Solwise Patriot-DB User manual

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Patriot-DB
Flexible Access-Point and
Wi-Fi Extender

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Table of Contents
Powering Up............................................................... 3
Configure Using a Wired Laptop / PC......................... 4
Configure Using a Wi-Fi Device .................................. 5
Use as a Stand-alone Access Point............................. 6
Use as a WiFi repeater ............................................. 12
Use with Another Access Point ................................ 18
Use with the RPT-3000 Router................................. 22
Use with the RPT-3000A Router............................... 27

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Powering Up
The Patriot-DB is powered via its WAN/LAN (PoE) Port
using a PoE injector on mains electricity, but other
options are available if you need to operate from other
power sources.
Before starting this guide, please ensure that you have connected
the Ethernet cables in the below correct order.
Firstly, connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the PoE port of
the PoE injector, and the other end to the WAN/LAN (PoE) port
on the PATRIOT-DB.
Once this is done, you need to plug in the power connector to the
DC24V port of the PoE injector, then plug the power adapter into
the mains socket and turn it on.
Finally press the ON/OFF button on the PoE injector to power up
the Patriot-DB.

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Configure Using a Wired Laptop / PC
This is the easiest way to get started as all you need to
do is establish a wired connection between the Patriot-
DB and either a laptop or computer using Ethernet
cables.
This is done by connecting one end of an Ethernet cable directly
to the LAN DATA IN port of the PoE injector, and the other end to
the LAN port of the computer or laptop.
Once done, you can proceed.

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Configure Using a Wi-Fi Device
If you don’t have a PC or laptop with a LAN port to do
the configuration then you can do it using a
Smartphone or any other Wi-Fi enabled device that has
a Web Browser.
This is done by wirelessly connecting to either Wireless-N or
Wireless-AC, which are the default open wireless networks that
the Patriot-DB broadcasts.
Once done, you can proceed.

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Use as a Stand-alone Access Point
In this mode the Patriot-DB will be used to serve an
outdoor area with a WiFi service sourced through a
wired connection to a Home Hub, Router or similar
Internet access device.
Step 1: Once everything has been connected up, open up a Web
Browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome and type the
IP address 192.168.10.1 into the address bar.
You will then be greeted by a login screen asking for a password,
by default this is ‘admin’, enter this into the field and click the
‘Login’ button to proceed.

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Step 2: Once this is done, you will be redirected to the ‘Status
Page’, the next step is to click on the `Wizard’ icon at the bottom
of the page to proceed.

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Step 3: There will be three operating modes; ‘Repeater’, ‘AP(LAN
Bridge)’ and ‘Router’.
For the purpose of this instruction you will be choosing ‘AP(LAN
Bridge)’ by clicking on the circled ‘Orange Tick’ to proceed.

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Step 4: On this screen, there is a couple of details you need to
provide.
Wi-Fi SSID – this is the name of the wireless network that will be
broadcast, this can be anything you wish.
Security Type – this is the encryption for the password that is
entered when you connect to the wireless network. We
recommend using WPA2-PSK.

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Wi-Fi Password – this is the password you enter when you
connect to the wireless network. This can anything you wish
although a recommendation is to use a mixture of numbers and
letters.
Static IP – by default this can be left unticked, unless you need to
specify IP settings.
Now that you have provided the required fields, you can click the
‘Apply’ button.
The wizard will start applying the settings specified previously.
Step 5: Now that the configuration is complete, all you need to
do now is plug the Patriot-DB into a source of Internet
connection, such as a network switch or router.

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You have now configured the Patriot-DB as a
standalone access point, so all you need to do now is
to connect to your existing network.

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Use as a WiFi repeater
In this mode the Patriot-DB will re-transmit ALL the WiFi
signals it can ‘see’. We DO NOT recommend this mode
for use with public WiFi services as each repeater can
halve the capacity of the public WiFi service!
Step 1: Once everything has been connected up, open up a Web
Browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome and type the
IP address 192.168.10.1 into the address bar.
You will then be greeted by a login screen asking for a password,
by default this is ‘admin’, enter this into the field and click the
‘Login’ button to proceed.

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Step 2: Once this is done, you will be redirected to the ‘Status
Page’, the next step is to click on the `Wizard’ icon at the bottom
of the page to proceed.

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Step 3: By default, the Patriot-DB will be set up in the ‘AP(LAN
Bridge) operating mode, so we need to change this to ‘Repeater’.
This can be changed by clicking on the > symbol.

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Step 4: Once this is changed to ‘Repeater’ mode then the wizard
will begin to scan for nearby wireless networks to repeat.
You will notice that under ‘Repeater Mode’ there is a choice of
two ‘Repeater Modes’:
Gateway – this creates a wireless network that is isolated from
the original wireless network you are trying to connect to. This
mode is useful if you are looking to create a wireless network for
people to connect to, but do not want them to see your internal
network.
Bridge – this is the opposite to Gateway as it effectively extends
the original wireless network (bridges a link) so you can see the
original internal network. This mode is ideal for connecting to Wi-
Fi hotspots on places such as campsites.
Please note that if you have several of the PATRIOT-DBs
connecting to a single wireless network in Gateway mode, you
will create what is known as a network loop, which will cause the
network to crash.
For that reason, we recommend choosing ‘Bridge’ mode.
Once you have chosen the operating mode (either Bridge or
Gateway), simply click on the name of the wireless network you
wish to connect to, and type in the password in the ‘Wi-Fi
Password’ field.

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You can also change the name of the ‘Extended 2.4G’ and
‘Extended 5G’ network names if you wish.
Once done click the ‘Connect’ button to apply the settings.

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Step 5: The Patriot-DB will then start the process of applying the
settings you have specified.
Once the process reaches 100%, click the ‘Back’ button to
proceed.
At this stage the Patriot-DB is set up for use as a WiFi repeater.
If want to add another Access Point, for instance to provide a
service indoors, read on.

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Use with Another Access Point
In this mode the Patriot-DB will get its service from an existing
WiFi source, such as a caravan site, and make the service
available to another access point, for instance within your
caravan.
Step 1: Open up a Web Browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Google
Chrome and type the IP address 192.168.10.1 into the address
bar.
You will then be greeted by a login screen asking for a password,
by default this is ‘admin’, enter this into the field and click the
‘Login’ button to proceed.

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Step 2: You will now be redirected to the ‘Status’ page, so click on
the ‘WiFi’ icon at the bottom of the screen.

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Step 3: Click on the ‘WiFi Setup’ option.