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  • Page 1 See Station SS-MES-CPE User Manual Version. 1.2.2 (24.02.2006)

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE............................3 CH 1. MCPE-1924 INSTALLATION ....................4 ..........................4 ACKING ......................4 ARDWARE NSTALLATION CH 2. FIRST TIME CONFIGURATION ..................6 ......................6 EFORE TART TO ONFIGURE ...................7 NOWING THE ETWORK PPLICATION ........................30 DVANCED ETTINGS ....................33 ONFIGURING IRELESS ECURITY WLAN C ...................
  • Page 3 CLI M ......................... 63 SING ......................66 YSTEM ANAGEMENT SNMP A ..........................67 GENT ........................69 IRMWARE PGRADE & R .................. 70 ONFIGURATION ACKUP ESTORE ....................... 71 ISCOVERY...

  • Page 4: Preface

    Preface This guide is for the networking professional who installs and manages the Mesh City MCPE-1924 outdoor product hereafter referred to as the “device”. To use this guide, You should have experience working with the TCP/IP configuration and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of wireless local area networks.

  • Page 5: Ch 1. Mcpe-1924 Installation

    MCPE-1924 Installation Packing List Before you start to install the ODU, make sure the package contains the following items： Wireless Outdoor CPE (Customer premise unit) ● Mounting Kit * 1 ● Power Over Ethernet Kit * 1 ● Ground Connection * 1 ●...
  • Page 6 the figure of “ODU ground wire connection.” 4. Plug the other end of the waterproof RJ-45 cable to the PoE device. The PoE device is guaranteed only in indoor environment. Caution: DON’T plug the power cord into PoE device before you finish install the antenna and Ground wire to ensure the safety.

  • Page 7: Ch 2. First Time Configuration

    Ch 2. First Time Configuration Before Start to Configure There are two ways to configure the device, one is through web-browser, and the other is through Secure Shell CLI interface. To access the configuration interfaces, make sure you are using a computer connected to the same network as the device.

  • Page 8: Knowing The Network Application

    running. Do not have multiple DHCP servers in your network environment, otherwise it will cause abnormal situation. We also provide an auto-discovery tool which is for finding out the IP of the device. In case, you’ve forgot the IP of the device or the IP of the device has been changed, you can use the tool to find out the IP of the device even your PC is not in the same subnet as the device is.
  • Page 9 The wireless radio of the device acts as the following roles. AP (Access Point) The wireless radio of device serves as communications “hub” for wireless clients and provides a connection to a wired LAN. AP Client This mode provides the capability to connect with the other AP using infrastructure/Ad-hoc networking types.
  • Page 10 Internet Broadband Modem Router Mode With WDS + AP Bridge Mode Bridge Mode WISP Mode With With WDS + AP Bridge Mode...
  • Page 11 Examples of Configuration DEV 1 Internet LAN 192.168.2.254/24 WAN PPPoE connection Broadband Wireless Channel: 11 / SSID: ZPlus-G120-DEV1 Modem MAC Address of WLAN (BSSID) 000000042728 DHCP Server enabled (IP Pool 192.168.2.1~253) Router Mode With WDS + AP DEV 4 192.168.2.x 192.168.2.x LAN 192.168.3.1/24 WAN Dynamic IP address...
  • Page 12 Press “Next>>” button then set the “Operation Mode” to “Router” mode. Press “Next>>” button then disable “Time Zone” function. Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. Press “Next>>” button then select the “PPPoE” for “WAN Access Type” and fill in the “User Name”...
  • Page 13 Press “Next>>” button then select the “AP+WDS” for “mode” and change the SSID to “DEV1”. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button. 10. Wait for refreshing web page. 11. Use “WDS Settings” page to configure WDS.
  • Page 14 12. Enable WDS function and add the BSSID of DEV2 to “Current WDS AP List”. 13. Since we access the device by wireless connection, it may temporarily disconnect when applying the WDS setting. After re-connecting to the device, use the “Status” page to check the settings.
  • Page 15 Configure DEV2: Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you not able to access the web server of device. If the situation happens, please try to clean the ARP table of your PC by DOS command “arp –d”...
  • Page 16 Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. Press “Next>>” button then select the “AP+WDS” for “mode” and change the SSID to “DEV2”. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button. Wait for refreshing web page.
  • Page 17 Access the web server by new IP address “192.168.2.202” then use “LAN Interface” page to disable DHCP Server. 10. Wait for refreshing web page. 11. Use “WDS Settings” page to configure WDS.
  • Page 18 12. Enable WDS function and add the BSSID of DEV1 to “Current WDS AP List”. 13. Use the “Status” page to check the settings.
  • Page 19 Configure DEV3: Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you not able to access the web server of device.
  • Page 20 Access the web server by new IP address “192.168.2.203” then use “Basic Settings” page to change SSID and CHANNEL. Use the “Status” page to check the settings.
  • Page 21 Configure DEV4: Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you unable to access the web server of device.
  • Page 22 Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. Press “Next>>” button then select the “DHCP Client” for “WAN Access Type”. Press “Next>>” button then select the “Client” for “mode” and change the SSID to “DEV4”. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished”...
  • Page 23 10. Change the IP address of your PC to 192.168.3.x then access the web server by the new IP address “192.168.3.1” and use “Status” page check the setting. 11. If the “State” of “Wireless Configuration” is not “Connected” or you want to refresh the “RSSI “, please use “Site Survey”...
  • Page 24 Configure DEV5: Access the web server (http://192.168.2.254) of device from the Ethernet port. Caution If you configure multiple devices in the same PC, since the devices have the same default IP address but different MAC addresses, it may cause you unable to access the web server of device.
  • Page 25 Press “Next>>” button then set the IP address of LAN interface. Press “Next>>” button then select the “Client” for “mode” and change the SSID to “DEV5”. Press “Next>>” button then select “None” for “Encryption” then press “Finished” button. Wait for refreshing web page. Access the web server by the new IP address “192.168.2.205”...
  • Page 26 Interface” page to disable DHCP Server. 10. Wait for refreshing webpage. 11. Use “State” page to check setting.
  • Page 27 12. If the “State” of “Wireless Configuration” is not “Connected” or you want to refresh the “RSSI “, please use “Site Survey” page to re-connect a AP.
  • Page 28 Basic Settings Disable Wireless LAN Interface Disable the wireless interface of device Band: The device supports 2.4GHz(B), 2.4GHz(G) and 2.4GHz(B+G) mixed modes. Mode: The radio of device supports different modes as following: 1. AP The radio of device acts as an Access Point to serves all wireless clients to join a wireless local network.
  • Page 29 Infrastructure: This type requires the presence of 802.11b/g Access Point. All communication is done via the Access Point. Ethernet AP Client #1 AP Client #2 Ad Hoc: This type provides a peer-to-peer communication between wireless stations. All the communication is done from Client to Client without any Access Point involved.
  • Page 30 The following table is the available frequencies (in MHz) for the 2.4-GHz radio: Channel No. Frequency Country Domain 2412 Americas, EMEA, Japan, and China 2417 Americas, EMEA, Japan, and China 2422 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, and China 2427 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, and China 2432 Americas, EMEA, Japan, Israel, and China 2437...

  • Page 31: Advanced Settings

    Advanced Settings These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have sufficient knowledge about wireless LAN. These settings should not be changed unless you know what effect the changes will have on your device. The default setting is optimized for the normal operation.
  • Page 32 can be useful in areas where many client devices are associating with the device, or in areas where the clients are far apart and can detect only the device and not each other. You can enter a setting ranging from 0 to 2347 bytes.
  • Page 33 Block WLAN Relay (Isolate Client) The device supports isolation function. If you are building a public Wireless Network, enable this function can provide better security. The device will block packets between wireless clients (relay). All the wireless clients connected to the device can’t see each other.

  • Page 34: Configuring Wireless Security

    Configuring Wireless Security This device provides complete wireless security function include WEP, 802.1x, WPA-TKIP, WPA2-AES and WPA2-Mixed in different mode (see the Security Support Table). The default security setting of the encryption function is disabled. Choose your preferred security setting depending on what security function you need. WEP Encryption Setting Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is implemented in this device to prevent unauthorized access to your wireless network.
  • Page 35 When you decide to use the WEP encryption to secure your WLAN, please refer to the following setting of the WEP encryption: 64-bit WEP Encryption：64-bit WEP keys are as same as the encryption method of 40-bit WEP. You can input 10 hexadecimal digits (0~9, a~f or A~F) or 5 ACSII chars.
  • Page 36 (Shared Secret) and Port number of the target RADIUS server. WPA Encryption Setting WPA feature provides a high level of assurance for end-users and administrators that their data will remain private and access to their network restricted to authorized users. You can choose the WPA encryption and select the Authentication Mode.

  • Page 37: Configuring As Wlan Client Adapter

    Configuring as WLAN Client Adapter This device can be configured as a wireless Ethernet adapter. In this mode, the device can connect to the other wireless stations (Ad-Hoc network type) or Access Point (Infrastructure network type) and you don’t need to install any driver.
  • Page 38 The alternative way to configure as following: Step 1. In “Wireless Site Survey” page, select one of the SSIDs you want to connect and then press “Connect” button to establish the link. Step 2. If the linking is established successfully. It will show the message “Connect successfully”.
  • Page 39 Note ： If the available network requires authentication and data encryption, you need to setup the authentication and encryption before step1 and all the settings must be as same as the Access Point or Station. About the detail authentication and data encryption settings, please refer the security section. Authentication Type In client mode, the device also supports two Authentication Types “Open system”...

  • Page 40: Configuring Universal Repeater

    Configuring Universal Repeater This device can be configured as a Repeater. In this mode, the device can extend available wireless range of other AP let user can link the network that they want, Also the device working as AP and Repeater same time. Following two ways describe how to make Universal Repeater effective.
  • Page 41 Changes button to take effective.

  • Page 42: Ch 3. Configuring Wds

    Ch 3. Configuring WDS Wireless Distribution System (WDS) uses wireless media to communicate with the other devices, like the Ethernet does. This function allows one or more remote LANs connect with the local LAN. To do this, you must set these devices in the same channel and set MAC address of other devices you want to communicate with in the WDS AP List and then enable the WDS.
  • Page 43 Star topology: LAN 1 WDS #5 WDS #2 WDS #1 LAN 5 LAN 2 WDS #4 WDS #3 LAN 4 LAN3 Spanning Tree Device Entries of WDS AP List Protocol Required WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 WDS2 The MAC Address of WDS1 WDS3...

  • Page 44: Wds Application

    Mesh topology： LAN 1 WDS #1 LAN 5 LAN 2 WDS #2 WDS #5 WDS #4 WDS #3 LAN 4 LAN3 Device Entries of WDS AP List Spanning Tree Protocol Required WDS1 The MAC Addresses of WDS2, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 WDS2 The MAC Addresses of WDS1, WDS3, WDS4 and WDS5 WDS3...
  • Page 45 Ethernet Wireless station Repeater Spanning Tree Description Entries of WDS AP List Protocol Required Access Point The MAC Address of Repeater Repeater The MAC Address of Access Point Wireless Bridge Wireless Bridge can establish a wireless connection between two or more Wired LANs.

  • Page 46: Ch 4. Advanced Configurations

    Ch 4. Advanced Configurations Configuring LAN to WAN Firewall Filtering function is used to block packets from LAN to WAN. The device supports three kinds of filter Port Filtering, IP Filtering and MAC Filtering. All the entries in current filter table are used to restrict certain types of packets from your local network to through the device.

  • Page 47: Mac Filtering

    MAC Filtering When you enable the MAC Filtering function, you can specify the MAC Addresses in current filter table. Once the source MAC Address of outgoing packets match the MAC Addresses in the table, the firewall will block this packet from LAN to WAN. Configuring Port Forwarding (Virtual Server) This function allows you to automatically redirect common network services...

  • Page 48: Multiple Servers Behind Nat Example

    SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) DNS (Domain Name System) Finger HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) POP3 (Post Protocol) NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol) SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) SNMP trap SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) 5060 PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) 1723 Multiple Servers behind NAT Example: In this case, there are two PCs in the local network accessible for outside users.

  • Page 49: Configuring Wan Interface

    Enable DMZ: Enable the “Enable DMZ”, and then click “Apply Changes” button to save the changes. DMZ Host IP Address: Input the IP Address of the computer that you want to expose to Internet. Internet AP Client Device with Router Mode enabled DNS Host Configuring WAN Interface The device supports four kinds of IP configuration for WAN interface,...

  • Page 50: Static Ip

    Static IP You can get the IP configuration data of Static-IP from your ISP. And you will need to fill the fields of IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, and one of the DNS addresses. IP Address: The Internet Protocol (IP) address of WAN interface provided by your ISP or MIS.

  • Page 51: Dhcp Client (Dynamic Ip)

    DHCP Client (Dynamic IP) All IP configuration data besides DNS will obtain from the DHCP server when DHCP-Client WAN Access Type is selected. DNS1~3: The IP addresses of DNS provided by your ISP. (Domain Name Server) is used to map domain names to IP addresses.

  • Page 52: Pptp

    User Name: The account provided by your ISP Password: The password for your account. Connect Type: “Continuous “ : connect to ISP permanently “Manual” : Manual connect/disconnect to ISP “On-Demand” : Automatically connect to ISP when user need to access the Internet. Idle Time: The number of inactivity minutes to disconnect from ISP.

  • Page 53: Configuring Clone Mac Address

    IP Address: The Internet Protocol (IP) address of WAN interface provided by your ISP or MIS. The address will be your network identifier besides your local network. Subnet Mask: The number used to identify the IP subnet network, indicating whether the IP address can be recognized on the LAN or if it must be reached through a gateway.
  • Page 54 Clone MAC address for DHCP Client WAN access type Clone MAC address for Static IP WAN access type Clone MAC address for PPPoE WAN access type...

  • Page 55: Configuring Dhcp Server

    Clone MAC address for PPTP WAN access type Physical LAN interface MAC address clone Configuring DHCP Server To use the DHCP server inside the device, please make sure there is no other DHCP server existed in the same network as the device. Enable the DHCP Server option and assign the client range of IP addresses as following page.

  • Page 56: Bandwidth Control

    When the DHCP server is enabled and also the device router mode is enabled then the default gateway for all the DHCP client hosts will set to the IP address of device. Bandwidth Control This functionality can control Bandwidth of Up/Downstream 1.
  • Page 57 2. Parameter Definition Label Description Upstream Data Rate Speed of transmit data that from Ethernet interface to Wireless interface. Upstream Latency Similar a waiting time the data queuing- time. Upstream Burst Packet Similar a buffer the data will into the buffer while the data is transmit or receive.

  • Page 58: Qos (Quality Of Service)

    QoS (Quality of Service) Filter Priority and IP-ToS have not finished yet and also fine tuning. QoS allows you to specify some rules, to ensure the quality of service in your network. Such as use Bandwidth Priority concept to allocate bandwidth. This function can be helpful in shaping and queuing traffic from LAN (WLAN) to WAN or LAN to WLAN, but not WLAN to WLAN.
  • Page 59 1. Enable QoS and enter Max Throughput (default 20Mbps) 、 Bandwidth Ratio (default H:50%, M:30%, L:20%) The following table describes the labels in this part. Label Description QoS Enabled Select this check box to enable quality of service. Bandwidth Borrowed Select this check box to allow a rule to borrow unused bandwidth.
  • Page 60 2. QoS Rule settings The following table describes the labels in this part. Label Description IP Address Enter source/destination IP Address in dotted decimal notation. Netmask Once the source/destination IP Address is entered, the subnet mask address must be filled in this field. MAC Address Enter source/destination MAC Address.
  • Page 61 Apply Changes Click this button to save and apply your settings. Reset Click this button to begin re-input the parameters. Current QoS setting table In this part, you can see how many rules have been specified. And you can see the detail about the rules and manage the rules.

  • Page 62: Static Route Setup

    Static Route Setup User can set the routing information let the Router knows what routing is correct also it can not learn automatically through other means. Network 1 Network 2 Network 3 Network 4 For example, if user wants to link the Network 3 and Network 4 separately from Network 1 that Routing Table configuration as blow: 1.

  • Page 63: Dynamic Route Setup

    2. Enter IP Address of Network 4、Subnet Mask and IP Address of Router (R2) in Default Gateway field final click Apply Change button. 3. In Static Route Table there have two routings for Network 3 and Network 4 Dynamic Route Setup The Dynamic Route utilizes RIP1/2 to transmit and receive the route information with other Routers.

  • Page 64: Vpn Pass-Through

    3. In Dynamic Routing Table there have two routings for Network 3 and Network 4 VPN Pass-through This functionality let the device can Pass-through the VPN packets including PPTP/ L2TP/IPsec VPN Connection. VPN Connection (VPN Passthrough) Laptop 1 VPN Client VPN Server 1.
  • Page 65 This program won’t execute automatically when user login the device. User must manually execute it by typing the case-sensitive command “cli”. Please note that any modified settings won’t save permanently until user “Apply Changes to Flash” or reboot it. The new settings modified by CLI will take effect after rebooting the device.
  • Page 66 Operation Mode 1: Router 2: Bridge 0: Cancel Wireless Setting A. Basic Settings B. Advanced Settings C. Security Settings D. Access Control Settings E. WDS Settings 0. Exit TCP/IP-LAN Setting A. IP Address B. Subnet Mask C. Default Gateway D. DHCP E .

  • Page 67: The System Management

    The System Management Password Protection Both Web-Browser and SSH configuration interfaces have password protection. To disable the Web-Browser password protection just leave the “User Name” field to blank then click “Apply Changes” button. To change the password of user “root” for SSH session, please use the CLI menu item G.

  • Page 68: Snmp Agent

    SNMP Agent This device is compatible with SNMP v1/v2c and provide standard MIB II. Currently only the “public” community string is available and the modified settings by SNMP SET request will be lost after rebooting the device. 1. Enable SNMP and then enter IP Address of SNMP Manager in Trap Receiver IP Address field and Community String in System Community String field.
  • Page 69 3. SNMP Traps Traps Description coldStart(0) The trap from device after reboot the device linkDown(2) The trap is sent when any of the links are down. See the following table. linkup(3) The trap is sent when any of the links are UP.

  • Page 70: Firmware Upgrade

    1.3.6.1.4.1.99.3 - Channel 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.4 - Band 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.5 - RSSI 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.6 - Active_Clients 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.7 - Active_Clients_List 1.3.6.1.4.1.99.8 - Encryption Firmware Upgrade Firmware Types The firmware for this device is divided into 2 parts, one is web pages firmware the other is application firmware, and the naming usually are g120webpage.bin and g120linux.bin.

  • Page 71: Configuration Data Backup & Restore

    The Web-Browser upgrading interface is the simplest and safest way for user, it will check the firmware checksum and signature, and the wrong firmware won’t be accepted. After upgrading, the device will reboot and please note that depends on the version of firmware, the upgrading may cause the device configuration to be restored to the factory default setting, and the original configuration data will be lost! To upgrade firmware, just assign the file name with full path then click...

  • Page 72: Auto Discovery Tool

    filename with full path at your local host, then you can backup configuration data to local host or restore configuration data to the device. Auto Discovery Tool User can use this tool to find out how many devices in your local area network The name of tool is WirelessConf.exe it in the packing CD.
  • Page 73 1. Discover After press this button, you could see there are how many devices in your network. And you would see the basic information about these devices, such as: SSID IP Address Subnet Mask Channel number MAC Address Active Client: this field shows how many clients associated with the device RSSI: this field shows Received Signal Strength Indication while device is on AP-Client mode 2.
  • Page 75 4. WDS If the device you selected is on WDS mode or AP+WDS mode, you could press WDS button, and then you would see the WDS List window. 5. Active Clients After press Active Clients button, you would see WLAN AP Active Clients window.
  • Page 76 6. Connect to Web Server If you want connect to device’s web server, you could press this button, or double-click on the device. 7. Close You could press this button to leave this tool.

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