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airHaul™ Nexus User Guide
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT .................................................................................................... 4
Overview of User Guide
................................................................................................ 4
Related Publications
..................................................................................................... 5
Technical Support Center
............................................................................................ 5
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 6
1.1.
AIR
H
AUL
N
EXUS
C
ONFIGURATION
F
EATURES
............................................................. 6
1.2.
S
YSTEM
R
EQUIREMENTS
........................................................................................... 6
1.3.
C
HECKLISTS
............................................................................................................. 7
2.
AIRHAUL NEXUS
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
...................................................... 14
2.3.
U
SING THE
C
ONFIGURATION
P
AGES
........................................................................ 15
2.4.
N
AVIGATION
M
ENU
B
AR
.......................................................................................... 16
2.5.
D
EVICE
M
ODE
C
ONFIGURATION
............................................................................... 20
2.5.1
Root Bridge to Remote Bridge
...................................................................... 21
2.5.2
Root Bridge to Remote Router
...................................................................... 21
2.5.3
Remote Bridge to Root Bridge
...................................................................... 22
2.5.4
Remote Router to Root Bridge
...................................................................... 23
2.5.5
Remote Router to Remote Bridge
................................................................. 24
2.5.6
Remote Bridge to Remote Router
................................................................. 25
2.6.
R
OOT
B
RIDGE
C
ONFIGURATION
............................................................................... 27
2.6.1
Ethernet Configurations
................................................................................ 27
2.6.2
Wireless Configurations
................................................................................ 28
2.6.3
Bridge Configuration
..................................................................................... 30
2.6.4
Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
................................................. 31
2.6.5
STP Settings Configuration
........................................................................... 32
2.7.
R
EMOTE
B
RIDGE
C
ONFIGURATION
........................................................................... 35
2.7.1
Ethernet Configuration
.................................................................................. 35
2.7.2
Wireless Configuration
.................................................................................. 36
2.8.
R
EMOTE
R
OUTER
C
ONFIGURATION
.......................................................................... 38
2.8.1
Ethernet Configuration
.................................................................................. 38
2.8.2
Wireless Configuration
.................................................................................. 39
2.8.3
DHCP Configurations
..................................................................................... 41
2.8.4
DHCP Relay Configurations
.......................................................................... 43
2.8.5
Routing Table
................................................................................................. 44
2.9.
W
IRELESS
S
ETTINGS
M
ANAGEMENT
........................................................................ 46
2.9.1
Wireless Settings
........................................................................................... 46
2.9.2
Data Encryption
.............................................................................................. 46
3.
PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS AND BANDWIDTH CONTROLLER ...................... 48
3.1.
L
INK
P
ERFORMANCE
P
ARAMETERS AND
F
EATURES
.................................................. 48
3.2.
B
ANDWIDTH
C
ONTROLLER
....................................................................................... 50
4.
SITE SURVEY .............................................................................................................. 51
5.
ANTENNA ALIGNMENT .............................................................................................. 52
6.
TRAFFIC STATISTICS................................................................................................. 54