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System Manual

WBSn-2400 and WBSn-2450

Software Version 2.0
June 2015
P/N 216066

Summary of Contents for 43222600

Page 1: ...System Manual WBSn 2400 and WBSn 2450 Software Version 2 0 June 2015 P N 216066...

Page 2: ...y a Alvarion warrants that the Product hardware it supplies and the tangible media on which any software is installed under normal use and conditions will be free from significant defects in materials...

Page 3: ...AR PURPOSE SATISFACTORY QUALITY CORRESPONDENCE WITH DESCRIPTION NON INFRINGEMENT AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION GENERATED ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED ALVARION WARRANTIES HEREIN RUN ONLY TO PURC...

Page 4: ...ed radio or TV technician for help FCC and Industry Canada Radiation Hazard Warning To comply with Industry Canada exposure requirements and FCC RF exposure requirements in Section 1 1307 and 2 1091 o...

Page 5: ...ulation and national codes it is highly recommended to ensure that the outdoor units are grounded and suitable lightning protection devices are used so as to provide protection against voltage surges...

Page 6: ...wise noted Alvarion Technologies Ltd reserves the right to alter the equipment specifications and descriptions in this publication without prior notice No part of this publication shall be deemed to b...

Page 7: ...cribes the WBSn 2400 and WBSn 2450 system and its components and provides details on the new features and main modifications introduced in this release Chapter 2 Base Station Installation Describes ho...

Page 8: ...7 2 1 Installation Requirements 8 2 1 1 Packing List 8 2 1 2 Additional Installation Requirements 8 2 1 3 Optional Accessories 9 2 2 Location Selection Guidelines 9 2 3 Safety Instructions and Informa...

Page 9: ...3 1 2 Using the Element Management System 22 3 2 Status 26 3 2 1 Status Overview Page 26 3 2 2 Routes Page 33 3 2 3 System Log Page 34 3 2 4 Realtime Graphs Pages 34 3 2 5 Hotspot Users Page 38 3 3 S...

Page 10: ...Load Page 107 3 7 5 Memory Page 107 3 7 6 Activity Pages 108 3 7 7 TCP Connections Pages 109 Appendix A Troubleshooting 110 A 1 Base Station LEDs Description 111 A 2 Using the Reset Button of the Base...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 Introduction In This Chapter WBSn System Description on page 2 Specifications on page 3...

Page 12: ...ironments security and QoS features FCAPS management suite and simple and easy installation WBSn base stations include rich embedded networking capabilities including Bridging Routing and a fully inte...

Page 13: ...streams 2 2 2 802 11g OFDM 802 11b DSSS 802 11n All models excluding WBSn 2450 SHD 3x3 MIMO with 3 spatial data streams 3 3 3 WBSn 2450 SHD 2x2 MIMO with 2 spatial data streams 2 2 2 802 11a OFDM Dat...

Page 14: ...S 3 kg excluding antennas WBSn 2450 SO 3 2 kg excluding antennas WBSn 2450 S WBSn 2450 SHD 3 2 kg Input Power 55 VDC Power over Gigabit Ethernet use only PoE injector supplied by Alvarion Power Consum...

Page 15: ...SA C22 2 No 60950 1 CAN CSA C22 2 No 60950 22 EN IEC 60950 1 EN IEC 60950 22 Environmental ETSI EN 300 019 2 2 ETSI EN 300 019 2 4 V2 1 2 IEC 60068 2 64 29 IP68 IEC 60529 Radio FCC 47 CFR part 15C EN...

Page 16: ...PI AC 1G Power over 1Gbps Ethernet Injector with TVS transient voltage suppressing protection Input 90 264VAC output 56VDC max 60 Watt Indoor environment only 0 40 C operating temperature Power cable...

Page 17: ...nting the Base Station on page 15 Completing the Outdoor Installation on page 17 Connecting the Indoor Equipment on page 18 Verification on page 19 CAUTION ONLY experienced installation professionals...

Page 18: ...rs available from Alvarion refer to Power over Ethernet Injectors optional on page 6 Data and Power Ethernet cable Outdoor Category 5e 4 pair shielded data cable two shielded RJ45 connectors and tools...

Page 19: ...and whether extenders are required The front panel of a base station with sector antenna s WBSn 2400 S WBSn 2450 S WBSn 2450 OS WBSn 2450 SO and WBSn 2450 SHD should be directed towards the area inten...

Page 20: ...back with sector antennas is 2 meters For units with Omni antennas he minimum horizontal separation distance between two base stations back to back is 10 meters 2 3 Safety Instructions and Information...

Page 21: ...to the base station refer to Preparing and Connecting the Grounding Cable on page 13 5 If an extender is required attach it to the post clamp refer to Attaching an Extender to the Post Clamp optional...

Page 22: ...thernet connector to the cable and connect it to the base station prior to mounting the outdoor unit Typically the connector on the other side will be attached only after completing the outdoor instal...

Page 23: ...ng cases A wall or horizontal pole installation where adjustment of the direction in the horizontal plan is required for directing the base station towards the required coverage area The extender may...

Page 24: ...rs 1 Attach the horizontal adjustment part of the extender to the post clamp with 2 screws and washers using a 13 mm ratchet key with a torque of 18 4 lb ft 25 Nm 2 Attach the vertical adjustment part...

Page 25: ...lamp should be installed horizontally with the two protrusions pointing sideways The slots support installation on poles with different diameters 1 6 on either vertical or horizontal poles The holes e...

Page 26: ...ure the post clamp to the pole by closing and tightening the steel bands with a torque of 3 8 lb ft 5 1 Nm As you tighten the screws verify that the direction is correct for the coverage area required...

Page 27: ...door Installation 1 Firmly connect the grounding cable to a protective ground earth connection 2 Route the Ethernet cable to the intended location of the PoE Injector Use proper means to secure the ca...

Page 28: ...ns on how to prepare the Ethernet cable refer to Preparing the Base Station s Ethernet Cable on page 116 2 Connect the Ethernet cable to the OUT connector of the PoE Injector 3 Use the power cable to...

Page 29: ...ion 19 2 13 Verification Disconnect the PC from the IN port of the PoE Injector and connect the IN port to the networking equipment that should be configured to provide connectivity from the control c...

Page 30: ...Station Management In This Chapter Using the Web Based Element Management System on page 21 Status on page 26 System on page 40 Services on page 53 Network on page 61 APController on page 101 Statisti...

Page 31: ...of the management utility is displayed NOTE The default method of setting the unit s IP parameters is DHCP client meaning that IP parameters should be obtained automatically from a DHCP server When IP...

Page 32: ...eneral information section at the top right corner of the window includes The version number of the currently running firmware Hostname the name defined for the unit and User the Username of the logge...

Page 33: ...en the page for the first second level tab Third level tabs are available for certain second level tabs 3 1 2 3 Work Area The work area displays the relevant parameters according to the selection in t...

Page 34: ...t entry To remove an entry from the list click on the x sign on the right side of the entry the first entry cannot be removed it can only be cleared NOTE The options value range available for certain...

Page 35: ...d changes will be lost Existence of such changes are indicated in the Unapplied Changes message in top right corner of the page Changes that were not saved will be cleared upon switching to a differen...

Page 36: ...hs of certain performance indicators 3 2 1 Status Overview Page To access the Status Overview page click on the Status tab in the management function selection panel The Status Overview page comprises...

Page 37: ...nds On the right of this section there is a vertical bar showing the current received signal strength at the antennas The color of the vertical bar indicates the relative quality 3 2 1 2 Mesh The Mesh...

Page 38: ...mbers for the Main Bank firmware and Shadow Bank firmware files An asterisk sign indicates the firmware file currently used as the running version Rescue Version The version number of the rescue mode...

Page 39: ...ice s model Product Serial The device s serial number Main Board Part Name The model of the device s main board Main Board Serial The serial number of the device s main board 3 2 1 5 Network The Netwo...

Page 40: ...interface name provide indication regarding the Ethernet and wireless networks associated with the network The Ethernet icon provides a visible indication on the total number of Ethernet interfaces a...

Page 41: ...ncryption The wireless encryption mode being used for the wireless network Not applicable for a Mesh Monitoring wireless network ACK Timeout Shows the maximum acknowledgment time in microseconds deriv...

Page 42: ...of the station Last IP States the most recent IP address of the station as seen by the AP Signal The current total strength in dBm of the signal received from the station Signal Chains The current str...

Page 43: ...ress The IP address assigned to the device MAC Address The device s MAC address Leasetime Remaining The remaining lease time 3 2 2 Routes Page To access the Routes page click on the Status Routes tab...

Page 44: ...teway and Metric for each active subnet 3 2 3 System Log Page To access the Status System Log page click on the Status System Log tab in the management function selection panel The System Log page dis...

Page 45: ...s are displayed Average and Peak values are calculated for the elapsed time since starting to display the graph Labels for colors of displayed graphs are provided as underlines for the applicable item...

Page 46: ...e for each of the available physical and logical interfaces For each interface the Realtime Traffic graphs display the realtime Inbound and Outbound traffic in bits s and in bytes s 3 2 4 3 Wireless P...

Page 47: ...networks For each wireless network there are two types of real time graphs Signal and Noise Graph Display the realtime Signal and Noise levels in dBm Tx CCQ Graph Display the realtime Tx CCQ the tran...

Page 48: ...ion below the graph there is a table providing the following details for each connection Network Internet Protocol Protocol Type of protocol UDP TCP ICMP or UNKNOWN Source Source address and port Dest...

Page 49: ...able MAC Address IP Address Username Online Time Total amount of time used by the user in the current session Downloaded Total amount of data downloaded by the user in the current session Uploaded Tot...

Page 50: ...n provides access to the following pages System Page Administration Page Services Page SNMP Page Backup Flash Firmware Page Reboot Page Diagnostics Page 3 3 1 System Page To access the System page cli...

Page 51: ...3 1 1 1 General Settings The General Settings tab includes the following Local Time The current read only date and time of the unit s real time clock To synchronize with the date and time of your PC...

Page 52: ...cal to or higher than the specified level will be transferred The levels available in the drop down list are Debug Info Notice Warning Error Critical Alert Emergency The default is Warning Log level T...

Page 53: ...addresses of NTP servers or servers pools By default 4 popular servers pools 0 pool ntp org 1 pool ntp org 2 pool ntp org 3 pool ntp org are configured The time provided by a time server is always UT...

Page 54: ...n in the Confirmation text field You can click on the Reveal hide password icon on the right side of each field to hide the default or reveal the typed string 3 3 2 2 Web Web Server Mode This can be s...

Page 55: ...s to the given IP address will fail The Ping Watchdog section includes the following parameters Enable Ping Watchdog Select to enable the Ping Watchdog service The default is disabled de selected IP A...

Page 56: ...disabled de selected Mode Chooses the Auto Reboot mode By Time of day or By Number of Hours Time HH MM 24 Hours Available only if selected Mode is By Time Sets the time of day to reboot Number of Hour...

Page 57: ...em contact sysContact string Location The system location sysLocation string 3 3 4 2 SNMP Configuration The following tabs are available in the SNMP Configuration section General Settings Trap 3 3 4 2...

Page 58: ...tring SNMP V3 Privacy Algorithm Read only The data encryption algorithm used e g DES SNMP V3 Privacy Password The password for data encryption default password You can click on the Reveal hide passwor...

Page 59: ...file Click on the Generate archive button The backup file will be downloaded to your PC either to the Downloads directory or to a selectable location depending on the browser used The default file na...

Page 60: ...e Browse button and navigate to the location of the required firmware file 3 The path to the selected file will be displayed next to the Browse button 4 Click on the Flash firmware button You will be...

Page 61: ...the new configuration file excluding parameters that are not supported by the previous firmware click on the Switch Bank button After reboot the device will run using the previous firmware and the ne...

Page 62: ...agnostics tab in the management function selection panel The Diagnostics page enables preparing diagnostics compressed TAR files tar gz that may be sent to the support team of the supplier for advice...

Page 63: ...ntain guidelines on how to configure the device to implement hotspot services It is recommended to configure the LAN Wifi and WAN then test it before enabling the hotspot setting WAN LAN Interfaces Wi...

Page 64: ...ernet connection is working fine 3 4 1 1 4 Setting up the Hotspot The hotspot can now be set up and enabled The following sections describe the Hotspot settings available in the AP s web pages 3 4 1 2...

Page 65: ...e password icon on the right side to hide the default or reveal the typed string Login Page Title Sets the title shown on the Login Page e g HotSpot Idle Timeout The timeout in seconds before disconne...

Page 66: ...default address and netmask prefix are derived from the network address of the LAN interface DNS Server 1 and DNS Server 2 The default for both is the management IP address of the AP 3 4 1 4 Hotspot...

Page 67: ...n the management function selection panel Here you can set the Universal Access Method UAM parameters UAM Server Sets the URL of the web server to use for authenticating clients The default http 1 0 0...

Page 68: ...th servers included in the Walled Garden Domain list see above will be available to the Hotspot user before they authenticate Each entry in the list is an IP Address The list must include the IP addre...

Page 69: ...one default entry that cannot be either deleted or modified User s MAC Address All Others DL Speed kbits s 5000 UL Speed kbits s 5000 This means that all hotspot users are subjected to 5000 kbits s ba...

Page 70: ...Base Station Management Services 60 3 4 2 Discovery Page To access the Discovery page click on the Services Discovery tab in the management function selection panel Enable Select Enable the default to...

Page 71: ...ing Interfaces Pages Wifi Pages VLANs Page Local DNS Page Diagnostics Page Passpoint Pages 3 5 1 Interfaces Pages The Network Interfaces option provides access to the following Interfaces Page Per Int...

Page 72: ...ovides a visible indication on the total number of Ethernet interfaces assigned to any network In addition to eth0 assigned to either the LAN or the WAN zone an Ethernet interface named eth0 VLAN_ID i...

Page 73: ...s parameters of the LAN zone WAN page In the WAN page you can view configure various parameters of the WAN zone if applicable If VLANs are defined in the device see VLANs Page on page 85 a VLAN config...

Page 74: ...back IP parameters see Fallback IP on page 69 are configured properly applicable for the default DHCP client option for the Protocol parameter c In the Physical Settings tab select the Ethernet Adapte...

Page 75: ...parameters see Fallback IP on page 69 are configured properly d Click on the Save button 2 In the Common Configuration section of the WAN page select the Physical Settings tab In the Physical Settings...

Page 76: ...mbers for Bytes and Packets transmitted on this interface since it became active IPv4 the IP address of the interface Management Interface This parameter indicates whether the interface is configured...

Page 77: ...l parameters available when Protocol is set to Static address mode are IPv4 address IPv4 netmask IPv4 gateway The default gateway for the device Applicable only for the interface configured as the man...

Page 78: ...tings tab includes the following components Use broadcast flag Available only when Protocol is set to DHCP client mode When sending DHCP requests a client can indicate if it wants an answer in a unica...

Page 79: ...WAN interface enabling to select the physical interface to be assigned to the WAN zone For more details refer to Switching from Bridge Mode to Router Mode and Vice Versa on page 64 3 5 1 2 4 Fallback...

Page 80: ...is available only in the LAN page when a static address is configured for the interface Protocol is set to Static address In the default configuration only a single parameter is available in the DHCP...

Page 81: ...ond to DHCP requests on this network even if another DHCP server is detected The default is unchecked meaning that if another DHCP server is detected the built in DHCP server will not respond to DHCP...

Page 82: ...s MAC address use the format xx xx xx xx xx xx IPv4 Address The static IP address to be assigned to the device 3 5 2 Wifi Pages Click on the Wifi option to open the Wifi Wireless Overview Page In addi...

Page 83: ...n Details General Radio Status Details Per Wireless Network Configuration Details General Radio Buttons Per Wireless Network Buttons 3 5 2 1 1 1 General Radio Configuration Details Channel Country Tx...

Page 84: ...device has been occupied receiving non valid data i e interfering traffic during the last 10 seconds 3 5 2 1 1 3 Per Wireless Network Configuration Details SSID or Mesh ID SSID is applicable when the...

Page 85: ...lt values for Interface Configuration parameter see Interface Configuration on page 79 will be added Up to 6 wireless networks may be created per radio ACS Click to display the Radio Channel Scan Repo...

Page 86: ...ton to run the interference analyzer and automatically switch to the best channel after completion of the task 3 5 2 1 1 5 Per Wireless Network Buttons The following buttons are available for each con...

Page 87: ...ission quality in a higher percentage means a better wireless connection quality 3 5 2 2 Wireless Network Page A Wireless Network page is available for each configured wireless network The page title...

Page 88: ...tatus click on the Disable Enable button Regulatory Domain The regulatory domain to be used The regulatory domain together with the Country parameter affects certain parameters such as available chann...

Page 89: ...upport also low rate IEEE 802 11b clients Coverage 11bgn or not Coverage 11gn High Density mode provides optimization for serving a maximum number of clients in a crowded area located at a relatively...

Page 90: ...ier ESSID of the wireless network A string of up to 32 characters This is used also as the name for the wireless network SSID For a newly added wireless network the default ESSID is AP where is the se...

Page 91: ...ot AP mode One additional wireless network the second wireless network in the radio operating in Mesh Monitoring mode used for the batman adv protocol For Root AP Router Client Two additional wireless...

Page 92: ...2 PSK Mixed Mode IEEE802 1X WPA EAP IEEE802 1X WPA2 EAP No Encryption No authentication no encryption of over the air information This is the default mode that should typically be used for testing pur...

Page 93: ...client devices that do not support WPA2 with AES encryption These options are no longer supported for client using the IEEE 802 11n standard For WPA PSK WPA2 PSK WPA PSK WPA2 PSK Mixed Mode encryptio...

Page 94: ...see Passpoint Page on page 91 3 5 2 2 2 3 MAC Filter MAC Address Filter The options are Disable the default Allow listed only and Deny all except listed A MAC access list is a group of client MAC add...

Page 95: ...nables manually adding a MAC address to the list using the format xx xx xx xx xx xx or for clearing the entry 3 5 2 2 2 4 Advanced Settings The parameters available in the Advanced Settings tab are St...

Page 96: ...a new VLAN forwarding rule click on the Add button to add a new entry and configure the following parameters VLAN ID The VLAN ID from 2 to 4094 Priority The 802 1p based Priority Code Point applied to...

Page 97: ...fied VID and vice versa Description A text box enabling to configure a description for the VLAN ID forwarding rule Note the following configuration rules A wireless network can be assigned as untagged...

Page 98: ...on your network plus the custom option The custom option enables manually adding an IP address to the list Select the appropriate IP address or enter it manually 3 5 5 Diagnostics Page To access the...

Page 99: ...route path and measuring transit delays of packets across an Internet Protocol IP network 1 Enter the destination IP address or host name in the text field 2 Click on the Traceroute button The test r...

Page 100: ...e enter their authentication credentials Passpoint automates that entire process enabling a seamless connection between hotspot networks and mobile devices all while delivering the highest WPA2 securi...

Page 101: ...rofile For details on enabling Passpoint and selecting profiles to be used on a specific wireless network refer to Passpoint Parameters on page 84 3 5 6 2 Profile Pages To access a Profile from 1 to 4...

Page 102: ...ea The SP Service Provider networks reachable at any one AP is reachable from all the APs configured with the same HESSID The HESSID a globally unique identifier is used to give a single identifier fo...

Page 103: ...network the default The network is accessible to anyone and no charges apply for the network use An example of this access network type is an airport hotspot or municipal network providing free servi...

Page 104: ...and if this is the preferred band and it is available For details on available operating class indications refer to Table E 4 Global operating classes in IEEE 802 11 2012 Annex E The default list incl...

Page 105: ...server side authentication only 3 5 6 2 4 Service Provider Information The Service Provider Information section includes a list of Roaming Consortiums and Service Providers that are roaming partners o...

Page 106: ...e domain names of the entity operating the hotspot network It is possible that a Hotspot Operator might have more than one domain name that it uses to identify itself 3 5 6 2 7 Provider Authentication...

Page 107: ...tication Type is http https redirect The URL to which the user will be redirected for authentication 3 5 6 2 8 Venue Configuration The Venue Configuration section provides optional general information...

Page 108: ...o support Icon Request Response exchange between the device and the AP when the mobile device is configured to display the OSU Icon To add an OSU Icon enter it s name in the text box on the left side...

Page 109: ...provided human languages the best choice to display to the user Online SignUp NAI Network Access Identifier NAI realm s that can be used by the OSU Provider see also NAI Realm information on page 94 O...

Page 110: ...r association Double NATed private IPv4 address available Access to a single core network is provided and the combination of the hotspot network and the core network allocates a double NAT IPv4 addres...

Page 111: ...status for a certain combination of IP protocol and destination port number The Connection Capability parameters are Protocol The IP protocol The options available in the drop down list are ICMP Inte...

Page 112: ...nnel protection against malicious data insertion The APController tab provides access to the following second level management function tabs AP Controller Page SNMPv3 AP to APC Page 3 6 1 AP Controlle...

Page 113: ...he controller IP addresses could be more than one address e g a backup server under option 43 using TLV blocks defined in this way Type 0x33 Hex 51 Decimal Length A count of the characters of the ASCI...

Page 114: ...ight side of the text field to hide the default or reveal the typed string Privacy Password The password used for encrypting the SNMP traffic using the CBC DES protocol A string of at least 8 characte...

Page 115: ...raph s for the selected time span The Average Avg and Last values for each of the relevant performance parameters are displayed below the graph excluding Interfaces graphs in which calculated Totals f...

Page 116: ...enables viewing Wireless page as well as the following pages Associations Page Radio Page The Wireless page includes all the graphs available in both the Associations and Radio pages 3 7 2 1 Associati...

Page 117: ...transmitted TX Packets PHY error graph displaying for each of the supported radios the total number of packets received with a PHY error as percentage of total received packets Retransmissions graph d...

Page 118: ...ys the following performance parameters on the relevant interface in Bits second Bits TX Bits RX Packets The Packets graph displays the following performance parameters on the relevant interface in Pa...

Page 119: ...109 3 7 4 System Load Page The System Load page provides a graph displaying the CPU load parameters 1 Minute 5 Minutes and 15 Minutes 3 7 5 Memory Page The Memory page provides a graph displaying memo...

Page 120: ...phs for each of the supported radios Noise Level graph displaying the Average and Current Noise Levels in dBm on the radio Activity graph displaying the percentage of time consumed by the following ac...

Page 121: ...atistics 111 3 7 7 TCP Connections Pages The TCP Connection provides graphs displaying the number of TCP connections in various states Graphs are provided for port 80 HTTP and port 22 SSH You can elec...

Page 122: ...Appendix A Troubleshooting In this Appendix Base Station LEDs Description on page 111 Using the Reset Button of the Base Station on page 112...

Page 123: ...cription Status Off No power or start of reboot Red Reboot in progress Blinking Green Systen Initialization Solid Green Normal operation Orange Rescue mode is running see Restarting the Unit in Rescue...

Page 124: ...at least 20 seconds but less than 40 seconds The unit will reset and restart using the factory default configuration including management IP parameters A 2 3 Restarting the Unit in Rescue Mode Rescue...

Page 125: ...ing the current configuration 1 Click on the Choose File button and navigate to the location of the appropriate dlv file should be a firmware file known to be good and select it The name to the select...

Page 126: ...eration is not resumed after uploading a good firmware file then most probably there is a configuration problem Click on the Default Configuration button After a few minutes the unit should restart us...

Page 127: ...Appendix B Preparing Ethernet Cables In this Appendix Preparing the Base Station s Ethernet Cable on page 116...

Page 128: ...Ethernet cable through the nut and rubber bushing NOTE Use only Category 5e or higher outdoors Ethernet cable Use only shielded RJ 45 8 pin modular plugs Make sure that the length of the Ethernet cabl...

Page 129: ...sure a good shielding connection solder the shield wire to the connector s shield after crimping 6 Connect the cable to the Ethernet connector 7 Firmly push the rubber bushing back into place inside t...

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