SPEEDLAN 8300/8350 & 8400/8450 Installation and Operation User Guide SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Version 1.1 / Last Revised March 21, 2002 Version 1.0 / Last Revised August, 2000 Wave Wireless Networking a SPEEDCOM Wireless Company 7020Wave Professional East WirelessParkway Networking Sarasota, Wireless FL 34240 a SPEEDCOM 941-907-2300 Company 1748 Independence Blvd. C-5 www.wavewireless.com Sarasota, FL 34234 941-358-9283 www.speedlan.
SPEEDLAN 8300/8350 & 8400/8450 Installation and Operation User Guide Wave Wireless Networking Copyright Statement SPEEDLAN® 8500. Copyright © 2001. Wave Wireless Networking.™ All rights reserved. SPEEDLAN and SPEEDCOM are registered trademarks of Wave Wireless Networking. Wave Wireless Networking and the Wave Wireless Networking logo are trademarks of Wave Wireless Networking. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective companies.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Chapter 1 - Introduction .................................................................................. 1-1 Product Description and Contents................................................................................................1-2 SPEEDLAN 8530 Complete Multipoint System ...............................................................1-2 SPEEDLAN 8250 Building-to Building System ..........................................................
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide The Menu Bar ....................................................................................................................4-4 Quick Overview of Other Menus..................................................................................4-5 Chapter 5 - Configuring SPEEDLAN .............................................................. 5-1 General Setup ..........................................................................................
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Chapter 8 - IP-Router Setup ............................................................................ 8-1 IP Routing Setup.........................................................................................................................8-2 Add/Direct Button...............................................................................................................8-3 Add/Indirect Button...................................................
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Glossary for Standard Data Communications Appendixes Appendix A Protocols & Ethernet Addresses Common Ethernet Protocols.......................................................................................................... 2 Common Ethernet Vendor Addresses ............................................................................................. 4 Common Ethernet Multicast Addresses...........................................................
Chapter 1 Introduction
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Product Description and Contents The SPEEDLAN 8500 series provides high performance 11 MB interconnectivity between buildings and offers an alternative to Telco leased and fiber optic lines. The SPEEDLAN 8500 series also "upconverts" the 2.4 GHz radio to the 5.8 GHz band (during transmit), and "down converts" 5.8 GHz to 2.4 GHz on receive. No user adjustment, configuration or provisioning is required.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SPEEDLAN 8510 to Add On to a Multipoint System If you need to connect an additional building to a multipoint-system that is already in place, then use this add-on. This will also provide 5.8 GHz in the building as well. This system includes: • (1) IDU • (1) 100’ IF cable • (1) 5.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide allows network administrators to assign dynamic IP addresses for the period of time needed to connect to the Internet or network, whereas static IP addresses are beneficial to users that need to maintain a "constant" connection. This reduces the load on the entire wireless network.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • Filtering by Ethernet Multicast, Broadcast and Bad Packets • Filtering by Protocol • Filtering by Ethernet Address Pair • Generic Ethernet Tunneling through IP Networks • Learned Table Lockdown • Expanded IP ARP Support • Automatic Broadcast Storm Protection and Notification • Supports up to 48 Remote Buildings SPEEDLAN SNMP Features • IP "ping" Support • IP SNMP Support (MIB II, Ethernet, Interface, SNMP, and IDU MIB) • IP S
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide a central Ethernet LAN to be connected with one or more branch office LANs up to 7.5 miles (12 Km). The SPEEDLAN 8500 IDUs present a significant breakthrough in LAN connectivity by offering these high performance IDUs that outperform other wireless spread spectrum systems in the industry. These IDUs contain full remote SNMP management and security in an affordable package.
Chapter 2 Quick Start
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Rooftop and Tower Installations Warning Rooftop, tower and mounted equipment (IDUs) installations are extremely dangerous and incorrect installation can result in death, injury, or property damage. These installations must be performed by professional antenna installers only. Important Notes: • ODUs cannot be mixed. Each node on a link, or network for multipoint links, must use the same ODU type. • No item substitutions are allowed.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SPEEDLAN 8500 Instructions To install the SPEEDLAN 8500, do the following: Step 1. Line of Sight Before installing the antenna and ODU, make sure a clear line of sight exists. Line of sight can be defined as each antenna having a clear transmission path between the two antennas with no physical obstructions (e.g., trees, buildings, hills, etc.). Be sure to look level with the center of origin of the transmission (the middle of the antenna).
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Step 4. Run the Cabling The installation kit comes with two lengths of cable with ready made connectors that fit your particular installation. a) Attach the shorter cable from the ODU to the antenna, making sure the connectors are screwed on tightly. b) Attach the lightning arrestor to the end of the shorter cable. c) Attach the longer cable to the lightning arrestor.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide d) Mount the DC injector indoors, as shown in the installation diagram at the end of this section. Attach the DC injector to a flat surface using screws or bolts through the mounting flanges. Do not over set the power supply. The DC injector will inject the DC power to operate to amplify into the transmission line, which allows the coaxial cable to carry RF and DC power to the ODU mounted on the mast or tower.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Installation Diagrams SPEEDLAN 8500 Series ODU The diagram below displays where the main components are located and how the signal is up converted from 2.4 GHz to 5.8 GHz. Antenna (this example shows a flat panel antenna) 5.8 GHz ODU Lightning arrestor 2.4 GHz RF cabling (e.g.
Chapter 3 Hardware
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Drawings of Components SPEEDLAN 8500 IDU (Front Panel) Ports: Port 1: Wireless Interface Receiving Blinking Light Transmitting Blinking Light Collision Blinking Light Forwarding Rate/Bandwidth Utilization Power Button Port 2: 10/100 Base-T LAN Interface Transmission Quality • Rx This light will blink whenever a packet is received on the related interface.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SPEEDLAN 8500 IDU (Back Panel) Screws Warning Do not connect units back-to-back without RF signal attenuation. SPEEDLAN 1) This device may not cause harmful interference. 2) This device must accept any interference that may cause undesired operation. RF Cable Input/Output Power Input Fan DC Amp Power Hardware Factory Default Switch Ethernet Port Base Boot Switch • Power Input AC power input.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SPEEDLAN 8500 ODU Hardware DC Injector ODU To radio To power supply To antenna Power LED To amplifier To DC injector (inside building) Antenna Flat Panel Antenna The SPEEDLAN 8500 series uses a flat panel antenna. This antenna provides a gain level of 23 dBi, which works with the 8520 and 8530 models. There is also a 17 dBi sectoral that works with the 8530 model. Contact Wave Wireless Networking for more information.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Restoring Factory Default Settings on the SPEEDLAN 8500 IDU To restore the factory default settings on the IDU, do the following: 1 Turn off the SPEEDLAN IDU. 2 Connect the PC to the IDU using a crossover Ethernet cable or using 2 Straight-through cables and a hub. 3 Under the Network Neighborhood on your PC, change your IP address to 198.17.74.195 and assign a Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Upgrading the Firmware You will need to update your firmware if the old one is damaged or additional functionality has been added. To upgrade the firmware, do the following: 1 Turn the SPEEDLAN IDU off. 2 Connect the PC to the IDU using a crossover Ethernet cable, or using 2 Straight-through cables and a hub. 3 Under the Network Neighborhood on your PC, change the IP address to 198.17.74.195 and assign a Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0.
Chapter 4 Overview of Configurator
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Installation and Setup Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 SPEEDLAN Configurator To install the SPEEDLAN Configurator, do the following: 1 Shut down all programs and applications. Note: The SPEEDLAN Configurator uses library files, which reside on your Windows 95/98/ NT 4.0 PC. If a program or application is open, the Setup will not install correctly.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Turning off the IDU, or otherwise interrupting the reprogramming of the Flash ROM, can damage the programming of the IDU, and render it inoperable. Note: Anytime you make changes in Frequency, IP Routing, or Network ID, start with the IDU furthest away from your current location. This will allow you to complete your changes without having to physically go to each location.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide The Toolbar Open Open Remote Help Save Select Save Device Remote Note: Upload Software System Information The functions on the toolbar can also be accessed from the menus on the Configurator (i.e., Save can be accessed from the File menu). The Menu Bar 4-4 • The File Menu - This is the most common menu and is used to perform the following functions: • Open Config File - This opens a configuration file from disk.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Quick Overview of Other Menus • View Menu - This menu is used to change the display of the Configurator's various items. • Setup Menu - This menu is used to modify all aspects of the IDU. • Monitor Menu - This menu is used to monitor the IDU's performance and monitor another IDU. • Analyze Menu - This menu is used to select another IDU and perform various tests (i.e.
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Chapter 5 Configuring SPEEDLAN
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide General Setup This dialog box activates the features to configure your IDUs. To select this dialog box, choose General Setup from the Setup menu of the SPEEDLAN Configurator. Select the appropriate check boxes as described below: 5-2 • Enable Bridging The transparent bridging function will be enabled when this is item is selected. If you want the IDUs to perform the bridging function, you must select this check box.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • Warning: Enable Data Encryption This optional feature allows you to encrypt wireless data transmissions on top of the encryption provided by the radio. It provides 56-bit DES encryption. It is not shipped standard as part of the IDU. If you did not purchase it when you originally bought the IDU, it can be purchased later as a software upgrade. Data encryption is disabled by default.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide 5-4 • *Enable Incoming Network Address Translation This option enables a company to unmap public network IP addresses into network IP addresses. For more information, see Part III - Setting Up NAT, page 7-20. • *Enable DHCP Server This option enables the DHCP Server on the SPEEDLAN. For more information, see Part III Setting Up NAT, page 7-20.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Interface & Advanced Interface Setup Interface Setup To set up the basic interface, choose Interface Setup from the Setup menu on the SPEEDLAN Configurator. The interfaces that are installed in your IDU will be represented on this dialog box. The Remote check box is used to designate which interfaces will be considered local and remote.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Advanced Interface Setup To set up the advanced interface, choose Advanced Interface Setup from the Setup menu on the SPEEDLAN Configurator. The Advanced Interface Setup contains a few more advanced settings, but they are set up in the same manner. Note that the Max Tx rate is available on both the Interface Setup and Advanced Interface Setup. Max Tx Rate is useful to ISPs that want to regulate the maximum bandwidth provided to each customer.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Setup 2 Button - 11 Mb RF Interface Setup To modify the 11 Mb RF Interface Setup, click the Setup 2 button on the Interface Setup or Advanced Interface Setup dialog box. This dialog box displays the configuration settings that control the individual interfaces and how they communicate with each other. On the next page, you will find a description of the settings, as well as how they affect the IDU's performance of the interfaces.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide This actually controls the "Link Integrity" lights on the front panel of the IDU, and it is turned ON by default. Wave Wireless highly recommends that you leave it enabled. Transport Methods The industry compatible method of transmitting and receiving data over wireless networks will cause data packets to frequently be lost.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • SectorPRC Mode (No Base Station/IDU) This method of transportation is used only for point-to-point links. If any of the IDUs are unable to see each other, a base station must be used to repeat traffic from one IDU to next IDU in line. This point-to-point mode utilizes SectorPRC packet bundling, which reduces the amount of overhead caused by sending smaller individual packets across the wireless network.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Advanced Button - 11 Mb RF Interface Setup The Advanced button is located to the left of the Frequency button. Clicking this button will open a new dialog box that allows you to change the Network ID and rate of the interface. • Network ID The Network ID is a security setting that allows the IDU to reject packets from other wireless IDUs in the area.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Warning: • Standard This setting limits the card by providing 2 Mbps of bandwidth. The receiver sensitivity of the radio with this setting is -91 dBm. • Low This setting limits the card by providing 1 Mbps of bandwidth. The receiver sensitivity of the radio with this setting is -94 dBm. This setting must be set to the same value for the IDUs that will be communicating together.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Security Button - 11 Mb RF Security Setup The Security button is located to the right of the Frequency button. Clicking this button will open a new dialog box that allows you to change the security options of the interface. These settings are used to encrypt data that will be transmitted by the 11 Mb RF port and also to decrypt data that is received by 11 Mb RF port.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Warning: This setting must be set to the same value for the IDUs that will be communicating together. Failure to set them to the same value will prevent any communications from taking place. For example, in order to use a multipoint link, you must use the same Encryption setting on the base station and on the CPE IDU. There is also an option to Deny non-encrypted Data.
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Chapter 6 Bridging Setup
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide IDU Setup Each SPEEDLAN IDU contains an IEEE 802.3 MAC-layer bridging engine. The IDU can be configured to filter or pass any 802.3 frame type protocols, including Novell IPX, TCP/IP, AppleTalk, etc. The IDU can also be configured to filter packets by their destination and origin. This is done using the unique MAC (Media Access Control) addresses that all network interface devices have assigned to them at the factory.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Protocol Filtering By default, the IDU is configured to pass all network protocols. When you click Edit, you will be presented with a list of protocols which you can select for filtering. After selecting the protocols, highlight them on this dialog box. Then, click IDU or Deny to determine how each protocol will be treated. The radio buttons in the Protocol Filtering box determine how unselected protocols are treated.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide If the protocol you want to filter is not presented here, click Custom, Add and enter the hex ID for that protocol. MAC Filtering By default, the IDU is configured to pass all traffic between all MAC-Address pairs. To add an address pair into the filter, click Add on the MAC Filtering box. First, enter the Remote Address, which will be the MAC Address that resides on the remote side of the IDU.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Advanced Features Button Clicking Advanced displays this dialog box. Select the appropriate check box for your network. The check boxes are described below: Bridging Setup • Pass Bad Ethernet Source The standard Ethernet IDUs we have tested will pass Ethernet packets with a broadcast or multicast address as their source (i.e., packets with their first bit set to 1). The Ethernet specification for Transparent (i.e.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide 6-6 • Enable Learned-Table Lockdown A standard IDU watches the source address of each packet it receives on any of its interfaces. As new addresses are seen, entries are added to the learned table that contains each source address and the interface number that address was received on. If a source address is later seen on a different interface, the IDU will immediately change the interface number in the learned-table entry.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Storm Thresholds Button Click Storm Thresholds to keep broadcast and multicast storms from spreading throughout the network. Network storms are common and can cause IDUs, routers (IDUs), workstations, servers, and PCs to slow down or crash. Storms occur if network equipment is configured incorrectly, if network software is not functioning properly, or if poorly designed programs such as network games are used.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • Interface Threshold This setting determines the maximum number of broadcast or multicast packets that can occur during a one-second period before a storm is declared for the assigned interface. Once it is determined that a storm is occurring, any additional broadcast or multicast packets received on that interface will be denied until the storm is determined to be over.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide G en eric E th e rn e t T u n n e lin g (T h ro u g h an IP N e tw o rk) The three IDUs are set up to tunnel one LAN A or more protocols and each is a tunnel S ta nd ard E th erne t P a c ke t partner to the other two IDUs.
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Chapter 7 Setting Up the IP Addresses (IP Host Setup)
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide If you do not understand the basics of IP addressing, DHCP, or NAT, please read the next section, Part I - Quick Overview of IP Addressing, below. Otherwise, skip to Part II - Setting Up the IP Address, page 7-13. Part I - Quick Overview of IP Addressing IP Addressing is important because it tells the network how to locate the computers or network equipment connected to it.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Internet Address Classes The first octet defines the "class" of the address, which is the only method to tell the size of the network (how big) and where the internet address belongs. There are three main classes: • Class A: 35.0.0.0 • Class B: 128.5.0.0 • Class C: 192.33.33.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide In fact, IP defines five classes: • • • 7-4 Class A addresses use 8 bits (1 octet) for the network portion and 24 bits (3 octets) for the node (or host) section of the address. This provides up to 128 networks with 16.7 million nodes for each network. • First byte is assigned as network address • Remaining bytes used for node addresses • Format: network, node, node, node • In IP address 49.22.102.70, "49" is network address and "22.102.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • • Class D • Range is 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255 • Used for multicast packets (i.e., host sends out router discovery packets to learn all of the routers on the network) Class E • Range is 240.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 • Reserved for future use Note: Class D & E should NOT be assigned to net assignment of IP addresses. In addition, the first octet, 127, is reserved. In each network definition, the first node number (i.e.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Default Subnet masks • Class A: 255.0.0.0 • Class B: 255.255.0.0 • Class C: 255.255.255.0 Note: Subnet mask is bolded. What is a Subnet? Subnetting allows you to create multiple networks within one Class A, B, or C network. Each data link (octet) contains its own unique identifier also known as the subnet. Also, each node on the same data link must belong on the same subnet as well.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Diagram of Subnetting a Network Internet Subnet B Subnet A IP Address: 195.172.3.64 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.192 IP Address: 195.172.3.1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.192 Router D Com puter Com puter Com puter Computer Com puter Long Street Router A Router B Subnet D IP Address: 195.172.3.192 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.192 Subnet C Com puter IP Address: 195.172.3.128 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Note: If the network is managed by a Simple Network Management Protocol for local or Internet access, each IDU must contain a unique IP Address. This is a benefit of static or dynamic addressing. How does a network administrator assign an IP address? IP addresses are supplied by the network administrator, the ISP, or hosting company. The two types of IP addressing—manual (static) and automatic (dynamic) addressing—are described below.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Servers that utilize DHCP resolve security issues, costly IP addressing services, and compatibility problems. DHCP is an alternative to BOOTP, which reduces the agony of assigning static IP addresses and also provides advanced configuration options. Note: The figure on the next page may help you understand how DHCP assigns an IP address. Figure of DHCP Addressing 1 The client asks DHCP server for IP address and configuration if needed.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide What is NAT? Network Address Translation (NAT) is the conversion of an Internet Protocol address (IP address) used within one network to a different IP address within another network. One network is designated the inside network and the other is the outside network.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Diagram of Outgoing NAT Inbound Port 80 request is re-addressed to Private address 10.0.0.3. Then, it is forwarded across the private network SPEEDLAN A 204.101.20.2 Public Address on Remote Interface 204.101.20.3 SPEEDLAN B Private Address on Local Interface 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.4 Hub Hub Ethernet Ethernet 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.3 Router 204.101.20.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Diagram of Incoming NAT Inbound Port 80 request is re-addressed to Private address 10.0.0.3. Then, it is forwarded across the private network SPEEDLAN A Public Address on Remote Interface 204.101.20.3 SPEEDLAN B Private Address on Local Interface 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.4 Hub Hub Ethernet Ethernet 10.0.0.2 Router 204.101.20.1 Web Server 10.0.0.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Part II - Setting Up the IP Address The following section discusses DHCP client (and interface), DHCP Server, Static IP addresses, and Outgoing and Incoming NAT. Note: Before you begin, confirm that you have properly read the configuration from the SPEEDLAN IDU you want to configure. Then, perform the following tasks: Open the SPEEDLAN Configurator. From the File menu, choose Open Remote Config.... Then, click Scan. The Scan dialog box appears.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Enabling the DHCP Client and Choosing the Appropriate Interface Note: Before you begin, confirm that you have properly read the configuration from the SPEEDLAN IDU you want to configure. Then, perform the following tasks: Open the SPEEDLAN Configurator. From the File menu, choose Open Remote Config.... Then, click Scan. The Scan dialog box appears. Select the appropriate IDU and click OK. Click OK again.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Enabling the DHCP Server on the SPEEDLAN Note: Before you begin, confirm that you have properly read the configuration from the SPEEDLAN IDU you want to configure. Then, perform the following tasks: Open the SPEEDLAN Configurator. From the File menu, choose Open Remote Config.... Then, click Scan. The Scan dialog box appears. Select the appropriate IDU and click OK. Click OK again.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • Enable Outgoing Network Address Translation This feature enables a company to map the private networks IP addresses into one or more global public network IP addresses. This means that outsiders will only view the single (or more if designated) IP network address assigned for global viewing on the Internet. For more information, see Outgoing NAT, page 7-20.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • Offered IP Ending Address This is the end of the block of allowed IP addresses. • Default Router Address This is the router that initially accepts or transfers packets to the directly connected networks or static networks. • Default Router Mask This is the subnet mask of the default router. • Lease Time in Minutes This is the amount of minutes that the computer can use the assigned IP address.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Assigning a Static IP Address Note: Before you begin, confirm that you have properly read the configuration from the SPEEDLAN IDU you want to configure. Then, perform the following tasks: Open the SPEEDLAN Configurator. From the File menu, choose Open Remote Config.... Then, click Scan. The Scan dialog box appears. Select the appropriate IDU and click OK. Click OK again.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Note: For more information, see Subnetting a Network, page 7-5. Once the packet has traveled to the appropriate network, it goes through a masking process. A subnet mask is composed of zeros (0s) and ones (1s). This tells the router which addresses to look under and which ones not to look under. Therefore, subnet masking allows the router to transfer the packet traffic more quickly than a network without a subnet.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Part III - Setting Up NAT This section explains how to setup outgoing and incoming Network Address Translation (NAT). For more information on outgoing and incoming NAT, see Diagram of Outgoing NAT, page 7-11 and Diagram of Incoming NAT, page 7-12. Outgoing NAT To setup outgoing NAT, do the following: 1 From the Setup menu, choose General Setup. The General Setup dialog box appears.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide from the public. This means that the public will view only one public and valid IP address. 5 Enter the appropriate outgoing information: • Public IP Address This is the IP address for the outside network. If you have more than one public address, you can assign it to a node on a private network (One-to-One NAT).
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Incoming NAT To set up incoming IP network address for NAT, do the following: 7-22 1 From the Setup menu, choose General Setup. The General Setup dialog box appears. 2 Select the Enable Incoming Network Address Translation check box. Click OK. 3 From the Setup menu, choose Incoming Network Address Translation Setup.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide 4 The Incoming Address Translation Setup dialog box appears. 5 Enter the appropriate incoming information: • Public IP Address This is the IP address for the outside network. If you have more than one public address, you can assign it to a node on the private network (One-to-One NAT). Therefore, all requests for a particular IP address from the outside or public network will be translated to the appropriate private IP address.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide 6 Click Add to enter another IP address/port pair. The Input IP Address/Port Pair dialog box appears. 7 Then enter the following information as appropriate. Then, click OK to close this dialog box. • Public IP Address This is the IP address for the outside network. All requests for a particular IP address from the outside or public network will be translated to the appropriate private IP address.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide 9 After you have finished entering the appropriate information, click OK. 10 Now save the changes to the IDU or router. From the File menu, choose Save Config. 11 A message box appears informing you that the information will be saved to the IDU or router. Click Yes. 12 The Configurator confirms that the configuration has been saved. Click OK. The SPEEDLAN 8100 & 8200 IDUs will automatically reboot at this point.
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Chapter 8 IP-Router Setup
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide IP Routing Setup IP Routing in the General Setup dialog box must be enabled for this dialog box to appear. Then, choose IP Routing Setup from the Setup menu on the SPEEDLAN Configurator. This dialog box must be completed before saving any configuration in which IP Routing has been enabled. Saving the configuration with incomplete entries in the route table will make the SPEEDLAN 8500 IDU inoperable.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • Default TTL IP hosts on the Internet send out packets with a default "Time To Live" parameter. If you want to override the factory default of 64 attempts, specify your new default value here. • Disable ARP-Cache Aging Use this option if you want to keep a permanent record of the IP to Ethernet addresses table for each computer directly connected to an interface on the IDU.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Add/Indirect Button Click this button to specify the indirect routes for this IDU. These routes are sometimes referred to as static routes. You can use indirect routes to define the way to get to subnets that are attached to other routers in your network. As an example, if subnet 198.17.74.0 is attached to router 128.146.11.20, in order for this IDU to route packets to 198.17.74.1 you should specify an entry that is set up as: IP Address = 198.17.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide More Button - RIP Routing Click this button on the IP Router Setup dialog box to enable RIP. Wave Wireless IDUs support what is known as RIP (Routing Information Protocol). RIP allows users to permit network equipment to communicate with each other to handle the routing plan of your network.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide 8-6 • Listen to RIP This function enables the IDU to listen for and update its RIP information. The routes gathered in this manner come from other RIP-enabled routers on your network. This feature is normally used in conjunction with Send RIP Routes, which instructs the IDU to pass along all RIP information it has gathered to other RIP devices on your network.
Chapter 9 SNMP Setup
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SNMP Setup Choose SNMP Setup from the Setup menu of the SPEEDLAN Configurator to set up SNMP. 9-2 • Read Password This is the read-only password used for SNMP support. It is the SNMP password needed to read the Flash ROM Configuration and SNMP MIB variables. The factory-default value for this variable is the string "public". • Read/Write Password This is the read/write password used for SNMP support.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide convention, this is the node's fully qualified Internet Domain name (e.g., "IDU20.speedlan.com"). TIP SNMP Setup • System Location This field should contain the physical location of this node. (e.g., "telephone closet, 3rd floor"). • Trap Host IP Address This is the IP address of a network-connected host that is set up to receive SNMP Trap messages from this IDU. If you do not have an SNMP Trap Host, set this to 0.0.0.0.
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Chapter 10 System Access Setup
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide System Access Setup Choose System Access Setup from the Setup menu of the SPEEDLAN Configurator to enter a password for the System Access Pass Phrase. This will enable you to create a connection between the equipment or wireless IDUs. The default for the Pass Phrase is "public". All wireless IDUs connected to the IDU are restricted to systems based on the System Access Pass Phrase.
Chapter 11 SNMP Monitoring
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide TIP To monitor the SNMP results, choose the appropriate selection by choosing Monitor (on the SPEEDLAN Configurator)+ Advanced + your selection. Remote Statistics In the Remote Statistics dialog box, you are presented with information regarding the way a IDU handles packets as they are passing through an interface. Below you will find many useful items for diagnosing and gathering traffic statistics for each interface.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SNMP Monitoring • Unicast packets in The number of subnetwork-unicast packets delivered to a higher-layer protocol. • Unicast packets out The total number of octets (bytes) transmitted out of the interface, including framing characters. • Non-Unicast packets in The number of non-unicast (i.e., subnetwork-broadcast or subnetwork-multicast) packets delivered to a higher-layer protocol.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide 11-4 • Out Errors The number of outbound packets that could not be transmitted because of errors. • Out Carrier Sense Errors The number of times that the carrier-sense condition was lost or never asserted when the SPEEDLAN 8500 IDU attempted to transmit a frame on a particular interface.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Interface Monitor The interfaces table contains information on the IDU's interface(s). Each interface is thought of as being attached to a `subnetwork'. Note that this term should not be confused with `subnet' which refers to an address-partitioning scheme used in the Internet suite of protocols.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide 11-6 • Description A textual string containing information about the interface. This string should include the name of the manufacturer, the product name, and the version of the hardware interface. • MIB specific definator A reference to MIB definitions specific to the particular media being used to realize the interface.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SNMP Monitoring • In discards The number of inbound packets to which were chosen to be discarded even they were deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space. • Out discards The number of outbound packets to which were chosen to be discarded even they were deliverable to a higher-layer protocol.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Ethernet-like Interface Monitor This displays information on the interfaces available for the device selected for Ethernet monitoring. 11-8 • Alignment Errors These alignment errors appear when the station discards the transmission alignment. Errors received on the Ethernet interface that are not an intergral number of octets in length and do not pass the FCS check. This also applies to FCS Errors below.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SNMP Monitoring • Carrier Sense Errors These are errors appearing when two devices are trying to transmit at once. Therefore, a collision occurs and is detected by all sense devices, and the transmission is delayed. • Frames Too Long This error appears when the data link header is too long. • Single Collision Frames Packets that had a single collision during transmission requiring a single re-transmission.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SectorPRC Station Entries This displays the wireless stations connected to the IDU. G-Link Base 207,568 601 0 • Station Name Name of system assigned in the SNMP Setup for a IDU or in the Network Control Panel for Single Device Adapters (Note: Single Device Adapters will only communicate with a SPEEDLAN 8000 series base station.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Failure Number of transmission failures from the wireless station. Note: Click RF Stats to view the radio frequency statistics for the wireless station connected to • the IDU (as shown below). Then, click Back to return to this dialog box. SNMP Monitoring • Station Name Name of the IDU. • Signal The higher the Signal Level, the better. This ratio should be between 50 to 70%.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • Excellent, Good, Low This displays the packet transmission rate. The packet count should be 98% or better. Note: Click Back to return to the SectorPRC information. 11Mb RF Interface This displays the interface(s) connected to the IDU. 11-12 • Transmitted Fragment Count The number of frames transmitted. • Multicast Transmitted Frame Count The number of multicast frames transmitted.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SNMP Monitoring • Received Fragment Count The number of frames received. • Multicast Received Frame Count The number of multicast frames received. • FCS Error Count The number of data link protocols used with the frame check sequence, which allows the receiver to detect collisions.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SNMP Monitor This displays the SNMP messages that are received or sent. SNMP Messages Received 11-14 • Total Messages The total number of SNMP messages received. • Unsupported Version The total number of SNMP messages which were delivered to the SNMP protocol entity and were for an unsupported SNMP version.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SNMP Monitoring • Unknown Community The total number of SNMP messages delivered to the SNMP protocol entity which used an SNMP community name not known to the IDU. • Invalid Operations The total number of SNMP messages delivered to the SNMP protocol entity which represented SNMP operations not allowed by the SNMP community named in the message. • ASN.1/BER parse errors The total number of ASN.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • Get next requests The total number of SNMP Get-next PDUs accepted and processed by the SNMP protocol entity. • Set requests The total number of SNMP Set-request PDUs accepted and processed by the SNMP protocol entity. • Get responses The total number of SNMP Get-response PDUs accepted and processed by the SNMP protocol entity. • Traps The total number of SNMP Trap PDUs accepted and processed by the SNMP protocol entity.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • Traps The total number of SNMP Trap PDUs generated by the SNMP protocol entity. • Authentication Failure Traps Indicates whether the SNMP agent process is permitted to generate authentication-failure traps. IP Monitor The IDU keeps the standard SNMP MIB II statistics on IP type protocols as indicated below.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide 11-18 • Default TTL The default value inserted into the Time-To-Live field of the IP header of datagrams originated at this entity, whenever a TTL value is not supplied by the transport-layer protocol. • Datagrams received The total number of IP datagrams received by the host.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SNMP Monitoring • Unknown routes The number of IP datagrams discarded because no route could be found to transmit them to their destination. Note that this counter includes any packets counted in Datagrams forwarded which meet this `no-route'criterion, as well as any datagrams which a host cannot route because all of its default gateways are down.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide IP/TCP/UDP Monitor The IDU keeps the standard TCP/UDP statistics on IP protocols as indicated below. TCP 11-20 • Rto Algorithm The algorithm used to determine the timeout value used for retransmitting unacknowledged octets, which can be: "other" - none of the following; "constant" - a constant rto; "rsre" - MILSTD-1778, Appendix B; "vanj" - Van Jacobson's algorithm.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SNMP Monitoring • Rto Maximum The maximum value permitted by a TCP implementation for the retransmission timeout, measured in milliseconds. More refined semantics for objects of this type depend upon the algorithm used to determine the retransmission timeout. In particular, when the timeout algorithm is rsre, an object of this type has the semantics of the LBOUND quality described in RFC 793.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide UDP 11-22 • Datagrams received The total number of UDP datagrams delivered to UDP users. • No such port The total number of received UDP datagrams for which there was no application at the destination port. • Datagrams in error The number of received UDP datagrams that could not be delivered for a reason other than the lack of an application at the destination port. • Datagrams sent The total number of UDP datagrams sent from this entity.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide ICMP Monitor The IDU keeps the standard statistics on ICMP as indicated below. ICMP Messages Received SNMP Monitoring • Total messages The total number of ICMP messages which the entity received. Note that this counter includes all those counted by received Errors. • Errors The number of ICMP messages which the entity received but determined as having ICMPspecific errors (bad checksums, bad length, etc).
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • Time exceeded The number of ICMP Time Exceeded messages received. • Parameter problems The number of ICMP Parameter Problem messages received. • Source quench The number of ICMP Source Quench messages received. • Redirects The number of ICMP Redirect messages received. • Echoes The number of ICMP Echo (request) messages received. • Echo reply The number of ICMP Echo Reply messages received.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide SNMP Monitoring • Source quench The number of ICMP Source Quench messages sent. • Redirects The number of ICMP Redirect messages sent. • Echoes The number of ICMP Echo (request) messages sent. • Echo Reply The number of ICMP Echo Reply messages sent. • Time Stamp The number of ICMP Time Stamp (request) messages sent. • Time Stamp Reply The number of ICMP Time Stamp Reply messages sent.
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Chapter 12 Tables
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide TIP To open the tables, choose the appropriate selection by choosing Monitor (on the SPEEDLAN Configurator)+ Advanced + your selection System Information System Information displays information about the IDU's Management Information Base Group. The IDU keeps the standard SNMP MIB II statistics on system-related information as indicated below. • Name An administratively-assigned name for this managed node.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide IDU Learn Table This table contains information about unicast entries for which the IDU has forwarding and/or filtering information. This information is used by the transparent bridging function to determine how to propagate a received frame. Tables • Address A unicast MAC address for which the IDU has forwarding and/or filtering information. • Interface Either the value 0 (zero), or the interface number on which a frame has been seen.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • Status The status of this entry. The meanings of the values are: • other None of the following. • invalid This entry is no longer valid, but has not been flushed from the table yet. • learned This entry was learned, and is being used. • self This entry represents one of the IDU's addresses. The interface value indicates which of the IDU's interfaces has this address.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Tables • Interface The interface on which this entry is effective. • IP Physical Address The media-dependent `physical' (MAC) address. An example would be the MAC address of the Ethernet interface. • IP Address The IP address corresponding to the media-dependent `physical' (MAC) address.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide IP Route Table The IDU keeps the standard SNMP MIB II statistics on the IP routing table, which contains an entry for each route presently known. 12-6 • Intf The local interface through which the next hop of this route should be reached. • Destination The destination IP address of this route. An entry with a value of 0.0.0.0 is considered a default route.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • Subnet Mask Indicates the mask to be a logical-ANDed with the destination address before being compared to the value in the Destination field. For systems that do not support arbitrary subnet masks, an agent constructs the value of the Subnet Mask by determining whether the value of the correspondent Destination field belongs to a Class A, B, or C network. • Route Type Type of route.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide IP/TCP Connection Table This table reports the states of the TCP connections and contains the following fields as indicated below. 12-8 • Local Address The local IP address for this TCP connection. In the case of a connection in the listen state which is willing to accept connections for any IP interface associated with the node, the value 0.0.0.0 is used. • Local Port The local port number for this TCP connection.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide IP/UDP Listener Table This table reports the states of the UDP connections and contains the following fields as indicated below. Tables • Local Port The local port number for this UDP connection. • Local Address The local IP address for this UDP connection. In the case of a connection in the listen state which is willing to accept connections for any IP interface associated with the node, the value 0.0.0.0 is used.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Local IP-Address Table The table displays addressing information that is relevant to the entity’s IP addresses. 12-10 • Intf The interface to which the entry is applicable. • IP Address The IP address to which this entry's addressing information pertains. • Subnet Mask The subnet mask associated with the IP address of this entity. The value of the mask is an IP address with all the network bits set to 1 and all the host bits set to 0.
Chapter 13 Analyzing Wireless Equipment
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Select Another Device Use this feature to select another pair of IDUs, routers or remote IDUs. This is a helpful feature when running a wireless link test. Note that you must scan the IDU before selecting another device. To select another wireless device, do the following: 13-2 1 From the Analyze, menu, choose Select Another Device. 2 The Enter IP Address dialog box appears.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Analysis Polling Interval Use the feature to set the rate at which the SPEEDLAN Configurator polls the IDU during analysis. Note that you must scan the IDU before setting the interval rate. To set the rate of the interval, do the following: 1 From the Analyze menu, choose Analysis Interval. The Analysis Polling Interval dialog box appears. 2 Use your mouse and move the interval to the rate of your specification. Then, click OK.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide 13-4 2 Select the name of the IDU that you want to initialize. 3 Click OK to confirm that the IP address is correct. 4 Click OK again. You should receive the following message: "Configuration has been read from the IDU (ip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)." 5 From the Analyze menu, choose Wireless Link Test. The Select a Remote Link Partner (for your IDU pair) appears.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide 6 Select the Station Name or (name of IDU pair) of the IDU or clients that you want to test. Description of Wireless Link Test Window • Name Name of the initiator station of the wireless link test. • Description Initiator station IDU type and firmware version. • Location Location of the initiator station. (This is only available if entered in the SNMP Setup options by selecting SNMP Setup from the Setup menu.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • Up Time Amount of time that the initiator station has been running since the last reboot. • Station Name Name of the remote partners that are currently communicating with the initiator station. • Address MAC address of the interface of the remote partner. • Interface The interface of the initiator station that the remote partner is communicating to. • Radio Type The type of radio specified in the Remote Partner. 7 Next, click Link Test.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Important Wireless Statistics Some of the most important wireless statistics are the following: • Link Quality This displays the quality of the link. • Green = Good activity • Yellow = Acceptable activity • Red = Poor activity • SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio) The ratio of the standard description of the signal to the standard deviation of the noise. • Signal Again, the higher the signal level, the better.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Antenna Alignment Use this feature to continuously broadcast packets in order to test optimum antenna alignment. Note that you must scan the IDU before running this test. WARNING! This test will broadcast a large amount of test packets across the wireless link. It will interfere with normal wireless network operation. To run the antenna alignment test, do the following: 1 From the Analyze menu, choose Antenna Alignment.
Glossary for Standard Data Communications
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Glossary for Standard Data Communications Alignment In order to create a successful link, all related equipment should be associated to its respective attachments or equipment. Amplitude The magnitude of a waveform when measured from the mid-point to the peak of the wave. Analog A signal in the form of a continuously varying quantity such as voltage, frequency or phase.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Bit Error Rate A measure of the number of errors in a digital transmission. Typically given as an exponential number that represents the ratio of errors to total bits. Example: 1E-03 = 0.001 = 1.0 x 10-3 and 1.0E-6 = 0.000001 = 1.0 x 10-3. A single element in a binary code. A measure of the number of errors in a digital transmission. Typically given as an exponential number that represents the ratio of errors to total bits. Example: 1E-03 = 0.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Class Understanding this methodology is difficult, even for customers. Therefore, let’s explain this in easier terms. The first octet (or octets) defines the “class” (indicated by the word “net” in this example) of the address, which is the only method to tell the size of the network (how big) and where the internet address belongs. The remaining octets indicate availability for network equipment (i.e., computer or other network equipment).
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) Hardware that provides for data communications. See also DCE above. dBm Decibels (dB) relative to 1 milliwatt. dBw Decibels (dB) relative to 1 watt. Decibel (dB) The standard unit of measurement for expressing relative signal power. It is dimensionless and is instead referenced to a certain level. Diffraction The distortion of a wave as it is partially obstructed by an object in its path.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Ethernet This is the most popular physical layer LAN technology in use today. Other LAN types include Token Ring, Fast Ethernet, Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Local Talk. Ethernet is popular because it strikes a good balance between speed, cost and ease of installation.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Forward Error Correction (FEC) The ability of a receiving station to correct a transmission error. The transmitter sends redundant information along with the original bits and the receiver uses this information to find and correct errors. This can increase the throughput of a data link operation. Framing Dividing data for transmission into groups of bits, and adding a header and a check sequence to form a frame.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Hertz (Hz) A unit of measurement equal to one cycle per second. Hexadecimal (Hex, or H) A Base-16 numbering system. This means 16 sequential numbers are used as a base unit (i.e., “0-9” and “A-F”). Hop A term used to describe a single radio path between two points. Host This term is interchangeable with the definition “node,” which means this is a point on the network.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Intermediate Frequency (IF) The frequency to which a microwave signal is converted to permit signal processing. This range is typically around 70 to 200 MHz. Internet This is a system of linked networks that are worldwide in scope and facilitates data communicate service such as remote login, file transfer, electronic mail, the World Wide Web and newsgroups.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Latitude This is the geographic latitude of the location of the terminal. LED This is a light-emitting diode, which is a semiconductor, that sends out visible light when an electrical current moves through it. Left arrow This is the left arrow key on your keyboard. Light Emitting Diode (LED) An electronic device that emits light with little generation of heat.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide MAC address In a LAN environment each computer contains its own Medium Access Control (MAC) address which is the embedded and unique hardware number. For computers on Ethernet LANs, this is the same number as its Ethernet address. This address is controlled at the DataLink Layer of the OSI model, and is in a hexadecimal format separated by four octets (i.e., 82.39.1E.38). Major alarm Indicates that the alarm may cause service interruption.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Multi-path fading The condition in which the “true” signal from an antenna reflects off an object (usually the ground) and, as a result, the reflected signal causes destructive interference at the receiving antenna. Multi-path fading affects linearly polarized signals more than circularly polarized signals.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Part 15 (of FCC rules) The section of the FCC Code of Federal Regulations defines the restrictions regarding the use of Spread Spectrum systems. Passive Repeater A re-radiation device associated with a transmitting/receiving antenna system that re-directs intercepted radio frequency energy without boosting or processing the signal. Path Length The distance between two ends of a wireless system.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Protocol A network protocol is the standard that allows computers to communicate with each other. A protocol defines how computers identify one another on the network, the form that the data should take in transit, and how this information is processed once it reaches its final destination. Protocols also define procedures for handling lost or damaged transmissions or “packets.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) The RSSI Voltage provided at the output of the RF Unit that is used to indicate the RF Input Level. Reflection The sharp change in direction of a wave after hitting an obstruction in its path. Refraction The bending of a wave as it moves from one medium to another. Reliability A measure of the percentage of time the system is operating.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Sidelobe These are 20 dB lower than the main lobe, and it is critical from a performance standpoint that antennas are aligned with respect to the main lobe. Failure to do so may cause the radio to be interfered with or the radio may interfere with other systems. Signal level This is the value of the signal level at the receiving end of the transmission path.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide System Gain The sum of the transmitter power output and the receiver sensitivity. System gain is an important measure of a system’s ability to overcome attenuation and perform to a satisfactory level. These are measured in decibels per meter (dBm). Tx (Transceiver) This is where the packet is coming from. WAN A wide-area metropolitan network is a connection between LANs, which may be privately owned or rented.
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Appendixes
SPEEDLAN 8100 & 8200 Installation and Operation User Guide -2 Appendixes
Appendix A Protocols & Ethernet Addresses
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Common Ethernet Protocols This table contains the protocols that can be specified in SPEEDLAN's "Ethernet Protocol Menu". • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • *0600 Xerox NS IDP 0601 XNS Address Translation (3Mb only) *0800 DOD Internet Protocol (IP) 0801 X.75 Internet 0802 NBS Internet 0803 ECMA Internet *0804 CHAOSnet 0805 X.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8036 Aeonic Systems 8037 IPX - Novell Netware 8038 DEC LanIDU Management 8039 DEC unassigned (DSM/DTP?) 803A DEC unassigned (Argonaut Console?) 803B DEC unassigned (VAXELN?) 803C DEC unassigned (NMSV? DNA Naming Service?) 803D DEC Ethernet CSMA/CD Encryption Protocol 803E DEC unassigned (DNA Time Service?) 803F DEC LAN Traffic Monitor Protocol 8040 DEC unassigned (NetBIOS
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Common Ethernet Vendor Addresses This table contains the Vendor portion of the assigned Ethernet Addresses. They may be specified in SPEEDLAN "Ethernet Address Menu".
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0000A8 Stratus Computer, Inc. 0000A9 Network Systems 0000AA Xerox machines 0000AC Apollo 0000AE Dassault Automatismes 0000AF Nuclear Data Acquisition Interface Modules (AIM) 0000B0 RND (RAD Network Devices) 0000B1 Alpha Microsystems Inc. 0000B3 CIMLinc 0000B5 Datability Terminal Servers 0000B6 Micro-Matic Research 0000B7 Dove Computer Corporation 0000BC Allen-Bradley Co.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 002002 Seritech Enterprise Co. Ltd. 002006 Garrett Communications Inc. 002008 Cable & Computer Technology 002009 Packard Bell Elec. Inc. 00200C Adastra Systems Corp. 00200E Satellite Technology Mgmt, Inc. 002011 Canopus Co. Ltd. 002014 Global View Co. Ltd. 002044 Genitech Pty. Ltd. 002045 Solcom Systems Ltd. 002048 Fore Systems Inc. 002049 Comtron Inc.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 00400D Lannet Data Communications Ltd. 004010 Sonic Systems 004013 NTT Data Comm. Systems Corp. 004014 Comsoft GMBH 004015 Ascom Infrasys AG 00401F Colorgraph Ltd. 004020 Pinacl Communications 004023 Logic Corporation 004025 Molecular Dynamics 004026 Melco Inc. 004027 SMC Massachusetts Inc. 0020B0 Gateway Devices Inc. 0020B1 Comtech Research Inc.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0040FA Microboards Inc. 0040FD LXE 0040FF Telebit Corporation 00608C 3Com Corporation 008000 Multitech Systems Inc. 008004 Antlow Computers Ltd. 008005 Cactus Computers Inc. 008006 Compuadd Corporation 008007 DLOG NC Systeme 00800D Vosswinkel F.U. 00800F SMC (Standard Microsystem Corp.) 008010 Commodore 008015 Seiko Systems Inc.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 008069 Computone Systems 00806A ERI (Empac Research Inc.) 00806B Schmid Telecommunication 00806C Cegelec Projects Ltd. 00806D Centrury Systems Corp. 00806E Nippon Steel Corporation 00806F Onelan Ltd. 008071 SAI Technology 008072 Microplex Systems Ltd. 008074 Fisher Controls 008079 Microbus Designs Ltd. 00807B Artel Communications Corp.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 00C007 Pinnacle Data Systems Inc. 00C008 Seco SRL 00C009 KT Technology (S) Pte Ltd. 00C00A Micro Craft 00C00B Norcontrol A.S. 00C00D Advanced Logic Research Inc. 00C00E Psitech Inc. 00C00F Quantum Software Systems Ltd. 00C011 Interactive Computing Devices 00C012 Netspan Corporation 00C013 Netrix 00C014 Telematics Calabasas Int'l Inc.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 00C072 KNX Ltd. 00C073 Xedia Corporation 00C074 Toyoda Automatic Loom 00C075 Xante Corporation 00C076 I-Data International A S 00C077 Daewoo Telecom Ltd 00C078 Computer Systems Engineering 00C079 Fonsys Co. Ltd. 00C07A Priva B.V. 00C07D Risc Developments Ltd. 00C07F Nupon Computing Corp. 00C080 Netstar Inc. 00C081 Metrodata Ltd. 00C082 Moore Products Co.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 00C0BF Technology Concepts Ltd. 00C0C0 Shore Microsystems Inc. 00C0C1 Quad/Graphics Inc. 00C0C2 Infinite Networks Ltd. 00C0C3 Acuson Computed Sonography 00C0CD Comelta S.A. 00C0D0 Ratoc System Inc. 00C0D1 Comtree Technology Corporation 00C0D2 Syntellect Inc. 00C0D4 Axon Networks Inc. 00C0D5 Quancom Electronic GMBH 00C0D6 J1 Systems Inc.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 080010 AT&T [misrepresentation of] 080011 Tektronix, Inc. 080014 Excelan BBN Butterfly, Masscomp, Silicon Graphics 080017 NSC (National Semiconductor Corp.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Common Ethernet Multicast Addresses This table contains commonly used Ethernet Multicast Addresses and the Ethernet Protocols they use. They may be specified in the SPEEDLAN "Ethernet Address Menu".
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide • • • • • • • • • • • • 0D-1E-15-BA-DD-06 HP 80-01-43-00-00-00 -802- IDU 80-01-43-00-00-08 -802- IDU Management 80-01-43-00-00-28 -802- ISO 10589 level-1 Intermediate Stations • • • • CF-00-00-00-00-00 9000 Ethernet Configuration Test protocol (Loopback) FF-FF-00-60-00-04 81D6 Lantastic FF-FF-00-40-00-01 81D6 Lantastic FF-FF-01-E0-00-04 81D6 Lantastic 80-01-43-00-00-48 -802- Loadable Device 80-01-43-00-00-88 -802- Load Server 80-01-43-00-00-A8
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Appendix B Startup LED Patterns
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Startup LED Patterns On startup the IDU will go through several start up tests. If any of the tests fail, the IDU will display a particular pattern for the Forwarding Rate% (located on the front panel of the IDU).
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Interface Startup After initial startup is complete and LEDs are de-powered, the IDU kernel will then attempt to auto configure each interface starting with the first one. As each interface is started and tested, the 3 LEDs (Receive, Transmit, and Error) associated with that particular interface will power-up. If the interface successfully completes testing, the LEDs will shut off and the next interface will be probed.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Final Startup If the IDU passes the Initial Startup and finds a good Interface 0, then the IDU will enter the Final Startup Phase. If any of the interfaces that were found require Extended Memory (i.e., memory above 1 megabyte), then the memory will be allocated and tested.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide INDEX A Add/Direct Button 8 - 3 Add/Indirect 8 - 4 Advanced Button - 11 Mb RF Interface Setup 5 - 10 Advanced Features Button 6 - 5 Advanced Interface Setup 5 - 6 Analysis Polling Interval 13 - 3 Analyzing Wireless Equipment 13 - 1 Antenna, Panel 3-4 Antenna Alignment 13 - 8 B Bridge Learn Table 12 - 3 Bridge Setup 6 - 2 Bridging Setup 6 - 1 C Configuring a Saved Configuration File 4 - 3 Configuring a SPEEDLAN bridge 4 - 2 D Diagram of Subne
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Installation and Setup 2 - 1 Installation Diagram 2 - 6 Installation Steps installing wireless equipment 2 - 3 Interface & Advanced Interface Setup 5 - 5 Interface Monitor 11 - 5 Interface Setup 5 - 5 Internet Address Classes 7 - 3 Introduction 1 - 1 IP ARP Table 12 - 5 IP Monitor 11 - 17 IP Route Table 12 - 7 IP Routing Advanced Filtering 1 - 3 IP Routing Setup 8 - 2 IP/TCP Connection Table 11 - 9 IP/TCP/UDP Monitor 11 - 20 IP/UDP Listener Table 12
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Restoring Factory Default Settings on the SPEEDLAN 3 - 4 Rooftop and Tower Installations Warning 2 - 2 S SectorePRC Station Entries 11 - 10 Security Button 11 Mb RF Security Setup 5 - 11 Select Another Device 13 - 2 Setting Up the IP Addresses (IP Host Setup) 7 - 11 Setup 1 Button - Ethernet Setup 5 - 6 Setup 2 Button - 11 Mb RF Interface Setup 5 - 7 SNMP Features 1 - 4 SNMP Management 1 - 4 SNMP Messages Received 11 - 14 SNMP Messages Sent 11 - 1
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SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Product License Agreement It is important for users of Wave Wireless hardware and software to take time to read this License Agreement associated with this software PRIOR TO ITS USE. The Customer or Reseller has paid a License fee to Wave Wireless for use of this software on one IDU or IDU/router.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide "Spare in the Air" Loaner Unit or Parts Replacement Policies For an additional 10% of list price, the customer may purchase a "Spare in the Air" policy. This policy gives the customer the right to a loaner replacement unit shipped within 24 hours of acceptance of the RMA by Wave. All outbound shipments will be made via overnight air courier (during the first year). "Spare in the Air" Policy Steps for Warranty or Extended Warranty Loaner Service 1.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide customer. Return for Credit All returns to Wave Wireless MUST have a valid RMA number written clearly on the outside of the box or the shipment will be refused. No returns for credit after 30 days will be approved. Products must be returned undamaged and in original packaging or they will be subject to a minimum 20% restocking/refurbishing fee. Return freight charges must be prepaid.
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide Other Important Statements and Warnings FCC Statement (For USA Only) Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement for Spread Spectrum Devices Warning: This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy. If it is not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, it may cause interference to radio communications.
