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Page 3: ...s use No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of SMC SMC reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice Copyright 2004 by SMC Networ...

Page 4: ...s discontinued and is no longer an Active SMC product A list of discontin ued products with their respective dates of discontinuance can be found at http www smc com index cfm action customer_service_...

Page 5: ...LIGHTNING OR OTHER HAZARD LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IN NO EVENT WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT OR TORT INCLUDING NEG LIGENCE SHALL SMC BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL INDIRECT SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAM...

Page 6: ...s connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC Caution To assure continued compliance example use only shielded interface cables when connecting to computer or perip...

Page 7: ...489 17 Safety Test EN60950 Safety Compliance Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise Germany 1 Bitte lesen Sie diese Hinweise sorgf ltig durch 2 Heben Sie diese Anleitung f r den sp teren Gebrauch auf 3 Vor jed...

Page 8: ...z zu trennen und von einer qualifizierten Servicestelle zu berpr fen a Netzkabel oder Netzstecker sind besch digt b Fl ssigkeit ist in das Ger t eingedrungen c Das Ger t war Feuchtigkeit ausgesetzt d...

Page 9: ...2 5 Deploying the SMC2586W G 24 3 Using Web Based Management 25 3 1 Overview 25 3 2 Viewing Status 27 3 3 General Operations 29 3 4 Configuring TCP IP Related Settings 36 3 5 Configuring IEEE 802 11b...

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Page 11: ...on System technology can be used to manually establish wireless links between two APs or between an AP and a Bridge Master Bridge Master Use this mode to provide the Bridge Master functionality of the...

Page 12: ...e SSID Service Set ID the correct SSID has to be specified on the STA or Bridge Slave MAC address based access control When the SMC2586W G is in AP or Bridge Master mode it can be configured to block...

Page 13: ...CP mappings Showing which IP address is assigned to which host identified by a MAC address Packet Filtering The SMC2586W G provides Layer 2 Layer 3 and Layer 4 filtering capabilities Firmware Tools Fi...

Page 14: ...management server Remote log by BSD Syslog Systems events are sent in the form of BSD Syslog RFC3164 to a remote Syslog server Power over Ethernet Supplying power to an SMC2586W G over an Ethernet cab...

Page 15: ...or equivalent statement NOTE Units shipping to Europe will have a EU type or UK type plug adapter added separately The plug adapter simply needs to be inserted over the US type plug to conform to EU...

Page 16: ...Bridge The use of SMCPWR INJ3 with other Ethernet ready devices that are not compliant to IEEE802 3af may cause damage to the devices 2 2 Mounting the SMC2586W G on a Wall The SMC2586W G is wall mount...

Page 17: ...ion management protocol is HTTP based you have to make sure that the IP address of the managing computer and the IP address of the managed SMC2586W G are in the same IP subnet the default IP address o...

Page 18: ...an Utility can only be run by a user with administrator privilege NOTE For some versions of Windows the computer needs to be restarted for the changes of TCP IP settings to take effect 2 4 Configuring...

Page 19: ...ssword link to change the value of the password see Section 3 3 1 for more information TIP Since the Status page shows the current settings and status of the SMC2586W G it can be saved or printed with...

Page 20: ...ireless links between two Bridge Masters or between a Bridge Master and an AP Bridge Slave BS Use this mode to provide the Bridge Slave functional ity of the SMC2682W The Bridge Slave mode is designed...

Page 21: ...then you are brought back to the start page Step 2 Configuring TCP IP Settings Fig 8 TCP IP settings Go to the TCP IP Addressing section to configure IP address settings The IP address can be manuall...

Page 22: ...atory domain setting of the SMC2586W G sold in the U S and Canada is not configurable It s set to FCC by default As a result only channels from 1 to 11 are available NOTE For two SMC2586W Gs or one wi...

Page 23: ...02 65 01 62 C5 set the peer MAC address of port 1 to 00 02 65 01 62 C6 and on SMC2586W G 00 02 65 01 62 C6 set the peer MAC address of port 1 to 00 02 65 01 C5 3 When you are finished click Save at th...

Page 24: ...G to complete its restart process NOTE If you decide not to change settings of the SMC2586W G be sure to log off by clicking the Log Off button on the left menu This way another administrator can log...

Page 25: ...tained from PINGing run PING exe the fixed side computer 5 Fine tune the alignment of the antenna until you get the best response time 6 Increase the data rate of each SMC2586W G simultaneously until...

Page 26: ...reless clients STAs and Bridge Slaves currently associated with the SMC2586W G DHCP Mappings Current IP MAC address mappings of the built in DHCP server System Log System events log Link Status Slave...

Page 27: ...b management interface Another administrator can only log in to perform management tasks after you log off Save Save Restart and Cancel Commands Fig 17 Save Save Restart and Cancel There are three but...

Page 28: ...back to the start page Clicking Refresh updates the shown status information 3 2 Viewing Status Associated Wireless Clients Fig 20 Status of associated wireless clients On this page the status informa...

Page 29: ...the specified IP address from the DHCP server You can set static DHCP mappings in the Static DHCP Mappings section of the DHCP Server configuration page see Section 3 4 2 A dynamic mapping indicates...

Page 30: ...y 20 seconds 3 3 General Operations Selecting an Operational Mode Fig 23 Operational modes settings The SMC2586W G supports 3 operational modes for meeting various wire less connectivity requirements...

Page 31: ...s links between two SMC2586W Gs or between an SMC2586W G and another wireless device STA AP This type of wireless link is specified in the IEEE 802 11 standard for communication between an IEEE 802 11...

Page 32: ...he user name and password for the rights to modify the configuration of the SMC2586W G The new password must be typed twice for confirmation Managing Firmware Fig 26 Firmware management protocol setti...

Page 33: ...e shown in the Firmware file name text box 2 Click Upgrade to begin the upgrade process Backing up and Restoring Configuration Settings by HTTP Fig 28 Firmware backup by HTTP To back up configuration...

Page 34: ...Max number of retries setting specifies the maximummal number of resend before the TFTP client stops communicating with the TFTP server The SMC2586W G Installation CD includes a TFTP server program Tf...

Page 35: ...is selected NOTE The LAN IP address of the SMC2586W G and the IP address of the TFTP server must be in the same IP subnet for TFTP to work NOTE It is highly recommended that the TFTP server and the t...

Page 36: ...s hyperlink 6 Choose TFTP as the Firmware management protocol 7 Within the Configuration Backup Restore section specify the IP address of the computer which acts as a TFTP server If you don t know the...

Page 37: ...fig then press the Enter key 8 Trigger the restoring process by clicking Restore The SMC2586W G will then download the configuration backup file from the TFTP server NOTE Make sure the file is a valid...

Page 38: ...The SMC2586W G can automatically assign IP addresses to client computers by DHCP In this section of the management page you can specify the Default gateway Subnet mask Primary DNS server and Secondary...

Page 39: ...rver to obtain an IP address by DHCP and it is always assigned the same IP address To always assign a static IP address to a specific DHCP client 1 Specify the MAC address of the DHCP client and the I...

Page 40: ...ends on local regulations therefore you have to choose an appropriate regulatory domain to comply with local regulations The SSID of a wireless client computer and the SSID of the SMC2586W G must be i...

Page 41: ...wards the packets to the Ethernet LAN Packets destined for the notebook computers follow a reverse path from the Ethernet LAN through the APs to the notebook computers In this way AP 2 plays a role of...

Page 42: ...6W G 00 02 65 01 62 C5 set the peer MAC address of port 1 to 00 02 65 01 62 C6 and on SMC2586W G 00 02 65 01 62 C6 set the peer MAC address of port 1 to 00 02 65 01 C5 TIP Plan your wireless network a...

Page 43: ...lude SSID broadcasts Security mode IEEE 802 11 Authentication algorithm WEP keys MAC Address Based Access Control Basic Fig 45 Basic IEEE 802 11g security settings For security reasons it s highly rec...

Page 44: ...ient isolation setting is set to wireless clients STAs associated to this SMC2586W G which acts as an AP cannot see each other and wireless to wireless traffic between the STAs is blocked When the set...

Page 45: ...tionality is enabled and the user name password based EAP MD5 authentication is used No data encryption IEEE 802 1x EAP with Static WEP EAP MD5 The IEEE 802 1x functionality is enabled and the user na...

Page 46: ...control settings With MAC Address Based Access Control you can specify the wireless clients STAs or Bridge Slaves that are permitted or not permitted to asso ciate with the SMC2586W G When the table...

Page 47: ...ng MAC addresses to the access control table one by one you can prepare a text file that contains all the MAC addresses and put it on a TFTP server and then download the MAC ACL Access Control List fi...

Page 48: ...N and logs off from the wireless LAN for monitoring or billing purposes The IEEE 802 1x functionality of the access point is controlled by the security mode see Section 3 5 2 1 So far the wireless acc...

Page 49: ...ch other In addition to its IP address a wireless access point can identify itself by an NAS Network Access Server identifier Each IEEE 802 1x capable wireless access point must have a unique NAS iden...

Page 50: ...oming from the WLAN or Ethernet interface is inspected for filtering In a rule specify the hexadecimal protocol number source IP address range Source IP Address AND Source Subnet Mask and destination...

Page 51: ...ment you have to log off before another can log on If you forget to log off or have not interacted with the Web management interface for a period specified by the Web admin idle timeout setting de fau...

Page 52: ...or more information about SNMP trap settings Set the IP address of the Syslog server in the Syslog server IP address text box The system events are divided into the following categories General system...

Page 53: ...as a password of the read only and read write community In addition up to 5 SNMP trap targets can be set in the SNMP Trap Table To specify a trap target 1 Type the IP address of the target host 2 Typ...

Page 54: ...Remote configuration Remote firmware upgrade Remote device configuration backup and restore Only when these issues are correctly addressed can the deployed WLAN become an easily maintained network Tha...

Page 55: ...cluding MAC address MAC Media Access Control address of the device Firmware version Version information about the firmware of the device This information is useful when doing firmware upgrade System u...

Page 56: ...eving device configuration files from devices and save them to the local hard disk Restore Configuration by TFTP and HTTP Restoring saved device configuration files to devices Event Logging The result...

Page 57: ...h a menu bar and two tool bars for functions such as device list editing device management In addi tion when you right click anywhere in the active device list a shortcut menu will appear for you to q...

Page 58: ...ser interface of EliteConnect Management Utility appears The New command on the File menu enables you to create device list files The Open command on the File menu enables you to open existing device...

Page 59: ...ce list Viewing and Editing Device Properties If there are a number of device items in the device list You can click the Previous or Next button of the Device Properties dialog box to navigate the dev...

Page 60: ...vice items can be deleted cut or copied to the Clipboard Device items cut or copied to the Clipboard can be pasted back to the device list These operations can be performed by carrying out the corresp...

Page 61: ...hical Zone 2 A level 4 tree item represents filtering by Firmware version For example Fig 65 illustrates that the sample device list is filtered so that only the devices that belong to the Chain Resta...

Page 62: ...modified Rearranging the Column Order Fig 68 Rearranging the column order by a drag and drop operation The column order can be rearranged by drag and drop operations Just drag a column header and drop...

Page 63: ...70 Device menu Checking Whether Devices Are Alive Select the device item in the device list which you have created in the Adding a New Device Section for your SMC2582W B or SMC2586W G and then carry...

Page 64: ...al and then carry out the Configure by Web Browser command on the Device menu The default Web browser will be launched for you to manage the device 4 3 Using SMC EliteConnect Management Utility This c...

Page 65: ...ovides a view for the active device list file There are 12 columns including Device ID Project Zone 1 Zone 2 Location Device Name IP Address Do main Name HTTP Port Comments MAC Address Firmware Status...

Page 66: ...y analyses the structure of the devices items in the active device list and shows the results in a tree fashion on the Filter tab of the Workspace window The active device list can be filtered by clic...

Page 67: ...ry Log View shows progress and results of network management commands The contents of the History Log View can also be saved to a log file for later reference see Logging Options Section on page 75 fo...

Page 68: ...action Cut Cut the selection and put it on the Clipboard Copy Copy the selection and put it on the Clipboard Paste Insert Clipboard contents Delete Delete the selection Select All Select the entire do...

Page 69: ...y TFTP Upgrade Firmware by HTTP Upgrade the firmware of selected device by HTTP Back up Configuration by HTTP Back up the configuration of selected device to a file by HTTP Restore Configuration by HT...

Page 70: ...ll Select All command on the Edit menu Add New Device New Device command on the Insert menu Check Alive Check Alive command on the Device menu Configure by Web Browser Configure by Web Browser command...

Page 71: ...olbar The commands in the Basic toolbar from left to right are listed as follows New on the File menu Open on the File menu Save on the File menu Cut on the Edit menu Copy on the Edit menu Paste on th...

Page 72: ...d to your preference Showing Hiding Docking Floating and Repositioning View Windows The toolbars status bar Workspace window and the History Log View win dow can be docked to the top bottom left or ri...

Page 73: ...Fig 81 Floating Workspace window Fig 82 History Log View docked to the right side 72...

Page 74: ...eted Showing or Hiding the Columns of the Device List View Fig 84 Showing or hiding some device list columns Any device list columns can be hidden by clearing corresponding check boxes next to the men...

Page 75: ...is carried out there will be 50 device management commands inserted into the queue And then first n commands are extracted from the queue for execution where n is specified by the Number of simultane...

Page 76: ...ab you can specify whether the contents of the History Log View are also saved to a log file To enable logging to a file select the Enable logging events to a text file check box and then the location...

Page 77: ...he following 1 EliteConnect Management Utility issues an HTTP command to the device to trigger the configuration backup process 2 If for backup the device s TFTP client uploads configuration files to...

Page 78: ...ese parameters Clicking Reset to Defaults resets the settings on this tab to default values Working with Device Lists A device list file is designated with the dlt file name extension Each device item...

Page 79: ...roperties in the Device network command status group after successful Check Alive com mand execution On the left side of the title bar of the Device Properties dialog box is a Pin button Click this bu...

Page 80: ...vice Single select a device item and click Properties on the View menu and then the Device Properties dialog box will appear for you to view or edit the prop erties of the device You can click the Pre...

Page 81: ...em represents filtering by Project A level 2 tree item represents filtering by Geographical Zone 1 A level 3 tree item represents filtering by Geographical Zone 2 A level 4 tree item represents filter...

Page 82: ...ig 97 Sorting by IP address in descending order NOTE If a newly opened device list file is sorted an asterisk mark will be added to the file name shown in the title bar of EliteConnect Management Util...

Page 83: ...ng Device List Windows The commands on the Window menu enable you to arrange your Device List View window and switch between them Fig 99 Window menu Cascading Windows Fig 100 Cascaded device list wind...

Page 84: ...more information about what batch means Carrying out a Batch Management Command The procedure for carrying out each batch device management command is described below 1 Select one or more devices in t...

Page 85: ...ied on the HTTP tab of the Options dialog box you may wait a long period before the waiting commands are canceled see HTTP Options Section on page 77 for more information Checking Whether Devices Are...

Page 86: ...min password New user name and New password Fig 106 Changing User Name and Password dialog box if not using a Device Password List The User type option is for future models that have different users w...

Page 87: ...prompted to enter the IP address of the TFTP server most of the time specify the IP address of the computer on which EliteConnect Management Utility runs and specify the folder containing or to conta...

Page 88: ...ut the Restore Configuration by HTTP command Printing the Active Device List To print the active device list carry out the Print command on the File menu And you can preview the pages that will be pri...

Page 89: ...Appendix A Default Settings TIP Press the Default button on the powered on SMC2586W G to reset the configuration settings to factory default values 88...

Page 90: ...r cannot associate with an SMC2586W G Is the wireless client set in infrastructure mode Check the operating mode of the WLAN NIC Is the SSID of the WLAN NIC identical to that of the prospective SMC258...

Page 91: ...routing table Use the OS provided command line network tool route exe to add or delete entries from the routing table Or use Windows provided Device Manager to disable unnecessary NICs Solve the follo...

Page 92: ...NOTE On Windows 2000 XP SMC2586W G Scan Utility can only be run by a user with administrator privilege NOTE SMC2586W G Scan Utility does not scan the SMC2682W Fig 111 SMC2586W G Configuration Utility...

Page 93: ...s and cause you to experience distance thresholds far lower than those we post below If you have any questions or comments regarding the features or performance of this product or if you d like inform...

Page 94: ...h R SMA connector Operational Modes Access Point Bridge used in pure SMC2586W G bridging environment Bridge Master used when SMC2586W G SMC2582W B and SMC2682W are in the Bridging environment Bridge S...

Page 95: ...rement Dimensions 4 x 5 5 x 1 5 Weight 1 38 Lbs Indicators System Indicator AC Power Green Power Active Red 0 05 A Io 0 8 A Over Current Protection Red Flash Io 1 0 A Connectors Shielded Rj 45 Environ...

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