User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Product Description and Contents
- Product Features
- Chapter 2 Quick Start
- Rooftop and Tower Installations Warning
- Installation Steps
- Installation Diagrams
- Chapter 3 Hardware
- Drawings of Components
- SPEEDLAN 8500 ODU Hardware
- Antenna
- Restoring Factory Default Settings on the SPEEDLAN 8500 IDU
- Upgrading the Firmware
- Chapter 4 Overview of Configurator
- Installation and Setup
- Toolbar and Menus
- Chapter 5 Configuring SPEEDLAN
- General Setup
- Interface & Advanced Interface Setup
- The Setup Buttons
- Chapter 6 Bridging Setup
- IDU Setup
- Chapter 7 Setting Up the IP Addresses (IP Host Setup)
- Part I - Quick Overview of IP Addressing
- Part II - Setting Up the IP Address
- Part III - Setting Up NAT
- Chapter 8 IP-Router Setup
- IP Routing Setup
- Chapter 9 SNMP Setup
- SNMP Setup
- Chapter 10 System Access Setup
- System Access Setup
- Chapter 11 SNMP Monitoring
- Remote Statistics
- Interface Monitor
- Ethernet-like Interface Monitor
- SectorPRC Station Entries
- 11Mb RF Interface
- SNMP Monitor
- IP Monitor
- IP/TCP/UDP Monitor
- ICMP Monitor
- Chapter 12 Tables
- System Information
- IDU Learn Table
- IP ARP Table
- IP Route Table
- IP/TCP Connection Table
- IP/UDP Listener Table
- Local IP-Address Table
- Chapter 13 Analyzing Wireless Equipment
- Select Another Device
- Analysis Polling Interval
- Wireless Link Test
- Antenna Alignment
- Glossary for Standard Data Communications
- Glossary for Standard Data Communications
- Appendixes
- Appendix A Protocols & Ethernet Addresses
- Common Ethernet Protocols
- Common Ethernet Vendor Addresses
- Common Ethernet Multicast Addresses
- Common Ethernet Broadcast Addresses
- Appendix B Startup LED Patterns
- Startup LED Patterns
SPEEDLAN 8500 Series Installation and Operation User Guide
6-8 Bridging Setup
• 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.
The storm will be determined to be over once a one-second period has occurred with no
broadcast or multicast packets received on that interface. The settings for broadcast packets
and multicast packets are configured independently.
• Preset Button
This button sets the broadcast and multicast storm thresholds to the recommended values.
These values have been determined to offer good protection without interfering with the
operation of the typical network. These values may need to be tuned for your particular
network.
Tunnel Partners Button
Click Tunnel Partners to encapsulate Ethernet packets received from the local interface in an IP/
UDP packet and then send them to one or more tunnel partners. Tunneling can be used to set up
virtual Ethernet networks. In the General Setup dialog box, if the Remote Bridging using IP
Tunnels is enabled, Tunnel Partners can be set up. This dialog box specifies the IP addresses of
each of the IDU/routers that are to participate in the tunnel group. Specify the addresses of all
the IDUs that are participating in the tunnel group but DO NOT specify the IP addresses on
this IDU.
• Encrypt IDU Tunnel Packets
If purchased, a IDU (from Wave Wireless) may contain a special software-encryption algo-
rithm that is distinct from the optional SPEEDLAN encryption chip on the IDU. If Data
Encryption is enabled on the General Setup dialog box and if an Encryption Key is set up in
the Data Encryption menu, enabling encryption here will cause all Ethernet packets trans-
mitted to tunnel partners to be encrypted and encapsulated inside IP packets. The IP packet
itself cannot be encrypted because industry-standard IP routers, like those on the Internet,
would not be able to forward the encrypted packets.