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7.4 TELNET Management Utility

7.4.1 Telnet Management Utility Overview

In order to browse Telnet management setup, type the command “

telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

” in DOS windows

and the TELNET screen will appear as follows. Here, “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” represents the IP address of your

destination AP. When you are prompted to type in the password, enter “

default

” which is preset as a default

password.

7.4.2 Various Commands and Usage

7.4.2.1 Usage of the command line

The user can enter commands in the following form:

Command

parameter1 parameter2

7.4.2.2 All possible Commands

show

arp

config

stats

set

nid

bridge

restart

time

settime

setdate

ping

logout

ver

log

help

trace

traceon

traceoff

tracelp

traceclr

broadcast

disable

Summary of Contents for MagicLAN SWL-2000N

Page 1: ...SAMSUNG MagicLAN SWL 2000N User Manual Ver 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...k of SAMSUNG wireless LAN MS DOS Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other brand and product names are trademarks of registered trademarks of their respective holders http www MagicLAN com Service Dept 82 331 210 6805 Sales Dept 82 331 210 6386 SAMSUNG America Corporation Western US Marketing Office 85 Tasman Drive San Jose CA 95134 USA Tel 408 544 5200 Fax...

Page 3: ...nt generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipmen...

Page 4: ...h this particular wireless LAN Card The use of any other types will invalidate any approval or warranty applying to the wireless LAN Card and may be dangerous l Use only the region setting appropriate for the area where the wireless LAN Card is used at the present time Using the card in any other region or with an incorrect region setting is prohibited and may be illegal l Operation of any radio t...

Page 5: ... Card Properties Setup 20 3 4 1 1 Basics regarding the Properties Setup 20 3 4 1 2 Meanings of the Properties Setup Options 20 3 4 2 Setting Network Properties for Peer to Peer mode 21 3 5 Network Configuration Setup 23 3 5 1 Network Configuration Setup Overview 23 3 5 2 Before TCP IP Networking Configuration Setup 23 3 5 2 1 What you should know before Configuration 23 3 5 2 2 What you should hav...

Page 6: ...m Cold Start Mode 59 6 3 Configuration Setup 59 6 4 Parameter Setup 60 6 5 Null Modem Cable Configuration 62 6 6 Diagnostic Methods 62 7 Management Utilities Web Telnet 63 7 1 About Management Utilities 63 7 2 Hyper Terminal Management Utility 63 7 3 Web Management Utility 63 7 3 1 Web Management Utility Overview 63 7 3 2 AP Status Report http xxx xxx xxx xxx 64 7 3 3 AP Statistics http xxx xxx xx...

Page 7: ...y connected to Network through AP 73 8 1 2 When failed to connect to Network through AP 73 8 2 Performance AP Information Check 73 8 3 Brief Troubleshooting 74 8 4 Specifications 75 8 4 1 Physical Specifications 75 8 4 2 Radio Characteristics 75 8 4 3 Network Characteristics 75 ...

Page 8: ... IEEE 802 families IEEE 802 11 specification addresses both Physical PHY layer and Media Access Control MAC layer IEEE 802 11 Physical PHY Layer At the PHY layer IEEE 802 11 defines three physical characteristics for LAN diffused infrared Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS and Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FHSS While the infrared PHY operates at the baseband the other two PHYs operate at the...

Page 9: ...en wireless clients and wired network resources The transition of data is defined by an Access Point AP and the associated wireless clients So a wireless client can access all the services that are available for a regular wired LAN by using Access Point AP Instawave Network Instawave Network is architecture to provide both Peer to Peer Network features and StructureNet Network feathers at the same...

Page 10: ...is the ESS ID When roaming is operating there may be several Access Points as part of the same ESS After powering up the wireless client will listen on its default frequency channel It will be listening for beacons sent by another wireless station or AP Here a beacon is a short message containing the ESS ID that will be broadcast roughly ten times a second When the wireless station hears a beacon ...

Page 11: ... wall and a compartment The function of the MagicLAN SWL 2000AP Access Point is to transfer information from a wired LAN to a wireless LAN and vice versa When operating the MagicLAN AP is invisible to most users Normally unless the user is an administrator the MagicLAN AP cannot be seen or accessed by users on the network The SWL 2000N for Notebook PC is small and portable as a roaming function is...

Page 12: ...ase check the contents of the box to make sure everything is included and ready for use Here is the list of what you should have in your package SWL 2000N PCMCIA Card Adapter SWL 2000N Installation Diskette Driver Diskette User s Manual SWL 2000AP Each Access Point requires a SWL 2000N adapter card for operation Power Adapter SWL 2000AP only SWL 2000AP Utilities Diskette SWL 2000AP only External A...

Page 13: ...less network connection Install the hardware For the StructureNet mode you must install an Access Point SWL 2000AP first Then install the adapter SWL 2000N Install the software using the included installation diskette Install the network protocol s required to communicate on your network Most likely you will need the TCP IP protocol ...

Page 14: ...cates a failure in recognition If you see red Power LED illuminating and green Rx LED is blinking you are now ready to proceed to software setup 3 2 2 Access Point SWL 2000AP An Access Point is equipped with an Ethernet adapter supporting 10base T 10base 2 and a MagicLAN wireless LAN adapter card Insert the MagicLAN card SWL 2000N into the PCMCIA slot of the Access Point SWL 2000AP Connect the net...

Page 15: ...14 Connect the power adapter and now you are ready to use the MagicLAN Access Point ...

Page 16: ...e MagicLAN Adapter in the previous step an Add New Hardware Wizard box will appear 2 If you use PCMCIA compatible notebook and have not installed the SWL 2000N adapter yet insert the adapter to the slot now and you will see an Add New Hardware Wizard box 3 In Add New Hardware Wizard box be sure SAMSUNG WirelessLAN appears as a new device name as the following box shows 4 Insert the MagicLAN SWL 20...

Page 17: ...Be sure the MagicLAN SWL 2000N Installation Diskette is in floppy drive and Search for the Recommended option is selected Click on Next Windows95 has a slightly different display and you should select a Have Disk option instead 6 Next Add New Hardware Wizard box may appear as follows Be sure the MagicLAN SWL 2000N Installation Diskette is in floppy drive and Floppy disk drives option is checked as...

Page 18: ... will now copy files from the floppy disk and may prompt you for the location for the Windows95 98 installation CD or files Depending on how your computer was configured by the manufacturer you may need to insert the Windows CD into your CD ROM drive at this step While files are being copied you will see Copying Files box similar to the one below ...

Page 19: ...ce box below select A where the MagicLAN SWL 2000N Installation Diskette is located Click on OK 10 When the driver and all the required Windows95 98 software components are loaded you will see the box similar to the one below which indicates that the driver for SAMSUNG Wireless LAN Card has been successfully installed Click on Finish ...

Page 20: ...ur computer now Remove the MagicLAN SWL 2000N Installation Diskette from your floppy drive Since you are done with the Installation Diskette place it in a safe place for later use Now Click on No to proceed to MagicLAN Wireless LAN Card Properties Setup before you restart your computer ...

Page 21: ...s Setup Options Default Scanning Start Channel Option in StructureNet and Peer to Peer Network StructureNet operating mode enables clients to automatically search for new Access Point In Default Scanning mode the wireless client begins the search with Channel 1 The client then searches all consecutive channels until it finds a new AP with the same ESS ID If you want to start the search from a spec...

Page 22: ...dependent of the ESS ID setting Since you may not use the same AP as described in the Access Point Client Properties box you can check which AP and ESS ID you are actually using by double clicking the task bar status icon to display the wireless client status box 3 4 2 Setting Network Properties for Peer to Peer mode 1 Right click on your Network Neighborhood icon and click on Properties 2 Network...

Page 23: ...are authorized to use ESS ID is set to MagicLAN as default but you can change it to another 6 Select the desired Channel you are authorized to use 7 Change some options if you want 8 Click on OK to finish up the setup 9 System Setting Change box will appear as follows Click on No to proceed to Network Configuration Setup before you restart your computer ...

Page 24: ...rd wired Ethernet networks Every computer connecting to WAN has a unique number called IP address which consists of two parts network part and host part For example consider the IP address 150 205 30 9 Assuming this is part of a Class B network the first two numbers 150 205 represent the network address and the second two numbers 30 9 represent the host address Network administrator can divide the...

Page 25: ...ugh You should consult your network administrator or Internet Service Provider ISP to find out your Gateway Address Domain Name Service DNS is the service that performs a mapping between domain names more English like names and their corresponding IP address DNS can be either enabled or disabled If you want to enable it you should also consult your network administrator or Internet Service Provide...

Page 26: ... check the StructureNet radio button in Operating Mode list 3 Enter the desired ESS ID for the Access Point you are authorized to use ESS ID is set to magicwave as default but you can change it to another 4 Change some options if you want 5 Click on OK to finish up the setup 6 Do the step 9 mentioned in the previous section Section 3 4 2 to make the change effective ...

Page 27: ...d in the section 3 4 2 2 In Access Point Client Properties box check the Instawave radio button in Operating Mode list 3 Select the desired Channel you are authorized to use 4 Click on OK to finish up the setup 5 Do the step 9 mentioned in the section 3 4 2 to make the change effective ...

Page 28: ... TCP IP Installation 1 Right click on the Network Neighborhood icon and select Properties at the bottom Network box may appear as follows If you find TCP IP in the list of Configuration tab skip to 3 5 5 2 TCP IP Properties Setup To add TCP IP Click on Add ...

Page 29: ... appears select Protocol since TCP IP that we want to install is a Protocol Click on Add 3 Select Network Protocol box will appear From the list of Manufacturers select Microsoft From the list of Network Protocols list select TCP IP Click on OK ...

Page 30: ...29 4 In Network box you will see TCP IP which means that TCP IP is successfully installed in your system now 5 While TCP IP is selected click on Properties to proceed for TCP IP Properties Setup ...

Page 31: ... you find from your network administrator or ISP that you would use DHCP so that you can get a dynamic IP every time you log on the network select Obtain an IP address automatically and proceed to step 2a If you use a static IP address select Specify an IP address and type in your IP Address and Subnet Mask in the blank below and proceed to step 2b Go to WINS Configuration tab on top of the box to...

Page 32: ...lution at the bottom 2b If you use a static IP address and want to a Disable WINS Resolution Select Disable WINS Resolution in the middle b Enable WINS Resolution Select Enable WINS Resolution and fill out the blanks for WINS Server Search Order and Scope ID using the information from your network administrator or ISP Go to Gateway tab on top of the box to proceed ...

Page 33: ...trator or ISP provided you with a Gateway IP address type that address into the New Gateway field and click on Add If more than one IP addresses were provided to you repeat the procedure until you type in all those numbers Go to DNS Configuration tab of top of the box to proceed ...

Page 34: ...ter that type IP Address of DNS server in DNS Server Search Order box and click on Add Repeat this procedures if multiple IP address of the DNS server were provided If applicable fill out the Domain Suffix Search Order field Click on OK at the bottom of TCP IP Properties box 5 System Setting Change box will appear as follows Click on Yes to restart your computer so that the whole installation proc...

Page 35: ...oes not support Plug and Play PnP you should add your driver manually To do so click on start in task bar go to Settings and go to Control Panel 2 Under Control Panel double click on Network icon 3 Since there is no NT networking installed in your system you may be asked if you want to install NT networking first Click on Yes button Next you may be asked to specify how you access to the network mo...

Page 36: ...we assume we are installing Windows NT version 4 0 6 In Select OEM Option box two adapters found may appear in the list Select the proper adapter and click on OK button Usually you can select PCMCIA for laptop In the next box make sure that SAMSUNG Wireless LAN Card is checked and click on Next 7 In the next box to choose protocols to use make sure that all the protocols you want to use are checke...

Page 37: ... box to choose network services to use make sure that all the services you want to use are checked and click on Next 9 In the next box it is confirmed that necessary NT networking components are selected Click on Next ...

Page 38: ... the e i386 directory are copied and you may be prompted the same box to ask you to specify where the NT files are once more Since it is looking for some files from the installation diskette this time insert your installation disk into floppy disk drive and type in a nt4 0 in the location blank Windows NT networking is successfully installed now 12 Configure Wireless LAN Card box may appear as fol...

Page 39: ...on on the previous section 3 4 SAMSUNG Wireless LAN Card Properties Setup If you are not sure any of system configuration related parameters please refer to your network administrator After you set all the parameters necessary click on OK to proceed 13 Network binding related box may appear next Click on Next to proceed 14 Next box will say network installation is done and network is ready to star...

Page 40: ...group or Domain in the next box Type in a desired name of it and click on Next to proceed 16 Network box with Identification tab selected will appear as follows You can change the Computer Name and Workgroup after clicking on Change in the middle of the box ...

Page 41: ...o to Adapters tab of the Network box and make sure that SAMSUNG Wireless LAN Card are installed and currently selected 18 Go to Binding tab of the Network box and check if all the necessary services are binded ...

Page 42: ...rties button 20 Microsoft TCP IP Properties box with IP Address tab selected will appear as follows Select SAMSUNG Wireless LAN Card in the Adapter section and fill out the rest sections with proper information About the parameters and meaning you can refer to the explanation in the previous section ...

Page 43: ... 21 In Microsoft TCP IP Properties box with DNS tab selected enter the proper information for the blanks About the parameters and meaning you can refer to the explanation in the previous section 3 5 Network Configuration Setup If you are not sure about any of the required information in this section please consult to your network administrator Go to WINS Address tab ...

Page 44: ...d fill the rest of the blanks with the proper information About the parameters and meaning you can refer to the explanation in the previous section 3 5 Network Configuration Setup If you are not sure about any of the required information in this section please consult to your network administrator Go to Routing tab ...

Page 45: ...stem Setting Change box will appear as follows Click on Yes to restart your computer so that the whole installation procedures take effects 4 2 2 When There is Windows NT networking already installed 1 Unlike Windows 95 98 since Windows NT does not support Plug and Play PnP you should add your driver manually To do so click on start in task bar go to Settings and go to Control Panel 2 Under Contro...

Page 46: ...Identification tab selected may appear as follows You can change the Computer Name and Workgroup after clicking on Change in the middle of the box 4 Go to Adapters tab of the Network box and click on Add button in the middle ...

Page 47: ...drive and specify the path A nt4 0 in blank field Click on OK In this example we assume we are installing Windows NT version 4 0 7 If the Driver is successfully set up Select OEM Option box may appear Select the card type Usually you can select PCMCIA for laptop Click on OK 8 Configure Wireless LAN Card box may appear as follows Set each some parameters I O Base ...

Page 48: ...parameters you can refer to the explanation on the previous section 3 4 SAMSUNG Wireless LAN Card Properties Setup If you are not sure any of system configuration related parameters please refer to your network administrator After you set all the parameters necessary click on OK to proceed 9 Network box with Adapters tab selected may appear as follows Make sure SAMSUNG Wireless LAN Card is install...

Page 49: ...ls tab in the Network box If you have TCP IP protocol already installed in your system select TCP IP Protocol and click on Properties If you do not have TCP IP protocol installed yet you will have to add it by clicking on Add button selecting TCP IP Protocol and clicking on OK Once you add it click on Properties ...

Page 50: ...he Adapters section and fill out the rest sections with proper information About the parameters and meaning you can refer to the explanation in the previous section 3 5 Network Configuration Setup If you are not sure about any of the required information in this section please consult to your network administrator Go to DNS tab ...

Page 51: ...section please consult to your network administrator Go to WINS Address tab 14 In Microsoft TCP IP Properties box with WINS Address tab selected select SAMSUNG Wireless LAN Card and fill the rest of the blanks with the proper information About the parameters and meaning you can refer to the explanation in the previous section 3 5 Network Configuration Setup If you are not sure about any of the req...

Page 52: ...le IP Forwarding is checked only if you want NT to play a role of router in your network Click on OK 16 When TCP IP properties are set click on Close Then System Setting Change box will appear as follows Click on Yes to restart your computer so that the whole installation procedures take ...

Page 53: ...52 effects ...

Page 54: ...o c 2 Open AUTOEXEC BAT with any text editor such as edit exe Ex c edit autoexec bat 3 Add the following line at the last line of AUTOEXEC BAT file Ex c packet magicwav exe 4 Save AUTOEXEC BAT and exit the editor program 5 3Setup MAGICWAV CFG 1 Change current directory to Packet directory right under root C directory 2 Open MAGICWAV CFG using a text editor such as edit exe Ex edit MagicWave cfg 3 ...

Page 55: ...name and a value within the range as specified in Table A 5 Save MAGICWAV CFG and exit editor program 6 If you want to use TCP IP protocol you should load TCP IP driver after loading packet driver To do this you must refer to the TCP IP driver manual ...

Page 56: ...n Table B INTEROP Interoperability Flag If this parameter set to 1 MAGICLAN can be used with other wireless LAN cards that based on IEEE 802 11 specification and support interoperability Otherwise MAGICLAN can communicate only with MAGICLAN LAN card IRQ Interrupt Request Number If you use PnP Plug and Play bios you can leave this parameter unspecified Available values are as follows PCMCIA cards 2...

Page 57: ... 2 2417 MHz O O O 3 2422 MHz O O O 4 2427 MHz O O O 5 2432 MHz O O O 6 2437 MHz O O O 7 2442 MHz O O O 8 2447 MHz O O O 9 2452 MHz O O O 10 2457 MHz O O O O O 11 2462 MHz O O O O O 12 2467 MHz O O 13 2472 MHz O O 14 2484 MHz O For each supported country all channels in Table B marked with O shall be supported ...

Page 58: ...he SWL 2000N into the PCMCIA slot of in the back of the AP 4 Turn on the power of the AP 5 All the LEDs will turn on and off If the alert LED remains on it indicates an error condition 6 Press down Start on the task bar go to Programs go to Accessories go to Communications and click on Hyper Terminal there 7 If there is no Hyper Terminal you should add Hyper Terminal program by following the next ...

Page 59: ...ccurs check if other communication device such as modem is using the same port If so remove the port from that device and follow the step again 11 Com1 Properties box will appear as follows Set the property value as follows Bits per second 9600 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 and Flow control None Click on OK ...

Page 60: ...59 12 Hyper Terminal box will appear to show your the connection to AP as follows When you are prompted to enter a Password type in default which is a preset default password ...

Page 61: ...o send ping message to your AP Here xxx xxx xxx xxx represents an IP address you want to assign to your AP 6 When your AP responds to this ping request the blinking of your AP will stop 7 Turn off the power of your AP and turn it back on with no button pressed down this time 8 From your PC telnet to your AP using its IP address and proceed to the configuration setup 9 When you are prompted to ente...

Page 62: ...ld be apart by more than 5 channels For example if an AP uses channel 1 the adjacent AP should use channel 6 or higher for the best output Default 1 RTS_threshold This field determines the size of RTS Request To Send CTS Clear To Send frames and the frames to be used Default 2301 short_retry This field specifies the number of transmissions of RTS CTS to be attempted before aborting when the commun...

Page 63: ...n a TCP IP address to the AP and needed when a user manages the AP by TELNET or uses web manager utilities A user can access management utilities for the AP by putting in the assigned IP address on TELNET or WEB BROWSER Default 0 0 0 0 No IP address assigned subnet_mask This field is used to define the TCP IP sub net mask This field should be set if you plan to use the built in management features...

Page 64: ...ve Transmit pin 8 pin 7 CTS RTS pin 4 pin 6 DTR DSR 6 6 Diagnostic Methods 1 When the power LED of the Access Point does not illuminate make sure that the power cord is fully seated in the socket on the rear panel of the unit 2 When the alert LED continuously illuminates or blinks check the states of the radio card SWL 1000N installed in the Access Point Unplug and re plug POWER OFF ON again 3 If ...

Page 65: ...the same step as explained at the previous chapter 6 Access Point Installation Remember that you will need a null modem cable to use Hyper Terminal 7 3 Web Management Utility 7 3 1 Web Management Utility Overview In order to view the web management page start your web browser and simply enter the IP address of your Access Point in the address or URL field On most browsers the screen will refresh w...

Page 66: ...ter of the SWL 2000AP Wireless Network Status If the AP is operating normally the field will show Up If there is any problem with the AP or no AP installed the field will show Down Number Associated Wireless Stations This shows how many wireless clients are currently connected to the AP LAN Network status This field will show TP when the Twisted Pair 10baseT connection is operating Otherwise it wi...

Page 67: ...shows accumulated traffic information There are two columns shown in the table last 10 seconds and accumulated Columns under last 10 seconds will represent the data during the last 10 seconds and columns under accumulated will represent the accumulated data till then The whole screen will be automatically updated every 10 seconds ...

Page 68: ...eived The number of bytes contained in the data frames received MAC Management Frames Received The number of frames received such as IEEE802 11 beacons or association requests Frames Discarded The count of frames which were discarded because of duplicate rejection or because of buffer overflow LAN Transmit Statistics Frames Transmitted The number of frames transmitted from the Access Point to the ...

Page 69: ...ration and allows the access to the page where you can change the configuration setup If you want to change the configuration setup enter the password and click on the Edit Configuration button and it will lead you to configuration setup change page like the below The initial password is preset to default ...

Page 70: ...ws the manager to see which wireless stations are currently active on the Access Point Wireless and Wired LAN LAN The screen shows up to 18 stations at a time So the NEXT hyperlink will lead you to view the next 18 stations in the list and PREV hyperlink will lead you to go back to the previous list ...

Page 71: ...ed stations that are reached through a different Access Point than the current displayed one Is Bridging is Access Points detected over the air These other Access Points provide for wireless bridging between two separate LAN segments Status Local AP means that it is another AP on the same LAN This entry will be seen where roaming is implemented Channel The radio channel of the station AP Serving I...

Page 72: ...P address of your destination AP When you are prompted to type in the password enter default which is preset as a default password 7 4 2 Various Commands and Usage 7 4 2 1 Usage of the command line The user can enter commands in the following form Command parameter1 parameter2 7 4 2 2 All possible Commands show arp config stats set nid bridge restart time settime setdate ping logout ver log help t...

Page 73: ...estarted time settime Sets the system time Usage settime HH hours MM minutes SS seconds setdate Sets the system date Usage setdate MM month DD date YY year config Displays the current system settings for configuration Note that if a configuration change has been made which requires a system restart to take effect both the old and the new values will be shown stats Displays traffic statistics Stati...

Page 74: ...tracelp Updates the display every 5 seconds tracelp Q Updates the display every second tracelp S Updates the display every minute traceon Activates tracing for certain events Refer to traceoff traceoff Deactivates tracing for certain events Usage traceoff specifier specifier Here specifier is of the following strings br Traces new entries in the bridge table br Traces bridge table entries which ag...

Page 75: ...m of window you will see a monitor like SWL 2000N icon with red X through it The icon looks like the following The rightmost one 8 2 Performance AP Information Check After you make sure if the connection is successfully made double click on the icon and the following box will appear to display the AP s current performance regarding transmitting and receiving and some basic AP information including...

Page 76: ...lem is a driver firmware version mismatch If the driver fails to find the card this is often the case Inform this to your retailer and try to install with different combination of driver and firmware Check the resources used by the card to make sure no resource is being used by another device in your system To see your resources setup right click on My Computer icon click on Properties go to Devic...

Page 77: ...10mA Power Supply 5V 8 4 2 Radio Characteristics Frequency 2412 to 2484 MHz Modulation Method Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum QPSK Tx Rx Switching Speed 2µs Output Power 14dBm EIRP Operating Range Open Space Max 400m 1330ft Semi Open Space Max 80m 260ft Closed Space Max 35m 110ft 8 4 3 Network Characteristics Compatibility IEEE 802 11 Standard for Wireless LAN Media Access Protocol CSMA CA Support...

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