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5.7. Log
The Log page is shown in Figure 23.
Figure 23.
Log page
This page shows you important events that have been logged by the EZPlatform™ . Events are displayed chronologically, with the most recent ones displayed at the bottom of the list.
Page 1: ...Teletronics EZPlatform AP Hotspot Repeater User Manual v1 2 2008 Teletronics International Inc...
Page 2: ...ettings 12 5 3 1 WAN 12 5 3 2 LAN 15 5 4 WLAN1 and WLAN2 17 5 4 1 Basic 17 5 4 2 Security 19 5 4 3 AP Settings 21 5 4 4 SU Settings WLAN1 only 23 5 4 5 Advanced 24 5 4 6 MAC Filtering 25 5 5 Bandwidth...
Page 3: ...units and other radios The simplicity of use of the EZPlatform allows operators to quickly bring service to their customers and with its two serial ports and two Ethernet ports the unit can easily in...
Page 4: ...4 GHz 5 8 GHz AP SU mode adjustable TX power WEP WPA and WPA2 encryption Turbo mode WDS MAC address filtering Enclosure NEMA 4 ruggedized and weather proof Status monitoring Network status system log...
Page 5: ...bility when building the network at the cost of possibly reduced throughput c Subscriber Unit SU also known as bridge or client this mode allows the EZPlatform to gain access to a network by connectin...
Page 6: ...in the same 802 11 mode WLAN1 and WLAN2 are the fixed designations for the two wireless interfaces WLAN1 is wired to the antenna port that is closer to the hinges of the NEMA 4 enclosure WLAN2 is wir...
Page 7: ...t blue when unselected and orange when selected will be denominated primary tabs Likewise the buttons immediately below the primary tabs which are of a darker blue when unselected and orange when sele...
Page 8: ...der to access the web interface the computer needs to be configured for the subnet to which the EZPlatform belongs By default both HTTP and HTTPS are enabled so you can log in using the http or https...
Page 9: ...General The web interface is the home page and thus is the page displayed when you log in This page displays a summary of the current configuration and status of the EZPlatform as shown in Figure 5 Fi...
Page 10: ...rnel and network settings click on the View System Details button The page in Figure 6 will be displayed Figure 6 System Log Details This page shows a series of commands executed on the Linux kernel a...
Page 11: ...the configuration information for each WLAN interface such as MAC address operation mode SSID etc A list of available access points and relevant information is shown if the WLAN interface is operatin...
Page 12: ...he four interfaces acts as the Wide Area Network WAN side of the EZPlatform The purpose of the WAN is to communicate with the outside of the network to retrieve the data requested by the LAN side the...
Page 13: ...m in the WAN Subnet mask the mask that logically organized the IP address into its corresponding subnetwork Default gateway the device which will act as the agent for IP addresses that are outside the...
Page 14: ...on Once you have set up the DDNS relation obtain the DDNS certificate from the Wget Script link Update time s how often to send IP address updates to freedns afraid org Save store the changes made on...
Page 15: ...e first IP address that will be used in the configuration of DHCP clients Ending IP address the last IP address that will be used in the configuration of DHCP clients Subnet mask the subnet mask that...
Page 16: ...that will be used in the configuration of DHCP clients Lease time min the period of time the IP address of a DHCP client will be reserved exclusively for said client Save store the changes made on thi...
Page 17: ...5 3 1 The configuration pages of WLAN1 and WLAN2 are identical with the exception that WLAN2 cannot be used in SU mode 5 4 1 Basic The LAN page is shown in Figure 11 Figure 11 Basic page Operation Mod...
Page 18: ...11a mode Channels are non overlapping Channels 1 11 for use with 802 11b and 802 11g modes May also be used to drive certain 900 MHz radio cards If the difference between any two channels is equal to...
Page 19: ...Figure 12 Security page Encryption Type Encryption type select the encryption type you wish to use None no encryption WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy a deprecated algorithm proven to have serious weakne...
Page 20: ...or a 128 bit key A longer key is considered to be more robust WEP key 1 4 enter the WEP key to be used The key must be of the same length as specified in WEP key length and may only contain hexadecima...
Page 21: ...for all clients to know of its presence If the SSID is not broadcast the only clients that will be able to connect to the AP are those which know the AP s SSID beforehand and specifically request to b...
Page 22: ...AP MAC address 1 6 specify the MAC addresses of the WDS enabled access points to which you wish to relay data MAC addresses must be entered as octets separated by colons e g 00 60 B3 F8 C6 D4 Both lo...
Page 23: ...SU mode Infrastructure for AP SU hierarchical links Ad hoc peer to peer mode This is a non hierarchical direct communication mode between SUs where an AP is not required BSSID if a client sees two APs...
Page 24: ...exceeds this threshold it will be fragmented into smaller packets RTS threshold bytes packets whose size exceeds this threshold will be transmitted using the RTS CTS protocol Beacon period ms the int...
Page 25: ...ess is listed in the table are allowed to pass traffic through the WLAN interface Disable any device can pass traffic through the WLAN interface MAC Address enter the MAC address of the device you wis...
Page 26: ...26 Save store the changes made on this page Cancel undo the changes made on this page...
Page 27: ...t to completely prevent a device from passing any traffic through the EZPlatform you can assign its data rates to zero On the other hand if you want to assign no restrictions whatsoever to a particula...
Page 28: ...octets separated by colons e g 00 60 B3 F8 C6 D4 Both lower and upper case letters are acceptable Upload rate kbps the maximum rate at which the device is allowed to upload data to the EZPlatform Down...
Page 29: ...Host name assign a name to the EZPlatform so that you can identify it in the network This field has no impact on the operation of the EZPlatform Services HTTP enable or disable access to the web inter...
Page 30: ...nformation Write community string the password that allows you to write to MIBs Management Information Base via commands such as snmpset sysContact the OID which refers to contact information of the p...
Page 31: ...the web Subnet mask the subnet mask to be applied to the IP address A subnet mask of 255 255 255 255 should be used for single hosts Add new filter after you have completed the IP address and Subnet m...
Page 32: ...new password that you wish to use The password must not exceed 8 characters in length Confirm new password enter once again the new password that you wish to use Apply when you have finished completi...
Page 33: ...er so that you can restore it later if needed System Restore From local computer use this option if the configuration file which contains the settings that you wish to restore are located in your loca...
Page 34: ...34 System Restore Reset all settings to default click on this button to restore all the settings of the EZPlatform to factory default including the IP address...
Page 35: ...Figure 22 Firmware Upgrade page Firmware Upgrade Browse click on this button to browse your local computer and choose the firmware binary file you wish to load to the EZPlatform Upgrade firmware afte...
Page 36: ...age is shown in Figure 23 Figure 23 Log page This page shows you important events that have been logged by the EZPlatform Events are displayed chronologically with the most recent ones displayed at th...
Page 37: ...37 5 8 Reboot The Reboot page is shown in Figure 24 Figure 24 Reboot page Reboot clicking on this button reboots the EZPlatform...
Page 38: ...nications HyperTerminal Configure the HyperTerminal to connect to the EZPlatform with the following settings Bits per second 115200 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow control None To access the...
Page 39: ...file and execute the file called EZManager exe The main interface of EZManager is shown in Figure 26 Figure 26 Teletronics EZManager The functions of some of the buttons in EZManager are explained be...
Page 40: ...is the antenna port that is farthest from the hinges of the enclosure on the PCB it is the radio card that is farthest from the Ethernet ports 4 Which serial port should I use to access the console U...
Page 41: ...ny other traffic follow these steps Make sure the WLAN interface you are using and the other end of the link are on the same subnet Disable encryption at both ends Reboot both radios 10 I can pass tra...
