DLB software manual User’s Guide Revision 1.
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USERS MANUAL OF THE END PRODUCT: In the users manual of the end product, the end user has to be informed to keep at least 20cm separation with the antenna while this end product is installed and operated. The end user has to be informed that the IC radio-frequency exposure guidelines for an uncontrolled environment can be satisfied. The end user has to also be informed that any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.
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User’s Guide About this Guide Prerequisite Skills and Knowledge To use this document effectively, you should have a working knowledge of Local Area Networking (LAN) concepts and wireless Internet access infrastructures. Conventions Used in this Document The following typographic conventions and symbols are used throughout this document: Additional information that may be helpful but which is not required. Important information that should be observed.
User’s Guide Abbreviation Description LED Light-Emitting Diode MAC Media Access Control Mbps Megabits per second MHz Megahertz MIMO Multiple Input, Multiple Output MSCHAPv2 Microsoft version of the Challenge-handshake authentication protocol, CHAP.
User’s Guide 1907H specification The 1907H is a versatile, very efficient, and stable 2.4 GHz hardware platform. Platform is equipped with high output power (up to 23.80 dBm) 802.11n MIMO radio. The robust hardware is coupled with an advanced and feature‐rich operating system optimized for high performance communications which allows compatibility with older 802.11b/g standard while adding support for the latest in wireless communications.
User’s Guide Hardware information Feature CPU RAM Flash memory Watchdog timer Reset push button LED’s Ethernet Power options Power supply Serial port (UART) Operating temperature range Humidity Power consumption Description AR9341 64MB 16MB Built into CPU Connected to GPIO 6 LED’s connected to GPIO One 10/100 Ethernet port Power‐Over‐Ethernet 24V Testpoints From ‐40C to +65C Notes Power, LAN, 4x received signal strength PoE polarity independent via Eth pins 4/5 and7/8. 3.
User’s Guide Software Features General Advanced wireless functionality Operating mode Wireless operating modes Wireless security Wireless QoS WAN protocols Network Services Management Tools Ability to define/limit frequency, channel width, EIRP, modulation Auto‐channel, auto‐modulation Router, Bridge AP auto WDS, Station, Station WDS, Virtual radios (VSSID), iPoll access point, iPoll client WPA/WPA2 Personal, WPA/WPA2 Enterprise WMM Static IP, DHCP client, PPPoE client NAT DHCP server, SNMP server, Wirele
User’s Guide First Connection The default product address is 192.168.2.66. The default administrator login settings are: Login: admin Password: admin01 Follow the steps for first connection to the device: Step 1. Connect an Ethernet cable between your computer and the AP. Step 2. Make sure your computer is set to the same subnet as the AP, i.e. 192.168.2.150 Step 3. Start your Web browser. Step 4. Each devices uses following default settings: WAN IP: 192.168.2.66 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.
User’s Guide Step 5. Confirm the user agreement. According to the chosen country the regulatory domain settings may differ. You are not allowed to select radio channels and RF output power values other the permitted values for your country and regulatory domain. Step 6. After successful administrator login you will see the main page of the device Web management interface. The device now is ready for configuration.
User’s Guide Configuration Guide This document contain product‘s powerful web management interface configuration description allowing setups ranging from very simple to very complex. Appling and Saving Configuration Changes There are three general buttons located on the right top corner of the WEB GUI allowing managing device configuration: Save changes – if pressed new configuration settings are applied instantly and written to the permanent device memory.
User’s Guide Information The Information page displays a summary of status information of your device. It shows important information for the APC operating mode, radio and network settings. Figure 2 – Device Information Page If APC device is dual-band, then Information page will be divided into two tabs (for 2.4GHz and 5Ghz radio), each containing appropriate information. Radio – displays summary of the radio interface configuration. Wireless – displays general information about the wireless connection.
User’s Guide Statistics The Statistics sections id divided into two sections and displays network interface counters and traffic graphs of wired and wireless interfaces: Figure 3 – Network Statistics: Interface counters Interface counters – displays table of interface statistics. The SSID name is displayed in the brackets near the radio interface (and VAPs). MAC address– displays the MAC address of the particular interface. Tx data – displays the transmitted data. Rx data – displays the received data.
User’s Guide Wireless Status Wireless section is not available if APC is operating as Station (WDS/iPoll) or Station (ARPNAT). In this case all necessary information about wireless connection with AP unit will be on Information page, wireless table.
User’s Guide Tx/Rx CCQ, % - displays the wireless Client Connection Quality (CCQ), the value in percent that shows how effective the bandwidth is used regarding the theoretically maximum available bandwidth. Protocol – displays the protocol at which the access point communicates with the particular station. Link uptime – displays the duration of the particular session. Kick selected – select to end the connection to this station.
User’s Guide Settings Network Configuration The Settings | Network Configuration page allows you to control the network configuration of the device. First, the device operation mode must be defined to work as a bridge or router (IPv4 or IPv6). The content of the window varies depending on your selection: Figure 5 – Network Mode Options Network mode – choose the device operating mode. Network settings will vary according to the selected Network mode.
User’s Guide Figure 6 – Bridge Mode Settings Enable management VLAN – enable a VLAN tagging for management traffic. Access to the AP for management purposes can further be limited using VLAN tagging. By defining Management VLAN, the device will only accept management frames that have the appropriate Management VLAN ID. All other frames using any management protocol will be rejected. Management VLAN ID – specify the VLAN ID [2-4095].
User’s Guide Figure 7 – Bridge IPv6 Settings IPv6 method – specify IPv6 reception method: IPv6 addresses can either be retrieved from a DHCPv6 server or configured manually: Static – the IPv6 address must be specified manually. Dynamic stateless IP – the DHCPv6 client only obtains network parameters other than IPv6 address Dynamic stateful IP – the DHCPv6 clients require IPv6 address together with other network parameters (e.g. DNS Server, Domain Name, etc.).
User’s Guide Router IPv4 Mode This section allows customizing parameters of the Router to suit the needs of network, including ability to use the built-in DHCP server. When device is configured to operate as Router, the following sections should be specified: WAN network settings, LAN network settings and LAN DHCP settings.
User’s Guide Figure 9 – Router IPv4 WAN Settings: Static IP IP address – specify static IP address. Subnet mask – specify a subnet mask. Default gateway – specify a gateway. DNS server – specify primary and/or secondary DNS server Secondary IP – enable to specify the alternative IP address and the netmask for APC unit management. WAN mode – choose Dynamic to enable DHCP client on the WAN side.
User’s Guide LAN Network Settings LAN configuration include settings related to the LAN interface. Figure 12 – Router LAN Settings IP address – specify the IP address of the device LAN interface. Subnet mask – specify the subnet mask of the device LAN interface. Enable DHCP server – select to enable DHCP server on LAN interface. IP address from – specify the starting IP address of the DHCP address pool. IP address to – specify the ending IP address of DHCP address pool.
User’s Guide Access Point (auto WDS) – enables the APC function as an access point to connect multiple wireless clients. Auto WDS mode allows connect wireless clients with and without WDS enabled (the packet forwarding at layer 2 level). Access Point (iPoll 2) – enables APC radio function as access point for point-to-multipoint solution. The Access Point communicates with Station in iPoll 2 protocol, other clients requests will be not accepted.
User’s Guide Figure 15 – Channel List Table Channel width – The default channel bandwidth for 802.11 radio is 20MHz. The 802.11n allow channel bonding in such way the total channel width becomes 40MHz. Channel table – select the channel(s) at which the Access Point will operate. If more than one channel is selected, then autochannel feature will be enabled.
User’s Guide ACK timeout – specify the ACK timeout using slider or enter the value manually. Ack timeout can be entered by defining the link distance or specifying time value. Too low value of the ACK timeout will give very low throughput. A high value may slow down the link in noisy environment. A low value is far worse than a value slightly too high. ACK Timeout value should be tuned to the optimal value for the maximum link throughput.
User’s Guide Advanced AP Settings Client isolation – select to enable the layer 2 isolation that blocks clients from communicating with each other. Client isolations is available only in Access Point (auto WDS) and Access Point Repeater mode. Map to data VLAN ID – specify the VLAN ID for traffic tagging on particular radio interface. The Station devices that associate using the particular SSID will be grouped into this VLAN.
User’s Guide Wireless Mode: Access Point (iPoll 2) The iPoll 2 wireless mode is designed for point to multipoint wireless solutions. The iPoll 2 Access Point establishes a connection only with iPoll 2 Stations thus creating a reliable network. Figure 18 – iPoll Access Point’s Wireless Settings Enable radio – use slide to enable or disable APC radio. Operating country - displays APC unit operating country.
User’s Guide Figure 19 – Channel List Table Channel width – The default channel bandwidth for 802.11 radio is 20MHz. The 802.11n allow channel bonding in such way the total channel width becomes 40MHz. Channel table – select the channel(s) at which the Access Point iPoll 2 will operate. If more than one channel is selected, then autochannel feature will be enabled.
User’s Guide Advanced AP Settings Client isolation – select to enable the layer 2 isolation that blocks clients from communicating with each other. Client isolations is available only in Access Point (auto WDS) and Access Point Repeater mode. Map to data VLAN ID – specify the VLAN ID for traffic tagging on particular radio interface. The Station devices that associate using the particular SSID will be grouped into this VLAN.
User’s Guide Wireless Mode: Station (WDS/iPoll 2) With this wireless mode, the APC will operate as wireless Station, though it automatically switch on the iPoll 2 mode if the specified access point will be detected as an AP iPoll 2. If the Station finds two networks with the same SSID, where one is iPoll 2, another 11n, the connection priority will be iPoll 2. Use Wireless Configuration to setup radio interface of the device.
User’s Guide Max 802.11n MCS index – choose the maximum rates to specify the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) rates at which data can be transmitted between the access point and the client. If there will be an interference encountered, the device will step down to the highest rate that allows data transmission. Max legacy data rate – choose the maximum data rate in Mbps at which device should transmit packets. It will attempt to transmit data at the highest data rate set.
User’s Guide Figure 23 – Wireless AP Settings SSID – specify the SSID of the wireless network device manually, or scan for iPoll 2 Access Points automatically: If auto scan for SSID is used, the results will be displayed in the Search SSID table, thus simply click on the required AP and SSID will be selected: For detailed information about security settings refer at the respective sections Wireless Security.
User’s Guide Figure 24 – Station Wireless Settings Enable radio – use slide to enable or disable APC radio. Operating country - displays APC unit operating country. The Country selection determines the available channels and transmission power level based on regulatory restrictions in the operating country. The country has been selected on the first step of the APC unit's installation, though can be updated if required. IEEE mode – specify the wireless network mode.
User’s Guide AMSDU – enable the AMSDU packet aggregation. If enabled, the maximum size of the 802.11 MAC frames will be increased. Short GI – enable short guard interval. If selected, then 400ns value will be used, else 800ns. Fragmentation – specify the Fragmentation threshold using slider or enter the value manually [2562346 bytes]. This is the maximum size for a packet before data is fragmented into multiple packets. Setting the Fragmentation threshold too low may result in poor network performance.
User’s Guide SSID – specify the SSID of the wireless network device manually, or scan for iPoll 2 Access Points automatically: If auto scan for SSID is used, the results will be displayed in the Search SSID table, thus simply click on the required AP and SSID will be selected: For detailed information about security settings refer at the respective sections Wireless Security. Advanced AP Settings Quality of service (WMM) – enable to support quality of service for prioritizing traffic.
User’s Guide Wireless Security If APC acts as an Access Point (auto WDS) or Access Point (iPoll 2) the wireless security settings will be used by the wireless stations for association. Thus wireless station security settings must conform the settings configured on the AP that station is associated with. The APC supports various authentication/encryption methods: Open – no encryption.
User’s Guide Key index - select the WEP key index [1-4]. Each number represents one of the four static keys of WEP. The selected key index will be used for frame encryption and decryption. Key – specify the passkey, for the chosen WEP security: For WEP 64bit encryption – 5 HEX pairs (e.g. aa:bb:cc:dd:ee), or 5 ASCII characters (e.g. abcde); For WEP 128bit encryption – 13 HEX pairs (e.g. aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:gg:hh:00:11:22:33:44), or 13 ASCII characters (e.g.
User’s Guide Auth. server IP/Port – specify the IP address and the port of the authentication RADIUS server where the authentication requests will be send to. Auth. server key – enter the key for the authentication on specified RADIUS server. Accounting server – use slide to enable accounting RADIUS server, if required. Acc. server IP/Port – specify the IP address and the port of the accounting RADIUS server where the accounting stats will be send to. Acc.
User’s Guide Figure 32 – Wireless ACL Configuration MAC filter policy – define the policy: Open – no rules applied. Allow MAC in the list – only listed MAC clients can connect to the AP (white list). Deny MAC in the list – only listed MAC clients can NOT connect to the AP (black list). To add new rule, press the Add button. To remove the rule, click the delete icon To edit the rule, click the pencil icon deliberant next to required record. next to required record.
User’s Guide Services Configuration Use Services menu is divided into further five sections: Date & time Remote management SNMP Ping watchdog WNMS Figure 33 - Services Menu Date & time Use this section to manage the system time and date on the device automatically, using the Network Time Protocol (NTP), or manually, by setting the time and date on the device. The NTP (Network Time Protocol) client synchronizes the clock of the device with the defined time server.
User’s Guide Figure 35 – Date&time: Manual Configuration Enable NTP – disable this option to set date&time manually. Timezone – select the timezone. Time zone should be specified as a difference between local time and UTC time. Date – specify the new date value in format DD/MM/YYYY Time – specify the time in format HH:MM. Remote Management Use this menu to manage access to the APC via SSH and Telnet: Figure 36 – Remote Management Configuration Enable SSH – enable or disable SSH access to device.
User’s Guide Ping watchdog Enable Ping Watchdog for continuous monitoring of the APC unit network connection with the specified trusted host. If enabled, the APC unit will send Ping requests periodically to the host and in case there is no response within a specified time period, the Ping Watchdog will reboot the APC unit. Figure 38 –Ping Watchdog Enable ping watchdog – click to enable Ping Watchdog function. Host/IP address – specify the host where the Ping requests will be sent to.
User’s Guide Figure 39 - System Menu Device settings Figure 40- Device Settings Friendly device name – specify name of the APC that will be used to identify the unit. Contact information – specify the name of the contact person, such as a network administrator, for the APC. Device location – describe the location of the device. Longitude – specify the longitude coordinates of the device [specific decimal format, e.q. 54.869446].
User’s Guide Backup configuration – click to save the current configuration file. The saved configuration file is useful to restore a configuration in case of a device misconfiguration or to upload a standard configuration to multiple devices without the need to manually configure each device through the web interface. New configuration will be effective after the Apply button is activated and system reboot cycle is completed. Previous system configuration is deleted after Apply button is activated.
User’s Guide The only way to gain access to the web management if you forget the administrator password is to reset the unit to factory default settings. LED settings The APC has possibility to control LEDs: Figure 44 – Device LED Control LED status – use the slide to disable or enable LED signals. Advanced settings Device discovery function is available only on Station (WDS/iPoll2) and Station (ARPNAT) wireless modes.
User’s Guide Figure 47 – Firmware Upload 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 Upload button: Figure 48 –Firmware Upgrade Current version – displays version of the current firmware. Uploaded version – displays version of the uploaded firmware. Upgrade – upgrade device with the uploaded image and reboot the system.
User’s Guide Tools Antenna Alignment The Antenna Alignment tool measures signal quality between the Station and AP. 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 as you adjust the antenna. Figure 49 – Antenna Alignment Start – press this button to start antenna alignment. Stop – press this button to stop antenna alignment.
User’s Guide Figure 50 – Site Survey Results Last updated – displays when the last scan was performed. Link Test It is recommended to ensure 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 iPoll 2 link. This tool tests the throughput at selected packet sizes and iterations.
User’s Guide Figure 51 – Linktest Results Packet size - select packet sizes in bytes at which the test will be performed. Iterations - select number of test iterations. iPoll 2 Access Point – displays the Access Point information (iPoll 2 station side). iPoll 2 station – select the Station the Link Test will be performed with (iPoll 2 Access Point side). Traffic direction – select the traffic direction for the performing test. Start – click to start the throughput test.
User’s Guide Troubleshooting The troubleshooting file contains valuable information about device configuration, routes, log files, command outputs, etc. When using the troubleshooting file, the device quickly gathers troubleshooting information automatically, rather than requiring you to gather each piece of information manually. This is helpful for submitting problems to the support team. Figure 52 – Troubleshooting File Download Download– click to download the troubleshooting file.
