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  • Page 1       COMMANDO AirONE APO300 Outdoor Access Points Configuration Guide...
  • Page 2 OVERVIEW COMMANDO AirONE series Outdoor APO enables communication between wireless and wired computers/laptops and mobile devices in the network. It complies with IEEE 802.11b/g/n standard and comes with single band 2.4GHz along with build in High Gain 5dBi Omni Antenna, Separate WAN 10/100Mbps port along with 24V POE & LAN 10/100Mbps port along with IP65 casing.
  • Page 3 Physical Port Description DC input power 12V, 1.5 A. Table 2. COMMANDO AirONE APO300 LED indication LED Indicator LED Status Green Blinking: Power ON Indication Power Blue and Blinking: Wi-Fi indication that SSID now available for use. Upper LED WAN:...
  • Page 4 INTRODUCTION COMMANDO AirONE APO300 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 or 100Mbps and also for wireless clients.
  • Page 5 separate LAN port • LED Indicators: Power, LAN/WAN (Link/Act) • Reset Button Extra Long operational life • Dual input Power Either DC 12V/1.5A or 24V PoE via WAN port. • High Quality PCB Circuit Board and PCB Surface Treatment Using Gold Sinking Process. •...
  • Page 6 • Supports Wi-Fi client distance up to 400 meters (1312 feet) in all directions and above depending on surrounding conditions. • Support Open or encryption like WPA/WPA2PSK_TKIPAES. How to take access of COMMANDO AirONE APO300? 1. Wired access Via LAN port connected to PC. Power ON AirONE APO300.
  • Page 7 Fig 2. IP setting in PC connected to AirONE APO300 2. Wireless access Via SSID connected to PC. Power ON AirONE APO300.
  • Page 8 Connect Default SSID named “COMMANDO APO300 2.4G” with the help of default Wi-Fi Password “66666666” or “commando” – refer product label for password. Click on properties of SSID “COMMANDO APO300 2.4G”. Edit IP setting from DHCP to Manual and set any IP address from 192.168.188.1 to 252 and Gateway of PC to be set as 192.168.188.253.
  • Page 9 Fig 3. Edit IP setting from DHCP to Manual as shown for COMMANDO AIR-APO300 2.4G 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 10 Encrypt, MAC Address, Operation Mode configure like AP/ Fat APO Mode with Uptime, Flow in bps for APO downstream and APO upstream Fig 6. Home page after login AirONE APO300...
  • Page 11 HOME After login, home page will be showed. This page will show device Information like CPU Usage, Memory Usage, LAN/WAN Information like Mode From AC/Gateway/Static, Status with 2G Wi-Fi Clients Status with information like SSID, Channel, Bandwidth, Encrypt, MAC Address, Operation Mode configure like AP/ Fat AP Mode with Uptime, Flow in bps for APO downstream and APO Up stream.
  • Page 12 Fig 1.1.1 Home page Components of AirONE APO300 In Device Description you can add the APs description by clicking on Click Settings...
  • Page 13 Fig 1.1.2 Changing Device Description of AirONE APO300 Fig 1.1.3 New Device Description of AirONE APO300 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 14 Fig 1.2.1 LAN information of AirONE APO300...
  • Page 15 Fig 1.2.2 WAN information of AirONE APO300 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 APO is shown.
  • Page 16 Fig 1.3.1 Wi-Fi Information of AirONE APO300 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.
  • Page 17 Fig 1.4.1 Clients list of AirONE APO300 1.5 Operation Mode configuration Default operation is Fat AP where it integrates the WLAN physical layer functions, service data encryption, user authentication, QoS, network management, roaming technologies, and application layer functions. It can provide wireless access independently. Each AP is an independent node.
  • Page 18 Fig 1.5.1 Fat AP mode of AirONE APO300 Fig 1.5.2 Fit APO mode Note: Same Password to be used for login in Fit and Fat mode of operation. 1.6 APO UP/Down stream Flow (2G Wi-Fi) bps In Flow (2G Wi-Fi) bps you can monitor the AP’s Upstream and Downstream bandwidth in bps.
  • Page 19 Fig 1.6.1 Flow (2G Wi-Fi) bps of AirONE APO300...
  • Page 20 WIZARD After clicking Wizard page, you can set device in Gateway Mode, Super WDS Mode, WISP Mode, Repeater Mode and AP Mode (Default Selection). It provides flexibility to configure wireless AP’s operation mode based on network scenario making this APO future proof. You are required to select corresponding operation mode first before starting the configuration.
  • Page 21 In Gateway mode, your internet provider's RJ-45 is connected to WAN port of APO300. 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 22 Fig 2.1.3 Gateway mode 2G Wi-Fi Setting of AirONE APO300 Note: The device will restart for the changes to take effect for mode changes to Gateway mode. 2.2 Super WDS Mode In Super WDS mode, Scan Repeater SSID whose password is known and configure WDS setting.
  • Page 23 Fig 2.2.1 Super WDS mode of AirONE APO300...
  • Page 24 Fig 2.2.2 Repeater Setting Super WDS Mode of AirONE APO300 Note: This repeater SSID password is password of scan SSID with matching encryption.
  • Page 25 Fig 2.2.3 WAN Setting Super WDS Mode of AirONE APO300 Fig 2.2.4 2G Wi-Fi Setting Super WDS mode of AirONE APO300 Note: The device will restart for the changes to take effect for mode changes to Super...
  • Page 26 WDS Mode. 2.3 WISP Mode In WISP mode, Scan Repeater SSID whose password is known and configure WAN setting. Then configure the wireless parameters as per your choice of SSID, Channel width, Encryption and Time reboot if required. Note: Just in case if you don’t have any RJ 45 cable running to any room then, In WISP mode you have to just power on the device and wirelessly can connect to clients as well as ISP router (BSSID).
  • Page 27 Fig 2.3.2 Repeater Setting WISP mode of AirONE APO300 Note: This repeater SSID password is password of scan SSID with matching encryption.
  • Page 28 Fig 2.3.3 WAN Setting WISP mode of AirONE APO300 Fig 2.3.4 2G Wi-Fi Setting WISP mode of AirONE APO300 Note: The device will restart for the changes to take effect for mode changes to WISP mode. 2.4 Repeater Mode...
  • Page 29 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. Suggestion: Just in case if you don’t have any RJ 45 cable running to any room then In Repeater mode you have to just power on the device and wirelessly can connect to clients as well as available SSID (BSSID).
  • Page 30 Fig 2.4.2 Selecting Repeater SSID of AirONE APO300 Note: This repeater SSID password is password of scan SSID with matching encryption.
  • Page 31 Fig 2.2.3 Setting 2G Wi-Fi setting of AirONE APO300...
  • Page 32 Fig 2.2.4 LAN Setting in Repeater mode of AirONE APO300 Note: The device will restart for the changes to take effect for mode changes to Repeater mode. 2.5 AP Mode In AP mode, Set LAN setting from static IP, AC or gateway. Then configure the wireless parameters as per your choice of SSID, Channel width, Encryption and Time reboot if required.
  • Page 33 Fig 2.5.1 AP mode of AirONE APO300 Fig 2.5.2 Setting IP mode for AP mode of AirONE APO300...
  • Page 34 Fig 2.5.3 Setting 2G Wi-Fi for AP mode of AirONE APO300 Note: The device will restart for the changes to take effect for mode changes to AP mode.
  • Page 35 We can set 2.4G 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 APO300 2.4G”...
  • Page 36 Fig 3.1.1 2G Basic Wi-Fi of AirONE APO300 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 37 Fig 3.1.3 2G Wi-Fi Analyzer of AirONE APO300 Fig 3.1.4 Enabling 2G VAP 1 of AirONE APO300 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 APO300. All SSID will use same channel in 2G band and channel width as set as per Basic SSID but each Virtual Access Point (VAP) can set different name, encryption and password.
  • Page 38 3.2 Repeater Settings Repeater Settings like scan Repeater SSID, Encryption, Password of scan SSID and bandwidth can be set. Fig 3.2.1 Scan 2G Repeater SSID AirONE APO300 3.3 MAC ACL Settings MAC ACL Allow or prohibits the wireless users access into this device based on MAC address.
  • Page 39 Fig 3.3.1 Default MAC ACL of AirONE APO300 Fig 3.3.2 Add MAC ACL of AirONE APO300...
  • Page 40 Fig 3.3.3 Select MAC address of AirONE APO300 3.4 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 41 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. Fig 3.4.2 Wi-Fi Timer Off for AirONE APO300 3.5 Advance Setting In Advanced setting can set Country Region, 2G/5G Mode, Multicast Fast, Maximum wireless 128 clients for AP (Range 1-64) in 2G and AP (Range 1-64) in 5G, WLAN Partition,...
  • Page 42 Fig 3.5.1 Default Advanced setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 3.5.2 Selecting Country Region for AirONE APO300 Fig 3.5.3 Selecting 2G Mode for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 43 Fig 3.5.5 Selecting Multicast Fast for AirONE APO300 Fig 3.5.6 Setting Maximum wireless clients in 2G/5G for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 44 Fig 3.5.7 Selecting WLAN Partition for AirONE APO300 Fig 3.5.8 Selecting Short GI for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 45 Fig 3.5.9 Setting Coverage Threshold for AirONE APO300 Fig 3.5.10 Setting Tx Power for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 46 Fig 3.5.11 Setting 2G distance for AirONE APO300 Fig 3.5.12 Setting Terminal Fast Roam for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 47 NETWORK LAN Settings: It can set Lan IP (Access IP), Subnet and STP along with DHCP Server, Start and maximum DHCP address, DHCP Lease Time and client list along with utilized IP count. VLAN Settings: Multi SSID can be provided with different VLAN ID to set different network with separate broadcast domain.
  • Page 48 Fig 4.1.1 Setting LAN IP which used as access IP for AirONE APO300 STP: The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is a network protocol that builds a loop-free logical topology for Ethernet networks. The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is responsible for identifying links in the network and shutting down the redundant ones, preventing possible network loops.
  • Page 49 Fig 4.1.2 Enabling STP for AirONE APO300 DHCP Server: A DHCP Server is a network server that automatically provides and assigns IP addresses to wireless client devices. It relies on the standard protocol known as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol or DHCP to respond to broadcast queries by clients. Fig 4.1.3 Setting DHCP for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 50 Fig 4.1.4 DHCP Assigned list for AirONE APO300 Fig 4.1.5 DHCP client list for AirONE APO300 4.2 VLAN Setting In VLAN Setting, you need a L2/L3 switch that make use of multiple VLAN. You can give wireless clients member of multiple VLAN using multi SSID. It is required to enable basic and VAP.
  • Page 51 Fig 4.2.1 Default VLAN setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 4.2.2 VLAN setting for AirONE APO300 4.3 Static DHCP Setting A static IP address binding is ultimately set by an administrator and does not change. Although DHCP stands for dynamic host configuration protocol, you can still set up static IP addresses using DHCP.
  • Page 52 after it reboots, without dynamically assigning the IP. The DHCP Static IP Mapping feature enables assignment of static IP addresses with MAC address without taking IP addresses from DHCP pool with manual bindings. Compatible ARP binding list is statically assigned. Fig 4.3.1 Default Static DHCP for AirONE APO300 Fig 4.3.2 Static DHCP scan for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 53 Fig 4.3.3 Station list for AirONE APO300 Fig 4.3.4 Static DHCP for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 54 Fig 4.3.5 Config Button for Static DHCP for AirONE APO300 4.4 WAN Settings You can set WAN Connect Method, MTU and DNS Manually along with Primary, Secondary DNS. Fig 4.4.1 Default WAN Setting for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 55 Fig 4.4.2 Changing Connect type manually for AirONE APO300 Fig 4.4.3 Set DNS manually for AirONE APO300 4.5 WAN Advanced Settings...
  • Page 56 It can Enable Web server access on WAN interface on per ports basis from 1 to 65535. You also can set MAC Clone, Enable or disable Ping Access on WAN. Enable or disable IPsec, PPTP, L2TP pass through on VPN connection and Line Detection. Fig 4.5.1 Default WAN Advanced setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 4.5.2 Enable Port setting for WEB server for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 57 Fig 4.5.3 Configuration of MAC clone for AirONE APO300 Fig 4.5.4 Enabling Ping access through WAN for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 58 Fig 4.5.5 Enabling IPSec/PPTP/L2TP access through VPN for AirONE APO300 Fig 4.5.6 Line Detection for AirONE APO300 4.6 Cloud Server Setting A cloud-managed access point or networking solution allows business owners to manage Wi-Fi and network infrastructure over the cloud with zero maintenance charges, centralize control painlessly.
  • Page 59 subscribing freely or pay-as-you-go, on-demand model. Note: This function is currently not available. Fig 4.6.1 Default Cloud server setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 4.6.2 Enabling Cloud server setting for AirONE APO30 4.7 URL Mapping URL mappings work for the new Portal installation. URL mapping redirection to particular...
  • Page 60 Website. You can replace URL for a selected IP. Fig 4.7.1 Default URL Mapping setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 4.7.2 Configure URL Mapping setting for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 61 Fig 4.7.3 URL Mapping setting for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 62 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 APO SSID. MAC Filter Settings: MAC Filter bars filter particular MAC to access the APO SSID. Security Settings: It can set Rule for particular TCP or UDP Protocol for selected wireless client IP with port mapping function.
  • Page 63 Fig 5.1.1 Default URL filter setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 5.1.2 Setting URL filter for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 64 Fig 5.1.3 URL filter setting for AirONE APO300 5.2 IP Filter Settings IP Filter bars filter IP to access the APO SSID. Fig 5.2.1 Default IP filter setting for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 65 Fig 5.2.2 Setting IP filter for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 66 Fig 5.2.3 IP filter setting for AirONE APO300 5.3 MAC Filter Settings MAC Filter bars filter MAC to access the APO SSID. Fig 5.3.1 Default MAC filter setting for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 67 Fig 5.3.2 Setting MAC filter for AirONE APO300 Fig 5.3.3 MAC filter setting for AirONE APO300 5.4 Security Settings...
  • Page 68 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 5.4.1 Default Security setting for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 69 Fig 5.4.2 Security Rules setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 5.4.3 Security setting for AirONE APO300 5.5 DMZ Settings...
  • Page 70 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 71 Fig 5.5.2 DMZ setting for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 72 MANAGE Configure: Back up to save the configuration file to PC connected. Restore APO 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 73 configuration file. This will save you time by not going through the process of reconfigure the APO manually. You can restore the APO to its factory default settings by the Reset button or by Reset Default option in this page. It must be noted that once the APO is reset, all the current configuration settings will be lost.
  • Page 74 Fig 6.1.2 Taking backup of AirONE APO300 Fig 6.1.3 Restore to known Configure for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 75 Fig 6.1.4 Reset to factory default for AirONE APO30 6.2 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 6.2.1 Default reboot setting for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 76 Fig 6.2.2 Instant Reboot setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 6.2.3 Enable timed reboot for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 77 Fig 6.2.4 Enable daily reboot for AirONE APO300 Fig 6.2.5 Enable Restart interval for AirONE APO300 Recommendation: It is strongly recommended to disable reboot to avoid network disruption and outage. 6.3 Modify Password Setting On this page, you create password as per your choice and even change the admin...
  • Page 78 You can modify the factory default password of the APO 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 6.3.1 Modify password page for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 79 Fig 6.3.3 Log Out Button for AirONE APO300 Fig 6.3.4 New password to be entered to login AirONE APO300 Recommendation: It is strongly recommended to change default password admin or commando which is used to access device. 6.4 Upgrade Setting Version displays the current Configuration version of the AP.
  • Page 80 Note: 1. After upgrading, the APO will reboot automatically. 2. To avoid damage to device, please don't turn off the APO while upgrading. Fig 6.4.1 Default Upgrade page for AirONE APO300 Fig 6.4.2 Upgrade with no previous configuration for AirONE APO300 Note: It is advised to take backup of the configuration before upgrading.
  • Page 81 System Time is the time displayed while the APO 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 82 Fig 6.5.2 Disable NTP and Sync with host for AirONE APO300 Fig 6.5.3 Enable NTP and select time zone for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 83 Fig 6.5.4 Enable NTP with Manual IP setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 6.5.5 Selecting well know NTP server for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 84 Fig 6.5.6 NTP server for AirONE APO300 6.6 Log Setting The Logs can record APO 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 85 Fig 6.6.1 Default Log setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 6.6.2 Turning OFF Log setting for AirONE APO300 Fig 6.6.3 Remote Log service setting IP for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 86 Fig 6.6.4 Enabling Remote Log server setting IP for AirONE APO300 Recommendation: It is strongly recommended to turn OFF logs to avoid excessive CPU cycles, Memory usage and hanging of APO in long term. 6.7 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 87 Fig 6.7.1 Default Flow control page for AirONE APO300 Fig 6.7.2 Enabling Speed limit for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 88 Fig 6.7.3 Flow control page for AirONE APO300 6.8 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 APO what IP group name and associated IP address are available for wireless users.
  • Page 89 Fig 6.8.2 IP group name and associated IP address for AirONE APO300 Fig 6.8.3 IP group page for AirONE APO300 6.9 Time Group It can create Time Group with time range and set frequency of operation for particular activity to operate in specified time. It can give automated effect to the network.
  • Page 90 Fig 6.9.1 Default time group for AirONE APO300 Fig 6.9.2 Setting Time group for AirONE APO300...
  • Page 91 Fig 6.9.3 Time group for AirONE APO300 6.10 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 92 Fig 6.10.1 Default DDNS page for AirONE APO300 Fig 6.10.2 Enable DDNS page for AirONE APO300...

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