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Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide CONTENT FOREWORD .................................................................................. 3 OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................................. 3 AUDIENCE ................................................................................................................................. 3 CONVENTIONS ..................................................................
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 3.3.2.2.1 MANAGEMENT......................................................................................................... 22 3.3.2.2.2 SECURITY................................................................................................................ 24 3.3.2.3 TOOLS ...................................................................................................................... 30 3.3.2.3.1 DOWNLOAD&UPLOAD ....................................
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide Foreword This section describes the objectives, audience and conventions of the Top Global Mobile Bridge User Guide. Objectives This brochure explains the steps for initial setup and basic configuration of the Mobile Bridge. This brochure also provides troubleshooting information and detailed specifications. Audience This brochure is for the person installing and configuring the Top Global Mobile bridge 8000 for the first time.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview Advanced Features of Mobile Bridge 8000 Network architecture Specification 1.2 Advanced Features of Mobile Bridge 8000 MB8000 has the most state-of-art system architecture design based on its rich network protocol features, reliable system level performance, optimized hardware design architecture, solid wireless security algorithms, and very competitive product price.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 1.3 Network Architecture Figure 1-1 illustrates a typical configuration for internet access via MB-8000 . Figure1- 1 Standalone wireless network access infrastructure(CDMA1X and GPRS) 1.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide Category Specification Hardware Dimensions (HXWXL) 2.7 cm X 13 cm X 25.4cm 1.1 in X 5.1in X 10 in Weight 1.25Kg (2.
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Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 2. Install the MB-8000 2.1 Overview Installing the Top Global MB-8000 is easy. Follow the quick steps below to power up your wireless network: 1. Verify kit Contents. 2. Write Down Product Identification. 3. Mounting Guidelines. 4. Power up the MB-8000. 5. LED Indicators 6. Install the WaveNET Manager Software 7. Assign IP Address using the WaveNET Manager 8. Installation Requirements 2.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 1. 2. 3. 4. MB-8000 cover (front looking） Power supply MB-8000 cover (back looking) CD Note: When shipped from the factory, a Mini-PCI Card has been built into MB-8000. Mini PCI Card is a wireless network card with integrated radio modules and antennas (2.4 GHz). The card complies with the IEEE 802.11b and Wi-Fi ™ standards on wireless LANs. Top Global MB-8000 can insert another card that complies with 802.11a standard instead of 802.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 2.4 Mounting Guidelines MB-8000 can be mounted on a wall-like vertical surface , or placed on a flat surface such as a table. It can also be mounted on the ceiling. Figure2- 2the backboard of the MB-8000 Observe these requirements when mounting the unit: If not using Active Ethernet, connect the unit to a grounding type AC wall outlet (100-240 VAC), using the standard power cord supplied with the unit.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide Figure2- 3Ports description a. Power b. WLAN ANTENNA c. PC CARD B(option) d. PC CARD A e. Serial Port f. Ethernet Interface B(LAN) g. Ethernet Interface A(WAN) Figure2- 4 The MB-8000 power supply accepts any input AC voltage in the range of 100-240 VAC.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide For your own safety, use only the power cord supplied with the unit. Insert it in a grounded AC outlet. When using the unit in combination with outdoor antennas, the grounding of the AC outlet must be connected to the safety grounding system of the outdoor antenna system and the lightning arrestor. When using Active Ethernet, which supplies power over the Ethernet cable, the MB-8000 is not connected to a local power outlet.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 3.2 Management Options Top Global MB-8000 provides both web-based interface and Command Line Interface(CLI) for system management. This section only covers the web-based Interface. For more information about CLI, please refer to the “Command Line Interface Reference Manual”. 3.3 Web-based Management Interface MB-8000 provides a web server for web-based management. This section will show you how to visit MB-8000’s web site. 1.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide There are four main categories of MB-8000’s web site: status, set up, wizard and help. The following section will explain each of them in detail. 3.3.1 Status View your system information in status area. The status area includes two sub-areas : system status and system traps. — System status provides system level information, including the MB-8000’s ip address and contact information.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 3.3.2 Set Up Modify Basic and Advanced settings in Set up area. The Set up area includes four sub-areas: Basic, Advanced, Tools and Monitor 3.3.2.1 Basic Basic includes the most primary configurations for MB-8000 . There are three main categories of basic settings: Network Setting Local User Base Setting Wireless Card Setting 3.3.2.1.1 Network Setting Network Setting includes the most primary network configurations for MB-8000 .
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide unique and static Internet (IP) address. Start IP Address: the start IP address for the DHCP IP address pool. Width of IP Address: the width of DHCP IP address pool. Default Lease Time: the default lease time in seconds for the IP address assigned by the DHCP server to the DHCP client. Maximum Lease Time: the maximum lease time in seconds for the IP address assigned by the DHCP server to the DHCP client.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide Password: this parameter is used to provide a password to modem Initial Parameter: this parameter is used to initialize modem For example: When using GPRS in China, the default setting is: Phone Number: *99***1# User Name: vxTarget Password: vxTarget Initial Parameter: at+cgdcont=1,"IP","cmnet","",0,0 When using CDMA1x in China, the default setting is: Phone Number: #777 User Name: card Password: card Initial Parameter: atz\r When using UMTS in China, the d
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide Figure3- 6 PPPoE Username: This parameter is used to configure the username for PPPoE which given by ISP. It can be configured only if the WAN status is “enable” and the Wired WAN Status is “PPPoE”. PPPoE Password: This parameter is used to configure the password for PPPoE which given by ISP. It can be configured only if the WAN status is “enable” and the Wired WAN Status is “PPPoE”.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide The default IP address is 192.168.0.254 This parameter can be configured only if the WAN status is “enable” and the Wired WAN Status is “LAN Static”. Wired WAN IP Mask: This parameter represents the subnet mask of the wired WAN. This parameter can be configured only if the WAN status is “enable” and the Wired WAN Status is “LAN Static”. Wired WAN Router IP: This parameter represents the ip address of the wired WAN gateway.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 3.3.2.1.2 Local User Base Setting The local user base section allows you to add, edit or delete users which are allowed to access internet via MB-8000. — Local User Base Status. This parameter indicates whether user authentication using local user base is enabled or disabled. Add an Entry to the Local User Base 1. Click the Add button in the Local User Base table. 2. Enter the user name and password for each user . 3.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 3.3.2.1.3 Wireless Card Setting The following description is the same for the tabs that relate to Mini-PCI Card Slot of your MB-8000 equipped with a Mini-PCI Card. If the Mini-PCI card is 802.11b Wireless card, — Physical Interface Type. A read-only field listing the type of the Mini-PCI card. — MAC Address. A read-only field listing the MAC Address of the Mini-PCI Card. — Network Name. network name for each Mini-PCI Card.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide site survey for your system. The distance value is related to the Multicast Rate (described next). In general, the larger distance is, the lower average speed systems will operate at. — Load Balancing. This parameter indicates whether load balancing is enabled or disabled. — Multicast Rate. the rate of multicast messages. This parameter is related to the Distance Between MBs parameter (see above). Figure3- 9 3.3.2.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide Password Http Password: User name and password for login in MB-8000’s web server. Telnet Password: User name and password for login in MB-8000’s telnet server. SNMP Password: User name and password for login in MB-8000’s SNMP agent. Figure3- 10 Service Http: Enable or disable MB-8000’s web server and configure its server port . Telnet: Enable or disable MB-8000’s telnet server and configure its server port and session idle timeout.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 3.3.2.2.2 Security There are four sub-options of security: Encryption Radius Mac Access Web Portal Encryption Encryption configuration defines what security protocol to adopt in WLAN. Available security protocol in MB-8000 includes 802.1x, WPA and 128-bit WEP.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide Radius A RADIUS server is one that contains central user databases which identify which user is allowed to access the wireless network. The information for primary RADIUS server is mandatory if user authentication by RADIUS will be used. The information for backup RADIUS server is optional. — RADIUS MAC Access Control Status. This parameter indicates whether user authentication by RADIUS is enabled or disabled. — Interface.
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Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide Figure3- 16 MAC access The MAC access section allows you to add, edit or delete users which are allowed to access MB-8000. Users are identified by their MAC address. — Access control Status. This parameter indicates whether access control by MAC address is enabled or disabled. — Access control Operation Type. Choose between Allow and Deny.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide Figure3- 17 Web Portal Web portal is an authentication method which authenticates users by requiring them to input user name and password on web pages. Figure3- 18 —Web Portal Status. This parameter indicates whether web portal is enabled or disabled. —Alive Timeouts (Seconds). The idle time before when a user will be automatically logout by MB-8000. 3.3.2.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide loader(BspBl), logon web page(Logo), server certificate file(ServerCert), server private key file(PrivateKey) and Certificate Authority certificate file(CAcert). Files uploadable includes configure file(Config). NOTE: 1) A TFTP server must be running and configured to point to the directory containing the target file. The default MB Image is located at C:\ProgramFiles\TopGlobal\WaveNET\.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 3.3.2.3.2 Reboot Reboot operation saves configuration changes (if any) before reset MB-8000 . Note that Reset, covered below, does not save configuration changes. Set the time to reboot as zero will cause an immediate reboot. Figure3- 20 3.3.2.3.3 Reload Reload operation restores the MB-8000 configuration to factory default values. The MB-8000 may also be reload from the RELOAD button on indicator side of the unit.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 3.3.2.4.1 Wan WAN interface monitoring tool shows whether WAN interface works normally or not .If the address is valid, the interface works normally, otherwise abnormally. Figure3- 21 3.3.2.4.2 Router Router shows the route table of MB-8000. We assume that you know router protocols well Figure3- 22 3.3.2.4.3 Link Status Link tests whether a link is active by pinging the target ip address.
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Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 3.3.3 Wizard The Setup Wizard will guide you step-by-step to configure your MB-8000 for use with your wired WAN and wireless WAN. Step 1. Choose in what kind of mode will MB-8000 work in. If you want MB-8000 to work just as a network bridge with no WAN supported, no further configuration is needed. Just choose “yes” to finish the configuration.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide In this page, there will be four different results depending on your choice.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide to use Step 3 to further configure the wired WAN. Step 3. Configure your wired WAN with static IP address. Figure3- 28 In this page, choose “yes” if MB-8000 has been assigned a static IP address by ISP. When you finish it, click “next” to meet the finish page and complete the wizard. If there is not a static IP address assigned , choose “no” and click “next” to go to Step 4 for succeeding configuration. Step 4.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide In this page, you choose “yes” and input PPPoE user name and password if you want to use PPPoE for dynamic ip address assigning. If you choose “no”, your gateway will obtain an IP address dynamically from your Internet Service Provider each time the gateway starts up. Figure3- 30 When you finish the configuration, you will meet the finish page. Click “finish” button to reboot MB-8000 .
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 3.3.4 Help Get additional information in Help area. Help file is attached to the CD-ROM of MB-8000. By entering X(X is the Driver of the CD-ROM):\Docs\English\UG_MB_8000_eng.pdf in the Help Link box, you can activate the Help link on other pages. 3.4 Command Line Interface The Command Line Interface (CLI) provides a set of predefined commands. Each command statement is composed of CLI commands and the parameters.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 4.Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 4.1 Overview introduction to SSL Server certificate and private key download for MB-8000 CA certificate download for MB-8000 CA certificate install for MB-8000’s client CA certificate uninstall for MB-8000’s client 4.2 Introduction to SSL MB8000 supports SSL capability to provide secure network connections. By authenticating server before connecting to it, man-in-the-middle attack can be avoided.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide Figure4- 1 4.3 Server Certificate and Private Key Download for MB-8000 The following steps will guide you how to download server certificate file and private key file from TFTP server to MB-8000. Step 1. applying for a server certificate and private key from a third party Certificate Authority Note: currently only .pem file is supported. Certificate and private key file in pem format can be generated with openssl software.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide pen page http://172.16.0.1/download.htm , configuring as the following example O server IP Address:192.168.0.1 File name: server-key.pem File Type: PrivateKey File operation: Download Server key password: topglobal(default value) Then press OK button to download private key file. Note: server key password is used to protect server-key.pem file from being read by others. Keep this item as blank if no password provided. 4.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide untrusted CA would bring you great threat!) choose “yes” of root certificate store (Figure 4-7) to actually install the certificate Step 8.
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Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide Figure4- 8certificate import wizard 4 4.6 CA Certificate Uninstall for MB-8000’s Client to uninstall the CA certificate from user’s local system, simply refer to ”internet options->content->certificates->trusted root certification”, and remove the certificate you just installed.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide 5. Troubleshooting 5.1 Overview Introduction Reset to Factory Default procedure Force Reload Procedure 5.2 Introduction This section helps you locate problems related to MB-8000 setup. The most common installation problems relate to IP Addressing. For example, without the TFTP server IP Address, you will not be able to download the MB Image to the MB-8000. IP Address management is fundamental.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide download a new AP Image. This procedure may be required when the password is forgotten or the current AP Image is missing or corrupted. In this procedure, use the Bootloader CLI over the serial port to set the IP Address and download a new AP Image. Download procedure 1. To download the MB Image, you will need an Ethernet connection to the computer on which the TFTP server resides.
Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide Documenting Your Configuration Default MB-8000 Settings The following table lists the settings defined at the factory for all MB-8000 units, and provides a place to enter values for your system. Item Default Value System Name Device name wireless LAN IP Address 172.16.0.1 wireless LAN Subnet Mask 255.255.0.0 LAN(dp0) IP Address 172.16.0.1 LAN(dp0) LAN Subnet Mask 255.255.0.0 WAN(dp1) IP Address 192.168.0.254 WAN(dp1) Subnet Mask 255.255.255.
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Top Global Technology Ltd. ----MB-8000 User Guide Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
