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MP01 Administrator Manual

Version: V1.0
2010-12-27

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  • Page 1: Mp01 Administrator Manual

    MP01 Administrator Manual Version: V1.0 2010-12-27...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    2.2.4 Configure the MP01 to make international calls ....9 2.2.5 Configure the MP01 to let the computers connected to it by Ethernet port can access the Internet ......10 Configure MP01 by Web GUI ................12 3.1 How to access the Web-Based Utility ............ 12 3.2 LuCI configuration ....................

  • Page 3: Contact Atcom

    Founded in 1998, ATCOM technology has been always endeavoring in the R&D and manufacturing of the internet communication terminals. The product line of ATCOM includes IP Phone, USB Phone, IP PBX, VoIP gateway, Asterisk Card and WiFi Mesh ATA. Contact Sales:...

  • Page 4: Mp01 Administrator Manual

    MP01. 1. Introduction The MP01 is a WiFi mesh VoIP ATA (analog terminal adapter) operating in the license-exempt 2.4GHz ISM band. The MP01 is the first WiFi mesh ATA in the market, using a wireless mesh network as backhaul to interconnect phones and host LAN/WAN access to computers connected to its Ethernet port.

  • Page 5: Server

    The A2Billing solution comprises of the following components: Server: The computer to run the system.  Line Interface Cards: The ATCOM telephony cards hardware (optional)  to connect to the TDM network (PRI, BRI, Analogue) Linux: The base operating system ...

  • Page 6: Scenarios And Installation Guide

    ATCOM MP01 Quick Start Guide V1.0.pdf. Telephony installation Deploy the MP01 for telephony and add a SIP Provider or PSTN connection to the A2Billing server. This will allow for free calls between the units and cheaper international calls. Internet Installations Using the MP01s to provide Internet connection.

  • Page 7: Afrimesh Server Setup

    In this network topology, all the MP01 is an extension and act as mesh node also. And VT Server is installed Afrimesh and act as a visualization server. We use IP08 as Asterisk server, and all the MP01 are registered to IP08.

  • Page 8: Mp01 Configuration For Afrimesh

    Make sure that you have configured all the MP01s to have different WIFI IP like 10.130.1.X (X stands for 2-254). For the configuration guide, please refer to ATCOM MP01 Quick Start Guide V1.0.pdf. 1) Get the Afrimesh packages for the MP01 on Afrimesh Server wget http://download.villagetelco.org/vte/afrimesh/954/netcat_0.7.1-1_mips.ipk wget http://download.villagetelco.org/vte/afrimesh/954/villagetelco-device_1.0pre-...

  • Page 9: Start Up The Afrimesh Dashboard

    If you haven't already set the password on the MP01, do that now by telneting to 192.168.1.20 and issuing the „passwd‟ command. This will enable ssh and you will be able to continue with the following. 2) Copy the packages to the MP01.

  • Page 10: Configure The Mp01 To Make International Calls

    Note: Before plugging in any MP01s, don't forget to go to the settings page and set the longitude and latitude for your location. Now you can plug in your MP01 and wait for the bouncing blue ball to appear and the MP01's phone to ring.

  • Page 11: Configure The Mp01 To Let The Computers Connected To It By Ethernet Port Can Access The Internet

    2) On MP01, edit /etc/asterisk/extension.conf and add some lines as below: [default] exten => _9.,1,Dial(SIP/6015/${EXTEN:1}) 3) Assume that the outgoing calling rules on IP08 is „88+phone number‟, then you can use MP01 to make international calls by dialing „988+phone number‟.
  • Page 12 OCTET_B=`uci show network.wifi0.ipaddr | cut -d = -f2 | cut -d . -f2` OCTET_C=`uci show network.wifi0.ipaddr | cut -d = -f2 | cut -d . -f3` OCTET_D=`uci show network.wifi0.ipaddr | cut -d = -f2 | cut -d . -f4` cp /etc/config-mesh/* /etc/config/ uci set network.wifi0.ipaddr=$OCTET_A.$OCTET_B.$OCTET_C.$OCTET_D uci set network.lan.ipaddr=172.30.$OCTET_D.1 uci set network.lan.netmask=255.255.255.0...

  • Page 13: Configure Mp01 By Web Gui

    4) The MP01 will reboot after running the script. Connect your computer to MP01 through Ethernet port and set computer to DHCP. After the computer obtains a IP address from MP01, it should be able to access the Internet through MP01.

  • Page 14: Luci Configuration

    Mesh Potato GUI, so it will appear LUCI interface directly. Mesh Potato GUI NOTE: If you forget the MP01 IP address you have set up, you can use fallback IP: 172.31.255.254/30. You should set up the IP Address of your PC as: 172.31.255.253 and Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.252.
  • Page 15 OpenWrt GUI Overview => User Interface You can customize the settings and the functionality of LuCI on User Interface.
  • Page 16 User Interface Overview => LuCI Components The LuCI Components screen shows the package list. Here you can download and install package, and find packages using the filter as well.
  • Page 17 LuCI Components Overview => Logout Logout OpenWrt GUI. Status => Interfaces The Interfaces screen displays the interface status, such as Device, Type, Transfer, IP Connection etc.
  • Page 18 The Firewall screen shows the firewall configurations. Every rules you have set up for firewall will be shown here. You could set up firewall by command line after accessing MP01 using SSH or Telnet. This feature is only available with version r238, and it is for advanced users.
  • Page 19 Firewall Status => Active Connections The Active Connections page gives an overview over currently active network connections.
  • Page 20 Active Connectios Status => Routes This page shows the active routes. Routes Status => System Log This page shows the system logs.
  • Page 21 Status => Kernel Log This page shows the kernel logs. Kernel Log System => System Here you can configure the basic aspects of MP01 like its hostname, timezone, system log buffer size, external system log server, log output level and cronloglevel.
  • Page 22 System System => Software This page will show you the softwares you have installed or not installed. You can download and install the package here. Software...
  • Page 23 System => Admin Password You can change the password of the system administrator here. Admin Password System => SSH-Keys You can paste public SSH-Keys for SSH public-key authentication. Then you don't need to enter a password anymore, you will be automatically authenticated.
  • Page 24 Processes System => Mount Points This page displays the mounted file systems, mount points and swap device. Mount points define at which point a memory device will be attached to the filesystem. If your physical memory is insufficient unused data can be temporarily swapped to a swap-device resulting in a higher amount of usable RAM.
  • Page 25 Mount Points System => LED Configuration You can customizes the behavior of the device LEDs if possible. Just add an entry, choose the LED device and its trigger, then the LED will twinkle according to the trigger.
  • Page 26 LED Configuration LED Name: Enter the LED name you like LED Device: Choose which LED you want to twinkle Default state: The default state of the specified LED, ticked=on Trigger: On what conditions the specified LED will twinkle. It has 5 options: None, Timer(The LED will twinkle according to the timer you set), Heartbeat(LEDs will twinkle according to load average), Default On, Network Device(LEDs will twinkle according to the network status).
  • Page 27 Backup / Restore System => Flash Firmware This feature allows you to upload an OpenWrt image file to reflash the device. Flash Firmware System => Reboot Reboot the operating system here.
  • Page 28 Reboot Services => Busybox HTTPd It is a small web server which can be used to serve LuCI. You can configure the server port and document root. Busybox HTTPd Services => Dropbear SSHd Dropbear offers SSH network shell access and an integrated SCP server.
  • Page 29 Dropbear SSHd Services => Dnsmasq Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server. It is designed to provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP, to a small network. It can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS. The DHCP server integrates with the DNS server and allows machines with DHCP-allocated addresses to appear in the DNS with names configured either in each host or in a central configuration file.
  • Page 30 Dnsmasq Services => Scheduled Tasks This is the system crontab in which scheduled tasks can be defined. You can edit the configuration file of the cron daemon via Luci. It is for advanced users.
  • Page 31 Scheduled Tasks Network => Interfaces => WIFI0 / LAN On this page you can configure the network interfaces. You can bridge several interfaces by ticking the “bridge interfaces” field and enter the names of several network interfaces separated by spaces. You need to install “ppp-mod-pppoe” for PPPoE, or “pptp”...
  • Page 32 Interfaces => WIFI0...
  • Page 33 Interfaces => LAN Network => Wifi Here you can scan the WiFi networks in your local environment. The following screen shows the WiFi networks in my local environment.
  • Page 34 Wifi Network => Wifi => WIFI0 You can run several wifi networks with one device. Be aware that there are certain hardware and driverspecific restrictions. Normally you can operate 1 Ad-Hoc or up to 3 Master-Mode and 1 Client-Mode network simultaneously.
  • Page 35 Encryption: It supports only WEP in version r233. Network => Switch You can set up VLAN settings in this menu. This is yet another option for advanced users. Since the MP01 doesn't have multiple Ethernet ports, this menu is of very limited use.
  • Page 36 Switch Network => DHCP You need to install the dnsmasq package before using it. You can configure the DHCP options such as assigned range, lease time and so on. DHCP Interface: The device to assign IP addresses...
  • Page 37 Netmask: This determines which portion of a target IP address is the network portion, and which portion is the host portion. Gateway: It is the IP address that allows for contact between the MP01 and the remote network or host.

  • Page 38: Troubleshooting

    172.31.255.254. My MP01 can’t make calls You have set up you MP01 IPs but can't make calls. Here are some basic tests: 1. Can you hear dial tone in a phone connected to the MP? If not please reboot it and try again. Some of the modules have come loose while shipping.

  • Page 39: Choppy Sound

    The AP51 flash tool re-arranges the disk lay-out. If the MP01 has been updated with the AP51, you CAN NOT upgrade it remotely through wireless. Then you need to do a MP01 Disaster Recovery BEFORE deploying it in the field to be able to remotely upgrade it in the future.

  • Page 40: Appendix

    The fix is to flash the system via Redboot with the correct layout and follow the instructions here: http://wiki.villagetelco.org/index.php?title=Mesh_Potato_HOWTOs#Reflash_t he_firmware_from_RedBoot. 5. Appendix Appendix A - MP01 Features Feature Benefit Integrated WiFi and ATA Low power consumption, ease of setup, fewer in a single box cables, fewer points of failure, and low cost.

  • Page 41: Appendix B - Mp01 Specifications

    Stable, reliable community developed software. Open to improvement, adaptation, and innovation. Extremely configurable, add IVR menus, connect Asterisk IP Phones and billing systems Appendix B - MP01 Specifications Hardware Specifications Atheros AR2317 system on a Chip (SoC)  MIPS 4k processor 180 MHz ...

  • Page 42: Acronyms

    LAN – Local Area Connection  PoE: Power over Ethernet (passive), power is transferred to a device  through the unused twisted pairs inside a UTP cable. WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network  7. Reference http://wiki.villagetelco.org/ http://www.atcom.cn/ http://www.villagetelco.org/about/mesh-potato/...

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