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Installation and Management TSUNAMI MP.11 CPN 63708 Issue Date: 02/05/2003.
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Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Chapter 1. Overview The Tsu nami MP.1 1 is a flexib le wireless Outdoo r Router that lets you desig n solutions for point -to- point links and poin t-to-multipoint networks. The MP.11 is a product family, comprising several products (such as the mp.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management WIRELESS NETWORK TOPOLOGIES You can use the MP.11 to set up the following types of topologi es: ▪ Point-to-Point Link ( below ) ▪ Point-to-Multipoint Network ( on page 6 ) A link betwe en two loca tions always c onsists o f a Base an d a Satellit e station .
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Point-to-Multipoint Network If you want to connect more than two buildings, yo u can set up a single Point-to-Multipoi nt network with a single Base inte rface a nd multiple Satellite in terface s, as de picted in the following figure.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Chapter 2. Installation This chapter describes the steps required to instal l the MP.11 install ation steps, such as: ▪ Identifying Network Topology and Equipment bel ow ▪ Finding a Suitable Locat ion below ▪ Insta lling the MP.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management ▪ The unit must not be covered and the air must be able to flow freely around the unit. ▪ The unit must be kept away from vibration, ex cessive heat, and humidity, and kept free from dust. ▪ The inst allation must conform to local reg ulations at all times.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management º TFTP Server (which lets you transfer files across the network). You can download configura tion and license file s as well as image files for embe dded s oftware up grade s, and you can upload files from the MP.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 3. Unlock the unit’s cable cover. To rel ease the cable cover, press down on the cable cover lock located in the front center of the unit.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 6. Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the Et hernet port. The other end of the cable should not be c onnecte d to ano ther de vice until a fter inst allation is c omplete.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management The Ken sington Se curity Slot is shown in th e followi ng figures (the figure on the left shows the slot with the cable cover attached; the figure on the right shows the sl ot with the cable cover removed). For inform ation ab out Kens ington s ecurity s olutions, g o to http://www.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management INSTALLING DOCUMENTATION AND SOFTWARE The MP.11 also comes with documentation and software on a CD-ROM. To install the documentation and software on a computer or network: 1. Place t he CD-ROM in a CD-ROM d rive.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management MOUNTING THE MP.11 The following are the mounting opti ons for the MP.11: ▪ Desktop Mount ▪ Wall Mo unt ▪ Ceiling Mo unt Desktop Mounting This pro cedure consists o f attach ing the met al base t o the MP .
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 8. Place the back cover on the mounting locati on and mark the center of the three mounting holes. 9. Remove th e cover from t he wall and d rill a hole at ea ch of the loc ations you marke d above. Eac h hole should be wide enough to hold a mounting plug (whi ch is 6 mm x 35 mm).
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Ceiling Mounting Follow thes e step s to mount t he MP.11 to a ceilin g. 1. Unplug the MP.11’s power supply, if necessary. 2. Use a Phillip s screwd river to at tach the me tal base to the und erside of the MP.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Chapter 3. Management Overview This chapter describes how to gain access to the MP.11 for configuration and management.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Static or Dynamic IP Address The MP.11 can use either a static or dynamic IP address. ▪ Static IP address: The MP.11 uses the IP address you have set manually. ▪ Dynamic IP address : The MP.11 receives its IP address from a DHCP server when it i s switched on or rebooted.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 3. Ensure that Static is selec ted as the IP Address Type and fill in t he IP Address and Subnet Mask suitable for the LAN subnet to which the MP.11 i s connected. 4. Enter the Read/Write Password (the default value is public ) and clic k OK to confirm your changes.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management WEB INTERFACE OVERVIEW The Web Interface provides a graphical user interface wi th which you can easily configure and manage the MP.11. This section describes onl y how to access the Web Interface; the Web Interface itself described in “Chapter 4.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management COMMAND LINE INTERFACE OVERVIEW The Command Line Interface (CLI) is a text-based interface with whi ch you can configure and manage the MP.11 by entering commands. This section describes onl y how to access the CLI; the interface itself is de scribed in “Chapter 6 .
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Serial Port You can also use the CLI through the serial port of the MP.11 with a termi nal program such as HyperTerminal. You can use this method for cases in which other access methods cannot be used, or when the IP address of the MP.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management HyperTerminal Connection Properties The serial connection properties can be found i n HyperTerminal as follows: 1.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Chapter 4. Basic Management This chap ter de scribe s the initia l setup o f the MP .11, which le ts you se t up and monitor the basic features of the MP.11. In most cases, setti ng up these basic features is sufficient.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management REBOOTING AND RESETTING Some configuration changes require a restart. There are several ways to restart the MP.11, which are described in the followi ng sub-sections. Applying Changes Some changes you make become effective only wh en the MP.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Soft Reset to Factory Default If necessary, you can reset the MP.11 to the factory default settings. Resetting to the default settings requires you to again configure the MP.11. To reset to factory default settings: 1.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management SYSTEM CONFIGURATION The system configuration page lets you change the MP.11’s system name, location name, and so on (see th e following Sys tem Config uration wind ow). The se det ails help you to dist inguish th is MP.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Descriptor Shows the product name and firmware build version. Up Time How long the device has been up and running.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management IP Address The static IP address of the MP.11 (default IP address is 10. 0.0.1). Subnet Mask The mask of the subnet to which the MP.11 is connected (default subnet mask is 255.0.0.0). Default Router IP Address The IP address of the default gateway.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management The wireless interface settings di ffer per mode. WORP Base and WORP Satellite Mode You can change the following parameters: Interface Type The interface type can be Worp Satellite or Worp Base .
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Maximum Satellites (only WORP Base) This is the maximum numbe r of satellit es that c an regist er to a b ase. It is limit ed by th e license . Registration Timeout This is the registra tion proc ess time-o ut of a sat ellite on a b ase.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management The recommended setting is auto-speed-auto-duplex . You can also limit the traffic of the Ethernet interface by setting the input and output bandwidth parameters.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Interfaces To monitor t ransmiss ion details , click Monitor Î Interfaces . The Interfaces tab provides detailed information about the IP-layer performance of the MP.11 i nterface. Related CLI commands: show wif show worp show worpcfg Chapter 4.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management SECURITY SETTINGS To prevent misuse, the MP.11 provides wirel ess data encryption and password-protected access. It is important to set the encryption parameters and change the default passwords. Encryption You can protect the wireless data link by usi ng encryption.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Related CLI commands: show wifsec set wifsec 3 encryptkey1 <key 1> set wifsec 3 encryptkeytx <1 - 4> set wifsec 3 encryptallowdeny < enable / disable > Passwords Access to the MP.11 is protected with passwords.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management UPGRADING THE MP.11 The MP.11 is equipped with embedded software that can be updated. Updates can be found on our website: http://www.proxim.com Updating the embedded software is described in “Image Fi le Download” on page 65 .
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Chapter 5. Web Interface This section covers the Web Interface of the MP.11. The in terface is described hierarchical ly according to the buttons on the left side of the Web page: ▪ Status ▪ Configure ▪ Monitor ▪ Commands For an introduction to the basics of MP.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Systems Traps This section shows the status of system traps. System traps occur when the MP.11 encounters irregularities. Deleting system traps has no effect on the operation of the MP.11. S ystem traps are also sent to an SNMP manager station (if so configured).
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 2) Network IP Configuration Click Configure Î Network Î IP Configuration to view and configure local IP address informatio n. When th e MP.11 is in bridge mode, only one IP address is needed. This IP address can also be changed with ScanTool.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Click Configure Î Network Î DHCP R A to enable the MP.11 DHCP relay agent. When enabled, the DHCP relay agent forwards DHCP requests to the set DHCP server. To add entries to the table of DHCP Relay Agents, cli ck “Click to Add Table Entries”; the foll owing window is dis played.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 3) Interfaces Wireless Slot A Click Configure Î Interfaces Î Wireless Slot A to change the wireless interface settings. Ethernet Click Configure Î Interfaces Î Ethernet to set the Ethernet speed, duplex mode, and input and output bandwidth limits.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management The Base Station must not be configured at a higher data rate as any of the SUs, as the timeout of the Base Station is determined by its data rate. If one of the SUs has a l ower data rate than the Base Statio n, it cause s a timeout o n all the long er data frames.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Trap Groups The user can enable or disable different types of traps in the system. By default, al l traps are enabled. IP Access Table Entries in t his table show which wir eless st ations ar e allowed to use SN MP, HTTP , and te lnet management interfaces.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 6) Serial Click Configure Î Serial to change the serial port settings. 7) HTTP Click Configure Î HTTP to view or change Web Interface parameters, including password and time out .
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 8) Security MAC Authentication Click Configure Î Security Î MAC Auth to build a list of au thorized wireless s tations that can register at the MP.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management In large n etworks with multiple MP .11 devic es, you ca n maintain a lis t of MAC add resses on a centralized location usi ng a RADIUS authentication server that grants or denies access. If you use this kind of authentication, you must specif y at least the primary RADIUS server.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Ethernet Protocol Filter The Ethernet Protocol Filter blocks or forwards packets based upon the Ethernet protocol s they support. The Ethernet Protocol Filter Table is already filled . Click Configure Î Filtering Î Ethernet Protocol Filter to enable or disable certain protocol s in the table.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Filter Operation Type Passthru : Only the enabled Ethernet Protocols l isted in the Filt er Table pass through the bridge.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Wireless Mask Enter the appropriate bit mask to specify the range of MAC addresses to which thi s filter is to apply. To specify only the si ngle MAC address you entered in the Wireless MAC Address fil e, enter FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (all zeroes).
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management For more information about Spanning Tree protocol , see Section 8.0 of the IEEE 802.1d standard. The Spanning Tree configuration options are adva nced settings. Proxi m recommends you leave these pa rameters a t their defa ult values unles s you are familiar with the Span ning Tree p rotocol.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Broadcast Protocol Filtering Click Configure Î Filtering Î Broadcast Protocol Filtering to deny specific IP broadcast, IPX broadcast, and multicast traffic. You can configure whether this traffic must be bloc ked for Ethernet to wireless, wirel ess to Ethernet, or both.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management WORP Click Monitor Æ WORP to monitor t he performa nce of the W ORP Base o r WORP Sat ellite interfa ces. Chapter 5.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 2) ICMP Click Monitor Æ ICMP to view the number of ICMP messages send and received by the MP.11. It include s ping , route , and host unreachable messages. 3) Radius Click Monitor Æ Radius to view information about the traffic exchanged with a RADIUS server.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 4) Per Station Click Monitor Æ Per Station to view the following information: 5) Features Click Monitor Æ Features to view the following information: 6) Link Test Click Monitor Æ Link Test to find out which wire less sta tions are in range a nd to ch eck their link quality.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 7) Interfaces Click Monitor Æ Interfaces to view detailed information about the IP-layer performance of the MP.11 interfaces. The followi ng figure shows the Wireless in terface. When you click the Ethernet tab, the s ame informa tion is prov ided for t he Etherne t interfa ce.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 9) Learn Table Click Monitor Æ Learn Table to view all MAC addresses the MP.11 has detected on an interface.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management COMMANDS This section describes the commands that you can perform with the Web Interface. There are fi ve tabs in the Commands section. 1) Download Click Commands Æ Download to downlo ad image , configur ation, and license file s to the MP.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 2) Upload Click Commands Æ Upload to uploa d a config uration file from the MP.11. 3) Reboot Click Commands Æ Reboot to restart the embedded software of the MP.11. Configuration changes are saved and the MP.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 4) Reset Click Commands Æ Reset to restore the configuration of the MP.11 to the factory default values. You can also reset the MP.11 from the RESET button located on the side of the unit. Because this resets the MP.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Chapter 6. Command Line Interface INTRODUCTION The Command Line Interface (CLI) provides a text-based interface with whi ch you can configure and manage the MP.11 using commands. You can enter these commands or submit them in the form of a script to allow batch processing.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management VIEWING AND CHANGING PARAMETERS You can view and change MP.11 parameters with the SHOW and SET commands, respectively. These commands are described below. Show Command The show command lets you view parameter and statistica l values.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management WORKING WITH TABLES In some cases, parameters are stored in tables whose rows contain similar parameters. Command argument s involving tab les have th e follo.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Modifying Several Table Entries You can also modify several table entri es at once by indicating the in dex of the table row and the parameters that must be modified. With the search command, you can see which parameters are in the table.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Chapter 7. Procedures This chapter contains a set of procedures, as described in the fol lowing table: Procedure Description TFTP Server Setup Prepares the TFTP server for transferring files to and from the MP.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management IMAGE FILE DOWNLOAD In some cases, it may be necessary to upgrade the embedded software of the MP.11 by downloadin g an image file . To downloa d an image file throug h the Web Interfa ce: 1. Set up the TFTP server as described in “TFTP Server Setup” on page 64.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management CONFIGURATION BACKUP You can back up the MP.11 configuration by uploading the configurati on file. You can use this fil e to restore the configuration or to configure another MP.11 (see “Configurati on Restore” on page 67 ).
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management CONFIGURATION RESTORE You can restore the configuration of the MP.11 by do wnloading a config uration file. The c onfigur ation file contains the configuration i nformation of an MP.11. To download a configuration fil e through the Web Interface: 1.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management SOFT RESET TO FACTORY DEFAULT If necessary, you can reset the MP.11 to the factor y default settings. Resetting to default settings means that you must configure the MP.11 anew. To reset to factory default settings using the Web Interface: 1.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management FORCED RELOAD With Forced Reload, you reset the MP.11 to the factory default settings and erase the embedded software. Use this procedure only as last resort i f the MP.11 does not boot and the “Reset to Factory Defaults” procedure did not help.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 5. Click OK to start the file transfer. The MP.11 downloads the image fi le. The TFTP server program should show download activity after a few seconds. When the download is complete, th e MP.11 is ready to start the embedded software.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management For example: set ipaddr 10.0.0.12 set ipsubmask 255.255.255.0 set ipaddrtype static set tftpipaddr 10.0.0.20 set tftpfilename image.bin set ipgw 10.0.0.30 reboot The MP.11 reboots and downloads the image fi le.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Chapter 8. Specifications This chap ter pro vides Har dware and Radio Sp ecificatio ns. HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS Physical Specifications (without metal base) Dimensions (h x w x l) 3.5 x 17 x 21.5 cm (1.5 x 6.75 x 8.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management RADIO SPECIFICATIONS Channel Frequencies The following table s hows the c hannel allo cations t hat vary fro m country to count ry. Values list ed in bold indicate default channel s and frequencies. Channel ID FCC/World (GHz) ETSI (GHz) France (GHz) Japan (GHz) 1 2.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Chapter 9. Troubleshooting This chapter helps you to isolate and solv e= problems with your MP.11. In the event this chapter does not provide a solution or the soluti on does not solve your problem, please check our websi te: http://www.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Power Ethernet Link Wireless Link OFF when no power is present or malfunctioning Green when power is present and the unit is opera tional. Amber when the unit has a failur e (try Re load to fix the problem). Red when there is a fatal error in the unit.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management 5. Press the RESET button on the MP.11 unit. The termi nal program displays Power On Sel f Tests (POST) messages and displays the followi ng after approximate.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Setup and Configuration Ethernet Link does not work First check the Ethernet LED; ▪ Dim is “no media connected.” ▪ Green and steady is 10 Base-T ▪ Amber and steady is 100 Base-T ▪ Blinking Green or Amber is traffic Verify pass-through versus errors over cable.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management SETUP AND CONFIGURATION The followin g issues relate t o setup and con figuratio n proble ms. Lost the MP.11 Password If you lost your password, you must reset the MP .11 to the default settings. See “Hard Reset to Factory Default” on page 68.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Command Line Interface Does Not Work If you cannot connect to the MP.11 through the network: 1. Connect a computer to the serial port of the MP.11 and check the SNMP tabl e. The SNMP table can restrict telnet or HTTP access.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Changes Do Not Take Effect Changes made in the Web Interface do not take effect: 1. Restart your Web browser. Log into the MP.11 again and make changes. Reboot the MP.11 when prompted to do so. 2. Wait unt il the reb oot is comp leted b efore ac cessing t he MP.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Glossary ARP DHCP Relay Agent The Address Resolution Protocol (AR P) is intended to find the MAC address belonging to an IP address. A feature of the MP.11 that intercepts DHCP requests from clients and forwards them to a DHCP server.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Parameter HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is t he protocol to transport Web pages. When you access the Internet with your browser, the HTTP protocol is used for data transport (http://www.Tsunamiwireless.
Tsunami MP.11 Installation and Management Glossary 83 CPN 63708 Issue Date: 02/05/2003 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) A protocol used for the communication between a network management application and the devices it is managing.
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