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airClient™ Nexus User Guide

8. Firmware

Upgrade

The latest firmware for airClient Nexus is available for download from the smartBridges Support website
at

http://www.smartbridges.com/support/acn.asp

The airClient Nexus unit firmware can be upgraded from the web management interface.

Follow the steps below to upgrade the airClient Nexus firmware:

1. Download the latest (or a particular release version) of the airClient Nexus firmware from the

web-site http://www.smartbridges.com/support/acn.asp.

2. Login to the device web interface. Go to Tools | Firmware Upgrade drop down menu. The

Firmware Upgrade page will be displayed as shown below.

3. Enter the firmware tar-ball file name downloaded in Step 1.

4. Click on the Upgrade button to upgrade the firmware.

5. When the firmware tar-ball file transfer is completed, a message will be displayed on the web-

page.

6. Wait for about 10 minutes or so for the device firmware to be upgraded. Once the upgrade

completes, a pop-up window displaying the upgraded firmware version will appear.

Note: During the upgrade period (about 10-15 minutes), the airClient unit must NOT be reset or

power cycled.

Figure 8-1 airClient Nexus Firmware Upgrade page

Summary of Contents for airClient Nexus sB3410

Page 2: ...ION 21 2 7 1 Ethernet Configuration 21 2 7 2 Wireless Configuration 21 2 7 3 Bridge Configuration 23 2 7 4 Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol STP 24 2 7 5 STP Settings Configuration 25 2 8 AIRCLIENT R...

Page 3: ...Nexus User Guide 7 2 PROFILE MANAGER 52 7 2 1 Save Profile 53 7 2 2 Load Operating Profile 54 7 2 3 Profile Calendar 54 7 3 LINK TEST 56 7 4 LINK BUDGET PLANNING 57 8 FIRMWARE UPGRADE 60 APPENDIX A S...

Page 4: ...all necessary information needed to set up configure and deploy the airClient Nexus The first chapter gives information on the configuration features and the system requirements The second chapter pr...

Page 5: ...hrough the smartBridges support center website The website provides updated tools and documents to help troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to smartBridges products and technologies To a...

Page 6: ...iguration 5 Network bridge STP etc parameter configuration 6 Bandwidth management 7 Antenna alignment 8 Traffic Statistics 9 Site Survey 10 Profile management 11 User management 12 Link Test 13 Link B...

Page 7: ...Min Sec 5 Longitude Deg Min Sec 6 UPS Installed Yes No 7 UPS specification if any KVA 8 Line Voltage 90V 264V AC 50 60 Hz 9 Near Line of site between sites Yes No 10 Height of tower Feet Meters 11 Rep...

Page 8: ...mbler Specify channel number Pre Installation Lab Testing of Equipment No Parameters Units Site A Site B 1 Network diagram along with IP address of all the interfaces for link to be setup in place Yes...

Page 9: ...AT 2 SSID of a Radio Up to 32 characters 3 IP address of Ethernet Port 32 bit numeric address 4 IP address of Wireless Port 32 bit numeric address 5 Noise Floor dBm 6 RSSI dBm 7 Channel selected for L...

Page 10: ...is not running near a sharp edge Yes No 5 Ensure airClient along with antenna is fixed properly on a tower with the help of nuts and bolt supplied in packaging Yes No 6 Ensure antenna is pointed to ge...

Page 11: ...e on the same subnet as the airClient unit Follow the steps below to login as an Administrator to the web based configuration management interface system 1 Connect the airClient using the Power over E...

Page 12: ...Page 12 of 66 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient Nexus User Guide Figure 2 2 License Agreement Page Figure 2 3 Nexus Summary Information Page...

Page 13: ...d Figure 2 4 Administrator Password Change Page Item Descriptions IP Address Editable Ethernet IP Address IP Mask Editable Ethernet IP subnet Mask Gateway Editable Gateway IP address Ethernet Configur...

Page 14: ...ameters click on the Ethernet Configuration link Similarly clicking on the Wireless Configuration link the Radio Configuration page will be displayed to edit any wireless settings The figure below sho...

Page 15: ...g Table Allows user to view add and delete static routes Routing table is only available for airClient Router mode Radio Main Wireless Settings Allows user to set SSID Channel ACL Controls and Country...

Page 16: ...ze Allows user to set the Ethernet MTU size for different applications Syslog server IP Address Allows user to set the Syslog server IP and log level SNMP Trap server IP Address Allows user to set the...

Page 17: ...I Site Survey Shows all the wireless devices operating in the area User Manager Allows the administrator to change the Administrator password Firmware Upgrade Allows user to update to new firmware ver...

Page 18: ...resses for internal traffic and a single wireless IP for external traffic This provides a type of firewall by hiding internal IP addresses and allows sharing by many computers behind the airClient Sin...

Page 19: ...urrent Operational Mode link to go to the System Configuration page Choose Router or NAT under the Remote Device option 3 Click on Apply Changes A confirmation pop up window will be displayed 4 Enter...

Page 20: ...t Operational Mode link to go to the System Configuration page Choose Bridge under the Remote Device option 3 Click on Apply Changes A confirmation pop up window will be displayed 4 Enter the fields f...

Page 21: ...arameters 1 From the Summary Information page click on the Ethernet Configuration link 2 Select DHCP enable disable radio button Enter the IP address IP mask Gateway for non DHCP Give the unit a uniqu...

Page 22: ...of the radio from the Dial in Power drop down menu and select the appropriate gain of the antenna 5 Enter the RF cable loss based on the cable specifications 6 Click Apply Changes The units will attem...

Page 23: ...2 11 Link Status 2 7 3 Bridge Configuration In Bridge mode the airClient unit acts as a transparent bridge between the Radio and the Ethernet interfaces The figure below shows the bridge configuration...

Page 24: ...free path Multiple active paths among end stations cause loops in the network If a loop exists in the network end stations might receive duplicate messages Infrastructure devices might also learn end...

Page 25: ...ll wait the listen and learn period before beginning to forward data packets Ethernet port ETH A path cost 100 0 65535 The cost of using the port to reach the root bridge When selecting among multiple...

Page 26: ...user enables STP and assigns a priority on bridge STP is enabled on the radio and Ethernet interfaces The interfaces adopt the priority assigned to bridge The user can edit STP Priority Bridge Max ag...

Page 27: ...e 2 13 Bridge Configuration 2 8 airClient Router NAT Configuration The airClient unit can also be configured in Router or NAT mode which behaves like Infrastructure mode The procedures for configuring...

Page 28: ...ion The wireless parameters need to be configured to allow the airClient Router unit to associate with an airPoint or any third party access point Follow these steps below to configure the airClient R...

Page 29: ...airClient Router NAT Mode wireless association parameters 1 Click on Main airClient Router Mode from the Radio drop down menu 2 Enter the SSID and domain 3 Select the Transmit power of the radio from...

Page 30: ...m airClient Nexus User Guide Figure 2 16 airClient Router Wireless Association Settings Click on Status to view the association link status graph Figure 2 17 Link Status Note If the association status...

Page 31: ...3 Enter the starting IP address for the IP pool range that can be assigned to a DHCP client 4 Enter the Max number of users for the maximum number of clients which can be assigned an IP address at a t...

Page 32: ...ment Follow the steps below to configure the airClient Router unit as a DHCP Relay Agent 1 Click on Networking DHCP Server from the drop down menu to access the DHCP Configuration page 2 Click on Enab...

Page 33: ...llows for adding and deleting of the static routes for the airClient Router mode only To view the route entry in the airClient Router device click on Networking Routing Table from the menu bar to acce...

Page 34: ...nges to add the new static route Follow the steps below to delete a static route entry in the airClient Router device 1 Click on Networking Routing Table from the menu bar to access the view routing t...

Page 35: ...SID is a unique identifier that wireless networking devices use to establish and maintain wireless connectivity It is case sensitive and can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters Do not include spe...

Page 36: ...dBi to 30 dBi RF cable Loss This refers to the loss of a cable connecting antenna to the airHaul unit Status Display associated link status 2 9 2 Data Encryption Wireless Equivalent Privacy WEP encryp...

Page 37: ...ryption parameters 1 Click the Data Encryption link from the Radio Main page 2 Click the Enable button on the WEP 3 Choose the Authentication as Open System or Shared Key by clicking on the radio butt...

Page 38: ...below to disable the Data Encryption 1 Click the Data Encryption link from the Radio Main page 2 If it is in Shared key mode please set to Open System before you can click Disable 3 Click the Disable...

Page 39: ...function The use of fragmentation can increase the reliability of frame transmissions Because smaller frames are being sent collisions are much less likely to occur The range of its value is from 256...

Page 40: ...speed and performance The Valid range is 0 to 10 The default value is 6 Setting a higher value will cause the radio to attempt to establish at the highest possible data rate in an aggressive way A sma...

Page 41: ...oad speed of 6Mbps This is subject to the available upstream bandwidth signal level and distance The user can key in the upload and download bandwidth for the wireless link Follow the steps below to c...

Page 42: ...ite Survey drop down menu The following figure shows the list of SSID from the site survey Figure 4 1 Site Survey showing associated devices To associate to a particular SSID click the Associate butto...

Page 43: ...ing at the link status display Click on the Antenna Alignment Tone to ON button to hear the alignment tones You will need to insert the earphones provided into the earphone jack in the unit For more i...

Page 44: ...Page 44 of 66 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient Nexus User Guide Note A jump in the audio frequency from low to high indicates that the RSSI is increasing and vice versa...

Page 45: ...ds Figure 6 1 Traffic Statistics Table 6 1 Ethernet Traffic Statistics Ethernet Traffic Statistics Transmitted Bytes Total No of packets transmitted from the particular interface Transmitted Unicast p...

Page 46: ...of form at error The wireless statistics is also available from the Radio Configuration Main Page Figure 6 2 Wireless Statistics from Radio Main Page Table 6 2 Wireless Traffic Statistics Wireless Tr...

Page 47: ...not received RTS Fail No of transmitted RTS frames for which no response CTS frame was received No of Aborted Frames No of frames that are aborted by the radio An aborted frame occurs when it experie...

Page 48: ...ions using the Profile Manager and doing a Link Test as well as estimating the Link Budget 7 1 System Configuration The System Configuration page provides a one page tool to configure the airClient de...

Page 49: ...Reset Reset device Reset To Factory Defaults Reset device to factory defaults Delayed Reset Schedule a reset NTP Server NTP server setup as well as NTP time if server is setup Software Version Display...

Page 50: ...ice will reboot with the current configuration values Reset to Defaults To reset the device to factory default configuration values Delayed Reset To reset the device at a particular time and can be pr...

Page 51: ...n to change the settings 4 To disable Delayed Reset check the box provided 7 1 3 NTP Time Server Setup The device time comes from the network time information source The device needs access to a netwo...

Page 52: ...Nexus configuration parameters can be saved as profiles in the system There are four profiles available in the system 1 Installation profile 2 Profile1 3 Profile1 4 Profile3 All the four profiles con...

Page 53: ...s 2 Enter a description of the profile Page Item Descriptions Save As Select which profile name to save for the current configuration Profile Description Specify a description for the profile to be sa...

Page 54: ...t the different profiles and scheduled activities can be configured based on the profiles set for a pre defined time A typical situation is when an operator has two profiles for day and night The two...

Page 55: ...Page 55 of 66 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient Nexus User Guide Figure 7 6 Scheduling a Profile...

Page 56: ...e radio IP address has to be specified for the test Follow the steps below to do a Ping Test 1 Enter a valid IP address for Far end Radio IP Address 2 Click on the Start button under Ping The Ping res...

Page 57: ...ssed from the navigation menu bar Tools Link Budget Planning Calculator drop down menu A GPS Calculator is provided in the Link Budget Planning Calculator page to calculate the distance between two ai...

Page 58: ...Cable Losses in dB for station 1 and 2 5 Click the Compute Link Budget button to calculate the link budget information 6 The link budget information will be displayed in the following figure The link...

Page 59: ...Page 59 of 66 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient Nexus User Guide Figure 7 10 Link Budget Planning Calculator Link Budget...

Page 60: ...tp www smartbridges com support acn asp 2 Login to the device web interface Go to Tools Firmware Upgrade drop down menu The Firmware Upgrade page will be displayed as shown below 3 Enter the firmware...

Page 61: ...ge 61 of 66 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient Nexus User Guide Figure 8 2 airClient Nexus Firmware Upgrade Firmware transferred Figure 8 3 Successful upgrade pop up windo...

Page 62: ...ject Identifier 1 3 6 1 4 1 14882 2 1 1 Value changed IP address IP netmask Object Identifier 1 3 6 1 4 1 14882 2 1 2 Value changed IP netmask Gateway Object Identifier 1 3 6 1 4 1 14882 2 1 3 Value c...

Page 63: ...into separate VLANs 802 11i An upcoming security standard currently being developed by IEEE that features 802 1x authentication protections and adds AES Advanced Encryption Standard technology a stro...

Page 64: ...es the material for creating the keys Packet Concatenation Packet concatenation will increase the throughput of the equipment by simply buffering the packets at the transmitter and convert them into s...

Page 65: ...t Protocol a set of protocols for managing complex networks The first versions of SNMP were developed in the early 80s SNMP works by sending messages called protocol data units PDUs to different parts...

Page 66: ...ed that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form m...

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