Brite View BVH-5101, User Manual

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Page 3: ... highest wireless throughput for devices in the same floor Embedded 1T1R MIMO antenna makes it easy for wall installation This product is suitable for general users to operate in their homes houses while advanced configurations through web browser described in later chapters are suitable for seasoned users to change and manage the Powerline Wireless N Extender product settings To use these chapter...

Page 4: ... heat register z This product relies on the building s electrical installation for short circuit over current protection z DO NOT allow anything to rest on the product interconnect plug DO NOT locates this product where people may walk on the cords z Because this product sends data over the power line it is recommended that you plug directly into a power outlet Do not plug the device into a UPS or...

Page 5: ...plication 3 Multiple Floor Home Networking 11 Fast Encryption by Buttons 12 CH 3 ADVANCED WI FI SETTING VIA WEB BROWSER 14 Before Starting Configure 14 Home 15 Select Language 15 Setup Wizard 15 Operation Mode Configuration 16 Internet Settings 19 LAN 19 DHCP Clients 20 Wireless Settings 21 Basic 21 Advanced 22 Security 23 WPS 26 Station List 26 Site Survey 27 MAC Filter 27 Administration 28 Manag...

Page 6: ... Reboot 32 Reboot System 32 Channel Number 32 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION INTERFERENCE STATEMENT 33 CH 4 ENHANCE PLC PERFORMANCE DURING INSTALLATION 35 AC Outlets Connection 35 Connection via Power Strip 37 Electrical Interference 37 Electrical Wiring 37 CH 5 SPECIFICATIONS 38 ...

Page 7: ...he package contains the following items Single pack Combo pack Device Accessories RJ 45 Cable x 1 RJ 45 Cable x2 Buttons and LEDs 500 Mbps Powerline Wireless N Extender BVH 5101 1T1R antennas are embedded into the device Powerline Ethernet Bridge Powerline Wireless N Extender Powerline Wireless N Extender ...

Page 8: ...PLC device but no powerline traffic BLINKING 1 Fast blinking Powerline data rate higher than 80Mbps 2 Normal blinking Powerline data rate between 40Mbps to 80Mbps 3 Slow blinking Powerline data rate slower than 40Mbps OFF Powerline link not detected either other devices in same network is too far to communicate or it is alone in its logical network WLAN Link Act LED Green Red Steady Green Wi Fi ac...

Page 9: ...dure automatically ends when it succeeds or is manually stopped Press this button 2 to 3 seconds will manually stop the procedure Press 10 seconds until Power LED blink once and PLC LED off clear the current and randomly generate a new network group name Power Button Push to turn on and off the power of PWQ 5101 Reset Button inside the needle pin hole Press the button when the device is powered on...

Page 10: ...wing application diagrams for different application connections of this device Application 1 Link to Remote DSL via Powerline Via Powerline technology the Powerline Wireless N Extender can access DSL modem at other floors for internet accesses Note that this needs another Powerline to Ethernet Bridge device at other floor and is connected to internet so that connection between Powerline to Etherne...

Page 11: ...vices in different rooms to access use Powerline technology powered by the Powerline Wireless N Extender to extend home networking range to other rooms While on the same floor the Wi Fi function can be used for tablet Smartphone or laptop to access internet Please see the diagram below and this allows other Powerline to Ethernet Bridge devices at other rooms to access network resources via the Pow...

Page 12: ...e device This section describes 1 quick wireless encryption set up using WPS Button and 2 quick encryption set up in a PLC network group using Group Button Setting Wireless Encryption by WPS Button This button can be pressed for WPS PBC authentication The default security mode is WPA PSK you may login the web configuration to set it to other modes Then press the WPS button on this device and then ...

Page 13: ... Clear Group Attribute Clear the original network group of device B by pressing its GROUP button more than 10 seconds until all LED lights simultaneously turns off and on once At this moment its network group name has been changed to a random name It means that this device is 1 ready to be assigned another network name or 2 to be used as a seed device so other PLC devices can join it to form a pri...

Page 14: ...te network with random name is created P S Users can press the RESET button to reset the network name back to its factory default Standby Mode If no Ethernet cable is connected to the Powerline Ethernet Bridge within two minutes after powering it on this device will go into standby mode automatically in order to lower power consumption Meanwhile the POWER LED will blink ON and OFF at a slow rate T...

Page 15: ...ocol TCP IP and click Properties select Use the following IP address ie 192 168 2 xxx you can set xxx from 1 128 Then connect your computer to BVH 5101 3 Running Web browser and type the IP address of this device 192 168 2 253 on the place you enter URL address then you may link to BVH 5101 for further settings 4 Login BVH 5101 User name root Password root Remember changing back to Obtain an IP ad...

Page 16: ...d can help you to finish settings in minutes Open the page from the left panel and click Next button Step 1 Set up account and password for login BVH 5101 configuration in the future Step 2 Set up LAN interface Step 3 The page is for basic wireless setting to set network mode and SSID etc Step 4 Set wireless security and encryption to prevent from unauthorized access ...

Page 17: ...s operation modes then click Apply button AP Mode This device act as Wireless Access Point AP for wireless clients and provides a connection to Ethernet and PLC Client Mode This mode enables the establishment of connection with the other AP using infrastructure Ad hoc networking types With bridge operation mode you can directly connect one of the wired Ethernet port to your PC and the device becom...

Page 18: ...ther AP and provides a connection to a wired LAN the other AP must use the same chipset with this device WDS AP Mode This mode combines WDS plus AP modes and it not only allows WDS connections but also the wireless clients can survey and associate to the device ...

Page 19: ...twork of AP s that can be used as a single virtual AP The device forwards the packets to another AP with WDS function When this mode is selected all the wireless clients can t survey and connect to the device The device only allows the WDS connection ...

Page 20: ...Server This is the second DNS server for the LAN PCs which automatically get DNS IP address from this device DHCP Server When enabling the DHCP server there should be NO other DHCP server in this IP sub domain and you must setup the information below Start IP Address This is the first IP Address of the IP pool from which the server assigns the IP Address to DHCP client PCs End IP Address This is t...

Page 21: ... Address and IP Address in the table LLTD Enable this function to support LLTD Link Layer Topology Discovery for Windows Vista It shows the status of connection in the Windows Vista QoS Item Description IGMP command packet join leave recommend to set the highest priority 3 to keep it work smoothly IGMP Stream recommend to set the higher priority 2 to make sure the good streaming video and audio qu...

Page 22: ...contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters Hidden SSID Click to enable disable With hidden SSID the AP can t be scanned and the wireless client must input SSID manually to associate this AP BSSID The BSSID is displayed in this field Frequency Channel Click the drop down box to select the radio channel Select the unused channel to prevent the radio overlapping HT Physical Mode Item Description Operat...

Page 23: ...recommend Auto setting For the details please refer to the table below Aggregation MSDU A MSDU The multiple HT packets can be transmitted with single ACK reply packet Enable it to apply this function and reduce the network congestion Auto Block ACK It is another aggregation technique which prevents sending ACK in the communication to increase the throughput If this option is enabled the device wil...

Page 24: ...1 means to check the buffered data at every beacon Short Preamble Default Disable It is a performance parameter for 802 11 b g mode and not supported by some of very early stage of 802 11b station cards If there is no such kind of stations associated to this AP you can enable this function Tx Burst The device will try to send a serial of packages with single ACK reply from the clients Enable this ...

Page 25: ...implemented in this device to prevent unauthorized access to your wireless network The WEP setting must be as same as each client in your wireless network z Authentication Type Open Shared and Auto When choose Open or Shared all of the clients must select the same authentication to associate this AP If select WEP Auto the clients don t have to use the same Open or Shared authentication They can ch...

Page 26: ...ue should have 8 63 ACSII chars Key Renewal Interval The WPA Algorithm will regroup the key for a period The default value is 3600 seconds and you can adjust the time interval z WPA WPA2 When selecting WPA WPA2 you have to add user accounts and the target device to the RADIUS Server In the device you need to specify the Server Network Server address Server Port and Server Key of the target RADIUS ...

Page 27: ...WLAN client and the device should be encrypted PBC Select PBC and then you can begin the PBC process Press the PBC button in the front panel can also trigger this process Press or click the PBC button on the WLAN client to finish the communication You can press the PBC button on the WLAN client first and then click the PBC button on this device to establish the encryption The options and the infor...

Page 28: ...ws information of APs nearby you may choose one of these APs connecting MAC Filter MAC filtering allows the user to either limit specific MAC addresses from associating with the AP or specifically indicates which MAC addresses can associate with the AP ...

Page 29: ...28 Administration Management System Management ...

Page 30: ...al NTP server address you can input pool ntp org NTP Synchronization This is the time interval of NTP synchronization The range is 1 300 hours It is the necessary field for NTP setting and please input it to apply Upgrade Firmware This page provides the firmware upgrade function Click the browse button to browse the file and click open button to select the file The upgrade process takes about 1 mi...

Page 31: ...ttings Management You might save system settings by exporting them to a configuration file restore them by importing the file or reset them to factory default Status The page shows system status information ...

Page 32: ...All interfaces The information likes Rx Packet Rx Byte Tx Packet and Tx Byte shows the status of all interface including Ethernet and Wireless System Log The system log shows in this window For technical support you may need to copy and save the log to text file and send it to the technical service Click Refresh button to refresh the page or Clear button to clear the log ...

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Page 34: ...equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help CAUTION...

Page 35: ...ns antennas are greater than 20cm from a person s body Canada avis d Industry Canada IC Cet appareil numérique de classe B est conforme aux normes canadiennes ICES 003 et RSS 210 Son fonctionnement est soumis aux deux conditions suivantes 1 cet appareil ne doit pas causer d interférence et 2 cet appareil doit accepter toute interférence notamment les interférences qui peuvent affecter son fonction...

Page 36: ...uninterruptible power supply UPS or backup power supply device For best results we recommend connecting the adaptors directly to a wall outlet Avoid connecting high power consumption appliances to the same wall outlet Plug these power consuming devices onto a noise filtering power strip to prevent these device interfere with this Powerline device See the following illustration figure For better pe...

Page 37: ...ad over to the electrical wiring in your home it may interfere with the performance speed and reliability of this device For best results we recommend connecting an electrical noise filter to noise emitting appliances The following appliances are more likely to produce noise Battery chargers including cell phone chargers Hair dryers Power drills Halogen light vacuum cleaner Additionally this produ...

Page 38: ...typ 6Mbps 802 11n TX 14 dBm 1 5dB typ 6 5Mbps 802 11n TX 13 dBm 1 5dB typ 13 5Mbps Sensitivity 802 11b RX 82 dBm typ 11Mbps 802 11g RX 70 dBm typ 54Mbps 802 11n RX 20MHz 67dBm typ 72 2Mbps 802 11n RX 40MHz 64dBm typ 150Mbps Physical Data Rate 802 11b 1 2 5 5 11Mbps 802 11g 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54Mbps 802 11n 20MHz MCS0 7 Up to 72 2Mbps WLAN transceiver spec 802 11n 40MHz MCS0 7 Up to 150Mbps Wi Fi m...

Page 39: ...ng Power on off Buttons RESET PLC PHY Rate 500 Mbps PLC Modulation OFDM QAM 8 16 64 256 1024 4096 BPSK QPSK ROBO PLC Distance AC Wire up to 300 meters Max dev in a PLC network Group 8 16 Active Total Temperature Operating 0 40 Storage 20 60 Relative Humidity Operating 10 85 Non Condensing Storage 5 90 Non Condensing Dimension 56 x 105 x 48 H mm Certification FCC CE CE LVD RoHS WEEE ...

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