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sB3410

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Version 1.4
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  • Page 1: User Guide

    Nexus sB3410 User Guide Version 1.4 Copyright © smartBridges Pte Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT ...4 Overview of User Guide...4 Related Publications...4 Technical Support Center ...5 INTRODUCTION...6 1.1. YSTEM EQUIREMENTS 1.2..7 HECKLISTS AIRCLIENT CONFIGURATION...11 2.1. OGIN AND ICENSE 2.2. GUI A DMINISTRATOR 2.3. SING THE ONFIGURATION 2.4. EVICE ONFIGURATION 2.5. LIENT RIDGE TO AIR 2.6.
  • Page 3 7.2. ROFILE ANAGER 7.2.1. Save Profile ...53 7.2.2. Load Operating Profile...54 7.2.3. Profile Calendar ...54 7.3..56 7.4. UDGET LANNING FIRMWARE UPGRADE ...60 APPENDIX A – SNMP TRAP...62 APPENDIX B – USEFUL TERMS AND DEFINITIONS...63 APPENDIX C – LICENSE ...66 airClient™...

  • Page 4: About This Document

    About This Document This User Guide is for the networking professional who configures and manages the smartBridges’ Intelligent Nexus Platform of wireless client devices (airClient™ Nexus). It provides detailed information on using the web-based configuration GUI to configure the airClient Nexus unit.

  • Page 5: Technical Support Center

    To access technical support resources, please visit support center website http://www.smartbridges.com/support/ You will need to register for certain services and downloads on the smartBridges support center website. airClient™ Nexus User Guide Page 5 of 66...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    1. Introduction This User Guide provides information on how to set-up and deploy the airClient unit. A web-based management tool is provided to assist the user to configure the airClient unit for different purposes. The airClient web-based management tool provides the user with the following features: 1.

  • Page 7: Checklists

    90V-264V AC,50-60 Hz Yes/No Feet/Meters Yes/No For example, to achieve long distance/LOS etc Mbps Miles/km Parabolic/sector smartBridges/Name of other manufacturer Horizontal/Vertical Horizontal - deg Vertical – deg LMR 400/LMR600/ p l a t f o r m Site A Site B...
  • Page 8 Configured for pre installation testing Ping response Ping Success Rate Throughput test (Upload/Download) Note: Economical One radio model (sB3410) As much as 6 Mbps data throughput with a range of up to 10 miles (16km) Signature of Engineer: Name: Email: Date: airClient™...
  • Page 9 IP address of Ethernet Port IP address of Wireless Port Noise Floor RSSI Channel selected for Link Radio TX Output Power Model of smartBridges airClient equipment selected for a link. Antenna Type Antenna Mfg. Antenna Polarization Beam width of antenna Antenna Gain airClient™...
  • Page 10 Link stability based on observation for 1 Hr Signature of Engineer: Name: Email: Installation Date: Commissioned Date: latest information http://www.smartbridges.com/ airClient™ Nexus User Guide i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s Units Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No...

  • Page 11: Airclient Configuration

    The default user name is Administrator and the password is smartBridges (case sensitive). 4. Click the ’OK’ button. A License agreement page will appear as shown in Fig 2-2 below 5.
  • Page 12 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m Figure 2-2 License Agreement Page Figure 2-3 Nexus Summary Information Page airClient™ Nexus User Guide Page 12 of 66...

  • Page 13: Web Gui Administrator Password Change

    2.2. Web GUI Administrator Password Change By default the administrator password is smartBridges (case sensitive). Follow the steps below to change the Administrator password. 1. Click on the Tools | User Manager drop down menu in the navigation menu bar. An Administrator Password Change GUI will appear.

  • Page 14: Using The Configuration

    2.3. Using the Configuration Pages The airClient Nexus configuration system comprises several pages for configuring each parameter. A common navigation menu bar is provided at the top of each page for easy navigation as shown in the figure below. Figure 2- 5 Navigation Menu Bar showing editable boxes for parameters System configuration information is displayed as read-only in each page.
  • Page 15 Menu Item Menu Sub-items Networking Bridge Configuration DHCP Traffic Statistics Bandwidth Controller Routing Table Radio Main Tools System Configuration airClient™ Nexus User Guide i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s Description Displays the bridge address, generic bridge port table, spanning tree port...
  • Page 16 Menu Item Menu Sub-items Profile Manager airClient™ Nexus User Guide i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s Description Access Filters Reset: Resets the device remotely Delayed Reset: Schedules delayed reset at a future time NTP Server : Allows user to change NTP Server...
  • Page 17 Information on Technical Support Links to online User Guide Allows user to register product and provide feedback or suggestions. Check on smartBridges website for any software updates. General system description, software version information. p l a t f o r m...

  • Page 18: Device Mode Configuration

    2.4. Device Mode Configuration The device operational mode is displayed at the top right hand corner of each page. The Device Mode Configuration allows the user to configure the airClient in NAT, Router or Bridge mode. NAT: This is the default operating mode. This mode allows a Local Area Network (LAN) to use one set of IP addresses for internal traffic and a single wireless IP for external traffic.

  • Page 19: Airclient Bridge To Airclient Router/Nat

    2.5. airClient Bridge to airClient Router/NAT Follow the steps below to change airClient Bridge mode to airClient Router/NAT mode 1. Go to ‘Tools | System Configuration’ drop down menu. The ‘System Configuration’ will be displayed. 2. Click on the ‘Current Operational Mode’ link to go to the ‘System Configuration’ page. Choose ‘Router’...

  • Page 20: Airclient Router/Nat To Airclient Bridge

    2.6. airClient Router/NAT to airClient Bridge Follow the steps below to change airClient Router/NAT mode to airClient Bridge Mode 1. Go to ‘Tools | System Configuration’ drop down menu. displayed. 2. Click on the ‘Current Operational Mode’ link to go to the ‘System Configuration’ page. Choose ‘Bridge under the ‘Remote Device’...

  • Page 21: Airclient Bridge Configuration

    2.7. airClient Bridge Configuration The airClient in Bridge mode can only associate with an airPoint™ (sB3210) in bridge mode. This Bridge mode uses WDS implementation. The following sections outline the procedures for changing the settings for bridge mode. 2.7.1. Ethernet Configuration The Ethernet IP is configured when the operational mode was changed to the bridge mode.
  • Page 22 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m 3. Choose a radio regulatory domain and channel from the drop down lists. 4.

  • Page 23: Bridge Configuration

    i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m Figure 2-11 Link Status 2.7.3. Bridge Configuration In Bridge mode the airClient unit acts as a transparent bridge between the Radio and the Ethernet interfaces.

  • Page 24: Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol (Stp)

    i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m Figure 2-12 Bridge Configuration Information 2.7.4. Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) STP is a Layer 2 link management protocol that provides path redundancy while preventing loops in the network.

  • Page 25: Stp Settings Configuration

    2.7.5. STP Settings Configuration STP is disabled by default. The table below lists the default STP settings when the STP is enabled. Setting Default Value Bridge priority 32768 Bridge max age Bridge hello time Bridge forward delay Ethernet port (ETH A) path cost Ethernet port (ETH A) priority...
  • Page 26 Setting Default Value Radio port (Radio A) path cost Radio port (Radio A) priority The Radio and Ethernet interfaces are assigned to bridge group by default. When the user enables STP and assigns a priority on bridge, STP is enabled on the radio and Ethernet interfaces. The interfaces adopt the priority assigned to bridge.

  • Page 27: Airclient Router/Nat Configuration

    10. Enter the values of Ethernet Port Priority and/or Port Path Cost for ETHA. 11. Enter the values of Ethernet Port Priority and/or Port Path Cost for ETHB. 12. Enter the values of Ethernet Port Priority and/or Port Path Cost for Radio A 13.

  • Page 28: Wireless Configuration

    1. From the ’Summary Information’ page, click on the ’Ethernet Configuration’ link to change Ethernet parameters. 2. Enter the ‘IP address’ and ‘IP mask’. 3. Click on ‘Apply Changes’ to effect the changes. Figure 2-14 airClient Router Ethernet Configuration 2.8.2. Wireless Configuration The wireless parameters need to be configured to allow the airClient Router unit to associate with an airPoint™...
  • Page 29 Figure 2-15 airClient Router Wireless IP Configuration In order for the airClient Router device to associate with the access point, the user needs to configure the access point’s SSID and WEP (if used). Follow these steps below to configure the airClient Router/NAT Mode wireless association parameters: 1.
  • Page 30 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m Figure 2-16 airClient Router Wireless Association Settings Click on ‘Status’ to view the association link-status graph. Figure 2-17 Link Status Note: If the association status window does not appear, click on the Java link to download the JRE.

  • Page 31: Dhcp Configurations

    2.8.3. DHCP Configurations The airClient Router/NAT unit can be used as a DHCP server or DHCP relay agent. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) allows a host to be automatically assigned a new IP address out of a pool of IP addresses for his network. A DHCP server/relay can only be configured when the device is in the airClient Router/NAT Mode.

  • Page 32: Dhcp Relay Configurations

    1. Click on ‘Networking’ | ‘DHCP Server’ from the menu bar to access the DHCP configuration page. 2. Click on ‘Disable DHCP and DHCP Relay’ to disable the DHCP server configuration. 3. Click on the ’Apply Changes’ to change the settings. Figure 2-19 Disable DHCP and DHCP Relay 2.8.4.

  • Page 33: Routing Table

    i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m Figure 2-20 DHCP Relay Agent Configurations 2.8.5. Routing Table The airClient Router web-interface provides viewing of the routes and allows for adding and deleting of the static routes for the airClient Router mode only.
  • Page 34 2. Enter the Network IP, Mask, Gateway, Interface and Metric entry for the new route. 3. Click on ‘Apply Changes’ to add the new static route. Follow the steps below to delete a static route entry in the airClient Router device. 1.

  • Page 35: Wireless Settings Management

    2.9. Wireless Settings Management The Radio Configuration Main page can be accessed from the Radio menu. The contents will be slightly different for each mode, Bridge, Router or NAT. 2.9.1. Wireless Settings The following table summarizes the information for the wireless settings. Page Items Descriptions This is the current SSID.

  • Page 36: Data Encryption

    Page Items Descriptions This is the current radio channel in the selected domain. This is settable when in airClient Bridge mode, user need to enter Channel the same channel as the Root device from the pull-down list. The radio channel settings correspond to the frequencies available in the user regulatory domain.
  • Page 37 Page Items Descriptions 128 bits: User has to input 26 HEX digits. Note: When key size is changed, all 4 keys are lost and user needs to re-enter. Valid Key Choose which key in key table is used for authentication: 1 – 4 This value must be matching between the airClient and access point.
  • Page 38 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m Follow the steps below to disable the Data Encryption: 1. Click the ‘Data Encryption’ link from the ‘Radio Main’ page. 2.

  • Page 39: Performance Parameters And Bandwidth Controller

    3. Performance Parameters and Bandwidth Controller This chapter gives instructions for editing the wireless radio protocol parameters to optimize radio performance and changing the Bandwidth Controller. These procedures are the same for all the three modes. 3.1. Link Performance Parameters and Features The radio protocol parameters are: 1) Fragment Length (between 256 and 2346) 2) RTS/CTS (between 256 and 2346)
  • Page 40 Page Item Descriptions The pull-down menu allows the user to select a long, short or dynamic radio preamble. The default is dynamic. Long: a long preamble ensures compatibility with most clients. Short: a short preamble improves throughput performance. But only allow short preamble capable clients to associate.

  • Page 41: Bandwidth Controller

    3.2. Bandwidth Controller Using the Bandwidth Controller on the airClient, the user can limit the wireless link bandwidth for the the upload/fownload speed. The default is disable with default upload speed of 512kbps and download speed of 6Mbps. This is subject to the available upstream bandwidth, signal level and distance.. The user can key in the upload and download bandwidth for the wireless link.

  • Page 42: Site Survey Tool

    i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m 4. Site Survey Tool To access the Site Survey page, go to the ‘Tools’ | ‘Site Survey’ drop down menu. The following figure shows the list of SSID from the site survey.

  • Page 43: Antenna Alignment

    5. Antenna Alignment Antenna alignment can be used to optimize the radio performance and check the RSSI and Noise Floor. To access the antenna alignment, go to the menu bar under Tools and choose ‘Antenna Alignment’. In order to view this information (Link Status), from the Radio page, use the Wireless Settings to associate the airClient with an access point.
  • Page 44 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m Note: A jump in the audio frequency from low to high indicates that the RSSI is increasing and vice versa.

  • Page 45: Traffic Statistics

    6. Traffic Statistics Wireless and Ethernet Traffic Statistics can be displayed by clicking on the ‘Networking’ | ‘Statistics’ drop down menu. The following figure shows the statistics page. This page is refreshed after every 10 seconds. Transmitted Bytes Transmitted Unicast packets Transmitted Discards airClient™...
  • Page 46 Transmitted error Received Bytes Received Unicast packets Received Multicast Packets Received Discards Received Errors The wireless statistics is also available from the ‘Radio Configuration’ Main Page. Figure 6-2 Wireless Statistics from Radio Main Page Transmit Success Rate Transmit Multiple retry Transmit Retry rate Transmitted Failure count Received Success Rate...
  • Page 47 Received Frame FCS Error Count ACK Receives Failure Count RTS Fail No of Aborted Frames No of PHY Aborted Frames Note: The wireless statistics is also accessible from the ‘Radio Configuration’ bottom page. airClient™ Nexus User Guide i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s Wireless Traffic Statistics No of unsuccessfully received frames...

  • Page 48: Tools

    i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m 7. Tools Here you will find the relevant information for conducting the different reset options, using the Profile Manager and doing a Link Test as well as estimating the Link Budget.

  • Page 49: Snmp Security

    The following page summarizes the page contents of the System Configuration page. Table 7-1 System Configuration Page Items Page Item Descriptions. Displays name of airClient unit System Name Allows user to change airClient unit name Displays description of airClient unit System Description Allows user to change airClient unit description SNMP Security...

  • Page 50: Reset Options

    Follow the steps below to change the SNMP security settings. 1. Enter New Community and Confirm Community with the same string. 2. Check the ‘SNMP Access Filters’ Enable box. 3. Enter Access Filters IP Address and Mask. Up to three IP’s settings can be entered. 4.

  • Page 51: Ntp Time Server Setup

    (there is one already specified by default) and the time zone. After enabling the delayed reset, specify a time which is valid in reference to current time. When recurrence is set to weekly, monthly or daily, the reference is made with the first set time i.e. Reset time. For delayed reset, follow the steps below: 1.

  • Page 52: Profile Manager

    Note: Please ensure that the NTP server IP is accessible from the device. Use the ping test tool from the ’Tools | Link Test’ to check if the NTP server can be pinged from the device. The device can still operate without the Time Server configuration but you will not be able to perform the Delayed Reset function.

  • Page 53: Save Profile

    Page Item Descriptions Save As: Select which profile name to save for the current configuration Profile Specify a description for the profile to be saved. Description: Save Profile Click to save current profile button Change Profile Select which profile to load as current configuration Profile Description for profile to be loaded.

  • Page 54: Load Operating Profile

    3. Click the ‘Save Profile’ button to effect the changes. Note: Existing configuration parameters in the selected profile name will be replaced with current configuration parameters. 7.2.2. Load Operating Profile To load the desired operating profile, follow these steps: 1. Select a profile to load from the Profile Table. 2.
  • Page 55 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m Figure 7-6 Scheduling a Profile airClient™ Nexus User Guide Page 55 of 66...

  • Page 56: Link Test

    7.3. Link Test The Link Test utility is available from the navigation menu bar in the ‘Tools | Link Test’ drop down menu. From the Link Test tools, the user can test Throughput and perform Ping Test. You can run Radio Transmit or Radio Receive.

  • Page 57: Link Budget Planning

    3. The Throughput test will start and the result will be displayed. 4. Click on the ‘Stop’ button if you want to stop the test. Note: The Throughput Test can be done only between Nexus units. 7.4. Link Budget Planning Link Budget Planning is a very useful tool for link budget estimation.
  • Page 58 Figure 7-9 Link Budget Planning Calculator GPS Calculator Once the distance is computed follow the steps below for the link budget calculations: 1. Select the radio mode for station 1 and 2. 2. Enter the transmit output power in dBm for station 1 and 2. 3.
  • Page 59 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m Figure 7-10 Link Budget Planning Calculator Link Budget airClient™ Nexus User Guide Page 59 of 66...

  • Page 60: Firmware Upgrade

    Firmware Upgrade The latest firmware for airClient Nexus is available for download from the smartBridges Support website at http://www.smartbridges.com/support/acn.asp The airClient Nexus unit firmware can be upgraded from the web management interface. Follow the steps below to upgrade the airClient Nexus firmware: 1.
  • Page 61 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m Figure 8-2 airClient Nexus Firmware Upgrade (Firmware transferred) Figure 8-3 Successful upgrade pop-up window airClient™...

  • Page 62: Appendix A - Snmp Trap

    Appendix A – SNMP Trap airClient Nexus generates SNMP trap that can be forwarded to the SNMP Trap server. The SNMP Trap server IP address is set in section. The following table provides a list of SNMP traps generated. Trap Message IP address Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.14882.2.1.1 Value: <changed IP address>...

  • Page 63: Appendix B - Useful Terms And Definitions

    Appendix B – Useful terms and definitions Media Access Control RSSI Receive Signal Sensitivity Indication SSID Service Set Identifier DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Access Control List SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol Network Time Protocol Spanning Tree Protocol Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol 802.11h The 802.11h specification is an addition to the 802.11 family of standards for wireless local area networks...
  • Page 64 According to the IEEE 802.11 standard, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is intended to provide “confidentiality that is subjectively equivalent to the confidentiality of a wired local area network medium and that does not employ cryptographic techniques to enhance privacy.” WEP relies on a secret key that is shared between a mobile station and an access point. WEP uses the RC4 stream cipher invented by RSA Data Security.
  • Page 65 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m DHCP stands for ‘Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol’ and is a means for networked computers to get their TCP/IP networking settings from a central server.

  • Page 66: Airclient™ Nexus User Guide

    Appendix C – License airClient Nexus is Copyright © 2004-2005 by smartBridges. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1.

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