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WM5030M-OD WiMAX Outdoor Modem User Manual Version 1.3 TECOM CO., LTD 2010/5/5...
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Disclaimer The software is sold on an “AS IS” basis. TECOM, its affiliates or its licensors MAKE NO WARRANTIES, WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION.
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MAINTENANCE OR USE OF ITS PRODUCTS. Limitation of Liability TECOM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO THE PURCHASER OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY, FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF USE, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER ARISING UNDER...
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL Configuration Using Web Page 1.1. Setup Step 1: Connect WiMAX modem and PC with an Ethernet cable. Step 2: Switch on WiMAX modem. Step 3: The default IP of WiMAX modem is 192.168.111.113. 1.2. Establish Connection Enter the IP address (default is 192.168.111.113) of WiMAX modem into Web Browser. A Dialogue Box will pop out to request for user login information.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL Figure 2. Homepage 1.3. Device Configuration System administrator can configure WiMAX modem remotely or locally via a Web Browser. Network configuration must be planned and decided before starting the configuration procedure. Under “Device Configuration”, all available functions are grouped in the following categories based on their nature: Adapter Summary Link Status...
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.3.1. Adapter Summary Click “Adapter Summary” in the main menu (see Figure 3), its summary will appear as follows: Figure 3. Adapter Summary State: Connection status between CPE (i.e. WiMAX modem) and Base Station. Frequency: Downlink frequency status. SS MAC Address: Display WiMAX MAC address of this CPE Base Station ID: Display Base Station’s MAC address CPE is connected to.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.3.2. Link Status Figure 4 shows the following Link Status information: Figure 4. Link Status Frame Configuration Started: “Yes” indicates successful start-up. State: Display connection status Bandwidth: Display the existing Bandwidth. Cyclic Prefix: Display the existing Cyclic Prefix. Frame Length: Display the existing Frame Length.
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WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL Downlink Information Frequency: Display downlink frequency. Operational FEC-CODE: Display the Operational FEC-CODE type. Current FEC-CODE: Display the Current FEC-CODE type. BS ID: Display Base Station ID. BS EIRP: Display Base Station EIRP. MAC Version: Display MAC Version. Uplink Information Frequency: Display uplink frequency.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.3.3. Service Flows Figure 5 illustrates service flow information when Base Station and CPE are connected. Figure 5. Service Flows 1.3.4. Statistics Figure 6. Statistics Signal Statistics RSSI: Display the average receiving signal strength value. CINR resue1: Display the average CINR resue1 signal quality value. CINR resue3: Display the average CINR resue3 signal quality value.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.3.5. Adapter Info Figure 7 illustrates the following design related information in the device: Figure 7. Adapter Information Adapter Info MAC Address: Display CPE’s MAC address. H/W Version: Display Hardware version. F/W Version: Display Firmware version. S/W Version: Display Software version. BSP Version: Display BSP version.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.4. Device Management In Device Management, user can configure WiMAX modem’s settings. The main categories are as follows: Change Password Network Parameters Available Networks Full Scan Provisioning Scanning List Authentication Settings CS Capabilities SNTP 1.4.1. Change Password User can change the login password when he or she logs in as administrator.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.4.2. Network Parameters There are two sub-categories in Network Parameters: Routing 1.4.2.1. LAN Figure 9 displays LAN (Local Area Network) settings. User can feed IP address (LAN IP) and Subnet Mask into WiMAX modem. User can select to Disable/Enable modem’s DHCP Server function. When user enables the DHCP server function, he must also configure related settings for DHCP server.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.4.2.2. Routing As shown in Figure 10, user can assign the Static Routing rule in this page. Static Route Table can be configured with 32 entries maximum. Figure 10. Routing Enter the destination network address, subnet mask, gateway IP address and/or interface, then click "Add" to add the entry to the routing table.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.4.3. Available Networks The available networks are displayed in this table, with information about the NAP (Network Access Provider) ID, and the signal strength statistics CINR and RSSI. User can select the network that he want to connect to from this table and click the Connect button to connect to the network that he selects from the Available Networks table.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.4.5. Provisioning The Provisioning tab provides the following informational and interactive dialog elements: Figure 13. Provisioning Information Preferred NAP This tab provides a display area for the contractual agreement preference list with information about the NAP ID, priority and channels. Preferred NSP This tab provides a display area for the roaming agreement preference list with information about the NSP name, priority and IDs.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.4.5.1. Preferred NAP This tab provides a display area for the contractual agreement preference list with information about the NAP ID, priority and channels. NAP is the network access provider. Each NAP is identified with an NAP ID and associated with a channel list. Contractual Agreement Preference List is a list of NAPs defined by NAP IDs that give access to the home NSP.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.4.5.2. Preferred NSP This tab provides a display area for the roaming agreement preference list with information about the NSP name, priority and IDs. User can configure this parameter with the NSP names as character strings and NSP ID lists. An NSP ID list can be empty. Roaming Agreement Preference List is a list of NSPs defined by NSP IDs, to which the MS can connect if the home NSP is not found.
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WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL Auto Connect Disabled MS performs a full round of scanning. Best CINR MS tries to perform network entry automatically as soon as a valid NAP or NSP is found. The MS connects to the channel with the best CINR, depending on the other scanning configuration parameters.
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WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL Open RAPL Enabled RAPL is semi-open. MS considers BS from any NSP. Disabled RAPL is exclusive. MS considers only BS from the RAPL. This parameter is only valid if the roaming Enabled parameter is enabled. Accurate Best NAP Selection Enabled MS looks for the highest priority NAP.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.4.6. Scanning List Figure 17 illustrates current channel setting. User can set the all bandwidth simultaneously. This setting affects the availabilities of each channel. The available state of each channel is shown on last column of the table. Figure 17.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.4.7. Authentication Setting To use the authentication feature, user must provide security settings. Select “Authentication Settings” page to display dialog (see Figure 18). This section illustrates how to use the functions on the Authentication Settings page. Figure 18. Authentication Setting Authentication type means EAP authentication method.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL Figure 20. TTLS Settings Inner Auth type The inner round of EAP authentication type only applies to EAP-TTLS. The following methods are available: CHAP MSCHAPV1 MSCHAPV2...
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL Identity MS identity is for the outer EAP round. Inner Identity MS identity is for the inner EAP round which only applies to EAP TTLS. To enhance privacy, an inner ‐ identity can be different from the outer identity, which is insecure. Password It’s a shared secret that can be used during the inner EAP round and only applies to EAP TTLS.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.4.8. CS Capabilities The current CS (Convergence Sub-Layer) capabilities supported are listed in Figure 21. The supported CS types are: IPv4 802.3 If settings are changed, user has to reboot the device to enable CS support. Figure 21. CS Capabilities...
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.4.9. SNTP SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) is a simplified version of the NTP (Network Time Protocol) protocol. Figure 22. SNTP Settings...
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.5. Software Upgrade As Figure 23 illustrates, user can upgrade modem via the web. Click “Browse…” and select the upgrade file that has “.img” suffix in computer. Click “Apply” to start upgrade. Time spent depends on image size and modem usage status. Figure 23.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.6. Restore Default Configuration This function can be used to load default configuration parameters by ISP (if provided). User needs to reboot device to make new settings take effect. Figure 24. Restore Default Configuration 1.7. Reset Factory Default Press “Reset Factory Default”...
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 1.8. Reconnect/Disconnect Figure 26. “RECONNECT” and “DISCONNECT” button Press “Reconnect” to reconnect the CPE to the WIMAX Network. Press “Disconnect” to disconnect the CPE from the WIMAX Network. 1.9. Reboot Press “Reboot” to reboot device to make new settings take effect Figure 27.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL Figure 28. Logout page 1.11. Change Mode User can change mode between Router Mode and Bridge Mode. Press “BRIDGE MODE” button to change to bridge mode. User needs to reboot device to make new settings take effect. Figure 29.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL Bridge Mode This chapter illustrates the configuration setting of the modem that supports bridge mode. 2.1. Router Mode and Bridge Mode Other than supporting the Router mode to support IP Sharing for LAN network, this modem can be configured to work in bridge mode between WiMAX network and Ethernet LAN.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 2.1.1. IP Setting This page allows user to configure LAN IP Settings. Enter the ISP provided information to configure the LAN IP setting. User can configure the IP address and gateway with static value manually Figure 31. IP Setting User can enable “Obtain an IP address automatically”...
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL Software Upgrade from Web page Recommendation: To speed up the upgrade procedure, it’s suggested to stop all network traffic before upgrading. Open “Scanning List” page, and click on “Disconnect” button. Step 1 Connect the device to a PC or laptop. Configure IP address of network connection to be in the same subnet as default device IP Address.
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WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL Step 3 Wait for upgrading progress. ”Estimate Waiting Time” is the remained estimate time for upgrade process finish, which is for reference only. Step 4 “Upgrade Success” will be displayed when upgrading succeeds. Step 5 Press “Reboot” button to reboot the system. Step 6 After rebooting the system, user can check the latest software version.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL Advance Setting for Service/ISP 4.1. Advance Setting WiMAX modem web page configuration supports two administration levels. General users will use “subscriber” as login username. Through this account, user can’t configure Network Parameters, such as WAN, NAT, Firewall and Filter, as well as Dynamic Adaptation. To enable advance settings in web page, user needs to use “isp”...
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 4.1.1. Network Parameters - WAN WAN (Wide Area Network) displays IP address information and subnet mask getting from the ISP for the WiMAX Interface of this modem. (See Figure 34) User can configure WAN setting, e.g. IP address, Default Gateway, and DNS.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 4.1.2. Network Parameters – NAT NAT (Network Address Translator) will translate the local IP address to global address and vice versa. In NAT setting, user can click check box to enable NAT settings. Figure 35 displays NAT setting which includes DMZ host and Virtual server.
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WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL A Virtual Server is defined as a service port, and all requests to this port will be redirected to the computer specified by the server IP. For example, if user has an FTP Server (port 21) at 192.168.111.1, a Web server (port 80) at 192.168.111.80, and a VPN (port 1723) server at 192.168.111.7, then user needs to specify the following virtual server.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 4.1.3. Network Parameters – Firewall Firewall setting is used to pass or deny traffic through the device as show in Figure 38 displays. Click check box to enable the desired firewall settings. Un-checking “Enable Firewall” will also disable Firewall function (see Figure 38 and Figure 39).
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WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL Port User can enter a single port, port range, excluded port range or all port range. ICMP When selecting ICMP protocol, user can decide the type and the code of ICMP. Press “Apply” at end of table to add a new firewall rule. (See Figure 38). If “Pass” in Action filed is selected, only user-specified source IP addresses are allowed to access the Destination IP addresses and the specified port.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 4.1.4. Network Parameters – Filter Figure 40 displays Filter setting which include IP filter and MAC filter. It works in the same way as Firewall with simple setting. On this page, user can set two kinds of filters: IP Filter and MAC Filter. Click check box to enable desired filter settings.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL Figure 41. MAC Filter Table User can enter any description in Description block. Press “Apply” at end of table to add a new MAC Filter. (See Figure 41). User-specified source MAC addresses are not allowed to access the destination MAC address.
WM5030M-OD USER MANUAL 4.1.5. Dynamic Adaptation The goal of dynamic modulation is to optimize the downlink capacity of a mobile WiMAX network for each mobile station (MS) This optimization is done by selecting the most suitable Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS), in other words, from QPSK-1/2 to 64QAM-5/6, in accordance with the signal quality measured by MS.
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