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Dual-Band Outdoor Access Point / Bridge User G uide.
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User Guide Guide Dual-Band Out door Access P oint / Bri dge IEEE 802.1 1a/b/ g Acces s Po int / B ridg e Mast er unit with Externa l Ante nna Op tions Slav e unit wit h Inte grate d Hi gh-G ain An ten.
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i Compliances Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment generates, uses, and can r adiate radio f requency energy and, if not installed and us ed in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications.
ii Safe ty C omp li anc e Power Cord Safety Please read the following saf ety informa tion carefully be fore installing the wireless bri dge : Warn ing: I nstallat ion and removal of the unit must be carried out by qualified personnel only .
iii V euillez lire à fo nd l'information de l a sécurité suivante avan t d'installer le wireless bri dge : A VERTI SSEM ENT : L ’installation et la dépose de ce grou pe doivent ê tre confiés à un personnel qualifié.
iv • Das Gerät sollte nicht an eine ungeerdete Wechselstromst eckdose angeschlos sen werden. • Das Gerät muß an eine geerdete Steck dose angeschlossen werden, welche die internationalen Sicherheitsnormen er füllt.
ix Cont ents Chapter 1: In troduction 1-1 Pa ckag e Ch eck li st 1-2 Hardware Descrip tio n 1-2 Integ rated H igh-Gai n Antenn a 1-3 Extern al Ante nna O ptions 1-3 Ethernet Po rt 1-4 Power In jector .
Contents x Align Antenn as 4-6 Chapter 5: Initial Confi guration 5-1 Initi al Setu p throug h the CLI 5-1 Init ial Conf igurati on Steps 5-2 Using the Web-ba sed M anage ment Setup W izard 5-3 Ch apt .
Contents xi Exec C ommands 7-4 Conf i gur ati on C omm ands 7-4 Comm and Line Proces sing 7-5 Comm an d G roups 7-6 Gene ral Com mands 7-7 conf igur e 7-7 end 7 -7 exit 7-8 pin g 7-8 reset 7 -9 show h.
Contents xii copy 7-2 9 dele te 7-3 0 dir 7-3 0 RADIUS Client 7-31 radi us-ser ver addres s 7-31 radi us-ser ver port 7-32 radi us-server ke y 7-32 radi us-ser ver retrans mit 7-33 radi us-ser ver timeo ut 7-33 show r adi u s 7- 34 Authe nticat ion 7 -34 802.
Contents xiii pppo e ip al location mode 7-54 pppo e ip cp dn s 7-55 pppo e lcp echo-i nterva l 7-56 pppo e lcp echo-f ailure 7-56 pppo e lo cal i p 7-57 pppo e remo te ip 7-58 pppo e user name 7-58 p.
Contents xiv iapp 7-8 2 VLAN Com mands 7-83 vlan 7-8 3 nati ve-vl anid 7-84 Appendix A: Troubles hooting A-1 Appendix B: Specifi cations B-1 Gene ra l Sp ecif ica tio n s B-1 Anten na Spec ifica tions B-3 17 dB i I nte gra t ed P ane l B-3 8 dBi Omnidi rectio nal (2.
1-1 Chapter 1: Introduction The Dual -ban d Outdoor Acc ess Point / Bridge syste m con sists of two mode ls that prov ide poin t-to-poi nt or point -to-m ultipoi nt bridge links be tween remo te Eth e.
Introducti on 1-2 1 Package Chec klist The Dual -ban d Outdoor Access Point / Bri dge packag e includ es: • O ne D u a l - ba n d O u t d o or A cc e ss P o i nt / B r i d ge ( A W A P05O or A W A P.
Hardwar e Descri ption 1-3 1 Integ rated Hi gh-Gain Ant enna The A W A P05O wi r e l e s s b r i d ge i n c l u d e s an i n t e g r a t e d h i g h - g a i n ( 1 7 dB i ) f l a t - p a n el antenna for 5 GH z oper ation. Th e anten na can p rovide a d irec t line-of-s ight lin k up to 28 km ( 17 mil es) with a 36 Mbps data rate.
Introducti on 1-4 1 Ethernet Por t The wireless br idge has one 1 0BASE-T /100BASE -TX 8-pin DIN por t that connects to the pow er injec tor mo dule using t he inclu ded Ether net c able. The Etherne t port conne ction pr ovid es powe r to the w irele ss bridg e as we ll as a data link to th e loca l netwo rk.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 1-5 1 The powe r injec tor mod ule au tomat ically ad justs to an y AC vo ltage betwe en 100-2 40 volts at 50 or 60 Hz . No voltage ran ge se ttings ar e requ ired. Warn ing: T he power injector module is designed for indoor use only.
Introducti on 1-6 1 Features and B enefits • A W A P05O S l a v e u n i t s s up p o r t a 5 G H z po i n t - t o - p o i nt wi r e l e ss li nk up 2 8 km ( at 36 Mb ps data ra te) usin g integr ate.
System Defa ults 1-7 1 VLANs S tatus DIsbal ed Nativ e VLAN ID 1 Filter C ontrol Ether net T ype Disable d SNMP S tatus Enable d Loca tion null Con tac t Cont act Comm unity (Re ad Onl y) Public Com m.
Introducti on 1-8 1 Wirele ss Sec urity 802.1 1 a Authe nticati on T ype Open Sys tem AES Enc ryption Dis abled WEP Encryp tion Disable d WEP Key Le ng th 128 bits WEP Key T ype Hexadecim al WEP T ran s mit Key N umber 1 Wirele ss Inte rfac e 802.
2-1 Chapter 2: Networ k Configuration The Dual -ban d Outdoor Acc ess Point / Bridge syste m provi des ac cess po int or bridging servi ces thro ugh ei ther th e 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz radio interfac es. The wirel ess br idge uni ts can be us ed just as normal 802.
Networ k Configura tion 2-2 2 Infr astructu re Wireless LAN The acc ess poi nt func tion of the wireles s brid ge provi des acc ess to a wired L AN for 802.1 1b/g wireles s works tations. An i nteg rated wi red/w ireless LA N is called an Infrast ructure co nfigur ation.
Acce ss Poi nt T opologies 2-3 2 Infr astructu re Wireless LAN for Roa ming Wireless PCs The B asic Ser vice Se t ( BSS) define s t he co mmun icatio ns d omain for eac h ac cess point an d its associat ed wirel ess cli ents.
Networ k Configura tion 2-4 2 Bridge Link Topologies The IEEE 802.1 1 standard de fines a WIreless Distribution Sy stem (W DS) for bridge conne ctions betwee n BSS areas (acc es s points). The outdoor wir eless br idge uses WDS to forward traffic on links bet ween un its.
Bridge Li nk T opologies 2-5 2 AWAP05OM Master with Omnidirectional Antenna AWAP05O Slave AWAP05O Slave AWAP05O Slave AWAP05O Slave AWAP05O Slave AWAP05O Slave AWAP05OM Master with Sector Antenna AWAP.
Networ k Configura tion 2-6 2.
3-1 Chapter 3: Bridge Link Planning The Dual -ban d Outdoor Acc ess Point / Bridge sup ports fixed po int-to-po int or point-t o-m ultipoint wireles s links. A si ngle link betwee n tw o points can be us ed to conne ct a re mote si te to lar ger co re net work.
Bridge Lin k Planning 3-2 3 Radio Path Plan ning Althou gh the wir eles s bridge u ses IEE E 802 .1 1a radio tec hnology , which is capable of reduc ing the effect of mul tipath signa ls due to obstr uction s, the w ireless br idge link requi res a “radio line- of-s ight” bet wee n the two an tenna s for optimu m perfor man ce.
Radio Path Pl anning 3-3 3 • Che ck the topol ogy of th e land betwee n the an tenna s using t opogr aphical maps , aerial phot os, or even satellit e image data (software packages are available tha.
Bridge Lin k Planning 3-4 3 A wi r el ess brid ge l ink i s depl oyed t o con nect buil ding A t o a b uild in g B, whic h i s locate d thre e miles (4 .
Radio Path Pl anning 3-5 3 directi on. Th e antenn a p olarizat ion is marked on the wir eless bridge , as ind icated in the follo wing fi gure. Radio In terference The avo idan ce of radio i nterfe renc e is an impor tant part of wirel ess lin k planni ng.
Bridge Lin k Planning 3-6 3 • Snow a nd Ice — Falling sn ow, like rain , has no sig nifican t effect on the radio signal . Ho wev er, a bu ild up of snow o r ice on a nten nas ma y ca use t he l ink t o f ail. In this cas e, the snow or ice has to be cleared from th e ante nnas t o restor e opera tion of th e link.
4-1 Chapter 4: Hardware Installation Before m ount ing ant ennas to set u p your wir eless bridge lin ks, be sur e you ha ve select ed appr opriat e locat ions for each an tenn a. Follo w the gu idanc e and infor mation i n Chap ter 2, “Wir eles s Link P lannin g.
Hardwa re Instal lation 4-2 4 2. Plac e th e U -shap ed part of the b racket aro und t he p ole and ti ghte n the sec uring nut just en oug h to hold t he bra cket to the po le. (The br acket m ay need to be rotated arou nd the pole du ring the alignm ent pro cess.
Mount the Unit 4-3 4 Moun ting on La rger Diamete r Poles In additi on, ther e is a metho d for attaching the pole-m ount ing brac ket to a pol e tha t is 2 to 5 inches in diame ter us ing an adjus table steel ba nd clamp (not include d in the kit). A steel band cla mp up t o 0.
Hardwa re Instal lation 4-4 4 2. Pos ition t he brack et in the in tende d loca tion and ma rk th e pos ition of the three moun ting scr ew hol es. 3. Drill thr ee holes in the wall t hat match the screws and wall plugs in cluded in the brac ket kit, then secur e the br acket to the wal l.
Connect Ca bles to the Unit 4-5 4 Connect Cables to the Unit Cauti on: The wirel ess br idge’s Ether net port does not su ppo rt Powe r over Eth erne t (PoE) b ase d on th e IEEE 80 2.3a f standard. Do not t ry to p owe r the u nit by conne cting i t directly to a ne tw ork swit ch tha t provides IEEE 802.
Hardwa re Instal lation 4-6 4 3. Inse rt the po wer cable plu g direct ly into th e standard AC receptac le on the power injector . 4. Plug the other end of the pow er c able i nto a g round ed, 3 -pin s ock et, AC pow er sour ce. Note: For Inter national use, you may need to change t he AC line cord.
Align Antenna s 4-7 4 The RSSI connec tor pro vides an ou tput voltage betwe en 0 a nd 3.28 VDC that is propo rtional to the rec eived ra dio sign al stre ngth. The highe r the vol tage readi ng, the str onger the signa l. The ra dio sign al from t he remot e ant enna ca n be seen to have a str ong cen tral m ain lobe and sma ller side lobes .
Hardwa re Instal lation 4-8 4 2. Pan the ante nna ho rizontally b ack and f orth w hile ch ec king th e R SSI voltage. If using th e pole -mount ing bra cket with the un it, you must ro tate the moun ting brac ket aroun d the po le. Othe r exter nal an tenna brackets may requi re a different horiz ontal ad justm ent.
5-1 Chapter 5: Initia l Configuration The wirel ess br idge offers a v ariety of manag emen t optio ns, inclu ding a we b-bas ed interfa ce, a co mmand line inte rface (CL I), or us ing SNMP ma nagem ent softw are. Mos t initial conf igurat ion ste ps can be ma de throu gh the web br owser interfac e using th e Setu p Wizar d (page 5-3).
Initial Confi guration 5-2 5 Init ial Confi guration Ste ps Set tin g the Co un try Cod e – Regul ation s for wireles s prod ucts differ from co untr y to countr y . Setting the cou ntry code re stricts the w ireless br idge to use on ly the radi o chann els an d pow er settin gs perm itted i n the sp ecified c ountr y of oper ation.
Using t he Web-based Mana gement Setup Wi zard 5-3 5 Using the Web-ba sed Managemen t Setup W izard There are o nly a fe w basi c steps y ou nee d to co mplet e to set up th e wir eless br idge for y our netwo rk.
Initial Confi guration 5-4 5 Launch ing the Setup Wizard – T o perform ini tial configurat ion, click Setup Wizard on the home page, then cl ick on th e [Next ] butto n to start the proces s. 1. Service Set ID – Ente r the servi ce set ide ntifier in the SSID box which a ll wirele ss clien ts must use to associa te with t he acce ss poi nt.
Using t he Web-based Mana gement Setup Wi zard 5-5 5 2. Ra di o Chann e l – Y ou must en able radio c omm unicat ions for the 802. 1 1a r adio and set th e oper ating ch ann el. • 802.11a Turb o Mode – If you select Enable, the wir eless bridge will op erate in t u rbo mod e with a d ata ra te of up to 1 08 Mbps .
Initial Confi guration 5-6 5 802.11a R adio Ch annel – Set the op eratin g radio ch annel numb er. (Def ault: 56ch, 5. 280 G Hz) Auto Ch annel Sel ect – Select Ena ble f or autom atic radi o chan nel de tection. (Defaul t: Enab le) • 802 .1 1b/ g 802.
Using t he Web-based Mana gement Setup Wi zard 5-7 5 transm issi ons. T o con figure ot her sec urity features us e the Ad vance d Setup men u as desc ribed i n Cha pter 5.
Initial Confi guration 5-8 5 6. Cl ick the OK but ton to res t art t he acce ss poi nt..
6-1 Chapter 6: System Configuration Before c ontinu ing wi th ad vance d conf igurat ion, first com plete t he initi al configu rat ion steps de scribed in Chap ter 4 to se t up an I P add ress for the wirel ess bri dge. The wirel ess br idge can be man age d by any c ompu ter usi ng a web br ows er (Interne t Explor er 5.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-2 6 System Identi ficat ion The sy stem info rmatio n param eters for the wir eles s bridg e can be left at thei r de fault settings . Ho wever , modifyin g thes e paramet ers ca n help y ou to mor e easily distingu ish differe nt dev ices in yo ur net work.
Advanced Con figuration 6-3 6 System Name – An al ias for the wireles s bridge , enab ling th e devi ce to be uni quel y identif ied on the network. (Def ault: Ou t doo r Bridge ; Range : 1-22 cha ract ers) Ou t doo r Br id ge Ba nd – Se lects the r adio band use d for bridge links.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-4 6 mod e, and use t he show system comman d to di splay th e chang es to the syst em identifi c ation sett ing s. CLI Comm ands for Bridge Ba nd Se lection – Enter the globa l c onfigur ation mo de and use the wds channel comm and to sp ecify t he b ri dg e ba nd.
Advanced Con figuration 6-5 6 using a DHCP serv er to configure IP addressing , use t he CLI to manually conf igure the init ial IP v alues (pag e 5-2) . After yo u have n etwor k acce ss to the wi reless brid ge, you can use the web brow ser interfac e to mod ify the i nitial IP config urati on, if neede d.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-6 6 • Pr imary and Seconda ry D NS Addre ss: The IP addres s of Doma in Nam e Serv ers on the n etwor k. A DNS m aps nume rical I P ad dres ses to d omai n n ames and can be used to identify network hosts by familiar name s instead of the IP a ddresse s.
Advanced Con figuration 6-7 6 Note: Thi s gu ide as sumes th at you h ave al re ady confi gur ed RAD IUS ser ver( s) to suppo rt the ac cess po int. Con fig uratio n of RADI US se rver softwar e is beyon d the sc ope of thi s guide, refer to the do cum entati on provi ded with t he RADIUS server softwa re.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-8 6 CLI Commands for RADIUS – From t he global conf igurati on mod e, use th e radius-se rver a ddress comma nd to sp ec ify the addr ess of the prima ry or secon dary RA DIU S ser vers . (T he fol lowing exam ple confi gures the set tings for the primary RADIUS ser ver .
Advanced Con figuration 6-9 6 PPP over Ether net – E nabl e PPP oE on the RJ-4 5 Et hernet int erf ace t o p ass man agement traffic be twe en the un it and a re mote P PPoE s erver . (Defau lt: Disa ble) PPPoE Use rname – T he user n ame a ssigned for th e PPP oE t unnel .
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-10 6 Remo te IP Addr ess – IP addres s of the remote en d of the PPPoE tunne l. (Must be ente red for static IP alloca tion mo de.) CLI Comm ands for PPPoE – Fr om t he CLI co nfigur ation mod e, use the in terf ace etherne t com mand to acce ss inte rfac e config uratio n mod e.
Advanced Con figuration 6-11 6 Authenticat ion Wireles s clien ts can be aut hent icate d for netw ork acc ess by chec king th eir MAC addre ss aga inst th e local da tabase co nfigur ed on t he acce ss poi nt, or by u sing a database co nfig ured on a centra l RAD IUS ser ver .
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-12 6 • Sys tem Defau lt: Sp ecifies a defa ult act ion for all un know n MAC add resses ( that i s, those not liste d in the loca l MAC d ataba se ). - Deny: Block s acces s for all MAC ad dress es except th ose list ed in the local databas e as “Allow.
Advanced Con figuration 6-13 6 • Sup po rted: Th e acces s point su ppor ts 802 .1x auth enticat ion onl y for clie nts initia ting the 802.1x authentica tion process (i.e., the access point does not ini tiate 802.1x au then ticat ion). Fo r clien ts initiatin g 802.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-14 6 addre ss filter delete comma nd . T o display the cu rrent se ttings, use the show auth enticati o n co mmand f r om t he E x ec mo de. CLI Commands for RADIUS MAC Authenticat ion – Use th e mac-au thenti cati on serve r co mm and from the global co nfigur ation m ode t o enabl e remot e MAC authent ication .
Advanced Con figuration 6-15 6 disp lay the cu rren t set tings, use the show auth enticat ion comm and from the Exe c mode. CLI Com ma nds for 80 2.1x Au then ticatio n – Use the 802. 1x su ppo rt ed comm and from the global co nfig uration m ode to enabl e 802.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-16 6 and br oadca st key refresh rate, and the re-a uthen ticat ion time out. T o displa y the cur rent set tin gs , us e th e s how au thenti cation com mand from the Ex ec mod e. DUAL OUTDOOR(config)#802.1x supported 7-35 DUAL OUTDOOR(config)#802.
Advanced Con figuration 6-17 6 Filt er Control The wirel ess br idge can employ VLAN tagg ing su pport an d netwo rk traffic fra me filterin g to con trol ac cess to net wo rk resour ces an d incr ease s ecurit y .
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-18 6 on the RADIU S serve r for eac h use r author ized to access the netw ork . If a user doe s not have a co nfig ur ed V LAN I D, t he acc ess p oin t ass igns t he user t o it s ow n config ured n ative VLA N ID.
Advanced Con figuration 6-19 6 CLI Com ma nds for VLA N Supp ort – F rom t he g loba l co nfigur ation mo de us e t he native- vlan id comm and to se t the d efault VLAN ID for the Et hern et interfac e, then enable VL ANs using the vlan en abl e command .
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-20 6 SNMP – En ab les or disab les SNM P ma nagem ent access and als o enables the wir eless brid ge t o send SN MP t rap s (n ot if i cat io ns) . SNMP mana gement is ena bled by d efault . Communit y Name (Read On ly) – Defines the SNM P com mun ity acce ss stri ng that has re ad-on ly acces s.
Advanced Con figuration 6-21 6 CLI Comma nds for SNMP – Us e th e snmp -server enable server comman d from the global configu ratio n mode to enable SNMP . T o se t read/w rite and read-on ly com munit y nam es, use th e snmp-server commu nity command.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-22 6 Administrat ion Chan gi ng t he P ass wor d Man agem ent acces s to th e web and CLI int erface on the wi reless bridge i s cont rolled t hro ugh a s ingle user nam e a nd pass wor d. Y ou ca n also gain ad ditional acces s secur ity by us ing co ntrol filters (se e “Filt er Cont rol” on page 6-17).
Advanced Con figuration 6-23 6 Upgrading Firm ware Y ou ca n upgra de new w irele ss bridg e software from a loc al file on the m anage men t wo rkst at ion , or f r om an F TP or TF TP s er ver . After upgradi ng new so ftware , you must reboo t the wirel ess brid ge to imp lemen t the new code.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-24 6 • New f irmwa re fi le: Sp ecifies the nam e o f the c ode fi le on the ser ver. T he new firmw are file n ame sh ould not conta in slash es ( or /), the lead ing let ter of the f ile nam e should no t be a per iod (.
Advanced Con figuration 6-25 6 be use d to c heck t hat th e ne w file is prese nt in t he w ireless b ridg e file sys tem . T o run the ne w software, use the reset board c omm and to reboo t the wir eless br idge. System Log The wirel ess br idge can be co nfigur ed to se nd even t and err or me ssage s to a System Log S erver .
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-26 6 Enablin g System Logging The wirel ess br idge sup ports a logg ing proc ess that can control error mes sag es saved to mem ory or sent to a Sys log se rver . The l ogged messa ge s serve as a val uable tool fo r iso la ti ng wir eless brid ge a nd n etwor k prob lems.
Advanced Con figuration 6-27 6 command to set the facil ity-typ e number to use on the S yslog serv er . T o view the current logg ing setti ngs, use the show loggi ng command .
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-28 6 indica te the num ber of hours yo ur tim e zone is loc ated bef ore (e ast) or after (w est) UTC. En abl e Da yl ig ht Savi ng – Th e wir eles s bridg e p rovides a w ay to a utom atica lly adj ust the syst em cloc k for Daylight Savi ngs T ime ch anges .
Advanced Con figuration 6-29 6 Wireles s Distribution Syst em (WDS) The IEE E 802 .1 1 standard defin es a WI reless Distrib ution Sy stem ( WDS ) for conne ctions betwee n wire less bridges . The acc ess po int uses WDS to forwar d traffic on bridge links bet ween un its.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-30 6 MAC Ad dr ess – The phys ical laye r ad dress of the w ireless bri dge u nit a t t he oth er end of the wireles s link. (1 2 hexad ecim al digits in the f orm “xx :xx:xx :xx:xx :xx”) Port Status – Enables or disa bles the wireles s bridge link.
Advanced Con figuration 6-31 6 Bridge Ag ing Time – Chan ges th e agin g time for entrie s in the dy namic ad dres s t able: • Et herne t: The time after whi ch a lear ned Eth erne t port ent ry is disca rded. (Ran ge: 60-18 00 s econd s; D ef ault: 1 00 seco nds) • W ireles s 802.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-32 6 CLI Com mands for Bridgi ng – The follow ing examp le show s how to set the M AC addre ss a ging time for the wir eless brid ge.
Advanced Con figuration 6-33 6 Spanning Tree Protocol ( STP) The S panning Tree Prot ocol ( STP) c an be us ed to d etec t an d disab le n etwor k loops, and to provide backup links bet we en switch es , bridg es or rout ers.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-34 6 Forward Delay – The maxi mu m time ( in sec ond s) thi s de vice waits be fore chan ging st ates (i.e. , di sca rdin g to lear ni ng t o for war ding). Thi s de la y is r equ ir ed bec aus e ever y device m ust receive inf ormat ion a bout top ology change s be fore it starts to forw ard fr ames .
Advanced Con figuration 6-35 6 Priority – Defines th e priority us ed for this por t in the S pann ing T ree P rotocol . If the path cost fo r all ports on a swit ch are the sa me, the port wi th the hi ghest prio rity (i. e., lowes t value) will be conf igu red as an active link in the s panning tree.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-36 6 CLI Commands for STP – The fol lowing examp le con figur es spanni ng tree paramte rs for the br idge and wirel ess por t 5.
Radio Int erface 6-37 6 Radio Interface The IEE E 802 .1 1a and 802. 1 1g interf aces inc lude c onfigur ation options for radio signal chara cteris tics an d wirele ss secu rity fe atures . The co nfigur ation op tions ar e nearly identi cal, but dep end on whic h interfac e is ope rating as t he bridg e ban d.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-38 6 Radio Setti ngs (802 .11a) The IEE E 802 .1 1a interface operate s with in the 5 G Hz band, at up to 54 Mbps in normal mod e or up to 108 Mbps in Turbo mode. Enable – Enabl es radi o com munica tions on the w ireless i nterf ace.
Radio Int erface 6-39 6 Note: In nor mal m ode, the wireles s bridge provi des a ch annel bandw idth of 20 MHz, and sup ports t he max imum numb er of chan nels perm itted by lo cal regu lations (e .g., 11 channe ls for the Un ited States) . In Turb o Mode, the chann el ban dwidth is increa se d to 40 MH z to su pport th e increa sed dat a rate.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-40 6 (BSS) and f orwar d them a fter every second beacon . Usin g sma ller DTIM interv als del iver s br oadc a st /mul tica st f ram es i n a mor e tim el y ma nne r , ca usi ng st at ion s in Power S ave mode to wake up mo re often and drain po wer faster .
Radio Int erface 6-41 6 chann el w ith t he ch annel com mand . Set any ot her param eters as require d. T o view the curr ent 80 2.1 1a radio set tings , use the sh ow interface wireless a command . DUAL OUTDOOR(config)#interface wireless a 7-66 Enter Wireless configur ation commands, one per line.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-42 6 Radio Setti ngs (802 .11g) The IEE E 802 .1 1g standard oper ate s within the 2.4 G Hz band a t up to 5 4 Mbps. Also note that becau se t he IEEE 802.1 1g standar d is an e xtension of the IEEE 802. 1 1b s tandard , it allow s clients with 80 2.
Radio Int erface 6-43 6 • b on ly: B oth 802. 11b and 802 .11g c lients ca n co mmuni cat e with the acces s poin t, but 80 2.11g cl ients ca n only transf er data at 802.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-44 6 Securit y (Bridge Mode) Wired Equival ent Privac y (WEP ) and Adv anced Encryp tion S ta ndard (AES) are implem ente d fo r sec urity i n bridg e mo de to pre vent unaut horize d acc ess to net wo rk data.
Radio Int erface 6-45 6 Setting up IEEE 802.1 1 Wired Eq uiva lent Priv acy (WEP) share d keys p reven ts unaut horize d acce ss to th e wire less bridg e ne twork . Be sure to def ine at least one static WE P key for data encrypt ion . Also, be sure that the WEP key s are th e sa me fo r a ll bridge unit s in t he w ir el ess netwo rk .
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-46 6 Advanc ed Encryp tion S tandard (AES) AES has be en design ated by the National Inst itute of S tanda rds an d T ec hnology as the succes sor to the Data Encrypti on S t andard (DES) encryptio n algorit hm, and will be used by the U.
Radio Int erface 6-47 6 • Al phanu meric : Enter k eys as an alphanum eric s tring us ing be tween 8 and 31 char acters. Note: For eac h wire less por t link (1 to 16) , the AES ke ys mus t ma tch on the corres pon ding b ridg e un it. CLI Commands for WEP Security – From the 802.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-48 6 key command. T o view the current security settings, use the show interface wireless a command. Note: The key type va lue en tered us ing the key co mm and m ust be the same as the ty pe sp eci f ie d in t he encr yption command.
Radio Int erface 6-49 6 Securi ty ( Acce ss Point M ode) A radio b and se t to a ccess point m ode i s confi gured by def ault as an “op en sys tem ,” which broad casts a beaco n sign al incl uding th e conf igured SS ID.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-50 6 Note: Althou gh a WEP s tatic key i s not need ed for WEP ove r 802.1x, WPA ov er 802.1x, and WPA P SK mo de s, you m ust enab le WEP enc ryption thro ugh the we b or CLI in ord er to enab le all t ype s of encr ypt ion in th e acces s poi nt .
Radio Int erface 6-51 6 Setting up shared key s enable s the basic IEEE 80 2.1 1 W ired Equ ivalent Privacy (WEP ) on the acc ess poi nt to pr event una utho rize d acces s to the ne twork .
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-52 6 Sh ar ed K ey Set up – Select 64 Bit, 1 28 Bit, or 152 B it ke y lengt h. No te that the sam e size of encr ypt ion k ey m ust be s up ported on all wire less clients. 152 Bi t key l engt h is only sup port ed on 802 .
Radio Int erface 6-53 6 Th e co nf ig ur ati on se tti ng s f or WEP are summar i zed bel ow : CLI Co mm ands for stati c WEP Shar ed Key Secu rity – From the 8 02 .
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-54 6 Note: The i nde x and leng th val ues us ed in th e key comman d mu st be the same values u sed i n t he encr yp tion and transm it-ke y co mmand s. CLI Com ma nds for W EP over 802. 1x Sec urity – From the 802. 1 1 a or 802.
Radio Int erface 6-55 6 Wi-Fi Pro tected Access (WPA) WP A employ s a com bination of sev eral tec hnologi es to pro vide an enhan ced secur ity solut ion for 802.1 1 wirele ss ne twor ks. The acc ess poi nt su pports the following WP A comp one nts and feat ures : IEEE 8 02.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-56 6 to encry pt eac h data packet. TKIP pro vides fu rther d ata encrypt ion e nhance men ts by incl udin g a m essa ge in tegrity check for each packet and a r e-ke ying mechan ism , which periodi cally change s the m aster k ey .
Radio Int erface 6-57 6 WP A Key Manag eme nt – WP A can be config ured to w ork in an e nter prise enviro nmen t using I EEE 802. 1x and a RADI US se rver for use r auth entica tion. F or sma ller netwo rks, WP A can be enabl ed usi ng a com mon pre-sha red key for clien t aut henti cat ion wi th the ac ces s point .
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-58 6 The con figura tion sett ings fo r WP A are summa rized be low: CLI Com mands for WP A Pre-sha red Key Securit y – From t he 802.1 1a or 802. 1 1g inter face conf igurat ion mo de, us e the aut hen ti cati on command t o set t he acce ss point to “O pen System .
Radio Int erface 6-59 6 the cu rrent 8 02.1 1g secur ity set tings, us e the sh ow i nterf ace wi rele ss g c omm and (not sho wn in exa mpl e). AP(config)#interface wi reless g 7-66 Enter Wireless configur ation commands, one per line.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-60 6 Status Information The S tatus page includ es infor mati on on th e follow ing item s: AP Status The AP S tatus wi ndow di spla ys basic s ystem conf igurat ion set tings, as wel l as the settings for the w irel ess inte rfaces .
Status Information 6-61 6 • IP Default Gatew ay: IP address of the gatewa y router betwe en this de vice and man agem ent stat ions th at exist on o ther networ k segm ent s. • HTTP Ser ver: Show s if mana ge ment ac cess vi a HT TP is enabl ed. • HTTP Server Port: Shows th e TCP port used b y the HTTP interf ace.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-62 6 Station Stat us The S tation S tatus window show s wirele ss clien ts current ly as sociat ed with th e acces s poin t. The S tation St atus pag e di spla ys b asic conn ection inf ormat ion for all a sso ciated stations.
Status Information 6-63 6 CLI Com ma nds fo r Displa ying S tation Inform ation – T o view status of clien ts cur rentl y asso ci at ed w ith the ac ce ss p oin t, use the sho w st at ion command from t he Ex ec m ode . DUAL OUTDOOR#show station 7-81 Station Table Informati on ======================= ==================================== 802.
Sys tem C onfi gur atio n 6-64 6 Event L ogs The Eve nt Logs windo w sho ws the log m essa ges gen erat ed by th e wirele ss bridg e and st ored in m emo ry . The E ve nt Logs table disp lays the fo llowin g info rma tion: • Lo g Time: The tim e the log mes sag e was gen erat ed.
7-1 Chapter 7: Command Line Interface Using the Comm and Line Interface Accessing the CLI When access ing the manag emen t inter face for the wir eless bridge vi a a T elnet conne ction, the wire less bridge ca n be man ag ed by enter ing c omman d ke yword s and parame ters at the pro mpt.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-2 7 Entering Comma nds Th is se ct io n desc ri bes how t o ent er CL I co mman ds. Keywords and Arguments A CLI comm and is a serie s of keywor ds and ar gum ents. Keywo rds iden tify a com mand , and argu ments spec ify conf igura tion parame ters .
Enteri ng Command s 7-3 7 Int er face) . Y o u ca n al so d is pla y a l is t of va lid keyw or ds fo r a sp ec ifi c com mand . For exam ple, the co mm and “ s how ? ” displ ays a lis t of poss i.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-4 7 Understand ing Command Modes The com ma nd set is d ivided into Exec and Conf igurat ion clas ses. Exec com ma nds gener ally disp lay inf orm ation on syste m status or cl ear statist ical co unters. Configu ratio n co mman ds, on the o ther han d, m odify in terfac e param eters o r enab le certain func tions.
Enteri ng Command s 7-5 7 chang e to “Ou tdoor Bridge( if-ethe rnet)# ,” or “Ou t door Bridge(i f-wirel ess a)” i ndi cat ing tha t yo u have acce ss pri vil eges to th e assoc iat ed comm ands . Y ou can use the end command to retur n to the Exec mode.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-6 7 Command Group s The sy stem c omm ands can be br oken d own into the f unct ion al groups s how n below . The acc ess m ode sho wn in th e follow ing tables is indicate d by the se abbr evia tions: GC (Global Conf iguration) , and IC (Int erface Co nfigur ation.
General C ommands 7-7 7 General Comma nds configure This c omm and activ ates Glob al C onfi guration mo de . Y ou mus t e nter t his m ode to mod ify most of the set tings on the wireles s bri dge. Y ou must also ent er Glob al Configu ratio n mode prior t o enabli ng the cont ext modes for Inter face Co nfigur ation.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-8 7 exit This com man d retur ns to the Ex ec mod e or exits the co nfi guration p rogra m. Defaul t Setting None Command Mod e Any Example This exam ple sho ws ho w to retu.
General C ommands 7-9 7 Example reset This com man d restarts the sy stem or rest ores the facto ry defau lt setti ngs. Syntax reset < board | c onfiguratio n > • board - Rebo ots t he syst em. • co nf ig urat io n - Re sets the con figura tion se ttings t o t he f actor y def aul ts, and th en rebo ots the s ystem.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-10 7 Example In this exa mpl e, the sho w hist ory co mmand lists the conte nts of the comm and histor y buffer: show line Th is com mand displ ay s the c onsol e port ’s con fi gurat io n se ttin gs . Command Mod e Exec Example The con sole port setting s are fix ed at t he values sho wn belo w .
System Manage ment Command s 7-11 7 country This c omm and co nfigures the w ireles s bri dge’s coun try code , wh ich iden tifies the cou nt ry of op er ati o n and se t s th e aut horiz ed r adi o ch ann e ls . Syntax count ry < coun tr y_code > country_code - A t wo character code that identifies the c ountry of operation.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-12 7 Defaul t Setting US - for unit s sold in the Unite d S tate s 99 (no country se t) - for u nits sold in othe r count ries Command Mod e Exec Command Usage • If yo u purch ased an wireles s bri dge outsi de of the Unite d States , the count ry code m ust b e set be fore rad io funct ions ar e enabl ed.
System Manage ment Command s 7-13 7 Example system name This command specifies or modifies the system name for this device. Use the no form to re store t he def ault sys tem nam e. Syntax syst em n ame nam e no system name name - The name of this host.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-14 7 password After initially logging onto th e system , you shoul d set the pass word. Reme mber to reco rd it in a safe pl ace. Use the no for m to re se t th e de fa ul t pas sw or d. Syntax pa s s wo r d pa s s w or d no p assword password - Passw ord for m anagement acces s.
System Logging C ommands 7-15 7 ip ht tp ser ver This c omm and allow s t his d evic e to be mon itored or conf igured fr om a br owser . Use th e no form to disable this functio n.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-16 7 Command Mod e Globa l Config urati on Command Usage The lo gging p roce ss co ntrol s er ror m essag es save d to me mory . Y ou can u se th e logging level com ma nd to con trol the t ype of e rror me ssage s that a re stored in mem ory .
System Logging C ommands 7-17 7 Example logging l evel This com man d sets the m inimum sever ity level for event loggin g. Syntax logging lev el < Emergen cy | Alert | Critical | Error | War n i n.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-18 7 Defaul t Setting 16 Command Mod e Globa l Config urati on Command Usage The com ma nd spec ifies the facility ty pe tag sent in sys log m essag es. (S ee RFC 31 64.) T his type has no effect on the kind of m essag es reporte d by the wirele ss b ridg e.
System Clock C ommand s 7-19 7 sntp-s erver i p This com man d sets the IP address of the se rvers to which SN TP time reques t s ar e issued. Use th e this com ma nd with no argum ents to cle ar all time serve rs from th e current list. Syntax sntp-s erver ip < 1 | 2 > < ip> • 1 - First t ime server.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-20 7 Defaul t Setting Disabled Command Mod e Globa l Config urati on Command Usage The tim e acquir ed from time se rvers is used to record acc urat e date s and times fo r log even ts. Without SN TP , the wi reless bridge on ly recor ds the time starting from the fac tory d efault set at the l ast bootup (i .
System Clock C ommand s 7-21 7 sntp-s erver dayl ight- saving This com man d sets the start an d end da tes fo r dayli ght sa vings tim e. Use the no form to di sabl e dayli ght sa vings tim e.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-22 7 Example show sntp This com man d disp lays the current time a nd confi gurati on setting s for the SNTP client. Command Mod e Exec Example show system Th is comma nd displa ys basi c syst em confi gur ation sett in gs.
SNMP Command s 7-23 7 Example show version This com man d disp lays the softwar e ve rsion f or the syste m. Defaul t Setting None Command Mod e Exec Example SNMP Command s Co nt rol s ac cess to th i.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-24 7 snmp-server communit y This com man d define s the co mm unity a ccess string for the Sim ple Netw ork Man agement Protoc ol.
SNMP Command s 7-25 7 Defaul t Setting Co nt act Command Mod e Globa l Config urati on Example Related Commands snm p-ser ve r loca tio n (7-2 6) snmp-server enable server This com man d enabl es SNM P man agem ent ac cess an d also enables t his de vice to send SNMP tr aps ( i.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-26 7 no snm p-ser ver hos t • host _ip_add ress - IP of the host (the tar gete d recipien t). • host _nam e - Nam e of the hos t. (Rang e: 1-2 0 char acte rs) • community -str ing - Pa sswo rd-like c ommu nity s tring sent wi th th e notific ation op erati on.
Flash/F ile Command s 7-27 7 Example Related Commands snm p-serve r contac t (7-24) show snmp This com man d disp lays the SNMP co nfig uration se tting s. Command Mod e Exec Example Flash/File Comm ands These com man ds a re u se d to m ana ge the syst em c ode or conf igurat ion f iles.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-28 7 Defaul t Setting None Command Mod e Exec Command Usage • The file name shoul d not c onta in slas he s ( or /), the l eadi ng let ter of the fi le nam e shou ld not b e a period ( .), an d the m aximu m le ngth for file na mes is 32 c harac ters.
Flash/F ile Command s 7-29 7 copy This com man d copi es a boot f ile, co de image , or conf igurat ion file betwee n the wir eless br idge ’ s f la sh mem or y and a FTP/T FTP serv er .
Command L ine Interf ace 7-30 7 The follow ing ex ampl e shows how t o downl oad a co nfigur ation f ile: delete This com man d dele tes a file or image . Syntax delete f ilenam e filename - Name of t he configuration file or image name. Defaul t Setting None Command Mod e Exec Cauti on: Bewar e of deleting applicat ion images f rom flash memory .
RADIUS C lient 7-31 7 Command Usage File informa tion is s hown below : Example The follow ing ex ampl e shows how t o displa y all file in forma tion: RADIUS Client Remo te Authe nticat ion Dial- in .
Command L ine Interf ace 7-32 7 Defaul t Setting None Command Mod e Globa l Config urati on Example radius- server port This command s ets the RADIUS server network port. Syntax radius-serv er [ secon dary ] port < port _nu mbe r> • second ary - Sec ond ary se rv er .
RADIUS C lient 7-33 7 Example radius- server ret ransmit This c omm and se t s th e numb er o f ret ries. Syntax radius-serv er [ secon dary ] retransmi t num ber _of_ret ries • second ary - Sec ond ary se rv er . • num ber_o f_retri es - Number of t imes t he access point will tr y to auth entica te logon acce ss via th e RADI US se rver.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-34 7 show radius This com man d disp lays the curr ent setti ngs for th e RADI US server . Defaul t Setting None Command Mod e Exec Example Authentication The acc ess point suppo rts IEEE 802. 1x acc ess co ntro l for wireles s clients .
Authentication 7-35 7 802.1x This com ma nd con figu res 802. 1x as option ally suppo rted or as re quired f or wi reless client s. Use t he no form to disable 80 2.1x suppor t. Syntax 802.1x < supp orted | requi red > no 802.1x • suppor ted - Authent icate s clients that init iate th e 802.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-36 7 Example 802.1x broadc ast-key- refresh- rate This c omm and se ts the interv al at wh ich the b roadc as t ke ys a re r efresh ed f or stations usi ng 802 .1x dy namic keyin g. Syntax 802.1x br oadca st-ke y-re fresh-rat e < rate > rate - The i nterval at whi ch the access point rot ates broadcast keys.
Authentication 7-37 7 Command Mod e Globa l Config urati on Command Usage Session keys ar e uniqu e to eac h client, and are used to auth entica te a clie nt conne ction, and cor relat e traffic passing be tween a spec ific clien t and th e acces s poin t.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-38 7 Example Related Commands addre ss filte r entry (7-3 8) show aut hent ication (7-40 ) address fi lter entr y This com man d ente rs a MAC addre ss in the fi lter table. Syntax addre ss filter entry < m ac- addre ss > < allowed | den ie d > • mac -addres s - Phy si ca l addr ess o f c lie n t.
Authentication 7-39 7 Default None Command Mod e Globa l Config urati on Example Related Commands show aut hent ication (7-40 ) mac-authentic ation server This com man d sets add ress fi ltering to be perfo rmed w ith local or remo te opti ons. Us e th e no form to disa ble MA C addr ess aut hent ication .
Command L ine Interf ace 7-40 7 mac-authentic ation session-ti meout This com man d sets the in terval at which as soci ated clients will be re-au thentica ted with th e RADIUS server authe nticati on dat abase. Use th e no form to disa ble reauth entica tion.
WDS Command s 7-41 7 WDS Commands The com ma nds des cribed in this se ction ar e used to confi gure the WIre less Dis trib ut ion Sy st em ( WDS) f or war di ng t ab le. wds channel This com man d sele cts the radio band to be used f or WDS forwar ding (b ridgin g).
Command L ine Interf ace 7-42 7 Command Mod e Globa l Config urati on Command Usage • You can only conf igure on e MAC addr ess per wireles s port ID . • The wireles s MAC addr ess for eac h bridge unit is pr inted on the label on t he back of the unit.
WDS Command s 7-43 7 Example Outdoor Bridge#show wds Outdoor_Mode : MASTER ======================= =========================== Port ID | Status | Mac-Address ======================= ==================.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-44 7 Bridge Commands The com ma nds des cribed in this se ction ar e used to set the MAC addre ss table aging tim e and span ning tre e paramet ers for bo th the Ether net and wire less in te rfa c es . bridge timeout This com man d sets the aging time for both the Et hern et port and the wir eless in te rfa c e.
Bridge Command s 7-45 7 bridge st p-bridge spanni ng-tree Use this comm and t o enable t he S pann ing T ree P rotocol gl obal ly for the wi reles s bridge . Use th e no form to disable i t. Syntax bridge stp- bridge spanning-tree no bridge st p-bridge spann ing-tree Defaul t Setting S panning tree is ena bled .
Command L ine Interf ace 7-46 7 Command Usage This comma nd set s the maximu m ti me (in s eco nds) t he r oot de vice wil l wait before chan ging sta tes (i.e. , disc arding to lear ning to forwa rding) . This d elay is requir ed beca use eve ry dev ice m ust rece ive inf orma tion abo ut topol ogy chang es bef ore it starts to forw ard fr ames .
Bridge Command s 7-47 7 Defaul t Setting 20 s econd s Command Mod e Globa l Config urati on Command Usage This com ma nd se ts the ma xim um ti me ( in seco nd s) a d evice can wa it wit hout rece iving a conf igurat ion me ssage be fore at tempt ing t o reco nfigur e.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-48 7 bridge st p-port path- cost Use this comm and t o conf igure the spann ing t ree path cost for the specified port . Us e th e no form to rest ore the d efault for the sp ecifi ed port.
Bridge Command s 7-49 7 Command Usage • This comm and de fines t he prior ity for the us e of a port in t he Span ning Tree Protoco l. If the p ath cost for all por ts on a wire less bridg e are t he sam e, the por t wi th the hi ghest pr iori t y (th at is, lowe s t val ue) wil l be conf i gur ed as an active link in the spa nning tree.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-50 7 bridge st p-port spanni ng-disabl ed This com man d disabl es the S panning Tree Protoco l for the sp ecif ied inter face .
Filteri ng Command s 7-51 7 Example Filtering Comma nds The com ma nds des cribed in this se ction ar e used to contr ol acc ess to the man agem ent inter face fro m th e wirele ss inter face and filter traffic using spec ific Etherne t proto col type s.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-52 7 Command Mod e Globa l Config urati on Example filter ether net-type enable This com man d check s the Ethe rnet type on al l incomi ng and ou tgoing Ether net packets again st the pr otoc ol filtering table. Use t he no form to di s abl e this f eat ur e.
PPPoE Command s 7-53 7 Command Mod e Globa l Config urati on Command Usage Us e th e f ilter eth ernet -type ena ble comma nd t o ena bl e fi l ter in g fo r Et her net types spe cif ied in the filte ring table, or the no f ilter et hernet -type en able com mand to di sabl e all filte ring b ased on the filte ring tab le.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-54 7 ip pp poe This com man d enable s Point- to-Poi nt Proto col over Ethernet (PPPoE ) on the Etherne t interf ace. Use the no form to disable PP PoE on th e Etherne t interface .
PPPoE Command s 7-55 7 Defaul t Setting autom atic Command Mod e Inter face Co nfigur ation (E thernet ) Command Usage The IP ad dres s al location mo de depe nds o n the t ype o f s ervice prov ided by the ISP . If automatic mo de is selected, DHCP is u sed t o alloca te the IP addr esses for the P PPoE connec tion.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-56 7 pppoe l cp echo-i nterval This com mand se ts the Link Control Prot ocol (L CP) echo interval for the PPP oE tunnel . Syntax pppoe lcp ec ho-inte rval < in terv a l> inte rval - The interval between sending echo requests.
PPPoE Command s 7-57 7 Command Usage • Ech o reque sts are use d to ver ify the integr ity of the link th rough the PPPoE tunn el. Dev ices at e ither end o f the l ink ca n issue a n e cho-req ue st. D evices rece iving an e cho -reque st m ust re turn a n echo- reply.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-58 7 pppoe r emote i p This command sets the remote IP address for the PPPo E tunnel. Syntax pppoe rem ote ip < i p-addr ess> ip-address - IP address of t he remote end of t he PPPoE tunnel.
PPPoE Command s 7-59 7 Related Commands pppoe passw ord (7-59) pppoe passwor d This com man d sets the passwo rd for the PPP oE tunn el. Syntax pppoe password < string> string - Password assigned by the service provider .
Command L ine Interf ace 7-60 7 Example pppoe r estart This com man d restarts the PPP oE conne ction w ith up dated param eters . Command Mod e Interfa ce Co nfigur ation (E thernet ) Command Usage This c ommand restarts PPPo E service using the mo st recently c onfigured pa ra m e t e rs .
Ethernet Inte rface Command s 7-61 7 Ethernet Interfac e Commands The com ma nds des cribed in this se ction co nfigur e conn ecti on paramet ers for the Etherne t interface . inter face et hernet This com man d ente rs Ether net inter face c onfigu ration mode.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-62 7 Command Mod e Globa l Config urati on Command Usage The prim ary and secon dary name se rver s are qu eried in seq uen ce.
Ethernet Inte rface Command s 7-63 7 Example Related Commands ip dhcp (7 -63) ip dh cp This com man d sets the IP address f or the cur rentl y select ed VLAN in terfa ce.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-64 7 shutdown This com man d disabl es the Eth erne t interfa ce. T o restart a disa bled interfac e, use th e no form. Syntax sh ut dow n no shut down Defaul t Setting Inte.
Wireless Inte rface Command s 7-65 7 Example Wireless Interfa ce Commands The com ma nds des cribed in this se ction co nfigur e conn ecti on paramet ers for the wir eless i n ter fa ce. Outdoor Bridge#show int erface ethernet Ethernet Interface Info rmation ======================= ================= IP Address : 1 92.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-66 7 inter face wir eless This com man d enters wireles s inter face conf igurat ion mo de. Syntax in terf ac e wireless a • a - 802.
Wireless Inte rface Command s 7-67 7 Command Mod e Inter face Co nfigur ation (Wi reles s) Example ssid This c omm and conf igures the servi ce s et identifie r (SSI D). Syntax ssid < strin g> string - The nam e of a basic service set supported by the access point.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-68 7 Command Usage When closed system i s enabled, t he access point will not in clude its SSID in beaco n mes sages. Nor w ill it respo nd to probe reque sts from clien ts that do not includ e a fixed SS ID.
Wireless Inte rface Command s 7-69 7 Command Mod e Inter face Co nfigur ation (Wi reles s) Command Usage The ava ilable cha nne l settin gs are limi ted by local regu lation s, whi ch dete rmine the numb er of ch annels t hat are ava ila ble.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-70 7 Defaul t Setting 100 Command Mod e Interfa ce Co nfigur ation (Wi reles s) Command Usage Th e beac on sign al s all ow remot e bridg es t o ma int ain co nt act wi th the loc al wirele ss b ridg e. T hey ma y also car ry p ower- man agem ent i nform ation.
Wireless Inte rface Command s 7-71 7 fragmentati on-lengt h This c omm and co nfigures the mi nimu m pac ket size that can be frag mented w hen passing th rough the wirel ess br idge. Syntax fragm entati on- length < length> length - Minimum p acket size for which f ragmentation is al lowed.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-72 7 Command Usage • If th e thresh old is set to 0, the wire less bridge nev er sen ds RTS signals . If set to 234 7, the w ireless bridg e alway s sends RTS sign als.
Wireless Inte rface Command s 7-73 7 max-associati on This com man d conf igures the ma ximum num ber of cl ients that ca n be asso ciat ed with the acces s poin t at the sa me time. Syntax max -asso ciatio n < count> count - M aximum number of associate d stations.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-74 7 encrypt ion This com man d define s whet her WE P or AES enc ryptio n is used t o provide privacy for wir eless com mu nica tions.
Wireless Inte rface Command s 7-75 7 Example Related Commands key (7 -7 5) key This co mm and se ts the ke ys used f or WE P an d A ES enc ryptio n. Us e the no fo rm to del ete a conf igur ed key .
Command L ine Interf ace 7-76 7 • If AE S i s e na bl ed, ea ch w ir eless brid ge l ink i n the n et wor k must be config ured to us e the sa me AES key • The AES key typ e valu e entere d using the key comm and m ust be the sa me as the ty pe spec ified in t he encr yption co mm and.
Wireless Inte rface Command s 7-77 7 Defaul t Setting WEP Command Mod e Inter face Co nfigur ation (Wi reles s) Command Usage • W PA enabl es the ac ces s point to suppor t differ ent un icast en cryp tion key s for each client . Howev er, the gl obal encrypt ion k ey for mu lticast and broa dcast traf fic mu st be the s ame for all clients .
Command L ine Interf ace 7-78 7 • suppor ted - Suppo rt clients w ith or without WPA. Defaul t Setting Su ppor ted Command Mod e Interfa ce Co nfigur ation (Wi reles s) Command Usage Wi-Fi Prote cted Acce ss (WP A) pr ovides im prov ed d ata enc rypti on, w hich w as weak in WEP , an d user authen ticat ion, whi ch was la rgely m issin g in WEP .
Wireless Inte rface Command s 7-79 7 Command Mod e Inter face Co nfigur ation (Wi reles s) Command Usage • W hen th e WPA m ode is set to “dynam ic ,” client s are au thentica ted us ing 802.1x via a RAD IUS s erve r. Each clie nt has t o be W PA -enab led o r sup port 802.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-80 7 Example Related Commands wpa- clients ( 7-77) wpa-mo de (7-78) wpa-psk -type This com man d define s the W i-Fi Protec ted Acc ess (W P A) preshar ed-k ey typ e. Syntax wp a -p sk-ty pe < t ype> type - Input format.
Wireless Inte rface Command s 7-81 7 show interf ace wireless This com man d disp lays the status for the wire less int erface . Syntax show inter face wir eless a • a - 802.11 a radio i nterfa ce. Command Mod e Exec Example show station Th is co mma nd sho ws t he wi re le ss cl ie nt s assoc ia ted wi th th e acce ss poin t.
Command L ine Interf ace 7-82 7 Example IAPP Commands The com ma nd desc ribed i n this sec tion ena bles the prot ocol sig naling require d to ensur e the succ es sful han dover of wirel ess clie nts roamin g betwe en differe nt 802. 1 1f -comp liant a ccess points.
VLAN Command s 7-83 7 Example VLAN Commands The wirel ess brid ge can en able the suppor t of VLAN -tagged traffic passin g betwe en the wire less inte rfac e and th e wired net work .
Command L ine Interf ace 7-84 7 Example Related Commands native -vlani d (7-84) nativ e-vlanid Th is com mand confi gures the na ti ve VLA N I D f or t he wir eles s br idge.
A-1 App end ix A: Trou ble sho oting Check t he foll owing items befor e you co ntact loca l T echnica l Suppo rt. 1. I f wir el ess brid ge u ni t s d o not a ss oci ate wi th eac h othe r , chec k t.
T r oubleshooti ng A-2 A 5. If yo u forgot or lost the passwor d: • Con tact Technic al Supp ort..
B-1 Appendix B: Specifications General Speci fications Maxim um Channels 802.1 1a: US & Ca na da: 8 (n or mal mo de) , 3 (t urbo mode ) Jap an: 4 ( nor mal mo de) , 1 ( t urbo mode) ETSI: 1 1 chann els (nor mal m ode), 4 (tu rbo m ode) T a iwan: 8 (norm al mode ), 3 (turbo mode) 802.
Specifications B-2 B 802.1 1b/g : 2.4 ~ 2.48 35 GHz (US, Can ada, ETSI) 2.4 ~ 2.49 7 GHz (Japan) 2.400 ~ 2. 4835 G Hz (T aiwan) P owe r Injector Input: 100 -240 V AC , 47 -63 Hz, 1. 5 A Output: 4 8 VDC, 1.2 A Bridge Power (DC) Inpu t voltage: 48 v olts, 1.
Antenna Spe cifications B-3 B Antenna Specifi cations 17 dBi Integr ated Panel Freque ncy ra nge 5.150 - 5. 850 GH z Gain 17 d Bi VSWR 1.8 : 1 m ax Po l a r i z a t i o n Linear , vertica l/horiz onta.
Specifications B-4 B 8 dBi Omnidirect ional (2.4 GHz) Freque ncy ra nge 2.400 - 2. 500 GH z Gain 8 dBi VSWR 2.0 : 1 m ax Po l a r i z a t i o n Linear , vertica l HPBW Ho riz o nt al: 3 60° Ve r t i c a l : 1 5 ° Do wntilt 0° P ower Hand ling 50 W (c w) Imped ance 50 Oh ms Connector N type, ma le Tu r bo M o d e BPS K (12 Mbp s) 20 -88 14.
Antenna Spe cifications B-5 B Radome Mater ial: Fiber gla ss Color: Gray- white En vir onme ntal Surviv al Wi nd S peed : 21 6 km /hr T e mper ature: -40 °C t o 80 °C Humidi ty: 95% @ 25 °C Mec hanic al Dimens ions : 460 x 19 mm (diam ete r) Weight: 2 00 g 8 dBi Omnidirect ional (5 GHz) Freque ncy ra nge 5.
Specifications B-6 B Do wntilt 0° P ower Hand ling 5 W (cw ) Imped ance 50 Oh ms Connector N type, fe male Radome Mater ial: Fiber gla ss Color: Gray- white En vir onme ntal Surviv al Wi nd S peed : .
Antenna Spe cifications B-7 B 13.5 dBi 120-Deg ree Sector Freque ncy ra nge 5.150 - 5. 875 GH z Gain 13 .5 d Bi VSWR 2.0 : 1 m ax Po l a r i z a t i o n Linear , vertica l HPBW Ho riz o nt al: 1 20° .
Specifications B-8 B Mec hanic al Dimens ions : 620 x 88 x 70 mm Weight: 5 90 g 16.5 dBi 60-Degr ee Sector Freque ncy ra nge 5.150 - 5. 875 GH z Gain 16 .5 d Bi VSWR 2.0 : 1 m ax Po l a r i z a t i o n Linear , vertica l 13.5 dBi 1 20- Degree Secto r A ntenna Link Bud get (5.
Antenna Spe cifications B-9 B HPBW Ho riz o nt al: 6 0° Ve r t i c a l : 6 ° Do wntilt 0° P ower Hand ling 5 W (cw ) Imped ance 50 Oh ms Connector N type, fe male Radome Materia l: A BS Color: Gray.
Specifications B-10 B 23 dBi High-Gai n Panel Freque ncy ra nge 5.725 - 5. 875 GH z Gain 23 d Bi VSWR 1.5 : 1 m ax Po l a r i z a t i o n Linear , vertica l/horiz ontal HPBW Ho riz o nt al: 9 ° Ve r .
Antenna Spe cifications B-11 B En vir onme ntal Surviv al Wi nd S peed : 21 6 km /hr T e mper ature: -40 °C t o 80 °C Humidi ty: 95% @ 25 °C Mec hanic al Dimens ions : 360 x 36 0 x 16 mm W ei gh t: 1.
Specifications B-12 B.
C-1 App endix C: Cables and Pi nouts Twisted-Pair Ca ble Assignments Cauti on: DO NOT plug a phone jack connector int o a power injector RJ-45 por t. Use only twisted-pair cables with RJ-45 connectors that conform with FCC standards. For 1 0/100BAS E-T X conn ection s, a t wisted -pair cab le mus t ha ve two pairs of wires.
Cables an d Pinouts C-2 C 10/100BASE-TX Pin Assignments Use unshield ed twisted-p air (UTP) or shie lded twisted -pair (STP) cable for RJ-4 5 conne ctions : 100- ohm Catego ry 3 or be tter ca ble for 1 0 Mbps connec tio ns, or 100-o hm Ca tego ry 5 or be tter ca ble f or 10 0 Mbps co nnecti ons.
8-Pin DIN Connecto r Pinout C-3 C conne cting su pp orts automa tic MD I/M DI-X op eratio n, you can use e ither “straig ht-thr ough” or “cros sover” c able. 8-Pin DIN Conne ctor Pinout Th e Et hernet cabl e f r om th e po wer inje ct or con nect s to a n 8-pi n DIN co nne c tor on t he w ir el ess brid ge.
Cables an d Pinouts C-4 C 8-Pin DIN to RJ-4 5 Cable Wiring To c onstruct an ex tende d Etherne t cable to conn ect from the pow er inj ector ’ s RJ-4 5 Out put por t to t he w ir eless brid ge’ s 8-p in DIN co nnect or , fo ll ow the wir ing di agra m below .
Gl ossa ry -1 Glossa ry 10BASE-T IEEE 80 2.3 speci ficati on for 10 M bps Etherne t over two pairs of Cat egory 3 or be tter UTP cabl e. 100BASE-T X IEEE 80 2.3u spec ifica tion for 10 0 Mbps Fast Ethe rnet over two pairs of Categ ory 5 or be tter U TP ca bl e.
Glossary Glossa ry-2 of autom atic allocati on of reus able networ k addr esses and addi tiona l confi guration option s. Encrypti on Data passing be twe en the access point an d clients ca n use en crypt ion to pr otect from int erce ption an d evesd roppin g.
Gl ossa ry -3 Glossa ry RTS Threshold T r ansm itters conte nding fo r the med ium m ay not be aware of each other . RTS/CT S mec hanism can sol ve this “H idde n Node P roblem .” If the pack et size is sm aller tha n the pres et RTS Threshol d size, the R TS/C TS mecha nism w ill NOT be enabled.
Glossary Glossa ry-4.
Index-1 A Advan ced E ncryp tion Stand ard See AES AE S 6-56 conf iguring 6 -46 AES, configuring 6-44, 7-74 authent ica tion 6- 11, 7-73 conf iguring 6-11, 7-7 3 MAC ad dress 6-11 , 7-37 , 7-38 t ype .
Index-2 Index H har dware v ersi on, di splayi ng 7-23 I I APP 7- 82 IEEE 80 2.11a 1-1, 6-37, 7-66 conf iguring i nterfa ce 6-38, 7-66 max imum data rate 6-39, 7- 68 radio ch annel 6-39 , 7-68 IEEE 80 2.11b 6-37 IEEE 80 2.11f 7 -82 IEEE 80 2.11g 6-37 conf iguring i nterfa ce 6-42 max imum data rate 6-43, 7- 68 radio ch annel 6-42 , 7-68 IEEE 80 2.
Index-3 Index shar ed key 5-7, 6-45 , 6-52 , 7-75 Simple Netwo rk M anag eme nt Proto col See SNMP Sim pl e Netw or k Ti me Pr otoco l See SNTP SNM P 6-19 , 7-23 com munity na me 6-19, 7- 24 com munit.
Index-4 Index.
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