Enterasys Wireless Ethernet Adapter I manual

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NOTICE Enter asys Net work s and it s licen sors r eser ve the righ t to make c hange s in spec ifica tio ns and ot her infor mat ion co ntai ned in this d ocument with out prio r notice. The read er should in all case s consult Enterasys Netw orks to de termine whether an y suc h ch ange s h ave b een ma de. The hardware, firmware, or soft ware de[...]

Notice ii FCC Notice Note: This equ ip ment h as been tes ted an d fo und to comply with the limits for a Clas s B d igital device, pursuant to part 15 of the F CC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harm ful interference in a residential installation . This equip ment generates , uses and can radiate r adio fr[...]

Declaration of Conformity Applicatio n o f Council Directive(s): 89/336 /EEC 73/23/ EEC Manufacturer’ s Name: Enterasys Networks, Inc. Manufacturer’ s Address: 35 Indus tri al Wa y PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 038 67 Europea n Representative Name: Enterasys Netwo rks L imited European R epresentative Address: Network Hous e, Newbury Bu siness Pa r[...]

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v Contents Preface Purpose of the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Intended Aud i ence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i x Organization of this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Table of Con tent s vi 4 Ethernet Adapter Manager Installat i on Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-[...]

vii Table of Conte nts A Term inal Co nfigurator Establishing a Direct Serial Con nection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2 Establishing a Telnet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4 Using the Termin al Configurator . . . . . . . . [...]

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ix Prefac e Pur pose of t he Ma nual This manual describes how to install an d set up the Roam About Wireles s Ethernet Adapter. Inten d ed Audi ence This manual is in tended for use by personnel who will in stall and set u p the Ro amAbou t Wire le s s E th ern et A da pt er. Organization of this Document This document is org anized as foll ows: S[...]

Pref ace x Associat ed Documents The following table lists the RoamAbou t products and where t o find addi tional information. Check the Ro amAbout Wireless web site regularl y for produ ct upgrades an d documentation. http://www.enterasys.com/wireless Component Document RoamAbout Access Point RoamAbout Access Po int 2000 Har dwar e Installa tio n [...]

xi Pref ace Getting Help For addi tional sup port relat ed to this dev ice or do cumen t, contact Enterasys Network s us ing one of the following meth ods: Bef o re c al li n g E nt era sys Ne two rks , p l e ase hav e th e fo ll o win g inf or m at ion rea dy: • Y our Enterasys Networks service contract n umber • A de s cri pti on of the pro b[...]

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Pre par ing fo r Ins t al la ti on 1- 1 Chapter 1 Preparing for Inst allation This chapter describes basic considerations for successfully installin g the Ro amAb out Wireless Ether net Adapter. Before installing the Wir eless Ethernet Adapter, yo u must complete the follo win g tasks: • Review the site requiremen ts. • Select the location to i[...]

Site R equireme nts 1-2 Pre paring for Instal lation Table 1-1: Specifica tions Param ete r Description Dimensions: (Length x W eight x Height ) 6.2 " x 3. 9" x 1.0 " Input v oltage 5.2 VDC Inpu t cu rrent 120 m A (excludi ng radio card) T emp eratu re 0 ° C t o 55 ° C Relativ e Humid ity 0% to 90% (no n-co nd ensin g) Radio I n te[...]

Pre par ing fo r Ins t al la ti on 1- 3 Unpack ing an d Insp ectin g Unpa cking an d Inspect ing Physicall y inspec t all car tons for shipp ing damage. Report an y damage to your shipping carrier. Also ver ify that you have received the co rrect basic components and optio ns as listed on the follo wing pa ges. Repor t any discr epancies to your En[...]

Unpacki ng and I nspec ting 1-4 Pre paring for Instal lation Ethernet Ad apter Verify that the following com ponents shipped with your Roam Ab out Ethernet Ad apter: # Description 1 RoamAbout Ethernet Adap ter 2 5.2V Universal AC to DC powe r adapter 3 DC P ower Cable 4 AC P ower Cord 5 RS-232 serial cable 6 • CD-ROM containing the RoamAbout Ethe[...]

Confi guration Ov erview 2 -1 Chapter 2 Configuration Overview The RoamAbout Wireless Ethern et Adapter transforms wired devices (for example., desk top co mputer s and pr inters ) into wi reless devices. Th e Roam About Wireles s Ethe rnet Adapter is easily integr ated in to you r exist ing wireless netw ork. The RoamAbout W ireless Ethernet Adapt[...]

Wirele ss Infrast ructu re Netw ork 2-2 C onfigura tion Overvi ew Figure 2-1: Inf rastructure Network E xample The re-association capabilities of the I EEE 802.11 standard en able clients to move throughout the wireless LAN area and roam between Access Po ints. Re-as so c iatio n can occur as long as the Ethern et Adapter has the same network name [...]

Confi guration Ov erview 2 -3 Wirele ss A d-Hoc Netw orks Wireless Ad-Hoc Ne two rks Wirel ess ad- hoc netw orks, als o kno wn as peer- to-peer or independent net works, do not include Access Points. Instead, the ad-hoc network is a loose association, or workgroup, of computers that can communicate with each o ther using the PC Card in Ad -Hoc Mode[...]

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Ins tal lat ion 3-1 Chapter 3 Installa tion This section des cribes h ow to install the R oamAbout Wireless Ethernet Adapter. It also includes the installation of the PC (PCMCIA) wireless LAN card into the Ethernet Adapter. Ins tal lation Pr oc ed ur e To install the Eth e rnet Ad apter, perform the foll owin g steps: 1) Remove you r RoamAbout Ethe[...]

Installa tio n Proce dure 3-2 I nstallation 3) If you are planning to mount the Ethernet Ad apter (optional), remove th e bottom mou nti ng pl ate a s show n in Figure 3- 2 . Figure 3-2: Removing the Bottom Mounting Plate 4) Remove the small comb s from the en d cap. The combs are g enerally not needed. The combs, when cu t to an approp riate size,[...]

Ins tal lat ion 3-3 Ins tallation Proc edur e 5) Gently insert PC card (face up) into the designated slot as shown in Figur e 3-3 . Figure 3-3: Inserting t he PC Car d 6) Replace the c ap on the Ethernet Ad apter that you remo ved in step 3 b y snappi ng th e cap strai ght do wn on t he body. 7) If you are mounting the Ethernet Adapter , install th[...]

Ethernet Ad apter LED Ind icators 3-4 I nstallation 9) Connect the six-p in DC power ca ble to the power su pply. 10) Connect the AC power cord to the ot her side of the power su pply. 11) Connect the round power plu g to th e Ethernet Adapt er po rt labeled 5 V DC. 12) Insert the AC power cord into the AC socket. 13) Verify the Ethernet Link LED i[...]

Ether ne t Ad apt er Mana ge r Ins t alla ti on 4- 1 Chapter 4 Ethernet Adapter Ma nager Instal lation This chapter describes how to install and configu re the Ethernet Adapter Man ager. The RoamAbo ut Ethernet Adapter Manager is used to configu re the Ethernet Ad apter. You can instal l it on a PC or workstat ion running Windo ws 95/98/NT/200 0 or[...]

Uninstall 4-2 Et hernet Ad apter Man ager Installa tion 3) Clic k YES if you agree to the terms presented and allow the continuation of installat ion . Clic k NO if you do not agree, and terminate th e ins tallation . The Choose Destination window app ears. 4) Choose the default path and location. Or, enter a s elected path. 5) Clic k NEXT . The Se[...]

Eth ern et Ada pte r Ma na ger I ns tal lat ion 4-3 Using t he E thernet A da pter Mana ger Usin g th e Ethe rnet Adapt er Manag er Starting the Ethernet Adapter Manager . To start the Ether net Adapter Manager, select Start--> Programs- ->RoamAbout- ->RoamAbout Ethernet Ad apter Manager . The RoamAbout Ethern et Adapter Unit List window a[...]

Using the Eth ernet Adapte r Man ager 4-4 Et hernet Ad apter Man ager Installa tion • HELP Launches this documen t. You need t he Adobe Acrobat Read er to read this docum ent. Configuring the Ethernet Adapter To configur e the Ethernet Adapter, perform the following steps: 1) Highlig ht the Et hernet Adapt er that you want to configure. 2) Click [...]

Eth ern et Ada pte r Ma na ger I ns tal lat ion 4-5 Using t he E thernet A da pter Mana ger The Config uratio n wind ow File me nu pull-dow n option s allo w you to : • Save or load a co nfiguration • Reset the Ethernet Adapter t o factory defaults • Set a new password or clear it • Access a view of the log files • Update the Ethernet Ada[...]

Using the Eth ernet Adapte r Man ager 4-6 Et hernet Ad apter Man ager Installa tion Saving a Configuration You can save the conf iguration settings of the Ethernet Adapter to a local file. This feature allows you to restore sett ings to a kno wn state, or easily co nfigure multipl e Ethernet Adapter units with the s ame settings . 1) Click on th e [...]

Eth ern et Ada pte r Ma na ger I ns tal lat ion 4-7 Using t he E thernet A da pter Mana ger 6) To activate the parameters, click on the Update and Reset Unit bu tton. Setting and Removing P asswords Setting a password prevents unauthorized us ers from accessin g or changing the settin gs on your Ethernet Adapter. You will need to enter this passwor[...]

Using the Eth ernet Adapte r Man ager 4-8 Et hernet Ad apter Man ager Installa tion Upgrading the Ethernet Adapter Firmwar e To updat e the fir mware on your Ethernet Adapter, perf orm the fol lowing st eps: 1) Download the latest version of firm ware from the RoamAb out Wireless web site, www.enterasys.com/wireless, to the compu ter that is curren[...]

Eth ern et Ada pte r Ma na ger I ns tal lat ion 4-9 Using t he E thernet A da pter Mana ger Changing Your PC Card Type The Ethernet Adapter Manag er is d esign ed to detect the typ e of PC card you are cur rently using, and to reset the specific radio parameters accordingly. To ch ange the PC card and retain the network and s erial p arameters of y[...]

Using the Eth ernet Adapte r Man ager 4-10 Ethernet Adapter Manager In stallation Figure 4-2: Log View Window GUI Messa ge Log The Show GUI Mess age Log displays status messages from the Ethernet Adapter Manager. Event Log The Event Log d isplay s messages gen erated b y the Eth ernet Adap ter. Ev ent log messages include basic informa tion about t[...]

Ethern et Adapter M anager Instal lation 4-1 1 Using t he E thernet A da pter Mana ger Forward Table The Forward Table ( Figure 4 -3 ) displays the MAC addresses detected by the Ethern et Adapter. The table lists the interface, wire or PC card, where each MAC address was observed. The time for each en try indicates the number of seconds un til th a[...]

PC Card Configurati on 4-12 Ethernet Adapter Manager In stallation PC Card Configu ratio n This s ection des cribes ho w to add the Ethern et Adapter t o your wir eless network . When the Ethernet Adapter has joined your wireless network, the PC card association LED is green. To configur e the PC card settings, perfor m the following steps: Basic T[...]

Ethern et Adapter M anager Instal lation 4-1 3 PC Ca rd Conf igur ation 3) Enter the Network Name. The Network Nam e must match the Access Point, or mat ch the nam e to wh ich yo u wil l use to e stab lish a Ad-H oc net wor k. The Network Name is cas e sensitiv e. The Networ k Nam e is used to s pecify a unique IEEE 80 2.1 1 wireless ne two rk. Wi [...]

PC Card Configurati on 4-14 Ethernet Adapter Manager In stallation Advanced Tab Page The Advanced co nfiguration, shown in Figur e 4-5 , is specific to the feature set of your wireless LAN card. Consult your PC car d documentation fo r appropriate settings. Figure 4-5: Radio - Advanced Tab Page 1) Select the MAC Addres s option. Th ere are three op[...]

Ethern et Adapter M anager Instal lation 4-1 5 PC Ca rd Conf igur ation 3) Select t he Transmit Rate from t he drop-d own menu. 4) Click on th e Upd ate and Reset Unit butto n. Encryption Tab Page The Encryption tab ( Figure 4-6 ) may not app ear if your PC card does n ot support th is optio n. Encryption is necessary to associate to an Access Poin[...]

PC Card Configurati on 4-16 Ethernet Adapter Manager In stallation 3) Enter up to four encrypti on key va lues. The values for the encryp tio n keys may to be writt en as either text (ASCII) strings or hexadecimal n umbers. Hexadecimal values must be preceded by “0x” and are composed of the number s 0 to 9 and the letters A to F. Text strings c[...]

Ethern et Adapter M anager Instal lation 4-1 7 Config uring the Et herne t Adapt er to Co nnect to a Wi red E thern et Devi ce Config urin g the Et her net A dap ter to Co nnect to a Wired Ethern et Dev ice You can configu re the Ethernet Adapter as a wireless device to conn ect to a wired unit, such as a computer or Ethernet printer, to your wirel[...]

Networ k Confi guration 4-18 Ethernet Adapter Manager In stallation Net wor k Conf igurati on This sect ion desc ribes the network s ettings necessary t o communi cate with th e Ethernet Adapter. Communicatin g directly with the Ethernet Ad ap ter provides: • the ability to us e the serial port applicatio ns. • the ability to pi ng the Ethe rne[...]

Ethern et Adapter M anager Instal lation 4-1 9 Networ k Confi gu ra tio n Figure 4-7: Net work - Basic Tab P age 6) Enter t he IP addres s of the gat eway if your network u ses a gateway ( router or fire wall). You need to enter the IP add ress of your gateway if yo u plan to use the Ethernet Adapter to access computers or other Eth ernet Adapter u[...]

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General Serial Configur ation 5-1 Chapter 5 General Serial Configuration This chapter des cribes the general serial s ettings that are requ ired for all serial port applications. For prop er operation, the settings of the Ethernet Adapter always match the settings of the device to which it is connected via the RS-23 2 port. There are two groups of [...]

Configu ratio n Flowchar t 5-2 Ge ner al S eri a l Co nfi gur a tio n Figure 5-1: Configuration Flowchart RoamAbout Ethernet Adapter RoamAbout Access Point Serial Port Application LPD Print Server Serial Line Replacement Serial T elnet Client Network Serial Port Socket Listen Method Socket Connect Method RMP Pipe TCP Pipe Command Prompt Method W ai[...]

General Serial Confi guration 5-3 UART Setti ngs UART Se ttings UART (Universal Asynch ronous Receiver/Tra n s mitter) is the fu ndamental hard ware for serial communication. It co ntrols the sp eed and method o f data transfer o f the serial port. To configure the UAR T settings, perform the fo llowing step s: 1) Clic kin g on the Serial tab. 2) C[...]

UART Se ttin gs 5-4 Ge ner al S eri a l Co nfi gur a tio n 4) Check the Data Bits s e ttin g of the device you are connecti ng to the Ethernet Adapter. Choose th e Data Bits setting th at matches th e Data Bits se tting of th e device you ar e connecting to the Ethernet Adap ter. Data Bits determine the number of bits us ed to transm it data. The p[...]

General Serial Confi guration 5-5 Flow Contr ol Flow C ontr ol Flow co ntrol is t he process of adjust ing th e flow of data from one device to anothe r to ensure that the receiving device can handle all of the incoming data. Flow control becomes an important facto r when one of th e devices is capable of tr ansmitting data at a rate faster than th[...]

Flow Control 5-6 Ge ner al S eri a l Co nfi gur a tio n Flow Control Configuration To configur e the Ethernet Adapter flow control, per form the following steps: 1) Click o n the Flow Control tab. Fi gure 5-3 shows the Flow Co ntrol tab pa ge with the default settin g s . 2) Check the flow control s ettings of th e device that you are conn ectin g [...]

Wirele ss Printin g 6-1 Chapter 6 Wireless Printing This chapter describes how to configure the Ethernet Adapter to enab le wireless printing to a serial p rinter. If you h ave an Ethern et prin ter this sectio n does not apply. To connect to an Ethernet print er, follow th e in structions to configure the Ethern et Adap ter to a wired device in Ch[...]

Conf iguri ng t he E ther ne t A dapter to En abl e Wir eless Pr inting 6-2 Wi re le ss P rin tin g 6) Click o n the Fl ow Control tab. Verify that the Flow cont rol s ettings of your Ethernet Adapter matc h those of your printer. 7) Click on th e Upd ate and Reset Unit button to compl e te the co nfigurat ion . The Ethernet Adapter is now configur[...]

A-1 Append ix A Terminal Configu rator This append ix describes h ow to use the Terminal Confi gurator to configu re the Ethernet Adapter. The Terminal Co nfigurator is an al ternate method used to configur e your Ethernet Adapter . The Terminal Configu rator is a text-based configu r ation method. You can access the Terminal Config urator by one o[...]

Establi shing a Direc t Ser ial Co nnection A-2 Establish ing a Direc t Serial Connec tion This method of configuring and manag ing an Ether n et Adapter uses a serial cable connected from the Ethernet Adapter to a computer r unning terminal emulation s oftware. To configur e the Ethernet Adapter using the Hype rterminal program, perform the follow[...]

A-3 Establ ishi ng a Di rect Ser ial Connec tion 10) Choo se No ne for the Flow control o ption. 11) Clic k OK after all of the C OM settings have been cho sen. The next screen appears blank . 12) To brin g up the lo cal console m anagement for the E t hernet Ad apter, in sert one end o f s ome th ing si milar to a tooth pi ck into the “config.?[...]

Establi shing a Telne t Connec tion A-4 Establishi ng a Telnet Connec tion This metho d opens a Telnet co nnection to the Terminal Co nfigurator on port 23. Port 23 is the default for most Telnet programs. This only wo rks after the Ethernet Adapter is assigned a TCP/IP address. If you need to as sign the Ethernet Adap ter an IP address yo u need t[...]

A-5 Using the Termin al Conf igu rat or Main Menu Ove r vie w The sec tion pr ovide s a lis t of mai n menu s elections and thei r func tions . Resume operation This option exits Configurati on. It returns t he Ethernet Adap ter to the sett ings the Ethernet Adapter had before the Configu re button was press ed. Edit config uration Brings up a list[...]

Using the Termi nal Con figur ator A-6 Edit Config uration Men u The Edit Confi gur ation menu con tain s three selections/C onfig files to edit. Return to Main Menu Goes back to the pr evious menu selections. System Brings up th e editor screen wit h the configu ration file for opti ons that are not communi cation dependent. RS-232 port (uart0) Br[...]

A-7 Using the Termin al Conf igu rat or Configuration File Format The config uration file for mat is broken do wn into section s that define a particul ar groupi ng of options. Each section con tains at the top a section hea d er which is a string of text surrounded by square brackets: [ ] (the section title). After each section header, there is a [...]

Using the Termi nal Con figur ator A-8 [bridge] Bridge provides varia bles that are co mmon to all radios . Bridge affect s th e behavior of radi os. AP refresh period . Periodically an Ethernet Adap ter pings an Access Point. The AP Refresh Peri od is the time, in units of second s, between pings. The default for this value is 60 (which should b e[...]

A-9 Using the Termin al Conf igu rat or [software] The [software] section is used to control the receiving and send ing of b ytes over the serial port. Proper setting of these values can significantly enh ance the efficiency of data transmission because the radio is “pack et based” and the UART is “stream based.” Stream based data means tha[...]

Using the Termi nal Con figur ator A-10 transmitted immediately. Conversely, if another character is received before this time-out, th e tim e r is res tarted from the beginning . The rang e for this valu e is from 10 to 65536 millisecond s, th ough it wil l always rou nd up to t he nearest tens o f millisecond s. For instance, settin g the tim e-o[...]

A-11 Using the Termin al Conf igu rat or [flow control] The Ethernet Adapter supports the fo llowing six flow control op tions: Recognize RTS, Generate CTS, Recognize DTR, Generate DSR, Recognize XON/XOFF, and Gener ate XON/XOFF. It also supports the original RS-232 specification for flow control where CTS is generated only wh en RTS is asserted. T[...]

Using the Termi nal Con figur ator A-12 immediately; other wise, all of the data thereafter would be lo s t.) The host comp uter, however, would have to ask pe rmission fro m the modem to send data. The host wou ld do this by asserting the RTS line. The modem would see this, and check to see if it were ready to accept data. If so, it would then ass[...]

A-13 Using the Termin al Conf igu rat or CTS an d DSR ar e output l ines. W hen set to “negate” or “ assert ,” they wi ll outpu t a continuo us digital val ue. The value “ negate” ou tputs a logic 1, or “mark” which is electrically negative. This is also the state seen on an RS-2 32 co nne ct or when the cable is unplugged . The val[...]

Using the Termi nal Con figur ator A-14 [telnet] The following section specifies the opera t ing parameters for the Teln et protocol. • connect . This entry dictates what kind of pro mpt is seen on the serial port output. The two choices available are: wait for keystroke and command prompt . The defau lt comman d prompt will give a prompt "t[...]

A-15 Using the Termin al Conf igu rat or Network Bindings This section describes the mean ing behind each of the entries that describe network bind ing. [rmpbi nd] This bi nding can be used for both the passt hrough pro tocol and for the I/O control socket setting . • prot ocol . This example use s the RMP prot ocol so th e value of this entry is[...]

Using the Termi nal Con figur ator A-16 • transmit retry interval . When attem p ting add itio nal transmit attemp ts as specified with “tran sm it try count” above, it can be useful to add itionally specify ho w long to wait betw een attempts . This s etting determines t he time period for retransmissi on attempt s. The val ue is specifi ed [...]

A-17 Using the Termin al Conf igu rat or • serial connect data . Th e format is the same as in socket conn ect data. This causes data to be written to the UART once a connection is success ful. • serial disconnect data . This causes data to be written to the UART when the netwo rk conn ection ha s been closed. This data is app ended to an y dat[...]

Using the Termi nal Con figur ator A-18 [e ncry ption] This value uses the RC4 algorithm as defined in the IEEE Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) standard to encrypt d ata. Enter up to four keys . The stan dard RoamAbout P C Card sup ports the 40- bit encr yption only . The stan dard 40- bit encryption uses a 5-char act er key (or a 10 digi t hexadeci[...]

A-19 Using the Termin al Conf igu rat or [ip] The foll owing s ections sets the conf igurati on of the IP p rotocol . • ip address . This is the IP add r ess that will be us ed by other computers to communicate with a particular Ethernet Adapter . • netmask . This is a value that, when logical ANDed with th e IP addres s, specifies the range of[...]

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B-1 Append ix B Problem Solving This appen dix contains problem solv ing informat ion for the RoamAbout Et hernet Adapter. If your Ethern et Adapter is not oper atin g pro perly, please make su re the Ethern et Adapter is run ning the lat est firmware, and use this gui de before co ntacting Techni cal Support . If you receive an error message in yo[...]

B-2 Table B-1: Problem Diagnosis Situation Problem S teps to take The power light is off or the power light is blin king. The Ethernet Adapter is not receiving power prope rly . V erify that all physical con nec- tions are securely in place. Contact T echnical Support if the problem persists. The power light is on steady and the statu s light i s o[...]

B-3 Situation Problem S teps to take The Ethernet Adapter is connected to an Ethernet cable, but the Ethernet Link Light is not lit . Invali d conne ction t o Ethernet • V erify that both ends o f the cable are plugg ed in securely . • If the Ethernet Adap ter is attached to a hub, a crossover Ethernet cable must be u sed. If the Ethernet Adap [...]

B-4 Table B-2: Event Log Error Table All entries in the event log are preced ed by a num ber. This number is a timestamp used by Technical Support , but i s not relevant to l ooking up items in this ta ble. Error Code Pr o blem S teps to take Config urati on E rrors xxxx : [yy yy]: section does not exist Section n amed yyyy in con figuration file n[...]

B-5 Error Code Pr o blem S teps to take xxxx: [yy yy] : “zzzz”: entry is invalid Entry zzzz in sec- tion yy yy of file xxxx con t ains an invali d v alue. • Check the entry in the configuration for zzzz. • If you cann o t find zzzz in the Ethernet Adapter Manag er progr am, you may have to use the serial port or telnet configu ration menus [...]

B-6 Error Code Pr o blem S teps to take Hard ware Err ors FLASH failure. Unable to read or write configur ation. FLASH ma y be dama ge d. Conf igurati on can- not be accessed or saved. Contact T echnical Support. Initialization of interface “lan0” failed. Radio co uld not be initialized. T ry each of th es e steps in o r der . If any of these s[...]

C-1 Append ix C Serial Line Configuration This append ix describes how to perform wireless ser ial line replacement, con figure your Ethernet Adapter as a network serial port, and configur e your Ethernet Adapter as a serial telnet client. Serial Lin e Re placeme nt Two Ethernet Adapter’s are required to per form wireless serial line replacement.[...]

Serial Line R eplac ement C-2 To con figure for the RMP Pipe protocol, perfo rm the following steps: 1) Comp lete th e Basic Radi o Conf igurat ion in structio ns descri bed in Chapter 4 . 2) Complet e the General S erial Conf iguration des cribed i n Chapter 5 . 3) Click on th e Serial tab. 4) Select the Prot oc ol tab . 5) Select RMP 6) Click on [...]

C-3 Serial Line Re place ment • Destination Add ress . This address tells th e Ethern et Adapter where to send data received on the s erial port. You may enter the RMP address of another Ethernet Adapter for d irect serial line replacement. Other possible values are “dyn amic” or “broadcast”. Entering “dynamic” causes data to be sent [...]

Serial Line R eplac ement C-4 TCP Pipe TCP Pipe, like R MP Pipe, makes no changes to the serial data stream. TC P Pipe differ s from RMP Pipe in that it creates two indepen dent network con nections for transmitted and received data. Using two co nnections allows each Ethernet Adapter to detect cond itions when it has lost radio contact with the op[...]

C-5 Net wor k Seri al Port Netwo rk Se rial Port This sect ion desc ribes how to con figure yo ur Ethernet Adapter as a network serial p ort. Connect ion to a network s erial port is acc omplished over a TCP/IP socket connecti on. Any program that uses standard TCP/IP network sockets may be used to communicate with t he serial port of the Ethe rnet[...]

Net work Se rial Port C-6 TCP Listen Port Configuration Comp lete th e configurat ion descr ibed in Net wo rk Serial Port Co nf ig uration , steps 1–4, and then perform the follow ing steps : 1) Clic k o n TCP Listen Port in the Protocol lis t. 2) Click on th e Li ste n tab. 3) Type in the port number on which the Ethernet Adapter will lis ten fo[...]

C-7 Seri al Tel net C lient Serial Telnet Client This section describes how t o configure yo ur Ethernet Adapter as a serial telnet client. Telnet is a m ethod to connect an d remotely log-in to a host compu ter or network device. The host com puter or device must be run n ing a telnet server for t his service to be av ailable. Once the telnet sess[...]

Serial Telnet C lient C-8 4) Leave the Reconnect After Shutdown box checked to allow a new session after closing an active o ne. 5) Click on th e Upd ate and Reset Unit butt on. Command Prompt Connection Configurat ion This sect ion desc ribes the command pro mpt connec t ion meth od for a serial tel net clie nt. The command prompt connection metho[...]