SAF CFOL Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...SAF CFOL Series Point to Point User Guide SAF Tehnika A S 2009 ...

Page 2: ...ngs 14 2 3 2 System Date 15 2 3 3 Administrative Account 16 2 3 4 System Log 17 2 3 5 OLED Control 18 2 4 Service 18 2 4 1 SNMP Configuration 18 2 4 2 System Alerts 19 2 4 2 1 SNMP Traps Settings 20 2 4 2 2 SMTP Settings 20 2 5 Maintenance 21 2 5 1 System Functions 21 2 5 2 Firmware Update 22 2 5 3 Device License 23 3 Tools 25 3 1 Antenna Alignment 25 3 2 Site Survey 25 3 3 Link Test 26 4 SAF Tehn...

Page 3: ...ika point to point products are designed to provide superior performance at long range distances With a proprietary wireless driver that was written for the sole purpose of optimizing wireless point to point links one can achieve much higher throughput especially at longer links than standards based products ...

Page 4: ... and status of the point to point unit The page is divided into three main categories System Ethernet and Wireless The System section displays the identification information of the point to point unit The Wireless section presents main wireless settings The Ethernet section describes the point to point unit s network identity and connectivity The information in the page can be updated using Refres...

Page 5: ...plays total system memory Free memory kB displays free system memory System time displays current system time License status displays a status of the current license 1 1 2 Network Ethernet link status displays the status of the Ethernet link A State UP indicates that the Ethernet link is established A state DOWN indicates that the Ethernet link is not established Ethernet speed duplex displays the...

Page 6: ...value of the local point to point unit Remote transmit power dBm displays TX power value of the remote point to point unit Management packet rate Mbps displays administrator defined maximum count of frames in transfer block between point to point units Transmit queue length frames displays administrator defined transmit queue length in frames between point to point units Aggregation limit bytes di...

Page 7: ... total number of received corrupted packets by the Ethernet or Wireless interface of the point to point link RX drops displays the total number of dropped packets by the Ethernet or Wireless interface of the point to point link TX bytes displays the total number of sent bytes by the Ethernet or Wireless interface of the point to point link TX packets displays the total number of sent packets by th...

Page 8: ...s be equal to number of the TX start packets The number in brackets xx displays the data change since the last page refresh RX bytes number of transmitted bytes The number in brackets xx displays the data change since the last page refresh TX bytes number of the received bytes The number in brackets xx displays the data change since the last page refresh RX packets number of received data packets ...

Page 9: ...umber of packets transmitted in 1 3 attempts The number in brackets xx displays the data change since the last page refresh Total TX retries total number of attempts to retransmit data packets The number in brackets xx displays the data change since the last page refresh Max TX retry the maximal attempt to retransmit data packets For example if data packet was retransmitted in 9th attempt the valu...

Page 10: ... point units at the chosen period Traffic diagram displays Incoming and Outcoming traffic statistical data RX TX errors diagram displays statistical data of RX drop of the Local and Remote units TX try of the Local and Remote units CFOL Series User Guide SAF Tehnika A S 2009 10 ...

Page 11: ...mory diagram displays memory usage data CPU load diagram displays device CPU load in appropriate time basis Frequency diagram displays device operating frequency in GHz CFOL Series User Guide SAF Tehnika A S 2009 11 ...

Page 12: ...t mask of 255 255 255 0 Default gateway specify the IP address of the device gateway digit and dots When shipped from the factory or reset to factory settings the device defaults to a gateway IP address of 192 168 2 1 DNS server 1 specify the IP address of the primary DNS server digit and dots The DNS Domain Name Service service translates Internet host names into their IP addresses DNS server 2 s...

Page 13: ... remote device to establish a point to point link 2 1 1 Instant Changes The goal of the instant changes is that after settings has been changed there is no need to reboot the device Country choose from drop down list the country in which the device will operate According to the country chosen the regulatory domain settings change You are not allowed to select radio channels and RF output power val...

Page 14: ...o the entered value The transmit power level that is actually used is limited to the maximum value allowed by your country s regulatory agency Data rate select the device data transmission rates in Mbps from the drop down list Management packet rate select the rate at which the acknowledgment will be transmitted Txq max length specify the maximum number of the data frames in transmit window for po...

Page 15: ...P or manually by setting the time and date on the access point The NTP Network Time Protocol client synchronizes the clock of the device with a selected time server Choose the configuration mode as NTP and specify the following settings Configuration choose the system clock configuration mode NTP Manual Timezone select the timezone Time zone should be specified as a difference between local time a...

Page 16: ...m If device hardware has no internal clock the configured manual time will be reset to the specified date and time after each device reboot 2 3 3 Administrative Account We recommend changing the default administrator password as soon as possible The Administrative Account menu is for changing the administrator s password Old password enter the old administrator password New password enter the new ...

Page 17: ...cal error warning notice information debug Default info The SAF AP can be configured to send system log messages to a remote server Syslog forward select to enable remote system logging Forward server specify the remote host IP address or hostname where syslog messages will be sent Forward port specify the port to which syslog messages will be forwarded 0 65535 Default 514 Forward message level sp...

Page 18: ...m using and configuring point to point unit by OLED Enable OLED select to enable or deselect to disable OLED control for users 2 4 Service 2 4 1 SNMP Configuration SNMP is the standard protocol that is widely used for network management over the Internet With the SNMP service enabled the point to point unit can act as SNMP agent To communicate with SNMP manager you must configure SNMP communities ...

Page 19: ... password specify the password for read only SNMPv3 access string 2 4 2 System Alerts The point to point unit able to send alerts outside when there are system errors The alerts can be send via SNMP Traps or and SMTP notifications Enable alerts select to enable alert notifications on the system System check intervals specify interval in seconds at which the device will send notifications of unexpe...

Page 20: ... port number of the Trap receiver Default port number is 162 Trap community specify the SNMP community string This community string acts as password between SNMP manager and point to point unit by default Trap community string is public Use inform select to wait an acknowledgment from SNMP manager that trap was received Retry count specifies maximum number of times to resend an inform request 1 10...

Page 21: ...utes log files command outputs and etc Using the troubleshooting file the device itself gathers information instead of you This is helpful for submitting problems to support team Backup configuration file click to save current configuration file Saved configuration file is useful to restore configuration in case of device misconfiguration or to upload multiple devices with correct configuration Re...

Page 22: ...pgrade section under the Maintenance menu select the firmware file and click the Upload button Current version displays version of the current firmware Upload click the button to select the new image and upload new firmware on the device CFOL Series User Guide SAF Tehnika A S 2009 22 ...

Page 23: ...d after the upgrade The new firmware image is uploaded to the controller s temporary memory It is necessary to save the firmware into the device permanent memory Click the Upgrade button Upgrade upgrade device with the uploaded image and reboot the system Do not switch off and do not disconnect the device from the power supply during the firmware update process as the device could be damaged 2 5 3...

Page 24: ...id license uploaded only very limited set of the device functionality is enabled It runs only with a default configuration DHCP client runs on WAN interface DHCP servers run on LAN and radio interfaces It is impossible to change the configuration All features are locked down until a valid license is presented Any changes made in configuration will be stored in the flash memory of the device Thus o...

Page 25: ...DHCP server 3 Tools 3 1 Antenna Alignment The antenna alignment test measures signal quality between the master and slave units For best results during the antenna alignment test turn off all wireless networking devices within range of the device except the device s with which you are trying to align the antenna Watch the constantly updated display in the antenna alignment test window as you adjus...

Page 26: ...est currently click the Start scan button Start scan click to perform the Site Survey test Show only W Jet AP select this option to sort Site Survey results 3 3 Link Test We recommend ensuring that there is no traffic on the link before running the Link Test as results may not be completely accurate Use the Link test tool to check the quality of the established point to point link This tool tests ...

Page 27: ...number of test iterations Packet sizes specify packet sizes in bytes at which the test will be performed Start click to start the throughput test Stop click to stop the throughput test CFOL Series User Guide SAF Tehnika A S 2009 27 ...

Page 28: ...A S 2009 28 4 SAF Tehnika A S Contacts The most up to date contacts of SAF Tehnika A S can be found on the web site www saftehnika com SAF Tehnika A S technical support could be reached at Email techsupport saftehnika com Telephone 371 67046840 Fax 371 67046809 ...