS mode, device can act as AP as well as Bridge both simultaneously and can connect multi point to multi point connection to other bridges and APs (Up to 4).
  • Page 7 Access information written on backside of device as given below. Fig 2. Access IP of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Note: New Firmware version supports access IP 192.168.2.1 with password commando 1. Wired access Via LAN port connected to PC. Step 1: Power ON AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ with the help of Adaptor 12V, 1A or 24V PoE...
  • Page 8 Step 2: Connect LAN port of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ to PC via RJ-45 cable. Step 3: Open Network and sharing center. Step 4: Go to Change adapter settings. Step 5: Double click on Local Area Connection. Go to Properties. Step 6: Double click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) option and set any IP address from 192.168.188.1 to 252 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and Gateway of PC to be set as 192.168.188.253 to as shown below.
  • Page 9 Fig 2. IP setting in PC connected to AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Note: For New firmware Version set any IP address from 192.168.2.2 to 254 and Gateway of PC to be set as 192.168.2.1. 2. Wireless access Via SSID connected to PC.
  • Page 10 Step 1: Power ON AirONE AIR-CPE10K+. Step 2: Connect Default SSID named “COMMANDO AIR-CPE10K+ 5.8G” with the help of default Wi-Fi Password “66666666” or “commando” – refer product label for password. Step 3: Click on properties of SSID “COMMANDO AIR-CPE10K+ 5.8G”.
  • Page 11 Fig 3. Connect to SSID of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 4. Edit IP Setting from DHCP to Manual as shown for COMMANDO AIR-CPE10K+ 5.8G Note: All Default SSID and password can be changed as per user requirement. For New firmware Version access IP 192.168.2.1.
  • Page 12 Open any web browser like Chrome/Firefox/Internet Explorer/Opera etc and enter default IP address 192.168.188.253 in address field. Caution: If you have already taken any Other COMMANDO wireless device access. Then before taking access of this device, you are required to clean the browser history to avoid catch pages issue.
  • Page 13 Fig 6. Home page after login AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 14 HOME After login, home page will be showed. This page will show device Information like CPU Usage, Memory Usage, LAN/WDS/WAN Information like IP Mode Get IP From AC/Gateway/Static, Status with 5G Wi-Fi Clients Status with information like SSID, Channel, Bandwidth, Encrypt, MAC Address, with Uptime, Flow in bps for bridge Downstream and bridge Upstream.
  • Page 15 Fig 1.1.1 Home page Components of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ In Device Description you can add the APs description by clicking on Click Settings...
  • Page 16 Fig 1.1.2 Changing Device Description of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 1.1.3 New Device Description of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ 1.2 LAN/WAN Information In LAN Information you can find the IP Mode, LAN IP, Subnet, Gateway and MAC Address. In WAN Information like WAN IP address, Gateway, DNS and MAC Address.
  • Page 17 Fig 1.2.1 LAN information of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 18 Fig 1.2.2 WAN information of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 19 Fig 1.2.3 WDS information of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ 1.3 Wi-Fi Information In Wi-Fi Information, Status along with number of clients connected to AP, SSID, Channel used, Encryption and MAC Address of Bridge is shown.
  • Page 20 Fig 1.3.1 Wi-Fi Information of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ 1.4 Clients List Clients list along with number of clients connected to AP, MAC address of clients connected, Signal strength of clients’ connection along with connection time is shown. We can learn about users in network with all vital information. Fig 1.4.1 Clients list of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ 1.5 Bridge WDS UP/Down stream Flow (5G Wi-Fi) bps...
  • Page 21 In Flow (5G Wi-Fi) bps you can monitor the Upstream and Downstream bandwidth in bps. Fig 1.5.1 Flow (5G Wi-Fi) bps of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 22 WIZARD After clicking Wizard page, you can set device in Gateway Mode, Repeater Mode, WISP Mode, AP Mode & Super WDS Mode (Default Mode). It provides flexibility to configure wireless bridge based on network scenario which makes this Bridge future proof. You are required to select corresponding operation mode first before starting the configuration.
  • Page 23 In Gateway mode, your internet provider's RJ-45 is connected to WAN port of AIR- CPE10K+. Internet provider WAN setting can have Static IP, PPPoE, or DHCP accordingly select option. Then configure the wireless parameters as per your choice of SSID, Channel width, Encryption and Time reboot if required.
  • Page 24 Fig 2.1.3 Gateway mode 5G Wi-Fi Setting of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Note: The device will restart for the changes to take effect for mode changes to Gateway mode 2.2 Repeater Mode In Repeater mode, Scan Repeater SSID whose password is known. Then configure the wireless parameters as per your choice of SSID, Channel width, Encryption and Time reboot if required.
  • Page 25 Fig 2.2.1 Repeater mode of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 26 Fig 2.2.2 Selecting Repeater SSID of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 27 Fig 2.2.3 Setting 5G Wi-Fi setting of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Note: The device will restart for the changes to take effect for mode changes to Repeater mode. This repeater SSID password is password of scan SSID with matching encryption. 2.3 WISP Mode In WISP mode, Scan Repeater SSID whose password is known and configure WAN setting.
  • Page 28 Fig 2.3.1 WISP mode of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 29 Fig 2.3.2 Repeater Setting WISP mode of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Note: This repeater SSID password is password of scan SSID with matching encryption.
  • Page 30 Fig 2.3.3 WAN Setting WISP mode of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 2.3.4 5G Wi-Fi Setting WISP mode of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Note: It is recommended to keep Wi-Fi Timer OFF. The device will restart for the changes to take effect for mode changes to WISP mode. 2.4 AP Mode In AP mode, Set LAN setting from static IP, AC or gateway.
  • Page 31 parameters as per your choice of SSID, Channel width, Encryption and Time reboot if required. Fig 2.4.1 AP mode of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 2.4.2 Setting IP mode for AP mode of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 32 Fig 2.4.3 Setting 5G Wi-Fi for AP mode of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Note: It is recommended to keep Wi-Fi Timer OFF. The device will restart for the changes to take effect for mode changes to AP mode. 2.5 Super WDS Mode In Super WDS mode, Scan Repeater SSID whose password is known and configure WDS setting.
  • Page 33 Fig 2.5.1 Super WDS mode of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 34 Fig 2.5.2 Scan (AP BSSID) Bridges/AP for connecting AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 2.5.3 Super WDS mode scan Bridges/ SSID for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Note: This (AP BSSID) Scan SSID with known password, more than 8-character password is required for WEP to work.
  • Page 35 Fig 2.5.4 Wi-Fi Setting in Super WDS mode of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 2.5.5 LAN Setting Super WDS mode of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Note: It is recommended to keep timing off. The device will restart for the changes to take effect for mode changes to Super WDS mode.
  • Page 36 Fig 2.5.6 Active Super WDS mode of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Note: After Proper bridge connection green right click will come.
  • Page 37 CPE Manage will display working bridge channel along with Device List, Description, MAC Address, IP Address, Signal, Online/Offline Status & Uptime of connected bridge. Fig 3.1.1 CPE Manage of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 38 We can set 5.8 G Wi-Fi with Basic Setting along with Virtual AP setting. You can enable or disable Wi-Fi by Wi-Fi Status: On mean SSID is available for wireless clients. Wi-Fi Status: Off mean SSID not available. Note: By default Basic Wi-Fi SSID “COMMANDO AIR-CPE10K+ 5.8G”...
  • Page 39 Fig 4.1.1 5G Basic Wi-Fi of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Wi-Fi Analyzer is a handy tool which helps you to select a better channel and mainly to analyze the AP’s signal strength and channel, to make user easier to choose the channel with less Wireless Interference.
  • Page 40 Fig 4.1.3 5G Wi-Fi Analyzer of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 4.1.4 Enabling 5G VAP 1 of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Important Note: You can change All SSID name, Encryption and Wi-Fi password as per your choice to be used by wireless clients. Note: You can have Multi SSID up to 4 configured on AirONE AIR-CPE10K+. All SSID will...
  • Page 41 use same channel in 5G band and channel width as set as per Basic SSID but each Virtual Access Point (VAP) can set different name, encryption and password. 4.2 WDS/Repeater Settings WDS/Repeater Settings like scan AP BSSID, Encryption, Channel, Password of scan SSID and bandwidth can be set.
  • Page 42 Fig 4.3.1 Add MAC ACL of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 4.3.2 Select MAC address of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ 4.4 Wi-Fi Timer Settings Enable Wi-Fi Timer Off to turn off the SSID in the specified time. It schedules, turning your Wi-Fi OFF at a given time so that wireless client cannot associate with AP. Recommendation: It is not recommended to make Wi-Fi Timer to be OFF in Wizard as well as in this setting to enjoy Wi-Fi all the time.
  • Page 43 Fig 4.4.1 Default Wi-Fi Timer Off for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ How to shutdown Wi-Fi after office time? Assume office time is from 9:00AM to 10:00PM and you wish to turn off Wi-Fi access but want to keep power ON for other use. Then you have to turn OFF Wi-Fi from 22:00 to 09:00 as shown.
  • Page 44 4.5 Advance Setting In Advanced setting can set Country Region, 5G Mode, Multicast Fast, WLAN Partition, Short GI, Coverage Threshold, Transmit Power, DFS and 5G distance. Fig 4.5.1 Default Advanced setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 4.5.2 Selecting Country Region for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 45 Fig 4.5.3 Selecting 5G Mode for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 4.5.4 Selecting Multicast Fast for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 46 Fig 4.5.5 Setting Maximum wireless clients in 5G for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 4.5.6 Selecting WLAN Partition for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 47 Fig 4.5.7 Selecting Short GI for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 4.5.8 Setting Coverage Threshold for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 48 Fig 4.5.9 Setting Tx Power for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 4.5.10 Setting DFS for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 49 Fig 4.5.11 Setting 5G distance for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Important Note: By default 5G Distance is kept at 0.5km you can increase up to 20km. Recommendation is to set it to 10Km. Fig 4.5.12 Setting 5G distance for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ to 10KM...
  • Page 50 SECURITY URL Filter Settings: URL filtering is a type of web filtering and is used to restrict web content. IP Filter Settings: IP Filter bars filter IP to access the Bridge SSID. MAC Filter Settings: MAC Filter bars filter particular MAC to access the Bridge SSID. Security Settings: It can set Rule for particular TCP or UDP Protocol for selected wireless client IP with port mapping function.
  • Page 51 Fig 6.1.1 Default URL filter setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 6.1.2 Setting URL filter for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 52 Fig 6.1.3 URL filter setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ 6.2 IP Filter Settings IP Filter bars filter IP to access the Bridge SSID. Fig 6.2.1 Default IP filter setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 53 Fig 6.2.2 Setting IP filter for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 54 Fig 6.2.3 IP filter setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ 6.3 MAC Filter Settings MAC Filter bars filter MAC to access the Bridge SSID. Fig 6.3.1 Default MAC filter setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 55 Fig 6.3.2 Setting MAC filter for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 6.3.3 MAC filter setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ 6.4 Security Settings...
  • Page 56 A security setting monitors incoming and outgoing network traffic and permits, or blocks data packets based on a set of security rules. It can help protect your network by filtering traffic and blocking outsiders from gaining unauthorized access. Fig 6.4.1 Default Security setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 57 Fig 6.4.2 Security Rules setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 6.4.3 Security setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ 6.5 DMZ Settings...
  • Page 58 DMZ or demilitarized zone is a physical or logical subnetwork that contains portion of your network carved off and isolated from the rest of your network of an organization's external-facing services to an untrusted, usually larger, network such as the Internet.  The main benefit of a DMZ is to provide an internal network with an additional security layer by restricting access to sensitive data and servers.
  • Page 59 Fig 6.5.2 DMZ setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 60 MANAGE Configure: Back up to save the configuration file to PC connected. Restore Bridge to known configuration. Reset the factory default settings. Telnet can be Enabled or disabled. Reboot: It possible to schedule an automatic reboot of AP. Modify Password: You can create password as per your choice and even change the admin password for login to device.
  • Page 61 settings, you will be able to restore your previous configuration using the backup configuration file. This will save you time by not going through the process of reconfigure the Bridge manually. You can restore the Bridge to its factory default settings by the Reset button or by Reset Default option in this page.
  • Page 62 Fig 7.1.2 Taking backup of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 7.1.3 Restore to known Configure for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 63 Fig 7.1.4 Reset to factory default for AirONE AIR-CPE10K 7.2 Reboot Setting It possible to schedule an automatic reboot of AP. The configuration will not be lost after rebooting. The Internet connection will be temporarily interrupted while rebooting. Fig 7.2.1 Default reboot setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 64 Fig 7.2.2 Instant Reboot setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 7.2.3 Enable timed reboot for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 65 Fig 7.2.4 Enable daily reboot for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 7.2.5 Enable Restart interval for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Recommendation: It is strongly recommended to disable reboot to avoid network disruption and outage. 7.3 Modify Password Setting On this page, you create password as per your choice and even change the admin...
  • Page 66 You can modify the factory default password of the Bridge and create new user password to manage the device. Note: The factory default password is admin or commando depending on firmware version is mentioned in backside of device. Fig 7.3.1 Modify password page for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 67 Fig 7.3.3 Log Out Button for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 7.3.4 New password to be entered to login AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Recommendation: It is strongly recommended to change default password admin or commando which is used to access device. 7.4 Upgrade Setting Version displays the current Configuration version of the AP.
  • Page 68 Note: 1. After upgrading, the Bridge will reboot automatically. 2. To avoid damage to device, please don't turn off the Bridge while upgrading. Fig 7.4.1 Default Upgrade page for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 7.4.2 Upgrade with no previous configuration for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Note: It is advised to take backup of the configuration before upgrading.
  • Page 69 System Time is the time displayed while the Bridge is running. On this page you can configure the system time and the settings here will be used for other time-based functions like Logs. In time setting you can set System Time, Time Zone, Set Time Automatically and with help of NTP service.
  • Page 70 Fig 7.5.2 Disable NTP and Sync with host for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 7.5.3 Enable NTP and select time zone for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 71 Fig 7.5.4 Enable NTP with Manual IP setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 7.5.5 Selecting well know NTP server for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 72 Fig 7.5.6 NTP server for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ 7.6 Log Setting The Logs can record Bridge information effectively. The logs allow thorough tracking, alerting, and analysis when something does go wrong. It also determines the root cause of any issue.
  • Page 73 Fig 7.6.1 Default Log setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 7.6.2 Turning OFF Log setting for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 7.6.3 Remote Log service setting IP for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 74 Fig 7.6.4 Enabling Remote Log server setting IP for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Recommendation: It is strongly recommended to turn OFF logs to avoid excessive CPU cycles, Memory usage and hanging of Bridge in long term. 7.7 Flow Control Enabling flow control can optimize the bandwidth requirement and improve the network experience for important applications, especially in the bandwidth hungry wireless client environment.
  • Page 75 Fig 7.7.1 Default Flow control page for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 7.7.2 Enabling Speed limit for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 76 Fig 7.7.3 Flow control page for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ 7.8 IP Group A single IP address divides into two sections: Network ID and Host ID. The Network ID defines the logical group where devices belong. Similarly, we can define IP group which tells Bridge what IP group name and associated IP address are available for wireless users.
  • Page 77 Fig 7.8.1 Default IP group page for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 7.8.2 IP group name and associated IP address for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 7.8.3 IP group page for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ 7.9 Time Group It can create Time Group with time range and set frequency of operation for particular activity to operate in specified time.
  • Page 78 Fig 7.9.1 Default time group for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 7.9.2 Setting Time group for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...
  • Page 79 Fig 7.9.3 Time group for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ 7.10 DDNS Settings DDNS (Dynamic DNS) server provides a fixed domain name for DDNS client and maps its latest IP address to this domain name. Dynamic DNS (DDNS) is an Internet service that allows controller with varying public IP addresses to be located using Internet domain names.
  • Page 80 Fig 7.10.1 Default DDNS page for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Fig 7.10.2 Enable DDNS page for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+...

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