Intellinet 525800 User manual

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High-Power Ceiling Mount Wireless 300N
PoE Access Point
UserManual
Model525800
INT‐525800‐UM‐0316‐1
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High-Power Ceiling Mount Wireless 300N PoE Access Point
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TableofContents
1. PRODUCTINTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................1
P
RODUCT
F
EATURES
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P
ACKAGE
C
ONTENTS
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H
ARDWARE
D
ESCRIPTION
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2. HARDWAREINSTALLATION......................................................................................................3
W
ALL
B
RACKET
I
NSTALLATION
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C
ABLE
C
ONNECTIONS
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C
ONNECTINGTO
A
CCESS
P
OINT
W
EB
C
ONFIGURATION
I
NTERFACE
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2.3.1 SetuptheIPaddressofyourcomputer............................................................................5
2.3.2 ConnecttotheIntellinetAccessPoint...............................................................................5
3. CONFIGURATIONOPTIONS......................................................................................................6
L
OGINTOTHEDEVICEMANAGEMENTINTERFACE
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P
REREQUISITES
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3.2.1 Firmware.........................................................................................................................7
3.2.2 UsingtheWebInterface...................................................................................................7
S
TATUS
M
ENU
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3.3.1 Overview..........................................................................................................................8
3.3.2 SystemandKernelLog...................................................................................................10
3.3.3 Processes.......................................................................................................................10
3.3.4 RealtimeGraphs............................................................................................................11
S
YSTEM
M
ENU
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3.4.1 System...........................................................................................................................12
3.4.2 Administration(ChangingofAdministratorPassword)..................................................13
3.4.3 Backup,HardwareResetandFirmwareUpgrade...........................................................14
3.4.4 Reboot...........................................................................................................................15
N
ETWORK
M
ENU
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3.5.1 Interfaces.......................................................................................................................16
3.5.2 Wi‐Fi..............................................................................................................................21
3.5.3 DHCPandDNS...............................................................................................................29
L
OGOUT
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4. HOWTO................................................................................................................................33
H
OWTOCHANGETHE
IP
ADDRESSOFTHEACCESSPOINT
?................................................................33
H
OWTOSECURETHEWIRELESSNETWORKWITHAPASSWORD
?.........................................................34
H
OWTORESTOREFACTORYDEFAULTSETTINGS
?.............................................................................35
4.3.1 FactoryResetviaWebInterface.....................................................................................35
4.3.2 FactoryResetviaHardwareButton................................................................................35
H
OWTOSETUPTHEACCESSPOINTASAWIRELESSREPEATER
?...........................................................36
H
OWTOSETUPTHEACCESSPOINTASAN
AP
CLIENT
?.....................................................................43
H
OWTOACCESSTHECONFIGURATIONVIA
SSH?............................................................................47
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HOWTOGETTHEMAXIMUMWI‐FIPERFORMANCE?....................................................................49
5. APPENDIX.............................................................................................................................51
CHANGINGTHEIPADDRESSOFANETWORKADAPTER....................................................................51
5.1.1 Windows8.....................................................................................................................51
5.1.2 Windows7and10.........................................................................................................53
5.1.3 WindowsXP:..................................................................................................................54
5.1.4 MacOSX.......................................................................................................................55
TECHNICALSPECIFICATIONS.......................................................................................................56
GNUGENERALPUBLICLICENSE.................................................................................................57
6. WARRANTY...........................................................................................................................62
7. COPYRIGHT...........................................................................................................................63
8. FEDERALCOMMUNICATIONCOMMISSIONINTERFERENCESTATEMENT.................................64
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1. ProductIntroduction
Wirelessnetworkingwiththreetimesthespeedandfivetimesthe flexibility. The Intellinet Network
SolutionsHighPowerCeilingMountWireless300NPoEAccessPoint,Model525800,isthelatestinwireless
networking. Taking advantage of new technology, a wireless network can now see greatly enhanced
networkspeeds.TheHigh‐PowerCeilingMountWireless300NPoEAccessPointcomeswithaPoEPDport.
ThisportcanbeusedtopowerthedevicefromaPoEcompliantLANswitch,whichisveryconvenientin
situationswhereACpowerisnotreadilyavailable.
ProductFeatures
Upto300Mbpsnetworklinkspeed
Smokedetectordesign
Complieswith2.4GHzIEEE802.11nstandardandisbackwardcompatiblewithIEEE802.11g/b
standards
2T2RMIMOtechnologyforenhancedthroughputandcoverage
SupportsWMMfunctiontomeetthemultimediadatabandwidthrequirement
SupportsWEPandWPA/WPA2(TKIPandAES)dataencryption
IEEE802.3af‐compliantPoE‐powereddevicewithonePoE(PD)port
DHCPserverassignsIPaddressesforallLANusers
EasyinstallationthroughWeb‐baseduserinterface
BasedonOpenWrt(opensource)andLuCI
PackageContents
High‐PowerCeilingMountWireless300NPoEAccessPoint
Installationaccessories
QuickInstallationManual
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HardwareDescription
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EthernetPort:Ethernetportjack(RJ45)forwiredEthernetconnections.Theportsupports10
and100Mbpsconnections.ItalsoactsasaIEEE802.3af/atcompliantPDport,soyoucan
connectittoaPoEinjectororPoEswitch.
PowerInterface:Fornon‐PoEapplicationsyoucanusethisporttoconnectthepoweradapter
(included).
ResetButton:Ifyouneedtorestoretheaccesspointtothefactorydefaultsettings,youcanuse
asharpobjecttopushintheresetbutton.Dothatforabout6secondsandtheAccessPointwill
automaticallyrestorethefactorysettingsandrestart.
BracketAttachmentPoints:Wallorceilingmountinstallationrequiresaffixingthebracket
(Figure1)tothewallorceiling,andthenslidethebracketontothesetwohooks.
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Figure1
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2. HardwareInstallation
WallBracketInstallation
1. Placethemountingbracketagainstawallortheceiling,andmarkthepositionsoftheholeswitha
pen.Removethebracketandthenuseadrillonthefourmarkedlocations.
2. Inserttheanchorsintotheholes–seeimage
3. Lineupthemountingbracketagainstthewallandthescrewholes.
InsertthescrewsintothemountingbracketandtightenthescrewswithaPhillipsheadscrewdriver.
4. Connectthecablestotheaccesspoint,andthenslidetheAccessPointontotheattachmentpoints
onthebracket.
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CableConnections
ConnectanEthernetcabletotheRJ45LANportontheaccesspoint.Connecttheotherendofthecable
toeitheraPoEinjector(whichconnectstoyournetwork),aregularLANswitch.
Usethepoweradapterifyoudon’tuseaIEEE802.3af/atratedPoEinjectororPoEswitch.
Threatthecablesthroughthe‘channels’inthemountingbracketsand
putthemountingbracketbackinplace.
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ConnectingtoAccessPointWebConfigurationInterface
2.3.1 SetuptheIPaddressofyourcomputer
Configuration of the access point is done with any standard webbrowser.Inordertoaccesstheweb
interface of the access point, the IP address of your computer must be in range of 192.168.2.2 –
192.168.2.254.Refertothesection“ChangingtheIPAddressofaNetworkAdapter”intheappendixfor
details.
2.3.2 ConnecttotheIntellinetAccessPoint
YoucaneitherconnectwirelesslytoSSID“Intellinet300NPoE”, or
youconnectviaawirednetworkconnection.Ineithercasemake
surethattheIPaddressissetupcorrectlyaspersection2.3.1.
Openyourwebbrowserandconnecttohttp://192.168.2.1.The
defaultadministratorpasswordis‘1234’.
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3. ConfigurationOptions
Logintothedevicemanagementinterface
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AccesstothewebinterfaceisprovidedbytheURLhttp://192.168.2.1.Thedefaultusernameis‘root’,
andthedefaultpasswordis‘1234.’Theadministratormenuprovidesaccesstothefollowingmain
sections:
Status
Providesinformationaboutthedevicestatus,suchasmemoryusage,errorlogs,runningprocesses
andreal‐timegraphs.
System
Accesstosystemsettings,administratorpassword,toolstobackupandrestoretheconfiguration,
updatethefirmware,andmore.
Network
All network related settings, wireless and wired, are controlled in this menu. Most of the key
configurationsaretobedonehere.
Logout
Whenyouaredoneworkingontheconfiguration,clickingthisbuttonwillendthesession.
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Prerequisites
3.2.1 Firmware
TheIntellinetHigh‐PowerCeilingMountWireless300NPoEAccessPointmodel525800isbaseduponthe
firmwareOpenWRTBarrierBreaker14.07,withLuCIutilizedasthefrontend.Thesecomponentsareopen
source.
AboutOpenWRT:
OpenWrtisahighly extensibleGNU/Linuxdistributionforembeddeddevices(typicallywirelessrouters).
Unlikemanyotherdistributionsfortheserouters,OpenWrtisbuiltfromthegrounduptobeafull‐featured,
easilymodifiableoperatingsystemforyourrouter.Inpractice,thismeansthatyoucanhaveallthefeatures
youneedwithnoneofthebloat,poweredbyaLinuxkernelthat'smorerecentthanmostotherdistributions.
(Excerptfromwiki.openwrt.org)
AboutLuCI:
Thisopensourceprojectresidesathttps://github.com/openwrt/luci/wiki.LuCIisanopensourcefrontend
and a “[…] collection of several libraries, applications and user interfaceswithgeneralpurpose forLua
programmerswhilethefocusstillremainsonthewebuserinterfacewhichalsobecameanofficialpartof
OpenWrtKamikaze.[…]
NotethattheIntellinetfirmwareissettousetheBOOTSRAPtheme.Youcannotchangethis.
3.2.2 UsingtheWebInterface
Wheneveryouwanttosavetheconfigurationandactivatethenewsettings,youmustclickon“Save&
Apply.
Theaccesspointwillthensavethesettingsandactivatethemrightaway.
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StatusMenu
3.3.1 Overview
Theoverviewscreenprovidesanat‐a‐glance
overview of various system parameters.
Mostoftheparametersareself‐explanatory.
FirmwareandKernelVersion:
IfyoueverneedtocontacttheIntellinet
technicalsupport,makesureyouincludethe
firmwareandkernelversioninyourmessage
tothesupportteam.
LoadAverage:
ThisparameterindicatestheCPUloadonthe
accesspoint.Ifyouexperienceslowdowns
either when configuring the device, or
duringnormaloperations,youshouldcheck
the load average. Any value approaching
1.00isacauseforconcern.Anyvaluegreater
than1.00andyouruserswillexperiencealot
ofslowdownsandarebootoftheaccesspointmaybeadvisable.Ifyouwanttofindoutexactlywhich
processiscausingthehighCPUload,clickon‘Status‐>Processes’tofindout.
Memory:
Thisisaquickoverviewofthememorysituationontheaccesspoint.Ideally,youwillseeplentyoffree
memory.Ifthesystemhasbeenrunningforalongtime,theamountoffreememorymayhavecomedown.
Eventuallyyoumayneedtoreboottheaccesspointtofreeupsomememory,justlikeyousometimesneed
torebootaPCorserver.
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DHCPLeases:
IfyouenabletheDHCPserverinthe
Intellinetaccesspoint,andnetworkclients
havejoinedthewirelessnetwork,youcan
seethelistofclientsthathaveobtainedan
IP address from the access point here.
NexttgothehostnameyoucanseetheIP
address, MAC address, and also the
remaining lease time, which indicates
whenthatIPaddressisduetoexpire.
DHCP lease information is provided for
bothIPv4andIPv6IPaddresses.
Wireless:
Informationaboutthecurrentstateofthewirelessoperationisshowninthissection.Notethatthesignal
strengthindicatorwillshow0%whenrunningthestandardaccesspointmode(‘master’).Thatisperfectly
normalbehavior.
AssociatedStations:
AllconnectedWLANclientsareshownhere,alongwiththeirMACaddress,signalstrength,datarates,etc.
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3.3.2 SystemandKernelLog
TheIntellinet accesspoint providestoverydetailedlogs,whichcanbeusefulincaseyoueverneedto
contactthetechnicalsupportdepartment.t
3.3.3 Processes
Thisscreenshowsacompletelistofall
running processes on the Intellinet
access point. Thislistcanbe useful if
you need to examine performance
slow‐downs,whichmaybecausedby
a higher CPU load. Each process is
shownwithitscurrentCPUusage(%)
andmemoryusage(%).Ifyouwishto
endaprocess,youhavethreechoices
todoso.
1.
The safest and least aggressive
command will try toend the process
by ‘asking nicely. Most daemons will
adheretothiscommandandclosethe
processwithoutdisruptinganythingor
losingdata.
2.
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Thiscommandsorderstheprocesstostopwhateveritisdoingandenditself.Thisisnolonger‘askingnicely.
Thisis‘telling.Sinceendingtheprocessisstillinthehandofthedaemonfortheprocess,thisisalsofairly
safetoexecute.
3.
Whenallotheroptionsfailandyoucannotgetaprocesstoshutdownbyanyofthetwoothermeans,the
killcommandisthelastresort.It’sthetoughestkillsignalavailableasitshutsdowntheprocessratherthan
letthedaemonshutitdownproperly.
Note: Under normal circumstances there is no need to end, terminateorkillaprocess.Allofthese
processesserveraspecificpurpose,andshuttingdownprocessescanbringdowntheentiresystem.Inthat
caseapowercycleoftheaccesspointmaybecomeunavoidable.
3.3.4 RealtimeGraphs
TheIntellinetaccesspointprovidesyouwithdetailedruntimedataabouttheCPUload,traffic,wireless
signalqualityandtheamountofconnections.
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SystemMenu
3.4.1 System
Onthisscreenyoucandefineparametersrelatedtoerrorlogging,timesettingsandthenetworknameof
theIntellinetaccesspoint.
GeneralSettings:
Displaysthecurrentsystemtime,allowsto
synchronizethetimewithyourcomputers
webbrowser,displaysthecurrentnetwork
nameoftheaccesspoint(default
‘Intellinet300NPoE’), as well as the time
zone.
TimeSynchronization:
TheIntellinetaccesspointdoesn’thaveareal‐timeclockoraCMOSbattery,
andbecauseofthis,everytimeitlosespower,theclockresetstoadefault
date.Topreventthisfromhappening,,youcanuseNTPtogetthetimefrom
theinternet.NotethatsettingupNTPisnotrequiredfortheIntellinetaccess
pointtofunction,butitcanmaketroubleshootingeasierwhenyou’relookingattimestampedlogfiles.
EnabletheNTPclienttoactivatethisfeature.When
activated, the Intellinet access point will provide you
withalistoffourpossibleNTPservers.Thesearegood
choicesingeneral.
The option “Provide NTP server” can be activated, to
turntheIntellinetaccesspointintoanNTPrelaySERVER.
Thatmeans,itllforwardNTPrequestsfromclientsin
yournetworktoanexternalNTPserver.
Logging:
TheIntellinetaccesspointhastheabilitytocreateahistorylogofimportantevents.Theselogscanbe
storedeitherinthedeviceownmemory,oronanexternalserverusingtheSyslogprotocol,whichisa
standardforforwardinglogmessagesinanIPnetwork.
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Systemlogbuffersize:
Thedefaultvalueis16kiB(kibibyte,orkilobyte).
Oncethatbufferisusedup,thelogwillbe
overwritten.Youcanassignalargervaluehere,but
bemindfulofthetotalavailablememoryofyour
system.
Externalsystemlogserver:
Syslogisaclient/serverprotocol.TheSyslog
sender(theaccesspoint)sendsasmall(lessthan
1KB)textualmessagetotheSyslogserver.Enter
theIPaddressofyourSyslogserverhere.
Externalsystemlogserverport:
ThestandardportforSyslogserversis514.Youcanmakeadjustmentstothatvaluehere,ifnecessary.
LogOutputlevel:
Youcandefine,howmuchinformationyouwanttoincludeinthelogfile.“Debug”createsmessages
aboutvirtuallyeverythingthatisgoingonwhereas“Emergency”onlylogsmessagesoftheutmost
importance.
CronLogLevel:
Thisparametercontrolstheloglevelforthekernellog.
3.4.2 Administration(ChangingofAdministratorPassword)
Onthispageyoucanchangethe
administratorpasswordfortheweb
interface.Provideanewpassword,and
repeatitintheconfirmationfield.
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3.4.3 Backup,HardwareResetandFirmwareUpgrade
3.4.3.1 Backup/Restore
Thispageenablesyoutosavetheaccesspointscurrentsettingsasafiletoyourlocalcomputer,andalso
restoretheaccesspointtopreviouslysavedsettings.
Backup:
1.
2.
Restore:
1.
2.
3.4.3.2 FactoryReset:
InordertosetbacktheIntellinetaccesspointtothefactorydefaultsettings,youneedtoclickonthe
“performreset“button,andthenconfirmthesecondquestionbyclicking“OK”.
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3.4.3.3 FirmwareUpgrade:
Thisfunctionallowsupdatingthesystemfirmwaretoamorerecentversion.Updatedfirmwareversions
canofferincreasedperformanceandsecurity,aswellasbugfixes.Youcandownloadthelatestfirmware
fromtheIntellinetwebsiteatwww.intellinetnetwork.com/search?q=525800.
KeepSettings:Activatethisoptionifyouwanttokeepthecurrentsystemconfigurationofyouraccess
point.Ifyouuncheckthisoption,theaccesspointwillperformaresettofactrydefaultvaluesafterthe
firmwareupgrade.
Image:Click“Browse…”toselectthefirmwarefileonyourharddrive.
FlashImage:Clickheretobeginthefirmwareupgradeprocess.
Note:Installinganincorrectfirmwarefile,orinterruptingthefirmwareupgradeprocess,i.e.,by
disconnectingtheaccesspointfrompowerorthenetwork,canleadtothedestructionoftheaccess
point.PROCEEDWITHCAUTION.
3.4.4 Reboot
Inordertoreboottheaccesspointwithoutphysicallydisconnectingitfromthepowersource,youcan
usethisfunction.Arebootmaybenecessaryfromtimetotimeinordertofreeupsystemresources,such
asmemory.
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NetworkMenu
3.5.1 Interfaces
TheinterfacesscreenallowscustomizationoftheLANinterface.Itprovidesaccesstomanyadvanced
featureswhichrequireagoodknowledgeaboutTCP/IPandwirelessnetworks.Thisuserguidewill
thereforelimititselftothosetasks,thatmostusersaregoingtohavetodealwith.
Above:InterfaceStatistics
Clickingthe“Edit”buttonopensanewscreen,whichisdividedintofourscreens.
GeneralSetup:
Themostimportantfeaturehereistheprotocolselection.Youwilleithersetthisto“Staticaddress”,
whichisthedefaultvalue,orto“DHCPclient.Allotheroptionsdon’tapplytotheIntellinetaccesspoint.
DHCPclient:
IfyouwanttheIntellinetaccesspointtoreceiveitsIP
informationfromaDHCPserverinyournetwork,i.e.,a
router,thenyoucanenablethisoption.Withthisoptionenabled,theIPaddressoftheIntellinetaccess
pointwilldependontheDHCPserverinyournetwork.YouwillneedtocheckwiththeDHCPserverlogin
ordertofindoutwhichIPaddresstheIntellinetaccesspointcanbereachedat.
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Staticaddress:
YouneedtosetuptheIPaddressoftheaccesspoint
manually.Whenyouselectthisoption,youwillneedto
specifytheIPv4IPaddressandtheIPv4netmask.
YoucanalsosetuptheIPv6address,incaseyourunan
IPv6addressschemeinyourlocalnetwork.SettheIPv6assignmentlength,i.e.,64andtheprefix(hint).
Allotheroptions(IPv4broadcast,customDNSservers,etc.)donotapply.
AdvancedSettings:
LargelyirrelevanttotheIntellinetAccessPoint,howeveryoudowanttomakesurethatthe“bringupon
boot”optionisactivated.
PhysicalSettings:
Undernormalcircumstancesthereisnoneedtomakeanyadjustmentshere.Aboveshowsthedefault
configurationoftheIntellinetaccesspoint.
Bridgeinterfaces:Activatethisoptionandtheinterfacesselectedbelowwillbeabletocommunicatewith
eachother(i.e.,“eth0”and“Intellinet300NPoE”.Normally,thisiswhatyouwouldwant.
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