SMC Networks SMC2586W-G manual

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5 F ederal Communication C ommission Int erfer ence S tat ement T his equipment has been t est ed and found t o comply with the limit s for a Class B digital de vice, pur suant to P art 15 of the FC C Rules. The se limits ar e designed t o pro vide re asonable pr otection against harm ful interf er ence in a re sidential installation. This equipmen[...]

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8 T able of C ontent s 1. Introduction 10 1. 1 Overview 10 1.2. F eature sPack age Contents 10 1.3 F eat ures 10 1.4 LED Definitions 13 2. Firs t- Time Inst allation and Con figur ation 14 2. 1 Selecting a Pow er Supply Method 14 2.2 Mounting the SMC25 86W -G on a W all 15 2.3 Preparing f or Con figur ation 16 2.4 C onfiguring the SMC2 586W -G 17 2[...]

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1. Introduction 1. 1 Overview T he SMC2 586W -G is a vers atile devic e that can be c onfigur ed to be in one o f the 3 oper ational modes — Ac ces s Point, Bridge Mas ter , and Bridge Slav e—for v arious wirele ss bridging applications . With the con venient W eb-based us er intef ace , a netw ork administr ator can easily and cle arly manage [...]

• 64-bit and 12 8-bit WEP (Wired E quivalent Priv acy ). F or wirele ss data encryption. • IEEE 802. 1x/RADIUS . When the SMC2 586W -G is in Ac ce ss Point mode, it c an be con figur ed to authentic ate wir eless us ers and distribut e encryption ke ys dynamic ally by IEEE 80 2. 1x Port-Bas ed Netw ork Ac ce ss Contr ol and RADIUS (Remot e Auth[...]

less client s (S T As and Bridge Sla ves ) that are ass ociated with the SMC25 86W -G. • Detachable ant enna. T he SMC2 586W -G antenna c an be replac ed with SMC high-gain antennas f or long oper ating r ange . • DHCP client. T he SMC2 586W -G can aut omatically obtain an IP addre ss fr om a DHCP server . • DHCP server . T he SMC2 586W -G ca[...]

• SNMP . SNMP ( Simple Ne tw ork Management Prot ocol) MIB I, MIB II, IEEE 802. 1d, and Privat e Enterpris e MIB are support ed. • UPnP . T he SMC2 586W -G re sponds to UPnP disc ov ery message s so that a Windo ws XP user c an locat e the SMC25 86W -G in My Netw ork Place s and use a W eb brow ser t o conf igure it . • T elnet . The SMC2 586[...]

2. Fir st - Time Ins tallation and C onfigur ation 2. 1 Selecting a Po wer Supply Method T he SMC2 586W -G can be pow ered b y either the supplied pow er adapt er or the optional SMCPWR-INJ3 Elit eConnect™ P ow er Injector . The SMC2 586W -G automatic ally selects the suit able pow er depending on your decision. To po wer the SMC2 586W -G by the [...]

Fig. 2. Connecting E thernet c ables to SMCP WR-INJ3. 5. Check the “ AC TIVE” LED: if pow er is succ essfully f ed int o the SMC25 86W -G, the “ AC - TIVE” LED will be on (Red light); otherwis e, the “A C TIVE” LED will be off . 6. If the electricity curr ent is over the normal c ondition (Io°÷1.0 A ), the “A C TIVE” LED will flas[...]

2.3 Preparing f or C onfigur ation To co nf igure an SMC2 586W -G, a managing comput er with a W eb br ow ser is needed. F or first -time conf igur ation of an SMC2 586W -G, an E thernet net- w ork int erf ace c ard (NIC) should ha ve been ins talled in the managing co m- puter . F or maintenance c onfigur ation of a deploy ed SMC2586W -G, either a[...]

Changing the T CP /IP Settings o f the Managing Comput er Use the Windo ws Ne twork C ontr ol P anel Applet to change the T CP /IP set- tings of the managing c omputer , so that the IP addr ess o f the comput er and the IP addre ss of the SMC2 586W -G are in the same IP subnet . Set the IP addre ss of the c omputer t o 19 2. 168.2.xxx (the def ault[...]

NO TE: It is str ongly r ecommended that the pass wor d be changed to other v alue for securit y reas ons. On the st art page, click the Gener al, P ass wor d link to change the v alue of the pa ss wo rd (s ee Section 3.3. 1 for mor e inf ormation ). TIP: Since the S tatus p age show s the current se ttings and st atus of the SMC25 86W -G, it c an [...]

T he SMC2 586W -G suppor ts 3 oper ational modes for meeting v arious wire- less c onnectivity r equirements: • Ac ces s Point ( AP). T he AP mode enables IEEE 80 2. 11 St ations (S T As) t o automatic ally associat e with it via the st andard IEEE 80 2. 11 association proc ess . In addition, the IEEE 802. 11 WDS (Wir eless Dis tribution S yst em[...]

T he r elationships among the oper ational modes and the wireles s link t ype s are sho wn in the follo wing table: T able 1. Operational mode s vs. wir eles s link types . Fr om the table, a WD S link can be es tablish bet ween t wo APs , a BM-BS link c an be e stablished bet ween a Bridge Mas ter and a Bridge Sla ve , but no wirele ss link can be[...]

St ep 3: C onfiguring IEEE 80 2. 11 Set tings Fig. 9 . IEEE 802. 11g communic ation set tings. Go to the IEEE 80 2. 11, Communication s ection in the W eb-based Management user int erf ace t o conf igure IEEE 80 2. 11g-r elated c ommunication set tings, including Channel number and Netw ork name (S SID). T he number o f av ailable RF channels depen[...]

To enable a WDS link: 1. Specify the MA C addre ss of the AP or bridge at the other end o f the WDS link. 2. Select the c orresponding Enabled check bo x. F or ex ample, as sume you w ant two SMC2 586W -Gs with MAC addr esse s 00-02 -65-01-62 -C5 and 00-02 -65-01-62 -C6 to e stablish a WD S link betw een them. On SMC2 586W -G 00-02 -65-01-62 -C5, s[...]

St ep 4: R e viewing and Applying Se ttings Fig. 13. S ettings change s are highlight ed in red. On the start page , you can r eview all the s ettings y ou hav e made. Change s are highlight ed in red. If they ar e OK, click Rest art for the ne w set tings to take e ff ect. NO TE: It tak es about 7 sec onds for the SMC2 586W -G to comple te its res[...]

2.5 Deploying the SMC2 586W -G Aft er the set tings hav e been con figured, deplo y the SMC2 586W -G to the field application en vir onment. Connect the SMC2 586W -G to an E thernet LAN through an E thernet swit ch/hub. If e xternal high-gain dir ectional antennas ar e needed, it may be dif ficult to align the antennas . Here ar e some suggestions [...]

3. U sing W eb-Based Management 3. 1 Overview Fig. 15 The Start page . Menu Structur e Th e left side of the start page c ontains a menu f or you t o carry out c om- mands. Her e is a brief description o f the hyperlink s on the menu: • Home . F or going back t o the st art page. • St atus. St atus in formation. •W ireles s Clients. T he stat[...]

• A ddr essing. IP addr ess set tings for the SMC2 586W -G to work with TC P /IP . • DHCP S erv er . Settings f or the DHCP (Dynamic Host C onfigur ation Prot ocol) server on the SMC2 586W -G. • IEEE 802. 11. IEEE 802. 11g-relat ed set tings. •C ommunication . Basic settings f or the IEEE 802. 11g interf ace of the SMC25 86W -G to w ork pr [...]

Fig. 18 Set tings hav e been changed. Home and R efresh C ommands Fig. 19 Home and Re fre sh. At the bottom o f each st atus page show s r ead-only inf ormation and tw o butt ons— Home and R efresh. Clicking Home brings you back t o the st art page. Clicking Ref re sh updates the shown s tatus in formation. 3 .2 Vie wing St atus Associat ed Wir e[...]

C urrent DHCP Mappings Fig. 21 Curr ent DHCP mappings. On this page , all the current s tatic or dynamic DHCP mappings ar e shown. A DHCP mapping is a corr espondenc e relationship be tw een an IP addres s assigned b y the DHCP server and a c omputer or de vice that obt ains the IP addre ss. A c omputer or de vice that act s as a DHCP client is ide[...]

W hen the SMC2 586W -G is in Bridge Slave mode , you c an use the Link Monitor s tatus page t o monit or the link quality and signal str ength sensed by its RF module . Larger v alues means bett er wir eless c onnectivity t o its associat ed Bridge Mast er . This feat ure is e specially useful when y ou are aligning a pair of dir ectional antennas [...]

those ne tw orks wher e SMC2 682W W ireles s Bridge Slav es ar e already installed. T he Bridge Mast er enables Bridge Slav es t o automatic ally associ- ate with it . It also enables IEEE 80 2. 11 St ations, which ar e on the same LAN as the Bridge Mast er , to automatic ally associat e with it via the st andard IEEE 802. 11 association pr oce ss.[...]

Fr om the table, a WD S link can be es tablish bet ween t wo APs , a BM-BS link c an be e stablished bet ween a Bridge Mas ter and a Bridge Sla ve , but no wire- less link c an be est ablished betw een a Bridge Slav e and an AP . Fig. 2 4 Connectivit y Limitation. In Fig. 2 4 pack ets fr om ST A cannot r each X, and vic e ver sa. Changing P ass wor[...]

bro ws er types and v er sions, HTTP-based firm w are management oper ations may not w ork properly with s ome W eb br ows ers . If you c annot succ essfully perform HTTP-b ased firmw are management oper ations with your W eb bro ws er , try the TFTP-based method. Upgrading Firm w are b y HTTP Fig. 27 Firm w ar e upgr ade by HTTP . To upgr ade firm[...]

To re st or e con figuration o f the SMC25 86W -G by HTTP: 1. Click Bro wse and then select a corr ect configur ation .hex file . Y ou hav e to make sur e the file name is the SMC2586W -G_Backup .hex. T he file path will be shown in the Co nf iguration file name text box. 2. Click R estore to upload the con figur ation file to the SMC2 586W -G. Upg[...]

6. Choose TFTP as the Firm w are management prot ocol. 7. Specify the IP addr ess of the c omputer , which acts as a TFTP serv er . If y ou don ’t know the IP addre ss of the c omputer , open a C ommand Prompt from the c omputer running the TFP s erver , and type IpC onfig, then pr es s the Enter key . 8. T rigger the firmw ar e upgrade pr ocess [...]

B acking up and Rest oring C onfigur ation Set tings by TFTP Fig. 33 . Con figur ation back up/ rest or e. To b ack up configur ation of the SMC2 586W -G by TFTP: 1. Use a c omputer that will serv e as a TFTP serv er and as a managing c omput er to trigger the b ackup pr oce ss. 2. Connect the c omputer and one o f the LAN Etherne t swit ch port wi[...]

the con figur ation back up file re sides. A c onfigur ation backup file is named SMC25 86W -G_Back up.he x. 5. On the comput er , run a W eb bro ws er and click the General, Firm w are T ools h yperlink. 6. Choose TFTP as the Firm w are management prot ocol. 7. W ithin the Co nf igur ation Backup /Rest ore s ection, specif y the IP addre ss of the[...]

T he IP addr ess o f the SMC2 586W -G can be manually s et (S et Manually) or automatic ally assigned b y a DHCP server on the LAN ( Obt ain from a DHCP Se rv er – enabled b y default ). If y ou are manually set ting the IP addre ss, S ubnet mask, and Default gate wa y set tings , set them appr opriately , so that they c omply with y our LAN envi[...]

DHCP Mappings Fig. 3 7 St atic DHCP mappings. IP addre sse s of serv ers ar e oft en st atic so that clients could alw ays loc ate the serv ers b y the static IP addr es ses. B y using St atic DHCP Mappings , you c an ensur e that a host will ge t the same IP addre ss when it r equests one from the DHCP s erver . Ther efor e, inst ead of c onfiguri[...]

Fo r specific needs such as con figuring the SMC2 586W -G as a wir eless LAN- t o-LAN bridge , the AP functionality can be disabled, so that no wir eless client can as sociate with the SMC2 586W-G . (This will only w ork while the SMC2 586W -G bridges ar e configur ed in AP /WDS mode, if y ou are using Mast er / Slav e mode and disable the AP funct[...]

Wir eless Dis tribution S yst em Fig. 40 Wir eless Dis tribution S yst em. Tr aditionally , acc ess point s are c onnected b y Etherne t. B y IEEE 802. 11 Wir eless Dis tribution S ys tem (WDS ), APs c an communic ate with one another wirele ssly . F or e xample , in Fig. 40 , AP 2 acts as an acc ess point f or the not e- book comput ers and it f o[...]

Fig. 42 Wir eless Distribution S yst em settings . To enable a WDS link: 3. Specify the MA C addre ss of the AP or bridge at the other end o f the WDS link. 4. S elect the corr esponding Enabled check box. F or ex ample, as sume you w ant two SMC2 586W -Gs with MAC addr esse s 00- 02 -6 5-01-62 -C5 and 00-02 -65-01-62 -C6 to e stablish a WD S link [...]

W ARNING: Do not let y our net work t opology consist o f wirele ss bridges, E therne t swit ches, E thernet link s, and WDS link s that form a loop. If ther e are an y loops that exist , pack ets will cir cle around the loop s and netw ork performanc e will be seriously degr aded. Fig. 44 Netw ork t opology containing a loop . Se curity IEEE 802. [...]

Wir eless Client Is olation is a f eatur e for the SMC2 586W -G in AP or Bridge Mast er mode to block wir eless -to-wir eless tr affic bet ween S T As so that the ST As cannot see e ach other . This feat ure is us eful for WLANs deplo yed in public place s. This w ay , hack ers ha ve no chance t o att ack other wirele ss user s in a hotspot. W hen [...]

As illustr ated in Fig. 46 when AP 1 and AP 2 are using the “T his AP Only” option, AP1 blocks wir eless tr affic bet ween S T A 1 and S T A 2, while wireles s tr affic bet ween S T A 2 and ST A 3, which ar e associat ed with diff erent AP s, is s till allow ed. If the “ All APs in This Subne t” option is used as sho wn in Fig. 47 , AP 1 an[...]

with v arious WLAN netw ork adapter s. T here ar e thr ee options av ailable, including Open S ys tem, Shar ed K e y , and Aut o. W hen WEP is enabled b y a security mode , the Ke y length can be specified t o be 64 Bits or 12 8 Bits. T he Selected k ey set ting specifies the k ey t o be used as a send-k ey f or encrypting tr affic fr om the local [...]

2. Set the A ccess co ntrol t ype t o inclusive . 3. Specify the MA C addre ss of a wir eless client t o allow acc ess, and then click A dd. 4. R epeat St ep 3 for each other wir eless client. To delet e an entry in the acce ss contr ol table: • Click Delet e ne xt to the entry . NO TE: T he siz e of the ac ces s contr ol table is 64 . Fig. 4 9 M[...]

IEEE 802. 1x/RADIUS IEEE 802. 1x Port-B ased Net work A cc ess C ontrol is a ne w st andard f or solving s ome security is sues ass ociated with IEEE 80 2. 11, such as lack of user-b ased authentication and dynamic encryption k e y distribution. With IEEE 80 2. 1x, a R ADIUS (R emote A uthentication Dial-In Us er Service ) server , and a user acc o[...]

SMC25 86W -G supports IEEE 802. 1x and can be c onfigur ed to c ommunicat e with tw o RADIUS serv ers . When the primary RADIUS s erver f ails to r espond, SMC25 86W -G will try to c ommunicat e with the sec ondary RADIUS serv er . Y ou can specify the length of timeout and the number o f re tries bef ore c om- municating with the s econdary RADIUS[...]

E therne t T ype Filters Fig. 53 E thernet t ype filter s set tings. T he E thernet t ype filed of the MAC (Media A cc ess C ontr ol) header of a pack- et incoming fr om the WLAN or Ethernet int erfac e is inspected f or filtering. In a rule, specif y the hex -decimal Ethernet t ype number and give the rule a name. IP Prot ocol Filt ers Fig. 54 IP [...]

TC P /UDP Port Filter s Fig. 55 T CP /UDP port filter s set tings. T he des tination port field the TCP or UDP he ader of a pack et inc oming from the WLAN or Etherne t interf ace is inspected f or filtering. In a rule , specify the decimal Destination P ort, Prot ocol t ype (T CP /UDP), and the name of the higher-lev el pr otoc ol ( Application Na[...]

NO TE: Mak e sure y ou hav e installed the nec essary W indow s UPnP c omponents on y our Windows XP c omputer . Sys t em Log Fig. 58 S yst em log set tings. Sy st em ev ents can be logged t o the on-boar d RAM of the SMC2 586W -G (Loc al log) or sent in the f orm of SNMP tr ap ( R emote log b y SNMP trap ) or BSD S yslog ( R emote log by BSD S ysl[...]

SNMP Fig. 5 9 SNMP set tings. T he SNMP ( Simple Netw ork Management Pr otoc ol) functionality c an be dis- abled, and you c an specify the name ( used as a pass wor d) of the r ead-only and re ad-write c ommunity . In addition, up to 5 SNMP tr ap tar gets can be set in the SNMP T r ap T able. To specif y a trap t arget: 1. T ype the IP addres s of[...]

4. EliteC onnect Management Utilit y 4. 1 Introduction T his chapt er give s introduct ory inf ormation, such as the design goal and f ea- tu re s, on SMC EliteC onnect™ Management Utility . In Chapter 4 .2, it outlines Elit eConnect Management Utilit y’ s basic function- ality b y using a sample devic e list file , which is inst alled by the s[...]

• DNS domain name . DNS (Domain Name S ys tem ) domain name of the devic e . Th es e information it ems serv e as memos f or the netw ork administr at or and they ar e optional. And the following in formation it ems must be specified so that EliteC onnect Management Utility c an communic ate with the de vice b y HTTP (HyperT ext T r ansfer Pr oto[...]

• Devic e Management. T he ne tw ork administr ator c an manage devic es one by one or in a bat ch f ashion. • Con figuring b y W eb bro wser . Launching the def ault Web br owser t o manage the select ed devic e. •B atch pr oces sing. Applying a netw ork management command t o multiple devic es at a time . The f ollowing c ommands are suppor[...]

Overvie w Us er Interf ace Fig. 60 Main user int erf ace . T he main user int erfac e of EliteC onnect Management Utility is three-p aned. T he upper right pane is the De vice List Vie w , which show s the devic es t o manage. T he upper left pane is the W orkspac e Window , which enables y ou to filter the activ e devic e list or s witch t o anoth[...]

C onnecting the Managing PC and a Managed De vice Y ou need at least one SMC25 82W -B EliteC onnect 802. 11b Wirele ss Bridge or SMC25 86W -G EliteC onnect 802. 11g Wir eless Bridge t o follo w the r emainder of the tutorial. C onnect the PC on which EliteC onnect Management Utility will run and the devic e with Etherne t. And then, con figur e the[...]

Fig. 62 De vice Properties dialog bo x. On the left side of the title bar o f the Devic e Pr operties dialog box is a “Pin ” butt on. Click this butt on to pin the dialog bo x (the ic on will be changed t o ) so that it will alw ays st ay on t op of other windo ws . Otherwise, the Devic e Properties dialog box disappe ars if y ou click anywher [...]

E diting the De vice List Fig. 63 Edit menu. S elect the desir ed de vice it em from the de vice lis t. Y ou can select cons ecutive devic e items b y clicking while holding the Shift k ey . And you c an select incons ecutive de vice it ems by clicking while holding the C trl ke y . T he Select All command on the E dit menu enables y ou to s elect [...]

of EliteConnect Management Utilit y and an empty ne w devic e list file ha ve been opened. Filtering the De vice List Fig. 65 Filt er Vie w of the W orkspace windo w . Y ou can filter a de vice lis t by clicking a tr ee item on the Filt er tab o f the W orkspace windo w . The tr ee hier ar chy r epre sents filt ering criteria. Clicking the “ All?[...]

Fig. 6. Sorting by IP addr ess , in de scending or der . NO TE: If a newly opened de vice lis t file is sorted, an ast erisk mark “*” will be added to the file name sho wn in the title bar of Elit eC onnect Management Utility , which means the content s of the de vice list file ha ve been modified. Re arranging the C olumn Order Fig. 68 Re arr [...]

Any de vice lis t columns c an be hidden by clearing c orre sponding check box es ne xt to the menu it ems of the C olumns sub-menu of the V iew menu. Clicking an unchecked menu it em shows its c orre sponding devic e list col- umn, and the menu item bec omes check ed ne xt time you open the C olumns sub-menu. Managing Devic es Aft er selecting one[...]

Fig. 7 2 History Log V iew . Co nf iguring a De vice by W eb Bro ws er S elect the de vice it em in the devic e list, which r epr esents the SMC2 582W -B or SMC25 86W -G y ou use for this t utorial, and then c arry out the Co nf igure by W eb Bro ws er c ommand on the Devic e menu. The def ault W eb bro wser will be launched for y ou to manage the [...]

T he main user int erfac e of EliteC onnect Management Utility consist s of three-p aned. The upper right pane is the De vice Lis t Vie w , which shows the devic es t o manage. T he upper left pane is the W orkspace W indow , which enables y ou to filt er the active de vice lis t or swit ch to another de vice lis t. T he bot tom pane is the His tor[...]

Filter V iew Fig. 7 5 Filter Vie w . EliteC onnect Management Utility analy se s the structur e of the de vices it ems in the active de vice lis t and show s the re sults in a tree f ashion on the Filter t ab o f the W orksp ace window . The active de vice list c an be filter ed by click- ing a tree it em (see S ection 4.3.3.6 f or mor e inf ormati[...]

File Vie w Fig. 7 6 File V iew . T he File t ab of the W orkspace windo w lists all opened de vice lis t files so that y ou t o quickly switch be tw een them ( see “Vie wing All Opened Devic e List Files ” Section on page 81 f or more in formation ). Hist ory Log Vie w Fig. 77 Hist ory Log View . T he Hist ory Log View sho ws pr ogress and r es[...]

• Close . Close the active document. •S a v e . Sa ve the active document. •S a v e As. Sa ve the active document with a new name . • Print. Print the active document. • Print Pre view . Display full pages . • Print Setup . Change the print er and printing options. •S end. S end the active document thr ough electronic mail. • Shortc[...]

•C onfigure b y W eb Brow ser . Launch the def ault W eb bro wser t o con figur e the firs t selected de vice . • Change SSID . Change the SSID s etting o f selected de vice. • Change P ass wor d. Change the p ass wor d set ting of select ed de vice . • Upgrade Firm w are b y TFTP . Upgr ade the firmw are of s elected de vice b y TFTP . •[...]

Shortcut Menu Fig. 7 8 Shortcut menu Right clicking anywher e within the Device List V iew brings up a short cut menu as shown in Fig. 7 8 T he commands on the shortcut menu ar e shor t- cuts t o some of the main menu c ommands. •C u t —Cut c ommand on the E dit menu •C o p y — Co py c ommand on the E dit menu. •P a s t e—Past e c omman[...]

c ommand on the De vice menu. •R es to re Co nf iguration b y HTTP—Re st ore C onfigur ation by HTTP c ommand on the De vice menu. •P r oper ties —Properties c ommand on the View menu. T oolbars T oolbar commands ar e shortcuts t o some of the main menu c ommands. T her e ar e tw o tool-bar s—B asic and Devic e. Fig. 7 9 Basic t oolbar . [...]

• Check Alive on the De vice menu. •C onfigur e by W eb Bro wser on the De vice menu. • Change P ass wor d on the De vice menu. • Change SSID on the De vice menu. • Change RADIUS Serv er s on the Device menu. • Upgr ade Firmw are b y TFTP on the Devic e menu. •B ack up Configur ation by TFTP on the De vice menu. •R es to re Co nf ig[...]

Fig. 81 Floating W orkspace windo w . Fig. 82 His tory L og View dock ed to the right side. 72[...]

Re arranging the C olumn Order of the De vice List Vie w Fig. 83 Re arr anging the column or der by a dr ag-and-dr op operation. T he c olumn order c an be r earr anged by dr ag-and-drop oper ations. Just dr ag a column header and dr op it to another position. F or ex ample , as shown in Fig. 83, the Z one 1 column will be inserted be tw een the St[...]

General Options Fig. 85 Gener al tab. On this tab , you c an specify the action tak en when a device it em in the active de vice lis t is double-clicked, the number o f simultaneous de vice man- agement commands , and whether the Devic e P ass wor d List function will be enabled. T her e ar e tw o options for the action t aken when a de vice it em [...]

Fig. 86 A sample Devic e P ass wor d List . S elect the Us e the f ollowing De vice P assw ord Lis t inste ad of asking f or devic e user name and pas sw ord check bo x, and specify the location o f the devic e pass word lis t file by clicking the “…” but ton. L ogging Options Fig. 87 L ogging tab . On this tab , you c an specify whether the [...]

On this tab , you c an con figure beha vior par amet ers o f EliteC onnect Management Utility’ s built-in TFTP s erver f or devic e firmw are upgr ade . EliteC onnect Management Utility supports a “pull” s tyle and a “push ” st yle of device firm w are upgr ade. The pull s tyle is achie ved b y HTTP and TFTP , while the push st yle is sol[...]

HTTP Options Fig. 89 HTTP t ab. On this tab , you c an con figure beha vior par ameters o f EliteC onnect Management Utility’ s W eb client engine—Microso ft Interne t Explorer c ontrol. Y ou may ref er to Micro soft document ation about how t o pick good value s for C onnect r etries , Connect timeout, R eceive timeout, and S end timeout . Exp[...]

To add a new devic e item t o the active devic e list, click Ne w Devic e on the Insert menu. And then a new de vice it em is added to the de vice list and the Devic e Properties dialog box ap-pe ars f or you t o enter de vice properties . T he Deployment and Identification groups o f properties and the C omments propert y are optional f or annotat[...]

Multiple Cons ecutive Selections Fig. 9 2 Multiple consecutiv e selections . To se lect a block of c onsecutiv e devic e items: 1. Click the firs t item o f the block. 2. Click the last it em of the block while holding the Shift k ey . Multiple Inconsecutiv e Selections Fig. 93 Multiple inc onsecutiv e selections. To s elect s ev er al inconsecutiv[...]

E diting the De vice List Fig. 94 E dit menu. Y ou can use the commands on the E dit menu to edit the active de vice list . Ref er to Section 4.3 . 1.5 for e xplanations of the commands. Filter the De vice List Fig. 95 Devic e list filt ering. Y ou can filter a de vice lis t by clicking a tr ee item on the Filt er tab o f the W orkspace windo w . T[...]

Fig. 96 Sorting b y IP addre ss, in asc ending or der . Clicking the IP Addr ess header one mor e time sorts the de vice list in desc ending or der , as shown b y Fig. 97 . Fig. 97 Sorting by IP addr es s, in desc ending or der . NO TE: If a newly opened de vice lis t file is sorted, an ast erisk mark “*” will be added to the file name sho wn i[...]

Y ou can swit ch bet ween all opened de vice list file s by clicking the c orre spon- ding tree it ems on the File tab of the W orkspace windo w . Arranging De vice List Windo ws T he c ommands on the W indow menu enable y ou to arr ange your De vice List Vi ew window and s witch bet ween them. Fig. 99 Windo w menu. Casc ading Windows Fig. 100 Casc[...]

T he T ile c ommand on the W indow menu arr anges the De vice Lis t Vie w win- dow s as non-ov erlapping tiles. Arranging Minimiz ed Windo ws Fig. 102 Minimiz ed window s put in order . T he Arrange Icons c ommand on the W indo w menu arrange s minimized Devic e List V iew windo ws so that the y st ay at the bott om. Managing Devic es Exc ept the C[...]

NO TE: Y ou have t o make sur e a de vice is r eachable by Elit eC onnect Management Utility thr ough the IP address / domain name and port specified in the devic e list. C anc eling Batch C ommand Ex ecution Fig. 104 Canc el W aiting Commands menu command. W hen a net work bat ch command is in e xecution, y ou can click C anc el W aiting Commands [...]

Fig. 105 Changing SSID dialog bo x. Changing the Administr ation User Name and P ass wor d of De vices To change the administr ation user name and pass wor d settings o f ev ery s elect ed devic e, c arry out the Change P ass wor d command. If the Devic e P ass wor d List functionalit y is disabled, the Changing User Name and Pa ss wo r d dialog bo[...]

Changing the RADIUS Serv er Set ting of De vices To change the RADIUS server s ettings o f ev ery select ed devic e, c arry out the Change RADIUS S ervers c ommand. Y ou’ll be prompt ed t o enter the Primary RADIUS server and Se c ondary RADIUS serv er . Fig. 108 Changing RADIUS Serv er s dialog box. T he WP A (W i-Fi Prot ected A cc ess ) standa[...]

Upgrading De vice Firmw are C arry out the Upgr ade Firmw are b y HTTP command. B acking up De vice C onfigur ation C arry out the Back up C onfigur ation by HTTP c ommand. Re st oring Devic e Con figuration C arry out the R est or e Con figur ation by HTTP c ommand. Printing the Activ e De vice List To print the active devic e list, c arry out the[...]

Appendix A: Def ault Set tings TIP: Pre ss the Def ault button on the po wer ed-on SMC2586W -G to r eset the co nf igur ation set tings to f actory-def ault values . 88[...]

Appendix B: T roubleshooting Check the follo wing firs t: • Make sur e that the power o f the SMC25 86W -G is on and the Ethernet c able s are c onnected firmly t o the RJ-4 5 jacks o f the SMC25 86W -G. • Make sur e that the LED AL V of the SMC2 586W -G is blinking to indic ate the SMC25 86W -G is working. • Make sur e the types of the E the[...]

F or a wireless client c omputer t o communic ate with a c orr espondent host on the Interne t by the hos t’ s domain name ( e. g. http:// www . wi-fi.c om ), it first s ends a DNS r equest t o a DNS serv er on the Internet . The DNS r equest tr av- els firs t to the AP , then the AP r elay s this reque st to the def ault gate w ay of the client [...]

• If you c annot find any inc orr ect settings o f the SMC2 586W -G, the def ault gate w ay o f the SMC25 86W -G may be r eally down or ther e are other communic ation problems on the ne tw ork backbone. Other Problems • My SMC25 86W -G has been set t o obtain an IP addr ess aut omatically by DHCP . How c an I know its ac quir ed IP addres s so[...]

Appendix C : Dist ance s and Data R ate s I mportant Notice: Maximum distance s post ed below ar e actual t est ed distanc e thre sholds. Ho we ver , there ar e many v ariables such as barrier compo sition and c onstruction and local en vironmental int erfer ence that may impact y our actual distanc es and c ause y ou to e xperience dis tanc e thre[...]

Appendix D: T echnical Specification SMC2 586W -G Wir eless Bridge 93 St andards: •8 0 2 . 11b •8 0 2 . 11g •8 0 2 . 3 •8 0 2 . 3 u •8 0 2 . 3af Data r ate & modulation: • OFDM@54Mbps, C CK@11/ 5.5Mbps , DQPSK@2Mbps and DBSK@1Mbp s R adio T echnology: • OFDM •D SSS Operating R ange: • Up to 1, 155 f eet Channels: •U S A: 1- [...]

SMCPWR-INJ3 P ow er Injector 94 P ow er S upply: • Input: 100V AC 60Hz • Output: 12VDC, 1A Dimensions ( without ant enna): • 8.5” x 5.5 “ x 1.2 5” We i g h t : •0 . 9 6 lbs Input Po wer R equirements •A C Input V oltage : 90 – 2 64V ac •A C F r equency : 47 – 63 Hz •A C Input Curr ent : 2A at 100V ac, 1A at 2 40V ac, (-48V d[...]

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