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Comtrend Corporation WAP-5940 User Manual

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WAP-5940
Wireless Video Bridge

User Manual

Version A1.1, November 1, 2016
261097-022

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    WAP-5940 Wireless Video Bridge User Manual Version A1.1, November 1, 2016 261097-022...
  • Page 2 Preface This manual provides information related to the installation and operation of this device. The individual reading this manual is presumed to have a basic understanding of telecommunications terminology and concepts. If you find the product to be inoperable or malfunctioning, please contact technical support for immediate service by email at INT-support@comtrend.com For product update, new product release, manual revision, or software upgrades,...
  • Page 3 Copyright Copyright©2016 Comtrend Corporation. All rights reserved. The information contained herein is proprietary to Comtrend Corporation. No part of this document may be translated, transcribed, reproduced, in any form, or by any means without prior written consent of Comtrend Corporation.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    OOLS ESTORE CHAPTER 7 SYSTEM ........................56 – U 7.1 S ........................56 YSTEM PGRADE – R 7.2 S ........................58 YSTEM EBOOT APPENDIX A - SPECIFICATIONS ....................59 APPENDIX B - WAP-5940 WDS CONFIGURATION USING AP MODE ........60...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction The WAP-5940 is an 802.11ac 4T4R wireless video bridge, with two Giga Ethernet ports. WAP-5940 performs AP to transmission package TCP/UDP to client, also supporting station mode, receiving packets and forwarding to the Ethernet port. WAP-5940 has a high power wireless design which supports 802.11ac 5Ghz band...

  • Page 6: Chapter 2 Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation 2.1 Hardware Setup Follow the instructions below to complete the hardware setup. BACK PANEL The figure below shows the back panel of the device. Power ON Press the power button to the OFF position (OUT). Connect the power adapter to the power port.
  • Page 7 Ethernet (LAN) Ports Use 1000-BASE-T RJ-45 cables to connect two network devices to a Gigabit LAN, or 10/100BASE-T RJ-45 cables for standard network usage. These ports are auto-sensing MDI/X; so either straight-through or crossover cable can be used. Reset Button To reboot the device press the Reset button for 1-5 seconds.

  • Page 8: Led Indicators

    2.2 LED Indicators The front panel LED indicators are shown below and explained in the following table. This information can be used to check the status of the device and its connections. Color Mode Description Power on POWER GREEN Power off Ethernet connected Ethernet not connected ETH1...
  • Page 9 WPS connection successful GREEN No WPS (5G) association process ongoing WPS (5G) connection in progress Blink WAP-5940 working in AP mode GREEN WAP-5940 working in Station mode WAP-5940 working in Station mode Station GREEN WAP-5940 working in AP mode...

  • Page 10: Initial Device Setup

    2.3 Initial Device Setup AP Device Setup Setup the first Wireless Video Bridge by plugging in the power adapter and press the Power Button to the ON position (IN). Set the Wireless Video Bridge to AP Mode by sliding the AP/Station Switch to the up position. Connect the Wireless Video Bridge to a Network Device (Gateway, Router, etc.) with an Ethernet (RJ-45) cable.
  • Page 11 Station Device Setup Setup the additional Wireless Video Bridge closest to the location you want to directly connect the Internet Enabled Device (STB, DVR, etc.). Plug in the power adapter and press the Power Button to the ON position (IN). Set the Wireless Video Bridge to Station Mode by sliding the AP/Station Switch to the down position.

  • Page 12: Setup Of Wireless Devices Via Wifi Protected Setup

    2.3.1 Setup of Wireless Devices via WiFi Protected Setup Press and release the WPS button on the device setup in AP Mode and the WPS LED will start to blink GREEN. Within two minutes press and release the WPS button on the device setup in Station Mode the WPS LED will start to blink GREEN.

  • Page 13: Setup Of Wireless Devices Via Manual Connection

    2.3.2 Setup of Wireless Devices via Manual Connection NOTE: If you do not wish to setup your Wireless Video Bridges via WPS you can set it up manually. 1. Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the LAN port of a Notebook/PC (setup with a fixed IP 10.0.0.11 and subnet mask 255.255.255.0) and the other end into the Ethernet port of the Wireless Video Bridge that is in Station Mode.
  • Page 14 3. Once you have accessed the Web UI, click Config> Wireless (as shown below). Next, click “Scan AP.” 4. Select an SSID (AP unit) and input the passphrase. The SSID and passphrase (WiFi Key) can be found a label on the bottom on the Wireless Video Bridge. Next, click “connect.”...

  • Page 15: Setup Complete

    5. To confirm that the connection is sucessful, check that the current SSID is the same as the one that you tried to connect to in the previous step. 2.3.3 Setup Complete Your Wireless Video Bridges are now setup! Enjoy your video streaming!

  • Page 16: Chapter 3 Web User Interface

    Chapter 3 Web User Interface This section describes how to access the device via the web user interface (WUI) using an Internet browser such as Internet Explorer (version 6.0 and later). 3.1 Default Settings The factory default settings of this device are summarized below. ...

  • Page 17: Ip Configuration

    3.2 IP Configuration STATIC IP MODE In static IP mode, you assign IP settings to your PC manually. Follow these steps to configure your PC IP address to use subnet 10.0.0.x. NOTE: The following procedure assumes you are running Windows. However, the general steps involved are similar for most operating systems (OS).

  • Page 18: Login Procedure

    3.3 Login Procedure Perform the following steps to login to the web user interface. NOTE: The default settings can be found in section 3.1 Default Settings. STEP 1: Start the Internet browser and enter the default IP address for the device in the Web address field.
  • Page 19 STEP 3: After successfully logging in for the first time (AP device in this example), you will reach the Status - Device screen AP (Access Point) shown here.

  • Page 20: Chapter 4 Status

    Chapter 4 Status 4.1 Status - Device This screen shows the status of the device. Menu Item Description Options Detail Device Name Name of the Comtrend device Gets the software Software The version number of version of the Version the current firmware current system...
  • Page 21 Uptime Displays the There are two types of uptime of the display, one kind is device minutes and days, another kind is XX:XX(hours:minutes) Device Mode AP or STA mode Access Point(AP) Device Acts as Access Station(STA) Point or Station. The [X] indicates the current device mode.

  • Page 22: Status - Wireless

    4.2 Status – Wireless This screen shows the wireless status of the device in AP mode. 4.2.1 AP Mode Menu Item Description Options Detail WiFi Interface Real wireless device name and MAC Address in Device Mode AP or STA mode Access Point(AP) Device Acts as Station (STA)
  • Page 23 802.11an supports Wireless Band Current system 802.11a or 802.11n and is Band 802.11an or backward compatible with 802.11ac 802.11a Bandwidth Per the 802.11a or 20 MHz 20 MHz operation 802.11an or 802.11ac standard Per 802.11an or 40 MHz 40 MHz operation 802.11ac standard Per the 802.11ac 80MHz...
  • Page 24 Packets Wireless packets Transmitted transmitted Successfully Bytes Total bytes Transmitted transmitted successfully This screen shows the information of all station devices which are connecting with the wifi0 of the AP. In above example, STA with MAC address 00:26:86:F0:30:83 00:26:86:01:14:43 are currently associated to the primary interface (wifi0), If more MACs are listed, more STA are connected with the wifi0.

  • Page 25: Sta Mode

    4.2.2 STA Mode This screen shows the wireless status of the device that acts as a STA. Menu Item Description Options Detail Device Mode AP or STA mode Access Point(AP) Device Acts as Station (STA) Access Point or Station 802.11an supports Wireless Band Current system 802.11a or...
  • Page 26 Per 802.11an or 40 MHz 40 MHz operation 802.11ac standard Per the 802.11ac 80MHz 80 MHz operation standard AP Mac Address The current In STA mode and (BSSID) associated BSSID associated to an of the Wi-Fi system AP: this will be the value of the AP’s MAC address.
  • Page 27 Bytes Received The total bytes received successfully Packets Wireless packets Transmitted transmitted Successfully Bytes Total bytes Transmitted transmitted successfully...

  • Page 28: Status - Networking

    4.3 Status – Networking This screen shows the status of the networking. Menu Item Description Options Detail IP Address The IP Address of Logged into the web the system GUI with this IP address. It can be changed in the Config Networking page.
  • Page 29 Wireless MAC This is the IEEE The WLAN MAC Address compliant MAC address address of the Wi-Fi interface BSSID The current In AP mode: this will associated BSSID be the SAME as the of the Wi-Fi system Wireless MAC address. In STA mode and associated to an AP: this will be the value...

  • Page 30: Status - Wds

    4.4 Status – WDS This screen shows the status of the WDS links. This option is not available on STA mode, the typical WDS link status includes:  The interface name of the WDS link, the name is managed by the system automatically, usually it is: WDS0/WDS1/WDS2…so on.

  • Page 31: Status - Mbss

    SSID, Broadcast, Association count and details of the station connected. This option is not available if the device is configured as a STA. instructions on setting up WAP-5940 as a WDS using AP mode, please refer to Appendix...
  • Page 32 Broadcast Enabled or disabled TRUE SSID will be SSID broadcast broadcasted FALSE Wi-Fi devices can’t scan out this SSID Association Associated STA >=0 The number of number STAs which are connected to the Virtual AP...

  • Page 33: Chapter 5 Config

    Chapter 5 Config 5.1 Config Wireless – This screen has two tab pages, “Basic” and “Advanced”. Basic Menu Item Description Options Detail Device Mode AP or STA mode Access Point Device Acts as Access Point Station Device Acts as Station...
  • Page 34 ESSID SSID of the AP Can be set to This will be the desired SSID SSID of the name wireless network. The STA must be configured to the same SSID and security (see below) to connect to the AP. Channel Available 5Ghz 36-48, 149-165 5.180-5.240,...
  • Page 35 Passphrase The current passphrase. Applies to AP only. Group Key Group key renewal Group key interval This is the interval interval(in sec) interval for needs to be at which the group enterprise security between 0 and key is renewed for 43200 clients associated to this SSID...
  • Page 36 802.11ac 802.11ac 5 GHz operation Bandwidth Per the 802.11a or 20 MHz 20 MHz operation 802.11an or 802.11ac standard Per the 802.11an 40 MHz 40 MHz operation or 802.11ac standard Per the 802.11ac 80MHz 80 MHz operation standard The maximum Auto number of spatial streams...
  • Page 37 Beacon Interval Set the interval of How often the the beacon device sends a Beacon. The interval should be between 25 and 5000. The default value is 100. DTIM Period Delivery Traffic The DTIM period Indication indicates how often Message clients serviced by the access point should check for...

  • Page 38: Config - Wps

    5.2 Config – WPS Connect to AP or STA without selecting an SSID and inputting a Passphrase. Menu Item Description Options Detail WPS State Set WPS states Disabled WPS disabled Not configured WPS enabled User can remotely change AP's wireless settings…SSID, Encryption and Passphrase for...
  • Page 39 Configured User needs to fill certain parameters to start WPS connection WPS PBC WPS push button Push button to start WPS connection WPS PIN For Web UI pin Character string This will be the PIN WPS pin mode used for Web UI WPS pin mode.

  • Page 40: Config - Mac Filter

    5.3 Config – MAC Filter This screen shows the MAC addresses filtering configurations that are used for the Menu Item Description Options Detail Wifi Interface Real wireless device name and MAC Address in CPE MAC Address The device filter NONE The AP can block a Filtering MAC address...
  • Page 41 “NONE”= Disable MAC address filtering. White list mode Accept a STA association request unless the MAC address for that STA has been blocked Black list mode Block a STA association request unless the MAC address for that STA has been authorized MAC Address Verify the MAC Checks whether the...

  • Page 42: Config - Networking

    5.4 Config – Networking These screens show the networking configuration. DHCP...
  • Page 43 Static IP Menu Item Description Options Detail DHCP or Static Set the network DHCP The device will try to configuration to get its IP address DHCP or Static IP with DHCP from a device like a router Static IP The device will use the static IP address IP Address The IP Address of...
  • Page 44 CAUTION: After selecting “Save”, the IP Address will change IMMEDIATELY. The Web UI must be pointed at the new address in order to continue your Web UI Session. Netmask Netmask of the IP address Ethernet MAC This is the IEEE The internal network Address compliant MAC...

  • Page 45: Config - Wds

    5.5 Config – WDS This screen shows the configuration of the WDS links. This option is not available if the device is configured as a STA. Menu Item Description Options Detail WDS checkbox To determine if the Checked The WDS link will WDS link is enabled be stored to a file after clicking the...
  • Page 46 MAC Address 48bit MAC address The WDS peer MAC address on the opposite side Passphrase 64 ASCII PSK Wi-Fi devices can see the SSID in scan. Now the passphrase string is displayed as "*******" instead. Empty The WDS link does not have security VLAN Virtual Lan for...

  • Page 47: Config - Mbss

    5.6 Config – MBSS One can create multiple Basic Service Set Identifiers (BSSIDs) on a device initially configured as an access point (AP). This capability is not available on a device configured as a STA. The first step in creating an additional BSSID is to create the wireless interface device for that BSSID.
  • Page 48 Menu Item Description Options Detail SSID SSID of the MBSS This will be the SSID of the wireless network. The other STAs must be configured to the same SSID and security to connect to the Virtual AP. VLAN Virtual Lan for different 1-4096 interface Broadcast...

  • Page 49: Config - Acs

    5.7 Config – ACS WAN Management Protocol CWMP (TR-069) allows an Auto-Configuration Server (ACS) to perform auto-configuration, provision, collection, and diagnostics to this device. Select desired values and click SAVE to configure TR-069 options. Menu Item Description Options Detail Enable Enable TR-069 Select to enable daemon connection...
  • Page 50 IP address and port the device uses to connect to the ACS Username Username used to authenticate on ACS Password Password used to authenticate on ACS Periodic Inform Activate / Unit is Deactivate the info second(s) message to ACS server Interval Periodic time interval of sending...
  • Page 51 Server Address IP address of device used to connect to the ACS which support STUN Server Port Port of device used to connect to the ACS which support STUN Username Username used to authenticate on ACS which support STUN Password Password used to authenticate on ACS which support STUN...

  • Page 52: Chapter 6 Tools

    Chapter 6 Tools 6.1 Tools – Log This page has the ability to directly view the PHY statistics of the device. Pressing the “Start” button will start a 10 second polling log. This data can be useful to assist in debugging the system. After selecting “Start”, the page will look similar to the image above.
  • Page 53 Metric Description Comments Tstamp This is the system time of the measurement taken from the internal system clock RxPkts This represents the number of packets that were successfully received over 1 second intervals. Each line represents 1 second of time. RxGain This is the higher receiver The maximum value of...
  • Page 54 Defers This number counts the Defers are common in busy number of times an WiFi environments attempted transmission was deferred due to the medium being busy. This is helpful in determining if an environment is very busy. Tout This is an indicator of Tx Timeouts are not common.

  • Page 55: Tools - Admin

    6.2 Tools – Admin This page is for administration of the user passwords. Menu Item Description Notes User Name The user name for login Only for the login privilege Old Passphrase Enter the original password of the user name New Passphrase Enter the new passphrase New Passphrase Enter the new passphrase...

  • Page 56: Tools - Restore

    6.3 Tools – Restore The Tools Restore page is for users to restore all the configurations of the device to factory defaults. There is also the option to restore the configuration files and reboot whilst retaining the IP settings. The Restore function also restores the password of the login user.

  • Page 57: Chapter 7 System

    This page will upload a binary image file. Please use bin file to upgrade which is named like “WAP-5940-EM51-3671361CTU-CXX_RXX.bin”. When you select the file and click “Upgrade”, the “Upgrade” button will be disabled and the page will display “Loading the image file..Please wait”, please wait for 2 minutes.
  • Page 58 When the firmware has been upgraded successfully, you will be automatically directed to the reboot page.

  • Page 59: System - Reboot

    7.2 System – Reboot The System Reboot page is for users to reboot the device.

  • Page 60: Appendix A - Specifications

    Appendix A - Specifications Hardware Interface  AP/Station Switch x 1  RJ-45 X 2 for Giga Ethernet port  Reset Button X 1  WPS button X 1  4x internal MIMO antenna  Power switch X 1  Power Jack X 1 Standard ...

  • Page 61: Appendix B - Wap-5940 Wds Configuration Using Ap Mode

    If the device is going to have static IP address, do not forget to change the other WAP-5940 IP address to avoid IP conflicts in the network. This will also give you the ability to reach each WAP-5940 individually. By...
  • Page 62 Log into the WAP-5940 using the default IP and username/password below. You will need to set a static IP address on your PC to connect. You can assign IP 10.0.0.10 on your PC to connect to the WAP-5940. http://10.0.0.2 Username: root Password: 12345 a.
  • Page 63 Do the same on the other WAP-5940. Click “Save” once done. d. Reboot both devices. e. Check the Status of the WDS link:  First WAP-5940 status:...
  • Page 64  Second WAP-5940 status: Configure the wireless setting on both WAP-5940 before connecting to your network.

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