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Outdoor Router P-380
Users Guide
Revision 1.0
November, 2002
Copyright © 2002 Gemtek Systems Holding BV
www.gemtek-systems.com

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  • Page 1 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide Revision 1.0 November, 2002 Copyright © 2002 Gemtek Systems Holding BV www.gemtek-systems.com...

  • Page 3: Before You Start

    While the information in this manual has been compiled with great care, it may not be deemed an assurance of product characteristics. Gemtek Systems Holding BV shall be liable only to the degree specified in the terms of sale and delivery.
  • Page 4 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide Gemtek Systems Page 4...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Scope of Delivery........................16 Hardware Introduction ......................16 Hardware Installation ......................17 Software Installation ....................... 18 Find Your New P-380! ......................19 Modifying the Network’s IP Address Space ................20 Reset to Factory Defaults ....................... 21 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION USING HTML INTERFACE ............22 Overview..........................
  • Page 6 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide 10 INDEX ............................66 Gemtek Systems Page 6...

  • Page 7: About This Guide

    3.1 Purpose This document provides information and procedures on hardware installation, setup, configuration, and management of the Gemtek Systems Operator Access Point P-380. 3.2 Prerequisite Skills and Knowledge To use this document effectively, you should have a working knowledge of Local Area Networking (LAN) concepts and wireless Internet access infrastructures.

  • Page 8: Gemtek Systems Technical Support

    Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide 3.5 Gemtek Systems Technical Support If you encounter problems when installing or using this product, please consult the Gemtek Systems website at http://www.gemtek-systems.com The latest software, user documentation and product updates. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).

  • Page 9: Introduction

    380 can connect up to eight different networks in a point-to-multipoint configuration. Bridging When protocols other than TCP/IP need to be transmitted, the P-380 can be configured as a layer 2 bridge. With no license required for wireless bridges in the 2.4 GHz band, in almost every part of the world, the P-380 can be a cost effective alternative to leased-lines for line-of-sight connections.
  • Page 10 Install and forget A bright LED display of signal strength enables simple installation optimization. A Power over Ethernet client, the P-380 is supplied data and power over one cable, allowing remote power resets, thereby eliminating the need for any on-site-maintenance.

  • Page 11: Operating Modes

    Even if a P-380 is connected to a wired network on one side and to a wireless network on the other side in all operating modes, there are some significant differences. The operating modes differ from...

  • Page 12: Bridge Mode

    4.2.2 Access Point Mode (AP Mode) In AP mode it can connect multiple wireless client stations to a wired network. In this mode P-380 can be used as an Operator Access Point for outdoor hot-spots. Wireless client stations can be mobile like notebook or fixed like a P-380 in client router mode.

  • Page 13: Client Bridge Mode

    Figure 4 – AP router mode In this mode, the P-380 is part of two networks in his router function. On the one side it is connected to a wireless network, where it provides DHCP services for example and which is called the LAN side.

  • Page 14: Client Router Mode

    (wired) to his own network, the LAN. Anything outside the LAN must be the WAN, and can be found on its wireless side. So the LAN IP of a P-380 in client router mode is the IP on its wired interface, the WAN IP is the one on the wireless interface.

  • Page 15: System Requirements

    Figure 7 – Operating modes table 4.3 System Requirements The management of the P-380 is independent from your operating system. Windows operating systems are required only for using the AP search and AP upgrade tools. For HTTPS management you will need a Java and JavaScript enabled HTML browser with SSL support (e.g. Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera).

  • Page 16: Hardware And Software Installation

    E-110 Single Port PoE Adapter or E-810 8-Port PoE Switch. 5.3 Hardware Introduction On the right side of the P-380 Operator Access Point you will find the LEDs. Figure 8 – P-380 LEDs 1. Signal strength LEDs (1 to 10) These LEDs show the strength of the wireless signal received by the antenna (in client modes only).

  • Page 17: Hardware Installation

    3. If you are mounting the Access Point to a pole, first install the bracket and the clip of the mounting kit to a stout pole. Assemble the back of the P-380 case to the bracket subsequently. 4. Insert the twisted pair LAN cable to a Power-over-Ethernet socket. At least the power LED and the LAN link LED should light up.

  • Page 18: Software Installation

    1. Adjust the orientation of the antenna to get the maximum range. The signal strength LEDs of the P-380 will show you the best position of the P-380 in client bridge or client router mode. 2. Secure the unit in the position.

  • Page 19: Find Your New P-380

    5.6 Find Your New P-380! To find your new P-380 Operator Access Point you will need to connect the AP to the same logical IP network as your PC. The standard IP address of the P-380 in factory default status is 192.168.2.2.

  • Page 20: Modifying The Network's Ip Address Space

    5.7 Modifying the Network’s IP Address Space If you don’t want to change the P-380 IP address, you can change the IP settings of your network to the required values. If you are using a DHCP server, set the available IP address pool to: 192.168.2.x with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 or...

  • Page 21: Reset To Factory Defaults

    AP Search tool. 1. Enter the MAC (Media Access Control) address of your P-380 into the specified field on the bottom left corner of the window. You will find the MAC address label on the rear of the housing.

  • Page 22: System Configuration Using Html Interface

    Users Guide 6 System Configuration Using HTML Interface 6.1 Overview This chapter describes the configuration of the P-380 Outdoor Router using a standard web browser (Java and JavaScript enabled). The chapter is divided into the following sections: System status System setup...
  • Page 23 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide Figure 15 – Main Management Tool Page Note: The following figures will show the content of the browser without the navigation and address bars. In the upper part of the screen you find some general important information: The SSID of this device, the uptime since last reboot, the average processor load and the number of clients currently connected to this device.

  • Page 24: Device Status

    Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide 6.3 Device Status The device status page shows some information about the P-380 itself, its position in your network and the data traffic on the wireless interface. Figure 17 – Device status 6.3.1 System Status Version is the current version of the firmware.

  • Page 25: Setup Wizard

    Select Client Bridge mode if you want to connect a workstation to an access point or AP router. Please note: to run the P-380 in client bridge or client router mode you need a client firmware from the P-380 product CD! Please refer to the Operating Modes section for more details about the different modes.

  • Page 26: Network Configuration Settings

    Please note: All of the parameters above on the general configuration setting page are required! 6.4.3 Network Configuration Settings On the network configuration settings page you can modify the IP settings for the P-380 and the default gateway. WAN Interface Settings Figure 20 –...
  • Page 27 DHCP Client: enable this option, when a DHCP server is running in the network on WAN side and you want the DHCP server to assign a free IP address the WAN interface of P-380. If you are not sure about the IP address of the gateway currently responsible for your local network, please get your IP configuration with “ipconfig”...
  • Page 28 A P-380 in client router mode will forward all data packets from his wired LAN using his own WAN IP address to the wireless network it is connected to. The P-380 in AP router mode on the other side of the wireless network will forward the data packets using his own WAN IP address to the wired (Ethernet) network it is connected to.
  • Page 29 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide 6.4.4 Wireless Configuration Settings On the wireless configuration settings page you can modify all parameters necessary for establishing wireless connections between mobile clients and the access point. Note: Depending on the operation mode selected on the general configuration setting page, the parameters available on this page will vary.
  • Page 30 In access point mode, the SSID must be made known to all mobile clients, or they have to use the “auto connect to any wireless network” function in their WLAN card. If you are running more than one P-380 and want to enable the roaming function, please use the same SSID in all access points.

  • Page 31: Advanced Settings

    Please remember that LAN and WAN have different meanings depending on operating mode. For a P-380 in AP router mode, the incoming data packets are received on the Ethernet interface, for a P-380 in client router mode, incoming packets are received on the wireless interface! Figure 24 –...
  • Page 32 6.5.2 ACL (Access Control List) In the ACL Settings page you can restrict access to the P-380. Access control is based on the networks devices’ MAC address and is individually controlled for the wireless and Ethernet networks. Gemtek Systems...
  • Page 33 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide Network devices whose MAC addresses are listed in the ACL control table has specific rules for accessing the AP which will override the default policy. Figure 26 – ACL settings Default ACL policy for wireless network: Select Accept to allow all mobile clients to access this access point or Deny to prevent all mobile clients from accessing this access point.
  • Page 34 The DHCP server settings specify, which IP addresses are assigned to the DHCP clients in the LAN. For a P-380 in AP router mode, these are the mobile wireless stations or P-380 devices in client router mode with DHCP client function enabled.

  • Page 35: Port Forwarding

    Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide Figure 30 – DHCP server settings On the DHCP server settings page you can switch the DHCP server on or off and specify the IP address pool range, which is intended to be assigned to the clients.

  • Page 36: System Tools

    Users Guide Figure 32 – Specifying a new forwarding rule In this example, all requests to the P-380 on port 80 will be redirected to the IP address 192.168.2.111 on port 4711. Note: Port forwarding is a kind of reverse function to IP masquerading. Hence this function can take effect only when NAT is enabled! Please refer to your firewall settings to check if the port forwarding settings are suitable.

  • Page 37: Loopback Test

    The loopback test is used for wireless link diagnostics. The loopback test graphically shows the data transfer rate in Mb/s between the P-380 and a specified wireless network device. The transfer rate is measured by sending an ICMP stream to the specific device. Data is refreshed every 10 seconds.

  • Page 38: Site Survey

    The Community strings are used for SNMP authentication purposes. It is possible to allow or deny IP address groups from accessing the P-380 using SNMP. An IP address and netmask combination of 0.0.0.0/32 means “ANY” IP address can connect.
  • Page 39 The first statistics appear as two points, five minutes after the device has been restarted. A normal view is acquired 10 minutes after the P-380 reboots. First click the Show button to view the initial TX/RX statistics in the browser window. Click the Refresh button instead of the Show button to get updated TX/RX statistics.

  • Page 40: Firmware Update

    Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide Figure 39 – Monitoring test RX – Received Kbytes per selected interval. TX – Transmitted Kbytes per selected interval. 6.6.6 Firmware Update This function is used to update the current firmware version to a new one. If there is need to change the firmware, a valid firmware file must be selected first by clicking the Browse button.
  • Page 41 Figure 41 – Upgrade process status page Do not switch off and do not disconnect P-380 from power supply during firmware update process because the device could be damaged. Best use Ethernet connection (not wireless) for firmware update process.
  • Page 42 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide 6.6.8 Reset Device To reset the device settings to factory defaults use the Reset Device menu: Figure 43 – Reset device Reset – click the button to reset the device to its default settings. Note: Keep in mind that resetting the device is an irreversible process. The confirmation message appears before starting the reset process.

  • Page 43: System Configuration Using Command Line Interface

    CLI Configuration Commands and Parameters section. 7.2 Login To access the P-380 via the CLI, open a command prompt and type telnet 192.168.2.2 where 192.168.2.2 is your device’s IP address. CLI mode starts automatically. The login password is the same as the HTML system’s administrator password.

  • Page 44: Show

    Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide Figure 45 – CLI Main Menu Commands 7.3 Show Show is a category of commands that display system statistics and settings. The show commands list depends on the device mode. In general its usage is show <command>...

  • Page 45: The Defaults Command

    In this example, the command configure acl add has two parameters: The ACL policy can be set either to accept or to deny and the MAC address of the target network device must be defined. If you wish to allow a specific network device to access the P-380, please type: configure acl add accept 00:40:4B:31:8F:08 where 00:40:4B:31:8F:08 is the MAC address of the specific device.

  • Page 46: Appendix

    Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide 8 Appendix 8.1 Regulatory Domains Channel Frequency USA, ETSI WORLD France China Japan Manual in MHz Canada (FCC) 2412 ● ● ● — ● ● ● 2417 ● ● ● — ● ● ● 2422 ●...

  • Page 47: Cli Configuration Commands And Parameters

    Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide 8.2 CLI Configuration Commands and Parameters 8.2.1 Configuration Overview Access control list settings. dhcpserver DHCP server settings firewall Firewall settings forwarding Port forwarding settings general General device settings. network Device network settings password Change administrator password.

  • Page 48: Firewall Configuration

    Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide configure acl default <1/2> 1 for wireless network, 2 for Ethernet default policy <accept/deny> New default acl policy 8.2.3 DHCP Server Configuration configure dhcpserver service Enable/Disable firewall iprange IP address range configure dhcpserver service <enable/disable>...
  • Page 49 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide <--source-port [port[:port]]> Source port(s). Can be used only with '-p tcp' and '-p udp' <--destination-port> [port[:port]] Destination port(s). Can be used only with '-p tcp' and '- p udp' <--icmp-type number> ICMP type. Can be used with '-p icmp' only 8.2.5...

  • Page 50: Network Configuration

    Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide hostname Hostname. systemid System identification. address Device address(country, state etc.) coordinates Device coordinates (longitude and latitude). customer Customer name. configure general devicemode <text> Device mode: sta_router, ap_router, ap, bridge, sta_bridge configure general hostname <text> Hostname configure general systemid <text>...
  • Page 51 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide interface Set LAN interface masquerade Enable/Disable masquerading configure network lan interface <ipaddress> LAN IP address <netmask> LAN subnet mask configure network lan masquerade <enable/disable> Enable/disable LAN masquerade. configure network wan dhcp Enable/disable DHCP client service...

  • Page 52: Snmp Configuration

    Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide <value> Metric configure routes rm <value> Route number 8.2.9 SNMP Configuration configure snmp <text> Read only community string. <ipaddress> Allow read only access from IP. <number> Netmask bits for RO access IP. <text> Read write community string.
  • Page 53 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide configure wireless channel <domain> The domain to which your country belongs <channel> Default channel for BSS: channel number Note: Only the following domains are available: FCC: USA, Canada, frequency 2412-2462 MHz ETSI: European countries, frequency 2412-2472 MHz...

  • Page 54: Menu Items By Operating Mode

    Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide 8.3 Menu Items by Operating Mode AP Router Bridge Client Client Bridge Router Advanced settings Firewall ● ● ● ● ● Enable/Disable ● ● ● ● ● Input rules ● — — — ● Output rules ●...
  • Page 55 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide AP Router ● ● ● — — ● ● ● — — Bridge· ● ● ● — — Client Bridge — — — ● ● Client Router — — — ● ● General ● ●...

  • Page 56: Device Configuration Default Values

    Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide 8.4 Device Configuration Default Values Parameter Default value ACL Configuration Settings Default ACL policy for Accept wireless network Default ACL policy for Accept ethernet Rules no rules defined Firewall Configuration Settings Firewall function disabled Input rules...
  • Page 57 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide Interface enabled WAN IP address 192.168.2.2 WAN Subnet mask 255.255.255.0 Default gateway 192.168.2.1 DHCP client disabled WAN IP address 192.168.2.2 WAN Subnet mask 255.255.255.0 Masquerade disabled Wireless Configuration Settings SSID P380a (AP firmware), P380s (client firmware)

  • Page 58: P-380 Specification

    Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide 8.5 P-380 Specification 8.5.1 Technical Data Features IEEE 802.11b Access Point, Router, Bridge Wi-Fi compliant 40/128-bit WEP security Layer 2 isolation for security 802.1x/EAPoLAN/with MD-5/TLS/TTLS/SIM support (in preparation) IAPP roaming (in preparation) RADIUS AAA client with EAP support (in preparation)
  • Page 59 Software Update Remote Software Update via HTTPs Test Integrated site survey, Loop-back test Reset Remote reset / Manufacturing reset Warranty 2 years Package Contents P-380 Outdoor Access Point & Router CD-ROM with software and documentation Mounting kit Gemtek Systems Page 59...
  • Page 60 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide Related Products Gateways: G-6000/4000 Hot-spot P-360 Hot-spot Access Point Gateways Client Adapters: T-300 series (2.4 GHz) T-800 series (Dual-band 2.4 & 5 GHz) PoE Switches: E-810 8-port Power-over- E-110 Single-port PoE Feeder Network Ethernet Switch...
  • Page 61 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide E-plane antenna pattern Peak gain: 10dBi 3dB beam width: 48° Gemtek Systems Page 61...

  • Page 62: Glossary

    Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide 9 Glossary DNS Domain Name System. The distributed Symbols: name/address mechanism used in the 10BASET 10 Mbps/baseband/twisted pair. Internet. It comprises distributed online The IEEE standard for twisted pair Ethernet. databases that contain mappings between human-readable names and IP addresses, 802.11b The IEEE standards for the definition...
  • Page 63 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide ISP Internet service provider. A company that provides Internet - related services. Most gateway The original Internet term for what is importantly, an ISP provides Internet access now called router or more precisely, IP router.
  • Page 64 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide NAT Network Address Translation, an Internet port The abstraction used by Internet transport standard that enables a local-area network protocols to distinguish among multiple (LAN) to use one set of IP addresses for simultaneous connections to a single internal traffic and a second set of addresses destination host.
  • Page 65 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide service A term used with the router to refer to topology A network topology shows the a connection to another port on (another) computers and the links between them. A router, used to access dialup modems, hosts...
  • Page 66 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide 10 Index Access Point ..9, 10, 11, 14, 26, 31, 32, 35, 41, 42 Key ............. 11, 32, 57, 62 ACL ......12, 35, 36, 49, 51, 52, 59, 61 LAN 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 29, 30, 33,...
  • Page 67 Outdoor Router P-380 Users Guide Gemtek Systems Page 67...

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