3Com 3CRWE90096A manual

Wir eless Building-to- Building Bri dge 3CRWE9009 6A Wireless Ne twork Solution Quick Start Guide http://www .3com.com/ http://www .3com.com/productreg 09-2099-000 Published June 2 001[...]

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Contents Product Registration and Support 1 Syst em Re quiremen ts 1 Insta lla tion O verv iew 2 Unpacking the Wireless Bridge Kit Contents 2 Installing the W ireless Bridge Manager S oftware 3 Configuring the Wireless Bridge Units 4 Starting the Bridge Manager 5 Scanning for Bridge Gr oups 5 Selecting a Bridge to Configur e 5 Setting Network and S[...]

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1 Quick Start Guide This qui ck st art gu ide des cribes b asic i nstalla tion an d confi guration of th e 3Com W i reless Build ing-t o-Buil ding B ridge. Fo r more detaile d infor mat ion, refer to the onlin e use r guide , avai lable in Po rtable Docum ent For mat (PD F) o n the In stalla tio n CD . The PDF f ormat let s you view the user guide [...]

Quick Start Guid e 2 Installation Over view Insta lling a set of 3Com W ireless Bui lding -to-Bu ilding B ridge s involve s th e followi ng task s: ■ Unpacki ng the wireless bridg e hardware and software ■ Insta lling t he wireless brid ge config urat ion sof tware ■ Config urin g all ava ilable wireless b ridge u nits ■ Mounting the wirele[...]

Installing the Wireless Bridg e Manager Software 3 If any o f thes e it ems is m issi ng or dam aged , ple ase cont act the plac e of purchase or 3C om Cust omer Suppo rt (ht tp://suppo rt.3com.co m). Installing th e Wireless Bridg e Manager Softwar e Y ou can in stall the 3Co m W i reless Buil ding-to- Build ing Bri dge Ma nager on a PC or work st[...]

Quick Start Guid e 4 Configur ing the Wirele ss Bridge Units The 3Com W i r e less Build ing-to-Building Bri dge Manager sof tware communicates with each wireless bridge using a non-routable pr otocol. Therefore, your w i r e less bridge units must be a ccessible on the local subne t to communicate with the Bridge Manager . 1 Remove yo ur 3Com W ir[...]

Configuring the Wi reless Bridge Units 5 3 Inser t one e nd of th e RJ-45 crossover cable into the brid ge 10BAS E-T Ethe r net po rt 3 . Insert the o ther e nd of th e cab le in to the appropriat e port on your Ether net LAN device (a hub, for example). Starting the Bri dge Manager T o run the W ireless Br idge Ma nager , foll ow the se ste ps: 1 [...]

Quick Start Guid e 6 Setting Net w ork and Sec urity V alues Y ou ca n change network and s ecuri ty setti ngs for the wire less br idge in t he Network / Securit y tab of the W ir eless Bridge Conf igurati on scr een. Network V alues Networ k sett ings de termin e the wireless ne twork w ith wh ich the b ridg e can associate . T o change the Netwo[...]

Configuring the Wi reless Bridge Units 7 2 Use the Secur ity Sett ing pull -down menu to select one of t he fol lowing securit y settings: ■ No Secur ity (Open System ) ■ 40-bit Share d Key for basic encryption ■ 128-bit S hared Key for st rong encryption Using ei ther a 40 -bit or 120-bi t shared key set ting, all wireless bri dge units in a[...]

Quick Start Guid e 8 Security Settin gs 3Com recommend s usin g the strongest e ncryption se tting supporte d by your wireless bri dge. The Bridge Manager o ffers 128-bi t (strong) or 4 0-bit (ba sic) shared-key encr yption; however , 128-bi t encryp tion ma y not be av ailable t o you, depe nding on U .S. expor t restrictio ns to your cou ntry . B[...]

Configuring the Wi reless Bridge Units 9 3 Select Specify Encryption String . 4 T ype the en cryption string in the Encryption String field. Re type th e encryptio n string in the Confirm Encr yp tion Strin g field to make sur e that you h ave entered the s tring cor r ec tly . 5 Click OK when finish ed.[...]

Quick Start Guid e 10 Entering t he Encr yption K eys Y ou can decline t o enter an encryption string and instead manually enter th e WEP keys. T o manua lly enter the WEP keys in h exadecimal no tation, follo w these steps : 1 In th e Ne twor k / Secu ri ty ta b of the W ireless Bri dge Conf igurat ion sc reen, select ei ther 128-bi t Shared Key o[...]

Mounting the Wireless Bridge 11 Mounting t he Wireless Bridge Moun ting a wir eles s bridge un it is op tional. If desir ed, yo u can simp ly leav e the unit st anding fr eely on a tab le surface. Whet her to mount the unit on a wall or ceiling will u sually de pend on the le ngth o f the cabl e exte nding from the bridge un it to t he ant enna. 1 [...]

Quick Start Guid e 12 T o f ine-tun e the p osit ion of a particula r ant enna, it can b e helpfu l to us e a mobile PC loa ded wit h the W ireless Br idge Mana ger so that yo u can u se a diagnos tic tool, t he RSS I monit or , to a djust t he angl e and di rection of the antenn a at the antenn a site. Perform th e following ste ps for each wir el[...]

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Limited W arranty and Regula tory Compliance Information O BTAINING W ARRANTY S ERVICE Customer mu st contact a 3Com Corporate Service Center or an Authorized 3Com Ser vice Center within the applicabl e warran ty peri od to obt ain warran ty serv ice author ization . Dated pr oof of purchase fr om 3C om or its autho rized reselle r may b e re quire[...]

Limited W arranty and R egulatory Complian ce Information Regulatory Compliance Information FCC R ADIO -F REQ U EN C Y E XPOSURE N OTICE This device generates and r adiates rad io-frequ ency energy. In o rder to c omply with FC C radio-frequ ency radiat ion exposure guidelines for an uncontrolled environment, this equipment has to be installed and [...]

Limited W arranty and Regula tory Compliance Information I NDUSTRY C AN ADA N OTICE (A PPLICABLE TO U SE W ITHIN C ANADA ) This Class B digital appar atus complies with C anadian ICES-003 . To prevent radio interf erence to the lice nsed service, this dev ice is intended to be op erated indoors and away from windows to prov ide maximum shie lding. [...]