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airClient™ Nexus User Guide
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT ..........................................................................................................4
Overview of User Guide
......................................................................................................4
Related Publications
...........................................................................................................4
Technical Support Center
..................................................................................................5
1.
INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................6
1.1.
S
YSTEM
R
EQUIREMENTS
.................................................................................................6
1.2.
C
HECKLISTS
...................................................................................................................7
2.
AIRCLIENT CONFIGURATION..........................................................................................11
2.1.
U
SER
L
OGIN AND
L
ICENSE
A
GREEMENT
.........................................................................11
2.2.
W
EB
GUI
A
DMINISTRATOR
P
ASSWORD
C
HANGE
............................................................13
2.3.
U
SING THE
C
ONFIGURATION
P
AGES
..............................................................................14
2.4.
D
EVICE
M
ODE
C
ONFIGURATION
.....................................................................................18
2.5.
AIR
C
LIENT
B
RIDGE TO AIR
C
LIENT
R
OUTER
/NAT ............................................................19
2.6.
AIR
C
LIENT
R
OUTER
/NAT
TO AIR
C
LIENT
B
RIDGE
............................................................20
2.7.
AIR
C
LIENT
B
RIDGE
C
ONFIGURATION
..............................................................................21
2.7.1.
Ethernet Configuration
.....................................................................................21
2.7.2.
Wireless Configuration
.....................................................................................21
2.7.3.
Bridge Configuration
.........................................................................................23
2.7.4.
Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
....................................................24
2.7.5.
STP Settings Configuration
..............................................................................25
2.8.
AIR
C
LIENT
R
OUTER
/NAT
C
ONFIGURATION
.....................................................................27
2.8.1.
Ethernet Configuration
.....................................................................................27
2.8.2.
Wireless Configuration
.....................................................................................28
2.8.3.
DHCP Configurations
........................................................................................31
2.8.4.
DHCP Relay Configurations
.............................................................................32
2.8.5.
Routing Table
....................................................................................................33
2.9.
W
IRELESS
S
ETTINGS
M
ANAGEMENT
..............................................................................35
2.9.1.
Wireless Settings
..............................................................................................35
2.9.2.
Data Encryption
.................................................................................................36
3.
PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS AND BANDWIDTH CONTROLLER ............................39
3.1.
L
INK
P
ERFORMANCE
P
ARAMETERS AND
F
EATURES
........................................................39
3.2.
B
ANDWIDTH
C
ONTROLLER
.............................................................................................41
4.
SITE SURVEY TOOL .........................................................................................................42
5.
ANTENNA ALIGNMENT ....................................................................................................43
6.
TRAFFIC STATISTICS.......................................................................................................45
7.
TOOLS................................................................................................................................48
7.1.
S
YSTEM
C
ONFIGURATION
..............................................................................................48
7.1.1.
SNMP Security
...................................................................................................49
7.1.2.
Reset Options
....................................................................................................50
7.1.3.
NTP Time Server Setup
.....................................................................................51