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Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual
Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE

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Version： 1.0.0
Zhejiang Dahua Technology CO., LTD

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Version： 1.0.0 Zhejiang Dahua Technology CO., LTD...
  • Page 2  Statement The right of final explanation of this file belongs to Zhejiang Dahua Technology CO., LTD; our company is not liable for any damage of the device caused by unauthorized use.  Noun Definition and Acronym Descrip tion ...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Table of Contents Product Overview ......................- 1 - 1.1 Product Introduction ..........................- 1 - 1.2 Electrical Specifications ........................- 3 - 1.3 Product Packaging List ........................- 5 - 1.4 Product Features ..........................- 6 - 1.5 Application Range ..........................
  • Page 4 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual 11.4 Route Mode Networking........................- 36 - 12. FAQ..........................- 38 - 13. Construction attention for wireless bridge and monitoring....... - 40 - 13.1 Construction attention ........................- 40 - 13.2 Test Situation ........................... - 41 -...

  • Page 5: Product Overview

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual 1 Product Overview PFM88X series device is a device with unique built-in TDMA wireless technology, which integrates industry-leading core technology and has the features of long distance transmission, high throughput rate and strong anti-interference.
  • Page 6 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual anti-interference ability of device wireless transmission. PFM88X series wireless device owns following advantages compared with other brand products: Integrated Technology PFM88X with built-in operating system integrated TDMA, which effectively solved the problem of hidden node which bothers large-scale point-to-multipoint WLAN. Operating system adopts advanced rate control algorithm which can quickly adapt to channel quality change and at the same time keep the rate stable as much as possible.

  • Page 7: Electrical Specifications

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual 5.8G frequency band is relatively less. 5.8G device will be more susceptible to interference when the use of 5.8G device is very extensive. However, PFM88X products increased support for 5.8G nearby frequency, which will make the working frequency expand to 4920MHz-6100MHz. Because the interference of some frequencies is very little, the client working in these frequencies and performance of access point are better than other frequencies.
  • Page 8 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Working Frequency 5470-5825 MHz Band Wireless SRRC Authentication Wireless Direction Horizontal 90°，vertical 12° Horizontal 40°，vertical 15° Angle 11n:13.5/15/27/30/40.5/45/54/60/81/90/108/120/121.5/135/150/162/ 180/216/240/270/300Mbps (40+MHz Channel width) Transmission Rate 11n ： 130/117/104/78/65/58.5/52/39/26/19.5/13/6.5Mbps (20+MHz Channel width) 11a ：54/48/36/24/18/12/9/6Mbps(self-adaption) Power Module Port 1*POE RJ45(IN: 220V, OUT: 24V/0.5A)、1*LAN RJ45...

  • Page 9: Product Packaging List

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Auto timing Support (Auto optimize parameter within long-distance Adjustment communication and make the performance optimal） NTP, SNMP, Syslog, Telnet Management Webpage Configuration Support webpage configuration Management Firmware Update Support Firmware webpage update Long-Distance ≤40Mbps@3km ≤30Mbps@5km...

  • Page 10: Product Features

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual  Quick configuration manual；  Compact disc；  Ribbon *2； 1.4 Product Features  Adopt high performance 802.11n 2X2 MIMO chip，max rate 300Mbps，outdoor max transmission distance 5km  Excellent far field rate performance: throughput rate≤40Mbps@3km，≤30Mbps/5km（under the condition of hollowness）...

  • Page 11: Application Range

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual  Remote control and management through webpage, easy for configuration.  Water-proof and ultraviolet-proof cover ensures outdoor stable operation for the device. 1.5 Application Range 1. Safe towns, safe construction sites, safe scenic area 2.
  • Page 12 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual right are signal intensity indicator, see sheet 5 for more details. Figure 1 Color Status POWER Green Light on means PFM88X connected power Green Light on means PFM88X LAN port is connected to external device...

  • Page 13: Product Installation

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual 2 Product Installation The line connection mode is different under different network mode, because the device default setting is bridge mode. This chapter mainly describes the line connection mode of bridge mode, please refer to chapter 7 network setting for the connection mode of route mode.

  • Page 14: Restore Default Factory Setting

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual 2.2 Restore Default Factory Setting We can choose manual operation when users forget the IP of PFM88X and can’t open the webpage. See Figure 3 for more details; press Reset button for 5-10 seconds, let go when all the LED lights are on, and the device has been restored default factory setting.

  • Page 15: Quick Configuration

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual 3 Quick Configuration This chapter mainly describes how to make quick configuration to Bridge device and make it work normally. 3.1 Log In Login PFM88X configuration work is made up of setting the host which connects PFM88X directly and log in, operation steps are as follows: 1.

  • Page 16: Device Quick Configuration Through Setting Wizard

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Figure 4 3. IP address is set the same network segment IP of PFM88X, which is shown in Figure 4, and the IP can’t be the same as PFM88X. For example: the IP of PFM88X is 192.168.1.36, then the host IP can be set as 192.168.1.180;...
  • Page 17 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Figure 5 2. Click “Setting Wizard” on the left, as shown in Figure 6. The wizard can help users to make quick configuration to the device, such as network configuration, wireless mode and etc.
  • Page 18 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Figure 7 4. Click “Next” and it will display basic wireless mode and wireless security options, as shown in Figure 8. Two of most commonly used wireless mode of PFM88X device are “client” and “access point”.
  • Page 19 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Figure 8 5. Click “Next” and it will display working scenario option, as shown in Figure 9. Please enable “custom scenario” if the users need to customize working scenario, then click “Next” to display custom scenario configuration.
  • Page 20 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual ACK-Timeout Auto Adjustment: Users are recommended to open “ACK-Timeout Auto Adjustment”, this option can auto test the distance between two devices and set parameters according to this distance to optimize wireless connection quality. Distance: If “ACK-Timeout Auto Adjustment” option is open, then the distance setting will become invalid, system will auto test device distance and optimize connection quality.

  • Page 21: Tdma

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual 4. TDMA Currently, most long-distance wireless broadband network bridge products developed from 802.11 WLAN technologies. The built-in operation system integrated TDMA，5M/10M/20M/40MHz bandwidth flexible configuration, rate control, ACK timeout auto adjustment and several other industry-leading technology, which is an ideal product of long-distance wireless broadband access.

  • Page 22: Status Display

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Attention: The TDMA of AP and client should both be open when you want to enable TDMA function. The TDMA from other factories can’t communicate with our TDMA. If both our device and device from other factories enable TDMA, then both sides can’t be connected.

  • Page 23: Real-Time Monitoring

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual with route mode route mode Network Mode Operation mode, route Network Name of wireless network mode or bridge mode Name Frequency/Channel Communication channel Channel width Four types: 5M、10M、20M、 20/40M AUTO Wireless Mode Client, access point,...
  • Page 24 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Figure 14 Routes Table: The routing list stores the paths which point to the network for PFM88X device. See Figure 15 for more information. Figure 15 Bridging Device Table: PFM 88X acquired the corresponding relation between device MAC address which communicate though it recently and aging time.

  • Page 25: Wireless Setting

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual 6. Wireless Setting See Figure 18 for more information about wireless setting. Figure 18 There are five types of wireless mode of the device: AP mode, client mode, WDS client mode, WDS Repeater AP Mode: Client device like computer, cell phone, wireless bridge and etc can connect to wireless access node.
  • Page 26 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Network Name (SSID): Used to control the value of access to wireless network. When other devices try to connect to this device, only with same setting of SSID can they realize intercommunication and build LAN.

  • Page 27: Network Setting

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual WPA: A kind of specification based on standard to enhance the interoperable safety, which has greatly increased the control level of data protection and access in the existing and future WLAN system. It is designed into the form of software upgrading and run on the existing hardware, Wi-Fi Protected Access is from and will be compatible with the future IEEE 802.11i standard.
  • Page 28 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Figure 20 WAN Mode: Wan mode is about WAN port being set static IP address and DHCP. Users need to manually set IP, subnet mask and etc when it is set as static IP. The device will auto get IP address from DHCP server when it is set as DHCP.

  • Page 29: Bridge Mode

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual 7.2 Bridge Mode There is no WAN port for bridge mode. Both the LAN port on POE power supplier and the LAN2 port on PFM88X are LAN ports, users can select one network port to connect according to his own demand.

  • Page 30: Advanced Settings

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Filter all other devices except the device with IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Select IP filter as accept, and set any item among IP1～IP10 as the IP to be accepted. Only accept some device After firewall is enabled, select MAC filtering mode as accept, set any item among Mac1～Mac10 as the MAC address of the device to be accepted.
  • Page 31 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Distance: The distance setting will be invalid if the “ACK-Timeout auto adjustment” is open. The system will auto test the device distance and optimize connection quality. Users need to close “ACK-Timeout Auto Adjustment” if they want to make the self-set distance valid.

  • Page 32: System Settings

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual 100Mbps. Signal Intensity LED Setting: The setting of LED1, LED2 and LED3 here is the signal intensity value which is needed to light three LED lights. The signal intensity value of LED3 is the biggest (LED3>LED2>LED1), default settings are LED1:-86dB, LED2:-71dB and LED3:-56dB respectively.
  • Page 33 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Figure 23 Figure 24 Back-up Configuration File: Click to download; backup the configuration on the current webpage, pay attention that you can’t modify the configuration file content manually. Uploading Configuration File: Click to browse, select the previously-downloaded configuration file, click to upload, then you can restore the device configuration to it is when backuping configuration file.

  • Page 34: Tools Application

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Firmware Restart: Click restart and the device begins to restart. Restore Factory Settings: Click the factory setting on the webpage, then the device configuration will restore to factory settings after a period of time.
  • Page 35 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Figure 25 Ping IP: When user set a device IP in the ping IP bar, click ping, then ping’s result is Alive if the device is connected to PFM88X. Otherwise, it will be Not Alive.
  • Page 36 SNMP Agency: SNMP agency allows network administrator to monitor network performance, search and solve network problems. Such as SNMP agency option enabled, fill in the name of a user in SNMP community, such as dahua, then fill in user’s corresponding mailbox: leo@dahuatech.com , fill in creatcomm for location information, then save and apply.

  • Page 37: Common Networking Mode

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual 11. Common Networking Mode 11.1 Wireless Point-to-Point We generally set one DH-PFM881 as access point, and the other as client during point-to-point communication, see Figure 26 for more information. Figure 26 Two PFM88X network setting page -> network mode are both set as bridge mode; firewall is forbidden for both PFM88X and set different LAN IP;...

  • Page 38: Wireless Point-To-Multipoint

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Use one computer to ping another one, which means inputting ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (IP of another computer) in one computer; Expected Result: After the connection between access point and client, the computer which connected access point and client can be interpinged, meanwhile, you can see the number of connections is one on the page of status display for access point.

  • Page 39: Wireless Coverage Bilnd Angle Adjustment Mode

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Wireless page -> set wilreless mode as access point and client respectively, both AP and client are set as the same SSID, set the same way of encryption and password for wireless encryption, like WPA->WPA2->CCMP->1234567890, it is recommended to finish configuration according to device...

  • Page 40: Route Mode Networking

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Figure 28 Wired connection for two bck-to-back devices Downlinked client device is set as access point, uplinked central AP device is set as client Refer to 11.1 and 11.2 for detailed configuration Expected Result: After the connection between access point and client, the computer which connected access point and client can be interpinged, meanwhile, you can see the number of connections is N on the page of status display for access point.
  • Page 41 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual Figure 29 1. Network setting page -> network mode are both set as route mode, firewall is forbidden. Users can set WAN mode as DHCP or static IP according to the fact whether there is DHCP server on the main...

  • Page 42: Faq

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual 10 to set the parameters of DHCPD. The network name of wireless connection is the WiFi network you set in advance, after the computer is connected to PFM88X, the WAN port address of ping PFM88X, for example, the WAN port IP of ping PFM88X is 192.168.2.50, then you just input ping 192.168.2.50；...
  • Page 43 Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual environment. Users can detect the following steps to make sure the max possible connection rate is obtained. (1) The location of wireless access point Try to adjust the location and direction of wireless access point.

  • Page 44: Construction Attention For Wireless Bridge And Monitoring

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual difference between two devices over 20M if the width of communication channel is 20M. 7. Packet loss and big time delay for ping device address of the computer (1) Port isolation for AP which connects the same POE switch.

  • Page 45: Test Situation

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual 3. Geographical environment Place for the farthest distance of communication is sea level and clear flat land, which is the generally-used geographical condition to evaluate the communication distance of wireless communication devices. The second farthest are places like rural area, hill, riverbed and other half obstacle, half open environment.

  • Page 46: Reference Setting

    Dahua 5.8GHz Wireless AP/CPE User Manual District City of Shanghai, and one site is located on the 12th floor in a community while the other site is located on the 5th floor in an office building, which can basically be directly visible without any obvious blocks.

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