Introduction

Annotation

Modern tendencies of telecommunication development necessitate operators to search for the most optimal technologies, allowing one to meet rapidly growing needs of subscribers, while maintaining at the same time consistency of business processes, development flexibility and reducing the costs of various services. Wireless technologies are spinning up more and more, and have paced a huge way for short time from unstable low-speed communication networks of low radius to broadband access networks equitable to speed of wired networks with high criteria to the quality of provided services.

WB-3P-PTP5 is a device designed to organize radio bridges over long distances. The radio bridge involves two such devices. WB-3P-PTP5 has a sealed housing, which allows installing the device mainly in open areas in various climatic conditions.

This operating manual describes the purpose, main technical characteristics, design, safety rules for operating the device, as well as recommendations for installing and configuring the wireless bridge WB-3P-PTP5.

Document conventions

Notes and warnings

Device description

Purpose

The WB-3P-PTP5 wireless bridge is a next-generation Wi-Fi 6 device designed to provide modern high-speed services. 

With support for the IEEE802.11ax standard, the WB-3P-PTP5 wireless bridge provides data transfer rates of up to 2402 Mbps. The use of an offset parabolic antenna makes the WB-3P-PTP5 a universal solution for establishing long-distance radio bridges.

The WB-3P-PTP5 wireless bridge (hereinafter referred to as the "device") supports modern quality of service requirements and enables traffic transmission in priority queues.

WB-3P-PTP5 can operate in a wide range of operating temperatures and high humidity.

Device specification

Interfaces:

• 1 port of Ethernet 10/100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45);

• Wi-Fi 5 GHz IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax.

The power is supplied via 24 V PoE injector from 220 V. 

Functions:

WLAN capabilities:

• support for IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax;

• data aggregation, including A-MPDU (Tx/Rx) and А-MSDU (Rx);

• WMM-based packet priorities and planning;

• dynamic frequency selection (DFS);

• access point (AP-PTP/AP-PMP) mode;
• client (STA) mode;
• auto-distance detection;
• support for hidden SSID;

• MAC ACL;

• third-party access points detection;

• support for APSD;

• channel list limitation;

• spectrum analyzer;

• support for fixed center frequency;
• support for TDD;

• antenna alignment.

Network features:

• automatic speed negotiation and duplex mode;

• support for VLAN (Access, Trunk, General);

• Management VLAN;

• DHCP client;

• VLAN Mapping;
• Loopback Detection;
• MVR;

• NTP;

• Syslog;

• DHCP snooping;

• IGMP snooping (limit on the maximum number of groups);

• limiting the number of MAC addresses learned (MAC-learning);

• BPDU;

• IPv6;

• LLDP;

• Ping Watchdog. 

QoS functions:

• bandwidth limiting;

• configuring WMM parameters for the radio interface;

• priority by 802.1p, DSCP and VLAN ID;

• traffic priority based on MAC/IP address.

Security:

• centralized authorization via RADIUS server (802.1X WPA/WPA2/WPA3 Enterprise);

• WPA/WPA2/WPA3/OWE encryption;

• authorization via RADIUS server when logging. 

Figure 1 shows WB-3P-PTP5 application diagram. 

Figure 1 — WB-3P-PTP5 application diagram

Technical parameters

The main technical parameters of the device are given in Table 1. 

Table 1 – Main specifications 

¹ The number of channels and the value of the maximum output power will vary according to the rules of radio frequency regulation in your country.

² The maximum wireless data rate is defined according to IEEE 802.11 standards. The real bandwidth can be different. Conditions of the network, environment, the amount of traffic, building materials and constructions and network service data can decrease the real bandwidth. The environment can influence the network coverage range.

Technical parameters of offset parabolic antenna

The main technical parameters of the offset parabolic antenna are given in Table 2.

Table 2 – Main specifications of offset parabolic antenna 

Radiation patterns

The figures below show the radiation patterns of the device.

Design

The WB-3P-PTP5 device has a plastic housing in industrial design. The main panel layout of WB-3P-PTP5 is shown in Figure 2. 

Figure 2 — WB-3P-PTP5 main panel layout

The rear panel of WB-3P-PTP5 is shown in Figure 3. 

Figure 3 — WB-3P-PTP5 rear panel

On the rear panel of WB-3P-PTP5 under the cable gland, there is a 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet port (RJ-45 connector) for connecting to the network and PoE power supply, as well as a factory reset button "F" (see Figure 4). 

Figure 4 — RJ-45 and factory reset button "F"

Light indication

The layout of the WB-3P-PTP5 indicator panel is shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5 — WB-3P-PTP5 indicator panel

The current state of the device is displayed using indicators located on the side panel. The list of indicators and their states are given in Table 3.

Table 3 — Light indication of device status

	LED	LED status	Description
	WLAN — Received Signal Strength Indicators (RSSI)	solid	device is connected, the signal level from the remote device is greater than -60 dBm
		solid	device is connected, the signal level from the remote device is greater than -70 dBm
		solid	device is connected, the signal level from the remote device is greater than -80 dBm
		solid	device is connected, the signal level from the remote device is greater than -100 dBm
		none of indicators is on	no connection between devices
	LAN — Ethernet port indicator	solid	channel between WB-3P-PTP5 Ethernet interface and connected device is active
		flashing	process of packet data transfer between WB-3P-PTP5 Ethernet interface and connected device
	Power — power and device status indicator	solid	power connected, normal operation
		flashing	device did not receive an address via DHCP
		blinks frequently for 3 seconds, then stays on continuously	reboot/factory reset

Restore the default configuration

There are two ways to reset your device to factory settings. 

1. Using the "F" button on the device. When the device is loaded, press and hold the "F" button (about 10–15 seconds) on the device rear panel, until all WLAN indicators start flashing.
2. Using the PoE injector, that is included into the supply package. When the device is loaded, press and hold the "RST" button on the injector (for about 10–15 seconds) until all WLAN indicators start flashing. 

Supply package

The basic supply package of WB-3P-PTP5 includes:

• WB-3P-PTP5 wireless bridge;
• Cable gland;
• Power injector Passive PoE 24 V;
• Power cable;
• Patch cord RJ-45, 5е cat., 1.5m;
• User manual on a CD (optional);
• Technical passport.

Rules and recommendations for device installation

This section defines safety rules, installation recommendations, setup procedure and starting procedure of the device. 

Safety rules

1. Do not open the device housing. There are no user-serviceable parts inside.
2. Do not install this device during a thunderstorm. There is a risk of lightning strike.
3. The voltage, current and frequency requirements specified in this manual should be observed.
4. Before connecting measuring instruments and a computer to the device, they should be grounded. The potential difference between the equipment and measuring instrument casings should not exceed 1 V.
5. Before turning on the device, ensure that the cables are intact and securely attached to the connectors.
6. Do not install the device near heat sources or in rooms with temperatures below -45°C or above 65°C.
7. When mounting the device on high-rise structures, comply with established standards and requirements for working at height.
8. The device should be operated by specially trained engineering and technical personnel.
9. Connect only suitable auxiliary equipment to the device.

Installation recommendations

1. The device can be installed on a pole/post, wall or in an offset parabolic antenna holder. The installation height should be at least 1 meter from the underlying surface, the installation distance should be no more than 5 meters from the edge of the surface. If it is impossible to comply with the latter condition, increase the suspension height.
2. Before installing the device and turning it on, check the device for visible mechanical defects. If defects are observed, stop the device installation, fill in the corresponding act and contact the supplier.
3. Estimate the signal level at the receiving point using the formulas for calculating signal propagation in free space.
4. To ensure the best signal level, place the device on a post/pole so that its antenna is pointed as much as possible at the antenna of the remote device. In this case, direct visibility should be ensured between devices, and the Fresnel zone should be clear of obstacles. The highest signal level can be obtained by adjusting the antenna using RSSI indicators, web interface (more details in the "Antenna Align" submenu) or CLI command.
5. After alignment, make sure that the signal from the remote device is as close as possible to the calculated value and is not lower than the permissible level of -65 ÷ -70 dBm.
6. If the signal exceeds -40 dBm, it is necessary to reduce the transmitter power on the remote device.
7. When installing offset parabolic antennas, take into account the antenna offset angle: to have the direction of maximum radiation parallel to the ground, the tilt angle of the parabolic antenna should be equal to the offset angle.

Figure 6 — Incorrect installation of offset parabolic antennas

Figure 7 — Correct installation of offset parabolic antennas at the same suspension height

Figure 8 — Correct installation of offset parabolic antennas at different suspension heights

Recommendations for lightning protection 

1. Grounding should be done with an insulated multi-core wire. The grounding device and the cross-section of the grounding wire should comply with the requirements of the Electrical Installation Code. 
2. The first outdoor lightning protection should be installed as close as possible to the device, connecting them with a short outdoor FTP cable with shielded connectors. 
3. The second outdoor lightning protection should be installed as close as possible to the PoE injector, connecting them with a short outdoor FTP cable with shielded connectors.
4. The lightning protections are connected to each other with an outdoor FTP cable up to 100 m long. 
5. The PoE injector should be connected to a 220V grounded electrical outlet.

Figure 9 — Device wiring diagram for lightning protection 

Device preparation

1. Remove the device from the package.

2. Connect the Ethernet cable to the PoE/ETH port.

Figure 10 — RJ-45 connector and "F" button

Device connection 

 1. Connect the Ethernet cable from WB-3P-PTP5 to the PoE port of the injector. 

2. Connect the Ethernet cable of your network to the LAN port of the PoE injector. 

3. Connect the PoE injector to a 220V outlet using the power cord. After powering on, WB-3P-PTP5 will boot up within a minute. 

4. Connect to the WB-3P-PTP5 web configurator using a browser, following the instructions in the section Device management via web interface. 

5. If this is the first device start-up, then go to the section Preliminary setup.

Preliminary setup

Before installation, perform preliminary setup of the device. 

1. Make sure the power is connected. 
2. Follow the algorithm from the section Example of the device setup. 

Make sure that a wireless connection is established between the devices: the signal strength indicators should light solid. The possible indicator states are described in the section Light indication.

Device installation

The WB-3P-PTP5 wireless bridge has three mounting options: on a pole/post, on a wall, and as a part of an offset parabolic antenna. 

Device installation on a pole/post/wall

1. Connect the device to the network and perform preliminary setup following the instructions in the section Preliminary setup. Then disconnect the device from the network and proceed with installation.
2. Remove the bracket, bag with fasteners, and clamps from the package.
3. Fix the bracket on the pole using the Ø60–80 clamp from the package. The final tightening of the clamp Ø60–80 is performed in step Alignment of devices mounted on a pole/post/wall. Fix the screw with the chain onto the bracket, then put the clamp Ø32–50 onto the tightening slats of the bracket. Follow the safety instructions. See rules and recommendations for device installation.

Figure 11 — Mounting the bracket on the pole

4. Disassemble the cable gland — unscrew the sealing nut and remove the split gland from inside. 

Figure 12 — Dismantling the cable gland 

5. Pass the cable through the bracket and the cable gland as shown in Figure 13. 

Figure 13 — Cable pulling through the cable gland

6. When installing the device with a deviation of ±10 degrees, refer to Figure 14 (a). When installing the device with a deviation of ±10–70 degrees, refer to Figure 14 (b). 

7. Crimp the RJ-45 connector onto the cable and connect it to the mating part on the device housing. 

Figure 15 — RJ-45 connector on the device housing

8. Securely tighten the gland body, place the split gland on the cable and insert it into the gland body. Tighten the sealing nut until it stops. 

Figure 16 — Installation of the cable gland

9. Insert the device into the bracket slats. Adjust the device by aligning the arrow on the device housing with the hole in the bracket, and tighten the clamp Ø32–50. 

Figure 17 — Installing the device into the bracket

10. After installation, rotate the device to the required angle, using the scale located on the bracket as a reference. The tilt angle can be adjusted from -70 to 70 degrees.

Figure 18 — Setting the required tilt angle

11. It is possible to install the bracket on the wall. When installing on a wall, use screws, self-tapping screws 4×40 mm, and, if necessary, 6×40 mm dowels (Figure 19). 

Figure 19 — Mounting the device on the wall

12. Connect the device to the network following the algorithms in the Device connection sections. Then proceed to device alignment.

Installation of the device as part of an offset parabolic antenna

Supply package:

• WB-3P-PTP5 basic supply package;
• Offset parabolic antenna with mounting kit.

To install the device as part of an offset parabolic antenna, follow these steps:

1. Connect the device to the network and perform preliminary setup following the instructions in the Preliminary setup section. Then disconnect the device from the network and proceed with installation.

2. Assemble the device holder by inserting the top part axis into the bottom part slots. Install the M4×20 screw with a nut on the right side of the holder.

Figure 20 — Assembling the device holder

3. Attach the holder and the movable part of the bracket to the arc using M6×30 bolts, bracket and nuts from the mounting kit. Install the plug on the upper end of the arc. 

Figure 21 — Fastening the holder and the movable part of the bracket on the arc

4. Connect the movable part of the bracket and the antenna reflector using M6×12 bolts and nuts. 

Figure 22 — Mounting the antenna reflector on the movable part of the bracket

5. Disassemble the cable gland — unscrew the sealing nut and remove the split gland from inside.

Figure 23 — Dismantling the cable gland 

6. Pass the cable through the bracket and the cable gland. 

Figure 24 — Cable pulling through the holder and the cable gland

7. Crimp the RJ-45 connector onto the cable and connect it to the mating part on the device housing.   

Figure 25 — RJ-45 connector on the device housing

8. Securely tighten the gland body, place the split gland on the cable and insert it into the gland body. Tighten the sealing nut until it stops. 

Figure 26 — Installing the cable gland

9. Place the device in the holder and adjust the device to 0° using the holder scale. After adjustment, tighten the screw on the holder.

Figure 27 — Installing the device into the holder

10. Place the fixed part of the bracket on the pole as shown in Figure 28 and secure it with the clamps supplied with the device. The final tightening of the clamps is performed in Alignment of devices mounted on an offset parabolic antenna section. Install the chains; do not tighten the chain screws tightly, leaving a gap for installing the movable part of the bracket. Follow the instructions given in the section Rules and recommendations for device installation.

Figure 28 — Installing the fixed part of the bracket

11. Install the reflector on the fixed bracket. During installation, the screws that were not tightened before should fall into the grooves of the movable part of the bracket. 

Figure 29 — Installing the reflector on the fixed bracket

12. If necessary, it is possible to install a parabolic antenna on the wall, for example using M6 bolts.

Figure 30 — Mounting a parabolic antenna on the wall

13. Connect the device to the network following the algorithms in the Device connection section. Then proceed to device alignment. 

Device alignment 

Alignment of devices mounted on a pole/post/wall

1. Be sure to perform the alignment alternately from both sides, based on the calculated signal level value obtained in the Installation recommendations section (it is required to get the closest possible value). 

2. Adjust the position of the devices by directing the antennas approximately to each other, using maps and optical visibility (for example, using binoculars) to the opposite side.

3. In case of establishing сonnection between the devices, sequentially align the devices, achieving a gradual increase in values on the RSSI scale (LED states are provided in the Light Indication section) in both vertical and horizontal planes.

4. In the horizontal plane, one side passes a sector of 45–60 degrees — fixes the maximum, the second side repeats the same action. 

5. Next, perform the second pass according to the above scheme. Finally tighten the clamp on the bracket. It is necessary to take into account that during alignment, hitting the side lobe of the radiation pattern may be interpreted as reaching the maximum signal level. To avoid this situation, it is necessary to perform a full pass in the sector and note any nonlinear level changes.

6. Repeat steps 4–5 in the vertical plane. Fix the resulting tilt angle using screws on the chain. 

Figure 31 — Setting the required tilt angle

7. For more precise alignment, use the CLI command or web interface (more details in "Antenna Align" submenu), achieving the maximum signal level values. 

Alignment of devices mounted on an offset parabolic antenna 

1. Be sure to perform the alignment alternately from both sides, based on the calculated signal level value obtained in the Installation recommendations section (it is required to get the closest possible value).  

2. Adjust the position of the devices by directing the antennas approximately to each other, using maps and optical visibility (for example, using binoculars) to the opposite side.

3. In case of establishing сonnection between the devices, sequentially align the devices, achieving a gradual increase in values on the RSSI scale (LED states are provided in the Light Indication section) in both vertical and horizontal planes.

4. In the horizontal plane, one side passes a sector of 45–60 degrees — fixes the maximum, the second side repeats the same action. 

5. Next, perform the second pass according to the above scheme. Finally tighten the clamps on the bracket unmovable part. It is necessary to take into account that during alignment, hitting the side lobe of the radiation pattern may be interpreted as reaching the maximum signal level. To avoid this situation, it is necessary to perform a full pass in the sector and note any nonlinear level changes.

6. In the vertical plane, repeat steps 4–5: rotate the device to the required angle, using "A" and "B" scales located on the bracket as a guide. The "A" scale represents the tilt angle of the parabolic antenna, while the "B" scale represents the elevation angle. Then fix the resulting angle using the screw on the chain.

Figure 32 — "A" and "B" scales on the movable part of the bracket

7. When setting the angle on the "A"  scale from -10 to 5 degrees, it is recommended to additionally fix the movable part of the bracket with a second screw from the kit. 

Figure 33 — Additional fixation of the bracket movable part

8. For more precise alignment, use the CLI command or the web interface (more details in "Antenna Align" submenu), achieving the maximum signal level values.  

Final device setup 

1. It is recommended to select and set a static modulation on this and the opposite devices. To select a static modulation, run a continuous ping to the devices. Then, in the "Monitoring" menu, under "Wireless Peer"/"Wireless Clients," note the automatically set modulation and set it statically in the channel transmission rate settings in the "Radio" menu. For reliability, you can set the modulation a couple of points lower than the automatic setting.
2. Scan the environment with a spectrum analyzer and select the least congested channel.
3. Set the final channel in the "Radio" menu.

Device management via web interface

Getting started

To get started, connect to the device via Ethernet interface using a web browser:

1. Open a web browser, for example, Firefox, Opera, Chrome.

2. Enter the device IP address in the browser address bar.

When the device is successfully detected, username and password request page will be shown in the browser window.

3. Enter username into "Enter Login" and password into "Enter Password" field.

4. Click "Log In". The device status monitoring menu will open in a browser window.

5.  If necessary, select the information display language. 

User change 

There are two types of users on the device: admin and viewer:

• admin (default password: password) has full access to the device: ability to read and write any settings, full monitoring of the device status.
• viewer has the right to only view the entire configuration of the device without the ability to edit anything; monitoring of the device status is fully accessible.

If to click the "Logout" button, the current user session will be terminated and the authorization window will be displayed: 

To change access, specify the appropriate username and password and click the "Log In" button.

Applying configuration and discarding changes

1. Applying configuration

The web interface has a visual indication of the current status of the setting applying process (Table 4). 

Table 4 — Visual indication of the current status of the setting application process

2. Discarding changes

The button for discarding changes appears as follows: .

Test mode 

The device has a test mode for testing configurations.

To activate it, click the "Test Mode" button in the top panel of the web interface.

 The test mode runs for 300 seconds (5 minutes). During this time, you can navigate the web configurator tabs and make any changes, applying them on each page using the "Apply" button.

After checking the required configuration, click the "Exit from Test Mode" button and select the desired action: 

• "Save and Exit" — when pressed, the device will exit test mode and save all configuration changes made and applied in this mode to non-volatile memory. It will be impossible to cancel the changes made in test mode.
• "Cancel and Exit" — when pressed, the device will exit test mode and discard all changes made in this mode. The configuration that was active on the device before enabling test mode will be restored.

If the administrator does not exit test mode within 300 seconds, this will happen automatically, and all changes made in that mode will be undone. After the specified time expires, the configuration will be restored, even if the access to the device was lost as a result of these actions.

Web interface basic elements

Navigation elements of the web interface are shown in the figure below.

User interface window is divided into five general areas:

1. Menu tabs categorize the submenu tabs: Quick Start, Monitoring, Radio, AP (the "AP" menu is only available in the "Access Point PTP" or "Access Point PMP" device mode) or STA (the "STA" menu is only available in the "Station" device mode), Network Settings, System, Tools.
2. Interface language selection and Logout button designed to end a session in the web interface under a given user.
3. Submenu tabs allow one to control settings field.
4. Device configuration field displays data and configuration.
5. Information field displays current firmware version.

"Quick Start" menu 

In the "Quick Start" menu, the basic configuration of the device is performed. 

"Quick Start" submenu

Radio:

In the "Radio" section, the main parameters of the device radio interface are configured.

• Device Mode — operating mode of the device radio interface. The following modes are available:
  • Access Point PTP — Point-to-Point;  
  • Access Point PMP — Point-to-Multipoint;  
  • Station — wireless client (STA). 
• Channel — selecting a data transmission channel. If the "Auto Channel" is checked in the Radio menu, this setting will be locked;
• Channel Bandwidth, MHz — channel bandwidth on which the device operates. The parameter can take values of 5, 10, 20, 40, 80 and 160 MHz;
• Primary Channel — parameter can only be changed if the bandwidth of a statically specified channel is equal to 40 MHz. The 40 MHz channel can be considered as consisting of two adjacent 20 MHz channels. These two 20 MHz channels are called primary and secondary channels:
  • Upper — primary channel will be the upper 20 MHz channel in the 40 MHz band;
  • Lower — primary channel will be the lower 20 MHz channel in the 40 MHz band.
• Fixed Center Frequency — when сhecked, all traffic (data and control packets) will be transmitted on the specified channel center frequency with the specified bandwidth (40/80/160 MHz). The function is proprietary, the transmission is not carried out according to IEEE 802.11 standards, which assume the use of different center frequencies for data and control traffic with a channel bandwidth of 40/80/160 MHz;
• Transmit Power Limit, dBm — Wi-Fi transmitter signal power adjustment in dBm;
• Distance, km — distance between devices in kilometers. Changing the distance value will change the ACK timeout value. The distance should be rounded up. For example, if the distance between devices is 3.2 km, then 4 km should be specified.

Connection Settings:

• SSID — virtual wireless network name;
• Security Mode — wireless network access security mode:
  • Off — do not use encryption for data transfer;
  • OWE (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption) — encryption method that provides the security of data transmitted over an unsecured network. In this case, users do not need to do any additional actions and enter a password to connect to the network;
  • WPA2, WPA3 — encryption methods, when selecting one of the methods, the following setting will be available:
    • WPA Key — key/password required to connect to the wireless network. The key length is from 8 to 63 characters.
  • MFP — management frame protection (available for WPA2, WPA3 and OWE security modes. When selecting the WPA3 or OWE security mode, MFP is set to Required. When other modes are selected, it is set to Not Required): 
    • Not Required — management frame protection is disabled;
    • Capable — management frame protection works, if a wireless network supports MFP. The device can connect to a network that does not support MFP;
    • Required — management frame protection is enabled. The device cannot connect to a wireless network that does not support MFP.

Network Settings:

• Hostname — network name of the device, a string of 1–63 characters is specified: Latin uppercase and lowercase letters, digits, the hyphen sign "-" (the hyphen cannot be the last character in the name); 
• Protocol — protocol for connection of the device via Ethernet interface to service provider network:
  • DHCP — operating mode in which IP address, subnet mask, DNS server address, default gateway and other parameters required for operation in the network are obtained from DHCP server automatically;
  • Static — operating mode in which IP address and all the necessary parameters for WAN interface are assigned statically. If "Static" is selected, the following parameters will be available to set:
    • Static IP — device WAN interface IP address in the provider network;
    • Netmask — external subnet mask;
  • • Gateway — address to which the packet is sent if the route in routing table is not found for it.

Device Access:

In the "Device Access" section the password can be changed.

When logging via web interface, administrator (default password: password) has full access to the device: reading and writing any settings, full monitoring of the device status. To change the password, first enter the new password in the "Password" field, then in the "Confirm password" field, and click the "Apply" button to save the new password.

Spectrum Analyzer:

The "Spectrum Analyzer" section is used to launch and monitor the spectrum analyzer.

The WB-3P-PTP5 devices can launch the spectrum analyzer on the Radio 5 GHz.

To start the spectrum analyzer, click the "Scan" button. The information window located to the right of the button displays the time in seconds that has passed since the start of the scan. The scan on the Radio 5 GHz will take no more than 1.5 minutes.

• Last scan was... — date and time of the last scan;
• Channel Utilization — information about the radio channel congestion, expressed as a percentage;
• Frequency — channel frequency, on which scanning was performed, MHz;
• Channel — channel number corresponding to a given frequency.

Connections:

The "Connections" section displays information about the status of connected devices. 

• # — number of the connected device in the list;
• Hostname — network device name;
• IP Address — IP address of the connected device;
• MAC — MAC address of the connected device;
• Local Signal — received signal level, dBm;
• Remote Signal — received signal level of the remote device, dBm;
• Uptime — connection time.

To apply a new configuration and save settings to non-volatile memory, click the "Apply" button. Click the "Cancel" button to discard the changes.

"Monitoring" menu

The "Monitoring" menu displays the current system status.

Wireless Peer/Wireless Clients

The "Wireless Peer"/"Wireless Clients" submenu displays information about the status of connected devices. Information about connected devices is not displayed in real time. To update the information on the page, click the "Refresh" button.

Below are examples of the "Wireless Peer"/"Wireless Clients" submenus in the "Access Point PTP", "Access Point PMP", and "STA" device modes, respectively.

• # — number of the connected device in the list;
• Hostname — network device name;
• IP Address — IP address of the connected device;
• MAC — MAC address of the connected device;
• Interface — WB-3P-PTP5 interaction interface with the connected device;
• Link Capacity — parameter that displays the efficiency of modulation on the transmission used by the device. It is calculated based on the number of packets transmitted to the client on each modulation, and the reduction factors. The maximum value is 100% (meaning that all packets are transmitted to the client at maximum modulation for the maximum Nss type supported by the client). The minimum value is 2% (in the case when the packets are transmitted on the modulation Nss1MCS0 for a remote device with MIMO 3×3 support). The parameter value is calculated for the last 10 seconds;
• Link Quality — parameter that displays the status of the link to the remote device, calculated based on the number of retransmit packets sent to the remote device. The maximum value is 100% (all transmitted packets were sent on the first attempt), the minimum value is 0% (no packets were successfully sent to the remote device). The parameter value is calculated for the last 10 seconds; 
• Link Quality Common — parameter that displays the status of the link to the remote device, calculated based on the number of retransmit packets sent to the remote device. The maximum value is 100% (all transmitted packets were sent on the first attempt), the minimum value is 0% (no packets were successfully sent to the client). The parameter value is calculated for the entire client connection time;
• RSSI — received signal level, dBm;
• SNR — signal-to-noise ratio, dB;
• Remote RSSI — received signal level of the remote device, dBm;
• Remote SNR — signal-to-noise ratio of the remote device, dB;
• TxRate — channel data transfer rate, Mbps;
• RxRate — channel data reception rate, Mbps;
• BW — transmission bandwidth of the wireless channel, MHz;
• Actual TX Rate — average data transfer rate over the last 10 seconds, Mbit/s; 
• Actual RX Rate — average data reception rate over the last 10 seconds, Mbit/s;
• Version — firmware version of the connected device;
• Uptime — connection time;
• Action — if to press "Kick" button, the connection with the connected device will be broken. After disconnecting, the device will reconnect.; 
• Total TX/RX, bytes — number of bytes sent/received on the connected device;
• Total TX/RX, packets — number of packets sent/received on the connected device;
• Data TX/RX, bytes — number of data bytes sent/received on the connected device;
• Data TX/RX, packets — number of data packets sent/received on the connected device;
• Fails, packets — number of packets sent with errors on the connected device;
• TX Period Retry, packets — number of transmission retries to the connected device in the last 10 seconds;
• TX Retry Count, packets — number of transmission retries to the connected device during the entire connection;
• Actual TX/RX Rate, Kbps — current traffic transmission rate at the moment.

"Traffic Statistics" submenu

The "Traffic Statistics" submenu displays traffic reception/transmission rate graphs for the last 3 minutes, as well as information on the amount of transmitted/received traffic since the device was turned on.

The LAN Tx/Rx graph shows the rate of the transmitted/received traffic via Ethernet interface of the device for the last 3 minutes. The graph is automatically updated every 6 seconds.

The WLAN0 Tx/Rx graph shows the rate of transmitted/received traffic via radio interface of the device for the last 3 minutes. The graph is automatically updated every 6 seconds.

"Transmit" table description:

• Interface — name of the interface;
• Total Packets — number of successfully sent packets;
• Total Bytes — number of successfully sent bytes;
• Total Drop — number of rejected packets;
• Errors — number of errors.

"Receive" table description:

• Interface — name of the interface;
• Total Packets — number of successfully received packets;
• Total Bytes — number of successfully received bytes;
• Total Drop — number of rejected packets;
• Errors — number of errors.

"Scan Environment" submenu

In the "Scan Environment" submenu, air scanning and detection of neighboring devices are carried out.

To start the scanning process, click the "Scan" button. After scanning is complete, a list of detected devices and information about them will appear:

• Last scan was... — date and time of the last scan;
• Range — specifies the 5 GHz range, in which the device was detected;
• Mode — device radio interface operating mode;
• SSID — SSID of the detected device;
• Security mode — security mode of the detected device;
• MAC — MAC address of the detected device;
• Bandwidth — radio channel on which the detected device operates;
• RSSI — the level with which the device receives the signal of the detected device, dBm. 

"Spectrum Analyzer" submenu

The "Spectrum Analyzer" submenu is used to launch and monitor the spectrum analyzer.

On the WB-3P-PTP5 devices, it is possible to launch the spectrum analyzer on the Radio 5 GHz radio interface.

Launching the spectrum analyzer on the radio interface

To start the spectrum analyzer, click the "Scan" button. The information window located to the right of the button displays the time in seconds that has passed since the start of the scan. The spectrum analyzer operation time on Radio 5 GHz is no more than 1.5 minutes.

• Last scan was... — date and time of the last scan;
• Channel Utilization — information about the radio channel congestion, expressed as a percentage;
• Frequency, MHz — channel frequency, on which scanning was performed, MHz;
• Channel — channel number corresponding to a given frequency.

"Events" submenu 

In the "Events" submenu, it is possible to view a list of real-time informational messages which contains the following information:

• Date and Time — date and time when the event was generated;
• Type — category and severity level of the event;
• Service — name of the process that generated the message;
• Message — event description.

Table 5 — Description of event severity levels 

To receive new messages in the event log, click "Refresh".

If necessary, all old messages can be deleted from the log by clicking the "Clear" button.  

"Network Information" submenu

In the "Network Information" submenu, general network settings of the device can be viewed. 

WAN Status:

• Interface — name of the bridge interface;
• Protocol — protocol used for access to WAN;
• IP address — device IP address in external network;
• RX Bytes — number of bytes received on WAN;
• TX Bytes — number of bytes sent from WAN.

Ethernet:

• Link Status — Ethernet port status;
• Speed — Ethernet port connection speed;
• Duplex — data transfer mode:
  • Full — full duplex;
  • Half — half-duplex.

ARP:

The ARP table contains mapping information between IP and MAC addresses of neighboring network devices:

• IP address — device IP address;
• MAC — device MAC address. 

Routes:

• Interface — name of the bridge interface;
• Destination — IP address of destination host or subnet that the route is established to;
• Gateway — IP address of the gateway through which access to the destination is carried out; 
• Netmask — subnet mask;
• Flags — certain route characteristics. 

• The following flag values exist:

  • U — means that the route is created and passable;
  • H — indicates the route to the specific host;
  • G — means that the route lies through the external gateway. System network interface provides routes in the network with direct connection. All other routes lie through the external gateways. G flag is used for all routes except for the routes in the direct connection networks;
  • R — indicates that the route was most likely created by a dynamic routing protocol running on the local system using the reinstate parameter;
  • D — indicates that the route was added as a result of receiving an ICMP Redirect Message. When the system learns the route from the ICMP Redirect message, the route will be added into the routing table in order to exclude redirection for the following packets intended for the same destination;
  • M — means that the route was modified — likely by a dynamic routing protocol running on a local system with the "mod" parameter applied;
  • A — points to a buffered route to which an entry in the ARP table corresponds;
  • C — means that the route source is the core routing buffer;
  • L — indicates that the destination of the route is one of the addresses of this computer. Such "local routes" exist in the routing buffer only;
  • B — means that the route destination is a broadcasting address. Such "broadcast routes" exist in the routing buffer only;
  • I — indicates that the route is connected to a ring (loopback) interface for a purpose other than to access the ring network. Such “internal routes” exist in the routing buffer only;
  • ! — means that datagrams sent to this address will be rejected by the system.

"Radio Information" submenu

In the "Radio Information" submenu, the current status of the device radio interface is displayed. 

The device radio interface can be in two states: "On" and "Off". Depending on the interface status, the following information is available for monitoring: 

“Off”:

• Status — radio interface state;
• MAC — radio interface MAC address;

“On”:

• Status — radio interface state;
• MAC — MAC address of radio interface;
• Mode — radio interface operating mode according to IEEE 802.11 standards;
• Transmit Power Limit, dBm — signal power at which the radio interface operates;
• Connection status — connection status of the client (STA) to the access point (AP). It is available for STA mode only;
• Channel — number of the wireless channel on which the radio interface is running;
• Channel Bandwidth, MHz — channel bandwidth on which the radio interface is running.
• Noise Level, dBm — noise level of the channel on which the radio interface operates;
• Channel Utilization — information about the radio channel congestion, expressed as a percentage.

"Device Information" submenu

The "Device Information" submenu displays main device parameters.

• Product — device model name;
• Hardware Version — device hardware version;
• Factory MAC Address — device WAN interface MAC address, factory set;
• Serial Number — device serial number, factory set;
• Software Version — device firmware version;
• Backup Version — previously installed firmware version;
• Boot Version — device firmware boot version;
• System Time — current time and date, set in the system;
• Uptime — operating time since the last time the device was turned on or rebooted;
• CPU Usage — average percentage of CPU load over the last 5 seconds;
• Memory Usage — percentage of device RAM usage.

"Radio" menu

In the "Radio" menu, the wireless interface can be configured.

"Radio" submenu

In the "Radio" submenu, the main parameters of the device radio interface can be configured. 

• Device Mode — operating mode of the device radio interface. The following modes are available:
  • Access Point PTP — Point-to-Point;
  • Access Point PMP — Point-to-Multipoint;
  • Station — wireless client (STA).
• 802.11 Mode — interface operating mode according to standards:
  • IEEE 802.11ax;
  • IEEE 802.11a/n/ac;
  • IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax.
• Auto Channel — when checked, the device will automatically select the least congested radio channel for the radio interface operation. When unchecked, channel field appears;
• Channel — select channel for data transmission;
• Use Limit Channels — when checked, the device will use a user-defined list of channels to work in automatic channel selection mode. If "Use Limit channels" is unchecked or there are no channels in the list, the device will select the operation channel from all available channels in the given band. The 5 GHz band channels: 32–193;
• Limit Channels — setting is available in the device mode "Station". When checked, the device will use a user-defined list of channels to scan and detect remote devices. If the "Limit Channels" is unchecked or there are no channels in the list, the device will scan all available channels in the given frequency range. The 5 GHz band channels: 32–193;
• Сhannel Bandwidth, MHz — channel bandwidth, on which the device operates. The parameter may take values of 5, 10, 20, 40, 80 and 160 MHz;
• Primary Channel — parameter can only be changed if the bandwidth of a statically specified channel is equal to 40 MHz. The 40 MHz channel can be considered as consisting of two 20 MHz channels, which border in the frequency range. These two 20 MHz channels are called primary and secondary channels:
  • Upper — primary channel will be the upper 20 MHz channel in the 40 MHz band;
  • Lower — primary channel will be the lower 20 MHz channel in the 40 MHz band.
• Fixed Center Frequency — when checked, all traffic (data and control packets) will be transmitted at the specified channel center frequency with the specified bandwidth (40 MHz). This feature is proprietary and does not comply with IEEE 802.11 standards, which require the use of different center frequencies for data and control traffic with a channel width of 40 MHz;
• Transmit Power Limit, dBm — adjustment of the signal strength of the Wi-Fi transmitter in dBm;
• Fixed Transmit Rate — fixed wireless data transfer rate defined by IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax standards specifications;
• Maximal Transmit Rate — maximal wireless data rate of this device as defined by IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax standard specifications;
• Maximal Receive Rate — maximal wireless data transfer rate of remote device, determined by IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax standards specifications. Available only in the Access Point PTP and STA device modes;
• Distance, km — distance between devices in kilometers. Changing the distance value will change the ACK timeout value. The distance should be rounded up. For example, if the distance between devices is 3.2 km, then 4 km should be specified;
• TDD — when checked, the option is enabled, otherwise it is disabled. TDD is a collision-free access technology with time division of the channel, which synchronizes data transmission in both directions within a time frame. 

In the "Advanced" section, it is possible to configure advanced radio interface parameters of the device. 

• OBSS Coexistence — automatic channel bandwidth reduction when the channel is loaded. When checked, the mode is enabled;

• DFS Support — dynamic frequency selection mechanism. Requires wireless devices to scan the air and avoid using channels that overlap with those used by radar systems in the 5 GHz band: 

  • Disabled — mechanism is disabled. DFS channels are not available for selection;

  • Enabled — mechanism is enabled;

  • Forced — mechanism is disabled. DFS channels are available for selection.
• Short Guard Interval — support for Short Guard Interval. The device transmits data using 400 ns guard interval (instead of 800 ns) to remote devices which also support Short Guard Interval;
• STBC — Space-Time Block Coding method dedicated to improve data transmission reliability. When checked, the device transmits one data flow through several antennas. When unchecked, the device does not transmit the same data flow through several antennas;
• Beacon Interval, ms — beacon frames transmission period. The frames are sent to detect a remote device in the air. The parameter takes values from 20 to 2000 ms, by default: 100 ms; 
• Fragmentation Threshold — frame fragmentation threshold, bytes. The parameter takes values 256–2346, by default: 2346;
• RTS Threshold — number of bytes over which the Request to Send will be sent. Decreasing this value may improve the performance of the device when there are a lot of connected remote devices. However this reduces general throughput of wireless network. The parameter takes values from 0 to 2347, by default: 2347; 
• Frame Aggregation — enable support for AMPDU/AMSDU;
• Short Preamble — use of the packet short preamble;
• DHCP Snooping Mode — selection of  DHCP option 82 processing policy. Available values for selection:
  • ignore  — option 82 processing is disabled. Default value;
  • remove — device deletes the value of option 82;
  • replace — device substitutes or replaces the value of option 82. When selecting this value to edit, the following parameters are opened:
    • DHCP Option 82 CID format — replacement of the CID parameter value, can take values:
      • APMAC-SSID — replacement of the CID parameter value to <MAC address of the device>-<SSID name>. Default value; 
      • SSID — replacement of the parameter value to device SSID name;
      • custom — replacement of the CID parameter value to the value specified in the "DHCP Option 82 Custom CID";
        • DHCP Option 82 Custom CID — an arbitrary string of up to 52 characters that will be passed to the CID. If the parameter value is not set, the device will change the CID to the default value — APMAC-SSID.
    • DHCP Option 82 RID format — replacement of the RID parameter value, can take the following values:
      • ClientMAC — change the RID content to the MAC address of the client device. Default value; 
      • APMAC — change the RID content to the MAC address of the device;
      • APdomain — change the RID content to the domain in which the device is located;
      • custom — change the RID content to the value specified in the "DHCP Option 82 Custom CID";
        • Option 82 Unique RID — an arbitrary string of up to 63 characters that will be passed to the RID. If the parameter value is not set, the device will change the RID to the default value — ClientMAC.
    • DHCP Option 82 MAC Format — selection of octet delimiters of the MAC address, which is transmitted in CID and RID:
      • AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF — the delimiter is a colon (:). Default value; 
      • AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF — the delimiter is a dash (-). 

To apply a new configuration and save settings to non-volatile memory, click the "Apply" button. Click the "Cancel" button to discard the changes. 

"QoS" submenu

The "QoS" submenu is used to configure Quality of Service functions.

• Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) — WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) support activation;
• Enable QoS — when checked, the setting of Quality of Service functions is available.

• AP EDCA parameters — device settings (traffic is transmitted to the client device):
  • Queue — predefined queues for various kinds of traffic:
    • Data 3 (Background) — low priority queue, high bandwidth (802.1p: cs1, cs2 priorities);
    • Data 2 (Best Effort) — middle priority queue, middle bandwidth and delay. Most of the traditional IP data is sent to this queue (802.1p: cs0, cs3 priorities);
    • Data 1 (Video) — high priority queue, minimal delay. In this queue, time-sensitive video data is automatically processed (802.1p: cs4, cs5 priorities);
    • Data 0 (Voice) — high priority queue, minimal delay. In this queue, time sensitive data is automatically processed, such as: VoIP, streaming video (802.1p: cs6, cs7 priorities).
  • AIFS — Arbitration Inter-Frame Spacing, defines the waiting time of data frames, measured in slots, takes values 1–255;
  • cwMin — initial timeout value before resending a frame, specified in milliseconds, takes the values 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, 127, 255, 511, 1023. The value of cwMin cannot exceed the value of cwMax;
  • cwMax — maximum timeout value before resending a frame, specified in milliseconds, takes the values 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, 127, 255, 511, 1023. The value of cwMax must exceed the value of cwMin;
  • TXOP Limit — this parameter is used only for data transmitted from the client device. The transmission capability is the time interval, in milliseconds, when the remote WME station has the rights to initiate data transmission over the wireless medium to the device, the maximum value is 65535 milliseconds;
• Station EDCA parameters — table of client device parameter settings (traffic is transmitted from the client device). For description of table fields, see above.

To apply a new configuration and save settings to non-volatile memory, click the "Apply" button. Click the "Cancel" button to discard the changes.

"Advanced" submenu

In the "Advanced” submenu, it is possible to configure advanced radio interface parameters of the device.

• Country — country of device operation. Select the "Unlock" checkbox to change a country. Depending on the selected value, the channel bandwidth and transmit power limit restrictions will be applied. The list of available frequency channels depends on the selected country, which affects the automatic channel selection in the Channel = Auto mode. 

To apply a new configuration and save settings to non-volatile memory, click the "Apply" button. Click the "Cancel" button to discard the changes.

"AP" menu

In the "AP" menu, the access point (AP — Access Point) (hereinafter AP) can be configured. 

"Access Point" submenu

Common Settings:

• Enabled — when checked, the access point (AP) is enabled, otherwise it is disabled;
• SSID — virtual wireless network name;
• Broadcast SSID — when checked, broadcasting to the SSID is enabled, otherwise it is disabled;
• Priority — prioritization method. Defines the field based on which traffic transmitted to the radio interface will be distributed among WMM queues:
  • DSCP — priority from the DSCP field of IP packet header will be analyzed;
  • 802.1p — priority from the CoS (Class of Service) field of tagged packets will be analyzed.
• Minimal Signal — when checked, the function of disconnecting client devices at a low signal level (Minimal Signal) is enabled. For the functionality to work, the following parameters need to be configured:
  • Minimal Signal Level, dBm — signal level, below which the client devices are disconnected from the wireless network;
  • Roaming Signal Level, dBm — roaming sensitivity level, below which the client devices switch to another device. The parameter should be higher than the "Minimal Signal Level": if the "Minimal Signal Level" is -75 dBm, then the "Roaming Signal Level" should be, for example, -70 dBm; 
  • Minimal Signal Timeout, s — the period of time after which a decision is made to disconnect the client equipment from the wireless network. 
• Maximum Stations — maximum number of client devices allowed to connect to the wireless network;
• Station Isolation — when checked, traffic isolation between connected devices is enabled;
• Security Mode — wireless network access security mode:
  • Off — encryption for data transmission is not used;
  • OWE (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption) — encryption method that ensures the security of data transmitted over an unsecured network. Users are not required to take any additional actions or enter a password to connect to the network;
  • WPA2, WPA3 — encryption methods, when selecting one of the methods the following setting will be available:
    • WPA Key — key/password required to connect to the wireless network. The key length is from 8 to 63 characters.
  • WPA2-Enterprise, WPA3-Enterprise — wireless channel encryption mode, in which the device is authorized on the centralized RADIUS server. To configure these security modes, specify the parameters of the RADIUS server. Also specify a key for the RADIUS server. When selecting one of the these methods, the Radius setting will be available (see below).
• MFP — management frame protection (available in WPA2, WPA3, WPA2-Enterprise, and WPA3-Enterprise security modes. When WPA3, WPA3-Enterprise is selected, MFP is set to Required; when other security modes are selected, MFP is set to Not Required): 
  • • Not Required — management frame protection is disabled;
    • Capable — management frame protection works if the client supports MFP. The clients without MFP support can connect to this AP;
    • Required — management frame protection is enabled. The clients that does not support MFP cannot connect to.

RADIUS:

• Domain — user domain;
• Address of RADIUS Server — RADIUS server address;
• Port of RADIUS Server — port of RADIUS server that used for authentication and authorization;
• Password of RADIUS Server — password for RADIUS server used for authentication and authorization;
• Use Accounting through RADIUS — when checked, "Accounting" messages will be sent to the RADIUS server;
• Use Other Settings For Accounting:
  • IP Address of RADIUS Server for Accounting — address of the RADIUS server, used for accounting;
  • Password of RADIUS Server for Accounting — password for the RADIUS server used for accounting.
• Port of RADIUS Server for Accounting — port that will be used to collect accounts on the RADIUS server;
• Use Periodic Accounting — enable periodic sending of "Accounting" messages to the RADIUS server. The interval for sending messages can be set in the "Accounting Interval" field. 

 VLAN:

• Access VLAN ID — VLAN number from which the tag will be removed when transmitting traffic to client devices. When traffic passes in the opposite direction, untagged traffic from client devices will be tagged with a VLAN ID (available when VLAN Trunk mode is disabled); 
• VLAN Trunk — when checked, tagged traffic is transmitted to client devices;
• General Mode — when checked, client devices are allowed to transmit untagged traffic together with tagged traffic (available when VLAN Trunk mode is enabled);
• General VLAN ID — VLAN number from which the tag will be removed when forwarding traffic to client devices. When passing traffic in the opposite direction, untagged traffic from client devices will be tagged with the General VLAN ID (available when VLAN Trunk and General Mode are enabled). 

Shapers: 

For "Access Point PTP" mode:

• Enable — activate the settings field;
• AP Limit Down — bandwidth limit in the direction from access point (AP) to client device, Kbps;
• AP Limit  Up — bandwidth limit in the direction from client device to access point (AP), Kbps;
• Broadcast Limit Down — limit of of broadcast packets in the direction from access point (AP) to  client device, packets/s;
• Broadcast Limit Up — limit of broadcast packets in the direction from client device to access point (AP), packets/s;
• Multicast Limit Down — limit of multicast packets in the direction from access point (AP) to client device, packets/s. 

For "Access Point PMP" mode:

• Enable — activate the settings field;
• AP Limit Down — bandwidth limit in the direction from access point (AP) to client devices, Kbps;
• AP Limit  Up — bandwidth limit in the direction from client devices to access point (AP), Kbps;
• STA Limit Down — bandwidth limit in the direction from access point (AP) to each client device, Kbps;
• STA Limit  Up — bandwidth limit in the direction from each client device to access point (AP), Kbps;
• Broadcast Limit Down — limit of broadcast packets in the direction from access point (AP) to client devices, packets/s;
• Broadcast Limit Up — limit of broadcast packets in the direction from client devices to access point (AP), packets/s;
• Multicast Limit Down — limit of multicast packets in the direction from access point (AP) to client devices, packets/s.  

MAC ACL:

In this subsection, one can configure a list of MAC addresses of remote devices that are allowed or prohibited from connecting to this device, depending on the selected access policy.

• Enabled — when checked, the selected access policy will work;
• Policy — access policy. Acceptable values:
  • Deny — remote devices whose MAC addresses are on the list will be prohibited from connecting to this device. All other devices will be allowed access;
  • Allow — only those remote devices whose MAC addresses are in the list will be allowed to connect to this device. All others will be denied access. 
• List of MAC addresses — list of MAC addresses of remote devices that are allowed or denied access to this device. This list can contain up to 128 addresses.

To add an address to the list, click the  button and enter MAC address in the appeared field. To remove an address from the list, click the  button in the corresponding line.

If there is a need to add the MAC address of a connected device to the list, click the button at the end of the line and select the desired address from the list, it will automatically be added to the field.

By default, the list displays up to 10 addresses. To see the full list in case it contains more than 10 addresses, click the "Show all" button.

To apply a new configuration and save settings to non-volatile memory, click the "Apply" button. Click the "Cancel" button to discard the changes.

"STA" menu

In the "STA" menu, the client (STA — Station) (hereinafter STA) can be configured.  

"Station" submenu

Connection:

• Priority — determines the order in which profiles are used. When searching for a network and connecting, the device uses the profile with the highest priority first. If the priorities are the same, then the device determines the order in which profiles are used based on the encryption mode and RSSI;
• SSID — virtual wireless network name;
• Security Mode — wireless network access security mode:
  • Off — encryption for data transmission is not used;
  • OWE (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption) — encryption method that ensures the security of data transmitted over an unsecured network;
  • WPA2, WPA3 — encryption methods, when choosing one of the methods the following setting will be available:
    • WPA Key — key/password required to connect to the wireless network. The key length is from 8 to 63 characters.
  • WPA2-Enterprise, WPA3-Enterprise — wireless channel encryption mode, in which the device is authorized on the centralized RADIUS server. To configure these security modes, specify the connection parameters:
    • Username — login required for authorization on the RADIUS server;
    • Password — key/password required for authorization on the RADIUS server.
• MFP — management frame protection (available in WPA2, WPA3, WPA2-Enterprise, WPA3-Enterprise and OWE modes. When selecting the WPA3, WPA3-Enterprise, OWE security mode, MFP is set to the Required state, when selecting other security modes, MFP is set to the Not Required state):

• • Not Required — management frame protection is disabled;
  • Capable — management frame protection works if the wireless network supports MFP. The device can connect to a network that does not support MFP;
  • Required — management frame protection is enabled. The device cannot connect to a wireless network that does not support MFP.

To add a new connection profile, click the "Add profile" button. You can add up to 8 profiles.

VLAN:

• Access VLAN ID — VLAN number from which the tag will be removed when forwarding traffic to Ethernet devices connected to the client (STA). When passing traffic in the opposite direction, untagged traffic will be tagged with VLAN ID (available when VLAN Trunk mode is disabled); 
• VLAN Trunk — when checked, tagged traffic is transmitted to Ethernet devices connected to the client (STA);
• General Mode — when checked, Ethernet devices connected to the client (STA) are allowed to transmit untagged traffic with tagged traffic (available when VLAN Trunk mode is enabled);
• General VLAN ID — VLAN number from which the tag will be removed when transmitting traffic to Ethernet devices, connected to the client (STA). When traffic passes in the opposite direction, untagged traffic will be tagged with General VLAN ID (available when VLAN Trunk and General Mode are enabled);
• MVR — when checked, the MVR (Multicast VLAN Registration) functionality is enabled. Allows to use a separate VLAN for Multicast traffic; 
• MVR VLAN ID — VLAN number of multicast traffic that will be untagged when transmitted to Ethernet devices connected to the client (STA). When traffic passes in the opposite direction, untagged IGMP packets from clients will be tagged with MVR VLAN ID;
• MVR 802.1p — 802.1p priority to be assigned to IGMP packets from Ethernet devices connected to the client (STA). 

Advanced:

• Priority — prioritization method. Defines the field based on which traffic transmitted to the radio interface will be distributed among WMM queues:
  • DSCP — priority from the DSCP field of IP packet header will be analyzed;
  • 802.1p — priority from the CoS (Class of Service) field of tagged packets will be analyzed.

Shapers: 

• Enable — activate the settings field;
• Bandwidth Limit Down — bandwidth limit in the direction from the client (STA) to the remote device, Kbps;
• Bandwidth Limit Up — bandwidth limit in the direction from remote device to client (STA), Kbps;
• Broadcast Limit Down — limit of broadcast packets in the direction from client (STA) to remote device, packets/s;
• Broadcast Limit Up — limit of broadcast packets in the direction from remote device to client (STA), packets/s;
• Multicast Limit Down — limit of multicast packets in the direction from client (STA) to remote device, packets/s.  

To apply a new configuration and save settings to non-volatile memory, click the "Apply" button. Click the "Cancel" button to discard the changes.

"Network Settings" menu

"System Configuration" submenu

• Hostname — network name of the device, specified by string from 1 to 63 characters; Latin uppercase and lowercase letters, digits, hyphen “-” (hyphen can not be the last character in the name); 
• AP Location — domain where the device is located;
• Management VLAN:
  • Disabled — Management VLAN is not used;
  • Terminating — mode in which the management VLAN is terminated at the device; in this case, remote devices connected via the radio interface do not have access to this VLAN;
  • Forwarding — mode in which the management VLAN is also transmitted to the radio interface (with the appropriate AP configuration).
• VLAN ID — VLAN identifier used to access the device, takes values 1–4094;
• Protocol — select protocol for device connection via Ethernet interface to service provider network:
  • DHCP — operating mode, when IP address, subnet mask, DNS server address, default gateway and other parameters required for operation are obtained from DHCP server automatically;
  • Static — operating mode, when IP address and all the necessary parameters for WAN interface are assigned statically. If "Static" is selected, the following parameters will be available to set:
    • Static IP — IP address of the device WAN interface in the provider network;
    • Netmask — external subnet mask;
    • Gateway — address, to which the packet is sent, if the route in routing table is not found for it.
• Primary DNS server, Secondary DNS server — IP addresses of DNS servers. If addresses of DNS servers are not automatically assigned via DHCP, set them manually.

Local Management via Ethernet:

This subsection is used to configure untagged access to the device via the Ethernet interface.

• Enabled — activates the setting;
• Static IP — IP address of the device Ethernet interface in the local network (default 192.0.3.1);
• Network mask — subnet mask.

To apply a new configuration and save settings to non-volatile memory, click the "Apply" button. Click the "Cancel" button to discard the changes.

"Access" submenu

In the "Access" submenu, the access to the device via web interface, Telnet, SSH, NETCONF and SNMP can be configured. 

• To enable access to the device via the web interface via HTTP protocol, select the checkbox next to "WEB". In the window that appears, it is possible to change the HTTP port (by default: 80). The range of acceptable values of ports, in addition to the default, is from 1025 to 65535 inclusive;
• To enable access to the device via the web interface via HTTPS protocol, select the checkbox next to "WEB-HTTPS". In the window that appears, it is possible to change the HTTPS port (by default: 443). The range of acceptable values of ports, in addition to the default, is from 1025 to 65535 inclusive; 

• To enable access to the device via Telnet, select the checkbox next to "Telnet". In the window that appears, it is possible to change the Telnet port (23 by default). The range of acceptable port values, in addition to the default, is from 1025 to 65535 inclusive;
• To enable access to the device via SSH, select the checkbox next to "SSH". In the window that appears, it is possible to change the SSH port (22 by default). The range of acceptable port values, in addition to the default, is from 1025 to 65535 inclusive;
• To enable access to the device via NETCONF, select the checkbox next to "NETCONF".

The WB-3P-PTP5 software allows changing the device configuration, monitoring its status, as well as managing the device using the SNMP protocol.

The device supports SNMPv1, SNMPv2, SNMPv3 protocols.

To change the SNMP settings, select the checkbox next to "SNMP", the following SNMP agent options become available:

• roCommunity — password to read the parameters (by default: public);
• rwCommunity — password to configure (write) parameters (by default: private);
• TrapSink — IP address or domain name of SNMPv1-trap message recipient in HOST [COMMUNITY [PORT]] format;
• Trap2Sink — IP address or domain name of SNMPv2-trap message recipient in HOST [COMMUNITY [PORT]] format;
• InformSink — IP address or domain name of Inform message recipient in HOST [COMMUNITY [PORT]] format;
• Sys Name — device name;
• Sys Contact — device vendor contact information;
• Sys Location — device location information;
• Trap community — password enclosed in traps (default value: trap).

The list of objects which are supported for reading and configuring via SNMP is given below:

• eltexLtd.1.127.1 — monitoring of device parameters;
• eltexLtd.1.127.3 — device management;
• eltexLtd.1.127.5 — device configuring.

where eltexLtd — 1.3.6.1.4.1.35265 is Eltex Enterprise ID.

To apply a new configuration and save settings to non-volatile memory, click "Apply”. Click "Cancel" to discard the changes. 

"System" menu

In the "System" menu, the user can configure the system, time, syslog, change the password, upload/download the configuration, upgrade the firmware, and reboot the device.

"Device Firmware Upgrade" submenu 

The "Device Firmware Upgrade" submenu is intended for upgrading the device firmware.  

• Active Version — installed firmware version, which is operating at the moment;
• Backup version — installed firmware version that can be switched to without downloading a firmware file;
  • Set active — button that allows making a backup version of the firmware active, this will require a device reboot. The active firmware version will not be set as a backup.

Firmware upgrade

Download the firmware file from http://eltex-co.com/support/downloads/ and save it on the PC. After that, click "Choose File" in the Firmware Image field and specify the path to the firmware file in .tar.gz format.
To start the update process, click the "Start Upgrading" button. The process may take several minutes (its current status will be shown on the page). The device will be automatically rebooted when the upgrade is completed.

"Configuration" submenu

In the "Configuration" submenu, the current configuration can be saved and updated.

Backup Configuration

To save the current device configuration to local computer, click the "Download" button.

Restore Configuration

To upload the configuration file saved on the local computer, use the Restore Configuration item. To update the device configuration, click the "Chose File" button, specify a file (in .tar.gz format) and click the "Upload File" button. Uploaded configuration will be applied automatically and does not require device reboot. 

Reset to Default Configuration

To reset all the settings to default values, click the "Reset" button. If the "Save access setting" checkbox is selected, then those configurations settings, that are responsible for access to the device (IP address settings, Telnet/SSH/SNMP/Netconf/Web access settings) will be saved.  

"Ping Watchdog" submenu

The availability monitoring feature detects connectivity issues and reboots the device or its interfaces without user intervention. Restarting an interface also restarts the DHCP client on the current WAN interface.

• Enabled — when checked, the ping watchdog feature is enabled, otherwise it is disabled;
• Action:
  • Restart Ethernet Interface — if the specified Ping server is unavailable, the device Ethernet interface will restart;
  • Restart Wireless Interface — if the specified Ping server is unavailable, the device wireless interface will restart;
  • Reboot Device — if the specified Ping server is unavailable, the device will reboot.
• Ping Server — IP address or host domain name, where ICMP requests will be sent;
• Startup Delay — time in seconds after the device is powered on or the previous trigger, during which the availability monitoring will not operate. Acceptable values: 60–86400 inclusive;
• ICMP Echo-Request Period — time in seconds after which an ICMP request will be sent when receiving an ICMP reply or deciding that the previous ICMP request was unsuccessful. Acceptable values: 1–86400 inclusive;
• ICMP Echo-Reply Timeout — time in seconds during which an ICMP reply is expected after sending an ICMP request. If an ICMP reply is not received within this time, the ICMP request is considered unsuccessful. Acceptable values: 1–10 inclusive;
• Maximum Failed Checks — maximum number of failed ICMP requests. If the number of failed ICMP requests reaches the specified value, the designated action is performed. Acceptable values: 1–86400 inclusive.

To apply a new configuration and save settings to non-volatile memory, click "Apply”. Click "Cancel" to discard the changes.

"Reboot" submenu

To reboot the device, click the "Reboot" button. The device reboot process takes about 1 minute. 

"Authentication" submenu

The "Authentication" submenu is used to configure user authentication. 

It's also possible to create additional accounts with administrator or viewer roles (configuration is only available through the CLI). Accounts with administrator role have full access to the device, including reading and writing all settings and full monitoring of the device's status. Accounts with viewer role can only monitor.

The "Local Password" section is used to change the factory password for admin account. This password is stored on this device. To change the password, enter the new password first in the "Password" field, then in the "Confirm Password" field.

The "RADIUS Authentication" section is designed to configure access parameters to the RADIUS server, which will be used to authenticate the user on this device.

• Radius Authentication — when checked, authentication will be performed using the account on the RADIUS server;
• Local Backup Authentication — when checked, authentication using the local admin account is enabled if there is no connection to the RADIUS server;
• Address of RADIUS Server — IP address of the RADIUS server;
• Port of RADIUS Server — RADIUS server port used for authentication and authorization;
• Password of RADIUS Server — RADIUS server key used for authentication and authorization.

To apply a new configuration and save settings to non-volatile memory, click "Apply”. Click "Cancel" to discard the changes. 

"Log" submenu

The "Log" submenu is designed to configure the output of various kinds of system debugging messages in order to detect problem causes in the device operation. 

• Mode — Syslog agent operation mode:
  • Local File — log information is stored in a local file and is available in the the "Events" submenu;
  • Server and File — log information is sent to a remote Syslog server and stored in a local file.
• Syslog Server Address — IP address or domain name of the Syslog server;
• Syslog Server Port — port for incoming Syslog server messages (default: 514, acceptable values: from 1 to 65535);
• File Size, KB — maximum size of the log file (acceptable values: 1–1000 kB).

To apply a new configuration and save settings to non-volatile memory, click "Apply”. Click "Cancel" to discard the changes.

"Date and Time" submenu

In the "Date and Time" submenu, it is possible to set the time manually or using the time synchronization protocol (NTP).

Manual

• Date and Time device — date and time on the device at the current moment. Click the "Edit" button to make corrections:
  • Date, Time — set the current date and time or click the “Set current date and time” button to synchronize with the device;
• Time Zone — allows to set the time zone according to the nearest city for your region from the list;
• Enable daylight saving time — when selected, automatic daylight saving change will be performed automatically within the defined time period:
  • DST Start — day and time, when daylight saving time starts;
  • DST End — day and time, when daylight saving time ends;
  • DST Offset (minutes) — time period in minutes, on which time offset is performing. The parameter can take a value from 0 to 720 minutes.

To apply a new configuration and save settings to non-volatile memory, click "Apply”. Click "Cancel" to discard the changes.

NTP Server

• Date and Time device — date and time set on the device;
• NTP Server — IP address/domain name of the time synchronization server. One can specify an address or select from an existing list;
• Time Zone — allows to set the time zone according to the nearest city for your region from the list;
• Enable daylight saving time — when selected, automatic daylight saving change will be performed automatically within the defined time period:
  • DST Start — day and time, when daylight saving time starts;
  • DST End — day and time, when daylight saving time ends;
  • DST Offset (minutes) — time period in minutes, on which time offset is performing. The parameter can take a value from 0 to 720 minutes.

To apply a new configuration and save settings to non-volatile memory, click "Apply”. Click "Cancel" to discard the changes.

"LEDs" submenu

In the "LEDs" submenu, LEDs on the device can be customized. 

Common settings:

• Enabled — when checked, the indicators are enabled, otherwise they are disabled.

RSSI LED Threshold:

• Enable — when checked, the assignment of thresholds for each indicator is enabled, otherwise it is disabled;
• Threshold LED4, dBm — minimum signal level of a remote device (RSSI), at which LED4 turns on (by default: -60, acceptable values: -100–0);
• Threshold LED3, dBm — minimum signal level of a remote device (RSSI), at which LED3 turns on (by default: -70, acceptable values: -100–0); 
• Threshold LED2, dBm — minimum signal level of a remote device (RSSI), at which LED2 turns on (by default: -80, acceptable values: -100–0);
• Threshold LED1, dBm — minimum signal level of a remote device (RSSI), at which LED1 turns on (by default: -100, acceptable values: -100–0).

To apply a new configuration and save settings to non-volatile memory, click "Apply”. Click "Cancel" to discard the changes.

"Tools" menu

"Antenna Align" submenu

Antenna alignment is the process of setting-up and fine-tuning the antenna to obtain the maximum signal.

To start the alignment, click the "Start" button.

To stop the alignment, click the "Stop" button.

Antenna Align:

• SSID — wireless network name;
• Channel — data transmission channel;
• RSSI — received signal level, dBm;
• Remote RSSI — received signal level of the remote device, dBm.

RSSI-H graph shows the change in signal level at the first antenna in dBm over time in seconds.

RSSI-V graph shows the change in signal level at the second antenna in dBm over time in seconds.

Remote RSSI-H graph shows the change in signal level at the first antenna of the remote device in dBm over time in seconds.

Remote RSSI-V graph shows the change in signal level at the second antenna of the remote device in dBm over time in seconds.

Peak RSSI — maximum signal level in dBm during the measurement period.

"Speed Testing" submenu

The "Speed ​​Testing" submenu is designed to test the link speed. 

• Downlink — speed testing will be performed towards the remote device;
• Uplink — speed testing will be performed in the direction from the remote device;
• Downlink+Uplink — speed testing will be performed in turn in each direction.

The test is performed by TCP traffic and lasts 10 seconds for one direction. Only one remote device can run the test at a time. 

To start, select the test direction and click the "Run" button. After the test is completed, the result will be displayed in the corresponding field and in the graph. 

By default, the test uses VLAN 7 and subnet 192.0.4.0/24. If the network already uses such a subnet and VLAN, it is required to change the test settings so that they do not overlap with the existing networks. This can be done via the CLI. The process is described in more detail in the section "Perftest utility". 

Example of the device setup 

This section provides an example of the initial setup of devices to organize a wireless bridge. 

Figure 34 — WB-3P-PTP5 use case

If this window does not appear, make sure that your PC is on the same network as the device. 

Setting up an access point (AP):

1. By default, WB-3P-PTP5 is configured to receive an address via DHCP. If the address has not been received, one can connect to the device using the factory IP address: 192.168.1.10, subnet mask: 255.255.255.0. 
2. It is necessary to update the device firmware to the latest version according to the section "Device Firmware Upgrade" submenu. 
3. In the Radio menu, perform preliminary configuration of the radio interface. Select the data transmission channel and specify the distance between the devices in kilometers. 
4. Save the settings by clicking the "Apply" button.
5. In the AP menu, in the SSID field, specify the identifier of the wireless network which the client (STA) will connect to. 
6. In the "Security Mode" field, select the security mode by which authentication is performed on this network and specify the key if encrypted network is used.  
7. Save the settings by clicking the "Apply" button.

Setting up client (STA) to connect to an access point (AP):

1. By default, WB-3P-PTP5 is configured to receive an address via DHCP. If the address has not been received, one can connect to the device using the factory IP address: 192.168.1.10, subnet mask: 255.255.255.0. 
2. It is necessary to update the device firmware to the latest version according to the section "Device Firmware Upgrade" submenu. 
3. If static or default settings are used to connect to the provider's network, then in the "Network settings" menu, in the "Protocol" field select "Static" and fill in the "Static IP", "Network mask", "Gateway" fields.
4. In the STA menu, in the "SSID" field, specify the identifier of the wireless network which you want to connect to.
5. In the "Security Mode" field, select the security mode by which authentication is performed on this network and specify the key if encrypted network is used.  
6. After clicking the "Apply" button, the client (STA) will search for the specified SSID in the air and, if found, will attempt to connect to the access point (AP) with the specified parameters.
7. Check that the access point (AP) has appeared in the "Monitoring" menu in the "Wireless Peer" section. Check the availability of the access point (AP) by going to the device IP address in the browser address bar.

If all the steps described above are completed successfully, then the wireless connection between the devices is configured.

Managing the device using the command line

Connection to the device

By default, WB-3P-PTP5 is configured to receive the address via DHCP. If this does not happen, connect to the device using the factory IP address.  

Connection to the device is performed via SSH:

Network parameters configuration

Network parameters configuration via set-management-vlan-mode utility

Configuring 802.1p priority for Management VLAN

Remote management configuration 

IPv6 network parameters configuration

Radio settings 

To change the radio channel, channel bandwidth, or power, use the following commands: 

Advanced Radio settings 

The configuration method of edca-sta is the same as that of edca-ap.

Parameters configuration for queues be, vi, vo is similar to parameters configuration for queue bk.

Configuring DHCP option 82

DHCP snooping operating modes:

• ignore – option 82 processing is disabled. Default value;
• replace – device substitutes or replaces the value of option 82; 
• remove – device removes the value of option 82.

If on the radio interface, the 82 option processing policy is configured to replace, the following parameters become available for configuration:

Configuring wireless network 

Table 6 — Commands for configuring device operating mode

Table 7 — Commands for configuring security mode

Network settings for access point (AP)

Advanced settings for access point (AP) 

Network settings for client (STA) 

Advanced settings for client (STA)

Configuring the remote device is done in a similar way. 

LoopBack Detection configuration 

If the functionality is enabled, the the client (STA) checks for loops on downstream equipment and, if any are detected, blocks the Ethernet interface for the time specified in the device configuration. The presence of loops is checked by sending special packets to the LAN network with the destination address cf:00:00:00:00:00.

BPDU filter configuration

MAC address learning limiting 

Changing the MTU size on interfaces

The remote device is configured in a similar way.

System settings

Device firmware update

Device configuration management

Ping watchdog

The availability control feature (ping watchdog) allows one to detect a loss of network connectivity and reboot the device or its interfaces without user intervention. When an interface restarts, the DHCP client on the current WAN interface also restarts.

Device reboot 

Authentication mode configuration 

The device has a factory account admin with the password password. This account cannot be deleted. The password can be changed using the commands below.

It is possible to create additional users for local authentication, as well as authentication via RADIUS. 

Creating additional users is performed with the following commands:

 To authenticate via RADIUS server, access parameters should be configured:

 DCHP-snooping configuration

Configuring the date and time

Advanced system settings

Monitoring

Wireless Peer/Wireless clients

Device mode ap-ptp

Displaying useful information about the wireless peer status from the access point (AP): 

index                    | 0
hw-addr                  | ec:b1:e0:2d:a1:00
interface                | wlan0
band                     | 5
state                    | ASSOC AUTH_SUCCESS
frequency                | 5180
distance                 | 0  
fbwa-mode                | ptp-sta
serial-number            | WP44000027
eltex-board-type         | WB-3P-PTP5
eltex-firmware-version   | 2.4.1 build X 
factory-mac              | EC:B1:E0:2D:A1:00
ssid                     | WB-3P-PTP5-test
ip-addr                  | 192.168.1.15
hostname                 | WB-3P-PTP5-STA
rssi-h                   | -60
rssi-v                   | -51
snr-h                    | 35
snr-v                    | 35
noise-h                  | -95
noise-v                  | -86
rssi-remote-h            | -60
rssi-remote-v            | -46
snr-remote-h             | 33
snr-remote-v             | 33
link-quality-remote      | 100
memory-usage-remote      | 47
cpu-usage-remote         | 2.0
noise-remote-h           | -93
noise-remote-v           | -93
tx-rate                  | HE NSS2 MCS9 LGI 195
rx-rate                  | HE NSS2 MCS7 LGI 146.3
tx-bw                    | 20M
rx-bw                    | 20M
uptime                   | 00:08:48
wireless-mode            | ax
link-quality             | 96
link-quality-common      | 96
actual-tx-rate           | 3
actual-rx-rate           | 0
link-capacity            | 83

 Displaying brief information about the wireless peer status in horizontal view from the access point (AP): 

Hostname         IP                RSSI      r-RSSI    RX rate                  Uptime   
                 MAC               SNR       r-SNR     TX rate                            
---------------- ----------------- --------- --------- ------------------------ --------
WB-3P-PTP5-STA   192.168.1.15      -61/-51   -58/-46   HE NSS2 MCS8 LGI 175.5   00:14:46 
                 ec:b1:e0:2d:a1:00 34/34     34/34     HE NSS2 MCS9 LGI 195            
---------------- ----------------- --------- --------- ------------------------ --------

Displaying full information about the wireless peer status from the access point (AP): 

 index                    | 0
 hw-addr                  | ec:b1:e0:2d:a1:00
 interface                | wlan0
 rfid                     | -1
 wid                      | -1
 band                     | 5
 distance                 | 0  
 frequency                | 5180
 serial-number            | WP44000027
 eltex-board-type         | WB-3P-PTP5
 eltex-firmware-version   | 2.4.1 build X 
 factory-mac              | EC:B1:E0:2D:A1:00
 state                    | ASSOC AUTH_SUCCESS
 fbwa-mode                | ptp-sta
 ssid                     | WB-3P-PTP5-test
 vlan-id                  | 900
 ip-addr                  | 192.168.1.15
 hostname                 | WB-3P-PTP5-STA
 dhcp-request-status      | requested
 rx-retry-count           | 0
 tx-fails                 | 0
 tx-period-retry          | 0
 tx-retry-count           | 67
 rssi-h                   | -61
 rssi-v                   | -52
 rssi                     | -61
 max-rssi-h               | -54
 max-rssi-v               | -46
 max-rssi                 | -46
 snr-h                    | 35
 snr-v                    | 35
 snr                      | 35
 noise-h                  | -96
 noise-v                  | -87
 noise                    | -87
 rssi-remote-h            | -60
 rssi-remote-v            | -46
 rssi-remote              | -60
 snr-remote-h             | 34
 snr-remote-v             | 34
 snr-remote               | 34
 link-quality-remote      | 100
 memory-usage-remote      | 47
 cpu-usage-remote         | 2.0
 tx-retry-ratio-remote    | 0
 rx-retry-ratio-remote    | 0
 noise-remote-h           | -93
 noise-remote-v           | -93
 noise-remote             | -93
 tx-rate                  | HE NSS2 MCS10 LGI 219.4
 tx-rate-numeric          | 219.4
 rx-rate                  | HE NSS2 MCS9 LGI 195
 rx-rate-numeric          | 195
 rx-bw-all                | 20M
 tx-bw                    | 20M
 rx-bw                    | 20M
 uptime                   | 00:29:48
 mfp                      | true
 wireless-mode            | ax
 perftest-capable         | true
 snr-rssi-capable         | true
 link-quality             | 97
 link-quality-common      | 96
 tx-retry-ratio           | 0
 rx-retry-ratio           | 0
 actual-tx-rate           | 3
 actual-rx-rate           | 0
 shaped-rx-rate           | 0
 actual-tx-pps            | 12
 actual-rx-pps            | 0
 shaped-rx-pps            | 0
 link-capacity            | 86
 multicast-groups-count   | 1
 using-802.11r            | no
 using-802.11k            | no
 using-802.11v            | no
 twt-support              | none
 name                     | 0
   
Counter                  Transmitted               Received                 
----------------------   -----------------------   -------------------------
Total Packets:           2238                      54                       
TX success:              100                                                
Total Bytes:             147921                    4176                     
Data Packets:            2202                      19                       
Data Bytes:              145542                    2425                     
Mgmt Packets:            36                        35                       
Mgmt Bytes:              2379                      1751                     
Dropped Packets:         0                         0                        
Dropped Bytes:           0                         0                        
Lost Packets:            0                                                  
   
Rate              Transmitted               Received                 
---------------   -----------------------   -------------------------
nss2-mcs0         0              |   0%     6              |  31%    
nss2-mcs5         0              |   0%     1              |   5%    
nss2-mcs6         0              |   0%     2              |  10%    
nss2-mcs7         106            |   4%     4              |  21%    
nss2-mcs8         119            |   5%     4              |  21%    
nss2-mcs9         994            |  45%     2              |  10%    
nss2-mcs10        841            |  38%     0              |   0%    
nss2-mcs11        142            |   6%     0              |   0%    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
   | Multicast groups                    | Clients                       |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
   | MAC               | IP              | Count  | IP                   |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  0| 01:00:5e:00:00:6a |     xxx.0.0.106 |       1|    192.168.1.10(  0) |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Device mode ap-pmp

Displaying useful information about the wireless clients (STA) from the access point (AP):

index                    | 0
hw-addr                  | ec:b1:e0:2d:a1:00
interface                | wlan0
band                     | 5
state                    | ASSOC AUTH_SUCCESS
frequency                | 5180
distance                 | 0  
fbwa-mode                | pmp-sta
serial-number            | WP44000027
eltex-board-type         | WB-3P-PTP5
eltex-firmware-version   | 2.4.1 build X
factory-mac              | EC:B1:E0:2D:A1:00
ssid                     | WB-3P-PTP5-test
ip-addr                  | 192.168.1.15
hostname                 | WB-3P-PTP5-STA
rssi-h                   | -63
rssi-v                   | -51
snr-h                    | 32
snr-v                    | 32
noise-h                  | -95
noise-v                  | -83
rssi-remote-h            | -60
rssi-remote-v            | -46
snr-remote-h             | 34
snr-remote-v             | 34
link-quality-remote      | 100
memory-usage-remote      | 47
cpu-usage-remote         | 1.0
noise-remote-h           | -93
noise-remote-v           | -93
tx-rate                  | HE NSS2 MCS9 LGI 195
rx-rate                  | HE NSS2 MCS9 LGI 195
tx-bw                    | 20M
rx-bw                    | 20M
uptime                   | 00:08:48
wireless-mode            | ax
link-quality             | 97
link-quality-common      | 97
actual-tx-rate           | 3
actual-rx-rate           | 0
link-capacity            | 87

 Displaying brief information about the wireless clients (STA) from the access point (AP) in horizontal view: 

Hostname         IP                RSSI      r-RSSI    RX rate                  Uptime   
                 MAC               SNR       r-SNR     TX rate                            
---------------- ----------------- --------- --------- -----------------------  --------
WB-3P-PTP5-STA   192.168.1.15      -64/-52   -62/-47   HE NSS2 MCS10 LGI 219.4  00:14:46 
                 ec:b1:e0:2d:a1:00 33/33     31/31     HE NSS2 MCS8 LGI 175.5              
---------------- ----------------- --------- --------- -----------------------  --------

Displaying full information about the wireless clients (STA) from the access point (AP):

 index                    | 0
 hw-addr                  | ec:b1:e0:2d:a1:00
 interface                | wlan0
 rfid                     | -1
 wid                      | -1
 band                     | 5
 distance                 | 0  
 frequency                | 5180
 serial-number            | WP44000027
 eltex-board-type         | WB-3P-PTP5
 eltex-firmware-version   | 2.4.1 build X
 factory-mac              | EC:B1:E0:2D:A1:00
 state                    | ASSOC AUTH_SUCCESS
 fbwa-mode                | pmp-sta
 ssid                     | WB-3P-PTP5-test
 vlan-id                  | 900
 ip-addr                  | 192.168.1.15
 hostname                 | WB-3P-PTP5-STA
 dhcp-request-status      | requested
 rx-retry-count           | 22
 tx-fails                 | 0
 tx-period-retry          | 0
 tx-retry-count           | 552
 rssi-h                   | -63
 rssi-v                   | -52
 rssi                     | -63
 max-rssi-h               | -52
 max-rssi-v               | -48
 max-rssi                 | -48
 snr-h                    | 34
 snr-v                    | 34
 snr                      | 34
 noise-h                  | -97
 noise-v                  | -86
 noise                    | -86
 rssi-remote-h            | -58
 rssi-remote-v            | -47
 rssi-remote              | -58
 snr-remote-h             | 35
 snr-remote-v             | 35
 snr-remote               | 35
 link-quality-remote      | 100
 memory-usage-remote      | 47
 cpu-usage-remote         | 1.0
 tx-retry-ratio-remote    | 0
 rx-retry-ratio-remote    | 6
 noise-remote-h           | -93
 noise-remote-v           | -93
 noise-remote             | -93
 tx-rate                  | HE NSS2 MCS10 LGI 219.4
 tx-rate-numeric          | 219.4
 rx-rate                  | HE NSS2 MCS10 LGI 219.4
 rx-rate-numeric          | 219.4
 rx-bw-all                | 20M
 tx-bw                    | 20M
 rx-bw                    | 20M
 uptime                   | 00:29:48
 mfp                      | true
 wireless-mode            | ax
 perftest-capable         | true
 snr-rssi-capable         | true
 link-quality             | 97
 link-quality-common      | 97
 tx-retry-ratio           | 0
 rx-retry-ratio           | 0
 actual-tx-rate           | 3
 actual-rx-rate           | 0
 shaped-rx-rate           | 0
 actual-tx-pps            | 9
 actual-rx-pps            | 0
 shaped-rx-pps            | 0
 link-capacity            | 83
 multicast-groups-count   | 1
 using-802.11r            | no
 using-802.11k            | no
 using-802.11v            | no
 twt-support              | none
 name                     | 0
   
Counter                  Transmitted               Received                 
----------------------   -----------------------   -------------------------
Total Packets:           25705                     692                      
TX success:              100                                                
Total Bytes:             1656801                   39314                    
Data Packets:            25192                     180                      
Data Bytes:              1637549                   16589                    
Mgmt Packets:            513                       512                      
Mgmt Bytes:              19252                     22725                    
Dropped Packets:         0                         0                        
Dropped Bytes:           0                         0                        
Lost Packets:            0                                                  
   
Rate              Transmitted               Received                 
---------------   -----------------------   -------------------------
nss2-mcs0         0              |   0%     7              |   3%    
nss2-mcs5         0              |   0%     2              |   1%    
nss2-mcs6         1              |   0%     2              |   1%    
nss2-mcs7         461            |   1%     9              |   5%    
nss2-mcs8         2627           |  10%     27             |  15%    
nss2-mcs9         12725          |  50%     66             |  36%    
nss2-mcs10        7634           |  30%     54             |  30%    
nss2-mcs11        1744           |   6%     13             |   7%    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
   | Multicast groups                    | Clients                       |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
   | MAC               | IP              | Count  | IP                   |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  0| 01:00:5e:00:00:6a |     xxx.0.0.106 |       1|    192.168.1.10(  0) |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Device mode sta

Displaying information about the wireless peer status from the client (STA):  

index                    | 0
hw-addr                  | ec:b1:e0:2d:a1:f0
interface                | wlan0
band                     | 5
state                    | ASSOC AUTH_SUCCESS
frequency                | 5180
distance                 | 0  
fbwa-mode                | ptp-ap
serial-number            | WP44000027
eltex-board-type         | WB-3P-PTP5
eltex-firmware-version   | 2.4.1 build X
factory-mac              | EC:B1:E0:2D:A1:F0
ssid                     | WB-3P-PTP5-test
ip-addr                  | 192.168.1.20
hostname                 | WB-3P-PTP5-AP
rssi-h                   | -58
rssi-v                   | -47
snr-h                    | 35
snr-v                    | 35
noise-h                  | -93
noise-v                  | -82
rssi-remote-h            | -62
rssi-remote-v            | -51
snr-remote-h             | 34
snr-remote-v             | 34
link-quality-remote      | 93
memory-usage-remote      | 49
cpu-usage-remote         | 1.0
noise-remote-h           | -93
noise-remote-v           | -93
tx-rate                  | HE NSS2 MCS11 LGI 243.8
rx-rate                  | HE NSS2 MCS0 LGI 14.6
tx-bw                    | 20M
rx-bw                    | 20M
uptime                   | 00:08:48
wireless-mode            | ax
link-quality             | 100
link-quality-common      | 97
actual-tx-rate           | 0
actual-rx-rate           | 15
link-capacity            | 100

Displaying brief information about the wireless peer status in horizontal view from the client (STA):

Hostname         IP                RSSI      r-RSSI    RX rate                  Uptime   
                 MAC               SNR       r-SNR     TX rate                            
---------------- ----------------- --------- --------- ------------------------ --------
WB-3P-PTP5-AP    192.168.1.20      -56/-47   -60/-54   HE NSS2 MCS0 LGI 14.6    00:14:46  
                 ec:b1:e0:2d:a1:f0 36/36     35/35     HE NSS2 MCS10 LGI 219.4              
---------------- ----------------- --------- --------- ------------------------ --------

Displaying full information about the wireless peer status from the client (STA):

 index                    | 0
 hw-addr                  | ec:b1:e0:2d:a1:f0
 interface                | wlan0
 rfid                     | -1
 wid                      | -1
 band                     | 5
 distance                 | 0  
 frequency                | 5180
 serial-number            | WP44000027
 eltex-board-type         | WB-3P-PTP5
 eltex-firmware-version   | 2.4.1 build X
 factory-mac              | EC:B1:E0:2D:A1:F0
 state                    | ASSOC AUTH_SUCCESS
 fbwa-mode                | ptp-ap
 ssid                     | WB-3P-PTP5-test
 vlan-id                  | 900
 ip-addr                  | 192.168.1.20
 hostname                 | WB-3P-PTP5-AP
 dhcp-request-status      | requested
 rx-retry-count           | 439
 tx-fails                 | 0
 tx-period-retry          | 0
 tx-retry-count           | 10
 rssi-h                   | -59
 rssi-v                   | -47
 rssi                     | -59
 max-rssi-h               | -32
 max-rssi-v               | -28
 max-rssi                 | -28
 snr-h                    | 34
 snr-v                    | 34
 snr                      | 34
 noise-h                  | -93
 noise-v                  | -81
 noise                    | -81
 rssi-remote-h            | -58
 rssi-remote-v            | -51
 rssi-remote              | -58
 snr-remote-h             | 35
 snr-remote-v             | 35
 snr-remote               | 35
 link-quality-remote      | 97
 memory-usage-remote      | 49
 cpu-usage-remote         | 1.0
 tx-retry-ratio-remote    | 16
 rx-retry-ratio-remote    | 100
 noise-remote-h           | -93
 noise-remote-v           | -93
 noise-remote             | -93
 tx-rate                  | HE NSS2 MCS10 LGI 219.4
 tx-rate-numeric          | 219.4
 rx-rate                  | HE NSS2 MCS0 LGI 14.6
 rx-rate-numeric          | 14.6
 rx-bw-all                | 20M
 tx-bw                    | 20M
 rx-bw                    | 20M
 uptime                   | 00:16:02
 mfp                      | true
 wireless-mode            | ax
 perftest-capable         | true
 snr-rssi-capable         | true
 link-quality             | 71
 link-quality-common      | 95
 tx-retry-ratio           | 0
 rx-retry-ratio           | 11
 actual-tx-rate           | 0
 actual-rx-rate           | 7
 shaped-rx-rate           | 6
 actual-tx-pps            | 0
 actual-rx-pps            | 9
 shaped-rx-pps            | 9
 link-capacity            | 91
 multicast-groups-count   | 0
 using-802.11r            | no
 using-802.11k            | no
 using-802.11v            | no
 twt-support              | none
 name                     | 0
   
Counter                  Transmitted               Received                 
----------------------   -----------------------   -------------------------
Total Packets:           222                       21795                    
TX success:              100                                                
Total Bytes:             8850                      3749762                  
Data Packets:            93                        12564                    
Data Bytes:              3773                      1573822                  
Mgmt Packets:            129                       9231                     
Mgmt Bytes:              5077                      2175940                  
Dropped Packets:         0                         0                        
Dropped Bytes:           0                         0                        
Lost Packets:            0                                                  
   
Rate              Transmitted               Received                 
---------------   -----------------------   -------------------------
nss2-mcs0         0              |   0%     8687           |  69%    
nss2-mcs4         0              |   0%     1              |   0%    
nss2-mcs5         0              |   0%     1              |   0%    
nss2-mcs6         1              |   1%     3              |   0%    
nss2-mcs7         13             |  13%     51             |   0%    
nss2-mcs8         4              |   4%     277            |   2%    
nss2-mcs9         8              |   8%     2047           |  16%    
nss2-mcs10        37             |  39%     930            |   7%    
nss2-mcs11        30             |  32%     567            |   4%    
   
Multicast groups: none

Device info

 system-time                  | 10:11:07 25.04.2025
 uptime                       | 03:31:02
 hostname                     | WB-3P-PTP5
 software-version             | 2.4.1 build X 
 secondary-software-version   | 2.4.1 build X
 boot-version                 | 2.4.1 build X
 memory-usage                 | 49
 memory-free                  | 120
 memory-used                  | 117
 memory-total                 | 237
 cpu-load                     | 1.2
 cpu-average                  | 1.22
 is-default-config            | false
 vendor                       | Eltex
 device-type                  | Wireless Bridge
 board-type                   | WB-3P-PTP5
 hw-platform                  | WB-3P-PTP5
 factory-wan-mac              | EC:B1:E0:xx:xx:xx
 factory-lan-mac              | EC:B1:E0:xx:xx:xx
 factory-serial-number        | WP5C000030
 hw-revision                  | 1v0
 session-password-initialized | false
 ott-mode                     | false
 last-reboot-reason           | firmware update
 test-changes-mode            | false

Network information

Common information:

 interface                | br0.1000
 mac                      | ec:b1:e0:xx:xx:xx
 vlan                     | 1000
 rx-bytes                 | 667443
 rx-packets               | 7210
 tx-bytes                 | 1903365
 tx-packets               | 1514 

IPv4 information:

 protocol                 | dhcp
 ip-address               | 192.168.1.15
 netmask                  | 255.255.255.0
 gateway                  | 192.168.1.1
 DNS-1                    | 192.168.1.100
 DNS-2                    | 8.8.8.8

   link: up
   speed: 1000
   duplex: enabled
   rx-bytes: 38612981
   rx-packets: 519188
   tx-bytes: 17381155
   tx-packets: 101899

#                   IP                  MAC                 
-----------------   -----------------   -----------------   
0                   192.168.1.1         02:00:48:xx:xx:xx  
1                   192.168.1.151       2c:fd:a1:xx:xx:xx     

Destination         Gateway          Mask              Flags    Interface           
-----------------   --------------   ---------------   ------   -----------------   
0.0.0.0             192.168.1.1      0.0.0.0           UG                  br0                 
192.168.1.0         0.0.0.0          255.255.255.0     U                   br0                 

System capability legend:
        B - Bridge; R - Router; W - Wlan Access Point; T - Telephone;
        D - DOCSIS Cable Device; H - Host; r - Repeater; O - Other;

Port        Device ID           Port ID             System Name     Capabilities   TTL     
---------   -----------------   -----------------   --------------  ------------   ---  
eth0        50:eb:e3:xx:xx:xx   gi 0/10             PC-16487        B,W,R,H        120      

Wireless interfaces 

   name                | wlan0
   rfid                | 0
   status              | on
   band                | 5 GHz
   hwaddr              | EC:B1:E0:xx:xx:xx
   tx-power            | 27 dBm
   connection status   | AP mode
   operation mode      | ap-ptp
   noise-h             | -93 dBm
   noise-v             | -93 dBm
   channel             | 36
   frequency           | 5180 MHz
   bandwidth           | 20 MHz
   utilization         | 32%
   mode                | ax
   thermal             | 51

Event log 

Apr 25 10:21:07 WB-3P-PTP5 daemon.info configd[171]: The AP running configuration was updated successfully by admin
Apr 25 10:21:07 WB-3P-PTP5 daemon.info configd[171]: The AP startup configuration was updated successfully by admin
Apr 25 10:22:01 WB-3P-PTP5 user.info monitord: start spectrum analyzer on interface 'wlan0'
Apr 25 10:22:57 WB-3P-PTP5 user.info monitord: spectrum analyzer on interface 'wlan0' finished
Apr 25 10:23:38 WB-3P-PTP5 daemon.info scanwlan[1320]: start scan on interface 'wlan0'
Apr 25 10:26:36 WB-3P-PTP5 daemon.info scanwlan[1320]: scan on interface 'wlan0' finished
Apr 25 10:28:44 WB-3P-PTP5 daemon.info monitord[596]: event: 'authenticated' ip: 0.0.0.0 mac: EC:B1:E0:2E:68:50 ssid: 'WB-3P-PTP5' interface: wlan0 channel: 1 rssi-1: -43 rssi-2: -31 location: 'root' auth-method: 'Personal' captive-portal: 'disabled'
Apr 25 10:35:17 WB-3P-PTP5 daemon.info monitord[596]: event: 'deauthenticated by AP' ip: 192.168.1.20 mac: EC:B1:E0:2E:68:50 ssid: 'WB-3P-PTP5' interface: wlan0 channel: 1 rssi-1: -22 rssi-2: -19 location: 'root' reason: 4 description: 'Inactivity'

Environment scan 

Spectrum analyzer

The spectrum analyzer provides information on channel congestion. The analysis time for all radio channels in the range is approximately 1.5 minutes. 

As a result of the spectrum analyzer operation, information about the load of each channel (in percent) will be displayed on the console:

 Channel| CCA
      32|  17%
      33|   1%
      34|   8%
      35|   6%
      36|  24%
      37|   9%
      38|  16%
      39|  27%
      40|  17%
      41|  12%
      42|   8%
      43|  12%
      44|   5%
      45|  10%
      46|   6%
      47|  15%
      48|   9%
      49|   8%
      50|   5%
      51|   4%
...

Auxiliary utilities 

Perftest utility 

The perftest utility performs a built-in radio link speed test. 

The perftest utility can be run with the following commands:

Manage-remote utility 

The manage-remote utility allows running commands from access point (AP) on client (STA).

Rebooting

For device mode ap-ptp:

For device mode ap-pmp: 

Scanning the air

For device mode ap-ptp:

For device mode ap-pmp: 

Spectrum analyzer

For device mode ap-ptp:

For device mode ap-pmp: 

Traceroute utility 

The utility shows which nodes (routers) the packet passes through, how much time it takes to process the packet at each node. 

traceroute to eltex-co.ru (62.109.1.166), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
 1  100.109.0.1 (100.109.0.1)  0.346 ms  0.233 ms  0.184 ms
 2  *  192.168.48.1 (192.168.48.1)  0.651 ms  *
 3  95.167.221.129 (95.167.221.129)  0.576 ms  0.486 ms  0.410 ms
 4  b-internet.92.125.152.57.snt.ru (92.125.152.57)  1.427 ms  2.621 ms  1.604 ms 

Tcpdump utility

The tcpdump utility allows capturing packets on the specified interface.

To get a hint on how to work with the utility use the command: 

Enabling traffic capture 

By default, the tcpdump utility is disabled. Before using this functionality, you must run the tcpdump command. This functionality is automatically disabled after a device reboot.

Capturing traffic from an active interface

Capturing packets from the Ethernet interface.

Capturing Ethernet interface packets and saving to file. 

Environment sniffer

It is necessary to enable a special interface that captures packets from the air on the device working channel. 

Capturing packets on the radio0 interface. 

Capturing packets on the radio0 interface and saving to file.  

Uploading a file from device to server 

This command is executed on the server/PC.

Iperf utility

This utility is used to start a traffic flow from one device to another. The sending side is called the client, the receiving side is called the server.

To get a hint on how to work with the utility use the command: 

Example of starting a traffic flow from the device to the server: 

Antenna alignment 

 Antenna alignment is the process of positioning a device antenna in space to achieve the maximum possible signal.

ssid                     | WB-3P-PTP5
channel                  | 32
frequency                | 5160
rssi-h                   | -77
rssi-v                   | -71
rssi-remote-h            | -47
rssi-remote-v            | -47

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