INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL INDUSTRIALLY HARDENED HIGH PERFORMANCE WIRELESS ETHERNET This manual serves the following ComNet Series: NW1 NW9 NW1/M Thank you for purchasing NetWave®from ComNet.This installation guide applies to all NetWaveRadios. The NetWave industrially hardened wireless Ethernet transmission link from ComNet can be configured through the embedded User Interface as an AccessPoint.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE About This Guide This guide is intended for different users such as engineers, integrators, developers, IT managers, and technicians.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Contents About This Guide 2 Overview 5 Legal Information 1.0 Introduction 1.1 System Requirements 5 6 6 2.0 Cabling Requirements 7 3.0 Hardware Installation 7 Outdoor Ethernet Gland Installation NetWave Indicating LED Details 9 Outdoor Standard Mounting Hardware 9 4.0 Key Default Configurations 10 5.0 Quick Configuration 11 6.0 Detailed Configuration 12 Getting Started 12 Buttons and Alerts 13 7.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL 8.0 System Tab NETWAvE General Settings 23 23 23 Logging 24 Language and Style 24 System Properties SSH 25 Services 26 Auto Reboot 29 WiFi –Overview 30 32 WiFi – Wireless Network 9.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Overview Legal Information No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic and mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of ComNet. Copyright Copyright © 2015 Communication Networks, LLC (dba ComNet). All rights reserved. Disclaimer ComNet reserves the right to make changes in specifications at any time without notice.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE 1.0 Introduction The NetWave industrially hardened wireless Ethernet transmission link from ComNet can be configured through the embedded User Interface as an Access Point. This point‐to‐multipoint model allows multiple Ethernet endpoints to be connected to a central Access Point. NetWave Radios support up to 500Mbps with their fastest radio using MIMO Technology.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE 2.0 Cabling Requirements Shielded CAT 5 or better should be used for all out of plant Ethernet connection and should be properly grounded through the PoE AC ground. Industrial grade shielded Ethernet cable is recommended to help prevent ESD damage commonly experienced with outdoor installations. Visit www.comnet.net/comnet‐products/cables 3.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Connect one end of an RJ‐45 Ethernet cable to the LAN OUT port of the Power Injection Module (PIM) and the other end to LAN of the access point – as sown below. Note: Maximum length of the RJ-45 CAT5 cable is 90 meters. Connect the RJ‐45 Ethernet cable attached to the PIM to a network device, such as a switch or to the configuration PC. Then plug the power adaptor to an AC power outlet and power plug into the socket of the PIM – as shown in the diagram below.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE RSSI4 RSSI3 RSSI2 RSSI1 NetWaveIndicating LED Details LED VISUAL CUE INDICATION SOLID GREEN Power is supplied to the unit OFF No power is supplied to the unit or the unit is in reset.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE 4.0 Key Default Configurations IP Address of Web Server 192.168.10.100 192.168.10.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE 5.0 Quick Configuration 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from the port labelled as IN on the power Injection Module to either a laptop or a PC LAN port. 2. Connect the second Ethernet cable from the OUT port on the Power Injection Module to the NetWave LAN port. 3. Apply 48 VDC to the Power Injection Module with the provided power supply. You should notice the green LED illuminate in the Power Injection Module and the power LED on the NetWave unit. 4.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE 6.0 Detailed Configuration Getting Started To access the NetWave configuration interface, perform the following steps: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from the Data In port on the Midspan Injector or Port 2 on the radio directly to your laptop. 2. If you are using a Midspan Power Injector, Connect the power cable to an outlet and turn on power. 3. Assign the Ethernet adapter on your computer with a static IP address on the 192.168.1.x network, e.g. 192.168.10.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Buttons and Alerts The buttons are described here. Reset Undo the changes. Save Saves the changes but does not take effect till settings are applied Save & Apply Saves and applies the changes. Please use this button instead of the 'Save' button so that the changes would be applied immediately. It is recommended to click this button before moving to a different page. Logout Logs out of the device's web page.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Reset Button The reset button is a physical button attached to the underside of the radio. Please refer to Section "Reset Button." Indicating LEDs The light emitting diodes (LEDs) on the board are described in Section "Indicator LEDs". 7.0StatusTab After login, when you click on the Status top‐level tab, you can see the second‐level tabs of Overview, Routes, System Log, Kernel Log, and Real‐time Graphs. This is shown in Figure 2. Figure 2: The Status Tab.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE The Wireless section in the Status » Overview page shows a summary of the wireless parameters. The following describes the parameters when the device works. Figure 4: Asummary inthe Wirelesssectionforadeviceoperatingasan 802.11accesspoint. SSID Mode Displays the name of the wireless network that this access point is offering, the Service Set Identifier (SSID).
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Associated Stations This section shows the connected devices, if the Radio works. Figure 6: List of Associated Stations. If there are no associated Clients, the text “No information available” is displayed. The parameters shown are as follows: MAC‐Address Displays the MAC address of the station's radio. Network States the name of the wireless network. Signal Displays the received signal strength from the Client e.g. ‐26 dBm.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE System This section shows the Netwave Product name, Firmware Version, Kernel Version, and Local Time. Figure 7: System parameters. Memory Here, the Total Available and Free memory are shown. Figure 8: Total Available and Free Memory. Network This section displays the status of the LAN and WAN networks. Figure 10: Network summary. Status Shows summaries of the interfaces for the LAN and WAN zones.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Routes When you click on the Status » Routes tab, you would see the page that shows the routing rules that are currently active on the device. Figure 12: The Status » Routes page. ARP This address resolution protocol (ARP) table shows the IP address and corresponding MAC address of each device on the network. Active IPv4‐Routes This table shows the IPv4 gateway and network ID (Target) for each subnet.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Kernel Log This page shows the kernel debugging messages. This kernel log can also be obtained by typing “dmesg” in a serial console such as Tera Term if a suitable serial connector is used. Figure 14: The Status » Kernel Log page.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Real-time Graphs Under the tab for Real‐time Graphs, there are four tabs titled Load, Traffic, Wireless, and Connection. Load Figure 15: The graph for Real-time Load.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Traffic Figure 16: The graph for Real-time Traffic. Wireless Figure 17: The graph for Real-time Wireless.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Connection Figure 18: The graph for Real-time Connections.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE 8.0SystemTab Within the System >>System page, you can configure the device parameters such as the hostname and time zone. Figure 19:The Systemtop-leveltab. System Properties Within the section on System Properties, there are tabs corresponding to General Settings, Logging, and Language and Style. General Settings Local Time Displays the local time according to the time zone. Hostname Configures the name of the device. Time Zone Sets the time zone.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Logging Figure 20: Changing the system properties for Logging. Logging Specifies parameters used for the system log, such as System log buffer size, External system log server, External system log server port, Log output level, and Cron Log Level. Language and Style Figure 21:Modifyingthe Language and Style.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Remote Access Within the System » Remote Access Page, you can configure SSH Network Shell Access. SSH Figure 22: SSH settings in the System » Administration page. SSH Interface Port Password authentication Allows you to access the device's Linux shell and file system using the Secure Shell protocol. For example, the programs PuTTY and WinSCP can be used. Lets the device listen on a given interface or all interfaces.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Services In the System» Services page, you can configure the Ping Watchdog and the Auto Reboot. Ping Watchdog Figure 23: Ping Watchdog settings in the System » Services page. Ping Watchdog IP Address to Ping Configures the device to ping to a remote IP address and reboot if the connection is lost. It is disabled by default. Sets the remote IP address to ping e.g. 192.168.10.10 or 8.8.8.8.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE SNMP The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet‐standard protocol for managing devices on IP networks. It consists of a set of standards for network management, including an application layer protocol, a database schema, and a set of data objects. SNMP exposes management data in the form of variables on the managed systems, which describe the system configuration. These variables can then be queried (and sometimes set) by managing applications.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL SNMP V3 Privacy Password NETWAvE Sets the password for data encryption. (default: password) Trap Figure 26: SNMP trap configuration. Enable SNMP Trap Allows the SNMP agent to notify the SNMP manager of events. SNMP Trap IP Address Sets the IP address of the SNMP manager which receives the trap messages. SNMP Trap Port Sets the port number. Device Password Change Administrator Password.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE Backup/Flash Firmware The System » Backup/Flash Firmware page lets you perform backup and restore, or flash a new firmware. Backup/Restore Download backup Generate archive: Downloads a tar archive of the current configuration files. Note: The backup archive file should be stored in a safe place because it contains the wireless password inclear text. Reset to defaults Perform reset: Resets the firmware to its initial state.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE WiFi –Overview Clicking on the Network » WiFi tab would bring you to the Wireless Overview page. This page shows the radios present on the device. . The wireless local area networks (WLANs) are displayed under each radio. Figure 31:The Wireless Overview page showing one radio. Scan Shows available access points on specified channels Add Allows you to add virtual access points (VAPs) to the radio. By default, there is only one VAP on the radio.
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INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE WiFi – Wireless Network As mentioned earlier, clicking on the Edit button for a network would bring you to the configuration page. This page contains the sections Device Configuration and Interface Configuration. The Device Configuration section covers the physical settings of the radio hardware such as channel, transmit power, or antenna selection. These are shared among all defined wireless networks of the radio.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE WPA or WPA2 with EAP The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is encapsulated by the IEEE 802.1X authentication method. IEEE 802.1X is equivalent to EAP over LAN or WLAN. Enterprise networks commonly use this authentication method. WPA or WPA2 with EAP Figure 39: Encryption options for WPA-EAP or WPA2-EAP in AP mode. Cipher Can be set to Auto, CCMP (AES), or TKIP and CCMP (AES).
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE WPA or WPA2 with EAP Figure 40: Encryption options for WPA-EAP or WPA2-EAP in Client mode. Cipher Only Cipher option is CCMP (AES) EAP‐Method The authentication protocol can be set to Transport Layer Security (TLS), Tunneled TLS (TTLS), or Protected EAP (PEAP). Path to CA‐Certificate Selects the file for the CA certificate. Note: The certificate authority (CA) is a trusted third party that issues digital certificates.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE MAC-Filter This section tab is only available for a device operating as an AP. Figure 41:Configuring the MAC-Filter for a Wifi AP. MAC‐Address Lets you allow only devices with the listed MAC address to associate with this AP, or lets Filter you block devices with the listed MAC address. MAC‐List Adds the MAC address of the remote device to either block or allow. Advanced Settings Figure 42: Advanced Settings for the Wifi Interface.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE 9.0GPL(GeneralPublicLicense)Statement You may have received from ComNet products that contained – in part – free software (software licensed in a way that ensures your freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software). Such products include NetWave series of products.
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FCC Statement Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
