OvisLink Corp. 5F., NO.6, Lane 130, Min-Chuan Rd., Hsin-Tien City, Taipei County, Taiwan Declare that the product Hi-Powered Wireless Outdoor CPE AirLive WH-5420CPE is in conformity with In accordance with 2004/108/EC Directive and 1999/5 EC-R & TTE Directive Clause Description Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM);...
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Regulatory Information Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
ACK Timeout and TX Power Regulation The WH-5420CPE features ACK timeout function to let you adjust the timeout value for long distance operation. In addition, 6-level TX power adjustment let you match different antennas for law compliance.
WISP operators. The firmware adds high end features not commonly found in the AP of this class. The AirLive multi-function CPEs not only work for long distance application, they work much better than the competitions.
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Dynamic Signal Survey Function for Antenna Alignment Having trouble align your antenna correctly to the other outdoor AP? The AirLive Wireless Signal Survey function tells you the receiving signal strength dynamically as your antenna turns. It automatically refreshes itself in the process, therefore, making antenna alignment much simpler than before.
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WH-5420CPE provides SSH secure connection for remote management. The program SSH (Secure Shell) is a secure replacement for telnet. It provides an encrypted channel for logging into WL-5420POE over a network, executing commands on WH-5420CPE from your workstation. SSH provides strong host-to-host and user authentication as well as secure encrypted communications over an insecure Internet.
This section describes the installation procedure for the WH-5420CPE. It starts with a summary of the content of the package you have purchased, followed by steps of how to power up and connect the WH-5420CPE. Finally, this section explains how to configure a Windows PC to communicate with the WH-5420CPE.
Please take the device unit from the color box, a scroll driver, an Ethernet cable with adequate length according to your application. Step 1: A scroll driver and Ethernet Cable, Step 2: Open the housing of WH-5420CPE four screws and WH-5420CPE main unit Step 3: Turn the WH-5420CPE to another...
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Step 5: Put the Ethernet cable along the Step 6: Make sure that the other side of module, till the exit (at the bottom of Ethernet cable is out of housing. Close the Housing). housing. Step 8: Plug the Ethernet to the PoE ―P + Step 7: Scroll up 4 screws well.
Step 9: Plug the power cord of adaptor into Step 10: Plug the Data Ethernet cable to the injector ―POWER IN‖ port. the port ―DATA IN‖ of injector. 1.3.3 Mounting Configuration...
Step 1. Manually change the IP address of the PC to become 192.168.100.199. Step 2. Connect the PC to the WH-5420CPE via PoE and change its configuration to a static IP address based on your network environment. For example, if there is a DHCP server that assigns IP addresses from the range 192.168.23.10 - 192.168.23.254 to DHCP...
Step 3. Change the setting of the PC back to ―obtain IP addresses dynamically‖. Now you can put the WH-5420CPE and the PC to your network where the DHCP server is connected. From then on, any wireless client configured to ―obtain IP addresses dynamically‖...
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The procedure required to set a static IP address is not too much different from the procedure required to set to ―obtain IP addresses dynamically‖ - except that at the end of step 7, instead of selecting ―obtain IP addresses dynamically, you should specify the IP address explicitly.
1.3.7 Configuration Setups The factory default settings of WH-5420CPE are as following: Settings Default Value Device Name WH-5420CPE Radio 802.11b/g SSID airlive Channel Disabled IP Address 192.168.100.252 DHCP Server In AP, Client, Bridge, WDS Repeater and Universal Repeater mode, the default DHCP Server is disabled, please set your PC's IP to the same subnet as the AP to access the ...
2. Operation Mode The WH-5420CPE device provides all 8 modes of wireless operational applications with: Mode Radio LAN 1 LAN 2 Client Client Bridge WDS Repeater WDS + AP Universal Repeater AP + Client WISP Client Router WISP + Universal...
2.0 Change Operation Mode WH-5420CPE is default in AP mode. If the mode had been changed, click the “Mode” button to change back. To change operation Mode: 1. Click on “Mode“ 2. Select Operation Mode in the main page 3. Reboot device 4.
2.1 About the Operation Modes This device provides four operational applications with Access Point, Bridge, Client (Ad-hoc) and Client (Infrastructure) modes, which are mutually exclusive. This device is shipped with configuration that is functional right out of the box. If you want to change the settings in order to perform more advanced configuration or even change the mode of operation, you can use the web-based utility provided by the manufacturer as described in the following sections.
2.1.2 Client Mode If set to Client (Infrastructure) mode, this device can work like a wireless station when it’s connected to a computer so that the computer can send packets from wired end to wireless interface. Refer to the illustration below. This station (AP1 plus the connected computer 1) can associate to another Access Point (AP2), and then can have the Internet access if the other Access Point (AP2) has the Internet connection.
2.1.3 Bridge Mode The WDS (Wireless Distributed System) function let this access point acts as a wireless LAN access point and repeater at the same time. Users can use this feature to build up a large wireless network in a large space like airports, hotels and schools …etc. This feature is also useful when users want to bridge networks between buildings where it is impossible to deploy network cable connections between these buildings.
2.1.4 WDS Repeater Refer to the illustration below. While acting as Bridges, AP1 (with Station 1 being associated to) and AP2 (with Station 2 being associated) can communicate with each other through wireless interface (with WDS). Thus Station 1 can communicate with Station 2 and both Station 1 and Station 2 are able to access the Internet if only AP1 or AP2 has the Internet connection.
2.1.5 Universal Repeater An universal repeater can also extend the wireless coverage of another wireless AP or router. But the universal repeater does not require the remote device to have WDS function. Therefore, it can work with almost any wireless device. To set the operation mode to Client (Infrastructure), please go to “Mode”...
2.1.6 WISP (Client Router) mode In WISP mode, the AP will behave just the same as the Client mode for wireless function. However, router functions are added between the wireless WAN side and the Ethernet LAN side. Therefore, the WISP subscriber can share the WISP connection without the need for extra router.
2.1.7 WISP + Universal Repeater mode In this mode, the AP behaves virtually the same as the WISP mode, except one thing: the AP can also send wireless signal to the LAN side. That means the AP can connect with the remote WISP AP and the indoor wireless card, and then provide IP sharing capability all at the same time! To set the operation mode to Client (Infrastructure), please go to “Mode”...
2.1.8 Gateway (AP + Router) In this mode, router functions are added between one Ethernet port and the other network interface. The radio is an AP mode which allow wireless client to share the internet connection. To set the operation mode to Client (Infrastructure), please go to “Mode” field and select the “Gateway”...
This section guides you to configure the mode of the Radio interface. 3.1 Access Point Mode Settings Alias Name: Another name for WH-5420CPE. Disable Wireless LAN Interface: Check the box to disable the Wireless LAN Interface, by so doing, you won’t be able to make wireless connection with this Access Point in the network you are located.
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referred to as a network name because essentially it is a name that identifies a wireless network. In this mode, the SSID is provided for client connection. Channel Number: Allow user to set the channel manually or automatically. If set “Auto”...
3.2 Client Mode Settings Alias Name: Another name for WH-5420CPE. Disable Wireless LAN Interface: Check the box to disable the Wireless LAN Interface, by so doing, you won’t be able to make wireless connection with this Access Point in the network you are located.
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Channel Number: Allow user to set the channel manually or automatically. If set “Auto” channel manually, just select the channel you want to specify. If is selected, user can set the channel range to have Wireless Access Point automatically survey and choose the channel with best situation for communication.
3.3 Bridge Mode Settings Alias Name: Another name for WH-5420CPE. Disable Wireless LAN Interface: Check the box to disable the Wireless LAN Interface, by so doing, you won’t be able to make wireless connection with this Access Point in the network you are located.
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and choose the channel with best situation for communication. The number of channels supported depends on the region of this Access Point. All stations communicating with the Access Point must use the same channel. 802.1d Spanning Tree: Spanning tree is to prevent bridge loop when there are multiple active paths between network nodes.
3.4 WDS Repeater Mode Settings Alias Name: Another name for WH-5420CPE. Disable Wireless LAN Interface: Check the box to disable the Wireless LAN Interface, by so doing, you won’t be able to make wireless connection with this Access Point in the network you are located.
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The default is 2.4GHz (B+G) mode. SSID (Network ID): Provide SSID for wireless client survey and connection. The SSID differentiates one WLAN from another; therefore, all access points and all devices attempting to connect to a specific WLAN must use the same SSID. It is case-sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters.
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3. Click on “Signal Survey” button. 4. A pop up page shows the signal strength. 5. The signal strength refresh every 3 seconds, you can then change your antenna for a better signal. To configure the security connection, please refer to Section 3.9 Wireless Security Settings ……...
3.5 Universal Repeater Mode Settings Alias Name: Another name for WH-5420CPE. Disable Wireless LAN Interface: Check the box to disable the Wireless LAN Interface, by so doing, you won’t be able to make wireless connection with this Access Point in the network you are located.
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Channel Number: Allow user to set the channel manually or automatically. If set “Auto” channel manually, just select the channel you want to specify. If is selected, user can set the channel range to have Wireless Access Point automatically survey and choose the channel with best situation for communication.
Client Mode Settings Router Settings Alias Name: Another name for WH-5420CPE. Disable Wireless LAN Interface: Check the box to disable the Wireless LAN Interface, by so doing, you won’t be able to make wireless connection with this Access Point in the network you are located.
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WAN Port: WH-5420CPE provides 4 methods for client to access the internet. This depends on the location and the service which the ISP provides. You need to contact the ISP for detail information. Some ISP/WISP has special inquire for TTL feature that did not decrease the TTL value when pass the first router of ISP/WISP.
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Virtual Server: You can use Virtual Server Settings to provide connection on internet. For example, you can have your own web server at home and provide access on internet. This will need port 80 by default for Virtual Server Settings. ...
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This will need port 80 by default for Virtual Server Settings. Remote Management: This is to configure WH-5420CPE be managed from internet. Note that port 80 is always used by web service. You can change the port to prevent conflict.
Repeater Mode Settings Router Settings Alias Name: Another name for WH-5420CPE. Disable Wireless LAN Interface: Check the box to disable the Wireless LAN Interface, by so doing, you won’t be able to make wireless connection with this Access Point in the network you are located.
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Point must use the same channel. WAN Port: WH-5420CPE provides 4 methods for client to access the internet. This depends on the location and the service which the ISP provides. You need to contact the ISP for detail information.
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Some ISP/WISP has special inquire for TTL feature that did not decrease the TTL value when pass the first router of ISP/WISP. When using PPPoE for WAN access, WH-5420CPE provides flexible configuration for TTL value. The default value is 255 and does not have to change in a normal situation.
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Virtual Server: You can use Virtual Server Settings to provide connection on internet. For example, you can have your own web server at home and provide access on internet. This will need port 80 by default for Virtual Server Settings. ...
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This will need port 80 by default for Virtual Server Settings. Remote Management: This is to configure WH-5420CPE be managed from internet. Note that port 80 is always used by web service. You can change the port to prevent conflict.
AP Mode Settings Router Settings Alias Name: Another name for WH-5420CPE. Disable Wireless LAN Interface: Check the box to disable the Wireless LAN Interface, by so doing, you won’t be able to make wireless connection with this Access Point in the network you are located.
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SSID or channel with other AP. WAN Port (LAN1): WH-5420CPE provides 4 methods for client to access the internet. This depends on the location and the service which the ISP provides. You need to contact the ISP for detail information.
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Some ISP/WISP has special inquire for TTL feature that did not decrease the TTL value when pass the first router of ISP/WISP. When using PPPoE for WAN access, WH-5420CPE provides flexible configuration for TTL value. The default value is 255 and does not have to change in a normal situation.
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Virtual Server: You can use Virtual Server Settings to provide connection on internet. For example, you can have your own web server at home and provide access on internet. This will need port 80 by default for Virtual Server Settings. ...
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Dynamic DNS: Dynamic DNS (DDNS) allows you to create a hostname that points to your dynamic IP or static IP address or URL. WH-5420CPE provide Dynamic DNS client using DynDNS, please visit http://www.dyndns.org for detail. Ping: You can enable to the ―Response to WAN Ping‖ to allow remotely ping your WH-5420CPE.
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Pre-shared Key: This is an ASCII string with 8 to 63 characters. Please make sure that both the WH-5420CPE and the wireless client stations use the same key. Group Key Life Time: A group key is used for multicast/broadcast data, and the re-key interval is time period that the system will change the group key periodically.
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Pre-shared Key: This is an ASCII string with 8 to 63 characters. Please make sure that both the WH-5420CPE and the wireless client stations use the same key. Encryption Type: There are two encryption types TKIP and CCMP (AES). While CCMP provides better security than TKIP, some wireless client stations may not be equipped with the hardware to support it.
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802.1X (Radius) Authentication by the remote server (RADIUS Server). Security: You can select None, WEP, WPA (TKIP), WPA (AES), WPA2 (AES), WPA2 Mixed method for data encryption. WEP: 802.1x Authentication is enabled and the RADIUS Server will proceed to check the 802.1x Authentication, and make the RADIUS server to issue the WEP key dynamically.
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Port: Enter the RADIUS Server’s port number provided by your ISP. The default is 1812. IP Address: Enter the RADIUS Server’s IP Address provided by your ISP. Password: Enter the password that the AP shares with the RADIUS Server. Accounting RADIUS Server: Enter the Accounting RADIUS Server IP address and Password provided by your ISP.
3.10 Advanced Wireless Settings When click on Advanced Setup button under client mode, a pop-up window appears and show parameter as follow: Fragmentation: Fragmentation mechanism is used for improving the efficiency when high traffic flows along in the wireless network. If your 802.11g Wireless LAN PC Card often...
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transmission. It will also confirm the requestor station that the Access Point has reserved it for the time-frame of the requested transmission. If the ―Hidden Node‖ problem is an issue, please specify the packet size. The RTS mechanism will be activated if the data size exceeds the value you set.. The default value is 2347.
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select a level to make sure that the output power measured at the antenna end will not exceed the legal limit in your country. Enable WatchDog: Check and enable this watch dog function. Watch Interval: Setup the interval time for watch dog function between 1 to 60 mins. Watch Host: Enter the watch dog host ip address.
3.11 Access Control When Enable Wireless Access Control is checked, only those clients whose wireless MAC addresses listed in the access control list can access this Access Point. If the list contains no entries with this function being enabled, then no clients will be able to access this Access Point.
Therefore, the WISP operators can offer different class of connection speeds for different subscription fees - just like the ADSL service! The AirLive advance firmware can control the bandwidth by Interface or IP/MAC. What type of Traffic Bandwidth Control does the firmware offer? The Traffic Bandwidth limits the ―Maximum Data Rate‖.
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LAN Output Rate: This is the speed of the traffic out of the LAN port. In gateway mode, the LAN Output Rate includes both the wired LAN and WLAN interface. WLAN Output Rate: This is the speed of the traffic out of the Wireless LAN WAN Output Rate: This is the speed of the traffic out of the WAN port.
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Configure the Traffic Control QoS From the Mode Setting page, please choose the ―Traffic Control(QoS)‖ on the bottom of the list. Once you click on the ―setup‖ button, a new window will pop-up with the Traffic Control settings. They are divided into ―A‖, ―B‖, ―C‖, ―D‖ section for further explanations. This section is the ―Interface Control‖...
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A. Interface Control Settings: In the Interface Control Settings, the AP only controls the total bandwidth limit of an interface. For example, if you want to limit the output data rate of the LAN to 512K and the output data rate of WLAN to 1024K.
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Please follow the step below to create a new policy ―VIP‖ Enter ―VIP‖ for the ―PolicyName‖ Enter ―512‖ for the ―LAN Out Rate‖ Enter ―1024‖ for the ―WLAN Out Rate‖ Enter ―VIP Subscriber‖ for the ―Comment‖ Click on ―Save‖ button Now the ―VIP‖...
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If you want to define new Data Rate, please do not choose any policies. Then you can enter the values in the ―LAN‖, ―WLAN‖, or ―WAN‖ Out Rates. Press ―Save‖ to save settings Reboot your AP. * If you want to control the traffic flow between the IPs in the same interface, please make sure both IPs are configured for the IP Traffic Control.
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Application Example Example1: AP Mode Traffic Control In this example, the AP is installed outdoor to provide Internet service. There are 2 different type of Internet service offered by the WISP: VIP Service: Upstream Data Rate: 512 Kbps ...
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Please enable the ―MAC Control‖ Please fill in the 2 entries as shown on the graphic below Reboot the AP...
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Example2: Client Mode Traffic Control In the following example, the AP is used as the wireless client to the WISP Service. The Service provider need to restrict the bandwidth of the AP to 1024K Downstream and 128K Upstream. Step-by-Step Configuration Please enable the ―Interface Traffic Control‖...
4. System Management 4.1 LAN Interface Setup In this page, you can change the TCP/IP settings of this Access Point; select to enable/disable the DHCP Client, 802.1d Spanning Tree, and Clone MAC Address. Click her to configure LAN Interface Setup IP Address: This field can be modified only when DHCP Client is disabled.
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Clone MAC Address: You can specify the MAC address of your Access Point to replace the factory setting. Disable Ping: WH-5420CPE did not response LAN ping if this function is checked. Port Number: The default http port of the web management interface. You can change the port number to prevent unexpected access.
4.2 Upgrade Firmware To Upgrade Firmware: 1. Download the latest firmware from your distributor and save the file on the hard drive. 2. Start the browser, open the configuration page, click on Other, and click “Upgrade Firmware” to enter the Upgrade Firmware window. Enter the new firmware’s path and file name (i.e.
4.3 Save / Reload Settings This function enables users to save the current configurations as a file (i.e. config.dat) To load configuration from a file, enter the file name or click Browse… to find the file from your computer. Save Settings to File: Click “SAVE” to save the current configuration to file. When prompted the upper left screen, select “Save this file to disk”, and the upper right screen will prompt you a dialog box to enter the file name and the file location.
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Reset: Click to restore the default configuration.
4.4 Change Password For secure reason, it is recommended that you set the account to access the web server of this Access Point. Leaving the user name and password blank will disable the protection. The login screen prompts immediately once you finish setting the account and password. Remember your user name and password for you will be asked to enter them every time you access the web server of this Access Point.
4.5 Enable System Log This function can list all log information about device. Enable Log: Enabled or Disabled display system log information. System All: List system all log information. Wireless Only List: wireless log information only. Refresh: Refresh log information. Clear: Clear all information in window.
4.6 NTP Settings This function can set system time from local computer or Internet. Current Time: Setting system time Enable NTP client update: Enable or Disable setting system from Internet NTP Server. Time Zone Select: Select system time zone. NTP Server: Select NTP Server by Server List or Manual Input.
5. System Status System status shows device’s current configuration and operation status. To check the status, click the “Status” bottom on the title bar. 5.1 System Data System data highlights the current configuration of the device. System System shows the alive time when device boots up and the current firmware version installed in the...
2. Hold the reset button while plugging the power. Do not release the reset button until the "Status" LED goes off. 3. Set your PC's IP address to 192.168.1.100. Connect your PC to the WH-5420CPE. 4. Open your web browser, then type "192.168.1.6". You should see the emergency code...
7. Specification 54Mbps Multi-function POE AP 2 x 10/100Mbps ports, 4MB Flash, 16MB SDRAM 20dBm(EU) or 26dBm(South America) Output Power R-SMA antenna connector IEEE802.3af PoE standard compliance* 8 Wireless Operation Modes Bandwidth Control and Signal Survey Feature Client Isolation, Watchdog, and TX Power Regulation SSH2/HTTP/Telnet managements DHCP Relay Agent Supported Up to 40 Access Control List...
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64/128-bit WEP WPA/WPA2-PSK support Security 802.1x Radius Support WPA Enterprise support in AP/WDS mode Web/telnet/SSH2 Management WDS (Bridge, Client, Repeater) mode Hide ESSID 802.1x Configuration MAC Access Control MAC Access Table Wireless Client Isolation SSID, Channel, RTS Threshold, Frag Threshold Operating temperature: 0~60℃...
Appendix Command Line Management WH-5420CPE provides telnet and Secure Shell (SSH) for remote management. You can use telnet or some free software such as putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html) as telnet/SSH client. Refer to the following table for detail. All commands will tack effect only after reboot...
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