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Teletronics EZPlatform™
AP/Hotspot/Repeater
User Manual
v1.2
© 2008 Teletronics International, Inc

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  • Page 1 Teletronics EZPlatform™ AP/Hotspot/Repeater User Manual v1.2 © 2008 Teletronics International, Inc...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. Product Overview ....................3 2. Specifications ......................4 3. Typical Network Configuration ................5 4. Hardware Setup and Status LEDs ................. 6 5. Web Interface Configuration .................. 7 5.1. Login Information ..................8 5.2. System Information ................. 9 5.2.1.

  • Page 3: Product Overview

    EZPlatform™ with Teletronics TT™ subscriber units and other radios. The simplicity of use of the EZPlatform™ allows operators to quickly bring service to their customers, and with its two serial ports and two Ethernet ports the unit can easily incorporate GPS, GPRS, RFID, VoIP, surveillance cameras, field meters, motion sensors and data networks for multiple industrial and commercial applications.

  • Page 4: Specifications

    2. Specifications Technical Information Standard compliance IEEE 802.3 10/100BASE-T with autonegotiation Bandwidth Control Mac address-based, specific and default upload/download rates Networking WAN: static IP address/DHCP client LAN: DHCP server SNMP, remote syslog, VPN pass-through (IPsec/PPTP), DDNS Security Administrator IP address filtering Management Web-based management HTTP, HTTPS, TELNET...

  • Page 5: Typical Network Configuration

    Access Point (AP): this mode allows clients to connect wirelessly to the EZPlatform™ in order to gain access to the network the EZPlatform™ is part of. This is the most widely used mode to provide Internet access to other devices, in either point-to-point or point- to-multipoint fashion.

  • Page 6: Hardware Setup And Status Leds

    Figure 1 shows how to connect the EZPlatform™. Figure 1. Network and power connections The purpose of this setup is to connect the EZPlatform™ so that it can be configured with a computer via the web interface of the EZPlatform™. The power over Ethernet (PoE) module allows you to send/receive data and power the EZPlatform™...

  • Page 7: Web Interface Configuration

    5. Web Interface Configuration The EZPlatform™ can be conveniently configured using its web interface. The web interface provides intuitive navigation and options for you to easily configure the unit. Figure 2 shows a sample page of the web interface. Figure 2. EZPlatform™ web interface Throughout this manual, the buttons on the top row, which are light blue when unselected and orange when selected, will be denominated ‘primary tabs’.

  • Page 8: Login Information

    After properly connecting and powering the unit, wait for the unit to finish the boot-up process. On the computer connected to the EZPlatform™ via Ethernet, open a browser and point it to the IP address of the EZPlatform™ (192.168.1.124 by default), as shown in Figure 3.

  • Page 9: System Information

    5.2.1. General The web interface is the home page and thus is the page displayed when you log in. This page displays a summary of the current configuration and status of the EZPlatform™, as shown in Figure 5. Figure 5. System Information page...
  • Page 10 To view details of the Linux operating system, the Linux kernel and network settings, click on the ‘View System Details’ button. The page in Figure 6 will be displayed: Figure 6. System Log Details This page shows a series of commands executed on the Linux kernel, and their corresponding output immediately below each command.

  • Page 11: Wireless Status

    5.2.2. Wireless Status The Wireless Status page is shown in Figure 7. Figure 7. Wireless Status page The Wireless Status page displays current status and associations of the wireless interfaces (WLAN1 and WLAN2). Under this page you can see the configuration information for each WLAN interface, such as MAC address, operation mode, SSID, etc.

  • Page 12: Network Settings

    WAN Interface: this setting allows you to designate which one of the four interfaces acts as the Wide Area Network (WAN) side of the EZPlatform™. The purpose of the WAN is to communicate with the “outside” of the network to retrieve the data requested by the LAN side (the “inside”...
  • Page 13 Figure 9. Network interfaces of the EZPlatform™ WAN IP Settings IP address mode: how to assign an IP address to the WAN side of the EZPlatform™ Static: manually assign an IP address. DHCP: make the EZPlatform™ act as a DHCP client so that a DHCP server can automatically configure its IP settings.
  • Page 14 follow the instructions in the 'Dynamic DNS' section. Once you have set up the DDNS relation, obtain the DDNS certificate from the 'Wget Script' link. Update time (s): how often to send IP address updates to freedns.afraid.org. Save: store the changes made on this page. Cancel: undo the changes made on this page.

  • Page 15: Lan

    Figure 10. LAN page DHCP Server Enable DHCP server: whether the EZPlatform™ should act as DHCP server and thus automatically configure the IP settings of DHCP clients. Starting IP address: the first IP address that will be used in the configuration of DHCP clients.
  • Page 16 Alternate DNS server: the alternate DNS server that will be used in the configuration of DHCP clients. Lease time (min): the period of time the IP address of a DHCP client will be reserved exclusively for said client. Save: store the changes made on this page. Cancel: undo the changes made on this page.

  • Page 17: Wlan1 And Wlan2

    5.4. WLAN1 and WLAN2 WLAN1 and WLAN2 are the fixed designations for the two EZPlatform™ wireless interfaces. WLAN1 is the radio card closer to the Ethernet ports and WLAN2 is the radio card farther from the Ethernet ports, as explain in section 5.3.1.
  • Page 18 Basic Settings SSID: the service set identifier of the WLAN interface. An AP and an SU must have the same SSID to associate each other. Never assign the same SSID to WLAN1 and WLAN2. RF TX power (dBm): the radio frequency transmission power at which the radio card will operate.

  • Page 19: Security

    5.4.2. Security The Security page is shown in Figure 12. Figure 12. Security page Encryption Type Encryption type: select the encryption type you wish to use. None: no encryption. WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy, a deprecated algorithm proven to have serious weaknesses.
  • Page 20 Authentication: select the WEP authentication type. Open: stations are always automatically authenticated and associated, but cannot pass traffic if they do not have a matching WEP key. Shared: stations need to have the same WEP key as the AP to be authenticated. Shared authentication is considered a security risk since the encryption scheme is sent over the air during the authentication negotiation process, making it easier for a hacker to discover the WEP key.

  • Page 21: Ap Settings

    5.4.3. AP Settings The configuration in AP Settings will only be applied when the WLAN interface is being used in AP mode. If SU mode is used, the configuration in AP Settings will not be used, but it will be retained nonetheless.
  • Page 22 not be used at the same time. When using WDS, all WDS stations must use the same channel and different SSIDs. Enable Disable AP MAC address 1-6: specify the MAC addresses of the WDS-enabled access points to which you wish to relay data. MAC addresses must be entered as octets separated by colons (e.g.: 00:60:B3:F8:C6:D4).

  • Page 23: Su Settings (Wlan1 Only)

    5.4.4. SU Settings (WLAN1 only) Only WLAN1 has the ‘SU Settings’ secondary tab, since WLAN2 can only be operated in AP mode. The configuration in SU Settings will only be applied when the WLAN interface is being used in SU mode. If AP mode is used, the configuration in SU Settings will not be used, but it will be retained nonetheless.

  • Page 24: Advanced

    5.4.5. Advanced The Advanced page is shown in Figure 15. Figure 15. Advanced page Advanced Fragmentation threshold (bytes): the maximum allowed size of packets to be transmitted. If a packet exceeds this threshold, it will be fragmented into smaller packets. RTS threshold (bytes): packets whose size exceeds this threshold will be transmitted using the RTS/CTS protocol.

  • Page 25: Mac Filtering

    00:60:B3:F8:C6:D4). Both lower and upper case letters are acceptable. Nickname: here you can enter a note to remind yourself what device or location corresponds to the MAC address entered. This field is provided for your convenience and has no impact on the operation of the EZPlatform™.
  • Page 26 Save: store the changes made on this page. Cancel: undo the changes made on this page.

  • Page 27: Bandwidth Control

    This feature allows you to set specific upload and download rates for the devices you specify. If you want to completely prevent a device from passing any traffic through the EZPlatform™, you can assign its data rates to zero. On the other hand, if you want to assign no restrictions...
  • Page 28 Disable: no bandwidth limit rules apply for any device connected to the EZPlatform™. Default upload rate (kbps): the maximum rate at which devices that do not have an explicit rule set up for them can upload data to the EZPlatform™.

  • Page 29: Administration

    The System Configuration page is shown in Figure 18. Figure 18. System Configuration page Bandwidth Control Rules Host name: assign a name to the EZPlatform™ so that you can identify it in the network. This field has no impact on the operation of the EZPlatform™. Services HTTP: enable or disable access to the web interface via Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
  • Page 30 Protocol. Enable Disable Read community string: the password that allows you to perform queries to the EZPlatform™ (snmpwalk, snmpget, etc) to retrieve monitoring information. Write community string: the password that allows you to write to MIBs (Management Information Base) via commands such as snmpset.

  • Page 31: Admin Ip Filter

    Administrator IP address filtering is a security feature that allows you to restrict who is authorized to access the web interface and change the configuration of the EZPlatform™. When one or more filters have been set up, only the specified IP addresses will be allowed to access the web interface.

  • Page 32: Password

    5.6.3. Password The Password page is shown in Figure 20. Figure 20. Admin IP filter page Password Current password: enter your current password to confirm your identity. New password: enter the new password that you wish to use. The password must not exceed 8 characters in length.

  • Page 33: Backup And Restore

    System Backup Download configuration file: click on this link to download the current configuration of the EZPlatform™ to your computer so that you can restore it later if needed. System Restore From local computer: use this option if the configuration file which contains the settings that you wish to restore are located in your local computer.
  • Page 34 System Restore Reset all settings to default: click on this button to restore all the settings of the EZPlatform™ to factory default, including the IP address.

  • Page 35: Firmware Upgrade

    Figure 22. Firmware Upgrade page Firmware Upgrade Browse: click on this button to browse your local computer and choose the firmware binary file you wish to load to the EZPlatform™. Upgrade firmware: after selecting the binary file location, click on the ‘Upgrade firmware’ button.

  • Page 36: Log

    The Log page is shown in Figure 23. Figure 23. Log page This page shows you important events that have been logged by the EZPlatform™ . Events are displayed chronologically, with the most recent ones displayed at the bottom of the list.

  • Page 37: Reboot

    5.8. Reboot The Reboot page is shown in Figure 24. Figure 24. Reboot page Reboot: clicking on this button reboots the EZPlatform™.

  • Page 38: Console And Telnet Access

    6. Console and TELNET Access If for any reason you cannot access the EZPlatform™ via the web interface, you may still be able to recover the unit via the console (serial port) or TELNET. The console and TELNET offer the same options and commands, the only difference being the way they are accessed.

  • Page 39: Ezmanager

    EZManager, which is compatible with virtually all Teletronics radios, including the TT™ series, the TTX™ series, the SLAB™ series, the EZBridge™ series and the EZPlatform™. A copy of EZManager can be downloaded from Teletronics’ website, www.teletronics.com. EZManager does not require installation: you can just uncompress the download file and execute the file called ‘EZManager.exe’.

  • Page 40: Frequently Asked Questions

    Password: admin 2. How do I know if the EZPlatform™ has finished booting up? There are a number of ways to tell that the EZPlatform™ has concluded the boot up process: The WLAN1 and the WLAN2 LEDs on the enclosure are solid at the beginning of the boot up sequence.
  • Page 41 RF environment. Verify that the radios at both ends have enough vertical clearance to keep the Fresnel zone unobstructed. 11. I have other questions or comments about the EZPlatform™. How can I contact technical support? You can contact us by: Online Helpdesk: http://teletronics.com/Supportform.html#signup...

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