Planet Technology MAP-2105 manual

Mobile IP Roaming Gateway MAP-2105 User’s Manual 1[...]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ....................................................................................... 1 1.1 Features ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Package Contents ................................................................................[...]

4.3.2 Status > System .................................................................................. 45 4.3.3 Status > MLRD ................................................................................... 46 4.3.4 Config > System ................................................................................. 47 4.3.5 Config > N[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction The MAP-2105 is a mobile IP roaming gateway which i s specifically designed for PLANET wireless mesh network. It offers t he full “mobility” to all users. Not like the layer-2 only capability in ordinary AP, the “mobility” defined in MAP-2105 is the ability of a user to ch ange its attached node from one mesh AP to an[...]

The MAP-2105 should connect to the network that provide DHCP services (the first time installation) In this guide, we will base on XRT- 401D (Intern et Broadband Router) as the example for DHCP server, switch and router, this inst allation can vary on the network planning. The MAP-2105 should be installed in the same subnet to the Mesh Gateway for [...]

https://192.168.0.100 . 6. The pop-up screen will ask for user name and password. By default, please key in “ admin ” for both name and password. Then bring up the screen. 7. Now, the MAP-2105 is ready for servi ce s. 3[...]

Chapter 2 Basic Network Setup This chapter describes a basic network environ ment formed by three mesh AP and one MAP- 2105. The administrators can add the mesh AP freely accordi ng to real application. The sample network topology is as bel ow. Ethernet Switch DHCP Server Router MAP-2105 802.11b/g Mobile User Mesh Relay Mesh Relay Mesh Gt Step 1: G[...]

[Configuration -> Local Service -> Mobile IP] Enable Transparent Mobile IP Service: checked Mobile IP Community Name: PLANET (it must be identical for all node s in the same mesh network ) Mobile Location Register Addre s s: 10.16 .1 .7 (the IP address assigned in VPN Server screen) Step 2: Reboot the Gateway Step 3: Relay Configuration : [Co[...]

Mobile IP Community Name: PLANET (it must be identical for all node s in the same mesh network ) Mobile Location Register Addres s: 10.16.1.7 (the IP address assigned in Gateway VPN Server screen) Step 4: Reboot the Relay Step 5: MAP-2105 Configuration : [Configuration -> Local Service -> VPN Client] Enable PPTP Client: checked VPN Server: 19[...]

CN Info Two correspondent node s con nected with relevant info. Client Info Info of the mobile station recorded in the MAP-2105. 7[...]

Chapter 3 Web Configuration To start the web configuration, 1. Start the web browser 2. Enter https://IP Address of the MAP-2105, in the address box (make sure HTTPS, but not HTTP) 3. Accept the security certific ate and click ‘ Yes’ to proceed. 4. The Web-based confi guration login page open s after the security certification has bee n accepte[...]

6. After login successfully, t he Web-based configuration main page is open, whi ch i s appealed as below. The following table describes the navig ation button in brief. Link Description System Settings Display the system settings page, which consist s of general information about the system Network Display or hide the links to WAN and Route. WAN c[...]

contains the configuration to update s password for web management server SNMP contains the configuration for Simple Ne twork Management Protocol Syslog Server contains the configuration for sysl og server Tools Display or hide the links to Ping, Download, Firmware Update, and Settings Ping ping tools for network diag nosti c Download contains conf[...]

System Settings contains the following: Device Name Enter a name for the device. Device Location Enter a location that the device is located. Contact Nam e Enter a name for the person to be contacted when co nsultant is needed regarding to the device. Contact Email Enter an email address to be contacte d whe n consultant is needed. Contact Phone En[...]

Display the IP address of the WAN interface of this device. For the first time operation, it display IP obtained from DHCP server. “Apply” Button Submit the changes. New settings ar e active after the device reboot. 3.2 Network 3.2.1 WAN DHCPC Dynamically assigns an IP to this device. Static IP Specify an IP address to this device. Please compl[...]

-- Static IP selected Please enter the required field as follo w: IP Enter an IP address for this device Netmask Enter a network mask for this IP Apply Press this button to save new settings. Back Back to previous page Gateway IP Address Specify the gateway IP address for this dev ice. L eave blank when DHCPC is enabled, otherwise this entry will o[...]

Secondary DNS Server IP Address Specify the IP address of t he Secondary DNS server for this device. Leave blank when DHCPC is enabled, otherwise this entry will ov erride the informatio n obtained from DHCP server. Domain Name Specify the domain name. Apply Press this button to save new settings for Gateway IP Address, Primary and Secon dary DNS S[...]

Static Routing Entry contains the following paramete rs: Subnet Enter a subnet IP address. Netmask Enter a netmask of the subnet IP address above. Gateway Select either gateway or device so that t he traffic is through this selection. Please enter IP address for gateway selection. Device Select either WAN or VPN from the dr op down list. All the tr[...]

3.3 Local Service 3.3.1 MLRD Mobile Location Register cont ains the following para meters: Enable Mobile Location Register Serv ice Enable or disable mobile location regist er service. Mobile IP Community Name Enter a common name for this entry. M obile no de’s community name must be same for all participating mobile IP node. Enable Backup Mobile[...]

3.3.2 VPN Client VPN contains the following parameters: Status Display the status of the VPN client. Enable PPTP client E nable or disable PPTP client. VPN Server Enter the IP address of the VPN server. Username 17[...]

Enter the username which is pre-d efined in VPN server of MESH Gateway. Password Enter the password which is pre-d efined in VPN server of MESH Gateway. Enable server-side authentication Enable or disable server-side authentication. Servers Username Enter the server username for server to authenti cate. Servers Pass w ord Enter the server password [...]

Server 2 Enter IP address or hostname for the NTP server. Server 3 Enter IP address or hostname for the NTP server. Timezone Click on the drop-down button and sele ct the desired country. “Apply” button Press this button to save new settings 3.4 System Management 3.4.1 Password Password contains the followin g parameters: Ne w P a ss wor d Ente[...]

SNMP contains the following parameter s: SNMP version Select from v1 v2, v3, or both. SNMPv2 Read only community Enter the v2 read only community. 20[...]

Read/Write community Enter the v2 read write community. SNMPv3 Read only username Enter the v3 read only username. Read/Write username Enter the v3 read write username. Secret password Enter the password for the username configure d above. Secret passphrase Enter the passphrase for the use rna me configured above. Access Control From WAN interface [...]

Enable or disable SNMP trap for this device. Trap Community Enter the trap server community. Destination Enter the IP address of the trap server. Authentication failures Check or uncheck the checkbox to enable or di sable sending of traps whe n authentication failures occur. “Apply” button Press this button to save new settings. 3.4.3 Syslog Se[...]

Press this button to restore default configuration for this pa ge. 3.5 Tools 3.5.1 Ping Ping contains the following parameters: Ping Enter an IP address to ping. Number of pings Enter the numbers of ping packets to be send before displayin g the result. “Start” button Start the ping command. Output Display the result of the ping command. 23[...]

3.5.2 Download Download contains the followin g parameters: Release Version Display the revision number of the firmware. TFTP Information Server IP Address Enter the TFTP server IP address. File Name Enter the filename of the file located at the TFTP server. File Type Please select either “config ” or “firmware ”. File Operation Please sele[...]

“Apply” button Press this button to save new settings and begin TFT P operatio n. 3.5.3 Firmware Update Firmware page contains the following pa ramete rs: “Bro wse” button Press this button to browse for firmware. “Upload” button Press this button to upload the new firmware. Do not swit ch off the device, or d o any other configuration [...]

3.5.4 Settings 26[...]

Settings contain the following parameters: Save Config Click on the “mlrd.cfg” hyperlink to save the current configuration into local com puter. This configuration file can be used for d ebugging purpose as well as cl onin g settings to all other devices. Restore Config Select the proper configuration to be restored . Press the “Browse ” bu[...]

Press this button to save new settings. “Use Default” button Press this button to restore the factor y default configuration for thi s page. 3.6 Reboot Reboot contains the followi ng parameters: Please enter the time to reboot (seco nds) Enter a delay value so that the device will only reboot after the requested delay of time. “Reboot” butt[...]

3.8.1 System System contains the following parameter s: Uptime Display the uptime of the device since last booting. Hardware Display the state of the hardware. CPU Display information about the Central Processing Unit. Memory 29[...]

Display information about the memory state of the device. Firmware Display the revision version of the firmware. 3.8.2 Interfaces Interfaces contain the following para meters WAN Information Link to more detail informat ion about the WAN interface. Figure below shows the detail information of the WAN interface 30[...]

Interface Display the state of the interface. Runnin g mean s the interface is up and running. Hardware Address Display the hardware addr ess of the interface. IP address Display the IP address of the interface. 31[...]

3.8.3 Services Services page will display the status of eac h process and a correspondi ng “Restart” button to restart that particular service. 3.8.4 MLRD MLRD contain the following information 32[...]

CN Info Display the information of connected Correspondent Node. Client Info Display the information of client register to the MAP-2105. 3.8.5 Route Route contains the followi ng paramete rs: “Refresh” butto n Press this button to refresh t he content of the output area. Output Display the output of route command. 33[...]

3.8.6 Syslog Syslog contains the following paramete rs: “Refresh” butto n Press this button to refresh the content of Output area. Output Display the output of the syslog command. 34[...]

Chapter 4 Management Utility The PLANET MLRD Management Suite is a Java -based software application d esig ned specifically to manage the MAP-2105 which act as a server for the mesh no des with the Mobile IP feature. Generally, the MLRD Management Suite is consi sts of three major se ction s, the AP-Finder, Trap Viewer and MLRD Manager. The AP Find[...]

2. Choose Install Folder – Select the desire d directory to locate the software appli cation. 3. Choose Shortcut Folder – Set the short cut path. 36[...]

4. Pre-Installation Summary – A review of the installation setting s before starting the installation. 5. Installing – Display the progress of the i nstallation. 37[...]

6. Install Complete – Indicate the installation has b een completed. After complete the steps, you can start up the MLRD Manag ement Suite from the shortcut created. 4.1.2 To Uninstall the MLRD Management Suite The MLRD Management Suite Unin staller wizard is built along with the application. You can uninstall the application by activate the wiza[...]

1. Introduction – About the uninstaller. T he un-installatio n will be started once the Uninstall button is hit. 2. Uninstalling – The un-installati on is in progress. Note that every files and folder created during the installation will be removed. 3. Uninstall Complete – Un-ins tallation completed successfully. 4.2 How to use MLRD Managemen[...]

The status bar located at the bottom of the AP Finder i s displaying the stat us of the scanning process. While the –Select Adapter- d rop down list, allow use r to choose the adapter to co nfigure the nodes. Two options are available: MLRD Manager or Web-based Co nfiguration Page. 4.2.2 Trap Viewer The trap viewer is used to catch the alar m or [...]

In order to start listen to the alarms, hit on the Start button. The foreground of the Start button will turn to green color when th e trap viewer is running. Conversely, select the Stop button to disable the Trap Viewer, where the foreground of the Stop button changes to red color. The traps received will be displayed at the table provided. The ta[...]

the Output File Name text box in the Settings column and press the Set button. Besides, choose Settings > Output Filename from the menu bar wo uld open a window to prom pt the user for the new log file name. To disable the log feature, unch eck the Write to File check box in the Settings column and hit the Set button, or unch eck the Settings &g[...]

The upcoming se ction is going to describe re gardi ng the configuration of the MAP-2105 via MLRD Manager. 43[...]

4.3 Node Configuration using MLRD Manager The MLRD Manager is a Java-based graphical inte rface application that allow user to perf orm configuration of the specific MAP-21 05. T he configurations are done via Small Net work Management Protocol (SNMP). Besi des, it also supports some action commands, for instance download/upload, reboot and re set [...]

This read-only field shows the IP Address of the curre nt MAP-2105. SNMP Version The Version of SNMP using to read and wr ite data from/to the node . Two option s are available: 1 or 2C and 3. Community The community of the SNMP. If the Version 1 or 2C is sele cted as the SNMP Version, this field is required. User Name The admin user name that give[...]

Status The node operation mode, which can be Online or Offline Contact Nam e A generic name of the network administrator. Contact Email A generic E-mail Address of the network administrator. Contact Phone A generic phone number of the network admini strator. Object ID The Object ID (OID) of the MLR Node sp ecified to support the SNMP se rvice. Up T[...]

4.3.4 Config > System System panel is used to configure the System settings such as the administ rator name and contact information, as mentioned at the View System Status. Descriptor A short description regarding this mana g ed device. 47[...]

4.3.5 Config > Network > WAN This panel consi sts of two parts: the upper part a llow user to select the WAN Int erface type to use and the lower part is used to configu re the network settings. In order to select a WAN Interface, select on the desired type and type the Configure Details button. Note : the MAP-2105 does not sup port PPPoE con[...]

Primary DNS Server IP Address Specify the IP Address of the pr imary DNS Server for this device Secondary DNS Server IP Address Specify the IP Address of the seco ndary DNS server for this device DNS Domain Name Specify an optional domain name for the DNS clie nt Choose the desired Interface Type and hit the Configure Details button will lead to th[...]

Status Display the status of the DHCP -Client type. This field is read -only and will be disabled if the Static WAN IP is selected. Click on the Enable DHCP-Client button to enable this Interface Type. 50[...]

4.3.6 Config > Network > Route This section describes ab out the para meters for the Route table. Enable Route Table Check this checkbox to enable the use of Route Tabl e Route Table Displaying the current active entry in this device. Config > Network > Route > Route Table 51[...]

This table consists of seven colum ns: Subnet Specifies the Subnet IP Address of the route Netmask Specifies the Netmask corresp onding to the Subnet IP Address of the route Gateway Specifies the gateway IP Address for this route Device Specifies the route devices for this route. Two option s are available: WAN and VPN Gateway/Dev ice Specifies whe[...]

4.3.7 Config > Manage ment > SNMP Password This panel is basically separate to three different sections. The upper panel is used to chang e or reset the SNMP v1, v2c and v3 passwords. User can edit the password by entering the new password in the corresponding space, retype in the confirm space, and click on the Change button The parameters a[...]

Pass Phra se The middle panel is to configure the Access control of the SNMP. Click the Set Access Config button to load the settings. The parameters at this section From WAN Interface Check the checkbox to allowed t he ac ce ss from WAN device to SNMP From VPN Interface Check the checkbox to allowed t he ac ce ss from VPN device to SNMP From Netwo[...]

Community Specifies the secret password refer to the SNMP Tra p . Enable Trap Authentication Check the checkbox to enable the send ing of trap when auth entication failure occurs 4.3.8 Config > Management > Access Control User is able to configure the access control of the web-based configuration p age at this panel. The parameters at this se[...]

4.3.9 Config > Management > Remote Syslog This submenu is used to set the remote syslog se rver IP Address, who is receiving the syslog message from the MAP-2105. Remote Server Specifies the IP Address of t he syslog se rver at the col umn provided. In order to disable this feature, please leave t he column empty and click the OK button 4.3.1[...]

Server 1, Server 2, Server 3 The network will connect to t he NTP server 1, while Server 2 and 3 are used as back up servers. Time Zone Choose the desired time zone from the list available 4.3.11 Config > Services > Mobile IP This section describes the param eters of the MLRD. The parameters at this pa nel: Enable Mobile Location Register Ser[...]

Select the type of MLR. The available c hoices are Primary and Secondary. Select Primary if this server is the main MLRD, and seco ndary if it is configured as a backu p server Peer MLR Addrss Specifies the IP Address of the backup server fo r MLR Backup Interv al Specifies the time interval to wait, in sec onds, before change fro m main to backup [...]

VPN Server Enter the IP Address of the VPN Server Remote Network Subnet The Subnet IP Address of the Remote Network Remote Network Netmask The Netmask, corresponding to the subnet IP Address of the Rem ote Network Authentication Usernam e Specifies the username to authenticate to the server Authentication Pass word Specifies the password correspond[...]

4.3.13 Commnad > Download/Upload The MAP-2105 also provides the download an d uplo ad file feature. The following section describes the parameters of this pane Server IP Address Specifies the TFTP Server IP Address File Name Specifies the file name to be downloaded or uploade d File Type Select the file Type. The available opti ons are Config fi[...]

Time to Reboot Specifies the time to delay before the re boot take place, in se conds. Click the Reboot button to execute the command. 4.3.15 Command > Reset Through this submenu, user may set th e MAP-2105 back to its default factory settings. However performing the reset would cau se all the settings d one previously lost permanently Click the[...]