coaxLAN CLM253, User Manual

Page 1: ...Master Unit CLM253 User Manual ...

Page 2: ...ration 25 2 3 1 6 Lan Configuration 31 2 3 1 7 Static Route Configuration 32 2 3 1 8 L2 Switch Configuration 32 2 3 1 9 Virtual Server Configuration 33 2 3 1 10 Wifi Management 33 2 3 1 11 Wifi Upgrade 34 2 3 2 Online 35 2 3 3 Template 36 2 3 4 Auto Upgrade 38 2 3 5 MAC Limit 39 2 3 6 Wifi Upgrade 41 2 4 RF Menu 42 2 5 Network Menu 43 2 5 1 Status 43 2 5 2 Config 44 2 5 3 VLAN 44 2 5 4 SNID 45 2 5...

Page 3: ...www coaxlan de V001 Master Unit CLM253 3 of 61 2 7 7 Account 53 2 7 8 Reboot 53 2 7 9 Factory 55 2 7 10 Upgrade 55 2 7 11 Backup Restore 55 2 8 Exit Menu 56 ...

Page 4: ...ng the creation of a wireless network easily wherever the coaxLAN Modems is installed A single CLM253 master equipment supports up to 253 slaves with encrypted communications It is also possible to increase the number of a Modem the same network by simply installing new master equipment in tandem up to 4 CLM253 for the same coaxial cable This user manual includes instructions to manage an CLM253 m...

Page 5: ... To set the SNID of the master unit Filter To enable broadcast and multicast limiting function and set the threshold parameters Igmp IGMP query configuration Service Service configuration To turn on or turn off some system services System Information To display the system information including chip model device type software version hardware version serial number MAC addresses and amount of online...

Page 6: ...n and restore it from a FTP server Exit Exit To exit from the web interface Table 1 2 Web management interface reference This section describes the usage and meanings of all the menus and parameters which can be configure through the web interface of the CLM253 master unit 2 1 Login This topic describes the procedure to login to the web interface The following table shows the default parameters ne...

Page 7: ...used for management Configure the IP address of the PC to be in the same subnet as the LAN IP address of the CLM253 unit For example IP address 192 168 1 100 from Out band IP address 192 168 2 100 from In band Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Table 2 Procedure Step 1 Use a network cable to connect the MGMT Ethernet port of the CLM253 unit to a PC Step 2 Ensure that your web browser does not use a proxy s...

Page 8: ... In the login interface enter the user name and password For the details about the default setting of the user name and password see Table 2 2 Web interface introduction After successfully login web interface shows a web page as shown in Picture Picture 1 ...

Page 9: ...ht side the screen shows the following information System information it includes Chip model Device type Software version PIB Parameter Information Block and NVM Non volatile Memory files versions HW versions Serial number MAC address of the main system block MAC address of Ethernet over coaxial cable block Number of online Modems Device information it includes Picture 2 ...

Page 10: ...efault in the IPC M master Thus the CL64WLAN remains properly bound to CLM253 2 3 1 Authorization Selecting the Slave Authorization menu the web interface returns the management authorization of slave as shown on Picture There are two possible authorization modes which can be configured here Auto Authorization If this mode is selected the slave is automatically added to the list of the authorized ...

Page 11: ... table Enabling disabling the authorization If you uncheck the Auth Enable checkbox and click the Modify button the corresponding slave will be unauthorized and it will be added to the Unauthorized Slave table click on the Refresh buttons to update the status but it will not be removed from the Slave Authorization table as it is shown in Picture If the check the Auth Enable checkbox and click the ...

Page 12: ...Enabling Disabling auto update template If the Auto Update Enable check box is checked the slaves will get the configuration template configured automatically as soon as they are connected to the network If this check box is unchecked the slaves will not get the configuration template automatically The Add An Authorized Slave button allows to add a slave to the Slave Authorization list If this but...

Page 13: ...the default values or Back to return to the previous page If you click in the MAC address of one of the slaves shown in the Slaves Authorization list the white list the related slave management page is displayed as it is shown in Picture On the top of the page you can see the available sub menus Slave Basic Information Slave Configuration Information Slave MAC Table Picture 8 Picture 9 ...

Page 14: ...guration Lan Configuration Static Route Configuration L2 Switch Configuration Virtual Server Configuration WiFi Management WiFi Upgrade Some of these sub menus cannot be available for some types of slaves The following table shows the available menus depending on the Slave types defined ...

Page 15: ...onfiguration Wan Configuration LAN Configuration Static Route Configuration L2 Switch Configuration Virtual Server Configuration WiFi Management WiFi Upgrade EoC Slave EW Slave Basic Information Slave Configuration Information Slave MAC Table WiFi Basic Configuration Wan Configuration LAN Configuration Static Route Configuration L2 Switch Configuration Virtual Server Configuration WiFi Management ...

Page 16: ...53 master unit and the slave Signal Noise Ratio SNR of the slave This parameter is very useful to evaluate continuously the quality of the link between the master and the slave Modulation The modulation efficiency in bits carrier Speed The speed of the uplink and downlink in Mbps Table 4 The Apply button allows to save the changes in this page The Refresh button allows to update the information in...

Page 17: ...er Unit CLM253 17 of 61 Current Configuration it shows the current status of the slave configuration related to the internal ports available see Port Number item in Table The following table describes the items displayed in this page Picture 10 ...

Page 18: ... Enable unknown unicast restriction check box Restriction threshold packets per second The restriction threshold is used to configure the maximum number of packets per second allowed before one of any of the restriction functions which the user can enable in this pane starts to be applied The user can select any of the values available in the combo box Enable loopback check The loopback check func...

Page 19: ...s operating speed and duplex mode This is the default setting for all the ports The actual operating speed and duplex mode of the port are displayed in the Current Configuration pane 100M Full 100 Mbps in full duplex mode 10M Full 10 Mbps in full duplex mode 100M Half 100 Mbps in half duplex mode 10M Half 10 Mbps in half duplex mode ...

Page 20: ...rt is configured in VLAN trunk mode A trunk port can have two or more VLANs configured on the interface it can carry traffic for several VLANs simultaneously The behaviour is as follows If it receives a packet tagged with a VLAN ID PVID it process the packet and doesn t change anything VLAN ID has to be included in the list of the allowed VLANs if not the packet is dropped If it receives a packet ...

Page 21: ... the highest level of priority UpLink Max Speed This is the column in the internal ports table where you can configure the maximum speed allowed for the slave uplink The value set must be between 0 and 102400 Kbps 0 value means not set DownLink Max Speed This is the column in the internal ports table where you can configure the maximum speed allowed for the slave downlink The value set must be bet...

Page 22: ... soon as the Apply button in this pane is clicked All the changes done in the Template Configuration pane are applied when you click on the Set Up button of this pane Click on the Refresh button to check the value already set up When a change is done in the Template Configuration pane the system will save a private template for the slave The private template number will be 300 slave ID as it is sh...

Page 23: ...e This page shows the MAC addresses table of the slave 2 3 1 4 WiFi Basic Configuration TheError Reference source not found shows the information displayed in this page The information is organized in several panes Slave it shows current slave MAC address WifiBase it includes the basic configuration parameters of the WiFi interface AP n Setting here is where the user can configure all the paramete...

Page 24: ...V001 CLM253 User Manual 24 of 61 Master Unit CLM253 The following table describes the items displayed in this page Picture 14 ...

Page 25: ...e levels Level Power Level1 20 Level2 40 Level3 60 Level4 80 Level5 100 MultiAp It is an option to set the number of access points available from the WiFi interface of the slave The related combo box shows the available values of this option The value set fixes the number AP n settings panes shown in this page The Picture shown and example with 2 access points Pane AP n Settings SSID It is the Ser...

Page 26: ...tgoing beacon frame so a station cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool To turn off the SSID broadcast check the check box and click the Apply button Encryption method The encryption method used for the WiFi connection The encryption method encrypts data transmissions and ensures that only trusted devices receive authorization to connect to the WiFi network The following ...

Page 27: ...business as you can see in Picture The information is organized in several panes Slave it shows current slave MAC address Global Setting it includes a check box to enable web access to slave There are also two buttons Apply to apply the changes and Refresh to update the current setting Wlan n Setting here is where the user can configure all the parameters related to the WAN business with the ident...

Page 28: ...V001 CLM253 User Manual 28 of 61 Master Unit CLM253 The following table describes the items displayed in the WAN n Setting pane Picture 16 ...

Page 29: ... when this option is chosen Note For the slave type EoC Slave EW LAN 3 STB1 LAN4 STB2 cannot be used in the mode Route VlanEnable If the related checkbox is enabled the VLAN is enabled for the selected ports in the Port Binding check boxes VLAN ID It is a tag which is added to incoming untagged frames received on a port This value must be between 1 and 4095 A packet with a VLAN ID matching the VLA...

Page 30: ...Address the sub net mask the gateway and the DNS server addresses provided by your ISP as it is shown in Picture DHCP If the connection type is a IP address provided via the DHCP protocol the Route Setting pane is displayed as it is shown on the Picture PPPoE If the connection type is PPPoE you have to configure the username and password provided by your ISP The Picture displays the pane shown To ...

Page 31: ...www coaxlan de CLM253 User Manual V001 Master Unit CLM253 31 of 61 Picture 18 Picture 19 ...

Page 32: ...32 of 61 Master Unit CLM253 The shows an example of a router and a bridge connection mode mixed where LAN3 STB1 and LAN4 STB2 are used to connect two IPTV STBs and LAN1 LAN2 and SSID1 are used for internet business Picture 20 ...

Page 33: ...www coaxlan de CLM253 User Manual V001 Master Unit CLM253 33 of 61 2 3 1 6 LAN Configuration This page allows to configure the LAN settings of the slave The shows this page Picture 21 ...

Page 34: ... of a LAN client on TCP IP automatically If the Enable DHCPV4 server check box is checked the following items are shown IP Pool Starting Address the starting IP address which DHCP Server automatically starts from IP Pool Ending Address the ending IP address for the DHCP Server Lease Time second it is the time period during which the DHCP allows the assigned IP addresses to be used by LAN clients B...

Page 35: ...mory 2 3 1 7 Static Route Configuration This page allows to add static routes as it is shown in the Picture When the Destination IP and the Gateway are filled the user must click the Apply button before to add more static routes clicking the Add button The changes will be stored to the slave flash memory when the Saving Setting button is clicked 2 3 1 8 L2 Switch Configuration This page allows to ...

Page 36: ... virtual servers as it is shown in the Picture The Apply button must be clicked as soon as all the parameters are filled before to add a new service name using the Add button A service name can be removed clicking the related delete button The changes will be stored in the slave flash memory when the Saving Setting button is clicked 2 3 1 10 WiFi Management This page has several panes as it is sho...

Page 37: ...ws to modify the default superuser with administrator permissions You should click the Apply the button to apply the changes Saving Setting after any change you should click the Saving Setting button to store changes in the slave flash memory Factory Setting the Reset Factory Setting allows to recover the factory settings of the slave Reboot System click the Reboot button to reboot the WiFi interf...

Page 38: ...38 of 61 Master Unit CLM253 2 3 2 Online Selecting the Slave Online menu the web interface returns the list of online slaves as it is shown on Picture For each slave the following information is displayed Picture 28 Picture 29 ...

Page 39: ...gnal noise ratio SNR of the slave It is useful to evaluate continuously the quality of the downlink Upstream speed Mbps This parameter displays the upstream speed of the slave in Mbps Downstream speed Mbps This parameter displays the downstream speed of the slave in Mbps Operation It is a button which allows to restart the slave unit This action does NOT affect to the slave configuration Table 8 T...

Page 40: ...fresh If this button is clicked the data on this pane are updated Pane 2 Template management Template Index A number which identifies uniquely a template Template Name A name which identifies uniquely a template Template Class The class of the template Possible values for this parameter are SW Only Ethernet ports WiFi Only WiFi interface SW WiFi Ethernet ports and WiFi interface available Operatio...

Page 41: ... as soon you save the template configuration If you click the Add New Template button a page similar to the one shown in Picture will be displayed The system supports up to 253 templates 2 3 4 Auto Upgrade If you select the SLAVE Auto Upgrade menu the page shown in Picture is displayed This page has 3 panes explained in the following table Picture 32 Picture 31 ...

Page 42: ...de all the online authorized slaves Auto Upgrading File Management PIB The file to upgrade the Parameter Information Block NVM The file to upgrade the Non volatile Memory Download Click this button to download the related file Upload Click this button to upload the related file Delete Click this button to delete the related file Refresh Click this button to update all the information shown in this...

Page 43: ... selected the page shown in Picture is displayed The Global Mac Limit Parameter is the value of the MAC addresses limit for all the slaves managed by this master that is the maximum number of MAC addresses that the slaves can manage The range of this value is from 0 to 65 For example suppose that you have a master managing 3 slaves as shown in Picture If we set the value of Global Mac Limit Parame...

Page 44: ... can also change the Mac limit parameter separately For example we can set the Mac limit of the slave with ID 1 to 38 as it is shown in 2 3 6 WiFi Upgrade When SLAVE WiFi Upgrade menu is selected the page shown in Picture is displayed Picture 36 Picture 35 ...

Page 45: ...ion shown in this pane FTP Set it allows to configure the ftp server account to be used for the upgrading process Batch upgrade state it is a list of the available slaves showing the current WiFi software version of each slave where you can select which ones you want to include to in a batch upgrade The batch upgrade button launches the upgrading process The Refresh button updates the information ...

Page 46: ... the Modify button to apply the changes done in the configurable parameters of this table Table 11 Online Slave Rf Information This is the RF information related to all the online slaves The following table explains the parameters displayed Item Description ID Number to identify uniquely the slaves Slave MAC MAC address of the related slave Online Status Status of the related slave If the status i...

Page 47: ...nu is available in NETWORK Status The status information allows you to view the following information for each of the network interfaces WAN and LAN interfaces of the master unit MAC address Received and transmitted data in bytes Received and transmitted frames Error frames Discarded frames Click Refresh button to update information 2 5 2 Config If you select NETWORK Config menu the page shown in ...

Page 48: ...Click the modify button after you enter the VLAN ID to active the VLAN Note If you active the VLAN of CLM253 you should also do some configuration in your PC to keep the connection between the master and the management PC 2 5 4 SNID The NETWORK SNID menu shows the page displayed in Picture The SNID is the Serial Number Identification number which is used to identify uniquely to the master unit If ...

Page 49: ...d parameter for each limiting function 2 5 6 Igmp The NETWORK Igmp menu displays the page shown in Picture This page allows to configure The IGMP query interval needed for multicast traffic Queries can be activate clicking the Active button The VLAN used by the IGMP traffic 2 6 Service Menu The Service menu shows the page displayed in Picture Picture 43 Picture 44 ...

Page 50: ...able different network services Only SNMP and SSH services supports turning on or off 2 7 System Menu The system menu provides the access to different menus described in the next sections 2 7 1 Information The SYSTEM Information shows the page displayed in Picture Picture 45 Picture 46 ...

Page 51: ...rmation Block and NVM Non volatile Memory files versions HW versions Serial number MAC address of the main system block MAC address of Ethernet over coaxial cable block Number of online Modems Device information it includes Name of the unit Contact of the company Company location 2 7 2 Running Status The SYSTEM Running Status shows the page displayed in Picture This page shows two panes Picture 47...

Page 52: ...arameters related with the logging They are explained in the following table Item Description CPU high usage rate threshold If the CPU usage rate is higher than the configured value a CPU high usage rate entry will be registered in the log CPU high usage rate alarm interval s The time interval used to register the CPU high usage rate alarm CPU low usage rate threshold If the CPU usage rate is lowe...

Page 53: ...www coaxlan de CLM253 User Manual V001 Master Unit CLM253 53 of 61 This page shows the list of Slave Types available The following table explains the items displayed in this page Picture 48 ...

Page 54: ...ype Template Correlation It is the default template identifier associated to the related slave type User HFID User High Friendly ID OUI Organizationally unique identifier Port Number The number of internal ports available Port The port number Mapping Port The actual port id assigned Operating The operations you can do with the related slave type Modify to change the parameters of the slave type De...

Page 55: ...this access control clicking the related radio button The change is applied when the Commit button is clicked The Refresh button update the information shown here The List Of IP Address To Allowable Access it is the list of IP addresses from which the access to the master unit is allowed when the IP access control is enabled To add a new set of IP addresses the user must click the New button which...

Page 56: ...TP Server configuration In the case of NTP server the user can enter the IP address of the NTP server and the update interval The changes are applied when the user clicks the Apply button The Refresh button allows to update the information shown in this page 2 7 6 System Log The SYSTEM System Log menu shows two tabs Log Information shown in the Picture where you can read all the log messages gener...

Page 57: ...s and port of the log server The changes are stored when the Apply button is clicked The Refresh button is used to update the information shown in this page 2 7 7 Account The SYSTEM Account menu displays the page shown in Picture This page allows to set a new user name and password to enter in the web management tool The following table explains the parameters to enter in this page Picture 53 Pict...

Page 58: ...s the screen displayed in Picture This page has 3 panes Reboot System it includes the Reboot System button If this button is clicked the CLM253 master unit is restarted If you click the Save Configuration link the screen shown in Picture will be displayed Click the Save button in the Save Configuration screen in order to save all the CLM253 configuration to the flash memory Reboot Eoc Chip it incl...

Page 59: ...cking the EoC lock condition which fires the auto reset Hold Time It is the time used to evaluate the EoC lock condition which fires the auto reset UpStream Unicast Packets It is the number of upstream unicast packets which has to be received as minimum during the hold time to avoid the lock condition Table 16 2 7 9 Factory If you select the SYSTEM Factory menu the screen shown in Picture is displ...

Page 60: ...f you click the Upgrade button you will upgrade the CLM253 Master unit with the firmware downloaded The Reboot button allows to restart the master unit NOTE Do NOT turn off the device during the updating process as it may corrupt the firmware and make the selected device unusable 2 7 11 Backup Restore The SYSTEM Backup Restore menu displays the page shown in Picture Using the FTP server configure ...

Page 61: ...www coaxlan de CLM253 User Manual V001 Master Unit CLM253 61 of 61 2 8 Exit Menu Click the EXIT menu to close the web management tool and to return to the login screen Picture ...