Commando AirONE Series User manual




COMMANDO AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Wireless Bridge
Configuration Guide

OVERVIEW
COMMANDO AirONE series AIR-CPE10K+ Bridge enables communication between
wireless and wired computers/laptops and mobile devices in the networks over 10km
distance without physical wiring. It has 5 in 1 mode of operation like AP, Super WDS
(Default Mode) , Repeater, WISP, Gateway Modes and operates at 900Mbps bridge with
up to 10 KM distance with WPA/WPA2PSK_TKIPAES encryption and Inbuilt Wi-Fi channel
analysis. It complies with IEEE802.11ac/a standard and comes with single band 5.8GHz
with input power 500mW, Build in High Gain18dBi Panel Antenna, Separate WAN 1 x
10/100/1000Mbps port along with 24V PoE power option & LAN 1 x 10/100/1000Mbps
port along. It comes with weather-proof IP65 casing. It has dual input power option either
via WAN port, or DC adapter 12V, 1A.
Fig 1. Physical port on AirONE AIR-CPE10K+
Table 1. Physical port on AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ Description.
Physical Port Description
Reset Reset Button, makes Bridge revert to
default settings after pressing for 15sec.
WAN/PoE WAN, Internet gateway port and connect
with 24V PoE

Physical Port Description
LAN LAN Port to end users Switch or PC for
accessing device via WEBGUI.
LED Display
LED display, show operation mode,
channel, signal strength.
F (Function) Button for selecting mode
of per operation either Master/Slave.
H: CPE will work as Master.
C: CPE will work as Slave.
S (Select) Button for selection purpose.
Reset Reset Button, makes Bridge revert to
default settings after pressing for 15sec.
DC DC input power 12V, 1 A.
Table 2. COMMANDO AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ LED indication
LED INDICATOR LED Status
Power Green OFF: No power.
Green ON: 24V POE/ DC power given.
WAN Green OFF:
WAN not connected
LAN
Green ON:
WAN connect with Gateway or 24V PoE
devices and Green blinking shows activity
on WAN port.
Green OFF: LAN not connected
5G
Green ON:
LAN connect with Gateway or 24V PoE
devices and Green blinking shows activity
on LAN port.

LED INDICATOR LED Status
SYS
Green OFF: 5G not enabled.
Green ON: 5G enabled.
Green ON: Device is Power ON
Green OFF: Device is Power OFF
It is 5 in 1 mode, Outdoor bridge with Gateway Mode, Super WDS Mode (Default Mode),
WISP Mode, Repeater Mode & AP Mode with range up to 10Km with 500mW input
Power. It is industrial grade Wall/Ceiling Outdoor bridge with speed up to 900Mbps. It
equipped with separate Gigabit WAN & LAN port which enhances the sharing of files,
photo, audio, video and gaming experience over wireless network. It can also be used as
DHCP server and works as layer 3 device when configured in gateway mode. It supports
24V PoE, which helps in easy installation by eliminating the need of a dedicated power
source and need of a power adapter. It can identify and determine the correct
transmission speed and half/full duplex mode of the attached devices. It also supports
standard Auto-MDI/MDI-X that can detect the type of connection to any Ethernet device
without requiring special straight or crossover cables, Store-and-Forward forwarding
scheme to ensure low latency and high data integrity.
You can access and manage AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ using the Web based GUI (Graphical
User Interface), also called Web GUI interface.

INTRODUCTION
COMMANDO AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ is WEB GUI based easy to use and manage device. It
requires minimal configuration, so setup is simple and hassle-free. Auto-negotiation
senses the link speed of a network device in wired 10/100/1000Mbps and also for
wireless clients. It intelligently adjusts for compatibility and optimal performance by DFS
and setting channel bandwidth 20/40/80MHz wireless band and also can check free
channels available with inbuilt Wi-Fi analysis. Its compact size makes it ideal for Outdoor
Terrace/wall/ceiling with limited space. Dynamic LED lights provide real-time work status
display and basic fault diagnosis. Easy Plug-and-play installation with no configuration
required. It operates quietly, making it ideal for use in virtually any room or office. Perfect
for noise sensitive environments. It has Dual power options with DC input power or 24V
PoE power input which protect from power failures and increases life of device. With
Inbuilt security features protect your business by losing network sensitive information and
data of wireless users/surveillance cameras connected to them.
It supports energy-efficient Ethernet that can save power. It automatically adjusts power
consumption according to the link status to limit the carbon footprint of your network. It
also complies with RoHS, CE, FC prohibiting the use of certain hazardous materials.
Besides that most of the packaging material can be recycled and reused.
It has State of art quality product that can serve on real time high-speed Performance
with dual input power, cost effective, highly reliable, conformance to international open
standards, durable, serviceable, aesthetics, perceived quality, enhanced performance
leads to value to money.
Hardware Highlights
Solid performance with non-blocking architecture
• All ports capable of Gigabit Ethernet speed. Full speed of data transferring with (Auto-
Negotiation/Auto MDI/MDIX).
• Solid performance with non-blocking architecture.
Physical Ports and Networking Interfaces
• Up to 2 x 10/100/1000 Mbps Rj45 Ethernet Ports with combined PoE IN with WAN and
LAN
• Channel setting LED panel with select button
• LED Indicators: Channel display, 5G, LAN, WAN, SYS

• Reset Button
• Function button to select channel parameters
• Selector button to Change the channel parameters
• DC Input 12V, 1A
Extra Long operational life
• Dual input Power Either DC 12V/1A or 24V PoE via WAN port.
• High Quality PCB Circuit Board and PCB Surface Treatment Using Gold Sinking Process.
• Support temperature range 0° C to 50° C
• Desktop and Wall mount design that enables to mounts Which enables horizontal and
vertical wall mounting.
• Comes with one-year default warranty – optionally extendable up to 3 years
Noise-free Operation
• The ports support reduced power modes for silent operation. Perfect for noise sensitive
environments.
Software Highlights
• Multiple Operational Modes like Gateway Mode, Super WDS Mode, Repeater mode,
WISP, AP mode. All COMMANDO AirONE series Bridge default mode is Super WDS mode.
• Support Super WDS mode, device can act as AP as well as Bridge both simultaneously
and can connect multi point to multi point connection to other bridges and APs (Up to 4).
• Supports multiple SSID up to 4.
• Supports IEEE 802.11ac/a 5GHz Wireless bands.
• Dual input for power either POE IN or DC power inputs.
• IEEE 802.1q Tag based VLAN.
• Support Open or encryption like WPA/WPA2PSK_TKIPAES.
• Supports IEEE 802.11ac/a 5GHz Wireless with inbuilt 18 dBi gain Antenna panel
antenna with RF input Power up to 500mW.
• Support wireless RF power adjustable as per user movements from bridge.
• Supports intelligent load balance based on users.
• Support seamless roaming and low-rate terminal access.
• Support inbuilt Wi-Fi channel analyzer.
• Dual purposes WAN or LAN port supporting 1x 10/100/1000Mbps.
• Supports Wi-Fi client distance up to 10KM depending on surrounding conditions.
• Plug and Play design, by pressing button can set device this simplifies installation and
auto self-adaption.
• Compact IP65 casing comes with ABS waterproof, dust proof and sunscreen shell

which avoid the damage from dust & rainy weather. Meantime, it is adaptive to various
environment.
• Silent design perfect for noise sensitive environments.
How to set bridge without taking device access?
We can Config Master/ Slave CPE by pressing Function button on AIR-CPE10K+.
• Configure One AIR-CPE10K+ to “H” function this CPE will work as Master.
• Configure other AIR-CPE10K+ to “C” Function, this CPE will work as Slave.
• Press "F" to make H/ C linking, and press "S" to change to "H", it will save automatically
in 5 second.
• For Point-to-Point Connection Press reset button on both master and slave CPE, will
start bridging.
Note:
H means Host/Master, XXX means channel, C means Client, XXX means Slave Channel.
Both master and slave channel to be same.
How to take access of COMMANDO AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ ?
Access information written on backside of device as given below.
Fig 2. Access IP of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+
Note: New Firmware version supports access IP 192.168.2.1 with password commando
1. Wired access Via LAN port connected to PC.
Step 1: Power ON AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ with the help of Adaptor 12V, 1A or 24V PoE
adaptor in WAN port.

Step 2: Connect LAN port of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+ to PC via RJ-45 cable.
Step 3: Open Network and sharing center.
Step 4: Go to Change adapter settings.
Step 5: Double click on Local Area Connection. Go to Properties.
Step 6: Double click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) option and set any IP
address from 192.168.188.1 to 252 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and Gateway of PC
to be set as 192.168.188.253 to as shown below.

Fig 2. IP setting in PC connected to AirONE AIR-CPE10K+
Note: For New firmware Version set any IP address from 192.168.2.2 to 254 and Gateway
of PC to be set as 192.168.2.1.
2. Wireless access Via SSID connected to PC.

Step 1: Power ON AirONE AIR-CPE10K+.
Step 2: Connect Default SSID named “COMMANDO AIR-CPE10K+ 5.8G” with the help of
default Wi-Fi Password “66666666” or “commando” – refer product label for password.
Step 3: Click on properties of SSID “COMMANDO AIR-CPE10K+ 5.8G”.
Step 4: Edit IP setting from DHCP to Manual and set any IP address from 192.168.188.1 to
252 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and Gateway of PC to be set as 192.168.188.253.

Fig 3. Connect to SSID of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+
Fig 4. Edit IP Setting from DHCP to Manual as shown for COMMANDO AIR-CPE10K+
5.8G
Note:
All Default SSID and password can be changed as per user requirement. For New
firmware Version access IP 192.168.2.1.

Open any web browser like Chrome/Firefox/Internet Explorer/Opera etc and enter default
IP address 192.168.188.253 in address field.
Caution:
If you have already taken any Other COMMANDO wireless device access. Then before
taking access of this device, you are required to clean the browser history to avoid catch
pages issue.
Fig 5. Login page for AirONE AIR-CPE10K+
Default Password: admin or commando
Note:
Password can be changed as per user choice. Default password is written on backside of
device. According to firmware default password can either admin or commando.

Fig 6. Home page after login AirONE AIR-CPE10K+

HOME
After login, home page will be showed. This page will show device Information like CPU
Usage, Memory Usage, LAN/WDS/WAN Information like IP Mode Get IP From
AC/Gateway/Static, Status with 5G Wi-Fi Clients Status with information like SSID,
Channel, Bandwidth, Encrypt, MAC Address, with Uptime, Flow in bps for bridge
Downstream and bridge Upstream. All information can help to troubleshoot network
issue, if any very easily.
Fig 1.1 Home page Components of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+
1.1 Device Information
In Device Information, Current CPU Usage percentage and Memory Usage percentage of
the Bridge is shown.

Fig 1.1.1 Home page Components of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+
In Device Description you can add the APs description by clicking on Click Settings

Fig 1.1.2 Changing Device Description of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+
Fig 1.1.3 New Device Description of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+
1.2 LAN/WAN Information
In LAN Information you can find the IP Mode, LAN IP, Subnet, Gateway and MAC Address.
In WAN Information like WAN IP address, Gateway, DNS and MAC Address.

Fig 1.2.1 LAN information of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+

Fig 1.2.2 WAN information of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+

Fig 1.2.3 WDS information of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+
1.3 Wi-Fi Information
In Wi-Fi Information, Status along with number of clients connected to AP, SSID, Channel
used, Encryption and MAC Address of Bridge is shown.

Fig 1.3.1 Wi-Fi Information of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+
1.4 Clients List
Clients list along with number of clients connected to AP, MAC address of clients
connected, Signal strength of clients’ connection along with connection time is shown.
We can learn about users in network with all vital information.
Fig 1.4.1 Clients list of AirONE AIR-CPE10K+
1.5 Bridge WDS UP/Down stream Flow (5G Wi-Fi) bps