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1. Follow the steps below to change the Radio Performance 1 From the Radio Configuration page click on the Performance link 2 Enter the Fragment Length 3 Input the desired RTS CTS Length 4 Choose the Preamble Settings from the dropdown list 5 Enter the Distance of the Remote Device 6 Turn ON OFF Frame Bursting 7 Turn ON OFF Concatenation 8 Turn ON OFF Piggy Back 9 Choose the desired Radio Operating Mode 10 Select an appropriate value for the Throughput Optimizer 11 Click on the Apply Changes button to effect the changes f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 74 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 3 2 Bandwidth Controller Using the bandwidth controller on the root device the user can limit the wireless link bandwidth in the egress direction To effectively control the upload and download bandwidth the user will need to specify the necessary bandwidth parameters on both the airHaul Nexus PRO devices The user can key in the maximum bandwidth of the wireless link allowed if the feeding bandwidth is adequate Follow the steps below to change the bandwidth parameters 1 From the menu bar click on Networking Bandwidth Controller dropdown menu item 2 Click on the Enable radio button 3 Enter Maximum Wireless Throughput for the egress traffic 4 Click on the Apply Changes button to change the settings Bandwidth Controller airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode
2. Root Router ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 3D A0 Radio B MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 49 73 Figure 2 14 Link Aggregate Root Router Mode both radios are associated f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 28 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 5 3 Link Aggregate Remote Router NAT Mode Follow the steps below for configuring the device in Link Aggregate Remote NAT Mode 1 Go to Tools System Configuration drop down Menu The System Configuration will be displayed as shown below 2 Click on the Device Mode link in the System Configuration page 3 Choose Link Aggregate Remote Router NAT option and click on Apply Changes A confirmation Wireless IP pop up window will appear as shown below 4 After setting the wireless IP click on the Apply Changes Refer to the figure below for the confirmation pop up window Note Please look into the Example in the 2 5 2 section while configuring the Wireless IP for the Remote Router NAT 5 Please wait for the device to configure the settings in the Link Aggregate Remote Router NAT Mode Radio A and Radio B will now be in Remote Router NAT Mode 6 Both Radio A and Radio B need to be associated with the respective Radio A and Radio B of the Root device which is configured in Link Aggregate Root Router Mode Note Ensure that both the radios are enabled for Link Aggregate Mode Note Please look at the Radio Configuration Section for the Remote NA
3. Bandwidth Controller Bandwidth Controller Enable O Disable Maximum Wireless Throughput Kbps 16384 Apply Changes Figure 3 2 Bandwidth Controller f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 750f 113 intelligent wireless platform 4 Quality of Service QoS The primary goal of QoS is to provide priority such as dedicated bandwidth controlled jitter and latency required by some real time and interactive traffic and improved loss characteristics Another important goal is ensuring that by providing priority for one or more flows does not make compromise other flows QoS in 802 11 is defined by the IEEE 802 11e set of standards Wireless Multimedia Extensions WME also known as Wi Fi Multimedia WMM is a Wi Fi Alliance certification based on this IEEE 802 11e WMM prioritizes traffic according to 4 AC Access Categories voice video best effort and background However it does not provide guaranteed throughput It is suitable for interactive applications that require QoS such as Wi Fi Voice over IP VoIP Follow the steps below to Enable QoS 1 From the menu bar click on Networking QoS drop down menu item 2 Click on QoS Enable radio button A confirmation window pops up as shown in the figure below QoS Enable Disable airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Apply Changes JavaScript Application D Enable QoS Bandwidth Controller wil
4. Bandwidth Controller e Bandwidth Controller will define the Maximum upload Wireless Throughput Kbps for a radio e Maximum bandwidth for sB3021 is 20 amp 30 Mbps in Repeater and Link Aggregate mode respectively 5 Sp R airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide S Page 106 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Link Test e Web based ping test and throughput test option is available for testing a link Association of Radio e Inthe 5 GHz band due to DFS requirements avoidance of interfering with Military Radar there might be a time delay in association of a radio Usually it will associate within 1 minute e For few channels the radios is required to sense the channel for a full one minute before it will even send out a beacon for setting up a link Firmware upgrade e A Web based firmware upgrade option e Itwill automatically retain the same configuration parameters which were configured before the upgrading Multiple watchdog timers For cases when the device is stuck in an invalid state during firmware upgrade the hardware watchdog timer detects the situation and will restart the equipment gt r airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 107 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Appendix B Useful terms and definitions Acronyms and Abbreviations MAG Media Access Control RSSI Receive Signal Sensitivity Indication SSID Service Set Identifier DHCP Dynamic Host
5. Minutes 00 DNS Server IP 192 168 1 j 1 Secondary DNS Server IP 192a T68 le Ge 2 Figure 2 45 DHCP Server Configurations f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 590f 113 intelligent wireless platform Follow the steps below to disable the Remote Router NAT DHCP server 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 button to change the settings Networking DHCP Server Configuration airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode DHCP Server Configuration DHCP Enable DHCP Server Enable DHCP Relay Disable DHCP and DHCP Relay Apply Changes Figure 2 46 Disable DHCP and DHCP Relay 2 9 4 DHCP Relay Configurations If the user has a DHCP Server the airHaul Nexus PRO Remote Router NAT unit can be configured as a DHCP Relay agent of the DHCP Server for IP address assignment Follow the steps below to configure the Remote Router NAT 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 button to start the DHCP relay agent
6. 240 0 0 0 Ethernet 192 168 0 0 224 0 0 0 Network IP Address EE Metric Ethernet Flags U route 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 Type D Dynamic Route S Static Route Figure 2 48 Adding a Route in the Routing Table 2 H airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 62 of 113 intelligent wireless platform ESCH seen ve mme o LU 224 0 0 0 240 0 0 0 U Ethernet Refresh tetor a ss LE rever Cr Apply Changes e oon Flags U route 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 Figure 2 49 Deleting a Route entry in the Routing Table Follow these steps below to delete a static route entry in the Remote Router NAT 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 routes can be deleted Follow these steps below to add a static route entry in the Remote Router NAT device 1 Click on Networking Routing Table from the menu bar to access the view routing table page 2 Enter the Network IP Mask Gateway Interface and Metric entry
7. A DHCP server relay can only be configured when the device is in Remote Router NAT Mode Follow the steps below to configure the Remote Router NAT 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 maximum 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 maximum Lease Time in days hours and minutes for all the clients 6 Enter DNS Server IP address 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 to be used The DHCP Server is only available to hosts connected to the same LAN segment as the device wired side Ethernet port Networking DHCP Server Configuration airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode DHCP Server Configuration DHCP Enable DHCP Server Enable DHCP Relay Disable DHCP and DHCP Relay Starting IP Address 192 168 0 20 Max number of users 49 Max Lease Time Days D Hours 02
8. drop down menu A GPS Calculator is provided in the Link Budget Planning Calculator page to calculate the distance between two airHaul Nexus PRO stations To calculate the distance follow the steps below 1 Enter the GPS co ordinates of Station 1 Latitude 1 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 4 The distance between the two stations will be displayed in the distance box as shown in the figure below GPS Calculator Latitude1 Longitude1 Latitude2 Longitude2 00 03 00 Ny 00 00 00 iwi 00 00 05 N 00 00 00 Wei Compute Distance Course 1 2 Degrees Course 2 1 Degrees Distance 180 o 3 miles Figure 8 9 Link Budget Planning Calculator GPS Calculator Once the distance is computed the user can do the link budget calculations as follows 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 dBi for station 1 and 2 4 Enter the cable losses in dBm 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 as shown in Figure 8 10 The link budget information EIRP Free Space Loss and Theoretical
9. e If the remote client is configured in a bridge mode and channel needs to be changed then channel needs to be changed at both the radios Router mode e Device will operate in layer 3 to perform routing It is pure routing and network provider has to take care of proper routing as there is no NAT feature in airHaul Nexus PRO e Ina Router mode the association is based on SSID e Remote device configured in a Router mode will automatically follow the Root Bridge for any change in channel For this reason the Remote Router NAT mode is preferred Please select a channel with low interference for setting up a link in the beginning NAT mode e 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 It provides a type of firewall by hiding internal IP addresses and allows sharing by many computers behind the aCNPT Since these are done in the LAN there is no possibility of conflict with IP addresses in the public or wireless network 5 Sp R airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 105 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Radio e Transmit power can be varied between 5 dBm to 23 dBm e To achieve high distance and high throughput at low EIRP 33dBm as per ETSI a high gain antenna 29 dBi with low transmit power of the radio is recommended e Setting up a radio at high Transmit power may result into Amplifier saturation radio tends to distort
10. intelligent wireless platform 2 8 Remote Bridge Configuration The airHaul Nexus PRO units can also be configured to operate as a Remote device to associate with a Root Bridge 2 8 1 Bridge IP Configuration The Ethernet IP is configured during the operational mode change to Remote Bridge mode Follow these steps below if you need to re configure the Remote Bridge Ethernet parameters 1 From the Summary Information page click on the Bridge IP Configuration link to change Ethernet parameters 2 Enable or disable the DHCP by clicking the check box Enter the IP Address IP mask Gateway for non DHCP Assign the unit a unique IP Address with the same IP subnet e g 192 168 0 100 as the Root device it will be associated to 3 Click on the Apply Changes button to change the settings Summary Information airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Bridge IP Confiquration ETH A ETH B RADIO A RADIO B Port Information IP Address 192 168 0 208 ETH MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 4C ED IP Mask 255 255 255 0 ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 4C EE Gateway Hiel O a O sl 1 Radio A MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 53 BC DHCP OD Radio B MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 49 C7 Radio A Wireless Confiquration Radio B Wireless Confiquration SSID NEXUS RADIOA SSID DUT B Channel 132 5660 MHz Cha
11. 10 Throughput Optimizer Performance Fragment Length 256 2346 2346 RTS CTS Length 256 2346 2346 RSSI Threshold 90 Preamble Settings Long Distance 150 Km Frame bursting On Concatenation Off Piggy back off Radio Operating mode sB Enhanced Mode Compression Off Throughput Optimizer 0 10 6 Figure 3 1 Performance Settings Table 3 1 Radio Performance Parameters Page Item Descriptions a Shows current value b Changes 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 Fragment Length threshold it will trigger the fragmentation function The use of fragmentation can increase the reliability of frame transmissions Because smaller frames are being sent collisions are much less likely to occur f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 72 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Page Item Descriptions Default value is 2346 bytes The range of value is from 256 to 2346 a Shows current value b Changes 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 RTS CTS Length the packet The primary reason for implementing RTS CTS is to minimize collisions among hidde
12. 168 0 208 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 Disabled SSID NEXUS RADIOA 132 5660 MHz 30720 ETH MAC Address 00 30 14 16 20 86 ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 16 20 87 Radio A MAC Address 00 30 14 28 F6 B2 Radio B MAC Address 00 30 14 28 F6 B3 IP Address IP Mask Gateway DHCP SSID NEXUS RADIOB Channel 153 5765 MHz RSSI dBm No Association Maximum Wireless Throughput Kbps 30720 RSSI dBm Maximum Wireless Throughput Kbps Mode Root Bridge Mode Remote Bridge Figure 2 10 Repeater Mode with both radios associated airHaul4 Nexus PRO User Guide Page 24 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 5 2 Link Aggregate Root Router Mode The Link Aggregate Mode is used to achieve increased bandwidth high availability and link redundancy Link aggregation is used to optimize port link usage by grouping ports Radio A and Radio B together to form a single aggregate link with a higher bandwidth The Link Aggregate Mode also provides link redundancy without user intervention if one of the link fails However please note that if one of the links fail the bandwidth will be reduced as only a single link is functional Root Internet 583021 Dual Band Antenna Backbone 24 GHz 5x GHz Link Aggregation Remote sB3021 Up to 45 Mbps H 583021 airHauF Nexus PRO Figure 2 11 Link Aggregate Mode As we can see from the above figure both the
13. 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 WLANs 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 protection 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 WPA TKIP encryption A RADIUS server is required SSID Each ESS has a Service Set Identifier SSID used to identify the Radio that belongs 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 virtua
14. Destination Source Port QoS Filters http 192 168 0 208 QoS Filters Microsoft Internet Explorer Domain Name Service 53 Echo 7 Exec rsh 512 Finger 79 Filters for Class 2 File Transfer Protocol 21 FTP data connections 20 Application Filters Application FTP User Defined Filters IP MAC IP Based Dst Sre Dst Sre Port TOS z Destination Destination x 1 255 IP Address 168j H Port Gopher 70 NIC hostname server 101 Ident Protocol 113 Internet Relay Chat 194 Kerberos login 543 Kerberos shell 544 Login rlogin 513 Printer service 515 Network News Transport Protocol 119 PIM Auto RP 496 Post Office Protocol v2 109 Post Office Protocol v3 110 Simple Mail Transport Protocol 25 Sun Remote Procedure Call 111 TAC Access Control System 49 Added Filters for Class 2 Talk 517 Telnet 23 Time 37 Unix to Unix Copy Program 540 Delete Selected Filters Apply Changes Internet Figure 4 8 Selection Menu for Port Type can be customized by user with the port number f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide T Page 80 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 6 Assign the TOS value between 1 and 255 http 192 168 0 208 QoS Filters Micros
15. EVM So we suggest that you try to use lower than the maximum power level e Maximum recommended Transmit power in 5GHz band is 18dBm and in 2 4 GHz band it is 20 dBm e Transmit power and RSSI are important criteria for getting a stable link Throughput Optimizer e The default value for the Throughput Optimizer is 6 e Throughput Optimizer settings is used to optimize the wireless link throughput e Smaller Throughput Optimizer value means more stable link Performance The primary reason for implementing RTS CTS is to minimize collisions and retransmission in a highly overcrowded Fragmentation e Fragmentation can be used to avoid retransmission of the packets e The fragment size value can typically be set between 256 and 2 048 bytes e Fragmentation can improve throughput if the fragmentation threshold is set just right value Range e Maximum range of sB3010 is 50 Miles Repeater mode e 6 Miles can easily achieved with 23 dBi antenna e More than 6 miles can be achieved by using high gain antennas RSSI e Recommended RSSI value of 75 dB or better for optimal performance Profile manager e With Profile manager one can save load multiple Operating profiles on the device e The Profile Calendar will automatically activate them at defined times e Optimal bandwidth utilization of the bandwidth on the basis of various time intervals as per the traffic pattern of the customer can be achieved through pre scheduling of profiles
16. Link Aggregate Remote Router NAT mode When Configuring the IP address for Link Aggregate Root Router and Link Aggregate Remote Router NAT you are required to assign the IP statically on both Root and Remote sides The Wireless IP address on the Root and Remote devices needs to be 3 host addresses apart The subnet mask cannot be less than 255 255 255 248 For Example Root Router is configured as 192 168 1 208 The following sequence 192 168 1 209 and 192 168 1 210 cannot be assigned to any other hosts Netmask 255 255 255 0 Remote Router NAT needs to be configured as 192 168 1 211 The following sequence 192 168 1 212 and 192 168 1 213 cannot be assigned to any other hosts Netmask 255 255 255 0 f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 26 of 113 intelligent wireless platform System Configuration airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Semmes System besenpton mms OO NTP Server NTP Server Settings Time Server Not available Time Server Not available NTP Server Settings Time Server Not available Edit Configuration IP Configuration Performance Security Radio B Performance Security Reset To Factory Defaults Reset To Defaults Ethernet MTU Size 1512 bytes Syslog server IP Address 192 168 1 1 Log level Informational SNMP Trap server IP Address 0 0 0 0 Watch Guard Enabled Suspend Device Mode p Link Agrreqgate Root Router Mode 3 Radio A Link Agregate Remote Router Mode Ra
17. RSSI are computed and displayed The Receive Sensitivity Maximum Transmit Power System Gain and Available Fade Margin at various Link Speeds are also computed and displayed in a table f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 101 of 113 intelligent wireless platform The ideal fade margin for a link is between 10 dBm to 20 dBm for a stable link based on the environmental conditions of the area The Fresnel Zone Clearance required will also be displayed Distance from Station1 to Station2 is miles v Please Select Device airHaul Nexus Device airHaul Nexus Radio Mode High Band ze Radio Mode High Band Tx Output Power dBm ba 4 to 23 Tx Output Power dBm 4 to 23 Antenna Gain 18 e Antenna Gain Is sl Cable Loss ge Cable Loss Compute Link Budget EIRP 39 39 Free Space Loss 120 4 120 4 Theoretical RSSI Approximately dBm 65 65 Recommended minimum 75dBm Available Fade Margin 54 mbps dBm 6 6 Available Fade Margin 6 mbps dBm 27 27 EEN Fresnel Zone Clearance Required 5 meters Clear Figure 8 10 Link Budget Planning Calculator Link Budget f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 102 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 9 Firmware Upgrade The latest firmware for airHaul Nexus PRO is available for download from smartBridges Support Center website at http Awww smartbridges com support ah2np asp The
18. Radio Configuration page will appear Click on the Wireless Settings link 3 Enter the SSID of the unit and select whether the SSID Broadcast has to Enabled Disabled 4 Select the Domain and the Channel 5 Select the Transmit power of the radio from Dial a Power dropdown menu 6 Select the gain of the antenna from the dropdown menu according to the gain of the antenna being used with the equipment 7 Enter the RF cable loss based on the cable specifications 8 Click on the Apply Changes button to change the settings Radio A Configuration Root Bridge Main airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Wireless Settings SSID NEXUS_RADIOA Domain FCC v SSID Broadcast Channel 132 5660 MHz ze Dial a Power 18dBm Antenna Gain dBm 23 v RF Cable Loss dBm 13 View Association Table Apply Changes Figure 2 31 Root Bridge Wireless Settings f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 44 of 113 intelligent wireless platform The following table summarizes the information for the wireless settings Table 2 3 Wireless Settings Page Items Descriptions This is the current SSID The user can change the SSID The SSID is a unique identifier that wireless networking devices use to establish and maintain Sp wireless connectivity It is case sensitive and can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters Do not include special characters in the SSID This
19. Radio Firmware Version 1 1 2 17 Edit Configuration IP Confiquration Radio 4 Performance Security Radio B Performance Security Reset To Defaults Watch Guard Enabled Suspend Radar Scan Disabled LED Control on Remote Bridge mode Remote Router mode Device Mode Repeater mode vi Remote NAT mode Disable Radio A Root Bridge mode v Radio B Remote NAT mode e Apply Changes Figure 2 26 System Configuration Page Remote Router NAT to Remote Bridge f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 390f 113 intelligent wireless platform F http 192 168 1 228 airHaul 3021 Confirm IP Conti E BR Confirm Configuration Bridge IP Configuration ETHA ETHB RADIOA RADIOB IP Address 192 168 O 208 IP Mask 255 255 wl O Gateway 0 l l GY el 0 Apply Changes DHCP O S Internet Figure 2 27 Changing Remote Router NAT to Remote Bridge 2 6 6 Remote Bridge to Remote Router NAT Follow the steps below to change Remote Bridge mode to Remote Router NAT mode 1 Goto Tools System Configuration drop down menu The System Configuration will be displayed as shown below 2 Alternatively click on the current device mode link on the top right hand corner to go to the System Configuration page 3 Click on Current Operational Mode Select the Radio that has t
20. Selected Filters Apply Changes Internet Figure 4 5 Selection Menu of Source Destination Based Filter http 192 168 0 208 QoS Filters Microsoft Internet Explorer QoS Filters Filters for Class 2 Application Filters Application FTP User Defined Filters IP MAC IPBased Dst Sre Destination IP Address Dst Sre Port None x 1 255 Custom Port 0 65535 Add to List TOS Added Filters for Class 2 Delete Selected Filters Apply Changes Internet Figure 4 6 IP Address Dialog Box f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide emm Page 79 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 5 Select the Port either Destination or Source based and select the Port Number from the drop down menu Alternatively the Port Number can be customized http 192 168 0 208 QoS Filters Microsoft Internet Explorer Qos Filters Filters for Class 2 Application Filters Application User Defined Fi IP MAC FTP Iters IP Based v Dst Sre Dst Sre Port Destination Source Destination J IP Address Custom Port 0 65535 Add to List Added Filters for Class 2 Delete Selected Filters Apply Changes Internet Figure 4 7 Selection of
21. between sites Yes No Height of tower Feet Meters Repeater required to achieve a link If Repeater required then reason why Yes No For example to achieve long distance LoS etc No of repeaters required Required Throughput Number Mbps Distance between sites Miles km Antenna Type Parabolic sector Antenna Mfg smartBridges Name of other manufacturer Gain of antenna dBi Antenna Polarization Horizontal Vertical Beam width of antenna Horizontal deg Vertical deg Type of external cable type LMR 400 LMR600 etc airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 7 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Length of external cable connecting a Feet meters Radio and antenna Fade Margin taken into account for a link Ideally between 10 to 20 budgeting dBm Model of smartBridges equipment selected sB3021 for a link Grounding Earth to Neutral Voltage Ideally less than 2 Volts Length of the Ethernet cable required for Feet meters powering a unit Choose the best channel which can be Specify channel number used on the basis of site survey with help of scanning tools such as 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 N
22. error or warning notifications The user must enter the key indicated by the Valid Key selection Authentication Open System Shared Key First Key 1234567 acb Second Key 12abcd345f Apply Changes Figure 2 53 WEP Only Configuration f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 68 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Follow the steps below to disable Data Encryption 1 Click the Data Encryption link from the Radio Main page 2 Ifitis in Shared key mode set to Open System 3 Click the Disable button on the WEP 4 Click the Apply Changes button to change the settings WPA PSK To configure WPA PSK follow the steps below 1 Click on the RADIO A Security similarly for Radio B Security 2 Select the WPA PSK from the dropdown menu of the Security Mode 3 Dial the MAC that can be authenticated 4 Enter the WPA Shared Key between 8 to 64 characters in the dialog box provided 5 Enter the re key time by which the authentication is will be checked repeatedly 6 Select the encryption type between TKIP and AES 7 Click on Apply changes to save the configuration details Radio A Root Bridge Security airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Security Mode WPA PSK se MAC Address WPA Shared Key Type ASCII WPA Shared Key Encryption Type Re key time seconds AES Apply Changes Figure 2 54 Configuring WPA PSK airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page
23. for the new route as shown in the Figure 3 Click on Apply Changes to add the new static route f om f airHa ul Nexus PR User Guide Page 63 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Networking Routing Table rati r weiseao gt messo ur me 192 168 1 0 255 255 255 0 Ethernet Please wait while your request is in progress rte ISS en E BEE Flags U route is up H target is a host G use gateway R reinstate route for dynamic routing 4 installed by addrconf C cache entry reject route Type D Dynamic Route S Static Route Figure 2 50 Adding Static Route 2 H airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 640f 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 10 Disabling Radio for Single Radio Operation The Dual Nexus PRO backhaul contains two Nexus PRO radios within a single enclosure for operational flexibility However single radio operation is also possible by disabling one radio and using the other as a Root Bridge Remote Bridge Remote Router NAT or Remote NAT The Disable Radio function is available only when the Device Operational Mode is set as Repeater Mode Note If only one radio is needed ensure that the other radio is disabled Follow the steps below to disable one of the radios 1 Go to the System Configuration Page 2 Click on the Current Operational Mode and select Disable from the dropdown menu of the radio to be disabled 3 Click on the Apply C
24. is the current radio regulatory domain Domain The user can choose the appropriate domain The dropdown menu shows a list of domains supported by the radio Different domains will show different channel lists This is the current radio channel in the selected domain The user can choose other channels from the dropdown list For a more consistent performance after a site survey we recommend that the user select a non overlapping channel setting Channel for the radio The radio channel settings correspond to the frequencies available in the user regulatory domain Note There should be a minimum separation of 40MHZ between the two radio channels 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 the gain of the antenna attached with the airHaul Nexus PRO unit The gain input here is merely for the purpose of display and for calculating the EIRP The user can select anywhere between 2 2dBi to 30 dBi RF cable Loss This refers to the loss of a cable connecting antenna to the airHaul Nexus PRO unit View Lists all associated clients and its link status Association Table Note The default value for Dial a Power is 18 dBm for FCC domain At high TX power levels the radio tends to distort EVM due to the amplifier saturation and this affects throughput If that happens use a value lower
25. log level SNMP Trap server IP Address Allows user to set the SNMP Trap server IP for SNMP trap forwarding Watch Guard The Radio Defenders will monitor the Wireless Association Status automatically and traffic and take corrective action if needed Radar Scan The Radar Scan can be enabled Disabled LED Control Allows user to turn on off LED control Device Mode Set the Current Device Operational mode Repeater Mode Link Aggregation Root Router Mode Link Aggregation Remote Router NAT Mode Profile Manager Save Profile Allows user to define and save up to three device operating profiles for easy device management The installation profile is always available Operating Profile Allows user to load the profile from saved profiles and shows last loaded profile Profile Calendar Allows user to plan and manage the use of different profiles at different times efficiently Link Test Allows user to do a throughput test and ping test These tools could be very helpful during the installation phase Link Budget Planning Calculator Allows user to calculate the Link Budget airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 20 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Menu Item Menu Sub items Description Tools Antenna alignment Shows the link status link quality RSSI This menu item is available when airHaul Nexus PRO is configured in Remote Bridge mode or Remote Router NAT mode S
26. proceeding to configure the appropriate radio in the Root and Remote Mode Note Please refer to the Radio Configuration Section for configuring one radio as Root and the other as Remote System Configuration airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode System Name Nexus System Description Nexus SNMP Security Reset Delayed Reset NTP Server SNMP Security Reset Delayed Reset NTP Server Settings Time Server Not available Firmware Version v1 00 00 Release Notes Radio Firmware Version Edit Configuration 1 1 2 17 IP Confiquration Radio Performance Security Radio B Performance Security 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 5465 seconds Enable Suspend Radar Scan Disabled LED Control On Repeater mode Device Mode is Radio A Root Bridge mode j Radio B Remote Bridge mode v f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 23 of 113 Figure 2 8 Repeater Mode Selected Apply Changes intelligent wireless platform http 192 168 0 208 airHaul 3021 Confirm IP Conti E ff Confirm Configuration IP Address IP Mas Gatewa DHCP Apply Changes Figure 2 9 Confirmation IP Configuration Summary Information airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode 192
27. radios in airHaul Nexus PRO is configured in Link Aggregate mode to bridge the distance from Internet backbone to an office building to provide last mile connectivity They are able to provide a higher bandwidth which cannot be achieved using single radio models In this mode the user needs to ensure that the Remote Device is configured as Link Aggregate Remote Router NAT mode f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 25 of 113 intelligent wireless platform To configure the device in Link Aggregate Root Router Mode follow these steps 1 Go to Tools System configuration drop down menu The System Configuration will be displayed as shown below 2 Click on the Device Mode link in the System Configuration page 3 Choose the Link Aggregate Root Router Mode option and click on Apply Changes A confirmation Wireless IP pop up window will appear as shown below 4 After setting the wireless IP click on Apply Changes Please wait for the device to configure the settings in the Link Aggregate Root Router Mode Radio A and Radio B will now be in Root Router Mode 5 Both Radio A and Radio B need to be associated with the respective Radio A and Radio B of the Remote Device which should be configured in Link Aggregate Remote Router NAT Mode Note Ensure that both local and remote devices are enabled for Link Aggregate Mode Note When using Link Aggregate Root Router Mode the Remote device should be configured in
28. the RSSI This is only available when it is in Remote device mode To access the antenna alignment go to the menu bar under Tools and choose Antenna Alignment Use the Wireless Settings to associate the Remote Router or Bridge mode with a Root device Click on the Status link to go to the Antenna Alignment page The Link Status page will be displayed as shown below RSSI Audio Tones are provided to help the user align the antenna without looking at the link status display Click on the Antenna Alignment Tone On button to hear the alignment tones For more information on antenna alignment please refer to the Quick Installation Guide To perform the antenna alignment 1 Goto the menu bar and choose the Radio menu item 2 From the Radio page use the Wireless Settings to associate to the Root device 3 Click on the Status link to go to the Antenna Alignment page The Link Status page will be displayed as shown below In the case of Root Bridge click View Association Table to view the associated client 4 A set of tones are provided to help the user align the antenna without looking at the link status display 5 Click on the Antenna Alignment Tone ON button to hear the alignment tones Note Different pitch levels indicate a different RSSI value The higher the pitch the higher the RSSI value f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 86 of 113 intelligent wireless platform htt
29. to edit the configuration parameters To change the Bridge IP click on the Bridge IP Configuration link Similarly clicking on the Wireless Configuration link the Radio Configuration page for the particular radio either Radio A or Radio B will be displayed to edit any wireless settings The figure below shows the Bridge IP Configuration parameters in editable boxes To save the changes to the system you need to click on the Apply Changes button f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 160f 113 intelligent Summary Information IP Address 192 168 0 208 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 Root Bridge IP Mask Gateway DHCP SSID RSSI dBm Maximum Wireless Throughput Kbps wireless platform airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode ETH MAC Address 00 30 14 16 20 86 ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 16 20 87 Radio A MAC Address 00 30 14 28 F6 B2 Radio B MAC Address 00 30 14 28 F6 B3 NEXUS_RADIOB Maximum Wireless Throughput Kbps 30720 Figure 2 6 Editable Boxes for Parameter Editing f am f airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide age 17 17 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 4 Navigation Menu Bar The Navigation Menu Bar contains menu items that allow the user to go to different configuration pages The following table summarizes the functions available for each of the menu item links Table 2 2 Menu Functions Menu It
30. traffic and take corrective action if needed Radar Scan Radar Scan can be enabled or Disabled Displays the current led on status LED Control The user can change the LED status to on off Current Displays the current operational mode Operational mode The user can change the current operational mode Sp airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide p Page 92 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 8 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 prevent an attack To change the SNMP security settings click on the SNMP security link in the System Configuration page Figure 6 2 shows the SNMP Security Configuration page 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 settings can be entered 4 Click the Apply Changes button System Configuration SNMP Security airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode SNMP Security SNMP Community eeeeeee New Community eeeeeee Confirm Community eeeeeee SNMP Access Filters En
31. uide s Page 57 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Click on Status to view the association link status graph http 192 168 0 208 airHaul 3021 Radio Status Microsoft Internet Explorer Radio B Configuration Remote Router Status State Associated MAC 00 30 1A 1F 49 C7 Current Channel 11 2462 MHz Associated Antenna Alignment Tone Oon Off Link Status for 00 30 14 1F 49 C7 W 20 40 60 _ E E K KE a Z D La 5 Je a 80 100 PN E RSSI Current 27 dBm Average 27 dBm Maximum 27 dBm E Noise Floor Current 96 dBm Average 95 dBm Maximum 90 dBm If you are not able to see the graph please download the Sun JRE available at URL http fjava sun com j2se 1 5 0 download js Si Applet GraphApp started Internet Figure 2 44 Link Status Noise Floor is the measure of the signal created from the sum of all noise sources and unwanted signals within a measurement system Note If the association status window does not appear click on the link to download the JRE f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide T Page 58 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 9 3 DHCP Configurations The airHaul Nexus PRO Remote 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 its network
32. 1F 4C 62 Root Bridge ETH B MAC Address 00 30 18 1C 3D A0 Radio B MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 49 73 Figure 2 40 Remote Router NAT Ethernet Configurations f om f airHa ul Nexus PR User G uide s Page 55 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 9 2 Wireless Configuration The wireless parameters need to be configured to allow the Remote Router NAT airHaul Nexus PRO unit to associate with the Root Bridge unit Follow these steps below to configure the Remote Router NAT Mode Wireless IP Settings parameters 1 Click on the Wireless IP Configuration link from the Summary Information page 2 Enter the wireless IP address IP Mask and Gateway IP address for the airHaul Nexus PRO unit 3 Check the Enable DHCP checkbox to obtain an IP address automatically from network 4 Click on the Apply Changes to change the settings Summary Information airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode IP Address 192 168 0 2 IP Mask 255 255 255 0 NEXUS RADIOA SSID DUT B ROST dBm Assomation Status Not Associated Maximum Wireless ETH A MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 3D 9F Radio MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 4C 62 ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 3D 40 Radio B MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 49 73 Apply Changes Figure 2 41 Remote Router NAT Wireless IP Configuration f om f airHa ul Nexus PR User G uide s Page 56 of 113 intelligent wireless platform In order for the Re
33. 2 APPENDIX E PRICE NSE ae dende 113 5 Sp R airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 30f 113 intelligent wireless platform About This Document This User Guide is for the networking professional who configures and manages the smartBridges Intelligent Nexus wireless backhaul the airHaul Nexus PRO It provides detailed information on using the web based configuration GUI to configure the airHaul Nexus PRO unit This manual will help you gain a better understanding of how the various components of Nexus work To configure smartBridges products you need to have a fundamental understanding of the concepts and technology of Local Area Networks LAN and wireless networking The system installer will require expertise in the following areas e Outdoor radio equipment installation e Network configuration e Use of web browser for system configuration monitoring and fault finding In this chapter you will find an overview of the User Guide and where to obtain additional information regarding installation and set up Overview of User Guide The airHaul Nexus PRO sB3021 User Guide provides information on how to set up and deploy the unit A web based management tool is provided to assist the user to configure the airHaul Nexus PRO unit for different purposes In chapter 1 the configuration features of the web based management tool and the system requirements are listed Chapter 2 explains how to login as an administra
34. 5 255 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 0 208 for the URL address In addition the Sun Java Plug in should be installed The PC must be on the same subnet as the unit Follow the steps below to login as an Administrator to the web based configuration management interface system 1 Connect the radio using 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 s IP address 192 168 0 208 in the web browser address field and press Enter 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 f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 11 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Connect to 192 168 0 208 smartBridges User name administrator Password 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 Terms of use READ THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY PROVIDED SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS FROM THE http www smartbridges com v
35. 69 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Table 2 6 WPA PSK Page Items Descriptions WPA PSK is an extra strong encryption where the encryption keys are automatically changed called re keying and authenticated between devices after a specified period of time or after a specified number of packets has been transmitted WPA PSK WPA PSK is far superior to WEP and provides stronger protection for the home SOHO user for two reasons The process used to generate the encryption key is very rigorous and the re keying or key changing is done very quickly This stops even the most determined hacker from gathering enough data to break the encryption The key that is used by the clients to get authenticated with the Root WPA Shared Key Bridge Re key Time The time period during which the keys will be re negotiated MAC Address MAC address of the client that can get authenticated WPA2 PSK Based on the 802 11i standard WPA2 was released in 2004 and uses a stronger method of encryption Like WPA WPA2 offers two versions Personal and Enterprise Personal mode requires only an access point and uses a pre shared key for authentication while Enterprise mode requires a RADIUS authentication server and uses EAP Note Currently WPA2 PSK is using the TKIP as the encryption type Follow the steps below to configure the WPA2 PSK 1 Click on RADIO A Security or RADIO B Security 2 Select the WPA2 PSK from
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37. Configuration ETHA ETHB RADIOA IP Address 192 168 0 IP Mask 255 255 255 Wireless IP Configuration RADIOB IP Address 192 168 1 IP Mask 255 255 255 Gateway oe Di Apply Changes Figure 2 29 Changing Remote Bridge to Remote Router NAT f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 42 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 7 Root Bridge Configuration The airHaul Nexus PRO unit is configured in Root Bridge mode for use as a Root device This section provides information on configuring in this mode 2 7 1 Bridge IP Configurations The Ethernet wired side parameters need to be configured for the Root Bridge device to communicate with the wired LAN network The airHaul Nexus PRO unit supports two Ethernet ports function as a bridge The Bridge IP Configuration provides configuration for the bridge IP parameters Follow the steps below to change the Root Bridge Ethernet Configurations 1 From the Summary Information page click on the Bridge IP Configuration link 2 Enter a new IP Address IP Mask Gateway and DHCP status check if it is enabled otherwise uncheck to disable it If DHCP is checked the IP address will be assigned by the DHCP server in the network If there is no DHCP server the device will revert to the previous IP address after 60 seconds 3 Click on the Apply Changes button to change t
38. H MAC Address 00 30 14 16 20 64 ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 16 20 6B Radio 4 MAC Address 00 30 14 28 F8 09 Radio B MAC Address 00 30 14 28 F8 10 IP Address 192 168 0 208 DHCP Disabled 5B3021 TEST ROUTER Channel 165 5825 MHz RSSI dBm Maximum Wireless 16384 Throughput Kbps 132 5660 RSSI dem Maximum Wireless Throughput Kbps 15394 Figure 2 3 airHaul2 Nexus PRO Summary Information Page airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide age 13 13 of 113 intelligent wireless platform The page information descriptions are provided in the table below Table 2 1 Page Information Descriptions Page Item Descriptions IP Address Editable Ethernet IP Address IP Mask Editable Ethernet IP subnet Mask Bridge IP Gateway Editable Gateway IP address configuration DHCP Editable DHCP status Disabled Enabled The user can enable DHCP by ticking the check box to obtain an IP address from the network DHCP server SSID Device SSID Channel Device operation channel Radio A Wireless Rs RSSI value when associated Configuration Maximum Maximum Wireless Throughput in kbps for Radio A Wireless Throughput Mode Displays current operational mode of the radio SSID Device SSID Channel Device operation channel Radio B Wireless RSSI RSSI value when associated Configuration Maximum Maximum Wireless Throughput in kbps for Radio B Wireless Throughput Mode Displays curren
39. MAC IP Based b2 Dst Sre Destination x IP Address 168 O 205 Mask 255 255 Dst Sre Port Destination x Port File Transfer Protocol 21 Tos 1 1 255 O Custom Port 0 65535 Added Filters for Class 2 APPS FTP USER Destination 192 168 0 0 255 255 255 0 TOS 1 Port Destination File Transfer Protocol 21 Delete Selected Filters Apply Changes Internet Figure 4 13 Delete Selected Filters In order to configure the desired Minimum and Maximum bandwidth priority across classes or disable certain classes 1 Goto the QOS main page click on the QoS the page appears as shown in the figure below 2 Key in the desired bandwidth inside the dialog box of Minimum and Maximum Bandwidth 3 Use the scroll bar to select the desired priority for a particular class 4 In order to enable a particular class click on the radio button A tick mark indicates that the particular class is enabled In order to disable click on the radio button and the tick mark disappears indicating that the class is disabled 5 Finally after configuring click on the Apply changes to save the configuration Note 0 indicates default priority Best effort f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Z Page 83 of 113 intelligent wireless platform QoS Enable Disable airHaul sB3021 Repeater
40. 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 address The DHCP 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 f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 60 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Networking DHCP Server Configuration airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode DHCP Enable DHCP Server Enable DHCP Relay Disable DHCP and DHCP Relay DHCP Server IP 192 168 1 1 Figure 2 47 DHCP Relay Agent Configurations Follow the steps below to disable the Remote Router NAT DHCP Relay Agent 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 Apply Changes to change the settings f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide s Page 61 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 9 5 Routing Table The web interface allows viewing of the routes and the addition and removal of the static routes for the Remote Router NAT The Routing Table is common to all the operating modes Networking Routing Table airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode 192 168 1 0 EE eee vem 8
41. PRO configured in Repeater Mode it is possible to extend WLAN coverage while still maintaining a higher bandwidth Internet Repeater Mode ebe Root 83021 sB3010 S Remote Root poua Remote f N sB3012 lt k k E s83010 airHaul Nexus Il 8583021 airHauf Nexus PRO s83012 airHaul Nexus PRO TOTAL Figure 2 7 Repeater Mode In the above diagram we see that the airHaul Nexus PRO configured in Root Bridge Mode is servicing an Internet backbone One radio Radio A is configured as Root and the other radio Radio B is configured as a Remote Bridge or Remote Router NAT In such a scenario the backhaul link can span up to 50 miles 80 km f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 22 of 113 intelligent wireless platform To configure the device in Repeater Mode follow the steps below 1 Go to Tools System Configuration dropdown Menu The System Configuration will be displayed as shown below 2 Click on the Device Mode link in the System Configuration page 3 Choose Repeater Mode option and click on Apply Changes Two dropdown menus for configuring the two radios will appear 4 Radio A can be configured as Root and Radio B as Remote and vice versa 5 Click on Apply Changes A confirmation IP configuration pop up window will appear as shown below 6 Click on the Apply Changes to save the IP configuration 7 Please wait for the device to regain the settings in the Repeater Mode before
42. T Mode Configuration f 5 om f airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 29 of 113 intelligent wireless platform System Configuration airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode n T NTP Server Settings Time Server Not available Edit Configuration IP Confiquration pe Performance Security Radio B Performance Security Device Mode epeater mode Link Agrregate Root Router Mode Link Agregate Remote Router Mode Link Agregate Remote NAT Mode Figure 2 15 Link Aggregate Remote Router NAT Mode Configuration Page 2 H airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 300f 113 intelligent wireless platform airHaul 3021 Confirm IP Configuration OK Confirm Configuration IP Address 192 168 255 255 10 210 10 255 0 ER IP Address 192 168 1 211 IP Mask 255 255 255 L0 Gateway 0 0 0 Apply Changes Figure 2 16 Confirmation Wireless IP pop up window Summary Information IP Address 192 168 10 208 spor After configuring the device in Link Aggregation Remote NAT mode the summary page looks as follows airHaul 5B3021 Link Agrreqate Remote NAT Mode IP Address 192 168 1 211 oe OOO O O malen ETH 4 MAC Address 00 30 14 16 20 64 Radio A MAC Address 00 30 14 28 F8 09 ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 16 20 6B Radio B MAC Address 00 30 14 28 F8 10 Figure 2 17 Link Ag
43. Use the calendar icon to choose a start date 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 check box Disable Profile Calendar f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 97 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Select Profile O Disable Profile Calendar Profile 1 dd mm yyyy Hour Minutes Load time 10 11 2004 JE s ow Recurrence 8 Daily O Weekly O Monthly O only once Figure 8 6 Scheduling a Profile airHa ul Nexus PR User Guide Page 98 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 8 3 Link Test The Link Test utility is available from the navigation menu bar Tools Link Test drop down menu From Link Test tools the user can test Throughput and perform Ping Test The user needs to run Radio Transmit on one radio and Radio Receive on the other to run the Throughput test The user needs to specify the IP address 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 3 Click the Stop button to stop the test Tools Link Test airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Radio A Root Bridge SSID NEXUS RADIOA Channel 132 5660 MHz Associati
44. able 1 IP Oo fa O Je O a O Mack D fel Ble Ole 0 2 IP Me RAP KA SR Mask gere EG PG 3 IP REN EVEN ri EN 6 Mask H ATR EMP Apply Changes Figure 8 2 SNMP Security Configuration Table 8 2 Description of SNMP Page Items Page Items Descriptions Displays SNMP Community String that is currently used to communicate to the device through SNMP The user can change the SNMP Community String by entering a new Community string Confirm The user must enter the same community string as New Community Community string to confirm Displays the Current Access Filter status Aer SME The user r can change the Access Filter status List of 3 IP filters IP The user can enter the IP address and mask Only the specified host or IP can have SNMP access to the airHaul Nexus PRO SNMP Community New Community f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 93 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 8 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 or on a daily weekly monthly basis The current time can be set by specifying a NTP server the
45. airHaul Nexus PRO device firmware can be upgraded from the web management interface Follow the steps below to upgrade the airHaul Nexus PRO firmware 1 Download the latest or a particular release version of the airHaul Nexus PRO firmware from the website http Awww smartbridges com support ah2np asp to your local PC 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 Upgrade 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 about 10 minutes for the device firmware to be upgraded Once the upgrade is completed a pop up window displaying the upgraded firmware version will appear Note During the upgrade period about 10 15 minutes the airHaul Nexus PRO unit must NOT be reset or power cycled 2 airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Tools Firmware Upgrade Firmware Upgrade Current Firmware Version v0 00 05 Upgrade System Software Tar File C SB3021_IXP_v1 00 00 tar Upgrade Figure 9 1 airHaul Nexus PRO Firmware Upgrade page f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 103 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Tools Firmware Upgrade System Software Tar File has been transfered The device is being upgraded and will be unava
46. al Mode and select the radio that has to be configured as Remote Router NAT Click on Apply Changes A confirmation pop up window will be displayed 4 Enter IP Address IP Mask for Ethernet Configuration the IP Address IP Mask and Gateway for the wireless configuration By default the DHCP is disabled and if required it can be enabled 5 Click on the Apply Changes button to change the settings The device will be rebooted and set to the chosen operational mode Note Before changing one radio to remote the other radio needs to be changed to root bridge before doing a apply change f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 34 0f 113 intelligent wireless platform System Configuration airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode 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 00 Release Notes Radio Firmware Version Edit Configuration IP Confiquration Radio 4 Performance Security RadioB Performance Security Root Bridge mode Remote Bridge mode Remote Router mode Device Mode erte VA Radio A Root Bridqe mode v Radio B Remote Bridqe mode vi Apply Changes Figure 2 20 System Configuration Page Root Bridge to Remote Router NAT http 192 168 0 208 airHaul 3021 Confirm IP Conti E BK Confirm Configuration IP Addre
47. atform 8 Tools Instructions on using the System Configuration Tools such as modifying the SNMP security settings and resetting the unit are given here You will also learn how to save the configuration parameters as profiles and use the Link Budget Planning Tool 8 1 System Configuration The System Configuration page provides a one page tool to configure the airHaul Nexus PRO 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 airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode 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 v0 00 05 Release Notes Radio Firmware Version 1 1 2 17 Edit Configuration IP Configuration ae Performance Security Radio B Performance Security 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 146 seconds Enable Suspend Radar Scan Disabled LED Control On Figure 8 1 System Configuration The following page summarizes the page contents of the System Configuration page f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO Use
48. aths 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 2 7 4 STP Settings Configuration STP is disabled by default The table below lists the default STP settings when STP is enabled Table 2 4 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 w
49. ation The STP Spanning Tree Protocol is disabled by default f om f airHa ul Nexus PR User G uide emm Page 46 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Networking Bridge Configuration airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Bridge Address 00 30 14 1C 3D 9F Number of Ports Type of Bridging Spanning Tree Protocol Disabled Transparent Aging Time 300 seconds MAC Address Port Number 1 00 01 02 03 88 D5 2 no 2 00 30 14 1C 3D 9F pi yes 3 00 30 14 1C 3D 40 2 yes 4 00 30 18 1C 4C ED 1 no 5 00 30 14 1F 49 73 4 yes 6 00 30 14 1F 4C 62 3 yes Figure 2 34 Bridge Configuration Information A D TM H airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 47 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 7 3 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 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 p
50. aul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 110 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Appendix C SNMP Trap The airHaul Nexus PRO generates SNMP trap that can be forwarded 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 0 Remote Router NAT Router NAT 1 Remote Bridge Bridge 2 3 Root Bridge Bridge 2 NAT 5 Sp R airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide p Page 111 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Appendix D SNMP MIB The Mib for airHaul Nexus PRO device can be downloaded at http Awww smartbridges com support ah2np asp It contains all the MIB files used in the device How to use the MIB files The user can use a MIB browser compiler available on the Internet to convert the text file definitions to the proper OID form This OID will be of
51. ava sun com j2se 1 5 0 download jisp Applet Graphapp started Internet Figure 2 39 Remote Bridge Association with Root Bridge If the association status window does not appear click on the link to download the JRE Note For Bridge and STP configuration please refer to the section 2 6 3 f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide T Page 54 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 9 Remote Router NAT Configuration The airHaul Nexus PRO units can also be configured to operate as a Remote device to associate with Root Bridge In Remote Mode the unit can operate as Bridge or Router 2 9 1 Bridge IP Configuration The Ethernet IP is configured when the operational mode of one of the radios is configured as Remote Router NAT Follow these steps below if you need to re configure the Remote Router NAT Ethernet parameters 1 From the Summary Information page click on the Bridge IP Configuration link to change Ethernet parameters 2 Enter the IP address and IP mask 3 Click on the Apply Changes button to change the settings airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Summary Information Gateway DHCP Disabled NEXUS RADIOA Channel 132 5660 MHz Channel 0 2407 MHz RSSI dBm No Association Association Status Not Associated Maximum Wireless 30720 RSSI dBm Throughput Kbps ETH MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 3D 9F Radio 4 MAC Address 00 30 14
52. be disabled Figure 4 1 Enabling QoS f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 760f 113 intelligent wireless platform OoS Enabled airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Min Bandwidth Kbps Max Bandwidth Kbps Priority Enable 10 30720 10 30720 Enabled Filters 10 30720 Enabled Filters 10 30720 Enabled Filters 10 30720 Enabled Filters 10 30720 Enabled Filters 10 30720 Enabled Filters 10 30720 Enabled Filters 10 30720 Enabled Filters Note class 1 indicates default value Priority 0 indicates Best Effort Figure 4 2 QoS Front Page Altogether we have 9 different classes which can be configured Note Class 1 indicates the default value In order to define the filters for a class follow the steps below 1 Click on Filters 2 Select the application packet that has to be filtered f om f airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 77 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 3 http 192 168 0 208 QoS Filters Microsoft Internet Explorer QoS Filters Application IP MAC Dst Src Port Filters for Class 2 Filters Application FTP User Defined Fil Dst Sre FTP data connections SSH Telnet SMTP MAC Address Port Select TOS 1 255 Custom Port 0 65535 Add to List Added Filters for Class 2 Delete Selected Filters Apply Changes 3 Se
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54. dio B Remote Bridge mode v Link Agrregate Remote NAT Mode Figure 2 12 Link Aggregate Root Router Mode Configurations 2 H airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 270f 113 intelligent wireless platform airHaul 3021 Confirm IP Configuration OX Confirm Configuration Bridge IP Configuration ETHA ETHB IP Address 192 EE IP Mask 255 255 255 Gateway OE AEA DCH O Wireless IP Configuration RADIOA RADIOB IP Address 192 168 1 208 IP Mask 255 255 255 Apply Changes Figure 2 13 Confirmation Wireless IP Configuration pop up window After configuring the device as Link Aggregation Root Router mode the summary page looks as follows airHaul sB3021 Link Agrregate Root Router Mode Summary Information Bridge IP Configuration ETH A ETH B IP Address 192 168 0 208 IP Address 192 168 1 208 IP Mask 255 255 255 0 IP Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 0 0 0 0 DHCP Disabled Radio A Wireless Confiquration Radio B Wireless Configuration SSID DUTA SSID DUTB 161 5805 MHz Channel 149 5745 MHz RSSI dBm RSSI dBm Maximum Wireless Maximum Wireless Throughput Kbps Throughput Kbps Port Information ETH MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 3D 9F Radio A MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 4C 62
55. e Protocol pull down list 3 Click on the Generic Bridge Port Table link to change the Generic Parameters 4 Enter a value for the STP Priority 5 Enter values for the Bridge Max Age Bridge Hello Time and Bridge Forward Delay 6 Click on Transparent Aging Time link to change the Transparent Aging Time 7 Click on the Spanning Tree Port Table link to change the STP Ethernet Port parameters 8 Enter the values of Ethernet Port Priority and or Port Path Cost for ETH A 9 Enter the values of Ethernet Port Priority and or Port Path Cost for ETH B 10 Enter the values of Ethernet Port Priority and or Port Path Cost for Radio A 11 Click on Apply Changes Button to save to the current configuration file f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 50 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Bridge Address 00 30 14 1C 34 E9 Type of Bridging Transparent Protocol Specification STP Priority 32768 Topology change SE Timer Port Priority STP designated Root 4999 o0301a1c3ae9 Pol Stain STP Root Cost Port Enable STP Root Port Port Path Cost Bridge Max Age Port Designated Root Bridge Hello Time 2 seconds Port Designated cost o o Bridge Forward Delay 15 seconds STP Designated Port 8001 8002 8003 Transparent Aging Time 300 seconds MAC Address Port Number Local 4 2 no 00 30 14 01 98 09 Figure 2 35 Bridge Configuration D TM H airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 510f 113
56. em Menu Sub items Description Home Summary Information Displays summary page with information such as Bridge IP and Wireless IP settings Allows user to set the IP settings for Ethernet wired side and Wireless interfaces depending on the device operational mode Networking Bridge Configuration Displays the bridge address generic bridge port table spanning tree port table for ports ETH A ETH B Radio A Radio B etc Bridge configuration option is available when airHaul Nexus PRO is configured in Root Bridge or Remote Bridge mode DHCP Server Configure DHCP server or Relay DHCP option is available only if airHaul Nexus PRO is configured in Remote Router NAT mode Traffic Statistics Displays the Ethernet and Wireless Traffic Statistics Bandwidth Controller Allows bandwidth management of the wireless link on egress traffic Routing Table Allows user to view add and delete static routes Routing table is available for all the operating modes QoS The primary goal of QoS is to provide priority including dedicated bandwidth controlled jitter and latency required by some real time and interactive traffic and improved loss characteristics Radio Radio A Wireless Settings Radio B Allows user to set SSID Channel ACL Controls and Country as well as Dial a Power 5 airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 18 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Menu Item Menu S
57. end 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 Chooses encryption key size between 40bits and 104bits When key size is changed all 4 keys are lost and the user needs to re enter WEP Key Size 64 bits The user has to input 10 HEX digits 128 bits The user has to input 26 HEX digits 5 i airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide p Page 67 0f 113 intelligent wireless platform Chooses which key in the key table is used for authentication 1 4 Valid Key This value must be match between the root device and the Client Display Set WEP keys Key Table A maximum of four keys can be set Follow the steps below to configure the Data Encryption parameters 1 Click the Security link from the Radio Main page of the desired radio 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 dropdown menu WEP key length is 10 characters for 64 Bits and 26 characters for 128 Bits 5 Choose a Valid Key from the dropdown menu 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
58. er Not available v0 00 05 Release Notes Edit Configuration IP Confiquration EE Performance Security Radio B Performance Security Reset To Factory Defaults Reset To Defaults 0 0 0 0 Log level Suspended for 4041 seconds Enable Suspend S Device Mode Repeater mode w Radio A Remote Bridge mode ze Remote Bridge mode Remote Router mode Remote NAT mode Danan Nisahle Figure 2 18 System Configuration Page Root to Remote Bridge Note Before changing one of the radios to Remote the other radio needs to be changed to Root Bridge first f om f airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 33 33 of 113 intelligent wireless platform http 192 168 1 228 airHaul 3021 Confirm IP Conti E pf Confirm Configuration Bridge IP Configuration ETHA ETHB RADIOA RADIOB IP Address a 168 O 208 IP Mask eil 255 e 0 Gateway of Dr Lei 0 Let OD Apply Changes Internet Figure 2 19 Changing Root Bridge to Remote Bridge 2 6 2 Root Bridge to Remote Router NAT Follow the steps below to change Root Bridge mode to Remote Router NAT mode 1 Goto Tools System Configuration drop down menu The System Configuration will be displayed as shown below 2 Alternatively click on the Current Device Mode link on the top right hand corner to go to the System Configuration page 3 Click on the Current Operation
59. erical 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 5 Sp R airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Z Page 49 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 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 user can edit the 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 in Root Bridge or Remote Bridge 1 Click on Networking Bridge Configuration to access the Bridge Configuration page 2 Choose Enable from the Spanning Tre
60. form 1 3 1 6 1 4 1 14882 1 2 etc The user can use snmpget snmpset or snmpwalk to obtain and set the various values MIB browser errors The directories contain an exhaustive listing of all the required and dependent MIB files However it is possible that at times the MIB browser gives an error that it requires a particular MIB file This MIB file will be standard MIB files which can be downloaded from the net They are defined by RFCs and are readily available Some MIB browsers may give errors in the NEXUS MIB files NEXUS MIB RADIO MIB SLA MIB QOS MIB DHCP MIB ROUTE MIB In such an event try compiling with all the comments removed Comments start with a The important MIB files The NEXUS MIB RADIO MIB DHCP MIB BRIDGE MIB and SLA MIB are common to all the products The user can start with these two files first NEXUS MIB is the parent of all other NEXUS MIB files and is required before compiling any other of the NEXUS MIB files Who can access the OIDs kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk User needs to know the IP address the community password and the OID name number to get set values from on the device User may use the OID name Eg sbaRadiolnterfaceName or the complete OID number 1 3 1 6 1 4 1 14882 5 1 16 0 Caveat kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk The MIB files may change over time User should get in touch with
61. gregate NAT Mode both radios are associated f om f airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 31 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 6 Dual Radio Configuration In the Repeater mode the two radios in the airHaul Nexus PRO are configured as Root and Remote The configuration allows the user to configure the airHaul Nexus PRO unit as Root Bridge Remote Bridge or Remote Router NAT mode By default airHaul Nexus PRO unit is set to Repeater Mode and one radio acts as Root Bridge and the other radio as Remote Bridge 2 6 1 Root Bridge to Remote Bridge Follow the steps below to change from Root Bridge mode to Remote Bridge mode 1 Go to Tools System Configuration drop down menu The System Configuration will be displayed as shown below 2 Alternatively click on the current device mode link on the top right hand corner to go to the System Configuration page 3 Click on the Current Operational Mode select the radio that has to be configured as Remote Bridge and click on Apply Changes A confirmation pop up window will be displayed 4 Enter IP Address IP Mask and Gateway for Ethernet Configuration DHCP is disabled by default and can be enabled if required 5 Click on the Apply Changes button to change the settings The device will reboot and be set to the chosen operational mode f 5 om f airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 32 0f 113 intelligent wireless platform NTP Server Settings Time Serv
62. hanges button to save the necessary configuration Depending on the other radio configuration Bridge or Router a confirmation pop up IP settings window will appear 4 Dial the necessary configuration and click on the Apply Changes button to save the configuration f 5 om f airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 65 of 113 System Name System Description SNMP Security intelligent wireless platform Nexus Nexus SNMP Security Reset Delayed Reset Reset Delayed Reset NTP Server Firmware Version Radio Firmware Version Edit Configuration NTP Server Settings Time Server Not available v0 00 05 Release Notes SBS IP Confiquration Badio Performance Security Radio B Performance Security 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 2063 seconds Enable Suspend Radar Scan Disabled LED Control On i Device Mode R pede EI Radio A RootBridgemode e Radio B Root Bridge mode Remote Bridge mode Remote Router mode Remote HAT mode Figure 2 51 Disabling of one radio Summary Information Channel 11 2462 MHz Maximum Wireless Throughput Kbps 30720 airHaul sB3021 Root Bridge mode ETH MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 3D 9F ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 3D A40 Radio 4 MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 4C 62 Radio B MAC Addres
63. harp edge 5 Ensure airHaul Nexus PRO along with Yes No antenna is fixed securely on a tower mast with the help of nuts and bolt supplied in packaging 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 www smartbridges com f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 100f 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 airHaul Nexus PRO Configuration Here you will learn how to login as an administrator and to change the default password to one of your choice The features of the configuration page as well as the Navigation Menu Bar are explained You will also learn how to configure the dual radios to the desired mode and to convert from one mode to the other Also in this chapter instructions on modifying the configurations of the Root Bridge such as Ethernet Wireless Bandwidth Control radio performance parameters Throughput Optimizer and Spanning Tree Protocol STP are given Similar instructions are provided for the Remote Bridge and Remote Router NAT Finally details on managing the wireless settings are provided 2 1 User Login and License Agreement The airHaul Nexus PRO unit comes with the pre configured default Ethernet wired side IP address 192 168 0 208 and subnet mask 255 25
64. he settings Summary Information airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Bridge IP Configuration ETH A ETH B RADIO A RADIO B Port Information IP Address 192 168 D 208 ETH A MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 4C ED IP Mask 255 a 255 255 a 0 ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 1C 4C EE Gateway 0 0 0 0 Radio A MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 53 BC DHCP O Radio B MAC Address 00 30 1A 1F 49 C7 Radio A Wireless Confiquration Radio B Wireless Confiquration SSID NEXUS RADIOA SSID DUT B Channel 132 5660 MHz Channel 140 5700 MHz RSSI dem No Association RSSI dBm No Association ed An dier 30720 de ra Mk 30an Mode Root Bridge Mode Remote Bridge Figure 2 30 Root Bridge Ethernet Configurations f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 43 0f 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 7 2 Wireless Configurations The wireless parameters need to be configured for the Root Bridge device to communicate with other airHaul Nexus PRO Remotes Follow the steps below to change the Root Bridge Wireless Configurations 1 From the Summary Information page click on the Wireless IP Configuration link of the Radio that needs to be configured as Root Bridge or go to menu bar and from the Radio dropdown menu select the particular radio that needs to be configured with the wireless settings in the Root Bridge Mode 2 The
65. ifferent profiles The different profiles can also be loaded at different based on a pre defined calendar schedule The Profile Manager Configuration page can be accessed from the navigation menu bar Tools Profile Manager dropdown menu The following figure displays the Profile Manager page f 5 m f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 95 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Tools Profile Manager airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Save As Installation Profile v Profile Description Easy Link Installation Installation Profile ze re Save Profile Profile 2 Profile 3 eum men me Profile 2 Profile 2 No Schedule Profile 3 Profile 3 No Schedule Last loaded Profile None Description None L Select Profile Select v Time Server Not available Apply Changes Figure 8 5 Profile Manager Table 8 3 Function Descriptions Page Item Descriptions Save As Choose a profile name for the current configuration to be saved Profile Description Specify a description for the profile to be saved Save Profile button Click to save current profile Change Profile To Select which profile to load as current configuration Profile Description Description of profile to be loaded Load Profile button Click to load a specified profile Select Profile Choose a profile to be scheduled f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 96 of 113 intelligen
66. igured as Root Bridge and click on Apply Changes A confirmation pop up window will be displayed 4 Enter the IP Address IP Mask and Gateway for Ethernet Configuration DHCP is disabled by default and can be enabled if required 5 Click on the Apply Changes button to change the settings The device will be rebooted and set to the chosen operational mode f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 370f 113 System Configuration System Name System Description SNMP Security Reset Delayed Reset intelligent Nexus Nexus SNMP Security Reset Delayed Reset wireless platform airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode NTP Server Firmware Version Radio Firmware Version Edit Configuration Reset To Factory Defaults Ethernet MTU Size Syslog server IP Address SNMP Trap server IP Address Watch Guard Radar Scan LED Control Device Mode Repeater mode NTP Server Settings Time Server Not available v1 00 00 Release Notes LALLA IP Confiquration Radio Performance Security Reset To Defaults 1512 bytes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Enabled Disabled On Root Bridge mode Remote Bridge mode Remote Router mode Radio A Remote Bridge mode E v Remote NAT mode Disable Radio B Remote Router mode v Radio B Performance Security Log level Suspend Apply Changes Figure 2 24 System Configurati
67. ilable for 10 15 minutes DO NOT Reset or Reboot during this me Time elapsed 00 28 MM SS Figure 9 2 airHaul Nexus PRO Firmware Upgrade firmware transferred JavaScript Application Firmware has successfully upgraded Previous version v0 00 05 Current version v1 00 00 Figure 9 3 Successful firmware upgrade pop up window f 5 om f airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 104 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Appendix A Points to Remember Antenna Frequency support e 5GHz antennas will work between 5 2 and 5 8 GHz e 2 4 GHz band antennas will work between 2 4 GHz to 2 485 GHz Gain e 5 Ghz band antenna gain is 23 dBi e 2 4 Ghz band antenna gain is 24 dBi e 29 dBi gain antenna is also available in request Beam width e 3 dB Beam Width 10 5GHz band antenna e 3 dB Beam Width 8 2 4 GHZ band antenna Polarization e Polarization Linear Horizontal or Vertical e Factory assembled sB antennas are vertically polarized e Polarity can be changed from vertical to a horizontal polarity by rotating the dish Mode of Operations Different Modes of Operation e Repeater mode Root Bridge amp Remote Bridge Router NAT Mode e Link Aggregate mode Root Router Remote Router NAT Mode Bridge mode e Device will act as a transparent bridge and will operate in Mac layer e Bridge mode association is based on channel and MAC authorization only ESSID will not be used for the setting up a link
68. ill 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 5 Sp airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Z Page 48 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 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 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 B 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 num
69. istrator password change f om f airHa ul Nexus PR User G uide _ Page 15 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 3 Using the Configuration Pages The airHaul Nexus PRO configuration system comprises of several pages for configuring the various parameters common navigation menu bar is provided at the top of each page for easy navigation as shown in the figure below Summary Information airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Bridge IP Confiquration ETH 4 ETH B RADIO A RADIO B Port Information IP Address 192 168 0 208 ETH 4 MAC Address 00 30 14 16 20 6A IP Mask 255 255 255 0 ETH B MAC Address 00 30 14 16 20 6B Gateway 0 0 0 0 Radio 4 MAC Address 00 30 14 28 F8 09 DHCP Disabled Radio B MAC Address 00 30 14 28 F8 10 Radio A Wireless Configuration SSID NEXUS RADIOA SSID 5B3021 TEST ROUTER Channel 132 5660 MHz Channel 165 5825 MHz RSSI dem 40 RSSI dBm 60 Maximum Wireless Maximum Wireless Throughput Kbps 19384 Throughput Kbps 16384 Mode Root Bridge Mode Remote Bridge Figure 2 5 Navigation Menu Bar The system configuration information is displayed as read only in each page As shown in the Summary Information page above Bridge IP Configuration Wireless Configuration for Radio A and Radio B are configurable The Port Information parameters are displayed as read only Clicking on the parameter heading allows you
70. ite Survey Shows all the wireless devices operating in the area This menu item is available when airHaul Nexus PRO is configured in Remote Bridge mode or Remote Router NAT mode 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 the product and provide feedback or suggestions Check for updates Checks smartBridges website for any software updates About airHaul Nexus PRO General system description software version information and warranty information 5 r airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 21 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 5 Device Operation Mode This section explains the configurations possible in the different modes With dual radios the airHaul Nexus PRO allows for maximum operation flexibility 2 5 1 Repeater Mode Configuration Normally to extend the WLAN coverage of an access point a repeater site with 2 single radio backhauls will be used in a Root and Remote combination This results in a degradation of the link efficiency which could be due to several reasons a single link with larger spacing gives lower bandwidth the Remote might not be in line of sight etc However with the dual radio airHaul Nexus
71. k 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 button to configure the NTP 5 The network time will appear on the browser if NTP server is contactable Note Please ensure the NTP server IP is reachable from the device Use the ping test tool from the NTP Server Settings 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 however you will not be able to perform Delayed Reset IP address of the NTP server 128 250 36 2 Time Zone GMT 08 00 Kuala Lumpur Singapore v Current Time Time Server Not available Apply Changes 8 2 Figure 8 4 NTP Time Settings Profile Manager The airHaul Nexus PRO configuration parameters can be saved as profiles in the system There are four profiles available in the system PONS Installation profile Profile Profile2 Profile3 All the four profiles contain the same default parameters from factory settings User can save the current configuration to any of the four profiles and re load the profiles later on User can also create different configurations and save them as d
72. l Nexus PRO User Guide Page 81 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 8 After adding the desired filters to the list Click on the Apply Changes to save the configuration of the filters There will be a confirmation pop up window Click OK to confirm or Cancel to discard the selection Microsoft Internet Explorer 2 j amp dd filter USER Destination 192 168 0 0 255 255 255 0 TOS 1 Port Destination File Transfer Protocol 21 i Cancel http 192 168 0 208 QoS Filters Microsoft Internet Explorer QoS Filters Filters for Class 2 Application Filters Application Select User Defined Filters IP MAC None vi Dst Src Port None vi TOS 1 255 Custom Port 0 65535 Add to List Added Filters for Class 2 APPS FTP USER Destination 192 168 0 0 255 255 255 0 TOS 1 Port Destination File Transfer Protocol 21 Delete Selected Filters Apply Changes Internet Figure 4 12 Added Filters f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide T Page 82 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Deleting Filters 1 The filters added can be deleted by first selecting the added filters from the list and then clicking on Delete Selected filters http 192 168 0 208 QoS Filters Microsoft Internet Explorer Qos Filters Filters for Class 2 Application Filters Application FTP User Defined Filters IP
73. l 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 f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 108 of 113 intelligent wireless platform WEP According to the IEEE 802 11 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 sta
74. lect whether the packet has to be filtered based on IP or MAC Internet Figure 4 3 Selection Menu of Application Filter http 192 168 0 208 QoS Filters Microsoft Internet Explorer QoS Filters Filters for Class 2 Application User Defined Dst Sre Port TOS IP MAC Dst Src Application Filters ETP Filters MAC Based v IP Based MAC Based 1 255 MAC Address Port Custom Port 0 65535 Add to List Added Filters for Class 2 Delete Selected Filters Apply Changes Internet Figure 4 4 Selection Menu of IP MAC based filter f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 78 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 4 Select whether the packet has to be filtered based on Source address or the Destination address If the packet being filtered is based on IP then enter the IP address Or if it is filtered based on the MAG then enter the MAC address http 192 168 0 208 QoS Filters Microsoft Internet Explorer QoS Filters Filters for Class 2 Application Filters Application FTP User Defined Filters IP MAC IPBased v Dst Sre Select v IP Address Dst Src Port BEBE Custom Port 0 65535 Add to List TOS Added Filters for Class 2 Delete
75. mode Min Bandwidth Kbps Max Bandwidth Kbps Priority 0720 0720 Filters 0720 Filters 0720 Filters 0720 Filters 0720 Filters 0720 Filters HA RR RR R 0720 Filters HI FE FE F F FF FF ese Sellel el E ee eS d i g g i K 0720 Filters Note class 1 indicates default value Priority 0 indicates Best Effort Figure 4 14 QoS Configuration Page 2 H airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 840f 113 intelligent wireless platform 5 Survey The Site Survey tool is available for airHaul Nexus PRO units operating in Remote mode To access the site survey page go to Tools Site Survey drop down menu The following figure shows the list of SSID from the site survey It helps to select the root device with which the remote can associate In order to associate with any of the devices in the list click on the corresponding radio button and press the Associate button rous indicate airHaul root devicess Sr no MAC Address Channel Freq RSSI dBm Security Showing Page of 2 Associate sner 5B3021 TEST ROUTER Data will refresh automatically after every 30 seconds Figure 5 1 Site Survey showing associated devices D TM H airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 85 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 6 Antenna Alignment Antenna Alignment can be used to optimize the radio performance and check
76. mote Router NAT device to associate with the Root Bridge device the user needs to configure the Root Bridge s SSID and channel information for the Remote Router NAT device Follow these steps below to configure the Remote Router NAT Mode wireless association parameters 1 From the Radio dropdown menu choose the radio that has to be configured with the wireless settings 2 Enter the SSID and domain of the airHaul Nexus PRO Root Bridge device 3 Select the Transmit Power of the radio from Dial a Power dropdown menu 4 Select the gain of the antenna from the dropdown menu according to 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 Radio B Configuration Remote Router Main airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode SSID NEXUS RADIOB Not Associated Domain FCC ba Dial a Power 18dBm Y Antenna Gain dem 22 M RF Cable Loss dBm 0 5 Channel 0 2407 MHz Status Apply Changes Figure 2 42 Remote Router NAT Wireless Association Settings SSID DUT Associated Domain FCC Dial a Power 18 dBm Antenna Gain dBm 23 RF Cable Loss dBm 3 Channel 124 5620 MHz Status Figure 2 43 Remote Router NAT Associated f om f airHa ul Nexus PR User G
77. n Radio B Configuration Remote Bridge Main airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Wireless Settings SSID DUT_B MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 47 F2 Domain FCC k Channel 140 5700 MHz Dial a Power 18 dBm E Antenna Gain dBm 22 e RF Cable Loss dBm 05 Status Apply Changes Figure 2 37 Remote Bridge Wireless Settings f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 530f 113 intelligent wireless platform Radio B Configuration Remote Bridge Main airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode SSID DUT B Associated MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 47 F3 Domain FCC Channel 140 5700 MHz Dial a Power 18 dBm Antenna Gain dBm 2 2 RF Cable Loss dBm 0 5 Status Figure 2 38 Remote Bridge Associated http 192 168 0 208 airHaul 3021 Radio Status Microsoft Internet Explorer Radio B Configuration Remote Bridge Status State Associated MAC 00 30 14 1F 49 C7 Current Channel 11 2462 MHz Associated Antenna Alignment Tone Oon off Link Status for 00 30 14 1F 49 C7 0 20 40 60 a v lt ei a E D 5 Je 3 E S D 80 100 N re E RSSI Current 27 dBm Average 27 dBm Maximum M Noise Floor Current 96 dBm Average 95 dBm Maximum If you are not able to see the graph please download the Sun JRE available at URL http j
78. n stations Default value is 2346 bytes The range of value is from 256 to 2346 This function provides better performance in high noise area The device will ignore any signal below the set RSSI threshold RSSI Threshold The default value is 90 The value ranges from 90 to 20 a Shows current value b Chooses other settings available in the dropdown menu The radio preamble is a section of data at the head of a packet that contains information the Root Device and Remote devices need when sending and receiving packets The dropdown menu allows the user to select a long short or dynamic radio preamble The default is dynamic Preamble Settings Long a long preamble provides a stable link Short a short preamble improves throughput performance But it only allows short preamble capable Remotes to be associated Dynamic a dynamic preamble allows mixing of short and long preambles The appropriate distance between the Root and the Remote devices needs to be configured for best results Distance The range of the link which corresponds to the ACK window size Short 802 11g packets can be unwrapped and rebundled into a larger packet to reduce the impact of mandatory gaps between the packets prame Bursung This increases the speed of the 802 11g based wireless networks Frame bursting is sometimes also called packet bursting The benefit of concatenation is that it increases the throughput by Concatenati
79. nd 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 f 5 om f airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 109 of 113 intelligent wireless platform every 30 seconds by default Other RIP equipments will listen for these RIP broadcasts and update their own route tables DHCP 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 output these events using the syslog information model This output uses a specific format and protocol defined in RFC 3164 f 5 om f airH
80. ndard 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 mechanism for creating the keys Packet Concatenation Packet concatenation will increase the throughput of the equipment 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 redundant links Spanning tree operation is transparent to e
81. nnel 140 5700 MHz RSSI dBm No Association RSSI dBm No Association Maximum Wireless Maximum Wireless Throughput Kbps 30720 Throughput Kbps 30720 Mode Root Bridge Mode Remote Bridge Apply Changes Figure 2 36 Remote Bridge Ethernet Configuration f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 52 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 8 2 Wireless Configuration The wireless parameters need to be configured to allow the Remote Bridge airHaul Nexus PRO unit to associate with the Root Bridge unit Follow these steps below to configure the Remote Bridge Mode wireless association parameters 1 Goto the menu bar and from the Radio dropdown menu select the particular radio that has to be configured with the wireless settings in the Remote Bridge Mode 2 Enter the SSID of the Root Bridge airHaul Nexus PRO unit 3 Enter the radio MAC address of the Root Bridge airHaul Nexus PRO unit 4 Choose a radio domain from the drop down list 5 Choose a radio channel to associate the client with the root device 6 Select the Transmit power of the radio from Dial a Power dropdown menu 7 Select the gain of the antenna from the dropdown menu as per the gain of the antenna being used with the equipment 8 Enter the RF cable loss based on the cable specifications 9 Click the Apply Changes The units will attempt to associate Note Clicking on Status will display further details on the associatio
82. nt wireless platform Table 7 2 Wireless Traffic Statistics Wireless Traffic Statistics Transmit Success Rate No of successfully transmitted unicast and multicast MPDUs Transmit Multiple retry No of unicast MPDUs successfully transmitted after two or more retries Transmit Retry rate No of unicast MPDUs successfully transmitted after one retry Transmitted Failure count No of unicast MPDUs for which the maximum number of retries were exceeded Received Success Rate No of successfully received unicast MPDUs Received Duplicate Rate No of successfully received unicast MPDUs that were a duplicate of earlier frames 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 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 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 5 Sp airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Z Page 90 of 113 intelligent wireless pl
83. o Contents of Quick Installation Guide are included in the shipment Availability of Installation Kit Yes No Radio MAC address of airHaul Nexus Yes No PRO Settings configured for pre installation Yes No testing Ping response ms Ping Success Rate Percentage Throughput test Upload Download Varies depending on signal strength link quality and distance Signature of Engineer Name Email Date f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 80f 113 intelligent wireless platform Post Installation Checklist for airHaul Nexus PRO Organization Name Site Name Address Zip Code Telephone Number Radio Operation Mode Repeater or Link Aggregate Mode of Operation PTP 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 for Router mode Noise Floor dBm RSSI dBm Channel selected for Link Channel No Radio TX Output Power 5 to 23dBm Antenna Gain dBi f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 90f 113 intelligent wireless platform Check out the crimping of the Ethernet Yes No cable at both the ends Check out the proper grounding of the Yes No antenna and equipment Ensure no extreme bends or kink s in the Yes No cable 4 Ensure Ethernet cable is not running near Yes No a s
84. o be configured as Remote Router NAT and click on Apply Changes A confirmation pop up window will be displayed 4 Enter IP Address IP Mask for Ethernet Configuration and the IP Address IP Mask and Gateway for the Wireless configuration By default the DHCP is disabled and can be enabled if required 5 Click on the Apply Changes button to change the settings The device will be rebooted and set to the chosen operational mode f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 40 of 113 intelligent wireless platform System Configuration airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode System Description SNMP Security SNMP Security Delayed Reset Delayed Reset NTP Server NTP Server Settings Time Server Not available Firmware Version v1 00 00 Release Notes Radio Firmware Version Edit Configuration IP Confiquration Radio Performance Security RadioB Performance Security Reset To Factory Defaults Reset To Defaults LED control on s y Remote Bridge mode Remote Router mode Device Mode Repeater mode x Remote NAT mode Disable Radio A RootBridge mode v Radio B Remote Bridge mode V Apply Changes Figure 2 28 System Configuration page Remote Bridge to Remote Router NAT f om f airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Paged Al of 113 intelligent wireless platform http 192 168 0 208 airHaul 3021 Confirm IP Conti KBK Confirm Configuration Bridge IP
85. oft Internet Explorer QoS Filters Filters for Class 2 Application Filters Application FTP User Defined Filters IP Z MAC IPBased v Dst Src Destination IP Address 168 0 205 Mask 255 255 Dst Src Port Destination Port File Transfer Protocol 21 vi Tos 1 1 255 O Custom Port 0 65535 Added Filters for Class 2 Delete Selected Filters Apply Changes S Internet Figure 4 9 TOS value Dialog Box 7 After configuring the user defined filter click on the Add to List to add the selected filter http 192 168 0 208 QoS Filters Microsoft Internet Explorer EEK QoS Filters Filters for Class 2 Application Filters Application FTP User Defined Filters IP MAC IPBased M Dst Sre Destination IP Address a LGG 0 205 Mask 255 255 1 Dst Sre Port Destination vi Port File Transfer Protocol 21 x Tos i 1 255 Custom Port 0 65535 Added Filters for Class 2 APPS FTP USER Destination 192 168 0 0 255 255 255 0 TOS 1 Port Destination File Transfer Protocol 21 Delete Selected Filters Apply Changes Internet Figure 4 10 Selected filter list window f om f airHa u
86. on Page Remote Router NAT to Root Bridge http 192 168 1 228 airHaul 3021 Confirm IP Confi E BK Confirm Configuration IP Address IP Mask Gateway DHCP Done Internet E Figure 2 25 Changing Remote Router NAT to Root Bridge f om f airHaul2 Nexus PRO User Guide Page 38 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 6 5 Remote Router NAT to Remote Bridge Follow the steps below to change Remote Router NAT mode to Remote Bridge Mode 1 Goto Tools System Configuration drop down menu The System Configuration will be displayed as shown below 2 Alternatively click on the current device mode link on the top right hand corner to go to the System Configuration page 3 Click on Current Operational Mode select the radio that has to be configured as Remote Bridge and click on Apply Changes A confirmation pop up window will be displayed 4 Enter IP Address IP Mask and Gateway for Ethernet Configuration DHCP is disabled by default and can be enabled if required 5 Click on the Apply Changes button to change the settings The device will be rebooted and set to the chosen operational mode System Configuration airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode 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 00 Release Notes
87. on Status Associated RSSI dBm 52 Radio B Remote Router SSID 5B3021 TEST ROUTER Channel 0 2407 MHz Association Status Not Associated RSSI dem Far end Radio IP Address Fe Type of Protocol TCP ze Time torun _ seconds Max 10 mins Radio Transmit Radio Receive Stop Count Start Showing Ping Request 64 bytes from 192 168 0 206 icmp_seq 4 ttl 64 time 2 64 bytes from 192 168 0 206 icmp_seg 5 ttl 64 time 2 64 bytes from 192 168 0 206 icmp seq 6 ttl 64 time 2 64 bytes from 192 168 0 206 icmp seq 7 ttl 64 time 2 64 bytes from 192 168 0 206 icmp seg 8 ttl 64 time 2 192 168 0 206 ping statistics 9 packets transmitted 9 packets received 0 packet loss round trip min avg max 2 0 2 3 3 1 ms Figure 8 7 Ping Test Result f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 99 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 8 3 1 Throughput Test Follow the steps below to do a Throughput Test 1 Set up a link between two airHaul Nexus PRO units 2 Enter a valid IP address of the radio at the far end 3 Click on the Radio Receive or Radio Transmit button 4 The Throughput Test will start and the result will be displayed 5 Click the Stop button to stop the test The Following Page shows the Throughput Test Results Tools Link Test airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Radio A Root Bridge SSID NEXUS_RADIOA Channel 132 5660 MHz Associati
88. on Status Associated RSSI dem 41 Radio B Remote Router SSID SB3021_TEST_ROUTER Channel 0 2407 MHz Association Status Not Associated RSSI dBm Far end Radio IP Address i Ea Type of Protocol TCP ze Count Start Stop Time to run seconds Max 10 mins Radio Transmit Radio Receive Stop Showing Ping Request Throughput Test TCP Transmit 64 bytes from 192 168 0 206 icmp segq 4 ttl 64 time 2 Test 1 Successfully uploading 10 Mbits sec 64 bytes from 192 168 0 206 icmp_seg 5 ttl 64 time 2 Test 2 Successfully uploading 8 6 Mbits sec 64 bytes from 192 168 0 206 icmp seq 6 ttl 64 time 2 C Test 3 Successfully uploading 12 5 Mbits sec 64 bytes from 192 168 0 206 icmp seg 7 ttl 64 time 2 Test 4 Successfully uploading 10 4 Mbits sec 64 bytes from 192 168 0 206 icmp_seqg 8 ttl 64 time 2 Test 5 Successfully uploading 12 3 Mbits sec 192 168 0 206 ping statistics Test 6 Successfully uploading 11 Mbits sec 9 packets transmitted 9 packets received 0 packet loss round trip min avg max 2 0 2 3 3 1 ms Tt wil SS Si Figure 8 8 Throughput Test Result f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 100 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 8 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
89. on removing overheads from extra frames and interframe latencies Piggy Back is a performance boosting feature which increases the Piggy Back effective transmission speed with no intervention f 3 el j airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide p Page 730f 113 intelligent wireless platform Page Item Descriptions According to the IEEE 802 11 standard specification a single frame combining a plurality of information can be transmitted For example the frame may carry data acknowledgement ACK data poll data ACK poll or ACK poll for transmission Using the piggy back increases the communication efficiency depending on the transfer medium or size of data being transferred Note It can be used for improved performance with compatible devices May not be compatible with third party devices sB Enhanced Mode gives better performance with the compression Radio Operating option For this reason it does not support 802 11b mode The Throughput Optimizer is used to optimize the radio link speed and performance The valid range is 0 to 10 The default value is 6 Throughput Setting a higher value will cause the radio to attempt to establish at Optimizer 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
90. p 192 168 0 208 airHaul 3021 Radio Status Microsoft Internet Explorer Radio B Configuration Remote Bridge Status Associated MAC 00 30 14 1F 49 C7 Current Channel 11 2462 MHz Associated Antenna Alignment Tone Oon off Link Status for 00 30 14 1F 49 C7 S a vB rd lt ed a E D Li ed Jo 7 E S Kal 400 Ne E RSSI Current 27 dBm Average 27 dBm Maximum 27 dBm M Noise Floor Current 96 dBm Average 95dBm Maximum 90 dBm If you are not able to see the graph please download the Sun JRE available at URL http java sun comfj2se 1 5 0 download js SI Applet Graph pp started Internet Figure 6 1 Antenna Alignment f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 87 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 7 Traffic Statistics Wireless and Ethernet Traffic Statistics can be displayed by clicking on the Networking Statistics dropdown menu The following figure shows the statistics page This page will be refreshed after every 10 seconds Networking Traffic Statistics airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Transmitted Radio A RadioB ETHA ETHB Transmit Success Count Enh ees Transmitted Bytes ae 84955 Transmitted Multiple retry Transmitted Unicast 138 Count Packets Transmit Retry Count Transmitted Discards Transmitted Failure Count Transmitted Errors Received Received Receive Success Count Received Bytes Receive Du
91. plicate Count Received Unicast z Packets Received Frame Count Reccivad Mutcet Received Frame FCS Error Packets Ack Receive Failure Count E a RTS Fail RTS Success Reset Statistics Refresh Data will refresh automatically after every 60 seconds Figure 7 1 Traffic Statistics f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 88 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Table 7 1 Ethernet Traffic Statistics Ethernet Traffic Statistics Transmitted Bytes Total no of packets transmitted from the particular interface Transmitted Unicast packets Total number of packets Unicast 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 discarded to avoid the very large delays that can arise when too much traffic is queued up Transmitted error No of packets discarded because of format error Received Bytes Total no of data bytes received through the particular interface Received Unicast packets Total no of packets received from a specified destination Received Multicast Packets Total no of packets received from a multicast group Received Discards No of packets discarded due to resource limitation Received Errors No of packets discarded because of format error 5 Sp R airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Z Page 89 of 113 intellige
92. r Guide Z Page 91 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Table 8 1 System Configuration Page Item Descriptions Displays name of airHaul Nexus PRO unit System Name Allows user to change airHaul Nexus PRO unit name Displays description of airHaul Nexus PRO unit System Description Allows user to change airHaul Nexus PRO unit description SNMP Security Access the SNMP security settings Reset Reset device 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 Display the installed radio firmware version Version Edit Configuration Provide links to edit IP radio configurations Reset To Factory Resets the device to factory default settings Defaults Ethernet MTU Size Set the Ethernet MTU Size Displays the current message syslog server IP Address Syslog server le The user can change the IP address Address Displays the current SNMP trap IP address SNMP Trap IP The user can change the IP address Log Level Displays the current Log Level Suspends Enables the radio defenders If the WatchGuard is suspended the defenders will stop for 2 hours and start again thereafter WatchGuard If the WatchGuard is enabled the radio defender s will start immediately Note The Radio Defenders will monitor the Wireless Association Status automatically and
93. re is one already specified by default and the time zone ensure that the NTP server is reachable After enabling the delayed reset specify a time which is valid in reference to current time When recurrence is set on a daily weekly monthly basis the reference is made with the first set time i e reset time Tools Delayed Reset airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Delayed Reset C Disable Delayed reset dd mm yyyy Hour Minutes Reset time 23 01 2005 CS 24 Recurrence Daily 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 8 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 relevant box f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 94 ot 113 intelligent wireless platform 8 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 From the System Configuration page click on the NTP Server Setting lin
94. s 00 30 14 1F 49 73 SSID NEXUS RADIOB Maximum Wireless Throughput Kbps 30720 Figure 2 52 Radio B Disabled 2 H airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 66 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 11 Wireless Settings Management The Radio Configuration Main page can be accessed from the Radio menu Its contents will be slightly different for each of the operating different modes 2 11 1 Wireless Settings Please refer to the Wireless Configuration sections for the different modes Sections 2 7 2 2 8 2 and 2 9 2 2 11 2 Data Encryption The different types of Data Encryption that can be configured on Root Bridge and Remote Router NAT are as follows 1 WEP Only 2 WPA PSK 3 WPA2 PSK Note For Client Bridge the default security is none For Root Bridge the default security is ACL WEP WEP Wireless Equivalent Privacy WEP encryption is used for security for the airHaul Nexus PRO radio To enable or disable WEP or change the relevant settings the user can go to the security setting page on the web interface The following table describes the information for the Data Encryption Table 2 5 Data Encryption Page Items Descriptions Selects 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 Authentication without correct WEP key still can associate but can not s
95. set 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 Enabled Suspend Radar Scan Disabled LED Control on Root Bridge mode Remote Bridge mode Remote Router mode Device Mode Repeater mode he Remote NAT mode Disable Radio A Remote NAT mode E Radio B Remote Bridge mode v Apply Changes Figure 2 22 System Configuration Remote Bridge to Root Bridge f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 36 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 http 192 168 1 228 airHaul 3021 Confirm IP Conti E pf Confirm Configuration Bridge IP Configuration ETHA ETHB RADIOA RADIOB IP Address 168 O 208 IP Mask elle LEE CR Gateway Hiel O a H Apply Changes Internet Figure 2 23 Changing Remote Bridge to Root Bridge 2 6 4 Remote Router NAT to Root Bridge Follow the steps below to change Remote Router NAT mode to Root Bridge mode 1 Goto Tools System Configuration drop down menu The System Configuration will be displayed as shown below 2 Alternatively click on the current device mode link on the top right hand corner to go to the System Configuration page 3 Click on the Current Operational Mode Select the Radio that has to be conf
96. smartBridges airHaul Nexus PRO sB3021 User Guide Version 1 0 Copyright O smartBridges Pte Ltd All Rights Reserved intelligent wireless platform TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT Liane eneeier 4 OVERVIEW OF USER GUIDE seen 4 RELATED PUBLICA TIONS 2 5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER vu 5 TINTRODUGTION E 6 1 1 AIRHAUL NEXUS PRO CONFIGURATION FEATURES scscscscscsssceseseseseecsceseseseseseseevens 6 12 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT Sirer eneh a antaes 6 5 GETS SR 7 2 AIRHAUL NEXUS PRO CONFIGURATION 2 ssccssssssessssssssssesssssssseseatsesseeeanaes 11 2 1 USER LOGIN AND LICENSE AGREEMENT Lura satan at nere 11 2 2 WEB GUI ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD CHANGE eeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeneeeeeneeeeneeeees 15 2 3 USING THE CONFIGURATION PAGES i ccnccsissccvanensctsevets coetieeenescerasnd deste dassedeazevederte 16 2 4 gt NAVIGATION MENU BAR Lungene paean capa ceadcecpamnacnatematanece 18 25 gt DEVICE OPERATION MODE need eege eege 22 2 5 1 Repeater Mode Configuration rnrrrnrrnnnnonvvrrrnnnrnvrrnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnnernnnnnnnnnn 22 2 5 2 Link Aggregate Root Router Mode AAA 25 2 5 3 Link Aggregate Remote Router NAT Mode 29 2 6 DUAL RADIO CONFIGURATION TEE 32 2 6 1 Root Bridge to Remote Bndge cic ceeeeeee eter rete eeennaaeeeeeeeeeeeeee 32 2 6 2 Root Bridge to Remote Router NAT AA 34 2 6 3 Remote Bridge to Root Bndge cece eter reer eeennaaeeeeeee teenie 36 2 6 4 Remote Router NAT to Root Bridge AAA 3
97. ss IP Mask Gateway D O a O a O Apply Changes S Internet Figure 2 21 Changing Root Bridge to Remote Router NAT f am airHaul2 Nexus PRO User Guide s Page 35 of 113 intelligent wireless platform 2 6 3 Remote Bridge to Root Bridge Follow the steps below to change Remote Bridge mode to Root Bridge mode 1 Goto Tools System Configuration drop down menu The System Configuration will be displayed as shown below 2 Alternatively click on the current device mode link on the top right hand corner to go to the System Configuration page 3 Click on the Current Operational Mode Select the Radio that has to be configured as Root Bridge and click on Apply Changes A confirmation pop up window will be displayed 4 Enter IP Address IP Mask and Gateway for Ethernet Configuration DHCP is disabled by default and can be enabled if required 5 Click on the Apply Changes button to change the settings The device will be rebooted and set to the chosen operational mode System Configuration airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode 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 00 Release Notes Radio Firmware Version 1 1 2 17 Edit Configuration IP Confiquration Radio 4 Performance Security Radio B Performance Security Re
98. t operational mode of the radio ETH A MAC Ethernet A wired side MAC address Address Display only ae B MAC Ethernet B wired side MAC address e ress Display only Fort Intormavon Radio A MAC Radio A MAC address Address Display only Radio B MAC Radio MAC address Address Display only Device Device Current device operational mode is displayed in the top right Operational Mode operational corner It could be Repeater Mode Link Aggregate Root mode Router Mode Link Aggregate Remote Router NAT Mode 5 Sp airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Z Page 140f 113 intelligent wireless platform 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 Old Password new Authentication Password and Confirm new Authentication Password as shown in Figure 2 4 3 Click on the Apply Changes button to effect the password change Home Networking Radio Tools Help Logout airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode Tools User Manager Administrator Password Change Enter Old Password rr Enter new Authentication Password rr Confirm new Authentication Password rr Apply Changes Figure 2 4 Admin
99. t wireless platform 8 2 1 Save Profile Follow the steps below to save the current configuration to a profile 1 Select a profile name from Save As 2 Enter a description of the profile 3 Click the Save Profile button to apply changes Note Existing configuration parameters in the selected profile name will be replaced with the current configuration parameters 8 2 2 Load Operating Profile 1 Select a profile to load from the Change Profile To menu 2 Click the Load Profile button to load the specific profile Note Current configuration parameters will be replaced by the new loaded profile Please wait while the new profile loads 8 2 3 Profile Calendar The Profile Calendar allows the user to manage profiles based on different calendar times The user can configure different profiles and scheduled activities based on the different profiles at a pre defined time A typical situation is when an operator has two profiles to be switched on alternatively during the day and during the night The user creates the two different profiles and save them as ProfileDay and ProfileNite and use the Profile Calendar to schedule the activation of the two profiles 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 displayed 3 Select date time from the load time calendar
100. ter configuration Network bridge STP etc parameter configuration Bandwidth management QoS Antenna alignment 10 Traffic Statistics 11 Site Survey 12 Profile management 13 User management 14 Link Test 15 Link Budget Planning Calculator 16 Firmware Upgrade OP NO POE 1 2 System Requirements The following are the minimum system requirements for the airHaul Nexus PRO 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 Java 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 4 SUNJRE v1 5 and above You may download it from http java sun com j2se 1 5 0 download jsp Please visit http Avww smartbridges com for the latest information and updates 5 Sp R airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Z Page 60f 113 intelligent wireless platform 1 3 Checklists Pre Installation Checklist for airHaul Nexus PRO Organization Name Site Name Regulatory Standard to be followed For example FCG ETSI Frequency Band in GHz 5 725 5 805 Maximum Output Power as per the Regulatory Authority 100mW 1W 4W Latitude Longitude Deg Min Sec Deg Min Sec UPS Installed Yes No UPS specification if any KVA Line Voltage 90V 264V AC 50 60 Hz Near Line of site
101. test firmware f 5 R airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide p Page 40f 113 intelligent wireless platform Related Publications These documents provide complete information about the Nexus series of radio units 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 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 f 5 om f airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 50f 113 intelligent wireless platform 1 Introduction In this chapter the configuration features of the web based management tool and the system requirements are listed 1 1 airHaul Nexus PRO Configuration Features The airHaul Nexus PRO web based management tool provides the user with the following features System configuration Device operational mode configuration Ethernet and wireless IP configurations Security Radio SSID domain channel etc parame
102. than the maximum power level value especially in the 5 GHz band Note The default security of Root Bridge Mode is ACL WEP so any WDS client or normal client needs to be added in the ACL either with WEP disabled Enabled 5 airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 45 of 113 intelligent wireless platform The figure below shows the list of clients associated with the airHaul Nexus PRO Root Bridge device MAC Address RSSI dBm 1 00 30 14 1F 51 cD 48 Link Status Refresh Data will refresh automatically after every 30 seconds Figure 2 32 Root Bridge Association List The MAC Address of the Link Status is the radio MAC of the associated remote device The RSSI Received Signal Strength Indication is measured in dBm Click on the Link Status link to view the Link Status graph shown below Link Status for 00 30 14 1F 49 C7 m 0 Ee Ki 20 _ lt S e 40 o i a 60 0 E S CO 80 400 NE Time E RSSI Current 27 dBm Average 27 dBm Maximum 27 dBm E Noise Floor Current 96 dBm Average 95 dBm Maximum 90 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 33 Remote Link Status Bridge Configuration In Bridge mode the airHaul Nexus PRO unit acts as a transparent bridge between the Radio and the Ethernet interfaces The figure below shows the bridge configuration and the bridge forwarding table inform
103. the Technical Support group to get the latest MIB files Sometimes the MIB browser does not recognize RFC 1212 MIB file In such an event either alias this file to RFC1155 SMI if alias option is provided by the browser or replace RFC 1212 by RFC1155 SMI in all the MIB files For more information please contact the Technical Support Centre at support amp smartbridges com 5 Sp R airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide p Page 112 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Appendix E License The airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide is Copyright 2004 2006 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 http www smartbridges com web support ah2np asp 5 Sp R airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide p Page 1130f 113
104. the dropdown menu of the Security Mode 3 Dial the MAC that can get authenticated 4 Enter the WPA Shared Key between 8 to 64 characters in the dialog box provided 5 Select the encryption type between TKIP and AES 6 Enter the Re key time by which the authentication is going to be checked repeatedly 7 Click on Apply changes to save the configuration details f 5 om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 70 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Radio A Root Bridge Security airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode MAC Address 00 30 14 1F 51 CD Bridge ze WPA Shared Key Type WPA Shared Key us e Figure 2 55 WPA2 PSK 2 TM H airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 710f 113 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 for changing the Bandwidth Controller These procedures are the same for all the operational modes 3 1 Link Performance Parameters and Features The wireless radio performance parameters can be edited to optimize the radio performance 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 Distance 6 Frame Bursting 7 Concatenation 8 Piggy Back 9 Radio Operating Mode
105. tor and to change the default password The features of the configuration page as well as the Navigation Menu Bar are explained You will also learn how to configure the unit to Repeater mode and to convert from one mode to the other Also in this chapter instructions on modifying the configurations of the device such as Ethernet Wireless Bandwidth Radio parameters Throughput Optimizer and Spanning Tree Protocol STP are given Similar instructions are provided for the Repeater or Link Aggregate individual radio can be in Remote Bridge Remote Router NAT Finally details on managing the wireless settings are provided Functions common to the different modes such as Link Performance parameters and Bandwidth Controller are explained in chapter 3 Chapter 4 explains the steps for configuring the Quality of Service QoS for the aH NP The Site Survey Tool is explained in Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 shows how to perform antenna alignment to optimize the radio performance Chapter 7 illustrates how to display Wireless and Ethernet Traffic Statistics through the Networking Statistics drop down menu The System Configuration such as modifying the SNMP security settings and resetting the unit are given in Chapter 8 You will also learn how to save the configuration parameters as profiles and using the Link Budget Planning Tool Finally chapter 9 shows how to upgrade the airHaul Nexus PRO through the web management interface to the la
106. ub items Description Provides a link to view associations Security Allows user to set the WEP Keys and to choose between Open Shared System modes of authentication WPA PSK TKIP AES is where encryption keys are automatically changed called rekeying and authenticated between devices after a specified period of time or after a specified number of packets has been transmitted WPA2 PSK TKIP AES Based on the 802 111 standard WPA2 was released in 2004 and uses a stronger method of encryption Tools System Configuration System Name Allows user to change the name of the airHaul Nexus PRO unit System Description Allows user to enter a description of the airHaul Nexus PRO unit SNMP Security Allows user to set the SNMP Community String and SNMP Access Filters Reset Resets the device remotely Delayed Reset Schedules delayed reset NTP Server Allows user to change NTP Server Settings Firmware Version Shows current firmware version Tools System Configuration Radio Firmware Version Shows current radio firmware version Reset to Defaults Resets the device with factory defaults f 5 r airHaul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 19 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Menu Item Menu Sub items Description 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
107. 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 SELECT THE DECLINE BUTTON AT THE END OF THIS AGREEMENT mE Software Copyright and Distribution Licenses airHaul2 Nexus PRO 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 vi Accept Decline Figure 2 2 License Agreement Page 5 Click Accept The airHaul Nexus PRO Nexus Summary Information page Fig 2 3 will appear f om f airHa ul Nexus PRO User Guide Page 12 of 113 intelligent wireless platform Summary Information airHaul sB3021 Repeater mode ET

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