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IxWLAN

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User Guide

Release 6.20

Part No. 913-0073-03 Rev A

May 2007

Summary of Contents for IxWLAN

Page 1: ...IxWLAN User Guide Release 6 20 Part No 913 0073 03 Rev A May 2007...

Page 2: ...a Worldwide Headquarters 26601 W Agoura Rd Calabasas CA 91302 USA 1 877 FOR IXIA 877 367 4942 1 818 871 1800 International FAX 1 818 871 1805 sales ixiacom com Web site www ixiacom com General info ix...

Page 3: ...1 Introduction Introduction to IxWLAN 1 1 Packaging Checklist 1 3 Features 1 4 WPA RSN 1 6 Files 1 8 System Needs 1 10 Hardware Characteristics 1 10 General Usage Notes 1 12 Feature Key Dependent Para...

Page 4: ...rt 2 3 Chapter 3 First Setup Using the Ethernet Ports 3 1 Using the Serial Port 3 5 Chapter 4 The Web Based User Interface Startup and Login 4 1 Choosing and Creating a Scenario 4 3 Using the Main Pag...

Page 5: ...st Commands 5 7 Virtual Station Setup and Control Commands 5 14 Statistics File Commands 5 52 Event Log Commands 5 54 IxWLAN Commands 5 59 802 11b g Commands 5 87 Administrative Mode Commands 5 91 Exa...

Page 6: ...Load Generator 8 2 Chassis Installation and LEDs 8 2 Web Based User Interface Problems 8 3 Missing Key File 8 7 Recovering a Corrupted Firmware File 8 9 Configuration Records 8 14 Appendix A Specifica...

Page 7: ...5 Connector D 2 Serial Cable D 3 Appendix E Error and Status Messages IxWLAN or Virtual Station Control Messages E 1 WLAN Driver Error Messages E 5 MAC Layer Management Messages E 6 Standard 802 11 WL...

Page 8: ...Table of Contents viii IxWLAN User Guide Release 6 20 RF Exposure Needs G 2 EU Declarations of Conformity Europe G 2 Glossary Index...

Page 9: ...emulates up to 128 wireless sta tions in an IEEE 802 11 wireless LAN environment It operates in accordance with the IEEE 802 11a IEEE 802 11b and IEEE 802 11g specifications IxW LAN is offered in the...

Page 10: ...io chipset thus reducing the cost and complexity of multiple PCs IxWLAN creates Virtual Stations vSTAs and generates or passes traffic that loads and stress tests Wireless LAN and 802 11 products in t...

Page 11: ...Chassis IxWLAN SED or SED MR Power cord for the IxWLAN SED or SED MR chassis Crossover cable Serial cable Detachable multiband antennas 2 for the IxWLAN SED and 3 for the SED MR chassis Data sheet Sp...

Page 12: ...11i RSN security including 802 11i Pre Authentication The system supports 802 11i PMKSA caching and re use The system supports fast RADIUS reconnection in vSTAs configured for WPA and RSN authenticat...

Page 13: ...end user needs Multiple types of reports The ability to save test scenario files in order to repeat a test Configuration and monitoring of virtual stations include copy paste print add and delete virt...

Page 14: ...hentication For full implementation of WPA RSN EAP over 802 1X is used for authentication Mutual authentication is gained by choosing an EAP type supporting this feature 802 1X port access control pre...

Page 15: ...ntication The inner algorithm is normally MS CHAPv2 for TTLS and EAP MS CHAPv2 for PEAP Certificate Files When using full WPA or RSN 802 1X valid certificates must be imported into IxWLAN using either...

Page 16: ...ages TKIP or AES CCM CCMP Data encryption unicast and multicast WPA or RSN Information Element Conformity presence in beacons probe responses correct AKM suite selector encoding and correct cipher sui...

Page 17: ...his directory store records of all IxWLAN activities with a timestamp indicating when the activity occurred Scenarios Scenario files After IxWLAN is configured you may create test scenarios that conta...

Page 18: ...antennas of the two available chassis IxWLAN SED and IxWLAN SED MR Ports and Connectors Both chassis have an Ethernet connector a serial connector and a power connec tor Ethernet Connectors The IxWLAN...

Page 19: ...chassis IxWLAN SED The IxWLAN SED chassis has two LEDs associated with the WLAN or Radio a separate power LED and two LEDs for each Ethernet port that is four in all One WLAN LED indicates WLAN traff...

Page 20: ...2 11a mode On the IxWLAN SED MR chassis there is a single antenna for each of the 3 independent wports each handling 802 11b g as well as 802 11a mode The antennas can be swiveled 180 degrees and angl...

Page 21: ...less devices If you use multiple IxWLANs at your facility each should have a WLAN MAC with a unique prefix For example on the first IxWLAN use WLAN MAC Address 04 0d e0 62 23 57 and on the second IxWL...

Page 22: ...ertfile autoconf set group or set vsta certfile Certificate File WPA RSN vSTA New Group Security EAP Tab Inner Algorithm autoconf set group or set vsta inneralgorithm MS CHAPv2 EAP MS CHAPv2 WPA RSN v...

Page 23: ...be ID RSN vSTA menu Pre authenticate button 802 11i Pre Authentication preauth BSSID RSN Scenario menu Pre authenticate button 802 11i Pre Authentication preauth BSSID RSN Group menu Pre authenticate...

Page 24: ...es CLI command Config Security Fast RADIUS autoconf get group get vsta set group set vsta fastreconnect WPA RSN Config Security PMKSA autoconf get group get vsta set group set vsta pmkcache WPA RSN Ta...

Page 25: ...on page 2 3 Attaching the Antennas To be able to use the IxWLAN SED IxWLAN SED MR chassis the antennas must be attached IxWLAN SED Chassis Twist the multiband antennas into the two antennas ports lab...

Page 26: ...nnect the IxWLAN SED IXWLAN SED MR chassis to a command PC 1 Connect one end of the supplied Ethernet crossover cable to the Ethernet port on the command PC 2 Connect the other end of the crossover ca...

Page 27: ...r switch Connect the other end of the cable to the Mgmt Port on the chassis as shown in Figure 2 2 Figure 2 2 Connecting the IxWLAN SED SED MR Chassis Through an Ethernet Hub or Switch The IxWLAN SED...

Page 28: ...Installation Connecting to the Serial Port 2 4 IxWLAN User Guide Release 6 20 2...

Page 29: ...Interface on page 3 4 Command PC Attached to Port on IxWLAN SED To configure the Command PC and then access the web based user interface or CLI when the Command PC is attached to the Mgmt Port on the...

Page 30: ...TCP IP Properties Dialog 6 Click the Use the following IP address radio button and type the IP address for the Ethernet connection Use an IP Address that resides on the same IP subnet as IxWLAN For ex...

Page 31: ...orer on the command PC 2 Select Internet Options from the Tools menu Click the Settings button and make sure that the Every Visit to Page radio button is clicked in the Settings dialog This step is ne...

Page 32: ...rface Command Line Interface You can use a PC that is connected via Telnet to access the CLI To establish a Telnet connection use the IxWLAN default IP address 192 168 0 50 for the first setup C telne...

Page 33: ...art a terminal emulation program such as HyperTer minal 2 In the Connection Description dialog type a name for the connection in the Name field for example IxWLAN 3 Choose an icon for the connection t...

Page 34: ...ration File ata0a config Configuration file checksum 23596 is good fei0 loaded Base address f0200000 irq 37 Attach AR5212 0x13 0x1dbb5728 wlan0 revisions mac 5 6 phy 4 1 analog 1 7 eeprom 3 4 ar0 load...

Page 35: ...IxWLAN User Guide Release 6 20 3 7 First Setup Using the Serial Port When the IxWLAN logon prompt opens use the information in Chapter 5 The Command Line Interface CLI to log on and access the CLI...

Page 36: ...First Setup Using the Serial Port 3 8 IxWLAN User Guide Release 6 20 3...

Page 37: ...in this chapter are feature key dependent For more information please refer to Feature Key Dependent Parameters on page 1 13 To start the IxWLAN software and log on 1 Start Internet Explorer 2 Type t...

Page 38: ...IxWLAN web server 5 After successful logon a splash page opens for a few seconds NOTES The default user name is Admin The default password is IxWLAN The user name and password are case sensitive NOTE...

Page 39: ...in Click Yes to build a scenario in the user interface that is based on the virtual stations that are already defined in IxWLAN Click No to delete the virtual station definitions and create a new empt...

Page 40: ...a new scenario or open an existing scenario in the main page Unselect the Show On Startup checkbox if you do not want to show this screen each time you access the IxWLAN web server You can restore th...

Page 41: ...ure 4 5 shows the appearance of the IxWLAN SED MR main page For further details on the differences in the appearance of the main page on the two chassis see Using the Main Page on page 4 14 Figure 4 5...

Page 42: ...m the vSTA side bar to open the New IxWLAN Group dialog as shown in Figure 4 6 Figure 4 6 New IxWLAN Group Dialog 2 If you want IxWLAN to dynamically acquire IP addresses select DHCP from the Address...

Page 43: ...example 10 205 15 95 Click the Create button to create a group with five virtual stations For more information on defining and editing groups and virtual stations in a scenario please refer to vSTA N...

Page 44: ...en the New IxWLAN Group dialog as shown in Figure 4 8 Figure 4 8 Select New Group from vSTA Side Bar 3 For layer 3 the source IP on your load generator must match the starting IP address assigned to t...

Page 45: ...address Click the Layer 3 radio button to capture frames based on an IP source address A target IP address is not needed for an external mode test 6 Click the Create button to create the scenario for...

Page 46: ...Figure 4 11 on page 4 11 1 Click Yes in the You are not joined with the SUT dialog shown in Figure 4 10 2 Click the SUT icon in the System Under Test status tool bar at the top of the main window NOT...

Page 47: ...rio 3 Click the Select SUT button in the IxWLAN side bar Figure 4 11 Select SUT Dialog If you have created a new scenario and have not saved it using the Save Scenario option in the File menu the dial...

Page 48: ...Save Scenario File Type a name in the File Name field Click the Save IxWLAN button to save the scenario in the IxWLAN flash file system Click the Save PC button to save the scenario on the command PC...

Page 49: ...start running a few seconds after the scenario is saved As the test runs you can see the Run State in the group grid go through the 802 11 states configure starts authenticate associate and run When a...

Page 50: ...selected Figure 4 15 IxWLAN SED MR Main Page NOTE The appearance of the main IxWLAN window differs depending on the type of chassis used to run the web based interface In the main window of the IxWLA...

Page 51: ...g the Main Page For the IxWLAN SED chassis the main window has a similar appearance except for the two other wports which are dimmed Figure 4 16 shows a scenario with one virtual station group defined...

Page 52: ...io mode Static or Dynamic and the current time on the command PC Figure 4 19 Figure 4 19 Status Tool Bar The status for example Online next to IxWLAN IP Address indicates the cur rent status of IxWLAN...

Page 53: ...tool bar is used to create open save and print scenarios Figure 4 21 Figure 4 21 File Tool Bar Scenario tool bar The buttons in this section of the tool bar can be used to run pause stop restart refre...

Page 54: ...Side Bar Buttons The side bar buttons are used to select vSTA IxWLAN Monitor Report Event Log and Configuration functions in the web based user interface Figure 4 26 Figure 4 26 Side Bar Buttons Note...

Page 55: ...uthenticated Shows the total number of virtual stations in each group that have been 802 11 authenticated with the System Under Test Assoc Associated Shows the total number of virtual stations in each...

Page 56: ...henticating Authenticated Associating and so on Iteration The two numbers in this column show the current iteration of the test that a virtual station is running or has completed and the number of ite...

Page 57: ...al stations to open the vSTA menu For more information about the selections in this menu please refer to vSTA Menu on page 4 89 Group Tab Columns Within a group you can double click the table heading...

Page 58: ...in relationship to IxWLAN as shown in Figure 4 31 Figure 4 31 System to Test Click the Rescan button to instruct IxWLAN to rescan for all systems The devices shown in this list box are shown in the Se...

Page 59: ...ase refer to Monitors Side Bar on page 4 55 Range Checking Error Messages In the dialogs described later in this chapter the web based user interface verifies all entries that need values within a spe...

Page 60: ...very field per Defines what scheduling is based on All vSTA all virtual stations Groups virtual stations within each group If All vSTA is selected the Load Profile runs the next run number of virtual...

Page 61: ...at consist of one or more groups of virtual stations The group configuration defines a test sequence that IxWLAN activates to exercise the System Under Test Virtual stations can be configured individu...

Page 62: ...p dialog defines the range of IP and MAC addresses to be used by virtual stations as shown in Figure 4 37 on page 4 26 The range of MAC addresses specified in this dialog must be within the range of M...

Page 63: ...lect Sequential Random or DHCP from the drop down list box The Sequential or Random selections instruct IxWLAN to sequentially or randomly assign IP addresses to newly created virtual stations The DHC...

Page 64: ...al from the list box In Internal mode traffic is generated internally by each vSTA using ICMP Echo Ping Request Reply packets In External mode packets coming into IxWLAN over 802 3 are mapped to virtu...

Page 65: ...g data buffer 64 1024 The default is 1024 Count Specify the total number of pings to be sent 0 10000 0 forever vSTA New Group Runtime The Runtime section of the New IxWLAN Group dialog allows you to r...

Page 66: ...RTS CTS for all transmit frames The maximum value 2346 is the maxi mum 802 11 frame size and effectively disables RTS Fragmentation Threshold Type a value in the 256 to 2346 range to define the fragme...

Page 67: ...r Test and received by IxWLAN the virtual station tries to return to the state it was in before the management frame was received If the virtual station was running a ping test the ping test continues...

Page 68: ...selection For RSN RSN PSK WPA and WPA PSK Authentication select TKIP or AES CCM that is CCMP cipher mode Fast Radius The default value of this attribute is Disabled When a vSTA is configured for fast...

Page 69: ...shared keys that were defined in the Security Configuration dialog For further information please refer to Configuration Security on page 4 71 Select the shared key to be used These keys are used for...

Page 70: ...Figure 4 42 Figure 4 42 Security PSK Tab Pre Shared Key 64 hex digits Defines a Pre Shared Key 64 ASCII hex char acters for all virtual stations in this group Passphrase up to 63 characters Defines a...

Page 71: ...e user ID for virtual stations in this group It can be up to 64 characters in the range A Z a z 0 9 or other legal characters period dash at sign Client Certfile Defines the certificate file for virtu...

Page 72: ...are added or deleted The OK button or double clicking a file name in the list allows you to set the Client Certfile field to the currently highlighted certificate file name The Delete button allows yo...

Page 73: ...e newly added certificate file is then listed as one of the available certificates The Cancel button allows you to close this dialog without selecting a certifi cate file NOTE Certificate files must b...

Page 74: ...ributes cannot be changed In addition the Number of virtual stations field is not present in the Edit IxWLAN Group dialog To add a virtual station to the group refer to vSTA Add New vSTA to Group on p...

Page 75: ...tains from the system Click No to close this dialog without removing the group vSTA Add New vSTA to Group Figure 4 48 opens when the Add New vSTA to Group button is selected in the vSTA side bar Figur...

Page 76: ...xWLAN and to select and join with a System Under Test Select SUT Opens the Select System Under Test dialog Join SUT s Joins with the System Under Test Configure IxWLAN Configures IxWLAN Reconnect IxWL...

Page 77: ...ect SUT s button in the IxWLAN side bar In this case when the Select System Under Test dialog opens none of the three wport check boxes are selected Figure 4 49 Select System Under Test Select one of...

Page 78: ...e unit If a scenario with virtual stations already exists and you have previously joined with a system under test the dialog shown in Figure 4 50 opens when you select a different BSSID in the Select...

Page 79: ...ver is not already joined The joins are attempted on all not joined wports regardless of whether their corresponding checkbox in the Select System Under Test dialog is selected or not For example if w...

Page 80: ...onfirmation Dialog Figure 4 56 Join SUT wport3 Re initiation Confirmation Dialog IxWLAN Configure IxWLAN The Configure IxWLAN dialog is a tabbed dialog that defines the interaction with the web based...

Page 81: ...user interface Under normal conditions the Busy message may appear periodically for short periods of time If the Busy message appears frequently you may want to increase the value assigned to the IxW...

Page 82: ...the web based user interface l collects batches requests and sends them to IxWLAN It can be set to a value in the 250 60000 ms 1 min range Max Requests Per Batch Specifies the maximum number of reques...

Page 83: ...exit the web based user interface and reconnect to IxW LAN using the new IP address IP Netmask Type IxWLAN s network mask The network mask of IxWLAN must match the IP subnet addressing scheme for int...

Page 84: ...tes that are available in this list box are different depending on the Wireless Mode selection MAC The Wireless LAN MAC address defaults to a specific address typically in the 00 0b cd xx xx xx range...

Page 85: ...e is used as a default Multi Radio Mode Allows you to select the multi radio mode to be either dynamic or static Scan at Boot Mode There are three options for this attribute Enabled Disabled and All M...

Page 86: ...N side bar in order for the new transmit power to be recognized and used in IxWLAN Table 4 1 Transmit Power Options Power Management Mode Select active always awake or power save doze for the specifie...

Page 87: ...ed broadcast multicast frames are indicated While in either state any WLAN frames to be transmitted from any vSTA may be immediately placed into the Transmit Queue for transmission by the WLAN interfa...

Page 88: ...ll received TKIP data frames and is achieved via the CPU intensive Michael algorithm This parameter allows the MIC check to be temporarily disabled or reduced to spot checks in that case only every 16...

Page 89: ...og Figure 4 63 Figure 4 63 Reset Confirmation Click Yes to reset all virtual stations to a configured state and to reset all sta tistics counters to zero Click No to cancel the reset selection IxWLAN...

Page 90: ...AN feature key check this box and type the feature key hex string The Feature Key must be an ASCII hex string containing a valid feature key for this IxWLAN Reboot IxWLAN Check this box to reboot IxWL...

Page 91: ...his condition occurs the CLI must be used to correct the problem See Recovering a Corrupted Firmware File on page 8 9 Monitors Side Bar The Monitors side bar is used to define delete clear export and...

Page 92: ...itor dialog is a tabbed dialog that can be used to define predefined summary and summary virtual station counters to be maintained during the exe cution of a test Monitors New Monitor Predefined Use t...

Page 93: ...cs counters Click the Create button to create and display the monitor Click the Cancel button to close this dialog Monitors New Monitor Summary Use the Summary section of the Define New Monitor dialog...

Page 94: ...l station from the list box The Master Station is a sum mary that shows virtual station statistics across all virtual stations vSTA Counters Selected Counters Select one or more of the counters to be...

Page 95: ...tatis tics counters The tool bar buttons on the right side of the monitor display can be used for the following functions For more information about these buttons please refer to Monitor Tool Bar on p...

Page 96: ...e 4 73 Figure 4 73 Clear Monitor Confirmation Click Yes to clear the monitor All the counters in the monitor are set to zero Statistics gathered up to this point are not cleared and can still be expor...

Page 97: ...ck the Export button to export the monitors in the Selected Monitors list box Click the Cancel button to close this dialog without exporting monitors The Export button opens the Save HTML Document dia...

Page 98: ...ficantly If you notice any issues with update per formance try increasing this value Monitor Update Timeout Defines the time in milliseconds that the Command PC waits for a response from IxWLAN It can...

Page 99: ...og Event Log When the Event Log button is selected in the Event Log side bar the web based user interface begins retrieving event log records from IxWLAN The following message opens in the Event Log w...

Page 100: ...Event Log side bar opens a confirmation dialog as shown in Figure 4 78 Figure 4 78 Clear Log Confirmation Click Yes to clear the event log Click No to exit this dialog without clearing the event log...

Page 101: ...web based user interface can not be used to enable logging to a telnet session Logging to File Enables disables event logging to a file in the IxWLAN flash file system Clear Event Log on Reset The ch...

Page 102: ...est IxWLAN Configuration Opens the IxWLAN configuration report Scenario Summary Shows summary statistics of IxWLAN and all virtual stations Group Summary Shows summary statistics of a scenario group v...

Page 103: ...and configuration of IxWLAN If WPA RSN is enabled the status section of the report includes an indication of the cumulative crypto hardware status that is Crypto hardware OK If any faults have been de...

Page 104: ...mary gives for each counter the minimum and maximum values for that counter found in the set of examined virtual stations the average value and where applicable the sum total over the set of virtual s...

Page 105: ...n be displayed in this report please refer to Chapter 7 Statistics Counters Reports vSTA Master The vSTA Master button in the Reports side bar opens the Summary Statistics All vSTA Report as shown in...

Page 106: ...fer to Chapter 7 Statistics Counters Reports Export Reports The Export Reports button in the Reports side bar opens the Generate Report dialog as shown in Figure 4 86 Figure 4 86 Export Reports Report...

Page 107: ...based user interface and avail able certificates Configuration Security The Security Configuration dialog shown in Figure 4 87 on page 4 72 sets the default security settings that can be used when a...

Page 108: ...s the only valid selection For RSN RSN PSK WPA and WPA PSK Authentication select TKIP or AES CCM that is CCMP cipher mode Fast Radius The default value of this attribute is Disabled When a vSTA is con...

Page 109: ...128 bits If 40 is selected in the list box you must type 10 hex digits If 104 is selected in the list box you must type 26 hex digits If 128 is selected in the list box you must type 32 hex digits The...

Page 110: ...f WPA or RSN is selected in the Authentication field the Security EAP tab allows you to define an EAP Algorithm user ID and certificate file and PEAP TTLS parameters as shown in Figure 4 89 Figure 4 8...

Page 111: ...Click OK to save this information to IxWLAN Click Cancel to close this dialog without saving this security configuration Available Certificates The Select button in the Security Configuration EAP tab...

Page 112: ...and select from the files stored on the command PC Certpass After a file name is typed or selected type the password that is needed for the certificate file Click OK to transfer the specified file to...

Page 113: ...w changes in virtual station transitional states such as authenticating associating de authenticating and disassociating When deselecting this option the web based user interface performance improves...

Page 114: ...the Configuration side bar opens the Avail able Certificates dialog as shown in Figure 4 94 Figure 4 94 Available Certificates For more information about Available Certificates please refer to Availa...

Page 115: ...urrent scenario Print Prints the scenario configuration Run Scenario Runs the test for all groups and all virtual stations in a scenario Pause Scenario Pauses the test for all groups and all virtual s...

Page 116: ...unning on an IxWLAN SED chassis it starts a Roam by all virtual stations to a selectable target AP Each virtual station roams according to its configured roam type attribute The Roam may include issua...

Page 117: ...s A quiesced vSTA must be reset before it can run again View Reports Opens the Generate Report dialog where you can select a report to display or export View Event Log Shows the last 100 entries in th...

Page 118: ...n choose from a list of existing scenario files on IxWLAN or browse your PC for scenario files Save Scenario Opens the Save Scenario dialog Save Scenario As Saves a scenario as a new instance New Grou...

Page 119: ...Scenario dialog and save the scenario on your PC or in the flash on the IxWLAN SED SED MR chassis Click No if you do not want to save the modified scenario If active virtual stations have been configu...

Page 120: ...tly selected virtual station and places it in the clipboard Copy Copies a virtual station definition to clipboard Paste Pastes the virtual station definition in the clipboard to the currently selected...

Page 121: ...itiate a request for an IP address using DHCP This option is available only for vSTAs created with the IP Generation Method of DHCP Pre Authenticate Starts RSN 802 11i pre authentication by a vSTA wit...

Page 122: ...the Roam dialog as shown in Figure 4 108 This command applies to all currently selected vSTAs in the Group or wport tabs Figure 4 108 Roam Dialog Click the Select button to select a BSS from a list o...

Page 123: ...in the sce nario Virtual stations may be restarted by selecting the Run option This option is dimmed cannot be selected if the scenario is not running Terminate Stops a test and halts all virtual sta...

Page 124: ...IP address using DHCP This option is available only for vSTAs created with the IP Generation Method of DHCP Pre Authenticate This command is similar to that described in the Scenario Menu section For...

Page 125: ...if the virtual station is configured for RSN RSN PSK WPA or WPA PSK Acquire IP Causes the currently selected virtual stations to initiate a request for an IP address using DHCP This option is availab...

Page 126: ...run again Reports Menu Figure 4 111 shows the Reports menu Figure 4 111 Reports Menu IxWLAN Configuration Shows the IxWLAN configuration report Scenario Summary Shows the scenario summary statistics...

Page 127: ...Security Opens the Security Configuration dialog Configure Event Log Opens the Configure Event Log dialog Configure UI Opens the UI User Interface Configuration dialog Configure Table View Opens the T...

Page 128: ...The Web Based User Interface Menus and Tool Bars 4 92 IxWLAN User Guide Release 6 20 4...

Page 129: ...ommands on page 5 90 Example Configurations on page 5 97 CLI Editor on page 5 114 The CLI can be used to show and modify the configuration of IxWLAN from a PC that is connected via Telnet or the seria...

Page 130: ...ctstype 11g only on page 5 88 set ctstype 11g only on page 5 88 get frequency on page 5 69 get key on page 5 70 set key on page 5 80 get pmmode on page 5 71 set pmmode on page 5 81 get power on page...

Page 131: ...n Records on page 8 14 User Login The IxWLAN logon prompt displays after you successfully establish a connec tion to IxWLAN See Chapter 3 First Setup After you have successfully estab lished this conn...

Page 132: ...ta conf Configure a vSTA cryptotest Crypto hardware self test deauth Deauthenticate a vSTA del group Delete a vSTA group del key Delete Encryption key del statfile Delete a vSTA statistics file del su...

Page 133: ...Display Time Zone Setting get uptime Display UpTime get version Display Firmware Version get vsta Display vSTA information get wirelessmode Display Wireless LAN Mode get wlanmac Display Wireless LAN...

Page 134: ...stem name set telnet Set Telnet Mode set time Set the system time set tzone Set Time Zone Setting set vsta Set vSTA configuration parameters set wirelessmode Set Wireless LAN Mode set wlanmac Set WLAN...

Page 135: ...o change the System Under Test while virtual stations are defined and active Use the following command sequence 1 Use the reset command to return all virtual stations to an initialized state reset vst...

Page 136: ...Test that IxWLAN scans for and joins with The default value is all zeros set bssid mac_address mac_address MAC address of the System Under Test Example wport1 IxWLAN set bssid 00 04 e2 34 e0 a8 BSSID...

Page 137: ...of BSS detected AP Infrastructure BSS Type SUT System Under Test Ad Hoc Ad Hoc BSS Chan BSS channel number The BSS list is sorted in channel number order Sec Brief description of the security level o...

Page 138: ...stem Under Test is specified and detected Rates This line indicates the set of transmit rates supported in the BSS Entries marked by an asterisk for example 6 24 indicate a member of the BSS s basic r...

Page 139: ...joins with the System Under Test The IxWLAN wireless mode affects the type of devices that can be detected in a scan To change the IxWLAN wireless mode see Virtual Station Setup and Control Commands...

Page 140: ...default response is n Attempt a join with SUT 00 04 e2 38 56 78 y n n Type y or n and press ENTER or just press ENTER to select the default Example wport1 IxWLAN scan Active probe request or passive...

Page 141: ...NOTIFY Operation SCAN succeeded FRI MAR 30 14 14 52 2007 wport1 NOTIFY Operation SCAN JOIN succeeded FRI MAR 30 14 14 52 2007 wport1 IxWLAN ssid get set get ssid Displays the IxWLAN global Service Set...

Page 142: ...alt a running vSTA preauth Pre authenticate a vSTA with a remote AP releaseip Release a vSTA s IP address reset group Reset a vSTA group to the initialized state reset vsta Reset a vSTA to the initial...

Page 143: ...easeip on page 5 37 reset group on page 5 38 reset vsta on page 5 38 roam on page 5 38 run on page 5 39 save group stats summary on page 5 39 save vsta stats summary on page 5 40 sendprobe on page 5 4...

Page 144: ...rocess for all virtual sta tions in a specified group acquireip group grpId grpId Group ID 1 128 Example wport1 IxWLAN acquireip vsta 1 wport1 IxWLAN OK vSTA ID 1 NOTIFY Operation ACQIP 10 1 35 10 suc...

Page 145: ...WPA or RSN authentication this com mand shows an additional NOTIFY message for the 802 1X authentication oper ation Example for WPA wport1 IxWLAN assoc vsta 1 wport1 IxWLAN OK wport1 IxWLAN vSTA ID 1...

Page 146: ...try integer timeout integer fastradius enabled disabled pmkcache enabled disabled roamtype disassociation reassociation encryption on off keyindex integer fragmentthreshold integer rtsthreshold intege...

Page 147: ...sociation retry limit 1 2 147 483 647 or zero 0 no retries timeout integer Specifies the Authentication Association timeout in ms 1 2 147 483 647 or zero 0 immediate timeout fastradius enabled disable...

Page 148: ...m a DHCP server on the network rather than a fixed configured IP address If dhcpmode is off DHCP mode is not active and virtual stations must have a static IP address If dhcpmode is on the acquireip c...

Page 149: ...hrase contains spaces the passphrase must be specified in double quotes like so To specify a passphrase that contains a double quote you must escape the double quote like so kmtimeout integer AKMP Tim...

Page 150: ...31 MAC 00 02 6f 58 01 01 CONF OK vSTA ID 1 INIT OK vSTA ID 1 AUTH CMD OK vSTA ID 1 AUTH NOTIFY OK vSTA ID 1 ASSOC CMD OK vSTA ID 1 ASSOC NOTIFY OK wport2 IxWLAN get vsta 1 conf vSTA Configuration ID...

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