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
1-2 Introduction
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 "up-
converts" 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.
The SPEEDLAN 8500 series offers three different systems:
SPEEDLAN 8530 Complete Multipoint System
This is a complete 5.8 GHz point-to-multipoint system designed to connect three remote buildings at
distances up to 3 miles (5 Km). This system contains everything required for a base station and three
remote buildings including:
• (4) IDU bridges with 10/100 Ethernet interface
• (4) 100’ IF cables
• (4) 5.8 GHz ODU
• (1) 17 dBi 60 degree sectorial base station
• (3) 23 dBi 5.8 flat panel antenna
• (1) 17 dBi sectoral antenna
• (4) Installation Kit
SPEEDLAN 8250 Building-to Building System
This 5.8 GHz system is designed for building-to-building connectivity at distances up to 5.5 miles
(8.8 Km). This system contains everything required to link two buildings including:
• (2) IDU bridge with 10/100 Ethernet interface
• (2) 100’ IF cables
• (2) 5.8 GHz ODU
• (2) 23 dBi 5.8 flat panel antenna
• (2) Installation Kit