Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto WAB-7400 del fabbricante LevelOne
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V er . 1.0.0- 1021 WA B-7400 Dual Radio PoE Mesh A c cess Point LevelOne User Manual.
1 T ab le of Content T able of Cont ent 1 1 Intr oduction 4 1.1 Featu res & Benefits 5 1.2 Pack age Content s 6 1.3 Safe t y Gu i deline s 6 1.4 W AB-7400 Descrip tion 6 1.5 Moun ti ng In stall Guide 7 1.6 Sy st em R eq ui re ments 10 1.7 App licati ons 10 1.
2 3.7 Login Set u p 58 3.7.1 Lo gin Setup > RA D IU S ....................................................................................... 58 3.8 T ools 60 3.8.1 T o ols > Ping .................................................................
3 Revision H ist ory Revision Date Remarks 1.0 2008- 10-21 Ini tial V ersion.
4 1 Intr oduction LevelOne W AB - 7400 Dua l Radi o Po E Mesh AP i s des igned wi t h IEE E802. 1 1a/b /g standards an d addressed o n pro vi ding hig h per f o rmance mesh n et work. The product en c ased i n t he IP-65 protecti o n encl o sure a nd delive r s t he m aximum scalabil i t y , high re li abi li t y at o utdoor en viro nment.
5 1.1 Featur es & Ben efits Featur es Benefit s Dual Rad io fo r indep endent Bac khau l and l oc al acc ess A ll ow operators to s et up at both 2.
6 1.2 Pack ag e Contents Open t he package care f u lly , a nd m ake sure that none o f t he i t e m s listed bel o w are missing. Do not disc ard t he packing mater i als, in case o f ret urn ; t he uni t m ust b e shi pp ed in i t s o riginal pack age.
7 1.5 Mountin g Install Guide Make sure t he f o ll ow ing accessor ies ar e incl ud ed in y o ur W AB -7400 package. Option 1: Pol e Mounting.
8 S tep 1: Fix the U type clip holder as picture 1 & 2. S tep 2: Asse m ble the c lip holder s how n as 3 ~6. S tep 3: Mount the WA B-740 0 equipped with the holder on the pole sho w n as 7~9 .
9 Option 2: Pol e Mounting S tep 1: Fix the U type clip holder as picture 1~5. S tep 2: Equip the metal plate on the bo tt om cas e of WA B-7400 show n as 6.
10 Option 3: W al l M ounting Scr ews 1.6 System Requirem ents The fo ll o w ing are t he mi n imum s ys t e m r equirements in o rder configure the device. PC/A T co m pat ibl e co m put er wi t h a Et hern et / Wi r e l e ss in t er face. Operatin g syste m t hat supports HTTP web -bro wser 1.
11 flexibili t y o f w i r e less LANs: a) Difficult-to-wir e envi r onments There ar e m a ny s i t uat ions where wi re s cannot be lai d eas ily . Historic b u ildings, ol der buildings, o pen areas an d acro ss busy st reet s m ake t he in sta lla t i on o f LANs e i t h er impossibl e o r very expensive.
12 1.8 Network Configuration T o better understand how t he wi reless LAN pro ducts work to ge t her t o create a wireless net work, it mi ght be helpfu l t o depi ct a few o f the po ssibl e w ireless L AN PC card network confi gurat i o ns.
13 c) Wi-Fi Mesh Net wor ks A W i r e less Mesh Networ k constructed f ro m W iFi T echno l o g y a ll e viates a number o f ro ami ng challenges f ro m l apt ops, IP phones, PDAs, and IP base devi c .
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15 2 Unders t anding the Hardw ar e 2.1 Hardwar e Inst allation a) P l ug o ne end of the Et hern et cabl e in to t he A P po rt of t he PoE Inj ect o r and t he ot he r end into the Br i dge/ A P . b) P l ace o ne e nd of anot her Et hern et cable i n t o t h e Net work port of t he PoE injec t o r and an o t her end in t o y o ur PC/Noteboo k.
16 This di agra m dep ic t s t he hardware configurati o n 2.2 IP Address C onfigurati o n This devi ce ca n be configured as a Bri dge or Ac c ess Point. The def au l t I P address of t he devi ce i s 192.168. 0.1. In order to log i nto t hi s device, y ou m u st f irst confi gure the TCP/IP se ttings o f y o ur PC/Notebook.
17 c) Se l ect Internet Protocol (T CP/IP) and t hen click o n t he Pro pert i es but to n. Thi s will a ll o w y o u to confi gur e t he TCP/IP settin gs of y our PC/Not ebook. d) Se l ect Use t he foll o wing IP Address rad i o button and t hen en t er the I P address an d subnet m ask.
18 3 LevelOne M esh W eb-based Interface W eb- based co nfigurati o n interface i s access ible w ith com put er wi t h TCP/IP capabili t y an d we b browser (e.g. M o zill a or IE).T o access web - based configurati o n in t er f ace, en t er http s://192.
19 LevelOne Mesh page has nine main menus: S y st em , Net wo rk, Security , Services, QoS, Sy ste m Ma nagement, Login Set up, T ool s a nd S t atus. Each main menu also will hav e its submenu.
20 HTTPD Internal w eb server settings SNMP SNMP settings Syslog Server S yslog Server settings Firmw a r e Firmw a r e maintenance T rap T rap settings Configuration Conf iguration management NMS Addr esses Networ k Management System notif ying settings.
21 3.1 System 3.1.1 Syste m > System W AB-7400 i s a layer 2 mesh netwo rk t hat supports gat eway an d r elay oper at i on m ode. Figure 4.1. 1 il lust rates the sys t e m inf or m at i o n configuration page.
22 3.1.2 Syste m > Advance In t his advance fe at ure, n etwor kin g c o nntr ack an d so m e w ireless fi ne tune do ne. Figure 4.2.1 il lust rates the adv a nce co nfi gur at ion page.
23 TCP Finished W ait T imeout : TCP finished wai t timeout TCP Last Ack Timeout : Las t ackn o w l edgement time o ut TCP SYN Receive T i meout : T CP SYN receive t im eout TCP SYN Se.
24 Figur e 4. 3.2: Advance configur ation page Figur e 4. 3.3: Advance configur ation page Cli ck o n t he Re set link o n t he naviga t i on dro p-down menu. This o pt i o n al l o ws y ou to res to re t he device back to t he f acto r y de faul t se t t ings .
25 Figur e 4. 3.5: Configuration page Cli ck o n the Reboot l ink on t he navigat i o n drop-down m enu. This opt i o n all ow s y o u to reboot the devi ce in o rder f o r t he curren t sett in gs to t ake eff ect.
26 3.2 Network 3.2.1 Netw ork > WL A N This de vice w ill f or m a w ireless m es h netwo rk wi t h ot her device pro vided t he co rr ec t configurati o n.
27 Band : S ele ct a wi reless band f ro m t he drop-down li st : 802. 11a, 802. 11b, o r 802.11g. ESSID : The SSI D i s a unique named shared am o ngst al l the poin t s of the wireless network.
28 in o r der to comb at fadin g a nd in t er f ere nce. Cl ick o n “Diver sity” dr o p down butto n to sel e ct “C ard Defaul t”, “Enable” or “Di sa ble”. Tx Antenn a : Cli c k o n “Tx antenna” dro p do wn butto n to sel ect “Diversi t y”, “Card Defaul t”, “Port 1”, or “Port 2”.
29 TKIP (T emporal K e y I ntegr i t y P roto col ) pro vides per-packet key generat i on an d is based o n WEP. A ES ( A d vanced E ncrypti o n St andard) i s a very secure bl ock based encr ypt i o n.
30 Secondar y DNS address. Domain : Specify t he Do main name o f n et wo rk. Gateway : IP address of ro uter o r nodes t hat serves as an entrance t o another ne t wo rk, and vice-versa. Ed i t this field t o m at ch y o ur I SP settin gs o r l eave i t unch a nged to use defaul t s f ro m y o ur ISP .
31 Figur e 5. 2.3: NTP – add or edit page NTP add or edi t page contains t he f o ll o w ing para met ers: Server : S pecif y t he name o f I P address o f t he NTP serv er. Min Poll : Specify t he mi n imum number of t im e s t hat the device sh o u l d po ll t he serv er.
32 3.2.3 Netw ork > Routing Routing refers to sel ect i ng paths i n a n et wo rk al o ng w hich to sen d dat a. Fi gure 5.3.1 illus t r ates t he route confi gurat i on page. Figur e 5. 3.1: Routi ng configur ation page Route c o ntains the f o l l o w ing paramet ers: Routes List : Dis p lay list o f ro utes.
33 Com ment s : Enter t he in t erface co mm e nts. Active : Enabl e t o di sa ble thi s in t er face. “Save Chan ges” button to save a ny c hanges m a de.
34 3.3 Security 3.3.1 Securit y > MSSID In this sect i o n y ou may configure the SSI D, beacon interval , RTS thresh o l d, f rag mentat i o n t hresh o l d, DT IM in t erval , dat a rat e, securit y t y pe, a nd 802.1x . Figure 6.2.1 and Figure 6.
35 m ode is ena bled, y ou m ust enter the W ireless Ne t work Nam e (SSI D) o n t he clien t manually t o co nn ect to t he ne t work. Beacon Inter val : Beacons are packe t s s ent by a wi r eless A cce ss Po in t to synchroni z e wirel e ss de vices .
36 f o r m at is provi ded so y ou can en t er a s t ring t hat is easier to r em ember. T he A SCII string i s converted to HEX for use o ver the n et wo rk. F o ur keys can be defined so that y o u can change keys easily. A defau l t key is se lected for use on t he network.
37 Figur e 6. 2.1: M AC acces s configu r ati on page Active : Choo se to en a ble or disable the MAC address fil t er fe at ure. Type : Choose to all o w o r deny access f o r t he MAC address es. Cli ck on the Save Changes b utto n to store and ch a nges and t hen r eboot t he devic e in order f o r t he ch a nges to take eff ect .
38 3.3.3 Securit y > VLAN A Vi rt ua l LA N i s a networ k of com put ers that beh a ve as if t hey ar e co nnected to the same w i re even t hough t hey may actua lly b e physically l o cat ed on di fferent segm e nts of a L AN. VLA Ns are co nf igured t hr o ugh software rather t han hardware, which make t hem extre m e ly flexibl e.
39 Netmask : Specify t he subnet m a sk f o r t he IP addres s. Routed : Sel ect if t he VLAN is ro uted through the rout i n g t able or NAT . Comments: Yo u m ay include co mments or a descri pt i o n. Active: Choose to en able o r disable this V L AN entry .
40 3.4 Services 3.4.1 Service > DHCP Relay For a dyn am ic n et wor k, W AB-7400 is able to forward t he DHCP r equest to a backen d DHCP ser ver w hen operat in g in layer 2 mode. Fi gure 7. 1.1 i llustrat es the configurati o n page f o r DHCP Rel a y .
41 Figure 7.1.2 il lust rates to add or edi t confi gurat i o n page. Figur e 7. 1.2 Server o r Inte rface configuration page. The add o r edi t co nf igurat i o n page co ntains t he f o ll ow ing para m et ers.
42 3.4.2 Service > S ystem W at chdog Lin u x ker nel watchdog w il l co nsta ntly mo ni to r the in t egr i t y o f t he syste m . During syste m l o cked up, kernel watchdog will t r i gger a sy ste m re boot to recover the s y ste m f ro m fail ure.
43 SSHD configurat i o n page contains t he f o ll ow ing p ara m eter s: Active : Enable o r dis a ble this service. Port : Spec if y t he T CP/IP port that the SS HD will l is t e n f o r in co ming conn e ct i o n.
44 3.5 QoS 3.5.1 QoS > WMM Wireless Mul t im edia E xtensi o ns ( W ME) , al so kno wn as Wi - Fi Mul t ime d ia (WMM) is a Wi - Fi Alliance i nterpret abili t y cert i fi c at i o n, based o n the IEEE 802.11e draf t standard. It provides basic Qua li t y o f ser vice ( QoS) features to IEEE 802.
45 Figure 8.1.2: WME - edit page WME – edi t page cont ain s the f o l l o w ing param et ers: Interface : Specify the in t er f ace f o r WMM. Comments : Opt i o nal comments f o r t hi s e ntr y . Active : Enable o r dis a ble WME. CWMIN : Minimum conte ntion w indow.
46 TX OP L IM IT : Tran s mi ss i o n Oppo rtuni t y is an in t erval o f time wh en a WME AP/stat i o n has the ri g ht to ini t i at e tr ansmissi o ns o nto t he wi re less medium ( WM).
47 3.6 System Managem ent 3.6.1 Syste m Management > H TTPD W eb- based co nfigurat i o n man age ment is do ne t hrough the secure HTTP . Fi gure 9.
48 “Apply” butto n to save a ny changes ma de. P l ease reboot to enabl e new settin g s. Cli ck on the Save Changes b utto n to store and ch a nges and t hen r eboot t he devic e in order f o r t he ch a nges to take eff ect . “Add” butto n to add entry t o the access cont ro l t abl e.
49 Figur e 9. 2.1: SNMP configuration page SNMP co nfi gurat i o n page co ntains t he f o l l o w ing parame t ers: Active : Enable o r dis a ble SNMP m a nagemen t . V e r sion : S elect “v 1 o r v2c ”, “v 3 ”, or “all ” SNMP ve r si o n .
50 v3 Read Username : Enter t he v 3 Read Userna me . v3 Read-write Username : Enter t he v 3 Read-wr i t e Username. v3 Password : Enter t he v3 Pass wo rd. Reconfirm v3 Password : Re-enter v3 Password f o r ve r ifi c at ion. v3 Passphrase : Enter t he v 3 Passphrase.
51 Device : C li ck o n “Device” dro p down menu to se lec t device. For exam p le, W AN, MESH, VLA N0…… Using : Click on “Using” drop down m enu t o sele c t “Device” o r “Network”. Comments : Enter comm e nts f o r t his en t r y .
52 This page al so di sp lays t he curr en t fi r mwa r e v ersi on an d its rel ease date. Figu r e 9.4.1 illus t r ates t he Fi r mware upgrade co nfigurati o n page. Figur e 9. 4.1: Firmwar e configuration page Ensure t hat y o u h a ve do wnl o ad ed the appr opr i at e fi r mware f ro m t he vendor’s websi t e.
53 Figur e 9. 5.1: T rap configuration p age T rap configurati o n page co ntains t he f o ll o w ing para m eter s: Active : Enable o r dis a ble tr ap report. Configur ation : Enable o r di sable repo rt on configurat i o n i s sue. Secur it y : Enable o r di sable securi t y t rap r ep o rt.
54 “Del ete” butto n to edi t curr en t sel ect i o n. Figure 9.5. 2 il lust rates the configurati o n page f o r add or del et e trap serv er . Figur e 9. 5.2: T rap serve r – add or edit page T rap server: add or ed i t page contain t he f o l l o w in g parameter: IP : Enter dest in at i o n IP to send tr ap.
55 Figur e 9. 6.1: Configuration – Upload new webs erver page Upload New Webse r v e r Ce rtif icate : C lick o n the B rowse butto n to sel ect t he certifi cat e and t hen cli ck o n t he Upload butto n. Manage RSA : Cli c k o n t he Manage RSA button to upl o ad a pr iv ate RSA key .
56 Figur e 9. 6.3: Configuration – Manage X509 page Local C ertificate : C lick o n t he Browse b ut to n to sel ect t he cert ifi cat e and t he n c lick on t he Up load b utto n. Remote Ce rtificate : C lick on t he Brows e butt on to sel ect t he cer t ific at e and t he n c lick on t he Upl oad butto n.
57 NMS address configurat i o n page co ntains t he f o l l o win g para meters: NMS Addr ess List : List of NMS server . “Add” butto n to add en tr y t o t he NMS address lis t . “Edit” butto n to edi t current sel ect i o n. “Del ete” butto n to edi t curr en t sel ect i o n.
58 3.7 Login Setup 3.7.1 Login Setup > R ADIUS Rem o t e Aut he nt i cat i on D ial I n User Servi c e ( RADIUS) i s a n AAA ( Authent i cat i o n, A ut hor i zat i on an d A c count in g) proto col f or appl icat i o ns such as netwo r k access or IP m o bil i t y .
59 “Edit” butto n to edi t current sel ect i o n. “Del ete” butto n to edi t curr en t sel ect i o n. Cli ck on the Save Changes b utto n to store and ch a nges and t hen r eboot t he devic e in order f o r t he ch a nges to take eff ect .
60 3.8 T ools 3.8.1 T ools > Ping Figure 1 1.1.1 il lust rates the ping page. Figur e 1 1. 1.1: Ping page P in g page co ntains the f o ll o wing para meters: Ping : Enter the IP address to pin g. Number of pin gs : Enter t he n u mb er o f p in g s to se nd.
61 Figur e 1 1. 2.1: Ifconfig page If co nfig page co nta in s t he foll o wing parameters: “Ifc on fig” butto n to call ifconfig co mm a nd. “Outpu t” t ext a rea to di sp lay the o utput o f the command. 3.8.3 T ools > Route Route page is used to coll e ct inf o r ma t i on about devi ce’ s rout in g table.
62 3.8.4 T ools > TFTP Figure 1 1.4.1 il lust rates the T FTP page. Figur e 1 1. 4.1: TF TP page TFTP co n t ains t he f o ll o w in g para meters: TFTP to : E nter the destin at i o n IP address o f remote TFTP server . Operation : Se l ect “put”, “ get ” or “get and reboot” fil e to rem o t e TFTP se r ve r .
63 3.9 S tatus 3.9.1 St atus > System Cli ck o n t he St atus link o n t he navigat i o n dro p-down m e nu. T his o pt i o n d isplays t he syste m upt im e, CPU speed, free R AM, and f ir mware versi o n . Fi gur e 12.1. 1 il lust rat es t he sy st em stat us page.
64 Figur e 12. 2.2: W AN Int erfac e page Cli ck o n t he Get Details butto n f or t he MESH and VL A N0 inter f ace. T his sect i o n dis p lays t he ha rdwar e MAC address, IP t y pe, IP address , broadcast address, netma sk, MTU, and Tx/Rx packet inf o r m at i o n.
65 t he current status of t he f o ll o w ing ser vices: NTP client, SSHD , SNMP server, Sysl og serv er, and we b ser vers. Fi gure 12.3. 1 ill ustr ates the status o f each ser vice r unning in t he devic e. Figur e 12. 3.1: Services page 3.9.4 St atus > System Log Cli ck on t he S ystem Log li nk on t he navi gat ion dro p-down m enu.
66 Figur e 12. 5.1: Neighbor Stat us page Nei g hbor S t atus page contains the f o l l o w ing parameter s: List of Neighbors : d isplay a li st o f connected nei g hbor . <V iew hyperlink> : display the MAC t able of t he sele ct ed entr y .
67 3.10 Help Hel p page pro vi d e li nk s to specifi c h e lp r elat ed to co nfigurati o n a nd so m e de scr i pt i o n according to each submenu o f the confi gurat i on.
66 4 Appendi x A – F CC I nterference S tatement Federal Comm u nicati on Commis sion Int erfe r e n ce S tatement This equ ipment has bee n test ed an d f o und t o com p ly with t he limi t s f or a Class B digi t al de vice, pursuant to Pa r t 15 of t he FCC Ru les.
67 This t ransmi t t er m u st n ot be co-located or op era t ing in co njun ct i on w ith a ny ot her antenna or t ra n smi t te r ..
5 Appendi x B – GPL So f tware Agr eeme nt This pro duct in co rporates open sour ce code in t o t he sof t ware a nd therefor e f a lls u nder t he gui d eli n es go verned by the General Pub l ic License (GPL) agreem e nt.
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