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Copyright © smartBridges Pte Ltd. All Rights Reserved. u n w i r i n g o u r w o r l d TM airHaul™ Nexus sB3010 User Guide Version 1.19.
Page 2 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT .................................................................................................... 4 Overview of User Guide ................
Page 3 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7. TOOLS .......................................................................................................................... 56 7.1. S YSTEM C ONFIGURAT ION ................
Page 4 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide About This Document This User Guide is for the networking profes sion al who configures and man ages the smartBridges’ Intelligent Nexus Platform of wireless backhaul s (airHaul™ Nexus).
Page 5 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Related Publications These documents provide com plete information a bout the Nexus se rie s of radio units: airHaul, airPoint™.
Page 6 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 1. Introduction In this chapter, the configuration features of the web-based management tool and the system requirements are li sted. 1.1. airHaul Nexus Configuration Features The airHaul web-based manageme nt tool provid es the user with the following features: 1.
Page 7 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 1.3. Checklists Pre-Installation Checklist for airHaul Organization Name/Site Name Address City State Zip Code Telephone Number Site Survey and Link Planning No Parameters Units Site A Site B 1 Regulatory Standard to be followe d FCC/ETSI 2 Frequency Band 2.
Page 8 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide No Parameters Units Site A Site B 22 Length of external cable connecting a Radio and antenna Feet/meters 23 Fade Margin taken int.
Page 9 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Post-Installation Checklist for airHaul Organization Name/Site Name Address City State Zip Code Telephone Number General Configur.
Page 10 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Checklist No Parameters Units Site A Site B 1 Check out the crimping of the Ethernet cable at both the ends Yes/No 2 Check out t.
Page 11 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2. airHaul Nexus Configuration Here you will learn how to login as an ad ministrator and to chang e the default password to one of your choice. The features of the configuration page as well as the Navigation Menu Bar are expla ined.
Page 12 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-1 Administrator Login 4. Click the ‘OK’ button. A License agreement page will appear a s shown in Fig 2-2 below. . 5. Click ‘OK’ . The airHaul ’Nexus Summa ry Information’ page (Fig 2-3) will appear.
Page 13 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-2 License Agreement Page Figure 2-3 Nexus Summary Information Page.
Page 14 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide The page information descriptions are pr ovided in the table below: Table 2-1 Page Information Descriptions 2.2. Web GUI Administrator Password Change By default the Administrator password is smartBridges (case sensitive).
Page 15 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-4 Administrator password change 2.3. Using the Configuration Pages The airHaul Nexus configuratio n sy stem compri ses several pa ges for config uring each para meter.
Page 16 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-6 Editable Boxes for Parameter Editing 2.4. Navigation Menu Bar The Navigation bar contains menu item s that allow the user to go to differe nt configuration pages. The following table summarize s the functio n s av ailable for each of the menu item links.
Page 17 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Menu Item Menu Sub-items Description ACL Controls and Country, as well as Dial a Power. Provides a link to view associations. Performance: Allows user to set Fragmentation Length, RTS/CTS Length, Preamble Settings, Throughput Optimizer.
Page 18 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Menu Item Menu Sub-items Description System Configuration Radio Firmware Versi on: Shows firmware’s current radio version Reset to Defaults: Resets the device with factory defaults Ethernet MTU Size: Allows user to set the Ethernet MTU size for different applications.
Page 19 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Menu Item Menu Sub-items Description Site Survey Shows all the wireless devices operating in the area. This menu item is available when airHaul is configured in Remote Bridge mode or Remote Router mode User Manager Allows the administrator to change the Administrator password.
Page 20 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.5. Device Mode Configuration The current device operat ional mode is display ed at the top right hand corner of each page. The Device Mode Configuration allows the user to configure the airHa ul Operational mode to Root Bridge, Remote Bridge or Remo te Router mode.
Page 21 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.5.1 Root Bridge to Remote Bridge Follow the steps below to cha nge from Root Bridge mode to Remote Bridge mode: 1. Go to Tools | System Configura tion drop down menu. The System Config uration will be displa yed as show n below (Fig ure 2-8).
Page 22 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 5. Click on the Apply Changes button to change the settings. The device will be rebooted and set to the chosen operational mode. Figure 2-9 Changing Root Bridge to Remote Route r 2.
Page 23 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-10 Changing Remote Bridge to Roo t Bridge 2.5.4 Remote Router to Root Bridge Follow the steps below to cha nge Remote Router mode to Ro ot Bridg e mode: 1. Go to Tools | System Configuration drop down menu.
Page 24 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-11 Changing Remote Router to Roo t Bridge 2.5.5 Remote Router to Remote Bridge Follow the steps below to cha nge Remote Router mode to Re mot e Bridge Mode: 1. Go to Tools | System Configuration drop down menu.
Page 25 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-12 Changing Remote Router to Remo te Bridge 2.5.6 Remote Bridge to R emote Router Follow the steps belo w to cha nge Remote Bridge mode to Remot e Router mode 1. Go to Tools | System Configuration drop down menu.
Page 26 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-13 Changing Remote Bridge to Remo te Router.
Page 27 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.6. Root Bridge Configuration The airHaul unit is configured in Root Bridge mode for use as a Root device.
Page 28 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.6.2 Wireless Configurations The wireless parameters need to be co nfigured for t he Root Bridge device to communicate with other airHaul Remotes. Follow the steps below to cha nge the Root Bridge Wireless Co nfigurations: 1.
Page 29 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide The following table summarizes the information for the wireless settings. Table 2-3 Wireless Settings Page Items Descriptions SSID This is the current SSID. User can change the SSID.
Page 30 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide The figure below shows the list of clients asso ciated with the airHaul Root Bridge device. Figure 2-16 Root Bridge Association List The MAC Address of the Link Status is the radio MAC of the a sso ciated remote device.
Page 31 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-18 Bridge Configuration Information 2.6.4 Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) STP is a Layer 2 link management protocol th at prov ides path redundancy wh ile preventing loops in the network.
Page 32 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.6.5 STP Settings Configuration STP is disabled by default. The table below list s the d efault STP se ttings when the STP is enabled.
Page 33 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Setting Default Value Range Purpose spanning tree. A higher numerical value mean s a lower priority; thus, the highe st priority is 8. Radio port (Radio A) path cost 100 0-65535 The cost of using the port to reach the root bridge.
Page 34 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 10. Enter the values of Ethernet Port Prio rity and/or Port Path Cost for Radio A 11.
Page 35 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.7. Remote Bridge Configuration The airHaul units can also be configured to operat e as a Rem ote device to associate with Root Bridge. In Remote mode, the unit can operate as a bridge or a rou t er.
Page 36 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.7.2 Wireless Configuration The wireless parameters need to be co nfigured to a llow the Remote Bridge airHaul unit to associate with a Root Bridge airHaul unit. Follow these steps below to configure the Rem ote Bridge Mo de wireless association paramete rs: 1.
Page 37 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-22 Remote Bridge Associa tion with Root Bridge If the association status wi ndow does not appea r, click o n the link to download the JRE. Note : For Bridge and STP configuration, please refer to the section 2.
Page 38 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.8. Remote Router Configuration The airHaul units can also be configur ed to operate as a Remote d evice to associate to Root Bridge. In Remote mode, the unit can operate as a bridge o r a router.
Page 39 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.8.2 Wireless Configuration The wireless parameters need to be co nfigured to allow the Remote Router airHaul unit to associate with a Root Bridge airHaul unit. Follow these steps below to configure the Rem ote Ro uter Mode Wireless IP Settings parameters: 1.
Page 40 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-25 Remote Router Wir eless Association Settings Click on ‘Status’ to view the association link-status graph.
Page 41 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Note : If the association status window doe s not appear, click on the link to download the JRE. 2.8.3 DHCP Configurations The Remote Router airH aul unit can be used as a DHCP ser ver or DHCP relay agent.
Page 42 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 2-27 DHCP Server Configurati ons Follow the steps belo w to disa ble the Remote Router DHCP server: 1. Click on ‘Networking’ | ‘DHCP Server’ from the menu bar to access the DHCP configuration page.
Page 43 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.8.4 DHCP Relay Configurations If the user has a DHCP Server, the Remote Router airHaul device can b e configured as a DHCP Relay agent of the DHCP Server for IP address assi gnment.
Page 44 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.8.5 Routing Table The Remote Router web interface allows vi ewing of the routes and th e addition and removal of the static routes for the Remote Router. Follow these steps below to view the rout e entry in the Rem ote Router device.
Page 45 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Follow these steps below to add a static r oute entry in the Remote Router device. 1. Click on ‘Networking’ | ‘Routing Table’ from the menu bar to access the view routing table page.
Page 46 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 2.9. Wireless Settings Management Radio Configuration Main page can be accessed fro m the Radio menu. Its contents will be slightly different for each oper ating different mode. 2.
Page 47 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 3. Choose the Authentication as ‘Open System’ or ‘Shared Key’ by clicking on the radio button. 4. Choose a WEP Key Size (64 Bits or 128 Bits ) from the pull-down list. WEP key length is 10 characters for 64 Bits and 26 characters for 128 Bits.
Page 48 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 3. Performance Parameters and Bandwidth Controller This chapter gives instruct ions for editing the wireless radi o protocol parameters to optimize radio performance and changin g the Bandwidth Controller.
Page 49 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Page Item Descriptions The radio preamble is a section of data at the head of a packet that contains information the Root Device and Re mote devices need when sending and receiving packets.
Page 50 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 3-1 Performance Settings 3.2. Bandwidth Controller Using the bandwidth controller on the root device, the user can limit the wi reless link bandwidth in th e egress direction.
Page 51 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 4. Site Survey The Site Survey tool is available for airHaul units operating in Remote mode. To access the site survey page, go to ‘ Tools ’ | ‘ Site Survey ’ drop down menu.
Page 52 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 5. Antenna Alignment Antenna Alignment can be used to optimize the ra dio performance and check the RSSI. This is only available when it is in Remote device mode. To ac cess the antenna alignme nt, go to the menu bar under Tools and choose ‘ Antenna Ali gnment ’ menu item.
Page 53 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 5-1 Antenna Alignment.
Page 54 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 6. T raffic S t atistics Wireless and Ethernet Traffic Statistics can be display ed by clicking on the ‘Net working’ | ‘Statistics’ drop down menu. The following figure show s the statistics page.
Page 55 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Ethernet Traffic Statistics Received Multicast Packets Total No of packets received with a specified destination.
Page 56 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7. T ools The System Configuration such as modifying the SNMP security settings and resetting the unit are given here. You will also learn how to save the c onfiguration para m eters as p rofiles and using the Link Budget Planning Tool.
Page 57 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide The following page summarizes the pag e conte n ts of the System Configuration page.
Page 58 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7.1.1 SNMP Security The user can edit the SNMP Comm unity String and SNMP Access filters. The SNMP community needs to match with the SNMP monitoring software used. The SNMP Access Filters allows you to determine which host(s) is authorized to monitor t he device using SNMP.
Page 59 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7.1.2 Reset Options All reset options power cy cl es the device and restarts the whole sy stem. Reset : To reset the device. The device will reboot wit h the cu rre nt configuration/values.
Page 60 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7.1.3 NTP Time Server Setup The device time comes from the network time information source. The device need s access to a network timer (NTP time server) source. The NT P time server IP can be configured as follows : 1.
Page 61 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 7-5 Profile Manager Table 7-3 Function Descriptions Page Item Descriptions Save As: Select which profile name to save for the current configuration Profile Description: Specify a description for the profile to be saved.
Page 62 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7.2.1 Save Profile Follow the steps below to save the cu rrent configuration to a profil e: 1. Select a profile name from ‘Save As’: 2. Enter a description of the profile. 3. Click the ‘Save Profile’ button to apply changes.
Page 63 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 7-6 Scheduling a Profile.
Page 64 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7.3. Link Test Link Test utility is available fr om the navigation menu bar Tools | Link Test drop down menu. From Link Test tools, the user can test Throughput and perform Ping Test.
Page 65 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide The following page shows the Link T est for the Remote Devices: Figure 7-8 Link Test Result 7.3.1 Throughput Test Follow the steps below to do a Throug hput Test: 1. Set up a link between two airHaul units (one in Root Bridge mode an d another in Remote Bridge or Router mode).
Page 66 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 7-9 Throughput Test Resul t The Following Page shows the Throughput Te st for the Remote Devices: Figure 7-10 Throughput .
Page 67 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 7.4. Link Budget Planning Link Budget Planning is a very useful tool fo r link budget estimation. The Link Budget Planning Calculator can be accessed from the navigation m enu bar ’Tools| Link Budget Planning Calculator’ drop down menu.
Page 68 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 7-12 Link Budget Planning Cal culator Link Budget ..
Page 69 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide 8. Firmware Upgrade The latest firmware for airHaul Nexu s is available for do wnload from smartBridges Support web -site at http://www.smartbridges.com/su pport/ah_nexus.asp . The airHaul Nexus device firmware can be upg ra ded from the web management interface.
Page 70 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Figure 8-2 airHaul Nexus Firmware Upgrade (Firmware transferred) Figure 8-3 Successful upgrade pop-up w indo w.
Page 71 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Appendix A – Point s to Remember Antenna Frequency support • 5GHz antennas will work between 5.2 and 5.8 GHz. • 2.4 GHz band antennas will work bet we en 2.4 GHz to 2.485 GHz Gain • 5 Ghz band antenna gain i s 23 dBi.
Page 72 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide • Transmit power and RSSI are important criteria for getting a stable link Throughput Optimizer • The default value for the .
Page 73 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Firmware upgrade • A Web based firmwa re upgrade option • It will automatically retain the same conf iguration parameters which were configured before the upgrading.
Page 74 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Appendix B – Useful terms and definitions Acronyms and Abbrev iations MAC Media Access Control RSSI Receive Signal Sensitivity.
Page 75 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide According to the IEEE 802.11 standard, Wired Equiv alent Privacy ( WEP ) is intended to provide “confidentiality that is subje.
Page 76 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide DHCP DHCP stands for ‘Dynami c Host Configuratio n Protocol’ and is a means for n etworked computers to get their TCP/IP networking settings fro m a centra l server. Importantly, DHCP assign s IP addresses and other TCP/IP configuration parameters automati c ally.
Page 77 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Appendix C – Sample airHaul Bridge to Router Setup Figure 58 Sample airHaul Point to Point Setup (Ro ot Bridge to Remote Ro u ter) The above figure shows a sample Nexus lin k setup.
Page 78 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Appendix D – SNMP T rap The airHaul Nexus gene rates SNMP trap that can be forwarde d to the SNMP Trap server. The SNMP Trap server IP addre ss is set in section. The following table provides a list of SNMP traps generate d.
Page 79 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Appendix E – SNMP MIB The airHaul device Mib can be dow nloaded at http://www.
Page 80 of 80 intelligent wireless platform airHaul™ Nexus User Guide Appendix F – License airHaul Nexus is Copyright © 2004-200 5 by smartBridges. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and bin ary form s, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1.
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