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SB3000 & BR3000 Series User

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s Manual

Rev. 1.1 (July, 2012)

AirEther

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SB3000 & BR3000 Series

USER’S MANUAL

Rev 1.2 April, 2013

Corporate Headquarters

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http://www.inscapedata.com

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Summary of Contents for AirEther BR3000 Series

Page 1: ...ev 1 1 July 2012 1 AirEther SB3000 BR3000 Series USER S MANUAL Rev 1 2 April 2013 Corporate Headquarters Inscape Data Corporation 1620 Oakland Road D101 San Jose CA 95131 U S A http www inscapedata co...

Page 2: ...ntial area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to t...

Page 3: ...End User License Agreement Software warranty do not apply if the Software Hardware Product or any other equipment upon which the Software is authorized by Inscape Data or its suppliers or licensors to...

Page 4: ...uration of Hardware Warranty One 1 Year Replacement Repair or Refund Procedure for Hardware Inscape Data or its authorized service center will use commercially reasonable efforts to ship a replacement...

Page 5: ...R PURCHASER THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT GOVERN CUSTOMER S ACCESS AND USE OF EACH INSCAPE DATA OR INSCAPE DATA SUPPLIED SOFTWARE SOFTWARE EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT A THERE IS A SEPARATE SIGNED CONT...

Page 6: ...of benchmark tests run on the Software v use or permit the Software to be used to perform services for third parties whether on a service bureau or time sharing basis or otherwise without the express...

Page 7: ...assistance as may reasonably be required by the other in connection with securing authorizations or licenses 3 End User License Agreement U S Government End User Purchasers The Software and Documentat...

Page 8: ...O THE EXTENT AN IMPLIED WARRANTY CANNOT BE EXCLUDED SUCH WARRANTY IS LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE EXPRESS WARRANTY PERIOD BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMP...

Page 9: ...PLIERS OR LICENSORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IF YOU ACQUIRED THE SOFTWARE IN EUROPE THE MIDDLE EAST AFRICA ASIA OR OCEANIA IN NO EVENT WILL INSCAPE DATA ITS AFFILIATES OFFI...

Page 10: ...r the Agreement or Warranties If you acquired the Software in Australia unless expressly prohibited by local law the Agreement and Warranties are controlled by and construed under the laws of the Stat...

Page 11: ...k hazard the instrument chassis and cabinet must be connected to an electrical ground The instrument must be connected to the ac power supply mains through a three conductor power cable with the third...

Page 12: ...stem or connect or disconnect cables during periods of lightning activity Comply with Local and National Electrical Codes Installation of the equipment must comply with local and national electrical c...

Page 13: ...ondition Do not drop throw or cause mechanical shock to the system Keep system out of the reach of children Do not disassemble the system Doing so will void the manufacturer warranty Use only the powe...

Page 14: ...LATION 31 3 4 1 Material Requirements 32 3 4 2 Mount the Unit on a Pole 32 3 5 INSTALLATION DIRECTION FOR SB3245 DUO PRO BR3500 PRO OR BR3500 DUO PRO 33 3 6 INTEGRATED 2X2 MIMO DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA FOR...

Page 15: ...5 7 9 Data Rate 57 5 7 10 Transmit Power 57 5 7 11 Rate Aggressiveness 58 5 8 WIRELESS MODE STATION STATION WDS 58 5 8 1 Wireless Mode Station 58 5 8 2 Remote AP ESSID 58 5 8 3 Remote AP Lock to MAC...

Page 16: ...Telnet Access Setup 79 5 12 7 SSH Access Setup 79 5 12 8 System Log Setup 80 5 13 SYSTEM TAB 81 5 13 1 Firmware Upgrade 81 5 13 2 Host Name 81 5 13 3 Administrative and Read only Account 82 5 13 4 Ena...

Page 17: ...TELNET SSH SERVER 106 13 4 SYSTEM LOG 107 14 APPENDIX E VLAN SETUP EXAMPLES 108 14 1 TAGGED WIRELESS VLAN TO TAGGED ETHERNET VLAN SETUP 108 14 2 UNTAGGED WIRELESS VLAN TO TAGGED ETHERNET VLAN SETUP 10...

Page 18: ...0 Series wireless systems are ideal for municipality carrier enterprise and large campus high density users wireless applications Government strength AES wireless encryption power over Ethernet port I...

Page 19: ...B3000 2x2 MIMO AP Base Station System Key Hardware Feature Matrix Single Radio Model Key Hardware Features SB3240 SB3500 Number of Radio on Board 1 1 Radio Transmit Power per Chain 26dBm 26dBm Radio F...

Page 20: ...BR3500 BR500 Pro BR3500 Duo BR3500 Duo Pro Number of Radio on Board 1 1 2 2 Radio Transmit Power per Chain 26dBm 26dBm 26dBm 26dBm Radio Frequency 5GHz 5GHz 5GHz 5GHz Integrated Antenna Frequency N A...

Page 21: ...her The illustration below shows a typical resources sharing application example using this device The wireless users are able to access the file server connected to the switch through the access poin...

Page 22: ...er s Manual Rev 1 1 July 2012 22 2 2 Access Point WDS Mode This is mode is generally use for point to point or point to multi point connection It is mainly use with Station WDS to build the point and...

Page 23: ...point it creates a network link between the Ethernet network connected at this client device and the wireless Ethernet network connected at the access point In this example the workgroup PCs on the E...

Page 24: ...access point configured to Access Point WDS or RootAP mode Station WDS is mainly use for point to point connection between 2 buildings or locations as far as several kilometer away Point to Point Poin...

Page 25: ...nd modem Wireless as WAN is known as Station Router mode or Wireless Routing Client mode and Ethernet as WAN is known as AP Router mode or Gateway mode Device supports several types of broadband conne...

Page 26: ...2 6 Repeater WDS Mode Repeater WDS Mode to mainly to extend the wireless range and coverage of the wireless network allowing access and communications over places generally difficult for wireless clie...

Page 27: ...7 3 Product Installation 3 1 Installation Diagram CAUTION The PIA200 s ODU port has data and power while the RJ45 port is for data only Please be sure to connect the ODU port of the PIS200 to the SB30...

Page 28: ...Access Point Station Bridge Repeater Asso ciated or Not Associated c Signal Strength Wireless Activity RF Signal Strength Indicator 2 2 4 5 GHz External Antenna Connector Type N Female 3 Weatherproof...

Page 29: ...SB3000 BR3000 Series User s Manual Rev 1 1 July 2012 29 TOP VIEW BOTTOM VIEW 1 BOTTOM VIEW 2 ACTUAL PRODUCT Antenna Connectors Available depending on models WAN LAN...

Page 30: ...age and deliver power up to 30W and 100 meters distance and it is OCP OVP and OLP fully protected PIA200 Gigabit Ethernet Power over Ethernet Injector 3 2 1 LED Definition LED LED STATUS WHEN ON PoE Y...

Page 31: ...king into account the horizontal angle and the vertical angle of the antenna signal When the antenna is at the optimum alignment there is less possibility of encountering interference and of causing i...

Page 32: ...ectors For Two ANT1 Connectors Two ANT2 Connectors Please connect each of your two antennas based on the following way 1 2 4GHz 5GHz Connect ANT1 to your 2 4GHz antenna with antenna cables i e one ant...

Page 33: ...oint also lets you fine tune parameters such as the transmit power to achieve the best results 3 5 Installation Direction for SB3245 Duo Pro BR3500 Pro or BR3500 Duo Pro The directional antenna radiat...

Page 34: ...Pro models are manufactured with an integrated 18dBi high performance 2x2 MIMO directional antenna The detailed antenna specifications are described in the following five sections 3 6 1 Electrical Spe...

Page 35: ...SB3000 BR3000 Series User s Manual Rev 1 1 July 2012 35 3 6 2 Forward Reflection 3 6 3 VSWR...

Page 36: ...SB3000 BR3000 Series User s Manual Rev 1 1 July 2012 36 3 6 4 3 6 5 E Plane Field Patterns...

Page 37: ...a network such as the Internet 1 From the taskbar click the Start button select Settings Control Panel From there double click the Network connections icon 2 Right click the Local Area Connection icon...

Page 38: ...th a proper IP address to communicate with the access point 4 2 Configure IP Address by uConfig Utility aka IP Installer The IP Installer utility provides direct access to the web interface Step 1 Ins...

Page 39: ...nterface as this will disconnect you from the device Click on the OK button Step 6 At the login prompt enter the User Name and Root The default are User Name root Password root Step 7 It then opens th...

Page 40: ...Then click the OK button 3 You will enter the SB3000 BR3000 Series configuration homepage More detailed description is presented in Section 6 Detail step by step Instructions It then opens the device...

Page 41: ...etwork services i e DHCP Server Advanced Wireless Page settings for more advanced wireless features Advanced Network page settings for more advanced network features Services Page covers the configura...

Page 42: ...g mode network settings and traffic statistics of all the interfaces 5 3 1 Main Uptime displays device up time since boot up The time is expressed in days hours minutes and seconds Host Name displays...

Page 43: ...f the LAN setting 5 3 3 WAN Setting WAN MAC displays the MAC address of the device WAN interface WAN Mode displays the mode used either DHCP PPPoE or Static IP WAN IP Address displays the current IP a...

Page 44: ...1 July 2012 44 5 3 4 Clients Connection Status in AP Status Info All clients connected to AP can be view from AP Status page Below is an example of a client connection status info Click to refresh cli...

Page 45: ...00 BR3000 Series User s Manual Rev 1 1 July 2012 45 Signals strength at the left and right port of radio card can be view with more accurately while adjusting the antenna to get a more balanced recept...

Page 46: ...te displays the current 802 11 data transmission TX and data reception RX rate while operating in Station mode Typically the higher the signal the higher the data rate and consequently the higher the...

Page 47: ...rity settings and encryption break attempts Rx Invalid Frag value represents the number of packets missed during transmission and reception These packets were dropped due to re assembling failure as s...

Page 48: ...v 1 1 July 2012 48 ARP Table display a list of MAC addresses of the connected devices Bridge Table display a list the devices connect to the bridge interface DHCP Active Lease Table display a list of...

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Page 50: ...SB3000 BR3000 Series User s Manual Rev 1 1 July 2012 50 5 4 Basic Network Tab Click BASIC NETWORK from the main menu bar to open the page as shown below...

Page 51: ...mode failed to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server user can access device using this temporary fallback IP address DHCP Mode None function disabled default DHCP Server Check to enable Device act...

Page 52: ...own below Click Add to enter for each device the IP address and MAC address All DHCP active lease devices are displayed in the Status tab page from the More Status selection 5 4 4 Domain Name Server A...

Page 53: ...own below Check Enable and click on Configure to see another new screen BANDWIDTH CONTROL SETUP pop up as below An entry of value 0 means no bandwidth flow limit between the 2 interfaces An entry of 2...

Page 54: ...to the Ethernet devices of the Station 2 Access Point WDS Mode This mode can be connected to Station WDS mode Using WDS protocol it allows aclient or station device to bridge wireless traffic transpar...

Page 55: ...same for the Remote AP and the Local AP 5 Repeater WDS Mode This mode consists of a Station WDS and an Access Point WDS mode The Repeater WDS must first link up with an Access Point WDS and then it c...

Page 56: ...ntries have different power levels and frequency selections To ensure device operation follows regulatory compliance rules operator to select correct country code where device will be used The channel...

Page 57: ...of both the legacy rates and the MCS Modulation Coding Scheme Only for 802 11n rates 6 54Mbps are Legacy Rates MCS0 to MCS7 are 802 11n rates which uses only 1 stream MCS8 to MCS15 are 802 11n rates w...

Page 58: ...station to seek and connect to the access point of same the SSID identifier Site Survey Site Survey will search for the available wireless networks in range on all the supported channels and will all...

Page 59: ...ents a mixed of 802 11n 802 11g and 802 11b mode Station setting must match AP Wireless Profile setting 5 8 7 Channel Spectrum Width 20M represents the data transmitted at a bandwidth of 20MHz 20 40MH...

Page 60: ...can then mark and selective only those frequencies station will scan the AP to increase scan speed However ensure the frequencies selected are available at the AP setup 5 8 9 Wireless Security All the...

Page 61: ...yption Standard AES algorithm AUTO Default Automatically select between both algorithms Preshared Key This option is available when WPA or WPA2 with PSK selected The pre shared key is an alpha numeric...

Page 62: ...orithms Primary Radius Server IP Enter the Primary Radius Server IP address Secondary Radius Server IP Enter the Secondary Radius Server IP address Authentication Port Enter the Authentication Port nu...

Page 63: ...lected under Station Station WDS Repeater WDS mode Identity Identification credential used by the wpa supplicant for EAP authentication User Name Identification credential used by the wpa supplicant f...

Page 64: ...int will use to query server Secondary Radius Server IP Enter the Secondary Radius Server IP that Access Point will use to query the server Authentication Port Enter the Radius Server Authentication P...

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Page 66: ...ter format for the WEP key if WEP security method is used Current Key Specify the Index of the WEP Key used 4 different WEP keys can be configured at the same time but only one is used WEP Key WEP enc...

Page 67: ...mode When Configure is clicked it will pop up another Window shown as below Fig 2 11 Virtual AP Only Available in Access Point Access Point WDS Mode All VAPs are created from the same radio they all s...

Page 68: ...le to open the page below Either RADIO or RADIO 2 uses the same control parameters 5 9 1 Long Range Parameters Setup Advanced wireless page let you setup outdoor long distant connection parameters 5 9...

Page 69: ...ignal strength expected to be about 20 30 the values can be adjusted to display over this new range e g the LEDs values can be adjusted as follows LED1 RSSI value 7 LED2 RSSI value 15 LED3 RSSI value...

Page 70: ...anual Rev 1 1 July 2012 70 5 10 Advanced Network Tab Click Advanced Network tab from menu to open the page below Note This tab will not open when in device is in Bridge node To open page first enabled...

Page 71: ...efault is disabled Check on box to enable DMZ IP Address Input IP address of the local PC to receive the DMZ packets Port Forwarding Default is disabled Check on box to enable For configuration refer...

Page 72: ...ress Enter the local IP of the PC running the application Private Port From If single port enter same public port number or new port number If port range enter only the starting port number Public IP...

Page 73: ...t number in rule check Is the source port of the TCP UDP packet specified within the packet header usually it is the port of the host system application which sends the packets Destination IP Mask ent...

Page 74: ...d These ensured users on the internet can always get access to the hosting service behind the router For configuration refer to Appendix section 5 10 8 DNS Relay Setup Default is disabled Check on box...

Page 75: ...ireless SSID type in the ID number select Tag and click Add To add a Tag VLAN ID for VAP2 wireless SSID type in the ID number select Tag and click Add To add a Tag VLAN ID for VAP3 wireless SSID type...

Page 76: ...VLAN Management has VLAN ID 2002 with masquerade IP address 192 168 1 200 You can only select one of the 2 entries to be the active VLAN ID and IP address If VLAN ID 2001 group is selected then only c...

Page 77: ...Series User s Manual Rev 1 1 July 2012 77 5 12 Services Tab Click Services tab from menu to open the page below Services section provides varieties of useful and enhanced functions to help assist devi...

Page 78: ...Default is disabled Select By Hour or By Time check This mode lets you preset a timer to automatically force a reboot Timer can in fixed number of hours or at a specified time of day By Hour Enter th...

Page 79: ...ect one from this list as your new time server 5 12 5 Web HTTP Security Web Server Mode Default is HTTP Option is HTTP and HTTPs HTTP s Port Default is 80 for HTTP and 413 for HTTPs Enter a new prefer...

Page 80: ...July 2012 80 5 12 8 System Log Setup Enable System Logging Default is disabled Check on box to enable Logging IP Domain Name Enter destination IP address of device to receive log Logging Port Default...

Page 81: ...mware file is transferred to the system after Upload button is activated Close this window button cancels the new firmware upload process if activated Upgrade button should be activated in order to pr...

Page 82: ...changes 5 13 4 Enable Read Only Account Read Only Username Password new password used for read only administrator authentication should be specified 5 13 5 Configuration Management Backup Configurati...

Page 83: ...odified after the reboot cycle completes Any non applied changes will be lost Reset to Defaults activate Reset to Defaults control in order to initiate reset the device to factory defaults routine Res...

Page 84: ...mance None 6 2 Semi compatible The following wireless vendor equipment requires extra configuration settings to achieve full or compromised wireless link performance Vendor Model Comment Cisco Aironet...

Page 85: ...OS is required to establish a good and reliable wireless link Obstructions Metal shelving or a steel pillar can hinder devices Avoid placing these devices in locations where obstructions are between t...

Page 86: ...enough clearance from buildings and that is no obstruction or blocking the path Check the land topology between the antennas by using topographical maps aerial photos or even satellite images Avoid a...

Page 87: ...s 5 4 m 17 6 ft The tree covered hill height is at an elevation of 17 m 56 ft so the antennas linked at both sides needs to be at least 22 4 m 73 ft high The building A is six stories high or 20 m 66...

Page 88: ...nal or sector coverage and support various communication distances Antennas are available with different gain ratings and coverage areas Inscape Data offers a broad selection of 2 4GHz and 5GHz antenn...

Page 89: ...calculating wireless path loss please include the antenna cable loss Please check Inscape Data s website on quality matching antenna cables 7 6 Weather Consideration Weather and seasonal related cons...

Page 90: ...only option License exempt wireless is available worldwide in several frequency bands The most popular and uniformly accepted is ISM 2 4GHz and 5GHz frequency bands The 2 4 GHz frequency allocation 2...

Page 91: ...standards in history Wi Fi is experiencing rapid advancement with newer extensions released to enhance wireless performance WiMax is another wireless standard rapidly gaining ground and holds lots of...

Page 92: ...Sector www tra gov ae United Kingdom of Great Britain Northern Ireland Office of Communications www ofcom org uk United States of America Federal Communications Commission www fcc gov Table II Countr...

Page 93: ...e self contained and standalone specifications where as 802 11n is not standalone specification IEEE 802 family which is a series of specifications for LAN technologies focuses on the physical layer 1...

Page 94: ...are computing devices with wireless network interfaces Since 802 11 is fast in becoming the defacto standard for linking together consumer electronics device with 802 11 wireless interfaces is rapidl...

Page 95: ...e table below references the Inscape Data outdoor fixed wireless broadband system and core relationship to the 802 11 Nomenclature IEEE 802 11 Nomenclature Inscape Data AirEther Outdoor System Inscape...

Page 96: ...rver and use Network Address Translation Masquerading feature which is widely used by the Access Points NAT will act as the firewall between LAN and WLAN networks Additional Firewall settings can be c...

Page 97: ...ttings of the devices are unknown they can be access with the help of the uConfig utility The uConfig Utility should be started on the administrator PC which resides on the same network segment as the...

Page 98: ...sed to Comments is the informal field for the comment of the particular firewall entry Few words about the particular firewall entry purpose are saved there usually On flag enables or disables the eff...

Page 99: ...outing and the device management purposes The external network interface can be set for static IP or can be set to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server which should reside in the external network...

Page 100: ...server to client devices on the internal network which use dynamic IP configuration Lease Time The IP addresses given out by the DHCP server will only be valid for the duration specified by the lease...

Page 101: ...es can be specified by using the following criteria Interface the interface WLAN LAN or PPP where filtering of the incoming passing through packets is processed IP Type sets which particular L3 protoc...

Page 102: ...local network and are at the same time isolated from it for additional security DMZ is commonly used with the NAT functionality as an alternative for the Port Forwarding while makes all the ports of...

Page 103: ...ase Rate Aggressiveness will increase transmit rate in this case to get higher throughput Choose a range of value from 3 2 1 Noise Immunity option increases the robustness of the device to operate in...

Page 104: ...station receives no ACK frame from the AP within set timeout it re sends the frame The performance drops because of the too many data frames are re send thus if the timeout is set too short or too lon...

Page 105: ...012 105 LED 4 Green will switch on if the Signal Strength reaches the value set in an entry field next to it Configuration example if the Signal Strength fluctuates around RSSI 15 30 the LED Threshold...

Page 106: ...2 SNMP Agent Simple Network Monitor Protocol SNMP is used in network management systems to monitor network attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention Device contains an SNM...

Page 107: ...P port setting 13 4 System Log Enable Log option enables the registration routine of the system log messages Enable Remote Log enables the syslog remote sending function while System log messages are...

Page 108: ...SB3000 BR3000 Series User s Manual Rev 1 1 July 2012 108 14 Appendix E VLAN Setup examples 14 1 Tagged Wireless VLAN to Tagged Ethernet VLAN Setup...

Page 109: ...SB3000 BR3000 Series User s Manual Rev 1 1 July 2012 109 14 2 Untagged Wireless VLAN to Tagged Ethernet VLAN setup...

Page 110: ...SB3000 BR3000 Series User s Manual Rev 1 1 July 2012 110 14 3 Tagged VLAN Pass Through AP and Station link No VLAN Setup Required...

Page 111: ...Avoidance A method of data transfer that is used to prevent data collisions CTS Clear To Send A signal sent by a wireless device signifying that it is ready to send data Database A collection of data...

Page 112: ...networking device that connects multiple networks together RTS Request To Send A networking method of coordinating large packets through the RTS Threshold setting Server Any computer whose function i...

Page 113: ...cified by IEEE 802 11 that may be used to provide data confidentiality that is subjectively equivalent to the confidentiality of a wired local area network LAN medium that does not employ cryptographi...

Page 114: ...Cable Outdoor rated Cat 5 5e STP FTP ScTP Shielded Twisted Pair Cable 1 to 100 meter PoE Port Surge Protector In Line Cat 5 with 8 lines Protected or equivalent Strongly Recommended in severe environ...

Page 115: ...ding diagram for your installation reference When in doubt refer to your country s national electric code to determine proper grounding techniques For reference information regarding grounding the Air...

Page 116: ...ID assignment MultiSSID 4 Virtual AP z VLAN Per SSID Client BSSID assignment Short Slot time support IEEE 802 11d transparent Bridge Station Connection Info CTS only CTS RTS protect mechanism support...

Page 117: ...peration Mode DHCP Client DHCP Server AP PTMP Bridge Repeater Mode AP Client WDS Router Security Http User Name and Password Read Only Account HTTPS Access Control List i e None Accept Deny IEEE802 1x...

Page 118: ...VPN Pass Through STP DMZ IP Port Forwarding Static Routing RIP v1 V2 VLAN Tag support Firewall UPnp Multicast Routing Protocols TCP IP RTSP UDP IGMP DHCP Tags PPPOE DHCP client DHCP Server Maximum Et...

Page 119: ...ent Port IP VLAN Per SSID Client BSSID assignment Short Slot time support IEEE 802 11d transparent Bridge Station Connection Info CTS only CTS RTS protect mechanism support WMM support Bandwidth contr...

Page 120: ...ccess Control List i e None Accept Deny IEEE802 1x Wireless Station Isolation Hide SSID 802 11i AES Management NTP Bridged Station List Site Survey HTTP Web based configuration Selectable HTTP port Fa...

Page 121: ...LAN Tag support Firewall UPnp Multicast Routing Protocols Support TCP IP RTSP UDP IGMP DHCP Tags PPPOE DHCP client DHCP Server Housing LED PWR LAN WLAN 4 Level Signal Strengthen LED No of Ethernet Por...

Page 122: ...SB3000 BR3000 Series User s Manual Rev 1 1 July 2012 122 17 Appendix H AirEther Dual Polarity Panel Antenna...

Page 123: ...SB3000 BR3000 Series User s Manual Rev 1 1 July 2012 123 18 Appendix I AirEther Dual Polarity Panel Antenna...

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