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3. RS 3 RADIO CONTROL SOFTWARE User manual Version 2 6 Table of Contents 1 MRCP ONC ENO oes cases ce sh cseccceccnccueeseoecsusesencesesesecsesccedcewccsacecenedeecsecodsseess eect ouccesocess seceucssecceseckeaceteeene 3 1 1 About RS 3 Radio Control Software eee ceeeccssecccseccesccccsscecscccnececsuccesecensesecesceeseeceusceeaeceeaes 3 js Pad gs oY rn or a hs neem eee eee Tor neers ey A E E T A Pa E E E Eee nee ee 3 Da SVS UCT PR CSCMU A UNO 1 EE E face E T T E EE OE E A 4 JBIC MM OA oier a EE R T T O 5 3 1 Abbreviations and aCronyMSmsirssssnesneeiirineninisinriis irinin nn n E i E E a aa eiei 5 LLO 21 1 ee ne A E E E E E A A a 5 D gt Icons colour and AOS cic cpcnecsetseasiscedradsscnanewosencesasbonseiaijanwoseadonoeestuuntansaneseae ssn ssaeneao sad eosnsebenoaioarees 6 es laf A 01 6 21 lt ap rn Ne En ee eC a eee ee E 6 i WANG IR GIS V LOW onsecceccsecchsceraceseoeeccseecsaasssecsecassonecosesencecsecaeenaesieiessoucsveesaosesicecectacsemecsucesdoadsetessesseece 7 4 1 The Menu field the Status field and the Information fleld ee eee eeseccceseccceeecceusececeeeeseeees 7 4 1 1 The Menu TCI ie ssiscewsariccnciwssvucndavadcbenastinnsecseues EENEN RAAEN NAKAA ANANA Aa NAAA AEEA ERNE KRAANE A EAE ENANAR EAN 7 A2 The Salus Meldere Er EE ris west datatet meet EEEE EEEE 7 Ae he aa e e EAE EN 8 S Tasks and options in the menu TICl so sscccnsesesecensssesictccessscscossceantesetesescsnese mses ieessgnsseavtews a 8 BU Ve EE A A E
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5. 255 255 255 255 Parameter Description Add new Additional port rules Allow inter client communication If mz tcp m lll cony not checked all inter client communication will be dropped and Add new i not switched through the base station Allowed Ethernet protocols e00 806 Allow DHCP Servers if checked clients can set up their own DHCP Save Hack servers Figure 6 Defining a Firewall rule set Allow Web Servers if checked clients can set up their own Web servers If not port 80 and 443 are closed Allow FTP Servers if checked clients can set up their own FTP servers If not port 21 is closed Allow NETBIOS if checked NETBIOS traffic is allowed If not ports 135 139 445 and 512 are closed Allowed subnets Traffic with source addresses that differ from the specified subnets will be rejected The source subnets are configured by stating an IP address and a netmask Allowed to connect to base stations Traffic directed to base station with source addresses that differ from the specified subnets will be rejected The source subnets are configured by stating an IP address and a net mask 11 Additional port rules Defines additional port rules This allows for further configuration of the firewall rules JV means all packets coming from a client terminal OUT means packets to a client terminal except for inter client communication Allowed Ethernet protocols Defines which protocols are allowed to pass throu
6. DataPacketsError o 0 DataPackets Error 0 Os both totally and as a Rate counters percentage The rate used 5 4Mbit 330 17 5 54Mbit 1061 56 17 for the latest packet sent 1s 48Mbit 468 24 51 48Mbit 515 43 1496 highlighted in pale yellow 36Mbit 300 47 72 36Mbit 10 0 53 C h h 4 Mbit 174 9 23 24Mbit o 0 urrent values shows the 18Mbit a4 0 74 18Mbit o 0 current data rate and RSSI Mbit jo cow 2Mbit li 0 05 values imbit jo cow imbit 2 0 11 Current values i r Rate 45Mbit Rate S4Mbit There is also a chart that will T a EN a display the clients current throughput measured in Kbit s The refresh rate of the chart is 5 seconds at default but can be set to 1 second as lowest The chart shows up to 20 measuring points before it starts discarding the oldest one Figure 11 Real time throughput 6 5 Client terminal users When selecting a client terminal user in the Status field information about the user is presented in the Information field This information includes a list of clients registered to that user 6 5 1 Parameters User ID User ID billing number for example First name Last name Street Zip code City Country Phone number Email Reg date The time when the terminal user was added to the RS 3 RCS Change date The time when user data was changed Changed by The RS 3 RCS user who most lately made changes to the 21 6 5 2 Buttons Save
7. Terminals gt About with the base stations Statistics How often the RCS will fetch statistics from the base stations And what time the daily statistics accumulation procedure should run night time 1s recommended The statistics accumulation reduces the footprint of the statistics database by reducing the resolution for older statistics This compression is now optional but beware of the significant increase in database S1Ze License key A valid license key is needed to use the full professional version of the RCS This field gives information about the current license key When the RCS is running in basic mode some features will be disabled The license key consists of both the Licensed to and the License Key fields make sure both are exactly as written in the key information you get from Repeatit Alarm settings The RCS can send email alerts for certain events in the system e g if a base is disconnected too long Mail SMTP settings Configure email settings e g for alarms 5 1 2 Database maintenance When clicking Database maintenance the Information field provides access to the following Database information Database version and some statistics Schedule regular backups The RCS can make daily backups these are kept daily for one week then weekly for a month and monthly there after Create database backup Make a backup of the database Database backups A list of backups of the RCS database NB These backups are
8. VLAN rulesets remove registered VLAN rule sets The rules in a TEE ae o o VLAN rule set are applied to terminals where the VLAN rule set has been selected A VLAN rule 55t 35 default set can be set as a default rule set for a base Terminated LAN station This will make all terminals that have Description BS default in the VLAN settings part of their Meee Messer pute configuration to use the base stations default VLAN rule set settings P th h all L4N The parameters that can be set are ass through a 5 The pass through all VLANs option is only effective on S400 Series base stations with version 1 2 7 0 or higher Name A short name that describes the rule set Pace abhi el erate VLANE M data 11 Set as default When this checkbox 1s selected the rule set will be the default rule set for all new base stations Any terminals connecting to a base station that has BS default as the default Back VLAN rule set will get the default base station Figure 5 Defining a VLAN rule set VLAN rule set I juju 23 E mgmt i10 Terminated VLAN This indicates if the base station should remove the VLAN ID from the Ethernet header before transmitting the packet over the radio interface to the client terminal This VLAN ID will correspondingly be added to the Ethernet header when packets are received from the client terminal It also indicates that it will not accept any packets from the client terminal if the packets are tagged
9. base station configured to connect to RCS does not appear Error message Connection refused to host IP address nested exception is java net ConnectException Connection timed out is displayed in RCS middle frame Error message Exception creating connection to 192 168 10 92 nested exception is java net NoRoute ToHostException is displayed in RCS middle frame Accessing RCS through web browser does not work Error message The page can not be displayed appears Various error messages related to database appear Selecting tabs in RCS does not work and some pages look strange RCS cannot be accessed through web interface from another computer Suggested solution Verify that the RCS IP address in the base station configuration is correct Also verify that no firewall is blocking connections to TCP port 9999 or 9998 on RCS including windows built in firewall The RCS Kernel is not running start it On Windows open Windows Services console Control panel gt Administrative Tools gt Services Locate service RCSKernel Right click the service and select restart or start if it s not started The server machine has changed it s IP and the RCS Kernel is registered on the old IP restart the RCS Kernel On Windows open Windows Services console Control panel gt Administrative Tools gt Services Locate service RCSKernel Right click the service and select restart
10. changes to DB Saves the changes to database Delete User Deletes the user A confirmation window will appear before the user is deleted Delete User and Client s Deletes the user and all clients that the user is registered with 6 6 RS 3 RCS users Fill out the form and press Save new user to add an RCS user 6 6 7 Parameters Username The users login name Password If new RCS User Password Confirm If new RCS User Password confirmation Role If the role System Administrator is chosen the user will get access to all functions add remove base stations customers networks and rule sets If the role Callcenter 1s chosen the user 1s able to monitor the system but not able to change any configuration First name Last name Phone number Email The time when the system user was added to RS 3 RCS Change date The time when information about the system user was changed Changed by The system user who latest made changes about the current system user 6 6 2 Buttons Change password Allows the system user to change the login password If the password gets lost 1t can be changed by someone that logs in locally on the machine running the RCS Save Saves the given information to the database Delete Deletes the system user 7 Sections in the status field The sections in the status field are described below 7 1 Networks The network section in the status field shows all networks in the system Each netwo
11. date The date and time when the base station settings were changed Changed by The RS 3 RCS user who last made changes on the base station Connected through If the base station 1s back to back connected to a client terminal that is registered in the system click the change button and select the client terminal from the list Default VLAN rule set Setting that decides which VLAN rules apply to terminals that connect to the base station if the clients VLAN rule set is set to BS default This is not to be confused with NATIVE VLAN described above Firewall rule set Which firewall rule set that should be applied to the base station Default bandwidth rule set Indicates which bandwidth connecting clients will use as default Default network Tells which network a client who is auto registered when connecting to the base station should be assigned to Action if RCS is unreachable when client connects Tells which action to perform when the connection to the RCS is unavailable at the time a client connects to the base station Action if an unregistered client connects Tells which action to perform when a client that is not registered in the RCS connects to the base station 6 2 2 Buttons Save and flag for sync Flags the base for synchronization Observe that you have to choose to synchronize flagged base stations for the changes to take effect immediately If you choose to flag a base station for synchronization when it is offline
12. in further detail later in this manual 3 Basic information 3 1 Abbreviations and acronyms Abbreviations and acronyms that occur in the manual RS 3 Repeatit System 3 RCS Radio Control Software Sync Synchronization CT Client Terminal BS Base Station Sector WLAN A radio interface Standard BS Base station that is only used for point to multipoint connections 1 e to connect client terminals Base station that has one or more slave base stations connected to one or Master BS a several of its interfaces Base station that functions as a repeater A slave base station connects to a Slave BS master base station to gain network access RCP Radio Control Protocol is our protocol for communication between RCP base stations and RCS RCMP Is our protocol for communication with clients 3 2 Login Since the RS 3 Radio Control Software supports browser login the window below Figure 2 Log in window will appear when a user tries to log on to the management system Type the user name and password Default user name is sysadm and default password is sadm999x Connect to localhost z Please authenticate E el Remember my password User name Password conce Figure 2 Log in window 3 3 Icons colours and flags Hit Network I 2400 series base station u 5400 series base station sy Radio interface A Client t
13. it will automatically be synchronized when it comes online Save and synchronize Saves the changes to the database and synchronizes the base station View BS log file Shows the base station log file The log file contains recent important events in reversed chronological order Delete base station Deletes the base station from the system A window will pop up and require confirmation before the base station is deleted Note that when a base station has been deleted it cannot be restored 6 3 Radio interfaces When selecting a radio interface in the Status field the configuration of the interface is presented in the Information field 6 3 1 Parameters Type The radio card type and which WLAN standards supported it supports MAC address MAC address of the WLAN interface Status Status of the interface started stopped Changedate Tells when the settings were changed for the WLAN interface Changed by The RS 3 RCS user who last made changes to the WLAN settings Channel Tells which channel the current interface should be using For 5400 series base stations a button Show radar detection settings will also be available Click the button to 18 configure which channels should be used if detecting radar on the primary channel only necessary when operating in 802 1 1a mode Radar detection settings This button shows or hides settings that only apply to radar detection Antenna gain How sensitive the units antenn
14. kept on the same system as the RCS and on windows versions will be purged when the RCS is upgraded Table status Troubleshooting information 5 1 3 Add new RS 3 RCS user Here a new RCS user can be added For information of how to configure an RCS user see chapter 6 6 5 1 4 Show system log Show the contents of the system log file The system log mainly contains system level information and alerts 5 1 5 Remote logging Configure logging to a remote Syslog server Parameters are the same as Syslog uses Log messages are the same as is placed in the System and BS logs 5 2 Networks In order to give users permission to connect to specific base stations and radio interfaces the base stations and radio interfaces are grouped into networks The client terminals are then registered as members of the different networks The Define networks option lets the system user view add change or delete a network 5 2 1 Define networks Usually one or more base stations are clustered into a logical network A network can be a part of a bigger network and a network can have other networks as members Name The name of the network Clients The number of client terminals belonging to the network Modified The time the network was last modified Action Press Delete in order to remove a network Note this action will implicitly disable all terminals belonging to the network since they no longer will be connected to an existing ne
15. statistics Basestation Interface Network Not selected 3j or Not selected a or inc selected and This year Show lines M CPE Rate M BS Rate CPE Error M BS Error RSSI ES M RSSIGICPE Network Admin E H 54Mbi 10 735 4Ehlbi Lan 8 SBMbi eli aslap 24Mbi gyf 1 18Mbi awdio 11Mbi 2 5 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Now Dec Network Gothenburg i 0 Jan Feb War Apr bay Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Now Dec a Gwe LS ee Statistics Overview Specific Statistics MICPE Rate BES Rate ECFE Error BBS Error BRSSI BS ORSSI CPE CPE Rate BES Rate ECFE Error BBS Error BRSSI BS ORSSI CPE a RCS Professional Licensed to Repeatit AB Key expires 2006 11 01 E Period Update Up download scale Dynamic max value 1 33 GB 43 kbps 12 6B 3 9 kbps Upload 1 07 GE 35kbps HiDownload O56 27 MB 3 kbps 619 62 MB 2 6 kbps 683 01 MB 2 2 kbps 546 41 MB 17 kbps 409 341 MB 1 3 kbps 273 21 MB 0 9 kbps 136 65 ME 0 4 kbps 0EB kbps Jan Feb blar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Now Dec 65 39 GB 2414 6 kbps 59 84 GB 190 4kbps BlUpload 62 31 GB 69 3 kbps MDownload 46 77 GB 148 1 kbps 39 23 GB 127 kbps 32 69 GB 105 8 kbps 26 15 GB 245 kbps 19 61 GB 63 5 kbps 13 08 GB 42 3 kbps 6 54 GE 21 2 kbps kbps B Jan Feb Wlar Apr bay Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Now Dec 27 9 Troubleshooting Problem description RCS is installed and can be accessed through web browser but the
16. with the specific VLAN ID To not terminate any VLAN select the None option Description a description of the rule set Pass through all VLANs if checked the base station will bridge all virtual LANs Pass through specific VLAN The base station will send the packets containing the VLAN tag to the clients unchanged It will also accept tagged packets and bridge them to their destination if the VLAN is defined in any of the VLAN rule sets 10 5 3 2 Firewall rule sets Define firewall rulesets Define Firewall rule set allows the RCS user to add edit and remove Firewall ruleset settings Firewall rule sets The rules in a Name Erampie firewall rule set is applied on terminals Setas detault T that connect to base stations that have the firewall rule set as the current firewall rule set Allowes two subnets Some restrictions a Name The rule set can be saved with ol given name Description a Set as default indicates that the firewall rule set will be the default rule set for all new base stations Selecting this checkbox will make the current rule set the default rule set and uncheck any Allowed subnets other rule set that was selected as the a eS default rule set before Add new Allow inter client communication W Allow web servers V Allow FTP servers V Allow DHCP servers V Allow Netbios Description Description of the rule set Allowed to connect to basestation fi 92 168 0 100
17. 024 kbps No siz kbps No Delete 3 Bronze 256 kbps No 128 kbps No Delete Add new Figure 8 Bandwidth rule sets To create a new bandwidth rule set select Add new To edit a rule set click on the name of the rule set The following parameters are included in a rule set Name A name to identify the rule set Download rate The maximum download speed the rule set allows May borrow download capacity This feature is not available on BS54 series base stations If this is set to yes a client may exceed the maximum download rate when there is unused capacity Upload rate The maximum upload speed the rule set allows May borrow upload capacity This feature is not available on BS54 series base stations If this is set to yes a client may exceed the maximum upload rate when there is unused capacity To delete a rule set click delete 5 3 5 SSID rule sets An SSID rule set defines common properties for access points Name A name to identify the rule set Description Your notes about how and when to use the ruleset 13 SSID The SSID that is transmitted on the air SSID in broadcast Should the SSID be visible on a site scan 1f this box is unchecked a site scan will show that someone is sending beacons on that channel but not the name to connect to WEP WPA rule set What kind of encryption should be used VLAN rule set Which VLAN rule set a client that connects to an interface configured with th
18. 2 2 10 5 2400 Series a7 jan 2005 2005 01 17 12 25 14 Use Delete 2 2 10 2 2400 Series 22 dec 2004 2004 12 22 13 56 55 Use Delete 2 2 10 1 2400 Series a7 dec 2004 2004 12 17 16 51 10 Use Delete 2 2 9 2 2400 Series 2 dec 2004 2004 12 14 L ileie Use Delete 2 2 0 3 2400 5eries 5 oct 004 2004 12 01 09 55 58 Use Delete Figure 9 Upgrading a base station Choose the software version you wish to use by clicking Use The next screen will show base stations that are available for upgrading Only base stations that are connected can be upgraded Mark the base stations that should be upgraded and press Upgrade selected base stations to start the upgrading process When upgrading base station software the selected base station will reboot and be off line for 120 180 seconds Always read all documentation regarding the base station software that might be included before attempting to upgrade a base station Some software versions might require specific actions 5 4 4 Show upgrade status Show upgrades in progress and results of previous upgrades 15 5 5 Client Terminal users 5 5 1 Add new CT user Click on Add new CT User in the menu In the Information field you will see an empty form The fields are described in chapter 6 5 Client terminal users Fill in the form and click on Save new user 5 6 Client Terminals System menu 5 6 1 Add new CT 7 gt Syst
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21. a 1s a very sensitive antenna can pick up a lot of noice thus the calculations need to be adjusted Radar roam settings Channels that the basestation should not use when roaming after detecting radar Current channel Indicates which channel the interface is currently using may differ from selected channel if detecting radar or the basestation has not yet been syncronized Transmit power Transmit output power for the interface radio card Tx Rate Radio rate the interface should use RTS CTS Limit for RTS CTS Ready To Send Clear To Send Frag Limit for Fragmentation Threshold This value decides how large a packet can be before fragmentation SSID settings these settings are grey because they will be overridden by any SSID rule set chosen e SSID The WLAN interface SSID is the label that is visible to the client when the client makes a site survey that is scanning the air for base stations and access points e SSID in broadcast Turn on off SSID broadcasting If this is set to off clients will not see the SSID of this sector when they perform a site survey e WEP rule set Tells if WEP encryption should be used and which rules the interface should use e WPA rule set Tells if WPA encryption should be used and which rules the interface should use SSID Rule set Select a rule set off or use the interface defaults that is grey above With BS5400 series base stations above v 1 4 you may configu
22. dated to show statistics for the selection and the more specific select boxes are updated to show only the objects that belongs to the selected network base station or interface Networks Lets you select a specific network Base stations Lets you select a specific base station Interfaces Lets you select a specific interface Either a radio or a virtual AP Online Lets you select a client that are currently online Offline Lets you select a client that are currently offline The Clear button clears the selection from all select boxes The drop down menu Period gives you the option to select from which time period information is based The statistics frame shows statistics for the selected object The information shown is the same as described in Figure 14 Object statistics and if an online client is selected the diagram from Figure 11 Real time throughput 1s also shown 26 8 3 Batch statistics Lets you retrieve statistics for all networks or objects directly associated with a network base station or interface The diagrams shown are the same as in Figure 14 Object statistics The drop down menu Period gives you the option to select from which time period information is based The drop down menu Up download scale allows you to choose a fixed scale for easy comparison between objects S RS 3 Radio Control Software Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help RCS View Batch
23. e 13 Statistics overview selected the statistics for that 23 period is cached to reduce database load To refresh the statistics from the selected period press the Refresh statistics button The columns of the statistics overview table are Table 4 Statistic overview window MAC The MAC address of the client terminal You may click on the MAC address to see more detailed information Username The name of the user that the client terminal belongs to Network The name of the network that the client terminal is a member of Base station The name of the base station that the client terminal is connected to You may click on the base station name to see the total statistics for the base station WlanID The sector that the client terminal is connected to You may click on the WlanID to see statistics for the sector Upload Tells how much data the client has uploaded during the selected time period Quality Presents a rating of the clients uplink quality if available Download Tells how much data the client has downloaded during the selected time period Quality Presents a rating of the clients downlink quality if available RSSI BS The average RSSI at the base station during the period RSSI CPE The average RSSI at the client during the period CPE Rate The clients average transmission speed during the period BS Rate The base stations average transmission speed during the pe
24. em Before adding a new Client Terminal to any network the user who gt Networks is connected to the terminal should be added see chapter 6 5 Client Rulesets terminal users gt Base stations gt Client Terminal Users j Client Terminals Click on Add new CT in the Menu field In the Information field an ere you will then see a form with default values The form is described in chapter 6 4 Client terminal Fill out the form and press Save this Upload delete client firmware CT Show upgrade status Rejected clients 5 6 2 Terminal types About The terminal type list is now editable allowing you to add your own types for non repeatit clients 5 6 3 Upload delete client firmware To upload new Client terminal firmware a new software release must first be downloaded from our website www repeatit se New versions are distributed regularly 5 6 4 Show upgrade status Shows a table with the status of all requested client terminal upgrades 5 6 5 Rejected clients Shows a table with all clients that has tried to connect to a base station and not been allowed to connect in reverse chronological order 5 7 About The about sub menu gives access to release notes and change log for this version of the RCS and to the latest change log online 5 8 Log off Lets the system user log off and closes the RCS window 5 9 Search An easy way to find an object is to use the Quick Search function The Q
25. ent from the RCS database A confirmation window will appear If the action is confirmed the client will be deleted and if it connected to a base station it will not be authenticated Show CT statistics Opens The Speciffic Statistics for this client in a new window and shows real time statistics for the current terminal if it is online The field Refresh time indicates the delay in seconds between the updates of the CT s statistics Note that the information is shown from the base stations point of view 1 e Upload rate shows the speed used to send data from the base station to the CT The parameters are split into two groups CPE transmission that shows what the BS has received from the CPE and BS transmission that shows what the BS has sent to the CPE Bytes tells the amount of transmitted data 20 DataPacketsOk shows how many packets that has been successfully sent Kbit s DataPacketsError shows 2 0 is how many packets have been corrupted while being sent This value is retrieved from the CPE and set to ad Se shows Refresh delay E sec Set Boownload D Upload how many packets that have been corrupted upon Session statistics for 00 05 4e 45 d3 73 at Kontoret_Soek_ 45 reception from CT SessionID 66255739 Rate counters shows how TPO tenmin BS transmission many packets that has been Bytes 271182 Bytes 192873 transmitted at each rate DataPackets gt Ok see DataPacketsOK ses
26. erminal Client terminal user b System user Gd Trinity unit oy Client interface d Remote Trinity unit Table 1 Icons that appear in the RCS The color of the icon indicates the current status Green Ok Online Connected Red Failure Offline Not connected Orange Warning Gray Unknown status Offline Not connected Table 2 The colours used to describe the status of an object Yellow Updated information Turquoise Synchronization in progress Blue Marked for synchronization Red Synchronization failed Table 3 Flags showing additional object information 3 4 Events amp notes Events amp notes Antenna was redirected 50 W 2005 07 21 16 51 Gustan Output power was adjusted to 10 dB 2005 07 21 16 52 sysadm ah Ww Ww ha Add new Figure 3 Events amp notes field For most objects in the RCS base stations interfaces client terminals etc an option to add a note is presented This option can be used freely for any purpose For example if a system user is in contact with a client terminal user that needed help with troubleshooting he might want to share that information with other system users The system user then adds a note that will be visible to all system users that views the specific client terminal user 4 The RCS View 4 1 The Menu field the Status field and the Information field E http
27. gh the base station E g If it is set to 800 and 806 only IP and ARP traffic respectively will be bridged 5 3 3 Encryption WEP or WPA rule sets An encryption rule set is a number of parameters that defines the WEP settings that a radio interface on a base station can use When clicking on Encryption rule sets the RCS user is presented with a view where it 1s possible to add edit and delete rule sets To create a new encryption rule set select Add new To edit a rule set click on the rule sets name The following parameters are included in a rule set WPA Name Simply a name to identify the rule set Encryption Which type of WPA encryption to use Cipher How to exchange session keys Passphrase The Pass phrase used to gain access to the encrypted WLAN Define WPA rule sets Name Encryption Cipher Passphrase Action Default WPA settings Disabled TEIP passphrase Delete New WPA rule set WPAL WP TEIP CCOMP AES passphrase Delete avantitest WP O2 PSE COMP GOES phrase Delete Add new Define WEP rulesets Name Auth type Wep mode Encrypt level Action Default WEP settings Open system Optional Disabled Delete New encryption rule set Shared key Mandatory 126bit Delete Add new Figure 7 Encryption rule sets WEP Name Simply a name to identify the rule set Auth type When a terminal is to be associated to a base station the following options are available Open
28. hat are registered with the user If the user icon 1s green the user is online 7 4 CTs without network This section shows all client terminals that are not registered with any network These client terminals will only be allowed to connect to base stations that has the Register and use basstaion default policy for unknown clients 7 5 RSA RCS Users Shows the system users If the icon of the system user is green the user is logged in 8 Statistics The RCS is continuously collecting statistics from the base stations The collected statistics are then stored to the database To make sure the database does not become too large statistics are accumulated in steps when records in the database reach a certain age This accumulation can be disabled on the System settings page 8 1 Statistics overview Stati stics overview helps you to oS Internet Explorer 7 T x X S File Edit View Favorites Tools Help a get a quick view of the quality in Qu 9 5 2 0 Damn Sers 5S B Address g https localhost 500 RC5 servlet com repeatit ms qui mainmodules Start your network RCS View Specific Statistics BatchSStatistics RCS Professional Licensed to Repeatit AB wl At the top of this view there is a drop down menu that lets you Statistics overview Statistics was fetched from database Wed Oct 11 10 08 12 CEST 2006
29. ion of an RS 3 system BS Sdyx BS Zax a SL S54 i SU xxxx WAN Gateway PC lt gt RCS ATP TCP port 500 RCS lt gt BS 2dxx BS 54dxx ROP TCF port 9999 os BS dgx lt gt SU 54sx ACME Ethernet protocol over radia Ss BS 24 xx lt gt SU 24x Radio connection without management protocol RS 3 Radio Control Software Figure 1 System overview The RS 3 base station and the RCS are both connected to the operator s backbone through Ethernet connections The RS 3 Client terminals are connected to the base stations over radio The communication between the management system the RCS and the base stations is based on a TCP protocol called Radio Control Protocol RCP TCP port 9999 marked with a blue dotted line in Figure 1 System overview A system user who wants to log on to the RCS server can do so through the web interface usually TCP port 500 marked with a red line in the same figure The RCS can remotely administer clients through a protocol for communication between base stations and clients RCMP Features include gathering statistics remote upgrading and link quality reports Since the management server is web based it is possible to connect from any computer with Internet Explorer The computer can be located in the operator s backbone or on the Internet depending on the operator s backbone configuration An explanation of how you log on and operate the management server is given
30. is SSID rule set should get Clients that have been configured with a specific VLAN rule set that applies on this network will use their own configuration unless override is checked You probably do want to keep this unchecked To delete a rule set click delete 14 5 4 Base stations How a base station is configured is described in Section 6 2 System menu gt System 5 4 1 Synchronize Network Synchronizing a base station means updating it with the configuration that F Rulesets is stored in the RCS database If the synchronization shall be performed Base stations Synchronize immediately on one or more base stations click Synchronize in the Menu field The base stations marked for synchronization will then be age updated with new configuration generated from the RCS Show upgrade status E Client Terminal Users 5 4 2 Upload firmware E Client Terminals To upload new BS software a new software release must first be About downloaded from our website www repeatit se New versions are distributed regularly 5 4 3 Upgrade base stations To upgrade the firmware in one or more base stations press Upgrade base stations A new window presenting all registered software will be opened Yersion Type Comment Reg date Use Delete 400 Series 2 2 10 6 2400 Series 23 mars 005 2005 03 23 03 13 54 Use Delete 2 2 10 4 2400 Series 26 jan 2005 2005 02 12 liz aray Use Delete
31. on field If the Refresh on click option is selected at the top of the frame the object information in the Status field is updated when a branch is collapsed expanded by clicking the plus minus sign If the Static option is selected the information is updated when the Update button is clicked For more information about the sections in the status field see chapter 7 4 2 1 The Information field In the Information field the information or configuration of a specific object is shown This is where configuration changes for base stations WLANs clients etc are made 5 Tasks and options in the menu field In this section the different features in the System menu the Menu field are described 5 1 System System menu 5 1 1 System settings F System When clicking System Settings the Information field displays information System settings about the following Database maintenance System information RCS Java and MySQL version numbers and sii te tish guke Show system log configuration settings are displayed ies ae aided Synchronization The time all flagged base stations will be synchronized p lucie for more information about this see Section 5 4 1 You can also choose fs Rulesets to automatically remove any clients without an associated user after a Base stations predefined number of days without activity Client Terminal Users Radio Control Protocol The TCP port RCS listens to for communication Client
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33. ownloaded during the selected period 3 MB ie 0B x O kbps Oldest included record was registered 2006 10 24 00 01 23 0 See Table 4 for more information about these Newest included record was registered 2006 10 30 10 48 13 0 parameters Figure 14 Object statistics 25 A RS 3 Radio Control Software Microsoft Internet Explorer loj x File Edit View Favorites Tools Help R sack Q2 x E A o Search S Favorites Ol e2 Gi LJ 3S Address https localhost S00 RCS servlet com repeatit ms qui mainmodules Start RCS Professional Licensed to Repeatit AB el RCS Vie Statistics O ie specific Statistics Batch Statistics ii i Key expires 2006 11 01 Note When selecting a network only base stations and clients Period Detailed statistics assigned directly to the selected network will be displayed This year Networks Basestations Interfaces Online CTs Offline CTs ean an an eraste agnus r lt clear Showing statistics selection A show CHent configuration 00 05 4e 45 d3 73 gt This year Show client configuration V CPE Rate M BS Rate M CPE Error M BS Error M RSsi es M RSSI CPE Upload rate 0 73 Kbit s Download rate 0 5 Kbit s S4mMbi 10 735 ECFE Rate Kbit s 48 Mbi 9 130 3 2 GBS Rate 2 0 5 o ambi sae 7 7125 CPE Error 1 6 ge tig 6 159 MES Error GRSsSi BS DOORSSI CPE i o Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Se
34. p Oct Nov Dec Refresh delay 5 sec Set Boownload M Upload Upload amp download Session statistics for 00 05 4e 45 d3 73 at Kontoret_Soek_55 1 23 GB 4kbps SessionID 66255739 1 11 GB 3 6kbps Upload 1007 26 MB 3 2kbps WiDownload CPE transmission BS transmission nee Ph m s Bytes 271182 Bytes 192873 629 54 MB 2 kbps DataPacketsOk 1886 DataPacketsOK 1889 503 63 MB 1 6 kbps DataPacketsError 0 0 DataPacketsError 0 0 377 72 MB 1 2 kbps Rate conto 251 31 MB 0 8 kbps 126 04 MB 0 4 kbps 330 17 5 54Mbit 1061 56 17 0B O kbps i 468 24 3815 48Mbit 815 43 14 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Now Dec 300 47 72 36Mbit 10 0 53 174 9 23 24Mbit o 0 Oldest included record was registered 2006 01 22 23 59 49 0 i 14 0 74 18Mbit o 0 Newest included record was registered 2006 10 27 13 49 21 0 z o 0 2Mbit 1 0 05 o 0 IMbit 2 0 11 Current values 48Mbit Rate 54Mbit 38 RSSI BS 49 jad Local intranet Figure 15 Specific statistics 8 2 Specific statistics The specific statistics view shows statistics for any object in the network When you click Specific statistics the following view is presented Figure 15 At the top left of the screen there are five selection boxes The selection boxes let you select any object in the network When selecting an object the statistics at the right side of the screen is up
35. re more than one virtual access point per radio this is not available in RCS Basic 6 3 2 Buttons Save changes to DB Save changes to the database Save and apply changes Save changes to the database and apply them immediately Scan Performs a site survey from the sector Note While the interface is scanning the radio functionality is disabled and connected clients may notice an interruption The scan usually takes 5 20 seconds The latest scan result after the RCS kernel started is shown above Site survey history The RCS saves sitesurvey information in the DB this button shows all known sitesurveys on a separate page 6 4 Client terminal When selecting a client terminal in the Status field the configuration for the client 1s presented in the Information field 6 4 1 Parameters Network Indicates which network the terminal belongs to Mac address The terminals MAC address in the form 11 22 33 44 55 66 hexadecimal number Serial number The serial number of the terminal 19 User Shows the user associated to the terminal Click Change user to change user Network settings The tree contains settings for all networks defined in the system If a network is listed an Not registered the client will be allowed or not depending on the basestations policy for unregistered clients Enabled Indicates if the terminal is allowed to connect to base stations in this network VLAN rule set Indicates which VLAN rules
36. riod CPE Error Number of erroneous packets received by the client BS Error Number of erroneous packets received by the base station Table 5 How the quality value should be translated The connection is good Most packets are transmitted successfully at 11Mbps rate The connection is not optimal The customer should mount the antenna differently to obtain better radio performance If the customer cannot improve the radio connection he she should be given a lower bandwidth to avoid too much congestion in the radio network The connection is bad If the customer cannot improve the radio connection he she should either be disabled from the network or be assigned a reduced bandwidth Our recommendation is to disable clients with connection like this Otherwise the network will not perform in a pleasant way 24 PET i ioj x 8 1 1 Statistics for an object 2 a Showing statistics selection Kontoret_Soek_55 gt Last 7 days This window opens when clicking an object in the statistics overview IV CPE Rate M Bs Rate M CPE Error M BS Error M Rssi es M RSSI CPE GcPE Rate GBS Rate ECFE Error ss Error GRSSI BS ORSSI CPE The line chart shows how the average bit rate RSSI and error percentage for the client CPE and the base station BS has changed over time TTE e zee muon Below the line chart there is a bar chart that 21 me ee shows how much data has been uploaded and 12 Me 1p d
37. rk can be expanded to show the vil Not ET subnets base stations sectors and users that are associated with the network In the network section is the relationship between a master base station and base stations in client a mode point to point links not shown Neither is the relation r A between a client terminal and a base station that is back to E User no 2 back connected to it To see the structure of base stations that fjioure 12 are connected using those method refer to the base station section Ifa base station is configured with multiple virtual access points all defined SSID will be shown as a sub layer below the radio interface the clients show up under the SSID they are connected to c Bile Sub network name a By Base station name Example network view 22 7 2 Base stations The base station section shows all base stations in the system If a base station is connected as a client to a master base station the client base station is located under the sector that it is connected to Ifa base station is back to back connected to a client terminal the base station is found as a branch under the client terminal which is displayed separately under the sector that it is connected to If the base station icon is green the base station is connected to the RCS 7 3 CT Users In the CT Users section all users registered in the system are presented under alphabetic categories Each user can be expanded to display the clients t
38. s localhost 500 RCS serviet com repeatit ms gui mainmodules Start Microsoft Internet Explorer Sele Arkiv Redigera wisa Favoriter Verktyg Hj lp ae past amp x A A P S k Sp Favoriter g A a LJ 33 Adress E https f localhost SOO RCS servlet com repeatit ms qui mainmodules Start v G til L nkar 7 View Statistics Overview Specific Statistics y Batch Statistics N E Refresh on click O Static System menu E System E Networks Rulesets Networks Base stations Base stations Client Terminal Users CT Users Client Terminals CTs without network RSA RCS Users Log off QuickSearch Base stations Users Clients Rejected clients Events amp notes Advanced Search H Lokalt intran t Menu field Status field Information field Figure 4 The different RCS fields 4 1 1 The Menu field The Menu field Figure 4 provides various functions such as adding deleting users terminals and base stations to the network It is also possible to create or configure different rule sets e g firewall rule sets VLAN rule sets encryption rule sets in the Menu field This field is described in further detail in Chapter 5 4 2 The Status field The Status field gives an overview of the status in the RS 3 network and provides the possibility to get a quick configuration overview By clicking on an object in the Status field the configuration of that object is shown in the Informati
39. see Section 5 3 1 that apply to the terminal Bandwidth rule set Indicates which bandwidth rule set that will be applied to the client Terminal type Indicates what kind of client terminal this client uses Most Repeatit clients provides this information through RCMP and this field is not shown for them Current status The current status of the terminal Reg date The date when the client was added to the RCS Change date The time when the settings was last changed for the CT Changed by The RS 3 RCS user who last made changes on the CT settings Model if the unit is RCMP enabled see 3 1 The auto detected client model Firmware version if RCMP enabled The auto detected version of the clients firmware A button Upgrade this client is also available Click this button and select firmware see 5 6 3 and upgrade mode to initiate upgrade if you have RCS Professional 6 4 2 Buttons Save changes to DB Saves changes to the database This means that changes that have been made for example changes regarding the bandwidth limitation will only be saved to the local database and not be implemented on the base stations in the network to which it belongs For a change to take effect on the base station it must first be saved to the database and then the base stations must be synchronized Save and apply changes Applies any changes made to all base stations in the network to which the terminal belongs Delete Client Deletes the cli
40. subnet member to connect to a sector that 1s included in network Y even if it is not included in network X Sector members The sectors included in a network will allow the clients that are members of the network to connect to them Check the sectors that should be included To save the settings click the Save button The network will thereafter be visible in the Status field and client terminals can be registered as members of the network Under Not yet connected CTs any terminals that belong to the network but have not yet connected to any sector can be found 6 2 Base stations When selecting a base station in the Status field the base stations configuration is presented in the Information field 6 2 1 Parameters Type The model number of the base station MAC address mandatory The base station MAC address is a number on the form 01 23 45 67 89 ab 12 Hexadecimal numbers in pair separated by colons IP address The base stations IP address Native VLAN This indicates the VLAN the base station is a member of Location mandatory The name of the base station location This data will be presented in the Status field Serial number The base station s serial number Status The current status of the base station 17 Software Base station software version If you have RCS Professional you can upgrade the BS from here Regdate The date and time when the base station was registered in the system Change
41. system if the terminal is not to encode the packages when logging on Shared key if the terminal must encode its packages when logging on or both if it should be optional for 12 the terminal to encode its packages or not Be aware the Encrypt level must correspond it must be set to off when applying the open system and on when applying the shared key Encrypt level Encryption strength disabled 64 bit 128 bit WEP mode Mandatory optional If it is set to mandatory clients have to use WEP encryption If it is set to optional they may choose WEP key to use Which of the four keys to use Key 0 4 Encryption key Click delete to delete a rule set Note that a rule set cannot be deleted if it is in use by one or more interfaces 5 3 4 Bandwidth rule sets A bandwidth rule set is a number of parameters that defines how much bandwidth a client may use The bandwidth rule set can be assigned to a base station as a default bandwidth rule set which clients with BS default bandwidth settings will use It can also be assigned to a client that is not supposed to use the default settings When clicking on Bandwidth rule sets the RCS user is presented with a view where it 1s possible to add edit and delete rule sets Define bandwidth rulesets Download Borrow Upload Borrow Action 0 Admin 10 Mbps No 10 Mbps No Delete i Gold 5 Mbps No 2 5 Mbps No Delete Silver 1
42. the basic version that is available for free when buying Repeatit hardware and the professional version that requires a yearly license fee The RS 3 system is constantly under development and new versions of the RCS are introduced regularly New functions are added and existing functions are subject to change 1 1 1 Specifications The parameters below describe the platform that the RS 3 Radio Control Software is built upon Windows 2000 XP Vista or Linux on AMD Intel MySQL database server Java 2 Platform Standard Edition v1 6 Apache Tomcat 5 5 To ensure communication between the RCS and the RS 3 Base stations the base stations must be able to connect to the RCS on TCP port 9999 or 9998 for encrypted connections Having the BS initiate the connection allows management of base stations located behind a NAT router To be able to run RS 3 Radio Control Software without difficulties Repeatit recommends the following minimum performance of the server For a small network 10 20 Bases and 50 100 clients e PC Server e Pentium 4 e 1 GB RAM or more e 2 GB free hard drive space Large networks demands significantly more of the server The RCS web interface must be viewed in recent web browser A resolution of 1280 x 1024 or higher is recommended Configurable Requirements on the hardware might change with future versions of the RS 3 RCS 3 2 System presentation Figure 1 System overview shows a typical configurat
43. twork To avoid this type of problem the terminals belonging to a network should be moved to another network before the network is removed Click on the network name to make changes to the network or on New Network to add one see chapter 6 1 for information of how to configure a network 5 3 Rule sets Rule sets provide a central place to define settings that should be the same on several different base stations and or clients System menu 5 3 1 VLAN rule sets gt System Define VLAN _ sain Define VLANs allows the user to add remove and edit Virtual ppe e LANs that are registered in the database A VLAN can be part of a oA VLAN rule set or be the Native VLAN for a base station A VLAN WEP rulesets is defined by a VLAN tag and a short description Native VLAN WPA rulesets defines which VLAN the base station network interface is located on Bandwidth rulesets for further information see the base station manual of sese gt Base stations When a base station boots up and has a preconfigured VLAN as its gt Client Terminal Users Native VLAN this will automatically be entered in the RCS gt Client Terminals database with the name VLAN lt VLAN tag gt A Virtual LAN cannot be removed if it is a Native VLAN at any base station or if it is part of a VLAN rule set The pre defined VLAN Untagged cannot be removed either Add new rule set VLAN rule sets allows the user to add edit and Define
44. uick Search is located at the bottom of the Menu field To perform a search check the boxes that tell what kind of objects to find Enter a search string in the input box and click Search The search string must be at least two characters it may not contain spaces or wildcards For base stations the search function 16 tries to match the search string with the base station location QuickSearch MAC address IP address and serial number For user the string is matched with user name street phone city and country For clients the string is matched with the clients MAC address Base stations M Users Iw There is also an Advanced Client search that allows more ae cane Clients Iw discriminating searches and presents more information about the en ond Rejected clients M Events amp notes M When the search is completed a list with the found objects is Search presented An objects configuration can be presented in the Figure 10 Search Information field by clicking on the object 6 The object types in the status field 6 1 Networks When clicking a network the network is displayed in the information field The parameters of the network are Name The name of the network This name will be displayed in the Status field etc Description A short description of the network Subnet members A network can have another network as a member This allows a client that is a member of network X which has network Y as a
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