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SmartBridges sB3410 User's Manual

1. Domain FCC v Dial a Power 18 dBm e Antenna Gain dBm da sel RF Cable Loss dBm 3 il Radio Operating Mode Maced 802 11 abo i v Channel 3 Dud m Rates 1 Mbps 2 Mbps O5 5 Mbps 11 Mbps 6 Mbps 9 Mbps 12 Mbps 18 Mbps O24 Mbps 36 Mbps C 48 Mbps 54 Mbps Auto rate Fallback M Status pply Changes Figure 2 16 airClient Router Wireless Association Settings Click on Status to view the association link status graph Radio Configuration Router Status State Associated MAC 00 30 14 09 4E E6 Current Channel 6 2437 MHz Associated Antenna Alignment Tone on Ooff Link Status for 00 30 1A 09 4E E6 Signal strength dBm E RSSI Current 78 dem Average 77 dBm Maximum 74 dBm E Noise Floor Current 98 dBm Average 99dBm Maximum 98 dBm If you are not able to see the graph please download the Sun JRE available at URL httpi fjava sun com j2se 1 5 0 download js Figure 2 17 Link Status Note If the association status window does not appear click on the Java link to download the JRE irc li i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 30 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 2 8 3 DHCP Configurations The airClient Router NAT unit can be used as a DHCP server or DHCP relay agent DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol allows a host to be automatically assigned a new IP address out of a pool of IP addresses for h
2. Bridge Address 00 30 14 1C 3D B7 Number of Ports 3 Type of Bridging Transparent Spanning Tree Protocol Disable ze Transparent Aging Time 300 seconds Apply Changes Forwarding Table for Transparent Bridge T 00 30 14 1F 48 2B 3 yes 2 00 30 14 1C 3D B8 2 yes 3 00 30 14 1C 3D B7 1 yes 4 00 30 14 01 70 14 2 no Refresh Figure 2 13 Bridge Configuration 2 8 airClient Router NAT Configuration The airClient unit can also be configured in Router or NAT mode which behaves like Infrastructure mode The procedures for configuring the parameters in Router mode are given below In this mode the units will associate with any access point Note The configuration procedure of parameters in NAT mode is the same as for Router mode 2 8 1 Ethernet Configuration The Ethernet IP is configured during the operational mode change to airClient Router mode Follow these steps below if you need to re configure the airClient Router Ethernet parameters AE MEN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 27 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 1 From the Summary Information page click on the Ethernet Configuration link to change Ethernet parameters 2 Enter the IP address and IP mask 3 Click on Apply Changes to effect the changes
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4. Max Lease Time Days Minutes DNS Server IP Secondary DNS Server IP Apply Changes Figure 2 18 DHCP Server Configurations Follow the steps below to disable the airClient Router NAT DHCP server LR TN g airClient Nexus User Guide Page 31 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 1 Click on Networking DHCP Server from the menu bar to access the DHCP configuration page 2 Click on Disable DHCP and DHCP Relay to disable the DHCP server configuration 3 Click on the Apply Changes to change the settings Home Networking Radio Tools Help Logout Networking DHCP Server Configuration airClient sB3410 Router mode DHCP Server Configuration DHCP Enable DHCP Server Enable DHCP Relay Disable DHCP and DHCP Relay Apply Changes Figure 2 19 Disable DHCP and DHCP Relay 2 8 4 DHCP Relay Configurations If the user has a DHCP Server the airClient Router can be configured as a DHCP Relay agent of the DHCP Server for IP address assignment Follow the steps below to configure the airClient Router unit as a DHCP Relay Agent 1 Click on Networking DHCP Server from the drop down menu to access the DHCP Configuration page 2 Click on Enable DHCP Relay to choose DHCP Relay mode 3 Enter a valid DHCP Server IP 4 Click on the Apply Changes to start the DHC
5. Summary Information airClient sB3410 Router mode IP Address 192 168 1 3 IP Address 192 168 0 207 IP Mask 255 255 255 0 IP Mask 255 255 255 0 DHCP O ETH A MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 43 37 SSID NEXUS_MASTER ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 43 38 Channel 1 2412 MHz Radio MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 48 22 Association Status Associated Apply Changes RSSI 81 dBm Figure 2 14 airClient Router Ethernet Configuration 2 8 2 Wireless Configuration The wireless parameters need to be configured to allow the airClient Router unit to associate with an airPoint or any third party access point Follow these steps below to configure the airClient Router NAT Mode Wireless IP Settings parameters 1 Click on the Wireless Configuration link from the Summary Information page 2 Enter the wireless IP address IP Mask Gateway IP address for the airClient unit 3 Check the Enable DHCP checkbox if the IP address can be obtained automatically from the wireless link 4 Click on the Apply Changes to change the settings irCli TM i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 28 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Summary Information airClient sB3410 Router mode IP Address
6. RF cable Loss This refers to the loss of a cable connecting antenna to the airHaul unit Status Display associated link status 2 9 2 Data Encryption Wireless Equivalent Privacy WEP encryption is used for security between the airClient and the airPoint or any other access point radio To enable disable WEP or change the relevant settings you need to access the encryption setting page on the web interface The following table describes the information for the Data Encryption Table 2 4 Data Encryption Settings Page Items Descriptions Authentication Select authentication method between open system and shared key Open system Open System is null authentication With WEP enabled and valid WEP key on both ends it provides data encryption Clients without correct WEP key still can associate but can not send packet through Shared key Strict authentication for both authentication and data encryption Clients must provide valid WEP key to associate WEP Enable Disable WEP Encryption WEP Key Type HEX WEP Key Size Choose encryption key size between 64bits and 128bits 64 bits User has to input 10 HEX digits EEN f airClient Nexus User Guide Page 36 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Page Items Descriptions 128 bits User has to input 26 HEX digits Note When key size is changed all 4 keys are lost and user needs to re enter Valid Key Choose which key in key
7. 1921 1168 1 3 IP Address 192 168 0 207 IP Mask 255 255 255 0 IP Mask 255 255 255 0 DHCP ETH A MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 43 37 SSID NEXUS_MASTER ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 43 38 Channel 1 2412 MHz Radio MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 48 22 Association Status Associated Apply Changes RSSI 81 dBm Figure 2 15 airClient Router Wireless IP Configuration In order for the airClient Router device to associate with the access point the user needs to configure the access points SSID and WEP if used Follow these steps below to configure the airClient Router NAT Mode wireless association parameters 1 Click on Main airClient Router Mode from the Radio drop down menu 2 Enter the SSID and domain 3 Select the Transmit power of the radio from Dial in Power drop down menu 4 Select the gain of the antenna from the drop down menu as per the gain of the antenna being used with the equipment 5 Enter the RF cable loss based on the cable specifications 6 Click Apply Changes The units will attempt to associate Note Clicking on Status will display further details on the association Re TN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 29 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Home Networking Radio Tools Help Logout Radio Configuration airClient Router Main airClient 583410 Router mode SSID NEXUS_MASTER Associated
8. AE MEN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 24 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 2 7 5 STP Settings Configuration STP is disabled by default The table below lists the default STP settings when the STP is enabled Table 2 3 Default STP Values Setting Default Value Range Purpose Bridge priority 32768 0 65535 A parameter used to identify the root bridge in a spanning tree instance of STP The bridge with the lowest value has the highest priority and is the root Bridge max age 20 6 40 The interval a bridge will wait for a hello packet from the root bridge before initiating a topology change Bridge hello time 2 1 10 The interval of time between each configuration BPDU sent by the root bridge Bridge forward delay 15 4 30 The period of time a bridge will wait the listen and learn period before beginning to forward data packets Ethernet port ETH A 100 0 65535 The cost of using the port to path cost reach the root bridge When selecting among multiple links to the root bridge STP chooses the link with the lowest path cost and blocks the other paths Each port type has its own default STP path cost Ethernet port ETH A 128 0 255 The preference that STP gives to priority this port relative to the other ports for forwarding traffic out of the spanning tree A higher numerical value means a lower priority thus the highest priority is 8 Ethernet port ETH B 100 0 6
9. 17 Antenna Mfg smartBridges Name of other manufacturer 18 Gain of antenna dBi 19 Antenna Polarization Horizontal Vertical 20 Beam width of antenna Horizontal deg Vertical deg 21 Type of external cable type LMR 400 LMR600 airClient Nexus User Guide Page 7 of 66 Length of external cable connecting a Radio and antenna intelligent wireless Feet meters platform Fade Margin taken into account for a link budgeting Ideally between 10 to 20 dBm Model of smartBridges airClient equipment sB3410 selected for a link Please refer to note below for selecting the right equipment Grounding Earth to Neutral Voltage Length of the Ethernet cable required for powering a unit Ideally less than 2 Volts Feet meters Choose a best channel which can be used Specify channel number on the basis of site survey with a help of scanning tools like Netstumbler Network diagram along with IP address of Yes No all the interfaces for link to be setup in place Availability of Quick Installation Guide Yes No Availability of User Guide and CD Yes No Ensure that all items listed in the Package Yes No Contents of Quick Installation Guide are included in the shipment Availability of Installation Kit Yes No Radio MAC address of Access Point Yes No Configured for pre installation testing Yes No Ping response ms Ping Success Rat
10. 3 Click on the Stop button to stop the test Tools Link Test airClient sB3410 Bridge mode SSID NEXUS_MASTER Channel 1 2412 MHz Association Status Associated RSSI dBm 74 Far end Radio IP Address 192 168 1 1 Ping Test Throughput Test tari Stop Radio Transmit Radio Receive Stee Showing Ping Request Packet 1 64 bytes from 192 168 1 1 icmp_seg 0 ttl t Packet 2 64 bytes from 192 168 1 1 icmp_seq 0 ttl t Packet 3 64 bytes from 192 168 1 1 icmp_seq 0 ttl t Packet 4 64 bytes from 192 168 1 1 icmp_seq 0 ttl t Packet 5 64 bytes from 192 168 1 1 icmp_seq 0 ttl t Packet 6 64 bytes from 192 168 1 1 icmp_seq 0 ttl t Packet 7 64 bytes from 192 168 1 1 icmp_seq 0 ttl t Packet 8 64 bytes from 192 168 1 1 icmp_seg 0 ttl t Packet 9 64 bytes from 192 168 1 1 icmp_seq 0 ttl t lt gt Figure 7 7 Ping Test Result When the airClient in Bridge mode is associated with an airPoint Nexus you can do a Throughput Test to test the speed of the link Follow the steps below to do a Throughput Test 1 Enter a valid IP address of the far Radio 2 Click on the Radio Receive button on the near radio under the Throughput Test and the Radio Transmit button at the far radio irCli TM i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 56 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 3 The Throughput test will start and the result wi
11. Current Display the current operational mode Operational mode User can change the current operational mode LED Control 7 1 1 SNMP Security The user can edit the SNMP Community String and SNMP Access filters The SNMP community needs to match with the SNMP monitoring software used The SNMP Access Filters allows you to determine which host s is authorized to monitor the device using SNMP It is recommended that you set this for security reason and to prevent an attack To change the SNMP security settings click on the SNMP security link in the System Configuration page Figure 7 2 shows the SNMP Security Configuration page eee airClient Nexus User Guide Page 49 of 64 intelligent wireless platform Follow the steps below to change the SNMP security settings 1 Enter New Community and Confirm Community with the same string 2 Check the SNMP Access Filters Enable box 3 Enter Access Filters IP Address and Mask Up to three IP s settings can be entered 4 Click the Apply Changes button System Configuration SNMP Security airClient sB3410 Router mode SNMP Security SNMP Community essesse New Community eeeeceeeese Confirm Community eeeeeeeee SNMP Access Filters Enable 1 IP Dope Ol ES ek H Mask m D Ps eT Fs WV Su 2 IP D Lei jet kt DH Mask dl
12. System Configuration drop down menu The System Configuration will be displayed 2 Click on the Current Operational Mode link to go to the System Configuration page Choose Router or NAT under the Remote Device option 3 Click on Apply Changes A confirmation pop up window will be displayed 4 Enter the fields for IP Address IP Mask and Gateway for Ethernet Configuration and Wireless Configuration 5 Enter the SSID and the Domain of a remote radio 6 Click on Apply Changes button to change the settings The device will be rebooted and set to the chosen operational mode Confirm Ethernet and Wireless Configuration Ethernet Configuration IP Address 192 DE IP Mask o Wireless Configuration IP Address 192 1168 2 207 IP Mask im o 0 D D Gateway o DHCP O SSID NEXUS_MASTER Domain FCC v Apply Changes Figure 2 7 Changing airClient Bridge to airClient Router NAT Re TN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 19 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 2 6 airClient Router NAT to airClient Bridge Follow the steps below to change airClient Router NAT mode to airClient Bridge Mode 1 Go to Tools System Configuration drop down menu The System Configu
13. The distance will be displayed in the Distance text box Re TN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 57 of 66 intelligent wireless platform GPS Calculator Latitude1 Longitude Latitude2 Longitude2 00 03 00 NM 00 00 00 w 00 00 05 HS 00 00 00 Wy Compute Distance Course 1 2 Degrees Course 2 1 Degrees Distance o miles Figure 7 9 Link Budget Planning Calculator GPS Calculator Once the distance is computed follow the steps below for the link budget calculations 1 Select the radio mode for station 1 and 2 2 Enter the transmit output power in dBm for station 1 and 2 3 Enter the antenna Gain in dB for station 1 and 2 4 Enter the Cable Losses in dB for station 1 and 2 5 Click the Compute Link Budget button to calculate the link budget information 6 The link budget information will be displayed in the following figure The link budget information includes the EIRP Free Space Loss and Theoretical RSSI The Receive Sensitivity Maximum Transmit Power System Gain and Available Fade Margin at various Link Speeds are also computed and displayed in a table The 1ldeal fade margin for a link is between 10 dB to 20 dB for a stable link base on the environmental condition of a region Fresnel Zone Clearance Required will also be displayed irCli TM i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 58 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Distance from Roo
14. 1 System Configuration Page Items Page Item Descriptions Displays name of airClient unit Allows user to change airClient unit name Displays description of airClient unit Allows user to change airClient unit description System Name System Description SNMP Security Access the SNMP security settings Reset Reset device Aspe TO Factory Reset device to factory defaults efaults Delayed Reset Schedule a reset NTP Server NTP server setup as well as NTP time if server is setup Software Version Display the installed firmware version Radio Firmware Versi Display the installed radio firmware version ersion Edit Configuration Provide links to edit IP radio configurations Ethernet MTU Size Set the Ethernet MTU Size Syslog server IP Display the current message Syslog server IP Address Address User can change the IP address SNMP Trap IP Display the current SNMP trap IP address User can change the IP address Log Level Display the current Log Level Suspends Enables the radio defenders If the Watch Guard is Suspended the defenders will stop for 2 hours and start again thereafter WatchGuard If the Watch Guard is enabled the radio defender s will start immediately Note The Radio Defenders will monitor the Wireless Association Status automatically and traffic and take corrective action if needed Display the current led on status User can change the LED status to on off
15. Clicking on the UNDERLINED parameter heading allows you to edit the configuration parameters To change the Ethernet Configuration parameters click on the Ethernet Configuration link Similarly clicking on the Wireless Configuration link the Radio Configuration page will be displayed to edit any wireless settings The figure below shows the Ethernet Configuration parameters in editable boxes To save the changes to the system click on the Apply Changes button Note Clicking the web browser s Back button returns to the previous screen without saving any changes Changes are saved only when the user clicks the Apply Changes button The Navigation menu bar contains menu items that allow user to go to different configuration pages The following table summarizes functionalities available for the menu item links Table 2 2 Description of Menus Menu Item Menu Sub items Description Home Summary Information Displays summary page with information such as Ethernet and Wireless IP settings Allows user to set the IP settings for Ethernet wired side and Wireless interfaces depending on the device operational mode LA TM airClient Nexus User Guide Page 14 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Menu Item Menu Sub items Description Networking Bridge Configuration Displays the bridge address generic bridge port table spanning tree port table for por
16. Page 37 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Follow the steps below to disable the Data Encryption L 2 3 4 Click the Data Encryption link from the Radio Main page If it is in Shared key mode please set to Open System before you can click Disable Click the Disable button on the WEP Click the Apply Changes button to change the settings Figure 2 24 Data Encryption Disable irCli i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 38 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 3 Performance Parameters and Bandwidth Controller This chapter gives instructions for editing the wireless radio protocol parameters to optimize radio performance and changing the Bandwidth Controller These procedures are the same for all the three modes 3 1 Link Performance Parameters and Features The radio protocol parameters are 1 Fragment Length between 256 and 2346 2 RTS CTS between 256 and 2346 3 RSSI Threshold between 90 and 20 4 Preamble settings Long Short or Dynamic 5 Throughput Optimizer Table 3 1 Radio Performance Parameters Page Item Descriptions Fragment Length a Show current value b Change to a value within its range This setting determines the size at which packets are fragmented If the frame that the access point is transmitting is larger than the threshold it will trigger the fragmentation function The use of fragmentation can increase the reliability of frame t
17. below Table 2 1 Description of Parameters Page Item Descriptions IP Address Editable Ethernet IP Address IP Mask Editable Ethernet IP subnet Mask Ethernet Gateway Editable Gateway IP address Configuration DHCP Editable DHCP status Disabled Enabled User can enable DHCP by ticking the check box to obtain an IP address from the network DHCP server SSID Device SSID Wireless Channel Device operation channel Configuration RSS RSSI value when associated Maximum Wireless Maximum Wireless Throughput in kbps Throughput ETH A MAC Address Ethernet A wired side MAC address Display only Port ETH B MAC Address Ethernet B wired side MAC address Information Display only Radio MAC Address Radio MAC address Display only Operational Device operational Current device operational mode either as airClient Mode mode Bridge or airClient Router or airClient NAT mode 2 2 Web GUI Administrator Password Change By default the administrator password is smartBridges case sensitive Follow the steps below to change the Administrator password 1 Click on the Tools User Manager drop down menu in the navigation menu bar An Administrator Password Change GUI will appear 2 Enter the fields for Old Password new Authentication Password and Confirm new Authentication Password 3 Click on the Apply Changes button to change the password Tools User Manager airClient sB34
18. discarded to avoid the very large delays that can arise when too much traffic is queued up Hiel TM i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 45 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Ethernet Traffic Statistics Transmitted error No of packets discarded because of format error Received Bytes Total No of packets received through the particular interface Received Unicast packets Total No of packets received with a specified destination Received Multicast Packets Total No of packets received with a specified destination Received Discards No of packets discarded due to resource limitation Received Errors No of packets discarded because of form at error The wireless statistics is also available from the Radio Configuration Main Page Wireless Traffic Statistics Transmitted Received Transmit Success Rate 2528 Receive Success Rate 26 Transmitted Multiple retry Count 0 Receive Duplicate Rate 0 Transmit Retry Rate 0 Received Frame Count 27 Transmitted Failure Count 0 Received Frame FCS Error Count 6 Aborted Ack Receive Failure Count 0 No of Aborted Frames 1 RTS Fail 0 No of PHY Aborted Frames 2 RTS Success 0 Refresh Data will refresh automatically after every 10 seconds Figure 6 2 Wireless Statistics from Radio Main Page Table 6 2 Wireless Traffic Statistics Wireless Traffic Statistics Transm
19. every 30 seconds Figure 4 1 Site Survey showing associated devices To associate to a particular SSID click the Associate button to establish the wireless link to the access point If WEP is used on the access point then WEP needs to be enabled and the WEP key defined prior to association a airClient Nexus User Guide Page 42 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 5 Antenna Alignment Antenna alignment can be used to optimize the radio performance and check the RSSI and Noise Floor To access the antenna alignment go to the menu bar under Tools and choose Antenna Alignment In order to view this information Link Status from the Radio page use the Wireless Settings to associate the airClient with an access point Click on the Status link to go to the Antenna Alignment page The Link Status page will be displayed as below RSSI Audio Tones are provided to help the user to align the antenna without looking at the link status display Click on the Antenna Alignment Tone to ON button to hear the alignment tones You will need to insert the earphones provided into the earphone jack in the unit For more information on antenna alignment please refer to the Quick Installation Guide To perform the antenna alignment 1 Go to the menu bar and choose Radio menu item 2 From the Radio page use the Wireless Settings to associate the airClient with a root device or acce
20. is a host G use gateway R reinstate route for dynamic routing A installed by addrconf C cache entry reject route D Dynamic Route S Static Route Figure 2 21 Routing Table Follow the steps below to add a static route entry in the airClient Router device 1 Click on Networking Routing Table from the menu bar to access the view routing table page irc li i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 33 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 2 Enter the Network IP Mask Gateway Interface and Metric entry for the new route 3 Click on Apply Changes to add the new static route Follow the steps below to delete a static route entry in the airClient Router device 1 Click on Networking Routing Table from the menu bar to access the view routing table page 2 Click on Del on the right hand side of the route entry to be deleted 3 Click on Apply Changes to delete the route Note Only static route can be deleted e s Operational mode airClient Router Networking Routing Table Routing Table 192 168 3 1 192 168 1 10 255 255 255 255 UGH Ethernet 192 168 3 0 gt 255 255 255 0 U Wireless 192 168 3 0 192 168 1 10 255 255 255 0 UG Ethernet 192 168 1 0 SZ 255 255 255 0 U Ethernet Please wait while your request is in progress Add Static Route Network IP Address 192 3 Mask 255 255 255 Metric 12000000 Apply Changes U rout
21. table is used for authentication 1 4 This value must be matching between the airClient and access point Key Table Display Set WEP keys A maximum of four keys can be set Follow the steps below to configure the Data Encryption parameters 1 Click the Data Encryption link from the Radio Main page 2 Click the Enable button on the WEP 3 Choose the Authentication as Open System or Shared Key by clicking on the radio button 4 Choose a WEP Key Size 64 Bits or 128 Bits from the pull down list WEP key length is 10 characters for 64 Bits and 26 characters for 128 Bits 5 Choose a Valid Key from the pull down list 6 Enter the WEP key in the Key Table entries 7 Click the Apply Changes button to change the settings Note The system will validate the key entries and provide error or warning notifications The user must enter the key indicated by the Valid Key selection WEP Disable Enable Authentication Open System Shared Key Wep Key Type HEX wep Key Size 128 Bits ze Valid Key Second Key M Key Table First Key 1236789abc4501de789456f123 Second Key 1267def123345456789abc8901 Third Key 12345abcdef123456789016789 Fourth Key 12343def178456789562abc901 Apply Changes Figure 2 23 Data Encryption Configuration Re TN airClient Nexus User Guide
22. the Power over Ethernet PoE to a PC or network via the ETH A or ETH B port Please refer to the Quick Install Guide for more information on connections 2 Open a web browser on the PC and enter the device IP address 192 168 0 207 in the web browser address field and press the Enter key 3 A user login box will appear Enter the User name and Password and check the Remember my password checkbox if you want the system to remember the password The default user name is Administrator and the password is smartBridges case sensitive Connect to 192 168 0 207 administrator Remember my password Figure 2 1 Administrator Login 4 Click the OK button A License agreement page will appear as shown in Fig 2 2 below 5 Click Accept The airClient Nexus Summary Information page Fig 2 3 will appear LR TN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 11 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Terms of use D termsofuse S O O READ THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY PROVIDED SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS FROM THE http wuw smarthridges com web support ah nexus asp link COLLECTIVELY AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE BY USING THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU ARE ACCESSING THE SOFTWARE ELECTRONICALLY INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS BY SELECTING THE ACCEPT BUTTON AT THE END OF THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL THESE SE
23. to the SNMP Trap server The SNMP Trap server IP address is set in section The following table provides a list of SNMP traps generated Trap Message IP address Object Identifier 1 3 6 1 4 1 14882 2 1 1 Value lt changed IP address gt Object Identifier 1 3 6 1 4 1 14882 2 1 2 Value lt changed IP netmask gt IP netmask Gateway Object Identifier 1 3 6 1 4 1 14882 2 1 3 Value lt changed Gateway gt SSID Object Identifier 1 3 6 1 4 1 14882 5 1 3 3 Value lt changed SSID gt Radio Mode Object Identifier 1 3 6 1 4 1 14882 5 1 18 Value lt changed Radio Mode gt Note Possible values for radio mode are given in the table below Value airHaul airPoint airClient Remote Router Router 1 Remote Bridge Bridge 2 3 Root Bridge Bridge 4 NAT EEN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 62 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Appendix B Useful terms and definitions Acronyms and Abbreviations MAC Media Access Control RSSI Receive Signal Sensitivity Indication SSID Service Set Identifier DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ACL Access Control List SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol NTP Network Time Protocol STP Spanning Tree Protocol TCP Transmission Control Protocol IP Internet Protocol 802 11h The 802 11h specification is an addition to the 802 11 family of standards for wireless local area networks WLA
24. 10 Bridge mode Administrator Password Change Enter Old Password Enter new Authentication Password Confirm new Authentication Password Apply Changes platform Figure 2 4 Administrator Password Change airClient Nexus User Guide Page 13 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 2 3 Using the Configuration Pages The airClient Nexus configuration system comprises several pages for configuring each parameter A common navigation menu bar is provided at the top of each page for easy navigation as shown in the figure below Summary Information airClient sB3410 Bridge mode Wireless Configuration fiquratio SSID NEXUS_MASTER IP Address 192 26814 207 Channel 56 5280 MHz IP Mask 255 255 255 0 RSSI dBm 41 Gateway NOTE Maximum Wireless DHCP Oo Throughput Kbps 13360 Port Information Apply Changes ETH MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 3C CS ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 3C C6 Radio MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 48 37 Figure 2 5 Navigation Menu Bar showing editable boxes for parameters System configuration information is displayed as read only in each page As shown in the Summary Information page in the above figure Ethernet Configuration Wireless Configuration Port Information parameters are displayed as read only
25. 5535 The cost of using the port to path cost reach the root bridge When selecting among multiple links to the root bridge STP chooses the link with the lowest path cost and blocks the other paths Each port type has its own default STP path cost Ethernet port ETH B 128 0 255 The preference that STP gives to priority this port relative to the other ports e E airClient Nexus User Guide Page 25 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Setting Default Value Range Purpose for forwarding traffic out of the spanning tree A higher numerical value means a lower priority thus the highest priority is 8 Radio port Radio A 100 0 65535 The cost of using the port to path cost reach the root bridge When selecting among multiple links to the root bridge STP chooses the link with the lowest path cost and blocks the other paths Each port type has its own default STP path cost Radio port Radio A 128 0 255 The preference that STP gives to priority this port relative to the other ports for forwarding traffic out of the spanning tree A higher numerical value means a lower priority thus the highest priority is 8 The Radio and Ethernet interfaces are assigned to bridge group by default When the user enables STP and assigns a priority on bridge STP is enabled on the radio and Ethernet interfaces The interfaces adopt the priority assigned to bridge The
26. Bm Average 32 dBm Maximum 32 dBm E Noise Floor Current 94 dBm Average 94 dBm Maximum 86 dBm If you are not able to see the graph please download the Sun JRE available at URL http java sun com j2se 1 5 0 download js Figure 2 11 Link Status 2 7 3 Bridge Configuration In Bridge mode the airClient unit acts as a transparent bridge between the Radio and the Ethernet interfaces The figure below shows the bridge configuration and the table of bridge forwarding information The STP Spanning Tree Protocol is disabled by default irCli i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 23 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Home Networking Logout Networking Bridge Configuration airClient sB3410 Bridge mode Bridge Configuration Bridge Address 00 30 14 1C 3D B7 Number of Ports 3 Type of Bridging Transparent Spanning Tree Protocol Disabled Transparent Aging Time 300 seconds Forwarding Table for Transparent Bridge MAC Address Port Number Local 00 30 14 1F 48 2B 3 yes 00 30 14 1C 3D B8 2 yes 00 30 14 1C 3D B7 1 yes 00 30 14 01 70 14 no Refresh Figure 2 12 Bridge Configuration Information 2 7 4 Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol STP STP is a Layer 2 link management protocol that provides path redundancy while preventing loops in the network For a Layer 2 Ethernet network to function properly only one active path can exist between any two redundant links To create a fault
27. But only allow short preamble capable clients to associate Dynamic a dynamic preamble allows mixing of short and long preamble The Throughput Optimizer is used to optimize the radio Link speed and Throughput performance Optimizer The Valid range is 0 to 10 The default value is 6 Setting a higher value will cause the radio to attempt to establish at the highest possible data rate in an aggressive way A smaller Throughput Optimizer value means a more stable link Note The default value for the Throughput Optimizer is 6 Vary the Throughput Optimizer settings to achieve a more stable link Follow the steps below to change the performance parameters 1 From the Radio Configuration page click on the Performance link 2 Enter the Fragment Length RTS CTS Length and RSSI Threshold in the appropriate boxes 3 Select throughput from Throughput Optimizer 4 Click on the Apply Changes button to effect the changes Fragment Length 256 3346 2346 RTS CTS Length 256 3346 2346 RSSI Threshold 90 Preamble Settings Long Throughput Optimizer 0 10 6 Figure 3 1 airClient Bridge Performance Settings Re TN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 40 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 3 2 Bandwidth Controller Using the Bandwidth Controller on the airClient the user can limit the wireless link bandwidth for the the upload
28. LECT THE DECLINE BUTTON AT THE END OF THIS AGREEMENT Software Copyright and Distribution Licenses airClient Nexus is Copyright 2004 2005 by smartBridges All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution 3 Please refer to the URL below for latest updates to the Software Warranty Statement v Accept Decline Figure 2 2 License Agreement Page Summary Information airClient sB3410 Bridge mod SSID NEXUS_MASTER IP Address 192 168 0 207 Channel 4 2427 MHz IP Mask 255 255 255 0 RSSI dBm 41 Gateway 0 0 0 0 Maximum Wireless Throughput Kbps 512 DHCP Disabled Port Information ETH 4 MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 3D B7 ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 3D B8 Radio MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 48 2B Figure 2 3 Nexus Summary Information Page AE MEN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 12 of 66 intelligent wireless The page information descriptions are provided in the table
29. Ns 802 11h is intended to resolve interference issues introduced by the use of 802 11a in some locations particularly with military radar systems and medical devices 802 11Q IEEE 802 11Q defines a mechanism for tagging frames so that they can be segregated into separate VLANs 802 1 1i An upcoming security standard currently being developed by IEEE that features 802 1x authentication protections and adds AES Advanced Encryption Standard technology a stronger level of security than used in WPA for encryption protection along with other enhancements IEEE 802 1x A security standard featuring a port based authentication framework and dynamic distribution of session keys for WEP encryption A RADIUS server is required SSID Each ESS has a Service Set Identifier SSID used to identify the Radio that belong to the ESS Radios can be configured with the SSID of the ESS to which they should associate By default radios broadcast their SSID to advertise their presence VLAN A VLAN is a switched network that is logically rather than physically segmented VLANs enable workstations and other devices to have a virtual association independent of geographic location or physical attachment to the network These groupings can be based upon organizational unit application role or any other logical grouping WEP Re TN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 63 of 66 intelligent wireless platform According to the IEEE 802 11
30. P relay agent Note The system will validate the input parameters and notify users of invalid entries The DHCP Server IP will be in the same network segment as the device wireless Radio IP EE Server needs to be configured to serve IP range of the wired side Ethernet IP The DHCP Relay Agent is only available to hosts connected to the same LAN segment as the device wired side Ethernet port AE MEN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 32 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Home Networking Logout Networking DHCP Server Configuration airClient sB3410 Router mode DHCP Enable DHCP Server Enable DHCP Relay Disable DHCP and DHCP Relay DHCP Relay Agent a Gal IS Apply Changes Figure 2 20 DHCP Relay Agent Configurations 2 8 5 Routing Table The airClient Router web interface provides viewing of the routes and allows for adding and deleting of the static routes for the airClient Router mode only To view the route entry in the airClient Router device click on Networking Routing Table from the menu bar to access the view routing table page Networking Routing Table Operational mode airClient Router 255 255 255 0 Wireless 192 168 1 0 Ethernet 192 168 0 0 D Refresh 224 0 0 0 Ethernet Gateway Interface Select e Metric Apply Changes Flags U route is up H target
31. e Percentage Throughput test Upload Download Varies depending on the Bandwidth Control signal strength link quality and distance As much as 6 Mbps data throughput with a range of up to 10 miles 16km Signature of Engineer airClient Nexus User Guide Page 8 of 66 intelligent Post Installation Checklist for airClient State wireless platform Zip Code Telephone Number Radio operations Mode Bridge Router NAT SSID of a Radio Up to 32 characters IP address of Ethernet Port 32 bit numeric address IP address of Wireless Port 32 bit numeric address Noise Floor dBm RSSI dBm Channel selected for Link Radio TX Output Power 5 to 23 dBm Model of smartBridges airClient equipment selected for a link sB3410 Antenna Type Parabolic sector Antenna Mfg smartBridges Name of other manufacturer Antenna Polarization Horizontal Vertical Beam width of antenna Horizontal deg Vertical deg Antenna Gain airClient Nexus User Guide dBi Page 9 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 1 Check out the crimping of the Ethernet Yes No cable at both the ends 2 Check out the proper grounding of the Yes No antenna and equipment 3 Ensure no extreme bends or kink s in the Yes No cable 4 Ensure Ethernet cable is not runn
32. e is up H target is a host G use gateway R reinstate route for dynamic routing A installed by addrconf C cache entry reject route D Dynamic Route S Static Route Figure 2 22 Adding Static Route AE MEN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 34 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 2 9 Wireless Settings Management The Radio Configuration Main page can be accessed from the Radio menu The contents will be slightly different for each mode Bridge Router or NAT Radio Configuration airClient Bridge Main airClient sB3410 Bridge mode Wireless Settings SSID ac_Demo Associated MAC Address 00 30 1A 1F 4D 0F Domain FCC Radio Operating Mode Mixed 802 11 a b g Channel 7 2442 MHz Rates 1 Mbps 2 Mbps 5 5 Mbps 11 Mbps 6 Mbps 9 Mbps 12 Mbps 18 Mbps 24 Mbps 36 Mbp 48 Mbps 54 Mbps Auto rate Fallback Enabled Dial a Power 18 dBm Antenna Gain dBm 23 RF Cable Loss dBm 3 Status 2 9 1 Wireless Settings The following table summarizes the information for the wireless settings Table 2 3 Wireless Settings Page Items Descriptions This is the current SSID User can change the SSID The SSID is a unique identifier that SSID wireless networking devices use to establish and maintain wireless connectivity It is case sensitive and can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters Do not include special characters in the SSID When in airc
33. ent by simply buffering the packets at the transmitter and convert them into superframe for the transmission over the wireless interface Packet Bursting Packet bursting is for increasing the throughput by increasing the window size and reducing the time for acknowledgement Packet Compression LZO compression is being used to achieve more throughputs COFDM COFDM involves modulating the data onto a large number of carriers using the FDM technique The Key features which makes it work in a manner is so well suited to terrestrial channels includes e Orthogonality the O of COFDM e The addition of Guard interval e The use of error coding the C of COFDM interleaving and channel state information COFDM is resistant to multipath effects because it uses multiple carriers to transmit the same signal Spanning Tree Protocol STP STP is a Layer 2 link management protocol that provides path redundancy while preventing loops in the network For a Layer 2 Ethernet network to function properly only one active path can exist between any two stations Spanning tree operation is transparent to end stations which cannot detect whether they are connected to a single LAN segment or to a LAN of multiple segments RIP The most popular of the TCP IP interior routing protocols is the Routing Information Protocol RIP RIP is used to dynamically exchange routing information RIP routers broadcast their routing tables every 30 sec
34. enu bar Tools Profile Manager dropdown menu The following figure displays the Profile Manager page Re TN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 52 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Tools Profile Manager airClient sB3410 Router mode Save Profile Save As Installation Profile Profile Description Easy Link Installation Save Profile Profile Table Name Description Schedule Recurrence Installation Profile Easy Link Installation No Schedule Load Profile 1 Profile 1 No Schedule Load Profile 2 Profile 2 No Schedule Load Profile 3 Profile 3 No Schedule Load Last loaded Profile None Description None Profile Calendar Select Profile Select M Time Server Not available Apply Changes Figure 7 5 Profile Manager Table 7 3 Description of Commands Page Item Descriptions Save As Select which profile name to save for the current configuration Profile Beas Description Specify a description for the profile to be saved Save Profile button Click to save current profile n nge Profile Select which profile to load as current configuration Profile D Description Description for profile to be loaded Load Profile A button Click to Load a specified profile Select Profile Choose a profile to schedule 7 2 1 Save Profile Follow the steps belo
35. etworking Traffic Statistics airClient sB3410 Router mode Ethernet Traffic Statistics Wireless Traffic Statistics Transmitted Transmitted Transmit Success Rate ETHA ETHB Transmitted Bytes Transmitted Multiple retry Count 0 1191630 Transmitted Unicast Packets Transmit Retry Rate Oo 3556 Transmitted Discards 0 Transmitted Failure Count Transmitted Errors 0 Received Received Receive Success Rate Received Bytes 364384 Receive Duplicate Rate 0 Received Unicast Packets 2415 Received Frame Count 264620 Received Multicast Packets Received Frame FCS Error Count 175453 Received Discards Ack Receive Failure Count 180 Received Errors RTS Fail 0 RTS Success 0 Reset Statistics Refresh Data will refresh automatically after every 60 seconds Aborted No of Aborted Frames No of PHY Aborted Frames Figure 6 1 Traffic Statistics Table 6 1 Ethernet Traffic Statistics Ethernet Traffic Statistics Total No of packets transmitted from the particular interface Transmitted Bytes Transmitted Unicast packets Total number of packets transmitted to a specified destination Transmitted Discards No of packets dropped because of congestion or an error along the path In most cases packet loss is due to network congestion Packets are
36. form Menu Item Menu Sub items Description Access Filters Reset Resets the device remotely Delayed Reset Schedules delayed reset at a future time NTP Server Allows user to change NTP Server settings Firmware Version Shows firmware s current version Radio Firmware Version Shows firmware s current radio Version Reset to Defaults Resets the device to factory default values Ethernet MTU Size Allows user to set the Ethernet MTU size for different applications Syslog server IP Address Allows user to set the Syslog server IP and log level SNMP Trap server IP Address Allows user to set the SNMP Trap server IP for SNMP trap forwarding LED Control Allows user to turn on off LED Operational mode Allows the User to set the Radio Operational mode Profile Manager Save Profile Allows user to define and save up to three device operating profiles for easy device management One installation profile is always available Operating Profile airClient Nexus User Guide Allows user to load the profile from saved profiles and shows last oaded profile Page 16 of 66 Profile Calendar Allows user to plan and manage the use of different profiles at different intelligent wireless platform Menu Item Menu Sub items Description Link Test Allows user to do a throughput test and ping test These tools cou
37. fownload speed The default is disable with default upload speed of 512kbps and download speed of 6Mbps This is subject to the available upstream bandwidth signal level and distance The user can key in the upload and download bandwidth for the wireless link Follow the steps below to change the bandwidth parameters 1 From the menu bar click on Networking Bandwidth Controller drop down menu item 2 Click on the Bandwidth Controller Enable radio button 3 Enter the desired value for upload and download 4 Click on the Apply Changes button to effect the changes Networking Logout Bridge Configuration Traffic Statistics Bandwidth Controller Bandwidth Control airClient sB3410 Bridge mode Bandwidth Controller Enable Disable Upload Kbps Download Kbps 512 2560 Apply Changes Figure 3 2 airClient Bandwidth Controller a airClient Nexus User Guide Page 41 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 4 Site Survey Tool To access the Site Survey page go to the Tools Site Survey drop down menu The following figure shows the list of SSID from the site survey rows indicate airPoint devices Sr no MAC Address Channel Freq RSSI dBm SSID 2 oonan 6 ermo 73 ma 3 onsounorars e ermo o1 pt Cs omoasea a2 20 20 o esamo a eono O _ Associate SSID airPoint PROOutdoor Refresh Data will refresh automatically after
38. ill find an overview of the User Guide and where to obtain additional information regarding installation and set up Overview of User Guide This User Guide provides all necessary information needed to set up configure and deploy the airClient Nexus The first chapter gives information on the configuration features and the system requirements The second chapter provides detailed information on deploying the airClient Nexus in Bridge Router or NAT mode and modifying the various configuration settings The process of configuring the radio performance parameters and Bandwidth Controller is similar for all three modes and is shown in chapter 3 The Site Survey Tool is explained in Chapter 4 and the Antenna Alignment procedure in Chapter 5 Chapter 6 shows how to display the Wireless and Ethernet Traffic Statistics In Chapter 7 information on the system configuration tools using the Profile Manager conducting Link Test and estimating the Link Budget is given The steps for upgrading to the latest firmware are shown in Chapter 8 The abbreviations and acronyms used in this User Guide are explained in the Appendix Related Publications These documents provide complete information about the Nexus series of radio units airHaul airPoint and airClient e Quick Install Guide QIG e Release Notes e Technical Specification All the information can also be found on our website at http www smartbridges com oe airClient Nexu
39. ing near Yes No a sharp edge 5 Ensure airClient along with antenna is Yes No fixed properly on a tower with the help of nuts and bolt supplied in packaging 6 Ensure antenna is pointed to get the best Yes No RSSI and link Quality 7 Ping response ms 8 Ping success rate Percentage 9 Throughput test Upload Download Mbps 10 Link stability based on observation for 1 Hr Yes No For the latest information on smartBridges products please visit our website at http Awww smartbridges com Ke IN i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 10 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 2 airClient Configuration The airClient can work in one of three modes Bridge Router or NAT The procedures for configuring the various parameters in each mode are outlined in this chapter 2 1 User Login and License Agreement The airClient unit comes with a pre configured default Ethernet wired side IP address 192 168 0 207 and subnet mask 255 255 255 0 This default device IP address should be used when accessing the device configuration management interface for the first time using a web browser Enter http 192 168 0 207 for the URL address In addition the Sun Java Plug in should be installed The PC must be on the same subnet as the airClient unit Follow the steps below to login as an Administrator to the web based configuration management interface system 1 Connect the airClient using
40. is made with the first set time i e Reset time Tools Delayed Reset airClient sB3410 Bridge mode Delayed Reset O Disable Delayed reset dd mm yyyy Hour Minutes Reset time 14 03 2005 E3 2 M jow Recurrence Daily O Weekly O Monthly only once Apply Changes NTP Server Settings IP address of the NTP server 128 250 36 2 Time Zone GMT 08 00 Kuala Lumpur Singapore Current Time Time Server Not available Figure 7 3 Delayed Reset Settings For delayed reset follow the steps below 1 Select date from the calendar that has been provided 2 Select the recurrence 3 Click Apply Changes button to change the settings 4 To disable Delayed Reset check the box provided 7 1 3 NTP Time Server Setup The device time comes from the network time information source The device needs access to a network timer NTP time server source The NTP time server IP can be configured as follows 1 From the System Configuration page click on the NTP Server Setting link 2 A Time Settings page will be displayed Click on the NTP Server Settings link to enable timer settings input 3 Enter a valid NTP server IP address and select the Time Zone The default NTP server is 128 250 36 2 and the default Time Zone is Singapore 4 Click on the Apply Changes bu
41. is network A DHCP server relay can only be configured when the device is in the airClient Router NAT Mode Follow the steps below to configure the airClient Router unit as a DHCP server 1 Click on Networking DHCP Server from the menu bar to access the DHCP configuration page 2 Click on Enable DHCP to start the DHCP server configuration 3 Enter the starting IP address for the IP pool range that can be assigned to a DHCP client 4 Enter the Max number of users for the maximum number of clients which can be assigned an IP address at a time by the DHCP server 5 Enter Max Lease Time in Days Hours and Minutes for all the clients 6 Enter DNS Server IP address es 7 Click on the Apply Changes to change the settings Note The system will validate the input parameters and notify users of invalid entries The Starting IP address will be in the same network segment as the device wired side Ethernet IP address IP address 0 0 0 0 for the DNS Server IP indicates no DNS Server is being used The DHCP Server is only available to hosts connected to the same LAN segment as the device wired side Ethernet port Home Networking Help Logout Networking DHCP Server Configuration airClient sB3410 Router mode DHCP Server Configuration ee DHCP 8 Enable DHCP Server Enable DHCP Relay Disable DHCP and DHCP Relay Starting IP Address 192 168 2 0 Max number of users 20
42. isplayed 3 Select the date and time from the load time calendar Choose a start date with the calendar icon 4 Select the recurrence daily weekly monthly only once 5 Click the Apply Changes button The schedule will be loaded either daily weekly monthly or only once at the specified start date and time 6 To disable the scheduled profile check the box Disable Profile Calendar Re TN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 54 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Select Profile Profile 1 Time Server Not available O Disable Profile Calendar Profile 1 dd mm yyyy Hour Minutes Load time 14 03 2005 Recurrence Daily O Weekly O Monthly only once Figure 7 6 Scheduling a Profile irCli TM i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 55 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 7 3 Link Test The Link Test utility is available from the navigation menu bar in the Tools Link Test drop down menu From the Link Test tools the user can test Throughput and perform Ping Test You can run Radio Transmit or Radio Receive The remote device will automatically start receiving transmitting provided an airPoint Nexus is used The remote radio IP address has to be specified for the test Follow the steps below to do a Ping Test 1 Enter a valid IP address for Far end Radio IP Address 2 Click on the Start button under Ping The Ping result will be displayed
43. it Success Rate No of successfully transmitted unicast and multicast MPDU s Transmit Multiple retry No of unicast MPDU s successfully transmitted after two or more retries Transmit Retry rate No of unicast MPDU s successfully transmitted after one retry Transmitted Failure count No of unicast MPDU s for which the maximum number of retries were exceeded Received Success Rate No of successfully received unicast MPDU s Received Duplicate Rate No of successfully received unicast MPDU s that were a duplicate of earlier frames LS TM airClient Nexus User Guide Page 46 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Wireless Traffic Statistics Received Frame FCS Error Count No of unsuccessfully received frames ACK Receives Failure Count No of frame transmissions for which an acknowledgement response frame was expected but not received RTS Fail No of transmitted RTS frames for which no response CTS frame was received No of Aborted Frames No of PHY Aborted Frames No of frames that are aborted by the radio An aborted frame occurs when it experiences a brief or permanent internal error that interrupts the transmission of the frame No of PHY aborted frames when Imac drops frames This can happen only when PLCP checksum failure occurs Note The wireless statistics is also accessible from the Radio Configuration bottom page airClient Nexu
44. l kel LIU 3 IP TASER EE Er Mask RARES Er Apply Changes Figure 7 2 SNMP Security Configuration Table 7 2 Description of SNMP Page Items Page Items Descriptions Display SNMP Community String that is currently used to communicate to the device through SNMP User can change the SNMP Community String by entering a new Community SNMP Community New Community string Confirm User must enter the same community string as New Community string to Community confirm Display the Current Access Filter status User can change the Access Filter status List of 3 IP filters User can enter the IP address and mask Access Filters IP 7 1 2 Reset Options All reset options power cycles the device and restarts the whole system Reset To reset the device The device will reboot with the current configuration values Reset to Defaults To reset the device to factory default configuration values Delayed Reset To reset the device at a particular time and can be programmed to do so on a daily weekly monthly basis The current time can be set by specifying a NTP server LR TN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 50 of 66 intelligent wireless platform there is one already specified by default and the time zone After enabling the delayed reset specify a time which is valid in reference to current time When recurrence is set to weekly monthly or daily the reference
45. ld be very helpful during the installation phase Link Budget Planning Calculator Allows user to calculate the Link Budget Antenna alignment Shows the link status link quality RSSI Site Survey Shows all the wireless devices operating in the area User Manager Allows the administrator to change the Administrator password Firmware Upgrade Allows user to update to new firmware versions Help Technical Support Information on Technical Support User Guide Online Links to online User Guide Product Registration and Feedback Allows user to register product and provide feedback or suggestions Check for Updates Check on smartBridges website for any software updates About airClient Nexus General system description software version information and warranty information airClient Nexus User Guide Page 17 of 66 intelligent 2 4 Device Mode Configuration wireless platform The device operational mode is displayed at the top right hand corner of each page The Device Mode Configuration allows the user to configure the airClient in NAT Router or Bridge mode NAT This is the default operating mode This mode allows a Local Area Network LAN to use one set of IP addresses for internal traffic and a single wireless IP for external traffic This provides a type of firewall by hiding internal IP addresses and allows sharing by many computers behind the airClient Since these are done in the LAN there is no p
46. lient Bridge mode this is the Radio MAC address of Mac Address the Root Device This is the current radio regulatory domain Domain User can choose the appropriate domain The pull down menu shows a list of domains supported by radio Different domains will show different channel lists Radio sB Enhanced Mode gives better performance with the e compression ON For this reason it does not support 802 11b and Operating third part int mod ird party access point Hiel TM i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 35 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Page Items Descriptions This is the current radio channel in the selected domain This is settable when in airClient Bridge mode user need to enter Channel the same channel as the Root device from the pull down list The radio channel settings correspond to the frequencies available in the user regulatory domain Rates This indicates the current rate at which the radio is operating which can be set as desired by the user Auto Rate Allows radio to fall back to lower data rate Fallback Dial a Power Dial a Power is used to set the output power of the radio at the N Connector The valid radio power range is from 5 dBm to 23 dBm Antenna Gain This is a gain of an antenna attached with the airHaul unit The gain input here is merely for the purpose of display and calculation of the EIRP User can select anywhere between 2 2dBi to 30 dBi
47. ll be displayed 4 Click on the Stop button if you want to stop the test Note The Throughput Test can be done only between Nexus units Link Test airClient sB3410 Bridge mode SSID NEXUS MASTER Channel 1 2412 MHz Association Status Associated RSSI dBm 92 Far end Radio IP Address Ping Test Throughput Test Radio Transmit Radio Receive Stop Throughput Test Transmit Test 1 Successfully uploading 518 Kbits sec Test 2 Successfully uploading 500 Kbits sec Test 3 Successfully uploading 505 Kbits sec Test 4 Successfully uploading 494 Kbits sec Figure 7 8 Throughput Test Result 7 4 Link Budget Planning Link Budget Planning is a very useful tool for link budget estimation The Link Budget Planning Calculator can be accessed from the navigation menu bar Tools Link Budget Planning Calculator drop down menu A GPS Calculator is provided in the Link Budget Planning Calculator page to calculate the distance between two airClient and the access point stations To calculate the distance follow the steps below 1 Enter the GPS co ordinates of Station 1 Lattitude1 and Longitude1 and Station 2 Latitude 2 and Longitude 2 GPS co ordinates may be entered in DD MM MM or DD MM SS SS formats 2 Select the distance units miles or kilometers 3 Click the Compute Distance button to calculate the distance between the two stations 4
48. ments The following are the minimum system requirements for the airClient Nexus web based configuration management tool 1 Operating System either Windows 98 2000 XP NT or Linux 2 Connection to the internet for downloading the latest firmware and Sun JRE 3 Web browser either Internet Explorer 5 0 and higher Netscape 7 2 and higher Mozilla 1 7 and higher or Mozilla Firefox 0 8 and higher A SUN JRE v1 5 and above You may download it from http java sun com j2se 1 5 0 download jsp oe airClient Nexus User Guide Page 6 of 66 1 2 Checklists intelligent wireless Pre Installation Checklist for airClient Organization Name Site Name Add City Stat ress e platform Zip Code Telephone Number Regulatory Standard to be followed FCC ETSI Frequency Band 2 4GHz 5 25 5 35 5 47 5 725 5 725 5 805 Maximum Output Power as per the 100mW 1W 4W Regulatory Authority Latitude Deg Min Sec Longitude Deg Min Sec UPS Installed Yes No UPS specification if any KVA Line Voltage 90V 264V AC 50 60 Hz Near Line of site between sites Yes No 10 Height of tower Feet Meters 11 Repeater required to achieve a link Yes No 12 If Repeater required then reason why For example to achieve long distance LOS etc 13 No of repeaters required No 14 Required Throughput Mbps 15 Distance between sites Miles km 16 Antenna Type Parabolic sector
49. onds by default Other RIP equipments will listen for these RIP broadcasts and update their own route tables DHCP Re TN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 64 of 66 intelligent wireless platform DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and is a means for networked computers to get their TCP IP networking settings from a central server Importantly DHCP assigns IP addresses and other TCP IP configuration parameters automatically SNMP Short for Simple Network Management Protocol a set of protocols for managing complex networks The first versions of SNMP were developed in the early 80s SNMP works by sending messages called protocol data units PDUs to different parts of a network SNMP compliant devices called agents store data about themselves in Management Information Bases MIB and return this data to the SNMP requesters SYSLOG In order to track information on events device jobs and packets flows most security devices out put these events using the syslog information model This output uses a specific format and protocol defined in RFC 3164 Ke TM airClient Nexus User Guide Page 65 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Appendix C License airClient Nexus is Copyright 2004 2005 by smartBridges All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redis
50. orm 3 Choose a radio regulatory domain and channel from the drop down lists 4 Select the transmit power of the radio from the Dial in Power drop down menu and select the appropriate gain of the antenna 5 Enterthe RF cable loss based on the cable specifications 6 Click Apply Changes The units will attempt to associate 7 Click on the View Association Table to check for the associated clients Home Networking Logout Radio Configuration airClient Bridge Main airClient sB3410 Bridge mode SSID INEXUS_MASTER MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 48 23 Domain FCC v Radio Operating Mode sB Enhanced Mode Compression On Channel 4 2427 MHz a Rates Cp Mbps 9 Mbps 12 Mbps 18 Mbps 24 Mbps 36 Mbps O 48 Mbps 54 Mbps Auto rate Fallback Dial a Power 18dBm vw Antenna Gain dBm 23 e RF Cable Lass dBm 3 Status Apply Changes Figure 2 10 airClient Bridge Wireless Settings Click on Status to view the association link status graph a airClient Nexus User Guide Page 22 of 66 intelligent wireless platform State Associated MAC 00 30 1A 1F 4D 0F Current Channel 7 2442 MHz Associated Antenna Alignme t Tone QOn Off Link Status for 00 30 1A 1F 4D 0F 0 20 S gz 40 o Li a 60 ol E n 80 Aa A A A RS N mes Time E RSSI Current 32 d
51. ossibility of conflict with IP addresses in the public or wireless network This is in the Client Infrastructure mode Router A normal routing functionality is provided in this mode This is in Client Infrastructure mode Bridge A transparent bridging functionality is provided in this mode which uses WDS implementation System Configuration airClient sB3410 NAT mode System Configuration System Name Nexus System Description Nexus SNMP Security SNMP Security Reset Reset Delayed Reset Delayed Reset NTP Server NTP Server Settings Time Server Not available Firmware Version v1 00 02 Release Notes Radio Firmware Version 1 1 2 16 Edit Configuration IP Configuration Radio Performance Data Encryption Reset To Factory Defaults Reset To Defaults Ethernet MTU Size 1512 bytes Syslog server IP Address 0 0 0 0 Log level SNMP Trap server IP Address 0 0 0 0 Watch Guard Suspended for 6176 seconds Enable Suspend LED Control On Bridge Current Operational Mode O Router NAT Figure 2 6 Device mode settings same for Router NAT mode Hiel TM i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 18 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 2 5 airClient Bridge to airClient Router NAT Follow the steps below to change airClient Bridge mode to airClient Router NAT mode 1 Go to Tools
52. rade button to upgrade the firmware 5 When the firmware tar ball file transfer is completed a message will be displayed on the web page 6 Wait for about 10 minutes or so for the device firmware to be upgraded Once the upgrade completes a pop up window displaying the upgraded firmware version will appear Note During the upgrade period about 10 15 minutes the airClient unit must NOT be reset or power cycled Home Networking Radio Tools Help Logout Tools Firmware Upgrade airClient sB3410 Router mode Firmware Upgrade Current Firmware Version v0 00 02d Upgrade System Software Tar File C SB3410_IXP_v0 00 02a tar Upgrade Figure 8 1 airClient Nexus Firmware Upgrade page irCli i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 60 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Tools Firmware Upgrade System Software Tar File has been transfered The device is being upgraded and will be unavailable for 10 15 minutes DO NOT Reset or Reboot during this time Time elapsed 00 28 MM SS Figure 8 2 airClient Nexus Firmware Upgrade Firmware transferred JavaScript Application Firmware has successfully upgraded Previous version 1 00 01 Current version v1 00 02 Figure 8 3 Successful upgrade pop up window AE TN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 61 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Appendix A SNMP Trap airClient Nexus generates SNMP trap that can be forwarded
53. ransmissions Because smaller frames are being sent collisions are much less likely to occur The range of its value is from 256 to 2346 The default value is 2346 bytes RTS CTS Length a Shows current value b Change value RTS Request To Send CTS Clear To Send The RTS CTS length determines the packet size at or larger than the set value The radio issues a request to send RTS before sending the packet The primary reason for implementing RTS CTS is to minimize collisions among the hidden stations The range of its value is from 256 to 2346 The default value is 2346 bytes RSSI Threshold This function provides better performance in higher noise area The device will ignore any signal below the set RSSI threshold The default value is 90 The range of its value if from 90 to 20 Preamble Settings a Shows current value b Choose other settings available from pull down menu The radio preamble is a section of data at the head of a packet that contains information the airPoint Device and remote devices need when sending and receiving packets airClient Nexus User Guide Page 39 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Page Item Descriptions The pull down menu allows the user to select a long short or dynamic radio preamble The default is dynamic Long a long preamble ensures compatibility with most clients Short a short preamble improves throughput performance
54. ration will be displayed 2 Click on the Current Operational Mode link to go to the System Configuration page Choose Bridge under the Remote Device option 3 Click on Apply Changes A confirmation pop up window will be displayed 4 Enter the fields for IP Address IP Mask and Gateway for Ethernet Configuration 5 Enter the MAC address and the SSID of the remote radio 6 Enter the Channel and Domain 7 Click on the Apply Changes button to change the settings 8 The device will be rebooted and set to the chosen operational mode Confirm Configuration Wireless Configuration SSID NEXUS_MASTER MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 44 30 Domain Channel 1 2412 MHz Ethernet Configuration IP Address IP Mask Gateway Apply Changes Figure 2 8 Changing airClient Router NAT to airClient Bridge irCli TM i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 20 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 2 7 airClient Bridge Configuration The airClient in Bridge mode can only associate with an airPoint M sB3210 in bridge mode This Bridge mode uses WDS implementation The following sections outline the procedures for changing the settings for bridge mode 2 7 1 Ethernet Configuration The Ethernet IP is configured when the operational mode was changed to the bridge mode Follow these step
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56. s User Guide Page 47 of 66 7 Tools intelligent wireless platform Here you will find the relevant information for conducting the different reset options using the Profile Manager and doing a Link Test as well as estimating the Link Budget 7 1 System Configuration The System Configuration page provides a one page tool to configure the airClient device To access the System Configuration page go to Tools System Configuration drop down menu The following figure displays the System Configuration page System Configuration System Name airClient sB3410 Bridge mode Nexus System Description Nexus SNMP Security SNMP Security Reset Reset Delayed Reset Delayed Reset NTP Server Firmware Version NTP Server Settings Time Server Not available v1 00 02 Release Notes Radio Firmware Version 1 1 2 16 Edit Configuration Reset To Factory Defaults IP Configuration Radio Performance Data Encryption Reset To Defaults Ethernet MTU Size 1512 bytes Syslog server IP Address 0 0 0 0 Log level SNMP Trap server IP Address 0 0 0 0 Watch Guard Suspended for 7106 seconds Enable LED Control On Figure 7 1 System Configuration AE MEN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 48 of 66 intelligent wireless platform The following page summarizes the page contents of the System Configuration page Table 7
57. s User Guide Page det intelligent wireless platform Technical Support Center Comprehensive technical support by dedicated smartBridges engineers is available to all customers through the smartBridges support center website The website provides updated tools and documents to help troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to smartBridges products and technologies To access the technical support resources please visit the support center website at http www smartbridges com support You will need to register for certain services and downloads on the smartBridges support center website airClient Nexus User Guide Page 5 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 1 Introduction This User Guide provides information on how to set up and deploy the airClient unit A web based management tool is provided to assist the user to configure the airClient unit for different purposes The airClient web based management tool provides the user with the following features System configuration Device operational mode configuration Ethernet and wireless IP configurations Radio SSID domain channel etc parameter configuration Network bridge STP etc parameter configuration Bandwidth management Antenna alignment Traffic Statistics Site Survey Profile management User management Link Test Link Budget Planning Calculator Firmware Upgrade 60007 SO Os Ooo ee ee ee vc E N 1 1 System Require
58. s below if you need to re configure the airClient Bridge Ethernet parameters 1 From the Summary Information page click on the Ethernet Configuration link 2 Select DHCP enable disable radio button Enter the IP address IP mask Gateway for non DHCP Give the unit a unique IP Address in the designated IP subnet 3 Click on the Apply Changes button to effect the changes Maximum Wireless Throughput Kbps Summary Information airClient sB3410 Bridge mode Wireless Configuration Ethernet Configuration SSID NEXUS_MASTER IP Address 192 168 0 207 Channel 4 2427 MHz IP Mask 255 295 209 0 RSSI dBm 41 Gateway 0 0 0 0 512 DHCP Disabled Port Information ETH MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 3D B7 ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 3D B8 Radio MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 48 2B Figure 2 9 airClient Bridge Ethernet Configuration 2 7 2 Wireless Configuration The wireless parameters need to be configured to allow the airClient in Bridge mode to associate with an airPoint sB3210 in Bridge mode Follow these steps below to configure the airClient Bridge Mode wireless association parameters 1 Select Main airClient Bridge Mode from the Radio drop down menu on the menu bar 2 Enter the SSID and access point s radio MAC address AE TN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 21 of 66 intelligent wireless platf
59. smartBridges airClient Nexus sB3410 User Guide Version 1 4 Copyright smartBridges Pte Ltd All Rights Reserved intelligent wireless platform TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT nn nn Re 4 Overview of User Guide tnter tttttt trn EEEAsttEEEEEEEEASE EErEE EEEnaernEEEn nenet 4 Related Publications 4 Technical Support Center 5 1 INTRODUCTION EE 6 1 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS siafstedesadedepetapafedesndadepesadayeaesededepetadadenaredadepenapidebareidapenenedenden den 6 1 2 CHECKMSTS anya ott arm aren eebe lel ld tele le ole eee state tetes ON 7 2 AIRCLIENT CONFIGURATION eee rrssessnnnnsesemeneeeessnnneneeneeeeesssneneneeeeeeeessnnes 11 2 1 USER LOGIN AND LICENSE AGREEMENT didier 11 2 2 WEB GUI ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD CHANGE iii 13 2 3 USING THE CONFIGURATION PAGES iii 14 2 4 DEVICE MODE CONEIGURATION ttt tttttttEEEEEEEAEEEEEE EEEE EAnnE EEEE n neant 18 2 5 AIRCLIENT BRIDGE TO AIRCLIENT ROUTER NAT 0 0 ccceceeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeenneeeeeeeeeeeensnsneeeeees 19 2 6 AIRCLIENT ROUTER NAT TO AIRCLIENT BRIDGE ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaeeeeeeeeeesesnenaeeeeees 20 2 7 AIRCLIENT BRIDGE CONFIGURATION us iiiiiiisiseerrieerereeeiiieneeeeeeeneeeeennnsee 21 2 7 1 Ethernet Configuration eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerreeeeeetttrrrrtttsstttrrtrrtssstrrrrnnersetesernne 21 2 7 2 Wireless CONIO Etat 21 2 7 3 Bridge Configuration 23 2 7 4 Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol STP
60. ss point 3 Click on the Status link to go to the Antenna Alignment page The Link Status page will be displayed as below 4 Insert the earphones into the audio jack 5 A set of tones are provided to help the user align the antenna without looking at the link status display Click on the Antenna Alignment Tone to ON button to hear the alignment tones Radio Configuration Router Status State Associated MAC 00 30 14 09 4E E6 Current Channel 6 2437 MHz Associated Antenna Alignment Tone On off Link Status for 00 30 1A 09 4E E6 Signal strength dBm gt CH E RSSI Current 78 dBm Average 77 dBm Maximum 74 dBm E Noise Floor Current 98 dBm Average 99 dBm Maximum 98 dBm If you are not able to see the graph please download the Sun JRE available at URL http java sun com j2se 1 5 0 download jsp Figure 5 1 Antenna Alignment Re TN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 43 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Note A jump in the audio frequency from low to high indicates that the RSSI is increasing and vice versa EEN airClient Nexus User Guide Page 44 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 6 Traffic Statistics Wireless and Ethernet Traffic Statistics can be displayed by clicking on the Networking Statistics drop down menu The following figure shows the statistics page This page is refreshed after every 10 seconds N
61. standard Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP is intended to provide confidentiality that is subjectively equivalent to the confidentiality of a wired local area network medium and that does not employ cryptographic techniques to enhance privacy WEP relies on a secret key that is shared between a mobile station and an access point WEP uses the RC4 stream cipher invented by RSA Data Security RC4 is a symmetric stream cipher that uses the same variable length key for encryption and decryption With WEP enabled the sender encrypts the data frame payload and replaces the original payload with the encrypted payload The sender then forwards the encrypted frame to its destination The encrypted data frames are sent with the MAC header WEP bit set Thus the receiver knows to use the shared WEP key to decrypt the payload and recover the original frame The new frame with an unencrypted payload can then be passed to an upper layer protocol WEP keys can be either statically configured or dynamically generated In either case WEP has been found to be easily broken WPA Wi Fi Protected Access WPA is a replacement security standard for WEP It is a subset of the IEEE 802 11i standard being developed WPA makes use of TKIP to deliver security superior to WEP 802 1X access control is still employed The Authentication Server provides the material for creating the keys Packet Concatenation Packet concatenation will increase the throughput of the equipm
62. t Device to Remote Device is Please Select Device lairPoint Nexus EN Device lairClient Nexus LA Radio Mode High Band Radio Mode High Band v Tx Output Power dBm 18 dBm 5 to 23 Tx Output Power dBm 18dBm e 5 to 23 Antenna Gain 18 Antenna Gain 18 RF Cable Loss 3 RF Cable Loss 3 Compute Link Budget EIRP 33 33 Free Space Loss 120 4 120 4 Theoretical RSSI dBm 72 72 Recommended minimum 75dBm Available Fade Margin dBm 20 20 Fresnel Zone Clearance Required 17 feet Figure 7 10 Link Budget Planning Calculator Link Budget a F airClient Nexus User Guide Page 59 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 8 Firmware Upgrade The latest firmware for airClient Nexus is available for download from the smartBridges Support website at http www smartbridges com support acn asp The airClient Nexus unit firmware can be upgraded from the web management interface Follow the steps below to upgrade the airClient Nexus firmware 1 Download the latest or a particular release version of the airClient Nexus firmware from the web site http www smartbridges com support acn asp 2 Login to the device web interface Go to Tools Firmware Upgrade drop down menu The Firmware Upgrade page will be displayed as shown below 3 Enter the firmware tar ball file name downloaded in Step 1 4 Click on the Upg
63. tolerant network there needs to be a loop free path between all nodes in the network The Spanning Tree Algorithm calculates the best loop free path throughout a Layer 2 network Infrastructure devices such as wireless bridges and switches send and receive spanning tree frames called Bridge Protocol Data Units BPDUs at regular intervals The devices do not forward these frames but use them to construct the loop free path Multiple active paths among end stations cause loops in the network If a loop exists in the network end stations might receive duplicate messages Infrastructure devices might also learn end station MAC addresses on multiple Layer 2 interfaces Such conditions result in an unstable network STP defines a tree with a root bridge and a loop free path from the root to all infrastructure devices in the Layer 2 network STP forces redundant data paths into a standby blocked state If a network segment in the spanning tree fails and a redundant path exists the Spanning Tree Algorithm recalculates the spanning tree topology and activates the standby path When two interfaces on a device are part of a loop the spanning tree port priority and path cost settings determine which interface is put in the forwarding state and which is put in the blocking state The port priority value represents the location of an interface in the network topology and how well it is located to pass traffic The path cost value represents the media speed
64. tributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution 3 Please refer to the URL below for latest updates to the Software Warranty Statement http www smartbridges com support x TM j airClient Nexus User Guide Page 66 of 66
65. ts ETH A ETH B Radio A etc Bridge configuration option is available when airClient is configured in airClient Bridge DHCP Traffic Statistics Configure DHCP server or Relay This option is available only if airClient is configured in airClient Router NAT mode Displays the Ethernet and Wireless Traffic Statistics Bandwidth Controller Allows bi directional bandwidth management of the wireless link Routing Table Allows user to view add and delete static routes Routing table is only available for airClient Router mode Radio Main Wireless Settings Allows user to set SSID Channel ACL Controls and Country as well as Dial a Power Provides a link to view association Link Status Performance Allows user to set Fragment Length RTS CTS Length RSSI Threshold and Throughput Optimizer Radio Operation mode is set to mixed 802 11a b g by default Data Encryption Allows user to set the WEP Keys and to choose between Open Shared System modes of authentication Wireless Traffic Statistics Displays the Wireless Traffic Statistics Tools System Configuration System Name Allows user to change the name of the airClient unit System Description Allows user to enter a description of the airClient unit SNMP Security Allows user to set the SNMP Community String and SNMP airClient Nexus User Guide Page 15 of 66 intelligent wireless plat
66. tton to configure the NTP The network time will appear on the browser if NTP server is contactable Se TM airClient Nexus User Guide Page 51 of 66 intelligent wireless platform Note Please ensure that the NTP server IP is accessible from the device Use the ping test tool from the Tools Link Test to check if the NTP server can be pinged from the device The device can still operate without the Time Server configuration but you will not be able to perform the Delayed Reset function Tools Time Settings airClient sB3410 Bridge mode NTP Server Settings IP address of the NTP server 128 250 36 2 Time Zone GMT 08 00 Kuala Lumpur Singapore Current Time Time Server Not available Apply Changes Figure 7 4 NTP Time Settings 7 2 Profile Manager The airClient Nexus configuration parameters can be saved as profiles in the system There are four profiles available in the system Installation profile Profile Profile Profile3 Pon All the four profiles contain the same default parameters You can save the current configurations to any of the four profiles and re load the profiles later on or create different configurations and save them under different profiles These can be loaded at different times based on a pre defined calendar schedule The Profile Manager Configuration page can be accessed from the navigation m
67. user can edit STP Priority Bridge Max age Bridge hello time Forward Delay STP Port priority and STP Port Path cost The Transparent Aging Time determines the time to refresh entries in the Forwarding Table The Transparent Aging Time default value is 300 seconds Follow the steps below to configure the bridge STP for device in airClient Bridge 1 Click on Networking Bridge Configuration to access the Bridge Configuration page 2 Choose Enable from the Spanning Tree Protocol pull down list 3 Click on the Generic Port Table link to change the Generic Parameters 4 Enter a value for the STP Priority 5 Enter a value for the Bridge Max Age 6 Enter a value for the Bridge Hello Time 7 Enter a value for the Bridge Forward Delay 8 Click on Transparent Aging Time link to change the Transparent Aging Time 9 Click on the Spanning Tree Port Table link to change the STP Ethernet Port parameters Se ITU airClient Nexus User Guide Page 26 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 10 Enter the values of Ethernet Port Priority and or Port Path Cost for ETHA 11 Enter the values of Ethernet Port Priority and or Port Path Cost for ETHB 12 Enter the values of Ethernet Port Priority and or Port Path Cost for Radio A 13 Click on Apply Changes Button to save to the current configuration file Networking Bridge Configuration airClient sB3410 Bridge mode
68. w to save the current configuration to a profile 1 Selecta profile name from Save As 2 Enter a description of the profile irCli TM i airClient Nexus User Guide Page 53 of 66 intelligent wireless platform 3 Click the Save Profile button to effect the changes Note Existing configuration parameters in the selected profile name will be replaced with current configuration parameters 7 2 2 Load Operating Profile To load the desired operating profile follow these steps 1 Select a profile to load from the Profile Table 2 Click the Load button to load the selected profile Note Current configuration parameters will be replaced by the new loaded profile User will be asked to wait while the new profile loads 7 2 3 Profile Calendar The Profile Calendar allows the user to manage profiles based on different calendar times With it the different profiles and scheduled activities can be configured based on the profiles set for a pre defined time A typical situation is when an operator has two profiles for day and night The two different profiles can be created and saved as Profile Day and Profile Night The Profile Calendar can then be scheduled to activate each profile at the correct time Follow the steps below to schedule the activation of a saved profile 1 Select a profile to schedule 2 Uncheck the Disable Profile Calendar check box A profile calendar will be d

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