Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product sB3415-02 SmartBridges
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Copy ri ght © s m a rtBri dges Pt e Ltd. A l l Rights Reserv ed. u n w i r i n g o u r w o r l d TM airClien t™ TOTAL 241 Series sB3415-01 / sB3415-02 / sB3415-03 User Guide Version 2.
Page 2 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide CONTENTS ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT .......................................................................................................... 4 Overview of User Guide ..........
Page 3 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 5.8. F IRMWAR E U PGRADE .................................................................................................... 66 5.9. P RODUCT L ICENSE K EY ............. .
Page 4 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Congratulations on your pu rchase of sB product Your airClient™ TOTAL 241 unit is designed so that you ca n set it up easily and be on your way to get unwired. Important: Read all user instructions carefully before you use your device.
Page 5 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Chapter 5: • The site survey tool • The s ystem configuratio n tools • Backup/restore features • Firmware upgrade steps • Using the License Key feature for bandwidth upgrade on the unit.
Page 6 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 1. Introduction This user manual will guide you through initial site prepar ation, installati on, configuration, and troubleshooting of t he airClient TOTAL 241 [sB3415] unit.
Page 7 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 1.2. Checklists Deployment time, link-up time and support time can be improved by adopting proper site survey analysis, link planning, pre-installation tests, and web-GUI fam iliarization.
Page 8 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide No Para met ers Units Site A Site B 18 Length of e xternal cable c onnecting Radio a nd antenna Feet/m eters 19 Fade Margin ta ken into account for link budgeti ng Ideal ly between 15 to 20 dB 20 Model of smartBridges airCl ient TOTAL equipment se lected for a link.
Page 9 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Post-Installation Checkli st for airClient TOTAL Organization Name/Site Name Addr ess City State Zip Code Telephone N um.
Page 10 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Chec klist No Parameters Units Site A Site B 1 Chec k the crimpin g of the Et hernet ca ble at both the ends Yes /N o 2.
Page 11 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 2. airClient TO T AL Configuration The airClient TOTAL sB3415-01 and sB3415-02 can w ork in either Router or NAT mode. The airClient TOTAL sB3415-03 can work in one of the three modes: Bridge, Router or NAT.
Page 12 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-2 airClient TOTAL Lice nse Agreement Page.
Page 13 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-3 airClient TOTAL Summary Information Page.
Page 14 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide The descriptions of the fields in the Summary Information page ar e provi ded i n the t able (Ta ble 2-1 ) below: Table.
Page 15 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 2.2. Web GUI Administrator Us er Name and P assword Change The default administrator user name for th e airClient TOTAL 3415 is adminis trator and administ rator password is smartBridges (please n ote that this is case sen sitive).
Page 16 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 2.3. Using the Conf iguration Pages The airClie nt TOTAL co nfiguration system co mprises sever al pag es for config uring each paramete r. A common navigation menu bar is provided at the top of each page for ea sy navigation as shown in the figure below (Figure 2-5).
Page 17 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Menu Item Menu Sub-items Description Wireless Statisti cs Displays traffic s tatistics on the Wirele ss side Ass ociat ion St atus Shows the status of the association and the MA C of th e AP ass o c i at ed wi t h.
Page 18 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Menu Item Menu Sub-items Description Note : By default, the Security mode is Disabled. AES sec urity mod e is only ava ilable in 3415-03 model . System Configuration Allows user to sw itch the operation mode between Bridge (sB3415 -03 Only), Router o r NAT mode .
Page 19 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Menu Item Menu Sub-items Description Technical Support Information on Technical Support User Guide – Online Link to online user guide Product Registration and Feedback Allo ws user t o regis ter prod uct and provide feedback or suggestions.
Page 20 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 2.4. Device Mode Configuration The device operational mode is displayed a t the top right hand corner of each page.
Page 21 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 2.5. Changing from NAT to Router Mode The default configuration of the airClient TOTAL is in the NAT mode. Follow the steps below to change th e airClient TOTAL from the default NAT mode to Router mode: 1.
Page 22 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 2.6. Changing from Ro uter to NAT Mode Follow the steps below to change the airClient TOTAL from Router Mode to NAT Mode : 1. From the navigation me nu bar, click on Tools | System Configura tion .
Page 23 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 3. Click on Save to conver t the unit to Bridge mode. 4. The Bridge Mode on sB3415 can be configured to operate in WDS and non-WDS modes. For all the different modes configuratio n in Bridge Mode, refer to Section 2.
Page 24 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-10 Changing Br idge Mode to Router (or NAT) Mode ( sB3415-03 Only).
Page 25 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 2.9. airClient TOTAL Bridge Configuration (sB 3415-03 only) This section is only valid for the sB3415-03 model. The sB3415-03 can be configured in b oth WDS and non-WDS mo des, while in Bridge Mode.
Page 26 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-11 airClient TOTAL WDS Bridge M ode Configuration (sB34 15-03 Only) LAN Settings This section outlines the procedures for changing the IP settings for bridge mode – 1.
Page 27 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-12 airClient TOTAL Bridge LAN Settings (sB3415-03 Only) Radio Settings Follow the steps below to config ure the Radio parame ters in the airClient TOTAL WD S Bridge Mode : 1.
Page 28 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-13 airClient TO TAL WDS Bridge Radio Settings (s B3415-03 Only) Figure 2-14a airClient TOTAL Su mmary Informat.
Page 29 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 2.9. 2. Client Bridge Mode (Non-WDS) The sB3415-03 can also be configured to operate in the non-WDS Bridge Mode. It is said to be operating in the Client Bridge mode in this configuration.
Page 30 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-15 airClient TOTAL Non-Trans parent bridging Configuration (sB3415-03 Only) LAN Settings This section outlines the procedures for changing the IP setting s for bridge mode.
Page 31 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-16 airClient TOTAL Bridge LAN Settings (sB3415-03 Only) Radio Settings Follow the steps below to configure the Radio param eters in the airClient TOTAL Bridge Mode, for Non- Transparent bridging : 1.
Page 32 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-17 airClient TOTAL Bridge Ra dio Settings – Non-Transparent bridging (sB3415- 03 Only) Note : In non-transpa.
Page 33 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-18 airClient TOTAL Transpare nt Bridging Configuration (sB3415-03 Only) LAN Settings This section outlines the procedures for changing the IP setting s for bridge mode.
Page 34 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-19 airClient TOTAL Bridge LAN Settings (sB3415-03 Only) Radio Settings Follow the steps below to configure the Radio para meters in the airClient TOTAL Bridge Mode, for Transparent bridging : 1.
Page 35 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-20 airClient TOTAL Bridge Radio Settings – Transparent bridging (sB3415-03 Only) Note : In Tr anspare nt bri.
Page 36 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 2.10. airClient TOTAL Rout er / NAT Configuration This section covers the procedures for configuring v arious parameters in the Router and NAT modes. 2.10.1. LAN Settings The LAN and the WLAN settings are ma intained in two different subnets.
Page 37 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 2.10.2. WLAN Settings The wi reless parame ters ne ed to be co nfigur ed to all ow the ai rClie nt TOTAL u nit to ass ociat e with an airPoint™ Nexus device or any other third party wireless access point.
Page 38 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2.23 airClient TOTAL Router/NAT WLAN Se ttings – Dynamic WLAN Connection For the airClie nt TOTAL d evice to a.
Page 39 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Follo w the st eps bel ow to conf igur e the air Client TOTAL Ro uter/N AT Mode wireles s ass ociat ion parameters: 1. From the navigation menu bar, click on Radio | Wireless Sett ings to set the S SID and w ireless mode (802.
Page 40 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-24 airClient TOTAL Route r Wireless Settings Figure 2-25a airClient TOTAL Summary Information page.
Page 41 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-25b airClient TOTA L Wireless Associat ion Status Figure 2-25c airClient TOTAL Association Sta tus Graph Noise Floor is the measurement of the signal created from the sum of all the no ise sources and unwanted sign a ls wit hin a m easur ement s ystem .
Page 42 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 2.10.3. DHCP Configurations The airClient TOTAL unit can be used as a DHCP server. DHCP ( Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) allows a host to be a utomatically assigned a n ew IP address out of a pool of preconfig ured IP addresses for the network.
Page 43 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-26 airClient TOTAL DHCP Server Configurations Figure 2-27 airClient TOTAL DHCP List Follow the steps below to disable the airClient TOTAL Rout er/NAT DHCP server : 1.
Page 44 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-28 D isable DHCP and DHCP Relay 2.10.4. DHCP Relay Configuration If the user has a DHCP Server, the airClient TOTAL Router can be configured as a DHCP Relay agent of the DHCP Serve r for IP address assignm ent.
Page 45 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 2.10.5. IP/Port Forwarding IP/Port forwarding (also referred to as Virtual Server in this d ocument) allow s the user to define the po rt mapping between the local area network and the public network.
Page 46 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-31 IP/Port Forwarding Table Entries on Summary Page Follow the steps be low to edit or delete a po rt forwarding entry in the airClient TOTAL operating in NAT Mode.
Page 47 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Adding and deleting static routes is allowed in the Router Mode of the airClient TOTAL . Follow the steps below to add a static route entry in the airClient TOTAL operating in the Router Mode.
Page 48 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Follow the steps below to edit or delete a static rout e entry in the airClient TOTAL operating in the Router Mode. 1. Click on Networking | Routing Table from the menu bar to access the view routing tab le page.
Page 49 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 2.11. Security This section allows you to configure wireless encryption to prevent unauthorized parties from accessing the network. The security options on the airClient TOTAL are as follows: 1.
Page 50 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 2-36 airClient TOTAL Security - Open System/Shared Key Conf iguration Table 2-3 Security Settings for Open Sy st.
Page 51 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 1. Click on Radio | Security from the main menu. A screen as shown in the fig ure below will appear for the WPA-PSK settings. 2. Select the Authentication Type as WPA-PSK fro m the dr op down menu.
Page 52 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 3. Wireless Settings and Bandw id th Controller 3.1. Wireless Settings The Wi reles s Setti ngs can be acces sed fr om the Radio | Wireless Settings in the navigation menu bar.
Page 53 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Page Items Desc riptions 03 only) For Router/NAT modes or Client Bridge Mo de (3415-03 only), this MAC addre ss needs to be set to 00:00:00:00:00:00 Wire le ss M ode This is the radio operating mode of the client.
Page 54 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 3.2. Bandwidth Control Using the Bandwidth Controller, the user can limit the wireless link bandwidth speed. The maximum allowable bandwidth is up to 512Kbps in sB3415-01, 1 Mbps in 3415-02 and 3 Mbps in 3415-03.
Page 55 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 3-3 airClient TOTAL Bandwidth Control (sB3415-03).
Page 56 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 3.2.2. Ethernet Bandwidth Control (sB3415-03 only) Note: This section is only applicable for sB3415-03. sB3415-03 allows you to limit the amount of bandw idth for each device connected on the Ethernet side, to allow for proper sharing of the bandwidth.
Page 57 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Follow the steps be low to control the Ban dwidth parameters on the Ethernet side, b ased on MAC address: 1. From the navigation menu bar, click on Networking | Bandw idth Control .
Page 58 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 1. Click on Netw orking | Bandwidth Control from the m enu bar to acces s the Band width Contro l page, as shown below for MAC based Ethernet BWC in Fig 3-6. 2. In the Ethernet Bandwidth C ontrol Settings, click on the Edit co rresponding to the row you w ish to edit.
Page 59 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 4. T raffic S t atistics Wireless Statistic s can b e displ ayed by clicking on Networking | Wireless Stat istics from the navigation menu. The following figure shows the statistics page.
Page 60 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 5. T ools In this section, you w ill find relevant in formation for changing the o perating mode of the d evice, saving the configuration, restoring to factory defaults and upgrading the firmware.
Page 61 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide The following table summarizes the inform ation for the System Configuration page. Table 5-1 System Configuration Page Items 5.2. SNTP Setting The device time comes fro m the network time informatio n source.
Page 62 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 5.3. Site Survey From the navigation menu bar, click on Tools | Site Survey to access the Site S urvey page. A screen, similar to the one below, would show all the standards-based wireless devices operating in the area.
Page 63 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 5.4. System Admin This menu option allows the user to change the User Name and/or password to access the unit. Refer to chapter 2.2 to change the user name and/or administrator p assword.
Page 64 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 5.6. SNMP Configuration The user can enable or disable the SNMP configuration using this tool. Follow the steps below to change the SN MP settings: 1. Click on Tools | SNMP Co nfiguration to access the SNMP Con figuration page, as shown below in Fig 5-5.
Page 65 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 5.7. Backup/Restore Settings The Backup/Restore page backs up good configuration settings of the system . This can be used to restore the unit in case of any undesired circumstances.
Page 66 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 5.8. Firmware Upgrade The airClient TOTAL unit firmware can be upgraded from the web management interface. The latest firmware for airClient TOTAL is a vailable for download from the smartBridges support website at http://www.
Page 67 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Figure 5-8 airClient TOTAL Firmware Upgrade Figure 5-9 airClient TOTAL Successful Firmware Upgrade message.
Page 68 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 5.9. Product License Key This feature is used to enhance/upgrade the default bandwidth on th e airClient TOTAL units, and to convert the models between sB3415-01, sB3415-02 and sB3415-03.
Page 69 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 5.10. Link Budget Planning Link Budget Planning is a very useful tool for link budget estimation. A GPS Calculator is provided in the Link Budget Planning Calculator page to calculate the distance between an airClient TOTAL unit and an access poin t.
Page 70 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 5. Click the Compute Link B udget button to calculate the link budget information. 6. The link budget information will be displayed as shown below in Fig 5-12 . The link budget information include s the EIRP, Free Space Loss and Theoretical RSSI.
Page 71 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 5.11. System Log sB3415 allows the System logs to be created locally or remotely on the PC conne cted to the unit. Local logging is persistent across resets of the 3415-01/02/03 units.
Page 72 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide To refresh or cle ar the Syslo g entries logg ed loca lly on the de vice, follow the ste ps below : 1. Select Tools | Syst em Log from the Na vigation menu bar. The System Log web page will appe ar as shown above in Fig 5-13.
Page 73 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide 5.12. Reboot The device wo uld need to be rebooted in case any changes are to be made to the syste m, or a new firmware is download ed. Click o n Tools | Reboot to r eboot the unit.
Page 74 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide Appendix A – Some usef ul terms and definitions Acronyms and Abbrev iations MAC Media Access Control RSSI Receive Sig.
Page 75 of 75 intelligent wireless platform airCli ent™ TOTAL 3415 User G uide COFDM COFDM involves modulating the data onto a large number of carriers using the OFDM te chnique.
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