SILVERNET ECHO M5 Spectrum Scanner with Magnetic Base User Manual

: June 13, 2024
: SILVERNET

Table of Contents

Radio frequency Interference Requirements
FCC Warning
RF Exposure Requirements
CE Statement
Copyright Information
Installing the radio
Software Configuration
Wireless Security
Customer Support
References
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SILVERNET ECHO M5 Spectrum Scanner with Magnetic Base

Radio frequency Interference Requirements

The operation of this device in the 5.15 GHz to 5.25 GHz frequency range is restricted to indoor use. FCC regulations require this product to be used indoors while operating at 5.15 GHz to 5.25 GHz to reduce the potential for harmful interference. However, the operation of this device in the 5.25 GHz to 5.35 GHz frequency range is allowed for both indoor and outdoor use. High power radars are allocated as primary users of the 5.25 GHz to 5.35 GHz and 5.65 GHz to 5.85 GHz bands. These radar stations can cause interference with and/or damage to this device.

FCC Warning

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. No guarantee exists that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception (determined by turning the equipment off and on), the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the radio/TV receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and the radio/TV receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the radio/TV receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Modifications made to the product, unless expressly approved by SilverNet Limited, could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

RF Exposure Requirements

To ensure compliance with FCC RF exposure requirements, the antenna used for this device must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or radio transmitter. Installers and end-users must follow the installation instructions provided in this user guide.

CE Statement

The Pro Range 95 is intended to be used by suitably trained individuals or organisations that are familiar with the requirements of the R&TTE directive. In particular the client must ensure that appropriate antennas and transmit power levels are selected to ensure that all power limits are met. Hereby, SilverNet Limited declares that this device is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC. However, the use of the following warning symbol.

Means that this equipment is subject to restrictions of use in certain countries and selection of the correct country of operation (country code) will ensure that the device operates only on the frequencies permissible within that country. It is also the operator’s responsibility to ensure that appropriate licenses have been sought when operating on licensed frequencies, for example UK Band C, 5725-5850 MHz.

Copyright Information

Copyright ©2020 all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, adapted, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the supplier.

Installing the radio

Instructions before installing

You will need clear Line-Of-Sight for the units to work correctly. Locate a suitable mounting location with a pole between 30 and 60mm. Do not install anywhere that is illegal and please ensure you obey the local regulatory rules.
You may need the following tools,

Screw Driver
Wire stripper
Cable clamp
Diagonal Plier

Installation

Attach center Pillar to the Dome and the other end of the pillar to the Magnabase
Place the Magnabase onto and metal face that is smooth, such as a Vehicle room
Route the network cable to the supplied PoE injector

Note: If you are using our 5GHz radios these should be connected with a Cat 5 or Cat 6 outdoor shielded grade Ethernet cable.

Powering up the Radio

Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the PoE port of the provided PoE adapter. Then connect the LAN port of the PoE adapter to a PC or switch using a separate Ethernet cable. Finally, plug the PoE adapter into a standard electrical wall socket.

Note: If you use a PoE adapter which is not provided by SilverNet, we cannot provide warranty cover if the radio is damaged.

Accessing the radio

Configure the Ethernet adapter on your computer with a static IP address on the 192.168.1.x subnet (for example, IP address: 192.168.1.100 and subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Launch your web browser and enter the default IP address of your device (192.168.1.1) in the address field.
Enter admin in the Username field and password in the Password field, and click Login.

Software Configuration

Main Page

** _Figure 2-1 Wireless Status (Access Point WDS Mode)

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Status-WIRELESS

The Radio status window displays a summary of the link status information

Wireless mode: The mode the unit is currently set to, there are 4 modes the unit can run in. AP Mode, Station Mode, AP WDS Mode and Station WDS Mode.
Radio mode: The working mode of the radio, which supports 802.11a/an which are two separate wireless transmission standards.
Channel/Frequency: The radio’s current working channel and working frequency.
Channel Width: Displays the spectral width of the radio channel. A 40 MHz channel in a minimal interference environment will give up to twice the bandwidth of a 20 MHz channel.
Country Code: set the country to which the unit is operating this will affect the channels you can use and the power of the radio in order to comply with the countries regulations.
Tx Power: The transmission power of the radio. The higher your transmission power the more signal strength you will receive on a link.
Max R a te: The max transmission rate of the radio. Different channel bandwidth’s have different max rates. A 40 MHz channel max rate is 300Mbps. The higher this rate on both ends of the link the better the transmission of the link.
TDMA: The status of TDMA – ‘enabled’ or ‘disabled’
Station status box shows the unit working in Station Mode.
Up/Down: UP means the Station has successfully connected with the AP. Down means there is no link.
SSID: This is the name of the wireless network the AP is transmitting.
BSSID: BSSID is the Mac address of the remote device. Use this to lock stations to AP’s.
Signal Strength: When there is a link between an AP and Station there will be a signal strength value. This is displayed as a negative so the smaller the value the better the signal strength.
Security: This is the level of security on the device.
Wireless 1 (2, 3 and 4 only appear in the AP). The device can support up to 4 wireless services 1 to 4.
Up/Down: UP states the interface is enabled and providing wireless services. Down means it is disabled.
SSID: This is the name of the wireless network the AP is transmitting
BSSID: BSSID is the Mac address of the remote device. Use this to lock stations to AP’s.
Signal Strength: When there is a link between an AP and Station there will be a signal strength value. This is displayed as a negative so the smaller the value the better the signal strength.
Security: This is the level of security on the device
Assoc Number: current amount of stations connected to the AP.

Status-NETWORK

Figure 2-5 Network

Network Mode

Mode: The device supports 3 different network modes Bridge Mode, SOHO Router Mode and
WISP Mode.
A brief introduction to those modes:

Bridge Mode: Bridge Mode is a 2-layer network mode. The unit ETH port and wireless interface are working at layer-2.
SOHO Router Mode: This mode is typically a network router mode. The ETH port works as a WAN interface by connecting it to another network via an ETH port such as the Internet or personal network.
Note. The network mode can only be set as SOHO Router Mode when the unit is in AP Mode or AP WDS
Mode.
WISP Mode: This mode is opposite to the SOHO Router mode. It uses the wireless interface as a WAN to connect to a public network and the ETH port operates as a 2-layer access port.

Note

The network mode can only be set as WISP Mode when the unit is in Station Mode or Station WDS Mode.

LAN

Bridge Name: The name of the bridge interface
VLAN Description: The name of the VLAN interface
IP Mode： Will show as “static” or “DHCP” depending on the selected mode
IP address： The IP address of the device
Port List： The active ports on the device
Bridge STP： Wil show as “Enabled” or “disabled”

Status-SYSTEM

Device Name: Device name or model name
Serial Number: Device serial NO.
MAC: The MAC address of the device
Flash: The flash memory of the device
Software Version: Current software version
Language: Current web language
Username: Username when login
Time zone: Current time zone
Current time: Current time
Uptime: How long the device has been on for
CPU Usage: Shows the CPU usage as a percentage
Memory Usage: Shows the memory usage

Monitor-Throughput

Monitor-Interfaces

Interfaces list counts the send-receive information of all interfaces.

Interface Listing : all interfaces and interface names.
MAC Address Listing MAC address of all interfaces.
Tx Bytes Sending: bytes number.
Tx Packet Sending packets.
Tx Err : Sending error packet.
Rx Bytes: Receiving bytes.
Rx Packet: Receiving packet.
Rx E r r: Receiving error packet.

Monitor-ARP List

ARP List counts the ARP information of device. As Figure 2-9.

IP: IP address of device.
MAC: MAC address corresponding to IP address of device.
Interface: Interface of the IP address of device.
Type: Interface hardware type of learning ARP.

Monitor-STA Stats

When the unit is set to AP WDS Mode, the list shows STA info of current clients connected as Figure 2- 10

BSSID BSSID of station.
Mode: The mode of Station Radio.
AID: connecting ID of Station.
Signal: AP detected RSSI of the Station.
Assoc Time: Uptime of STA.
Tx/Rx Packets: send-receive packets between AP and Station. Tx means sending packets, Rx means receiving packets.
Tx/Rx Bytes: send-receive bytes between AP and STA. Tx means sending bytes, Rx means receiving bytes.
Tx/Rx Rate: The rate the packets are sent-received between AP and Station.
BSSID：BSSID of station.
Mode: The mode of Station Radio.
AID: connecting ID of Station.
Signal: AP detected RSSI of the Station.
Assoc Time: Uptime of STA.
Tx/Rx Packets: send-receive packets between AP and Station. Tx means sending packets, Rx means receiving packets.
Tx/Rx Bytes: send-receive bytes between AP and STA. Tx means sending bytes, Rx means receiving bytes.
Tx/Rx Rate: The rate the packets are sent-received between AP and Station.

Monitor-AP Stats

When the unit is in Station Mode, the list shows information of the connected AP, as Figure 2-12.

SSID: SSID name of the AP that the Station is connecting to.
BSSID: BSSID address of the AP that the Station is connecting to.
Device Name: The name of the device
Distance: The estimated distance
Mode: The Radio work mode of the AP that the Station is connecting to.
Channel: The channel of the AP that the Station is connecting to.
Signal: station detected AP RSSI.
RSSI: The Receive signal strength
Assoc Time: Up time after the station has connected to AP.
Tx/Rx Packets: send-receive packets between AP and Station. Tx means sending packets, Rx means receiving packets.
Tx/Rx Bytes: send-receive bytes between AP and STA. Tx means sending bytes, Rx means receiving bytes.
Tx/Rx Rate: The rate the packets are sent-received between AP and Station.
Security: The security mode the device is using.

Monitor-Routes

Routes list shows current routing relationship of devices, as Figure 2-13.

Destination: Destination address
Netmask: The subnet mask
Gateway: The address of the router on the network if applicable.
Interface: The interface relating to this routing info.

Radio Page

The Radio Page is mainly used for setting up the wireless LAN parameters

Basic Wireless Settings

Wireless Mode： The mode of the WLAN. There are 4 modes the unit can run in. AP Mode, Station Mode, AP WDS Mode and Station WDS Mode. The default is AP WDS Mode.
Region code : The default set region code is United Kingdom.
IEEE 802.11 Mode: The default mode is 802.11an.
Channel Width： The default mode is 20/40MHz
Tx Power： The default is 24dBm.

WARNING
Tx power has a different limit for each country. When changing the Tx power the user should follow the regulatory rules.
Transmission power can influence signal strength of the wireless communication. When it transmit distance is long, please increase transmit power intermittently to ensure stronger signal. signal strength.

Max TX Rate： 2.4GHz/5GHz radio are 2X2 devices, the max support is MCS=15 which is also the default setting.

Advanced Wireless Settings

RTS Threshold: The default setting for the RTS threshold is 2347. However this is not enabled by default.
Fragmentation Threshold: This is not set by default
Distance: ACK _timeout is enabled by default you can set distance between AP and STA allowing the link to be more stable when it is transmitting in long distance, proper adjustment can improve throughput.
Aggr Enable：Enable to start function of A-MPDU this is set to enable by default.
Aggr limit Enable: used o set the sending limit function of A-MPDU, this is set to enable by default. The max Aggr packet is 64 units. The max Aggr length is 60000 bytes.

WMM Settings

WMM Settings is used to set AP EDCA parameter and ST EDCA parameter.

AC Type: Access control, the Enhance Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) has 4 AC types. Each AC type has a specific set of parameters that they follow.
AIFSN :Arbitration Inter-Frame Space Number. This allows for AC types to be given higher or lower priority.
ECWmin/max: CW means content window. This can be set according to the traffic expected in each AC. Wider window is set for higher traffic.
TXOP Limit: TXOP means Tx opportunity. This is a bounded time window in which a unit can send as many frames as possible.
N o ACK: No ACK frames do not have to be acknowledged used to avoid retransmission.

WIRELESS Page

The wireless Page is used to set up the WLAN of the AP or the relevant parameters for the Station allowing the station to connect to the AP.

AP/AP WDS Mode

When the unit is set as AP/AP WDS Mode, Wireless Page is shown as Figure 3-12.

Wireless Settings

Wireless1/2/3/4 :The unit can be ser with 4 wireless services, name correctly so they can be distinguished from one another.
Wireless Availability: Weather the wireless service is enabled or disabled by default the status of Wireless1 is enabled, and Disabled for all others.
Hide SSID: This can be disabled or enabled. This function allows the link to be hidden from all other wireless equipment. By default this is disabled.
SSID: In this textbox is where you would type the SSID.

Wireless Security

Security: This is where the security settings of the link can be changed the default setting is WPA2 PSK. WEP security type, as shown Figure 2-27.
Authentication Type: Set authentication method, the default is set to open.
WEP Key Length: Set WEP key length, the default is 64 bit.
Key Type: Set key type, the default is ASCII type.
WEP Key: Enter WEP key.
Key Index: Choose key index, the default is 1.
**WPA/WPA2 security type, as shown Figure 2-28.

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WPA Authentication: Set WPA/WPA2 authentication method
WPA Preshard Key: Set PSK key of WPA/WPA2.

Station/Station WDS Mode

Wireless settings when the unit is set as Station/Station WDS Mode, Wireless is shown as Figure 2-30.

Wireless Settings

SSID: Enter the same SSID as you have in the AP. IF you just enter the SSID and do not lock to AP MAC the station will connect to the strongest signal of the same SSID.
Lock to AP MAC: Here you will enter the Mac of the partner radio making the radios have to meet two conditions before they connect.
Scan: The scan button is used to scan for SSID’s and available channels, as Figure 2-31.
MAC Address: The BSSID address of the wireless service.
SSID: The BSSID name of the wireless service, also called ESSID.
Auth_ mode: Authentication method of the wireless service.
Encryption: The encryption type of the wireless service.
Signal/Noise: signal strength of the wireless service.
Frequency: The frequency of the wireless service.
Channel: The channel of the wireless service.
Lock to AP: If this button is pressed the unit would lock to the BSSID of this wireless service.

Wireless Security

The unit would automatically choose the right encryption type you would need to manually go and input the pre shared key to establish connection.

NETWORK

NETWORK Page is used for setting up the relevant parameters of the network mode. The unit supports Bridge Mode, SOHO Router Mode and WISP Mode.
SOHO Router Mode and WISP Mode have the same settings page; here is introduction about Bridge
Mode and WISP Mode.

Bridge Mode

Setting of Bridge Mode is shown as Figure 2-32.

Network Role

Network Mode: set current network mode.
Auto IP Aliasing: When this is enable the unit will be recoverable by the IP address set up in whichever Vlan interface the user inputs into the drop down menu.

VLAN

ID: The added VLAN ID.
Describe: The description of a VLAN.
Untagged Port: Untagged ports of this VLAN.
Tagged Port: Tagged ports of this VLAN.
Edit: Edit corresponding VLAN
Delete: Delete corresponding VLAN.

VLAN Interface

ID: VLAN ID.
Interface: corresponding VLAN interface of VLAN ID.
Mode: Access of the IP of the corresponding VLAN interface.
IP/ Mask: IP address and netmask of corresponding VLAN interface.
Gateway: Gateway of corresponding VLAN interface.
DHCP: Open DHCP server function of corresponding VLAN interface.
MTU: MTU of corresponding VLAN interface.
Edit: Edit corresponding VLAN interface.
VLAN Description: edit the description of the VLAN
Port: When set to untagged all traffic can flow through the port tagged and untagged. When set to tagged only traffic with the corresponding Vlan ID can pass through the port.
IP Address: Set static IP address.
Netmask: Set netmask of static IP address.
Gateway IP: Set static gateway address.
Primary DNS IP: Set static main DNS address.
Secondary DNS IP: Set static backup DNS address.
MTU: Set MTU, the default is 1500 bytes.
IP Start: Set start IP address of DHCP server
IP End: Set end IP address of DHCP server
Netmask: Set netmask of DHCP server
Lease Time: Set lease time of DHCP server

WISP/SOHO Router Mode

WISP/SOHO Router Mode is shown as Figure 2-35.

Network Role

Network Mode: Used to set network mode.

2. WAN Network Settings

WAN IP Address: The WAN IP address can be obtained in three different ways, Static, DHCP and PPPoE negotiation. WISP Mode uses PPPoE to obtain wan IP address
Username: Set PPPoE connection username.
Password: Set PPPoE connection password.
Service Name: Set PPPoE connection service name.
Fallback IP: Set fallback IP address after PPPoE negotiation failed.
Fallback Netmask: Set fallback netmask of IP address after PPPoE negotiation failed.
MTU/MRU: Set MTU and MRU PPPoE negotiation.
Encryption: Set MPPE Agreement is enabled when PPPoE negotiation is using Microsoft Pointto-Point Encryption Agreement.
NAT: Set NAT service to “enabled” or “disabled” with the checkbox.
DMZ: Set DMZ service of “enabled” or “disabled” with the checkbox
NAT Protocol: Device supports the following NAT services of SIP, RSTP, FTP and PPTP.

Static Routes is one kind of special routes, manually configured by the administrator.

Enable: Set the static routes service to enable or disabled.
Target Network IP: Set the target network IP address.
Netmask: set the netmask.
Gateway IP: Set the gateway IP.
Comment: Comment can be added for corresponding static routes.
Action: Add, delete, and edit static routes.

Port Forwarding comes into effect when network mode is SOHO Router/WISP.

Enable: Set the port forwarding to enable or disabled.
Private IP: Set the forwarded intranet host IP address.
Private Port: Set the forwarded intranet host protocol a port number.
Type: Set the forwarded intranet host protocol to either TCP or UDP.
Source IP/Mask: Set the visiting host source IP and mask.
Public IP/Mask: Set the forwarded extranet host IP and mask.
Public Port: Set the extranet port for intranet host forwarding.
Comment: Add a comment for corresponding forwarding.
Action: Add, delete, and edit corresponding forwarding.

Traffic Shaping is used to limit ingress and egress bandwidth on the Ethernet port and the wireless interface.

Enable: set traffic shaping service to enable or disabled for the corresponding interface.
Ingress: ingress traffic is traffic on the ingressing interface.
Egress: egress traffic is traffic on the forwarding interface.
Rate,kbit/s: Set limited max rate.
Burst,kBytes: Set burst byte length.
Action: Add, delete, and edit corresponding rules.

SERVICES

Services Page is used for setting safe access, access management and so on, as Figure 2-40.

Web Server

Web Server is used to set server port and session timeout of web server.

Server Port: Set server port of web service, the default is 80.
Session Timeout: Set web session timeout, the default is 15 minutes.

NTP Client

NTP means Network Time Protocol. NTP can set the time as the same on all units.

NTP Client: Set NTP Client service as enable or disabled, the default is set to disabled.
NTP Server: Set IP address or domain name of NTP Server.

Dynamic DNS

Wireless Client Rate Limit

CIR: CIR means Committed Information Rate in other words bandwidth rate limit, kbps is the unit of measure.
Outbound: Set the outbound rate limit value this is the limited rate of Transmitting.
Inbound: Set the inbound speed limit value this is the limited rate of the receiving RF
11n Clients: Set the inbound and outbound rate limit of 802.11n clients.
11a/11g Clients: Set the inbound and outbound rate limit of 802.11a/802.11g clients.
11b Clients: Set the inbound and outbound rate limit of 802.11b clients.

MAC Control

MAC Control means to restrict Internet access by computer MAC address, and manage access and visit of users by supporting blacklist or white list. Don’t open MAC control in the case of the default, that is to say, all computers can visit Internet without limit, as Figure 2-51

Mode: This can be set to either Blacklist or Whitelist, this will deny or allow specific MAC addresses.
Mac Address List: Input MAC address, Add.

SYSTEM

System Page is mainly used for settings relating to device management, as Figure 2-49.

SYSTEM SYSTEM

Device Description: Set the device description.
Enable Startup Date: Set to enable startup date, the default is disabled.
Startup Date: Set the device startup date.
Time zone: Set the device time zone.

Ping Watchdog

System Accounts

Username: Set the admin username.
Current Password: Input current password.
New Password: Set a new password.
Verify New Password: Verify the new password

Configuration Management

Latitude: Set device latitude.
Longitude: Set device longitude.
Restore Factory defaults: Restore to factory default.
Export Configuration: Export current configuration.
Import Configuration: Import configuration into device.
Reboot: Reboot device.

Firmware upgrade

Firmware upgrade is used for upgrading software of the device.

Version: displays the current version of firmware.
Update File: Choose update file.

Tools

Ping

The ping test is usually used for measuring the network latency and performance.

Destination IP: The target IP address.
Packet Count: Number of the pings.
Packet Size: Define the ping/ICMP packet size, the larger size of the packet the higher latency for the ping.

Traceroute

Destination host: The target IP address/domain for tracing.
Resolve IP Address: Allows IP address to be entered

Site survey

MAC Address: BSSID address of the wireless service.
SSID: BSSID name of wireless service, also called ESSID.
Auth_mode: Authentication method of the wireless service.
Encryption: Encryption type of the wireless service.
Signal/Noise: Signal strength and noise of wireless service.
Frequency; The frequency of the wireless service.
Channel: The channel of the wireless service.

Speed Test

Destination IP ：The target IP address is often the IP of the opposite radio.
Web Port: Default is 80
Username: Default is admin
Password: Default is admin
Type: Transmit/receive/duplex speed performance of wireless
Test Result: The end of test results.