SMAC User Manual SIFY TECHNOLOGIES LTD. SMAC User Manual Author: ANE Date: 03-Oct-2012 Revision: 4.
SMAC User Manual Revision History Revision 1.0 2.0 Date 19-Jul-2011 22-Dec-2011 Author ANE ANE 3.0 10-Jul-2012 ANE 4.0 03-Oct – 2012 ANE Sify Technologies Limited, 2011 © Copyright Protected Change description Initial revision. 1. Separated operation mode specific settings. 1. Enterprise features added 2. Monitoring tab added.
SMAC User Manual Contents Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement............................................................. 6 1 Product Overview .................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Feature ............................................................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Package Contents .................................
SMAC User Manual 6.0.2 Trunk mode .................................................................................................................................. 27 6.0.3 QinQ mode................................................................................................................................... 28 7.0.0 Radius ........................................................................................................................................... 29 7.0.1 Primary Server .................
SMAC User Manual 12.4 ARP Table ...................................................................................................................................... 49 12.5 Learn Table .................................................................................................................................... 49 About This Document This document is written by SIFY. SIFY has rights to change any of this document without notice and all rights reserved.
SMAC User Manual The following equipments are essential to setup the SMAC5800: 1. One Computer/Notebook and internet accessible. 2. Two Ethernet Cables. 3. One SIFY device – SMAC5800. Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
SMAC User Manual This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Operations in the 5.15-5.25GHz band are restricted to indoor usage only. IMPORTANT NOTE: FCC Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.
SMAC User Manual 1 Product Overview Thank you for using SMAC5800. It is a powerful, enhanced, enterprise scale product with functions Outdoor Base and Outdoor Subscriber. SMAC5800 uses the latest wireless technology 802.11n standard. It has faster transmit/receive wireless speed. SMAC5800 gives you a great advantage to save your time and cost to expend your network. It is also compatible with 802.11a.
SMAC User Manual caused by moves, extensions to networks, and other changes with wireless LANs. f) Wired LAN backup Network managers implement wireless LANs to provide backup for missioncritical applications running on wired networks. g) Training/Educational facilities Training sites at corporations and students at universities use wireless connectivity to ease access to information, information exchanges, and learning.
SMAC User Manual among clients. Wi-Fi Protect Access Wi-Fi Protect Access is a standard-based interoperable security enhancement that increases the level of data protection and access control for existing and future wireless LAN system. 1.2 Package Contents Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed below are missing. Do not discard the packing materials, in case of return; the unit must be shipped in its original package.
SMAC User Manual 2 Computer Configuration Instruction The default operating mode is Outdoor Base for AP hardware and Outdoor Subscriber for SU hardware. Device will not assign an IP address to the computer/notebook. Therefore, follow the steps to assign an IP address to your Ethernet card. 2.1 Assign a Static IP In order to configure SMAC5800, please follow the instruction below: 1.
SMAC User Manual IP Address entered in the TCP/IP Properties needs to be at the same subnet of the SMAC5800 IP Address. For example: SMAC5800’s default IP Address is 192.168.1.1 so the IP Address in the TCP/IP settings could be 192.168.1.10. 2.2 Logging Method After complete the IP settings from last section, you can now access the web-based configuration menu. 1. Open web browser 2. Enter IP 192.168.1.1 into you address filter.
SMAC User Manual 4. The default Username and Password are both admin. If you have changed the Username and Password, please enter your own Username and Password. Password length should be minimum 8 and maximum 16. 3 Status Status section is on the navigation drop-down menu. You will then see the options: Main, Statistics, Wireless Client List, System Log and Connection Status. Each option is described in detail below. 3.1 Save/Load This page allows viewing the modified changes.
SMAC User Manual 3.2 Main Click on the Main link under the Status drop-down menu or click Home from the top-right of the webpage. The status that is displayed corresponds with the operating mode that is selected. Information such as operating mode, system up time, firmware version, serial number, kernel version and application version are displayed in the ‘System’ section. LAN IP address, subnet mask, and MAC address are displayed in the ‘LAN’ section.
SMAC User Manual 3.3 Statistics Under the Status drop-down menu Click Statistics we can see the Ethernet and wireless interface statistics. 3.4 Wireless Client List Click on the Wireless Client List link under the Status drop-down menu. This page displays the list of Clients that are associated to the SMAC5800. The MAC addresses and signal strength for each client is displayed. Click on the Refresh button to refresh the client list. Default refresh time will be 10 seconds.
SMAC User Manual 3.5 System Log Click on the System Log link under the Status drop-down menu. The device automatically logs (records) events of possible interest in its internal memory. If there is not enough internal memory for all events, logs of older events are deleted, but logs of the latest events are retained.
SMAC User Manual 3.5 Connection Status Click on the Connection Status link under the Status drop-down menu. This page displays the current status of the network, including network type, SSID, BSSID, connection status, wireless mode, current channel, security, data rate, noise level and signal strength. This will be shown in Outdoor Subscriber mode only.
SMAC User Manual 4 System 4.1 Switching Operation Mode The SMAC5800 supports operation modes: Outdoor Base, Outdoor Subscriber. In order to switching between the operating modes, please go to System -> click Operation mode. Country/Region: Select a Country/Region to conform local regulation. Operation Mode: Select an operation mode via Radio Button. Click Accept to confirm the changes. Accept does not compile the changes, you must go to Status -> Save/Load to apply the new settings.
SMAC User Manual 4.2 IP Settings: Go to System -> Click IP settings IP Network Setting Select Radio button for Obtain an IP address automatically or Specify an IP address. IP Address Specify LAN port IP address. IP Suet Mask Specify Subnet Mask. Default Gateway Specify Default Gateway Primary DNS Specify Primary DNS Secondary DNS Specify Secondary DNS Accept / Cancel Press Accept to confirm the changes or Cancel to return previous settings.
SMAC User Manual 4.3 Ethernet Settings: Go to System -> Ethernet settings to change the speed and duplex of the device SMAC5800. 5 Wireless Configuration This section will guide you through all the wireless settings. Please read the instruction carefully. Inappropriate setting could lower the performance or affect the network structure. Before you continue, please make sure you have chosen the correct operating mode. 5.1.0 Wireless Settings This section is the basic wireless settings.
SMAC User Manual Channel HT Mode The default channel bandwidth is 20 MHz. The larger channel can provide better transmit quality and speed. 5/10/20 and 40 Mhz options are available Extension Channel Specify the upper channel or lower channel selection. It may influence the Auto channel function Channel / Frequency The channel availability is based on the country’s regulation. Auto Place a Check mark to enable Auto channel selection.
SMAC User Manual Channel HT Mode Automatically detect the change when changed on Outdoor base Channel / Frequency Automatically detect the change when changed on Outdoor base Accept / Cancel Press Accept to confirm the changes or Cancel to return previous settings. Current Profile Configure the SSID, it can help to divide group of clients to access the network .Just Edit to configure the profile. Accept does not compile the changes, you must go to Status -> Save/Load to apply the new settings.
SMAC User Manual Encryption Advanced Encryption System. Passphrase Specify the security password. Passphrase Length 64 Hexadecimal characters password length.(minimum 8 characters) For Outdoor Subscriber: Under Wireless Click wireless Network Security Mode Select WPA-PSK from the drop down list to begin the configuration. Encryption Select AES for Encryption type. Passphrase Specify the security password. Passphrase Length 64 Hexadecimal characters password length.(minimum 8 characters) 5.
SMAC User Manual ACL Mode ACL Mode can help to deny or allow certain Client to access the network. Select Disable Deny MAC in the list or Allow MAC in the list from the drop down list. MAC Address Filter Specify the Wireless MAC address manually. Add Press Add to add the Wireless MAC address in the table. Apply Press Apply to apply the changes. 5.4 Wireless Advanced Settings Under Wireless Click Wireless Advanced Settings Data Rate Select Data Rate from the drop down list.
SMAC User Manual Transmit Power Select Transmit Power to increase or decrease Transmit Power. Higher transmit power will sometimes cause unable to connect to the network. On the other hand, the lower transmit power will cause client unable to connect to the device. RTS/CTS Threshold Specify Threshold package size for RTC/CTS. Using small number of the threshold will cause RTS/CTS packets to be sent more often to consuming more of the available bandwidth.
SMAC User Manual 6.0.0 Enterprise Features 10.1.0 VLAN Configuration Three VLAN modes are supported in Bridge mode SU 1.) Access VLAN mode 2.) Trunk mode 3.) Q-in-Q mode Click on the VLAN settings under the Network Features menu. This function allows you to configure the different VLAN modes. VLAN mode will be available in Outdoor Subscriber mode only. 6.0.1 Access VLAN mode Under the VLAN settings, select the VLAN mode as Access. Enable/Disable Select Enable or Disable function from the drop down list.
SMAC User Manual Management VLAN Select the ID as one. Access VLAN Specify the access VLAN ID Note All the VLAN related changes will take effect immediately after clicking on ‘accept’ tab. 6.0.2 Trunk mode Under the VLAN settings, select the mode as Trunk. Enable/Disable Select Enable or Disable function from the drop down list. VLAN Mode Select as Trunk for configuring in Access VLAN mode. Management VLAN Select the ID as one.
SMAC User Manual 6.0.3 QinQ mode Under the VLAN settings, select the mode as QinQ. Enable/Disable Select Enable or Disable function from the drop down list. VLAN Mode Select as QinQ for configuring in QinQ mode. Management VLAN Select the ID as one. Q-in-Q service VLAN Specify the service vlan id (outer vlan id) Server VLAN Ethernet Specify the Ethernet type Type Allow client VLANs (Qin-Q mode) Allowed client Select ‘ALL’ option for allowing all the tagged packets.
SMAC User Manual 7.0.0 Radius Whenever a new subscriber tries to associate with AP, the AP will forward this request to the primary radius server and if Primary server is down, the request will be forwarded to the secondary server. If SU details are valid in the RADIUS server, it will associate with AP or else it will be rejected. Radius server option will be available in the outdoor Base mode (AP) only. 7.0.1 Primary Server This configuration is used to specify the primary radius server IP address.
SMAC User Manual 7.0.2 Secondary Server This configuration is used to specify the primary radius server IP address. Request timeout Specify the secondary server IP (Data Type: IP address). Secondary server port Specify the secondary server ort (Data Type: Integer, range 1 – 65535) Secondary shared server Specify the secondary secret (Data Type: String) secret 7.0.
SMAC User Manual Note All the radius related changes will take effect immediately after clicking on ‘accept’ tab. 8.0 Filtering Click on the filtering option under the Network features menu. This page displays IP, MAC, multicast, broadcast, etc based filtering options. Filtering option is available in Outdoor base (AP) and Subscriber mode (SU). 8.0.
SMAC User Manual Enable/Disable Select Enable or Disable function from the drop down list. Drop All L2 Multicast Select Enable or Disable function from the drop down list. By default it’s disabled. Drop All L3 Multicast Select Enable or Disable function from the drop down list. . By default it’s enabled. Drop All L2 Broadcast Select Enable or Disable function from the drop down list. By default it’s disabled. Drop All L3 Broadcast Select Enable or Disable function from the drop down list. .
SMAC User Manual Port Specify the port number. Source port Specify the Source port number Destination port Specify the Source port number Note All the filter related changes will take effect immediately after clicking on ‘accept’ tab. 8.0.3 MAC Filtering MAC Specify the MAC address. SOURCE MAC Specify the Source MAC address. DESTINATION MAC Specify the Destination MAC address Note All the filter related changes will take effect immediately after clicking on ‘accept’ tab. 9.
SMAC User Manual Click on the WAN Settings option under the Router menu for configuring the Wireless IP address. Internet Connection Specify the Internet connection type from the drop down menu. Type Default is Static IP. Account Name (If Specify the Account Name if required. required) Domain Name(If Specify the Domain Name if required. required) MTU Specify the MTU value. Suggest remain in Auto configuration IP Address Specify the IP address. IP Subnet Mask Specify the Subnet Mask.
SMAC User Manual Click on the LAN Settings option under the Router menu for configuring the LAN IP address. IP Address Specify the IP address. IP Subnet Mask Specify the Subnet Mask. Note All the filter related changes will take effect immediately after clicking on ‘accept’ tab. Maximum it can support 100 routes in static routing mode. 9.0.1 Static Routing Check the dialogue box of static option for enabling the static routing function. RIP dialogue box has to be unchecked.
SMAC User Manual Destination Specify the Destination IP address. Mask Specify the Destination Mask. Next Hop Specify the next hop IP address. Metric Specify the metric value if required. Note All the filter related changes will take effect immediately after clicking on ‘accept’ tab. Maximum it can support 100 routes in static routing mode. 9.0.2 RIP (Routing Information Protocol) Check the dialogue box of RIP option for enabling the static routing function. Static dialogue box has to be unchecked.
SMAC User Manual Version Specify the version 1 or 2 from the drop down menu Passive interface Specify the passive interface as Both/Wireless/Ethernet from the drop down menu Update timer(sec) Specify the update timer in seconds. Suggest remain in default configuration Default Metric Specify the default metric value if required. Suggest remain in default configuration value as one. RIP Neighbour Specify the neighbor IP address. Suggest remain in default configuration value as one.
SMAC User Manual Enable/Disable Select Enable or Disable function from the drop down list. VLAN Mode Select as Access for configuring in Access VLAN mode. Management VLAN Select the ID as one. Access VLAN Specify the access VLAN ID Access IP Address Specify the access IP Address Access IP Mask Specify the access IP MASK Note All the VLAN related changes will take effect immediately after clicking on ‘accept’ tab. 10 Management Settings Management section is on the navigation drop-down menu.
SMAC User Manual Name Specify Username for login. Password Specify a Password for login Confirm Password Re-enter the Password for confirmation. Password length should be minimum 8 and maximum 16. Save/Apply / Cancel Press Save/Apply to apply the changes or Cancel to return previous settings. Press Save/Apply will change the setting immediately. It will not be able to undo the action.
SMAC User Manual 10.2 Management VLAN Click on the Management VLAN link under the Management menu. This option allows you to assign a VLAN tag to the packets. A VLAN is a group of computers on a network whose software has been configured so that they behave as if they were on a separate Local Area Network (LAN).
SMAC User Manual 10.3 SNMP Settings Click on the SNMP Settings link under the Management menu. This is a networking management protocol used to monitor network-attached devices. SNMP allows messages (called protocol data units) to be sent to various parts of a network. Upon receiving these messages, SNMP-compatible devices (called agents) return data stored in their Management Information Bases. Enable/Disable Select the Radio button to Enable or Disable SNMP function.
SMAC User Manual 10.4 Backup/Restore Settings Click on the Backup/Restore Setting link under the Management menu. This option is used to save the current settings of the device in a file on your local disk or load settings on to the device from a local disk. This feature is very handy for administrators who have several devices that need to be configured with the same settings. Save A Copy of Current Click on Backup to save current configured settings.
SMAC User Manual 10.6 Time Settings Click on the Time Settings link under the Management menu. This page allows you to configure the time on the device. You may do this manually or by connecting to a NTP server. Manually Set Date and Time Manually setup the date and time. Automatically Get Date Specify the Time Zone from the drop down list and Place a Check and Time to specify the IP address of the NTP Server manually or uses default NTP Server.
SMAC User Manual 10.7 Log Click on the Log link under the Management menu. The Log page displays a list of events that are triggered on the Ethernet and Wireless interface. This log can be referred when an unknown error occurs on the system or when a report needs to be sent to the technical support department for debugging purposes. Syslog Select Enable or Disable Syslog function from the drop down list. Log Server IP Address Specify the Log Server IP address.
SMAC User Manual 10.8 Diagnostics Click on the Diagnostics link under the Management menu. This function allows you to detect connection quality and trace the routing table to the target.
SMAC User Manual 11. Failsafe Mode Any interruption is happening while firmware upgrade, device will go to failsafe mode. In this mode radio will be reachable with default ip – 192.168.1.1/24. Only web access can be done in this stage and firmware can upload through web. Click on Browse and select the firmware from the storage location and click on upload button. 12. LED Indication LED indication in Outdoor Subscriber (SU) mode and LED blinking format is given NAMEbelow.
SMAC User Manual 12. Monitoring 12.1 System Click on the System link under the Monitoring menu for monitoring the CPU and Memory usage of AP/SU in the System tab. The graph representation will help to find out the current usage of CPU and Memory in percentage. 12.2 Ethernet Click on the Ethernet link under the Monitoring menu for monitoring the Drop/error counts increasing in the IN and OUT tab of Ethernet side. Based on the counters we can able to conclude any ethernet side issue on the AP/SU side.
SMAC User Manual 12.3 Wireless Click on the Wireless link under the Monitoring menu for monitoring the Drop/error counts increasing in the IN and OUT tab of wireless side. Based on the counters we can able to conclude any wireless side issue on the AP/SU side. We can able to check the wireless status (UP/Down) in the wireless tab. Graphical representation of current utilization and PPS of IN and OUT can be monitored in the wireless interface.
SMAC User Manual 12.4 ARP Table Click on the ARP link under the Monitoring menu for ARP entries learned in AP/SU. 12.5 Learn Table Click on the Learn link under the Monitoring menu for learn entries in AP/SU.
