Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- Overview
- Description of the MEA System
- Introduction
- Subscriber Devices (SDs)
- Wireless Routers (WRs)
- Intelligent Access Points (IAPs)
- VMM6300 - Vehicle Mounted Modem
- EWR6300 - Enhanced Wireless Router
- PWR6300 Portable Wireless Router
- Mobile Internet Switching Controller (MiSC)
- Operational View of the MEA System
- Network Architecture
- Unified Modes of Operation
- Quality of Service (QoS) and User Priority Features
- Setup and Installation
- Subscriber Device (SD)
- Intelligent Access Point (IAP)
- Wireless Router (WR)
- Mobile Internet Switching Controller (MiSC)
- Upgrade MiSC/DHCP Configuration (optional)
- MAC Address Tables
- Site Selection/Deployment Guidelines
- Customer Service Information
- License and Warranty Information
- FCC Regulatory Information
- Safety Information for the MEA Products
- Safety Certification
MEA Setup and Installation
MiSC Assembly
The MiSC hardware consists of commercial off-the-shelf components. The components are
pre-configured with a basic configuration that requires minimal site-specific changes.
The SMC switch arrives configured as two virtual LANs. The upper row of Ethernet ports is for
the server subnet; the lower row of ports is for the wireless subnet.
Unpack the SMC switch and mount as desired (either in a rack or on a table top). Connect the
switch to a power source.
Unpack the Cisco router labeled EdgeRTR and connect to a power source. Plug interface
labeled 10BT Ethernet into the Internet or the Network Operator’s private network. (The
network operator supplies this cable; it will be an Ethernet cable for connecting to a hub or
switch, or an Ethernet crossover cable if connecting to another router.) Plug interface labeled
10/100 Ethernet into the SMC switch on port 1.
Unpack the Cisco router labeled CoreRTR and connect to a power source. Plug interface
labeled 10BT Ethernet into the SMC switch on port 12. Plug the interface labeled 10/100
Ethernet into the SMC switch on port 24.
Unpack the Sun Blade/MeshManager server and monitor and connect to a power source. Plug
the network interface into any of the ports 2-11 on the SMC Switch.
Connect Network Operator supplied computer running Windows 2000. Plug the network
interface into any of the ports 2-11 on the SMC Switch.
Connect the IAPs to any of the ports 13-23 on the SMC switch.
Upgrade MiSC/DHCP Configuration (optional)
Mea Version 1.x required the wireless subnet to be configured as 10.x.x.x. mea Version 2 continues to
use the 10.x.x.x addressing scheme as a default; however it can be changed to a site specific address.
The following procedure describes the changes necessary to accomplish this.
The following items must be configured to change the MEA wireless subnet. (Refer to Error!
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Edge router
• IP route to the wireless subnet via the core router (default 10.0.0.1)
• NAT access list for wireless subnet
Core router
• IP address of the wireless network interface (default 10.0.0.1)
Sun server
• DHCP dhcpd.conf, for the new pool of addresses, new default router, new broadcast
address
• DNS named.conf and zones file, for the new subnet range
The SMC switch does not require any changes, since the partitioning of the switch does not
involve IP addresses.
When the mea Version 2 upgrade of the IAPs is complete, the IAPs, WRs, and SDs should all
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