EXS 5001 Wireless NODE, Technician Manual

Page 1: ...eXS 5001 Wireless NODE Version A Technician Manual Revision A 2 1 November 2005 ...

Page 2: ...dvanced 18 Wireless Setting for the Access Point 19 Wireless Setting for the Mesh Network 19 Network Settings for the NODE 20 Network Settings for the Ethernet port 21 WDS 23 Traffic control 24 Backup 25 Restore 26 Restoring from Factory Defaults 27 Restoring from Last Committed Changes 28 Restoring from a Local File 28 Software Update 31 Using the Update Feature 31 Uploading via Web Browser 32 Do...

Page 3: ...40 Maximum Output Power Settings United States 41 Receiver Sensitivity 42 APPENDIX USER INFORMATION 43 Professional Installation 43 Operation 43 Interference 43 Radiation Exposure 44 APPENDIX FCC RULES 45 Part 15 203 Antenna Requirement 45 Part 15 407 Technical Requirements UNII 45 Part 15 407 RF Transmission Auto control 46 ...

Page 4: ...b g access is performed through the setup tab while the mesh network configuration is done through the Advanced tab It is important to remember to configure the mesh network after configuring the access Notation Prompts and dialog scripts are shown in normal type Technician typed inputs and names of tabs are shown in italics This manual follows industry practice of referring to this professional p...

Page 5: ...Netscape from any wired or wireless station on the local area network Using the https protocol enter https single_board_computer_IP_address as the location The default address is https 192 168 100 1 At which point you will be see the security alert below Figure 1 Click the Yes button to access the NODE You will be prompted then to type your username and password ...

Page 6: ...henticated to access the web configuration manager application the Top page is displayed as shown in Figure 3 Warning there are web sites on the Internet that contain factory passwords for thousands of products Be sure to set a unique Username and Password for each major network It is good practice to change these whenever there is a change in personnel ...

Page 7: ...lues displayed on the Top page are from the NODE configuration data stored the last time the configuration was saved When the NODE is first booted the data on the Top page reflects the values of the configuration data under which the unit is currently operating For example in the previous figure showing a sample Top page the current mode of operation is a Gateway Status The Status main menu item d...

Page 8: ...lays the System Log file You can click on the System Details button which results in displaying the output of various system commands to provide a more detailed summary of the overall system The Current System Time in the NODE will reset itself at every power up cycle to 1 January 2000 at 00 00 00 hours ...

Page 9: ...h Manual 9 Figure 5 Setup The Setup main menu item is for setting the mode of operation for the NODE Two operating modes are available through the pull down menu gateway and Repeater as shown in the following figure ...

Page 10: ...red as a Repeater This configuration is the most common for a mesh NODE The following subsections will show what web pages are displayed to configure the NODE for a repeater mode of operation IP Addresses and General Network Setup In the repeater mode the wireless Access and the LAN port are serviced by a DHCP server The next few screens cover the configuration of the network parameters for these ...

Page 11: ...eXS 5001A Tech Manual 11 Figure 7 The following screen will ask you to enter the DNS server IP addresses ...

Page 12: ...eXS 5001A Tech Manual 12 Figure 8 Once those parameters are configured the next screen allows the user to configure the DHCP server details such as the IP range and lease time duration ...

Page 13: ...ess features on the NODE the available options would be to configure the ESSID and the wireless security Enter the desired SSID The SSID is case sensitive The SSID on the Access side is visible to client software that scans for available wireless networks unless that broadcast ID feature is disabled see below ...

Page 14: ...s feature is enabled the SSID field of beacon frames will be empty This feature helps to prevent associations from stations that do not know the NODE s Access SSID default EXS_AP_DEFAULT We recommend hiding the SSID beacon The last security feature is whether you want to discard broadcast SSID probe requests If this feature is enabled the NODE will not send responses to broadcast SSID probe reques...

Page 15: ...d the key click the Next button to continue MAC Address Authentication This part of the setup is for MAC address authentication You can further restrict which stations are allowed to join the wireless LAN via MAC address authentication When an access point receives an authentication request it will check its Access Control List ACL for the client MAC address Depending on the authentication mode th...

Page 16: ...from any MAC address not in the access control list are ignored deny only those MACs in the access list _ by choosing this mode the access point will deny authentication requests from MAC addresses in the access control list Authentication requests from any MAC address NOT in the access control list are processed deny all _ all authentication requests are denied The access control list is ignored ...

Page 17: ...lowing the setup for Repeater capability is the channel setup The following figure shows the setup page for selecting the channel in which the wireless LAN device should operate The channel selection is a drop down menu and only one channel may be selected as shown in the next figure Click the Next button to proceed to the next setup page In many countries the preferred channels are 1 6 11 So many...

Page 18: ...wait a minute or so until after the NODE has completely rebooted Once the reboot sequence has completed you may access the web configuration again by clicking the Go to Top button as shown in the next figure Figure 14 Advanced The Advanced main menu item provides access to all of the NODE configuration variables This tab does not contain the configuration wizard of the setup tab so changes to one ...

Page 19: ...can configure the Access Point features in the NODE The Wireless Access SSID rates Radio specifications channel assignment power levels and wireless security WEP 64 128 WPA PSK Broadcast ESSID and MAC address authentication are set Wireless Setting for the Mesh Network In this tab the user can configure the Mesh Network features in the NODE The Mesh SSID rates Radio specifications channel assignme...

Page 20: ...eXS 5001A Tech Manual 20 Figure 16 Network Settings for the NODE In this tab the user can configure the DNS DHCP parameters for the NODE ...

Page 21: ...ernet LAN port to act as a WAN interface and communicate correctly with the distribution system This tab allows the user to configure the port to act as a DHCP in case there is a DHCP server on the LAN or to be configured with a Static IP address NOTE in the repeater mode the Ethernet port will act as a DHCP server and assign IP addresses to clients ...

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Page 23: ...automatically generated links will refreshed and updated according to the mesh status To configure a WDS Wireless Distribution System link enter the MAC address of the 802 11a radio on the remote NODE in the Link field NOTE for a WDS link to be active the configuration must be done on the NODEs on each end of the link and the wireless mesh settings on each NODE must be configured with the same sec...

Page 24: ...ll only affect the wireless interface in the Gateway mode The mesh will not be affected by the traffic control setting If VoIP is going to be implemented on the mesh it is not recommended to specify anything less than 90 kbps for the traffic control There are 3 levels of service possible Gold Silver and Bronze Each level average rate and maximum burst rate are settable It is not advisable to set t...

Page 25: ...ny easy way to retrieve the last committed configuration settings from the single NODE namely the config file This file is saved as a Linux tar formatted file and you can save this file on your local PC in the same manner as you save files from other URL s using your web browser ...

Page 26: ...ore main menu item provides a way for you to restore the set of configuration variables on the NODE There are three sources from which you can restore the variables namely from the factory default settings from the last committed changes or from a file ...

Page 27: ...guration data variables from a file that was previously saved using the Backup feature of the web configuration manager application Select an option by clicking the appropriate button The following subsections walk you through the Restore procedure of each Restoring from Factory Defaults After you click the Factory Defaults button the factory defaults settings are written to the temporary configur...

Page 28: ...ton the following web page is displayed prompting you to choose the method for the NODE to use to retrieve the configuration data file The file should be a backup file of the configuration data saved using the Backup feature You can upload the file via your web browser on our local PC or you can download the file via the http or ftp protocol Figure 24 1 Uploading via Web Browser When prompted for ...

Page 29: ... the file will be copied You will be prompted to commit your changes to make them permanent After you commit your changes you will be prompted to reboot the single board computer 2 Downloading via the http or ftp Protocol When prompted for the name of the file to download enter the URL for the file using either the http or ftp protocol as shown in the following examples and web page Syntax http us...

Page 30: ...The IP address 192 168 100 9 is the IP address of the PC The remainder of the line is the full directory path and filename for the backup configuration data file NOTE In order for the NODE to use the FTP protocol to download the file from the PC the PC must have an FTP server running Figure 26 If the file is successfully downloaded the page to validate the downloaded configuration data file is dis...

Page 31: ...emotely update all the NODE The first page of the software update feature is shown in the following figure Figure 27 Using the Update Feature The software update feature is accessed through the Software Update tab on the main menu of the web management application After logging into the web management application and clicking the Software Update tab the following web page is displayed You can uplo...

Page 32: ...s displayed When the update file is acquired successfully you will be asked to validate the file press the Validate and Update button to proceed with the software update validation and update process After clicking on the Validate and Update button the validation process checks the integrity of the uploaded binary image by verifying the checksum of the image If the binary image is a valid image th...

Page 33: ... the FTP protocol to download the swupdate img from the PC it must have an FTP server running After you have entered the URL using the either the HTTP or FTP protocol click the Download File button The download will take a minute or so before the next page in the software update process is displayed The following page will be displayed after a successful download As the above page indicates the up...

Page 34: ...ocol The FTP server is not running on the PC The FTP server was not configured correctly on the PC The directory permissions in the full path were not set up The URL entered in the Update URL field contains a typographical error The image you are attempting to download is not the swupdate img file Reboot The Reboot main menu item initiates a soft reboot of the single NODE The reboot page is shown ...

Page 35: ...When configuring a multi layered mesh it is recommended that you configure each layer with a different subnet This is to avoid having duplicate IP addresses on the assigned to end users and to the gateways linking 2 different level of the mesh hierarchy ...

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Page 40: ...er dBm 1 14 15 5 20 5 2 14 15 5 20 5 5 5 14 15 5 20 5 Transmit Power Output low band 802 11b 11 14 15 5 20 5 6 15 5 17 21 5 9 15 5 17 21 5 12 14 15 6 20 18 14 15 6 20 24 13 14 3 19 36 13 14 3 19 48 10 11 6 16 Transmit Power Output low band 802 11g 54 10 11 6 16 6 15 16 1 21 9 15 16 1 21 12 14 15 6 20 18 14 15 6 20 24 13 14 8 19 36 13 14 8 19 48 8 5 10 9 15 Transmit Power Output high band 802 11a 5...

Page 41: ...ted States shall not exceed the output power settings values in the following table Channel No Frequency Mode Power dBm 6 2437 802 11b 27 All other channels 802 11b 21 6 2462 802 11g 26 all other channels 802 11g 18 32 48 5180 5240 802 11a 15 8 52 64 5260 5320 802 11a 15 5 149 165 5745 5805 802 11a 19 ...

Page 42: ... Sensitivity dBm 1 92 94 2 90 92 5 5 89 91 Receiver Sensitivity low band 802 11b 8 Packet Error Rate 11 85 87 6 89 91 9 87 89 12 86 88 18 83 85 24 79 81 36 75 77 48 70 72 Receiver Sensitivity low band 802 11g 10 PER 54 68 70 6 88 90 9 86 88 12 85 87 18 82 84 24 78 80 36 74 76 48 69 71 Receiver Sensitivity high band 802 11a 10 PER 54 67 69 PER Packet Error Rate The above numbers are for reference o...

Page 43: ...operate the equipment The transmitter must not be co located or operated in conjunction with any antenna amplifier or transmitter except those used by the professional installer Interference This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful i...

Page 44: ...ected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Radiation Exposure This equipment complies with FCC safe radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance of 20cm 8 inches between the radiator the antenna and your body ...

Page 45: ... GHz maximum power to antenna connector is 50 mW 17 dBm 5 15 5 25GHz is restricted to INDOOR operation 5 25 5 35GHz max power to antenna is 250 mW 24 dBm If directional antenna is greater than 6 dBi maximum power shall be decreased by 1 dB for every dB the antenna exceeds 6 dBi 5 725 5 825GHz max power to antenna is 1 Watt 30 dBm If the directional antenna exceeds 6 dBi the maximum power shall be ...

Page 46: ...ission in case of either absence of information to transmit or operational failure Data transmission is always initiated by software The data is either subscriber data or small amounts of network control and signaling information The data passes down to the Media Access Control logical layer to the RF transmitter The RF transmitter is ON only when passing these data packets out to the antenna The ...

Page 47: ... November 2004 The eXS 5001A has been approved by SIRIM All specifications are subject to change without notice All contents are Copyright 2004 2005 eXS Inc All rights reserved eXS eXS ZONE eXS NODE and their logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of eXS Inc and or its affiliates in the B V I U S A Malaysia and certain other countries The IEEE has a number of registered trademarks within th...