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EWS150 Configuration Guide

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     EWS150 Configuration Guide

Monitoring Your Network

The EWS150 is equipped with a variety of monitoring features and a troubleshooting aid, all of which are
available from the Monitor tab in the unit’s Web Management Interface. In addition, there are several quick
links on the home page that will direct you to the key monitoring functions. The home page also includes an
Antenna Aimer, which allows you to monitor signal strength while manually directing the unit’s antenna (this
function is only available from the home page). Monitoring functions include:

Event Log

L2NAT

Troubleshooting

Wireless Neighbors

Statistics

Wireless History

Because the EWS150 monitors are intuitive and to avoid redundancy, this document does not provide
examples of all available monitors. It does, however, provide an example of the 

Troubleshooting

 window and

the 

Antenna Aimer

, which are unique to the EWS150.

Where monitors are in tabular form the table can be sorted by column by simply clicking in the column
header. For example, in Figure 12 (Wireless Neighbors) you may want to display the results sorted by RSSI
value. In this case, click in the RSSI (dBm) column header. To reverse the displayed order (descending instead
of ascending), click in the column header again.

Figure 12. Wireless Neighbors

Summary of Contents for EWS150

Page 1: ...er Edge Wireless System EWS150 Introducing the EWS150 Configuration Updating the Firmware June 10th 2007 210 0028 01 Rev D Copyright 2003 2007 Strix Systems Inc 26610 Agoura Road Calabasas CA 91302 US...

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Page 3: ...ision reception which can be determined by turning the wireless network device off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or...

Page 4: ...duct family supports both 802 11a and 802 11b g technologies This configuration guide assumes the use of the EWS150 802 11b g model Product Images Some of the images used in this document have been mo...

Page 5: ...ology 2 LED Indicators 2 Installing the EWS150 3 Factory Default Settings 3 Resetting the EWS150 to its Factory Default State 3 Managing the EWS150 4 Connecting to the Unit 4 Logging In 4 The Home Pag...

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Page 7: ...he EWS150 also offers a suite of management features including a powerful Web Management Interface WMI and SNMP that have been tailored for residential users including the ability to upgrade the EWS15...

Page 8: ...LAN port the DC power receptacle and the reset button Figure 2 EWS150 Rear View LED Indicators After applying power to the unit the Power LED PWR will flash for approximately 20 seconds Following that...

Page 9: ...shows the default settings established at the factory for the EWS150 Resetting the EWS150 to its Factory Default State To reset the EWS150 to its factory default state use a paper clip or other simila...

Page 10: ...no DHCP server is available the unit can only be reached via its default IP address 169 254 1 250 To establish a connection the EWS150 and your computer must be on the same IP segment Use your Web br...

Page 11: ...wireless neighbor information will refresh themselves automatically every 10 seconds but you can force a refresh of these frames at any time by clicking on the Refresh button The bottom frame contain...

Page 12: ...ogin to display the User Login window Figure 6 User Login Window 1 In the User Name field select the type of user either Admin or Guest from the pull down list 2 In the Password field enter a password...

Page 13: ...Any MIB I or MIB II compliant SNMP management console such as HP OpenView can be used to manage the unit To set up the system management options click on the Configure tab then click on Management to...

Page 14: ...t port see also DHCP Over LAN below To set up the TCP IP options click on the Configure tab then click on TCP IP to display the TCP IP Settings window Figure 8 TCP IP Settings Window If you want to as...

Page 15: ...anning for wireless client stations the default for this field is enabled 3 In the Background Scan Interval field If you enabled background scanning enter a value between 1000 and 60000 ms to define t...

Page 16: ...ar to Send packets are sent either 1 Mbps 2 Mbps 5 5 Mbps or 11 Mbps The default data rate for this field is 11 Mbps 9 In the Protection Type field choose either CTS only or RTS CTS With CTS only sele...

Page 17: ...D field 3 If BSSID is selected as the AP selection method enter a value in seconds in the BSSID Timeout field to define the elapsed time before the EWS150 defaults to the SSID to locate the AP 4 In th...

Page 18: ...n choose either 64 bit 128 bit or 152 bit encryption After choosing the encryption type enter the key then click on the Update button Figure 11 Defining a Shared Key The shared key you entered is disp...

Page 19: ...page Monitoring functions include Event Log L2NAT Troubleshooting Wireless Neighbors Statistics Wireless History Because the EWS150 monitors are intuitive and to avoid redundancy this document does no...

Page 20: ...as a convenient tool for testing your wireless configuration and associations To initiate the troubleshooting tool click on the Monitor tab then click on Troubleshooting to display the Troubleshootin...

Page 21: ...tool is provided to assist users when attempting to find the optimum placement for the EWS150 The process is dynamic and interactive which means that when you reposition the unit or its antennas you...

Page 22: ...Firmware updates window Figure 15 Firmware Updates Window After entering the FTP location parameters click on Update to apply your change then click on Reboot to reboot the unit When the unit has com...

Page 23: ...6 flashing LED 2 fragment length 9 H home page 5 I installation 3 introduction 1 IP address 3 L L2NAT 13 layer 2 NAT 3 LEDs 2 Local Area Network 1 logging in 4 M Manager One plugin 3 managing the unit...

Page 24: ...tion configuration 11 Strix contact information i structured mesh 1 system management options 7 T TCP IP settings 8 troubleshooting 14 U updating the firmware 16 user login parameters 6 user name 3 6...

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