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AirLive WH-5000A User Manual
Summary of WH-5000A
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0 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a 802.11a/b/g wireless outdoor ap user’s manual.
Page 2: Declaration of Conformity
Declaration of conformity we, manufacturer/importer declare that the product wh-5000a is in conformity with in accordance with 89/336 eec-emc directive and 1999/5 ec-r & tte directive clause description broadband radio access network(bran); 5ghz high :2003 performance rlan; harmonized en covering es...
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Wh-5000a ce declaration statement country declaration country declaration cs Česky [czech] ovislink corp. Tímto prohlašuje, že tento wh- 5000a je ve shodě se základními požadavky a dalšími příslušnými ustanoveními směrnice 1999/5/es. Lt lietuvių [lithuanian] Šiuo ovislink corp. Deklaruoja, kad šis w...
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1 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide copyright © 2007 ovislink corp.. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any form or by any means or to make any derivative work (such as translation, transformation, or adaptation) without written permissio...
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2 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual content wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 1: introduce ....................................................................................................... 5 1.1 introduce .............................................................................................
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3 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 5: wireless bridge configuration .................................................................. 31 5.1 select operation mode..........................................................................................................
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4 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 12: reset and rest to factory default setting ............................................. 58 chapter 13: technical support .................................................................................... 59.
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5 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 1: introduce 1.1 introduce the airlive wh-5000a is a secure ieee 802.11 a/b/g wireless lan device and supports three different operating modes: ` wireless access point (wap) ` wireless client (sta), and ` wireless bridge (wds) the ...
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6 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 1.2 wireless access point mode (wap) in the wireless access point mode, you can use the airlive wh-5000a to connect wireless communication devices together to create a wireless network. The airlive wh-5000a is usually connected to a wired ...
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7 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 1.4 wireless client mode (sta) the airlive wh-5000a can operate as a client device that communicates with a wireless access point. It supports 802.11a/b/g bands. In wireless client mode, the wan interface is not design for a backbone netwo...
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8 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual 1.5.2 wireless features wh-5000a serials user guide ` ap - disable ssid broadcast - mac address filtering (mac address authentication) - wireless client information (mac address, signal strength, transmit rate) list - adjacent ap list - rogue ap detection - load bala...
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9 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 1.6 radio characteristic ` 802.11b - frequency band: n american (fcc): 2.412 ~ 2.462ghz (11 channels) n europe (etsi): 2.412 ~ 2.472ghz (13 channels) - data rate: n 1, 2, 5.5, 11mbps - modulation: ` direct sequence spread spectrum (dsss) n...
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10 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide ` 802.11a - frequency band ` 5.25 ~ 5.35ghz/5.725 ~ 5.825ghz ! Note: frequency band setting will vary according to individual country regulations. - data rate: ` 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36,48, 54 mbps ` 72, 96, 108 mbps (super a mode) - modulat...
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11 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 1.9 appearance ` rj45 x1 ` sma antenna connector x1 ` reset button ` led indictor x3 – power, wan, wlan ` dc in jack.
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12 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 2 start to configuration the manual deals only and specifically with the single wh-5000a device as a unit. The purpose of this chapter is the description of the device and its identifiable parts so that the user is sufficiently fa...
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13 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 2.2 computer’s ip setting plug one end of a cat5 ethernet cable to the rj45 connector of the wh-5000a and the other end to the ethernet port on your computer. In order to connect properly to the airlive wh-5000a on the wan port, the tcp/i...
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14 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide it will be asked for your user name and password. The default user name is "airlive" with the password "airlive" to give full access for setup configuration. The id and password are case sensitive. The default id and password initially in...
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15 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide if the login username and password are correct, the following figure will be showed. The default operation mode is client mode. You can select wireless access point or wireless bridge mode at system configuration – operation mode to switc...
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16 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 2.4 forget username, password and ip how can you do if you had changed username, password and ip but you forget it? You can find there is a reset button at front plane. Press this button over 8 seconds, the unit will go back as factory de...
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17 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 3: system configuration the chapter describes how to do system configuration. If you don’t know how to enter configuration screen, chapter 2 describes how to do it. There are three options under system configuration: • general • o...
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18 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 3.2 system configuration – operating mode click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for system configuration – operating mode. This directs you to the system configuration – operating page. Select the radio of wireless access poin...
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19 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide ` dynamic ip you also can choose “using dhcp to get an ip address”. By this way, the wh-5000a will get an ip address from dhcp server. Dynamic ip ! Note: if dhcp is selected, a new ip address would be given to the airlive wh-5000a unit af...
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20 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 4: wireless access point configuration this chapter describes the items about set up ap function. Those items are under the wireless access point configuration menu. If you don’t know how to enter configuration screen, chapter 2 d...
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21 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 4.2 wireless access point – general click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for wireless access point – general. This directs you to the wireless access point – general page. There are five options under wireless access point: `...
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22 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 4.2.3 wireless mode select the wireless mode from the drop-down list. You can choose 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11g super, 802.11b/g mixed, 802.11a or 802.11a turbo ` 802.11b: the 802.11b will accommodate legacy system and support 1, 2, 5.5 an...
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23 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 4.2.4 channel number the channel number is a means of assigning frequency that device uses it to transmit/receive data. Before you setting the channel in 2.4ghz band, you had better to use the optimal channel function to detect the enviro...
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24 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide ` 802.11g super the 802.11g super mode occupies larger frequency bandwidth. To avoid interfere another wireless network operation; it is fixed at channel 6. ` 802.11a the frequency band of ieee 802.11a will vary according to individual co...
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25 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 4.2.5 tx power mode the tx power mode let you can set the radio power as you wanted. It defaults to auto, giving the larger range of radio transmission available under normal conditions. As an option, the ap’s cover range can be limited b...
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26 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 4.3 wireless access point – security click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for wireless access point – security. This directs you to the wireless access point – security page. The wh-5000a will display a default factory settin...
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27 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 4.3.2 802.11i and wpa ` wpa wpa (wi-fi protected access) was designed to enable use of wireless legacy systems employing wep while improving security. Wpa uses improved data encryption through the temporal key integrity protocol (tkip) en...
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28 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide ` 802.11i (wpa2) the ieee 802.11i is a new standard that enhances the 802.11 mac security and authentication by stronger encryption, authentication, and key management. The wpa2 and 802.11i are virtually identical. The wpa2 is the wi-fi a...
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29 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 4.5 rogue ap detection click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for wireless access point – rouge ap detection. This directs you to the wireless access point – rouge ap detection page. This function allows the network administrat...
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30 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 4.6.2 publicly secure packet forwarding the publicly secure packet forwarding selection item is the layer 2 isolation function. Layer 2 isolation prevents wireless clients that associate with the same ap from communication with each other...
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31 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 5: wireless bridge configuration wireless bridging is used to set up an independent wireless bridge connection. Since wireless bridging provides a mechanism for ap to collaborate, it is possible to extend the basic service set (bs...
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32 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 5.1 select operation mode the default operation mode is client mode. You can select wireless access bridge mode at system configuration – operation mode. Click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for system configuration – operati...
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33 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide ` spanning tree protocol (stp) 802.1d: it should be enabled if there is any possibility that a bridging loop could occur. If you are certain that there is no possibility that a bridging loop will occur, you can disable spanning tree proto...
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34 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide ` tx pwr mode: it is same as ap, support off, fix and auto modes. At fix mode, there are 5 signal levels you can select (1 being the smallest power level). If you want to prevent any radio frequency transmission, set tx pwr mode to off. `...
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35 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 5.5 point-to-point bridge setup guide a point-to-point link is a direct connection between tow, and only two, locations or nodes. For the two bridges that are to be linked to communicate properly, they have to be set up with compatible co...
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36 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide table: point to multi point configuration table direction bridge 1 bridge 2 wireless bridge - general bridge mode manual bridge manual bridge spanning tree protocol enable (or disable if no bridging loop) enable (or disable if no bridging...
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37 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 5.6 point-to-multipoint bridge setup guide a point-to-multipoint configuration allows you to set up three or more wh-5000a in bridging mode and accomplish bridging between 3 or more locations wirelessly. Same as point-to-point bridge setu...
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38 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 5.7 repeater bridge setup guide a repeater setup can be used to extend the wireless signal from one bridge connected to an ethernet lan wirelessly so that another bridge can control a wireless lan at a distance. The following table descri...
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39 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 6: wireless access client configuration this chapter describes the items about set up wireless access client function. Those items are under the wireless access point configuration menu. If you don’t know how to enter configuratio...
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40 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 6.2 wireless client – encryption click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for wireless client – encryption. This directs you to the wireless client – encryption page. This is used to configure the security for the wireless client...
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41 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 6.2.1 shared this is one of wep authentication type. Select 64.Bit, 128bit or 152.Bit encryption and enter the wep key. That same wep key must also be set on each wireless clients/ap those are to become part of the wireless network. If th...
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42 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 6.2.3 wpa-eap-tls/wpa2-eap-tls the 802.1x system uses a radius server for key management and a separate certification system for authentication. The ieee 802.1x provides extensible authentication protocol (eap) security types allows you t...
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43 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide - client certificate: the user certificate is generated by a trusted certificate authority (ca). This file should have a der extension. - private key: a private key is an encryption/decryption key known only to the party or parties that e...
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44 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 7: service settings menu this chapter describes the items about service setting. If you don’t know how to enter configuration screen, chapter 2 describes how to do it. Please keep in mind that you need click apply to save all sett...
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45 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 7.2 snmp agent click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for service setting – snmp agent. This directs you to the snmp agent page. The snmp collects and stores management information for use in a network management system. The wh...
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46 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 8: user management menu this chapter describes the items about user management page. If you don’t know how to enter configuration screen, chapter 2 describes how to do it. There are two user roles for wh-5000a, crypto officer and ...
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47 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 8.2 add new user click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for user management – add new user. This directs you to this page. The add new user screen allows you to add new crypto officer or administrators, assigning and confirming...
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48 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 9: monitoring/reports menu this chapter describes the items about monitor/reports page. If you don’t know how to enter configuration screen, chapter 2 describes how to do it. There are three options under montioring/reprots when t...
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49 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual 9.2 bridging status wh-5000a serials user guide click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for monitor/reports –bridging status. This screen displays the ethernet port stp status, wireless port stp status, and wireless bridging information. 9.3 bridge site ma...
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50 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 9.4 wireless clients click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for monitor/reports – wireless client. This screen displays the mac address of all wireless clients and their signal strength and transmit rate. 9.5 adjacent ap list c...
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51 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual to this page. Wh-5000a serials user guide the dhcp client list displays all clients currently connected to the wh-5000a via dhcp server, including their hostnames, ip addresses, and mac addresses. The dhcp client list constantly collects entries. To remove entries f...
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52 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual chapter 10: logs wh-5000a serials user guide this chapter describes the items about monitor/reports page. If you don’t know how to enter configuration screen, chapter 2 describes how to do it. There are two logs, system log and web access log, available for viewing ...
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53 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 10.2 web access log click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for logs – web access log to enter this page. This screen displays system facility messages with date and time stamp for any actions involving web access. For example, ...
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54 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 11: system administration menu this chapter describes the items about system administration page. If you don’t know how to enter configuration screen, chapter 4 describes how to do it. There are five options under system administr...
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55 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 11.1.2 location configuration upgrade on the system administration – system upgrade screen, click on the local configuration upgrade tab to upload and download configuration files to aps connected to the network. To upload a configuration...
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56 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 11.2 factory default click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for system administration – factory default to enter this page. The “restore” button is a fallback troubleshooting function that should only be use to reset system to ...
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57 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide 11.4 reboot click the entry on the left hand navigation panel for system administration – reboot to enter this page. The reboot utility allows you to reboot the wh-5000a without changing any preset functionality. Both crypto officer and a...
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58 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 12: reset and rest to factory default setting the wh-5000a is with two kind of reset behavior. One is reset system without changing any preset functionality and the other one is reset system to factory default settings that will c...
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59 airlive wh-5000a user’s manual wh-5000a serials user guide chapter 13: technical support manufacturer’s statement the wh-5000a is provided with warranty. It is not desired or expected that the user open the device. If malfunction is experienced and all external causes are eliminated, the user sho...