AvaLAN AW58100HTP-PAIR User manual

User’s ManUal
Industrial-grade, long-range wireless Ethernet systems
AvaLAN
WIRELESS
5.8 GHz Outdoor 100 Mbps
Wireless Ethernet Bridge
AW58100HTP-PAIR

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© 2012 by AvaLAN Wireless Systems Inc. All rights reserved.
Revision 09.26.2012
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Thank you for your purchase of this member of the 5.8 GHz Outdoor 100 Mbps family
of wireless Ethernet radios.
The AW58100HTP-PAIR is a pre-congured point-to-point Bridge consisting of two
radios with dual cross-polarized 23 dBi at panel directional antennas. It serves
as a transparent point-to-point bridge, providing a virtual LAN cable over a long
distance.
The AW58100HTP-PAIR includes:
• (1) AW58100HTP-AP High Power Access Point Radio
• (1) AW58100HTP-SU High Power Subscriber Unit Radio
• (2) Heavy Duty Pole-mount Brackets
• (2) AW-POE18i Power Over Ethernet Injectors
with Integrated 18 VDC Power Supplies
Table of Contents
Quick Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Physical Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Digital Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Connecting To The Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Changing the Conguration - Step By Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Viewing Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Advanced Diagnostic Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Frequency Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Warranty and FCC Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
If you have any questions when conguring your AvaLAN system, the best place to
get answers is to visit www.avalanwireless.com. You will also nd the latest updates
there. If more assistance is needed, send email to [email protected].
To speak to a live technician, please call technical support at the number below
during normal business hours.

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Quick Start Guide
The AW58100HTP-PAIR should be ready to function right out of the box. We recom-
mend connecting and powering up the units on the bench before deploying in the
eld, because it is much easier to troubleshoot problems and to adjust the congu-
ration if necessary without having to climb poles to do it.
Step 1. Gather the parts: In addition to the AvaLAN radios and the accompanying
AW-POE Power Over Ethernet Injectors and 12VDC power supplies, you will need
at least 4 CAT5 cables and a PC with a LAN connection. If desired, you may also
want a data source such as a surveillance camera with a TCP/IP interface. (You can
determine that the radios are communicating without an external data source by
browsing to the radio on the other side of the RF link from your PC.)
Step 2. Make the connections: Connect the devices as shown in the diagram. Do not
point the two radio antennas directly at each other because their close proximity
will overload the radio receivers. Place the radios at least 10 feet apart with their
antennas pointing in different directions. Plug in the AW-POE18i cords to turn on
the radios.
Step 3. The default IP addresses of the radios are written on their product la-
bels. The address of the Access Point (master) is 192.168.88.12. The address of the
Subscriber Unit (client) is 192.168.88.10. You must congure your PC’s wired LAN
port to the same subnet and an IP address different from either of the above. With
this conguration in place, you should be able to use a web browser on your PC to
log in to each radio’s interface.
Step 4. Browse to the Access Point’s interface: Enter http://192.168.88.12 into your
web browser’s address bar. If you are successful, you will see a login screen like
that on the next page. If not, the browser will time out and you will need to double
check the IP addresses and subnet masks.
Access Point
Subscriber Unit

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click
Step 5. Log In to the Access Point: The default login name is “admin” and the
password is “password.” If your login is successful, you should see a status window
similar to this:
CAUTION: Do not click the small “D” button - it deletes the wireless bridge inter-
face and you will need to call tech support to restore it. Click the “Associations”
tab near the top of the window to bring up this screen:
If the two radios are communicating, you will see a line as shown with the MAC
address of the Subscriber Unit. The Signal Strength box will indicate whether the
receivers are being overloaded. Re-position antennas if necessary to bring the sig-
nal strength below -30 dBm.
Utilizing state of the art MIMO technology, the AW58100HTP-PAIR achieves very high
data rate through a combination of dual spacial streams and higher level OFDM modu-
lation. The default RF conguration provides a 20 MHz channel bandwidth with 5
selectable non-overlapping channels to choose from. When congured and mounted
with antennas aimed at each other, the two radios operate as a wireless virtual LAN
cable over longer distances than can be achieved with similar products by virtue of
the greater RF power allowed for with point-to-point connections.

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Physical Setup
1. If the factory default digital conguration is satisfactory, you can proceed di-
rectly to physical deployment. If you wish to make any changes, you may want to
perform the procedures in the next section before mounting the radios in their nal
locations. Particularly if data security is important, you will likely want to change
passwords and encryption keys. If RF interference sources are present, you may
want to change the channel frequency or bandwidth.
2. Mount each unit securely using the mounting brackets provided or other means
as necessary. Maximize lightning resistance by providing a strong DC ground connec-
tion to the metal housing.
3. The units have two antennas in each at panel, one is horizontally polarized
and the other is vertically polarized. It is important that the antennas be pointed
toward one another and be oriented the same so that the polarization matches.
Because the 3 dB beamwidth of the at panel antennas is just 8°, careful aiming is
very important − especially over long distances.
4. Power is provided to the units by means of their Ethernet cables, allowing the
power supplies to be located at convenient locations. The included power-over-
Ethernet injectors (POE) provide the means for adding DC power to unused wires in
the cable. The POE RJ-45 socket nearest the power cord may be plugged into your
network router or, at the remote site, your remote data source such as a camera.
The RJ-45 socket on the other end of the POE should be connected via your LAN
cable to the AvaLAN radio. Then the power cords on the POEs may be plugged into a
120 VAC source. Each radio is provided with a cable clamping device that allows an
RJ45 plug on the cable to pass through and can be tightened down around the cable
to provide a weatherproof seal.
Digital Conguration
These ve conguration elements must be set for each radio:
1. IP address and subnet mask
2. User password
3. SSID (Service Set Identier)
4. Encryption pass phrase
5. Frequency Channel
The following pages will give you step by step instructions for changing these congu-
ration elements.

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1. Digital conguration is done by means of the radio’s built in browser interface.
The unit should be powered on and connected at least temporarily to a network
containing a computer that can run a conventional web browser.
2. Using your web browser, connect to the radio as described in the Quick Start
Guide found earlier in this manual.
3. The initial screen after a successful login is “Wireless Status”:
4. Each screen provides a menu on the left to navigate from
section to section. The menu looks like this when sections
are expanded:
In addition, many screens “drill down” when an area within
the screen is clicked.
In the upper right of the screen is a label that tells you the version of the web in-
terface. If the version number is not the same as shown below, you might want to
visit www.avalanwireless.com to see if a newer version of this manual exists before
proceeding further.
You are cautioned not to use the “back” button on your browser to attempt to
move back to earlier screens. If you do, you will be logged out and will need to
login again.
Connecting to the radio

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Changing The Configuration - Step by Step
Again please remember that if you change the IP Address or User Password and
forget their new values, you have locked yourself out of the browser interface.
Recovery can be a time-consuming process and will require the help of AvaLAN
Technical Support. If you are changing parameters over the RF link (we do not rec-
ommend this), be sure to make the remote changes rst because the link will be
broken if the SSIDs or Security Pass Phrases do not agree.
1. Setting the IP Address and subnet mask:
• On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window, click “IP
Addressing”, then click “Set IP/subnet.”
• The current IP Address is shown. Click it to bring up the page that allows you
to change it.
• Enter a new IP Address and subnet, following the instructions on the page for
the subnet notation to be used. Make sure you will be able to browse to the
new address with your computer. Also, make sure that the new IP address is
unique on your LAN subnet.
• Click “Apply.” Nothing appears to happen, but you have been disconnected
and will need to browse to the new IP Address to login again.
2. Setting the User Password:
• On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window, click “System”,
then click “Password.”
• Enter the old password and the new password twice in the boxes indicated.
• Click the “Change” button.
• Log out and log back in to test.

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3. Setting the SSID:
• On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window, click “Wireless.”
Then click anywhere in the “Wireless_Radio” row to bring up the “Interface
<Wireless_Radio>” page.
• The third line down in the content table shows the current SSID and provides
a text box to change it. Change the SSID to a new value of your choice and
click “OK” or “Apply.”
• You will need to browse to the radio’s IP Address and login again after the
change.
4. Setting the Encryption Pass Phrase:
• On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window, click “Wireless.”
Then click the “Security Proles” tab to bring show the two pre-dened pro-
les available.
• Click in the “WPA2-AES-PSK2” row to bring up a page that shows the Pre-
Shared Key and provides a text box to change it. Enter the new Pre-Shared
Key you have chosen and click “OK” or “Apply.”

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• If you would rather eliminate encryption and use the “default” prole, you
can change the choice of prole on the “Interface <Wireless_Radio>” page
described earlier under setting the SSID. The Security Prole dropdown list
may be found right under the SSID box on that page.
5. Setting the Frequency Channel and Bandwidth:
• On the Main Menu at the left side of the browser window, click “Wireless.”
Then click anywhere in the “Wireless_Radio” row to bring up the “Interface
<Wireless_Radio>” page (same screen as in Step 3 on the previous page).
• The default bandwidth is 20 MHz, which provides the highest possible data
rate. More range can be achieved at the expense of data rate by choosing a
narrower bandwidth. Your choices are 5, 10 or 20 MHz. The default Frequency
Channel is 5805 MHz. There are more choices available in the dropdown list
than are legal or appropriate for this set of products. Please choose from
among the frequencies shown in the table on the last page of this manual.
Make sure that you choose channels for Access Point units operating in prox-
imity that do not overlap.
• Change to the Frequency desired and click “OK” or “Apply.”
• Note that the important Frequency Channel setting is made on the Access
Point. You may also set the Frequency Channel on Subscriber Units, but if they
don’t nd an AP on that channel, they will search and automatically switch to
the Frequency Channel of the AP with a matching SSID.

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After conguring your AvaLAN radios and establishing links among them, you can
use the browser interface to view status and troubleshooting Information. Choose
“Wireless” from the Main Menu at the left side of the window. The “Wireless” page
leads to all of the useful status information.This page has three tabs, Interfaces,
Associations and Security Proles.
1. Interfaces Tab: This provides a list of the interface processes running in this ra-
dio. If it is a SU, there will be only one, “Wireless_Radio.” If it is an AP, there will
also be a WDS process running for each SU that is connected.
Status information that is visible on this page includes the current transmit and
receive bits per second, the number of packets sent and received since last reboot
and the packet drops and errors encountered. For the “Wireless_Radio” process,
the table includes the radio’s RF frequency and SSID. (CAUTION! Do not click the
little “D” button.) Clicking on this line brings up more information:
This page displays the current RF frequency, the SSID, the Security Prole in use, cur-
rent transmission rates, amount of data sent and received since last reboot, drops
and errors. Also shown are graphs of megabits per second and packets per second
during the last three minutes or so. The graphs are well labeled and auto-scale to t
Viewing Status Information