User's Manual

Tsunami MP.11 2454-R, 5054-R, and 5054-R-LR Installation and Management
Chapter 4. Basic Management 36
MONITORING SETTINGS
The unit offers various facilities to monitor its operation and interfaces. Only the most significant monitoring
categories are mentioned here.
Wireless
To monitor the wireless interfaces, click the Monitor button and the Wireless tab. This tab lets you monitor
the unit’s general performance and the performance of the WORP Base or WORP Satellite interfaces.
Interfaces
To monitor transmission details, click the Monitor button and the Interfaces tab. The Interfaces tab provides
detailed information about the MAC-layer performance of the wireless network and Ethernet interfaces.
Per Station
Click the Monitor button and the Per Station tab to view Station Statistics. On the SU, the Per Station
page shows statistics of the BSU to which the SU is registered. On the BSU, it shows statistics of all the SU’s
connected to the BSU. The page’s statistics refresh every 4 seconds.
SECURITY SETTINGS
To prevent misuse, the 5054-R and 2454-R provide wireless data encryption and password-protected access. Be
sure to set the encryption parameters and change the default passwords.
In addition to Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), the units support Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128-bit
encryption. Two types of the AES encryption are available. Previous releases supported only the AEC-OCB; the
AES CCM protocol is now also supported.
Proxim highly recommends you change the Network Name, Encryption Key, and Shared Secret as soon as
possible. To do so, click the Configure button and the Interfaces tab; then click the Wireless sub-tab. The
encryption key is set using the Security tab. For systems that will use roaming features, the Network Name,
Encryption Key, and the Shared Secret should each be the same for all SUs that are allowed to roam as well as
for all BSUs to which these SUs are allowed to roam.
Encryption
You can protect the wireless data link by using encryption. Encryption keys can be 5 (64-bit), 13 (WEP 128-bit),
or 16 (AES 128-bit) characters in length. Both ends of the wireless data link must use the same parameter
values.
To set the encryption parameters, click the Configure button, the Security tab, and the Encryption sub-tab. See
“Configure Encryption“
on page 74.
Passwords
Access to the units are protected with passwords. The default password is public. For better security it is
recommended to change the default passwords to a value (6-32 characters) known only to you.
To change the unit’s HTTP, Telnet, or SNMP passwords, click the Configure button, the Management tab, and
the Password sub-tab. See “Configure Passwords”
on page 70.