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Manual OTC Wireless TRIMAR

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    TECHNICAL MANUAL TRIMAR 802.11a/b/g AP/REPEATER PEGASUS WIRELESS CORPORATION TRIMAR TECHNICAL MANUAL Version 1.0 ...

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    Introduction The TRIMAR is a multiple-band, mult iple-data-rate, multiple-role wireless data radio that meets many of the challenges faced by today’s wireless networking applications. Compliant with both 802.11b/g and 802.11a standards and operating in either the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz bands, TR IMAR offers great flexibility in the trade-offs between d ...

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    Table of Contents Section Title Page Description Features 3 Specifications 4 1 Equipment Installation 5 Instructions and considerations for wiring and installi ng TRIMAR radios including manufacturer’s recommended practices. 2 Configuring the TRIMAR 9 Basic procedures for working with the TRIMAR web-based administration utility. 3 Information Tab ...

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    Features GENERAL:  Enterprise-class wireless LAN capable of supporting up to 48 infrastructure stations/users.  Power-Over-Ethernet system (POE) al lows individual radios to be powered over the same cable used to carry data. SSID:  Supports multiple SSIDs. Up to eight simultaneous virtual APs can be supported by each TRIMAR radio.  Each ...

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    Specifications • RF O Operating Frequency Range: 2.4 –2.4835 GHz, 5.15 – 5.85 GHz O Data Rate: 54, 48, 36, 24, 18,12, 11, 9, 6, 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbps O Turbo mode: 108 Mbps O Modulation: OFDM/CCK/DQPSK/DBPSK O Antenna Connector: Type N Female O Transmission Power: 14dBm typical at antenna port O Receiving Sensitivity: 65dBm @ 54 Mbps, -80dBm @11M ...

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    1. Equipment Installation Manufacturer’s Recommended Practices Tip: Place a UPS battery back-up unit or as a minimum, a surge protector between the power supply outlet and AC-DC adapter. Applying Power and network connect ions to your TRIMAR Radio Figure 2: Hooking up the DC-Injector Safety Statement: Use only the power adapter provided with this ...

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    Equipment Installation (.. /continued) Installing the TRIMAR Radio Figure 3: Bracket assembly details RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. Do not mount the radio upside down o r sideways. The type N-connector must face downwards towards the ground. 2. Strap down the external CAT 5 cable leading from the radio to the antenna mast or other suitable fixture. HOW TO RE ...

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    Equipment Installation (.. /continued) DC-Injector LED indicators TRIMAR-AP LED indicators LED Color State Power Amber OFF when there is no power. Steady ON when power is supplied to the unit. Network Amber OFF when network connection is absent. Steady ON when network connection is successfully established. BLINKING if the network connection is uns ...

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    Equipment Installation (.. /continued) Tip: Always test all equipment at the workbench before installing them at their final positions. Example Installations Figure 4: Typical TRIMAR deployment schematic Figure 5: TRIMAR repeater mode schematic Figure 4 above illustrates a common wiring scheme for a TRIMAR radio unit that is physically connected to ...

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    2. Configuring the TRIMAR AP Basic Procedure Preset Factory Defaults: IP address: 169.254.1.240 User name: admin Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0 Password: public Default Gateway: 169.254.1.1 The TRIMAR AP uses a web-based admi nistration utility. To access this utility you will need to use Microsoft ® Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or a compatible we ...

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    Configuring the TRIMAR AP (.. /continued) Navigating and using the web-based administration utility Figure 9: TRIMAR web- based administration navigation tabs The different pages of the web-based administration utility can be accessed by clicking on the buttons located on the left side of the web-based administration screen. Make all the desired ch ...

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    3. Information Tab This is the “home page” of the TRIMAR’s web-based administration utility. It will be displayed when the utility is first accessed and whenever the TRIMAR AP has been rebooted after configuration changes have been made. The information on this page gives various readings polled directly from the TRIMAR AP. This data is a “ ...

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    4. Administration Tab Device Control: (See Figure 12) Reboot: Clicking on this button causes the unit to be rebooted. This is normally used in conjunction with configuring the TRIMAR AP. Reset Configuration: Clicking on this button causes the unit to reboot and will reset the unit’s configuration back to its original factory default settings. Use ...

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    Administration Tab (.. /continued) IP settings: (See Figure 15) These controls are used to assign the TRIMAR AP with its custom IP addressing scheme. IP Addressing Mode: Static – select this control if a static/fixed IP address is to be used. DHCP – select this control if the IP address is to be assigned by an external DHCP server. Default IP a ...

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    Administration Tab (.. /continued) SNMP Setting: (See Figure 17) These controls are used to enable SNMP control of the TRIMAR AP. SNMP enabled: Check this box to enable SNMP management. SNMP server IP address: This field is used to direct the TRIMAR AP to the network location of the SNMP server. Read community: SNMP read community string Write comm ...

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    5. Basic Wireless Tab (See Figure 19) Wireless On/Off: This control allows a TRIMAR AP to be s w it c h e d O n o r O f f . Th is i s no t t h e s am e a s a n on/off switch. It simply allows the wireless functions of the radio to be switched off for maintenance or other contingencies. Visible SSID: The TRIMAR AP can support up to eight SSIDs simul ...

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    Basic Wireless Tab (.. /continued) (See Figure 19 on previous page) Auto Channel Select: This control allows the TRIMAR AP to automatically select what it determines is the best channel to use. This occurs during the radio’s boot up process. The channel it selects can be seen under the Information Tab. Channel: This control is used to set a chann ...

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    6. Advanced Tab (See Figure 20) Fragmentation Threshold: This determines the maximum size of a data package in bytes. Packages larger than the set value will be broken up for transmission purposes. Reducing the package size in a noisy wireless environment should maintain overall performance. Factory default: 3200 bytes RTS/CTS Threshold: Reducing t ...

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    Advanced Tab (.. /continued) Note about the TRIMAR MAC address options: The TRIMAR AP supports 2 MAC addresses, one used to address the Ethernet port and the other the Wirele ss port. By default, these are set to a particular unit’s hardware and are unique to the unit. It is possible to manually enter and override the hardware MAC address by ente ...

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    7. SSID Admin Tab SSID CONTROLS (See Figure 21) SSID #: Selecting an item in this dropdown menu allows configuration to be performed on the SSID selected. All the settings on this page are the exclusive properties of the selected SSID. Note the SSID number at the top of the frame – this indicates exactly which of the eight-supported SSID is curre ...

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    SSID Admin Tab (.. /continued) Figure 22: WPA configuration WPA configuration (See Figure 22) Each configured SSID can support its own unique WPA configuration, which it does not need to share with the other SSIDs in the configuratio n set. WPA Enable: Check this box if WPA is to be used to secure this SSID’s wireless access and transmissions. WP ...

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    SSID Admin Tab (.. /continued) 802.1X configuration (See Figure 23) If WPA is used in conjunction with a RADIUS Server, these controls are used to activate this service. Th e TRIMAR AP can support two RADIUS servers. The first RADIUS server entered is the “preferred” server, and the second RADIUS server entered is the “backup” server that w ...

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    SSID Admin Tab (.. /continued) WEP configuration (See Figure 24) The same WEP keys are used by all SSIDs using WEP encryption on the TRIMAR AP. TRIMAR APs deployed in WDS mode are limited to using WEP. Enable WEP: Check this box if the selected SSID will implement WEP as a component of its security policy. Figure 24: WEP configuration VLAN configur ...

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    8. WEP Security Tab WEP configuration (See Figure 26) The WEP settings configured under this tab are shared by all SSIDs configured to use WEP. TRIMAR APs used in WDS mode are limited to using WEP encryption only. Enable WEP: Check this box to enable WEP. Each SSID using WEP must also have its WEP configuration box checked. Default WEP Key: Select ...

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    9. Access Control Tab Access Control (See Figure 27) These controls allow administrators to specifically allow stations to associate with the access point. This is accomplished by entering the allowed stations’ unique MAC addre sses into the MAC address fields. Stations whose MAC addresses are not entered into the list will not be able to authent ...

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    10. WDS Tab For load-balance management and other network administrative functions, use a TRIMAR Controller to manage all aspects of a TRIMAR WDS mesh. Wireless Distribution System (See Figure 28) WDS is one of the most important TRIMAR AP features. It allows TRIMAR APs to communicate with each other as well as other makes of APs to create radial a ...

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    WDS Tab (.. /continued) WDS neighbor table (See Figure 29) This display reports on the radios th at are a part of the same mesh and includes information such as the a ssociating units MAC address, SSID and the wireless signal quality. WDS table: This button refreshes the display. Figure 29: WDS Table PEGASUS WIRELESS CORPORATION TRIMAR TECH NICAL M ...

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    11. DHCP Server Tab DHCP Server Configuration (See Figure 30 and Figure 31) The TRIMAR AP can be configured to function as a DHCP server. To use this feature, since the TRIMAR AP ca n only issue IP addresses within its own IP subnet, t h e T R IM AR AP mu s t b e g i v en an I P a dd r e s s i n t h e same IP subnet as the IP addresses it will be a ...

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    12. Stations Tab Stations (See Figure 32) The stations tab display shows inform ation about all stations that have associated with the TRIMAR AP. Info rmation polled from the associated stations include the individual stat ions’ MAC addresses as well as the number of packets sent and received. Figure 32: Associated stations display PEGASUS WIRELE ...

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    13. Save Tab Save Configuration (See Figure 33, Figure 34 and Figure 35) A TRIMAR AP’s configuration can be sa ved to a template and reapplied to other TRIMAR APs. This feature makes it easy to configure and deploy multiple units quickly and without having to re-type the configuration information into every unit. In most instances, all that needs ...

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    Save Tab (.. /continued) Uploading a template (See Figure 36) To upload a template file into a TRIMAR AP open the settings.htm file using a web-browser. Target AP: Enter the IP address of the TRIMAR AP to which the template is to be applied. Upload Settings: Click on this button to upload the template file. This can take several minutes. Once the t ...

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    14. Help Tab Contact our Technical Support depa rtment for additional technical assistance for configuring and deploying your TRIMAR AP. OTC Wireless Technical Support Depart ment can be contacted by either email, phone or the web-mail form on the Pegasus Wireless Corporation web site: Email: support@otcwireless.com Website: http://www.otcwireless. ...

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    Appendix Limited Warranty FCC Rules and Regulations - Part 15 The seller warrants to the end user (“Customer ” ) t ha t th is pr od uc t w il l b e f re e f ro m defects in workmanship and materials, und er normal use and service, for one (1) year from the date of purchase. The selle r’s sole ob ligation under this express warranty shall be, ...

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