Hotpoint 5200 Installation & Setup Manual

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Installation & Setup Guide

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HotPoint 5000 Access Point

FWC2050 WLAN Controller

HotPoint 5200 MIMO Outdoor Access Point

HotPoint 5100 MIMO Indoor Access Point

Manual Revision 1.2 2011-01-20

The contents of this Installation Guide are subject to change without notice.

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Page 1 Installation & Setup Guide HotPoint HotPoint 5000 Access Point FWC2050 WLAN Controller HotPoint 5200 MIMO Outdoor Access Point HotPoint 5100 MIMO Indoor Access Point Manual Revision 1.2 2011-01-20 The contents of this Installation Guide are subject to change without notice.
Page 2 ARRESTORS. This will help prevent fire damage or human injury in case of lightning, static build-up, or short circuit within equipment connected to the antenna. The HotPoint access point has built-in lightning protection. Be sure that any other equipment connected to the HotPoint access point also has the same level of protection.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
HotPoint 5000 Specifications ........
Page 4: The Mimo Hotpoint Family
The FWC2050 Wireless LAN Controller: Each FWC2050 can control and manage up to 50 Firetide MIMO Access Points. The HotPoint 5100 Indoor Access Point: A dual-radio system support 2.4 and 5 GHz operation in 802.11a, b, g, and n modes.
Page 5: Setting Up Your Equipment
Use with Firetide HotPort 7000 Mesh Nodes In locations where access to Ethernet or power is limited, the HotPoint 5100 and 5200 can be paired with a HotPort 7000 Mesh Node for backhaul. The HotPort 7201/7202 Series is also capable of powering the HotPoint 5100/5200 Series.
Page 6: Logging In
Log in to your FWC2050 Wireless Management System administrative interface for the first time at http://192.168.224.250, using the default username (admin) and password (password) Firetide recommends that you change the user name and password, and the default IP address. HotPoint 5000 User Guide January 2011...
Page 7: Access Point Tab
Access Point Tab Discovery Firetide HotPoint 5000 Access Points can operate as stand-alone devices, or be associated with Firetide Wireless Controllers. Controller- based operation, called Managed Mode, offers many additional features, including roaming. The Controller can auto-discover and man- age the access points in the same layer-2 domain, or across a layer-3 domain, but certain conditions must be met Discovery for Initial Setup New or factory-reset APs operate in stand-alone mode, unaware of the existence of the Controller.
Page 8 When the process finishes, you will be presented with a list of APs, their model numbers, their IP and their Ethernet MAC ad- dresses. You can then choose the APs to be managed under this controller. Once this is done, the AP will be upgraded to the controller-based image. HotPoint 5000 User Guide January 2011...
Page 9: Configuration Tab
Chapter 5 Configuration Tab System Menu General Settings Name: This is the FWC2050 name. By default, the name is FWC2050. Firetide recommends changing the name as soon as possible after setting up. The name must contain only alphabets, numbers, and hyphens, and must be 31 characters or less.
Page 10 LAN support the 802.1Q standard. Changing either of these values will result in a loss of IP connectivity if the hubs and switches on your network have not yet been configured with the corresponding VLANs. HotPoint 5000 User Guide January 2011...
Page 11 DHCP Server List Displays a list of DHCP Servers configured on the FWC2050. Use VLAN Interface: Enable this option to provide IP addresses to clients in a specified VLAN. DHCP Server VLAN ID: Enter DHCP server VLAN ID. The VLAN ID range is between 1 and 4094. IP Network: This option is enabled only when “Use VLAN Interface”...
Page 12 The private key used by the Controller to decrypt messages. Controller Certificate: The public key of the Controller. The default key is signed by Firetide. CA Certificate: The signed certificate of the Certificate Authority. All keys and certificates are in PEM format. HotPoint 5000 User Guide January 2011...
Page 13 Alerts Syslog Configuration This page lets you configure the settings to connect to a Syslog server. Enable Syslog: Enable the Syslog settings, if you have a Syslog server on your network. Syslog Server IP Address: Enter the IP address to which the FWC2050 and managed Access Points will send all SysLogs, if SysLog option is enabled.
Page 14: Wireless
Each Managed Access Point channel can be individually selected. The Access Point mode is either set to the one enabled for the group, or, if the selected mode is not available on the Access Point, to the mode providing highest performance. HotPoint 5000 User Guide January 2011...
Page 15 Channel Allocation Automatic Channel Allocation (ACA), when run, tries to optimize the channel allocation for access points based on clients, user data traffic load and observed nearby RF environment of access points in order to reduce interference. The algorithm takes into consideration interference, traffic load on the AP and neighborhood maps to come up with the best channel for an Access Point.
Page 16 Enter the correct current time. If NTP service is enabled, this field displays the local time. Schedule Radio On/Off: Enables and disables this feature. Schedule at: Specifies the time. Schedule On: Specifies the days of the week. Duration: Specifies the length of on time. HotPoint 5000 User Guide January 2011...
Page 17 Advanced - QoS Settings QoS settings on the access point control downstream traffic flowing from the AP to client (AP EDCA parameters) and the up- stream traffic flowing from the client to the AP (station EDCA parameters). Data 3 (Voice): The highest priority queue, minimum delay;...
Page 18: Security
Rogue Detection Interval: The interval at which Rogue Detection required on run on FWC2050. The default Rogue Detection Interval is “Low”. Alert Severity: Sets the severity of the alarm when Rogue APs are detected. HotPoint 5000 User Guide January 2011...
Page 19 This is a sample rogue and neighbor screen: Firetide - Reliable Connectivity Anywhere 19 January 2011...
Page 20 Refresh to update this list in the table. Select a station in the Available Wireless Stations table and click Move to move the station to the Selected wireless clients table. Authentication Server Selection This lets you select one of three authentication servers. HotPoint 5000 User Guide January 2011...
Page 21: Clients
Configuring a RADIUS Authentication Server Primary Authentication Server: The Primary Authentication Server is the main Radius server used for authentication. The IP Address, Port, and Shared Secret information is required to communicate with Radius Server. The Shared Secret is shared between the Wireless Access Point and the Radius Server while authenticat- ing the Wireless client.

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