AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge WHB-5854A 5~5.8GHz 802.11a Outdoor Wireless Bridge User’s Manual Default IP Address is 192.168.1.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge FCC Notice: 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.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge PREFACE The OvisLink Corp. is so honored to offer you this product – “AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge”. The AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge is cost-effective to expand or relocate your local wired networks (LANs). This advanced design suits the goal to create an unwired working environment. The AirLive WHB-5854A with IEEE 802.11a feature is the wireless solution for building-to-building.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge Table of contents PREFACE ................................................................................................................................................................................3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ..........................................................................................................................................................4 TABLE OF CONTENTS .........................................................................
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 7.1 UNPACK THE SHIPMENT ..................................................................................................................................................45 7.1.1 Required Tools:....................................................................................................................................................45 7.1.2 Product................................................................................................................
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge Table of contents Picture 01 Bridge outlook Picture 02 Bridge Architecture Picture 03 Bridge Picture 04 Connection1 Picture 05 IP Discover Tool Picture 06 Find out the IP and MAC address Picture 07 Start Menu Picture 08 Network Connection Picture 09 Local Area Connection Properties Picture 10 Internet Protocol Properties Picture 11 Enter Username and Password Picture 12 Statistic Page Picture 13 Region/Country Setup Picture 14 Manually setup IP address Picture 15 Au
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge MANUAL CONVENTIONS Bold Bold type within paragraph text indicates commands, file names, directory names, paths, output, or returned values. Italic Within commands, italics indicate a variable that the user must specify. Titles of manuals or other published documents are also set in italics. Courier The courier font indicates output or display.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge DISCLAIMER The AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge User Manual Document No.: 50-5000(REV: 3.2a), April. 10, 2005. COPYRIGHT © 2005 OvisLink Corp. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Any part of this publication could not be copied, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language in any form or any means, electronic, magnetic, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of OvisLink Corp. 2F, No.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 1. Introduction The AirLive WHB-5854A is designed for the outdoor environment. It will function under the strict weather as the following passages you see. About the further protection, the bridge and Power over Ethernet adapter are built with the lightning protector. This advanced innovation is to help you to increase from the productivity, cost-effective, mobile Internet access, to other sections.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 2. AirLive WHB-5854A Hardware FEATURE 2.1 Hardware Outline Picture 01 Bridge outlook 2.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 2.3 Product Feature ¾ Temperature — The wireless bridge is tested for normal operation in temperatures from -33°C to 55°C. Operating in temperatures outside of this range may cause the unit to fail. ¾ Wind Velocity — The wireless bridge can operate in winds up to 90 MPH and survive higher wind speeds up to 125 MPH.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 2.5 Product Connection Feature 2.5.1 External Antenna & Power over Ethernet (PoE) Cable Connector PoE Cable Connector External Antenna Connector Picture 03 Bridge 2.5.2 Grounding Screw 1) Be grounding strip connection. 2) Proper grounding is always for the safety consideration. 2.5.3 Caution over Cable Connection (1) Crossover Ethernet cable connects to Input port and link to host PC. (2) Straight Ethernet cable connects to Input port and link to LAN Device (ex.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 2.6 Product Warranty This AirLive product is warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from date of shipment. During the warranty period time, the OvisLink Corp.will either repair or replace products which to be defective. For warranty service or repair, this product must be returned to a service facility designated by OvisLink Corp. Buyer shall prepay shipping charges to OvisLink Corp. and OvisLink Corp.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 2.9 Feature Summary Provide the Ethernet to Wireless LAN Bridge fully compatible on IEEE 802.3 Ethernet side and fully interoperable with IEEE 802.11a compliant equipments. The Ethernet interface with 10 /100Base-T. The operating mode is for IEEE 802.11a infrastructure.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 3. IP Discover Utility A simple Windows Utility is supplied on the CD. This utility can be used to locate the IP address of the AirLive WHB-5854a Outdoor Bridge on the same sub-network segment. Although the AirLive WHB-5854a Outdoor Bridge has a default IP address, this utility useful when the network administrator forgets the modified IP address. Before using this utility, please make sure the system firewall installed in your PC is “Disable”.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 5. Click on the “Scan” button for the utility to start searching. And the utility will display the IP address and MAC address of the available AirLive WHB-5854a Outdoor Bridge. Now you can using a web browser to access the management interface with the IP address.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 4. Bridge (AirLive-WHB-5854a) Configuration 4.1 The Master/Slave side PC Network Configuration 4.1.1 How To Start Network Configuration on your PC 1) Click the “Start Menu” and choose “Setting”. 2) Click “Network and Dial-up Connection”. 3) Right-click on the “Local Area Connection” and select “properties”.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 4.1.2 Master Bridge side PC TCP/ IP Setup 4.1.2.1 Master side PC TCP/IP Setup 1) After clicking on “Property”, you will see the diagram as below. 2) Marking the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and click the “Properties” Picture 09 Local Area Connection Properties 4.1.2.2 Master Bridge Side PC IP/ MAC Address Set up 1) Use “IP address (ex. 192.168.1.2)” under the same Bridge subnet and Bridge Default IP Address( 192.168.1.20 ).
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge Picture 10 Internet Protocol Properties 4.1.2.3 Slave Side PC Configuration and TCP/IP set up 1) About “ the Salve side PC Configuration “, you just following “the same Set up method” as how you set the Master side. 2) As TCP/IP, you also follow “the exactly same procedure” as you set up the Master side PC.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 4.1.3 Master/Slave Bridge Configuration 4.1.3.1 How To Start 1) Default IP Address is http:// 192.168.1.20 3) 4) 5) 6) “Enter Network Password” Diagram will appear. Enter “Username: Admin”(Case Sensitive). Enter ”Password: 5up” (Case Sensitive). Click ” OK ” when you finish. Picture 11 Enter Username and Password 20 1) Launch a Web Browser. 2) Key in the default IP Address as URL ().
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 4.1.3.2 Master/Slave Bridge Configuration 4.1.3.2.1 After Login You will access by clicking the “Management” from left side menu. Picture 12 Statistic Page 4.1.3.2.2 Region/Country Set up 1) Click the “Management” on the left side of the Web page. 2) Select the “ Country ” you want from the list. Why you need to select the “Country or Region” is because “different countries have its own RF regulation”.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge SNMP MIB from external SNMP manager. The default SNMP community name is “public”. You may change the community name here as your plan. 6) Trap Receiver Trap is the notification of certain events generated by SNMP agent to send to the network management server. To have the Outdoor WLAN product send SNMP trap, you need to enter the IP address of the server where the trap is sent to. There are two trap messages, "Cold Start" and "Link Up", are supported.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 4.1.3.2.3 Master/ Slave side IP/ MAC Address first time Set up 1) “ Bridge Default IP Address (192.168.1.20) ” to do the first time set up and you could change the IP Address you have after signing. 2) “Default value (255.255.255.0)” for the first time set up. 3) Keep the “Default Gateway” as “Blank” or set it up if you have your own “Default Gateway”.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge Picture 15 Auto Get IP This will get the IP address from DHCP server if you have DHCP server enable in your subnet. 4.1.3.2.3 Configure 5GHz Bridge Setting Radio Setting 1) Bridge Type: If the application is only for “Point to Point” architecture, the set it as Slave one on each side.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge Mode in 5GHz Radio Basic Setting page. Rates of 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 54Mbps are supported for the wireless mode of 54Mbps (802.11a). And, rates of 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 72, and 108Mbps are supported for the wireless mode of 108Mbps (802.11a Turbo). The mode of 108Mbps offers the double data rate than of 54Mbps. Note: In order to maximize the system performance, it is recommended to follow the following suggestions.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge nodes environment, Bridge may send a RTS (Request To Send) before transmitting the data frame and expect to receive a CTS (Clear To Send) from remote Bridge. You may define a threshold for those frame size greater than the threshold need to activate RTS/CTS mechanism. The valid range is between 256 and 2346. Set low value to this threshold may avoid collision, but the RTS/CTS frame would consume bandwidth.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge Picture 16 5GHz Bridge (Master) Picture 17 5GHz Bridge (Slave) Security Setting – Master / Slave side Share/Unique Key To have a secured data transmission, Outdoor WLAN Product provides 3 encryption mechanisms.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 64-bit WEP (10 Hex. Digits/ 5 ASCII Keys) 128-bit WEP (26 Hex. Digits/ 13 ASCII Keys) 152-bit WEP (32 Hex. Digits/ 16 ASCII Keys) The key entry method can be in either “Hexadecimal” or “ASCII Text”. between Master and Slave Bridge are different. The security setting Note: It is required to have the same security setting between Bridges to communicate.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge Method” and “Encryption Type” first. B. Unique Key In some special applications, you may need to assign different key for each Master-Slave link instead of the same key for all links. It can be done by setting up Unique Key per MAC address of Slave Bridge. Note: It is required to have the same security setting between linked Bridges to communicate.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge Picture 20 Master/Slave Bridges Connections 4.1.4.2 Master & Slave Bridge joining condition 1) Local Bridge This line shows the IP and MAC address of local Bridge as well as its state. 2) Remote Bridge This line shows the IP and MAC address of remote Bridge as well as its state. 4.1.4.3 Statistics Clicking MAC address hyperlink of desired remote Bridge, system will show a Statistics page for you to monitor the information of the bridge link.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge Picture 21 Statistics Values on this page are automatically refreshed every minute. You may manually press the refresh button of browser to get the updated data more frequent. As RF signal strength is more critical for outdoor deployment purpose, RSSI bar is refreshed every 2 seconds. Note: Due to frequent refresh of Statistics page, it is strongly recommended that you close this page when performing network performance tests.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge Field Description RSSI Displays the strength of the received signal in dBm (the remote bridge received signal strength). Refresh every 2 seconds. RSSI of ACK Displays the strength of the far end received signals in dBm (the local bridge received signal strength). Refresh every 2 seconds. MSDU Maximum service data unit. Displays the number of packets sent and received by the remote bridge. Data / Management / Packets can be data, management or control.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 4.2 Firmware and License Upgrade 1) Firmware upgrade is for you to upgrade your bridges when the upgrade files release. 2) “Browse” the firmware files to be uploaded from the Disc in the Picture 20 then click “Upload and Update” when you finish. 3) When uploading successful, users need to reboot the system by clicking “Reboot” on the left side column of the firmware upload page to make it effective.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 4.3 Rebooting 1) Click and “Reboot“ either “ each time “or “ reboot “ the system once when you finish all kinds of settings. Picture 23 Rebooting Window When all the parameters have been setup according to the network configuration and requirements, click “Update” and “Reboot“ for parameter changes taking effect. When starting reboot, system will prompt you a rebooting window. It usually takes at least 30 seconds to finish the reboot process.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 5. SNMP The system provides SNMP v2c read capability for the network management. SNMP interface can be reached both locally and remotely. The supported standard MIB including System of MIB-II Interfaces of MIB-II Address Translation of MIB-II IP of MIB-II ICMP of MIB-II SNMP of MIB-II Besides, the enterprise MIB is also provided especially for Bridge management. The OID prefix is “1.3.6.4.1.9442.1.3”.
.1.2.1 AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge dot11DisassociateReason int .1.2.2 dot11DisassociateStation string .1.2.3 dot11DeauthenticateReason int .1.2.4 dot11DeauthenticateStation string .1.2.5 dot11AuthenticateFailStatus int .1.2.6 dot11AuthenticateFailStation string .1.3.1 dot11PrivacyInvoked int When this attribute is true, it shall indicate that the IEEE 802.11 WEP mechanism is used for transmitting frames of type Data. .1.3.
2.2.6 AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge dot11MaxRxLifetime int This value is 512 2.3.1 dot11TxFragmentCount counter =Tx MSDU on statistics web 2.3.2 dot11MulticastTxFrameCount counter =web’s Multicast-Broadcast on statistics web 2.3.3 dot11FailedCount counter =TxError on statistics web 2.3.4 dot11RetryCount counter =Excessive Retries on statistics web 2.3.5 dot11MultipleRetryCount counter 2.3.6 dot11FrameDuplicateCount counter =Duplicated Frame on statistics web 2.3.
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AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 6. Planning Linkage 6.1 Site Survey You need to consider the following operating and environmental conditions when performing a site survey: z Data rates – The sensitivity and the radio range are inversely proportional to data rates. Therefore, the maximum radio range is achieved at the lowest workable data rate, and a decrease in receiver threshold sensitivity occurs as the radio data rate increases.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 6.2 Data Rate According to the following table, you will have the idea about over what range the AirLive WHB-5854a with what kind of antenna could operate under what data rate. You might also know the relationship between the data rate and the maximum radio range; for example, the bridge with 17dBi antenna could operate well under 6 Mbps data rate within 17 KM.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge Picture 24 Line-of-Sight (LOS) If there is any obstacle in the radio path, it may still be a radio link but the quality and the signal strength will be affected. Ensuring the maximum clearance from objects on a path is important to locate the antennas and the height. For the long-distance links, the radio signals might be lost partially due to the non-LOS issue.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 6.3.1 Antenna Height The reliable wireless linkage usually depends on the both sides’ antennas for a clear radio line of sight. The minimum height is up to the link distance, obstacles that may be in the path, topology of the terrain, and the curvature of the earth (for links over 2 miles). For the long-distance links, the mast or the pole may need to be constructed to attain the minimum required height.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge For example, the wireless link between the building A and the building B is located three miles (4.8 km) away. There is a tree-covered hill in the mid-way. From the table above, it can be seen that for a three-mile link and the object clearance required at the mid-point is 5.4 m (17.6 ft). The tree-covered hill height is at an elevation of 17 m (56 ft), so the antennas linkage on both sides need to be at least 22.4 m (73 ft) high.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 6.3.4 Weather Affection The weather plays one of major matters to the antenna performance for the wireless communication. The raining day, the lightning day, the cloudy day, or the windy day will make a quite big impact to the both side antennas over the communication results. It will also cause the communication quality unstable.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 7 Field Installation 7.1 Unpack the shipment 7.1.1 Required Tools: Utility knife Clean and flat working surface Check the equipments and the installation kits against the packing list to ensure that the equipment part numbers, parts, and the ancillary equipments included in the shipment match what is specified on the packing list. The shipment consists of an ODU and an installation kit in the container.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 7.2 Installing the ODU 7.2.1 Required Tools: 1) 2) Screw Driver Sealing Type 7.2.2 Installed Accessories: 1) 2) 3) 4) Antenna Mounting Set x 1 Grounding rod x 1 Waterproof Seal Ethernet Cable x 1 7.2.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 7.2.4 Connecting the cable An Ethernet cable connects to the power over Ethernet (P.O.E.) output port. Another Ethernet cable (RJ – 45; the crossover cable) connects to the Power over Ethernet (P.O.E.) input port. The POE AC Adapter supplies the AC power to the bridge system. 7.2.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge 7.2.6 Basic Antenna Alignment When you use directional antennas to communicate between two bridges, you must manually align the antennas for proper bridge operation. Directional antennas have greatly reduced radiation angles. The radiation angle is approximately 25 to 30 degrees, and the parabolic dish antennas radiation angle is approximately 12.5 degrees.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge GLOSSARY Auto Reboot Specifies the enable/disable of auto reboot function for auto recovery. Authentication Type Specifies open-system or shared key. Authentication / Deauthentication Always 0 for Bridge Bridge Distance Enter the value (1 – 28 KM) to specify the distance between a pair of bridges. Cipher Advertised Specifies current state of advertised cipher negotiations, AES and/or WEP, and None. CRC Errors Specifies the number of receive CRC errors.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge RTS/CTS Threshold Specifies the value of the RTS/CTS threshold. Enter a value between 256 and 2346. State Current state of Bridge. Transmit Power Specifies the level of transmit power. Choose the value of the transmit power from the dropdown menu. Transmit Errors Specifies the number of transmit errors.
AirLive WHB-5854A Wireless Outdoor Bridge Appendix B TROUBLESHOOTING The bridges could not associate appropriately with each other: z To make sure the cables is connected properly. z To check the POE adapter’s green light is on or not. z To check the both Frequency settings are on the same channel or not. z To check the data rate is matched with one and another through the statistic RSSI display or the advance setting inside the Frequency setting.
