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- Page 1 APC software manual User’s Guide Revision 1.0 1 February 2013 Copyright © 2012 Deliberant www.deliberant.com...
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Page 2: Copyright
This user’s guide and the software described in it are copyrighted with all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any means without the written permission of Deliberant. Notice ... -
Page 3: Trademarks
This equipment is intended for fixed (non-mobile), point-to-point applications ,and remote stations of point-to- multipoint systems can be used also. Any other use is prohibited. Trademarks Deliberant logo is trademark of Deliberant LLC. All other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole property of their respective owners. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
Advanced Wireless Settings........................36 Wireless Mode: iPoll Access Point ....................37 Basic Settings ............................38 Security Settings ............................39 Advanced Wireless Settings........................39 Wireless Mode: iPoll Station ......................41 Basic Settings ............................41 deliberant Page 4 ... - Page 5 UAM Configuration ..........................60 White/Black List ..........................62 APPENDIX............................63 A) Resetting Device to Factory Defaults ................... 63 B) RADIUS Attributes ........................64 General Attributes..........................64 WISPr Attributes ..........................65 ChilliSpot Attributes ........................65 deliberant Page 5 ...
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Page 6: About This Guide
Dynamic Host Control Protocol DHCP Extensible Authentication Protocol Gigahertz Greenwich Mean Time. Graphical User Interface Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP Internet Service Provider Internet Protocol Local Area Network Light-Emitting Diode deliberant Page 6 ... -
Page 7: Initial Device Setup
Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP Wireless Distribution System Wired Equivalent Privacy Wireless Internet Service Provider roaming WISPr Wireless Local Area Network WLAN Wi-Fi Protected Access Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 WPA2 Initial Device Setup The default product address is 192.168.2.66. deliberant Page 7 ... -
Page 8: Initial Ap Setup
192.168.2.0 subnet with mask 255.255.255.0. Connect the AP device in to the same physical network as your PC. Open the Web browser and type the default IP address of the APC device https://192.168.2.66/ and the login page will be loaded. Enter default administrator login settings: Figure 1 –... - Page 9 User’s Guide The initial login screen looks as follow: Confirm the disclaimer of the APC. According to the chosen country the regulatory Step 5. domain settings may differ. You are not allowed to select radio channels and RF output power values other the permitted values for your country and regulatory domain.
- Page 10 Navigate to the Configuration | Network tab and choose the Router network mode with Step 7. NAT enabled, Static IP enabled on WAN side, LAN settings with DHCP server enabled (to loan an IP addresses for connected clients) on LAN side and click Save&Apply: deliberant Page 10 ...
- Page 11 (refer to the section Initial AP Setup). Connect an Ethernet cable between your computer and the DLB APC device. Step 1. Make sure your computer is set to the same subnet as the APC, i.e. 192.168.2.150 Step 2. Start your Web browser.
- Page 12 You are not allowed to select radio channels and RF output power values other the permitted values for your country and regulatory domain. Enter the default password, and then press the Login button to enter the APC web Step 6.
- Page 13 Dynamic IP enabled (be sure that AP to which the device will be associated has a DHCP server running ((refer to the section Initial AP Setup for instructions)), specify the DHCP fallback settings in case the DHCP server will be unreachable and click Save&Apply button: deliberant Page 13 ...
- Page 14 Verify connection. Navigate to the Status | Information page. The Information page will Step 9. display wireless information of the link with AP. The connection status must be displayed as Connected and progress bars indicating the quality of the connection must be displayed: deliberant Page 14 ...
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Page 15: Network Operation Modes
NAT. NAT allows a set of station’s clients to invisibly access the Internet via the wireless station. To other clients on the Internet, all this outgoing traffic will appear to be from the APC device itself. deliberant Page 15... -
Page 16: General Device Operation
By default the Status | Information menu is activated where the main device information is displayed. The APC web management menu has the following structure: Status Information – displays general information and of the device. -
Page 17: Appling And Saving Configuration Changes
User’s Guide Site Survey – information about other wireless networks in the local area. Delayed reboot – setup delayed reboot for APC unit. Ping – perform ping command. Traceroute – perform graphical traceroute command. Spectrum analyzer – check the signal strength on available channels. -
Page 18: Configuration Guide
Information The Information page displays a summary of status information of your device. It shows important information for the APC operating mode, network settings. System information – displays general information about the device. Wireless information – displays general information about the wireless connection. The wireless information will differ on Access Point, Station, iPoll wireless modes: AP mode –... -
Page 19: Wireless
AP which acts as Router and have DHCP server enabled. Wireless Status Wireless section is not available if APC is operating in Station wireless mode. In this case all necessary information about wireless connection with AP unit will be under Information section. -
Page 20: Routes
Data rate – displays the data rate at which the access point communicates with the particular station. Connection time – displays the duration of the session. Routes The Routes page displays the routing table for each interface: Figure 6 – Routes Table deliberant Page 20 ... -
Page 21: Arp
Network settings will vary according to the selected Network mode. The Bridge mode allows configuring device LAN IP settings, while the Router mode requires more parameters such as LAN network settings, WAN network settings, LAN DHCP settings. Bridge Mode Port forwarding and Static routes are not available on Bridge mode. deliberant Page 21 ... -
Page 22: Ip Settings
Subnet mask – specify a subnet mask for device. Default gateway – specify a gateway IP address for device. DNS server – specify the Domain Naming Server. Enable IP alias – specify the alternative IP address and the netmask for APC unit management. deliberant Page 22... -
Page 23: Vlan To Ssid Mapping
VLAN ID value, only management frames that matching configured VLAN ID will be accepted by device. Restrict management to – select interfaces that will be restricted with management VLAN. Untagged radio – select the interface for untagged traffic. deliberant Page 23 ... -
Page 24: Router Mode
WAN interface. Ethernet speed – configures the Ethernet link speed and the duplex mode of the Ethernet port. Choose "auto" for automatic detection of link speed and duplex mode. deliberant Page 24 ... -
Page 25: Wan Settings
Subnet mask – specify a subnet mask. Default gateway – specify a gateway. DNS server – specify primary and/or secondary DNS server Enable secondary IP – specify the alternative IP address and the netmask for APC unit management. deliberant Page 25... - Page 26 DHCP fallback setting – specify IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway and optionally DNS server for DHCP fallback. In case the APC unit will not get the IP address from the DHCP, the specified fallback IP settings will be used.
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Page 27: Lan Network Settings
Idle time [1-65535] setting. DNS settings – allows selecting if automatically assigned or alternative DNS servers should be used. Enable secondary IP – specify the alternative IP address and the netmask for APC unit management. LAN Network Settings LAN network settings includes settings related to the LAN interface. -
Page 28: Lan Dhcp Settings
Subnet mask – specify the subnet mask. Default gateway – specify DHCP gateway IP address. Lease time – specify the expiration time in seconds for the IP address assigned by the DHCP server. DNS server – specify the DNS server IP address. deliberant Page 28 ... -
Page 29: Wireless
Station – sets the radio to run in client mode. In this mode wireless station does not broadcast an SSID and clients cannot connect to it. Station mode allows the APC radio to connect to other radios functioning as an AP. -
Page 30: Wireless Mode: Access Point (Auto Wds)
Automatic channel selection allows AP to select a channel which is not used by any other wireless device or, if there are no free channels available - to select a channel which is least occupied. The table displays detailed information about each channel: deliberant Page 30 ... -
Page 31: Security Settings
AES – APC will accept clients with passphrase encrypted with AES method only; TKIP – APC will accept clients with passphrase encrypted with TKIP method only; Auto – APC will accept clients with passphrase encrypted with both: AES and TKIP methods;... -
Page 32: Advanced Wireless Settings
RADIUS server and client. Shared secrets must be the same on the RADIUS servers and the RADIUS client. Advanced Wireless Settings Advanced parameters allow configuring the device to get the best performance/capacity of the link. Figure 26 – Wireless Advanced Settings deliberant Page 32 ... - Page 33 Max data rate N – choose the data rate in Mbps at which should transmit packets for the selected 802.11n mode. The APC will attempts to transmit data at the highest data rate set. If there will be an interference encountered, the APC will step down to the highest rate that allows data transmission.
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Page 34: Wireless Mode: Station
IEEE mode – specify the wireless network mode. Channel width – The default channel bandwidth for 802.11 radio is 20MHz. The 802.11n allow channel bonding in such way the total channel width becomes 40MHz. deliberant Page 34 ... -
Page 35: Security Settings
AES – passphrase encrypted with AES method. TKIP – passphrase encrypted with TKIP method. Station has possibility to use Enterprise WPA/WPA2 encryption with RADIUS authentication. Station will send requests to AP, which will redirect authentication parameters to required RADIUS server. deliberant Page 35 ... -
Page 36: Advanced Wireless Settings
Identity – specify the identity of the authentication to the RADIUS server. Password – specify the password of the authentication to the RADIUS server. Identity and Password on the APC must match the identity and password running on the RADIUS server's user list. -
Page 37: Wireless Mode: Ipoll Access Point
Max data rate N – choose the data rates in Mbps at which should transmit packets for the selected 802.11n mode. The APC will attempts to transmit data at the highest data rate set. If there will be an interference encountered, the APC will step down to the highest rate that allows data transmission. -
Page 38: Basic Settings
- to select a channel which is least occupied. The table displays detailed information about each channel: deliberant Page 38 ... -
Page 39: Security Settings
Security Settings Both sides (iPoll Access Point and iPoll Station) of the link must have the same security settings. The APC device working, in iPoll Access Point wireless mode, supports authentication/encryption methods listed below: Open – no encryption. Personal WPA – preshared key encryption with WPA using AES method. - Page 40 Enable DFS – select to enable a radar detection. With enabled DFS, iPoll AP monitors the operating frequency for radar signals. If radar signals are detected on the channel, the unit randomly selects a different channel. Note that if APC is operating on channel where DFS is required, this option automatically will be enabled.
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Page 41: Wireless Mode: Ipoll Station
40MHz. Security Settings Both sides (iPoll Access Point and iPoll Station) of the link must have the same security settings. The APC device working, in iPoll Station wireless mode, supports authentication/encryption methods listed below: deliberant Page 41... -
Page 42: Advanced Wireless Settings
Enable DFS – select to enable the radar detection. With enabled DFS, iPoll Station unit monitors the operating frequency for radar signals. If radar signals are detected on the channel, the unit randomly selects a different channel. Note that if APC is operating on channel where DFS is required, this option automatically will be enabled. -
Page 43: Virtual Ap
Use the Configuration | Virtual AP page to configure to create up to 3 additional Virtual AP interfaces. The Virtual AP defines a logical wireless network, and the APC can be configured to provide additional 3 wireless networks on each device radio. All the VAPs may be active at the same time meaning that client devices can associate to the APC using any of the VAP SSID. -
Page 44: Wireless Acl
Use Traffic Shaping to control download or upload bandwidth in order to optimize or guarantee performance. There are two methods to control network traffic: Limit all traffic – limits overall APC upload and download traffic. Limit per IP traffic – limits upload and download traffic for a specified IP addresses. -
Page 45: Limit All Traffic
Down burst, kbytes – specify the download burst size in kbytes. UP rate, kbps – specify the maximum upload (from Ethernet interface to wireless interface) bandwidth value in Kbps. UP burst, kbytes – specify the download burst size in kbytes deliberant Page 45 ... -
Page 46: Port Forwarding
Enable DMZ – select to enable DMZ. DMZ opens all TCP/UDP ports to particular IP address. It allows setting up servers behind the APC. The feature is used commonly for setting up VoIP or Multi- Media servers. Public port – specify the port that will be accessed externally using the public IP address. -
Page 47: Static Routes
WNMS client service running on every device. Enable WNMS agent – select to enable WNMS agent. Server/Collector URL – specify the URL of the WMS server to which that heartbeat notifications will be sent to. deliberant Page 47 ... -
Page 48: System Alerts
TX retry greater than – system will send notification when percent of TX retries becomes higher than specified value. Default: 250 packets per seconds. Device reboot – system will send notification about unexpected or administrator initiated device reboot. Figure 49 – Device Alerts: SNMP Traps and SMTP Configuration deliberant Page 48 ... -
Page 49: Snmp Traps Settings
Figure 50 – SNMP Service Settings Enable SNMP – specify the SNMP service status. Friendly name – displays name of the APC that will be used to identify the unit. This name has the same value as Friendly name in the Device settings. -
Page 50: Clock/Ntp
GMT time. Save last known time – select to recall the timestamp that was saved on last reboot. Date – specify the new date value in format MM/DD/YYYY Time – specify the time in format hh:mm. deliberant Page 50 ... -
Page 51: Ssh
Autodiscovery function is available only on Station, Station WDS and IPoll Station wireless modes. Enable this feature to allow the APC unit discovery within reach of a single multicast packet. Figure 55 – Device Autodiscovery Enable device autodiscovery – select to enable Autodiscovery function. -
Page 52: System
Figure 56 – Device Administration Settings Device settings Friendly name – specify name of the APC that will be used to identify the unit. Device location – describe the location of the device [maximum 255 ASCII characters]. Longitude – specify the longitude coordinates of the device [specific decimal format, e.q. 54.869446]. -
Page 53: System Functions
The device can be configured to send system log messages to a remote server: Syslog forward – select to enable remote system logging. Forward server – specify the remote host IP address or hostname where syslog messages will be sent. deliberant Page 53 ... -
Page 54: Led Control
Backup port – specify the port to which syslog messages will be forwarded [0-65535]. Default: 514. LED Control The APC is equipped with 6 LEDs: power, LAN and 4 Signal LEDs that indicates the signal strength of current connection. The signal level is classified into 4 levels, thus corresponding 4 LEDs switches on as soon as indicated threshold is reached. -
Page 55: Firmware Upgrade
Upgrade – upgrade device with the uploaded image and reboot the system. Do not switch off and do not disconnect the device from the power supply during the firmware upgrade process as the device could be damaged. deliberant Page 55 ... -
Page 56: Tools
The results of the Site Survey test are converted to handy two graphs: AP count and RSSI. An administrator can use this to identify the best channel for device operation that will not receive interference from adjacent APs. deliberant Page 56 ... -
Page 57: Delayed Reboot
This command is used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network. The Ping results will be displayed graphically: Figure 61 – Ping Results IP address or Host name – specify the destination IP address or Host name. Packet size – specify the packet size. deliberant Page 57 ... -
Page 58: Traceroute
Figure 62 – Traceroute Results Destination IP or Hostname – specify hostname or IP address of the target host. Max Hops –Specifies the maximum number of hops to search for target. Start/Stop – click to start or stop traceroute tool. deliberant Page 58 ... -
Page 59: Spectrum Analyzer
Click Start button to perform the test: Operating frequency range – displays the channel frequency range at which the APC unit is operating currently. Maximum – color indicates a the maximum achieved signal level on the appropriate frequency. -
Page 60: Universal Access Method (Uam)
Client will not send any authentication requests directly to the APC, the Web portal will do this. On success, APC will allow access to the Internet; otherwise Web portal will display failure notice. - Page 61 Internet, they will be blocked, and re-directed to the URL specified below. Custom internal – upload a customized internal page. Use HTTPS – enable to use the HTTPS protocol for connection and authentication. deliberant Page 61 ...
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Page 62: White/Black List
Personal WPA 2 – preshared key encryption with WPA2 using AES method. White/Black List The white and black access lists control user access to Web content through the APC. The unauthenticated users will be allowed to access sites from white list while access to the sites from black list will be denied even for authenticated users. -
Page 63: Appendix
For Linux users: ping <IP address> -s 369 For Windows users: ping <IP address> -l 369 -t -w 0.2 Power up APC device and wait about 30sec or more (depending on device hardware). Step 6. Stop pinging the device, and let the device boot as usual. The device should start up Step 7. -
Page 64: B) Radius Attributes
User’s Guide B) RADIUS Attributes The following RADIUS attributes and messages are supported by the DLB APC. General Attributes Attribute Description User-name (1) Full username as entered by the user. User-Password (2) Used for UAM as alternative to CHAP-Password and CHAP-Challenge. CHAP-Password (3) -
Page 65: Wispr Attributes
Maximum number of octets the user is allowed to receive. After this limit has been reached the user will be disconnected. ChilliSpot-Max-Total-Octets (14559, 3) Maximum total octets the user is allowed to send or receive. After this limit has been reached the user will be deliberant Page 65 ... - Page 66 Maximum bandwidth up ChilliSpot-Bandwidth-Max-Down (14559, 5) Maximum bandwidth down ChilliSpot-Config (14559, 6) Configurations passed between chilli and back-end as name value pairs ChilliSpot-Lang (14559, 7) Language selected in user interface ChilliSpot-Version (14559, 8) Version of Chilli sending this AccessRequest deliberant Page 66 ...
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