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DTUS065 rev A.7 – June 27, 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................... 6
II
PRODUCTS LINE OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 8
II.1
PRODUCTS GOALS ............................................................................................................................... 8
II.2
PRODUCTS COMMON FEATURES ..................................................................................................... 8
II.3
PRODUCTS RANGE............................................................................................................................... 9
III
DEVICE INSTALLATION ..................................................................................................................... 10
III.1
POWER SUPPLY .................................................................................................................................. 10
III.2
ANTENNA TYPES ................................................................................................................................ 10
III.2.1
Omnidirectional antenna ................................................................................................................. 10
III.2.2
Patch antenna .................................................................................................................................. 11
III.2.3
Yagi antenna ................................................................................................................................... 11
III.2.4
Dish antenna ................................................................................................................................... 12
III.2.5
MIMO antenna ............................................................................................................................... 12
III.3
ANTENNA INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................... 12
III.3.1
Non 802.11n case ........................................................................................................................... 12
III.3.2
802.11n ........................................................................................................................................... 13
III.4
RADIO CHANNEL CHOICE ................................................................................................................ 14
III.5
REGULATORY DOMAIN RULES ...................................................................................................... 15
III.6
ANTENNA GAIN AND RF OUTPUT POWER ................................................................................... 15
III.6.1
FCC rules for 2.4 GHz band ........................................................................................................... 16
III.6.2
FCC rules for 5 GHz band .............................................................................................................. 17
IV
ADMINISTRATION OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................ 18
IV.1
WEB INTERFACE ................................................................................................................................ 18
IV.2
RESET PUSHBUTTON......................................................................................................................... 18
IV.3
ACKSYS NDM ...................................................................................................................................... 18
IV.4
EMERGENCY UPGRADE ................................................................................................................... 18
IV.5
SNMP AGENT ....................................................................................................................................... 18
V
TECHNICAL REFERENCE ...................................................................................................................... 19
V.1
ADDRESSING IN NETWORK PROTOCOLS ..................................................................................... 19
V.1.1
TCP/IP network layers .................................................................................................................... 19
V.1.2
LAN layer: network interfaces ....................................................................................................... 21
V.1.3
IP layer: IP addresses and routing................................................................................................... 22
V.2
WIRELESS ARCHITECTURES ........................................................................................................... 25
V.2.1
Infrastructure Mode ........................................................................................................................ 25
V.2.2
Ad-hoc Mode .................................................................................................................................. 27
V.2.3
Mesh (802.11s) Mode ..................................................................................................................... 28
V.2.4
Wireless Network Name ................................................................................................................. 29
V.2.5
Virtual AP (multi-SSID) and multifunction cards .......................................................................... 29
V.3
802.11 MODES ...................................................................................................................................... 30
V.3.1
802.11b ........................................................................................................................................... 30
V.3.2
802.11g ........................................................................................................................................... 30
V.3.3
802.11a ........................................................................................................................................... 30
V.3.4
802.11n ........................................................................................................................................... 31
V.4
802.11 CHANNELS & INTERNATIONAL COMPATIBILITY .......................................................... 32
V.5
WIRELESS SECURITY ........................................................................................................................ 34
V.5.1
WEP encryption .............................................................................................................................. 34
V.5.2
WPA/WPA2 encryption ................................................................................................................. 35