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A palavra vem do latim "Instructio" ou instruir. Portanto, no manual SmartBridges sB3010 você pode encontrar uma descrição das fases do processo. O objetivo do manual é instruir, facilitar o arranque, a utilização do equipamento ou a execução de determinadas tarefas. O manual é uma coleção de informações sobre o objeto / serviço, um guia.

Infelizmente, pequenos usuários tomam o tempo para ler o manual SmartBridges sB3010, e um bom manual não só permite conhecer uma série de funcionalidades adicionais do dispositivo, mas evita a formação da maioria das falhas.

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Primeiro, o manual SmartBridges sB3010 deve conte:
- dados técnicos do dispositivo SmartBridges sB3010
- nome do fabricante e ano de fabricação do dispositivo SmartBridges sB3010
- instruções de utilização, regulação e manutenção do dispositivo SmartBridges sB3010
- sinais de segurança e certificados que comprovam a conformidade com as normas pertinentes

Por que você não ler manuais?

Normalmente, isso é devido à falta de tempo e à certeza quanto à funcionalidade específica do dispositivo adquirido. Infelizmente, a mesma ligação e o arranque SmartBridges sB3010 não são suficientes. O manual contém uma série de orientações sobre funcionalidades específicas, a segurança, os métodos de manutenção (mesmo sobre produtos que devem ser usados), possíveis defeitos SmartBridges sB3010 e formas de resolver problemas comuns durante o uso. No final, no manual podemos encontrar as coordenadas do serviço SmartBridges na ausência da eficácia das soluções propostas. Atualmente, muito apreciados são manuais na forma de animações interessantes e vídeos de instrução que de uma forma melhor do que o o folheto falam ao usuário. Este tipo de manual é a chance que o usuário percorrer todo o vídeo instrutivo, sem ignorar especificações e descrições técnicas complicadas SmartBridges sB3010, como para a versão papel.

Por que ler manuais?

Primeiro de tudo, contem a resposta sobre a construção, as possibilidades do dispositivo SmartBridges sB3010, uso dos acessórios individuais e uma gama de informações para desfrutar plenamente todos os recursos e facilidades.

Após a compra bem sucedida de um equipamento / dispositivo, é bom ter um momento para se familiarizar com cada parte do manual SmartBridges sB3010. Atualmente, são cuidadosamente preparados e traduzidos para sejam não só compreensíveis para os usuários, mas para cumprir a sua função básica de informação

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    Copyright © smartBridges Pte Ltd. All Rights Reserved. u n w i r i n g o u r w o r l d TM airHaul™ Nexus sB3010 User Guide Version 1.19[...]

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    Page 2 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT .................................................................................................... 4 Overview of User Guide ................................................................................................ 4 Related Publicat[...]

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    Page 3 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7. TOOLS .......................................................................................................................... 56 7.1. S YSTEM C ONFIGURAT ION ........................................................................................ 56 7.1.1 SNMP Security ...[...]

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    Page 4 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide About This Document This User Guide is for the networking profes sion al who configures and man ages the smartBridges’ Intelligent Nexus Platform of wireless backhaul s (airHaul™ Nexus). It provides detailed information on using the web- based configuratio n GUI to configure[...]

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    Page 5 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Related Publications These documents provide com plete information a bout the Nexus se rie s of radio units: airHaul, airPoint™ and airClient™ • Quick Install Guide (QIG) • Release Notes • Technical Specification All the information can also be found on our web site at[...]

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    Page 6 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 1. Introduction In this chapter, the configuration features of the web-based management tool and the system requirements are li sted. 1.1. airHaul Nexus Configuration Features The airHaul web-based manageme nt tool provid es the user with the following features: 1. System config[...]

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    Page 7 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 1.3. Checklists Pre-Installation Checklist for airHaul Organization Name/Site Name Address City State Zip Code Telephone Number Site Survey and Link Planning No Parameters Units Site A Site B 1 Regulatory Standard to be followe d FCC/ETSI 2 Frequency Band 2.4GHz 5.25-5.35 5.47-5[...]

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    Page 8 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide No Parameters Units Site A Site B 22 Length of external cable connecting a Radio and antenna Feet/meters 23 Fade Margin taken into accou nt for a lin k budgeting Ideally between 10 to 20 dBm 24 Model of smartBridges airHaul equi pment selected for a link sB3010 25 Grounding- Ear[...]

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    Page 9 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Post-Installation Checklist for airHaul Organization Name/Site Name Address City State Zip Code Telephone Number General Configuration Information No Parameters Units Site A Site B 1 Radio operations M ode Root/ Remote Bridge or Router 2 Mode of Operation PTP 3 SSID of a Radio U[...]

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    Page 10 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Checklist No Parameters Units Site A Site B 1 Check out the crimping of the Ethernet cable at both the ends Yes/No 2 Check out the proper grou nding of the antenna and equipment Yes/No 3 Ensure no extreme bend s or ki nk's in the cable Yes/No 4 Ensure Ethernet cable is not[...]

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    Page 11 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2. airHaul Nexus Configuration Here you will learn how to login as an ad ministrator and to chang e the default password to one of your choice. The features of the configuration page as well as the Navigation Menu Bar are expla ined. You will also learn how to conf igure the un[...]

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    Page 12 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-1 Administrator Login 4. Click the ‘OK’ button. A License agreement page will appear a s shown in Fig 2-2 below. . 5. Click ‘OK’ . The airHaul ’Nexus Summa ry Information’ page (Fig 2-3) will appear.[...]

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    Page 13 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-2 License Agreement Page Figure 2-3 Nexus Summary Information Page[...]

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    Page 14 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide The page information descriptions are pr ovided in the table below: Table 2-1 Page Information Descriptions 2.2. Web GUI Administrator Password Change By default the Administrator password is smartBridges (case sensitive). Follow the steps below to cha nge the Administrator pas[...]

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    Page 15 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-4 Administrator password change 2.3. Using the Configuration Pages The airHaul Nexus configuratio n sy stem compri ses several pa ges for config uring each para meter. A common navigation menu bar is provide d at the top of each page for easy navigation as shown in the[...]

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    Page 16 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-6 Editable Boxes for Parameter Editing 2.4. Navigation Menu Bar The Navigation bar contains menu item s that allow the user to go to differe nt configuration pages. The following table summarize s the functio n s av ailable for each of the menu item links. Table 2-2 Me[...]

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    Page 17 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Menu Item Menu Sub-items Description ACL Controls and Country, as well as Dial a Power. Provides a link to view associations. Performance: Allows user to set Fragmentation Length, RTS/CTS Length, Preamble Settings, Throughput Optimizer. Radio Operat ion mode is set to sB Enhanc[...]

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    Page 18 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Menu Item Menu Sub-items Description System Configuration Radio Firmware Versi on: Shows firmware’s current radio version Reset to Defaults: Resets the device with factory defaults Ethernet MTU Size: Allows user to set the Ethernet MTU size for different applications. Syslog [...]

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    Page 19 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Menu Item Menu Sub-items Description Site Survey Shows all the wireless devices operating in the area. This menu item is available when airHaul is configured in Remote Bridge mode or Remote Router mode User Manager Allows the administrator to change the Administrator password. [...]

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    Page 20 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.5. Device Mode Configuration The current device operat ional mode is display ed at the top right hand corner of each page. The Device Mode Configuration allows the user to configure the airHa ul Operational mode to Root Bridge, Remote Bridge or Remo te Router mode. By default[...]

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    Page 21 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.5.1 Root Bridge to Remote Bridge Follow the steps below to cha nge from Root Bridge mode to Remote Bridge mode: 1. Go to Tools | System Configura tion drop down menu. The System Config uration will be displa yed as show n below (Fig ure 2-8). 2. Alternatively, click on the cu[...]

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    Page 22 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 5. Click on the Apply Changes button to change the settings. The device will be rebooted and set to the chosen operational mode. Figure 2-9 Changing Root Bridge to Remote Route r 2.5.3 Remote Bridge to Root Bridge Follow the steps below to cha nge Remote Bridge mode to Root Bri[...]

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    Page 23 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-10 Changing Remote Bridge to Roo t Bridge 2.5.4 Remote Router to Root Bridge Follow the steps below to cha nge Remote Router mode to Ro ot Bridg e mode: 1. Go to Tools | System Configuration drop down menu. The System Configur ation will be displayed as shown below. 2.[...]

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    Page 24 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-11 Changing Remote Router to Roo t Bridge 2.5.5 Remote Router to Remote Bridge Follow the steps below to cha nge Remote Router mode to Re mot e Bridge Mode: 1. Go to Tools | System Configuration drop down menu. The System Configuration will be displayed as shown below.[...]

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    Page 25 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-12 Changing Remote Router to Remo te Bridge 2.5.6 Remote Bridge to R emote Router Follow the steps belo w to cha nge Remote Bridge mode to Remot e Router mode 1. Go to Tools | System Configuration drop down menu. The System Configur ation will be displayed as shown bel[...]

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    Page 26 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-13 Changing Remote Bridge to Remo te Router[...]

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    Page 27 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.6. Root Bridge Configuration The airHaul unit is configured in Root Bridge mode for use as a Root device. This section provide s information on configuring in this mod e. 2.6.1 Ethernet Configurations The Ethernet (wired-side) paramete rs need to be configured for the Root Br[...]

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    Page 28 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.6.2 Wireless Configurations The wireless parameters need to be co nfigured for t he Root Bridge device to communicate with other airHaul Remotes. Follow the steps below to cha nge the Root Bridge Wireless Co nfigurations: 1. From the Summary Information page, click on the Wir[...]

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    Page 29 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide The following table summarizes the information for the wireless settings. Table 2-3 Wireless Settings Page Items Descriptions SSID This is the current SSID. User can change the SSID. The SSI D is a unique identifier that wireless networki ng devices use to establish and maintai[...]

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    Page 30 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide The figure below shows the list of clients asso ciated with the airHaul Root Bridge device. Figure 2-16 Root Bridge Association List The MAC Address of the Link Status is the radio MAC of the a sso ciated remote device. The RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indica tion) is measure[...]

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    Page 31 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-18 Bridge Configuration Information 2.6.4 Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) STP is a Layer 2 link management protocol th at prov ides path redundancy wh ile preventing loops in the network. For a Layer 2 Ethernet network to function prop erly, only one active pa[...]

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    Page 32 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.6.5 STP Settings Configuration STP is disabled by default. The table below list s the d efault STP se ttings when the STP is enabled. Table 2-4 Default STP Values Setting Default Value Range Purpose Bridge priority 32768 0-65535 A parameter used to identify the root bridge in[...]

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    Page 33 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Setting Default Value Range Purpose spanning tree. A higher numerical value mean s a lower priority; thus, the highe st priority is 8. Radio port (Radio A) path cost 100 0-65535 The cost of using the port to reach the root bridge. When selecting among multiple links to the root[...]

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    Page 34 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 10. Enter the values of Ethernet Port Prio rity and/or Port Path Cost for Radio A 11. Click on Apply Changes Button to save to the current configuration file. Figure 2-19 Bridge Configuration[...]

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    Page 35 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.7. Remote Bridge Configuration The airHaul units can also be configured to operat e as a Rem ote device to associate with Root Bridge. In Remote mode, the unit can operate as a bridge or a rou t er. Follow the steps in se ction 2.7.1 to 2.7.5 to configure the device in Remote[...]

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    Page 36 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.7.2 Wireless Configuration The wireless parameters need to be co nfigured to a llow the Remote Bridge airHaul unit to associate with a Root Bridge airHaul unit. Follow these steps below to configure the Rem ote Bridge Mo de wireless association paramete rs: 1. Go the menu bar[...]

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    Page 37 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-22 Remote Bridge Associa tion with Root Bridge If the association status wi ndow does not appea r, click o n the link to download the JRE. Note : For Bridge and STP configuration, please refer to the section 2.6.3.[...]

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    Page 38 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.8. Remote Router Configuration The airHaul units can also be configur ed to operate as a Remote d evice to associate to Root Bridge. In Remote mode, the unit can operate as a bridge o r a router. Follow the steps in se ction 2.7.2 to 2.7.6 to configure the device in Remote Ro[...]

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    Page 39 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.8.2 Wireless Configuration The wireless parameters need to be co nfigured to allow the Remote Router airHaul unit to associate with a Root Bridge airHaul unit. Follow these steps below to configure the Rem ote Ro uter Mode Wireless IP Settings parameters: 1. Click on the ‘W[...]

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    Page 40 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-25 Remote Router Wir eless Association Settings Click on ‘Status’ to view the association link-status graph. Figure 2-26 Link Status Noise Floor is the measure of the signa l created from the sum of all the noise sources and unwanted signals within a measurem ent s[...]

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    Page 41 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Note : If the association status window doe s not appear, click on the link to download the JRE. 2.8.3 DHCP Configurations The Remote Router airH aul unit can be used as a DHCP ser ver or DHCP relay agent. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) allows a host to be automatic[...]

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    Page 42 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-27 DHCP Server Configurati ons Follow the steps belo w to disa ble the Remote Router DHCP server: 1. Click on ‘Networking’ | ‘DHCP Server’ from the menu bar to access the DHCP configuration page. 2. Click on ‘Disable DHCP and DHCP Relay’ to disable the DHCP[...]

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    Page 43 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.8.4 DHCP Relay Configurations If the user has a DHCP Server, the Remote Router airHaul device can b e configured as a DHCP Relay agent of the DHCP Server for IP address assi gnment. Follow the steps belo w to config ure the Re mote Router unit as a DHCP Relay Agent: 1. Click [...]

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    Page 44 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.8.5 Routing Table The Remote Router web interface allows vi ewing of the routes and th e addition and removal of the static routes for the Remote Router. Follow these steps below to view the rout e entry in the Rem ote Router device. 1. Click on ‘Networking’ | ‘Routing [...]

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    Page 45 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Follow these steps below to add a static r oute entry in the Remote Router device. 1. Click on ‘Networking’ | ‘Routing Table’ from the menu bar to access the view routing table page. 2. Enter the Network IP, Mask, Gateway, Inte rface and Metric entry for the new route. [...]

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    Page 46 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.9. Wireless Settings Management Radio Configuration Main page can be accessed fro m the Radio menu. Its contents will be slightly different for each oper ating different mode. 2.9.1 Wireless Settings Refer to the Wireless Settings for the different modes. 2.9.2 Data Encryptio[...]

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    Page 47 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 3. Choose the Authentication as ‘Open System’ or ‘Shared Key’ by clicking on the radio button. 4. Choose a WEP Key Size (64 Bits or 128 Bits ) from the pull-down list. WEP key length is 10 characters for 64 Bits and 26 characters for 128 Bits. 5. Choose a Valid Key from[...]

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    Page 48 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 3. Performance Parameters and Bandwidth Controller This chapter gives instruct ions for editing the wireless radi o protocol parameters to optimize radio performance and changin g the Bandwidth Controller. These procedures are the same for all the operational modes. 3.1. Link P[...]

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    Page 49 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Page Item Descriptions The radio preamble is a section of data at the head of a packet that contains information the Root Device and Re mote devices need when sending and receiving packets. The pull-down menu user to select a long, short or dynamic radio preamble. The default i[...]

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    Page 50 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 3-1 Performance Settings 3.2. Bandwidth Controller Using the bandwidth controller on the root device, the user can limit the wi reless link bandwidth in th e egress direction. To effectiv ely control the upload and downloa d bandwidth, the user will need to specify the n[...]

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    Page 51 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 4. Site Survey The Site Survey tool is available for airHaul units operating in Remote mode. To access the site survey page, go to ‘ Tools ’ | ‘ Site Survey ’ drop down menu. The followi ng figure shows the list of SSID from the site survey. It helps to select the root [...]

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    Page 52 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 5. Antenna Alignment Antenna Alignment can be used to optimize the ra dio performance and check the RSSI. This is only available when it is in Remote device mode. To ac cess the antenna alignme nt, go to the menu bar under Tools and choose ‘ Antenna Ali gnment ’ menu item. [...]

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    Page 53 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 5-1 Antenna Alignment[...]

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    Page 54 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 6. T raffic S t atistics Wireless and Ethernet Traffic Statistics can be display ed by clicking on the ‘Net working’ | ‘Statistics’ drop down menu. The following figure show s the statistics page. This page will be refreshed after every 10 seconds. Figure 6-1 Traffic St[...]

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    Page 55 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Ethernet Traffic Statistics Received Multicast Packets Total No of packets received with a specified destination. Received Discards No of pa ckets discarded due to resource limitation Received Errors No of packets discarded because of form at erro r Table 6-2 Wireless Traffic S[...]

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    Page 56 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7. T ools The System Configuration such as modifying the SNMP security settings and resetting the unit are given here. You will also learn how to save the c onfiguration para m eters as p rofiles and using the Link Budget Planning Tool. 7.1. System Configuration The System Conf[...]

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    Page 57 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide The following page summarizes the pag e conte n ts of the System Configuration page. Table 7-1 System Configuration Page Item Descriptions System Name Displays name of airHaul unit Allows user to change airHaul unit name System Description Displays description of airHaul unit A[...]

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    Page 58 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7.1.1 SNMP Security The user can edit the SNMP Comm unity String and SNMP Access filters. The SNMP community needs to match with the SNMP monitoring software used. The SNMP Access Filters allows you to determine which host(s) is authorized to monitor t he device using SNMP. It [...]

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    Page 59 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7.1.2 Reset Options All reset options power cy cl es the device and restarts the whole sy stem. Reset : To reset the device. The device will reboot wit h the cu rre nt configuration/values. Reset to Defaults : To re set the device to factory default configuration values. Delaye[...]

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    Page 60 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7.1.3 NTP Time Server Setup The device time comes from the network time information source. The device need s access to a network timer (NTP time server) source. The NT P time server IP can be configured as follows : 1. From the ’ System Configuration’ page, click on the ?[...]

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    Page 61 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 7-5 Profile Manager Table 7-3 Function Descriptions Page Item Descriptions Save As: Select which profile name to save for the current configuration Profile Description: Specify a description for the profile to be saved. Save Profile button Click to save cu rre nt profile[...]

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    Page 62 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7.2.1 Save Profile Follow the steps below to save the cu rrent configuration to a profil e: 1. Select a profile name from ‘Save As’: 2. Enter a description of the profile. 3. Click the ‘Save Profile’ button to apply changes. Note : Existing configuration parameters in t[...]

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    Page 63 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 7-6 Scheduling a Profile[...]

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    Page 64 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7.3. Link Test Link Test utility is available fr om the navigation menu bar Tools | Link Test drop down menu. From Link Test tools, the user can test Throughput and perform Ping Test. User needs to run Radi o Transmit on one radio and Radi o Receive on the other to run the Thro[...]

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    Page 65 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide The following page shows the Link T est for the Remote Devices: Figure 7-8 Link Test Result 7.3.1 Throughput Test Follow the steps below to do a Throug hput Test: 1. Set up a link between two airHaul units (one in Root Bridge mode an d another in Remote Bridge or Router mode). [...]

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    Page 66 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 7-9 Throughput Test Resul t The Following Page shows the Throughput Te st for the Remote Devices: Figure 7-10 Throughput Test Result[...]

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    Page 67 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7.4. Link Budget Planning Link Budget Planning is a very useful tool fo r link budget estimation. The Link Budget Planning Calculator can be accessed from the navigation m enu bar ’Tools| Link Budget Planning Calculator’ drop down menu. A GPS Calculator is provided in the L[...]

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    Page 68 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 7-12 Link Budget Planning Cal culator Link Budget .[...]

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    Page 69 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 8. Firmware Upgrade The latest firmware for airHaul Nexu s is available for do wnload from smartBridges Support web -site at http://www.smartbridges.com/su pport/ah_nexus.asp . The airHaul Nexus device firmware can be upg ra ded from the web management interface. Follow the ste[...]

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    Page 70 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 8-2 airHaul Nexus Firmware Upgrade (Firmware transferred) Figure 8-3 Successful upgrade pop-up w indo w[...]

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    Page 71 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Appendix A – Point s to Remember Antenna Frequency support • 5GHz antennas will work between 5.2 and 5.8 GHz. • 2.4 GHz band antennas will work bet we en 2.4 GHz to 2.485 GHz Gain • 5 Ghz band antenna gain i s 23 dBi. • 2.4 Ghz band antenna gain is 24 dBi • 29 dBi g[...]

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    Page 72 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide • Transmit power and RSSI are important criteria for getting a stable link Throughput Optimizer • The default value for the Through put Op timizer is 6 • Throughput Optimizer settings is used to optimize the wirele ss link throughput • Smaller " Throughput Optimize[...]

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    Page 73 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Firmware upgrade • A Web based firmwa re upgrade option • It will automatically retain the same conf iguration parameters which were configured before the upgrading. Multiple watchdog timer For cases when the device is stuck in an invalid state duri ng firmware upgrade, the[...]

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    Page 74 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Appendix B – Useful terms and definitions Acronyms and Abbrev iations MAC Media Access Control RSSI Receive Signal Sensitivity Indication SSID Service Set Identifier DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ACL Access Control List SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol NTP N[...]

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    Page 75 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide According to the IEEE 802.11 standard, Wired Equiv alent Privacy ( WEP ) is intended to provide “confidentiality that is subjectively equivalent to the confidentialit y of a wired local area network medium and that does not employ crypt ographic techniques to enh ance privacy[...]

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    Page 76 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide DHCP DHCP stands for ‘Dynami c Host Configuratio n Protocol’ and is a means for n etworked computers to get their TCP/IP networking settings fro m a centra l server. Importantly, DHCP assign s IP addresses and other TCP/IP configuration parameters automati c ally. SNMP Shor[...]

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    Page 77 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Appendix C – Sample airHaul Bridge to Router Setup Figure 58 Sample airHaul Point to Point Setup (Ro ot Bridge to Remote Ro u ter) The above figure shows a sample Nexus lin k setup. One airHaul unit is configured as ’Root Bridge’ device with one IP address assigned. A cli[...]

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    Page 78 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Appendix D – SNMP T rap The airHaul Nexus gene rates SNMP trap that can be forwarde d to the SNMP Trap server. The SNMP Trap server IP addre ss is set in section. The following table provides a list of SNMP traps generate d. Trap Message IP address Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.[...]

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    Page 79 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Appendix E – SNMP MIB The airHaul device Mib can be dow nloaded at http://www.smartbridges. com/support/ah_nexus.asp . It contains all the MIB files used in the device. How to use the MIB files? **************************************** *********************************** ****[...]

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    Page 80 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Appendix F – License airHaul Nexus is Copyright © 2004-200 5 by smartBridges. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and bin ary form s, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source co[...]