Table Of Contents - Weidmuller WI-MOD-E-G User Manual

Weidmuller Wireless Ethernet Modem & Device Server WI-MOD-E-G/A User Manual
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION ......................................... 8
1.0 - N T
ETWORK OPOLOGY
Access Point vs Client ................................................. 9
Bridge vs Router ........................................................ 10
1.1 - G S
ETTING TARTED
CHAPTER 2 - INSTALLATION ......................................... 12
2.0 - G ................................................................ 12
ENERAL
2.1 - A I
NTENNA NSTALLATION
Antenna Diversity ....................................................... 13
Example ................................................................................... 13
Line-of-sight installations ........................................... 13
Installation tips ........................................................... 14
Dipole and Collinear antennas ................................... 14
Directional antennas. ................................................. 14
2.2 - P S ....................................................... 15
OWER UPPLY
2.3 - S C
ERIAL ONNECTIONS
RS232 Serial Port ...................................................... 15
DB9 Connector Pinouts ............................................. 15
RS485 Serial Port ...................................................... 16
2.4 - D (D
ISCRETE IGITAL
CHAPTER 3 - OPERATION .............................................. 18
3.0 - S - ................................................................ 18
TART UP
"Access Point" Start-up (WI-MOD-E-G) ..................... 18
"Access Point" Start-up (WI-MOD-E-A) ..................... 18
"Client" Start-up .......................................................... 18
Link Establishment ..................................................... 18
How a Link connection is lost .................................... 19
Roaming Clients ......................................................... 19
LED Indication ............................................................ 19
3.1 - S C
ELECTING A HANNEL
802.11b/g (2.4GHz) ................................................... 20
802.11a (5GHz) ......................................................... 21
Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) ........................ 22
3.2 - C
ONFIGURING THE
Default Configuration ................................................. 22
Accessing Configuration for the first time .................. 22
Method 1 - Set PC to same network as WI-MOD-E .. 23
Method 2 - Set WI-MOD-E Network address to match the local
network ................................................................................... 24
3.3 - Q S C
UICK TART ONFIGURATION
3.4 - N C
ETWORK ONFIGURATION
Network Settings Webpage Fields ............................. 28
3.5 - S T A
PANNING REE
3.6 - C ........................................................ 31
OMPATIBILITY
3 Address (Layer 3 Bridge) & 4 Address Mode ......... 31
What Addresses are in a wireless Ethernet data frame? . ........ 31
Packets between AP and Client ............................................... 31
WI-MOD-E-100 Compatibility .................................... 31
3.7 - S M ...................................................... 32
ECURITY ENU
WEP (64 bit) & (128 bit) ............................................. 32
Encryption Keys 1 to 4 ............................................................. 32
Default WEP Key ....................................................... 32
Authentication Mode =Open/Shared . ..................................... 32
WPA / WPA2 .............................................................. 33
WPA Enterprise - Authenticator (AP) Configuration .. 33
Rev. 2.16
................................................ 8
Q .................................... 11
UICKLY
.......................................... 12
............................................. 15
) I /O ......................... 17
NPUT UTPUT
............................................ 20
U ............. 22
NIT FOR THE FIRST TIME
................................ 26
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Supplicant Re-authenticate Period: ......................................... 3 3
Enable Debug: . ......................................................................... 3 3
WPA Enterprise - Supplicant (Client) Configuration .. 33
Trusted CA certificate upload .................................................. 3 3
Certificate Verification result: . ................................................. 3 3
Trusted CA Certificate Contents:.............................................. 3 3
3.8 - D
ISPLAYS THE CONTENTS OF THE
C .N
ERTIFICATE ORMAL
Bridge Operation (Transparent Network) .................. 34
Router Operation (Routed Network) .......................... 34
3.9 - R C
ADIO ONFIGURATION
Channel Selection ..................................................... 36
WI-MOD-E-G modem (2.4 GHz 802.11b/g) . ............................. 3 6
WI-MOD-E-A modem (5GHz 802.11a) ..................................... 3 6
3.10 - A R
DVANCED
Fixed Noise Floor ...................................................... 38
3.11 - S P
ERIAL ORT
RS-232 PPP Server ................................................... 39
Serial Gateway (Server/Client/Multicast) ................... 40
Serial Gateway (Modbus RTU to TCP) ..................... 40
Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway .................................. 41
3.12 - S M
ERIAL ENU
RS-232 / RS485 Serial Port Configuration (Common to
all) .............................................................................. 42
RS232 PPP Server (Only RS232) ............................. 42
RS-232 / RS485 Serial Gateway Mode ..................... 42
RS-232 / RS485 Modbus TCP/RTU Converter ......... 43
3.13 - M P
ULTICAST
Multicast Pipe Manager ............................................. 44
3.14 - D I
IGITAL NPUT
3.15 - M I/O T
ODBUS
Modbus TCP Configuration on I/O Transfer Menu: ... 48
Modbus TCP Client Mappings on I/O Transfer Menu:
................................................................................... 48
3.16 - R .............................................................. 49
OAMING
3.17 - R (WDS) ............................................... 51
EPEATERS
Important Notes: ..................................................................... 5 1
WDS Connections: .................................................... 52
Example 1 - Extending range using WDS ................ 53
Example 2 - Roaming with WDS Access Points ....... 54
Example 3 - Adding Redundancy ............................. 55
Example 4 - WDS Routed Network .......................... 56
3.18 - R ............................................................... 58
OUTING
3.19 - F ............................................................. 60
ILTERING
MAC Address Filter Configuration: ............................ 61
IP Address Filter Configuration: ................................ 62
ARP Filter Configuration ............................................ 62
3.20 - DHCP C
LIENT
3.21 - DHCP S
ERVER
3.22 - DNS S
ERVER
3.23 - VLAN ................................................................... 64
What is VLAN ............................................................ 64
Operation ................................................................... 64
VLAN Group .............................................................. 65
Interface Membership ................................................ 66
Examples ................................................................... 66
Example 1 - Basic VLAN . ........................................................... 6 6
CA
O .................................. 34
PERATION
........................................... 34
C ....................... 37
ADIO ONFIGURATION
C .............................. 39
ONFIGURATION
........................................................ 42
M ................................... 44
IPE ANAGER
/O ......................................... 45
UTPUT
........................................ 45
RANSFER
C ............................. 63
ONFIGURATION
C ........................... 63
ONFIGURATION
C .............................. 63
ONFIGURATION
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