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5.4.5 Advanced Radio Setting

More radio parameters can be verified and altered by selecting the Advanced icon shown in

Figure 15. The parameters are shown in Figure 21.

Figure 21. Advanced Radio Setting

5.5 802.11

ETTING IN

ADMIN

The user can enable the 802.11a port by selecting 5GHz Radio in menu bar, in Figure 22.

The MAC address of the opposite bridge should be added by clicking the icon Add to List. Also,

both bridges should be set at the same Radio Frequency.

The 802.11a output power is set to be maximum in default setting, i.e. Power Reduction = 0.

The maximum output power is 17dBm. The user could reduce the output power to 0dBm, i.e. set

Power Reduction = 17.

Summary of content (14 pages)

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5.4.5 Advanced Radio Setting More radio parameters can be verified and altered by selecting the Advanced icon shown in Figure 15. The parameters are shown in Figure 21. Figure 21. Advanced Radio Setting 5.5 802.11A SETTING IN WEB-ADMIN The user can enable the 802.11a port by selecting 5GHz Radio in menu bar, in Figure 22. The MAC address of the opposite bridge should be added by clicking the icon Add to List. Also, both bridges should be set at the same Radio Frequency. The 802.
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Figure 22. 802.11a Setting in Web-admin 5.6 DEFAULT SETTING IN WEB-ADMIN The default settings can be restored by clicking the icon “Reset to Factory Default Setting” in the System menu in Figure 23. Please reboot the BTS afterwards. Figure 23. Reset to Factory Default Setting in Web-admin 5.7 REBOOT The BTS can be rebooted by selecting Reboot from the tool bar. The user is required to confirm this command by clicking “Please click here to reboot the base station”, as shown in Figure 23.
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Figure 24. Reboot Window 6 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT MONITORING WEB-ADMIN 6.1 STATISTICS The user can monitor the statistics by selecting Statistics in the tool bar. The corresponding statistics per AP can be selected by clicking the related MAC address, as shown in Figure 25 and Figure 26. Figure 25. Statistics Menu A8 Configuration Manual - fm_1.2.6.3_v4.1.FCC.
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Figure 26. Statistics per VAP A8 Configuration Manual - fm_1.2.6.3_v4.1.FCC.
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7 SOFTWARE UPGRADE BY WEB-ADMIN 7.1 FIRMWARE UPDATE The user can upgrade the firmware by selecting Firmware Update in the tool bar. In the Firmware Update (BASIC) menu, click the icon Update Firmware if the FTP server setting has been defined before, as shown in Figure 27. Figure 27. Firmware Update (Basic) – Web-admin Update the FTP server setting by clicking the Advanced icon and perform the following: 1. Update the FTP information, as shown in Figure 28.
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Figure 28. Firmware Update (Advanced) – Web-admin Figure 29. Successful Firmware Update – Web-admin A8 Configuration Manual - fm_1.2.6.3_v4.1.FCC.
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8 BOOT FROM A FTP SERVER 8.1 BOOT FROM NETWORK The A8 may be booted from a firmware image located on a remote FTP server. This also provides an alternative method to boot the A8 if there is no available firmware inside the A8. 1. Store the new firmware image in the FTP Server. The name of the new firmware should be B4.img. 2. Create a user in the FTP server. Please refer to section 10 if you are not familiar with how to configure a user account on the FTP server. 3.
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Figure 30. Go to A8 BootROM Figure 31. Network Boot Setting in BootROM A8 Configuration Manual - fm_1.2.6.3_v4.1.FCC.
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8.2 BOOT FROM LOCAL FLASH DEVICE If there is firmware loaded into the A8 memory and you want to change the booting process from the FTP server to the local memory, you must change the parameters in the BootROM. 1. From theA8 CLI (connected through console), reboot the A8. Press any key to stop the reboot when you see the command “Press any key to stop auto-boot…” in the CLI window. The A8 will go to the BootROM state. 2.
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9 A8 RECOVERY 9.1 BOOT-UP FROM BOOTROM If the A8 cannot boot up due to incorrect boot parameters, it can be recovered by booting up to the BootROM asoutline below: 1. Connect to the A8 using a serial console cable. 2. From the A8 CLI (connected to the console), reboot the A8. Press any key to stop the reboot when you see the command “Press any key to stop auto-boot…” in the CLI window. The A8 will go to BootROM state, as shown in Figure 30. 3.
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10 CONFIGURE A USER ACCOUNT IN THE FTP SERVER This section will show how to configure a user account in the FTP server software. GuildFTPd FTP Deamon is used for demonstration purposes. 1. Install the software in the FTP server. 2. Under the System → Group, create a user account, for example “ftpuser”, as shown in Figure 34. 3. After the user account is created, select the user account, and then click the icon “edit user“ in the tool bar.
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Figure 35. Activate a user account A8 Configuration Manual - fm_1.2.6.3_v4.1.FCC.
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11 ANTENNA USAGE AND TRANSMIT POWER In order to comply with the FCC and Industry rules in the USA and other countries, it is required to set the maximum transmit power limits as follows according to the corresponding antenna gain. FCC Certified Antenna Configurations Wireless Mode 802.11b 802.
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12 APPENDIX – DEFAULT SETTING PARAMETER DESCRIPTION DEFAULT VALUE IPADDR A8 IP address 192.168.1.222 IPMASK Subnet mask 255.255.255.0 GATEWAY Gateway’s IP address 192.168.1.