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Arrive AirPoint

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 - Network Deployment Guide 

Contents

1. Before You Begin ...........................................................7

2. User Experience .............................................................7

3. Peer-to-Peer mode: .........................................................

4. WiFi-connected mode: ................................................10

4.1 Arrive AirPoint Deployment within Enterprise 

and Campus WiFi infrastructure ..............................11

4.2 Virtual AP - Ad-Hoc Peer-to-Peer WiFi based 

connection Method ...................................................11

5. VLAN Based Secure Provisioning ..............................16

5.1 Aruba ClearPass : .................................................18

5.2 Cisco Bonjour Gateway:  .....................................18

6. Physical Air Wall Method ............................................19

7. Captive Internet Portals .............................................20

8. Mounting Tips for Arrive Wireless Media Gateways 

and Hubs  ...........................................................................20

8.1 Device Placement ................................................20

8.2 Areas to Avoid ......................................................21

8.3 For Furniture Mounted MediaPoint Hub 

Devices : .......................................................................21

8.4 Aiming the Antenna ............................................22

8.5 Other Tips .............................................................22

9. About Apple AirPlay ....................................................23

10. About Miracast ...........................................................24

11. Difference between Miracast and AirPlay

 ............25

12. Abbreviations and Terms .........................................26

Arrive AirPoint

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Network 

Deployment Guide

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Summary of Contents for AirPoint AAP-1011-BYMG

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Page 2: ...visioning 16 5 1 Aruba ClearPass 18 5 2 Cisco Bonjour Gateway 18 6 Physical Air Wall Method 19 7 Captive Internet Portals 20 8 Mounting Tips for Arrive Wireless Media Gateways and Hubs 20 8 1 Device Placement 20 8 2 Areas to Avoid 21 8 3 For Furniture Mounted MediaPoint Hub Devices 21 8 4 Aiming the Antenna 22 8 5 Other Tips 22 9 About Apple AirPlay 23 10 About Miracast 24 11 Difference between Mi...

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Page 4: ...OF ANY TRADEMARK OR TRADENAME MENTIONED IN THE INFORMATION EXCEPT FOR THE ARRIVE TRADE NAMES ARRIVE ARRIVE FACEPOINT ARRIVE INFOPOINT ARRIVE ROOMPOINT ARRIVE CONTROLPOINT ARRIVE EYEPOINT ARRIVE TOUCHPOINT ARRIVE VIEWPOINT ARRIVE VOICEPOINT ARRIVE SOUNDPOINT ARRIVE ONEPOINT ARRIVE EDGELESS MEDIA THE ARRIVE LOGO ARRIVE MEDIAPOINT AND ARRIVE AIRPOINT ITUNES MAC AND OS X ARE EITHER TRADEMARKS OR REGIS...

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Page 6: ...ed functionality with advanced AV wired switching side by side to Arrive AirPoint wireless media presentation capability The Arrive AirPoint is a tiny network video processing device with an in built wireless access point providing a versatile function with a Universal Wireless Media presentation capability It supports connections for Apple AirPlay and WiFi Miracast wireless media streaming plat f...

Page 7: ...with Wireless BYOD AMP 1041 FTMH Flat Top MediaPoint Unified Media Collaboration Cable Hub with Wired Wireless BYOD AMP 1041 BYMG MediaPoint Unified Media Collaboration Gateway with Wired Wireless BYOD AMP 1041 BYMH Tilt Top MediaPoint Unified Media Collaboration Cable Hub with Wired Wireless BYOD Review the products specification sheets download at http www arrivesys com installation guides and u...

Page 8: ... Figure 1 Boot up screen The boot up screen transitions to the ready to connect user tutorial screen which by default uses the Peer toPeer mode signifying that the device is ready to receive wireless communications Figure 2 User tutorial screen ...

Page 9: ...devices to Arrive AirPoint 3 Enter the PIN number here if you are connecting via Intel WIDI 4 This is just for information and not required by users 5 The Arrive AirPoint runs an internal webserver This is the IP address of that webserver Should be used only by the System Administrator to setup the Arrive AirPoint Note PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU NEED TO DISCONNECT YOUR BYOD MEDIA FROM THE SCREEN TO ...

Page 10: ... time to time 2 This graphics provides a quick summary of how to connect various devices to Arrive AirPoint 3 Enter the PIN number here if you are connecting via Intel WIDI 4 This is just for information and not required by users 5 The Arrive AirPoint runs an internal webserver This is the IP address of that webserver Should be used only by the System Administrator to setup the Arrive AirPoint Whe...

Page 11: ... access to the enterprise or campus LAN Guests may want to present to enterprise and campus authorized network users Keeping the guest networks and corporate networks separate while allowing the users to share a display presents a challenge in the world of wireless BYOD when the wireless network is part of the secured infrastructure As a standards based WiFi network device Arrive AirPoint solves t...

Page 12: ...capability This method presents the highest level of security and treats both Authorized Users and Guest Users the same Figure 5 Finding the SSID Peer to Peer Receiver Mode without WiFi access Figure 6 Peer to Peer Receiver mode without WiFi access topology ...

Page 13: ...specific Arrive AirPoint SSID Arrive APxxx before making an AirPlay Mirroring connection There is NO simultaneous CONNECTION TO CAMPUS WiFi LAN Core distribution access layers Mobility Controller Guest VLAN 999 Campus 802 1x VLAN 200 204 Arrive AP SSID GUEST BYOD AUTHORIZED USER BYOD Figure 7 AirPoInt as virtual wireless AP receiver In Figures 8 7 it shows that 1 The Arrive AirPoint device has no n...

Page 14: ... WiFi LAN network performance and therefore exhibits low latency 7 Only in the case of Apple AirPlay connections are users inconvenienced with no internet access via WiFi Other users who BYOD Miracast capable devices Windows 8 1 and Android do not have this inconvenience as their devices have the ability to have a dual connection using WiFi Direct to the Arrive AirPoint Note ARRIVE AIRPOINT IN P2P...

Page 15: ... operates on specific 2 4 GHz channel The radio managment module of your wireless controller tunes your WiFi to avoid interference with AirPoint WHEN USED IN THIS MODE WIFI USERS WILL SEE THE AIRPOINT SSID ON THEIR DEVICES It will be prudent to inform users about the function of Arrive AirPoint SSID and its function as a standalone wireless presentation device and that it does not provide internet...

Page 16: ... to the WiFi LAN and are able to discover the device as an AirPlay or Miracast media receiver By selecting the specific device ID the user is able to select the screen to which they wish to mirror their BYOD devices c All policies encryptions and other security measures implemented carry over to Arrive AirPoint because it creates standard Ethernet traffic Once on the enterprise or campus network t...

Page 17: ...WiFi LAN using a SSID VLAN and Secure WPA WPA2 key one time configuration required Wireless controller mDNS listener for this VLAN must be enabled and VLAN is configured to only allow incoming connections based on your wireless controller configurations Outbound traffic is not allowed To segregate users it will be important for you to ensure that the guest and corporate networks exist in separate ...

Page 18: ...sly connected to the CAMPUS SSID VLAN and also to the Arrive AirPoint device using a WiFi Direct connection AUTHORIZED iOS devices will still need to connect to the specific Arrive AirPoint SSID Arrive APxxx before making an AirPlay Mirroring connection There is NO simultaneous CONNECTION TO CAMPUS WiFi LAN Core distribution access layers Mobility Controller Guest VLAN 999 Campus 802 1x VLAN 200 20...

Page 19: ...999 Campus 802 1x VLAN 200 204 Campus PSK VLAN 100 104 Guest VLAN 999 Campus 802 1x VLAN 200 204 Campus PSK VLAN 100 104 Wireless Controller configured to separate CAMPUS e g VLAN 200 204 and GUEST VLAN e g VLAN 999 separates the GUEST and AUTHORIZED VLAN traffic as a good practice Note Arrive AirPoint needs a PSK supported SSID Wireless Controller receives Bonjour mDSN adver tisement from Arrive A...

Page 20: ...rrive MediaPoint wireless BYOD supported devices depends primarily on the location of where connected users will be most likely to be situated Other considerations that will affect the location are nearness to power and also the distance from the HDMI capable display that you will connect the device to as the length of the HDMI cable affects the quality of visual experience Depending on these loca...

Page 21: ...r wall mounted gateway devices is between 8 ft to 15 ft from the device however this may vary based on the obstruction and several other considerations of where you have mounted the device If users face signal management issues based on distance please always recommend users to get as close to the device location as possible 8 3 For Furniture Mounted MediaPoint Hub Devices Since these devices are ...

Page 22: ...uld then determine the practical location of the device that just the center of the venue Pointing the antenna straight up in the case of wall mount L shaped pointing down in the case of ceiling installs or out in the unobstructed direction for the media hubs below the furniture may provide the best overall signal In many cases you may find it works best to aim the antenna towards your primary WiF...

Page 23: ...which is the capability that is integrated in Arrive AirPoint systems AirPlay Mirroring AirPlay Mirroring enables users of certain AirPlay compatible devices to display whatever is on their device s screen on AirPlay compatible Arrive AirPoint Receivers This allows users to show presentations website video or other content on their device s screen on a big screen display that the Arrive AirPoint d...

Page 24: ...ach enables the video stream to be streamed directly to the Arrive AirPoint device with minimal delay When connected to a WiFi network the Apple device also gets Internet access while streaming the media however the performance is limited by the capability of the WiFi infrastructure Again the faster the WiFi network the better as WiFi reliability is actually the real bottleneck here Unlike Miracas...

Page 25: ...ting the HDMI system 11 Difference between Miracast and AirPlay The main difference is that unlike Apple s mirroring standard which is proprietary Miracast is open so that any platform or device manufacturer could embed and support it As of right now there are a number of major players who are willing to work on this including Intel Microsoft Realtek AMD Broadcom Ralink NVIDIA TI Qualcomm Marvell ...

Page 26: ...xtending the physical range of service a wireless user has access to BYOD Bring Your Own Device a practice using personal computing devices ex laptop smartphone tablets in the workplace network or education system DLNA Digital Living Network Alliance an industry wide standard for sharing data over a network DRM Digital Rights Management Ethernet Family of computer networking technologies widely us...

Page 27: ...e System resolves host names to IP addresses within small networks that do not include a local name server It is a zero configuration service using essentially the same programming interfaces packet formats and operating semantics as the unicast Domain Name System DNS While it is designed to be stand alone capable it can work in concert with unicast DNS servers Miracast Miracast is a certification...

Page 28: ... transferring UDP is a known as a stateless protocol meaning it doesn t acknowledge that the packets being sent have been received For this reason the UDP protocol is typically used for streaming media While you might see skips in video or hear some fuzz in audio clips UDP transmission prevents the playback from stopping completely Virtual AP Virtual Access Point a secondary Wi Fi hotspot created ...

Page 29: ... be found at http www arrivesys com warranty Additional Resources Our goal is to ensure that our customers receive exceptional service from the best resource available to answer questions quickly and accurately We work to resolve our customers product specific questions and concerns however when customers are experiencing issues outside the scope of ARRIVE products we will refer customers to the a...

Page 30: ...n specific consulting or consulting advice Repairing data or database issues caused by user error or third party software Refer to the CFSS coverage information at http carepoint arrivesys com cfss for additional information and resources Note References in this document to third party software products or applications does not encompass all third party software products and applications that ARRI...

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