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Contents Contents About This Guide Purpose Cross references Feedback Warnings, cautions, and notes Warnings Cautions Notes Important regulatory information Specific expertise and training for professional installers Legal and Open-Source Software statements Problems and warranty Reporting problems Repair and service Hardware warranty Security advice Caring for the environment In EU countries...
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Configure the management PC Logging into the UI NSE 3000 Dashboard UI Controls Viewing the dashboard WAN Configuration Operation Firmware upgrade System Configuration Troubleshoot Connectivity Logs Glossary Cambium Networks Contents...
About This Guide This document explains how to configure the NSE 3000 products. It is intended for use by the system designer, system installer, and system administrator. Purpose Documents specific to the NSE 3000 products are intended to instruct and assist personnel in the operation, installation, and maintenance of the NSE 3000 device (Cambium Networks) and ancillary...
Note text. Important regulatory information The NSE 3000 products are certified as an unlicensed device in frequency bands where it is not allowed to cause interference to licensed services (called primary users of the bands). Complying with rules for the country of operation...
Specific expertise and training for professional installers To ensure that the NSE 3000 series are installed and configured in compliance with the requirements of EU, ISEDC, and the FCC, installers must have the radio engineering skills and training described in this section.
Cambium’s standard hardware warranty is for one (1) year from the date of shipment from Cambium Networks or a Cambium distributor. Cambium Networks warrants that hardware will conform to the relevant published specifications and will be free from material defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service.
Do not dispose the Cambium Networks equipment at landfill sites. For disposal instructions, refer to https://www.cambiumnetworks.com/support/compliance/. Disposal of surplus packaging Do not dispose the surplus packaging in landfill sites. In the EU, it is the individual recipient’s responsibility to ensure that packaging materials are collected and recycled according to the requirements of EU environmental law.
NSE 3000 is the first product offering in the NSE series. It has two WAN ports and four LAN ports, and supports reliable connectivity with WAN throughputs of up to 1 Gbps. It also supports an industry-leading IDS/IPS engine, advanced application, geo-IP firewalls, network security scanners, anti-malware protection, SD-WAN, and cutting-edge application visibility and control.
Before performing the configuration tasks, ensure that you have met the following hardware requirements (for example): A personal computer (PC) or laptop if you want to connect directly to the NSE 3000 device web NSE 3000 device with IP address configured.
LED status of the device displays as shown below: When NSE 3000 is booting up, the system LED is amber in color. When NSE 3000 is fully up and running, the system LED is green in color. Basic information about the products...
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Figure 5: NSE 3000 LED Basic information about the products...
Managing NSE 3000 using cnMaestro NSE 3000 is completely managed by the easy-to-use, secure, and cloud-hosted Cambium Networks cnMaestro Management system. A single-pane-of-glass management to operate and manage all Cambium Networks enterprise products NSE 3000 devices, Enterprise Wi-Fi, and cnMatrix switches.
UI. For more information, refer to Logging into the This section covers the following: Configure the management PC Logging into the UI NSE 3000 Dashboard WAN Configuration Operation Troubleshoot Configure the management PC To configure the management PC perform the following steps: 1.
2. Ensure that your PC is set up to communicate with the required range of IP addresses. 3. Open a web browser and type the URL - http://192.168.200.1 - to access the NSE 3000 UI. The Sign In page appears, as shown in...
UI Controls Viewing the dashboard UI Controls Before configuring the UI of NSE 3000, familiarize yourself with the UI controls (as described in Table These UI controls are required for adding, viewing, and managing NSE 3000 configurations. Table 2: List of UI controls...
Viewing the dashboard On logging into the NSE 3000 device UI, the main dashboard page, appears as shown in Figure 9. The below figure shows the elements that are displayed on the NSE 3000 Home page. Figure 9: The NSE 3000 Dashboard Table 3 provides the details of the parameters on the main dashboard.
Troubleshoot page contains multiple sections, as listed below: Connectivity: Provides different modes of network reachability for the NSE 3000 device. Logs: Supports the feasibility to check logs for different modules of NSE 3000 devices. These logs help the customer to debug an issue.
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The WAN page appears, as shown in Figure Note By default, WAN-1 page is displayed. You can configure WAN on WAN-1 or WAN-2. Figure 10: The WAN page 2. Set the values for each parameter, as described in Table Table 4: WAN configuration parameters Parameters Description IP Mode...
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Parameters Description Secondary DNS Configure the secondary DNS server for clients on this network. Following parameters appear only when you select the mode as PPPoE in the IP Mode, as shown in Figure Account Name Allows to configure Account Name (max 32 characters). Service Name Allows to configure Service name (max 32 characters).
Configuration Firmware upgrade The running software on the NSE 3000 device can be upgraded to newer firmware. When upgrading from the UI, the user can upload the firmware file from the browser. The same process can be followed to downgrade the device to a previous firmware version if required. Configuration is maintained across the firmware upgrade process.
3. Click Upgrade Firmware. System This section provides multiple troubleshooting tools provided by NSE 3000. 1. From the main NSE 3000 dashboard page, navigate to the Operation page > System section. The Operation page appears, as shown in Figure Advanced onboarding setup...
Ensure that when a configuration file is imported onto the device, a reboot is necessary to activate that new configuration. 1. From the main NSE 3000 dashboard page, navigate to Operation page > Configuration section. The Operation page appears, as shown in...
Table 7: Configuration parameters Parameters Description Export When you click the Export button, the NSE 3000 model configuration is downloaded by the device. Import An option to select a location (stored) from where you to import the required data configuration. A local import file (which is saved locally) is uploaded by the browser.
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Ping DNS Lookup Traceroute Ping To check the Ping result, perform the following steps: 1. Navigate to Troubleshoot > Connectivity. 2. Select Test Type as Ping from the drop-down list as shown in Figure Ping connectivity Figure 16: 3. Set the values for each parameter, as described in Table Table 8: Ping parameters Parameters...
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Parameters Description Number of Packets Specify the number of packets for this connectivity (Min = 1 and Max = 10). Buffer Size Specify the buffer size for this connectivity (Min = 1 and Max = 65507). Ping Result Displays the ping results. 4.
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4. Click DNS Test. Traceroute To check the Traceroute result, perform the following steps: 1. Navigate to Troubleshoot > Connectivity. 2. Select Test Type as Traceroute from the drop-down list as shown in Figure Figure 18: Traceroute connectivity 3. Set the values for each parameter, as described in Table Table 10: Traceroute parameters Parameters...
Two types of tools are supported under this category: Events Debug Logs Events NSE 3000 devices generate events that are necessary for troubleshooting across. NSE 3000 device generates events for troubleshooting. 1. Navigate to Troubleshoot > Logs > Events tab. The Events page appears, as shown in...
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Displays the severity of logs that must be forwarded to the server. Mnemonic Displays the mnemonic of the device. Message Displays the message that are sent to the NSE 3000 device. Refresh Allows to refresh the event logs. Debug Logs NSE 3000 devices support multi-level logging, which will ease debug issues.
Glossary Term Description Access Point Module. One module that distributes network or Internet services to subscriber modules. Application Program Interface Address Resolution Protocol. A protocol defined in RFC 826 to allow a network element to correlate a host IP address to the Ethernet address of the host. Bluetooth Dynamic Frequency Selection.
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Term Description Proxy Network computer that isolates another from the Internet. The proxy server communicates Server for the other computer, and sends replies to only the appropriate computer which has an IP address that is not unique or not registered. Power over Ethernet.
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