Pepwave OfficePoint 200 User manual

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User Manual
Pepwave OfficePoint Indoor Series
200 / 400
Pepwave OfficePoint Outdoor Series
400-DX
Document Rev.2.1.6
Dec-10

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Table of Contents
1INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE ................................................................................. 3
2PRODUCT FEATURES............................................................................................. 4
3PACKAGE CONTENTS ............................................................................................ 5
4PEPWAVE OFFICEPOINT OVERVIEW.................................................................... 6
4.1 FRONT VIEW ......................................................................................................................... 6
4.2 REAR PANEL VIEW ................................................................................................................ 7
5INSTALLATION......................................................................................................... 9
5.1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES.................................................................................................. 9
6INFORMATION........................................................................................................ 10
6.1 SYSTEM.............................................................................................................................. 10
6.2 WIRELESS........................................................................................................................... 11
6.3 AUTOMESH......................................................................................................................... 15
7CONFIGURATION................................................................................................... 16
7.1 SYSTEM.............................................................................................................................. 16
7.2 WIRELESS NETWORKS......................................................................................................... 20
7.3 ADVANCED WIRELESS SETTINGS.......................................................................................... 33
7.4 AUTOMESH......................................................................................................................... 36
7.5 SNMP ................................................................................................................................ 37
7.6 WEB ADMINISTRATION ......................................................................................................... 40
8TOOLS - DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS.............................................................................. 42
9COMMANDS ........................................................................................................... 43
9.1 ACTIVATE CHANGES ............................................................................................................ 43
9.2 FIRMWARE .......................................................................................................................... 44
9.3 CONFIGURATION.................................................................................................................. 45
9.4 MISC .................................................................................................................................. 46
10 RESTORATION OF FACTORY DEFAULTS........................................................... 47
10.1 OFFICEPOINT INDOOR SERIES ............................................................................................. 47
10.2 OFFICEPOINT OUTDOOR SERIES.......................................................................................... 47
APPENDIX A. ............................................................................................................... 48
APPENDIX B. ............................................................................................................... 49

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1Introduction and Scope
Pepwave OfficePoint is an enterprise grade 802.11b/g Wi-Fi access point with centralized management
system. It is a powerful solution for building wireless networks for all business needs. Each Pepwave
OfficePoint is loaded with essential features such as Multiple SSID, VLAN, AutoMesh and Guest Protect.
One Pepwave OfficePoint can masquerade up to 4 different access points. Each virtual access point can
have its own security policy (e.g. WPA, WPA2, etc.) and authentication mechanism (e.g. 802.1x, open,
captive portal, etc), to facilitate building your network much faster, easier and more cost-effective than
ever before. Pepwave OfficePoint comes with a high-power Wi-Fi transmitter which greatly enhances
coverage and performance.
This manual applies to Pepwave OfficePoint indoor models 200, 400 and outdoor models 400-DX.

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2Product Features
Key features of Pepwave OfficePoint:
•High-power output enhances coverage and lowers cost of ownership
•Independent security policies and encryption mechanisms per virtual AP
•Centralized management via InControl
•AutoMesh Support for secure and fast network expansion
•Guest Protect Support
•WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) and QoS (Quality of Service) Support

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3Package Contents
The following items are the contents of a Pepwave OfficePoint indoor package:
•1 x Pepwave OfficePoint indoor unit
•1 x Omni-directional antenna
•1 x Power Supply Unit
•1 x Passive PoE
•1 x Instruction Sheet
The following items are the contents of a Pepwave OfficePoint outdoor package:
•1 x Pepwave OfficePoint outdoor unit
•1 x 13dBi patch antenna
•1 x Power Supply Unit
•1 x Passive PoE
•1 x Mounting Kit
•1 x Instruction Sheet
•1 x Installation Guide

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4Pepwave OfficePoint Overview
4.1 Front View
OfficePoint 200, 400
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4.2 Rear Panel View
4.2.1 OfficePoint indoor series
Connectors
Antenna
(Left-most
Connector)
A RP-SMA connector for connecting the antenna.
LAN A 10/100BaseT Ethernet connector, normally to be connected to back haul
network.
Reset
Reset button to be depressed with a pin. Depress and hold for at least 5
seconds to restore factory defaults.
For further details, please refer to Section 11, Restoration of Factory
Defaults.
Power Connector A connector for DC 12V power input, to be connected with the supplied power
adaptor.
LED Indicators
Power
OFF – Power off
ON – Power on
Status
OFF – The unit is initializing.
ON – The unit is ready.
Ethernet
OFF – The Ethernet port is not connected.
ON – The Ethernet port is connected.
Wireless OFF – Wireless is not ready.
On – Wireless is ready.

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4.2.2 OfficePoint 400-DX
LED Indicators
PWR OFF – Power off
ON – Power on
LAN OFF – Ethernet is not connected
ON – Ethernet is connected
WIFI
Wi-Fi is ready. The number of Wi-Fi LED lights from “MIN” to “MAX”
indicates the number of clients associated.
One LED on: 1-10 clients;
Two LEDs on: 11-20 clients;
Three LEDs on: 21-30 clients;
Four LEDs on: 31-40 clients;
Five LEDs on: 40 clients above.
Off: Wi-Fi is not ready

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5Installation
Pepwave OfficePoint acts as a bridge between the wireless and the wired Ethernet interface. A typical
setup is as follows:
5.1 Installation Procedures
1. Attach the antenna to the Pepwave OfficePoint unit.
2. Connect the LAN port on the unit with the backbone network using an Ethernet cable. The port
could auto sense the cable is straight-through or cross-over.
3. Connect the power adapter to the power connector of the unit, and then plug in the power adapter.
4. Wait for the status LED to turn green.
5. Connect a PC to the backbone network, and configure the IP address of the PC to be any IP
address between 192.168.0.4 and 192.168.0.254, with subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
6. With Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above, or Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or above, connect to the URL
https://192.168.0.3.
7. When prompted, enter the default admin login ID and password, admin and public respectively.
8. After logging in, the following Information main page appears. Please go to Configure > System
to facilitate further configuration of the Pepwave OfficePoint unit.

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6Information
6.1 System
System Information
AP Name This field shows the name of the system entered in the configuration.
Location This field shows the location entered in the configuration.
Network IP
Information This shows the current IP used on the system.
System Time This shows the time of day in respect to the time zone selected.
Up Time This shows the time has been up since boots up.
Click on the Detail link beside the Network IP Information to check the following system information: IP
Address Mode, IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, DNS Server.

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6.2 Wireless
6.2.1 AP Info
Wireless Information – AP Info
Number of Wireless
Networks This indicates the number of wireless networks.
Number of
Connected Clients This indicates the number of associated clients.
Current Channel This shows which 802.11 channel the system is using.
Wireless Network
SSID This shows which SSID the client is associated.
Broadcast SSID This setting shows whether or not the ESSID of the virtual AP can be scanned
by Wi-Fi clients.
Security Policy This setting shows the wireless authentication and encryption methods.
Default VLAN ID This setting shows the VLAN ID tagged on all outgoing packets generated from
the virtual AP.
MAC Address
(BSSID) This shows the detailed BSSIDs.
Click on the Info link to check the following wireless information: Web Portal Login, Wireless Network
Firewall, MAC Filter, Bandwidth Control,Layer 2 Isolation.
Click on the Stat link to check the following networking statistics: Packets Sent, Bytes Sent, Packets
Received, Bytes Received.

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6.2.2 Connected Clients
Wireless Information – Connected Clients
Manufacturer This shows the manufacturer based on the MAC prefix.
MAC address This shows the client MAC address.
Signal This shows the signal strength.
Network SSID This shows which SSID the client is associated.
Authentication
Status This shows the client authentication method(s).
Type This shows the radio mode of the client.
Connection Length This shows the associated duration.
Click on the Details link, more networking statistics will be provided.

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Wireless Information – Connected Clients - Details
Vendor This shows the manufacturer based on the MAC prefix.
MAC Address This shows the client MAC address.
Protocol This shows the radio mode of the client.
IP Address This shows the IP address of connected client.
Network SSID This shows which SSID the client is associated.
Connection Length This shows the associated duration.
Authentication
Status This shows the client authentication method(s).
Username This shows the user name of the connected client.
Domain This shows the domain name of the connected client.
VLAN ID This shows the VLAN ID of the connected client.
Network Priority
Level This shows the priority level of internet transfers of this connect client.
Bytes Received This shows the transmitted size this client received from the AP.
Bytes Sent This shows the transmitted size this client sent out to the AP.
Packets Received This shows the packet number this client received from the AP.
Packets Sent This shows the packet number this client sent out to the AP.
Receive Errors This shows the number of errors this client received from the AP.
Transmit Errors This shows the number of errors this client transmitted to the AP.
Duplicates
Received This shows the number of duplicates received by the client from the AP.
Receive Retries This shows the number of retries this client received from the AP.
Transmit Retries This shows the number of retries this client transmitted to the AP.
Transmit Excessive
Retries This shows the number of excessive retries this client transmitted to the AP.
Receive Data Rate This shows the receive data rate of the client from the AP.
Transmit Data Rate This shows the transmit data rate of the client to the AP.
Signal (RSSI) This shows the signal strength received by the client.

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6.2.3 Nearby Networks
Wireless Information – Nearby Networks
Network Discovery This shows if the AP would scan and discover nearby network.
Scanning Interval This shows how often the AP goes to other channels to discover nearby AP.
Scanning Time This shows how long the AP stays on the other channels to discover a nearby
AP.
Manufacturer This shows the manufacturer based on the MAC prefix.
SSID This shows which SSID the client is associated.
Security This shows the client authentication method(s).
MAC address This shows the client MAC address.
Channel This shows the channel of the existing Bssid.
Signal (RSSI) This shows the signal strength.
Last Seen This indicates the time stamp of the access point sc
Status This shows the current status of this nearby network.

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6.3 AutoMesh
6.3.1 AutoMesh Info
AutoMesh Info
Mesh ID
(MAC Address) This shows the MAC address of the AutoMesh node.
Parent This shows the parent node of the wireless node.
Channel This shows the channel of the existing Bssid.
Level This shows the hop level of the wireless node.
State This shows the state of the node: wired or wireless.
6.3.2 Neighbor AutoMesh Members
AutoMesh Status – Neighbor AutoMesh Members
Mesh ID This shows the wireless MAC address of the Neighbor WDS node.
Parent This shows the parent node of the Neighbor WDS node.
Channel This shows the channel of the existing Bssid.
Signal (SNR) This value shows the signal strength of the neighbor AutoMesh members.
Level This shows the signal strength of the node.
State This shows the hop level of the node.

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7Configuration
7.1 System
Upon selecting System under Configure section from the navigation bar on the left, the following page
shows the configuration options:
7.1.1 Basic
System Settings - Basic
AP Name A user-specified name for the access point.
This value can be retrieved via SNMP.
Location A user-specified name for the location of the access point.
This value can be retrieved via SNMP.
Time zone This option specifies the time region to be used for representing the time on
the system.

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Domain Name Domain name can be set for wireless clients to have a readable name for the
web management.
Keep Default IP With this option disabled, default IP 192.168.0.3 of the device will be disabled.
IP Address Mode
The options are Automatic and Manual.
Automatic: IP address of the Pepwave OfficePoint unit is acquired from a
DHCP server on the Ethernet segment.
Manual: A user-specified IP address is used.
PPPoE: IP address is obtained through PPPoE. PPPoE is only supported on
Router mode, please refer to the below table: System Settings - Advanced
for more details.
IP Address Mode – Manual
Static IP Address
This specifies the unique IP address for the Pepwave OfficePoint unit to
communicate on the Ethernet segment.
This IP address is distinct from the admin IP address 192.168.0.3 on the
Ethernet segment.
Subnet Mask This setting specifies the subnet mask of the Pepwave OfficePoint unit.
Default Gateway This setting specifies the default gateway of the Pepwave OfficePoint unit.
DNS Server This is the DNS server address to be used by the Pepwave OfficePoint unit for
resolving host names.
IP Address Mode – PPPoE
PPPoE Username
This specifies the username required in order to connect via PPPoE to acquire
Internet connectivity. The information is typically determined by and can be
obtained from the ISP.
PPPoE Password
This specifies the password required in order to connect via PPPoE to acquire
Internet connectivity. The information is typically determined by and can be
obtained from the ISP.
PPPoE Service
Name
This is a PPPoE parameter which is provided by the ISP.
Note: Leave this field empty if you are not sure.

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7.1.2 Advanced
System Settings - Advanced
Management VLAN
ID
This specifies the VLAN from which management sessions are allowed. The
establishment of management sessions is restricted only to the specified
VLAN ID. If Management VLAN ID is set to zero, no VLAN restriction is
applied.
The default value of this setting is zero. It means no tagging is enabled
(instead of tagged with zero).
NTP Server
This is the Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server hostname to be used for
synchronizing system clock of Pepwave OfficePoint.
The default value of this setting is pool.ntp.org.
Scheduled Reboot The system would perform reboot based on the scheduled time set. Click the
box above the Schedule to Enable this feature.
Ethernet
Speed/Duplex This setting provides the option to set the speed of the Ethernet.
AP Mode Available options are Bridge and Router. With this option set as Router, the
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7.1.3 Manual Router Settings
Manual Router Settings will only be available when the AP Mode in the previous section had been
selected as Router mode. You can use the OfficePoint as a DHCP server for other devices behind.
DHCP Server Parameters
LAN IP This setting specifies the DHCP server IP address.
LAN Subnet Mask This setting specifies the subnet mask of the DHCP server.
IP Start Range This setting specifies the first address in the range of IP addresses to be
assigned to DHCP clients.
IP Stop Range This setting specifies the last address in the range of IP addresses to be
assigned to DHCP clients.
Subnet Mask This setting specifies the subnet mask to be used by DHCP clients.
Broadcast Address This setting specifies the broadcast address to be used by DHCP clients.
Gateway This setting specifies the default routing gateway to be used by DHCP clients.
DNS 1 This setting specifies the IP address of the primary DNS Server to be offered
to DHCP clients.
DNS 2 This setting specifies the IP address of the secondary DNS Server to be
offered to DHCP clients.
DNS 3 This setting specifies the IP address of the tertiary DNS Server to be offered to
DHCP clients.
Lease Time
This setting specifies the length of time throughout which an IP address of a
DHCP client remains valid. Upon expiration of the Lease Time, the assigned IP
address will no longer be valid and the renewal of the IP address assignment
will be required.

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7.2 Wireless Networks
Upon selecting Wireless Networks under Configure section from the navigation bar on the left, the
following shows the configured SSID available on the system:
General Wireless Networks Settings
Wireless Network
SSID The SSID of the virtual Access Point (AP).
Security Policies Shows the configured wireless authentication and encryption methods.
Default VLAN ID
This setting specifies the VLAN ID to be tagged on all outgoing packets
generated from the virtual AP (i.e. packets that travel from the Wi-Fi segment,
through the Pepwave OfficePoint unit to Ethernet segment via the LAN port).
If 802.1x is enabled, a per-user VLAN ID can be specified in the authentication
reply from the Radius server. If it is set, the value specified via Default VLAN
ID will be overridden.
Status Shows whether the virtual AP is enabled or disabled.
MAC Address
(BSSID) Shows the detailed BSSIDs.
Portal Shows if the InControl Guest Portal is enabled. Please refer to section 7.2.2 for
details.
To add a new virtual AP, click the Add button. To modify the settings for a virtual AP, click the link Edit on
the right of the desired WLAN SSID, upon which the following Wireless Network Details is displayed.
Click on the Info link to check the following networking statistics: Broadcast SSID, MAC Filter,
Bandwidth Control, Layer 2 Isolation.
General Wireless Networks Settings – Info
Broadcast SSID This shows if the Broadcast SSID feature of this network is enabled.
MAC Filter This shows if the MAC Filter feature of this network is enabled.
Bandwidth Control This shows if the Bandwidth Control feature of this network is enabled.
Layer 2 Isolation This shows if the Layer 2 Isolation feature of this network is enabled.