Altice Labs D2260G Smart Wi-Fi User Manual

Altice Labs D2260G Smart Wi-Fi

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Introduction

The solution creates a clear and powerful Wi-Fi signal for any and all environments, in interior coverage scenarios.

The solution incorporates the hardware (FGW-FiberGateway and Smart Wi-Fi AP extenders), a mobile APP (Android &iOS), and a Cloud (web-portal) that unifies, configures, manages, and reports the Wi-Fi Mesh Ecosystem, based on Wi-Fi EasyMesh™ from Wi-Fi Alliance®

What is Mesh
The Smart Mesh Wifi uses multiple access points (APs), which work together, as a connected system by mesh technology, to ensure that all areas of the home have strong, efficient, and full Wi-Fi coverage. The EasyMesh ™ Wi-Fi Networks combines the benefits of easy-use, self-adapting Wi-Fi, and enables smart changes in network conditions to deliver a consistent & high-quality user experience.

The Smart Wi-Fi extender AP equipment is part of the Altice Labs Smart Wi-Fi solution. The Altice Labs Smart Wi-Fi certified solution based on Wi-Fi EasyMesh™ from Wi-Fi Alliance® provides an adequate answer for the in-house Wi-Fi coverage scenarios.

The solution incorporates hardware (FGWs and Smart Wi-Fi AP extenders), a mobile user APP (Android &iOS) and a unified web portal cloud-based to configure, manage, and report the WiFi mesh ecosystem. Both FGWs and Smart Wi-Fi APs will run local software (local Controller,

local Agent, and a Smart Wi-Fi Management agent) supported on high-performance state-of-the-art Wi-Fi interfacing. Wi-Fi EasyMesh™ networks utilize multiple APs that work together to ensure all areas of the home have complete Wi-Fi coverage and enable changing network conditions to deliver a consistent, high-quality user experience.

Those networks use centralized controller software that communicates with Agent entities located at each AP. The controller receives metrics, statistics, and capability data from all devices in the network and controls the operating parameters of the APs in the network, such as SSID name, security key, the channel of operation, data flow topology, and client roaming between APs.

Based on the collected information of all APs, it also sends control commands to the Agents to steer/manage the Wi-Fi stations between APs and Wi-Fi bands in order to optimize network performance, through optimized load balancing, airtime reduction, and other management functions.

Features

• Unifies FGW and Extenders into a single network
• Reduces client roaming and association inconsistencies
• Both wireless and wireline (Ethernet) connections may be used to link FGW and Extenders while FGW acts as a WLAN controller to the extenders
• Interoperable mesh solution compliant with Wi-Fi Alliance Multi-AP specification
• Optimal QoS and throughput performance
• High-performance HW solution based on ultimate IEEE 802.11 standards;
• Interoperable mesh solution compliant with Wi-Fi ®Alliance EasyMesh™ Multi-AP specification;
• Cloud platform for central monitoring, diagnostics, and optimization of the Smart Wi-Fi network;
• Remote control of network devices;
• Provide intelligence to mesh Wi-Fi through analytics;
• Mobile APP control inside/outside the home network.

The Smart Wi-Fi Scenario

System objectives

In a whole-home Wi-Fi scenario, there is an Altice Labs Smart Wi-Fi management controller running on the Gateway, providing the control and management of the entire Mesh Wi-Fi ecosystem, allowing to significantly extend the Wi-Fi coverage of the Gateway and improving overall Wi-Fi Quality-of-Experience (QoE).

Those networks use centralized controller software that communicates with Agent entities located at each AP. The controller receives metrics, statistics, and capability data from all devices in the network and controls the operating parameters of the APs in the network, such as SSID name, security key, the channel of operation, data flow topology, and client roaming between APs.

Management features

Customer

• Mobile APP Android and IOS APPs to configure and optimize the Wi-Fi service;
• User Cloud Access to the cloud with customer profile to have full visibility of Smart Wi-Fi service performance;
• Self-Care Integration with self-care applications that allows the configuration, troubleshooting, and management of Wi-Fi service;

Operator

• Performance & Statistics Rich dashboarding capabilities to explore Wi-Fi indicators from several perspectives. Network topology, KPI management, reports, and client profile symptom detection for full visibility and alerts;
• Diagnostics & Troubleshooting Perform real-time analysis, tests, and manage Wi-Fi configuration settings to applications troubleshoot problems;
• Device Management Firmware upgrade, inventory, troubleshooting, and management of remote actions, device configurations, and bulk operations;

Smart Extender

The Extenders hardware

INTERFACES, LEDS, AND BUTTONS

Ethernet	2x GBE 10/100/1000 BASE-T
Wi-Fi	Dual-band 2×2 (2.4GHz) + 4×4 (5GHz)
Physical buttons	Power(On/OFF); Reset (CPU); WPS
LEDs	Power led: 1 x bi-color backlit power button; Wi-Fi status: 1 x tri-color (2.4GHz and 5GHz) status led; WPS led: 1 x bi-color backlit status led

LEDS AND BUTTONS

Extender mode	LED   (from left to right)	NAME	EVENT	STATE	COLOR
	while booting +               Blinking ( (100 ms   1  POWER    driver boot                       ON and 100 ms OFF) boot completed             Fix Pulse: ALL LEDs are blinking at the same when downloading a time! FW                                       (normally is simultaneous with flashing: 100 ms ON and 100 ms OFF)				White
					White
					White
	2 Wi-Fi		Wifi ON – extender   not yet on-boarded	Slow blinking (3s   OFF and 100ms ON)	RED
			Wifi ON – extender
			on-boarded with	Fix	White
			good BH link
			Wifi ON – extender	Slow blinking (5s	White
			on-boarded with	OFF and 100ms ON)
			poor BH link
			Wifi ON – extender
			on-boarded with no	Fix	Red
			BH link
			Wifi pausing OFF	Off	N/A
	3 WPS		by default during the paring   paring successful   WPS session overlap	Off   Blinking (200 ms ON and 100ms OFF: Broadcom default) Fix during 30 sec, then Off Fast blinking for 2 minutes, then Off
					White
					White
					White
	Ethernet ports		No link	Off	N/A
			Link	Fix	Green
			Link & Traffic	Blinking	Green

Controller mode	LED   (from left to      NAME right)	EVENT
	1 POWER	while booting + driver boot   boot completed	Blinking (100 ms ON and 100 ms OFF)   N/A	White

				when downloading an FW	Pulse (100 ms ON and 100 ms OFF)	White
		2	Wi-Fi	Wifi ON	Fix	White
				Wifi pausing OFF	Off	N/A
		3	WPS	by default	Off	N/A
				during paring	Blinking (100  ms ON and 100 ms OFF)	White
				paring successful	Fix during 1 minute, then Off	White
				WPS session overlap	Fast blinking during   1 minute, then Off (100ms on, 100ms off, 5 times, off for 500ms – Broadcom default)	White
	Ethernet ports			No link	Off	N/A
				Link	Fix	Green
				Link & Traffic	Blinking	Green

Alarm modes

	ALARM	LED	STATE
	Temperature	WPS Wi-Fi POWER	Fix   nominal mode Fix	Red   nominal color Red	Red nominal color   Red

Firmware upgrade mode

	ALARM	LED	STATE
	Temperature	WPS Wi-Fi POWER	Fix   nominal mode Fix	Red   nominal color Red	Red nominal color   Red

Firmware upgrade mode

	STEP	LED	STATE
	Download	WPS   Wi-Fi	Pulse	Pulse	White
		POWER	Pulse	Pulse	White
	flashing	WPS   Wi-Fi	Blinking	Blinking	White
		POWER	Blinking	Blinking	White

Buttons management

	Button	Push	Duration	Duration	Action
	WPS	short long	<5s   ≥5s	<5s   ≥5s	Activates WPS pairing   Do nothing
	POWER	short	<5s	<5s	If the current state is “Power Off”, then change the state to “Power On”   If current state is

		long	≥5s		≥5s	“Power On”, then do nothing   If current state is “Power Off”, instead of doing nothing –> then change state to “Power On”
	Reset	short	<5s	10s		Do nothing
		long	≥5s	10s		Factory reset
	Reset + WPS	long	≥5s		≥5s	If current role is “extender mode”, then change to “controller mode” If current role is “controller mode”, then change to “extender mode”
	Extender : Power + WPS   Controller: Power + WPS	Long Long	≥5s     ≥5s	N/A       N/A

Technical Specifications

Antenna Configuration	Dual band 2×2 (2.4GHz) + 4×4 (5GHz)
Transmit power	Max conducted 2,4 GHz up to +20dBm; Max conducted 5GHz up to +30dBm
Wi-Fi support	802.11b/g/n/ax @ 2.4GHz + 802.11a/n/ac/ax @ 5GHz
Wi-Fi Standards	IEEE802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax; 802.11r Fast Roaming, 802.11e (WMM), 802.11v, 802.11k
Security / Encryption	WPA, WPA2, WPS
Multi-AP Wi-Fi Alliance compliance	EasyMeshTM, Wi-Fi Alliance® Multi-AP specification.

Management/ features

• Mobile Apps -Android and IOS APPs to
• Performance & Statistics – Rich dashboarding capabilities
• configure and optimize the Wi-Fi service; explore Wi-Fi indicators from several perspectives, network User Cloud – Access to the cloud with topology, KPI management, reports, symptoms detection customer profile to have full visibility of and alerts; mesh Wi-Fi service performance;
• Diagnostics & Troubleshooting – Perform real-time analysis,
• Self-Care – Integration with self–care tests and management Wi-Fi configuration settings to applications troubleshoot problems; that allow the configuration,
• Device Management – Firmware upgrade, inventory, troubleshooting, and management of remote actions, device configurations, and bulk Wi-Fi service operations;

Wi-Fi

Items	Compliance	Description
	IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac	–
Bit Rates	802.11 b/g	1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 54Mb/s
	802.11 n	Up to 600Mb/s over four spatial streams in the 2.4GHz band;   Up to 600Mb/s over four spatial streams in the 5GHz band
	802.11 ac	Up to 1733Mb/s over four spatial streams in the 5GHz band
	802.11 ax	Up to 4800Mb/s over four spatial streams in the 5GHz band
SSID	–	Up to 8
Operation Frequencies	–	2.4GHz (ISM) or 5GHz (U-NII)
Channel Bandwidths	–	20MHz and 40MHz channels in the 2.4GHz band;   20MHz, 40MHz, 80MHz in the 5GHz band
MIMO	–	4×4
MCS	–	Supported values:   0-31 and 32 for 802.11n 0-9 for 802.11ac

Items	Compliance	Description
		Proprietary 10 -11 (1024QAM)
Wireless Security	WEP	40bit secure key and 24 bit as defined in 802.11-2007
	WPA
	WPA2
	AES	encryption/de-encryption coupled to TKIP (as defined in 802.11-2007 and 802.1X)
Short Guard Interval	SGI support	–
Space-Time Block Coding	STBC support	–
Transmit Power (e.ir.p.)	–	Up to +34dBm in the 2.4GHz band; Up to +34dBm in the 5GHz band;
Receive Sensitivity	Mode b (8% PER)	1Mb/s: -96dBm 11Mb/s: -88dBm
	Mode g (10% PER)	6Mb/s: -90dBm 12Mb/s: -89dBm   54Mb/s: -75dBm
	Mode n/2.4GHz (10% PER)	1Mb/s: -96dBm 54Mb/s: -75dBm M0/20MHz: -88 dBm   M0/40MHz: -85 dBm M7/20MHz: -66 dBm M7/40MHz: -63 dBm
	Mode n/5GHz (10% PER)	6Mb/s: -89 dBm   54Mb/s: -74 dBm M0/20MHz: -87 dBm M0/40MHz: -83 dBm M7/20MHz: -64 dBm M7/40MHz: -61 dBm
	Mode ac/5GHz (10% PER)	M0/20MHz: -87 dBm   M0/40MHz: -83 dBm M0/80MHz: -80 dBm M9/20MHz: -58 dBm M9/40MHz: -55 dBm M9/80MHz: -52 dBm

Standards

EMC	Standards	EMC Directive 89/336/EEC, EMC Addendum Directive 92/31/EEC, EMC Addemdum Directive 91/263/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive)
	Emissions	EN50081-1, EN55022
	Immunity	EN50082-1, EN61000-4-2, EN61000-4-3, EN61000-4-4
Operating Limits	Temperature	EN300019

	Relative humidity, maximum	EN300019
Environmental Standards	Acoustic noise	ISO 3743 (<45dBa)
Power and Grounding		ETSI EN 300 132-2 V2.1.1 (2003-01)
		ETSI ETS 300 253: January 1995
Energy Consumption		European Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment V3
Safety and Protection		EN/IEC 62368-1
Mechanical Resistance		EN300019
Quality		CE – Conformité Européenne
		RoHS 2002/95/EC Directive Compliance

EMC	Emissions	FCC CFR 47 Part 15 Subpart B Section 15.107 Conducted Emissions – Class B FCC CFR 47 Part 15 Subpart B Section 15.109 Radiated Emissions – Class B
Radio	2.4 GHz	FCC CFR 47 Part 15 Subpart C Section 15.247
	5 GHz	FCC CFR 47 Part 15 Subpart E Section 15.407 (UNII-1 and UNII-3)
Safety		Conforms to UL Standard 62368-1
Certifications		ETL Intertek Listing Certification
		FCC Certification

FCC NOTICE

This device complies with FCC part 15 rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference and
2. This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device

Caution: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
• Connect the equipment to 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.

This device meets the FCC requirements for RF exposure in public or uncontrolled environments.

RF Exposure Statement Note: This transmitter must not be co-located or operated in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 7.9 inches (20 cm) between the radiator and your body.

This system has been evaluated for RF exposure for humans in reference to ANSI C 95.1 (American National Standards Institute) limits. The evaluation was based in accordance with FCC OET Bulletin 65C rev 01.01 in compliance with Part 2.1091 and Part 15.27. The minimum separation distance from the antenna to the general bystander is 7.9 inches (20 cm) to maintain compliance.

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