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LOHU 5158P V2
User Manual
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LOHU 5158P V2
Outdoor Wireless AP/Bridge
User Manual
Version 1.3
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  • Page 1 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOHU 5158P V2 Outdoor Wireless AP/Bridge User Manual Version 1.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Numbers: +97142280111 Dubai : +12123812983 United States: +442033557669 United Kingdom: Voltlaan 408 – 2681 TV Monster – Netherlands +33170612716 France : +390662207084...

  • Page 2: Chapter 1. Introduction

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing this Enterprise-class outdoor radio (hereafter called radio). This radio provides a secure, affordable, and easy-to-use wireless LAN solution that combines mobility and flexibility with the enterprise-class features required by networking professionals.

  • Page 3: System Requirements

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Access point 2. Station Adapter 3. Point-to-Point Bridge. 4. Wireless Repeater 5. Inter-building • Repeater mode Configure the radio as a wireless repeater to extend the coverage area of your wireless network. • VAPs (VLAN) Assign Multi-SSIDs on your radio (one SSID per VAP) to differentiate policies and services among users forming a wide variety of VLANs.

  • Page 4: Chapter 2. Basic Installation And Security

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2. Basic Installation and Security This chapter explains how to place and connect the outdoor radio. In addition, the radio’s security features are elaborated. 3-1 Default Factory Settings We’ll detail about radio default factory settings below. Factory Default Restore will enable you to restore these defaults.

  • Page 5: Wireless Security Options

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2 Wireless Security Options To make wireless networking as safe and easy as possible, this radio provides several network security features, but requires specific programming and setup. Security Options There are several ways you can enhance the security of your wireless network: Restrict Access Based on MAC address.
  • Page 6 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AP log in window When prompted, please enter admin for Name and password for password, both in low cases. 3. Clicking Login now, it will navigate you into this radio’s homepage-----General Information will be shown below.

  • Page 7: Chapter 3. General Information

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3. General Information General information gives you a basic concept of the radio. 4-1 Information Access Point Name You may assign any device name to the Access Point. This name is only used by the Access Point administrator for identification purposes. Unique, memorable names are helpful, especially if you are employing multiple access points on the same network.
  • Page 8 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- manually entering MAC address for each other. This creates a unique link to LOHU radios only. Wireless Mode The only option available is 802.11a. Channel This field identifies which operating frequency will be used.

  • Page 9: Chapter 4. Added Functionalities

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4. Added Functionalities 5-1 Time Server By click Basic Settings, the “Basic Settings” will appear shown below. Figure: 5-1 AP Basic settings The AP allows you to synchronize the time between your network and time server by using an NTP Time Server.
  • Page 10 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Figure: 5-2 AP WAN/LAN settings The LOHU Series Radio can be configured in bridge mode or router mode. Bridge Mode In Bridge Mode, the AP will act as a pass-through bridging your network, by associating with various devices.

  • Page 11: Understanding Radius Settings

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enabling any IP, you’ll feel free to enter IP Address, IP Subnet Mask and Gateway, enjoying internet surf. Take the steps to activate the functionality. 1. Configure the AP as router mode. 2. Make sure your station connected to the AP.
  • Page 12 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You will also have to fill in the following Radius server settings: • Primary Radius Server IP Address This field is required. Enter the IP address of the Radius Server on your LAN or WAN..

  • Page 13: Firewall Management

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-6 Firewall Management Today’s companies rely on highly networked, secure computing environments to efficiently and safely conduct business. Firewalls are a key component of any secure network. Firewalls are configured to allow “desired” traffic in and to keep “undesired” traffic out. This...

  • Page 14: Virtual Server

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This specifies where packets are bound for. IP Range Start This specifies the starting-point of your specific IP addresses. IP Range End This specifies the ending-point of your specific IP addresses. Protocol This is optional, TCP, DCP, ICMP or *. Select which protocol you want to perform “Allow” or “Deny”.
  • Page 15 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This specifies your WAN port. Schedule You can set a time-limit when your AP acts as a virtual server, by enabling “from”. Alternatively, if you desire your AP to always act as a virtual server, please enable “always”.

  • Page 16: Chapter 5. Wireless Setup

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 5. Wireless Setup 6-1 Basic Settings The versatile LOHU Series Radio provides up to five operating modes for your various purposes. Figure: 6-1 Basic Settings Operating Mode AP is capable of five operating modes: access point, station adapter, wireless bridge, wireless repeater, and wireless inter-building.
  • Page 17 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this half-duplex mode, the radio can communicate with another wireless bridge and wireless station. You must enter the MAC address of both adjacent wireless bridges in the fields provided. WEP should be used to secure all data.
  • Page 18 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-2 VAP / VLAN Settings Overview As the number of data-based systems increase, it becomes more and more difficult to provide the network infrastructure (due to the sheer number of Ethernet connections that need to be provided) from the perspective of cost, space, and wire management. The LOHU’s VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) technology can help overcome this difficulty.

  • Page 19: Understanding Wep/Wpa Security Options

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can configure each profile by clicking “Edit”. Such configuration as configuring profile name, SSID, enabling “broadcast SSID”, or doing security. Figure 6-3 Security profile for Vap x 6-3 Understanding WEP/WPA Security Options Network Authentication: You have two authentication options.
  • Page 20 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Passphrase functions as automatically case-sensitive characters. However, not all wireless adapters support passphrase key generation. • Manual. These values are not case sensitive. 64-bit WEP: enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F). 128-bit WEP: enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, or A-F).
  • Page 21 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Figure 6-5 Security profile with WPA-PSK Figure 6-6 Security profile with WPA2-PSK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Numbers: +97142280111 Dubai : +12123812983 United States: +442033557669 United Kingdom: Voltlaan 408 – 2681 TV Monster – Netherlands +33170612716 France :...
  • Page 22 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Figure 6-7 Security profile with WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Numbers: +97142280111 Dubai : +12123812983 United States: +442033557669 United Kingdom: Voltlaan 408 – 2681 TV Monster – Netherlands +33170612716 France : +390662207084 Italy: Tel : +31208080743...

  • Page 23: Access Control

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-4 Access Control Authentication by username and password is only part of the story. Many times you want to let people in based on something other than who they are. Something such as where they are coming from.
  • Page 24 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-5 WDS Mode In Wireless Distribution System (WDS) mode, multiple radios can be configured to operate in the WDS mode to inter-connect wired LAN segments that are attached to the radio. Up to four devices can be connected to the AP.

  • Page 25: Smart Wds

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-6 Smart WDS In bridge mode, enabling Smart WDS, the radio can sniff other bridge mode radio around it and automatically connect those that work in the same channel. WDS Service Group ID If two radios share the same group ID, they will be automatically connected.
  • Page 26 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WMM prioritizes traffic demands from different applications and extends Wi-Fi’s high quality end-user experience from data connectivity to voice, music, and video applications under a wide variety of environment and traffic conditions. WMM defines four access categories (voice, video, best effort, and background) that are used to prioritize traffic so that these applications have access to the necessary network resources.

  • Page 27: Chapter 6. Managing And Testing Your Ap

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 6. Managing and Testing Your AP 7-1 Site Survey Figure: 7-1 Site survey Site Survey provides you with a table of adjacent APs discovered by your radio when it acts as a station. In terms of each connected AP, Site Survey offers you their network information, including SSID, BSSID, RSSI, channel mode, connection status and encryption.
  • Page 28 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RF Cable Loss (0-10) This indicates RF loss in cables, ranging from 0 to 10. Local Antenna Gain (0-99) This indicates extended coverage provided by the local AP, for an existing 802.11a wireless local area network (WLAN), ranging from 0 to 99.

  • Page 29: Chapter 7. Management

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 7. Management 8-1 Change Password Figure: 8-1 Change Password Here you can make adjustments to your current or default password. Take the following steps to change the password: 1. Enter your currently-used password in the Current Password field.

  • Page 30: Remote Management

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-2 Remote Management Figure: 8-2 Remote Management Secure Shell (SSH) is a program that provides a cryptographically secure replacement for Telnet that is considered the de-facto protocol for remote logins. SSH runs in the Application Layer of the TCP/IP stack.
  • Page 31 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Figure: 8-3 Putty configuration utility 2. Press Open, and the screen below should appear. Figure: 8-4 Putty configuration page ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Numbers: +97142280111 Dubai : +12123812983 United States: +442033557669 United Kingdom: Voltlaan 408 – 2681 TV Monster – Netherlands...

  • Page 32: Upgrade Firmware

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The login name is admin and password is the default password. After successful login, the screen should prompt LOHU>. In this example, the LOHU is the radio name. Enter help to display the SSH command help.

  • Page 33: Backup/Restore Settings

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-4 Backup / Restore Settings Figure: 8-6 Backup / Restore Settings Backup Allows you to save all of the radio’s settings in a file that can be stored on any computer. Retrieve Retrieve button allows you to retrieve your backup files.
  • Page 34 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Figure: 7-7 Event log • SysLog Server IP address: The radio will send all the SysLog to the specified IP address if SysLog option is enabled. Default: 0.0.0.0 • Syslog Server Port Number: The port number configured in the SysLog server on your network. Default: 514...
  • Page 35 LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-6 Reboot AP If you want to reboot AP, click Yes and then apply. AP will reboot. Figure: 8-8 Reboot AP ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Numbers: +97142280111 Dubai : +12123812983 United States: +442033557669 United Kingdom: Voltlaan 408 – 2681 TV Monster – Netherlands...

  • Page 36: Chapter 8. Troubleshooting

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 8. Troubleshooting This chapter helps you to isolate and solve common problems that may arise during setup. Before you start troubleshooting, it is important that you have checked the details in the product user manual and quick installation guide.

  • Page 37: Connection Issues

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A small beam antenna may help (such as a grid or dish antenna). Aligning the antenna properly will reduce the effects of the interference. This solution won’t help when the source of interference is extremely close the remote site.

  • Page 38: Communication Issues

    LOHU 5158P V2 User Manual ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-4 Communication Issues If two radios work within close distance of each other and do not work while separated, then there are two possible reasons why wireless connectivity isn’t working properly: An RF path problem is one possibility. For example, poor antenna alignment, the...

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