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Obtaining Documentation and Technical Support To obtain up-to-date documentation and technical support, go to http://www.h3c.com and select your country or region. Depending on your selection, you will be redirected to either of the following websites: At http://www.h3c.com Documentation Go to the following columns for different categories of product documentation: [Products &...
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Troubleshoot Online You will find support tools posted on the web site at http://www.h3cnetworks.com/ under Support, Knowledgebase. The Knowledgebase helps you troubleshoot H3C products. This query-based interactive tool contains thousands of technical solutions. Access Software Downloads Software Updates are the bug fix / maintenance releases for the version of software initially purchased with the product.
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Environmental Protection This product has been designed to comply with the requirements on environmental protection. For the proper storage, use and disposal of this product, national laws and regulations must be observed.
FCC NOTICE This module has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital module, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This module generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
FCC Compliance Statement This module complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This module may not cause harmful interference This module must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This module must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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The transmitter module may not be co-located with any other transmitter or antenna. As long as 2 conditions above are met, further transmitter test will not be required. However, the OEM integrator is still responsible for testing their endproduct for any additional compliance requirements required with this module installed (for example, LVD TV …etc.).
Declaration of Conformity H3C, Inc. declares the following: Product Name: H3C RF Module Model No.: EWPA1PCID Conforms to the following Product Standards: Radiated Emission Standards ETSI EN 301489-1; ETSI EN 301489-17; ETSI EN 300 328; FCC Part 15; Conducted Emission Standards ETSI EN 301489-1 ;...
Mini PCI or PCI Card. EWPA1PCID RF Module is one part of H3C MSR 20-1X series routers. With this module inside the Routers, which support WLAN function. As high-quality governmental, business and commercial...
This chapter outlines the basic requirement for the installation and configuration of the module. This module is a part of H3C MSR 20-1X router. You must plug it into the router’s PCI slot, then you can use it. Hardware Installation Turn off your router and switch off the power from the main power supply.
WLAN Service Overview Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) have become very popular because they are very easy to setup and use, and users need not care about the complex wiring connections and relocation problems. A WLAN is not completely wireless because the servers in the backbone are fixed and clients are mobile.
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Wireless Medium A medium that is used for transmitting frames between clients. Radio Frequency is used as the wireless medium in the WLAN system. Distribution System The distribution system is used to forward frames to their destination. It is the backbone to transmit frames between access points. Split MAC In Split MAC mode, the services to be managed are distributed between AP and AC.
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the AP, which relays this frame to the AC. The AC sends an authentication response to the AP, which conveys this response to the client. See WLAN Security Configuration for more information on shared key authentication. 11) De-Authentication The AC or Fat AP sends a de-authentication frame to remove client(s) from the wireless system.
14) Re-association When a client is roaming from one AP area/BSS area to another, it sends a re-association request to the new AP/BSS area. The AP relays this re-association request to the AC. The AC then informs the previous AP to delete the client’s information from its database, informs the new AP to add the client’s information in its database and conveys successful reassociation information to the client.
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Single BSS The coverage of an AP is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Each BSS is identified by a BSSID. The most basic WLAN network can be established with only one BSS. All wireless clients associate with same BSS. If those clients have the same authorization, they can communicate with each other.
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Figure 6-2 Multiple ESS network Generally a Fat AP can provide more than one logical ESS at the same time. The Fat AP can broadcast the current information of ESS by Beacon or Probe response frames. Clients can select an ESS it is interested to join.
This network scenario can be used 802.11b/g need to be supported. Figure 6-3 shows two clients connected to different radios belong to the same ESS but different BSSs. Protocols and Standards ANSI/IEEE Std 802.11, 1999 Edition IEEE Std 802.11b IEEE Std 802.11g IEEE Std 802.11i IEEE Std 802.11-2004 Configuring WLAN Service...
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To do… Use the command… Remarks Optional Configure the keep wlan client keep-alive alive interval for the By default, keep–alive interval Fat AP function is disabled. Enable the Fat AP to Optional wlan broadcast–probe respond to broadcast reply Enabled by default. probe requests Shutting Down a Radio Interface Follow these steps to shut down a radio interface:...
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For information about country codes, refer to WLAN Services Command. Configuring a WLAN Service Template A WLAN service template includes attributes such as SSID, WLAN-ESS interface binding, authentication method (open-system or shared key) information. A service template can be of clear or crypto type.
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To do… Use the command… Remarks Optional By default, the max-number is equal Specify the maximum client max-count to the maximum associated clients per max-number number of associated clients an AP permits. The default value is provided by PAF. Enable the service service-template Required template...
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To do… Use the command… Remarks Optional. Specify the type of preamble { long | By default, the short preamble short } preamble is supported. Configuring a Radio Policy on an AC or a Radio of a Fat AP Follow these steps to configure a radio policy on an AC or a radio of a Fat AP: Table 6-7 Configuring a Radio Policy on an AC or a Radio of a Fat AP To do…...
To do… Use the command… Remarks Specify the maximum Optional number of attempts to short-retry threshold transmit a frame By default, the short count shorter than the RTS retry threshold is 5. threshold Optional Specify the interval for max-rx-duration the AP to hold By default, the interval interval received packets...
WLAN Service Configuration Example Network requirements As shown below, a Fat AP is connected to a L2 Switch. The IP address of the Fat AP is 10.18.1.10. Network diagram Figure 6-4 Network diagram for WLAN service configuration Configuration procedure # Specify the country code. <Sysname>...
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