DCB PR-6602, User Manual

Page 1: ...PR 6606 Packet Replicator User s Guide Copyright 2019 Data Comm for Business All rights reserved Revised Jan 8 2019 Firmware Version 2 x...

Page 2: ...he equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may ca...

Page 3: ...ation 7 Rear Panel LED Indicators 7 Rear Panel USB Connectors 7 Rear Panel RS 232 Connector 7 Rear Panel Ethernet Connectors 7 Front Panel LED Indicators 7 Chapter 2 Installation 9 Overview 9 Help Scr...

Page 4: ...elds 20 Notes 20 Set All Defaults 21 Configuration File 22 Fields 22 Notes 22 Firmware Upgrade 23 Fields 23 Notes 23 System Reboot 24 Fields 24 Notes 24 Version Information Screen 25 LAN IP Configurat...

Page 5: ...ration 42 Common Uses Overview 42 Typical Application Diagrams 42 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 43 Hardware Problems 43 Can t Connect via the LAN 43 Other Problems 44 Appendix A Specifications 45 PR 6606...

Page 6: ...lected Each packet selected by one of the twenty selection rules may be duplicated to as many as twenty recipient IP addresses UDP port numbers may be passed intact with no change to the destination p...

Page 7: ...d destination Upgradeable Firmware Firmware upgrades may be installed using any web browser Security Features The web interface used to configure the PR 6606 may be secured using HTTPS SSL The secure...

Page 8: ...een it s Ethernet ports similarly to a switch The initial IP address may be entered using any terminal or terminal emulation software on a PC or the default may be used if appropriate for your network...

Page 9: ...LED to the left of each Ethernet port is a LAN activity indicator This LED flashes with activity on the Ethernet even if the activity isn t directly to this unit The yellow green LED to the right of e...

Page 10: ...d name to bring up a second window with the help information Close that window to return to your entry screen Entries are always tested for valid values However there are many valid values that are no...

Page 11: ...nswered no to that question you will be prompted to enter the unit s IP address and subnet mask Enter the values Note that all three ports share the same IP address 8 The configuration is now saved to...

Page 12: ...the unit to HTTPS If so properly configure the browser to bypass the proxy server for this URL The default address is 192 168 0 1 This address must be appropriate for your local LAN and workstation or...

Page 13: ...each subsystem You must enter configuration values specific to your installation 5 Minimum Configuration The minimum configuration items required for basic packet replication are 1 Correct IP address...

Page 14: ...o test it Or save it without activation if you don t want to change the currently running configuration Using the Configuration Flexibility When the PR 6606 starts from a power off condition it loads...

Page 15: ...l on the old LAN Example 3 Transfer a saved configuration save it reset the hardware to activate the changes It is useful to transfer an existing configuration to a PC text file for future use Then if...

Page 16: ...index screen shown below They are divided into sections with only one layer of screens below the top level Some units may be configured to require a secure web browser connection for configuration htt...

Page 17: ...nly user allowed to configure the unit If you forget the administrator name or password the hardware can only be configured by returning it to factory defaults as described in Chapter 2 Fields User Na...

Page 18: ...andom attacker will find the web interface and attempt to break in A different port may be needed to accommodate local firewalling If you change the web server port number to any value other that 80 r...

Page 19: ...nd Netmask For example if you want to allow only the host 192 168 10 16 access you would enter Target 192 168 10 16 Netmask 255 255 255 255 If you wanted to allow access to all hosts in the range 192...

Page 20: ...es the time between power cycles Set Name Set Name Screen This form allows you to set the units host name and domain The setting will take effect when you Activate Changes Fields Host Name The name gi...

Page 21: ...form will allow you to set all configurable parameters to their default value Before you Activate Changes you should configure the interface that you are using to access the unit Otherwise all interfa...

Page 22: ...R 6606 Notes The configuration file is a specially formatted text file It may be edited with any text editor You may save multiple configuration files on the PC by using a different name for each Afte...

Page 23: ...ed to non volatile memory replacing the current firmware Fields File Name This is the name of the firmware image file to be transferred to the PR 6606 from your PC Upgrade Firmware action Pressing thi...

Page 24: ...anges that have not been saved to non volatile memory they will be lost This is a way to revert back to your previously stored configuration Fields Reboot System action This causes a reboot loading it...

Page 25: ...Configuration Version Information Screen Version Information Screen This screen displays current firmware and hardware version information as well as some copyright notices 23...

Page 26: ...d to the Internet it must globally unique This field is not used if DHCP Client has been enabled The DHCP server will assign the IP address Subnet Mask A subnet mask is a bit mask applied against the...

Page 27: ...rver will be used to resolve host names into ip addresses Secondary DNS The IP address of the secondary DNS server This server will be used to resolve host names into ip addresses in the event that th...

Page 28: ...allows additional static routes to be defined in addition to the default gateway defined on the IP Configuration page In most application is it not needed It is only used if the subnet has more than...

Page 29: ...ter to receive multicast UDP it must participate in the IGMP protocol and join the multicast group A group is simply a multicast IP address It is called a group because it consists of all possible UDP...

Page 30: ...8 1 230 or port 5001 through 8000 If no port number is entered all UDP packets meeting other selection criteria are duplicated To insure the PR 6606 will replicate the desired packets the PR 6606 must...

Page 31: ...ingle address is entered then only that one address is used Destination IP Range These fields specify the inclusive range of destination addresses for the packet selection criteria If both fields are...

Page 32: ...3001 or a range such as 192 168 1 2 to 192 168 1 230 or port 5001 through 8000 If no port number is entered all UDP packets meeting other selection criteria are duplicated To insure the PR 6606 will...

Page 33: ...t selection criteria If both fields are blank then all destination addresses are assumed If only a single address is entered then only that one address is used Destination Port Range These fields spec...

Page 34: ...address will always have the MAC address replaced with the PR 66xx s MAC address This is to prevent MAC table corruption in layer 2 switches Care must be used in selecting the Spoof mode If the Packet...

Page 35: ...teria will be applied This is because these fragments do not contain a UDP header It is possible that IP fragments not associated with the UDP port will be replicated Replicate to Sender A replication...

Page 36: ...cified host It will wait approximately 16 seconds for a response Fields Host IP address of the target host If hostname DNS is enabled you may use a host name Size Number of data bytes to send Notes Pi...

Page 37: ...to reach another host This is performed by sending UDP packets to port 33434 with progressively larger Time to Live values and listening for ICMP TIME EXCEEDED responses from the routers along the wa...

Page 38: ...host filter Only packets with a matching source or destination IP address will be included in the trace Port This applies a port number filter Only TCP or UDP packets with a matching source or destin...

Page 39: ...Configuration Interface Status Screen The Interface Status screen shows port status and packet counters for each interface on the device 37...

Page 40: ...Replication Log Screen Replication Log Screen The Replication Log screen shows important events logged by the replication process 38...

Page 41: ...IP address Address Resolution Drop Count When the Packet Repeater needs to resolve an address it will buffer a small number of Ethernet packets pending resolution The Drop Count is the number of Ether...

Page 42: ...hernet packets generated by the Packet Repeater over the last 1 second period It provides a snapshot of current activity I O Statistics Tx Peak PPS This metric records the highest 1 sec PPS rate It is...

Page 43: ...Configuration Routing Table Screen Routing Table Screen The Routing Table screen shows all configured and learned routes 41...

Page 44: ...does not activate configuration changes Configuration changes are made to a temporary area They may be activated using the Activate Changes screen in which case they will become immediately active ove...

Page 45: ...changes Configuration changes are made to a temporary area These changes will become immediately active overwriting the pre existing configuration for the duration of this session Changes may be stor...

Page 46: ...n Furthermore to prevent MAC table corruption in any layer 2 switches the destination of a replicated packet must also reside on a different LAN port from the original source To summarize the original...

Page 47: ...tart troubleshooting from a known state Power the unit OFF and ON to reboot Is a proper IP address configured in the unit and PC Ping it to see if it responds From the Windows command prompt or Run di...

Page 48: ...The factory default IP address for the ethernet port Port A is 192 168 0 1 If you need to reset the unit to defaults temporarily this can be done using the mode switch on the front of the unit The mod...

Page 49: ...VDC 2A external supply Optional power supplies available Switch Serial configuration press button LED 7 LAN Activity Power Default LAN 1 IP address 192 168 0 1 shared by all three physical ports Brow...

Page 50: ...he contribution many open source developers have made to the community Other open source software used in this product may be obtained from the original developers and is made available in accordance...