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E Series Ethernet Radio – User Manual
Part I – TVIEW+ Management Suite - Programmer
Encryption (option upon purchase)
Within this tab you will notice two options:
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Disabled - This option will disable the radios encryption
capability.
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Enabled - This option will enable the radios encryption
capability. Once selected, you will be required to enter an
alpha-numeric or hexadecimal string
Encryption Setup
128 bit AES Encryption can be enabled in the radio. Radios that
have 128-bit AES encryption enabled can only communicate with
other radios that have AES encryption enabled and use the same
encryption key.
AES Encryption is enabled by selecting the Enabled button
and entering an “Encryption key”. The “Encryption key” must
be between 8 and 16 characters long. The key can contain
ASCII or hexadecimal characters. When entering hexadecimal
characters, the format must be “0xDD” where DD is a sequence of
hexadecimal digits. (0-9,A-F).
When a radio configuration is read from a radio that already
has AES encryption enabled, the encryption key will be shown
as “**************” in the programmer to indicated encryption is
enabled. Since there is no mechanism to see the encryption in
plain text you must ensure the encryption key is recorded in a safe
and secure place for future reference.
Note : When AES encryption is enabled in the radio, the Serial Port
packet layer settings may be modified to ensure compatibility with
AES encryption mode.
Note : AES encryption is subject to export restrictions and may not
be available in all countries.
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Radio Modes (Ethernet)
There are three different Ethernet modes you can configure your
radio to be.
Access Point - Defines the Access Point in a Network. The function
of the access point is to manage bridges and remotes beneath it.
There must be one and only one Access point per
Radio network.
Remote - A remote radio in the network. The function of a remote
is to communicate with the Access Point either directly or via one
or more Bridges.
Bridge - A radio that provides network extension between an
Access Point or another BRIDGE and additional REMOTES. A
BRIDGE is a device with dual personalities, behaving as a RE-
MOTE to its Access Point for 50% of the time, and then behaving
as an Access Point for its REMOTES for the remaining time.
Security
Within the Security menu you will notice you have three available
tabs to select from.
Please note that all parameters within the security menu
are NOT saved within a saved configuration. Security
features can only be written in a live programming session.
SNMP
Within this tab you will notice 3 selectable options:
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Disabled - This will Disable the SNMP functionality of the
radio.
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SNMP V1 - will enable the Radio to use SNMP V1 RFC1213.
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SNMP V2 - will enable the Radio to use SNMP V2 RFC1213.
Whenever you enable SNMP V1 or V2 you are required to
enter two community strings. The community strings define the
relationship between an SNMP server system and the client
systems. This strings acts like a password to control the clients’
access to the server.
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Read community string - allows Read only access to the
unit’s SNMP data.
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Write community string - allows write only access to the unit.
