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Aironet AP4500-E Wireless Access Point manual available for free PDF download: Technical Reference Manual
Aironet AP4500-E Technical Reference Manual (186 pages)
Wireless Access Point for Ethernet
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Aironet
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Wireless Access Point
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Table of Contents
Technical Reference Manual
1
Table of Contents
3
List of Tables
11
About the Technical Reference Manual
12
Typographical Conventions
14
Welcome to the Aironet Access Point
15
Data Transparency and Protocols
15
Ethernet Compatibility
15
Protocols Supported
16
Radio Characteristics
16
Radio Ranges
16
Site Survey
16
Radio Antenna
18
Security Features
18
Terminology
19
Aironet Access Point System Configurations
20
Figure 0.1 Wireless Workstations on LAN
21
Figure 0.2 Wireless LAN
22
Figure 0.3 Multiple Microcells on Cabled LAN
23
Chapter 1 - Installing the Aironet Access Point for Ethernet
26
Before You Start
27
Figure 1.1 Overview of Aironet Access Point
27
Figure 1.2 Attaching the Two Antennas
28
Figure 1.7 AC to DC Power Pack Connections and On/Off Button
33
Figure 1.8 Top Panel Indicators
34
Back Panel Indicators
36
Installation
28
Installing the Antennas
28
Figure 1.3 Console Port Connection
29
Figure 1.4 Attaching 10Base2 (Thinnet) Cabling
30
Figure 1.5 Attaching 10Base5 (Thicknet) Cabling
31
Attaching the AC/DC Power Pack and Powering on
32
Figure 1.6 Attaching 10Baset (Twisted Pair) Cabling
32
Top Panel Indicators
33
Viewing the Indicator Displays
33
Installing the Ethernet Connection
30
Installing the Console Port Cable
29
Figure 1.9 Back Panel Indicators
36
Chapter 2 - Accessing the Console System
38
Access Methods
39
Using the Console
39
Sub-Menus
40
Commands and Information
41
Commands that Display Information
42
Command Line Mode
43
Telnet Access
43
Web Access
44
About the Menus
46
Using the Configuration Console Menu
47
Setting the Terminal Type (Type)
47
Setting the Communication Port Parameters (Port)
48
Setting Privilege Levels and Passwords (Rpassword, Wpassword)
49
Enabling Linemode (Linemode)
51
Enabling Telnet or HTTP Connections (Telnet/Http)
51
Monitoring of the DTR Signal
52
Chapter 3 - before You Begin
56
Viewing the Configuration Menu
57
Menu Descriptions
57
Saving Configuration Paramaters
58
Backing up Your Configuration (Dump)
58
Restoring Your Configuration
59
Chapter 4 - Configuring the Radio Network
60
Overview
61
Using the Configuration Radio Menu
62
Establishing a System Identifier (SSID)
62
Selecting Bit Rates (Rates, Basic_Rates)
63
Enabling Root Mode (Root)
63
Using the Configuration Radio IEEE 802.11 Menu
64
Adding IEEE 802.11 Management Packet Extensions (Extend)
64
Setting the RF RTS/CTS Parameter (RTS)
64
Encapsulation
65
Packet Encapsulation in Mixed Networks
65
Using the Configuration Radio Install Menu
67
Running a Link Test (Linktest)
67
Running a Signal Strength Test (Strength)
68
Running a Multicast Test (Multicast)
69
Running a Unicast Test (Unicast)
69
Running a Remote Linktest (Remote)
70
Setting the Packet Size and Count (Size, Count)
70
Specifying the Target Address (Destination)
70
Setting the Automatic Link Test Mode (Autotest)
71
Viewing Errors (Errors)
71
Continuously Running a Link Test (Continuous)
72
Testing the Radio Header Size (Header)
73
Using the Configuration Radio Extended Menu
74
Setting the Parent ID (Parentid, Parent_Wait)
74
Setting Retry Transmission Time (Time_Retries, Count_Retries)
75
Setting the Refresh Time (Refresh)
75
Enabling Diversity Antennas (Diversity)
75
Setting Power Level (Power)
76
Setting Fragment Size (Fragment)
76
Chapter 5 - Configuring the Ethernet Port
78
Using the Configuration Ethernet Menu
79
Activating/Disabling the Ethernet Port (Active)
79
Setting the Maximum Frame Size (Size)
79
Setting the Port Interface Type (Port)
80
Setting the Fallback Option (Fallback)
80
Chapter 6 - Setting Network Identifiers
82
Using the Configuration Ident Menu
83
Establishing a Node Name (Name)
83
Resetting the Default Network ID (NID)
83
Assigning an IP Address (Inaddr)
84
Specifying the IP Subnet Mask (Inmask)
84
Setting SNMP Location and Contact Identifiers (Location,Contact)
84
Configuring the IP Routing Table
85
Displaying the Routing Table (Display)
85
Entering a Host Route (Host)
86
Entering a Network Route (Net)
86
Entering Default Route (Default)
86
Deleting a Route (Delete)
87
Chapter 7 - Configuring SNMP
88
Overview
89
Using the Configuration SNMP Menu
89
Enabling the SNMP Agent (Enabled)
90
Setting up SNMP Communities (Communities)
90
Displaying Communities (Display)
90
Adding a Community (Add)
91
Removing a Community (Remove)
91
Setting a Community Access Mode (Access)
91
Setting or Removing Allowed NMS IP Addresses (Ipadr)
92
Setting or Removing Allowed NMS Nodes Ids (Nid)
92
Enabling Remote NMS to Change Community Setup (Remote)
93
Setting SNMP Trap Destinations (Trapdest)
93
Specifying Community Names for Trap Messages (Trapcomm)
94
Specifying the Type of Log to Cause an SNMP Trap (Loglevel)
94
Enabling Authentication Failure Trap (Authtrap)
94
Chapter 8 - Viewing Statistics
98
Viewing the Statistics Menu
99
Throughput Statistics (Throughput)
100
Radio Error Statistics (Radio)
101
Displaying Overall Status (Status)
103
Recording a Statistic History (Watch)
104
Displaying a Statistic History (History)
105
Displaying Node Information (Node)
106
Displaying ARP Information (ARP)
106
Setting Screen Display Time (Display_Time)
107
Chapter 9 - Setting up the Association Table
108
Figure 9.1 Association Tree
109
Figure 9.2 Example of Using Static Entry to Restrict Association
115
Specifying How Node Addresses Are Displayed (Niddisp)
116
Overview
109
Using the Association Menu
110
Displaying the Association Table (Display)
110
Displaying the Association Table Summary (Summary)
112
Association Monitor Menu (Monitor)
113
Displaying the Network Map (Map)
113
Network Map (Trace)
114
Setting the Allowed Number of Child Nodes (Maximum)
114
Controlling Associations with Static Entries (Autoassoc/Add/Remove)
114
Chapter 10 - Using Filters
118
Overview
119
Using the Filter Menu
119
Filtering Multicast Addresses (Multicast)
120
Displaying the Filters (Show)
120
Setting the Default Action (Default)
120
Adding a Multicast Filter (Add)
121
Filtering Radio Multicasts (Radio_Mcast)
121
Removing a Filter (Remove)
121
Filtering Node Addresses (Node)
122
Setting the Default (Source)
122
Displaying the IP to Network Address Table (Ipdisplay)
123
Displaying the Node Address Filters (Display)
123
Updating SpecifiC Node Address Filters (Add/Remove)
124
Filtering Protocols (Protocols)
124
Enabling Unicast Packet Filtering (Unicast)
126
Setting the Default Action (Default)
126
Displaying the Filters (Display)
127
Adding a Filter (Add)
128
Length of Data Displayed in Log Action (Length)
132
Removing an Entry (Remove)
132
Protocol Monitoring (Monitor/ Show/ Clear)
133
Access Packet Direction (Direction)
134
Chapter 11 - Setting up Event Logs
136
Overview
137
Information Logs
137
Error Logs
139
Severe Error Logs
140
Using the Logs Menu
142
Viewing History Logs (History)
143
Clearing the History Buffer (Clear)
144
Specifying the Type of Logs to Print (Printlevel)
144
Specifying the Type of Logs to Save (Loglevel)
145
Specifying the Type of Logs to Light Status Indicator (Ledlevel)
145
Setting Statistic Parameters (Statistics)
145
Forwarding Logs to a Unix System (Syslog)
147
Enabling Indicator Status Locking (Lockled)
147
Chapter 12 - Performing Diagnostics
148
Using the Diagnostics Menu
149
Starting a Telnet Session (Connect)
149
Changing the Escape Sequence (Escape)
150
Running a Linktest (Linktest)
151
Restarting the Unit (Restart)
151
Preparing the Unit for Shutdown (Shutdown)
151
Returning the Unit to the Default Configuration (Default)
151
Physically Locating a Unit (Find)
151
Sending a Ping Packet (Ping)
151
Loading New Code Versions (Load)
152
Downloading Using Xmodem Protocol (Xmodem/Crc-Xmodem)
153
Downloading or Uploading Using the File Transfer Protocol (Ftp)
154
Downloading a New Firmware/Configuration File (Get)
155
Uploading a New Firmware Version (Put)
156
Uploading the Unit's Configuration (Config)
157
Distributing Firmware or Configuration (Distribute)
157
Downloading Using the Internet Boot Protocol (Bootp/Dhcp)
158
Configuring DHCP Servers (Class)
159
Appendix A - Aironet Access Point Specifications
160
LAN Interfaces Supported
160
Radio Characteristics
160
Physical Specifications
161
Console Port Pin-Out
162
Appendix A - Aironet Access Point Specifications
160
Appendix B - Console Menu Tree
164
Appendix C - SNMP Variables
168
Appendix D - Aironet Technical Support
180
User's Guide
180
Communications
180
Web Site
180
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