CreatComm TB5F User manual

TB5F
802.11a/n 5G Outdoor Wireless AP

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C atalog
V e rs io ns ..................................................................................................................4
P urp ose ..................................................................................................................4
N otes.......................................................................................................................4
D e fin itio n s ...............................................................................................................5
1P ro duc t O verview ...................................................................................................6
1.1 Product Advantages .........................................................................................................6
1.2 E lec tric a l S p e c ific atio ns ....................................................................................................7
1.3 Features ............................................................................................................................9
1.4 U s ing E xam p le ..................................................................................................................9
1.5 A p p lic atio ns ....................................................................................................................10
1.6 H ard ware O verview ........................................................................................................10
2Ins ta llatio n .............................................................................................................11
2.1 TB 5 F ins tallatio n .............................................................................................................11
2.2 C onnections ...................................................................................................................13
3Q uick C onfiguration..............................................................................................13
3.1 Lo g in ..............................................................................................................................14
3.2 W izard .............................................................................................................................16
4TDMA ....................................................................................................................18
5S tatus ....................................................................................................................19
5.1 S tatus ..............................................................................................................................19
5.2 Monitor............................................................................................................................20
6W ire le s s ................................................................................................................21
7N etwork.................................................................................................................23
7.1 Router mode...................................................................................................................23
7.2 B rid g e m ode...................................................................................................................25
7.3 Management...................................................................................................................25
7.4 F ire w all ............................................................................................................................25
7.5 IP A lia s e s .........................................................................................................................26
7.6 S tatic R outes ..................................................................................................................26
7.7 Traffic S hap in g ................................................................................................................26
7.8 VLAN S ettings.................................................................................................................27

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8Advanced..............................................................................................................29
9S ystem ..................................................................................................................30
10 Tools .....................................................................................................................31
11 AC NMS................................................................................................................34
12 Logout...................................................................................................................34
13 Network C onfiguration Examples ........................................................................34
13.1 A P and S tatio n N etwo rk .................................................................................................34
13.2 W D S A P , W D S S tatio n, W D S R e peater N e two rk.........................................................35
13.3 Router Mode...................................................................................................................36
FAQ ..............................................................................................................................37

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V e rsio ns
Tab le 1 V e rs io ns
V e rs io n
Date
H is to ry
Author
1.0.2589
2016-08-10
C reated
Zhenghu Liu
Purpose
This document is proposed for the users of TB5F devices, helping them to configure the
device and list the troubleshooting, so that the devices can be used successfully quickly.
This document mainly contains the following parts: hardware information, web
configuration menu descriptions, network configuration examples, and troubleshooting. It
c an he lp th e c us to me rs q uic kly b e fam iliar with the d e vic e s and us e the m c o rre c tly.
N otes
This document is to characterize the TB5F series of devices. Please read the document
c are fu lly b e fo re s ettin g up d e vic e . A ny d am ag e whic h is c au se d b y inap p ro p riate use will
not be covered under the warranty.

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D e finitio ns
Tab le 2 Defin itio n s
No.
Ite ms
D e s c rip tio n
1 TB5F
Outdoor, long distance AP/CPE/Bridge devices by
C reatC omm Technologies Inc.
2 VTrans
VTrans is a series of wireless technologies, developed
and patented by C reatC omm, including TDMA,
5M/10M/20M/40MHz bandwidth s up p o rt, inte llige nt
rate control, Auto AC K Time-out adjust, having the
advantage of long transmission range, high date rate
and robust transmission.
3
AP
Access point
4 S ta tio n(C lie nt)
WIFI station that can be associated to an access
p o int.
5 CPE
C ustomer-premises equipment: it is any te rm in al and
associated equipment located at
as ub s c rib e r's premises and connected with
a
c arrier's te le c o m mun ic atio n channel at
the
d em arc atio n p o int.

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1Product Overview
TB 5 F is a p o we rful W IF I B rid g e/A P / C P E d e vic e , wh ic h a llo ws W IF I ac c e ss and
vid e o /aud io /d ata trans miss io n d e vic e , e nab le s lo ng -range, fast speed and robust wireless
connections. Integrated with C reatC omm’s VTrans technology, TB5F has the advantages
of long-d is tan c e, h igh-throughput, and between point-to-m ulti-p o int p erfo rm anc e s.
VTrans technologies include TDMA, 5M/10M/20M/40MHz bandwidth, intelligent rate
c o ntro l, A uto A C K Tim e-O ut Adjust and so on. TDMA technology solves the problems of
hid d e n-node problem in the 802.11 network. 5M/10M/20M/40MHz bandwidth can be
fle xib ly c o nfig ure d b y the us es in d iffe re nt wo rking sc e na rio to a c hie ve th e b e st lin k q uality.
Inte llig ent rate c o ntro l a lgo rithm c an b e ad ap te d to q uic k c h anne l q u ality variatio ns
auto m atic ally, thus stabilizing the wireless throughput. AC K Time-O ut Auto Adjust can
automatically detect the distances of the TB5F devices, and thus adjust the wireless
p ara mete rs to ac h ieve the b e st wire les s link q u ality.
The longest transmission range and max speed of TB5F can be 5 Km and 300Mbps,
m akin g it s uitab le fo r many ap p lic atio ns o f W IF I B rid g e/A P /C P E , e sp e c ially have
advantages for point-to-m ulti-p o int c o m m unic atio n.
1.1 P roduct Advantages
The TB5F has the industrial leading technology, owing the performance c a p ab ility o f a
wire le ss b as e s tatio n with o n ly a s mall fo rm fa c to r, fu rth erm o re , it has ve ry attrac tive lo w
cost.
TB5F has the following advantages compared to the competitors:
1. Embedded VTrans technology
TB5F devices is embedded with VTrans te c hno lo g y, including TDMA, 5/10/20/40MHz
b and wid th, inte llig ent rate c o ntro l, A u to A C K Tim e-out adjust. It makes the device have
longer transmission distance, higher throughput and better point-to-m ulti-p o int
p e rfo rmanc e .
2. Longer transmission distance, higher throughput
The longest transmission distance of TB5F can be as far as 5 km, and the max throughput
can be 300Mbps，which satisfy the needs of most of the applications.
3. Embedded hardware watchdog
TB5F is embedded with hardware watchdog, which is used to monitor the working status
of the device. O nce the system is not working properly, the TB5F device can be rebooted
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4. Software Ping watchdog function
TB5F software ping watchdog function enable the device periodically ping another device
as so c iate d to , s o that it c an d e te c t if the s ys te m is wo rkin g we ll. If the wire le ss link is lo s t
or there is any problem, the device is rebooted. This is important because the devices can
b e re sto re d to wo rk auto m atic ally if the re is an y p ro b le m , and avoid the extra human
labour to maintain the outdoor devices.
5. M o re N o n-standard channels availability
Currently most of the WIFI devices are working at standard 802.11 5.8G Hz frequency.
However, standard 802.11 5.8GHz only provide limited channels, and there is serious
interference if there are a lot of 5.8G WIFI devices nearby.
TB5F support more channels near 5.8GHz band, and spread the band to non-standard
frequency part: 4920MHz-6100MHz。The advantage of working at the non-standard
band is to avoid the interference in the standard channels, and the wireless throughput
can be improved.
N ote: Please confirm whether those non-s tand ard c h anne ls are p e rm itte d lo c a lly b e fo re
using them.
6. O utdoor industrial product
TB5F device can work at all kinds of outdoor s eve re e nviro nm ents , inc lud ing -30 to 70
degree temperature, 5% to 95% humidity, while maintain good performance.
1.2 E le c tric al S p e c ific atio ns
The e lec tric al s p e c ific atio ns are s ho wn a re the fo llo wing ta b le :
Tab le 3 E le c tric al S p e c ific atio ns
Ite ms
S p e c ific atio ns
W ire le s s
Standard IEEE802.11 a/n（2T2R 300Mbps）
O p e ra tio n
Frequency
5.745～5.825 G Hz(More Non-standard channels is
a va ilab ility,4 9 2 0 M H z-6100MHz)
M o d u latio n
Mode 802.11 a/n: O FDM
Antenna
External 16dBi
H:90° V:12°
Antenna size
Device:212.6*212.6*55mm,
ANT:450*140*35mm
W eight
Device:2.8kg
ANT:1.26kg

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O utput power
30dBm
Receive
S ensitivity -72dBm@65Mbps,
-94dBm@6Mpbs
Date rate
11n:13.5/15/27/30/40.5/45/54/60/81/90/108/120/121.5/135
/150/162/180/216/240/270/300Mbps(HT40)
130/117/104/78/65/58.5/52/39/26/19.5/13/6.5Mbps(HT20)
11a :54/48/36/24/18/12/9/6Mbps(adaptive)
D is ta nc e
Outdoor open area: < 5 km
H a rd ware
Power supply
802.3at PoE+
Inte rfa c e
PoE
O p e ra tio n
Temperature -30℃～+70℃
S to rage
Temperature -40℃～+85℃
O p e ra tio n
H um id ity 5%～95%RH
S oftware
E nc ryp tio n
802.x/WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
N etwo rk
R o u ter/B rid ge
O p e ra tio n
Mode AP /S tation/W DS AP /W D S S tation/W D S R epeater
S e c urity
MAC/IP filte r, SSID hidden
N etwo rk
protocol TCP/UDP/ARP/ICMP/DHCP/HTTP/NTP
TDMA
Supported (Avoid 802.11 hidden-node problems, and improve
the point-to-m ulti-p o int p e rfo rmance)
Auto ACK
tim ing A d jus t S up p o rte d
Management
and Logs NTP, SNMP, S ys lo g, Telnet
Web based
C o n fig uratio n S up p o rte d
Firmware
Update S u p p orte d
Bandwidth
supported 5M/10M/20M/40MHz

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1.3 Features
High performance 802.11n 2×2 MIMO chip
Max transmission range: 5Km, and max transmission throughput: 300Mbps
Integrated VTrans tec hno lo g y, inc lud in g TD M A , inte llig e nt rate c o ntro l, A uto A C K
Tim e-out adjust
TDMA solves the problems of hidden-node problem in the 802.11 network, thus
having better long-distance and PTMP performance
Support five operation modes: Access Point, S tation, W D S Access Point, W D S
Station, WDS Repeater
Support point-to-p o int, p o int-to-m ultip o int c o nn ec tio n
Unique RF and antenna design enables long-range transmission
W ire les s m ultim ed ia o p tim iza tio n te c hno lo g y g uarante es vid e o /aud io trans mis sio n
QoS
Web b as e d wo rking s c e nario s ele c tio n m ake s th e ins tallatio n and s e tting m uc h
easier
Reliable PoE power supply, support 802.3af standard
Web-based configuration, easy to use
Waterproof housing and accessory kit protects
1.4 U s in g E xam p le
The TB5F usage example are shown in Figure 1, it can be used as WIFI AP, C PE, or
o utd o o r P T P , P TM P to p o lo g y. The re fo re , TB 5F is s uita b le fo r vario us ap p lic atio ns like
wire le ss vid e o trans mis sio n, and wire les s s ignal c o ve ra ge .

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Fig ure 1 TB5F using examples
1.5 A p p lic a tio ns
TB 5 F c an b e u se d wid e ly in the fo llo wing ap p lic atio n s:
W ire le ss vid e o s urve illan c e (fre e -way, c ity, p o lic e , o il p ip e line , fo re s t an d etc .)
C arrier wireless b ac khaul and rural area internet last-m ile w ire le ss s o lutio n
Enterprise local area netwo rk inte r-connection
W IF I s ignal c o ve rag e and rural wire le ss c o ve ra ge
1.6 Hardware O verview
TB 5 F ’s hard ware info rm atio n is de sc rib e d in the fo llo wing Tab le 4 :

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Tab le 4 H ard ware info rm atio n
H ard ware S p e c ific a tio n s
C PU/Baseband Radio
Atheros AR9344
M emo ry
64MB DRAM, 8MB Flash
P hys ic al Inte rfac e
1×10/100/1000M Base-TX (C at. 5/5E,
RJ-45) Ports
Power supply
802.3at PoE+
2Ins tallatio n
This c ha p te r d e sc rib e s ho w to in sta ll TB 5 F d e vic e in th e b rid g e m o d e, and the ins tallatio n
method of router mode can be seen in C hapter 7.
2.1 T B 5 F in s ta llatio n
TB5F is an outdoor product, and it has the aluminium shell, has the IP67 water-proof
capability, and can operate at -30℃～+70℃te mp e rature .
To m ake TB 5 F wo rk w ell in all kind s o f c o mp lic ate d o utd o o r e nviro nm ent, th e ins tallatio n is
ve ry imp o rtan t. If it’s no t installe d we ll, the wire le ss lin k q uality will b e a ffe c te d , and the
lo ng -te rm wo rking s tab ility c a nn o t b e g u ara nte e to o .
Package contents:
O pen the package carefully, and make sure that none of the fo llo wing ite ms liste d are
mis s ing :
One TB5F device
One 802.3at PoE+ power adapter
One RJ45 water-proof connector
O ne antenna
Metal Mast-Mount Set, shown in Figure 2, and this set contains 3 components.
O ne quick user manual

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Fig ure 2 Metal Mast-Mount S ets
All the components in the package are shown in Figure 3:
Fig ure 3 Package contents
Ins tallatio n ste p s:
Ins tallatio n o f TB 5 F c an fo llo w the b e lo w ste p s:
1. Take all the contents from the package
2. Mount TB5F in a mast, and then fix the device on the mast as shown in Figure 5.
3. After the TB5F is fixed on the mast, protect the Ethernet cable using the water-p ro o f
connector.
Fig ure 4W ater-proof connector and the Ethernet cable
4. Screw the water-proof connector well on the TB5F shell.

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Figure 5TB5F installations on a mast
2.2 C onnections
The connection of TB5F device to PoE and power supply is shown in Figure 6. TB5F has
1 RJ45 ports, and please connect the device with the PoE power adaptor as shown in the
Fig ure .
Fig ure 6 C o n ne c tio n s a t B rid g e m o d e
3Q uick C onfiguration
This chapter describe how to configure the device quickly.

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3.1 Lo g in
To log in the TB5F device, user needs to configure the TC P/IP of your c o m p ute r first as
th e fo llo wing ste p s:
1．R ig ht c lic k Lo c al A re a C o nne c tio n ic o n o f yo ur c o m p ute r an d c lic k p ro p e rtie s, the n
c lic k C o ntinue , the Lo c al A re a C o nn ec tio n P ro p e rtie s d ialo g b o x ap p e ars as Fig ure 7 .
Fig ure 7 Local Area C onnec tio n P ro p e rtie s
2．S e le c t Inte rn et P ro to c o l (T C P / IP ) and c lic k P ro p e rtie s b utto n , and the fo llo w ing d ialo g
box appears:

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Fig ure 8 IP settings
3．In the above Figure 8, IP address should be set to 192.168.1.*, here * can be a
num b er between 1-255 (but not 36) since the TB5F default IP address is 192.168.1.36.
4．When the above IP setting is done, input the default IP 192.168.1.36 into the address
bar of your web browser, and the following log in interface appears as shown in Figure 9.
5．In F igure 9 , in p ut the us er na me and p ass wo rd (d e fault is a d min/ ad m in), c lic k C o nfirm ,
then you can log in to the web configuration menu of the TB5F device.

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Fig ure 9 L o g in inte rfac e
3.2 W izard
The users will see how to configure the TB 5 F d e vic e q uic kly in this c hap te r.
1．Th e firs t p ag e s ho wn afte r lo g in is the S tatus page, which indicates the working status,
current setting, software version and other information of the TB5F device. User can
switc h to o the r p ag es b y c lic king the le ft main menus in Figure 10.
Fig ure 10 Status Page
2．C lic k W iza rd in the top right corner, the page goes to W izard -N etwo rk page as shown
in Figure 11, and this page helps to set the basic network parameters. The default mode
is Bridge mode, and the default LAN IP address is 192.168.1.36. If the user wants to
configure the device to Router mode, please click N e two rk in th e m a in menu.

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N ote: If several TB5F devices are connected in the Point-to-Point or Point-to-M ulti-P o in t
to p o lo g ie s, the y m us t b e c o nfig ure d to d iffe re nt IP ad d re s s to avo id c o llis io ns .
Fig ure 11 W iza rd -N e two rk
3．After finishing the W izard -N etwo rk settings, click next and it goes to W iza rd -W ire le s s
page shown in Figure 12. The most used wireless modes are Access Point and S tation.
S tation mo de: The device acts as a WIFI station, and it can be connected to a normal
home access point or TB5F access point.
Access Point mode: The TB5F device acts as an access point, which allows normal WIFI
s ta tio ns ac c e ss . F o r d e ta il s e ttin gs o f w ire les s m o d e , p le as e c lic k Wireless in the main
menu.
N ote: If two TB5F devices need to be connected in p o int-to-point topology, one of the
device need to be configured as Access Point, and the other one need to be configured
as S tation, and both of them should have the same Encryption method.
Fig ure 12 W iza rd -W ire le s s

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3．Clic k “N e xt”, the las t p ag e o f W izard is s ho wn in Fig ure 13. U se r c an c lic k C hange to
sa ve all the se tting s, an d the n c lic k Apply the make the setting effective, or click Last to
modify the previous settings.
Fig ure 13 W iza rd -Finis h
4TDMA
Currently, most of the outdoor bridge products are developed based on 802.11 protocols,
ho we ve r, it has the lim itatio n s o f sho rt-distance, hidden node problems, and poor point-to-
mu lti-p o int p erfo rm anc e .
The VTrans technology developed and patented by C re atC o m m , utilizing a s e rie s o f
advanced technologies such as TDMA, 5M/10M/20M/40MHz bandwidth support,
inte llig ent rate c o ntro l, A uto A C K Tim e-out Adjust, having the advantage of long
transmission range, high date rate and robust transmission.
TDMA technology solves the problems of hidden-node problem in the 802.11 network
infra-structure. 5M/10M/20M/40MHz bandwidth can be flexibly configured by the uses in
d iffe re nt wo rking sc e na rio to ac hie ve th e b e st link q uality. Inte llig ent ra te c o ntro l a lgo rithm
c an b e ad ap te d to q uic k c hanne l q ua lity variatio ns , while s ta b ilize the wire les s thro ug hp ut,
thus suitable for long-d is tanc e tra ns mis sio n. A C K Tim e-out Auto Adjust can automatically
detect the distances of the TB5F devices, and adjust the wireless parameters to achieve
th e b e st link q ua lity.
The TDMA setting is shown in the following Figure 14.
Fig ure 14 TD M A setting
To use the TDMA, the user needs to enable TDMA mode in the AP device, and set a
p rio rity leve l in the s ta tio n d e vic e . When several stations are connected to one AP, different
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level can be set to High, otherwise set to Low. When the stations demand the same
throughput, their priority level can be set to the same level.
N ote: When using TDMA mode, the TDMA button need to be enabled at both AP and
s ta tio n d e vic e s in th e we b -based configuration menu. The devices from other vendors
cannot be connected to TB5F in the TDMA mode.
5S tatus
S tatus is the first page shown after logging in. It shows the current configuration and real-
tim e mo nito ring o f th e d e vic e , s ee n in th e fo llo wing F igure 1 5. Th is p ag e is d ivid e d into 2
p arts : S tatus and Monitor.
Fig ure 15 S tatus
5.1 S tatus
All the configurations in Status page is shown in Table 5.
Tab le 5 C onfigurations shown in Status
Ite ms
D e s c rip tio n
Ite ms
D e s c rip tio n
D e vic e
N ame o f the
device , for
example: TB5F
W IF I M A C
W IF I M A C o f th is d e vic e
Firmware Version
Software version
number
C hannel
mode
W ire le ss c o m m unic atio n
protocol, for example,
802.11b/g/n
W A N IP
WAN IP address
WAN MAC
MAC of the WAN port

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N e two rk M o d e
Network mode:
R o uter o r B ridge
SSID
The name of the wireless
netwo rk
Frequency/C hannel
W ire les s c hanne l
chosen
C hannel
W id th
5M、10M、20M、
20/40M AUTO
W ire les s M o d e
Access Po int,
S tation,
WDS Station,
WDS Access Po int,
WDS Repeater
S e c urity
W ire le ss e nc ryp tio n
method
D is ta nc e
The distance
between two
associated devices
Noise Floor
N o is e Flo o r value
S ignal le ve l
It indicates the
signal strength of
the device
Link Q uality
Q uality o f the c o nne c tio n
link
TX/RX R ate
The date rate of
c urre nt d e vic e
during sending and
re c e iving d ata.
Tim e
The real-tim e
5.2 Monitor
Throughput: The figure here monitors the real-time throughput of the wireless link, shown
in the fo llo w in g F igure 1 6.
Fig ure 16 Throughput monitor
Route Table: It is stored in a router that lists the routes to particular network destinations,
and in some cases, metrics (distances) associated with those routes. The route table
c o nta ins info rm atio n a b out the to p o lo gy o f the ne two rk imm ed iate ly aro und it.