ZyXEL Communications A-6000 manual

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge User's Guide Ver 1.0 January, 2005[...]

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A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Copyright iii Copyright A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Copyright © 200 4 by ZyXEL Comm unications Corporatio n. The contents of this publicatio n may not be reproduced in any p a rt or as a whole, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any languag[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge FCC S tatement iv Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference S t atement This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Op eration is subje ct to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interfere nce. This device must accept any interfer ence received, incl[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Information for Canadian Users v Information for Canadian Users The Industry Canada label identifies certified equipm ent. This certification means that the equipment meets certain telecommunications net work protective, operation, and safety requirements. The Industry Canada does not guaran[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Warra nty vi ZyXEL Limited W arranty ZyXEL warrants to the original end user (purchaser) that this product is free from any defects in material s or workmanship for a period of up to two years from the date of purchase. During the warranty period, and upon proof of purchase, should the produ[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Customer Support vii Customer Support Before contact ZyXEL customer support/r epresentative, pl ease record the followi ng inf ormation f or custom er support: ♦ Model nam e (A-6000) and serial num ber. ♦ Inform ation in web pa ge –System Information. ♦ Warranty Inform ation. ♦ Dat[...]

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A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge T able of contents ix T able of Content s Copyright ............................................................................................................... iii Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement ............ iv Information for Canadian Users ..............[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge List of Figures/T ables x List of Figures Figure 2-1 Front view of A-6000 .............................................................................................. 2-1 Figure 2-2 Bottom view of A-6000 ......................................................................................[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge List of Figures/T ables xi List of T ables Table 1-1 Specification of A-6000 .......................................................................................... 1-3 Table 2-1 Connectors of bottom .........................................................................................[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Getting to Kn ow Y our A- 6000 1-1 Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your A-6000 This chapter introduce s the main features and applica tions of the A-6000. 1.1 Introduction to the A-6000 The ZyXEL A-6000 is a Wirele ss Bridge for Inter-building Point to P oint Ethernet connection. With enhance d wi[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Getting to Kn ow Y our A- 6000 1-2 14. ZyXEL will provide all starter i ngredients (such as pr ototypes) on a di scounted basi s to Widenet service provider s for smooth transition and integration into exis ting client base s, authorization, and billing. 15. All equipment will be sold only t[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Getting to Kn ow Y our A- 6000 1-3 1.6 Applications of the A-6000 With A-6000 Secure Wirel ess Point to Point Solution, y ou can extend and enhance your network virtually overnig ht without natural or man-made barriers to overco me. Easy installation, operation, guaranteed security and outst[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Getting to Kn ow Y our A- 6000 1-4 System privacy protection SSID, MAC access c ontrol, 802.1x based mutual authentic ation Wireless data encryption and authentication AES/TKIP CONFIG. AND MANAGEMENT Management and setup Web/Telnet based management interface Local console manageme nt System [...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Hardware Installation 2-1 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter explains the physical ports and ho w to connect the hardware of A-6000. 2.1 Hardware Description The content of the A-6000 are de scribed below. 1. The outdoor unit The outdoor unit has one antenn a port, one data/power p[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Hardware Installation 2-2 Figure 2-3 Top vie w of A-6000 The major interfaces on to p of A-6000 is the RF antenna connector with spe cial design for water pro of. Table 2-2 describes the antenna con nector. Table 2-2 Antenna connector of the to p Function Label Interface Descripti on Antenna[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Hardware Installation 2-3 Figure 2-6 HDF 400 RF cable 4. RS-232 cabl e The RS-232 cable is u sed to connect the outdoor unit and the antenna alignment kit. The appeara nce of the RS-232 cable is shown bel ow. Figure 2-7 RS-232 console cable 5. Cat-5 cable with special connector The Cat-5 cab[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Hardware Installation 2-4 7. Mounting bracke t The mounting kit is used to provide a good sup por t for the outdoor unit and the flat panel antenna. Please follow the installation procedure to mount the outdoor unit and the flat panel ante nna. The contents of the mounting kit are shown belo[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Hardware Installation 2-5 10. CAT-5 Straight-through Ethern et cable The CAT-5 STP cable is 2m in length. T h is cable is us ed to conne ct the network/power injector and the CPE. The picture of this cable is shown below. Figure 2-12 Ethernet Cable 11. Switching Po w er Adapter The switching[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Hardware Installation 2-6 Figure 2-14 Physical Installation of A-6000 w ith flat panel antenna 2. Installation of outdoor unit The installat ion procedures of A-6000 i s describe d as below: (1) Choose an appropriate pl ace for the installation. The path between sites should be cl ear line-o[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Hardware Installation 2-7 (5) Fasten the mountin g bracket assembly to install outdoor unit on the mast . Figure 2-17 Install Outdoor Unit to the Mast (6) Connect th e antenna to the N-male connector port labeled on t he top of outdoor u nit. For t he directi onal antenna installation, us e [...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Hardware Installation 2-8 Figure 2-19 Connect Cat-5 cable to the outdoo r unit Figure 2-20 Connect Grounding wire to the outdoor unit[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Hardware Installation 2-9 2.3 Indoor Unit Installation After the outdoor unit in stallation is completed, you may follo w the procedures be low to install the indoor unit. 1. Choose an appropriate place for the network/power injector. You might ha ng it on the wall or just place it on the de[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Hardware Installation 2-10 3. Connect the ot her end of the RS-2 32 cabl e to the antenna alignment kit AK-100. Adjust the horizontal angle of direction al antenna to get the maximum reading in the LEVEL and SNR disp lay of AK-100. You may also refer to th e SNR and RSSI reading shown in the[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Hardware Installation 2-1 1 2.8 RSSI LED Indication For easily conf iguring A-600 0 radio status , 3 RSSI LED are designed i n IDU to indicat e radio RSSI st atus. The following m apping table explains t he meaning o f RSSI – “L”, “M”, an d “H” LED signal status. RSSI (dBm) L M[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Initial Setup 3-1 Chapter 3 Initial Setup This chapter explain s how to perform the initial A-6000 setup and give s an overview of WEB menus. 3.1 Network Topology Planning The A-6000 is designed to build up a se cure Inter-building wireless comm unication system between offices’ Ethernet c[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Initial Setup 3-2 3.2.2. Access the A-6000 System WEB Server There are three tags on left-top of the Web Server System Status wind ow: St atus, Configuration and Syslog. Each of the tag contains different functions of the A-6000 ma nagement. Follow these steps to setup the cha nnel frequency[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Initial Setup 3-3 Figure 3-3 System Status windo w 5. Press the Wireless Inform ation, then current Radio Status will be cat ched. Figure 3-4 Wireless Information[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Initial Setup 3-4 3.2.3. System Configuration The web server win dows allow you to setup the co nfigur ation information for the BU. The we b server provides functions for system setup and firmware updates by clicking the “ Configuration” tag on left- top of the WEB window. To access any[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Initial Setup 3-5 To update configuration files: 1. Enter the configuration upd ates or change s in the appropriate configuration fields. 2. Click Update. After click Update, there will appear re d string alarm t o let you press the REBOOT BU to reboot system to make the changes effective. 3[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Initial Setup 3-6 Security Specifies the security policy in AES, or TKIP Security Key Specifies key setting related to security policy. Maximum length is 64 characters. Ethernet Configuration Description LAN IP Address Specifies the IP address of the BU. Subnet Mask Specifies the subnet mask[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge Initial Setup 3-7 Figure 3-8 System Log Windo w s[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge CLI commands 4-1 Chapter 4 CLI commands 4.1 command list How to use CLI commands to get or set system info rmat ion , frequency, and other different param e ters, following pages give you detailed information for each com mand. Use CLI commands to display the current system configuration, yo[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge CLI commands 4-2 -> get gate w ay Gatew ay IP Addres s: -> set gate way 192.168.0.1 Gateway IP Address: 19 2.168.0.1 (5) To display hardware Use the get hard w are com mand to display the vendor ID and chip (MAC, PHY and analog) re visions. -> get hard ware PCI Vendor ID: 0x168c, De[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge CLI commands 4-3 set ipmask 255.0.0.0 Sets the subnet mask for the BU ethernet interface set autochannel disable Disables autochannel selection. (optional) set channel < channel number > Selects a channel. This command i s only needed if autochannel selection is disa bled. (optional) s[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge CLI commands 4-4 (16) To display/modify data rate Use the get/set rate command to displa y or modify the data rate. Select one of the following data rates: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54, and best, respectively. The first 8 data rates are fixed rates and the last one is a va riable rate. When [...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge CLI commands 4-5 (22) To display/modify Telnet Use the get/set telnet command to enab le or disable telnet access to the BU. -> get telnet Telnet Access: Enabled -> set telnet disable Telnet Access: Disabled -> set telnet enable Telnet Access: Enabled To display/modify Timeout Use t[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge CLI commands 5-1 Chapter 5 Glossary of Terms 10BaseT The 10-Mbps baseband Ethern et specification that uses two pairs of twisted-pair cabling (Category 3 or 5 ): one pair for transmitting data and the other for receiving data. ARP Address Resolution Protoc ol is a protocol for mapping an Int[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge CLI commands 5-2 Crossove r Ethernet cable A cable that wires a pin to its opposite pi n, for exam ple, RX+ is wired to TX+. This cable connects two similar devic es, for example, two data term inal equipment (DTE) or data communica tions eq uipment (DCE) devices. Cryptoanalysis The act of a[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge CLI commands 5-3 Flash memory The nonvol atile storage that can be electrically e rased and reprogrammed so that data can be stored, booted, and rewritten as nece ssary. FTP File Transfer Protocol is an Internet file transfer service that operates on the Internet and over TCP/IP networks. FT[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge CLI commands 5-4 dangerous can cau se your system to crash. ISP Internet Service Providers provide conn ect ions into the Internet for home users and businesses. There are local, regi onal, national, and global ISPs. You can think of local ISPs as the gatekeepers into the Internet. LAN Local[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge CLI commands 5-5 Ping Attack An attack that slows down the network until it is unusable. The attacker sen ds a "ping" command to the network repe atedly to slow it down. See also Denial of Service. Pirate Someone who steals or distributes softwar e witho ut paying the legitimate ow[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge CLI commands 5-6 need to be made along the way. Permanent mean s that the circuit is preprogrammed by the carrier as a p ath through the network. It does not need to be set up or torn down for each session. Reconnaissa nce The finding and observatio n of potentia l targets for a cracker to a[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge CLI commands 5-7 the most common cable used. SUA Single User Account – The Prestige's SUA (Single User Account) feature allo ws multiple user Internet access for the co st of a single ISP account - see also NAT. TCP Transmission Control Protocol h andles fl ow control and packet recov[...]

A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethe rnet W ir eless Bridge CLI commands 5-8 WWW (World Wide Web) - - Frequently used when referri ng to "The Internet", WWW has two major meanings - First, loosely use d: the whole constellation of resources that can be accessed using Gophe r, FTP, HTTP, telnet, USENET, WAIS and some other tools. Second, t h[...]