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
Introduction 1-3
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) 5.8 GHz ODU
• (1) Installation Kit
• Antennas are sold separately (no antenna included with 8510)
Installation Kit Contents
The Installation Kit contents include:
• Product registration card
• SPEEDLAN CD containing: Product manual and Configuration management software
• Electrical tape
• U-bolt antenna hardware
• Cable sealant putty
• Lightning arrestor
• Grounding clamps
• Wire zip ties
• DC injector
Product Features
SPEEDLAN 8500 IDU Features
ISP Functionality
The SPEEDLAN 8000 products are tailored to fit the needs of Internet Service Providers and
Broadband Telecommunications Providers. Two features particularly useful to Internet Service
providers are the additional of Network Address Translation (NAT) and Dynamic Host Server Protocol
(DHCP). NAT helps to ensure network security and allows an entire company to share a single global
IP address for communication on the Internet. For example, a company can provide its clients with
just one IP address, allowing access to the company’s firewall only. DHCP servers provide efficient
use of IP addresses by assigning them dynamically or statically to the wireless IDU location. DHCP