EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Traffic Source: Select Internal or External from the list box. In Internal mode, traffic is generated internally by each vSTA using ICMP Echo (Ping) Request/Reply packets. In External mode, packets coming into the EmulationEngine over 802.3 are mapped to virtual stations by source IP or MAC address and forwarded via 802.11. Packets coming back via 802.11 are remapped to the originating MAC address.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) example dialog must be replaced by a valid IP address (e.g., 10.10.10.19). Packet Length: Specify the size of the ping data buffer (64...1024). The default is 1024. Count: Specify the total number of pings to be sent: 0...10000 (0=None). !" Click “Create” to create the group. !" Click “Cancel” to exit this dialog. vSTA->New Group->Runtime The Runtime section of the New Emulation Group dialog allows you to run a virtual station’s test multiple times.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Number of Iterations: Enter the number of times (1...10000) to repeat the virtual station’s task (Ping) or select the Infinite checkbox to continuously iterate indefinitely. Iteration Delay: Enter the delay (in milliseconds) to be introduced between iterations of the test. It can be set to a value in the range: 0...300000 milliseconds (5 minutes). Before Running Next Iteration->Reset vSTA State to: Select a state from the list box.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) Persist: Select this checkbox to enable or disable persistence. When enabled, virtual stations in this group will remain persistent (connected) if the System Under Test de-authenticates or disassociates. If the EmulationEngine loses connection to a System Under Test, persistence will allow it to recover and continue the test at the point where it was interrupted. For example, if a virtual station is in a run or associated state and an 802.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Timeout: This field specifies the timeout value (in milliseconds) for authentication and association requests. It can be set to a value in the range 250...60000 milliseconds (1 minute). !" Click “Create” to create the group. !" Click “Cancel” to close this dialog.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) Authentication: Select the authentication type: Open System or Shared Key. Cipher Selection: Reserved for future use. WEP is the only supported selection in this release. Shared Key Index: This section of the dialog will show the shared keys that were defined in the Encryption Default dialog. See "Configuration>Encryption". Select the shared key to be used. These keys will be used for encryption by virtual stations in this scenario group with the System Under Test.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide This dialog is the same as "vSTA->New Group" dialog except it does not have a vSTA tab. After virtual stations have been created, MAC and IP Addresses cannot be changed. See "vSTA->New Group" for a description of the fields in this dialog. !" Click “Modify” to modify all virtual stations with the new settings. !" Click “Cancel” to close this dialog without modifying any virtual stations.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) This dialog is used to add new virtual stations to an existing scenario group. All fields in this dialog default to the values that have were initially entered when the group was created. Any changes to this dialog will also update these group default values. See "vSTA->New Group" for a description of the fields in this dialog. !" Click “Add” to add the virtual station. !" Click “Cancel” to close this dialog.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Join SUT: Click this button in the EE side bar to join with the System Under Test. Configure EE: Click this button in the EE side bar to configure the EmulationEngine. Reconnect EE: Click this button in the EE side bar to reconnect to the EmulationEngine. This is used after a reboot of the EmulationEngine. Reset EE: Click this button in the EE side bar to reset all statistics counters to zero and all virtual stations to a configured state.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) !" Click on a BSSID in the list box. !" Select “Join” to join with the selected System Under Test. !" Select “Rescan” to update the list of BSSIDs. This selection will cause the EmulationEngine to scan for Basic Service Set IDs and update the list of available systems. !" Click “Cancel” to close this dialog without selecting a System Under Test.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide EE Id: This field is set by the system and cannot be changed. EE Address: This field shows the EmulationEngine's IP address. Receive Parameters EE Polling Interval: This entry defines the interval (in milliseconds) that the Command PC will poll the EmulationEngine for command and control messages from the virtual stations. It can be set to a value in the range: 250...60000 milliseconds (1 minute).
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) Max Messages Per Poll: Specify the maximum number of messages to receive in each poll: 1...128. EE Polling Timeout: This entry defines the time (in milliseconds) that the Command PC will wait for a response from the EmulationEngine. It can be set to a value in the range: 500...120000 milliseconds (2 minutes). The recommended value is two times the EE Polling Interval value.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide EE Id: This field is set by the system and cannot be changed. EE Address: This field shows the EmulationEngine's current IP address. IP Address: Enter the EmulationEngine's new IP address. Use a dot IP address (e.g., 192.168.0.50). If you change this field, you must select the Reboot option from the EE sidebar in order for the new IP Address to be recognized and used in the EmulationEngine. IP Netmask: Enter the EmulationEngine's network mask.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) Gateway Address: Enter the EmulationEngine's default gateway IP address. Use a dot IP address (e.g., 192.168.0.50). WLAN MAC Base Address: The Wireless LAN MAC address defaults to a specific address (typically in the 00:0b:cd:xx:xx:xx range). It is a globally unique MAC address that is programmed in to the EmulationEngine hardware. The address can be changed to any nonbroadcast or non-multicast valid MAC address.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Wireless Mode: Select a wireless mode (11a, 11b, or 11g) from the list box. The items that are available in this list box will be different depending on the feature set that you ordered from CMC. The wireless mode also affects the types of devices the EmulationEngine can discover during a scan operation. See the General Usage Notes in Chapter 1. Data Rate: Select a data rate from the list box.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) Transmit Power: Select full, half, quarter, eighth, or minimum from the list box. Selection Description full maximum (normal) transmit power (18 dBm/64 mW)), half fractional (1/2) transmit power (15 dBm/31.5 mW), quarter fractional (1/4) transmit power (12 dBm/16 mW), eighth fractional (1/8) transmit power (9 dBm/8 mW), minimum minimum transmit power (3 dBm/2 mW).
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Power Save Listen Interval: Specify the listen interval in terms of the number of beacons (1...100). The default value is 1. See the notes below. !" Click “OK” to save this configuration. !" Click “Cancel” to close this dialog. NOTES: When Power Management mode is set to “active”, the EmulationEngine will remain in the awake state at all times.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) Following successful reconnect, the web-based user interface will restore the scenario (if any) in the EmulationEngine. EE->Reset EE When the Reset EE button is selected in the EE side bar, a confirmation dialog is displayed: !" Click “Yes” to reset all virtual stations to a configured state and to reset all statistics counters to zero. !" Click “No” to cancel the reset selection.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Monitors Side Bar The Monitors side bar is used to define, delete, clear, export, and configure monitors. After a monitor is defined using New Monitor, the bottom section of the main page will show statistics counters. New Monitor: Select this button to define a new monitor. You can define up to four different monitors in each scenario. Delete Monitor: Select this button to delete the currently displayed monitor.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) Monitor Name: Enter a monitor name. It can be up to 12 characters (a...z, 0..9, and underscore (_)). EE Address: This field shows the EmulationEngine's IP address. Display Style: Select a display style from the list box. It can be one of the following: Line Graph, Bar Graph, or Table. Monitors->Selected Monitors: Select one of the monitors to be maintained.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Summary Counters->Selected Counters: Select one or more of the counters to be maintained in the test results file. Use the [>>] button to transfer the counters to the Selected Counters column. See "Chapter 8, Statistics Counters" for a description of each of these statistics counters. !" Click “Create” to create and display the monitor. !" Click “Cancel” to close this dialog.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) vSTA (s): Select a virtual station from the list box. The Master Station is a summary that shows virtual station statistics across all virtual stations. vSTA Counters->Selected Counters: Select one or more of the counters to be maintained in the test results file. Use the [>>] button to transfer the counters to the Selected Counters column. See "Chapter 8, Statistics Counters" for a description of each of these statistics counters.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide New Monitor dialog. For table display styles, the table headings indicate the statistics counters selected in the New Monitor dialog. See "Chapter 8, Statistics Counters" for a description of each of these statistics counters. The toolbar buttons on the right-side of the monitor display can be used for the following functions: Create a New Monitor Delete the currently selected monitor. Run a monitor. Pause a monitor. Reset a monitor.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) !" Select “Yes” to clear the monitor. This will set all counters in the monitor to zero. Statistics gathered up to this point are not cleared and are still exportable. !" Select “No” to close this dialog without clearing the monitor. Monitors->Export Monitor This function is used to export the collected statistics in a defined monitor. For export, the data obtained from the monitor is saved.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Identify the name of the file where the monitor information is to be written. !" Select “Save” to save the information in to the specified file. !" Select “Cancel” to exit this dialog without exporting any data. Monitors->Config Monitors When the Config Monitors button is selected in the Monitors side bar, the Configure Monitors dialog is displayed. EE Address: This field shows the IP address of the EmulationEngine.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) and may affect performance significantly. If you notice issues with update performance, try increasing this value. Monitor Update Timeout: This entry defines the time (in milliseconds) that the Command PC will wait for a response from the EmulationEngine. It can be set to a value in the range: 500...120000 milliseconds (2 minutes). The recommended value is two times the Monitor Update Interval value.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide NOTE: The web-based user interface only displays the last 400 records in the event log. !" Select “Close” to close this dialog. !" Select “Export” to export this event log information to a file. !" Select “Refresh” to update the dialog with new events. Event Log->Clear Log When the Clear Log button is selected in the Event Log side bar, a confirmation dialog will ask you to confirm this selection.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) !" Select “Yes” to clear the event log. !" Select “No” to exit this dialog without clearing the event log. Event Log->Export Log When the Export Log button is selected in the Event Log side bar, a Save HTML Document dialog is displayed. Identify the name of the file where the log is to be written. !" Select “Save” to save the event log in a file. !" Select “Cancel” to exit this dialog.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide EE Address: This field defines the IP address of the EmulationEngine where the log file resides. Logging: Enable/disable event logging. Logging to Console: Enable/disable event logging to the CLI console buffer. Logging to File: Enable/disable event logging to a file in the EmulationEngine's flash file system. Clear Event Log on Reset: This checkbox enables/disable clearing of the event log when the scenario is reset.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) EE Configuration: Select this button to display the EmulationEngine configuration report. Scenario Summary: Select this button to display summary statistics of the EmulationEngine and all virtual stations. Group Summary: Select this button to display summary statistics of a scenario group. vSTA Master: Select this button to display statistics collected for all virtual stations.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Summary statistics provide a summary report taken over a set of virtual stations. The virtual station set can be a defined group or all virtual stations currently in the system. In contrast, the individual virtual station statistics report provides a list of statistics and counters for all virtual stations. The summary report provides a summary of the statistics and counters taken over the indicated set of virtual stations.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) See "Chapter 8, Statistics Counters" for a description of statistics counters that may be displayed in this report. Reports->vSTA Master The following statistics report is displayed when the vSTA Master button is selected in the Reports side bar. See "Chapter 8, Statistics Counters" for a description of statistics counters that may be displayed in this report.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Reports->vSTA Detail The following statistics report is displayed when the vSTA Detail button is selected in the Reports side bar. See "Chapter 8, Statistics Counters" for a description of statistics counters that may be displayed in this report. Reports->Export Reports When the Export Reports button is selected in the Reports side bar, the Generate Report dialog is displayed: Report Details: Select one or more reports to export in the Report Details list box.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) XML data returned by the EmulationEngine. By specifying another directory path, you can customize reports to suit your needs. !" Select “Export” to export the report(s) to a comma-separated values (.CSV) file. !" Select “View” to display the selected report(s). !" Select “Cancel” to exit this dialog.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide transmission to the wireless network. If you change any of the fields in this dialog, you must select Reboot from the EE sidebar in order for the new encryption selections to be recognized and used by the EmulationEngine. Default Authentication: Select Open System or Shared Key from the list box. First/Second/Third/Fourth Key: Each shared key can be 64, 128, or 152 bits. If 64 is selected in the list box, you must enter 10 hex digits.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) !" Click “Cancel” to close this dialog without saving this configuration. Configuration->Preferences When the Preferences button is selected in the Configuration side bar, the UI Configuration dialog is displayed. Display vSTA Transitional States: This checkbox enables/disables update of the web-based user interface to show changes in virtual station transitional states such as authenticating, associating, de-authenticating and disassociating.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide File Toolbar The buttons in this toolbar are used to create, open, save and print scenarios. New Scenario: Create a new scenario Open Scenario: Open an existing scenario Save Scenario: Save the current scenario Print: Print the scenario configuration Edit Toolbar The buttons in this toolbar are used to delete, cut, copy and paste virtual stations within and between groups. It can also be used to delete groups when a group is selected in the group control tab/table.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) Initialize: Initialize the currently selected groups or virtual stations Authenticate: This selection will cause the currently selected virtual stations or all virtual stations in a group to initiate the authentication sequence with the System Under Test Associate: This selection will cause the currently selected virtual stations or all virtual stations in a group to initiate the association sequence with the System Under Test Run: Run a test for selected groups or
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Select Yes to delete the current monitor. Select No to close this dialog. When the Run Monitor button is selected from the monitor toolbar, the currently displayed monitor will start gathering and displaying its target statistics When the Pause Monitor button is selected from the monitor toolbar, the currently displayed monitor will stop its target statistics. However, statistics will still be accumulating in the background and are exportable.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) File Menu New Scenario...: This selection creates a new scenario in which groups and virtual stations can be defined. Open Scenario...: This selection shows the Open Scenario dialog where you can choose from a list of existing scenario files on the EmulationEngine or browse your PC for scenario files. Save Scenario...: This selection will show the Save Scenario dialog. Save Scenario As...: This selection can be used to save a scenario as a new instance. New Group.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Click Yes to display the Save Scenario dialog and save the scenario on your PC or in flash on the EmulationEngine. Click No if you do not want to save the modified scenario. If active virtual stations have been configured, a dialog will prompt you to save the results to flash: Click Yes to save the results of any active scenario(s) in the EmulationEngine's flash file system. Click No to discard current test results.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) Edit Menu Select All: If a group tab is selected, select all virtual stations in a scenario group. If the Group Control tab is displayed, select all groups. Unselect All: If a group tab is selected, unselect all virtual stations in a scenario group. If the Group Control tab is displayed, unselect all groups. Cut: Remove the definition of the currently selected virtual station and put it in the Windows clipboard.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Terminate: Stop a test and halt all virtual stations defined in the scenario. Virtual stations must be reset before they can be run again. This option will be grayed-out (not selectable) if the scenario is not running. Reset: Reset all virtual stations in the scenario to an initialized state. Statistics for the virtual stations are reset to zero. This option can be used to restart any virtual stations that may have encountered problems during a test.
Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC) vSTA Menu Edit vSTA...: This selection will display the virtual station configuration dialog. Initialize: Initialize the currently selected virtual station(s). Authenticate: When this option is selected, the currently selected virtual station(s) will initiate the authentication sequence to the System Under Test. Associate: When this option is selected, the currently selected virtual station(s) will initiate the association sequence to the System Under Test.
EmulationEngine 11a/b/g User's Guide Export Report...: Display the Generate Report dialog. View Logfile...: Display event log. Export Logfile: Display the Export Logfile dialog. Options Menu Configure EE...: Display the Configure Emulator dialog. Configure Monitors...: Display the Configure Monitoring dialog. Configure Ping...: Display the Configure Ping dialog. Configure Encryption...: Display the Configure Encryption dialog. Configure Event Log...: Display the Configure Event Log dialog. Configure UI..
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