Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product M5000 EnGenius
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0 W ir ele ss O ut door A cce ss P oin t / Clien t Bridg e M5000 U ser Manual V er sio n : V1.0.
1 T a ble of Cont ents 1 PRODU CT OVERVIEW ............. ........... .......... .......... .......... ........... .......... .......... ........... .......... .......... .......... ........... .......... ........ 3 1.1 F EA TURE ........ ........... .
2 4.6 W IRELESS → WDS L INK S ETTI NGS ........ ........... .......... .......... ........... .......... .......... .......... ........... .......... .......... ........... ........ 34 5 L AN SETTING S .......... ........... .......... .......... ..
3 APPENDIX A – FCC INTERFERENCE ST A T EMENT .. .......... .......... .......... ........... .......... .......... ........... .......... .......... .
4 Show rooms, mee ting rooms, r et ail store s, and manuf acturing sites where fr eque ntly rearr ange the workplace. e) W i rele ss e xtensions to E th ernet netw orks Network managers in dynamic envir onments can min imiz e the overhea d cause d by move s, ext ensions to network s, and other changes wit h wireless LANs.
5 1.2 Benefit s Access P o int Mode U se thi s f eature to se tup the a ccess point’ s configura tion information. It has support adjusting tr ansmit power and channel. Client can access the network with differ ent regulat ory settings and automatic ally chan ge t o the lo cal regulations.
6 1.3 P ackage Con tents O pen the pack age caref ully , and mak e sure that none of t he items liste d below are missing. Do not discard the packing mate rials, in case of return; the unit mus t be shipped in its original pack age.
7 • Re d: Bad Quality Pow er Requirements Active Ethernet (P ower over Ethernet) Proprietary P oE design Pow er Adapter 24V / 1A DC Regulation Certifications FCC P art 15C/ 15B/ 15E, EN3 01 893, EN .
8 2 M5000 Multi-Function Instruction Guide 2.1 Acce ss P oint In the Access P oint Mode with WDS Funct ion, M5 000 function li k es a centr al connection f or any sta tions or clients tha t support IEEE 802.11a netw ork. Stations and Client must c onfigure the same SSID and Security Passw ord to associa te within the ra nge.
9 2.3 Client Bridge In the Client Bridge Mode, the M5000 function li k es a wirele ss dongle. Connected to an Acce ss P oint wirelessly and s urf internet whenever you w ant. U sing Site Survey to sc an all the Access Poin t within the range and configur e its SSID and Security Pas sword to associa te with it.
10 2.5 Client R outer In the Client R outer Mode, the M5000 has DHCP Server build inside that allows man y L ANs automatically g enera te a n IP addre ss to shar e the same Interne t. Connect an AP /WISP W ir elessly and connect to L ANs via wire d . Client R outer Mode is act complet el y opposite t o the AP Rout er Mode.
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12 3 Computer Settings 3.1 Assign a Sta tic IP In order to c onfigure M5 000, please f ollow the ins truction below: 1. In the Control P anel , double click Network Connections and then double click on the connection of your Network In terf ace Card (NI C) .
13 3.2 Logging Me thod A fter comple te the IP set t ings from las t section, y o u can now acce ss the web-base d config urati on menu. 1. Open web br owser 2. Enter IP 19 2.168.1.1 into yo u addr ess filter . Auction: If you hav e change d the M5000 L AN IP addre ss, mak e sure you en ter the corr ect IP Addr ess.
14 4 Wireless Settings 4.1 S witching O pera tion Mode (S ystem → S ystem Pr opertie s) The M5000 supports 4 diff erent opera tion modes: Access P oint, Client Bridge, WDS Bridge, and Client R outer . Click Sy stem Properties under Sy s tem Section to begin.
15 Mode and then enable WDS Lin k Set t ings function. 4.2 W ireles s Set tings 4.2.1 A ccess P oint Mode → W irele ss Netw or k W ireless Mode M5000 suppo rts 802.11a/b/g wire less band. Channel / Frequency The channel availabilit y is based on th e country ’ s regulation.
16 supports 5GHz network c an associat e with. Please mak e sure your wir eless c lient supports 5GHz wireless network. Note: Enable Pr ofile Isolation will cause wireless cl ients canno t communica te each ot her . For more details please r ef er to the “ VL AN Management Configur ation Guide.
17 4.2.2 Client B ridge Mode → W ireless Netw ork W ireless Mode M5000 suppo rts 802.11a wireless band. SSID Specify the SSID i f known. SSI D text bo x will b e automatically fill in when select an AP in the Site Survey . Site Survey U sing Site Su rvey to scan nearby APs and then select the AP to es tablish the connection.
18 filled in manually . 4.2.3 WDS Bridge Mode → W ireless Ne twork W ireless Mode M5000 suppo rts 802.11a wireless band. Channel / Frequency The channel availabilit y is based on th e country ’ s regulation. Apply / Cancel Press Apply t o apply the changes or Cancel to return previous settings.
19 MAC Add ress Enter the Access Poin t ’ s MAC addres s that you would like to ext end the wireless area into the MAC addre s s filter . Mode Select Disable or Enable from the drop down list. Apply / Cancel Press Apply t o apply the changes or Cancel to return previous settings.
20 4.2.4 Client R outer Mode → W ireless N etwork W ireless Mode M5000 suppo rts 802.11a wireless band. SSID Specify the SSID i f known. SSI D text bo x will b e automatically fill in when select an AP in the Site Survey . Site Survey U sing Site Su rvey to scan nearby APs and then select the AP to es tablish the connection.
21 4.2.5 Me sh Mode → W ireless Ne twork W ireless Mode M5000 suppo rts 802.11a wireless band. SSID Specify the SSID i f known. SSI D text bo x will b e automatically fill in when select an AP in the Site Survey . Channel / Frequency The channel availabilit y is based on th e country ’ s regulation.
22 Mesh P rofile SSID Specify the n ame of the Mesh networking. W ireless Security Please re fer t o the W ireless Security section. Sav e / Cancel Press Sa ve t o save the changes or Cancel to return p rev ious settings. Note: Mesh Mode’ s W irele ss Security only supports WEP encryption.
23 Auction: M5000 only supports 802.11a (5GHz) wireless mode, only the wir e less clien t which supports 5GHz network can associ ate with. Please mak e su re your wir eless clien t supports 5GHz wirel ess network.
24 4.3 W ireles s Security Se ttings W ireless Security Set t ings section will guide you to the entir e Security modes con figura t ion: WEP , WP A -PSK, WP A2 -PSK, WP A-PSK Mix ed, WP A, WP A2, and WP A Mix ed. W e strongly rec ommend that use s WP A2-PS K as y our security set tings.
25 4.3.2 WP A-PSK Security Mode Select WP A-PSK from the drop down list t o begin the config ura tion. Encryption Select Auto , TKIP or AES f or E ncrypt ion type. P assphrase Specify the se curity passwor d. Group Ke y U pdate Interva l Specify Group Key U pd ate Interval time.
26 Encryption Select Auto , TKIP or AES f or E ncrypt ion type. P assphrase Specify the se curity passwor d. Group Ke y U pdate Interva l Specify Group Key U pd ate Interval time. Group Ke y U pdate T i meout Specify Group Key U pd ate T i meout time.
27 4.3.5 WP A WP A security mode is f o r 802.1x authen tication. Y ou must pr ovide a RADIUS Server to check the permission of access the netw ork. Security Mode Select WP A from the drop down list to begin the configur ation. Encryption Select Auto , TKIP or AES f or E ncrypt ion type.
28 4.3.6 WP A2 WP A2 security mode is f or 8 02.1x authentic a tion. Y ou must provide a RADIUS Serve r to check the permission of access the netw ork. Security Mode Select WP A2 from the drop down list t o begin th e configura tion. Encryption Select Auto , TKIP or AES f or E ncrypt ion type.
29 4.3.7 WP A Mixed WP A Mix ed security mode is f or 802.1x authentic ation. Y ou must pr ovide a RADIUS Server to check the permission of access the netw ork. Security Mode Select WP A Mixed from the drop down list to begin the configur ation. Encryption Select Auto , TKIP or AES f or E ncrypt ion type.
30 4.3.8 Ra dius Accou nting Radius Accoun t ing function allows y ou to rec ord the sta tics of user login. Y our Radius Server must hav e the abilit y to support Ra dius Accoun ting function. Radius Accoun t ing Select Enable to begin configur ation of Radius Accounting.
31 4.4 W ireles s → W ireles s A dvanc ed Se ttings Data Rate Select Data Rate from the drop do wn list. Dat a ra te will affect the efficiency of the throughput. If the data r ate is set to a small numb er , the lower through will get but it can transmit t o longer distance.
32 may c ause lower throughp ut but less c ollision. Distance Specify distance rage between AP and Client s. Longer distance may lose high connection speed. W ireless T r affic Shapi ng Place a Check to enable W ireless T raff ic Shaping fun ction. Incoming T ra ffic Limit Specify the wireless transmission speed for downloading.
33 4.5 W ireles s → W ireles s MAC F i lte r Wireless MAC Filters is used to Allow or Den y wireless clients, by their MAC addresses, accessing the Network. You can manually add a MAC addr ess to restrict the permission to access M5000. The default setting is Disable Wireless MAC Filters.
34 4.6 W ireles s → WDS Link Se ttings WDS Link Settings is use d to e sta blish a connection between Acce ss P oint s but the device is not losing Access P oint function. AP has WDS function can extend the wireless cov erag e and allow L ANs to communica te each other .
35 5 LAN Settings This section will gu ide you t o the Local Are a Network (LAN ) set tings 5.1 S ys tem → IP S et tings This section is only available f or Non-Route r Mode . IP Set tings allows you to setup L AN port IP addre ss. Auction: Changing L AN IP A ddress will change L AN Int erfac e IP addr ess.
36 5.2 S ys tem → Sp a nning T ree Se ttings Spanning T ree Sta t us Select the Radio bu tton to O n or O ff Spanning T ree function. Bridge Hello T ime Specify Bridge Hello T ime in second. Bridge Max Ag e Specify Bridge Max A ge in second. Bridge Forwar d Dela y Specify Bridge Forward Delay in second.
37 6 Router Settings This section is only available f or AP Rout er Mode and Client Rou ter Mode . 6.1 R o uter → W AN Set tings There are four dif fe ren t types o f W AN connection: Sta tic IP , DHCP , PPPoE and PPTP . Please cont act your ISP to select the connection type.
38 Interne t Connection T ype Select Static IP to begin configuration of the Sta tic IP connec tion. Accoun t Name Specify Account Name that is provided by ISP . Domain Name Specify Domain Name that is p rovide d by ISP . MTU Specify the Maxi mum T ransmit U nit size.
39 unable to establish some connection s. In either case, network performance can suffer..
40 6.1.2 W A N Se ttings → DHCP (Dynamic IP) Select DHCP as your W AN connection type to obtain your IP ad dre ss automatic ally . Y ou will need to enter Acc ount Name as your hostname and DNS (O pt ional). Interne t Connection T ype Select DHCP to begin configu ration of the DHCP connection.
41 Auction: If the router's MTU is set too high, packets will be fragmented downstream. If the router's MTU is set too low, the router will fragment packet s unnecessarily and in extreme cases may be unable to establish some connection s. In either case, network performance can suffer.
42 6.1.3 W A N Se ttings → PPP oE (P oi nt -to-P oint P ro tocol over E thernet) Select PPPoE as y our W AN connection type if your ISP pr ovides U sername and P assw ord. PPP o E is a DSL ser vice and pleas e re move your PPP oE so ftware from yo ur computer , the software is not w ork ed in M5000.
43 Connect on Demand Select the Radio bu tton to specif y the m aximum idle ti me. Internet connection wil l disconnect when it reach the maximum idle ti me, but it wi ll automatically connect when user tries to access the n etwork. Kee p Ali ve Select the Radio bu tton to k eep internet connection always on.
44 6.1.4 W A N Se ttings → PPTP (P oint- to-P oin t T unneling Pro toc ol) Select PPTP as your W AN c onnection type if your ISP provid es inf or ma tion about IP Addre ss, Subnet Mask, Def ault Gat ewa y (Optional), DNS (Optional), Server IP , U sername, and Pa sswor d.
45 IP Addre ss Specify W AN port IP addre ss. IP Subnet Mask Specify W AN IP Subn et Mask. Gatew a y IP Addre ss Specify W AN Gatewa y IP addre ss. PPTP Server Specify PPTP Ser ver IP address. U sername Specify the Username that is given by your ISP .
46 6.2 R o uter → LAN Settings IP Addre ss Specify L AN port IP address. IP Subnet Mask Specify L AN IP Subnet Mask. WINS Server IP Specify WINS Server IP . U se Router As DHCP Server Place a Check to enable DHCP ser ver . Starting IP Addr ess Specify DHCP s erver starting IP addres s.
47 6.3 R o uter → V PN P a ss Through VPN Pass Through is use d to allow certain prot ocol to be tunnele d throug h an IP network such as PPTP and L2TP or implement secure ex change of pack ets at the IP La yer such as IPSec. PPTP Pa ss Through Place a Check to enable PPTP protocol pa sses through W AN.
48 6.4 R o uter → P ort Fo rwardi ng Port F orwar ding is used t o allow a public service such as W eb Server , Mai l Server , and FTP server to be set up. For e x ample: Set up a W eb Server on y our computer with port number 8080 . V isitor on the internet c an access y o ur W eb Ser ver by en tering W AN P o rt IP with port number 8080 .
49 Ending Port Specify En ding Port number . IP Addre ss Specify IP address. Sav e / Cancel Press Sa ve to app ly the changes or Cance l to re turn previous settings.
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51 7.2 Sta tus → W irele ss Client L ist Click on the Wirel ess Cli ent List link under the Status drop-do wn menu. This page displays the list of Clients that are associated to the M5000 . The MAC addresses and signal st rength for each client is displayed.
52 7.3 Sta tus → S ystem Log Click on the System Log link under the St atus drop-down menu. The device automatically logs (records) events of possible interest in its internal memory. If there is not enough internal memory for all events, logs of older events are deleted, but logs of the latest events are retained.
53 7.4 Sta tus → WDS Link S tatus The WDS Link Status will only show in WDS Bridge Mode. Click on the WDS Link Status link under the Status drop-down menu. This page displays the current status of WDS link, including station ID, MAC address, status and RSSI.
54 7.5 Sta tus → Connec tion Sta tus Click on the Connection Status link under the Status drop-down menu . This page displays the current status of the n etwork, includin g network type, S SID, BSSID, connection st atus, wireless mode, current channel, security, data rate, noise level and sign al strength.
55 7.6 Sta tus → DHCP Clien t T able Click on the DHCP Client List link under the Status drop-down menu. This page displays the list of Clients that are associated to the M5000 through DHCP. The MAC addresses and signal st rength for each client is displayed.
56 8 Management Setting s Management section is on the navigation drop-down menu. You will then see seven options: administration, management V LAN, SNMP settings, backup/restore settings, firmware upgrade, time settings, and log. Each option is described be low.
57 P ort Port number is 8080, then you will need to enter f o llowing http://<IP addr ess>:8080 to access the web interf ac e. Apply / Cancel Press Apply t o apply the changes or Cancel to return previous settings.
58 8.2 Managemen t → Managemen t VLAN Click on the Management VLAN link under the Management menu. This option allows you to assign a VLAN ID to the packets on wired network. Management VL AN (W ired) i s used to manage y ou r device if the computer h as authoriz ed VLA N ID .
59 8.3 Managemen t → SNMP Se ttings Click on the SNMP Settings link under the Managem ent menu . This is a ne tworking management prot ocol used to monitor network -attac h e d devices. SNMP allows m essage s (called prot o col da ta units) to be sent t o vario us parts o f a network.
60 8.4 Managemen t → Backup/R est ore Set tings Click on the Backup/Restore Sett ing link under the Management menu. This option is used to save the current settings of the device in a file on your local disk or load settings on to the device from a local disk.
61 8.5 Managemen t → F irmwa re U pgr ade Click on the Firmware Upgrade link under the Management menu. This page is used to upgrade the firmware of the device.
62 8.6 Managemen t → T ime Set tings Click on the Time Settings link under th e Management menu. This page allows you to configure the time on the device. You may do th is manually or by connecting to a NTP server. Manually Set Date and T i me Manually setup the date and time.
63 8.7 Managemen t → Log Click on the Log link under the Manageme nt menu . The Log page displays a list of events that are triggered on the Ethernet and W ireless interface. This log can be referred when an unknown error occurs on the system or when a report needs to be sent to the technical support department for debugging purposes.
64 8.8 Managemen t → Diagnostics Click on the Diagnostic s l ink under the Management m enu. This function allows you to detect connection quality and trace the routing table to the target. Traceroute can help you to manage your network by detecting any routing during the t ransmission.
65 9 Network Configuration Example This chapter desc ribes the role of the M5000 with 4 dif fe rent mode s. The A ccess P o int mode’ s def ault configur ation is a centr al unit of the wireless network or as a r oot device o f the wire d envir on ment.
66 Auction: M5000’ s Acce ss P oint Mode does not provide DHCP server so the W ireless Client IP a ddres s must configur e manually at the same subnet in Loc al Area Netw ork. 9.2 Client Bridge Mo de Client Bridge Mode functions like a wir eless dongl e.
67 WDS Bridge Step1 Login to the web-based configuration inte rface with def ault IP 192.168.1.1 Step2 Select your country or region’ s regulation. Step3 Select Opera tion Mo de to WDS Bridge from Sys tem Properties . Step4 802.11a wireless network.
68 Please r ef er to the las t section to check Access point ’ s config ura tion. Client R outer Step1 Login to the web-based configuration inte rface with def ault IP 192.168.1.1 Step2 Select your country or region’ s regulation. Step3 Select Opera tion Mo de to Client Router fr om Sy stem Properties .
69 Mesh Step1 Login to the web-based configuration inte rface with def ault IP 192.168.1.1 Step2 Select your country or region’ s regulation. Step3 Change device mode to Mesh from Syst em Propert ies . Step4 Select wireless mode you would like to associa te with.
70 Network. O n ce a Gatew ay is connecte d to a WISP , all wireless clien ts and Mesh c an retriev e IP addre ss automa tically ..
71 10 VLAN CONFIGUR ATION GUIDE Following proc edures ar e used to configur e VL AN on EnGenius product. EnGenius product supports both wirele ss and wire d tagging on your netw ork. W ireless tagging can help you t o divide the permission for dif fe ren t group of users.
72 2. Press “ W ireless Ne twork ” to con figure W ireless VL AN. 3. T o configure W ireless VL AN T agging , please pre ss Edit a t W ireless Network section.
73 4. A fter Pr ess E dit, web should pop-out a window a s below . Y ou may en ter y our desir e VL AN ID. Then, pres s Sav e to sav e the changes. 5. W ireless Netw ork webpag e should have display all the VID as below .
74 6. Press Ma nageme nt VL AN to configure wire d VID. E nter y our desir e VL AN ID and press Apply t o configure t he changes. Auction: After pre ss Apply, y ou must configure your L ayer2 Switch or RADIUS Server with the same VLAN ID. Otherwise, you cann ot access to the device’s web-base configur ation page.
75 Appendix A – FCC Interferen ce Statement Fe deral Communication Commission Interf erence Stat ement This equipm ent has b een tes ted and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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