User's Guide for 802.11g and 802.11a/g Radios from Summit Data Communications, Inc. Windows CE Software Version 2.01 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Product Overview 1.2 Security Capabilities 2.0 Getting Started 2.1 Install or Upgrade Summit Software 2.2 Install the Radio 2.3 Configure the Manner of Obtaining an IP Address 2.4 Connect to Your WLAN 2.2.1 Preferred Method: Use SCU 2.4.2 Alternative: Use Windows Zero Config 2.5 Interact with the Radio 3.0 Using the Summit Client Utility 3.
Your Summit WLAN radio, or WLAN client adapter, enables a computing device to communicate to a computing network using all of the IEEE 802.11 protocols listed above for that radio. This manual is a user’s guide for a Summit radio that is installed on a computing device that is running one of the following operating systems: Windows CE 4.2, 5.0, or 6.0 Windows Mobile 2003, 5.0, 6, or 6.1 The hardware components and software for all Summit radios are the same.
WPA2, as well as predecessors such as WPA and WEP. Summit software includes an integrated supplicant that supports a broad range of security capabilities, including: 802.
select "Cancel" to cancel the Hardware Wizard. 2.1 Install or Upgrade Summit Software Summit software for Windows CE or Windows Mobile is in a .cab file, which is the software equivalent of a "file cabinet". A Summit .cab file contains all software components, including the device driver and the Summit Client Utility (SCU). To install or upgrade Summit software, perform these tasks: Download the appropriate .cab file for the operating system and processor of your device.
to connect the antenna(s) before inserting the module in the external slot. To connect the antennas, take each antenna and its cable, which is fitted with a Hirose U.FL connector, and attach the antenna cable to the radio module by mating the U.FL connector on the antenna cable with a U.FL connector on the radio module. Follow the instructions below for your module: 10G module: There are two antenna connectors.
10AG module: There are four antenna connectors, two for the 2.4 GHz (802.11b and 802.11g) band and two for the 5 GHz (802.11a) band, with the 2.4 GHz connectors located to the right of the 5 GHz connectors. If you have a single antenna for each band, then connect it to the main antenna connector for each band, which is located to the right of the auxiliary connector, and set the Rx Diversity and Tx Diversity global settings to Main Only (see Section 3.6).
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To assist with troubleshooting of any connectivity issues, the Status window reflects the current state of the device and the Diag window allows for DHCP renewal and ICMP Echo Requests, also known as Pings, to be sent by the device. You can learn more about using these SCU windows in Section 3. 2.4.2 Alternative: Use Windows Zero Config Another method of configuring the radio is through the operating system’s WZC feature.
(SDK). Through the API, an application such as Wavelink Avalanche can manage Summit radios. 3.1 Initializing SCU To initialize SCU, do the following: From the Start menu, select Programs. Select the directory called Summit. Inside the Summit directory are two items: a directory for the storage of security certificates and the SCU. To run SCU, double-click the SCU icon. SCU has five windows: Main, Profile, Status, Diags (or Troubleshooting), and Global. SCU displays one tab for each window.
Radio Type: Indicates the type of radio in the device: BG: The device has a Summit 802.11g radio, so the radio supports 802.11b and 802.11g. ABG: The device has a Summit 802.11a/g radio, so the radio supports 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g. Reg. Domain: Indicates the regulatory domain or domains for which the radio is configured. The domain cannot be configured by an administrator or user. For more information on regulatory domains, see Section 5.0.
Figure 2 below is an example of a Profile window: Figure 2: Profile window Here are the highlights of the Profile window: Edit Profile: This is used to select the profile to be viewed or, if you are an administrator, edited. Actions: Four actions are available, with the first three available only to an administrator: New: Create a new profile with default settings and give it a unique name, which is a string of up to 32 characters.
Client Name: Name assigned Summit radio and client device that uses it Value: A string of up to 16 characters Default: None Power Save: Power save mode for radio Value: CAM: Constantly awake mode Maximum: Maximum power savings Fast: Fast power save mode Default: Fast Tx Power: Transmit power – Can be overridden by Cisco AP if CCX Support global setting is set to Full and AP defines maximum transmit power for client as lower value Value: Max: Maximum defined for current regulatory domain One of the following
mode instead of infrastructure mode. In infrastructure mode, the radio associates to an AP. In ad hoc mode, the radio associates to another client radio that is in ad hoc mode and has the same SSID and, if configured, static WEP key. When an administrator tries to create or edit a profile, SCU determines which radio is operating in the device and populates the available Radio Mode values according to the radio type. Suppose a profile created for an 802.11a/g card is loaded on a device with an 802.11g card.
Figure 3a: Scan window Each row shows an AP's SSID, its received signal strength indication (RSSI), and whether or not data encryption is in use (true or false). You can sort the list by clicking on the column headers. If the scan finds more than one AP with the same SSID, the list displays the AP with the strongest RSSI and the least security. Every five seconds, the Scan window updates the RSSI value for each of the APs in the list. To scan for new APs and view an updated list, tap the Refresh button.
window, where you can view and edit profile settings. If you make any changes, then you must tap the Commit button to save them. 3.3.2 EAP Credentials Figure 4 below is an example of a PEAP credentials window: Figure 4: PEAP credentials window The 802.1X authentication types PEAP and EAP-TLS rely upon information in digital certificates that are created by a certificate authority, or CA.
Password (up to 32 characters) "Validate server" checkbox: Check this if you are using a CA certificate to validate an authentication server. When this is checked, you must enter a certificate filename in the CA Cert field or check the "Use MS store" checkbox.
displaying a dialog box that prompts the user to enter the expired password and a new password. Summit software then uses the entered information to respond to the RFC 2759 message. If EAP authentication succeeds and the expired password was saved in the profile, then Summit software updates the profile with the new password. Any password provided for EAP authentication, whether in a profile or in an authentication dialog box, should not contain parentheses.
The 802.1X authentication types PEAP and EAP-FAST use a client-server security architecture that encrypts EAP transactions within a TLS tunnel. PEAP relies on the provisioning and distribution of a digital certificate for the authentication server. With EAP-FAST, tunnel establishment is based upon strong shared-secret keys that are unique to users. These secrets are called protected access credentials (PACs) and can be created automatically or manually.
Information on WLAN connection between Summit radio and AP Channel Transmit power Data (bit) rate Signal strength (RSSI), displayed graphically and in dBm A green color indicates that the RSSI for the current AP is stronger than -70 dBm, which means that the Summit radio should operate consistently at 54 Mbps A yellow color indicates that the RSSI for the current AP is stronger than -90 dBm but not stronger than -70 dBm, which means that a Summit radio will operate at 802.11g or 802.
Release/Renew: Obtain a new IP address through DHCP release/renew, and log all activity in the output area at the bottom. Start Ping: Start a continuous ping to the address in the edit box next to the button. Once the button is tapped, its name and function will change to Stop Ping. Pings will continue until you tap the Stop Ping button, move to an SCU window other than Diags or Status, exit SCU, or remove the radio.
Value: Full (all channels); 1,6,11 (the most commonly used 2.4 GHz channels); 1,7,13 (for ETSI and TELEC radios only); or Custom (see note on Custom below the list) Default: Full DFS Channels: Support for 5 GHz (802.11a) channels where support for dynamic frequency selection (DFS) is required Value: On, Off Default: Off Aggressive Scan: When this setting is On and the current connection to an AP becomes tenuous, the radio scans for available APs more aggressively.
Tray Icon: Enabling of System Tray icon, which is described in detail on Section 4 Value: On, Off Default: On Hide Passwords: If this is On, then SCU as well as EAP authentication dialog boxes mask passwords and other sensitive information, such as WEP keys Value: On, Off Default: Off Admin Password: Password that must be specified when Admin Login button pressed Value: A string of up to 64 characters Default: SUMMIT Certs Path: Directory where certificate(s) for EAP authentication are housed Value: A valid
Windows Zero Config is not active The SCU Tray Icon global setting is On (the default setting) Once the service is active, if you remove the radio, turn off the device, make WZC active, or set the Tray Icon global setting to Off (and power cycle the device), then the service is stopped and the tray icon removed. When the service is active, it queries the driver every three seconds for the status of the connection for the active profile, as selected in the SCU Main window.
Domain FCC ETSI 2.4 GHz channels 5 GHz channels (AG radio only) 1-11 UNII-1 and UNII-3 1-13 UNII-1, UNII-2, and Intermediate UNII-1 and UNII-2, plus additional channels in the TELEC 1-14 UNII-1 band: 34, 38, 42, 46 WorldWide 1-11 UNII-1 A radio programmed for the WorldWide domain may not be limited to the channels listed in the table above. The radio can use IEEE 802.11d support or a special Summit-defined mechanism to adapt itself to the channels that are available on the APs in the vicinity. 802.
[4] The device manufacturer should use the Summit manufacturing utility to ensure that the “Tx Power” value reported by SCU is EIRP, or the total effective transmit power of the radio, including gains that the antenna provides and losses from the antenna cable.
