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BreezeNET DS.11 Series Configuration Utility User's Guide September, 2000 Cat No. 213097 Rev A[...]

Front Matter User’s Guide ii BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility © 2000 by BreezeCOM Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form without the written permission of the copyright owner. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form without the written permission of the copyrig[...]

Front Matter BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility iii User's Guide Electronic Emission Notices This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules, ETSI 300-328, UL, UL/C, TUV/GS, and CE. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference. 2. This device must accept any interference received[...]

Front Matter User’s Guide iv BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility Note: The FCC 15.203 requirements prohibit the connection of external antennas with standard N-type connectors. In order to meet this requirement, the external antenna connectors provided on DS.11D models (with no integral antenna) are non-standard, featuring left-handed (counter-[...]

Table of Contents BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility v User's Guide T A BLE OF CONTENTS 1. GENERAL ..................................................................................................................... ........... 1 2. DS.11 CONFIGURATION UTILITY MAIN WINDOW .................................................... 2 2.1 Selecting[...]

Table of Contents User's Guide vi BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility T A BLE OF FIGURES Figure 1. DS.11 Configuration Utility Main Window (Station Control Tab) ...................... 3 Figure 2. The Set IP Dialog Box ........................................................................................... 4 Figure 3. Firmware Upgrade ....[...]

General BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 1 User’s Guide 1. GENERA L The DS.11 Configuration utility is an SNMP-based (Simple Network Management Protocol) utility that provides a consistent view of the wireless network. The system administrator can use the DS.11 Configuration utility to control a large number of DS.11 units from a single loca[...]

DS.11 Configuration Utility Main Window User's Guide 2 BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 2. DS.1 1 CONFIGURA TION UTILITY MA IN WINDOW • The Control Window section - In this section, you can perform the following: ⇒ View the DS.11 units that have been discovered by their IP address ⇒ Select the IP address of the unit you wish to mana[...]

DS.11 Configuration Utility Main Window BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 3 User’s Guide Figure 1. DS.11 Configuration Utility Main Window (Station Control Tab) 2.1 Selecting Units You can select a unit to manage in one of the following ways: • Click the button. All the current units IP addresses (under the selected community) are displayed[...]

DS.11 Configuration Utility Main Window User's Guide 4 BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 2.2 Setting the SNMP Community Information Type the known Read/Write Community string in the Community field (the default string is public for read and private for read/write) and click the button to confirm. 2.3 Assigning and Editing IP Addresses Manu[...]

DS.11 Configuration Utility Main Window BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 5 User’s Guide 2.4 Application Control Buttons All Configuration utility windows and Tab areas contain the following buttons. Additional buttons, specific to certain windows, are explained when relevant. • – Closes the window without implementing any changes you mad[...]

DS.11 Configuration Utility Main Window User's Guide 6 BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility • Multiple Configuration - allows downloading configuration parameters to mode than one unit simultaneously; refer to Section 2.7 for instructions on using this feature. • Trap Quick View - when set to this mode, the PC station (if set as the trap [...]

DS.11 Configuration Utility Main Window BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 7 User’s Guide 2. Specify the firmware file you wish to use in the Local file name fields; there are separate fields for files of different device type. The field text is displayed in blue when corresponding unit types are selected in the list box. 3. In the Remote File[...]

DS.11 Configuration Utility Main Window User's Guide 8 BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility At the end of the upgrade session, the following window is displayed indicating that the operation was successful. Figure 5. Firmware Upgrade Process[...]

DS.11 Configuration Utility Main Window BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 9 User’s Guide 2.7 Multiple Unit Configuration This feature allows downloading configuration parameters to multiple unit simultaneously. When you select this option in the Options menu, all configuration windows become write-only (with some of the parameters grayed out [...]

Utility Configuration Windows User's Guide 10 BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 3. UTILITY CONFIGURA TION WINDOWS 3.1 Station Status Tab The Station Status tab displays general information regarding the unit's firmware and hardware versions, and general unit address information. Figure 7. Station Status Tab • System Name - The name [...]

Utility Configuration Windows BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 11 User’s Guide 3.2 IP Parameters Tab The IP parameters tab allows you to define or edit the IP parameters of units. Figure 8. IP Parameters Tab • IP Address - The IP address of the selected unit. • Subnet mask -The Subnet mask of the selected unit. • Default gateway - The [...]

Utility Configuration Windows User's Guide 12 BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 3.3 SNMP Parameters Tab The SNMP parameters tab allows you to define or edit the SNMP community strings and the SNMP-related parameters. Figure 9. SNMP Parameters Tab • Read - The read only community string of the unit. • Read/Write - The read/write communi[...]

Utility Configuration Windows BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 13 User’s Guide 3.4 WLAN Parameters Tab The WLAN parameters tab allows you to define or edit parameters related to the Wireless LAN environment in which the selected unit is operating. The window displayed varies depending on the type of unit selected. Figure 10. WLAN Parameters [...]

Utility Configuration Windows User's Guide 14 BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility Figure 11. WLAN Parameters Tab (RB Units) • Regulatory Domain - This read only field displays the regulatory authorities in the relevant country of use (e.g., Canada, ETS, FCC, Japan). • Power - This read only field displays the current output power level o[...]

Utility Configuration Windows BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 15 User’s Guide • Range - Select the operative range of your WLAN or Wireless Link in the drop down list. • Channel - The method of channel selection varies, depending on the type of unit. For BU-DS.11 units, select the channel that the unit will use by selecting a value (ran[...]

Utility Configuration Windows User's Guide 16 BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility Table 3-1. Frequency Selection List Channel Selection Frequency 1 2412 MHz 2 2417 MHz 3 2422 MHz 4 2427 MHz 5 2432 MHz 6 2437 MHz 7 2442 MHz 8 2447 MHz 9 2452 MHz 10 2457 MHz 11 2462 MHz 12 2467 MHz 13 2472 MHz 14* 2484 MHz * Japan only[...]

Utility Configuration Windows BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 17 User’s Guide 3.5 Station Control Tab Figure 12. The Station Control Tab Station Control - This option reverts system parameters back to original factory default settings. C li c k th e b ut t o n f or a ll parameters to revert to defaults. Reset Unit - Click the button to rese[...]

Utility Configuration Windows User's Guide 18 BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 3.6 Security Tab Figure 13. Security Tab This window displays the following read only information, regarding the security configuration of the unit. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is an authentication algorithm which protects authorized Wireless LAN users again[...]

Utility Configuration Windows BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 19 User’s Guide • Default Key ID – Sets the default key for encryption in the Authentication process. This is the encryption key that will be used for transmissions between the RB-DS.11 and the BU-DS.11. • WEP Key – Define the encryption keys used for transmissions betwee[...]

Utility Configuration Windows User's Guide 20 BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 3.7 Advanced Tab The Advanced tab provides additional performance information. Figure 14. Advanced Tab CW Min/Max - Select the contention window size. The contention window backoff algorithm is a well known method used to resolve contention between different st[...]

Utility Configuration Windows BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 21 User’s Guide 3.8 Counters Tab Figure 15. Counters Tab (BU Units) Figure 16. Counters Tab (RB Units) Select a counter and drag it to the icon to view the graph.[...]

Utility Configuration Windows User's Guide 22 BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility • Transmit Fragment - The number of transmitted frames. The count includes data, control, management frames and the number of retransmissions of data frames (for example, if the same data frame is retransmitted ten times then the count will increase ten times[...]

Utility Configuration Windows BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility 23 User’s Guide Note that this action does not reset the counters stored in the actual unit, but just resets the values displayed in the screen (an exception to this are the link-specific counters described in the next section). Therefore, if you exit the Counters tab, after perf[...]

Utility Configuration Windows User's Guide 24 BreezeNET DS.11 Configuration Utility When an event occurs, a trap is sent to the defined host address (the setting is made in the SNMP Parameters tab described in Section 3.3). This window displays the recorded traps. Click the button to clear the display area. 3.10 Debug Info This option allows y[...]