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ARADA, Inc.
1024 Morse Avenue,
Sunnyvale,
CA 94089

Arada Systems Inc.,

1024 Morse Avenue,

Sunnyvale, CA - 94089.

Tel: +1 (408) 773 9298

www.aradasystems.com

Arada Systems, Inc.

MaxR-3210 Single Band Wireless-N Access Point 

User Manual 

This document helps you to configure and use the 

MaxR-3210 Single Band Wireless-N Access Point

Dec 2009

Book Version: 1.1

Содержание MaxR-3210

Страница 1: ...Morse Avenue Sunnyvale CA 94089 Tel 1 408 773 9298 www aradasystems com Arada Systems Inc MaxR 3210 Single Band Wireless N Access Point User Manual This document helps you to configure and use the Ma...

Страница 2: ...ate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult th...

Страница 3: ...Rear Panel 1 5 Chapter 2 Basic Installation and Configuration Wireless Equipment Placement and Range Guidelines 2 2 Understanding MaxR 3210 Wireless Security Options 2 3 Installing the MaxR 3210 Wirel...

Страница 4: ...iguring WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK 2 36 Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address 2 38 Chapter 3 Management Remote Management 3 1 Remote Console 3 3 Using the Secure Telnet Interface 3 3 CLI Commands 3 4 U...

Страница 5: ...R 3210 as a Point to Multi Point Wireless Bridge 4 13 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting and Debugging No lights are lit on the Access Point 5 1 The Wireless LAN activity light does not light up 5 1 The LAN li...

Страница 6: ...MaxR 3210 Wireless N Access Point User Manual vi Arada Systems Confidential v1 1 Dec 2009...

Страница 7: ...ed in the following paragraphs Typographical Conventions This manual uses the following typographical conventions Formats This manual uses the following formats to highlight special messages Italic Em...

Страница 8: ...MaxR 3210 Wireless N Access Point User Manual ii Arada Systems Confidential v1 1 Dec 2009 Danger This is a safety warning Failure to take heed of this notice may result in personal injury or death...

Страница 9: ...acting with a wireless network interface card NIC via an antenna Typically an individual in building access point provides a maximum connectivity area of about a 500 foot radius Consequently the MaxR...

Страница 10: ...3210 access point and assign different configuration settings to each SSID All the configured SSIDs are active and the network devices can connect to the access point by using any of these SSIDs DHCP...

Страница 11: ...ure that only trusted wireless stations can use the MaxR 3210 to gain access to your LAN Security Profiles When using multiple BSSIDs you can configure unique security settings encryption SSID etc for...

Страница 12: ...uted coordinated function CSMA CA Back off procedure ACK procedure retransmission of unacknowledged frames RTS CTS handshake Beacon generation Packet fragmentation and reassembly Auto or long preamble...

Страница 13: ...adapter and cord 12 V dc 1 5 A Straight through Category 5 Ethernet cable RJ 45 to DB 9 female connector Resource CD which includes this manual Support Registration card Contact your reseller or cust...

Страница 14: ...RJ 45 console port and restores the MaxR 3210 to the factory default settings 3 Serial Console Port RJ 45 serial console port for serial DTE connections 4 RJ 45 Ethernet Port Use the MaxR 3210 Ethern...

Страница 15: ...efault IP Address 5 Setting Basic IP Options 6 Wireless Settings 7 Setting Up and Testing Basic Wireless Connectivity 8 Understanding Security Profiles 9 SSID and WEP WPA Settings Setup Form 10 Config...

Страница 16: ...ur wireless connection can vary significantly based on the physical placement of the Access Point The latency data throughput performance and notebook power consumption of wireless adapters also vary...

Страница 17: ...wireless network Restrict Access Based on MAC address You can restrict access to only trusted PCs so that unknown PCs cannot wirelessly connect to the MaxR 3210 MAC address filtering adds an obstacle...

Страница 18: ...r is already part of your network record its TCP IP configuration settings 2 Configure the computer with a static IP address of 192 168 0 210 and 255 255 255 0 for the Subnet Mask 3 Connect an Etherne...

Страница 19: ...screen select Logout to exit the MaxR 3210 setup screens You will automatically be logged out of the Access Point after 5 minutes of no activity 4 Access Point Name Enter the access point name of the...

Страница 20: ...Time from the left panel The Time screen displays as shown in Figure 2 2 6 Enter the Time Settings for your area See the online help or Configuring Time Settings on page 2 7 for more information about...

Страница 21: ...k The default values are suitable for most users and situations See the online help or Setting Basic IP Options on page 2 11 for more information about how to configure the settings on this screen 9 C...

Страница 22: ...he default is USA Pacific NTP Client Enable NTP Client to synchronize the time of the access point with an NTP Server The Default is Enabled Use Custom NTP Server Check the option if you have a custom...

Страница 23: ...leted the setup steps you can deploy the MaxR 3210 in your network If needed you can now reconfigure the computer you used in step 1 from the Static IP back to its original TCP IP settings Deploying t...

Страница 24: ...in the MaxR 3210 Single Band Wireless N Access Point If they do not match no wireless connection will be made Logging In Using the Default IP Address After you install the MaxR 3210 log in to the Acce...

Страница 25: ...ser should automatically find the MaxR 3210 Wireless Access Point and display the home screen Setting Basic IP Options The basic IP settings for your Access Point are entered on this screen Most of th...

Страница 26: ...IP Address of your Access Point The default IP address is 192 168 0 237 To change it enter an unused IP address from the address range used on your LAN or enable DHCP IP Subnet Mask The Access Point...

Страница 27: ...ou set this option you must ensure your default gateway is configured 3 Click Apply to save your basic IP settings Wireless Settings The following sections describe how to configure the wireless setti...

Страница 28: ...reless network discovery feature of some products such as Windows XP Vista and Unix systems but the data is still fully exposed to a determined snoop using specialized test equipment like wireless sni...

Страница 29: ...5 Mbps 65 Mbps 13 Mbps 26 Mbps 39 Mbps 52 Mbps 78 Mbps 104 Mbps 117 Mbps 130 Mbps Data Rates for Channel Width 40MHz and Guard Interval short Best 15 Mbps 30 Mbps 45 Mbps 60 Mbps 90 Mbps 120 Mbps 135...

Страница 30: ...raffic For WMM to function correctly Wireless clients must also support WMM To configure basic wireless QoS settings for 11b bg ng 1 Under the Configuration tab select Wireless from the main menu sele...

Страница 31: ...selected for your network This feature selects a channel that has the least interference It should not be necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems or are near a...

Страница 32: ...tanding Security Profiles Security Profiles let you configure unique security settings for each SSID You can configure up to eight unique 802 11b bg ng wireless security profiles on the MaxR 3210 see...

Страница 33: ...to 32 alphanumeric characters Wireless Network Name SSID This is the name of your wireless network It is set to the default name of ARADA_11g for 802 11b bg ng Broadcast Wireless Network Name SSID If...

Страница 34: ...In bridge modes some options may be unavailable Description Open System Can be used with WEP encryption or no encryption Shared Key You must use WEP encryption and enter at least one shared key Legac...

Страница 35: ...8 to 64 characters in length Wireless Client Security Separation If enabled the associated wireless clients will not be able to communicate with each other This feature is intended for hotspots and o...

Страница 36: ...s adapter card All wireless nodes in the same network must be configured with the same SSID Authentication Circle one Open System or Shared Key Choose Shared Key for more security Note If you select s...

Страница 37: ...ntication security profile see Configuring WPA with RADIUS on page 2 29 Configuring WPA2 with RADIUS on page 2 31 or Configuring WPA and WPA2 with RADIUS on page 2 32 for specifics on implementing the...

Страница 38: ...f the RADIUS Server Port Number The port number of the RADIUS Server The default is 1812 Shared Secret This is shared between the Wireless Access Point and the RADIUS Server while authenticating the s...

Страница 39: ...4 Click Apply to save your settings Setting up a Security Profile The MaxR 3210 allows you to set up eight different security profiles for 802 11b bg ng Each profile can be configured with a different...

Страница 40: ...rofile you want to modify and click Edit The Security Profile Configuration screen for the selected profile displays see Figure 2 13 4 Give your profile a meaningful name so that you can remember it l...

Страница 41: ...and this feature has been enabled the default VLAN ID for MaxR 3210 will be associated with each profile The default Profile VLAN ID must match the IDs used by other network devices 10 Click Apply to...

Страница 42: ...y populated with key values Manual Enter the number of hexadecimal digits appropriate to the encryption strength 10 digits for 64 bit 26 digits for 128 bit and 32 digits for 152 bit any combination of...

Страница 43: ...tware for instructions on configuring WPA settings To configure WPA follow these steps 1 Under the Configuration tab select Security on the main menu select Advanced from the left hand menu and then s...

Страница 44: ...ity Profile you want to modify and click Edit 5 Choose WPA with RADIUS from the from the Network Authentication drop down menu Data Encryption will be set to TKIP by default 6 Wireless Client Security...

Страница 45: ...2 with RADIUS 1 Under the Configuration tab select Security on the main menu select Advanced from the left panel and then select RADIUS Server Settings The RADIUS Server Settings screen displays 2 Ent...

Страница 46: ...nd WPA2 with RADIUS Not all wireless adapters support WPA and WPA2 Client software is required on the client Windows XP and Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or above do include the client software tha...

Страница 47: ...settings 4 Under the Configuration tab select Security from the main menu The screen for Profile Settings displays When the Security Profile screen displays check the checkbox of the Security Profile...

Страница 48: ...software is required on the client Windows XP and Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or above include the client software that supports WPA Nevertheless the wireless adapter hardware and driver must als...

Страница 49: ...If enabled associated wireless clients will not be able to communicate with each other This feature is intended for hotspots and other public access situations 4 Click Apply to save your settings Con...

Страница 50: ...Apply to save your settings Configuring WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK Not all wireless adapters support WPA and WPA2 Client software is required on the client Windows XP and Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 o...

Страница 51: ...PSK By default Data Encryption will be set to TKIP AES 2 Enter the WPA Passphrase Network Key 3 Wireless Client Security Separation is disabled by default If enabled associated wireless clients will n...

Страница 52: ...to the MaxR 3210 using the default address of http 192 168 0 237 user name of admin and default password of password or whatever LAN address and password you have set up 2 Under the Configuration tab...

Страница 53: ...ou choose this database you must configure the RADIUS Server Settings first see Configuring the RADIUS Server Settings on page 2 23 5 The Trusted Wireless Stations list shows any wireless stations you...

Страница 54: ...ck Add to add the wireless device to the Trusted Wireless Stations list Repeat these steps for each additional device you want to add to the list 9 Click Apply to save your wireless access control lis...

Страница 55: ...ent 2 Remote Console 3 Upgrading the Wireless Access Point Software 4 Configuration File Management 5 Restoring the MaxR 3210 to the Factory Default Settings 6 Changing the Administrator Password 7 En...

Страница 56: ...Pv1 v2 protocol Read Only Community Name The community string to allow the SNMP manager to read the wireless access point s MIB objects The default is Public Read Write Community Name The community st...

Страница 57: ...ure Telnet The default is Enable Telnet If set to Enable the Wireless Access Point will only allow remote access via Telnet The default is Disable Using the Secure Telnet Interface The MaxR 3210 inclu...

Страница 58: ...lation program to use the following settings Baud rate 9600 bps Data bits 8 Parity none Stop bit 1 Flow control none These settings appear below the connector on the back panel 3 Press Enter The scree...

Страница 59: ...from a computer that is connected to the MaxR 3210 Wireless Access Point with a wireless link You must use a computer that is connected to the MaxR 3210 Wireless Access Point with a Ethernet cable Not...

Страница 60: ...ade from the main menu and then select Firmware Upgrade The Firmware Upgrade screen displays as shown in Figure 3 4 above 3 Click Browse and browse to the location of the upgrade file 4 Click Apply Wh...

Страница 61: ...ttings from the left sidebar to back up your current settings The following screen displays 1 Click Backup Your browser will extract the configuration settings from the Access Point and prompt you for...

Страница 62: ...e click Restore to upload the file After completing the upload the MaxR 3210 will reboot automatically Restoring the MaxR 3210 to the Factory Default Settings It is sometimes desirable to restore the...

Страница 63: ...set to the name printed on the label on the bottom of the unit To restore the factory default configuration settings without knowing the login password or IP address you must use the Default Reset but...

Страница 64: ...as now been restored and the MaxR 3210 is ready for use Changing the Administrator Password The default password is password You should change this password to a more secure password since you cannot...

Страница 65: ...guration tab on the main menu select System then select the Advanced option and select SysLog to view the screen shown in Figure 3 9 2 Enable SysLog Enable this option if you have a SysLog server on y...

Страница 66: ...e 3 10 below The Activity Log Window displays the Access Point system activity Click Refresh to update the display click Clear to clear the log content or click Save As to save the log contents into a...

Страница 67: ...ireless card when operating at 2 4GHz Firmware Version The version of the firmware currently installed Current Time Displays the current system time of the access point Current IP Settings IP Address...

Страница 68: ...ic Statistics The Statistics screen displays information for both wired LAN and wireless WLAN interface network traffic To access Statistics information 1 Under the Monitoring tab on the main menu sel...

Страница 69: ...iption Wired Ethernet Packets The number of packets sent and received since the MaxR 3210 was restarted Bytes The number of bytes sent and received since the MaxR 3210 was restarted Wireless 11b bg ng...

Страница 70: ...ID Mode and Status Total Packets The Wireless packets sent and received in 802 11n g mode since the MaxR 3210 was restarted Total Bytes The Wireless bytes sent and received in 802 11n g mode since the...

Страница 71: ...as shown in Figure 3 13 2 Click Refresh to update the list Enabling Rogue AP Detection The MaxR 3210 can detect rogue APs and wireless stations and show their details to the administrator To enable Ro...

Страница 72: ...ply If you enable Rogue AP Detection the AP continuously scans the wireless network and collects information about all APs heard on its channel 3 You can Import AP List from a File See Importing Rogue...

Страница 73: ...s to the existing list 3 Click Browse and navigate to the location where you saved the text file 4 Select the file and click Open 5 Click Import to upload the list to the AP To import the list from an...

Страница 74: ...s Confidential v1 1 Dec 2009 2 Click Refresh to refresh the list 3 Click Save to export the list of unknown APs to a file A window opens so you can browse to the location where you want to save the fi...

Страница 75: ...Save to export the list of known APs to a file A window opens so you can browse to the location where you want to save the file Packet Capture The packet capture option is available under the Monitori...

Страница 76: ...MaxR 3210 Wireless N Access Point User Manual 22 Arada Systems Confidential v1 1 Dec 2009 The packet capture screen is shown below Figure 3 17 Packet capture screen...

Страница 77: ...reless Settings Advanced QoS Settings Configuring advanced QoS settings Configuring Advanced QoS Settings Access Point Settings Enabling wireless bridging modes Enabling Wireless Bridging IP Settings...

Страница 78: ...are part of the configured VLAN ID will get their IP addresses only from the AP Starting IP Address Enter the starting IP address that can be assigned from the DHCP server on this Access Point Ending...

Страница 79: ...r the IP address assigned The wireless client user is required to renew the IP address as soon as the lease is expired 4 Click Apply to save your settings Hotspot Settings If you want the Access Point...

Страница 80: ...ireless LAN parameters for the 11b bg ng modes The default wireless LAN parameters usually work well However you can use these settings to fine tune the overall performance of your Access Point for yo...

Страница 81: ...silence period With the CSMA CA transmission mechanism the transmitting station sends out an RTS packet to the receiving station and waits for the receiving station to send back a CTS Clear to Send p...

Страница 82: ...uto Antenna Not supported 802 11d Enable this option to include support for additional regulatory domains that are not in the current standard Max Wireless Clients The number of wireless clients that...

Страница 83: ...rom the wireless client to the MaxR 3210 Wireless Access Point If WMM is disabled you cannot configure Station EDCA parameters Table 4 1 describes the settings for QoS Queues Figure 4 4 Advanced QoS s...

Страница 84: ...to point bridge mode using the MAC address of this MaxR 3210 They then send all traffic to this Master rather than communicate directly with each other Data 3 Background Lowest priority queue high th...

Страница 85: ...ysical address of the other bridge mode wireless station in the fields provided WEP WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK are supported WPA2 PSK can and should be used to protect this communication The screens used to...

Страница 86: ...idging 1 Click the Enable Wireless Bridging checkbox 2 Select either the Wireless Point to Point Bridge or Wireless Point to Multi Point Bridge radio button 3 Select Enable Wireless Client Association...

Страница 87: ...ofile name 2 Enter the MAC address of the remote access point 3 Select a network authentication type 4 Select an encryption strength 5 Click Back 6 Enable the profile if you wish to on the Bridging sc...

Страница 88: ...Configure and verify the following parameters for both access points Verify that the LAN network configuration of the MaxR 3210 Wireless Access Points both are configured to operate in the same LAN ne...

Страница 89: ...AP2 on LAN Segment 2 in Point to Multi Point Bridge mode The MAC addresses of the adjacent APs are required in AP2 Configure the MaxR 3210 AP3 on LAN 3 in Point to Point Bridge mode with the Remote M...

Страница 90: ...encryption in use All Point to Point Access Points must have the AP2 MAC address in its Remote AP MAC address field 4 Verify connectivity across the LANs A computer on any LAN segment should be able...

Страница 91: ...uration password Go to Changing the Administrator Password on page 3 10 If you have trouble setting up your MaxR 3210 check the tips below No lights are lit on the Access Point It takes a few seconds...

Страница 92: ...still blink if there is activity Make sure the connected device is turned on Be sure the correct cable is used Use a standard Category 5 Ethernet patch cable If the network device has Auto Uplink MDI...

Страница 93: ...uses a Fixed Static IP address ensure that it is using an IP Address in the range of the MaxR 3210 The MaxR 3210 default IP Address is 192 168 0 237 and the default Subnet Mask is 255 255 255 0 If yo...

Страница 94: ...t restart Reset to Factory Defaults This button can also be used to clear ALL data and restore ALL settings to the factory default values To clear all data and restore the factory default values 1 Pow...

Страница 95: ...button for approximately 5 seconds until the TEST LED blinks rapidly Your device will return to the factory configuration settings shown in Table A 1 below Pressing the reset button for a shorter per...

Страница 96: ...Communication Enabled 11 b bg ng Wireless Network Name SSID ARADA_11g Broadcast Network Name SSID Enabled Security Disabled Transmission Speed Besta 80211 g Radio Frequency Channel Auto Output Power F...

Страница 97: ...s for Channel Width 40MHz and Guard Interval short Best 15 Mbps 30 Mbps 45 Mbps 60 Mbps 90 Mbps 120 Mbps 135 Mbps 150 Mbps 30 Mbps 60 Mbps 90 Mbps 120 Mbps 180 Mbps 240 Mbps 270 Mbps 300 Mbps Data Rat...

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Страница 99: ...IP range lease time lease time status status subnet mask subnet mask wins server WINS server http redirect enable HTTP redirection http redirect url HTTP redirection URL interface select wireless lan...

Страница 100: ...rogue ap detection enable rogue access point detection rts threshold wireless RTS CTS threshold security profile create security profile 1 1st security profile authentication authentication type encr...

Страница 101: ...yno key number name profile name presharedkey pre shared key security separation disable associated wireless client communication ssid network name 1 32 chars status profile status vlan id VLAN id wep...

Страница 102: ...eless wep key type 6 6th security profile authentication authentication type encryption data encryption hide network name hide network name key1 wireless wep key 1 key2 wireless wep key 2 key3 wireles...

Страница 103: ...ame profile name presharedkey pre shared key security separation disable associated wireless client communication ssid network name 1 32 chars status profile status vlan id VLAN id wep pass phrase wir...

Страница 104: ...on name profile name presharedkey preshared key remote mac remote MAC status profile status wep pass phrase wireless wep passphrase key wepkey wireless wep key wepkeytype wireless wep key type wmm wmm...

Страница 105: ...uthentication server primary sharedsecret primary authentication server shared secret authentication server secondary secondary authentication server authentication server secondary port secondary aut...

Страница 106: ...store default system password show show system settings configuration show system configuration interface show wireless lan interface eth ethernet interface statistics show ethernet statistics wlan wl...

Страница 107: ...ith RADIUS 2 32 with WPA2 PSK 2 36 aggregation length 4 6 aggregation support for 1 4 AID see association ID A MPDU Aggregation of MAC Protocol Data Units 4 6 antenna 4 6 2 4 GHz 1 5 position 2 2 2 9...

Страница 108: ...4 5 CTS Clear to Send 4 5 D data encryption settings 128 bits WEP 2 21 152 bits WEP 2 21 64 bits WEP 2 21 AES 2 21 none 2 21 TKIP 2 21 TKIP AES 2 21 data rates 802 11bgn 2 15 default access point name...

Страница 109: ...ss default 5 3 latency 2 2 legacy rates 2 3 line of sight 2 9 location 2 2 2 9 log in 2 11 logs 3 11 3 12 M MAC address access control list 2 38 bridge mode wireless station 4 8 wireless point to mult...

Страница 110: ...red key passphrase WPA PSK 2 35 primary DNS server configure 2 12 profile name bridge mode wireless station 4 8 wireless point to multi point bridge 4 9 Q QoS queues 4 7 QoS settings 2 16 QoS settings...

Страница 111: ...MP enable SNMP 3 2 read only community name 3 2 read write community name 3 2 receive traps IP address 3 2 remote management 3 1 trap community name 3 2 trap port 3 2 SNMP Simple Network Management Pr...

Страница 112: ...g and repeating 4 8 wireless channel changing 2 14 2 17 wireless client point to point bridge communication 4 8 wireless client security separation hotspot setting 2 28 wireless computer configuring f...

Страница 113: ...0 WPA WPA2 support for 1 2 WPA2 with RADIUS configure 2 31 data encryption default 2 32 network authentication type 2 32 wireless client security separation 2 32 WPA2 PSK configure data encryption 2 3...

Страница 114: ...MaxR 3210 Wireless N Access Point User Manual Index 8 v1 1 Dec 2009...

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