User Manual

Getting Started

Trango Broadband Wireless — User Manual Access5830 Rev. D

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Figure 3-1 Wiring Diagram

CAT-5

STRAIGHT-THRU CABLE

20 VOLT POWER

SUPPLY

AC POWER

POWER OVER ETHERNET

J BOX

INDICATES POWER TO RADIO

INDICATES POWER TO J BOX

NETWORK

COMPUTER

USE STRAIGHT-THRU CABLE

USE CROSS-OVER CABLE IF TO COMPUTER

IF TO HUB, SWITCH OR ROUTER

CAT-5

Both green LEDs on the J-box should be lit, indicating power is present at the J-box as well as the radio.

You are now ready to configure the radio via the Ethernet port.

Opmode and Radio Management Concepts

Proper connections to the radios and careful IP/routing & planning will enable the network administrator to access and manage the

radios remotely over the network.

Radio management over TCP/IP can be performed from PCs connected to the Ethernet side of each radio. Further, PCs connected to

the AP can manage the SU over their wireless connection; and, PCs connected to the SU can manage the AP, provided that switch 7

(TCP/IP for SU) is enabled at the AP. Switches will be covered later in this text.

Opmode

To fully understand radio management for the Access5830 system, it is important to be familiar with the concept of operation mode or

“opmode”.

APs can be in one of two opmodes; “OFF” opmode, or “AP” opmode. When in “OFF” opmode, the radio is not transmitting, and it is

not attempting to associate with SUs. Alternatively, when in “AP” opmode, the radio is transmitting, and is attempting to associate with

SUs. Similarly, SUs have two opmodes: “SU” opmode or “OFF” opmode.

Certain functions, such as the site survey function and the SU RSSI function can only be performed while the radio is in opmode

“OFF”. See Appendix D – Command Set Reference for a complete listing of commands, and the appropriate opmode(s) for each

command.

Switch Settings

M900S firmware includes several “switches” which are used to set certain operational parameters of the radios. Switch settings can

be changed via the HTTP browser interface or the Command Line Interface. For purposes of radio TCP/IP management, the following

three switches are important:

SU Switch 2 - TCP/IP access to SU from AP side of network requires that the SU’s switch 2 (SW 2 – TCP/IP for AP) be “ON”.

Default setting for SW 2 (from factory) is “ON”.