LevelOne WAB-7400 manual

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    V er . 1.0.0- 1021 WA B-7400 Dual Radio PoE Mesh A c cess Point LevelOne User Manual[...]

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    1 T ab le of Content T able of Cont ent 1 1 Intr oduction 4 1.1 Featu res & Benefits 5 1.2 Pack age Content s 6 1.3 Safe t y Gu i deline s 6 1.4 W AB-7400 Descrip tion 6 1.5 Moun ti ng In stall Guide 7 1.6 Sy st em R eq ui re ments 10 1.7 App licati ons 10 1.8 Netwo rk Configu ra tion 12 2 Understanding the Hardwar e 15 2.1 Hardware I nstallati[...]

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    2 3.7 Login Set u p 58 3.7.1 Lo gin Setup > RA D IU S ....................................................................................... 58 3.8 T ools 60 3.8.1 T o ols > Ping ......................................................................................................... 60 3.8.2 T o ols > Ifconf i g .........................[...]

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    3 Revision H ist ory Revision Date Remarks 1.0 2008- 10-21 Ini tial V ersion[...]

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    4 1 Intr oduction LevelOne W AB - 7400 Dua l Radi o Po E Mesh AP i s des igned wi t h IEE E802. 1 1a/b /g standards an d addressed o n pro vi ding hig h per f o rmance mesh n et work. The product en c ased i n t he IP-65 protecti o n encl o sure a nd delive r s t he m aximum scalabil i t y , high re li abi li t y at o utdoor en viro nment. C o m pa[...]

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    5 1.1 Featur es & Ben efits Featur es Benefit s Dual Rad io fo r indep endent Bac khau l and l oc al acc ess A ll ow operators to s et up at both 2.4GH z fo r long range and 5GHz to reduc e the frequenc y int erfer ence. Self Conf iguratio n and He aling A utomatically search and link with gateway A P an d other neare st node M esh A P fo r Eas[...]

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    6 1.2 Pack ag e Contents Open t he package care f u lly , a nd m ake sure that none o f t he i t e m s listed bel o w are missing. Do not disc ard t he packing mater i als, in case o f ret urn ; t he uni t m ust b e shi pp ed in i t s o riginal pack age.  WAB-7400 Dual Radi o Po E Mesh Access Po i nt  PoI-2000 Power o ver Etherne t Inj ect or[...]

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    7 1.5 Mountin g Install Guide Make sure t he f o ll ow ing accessor ies ar e incl ud ed in y o ur W AB -7400 package. Option 1: Pol e Mounting[...]

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    8 S tep 1: Fix the U type clip holder as picture 1 & 2. S tep 2: Asse m ble the c lip holder s how n as 3 ~6. S tep 3: Mount the WA B-740 0 equipped with the holder on the pole sho w n as 7~9 .[...]

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    9 Option 2: Pol e Mounting S tep 1: Fix the U type clip holder as picture 1~5. S tep 2: Equip the metal plate on the bo tt om cas e of WA B-7400 show n as 6.[...]

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    10 Option 3: W al l M ounting Scr ews 1.6 System Requirem ents The fo ll o w ing are t he mi n imum s ys t e m r equirements in o rder configure the device.  PC/A T co m pat ibl e co m put er wi t h a Et hern et / Wi r e l e ss in t er face.  Operatin g syste m t hat supports HTTP web -bro wser 1.7 Applicati o ns The w i re less LAN products [...]

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    11 flexibili t y o f w i r e less LANs: a) Difficult-to-wir e envi r onments There ar e m a ny s i t uat ions where wi re s cannot be lai d eas ily . Historic b u ildings, ol der buildings, o pen areas an d acro ss busy st reet s m ake t he in sta lla t i on o f LANs e i t h er impossibl e o r very expensive. b) T e mporary wo r kgroups Consider s [...]

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    12 1.8 Network Configuration T o better understand how t he wi reless LAN pro ducts work to ge t her t o create a wireless net work, it mi ght be helpfu l t o depi ct a few o f the po ssibl e w ireless L AN PC card network confi gurat i o ns. The wireless LAN pro duc t s can be configured as: a) Ad-ho c (or peer-to-peer) for de part m ent al or SOH[...]

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    13 c) Wi-Fi Mesh Net wor ks A W i r e less Mesh Networ k constructed f ro m W iFi T echno l o g y a ll e viates a number o f ro ami ng challenges f ro m l apt ops, IP phones, PDAs, and IP base devi c es: No ge o graphi c al l imi t at i ons – User can take a handh eld or l apt o p c omputer any where without l o s in g t he connect i o n in thei [...]

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    15 2 Unders t anding the Hardw ar e 2.1 Hardwar e Inst allation a) P l ug o ne end of the Et hern et cabl e in to t he A P po rt of t he PoE Inj ect o r and t he ot he r end into the Br i dge/ A P . b) P l ace o ne e nd of anot her Et hern et cable i n t o t h e Net work port of t he PoE injec t o r and an o t her end in t o y o ur PC/Noteboo k. c)[...]

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    16 This di agra m dep ic t s t he hardware configurati o n 2.2 IP Address C onfigurati o n This devi ce ca n be configured as a Bri dge or Ac c ess Point. The def au l t I P address of t he devi ce i s 192.168. 0.1. In order to log i nto t hi s device, y ou m u st f irst confi gure the TCP/IP se ttings o f y o ur PC/Notebook. a) In t he c o ntro l [...]

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    17 c) Se l ect Internet Protocol (T CP/IP) and t hen click o n t he Pro pert i es but to n. Thi s will a ll o w y o u to confi gur e t he TCP/IP settin gs of y our PC/Not ebook. d) Se l ect Use t he foll o wing IP Address rad i o button and t hen en t er the I P address an d subnet m ask. Ensure t hat t he I P address and s ubnet mask are o n t he [...]

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    18 3 LevelOne M esh W eb-based Interface W eb- based co nfigurati o n interface i s access ible w ith com put er wi t h TCP/IP capabili t y an d we b browser (e.g. M o zill a or IE).T o access web - based configurati o n in t er f ace, en t er http s://192.168.0.1/. In the browser URL/L o cat i o n field. Y o u wil l see an aut hen t i ca t i on pa[...]

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    19 LevelOne Mesh page has nine main menus: S y st em , Net wo rk, Security , Services, QoS, Sy ste m Ma nagement, Login Set up, T ool s a nd S t atus. Each main menu also will hav e its submenu. System System System settings Advance A dvance tuning Restart & Backup Restar t & Backup settings Networ k WLAN WLAN settings W AN W AN settings Ro[...]

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    20 HTTPD Internal w eb server settings SNMP SNMP settings Syslog Server S yslog Server settings Firmw a r e Firmw a r e maintenance T rap T rap settings Configuration Conf iguration management NMS Addr esses Networ k Management System notif ying settings. Login Setup RADI US RA DIUS settings T ools Ping Ping If config If con fig Route R oute TFTP T[...]

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    21 3.1 System 3.1.1 Syste m > System W AB-7400 i s a layer 2 mesh netwo rk t hat supports gat eway an d r elay oper at i on m ode. Figure 4.1. 1 il lust rates the sys t e m inf or m at i o n configuration page. Figur e 4. 1.1: System Inform ati on Configu ration page S y ste m I nf o r mat i o n Configurati o n page conta in s t he f o l l o w i[...]

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    22 3.1.2 Syste m > Advance In t his advance fe at ure, n etwor kin g c o nntr ack an d so m e w ireless fi ne tune do ne. Figure 4.2.1 il lust rates the adv a nce co nfi gur at ion page. Figur e 4. 2.1: Advance configur ation page A d vance co nfigurati o n has t he f o ll ow ing para meters:  Maximum Session : m aximum connect i o n tr ackin[...]

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    23  TCP Finished W ait T imeout : TCP finished wai t timeout  TCP Last Ack Timeout : Las t ackn o w l edgement time o ut  TCP SYN Receive T i meout : T CP SYN receive t im eout  TCP SYN Sent T imeout : TCP SYN sent time o ut  TCP T i me W ait T imeout : TCP T i me wait t ime o ut  UDP T imeout : UDP t im eo ut  UDP S tr ea m T [...]

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    24 Figur e 4. 3.2: Advance configur ation page Figur e 4. 3.3: Advance configur ation page  Cli ck o n t he Re set link o n t he naviga t i on dro p-down menu. This o pt i o n al l o ws y ou to res to re t he device back to t he f acto r y de faul t se t t ings . Click o n t he Default b ut to n. Figur e 4. 3.4: Advance configur ation page  C[...]

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    25 Figur e 4. 3.5: Configuration page  Cli ck o n the Reboot l ink on t he navigat i o n drop-down m enu. This opt i o n all ow s y o u to reboot the devi ce in o rder f o r t he curren t sett in gs to t ake eff ect.[...]

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    26 3.2 Network 3.2.1 Netw ork > WL A N This de vice w ill f or m a w ireless m es h netwo rk wi t h ot her device pro vided t he co rr ec t configurati o n. Figure 5.1. 1 ill ust rat es the wi re l e ss sett in g s o f t he m e sh . Figur e 5. 1.1: Network - WLAN conf igu ration page  MAC : Di splays the MAC addr ess of the wireless int erfac[...]

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    27  Band : S ele ct a wi reless band f ro m t he drop-down li st : 802. 11a, 802. 11b, o r 802.11g.  ESSID : The SSI D i s a unique named shared am o ngst al l the poin t s of the wireless network. T he SSI D mus t be iden t i cal o n a ll po i nts of t he w i re less ne t wo rk and cann o t exceed 32 characters  Frequency : S el ect a f r[...]

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    28 in o r der to comb at fadin g a nd in t er f ere nce. Cl ick o n “Diver sity” dr o p down butto n to sel e ct “C ard Defaul t”, “Enable” or “Di sa ble”.  Tx Antenn a : Cli c k o n “Tx antenna” dro p do wn butto n to sel ect “Diversi t y”, “Card Defaul t”, “Port 1”, or “Port 2”.  Rx antenna : Cl ick o n ?[...]

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    29 TKIP (T emporal K e y I ntegr i t y P roto col ) pro vides per-packet key generat i on an d is based o n WEP. A ES ( A d vanced E ncrypti o n St andard) i s a very secure bl ock based encr ypt i o n. Not e that, i f the b r idge use s the AES o ption, the bridge ca n asso ciate wi t h t he acc es s point o nly i f t he acce ss po in t is a lso s[...]

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    30 Secondar y DNS address.  Domain : Specify t he Do main name o f n et wo rk.  Gateway : IP address of ro uter o r nodes t hat serves as an entrance t o another ne t wo rk, and vice-versa. Ed i t this field t o m at ch y o ur I SP settin gs o r l eave i t unch a nged to use defaul t s f ro m y o ur ISP .  “Save Changes” b utton to sav[...]

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    31 Figur e 5. 2.3: NTP – add or edit page NTP add or edi t page contains t he f o ll o w ing para met ers:  Server : S pecif y t he name o f I P address o f t he NTP serv er.  Min Poll : Specify t he mi n imum number of t im e s t hat the device sh o u l d po ll t he serv er.  Max Poll : Specif y t he m a ximum nu mbe r o f tim e s t hat[...]

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    32 3.2.3 Netw ork > Routing Routing refers to sel ect i ng paths i n a n et wo rk al o ng w hich to sen d dat a. Fi gure 5.3.1 illus t r ates t he route confi gurat i on page. Figur e 5. 3.1: Routi ng configur ation page Route c o ntains the f o l l o w ing paramet ers:  Routes List : Dis p lay list o f ro utes.  “Add” butto n to add n[...]

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    33  Com ment s : Enter t he in t erface co mm e nts.  Active : Enabl e t o di sa ble thi s in t er face.  “Save Chan ges” button to save a ny c hanges m a de. Ple a se reboot to enable ne w sett in g s.[...]

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    34 3.3 Security 3.3.1 Securit y > MSSID In this sect i o n y ou may configure the SSI D, beacon interval , RTS thresh o l d, f rag mentat i o n t hresh o l d, DT IM in t erval , dat a rat e, securit y t y pe, a nd 802.1x . Figure 6.2.1 and Figure 6.2.2 il lust rate t he MSSID configurat i o n page. Figur e 6. 1.1: MSSID configuration page  Cl[...]

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    35 m ode is ena bled, y ou m ust enter the W ireless Ne t work Nam e (SSI D) o n t he clien t manually t o co nn ect to t he ne t work.  Beacon Inter val : Beacons are packe t s s ent by a wi r eless A cce ss Po in t to synchroni z e wirel e ss de vices . Specify a Beacon Per i od val ue between 20 an d 1000. T he def aul t value is se t to 100 [...]

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    36 f o r m at is provi ded so y ou can en t er a s t ring t hat is easier to r em ember. T he A SCII string i s converted to HEX for use o ver the n et wo rk. F o ur keys can be defined so that y o u can change keys easily. A defau l t key is se lected for use on t he network.  WPA (Wi - Fi Prot ected Ac cess) was desi gned t o i mpro ve upo n t[...]

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    37 Figur e 6. 2.1: M AC acces s configu r ati on page  Active : Choo se to en a ble or disable the MAC address fil t er fe at ure.  Type : Choose to all o w o r deny access f o r t he MAC address es.  Cli ck on the Save Changes b utto n to store and ch a nges and t hen r eboot t he devic e in order f o r t he ch a nges to take eff ect . ?[...]

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    38 3.3.3 Securit y > VLAN A Vi rt ua l LA N i s a networ k of com put ers that beh a ve as if t hey ar e co nnected to the same w i re even t hough t hey may actua lly b e physically l o cat ed on di fferent segm e nts of a L AN. VLA Ns are co nf igured t hr o ugh software rather t han hardware, which make t hem extre m e ly flexibl e. One o f t[...]

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    39  Netmask : Specify t he subnet m a sk f o r t he IP addres s.  Routed : Sel ect if t he VLAN is ro uted through the rout i n g t able or NAT .  Comments: Yo u m ay include co mments or a descri pt i o n.  Active: Choose to en able o r disable this V L AN entry .  Cli ck o n t he Save Changes b ut to n to s to re an d ch a nges and[...]

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    40 3.4 Services 3.4.1 Service > DHCP Relay For a dyn am ic n et wor k, W AB-7400 is able to forward t he DHCP r equest to a backen d DHCP ser ver w hen operat in g in layer 2 mode. Fi gure 7. 1.1 i llustrat es the configurati o n page f o r DHCP Rel a y . Figur e 7. 1.1 DHCP Relay Settings DHCP Relay co nta ins the f o l l o w ing parameter s: ?[...]

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    41 Figure 7.1.2 il lust rates to add or edi t confi gurat i o n page. Figur e 7. 1.2 Server o r Inte rface configuration page. The add o r edi t co nf igurat i o n page co ntains t he f o ll ow ing para m et ers.  T yp e : Server IP o r in t erface lis t  Interface Name : Once t he “ t y pe ” drop down menu is changed to inter f ace, in t[...]

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    42 3.4.2 Service > S ystem W at chdog Lin u x ker nel watchdog w il l co nsta ntly mo ni to r the in t egr i t y o f t he syste m . During syste m l o cked up, kernel watchdog will t r i gger a sy ste m re boot to recover the s y ste m f ro m fail ure. Figure 7.2. 1 ill u str a t es the Lin u x ker nel watchdog conf igurat i o n page. Figur e 7.[...]

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    43 SSHD configurat i o n page contains t he f o ll ow ing p ara m eter s:  Active : Enable o r dis a ble this service.  Port : Spec if y t he T CP/IP port that the SS HD will l is t e n f o r in co ming conn e ct i o n.  Cli ck on the Save Changes b utto n to store and ch anges an d then reboot the devic e in order f o r t he ch a nges to [...]

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    44 3.5 QoS 3.5.1 QoS > WMM Wireless Mul t im edia E xtensi o ns ( W ME) , al so kno wn as Wi - Fi Mul t ime d ia (WMM) is a Wi - Fi Alliance i nterpret abili t y cert i fi c at i o n, based o n the IEEE 802.11e draf t standard. It provides basic Qua li t y o f ser vice ( QoS) features to IEEE 802.11 networ ks. WMM priori t i zes t raffi c acco r[...]

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    45 Figure 8.1.2: WME - edit page WME – edi t page cont ain s the f o l l o w ing param et ers:  Interface : Specify the in t er f ace f o r WMM.  Comments : Opt i o nal comments f o r t hi s e ntr y .  Active : Enable o r dis a ble WME.  CWMIN : Minimum conte ntion w indow. Thi s parame t er is in put to the al go r ithm t hat determi[...]

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    46  TX OP L IM IT : Tran s mi ss i o n Oppo rtuni t y is an in t erval o f time wh en a WME AP/stat i o n has the ri g ht to ini t i at e tr ansmissi o ns o nto t he wi re less medium ( WM). This va lue specifies ( in milliseconds ) t he Transmi ss i o n Opport uni t y (TXOP) ; that i s, the i nterval o f tim e when t he W MM AP/stat i on as t h[...]

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    47 3.6 System Managem ent 3.6.1 Syste m Management > H TTPD W eb- based co nfigurat i o n man age ment is do ne t hrough the secure HTTP . Fi gure 9.1.1 illus t r ates t he HT TPD serve r co nf igurat ion page. Figur e 9. 1.1: HTTPD ser ve r configu ration page HTTP D server c o nfiguration page contain s t he f o l lo win g para meters:  Act[...]

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    48  “Apply” butto n to save a ny changes ma de. P l ease reboot to enabl e new settin g s.  Cli ck on the Save Changes b utto n to store and ch a nges and t hen r eboot t he devic e in order f o r t he ch a nges to take eff ect .  “Add” butto n to add entry t o the access cont ro l t abl e.  “Edit” butto n to edi t current s[...]

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    49 Figur e 9. 2.1: SNMP configuration page SNMP co nfi gurat i o n page co ntains t he f o l l o w ing parame t ers:  Active : Enable o r dis a ble SNMP m a nagemen t .  V e r sion : S elect “v 1 o r v2c ”, “v 3 ”, or “all ” SNMP ve r si o n .  Port : Enter t he SNMP port numb er .  v2 Read Community : E n t er t he v2 Read [...]

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    50  v3 Read Username : Enter t he v 3 Read Userna me .  v3 Read-write Username : Enter t he v 3 Read-wr i t e Username.  v3 Password : Enter t he v3 Pass wo rd.  Reconfirm v3 Password : Re-enter v3 Password f o r ve r ifi c at ion.  v3 Passphrase : Enter t he v 3 Passphrase.  Reconfirm v3 Passphrase : Re-en t er v3 Passphrase f or[...]

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    51  Device : C li ck o n “Device” dro p down menu to se lec t device. For exam p le, W AN, MESH, VLA N0……  Using : Click on “Using” drop down m enu t o sele c t “Device” o r “Network”.  Comments : Enter comm e nts f o r t his en t r y .  Active : C li ck o n “Active” drop down men u to enabl e o r di sable t his [...]

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    52 This page al so di sp lays t he curr en t fi r mwa r e v ersi on an d its rel ease date. Figu r e 9.4.1 illus t r ates t he Fi r mware upgrade co nfigurati o n page. Figur e 9. 4.1: Firmwar e configuration page  Ensure t hat y o u h a ve do wnl o ad ed the appr opr i at e fi r mware f ro m t he vendor’s websi t e.  Cli ck on t he B rowse[...]

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    53 Figur e 9. 5.1: T rap configuration p age T rap configurati o n page co ntains t he f o ll o w ing para m eter s:  Active : Enable o r dis a ble tr ap report.  Configur ation : Enable o r di sable repo rt on configurat i o n i s sue.  Secur it y : Enable o r di sable securi t y t rap r ep o rt.  Wir e less : Ena ble or disable wi r e[...]

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    54  “Del ete” butto n to edi t curr en t sel ect i o n. Figure 9.5. 2 il lust rates the configurati o n page f o r add or del et e trap serv er . Figur e 9. 5.2: T rap serve r – add or edit page T rap server: add or ed i t page contain t he f o l l o w in g parameter:  IP : Enter dest in at i o n IP to send tr ap.  Comm uni ty : E nt[...]

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    55 Figur e 9. 6.1: Configuration – Upload new webs erver page  Upload New Webse r v e r Ce rtif icate : C lick o n the B rowse butto n to sel ect t he certifi cat e and t hen cli ck o n t he Upload butto n.  Manage RSA : Cli c k o n t he Manage RSA button to upl o ad a pr iv ate RSA key . Figure 9.6.2 il lust rates the Mana ge RSA co nfi gu[...]

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    56 Figur e 9. 6.3: Configuration – Manage X509 page  Local C ertificate : C lick o n t he Browse b ut to n to sel ect t he cert ifi cat e and t he n c lick on t he Up load b utto n.  Remote Ce rtificate : C lick on t he Brows e butt on to sel ect t he cer t ific at e and t he n c lick on t he Upl oad butto n. 3.6.7 Syste m Management > N[...]

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    57 NMS address configurat i o n page co ntains t he f o l l o win g para meters:  NMS Addr ess List : List of NMS server .  “Add” butto n to add en tr y t o t he NMS address lis t .  “Edit” butto n to edi t current sel ect i o n.  “Del ete” butto n to edi t curr en t sel ect i o n.  Cli ck on the Save Changes b utto n to [...]

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    58 3.7 Login Setup 3.7.1 Login Setup > R ADIUS Rem o t e Aut he nt i cat i on D ial I n User Servi c e ( RADIUS) i s a n AAA ( Authent i cat i o n, A ut hor i zat i on an d A c count in g) proto col f or appl icat i o ns such as netwo r k access or IP m o bil i t y . RA DIUS clien t wi ll ve r ify authent i cat i o n push by R ADIUS serv er . Fi[...]

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    59  “Edit” butto n to edi t current sel ect i o n.  “Del ete” butto n to edi t curr en t sel ect i o n.  Cli ck on the Save Changes b utto n to store and ch a nges and t hen r eboot t he devic e in order f o r t he ch a nges to take eff ect . Figure 10.1.2 ill u st rates the add or edi t page f o r RA DIUS entr y . Figur e 10. 1.2:[...]

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    60 3.8 T ools 3.8.1 T ools > Ping Figure 1 1.1.1 il lust rates the ping page. Figur e 1 1. 1.1: Ping page P in g page co ntains the f o ll o wing para meters:  Ping : Enter the IP address to pin g.  Number of pin gs : Enter t he n u mb er o f p in g s to se nd.  “Ping” button to pin g and d isplay o ut put of ping comm a nd.  “[...]

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    61 Figur e 1 1. 2.1: Ifconfig page If co nfig page co nta in s t he foll o wing parameters:  “Ifc on fig” butto n to call ifconfig co mm a nd.  “Outpu t” t ext a rea to di sp lay the o utput o f the command. 3.8.3 T ools > Route Route page is used to coll e ct inf o r ma t i on about devi ce’ s rout in g table. Figure 1 1.3.1 ill[...]

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    62 3.8.4 T ools > TFTP Figure 1 1.4.1 il lust rates the T FTP page. Figur e 1 1. 4.1: TF TP page TFTP co n t ains t he f o ll o w in g para meters:  TFTP to : E nter the destin at i o n IP address o f remote TFTP server .  Operation : Se l ect “put”, “ get ” or “get and reboot” fil e to rem o t e TFTP se r ve r .  File Name [...]

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    63 3.9 S tatus 3.9.1 St atus > System Cli ck o n t he St atus link o n t he navigat i o n dro p-down m e nu. T his o pt i o n d isplays t he syste m upt im e, CPU speed, free R AM, and f ir mware versi o n . Fi gur e 12.1. 1 il lust rat es t he sy st em stat us page. Figur e 12. 1.1: System S tatus page 3.9.2 St atus > Interfaces Cli ck o n t[...]

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    64 Figur e 12. 2.2: W AN Int erfac e page Cli ck o n t he Get Details butto n f or t he MESH and VL A N0 inter f ace. T his sect i o n dis p lays t he ha rdwar e MAC address, IP t y pe, IP address , broadcast address, netma sk, MTU, and Tx/Rx packet inf o r m at i o n. On t he w i re less inter f ace i t displays t he ESS ID , 802.11 ban d, f reque[...]

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    65 t he current status of t he f o ll o w ing ser vices: NTP client, SSHD , SNMP server, Sysl og serv er, and we b ser vers. Fi gure 12.3. 1 ill ustr ates the status o f each ser vice r unning in t he devic e. Figur e 12. 3.1: Services page 3.9.4 St atus > System Log Cli ck on t he S ystem Log li nk on t he navi gat ion dro p-down m enu. T his o[...]

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    66 Figur e 12. 5.1: Neighbor Stat us page Nei g hbor S t atus page contains the f o l l o w ing parameter s:  List of Neighbors : d isplay a li st o f connected nei g hbor .  <V iew hyperlink> : display the MAC t able of t he sele ct ed entr y .  V iew All Macs : d i sp lay all t he MAC curr ent ly visible to the device .[...]

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    67 3.10 Help Hel p page pro vi d e li nk s to specifi c h e lp r elat ed to co nfigurati o n a nd so m e de scr i pt i o n according to each submenu o f the confi gurat i on.[...]

  • Page 69

    66 4 Appendi x A – F CC I nterference S tatement Federal Comm u nicati on Commis sion Int erfe r e n ce S tatement This equ ipment has bee n test ed an d f o und t o com p ly with t he limi t s f or a Class B digi t al de vice, pursuant to Pa r t 15 of t he FCC Ru les. Th ese l imi t s are des i g n ed t o pro vi de re as o nable prote c t ion ag[...]

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    67 This t ransmi t t er m u st n ot be co-located or op era t ing in co njun ct i on w ith a ny ot her antenna or t ra n smi t te r .[...]

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    5 Appendi x B – GPL So f tware Agr eeme nt This pro duct in co rporates open sour ce code in t o t he sof t ware a nd therefor e f a lls u nder t he gui d eli n es go verned by the General Pub l ic License (GPL) agreem e nt. A d her i ng to t he GPL requirem ents, t he o pen s ource cod e an d ope n source l icense f o r t he sour ce code are ava[...]