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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 T M airClient™ Nexus PRO TOT AL sB3412 User Guid e Version 1.0 ...
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Page 2 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS About This Document .................................................................................... .............................. 4 Technical S upport Center ............................................................. ...
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Page 3 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 8.1.3 NTP Time Ser ver Setup ...................................................................................... 6 4 8.2 P ROFILE M ANAGER ..................................................................................................... ...
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Page 4 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide About This Document This User Gu ide is for th e networ king professional who configures and m anages the smartBridge s’ Intelligent Nexus Platform of wireless client device, the airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL (sB3412). It provides detailed in ...
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Page 5 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Technical Supp ort Center Comprehensive technical sup port b y dedicated smar tBridges e ngineers is a vailable t o all customers through t he smartB ridges s upport c enter website. The website provides updated t ools and documents to help tr ...
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Page 6 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 1. Intr oduction This User Guide provides information on how to set-up and deploy the airClient Nexus PRO TOTAL unit. A web-based management tool is provided to assist the user to configure the aCNPT. The aCNPT web-based management tool provid ...
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Page 7 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 1.2. Checklists Pre-Installation Check list for airClient Nexus PR O TOTAL 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 fol ...
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Page 8 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide No Parameters Units Site A Site B 21 Type of external cable type LMR 400/LMR600/ 22 Length of external cable connecting a Radio and antenna Feet/meters 23 Fade Margin taken into account for a link budgeting Ideally between 10 to 20 dBm 24 Mode ...
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Page 9 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Post-Installation Check list for aCNPT Organization Name/Site Name Address City State Zip Code Telephone Number General Configuration Information No Parameters Units Site A Site B 1 Radio operations Mode Bridge/Router/NAT 2 SSID of a Radio Up ...
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Page 10 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Checklist No Parameters Units Site A S ite B 1 Check the crimping of the Ethernet cable at both the ends Yes/No 2 Check the proper grounding of the equipment Yes/No 3 Ensure that there are no extreme bends or kink's in the cable Yes/No 4 ...
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Page 11 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2. aCNPT Configuration The airClient Nexus PRO TOTAL ca n work in one of three modes: Brid ge, Router and NAT. The procedures for configuring the various parameters in each mode are outlined in this chapter. 2.1. User Login and License Agree ...
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Page 12 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 2-2 License Agreement Page Figure 2-3 aCNPT Summary Information Page ...
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Page 13 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide The page information descriptions are provided in the table below: Table 2-1 Description of Parameters 2.2. Web GUI Admi nistrator Passw ord Change By default the administrator password is smartBridges (case sensitive). Follow the steps below ...
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Page 14 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2.3. Using the Confi guration Pa ges The aCNPT Nexus configuration system c omprises several pages for configuring each parameter. A common navigation menu bar is provided at the t op of each page f or easy navigation as shown in the figure b ...
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Page 15 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Menu Item Menu Sub-items Description Bridge Configuration Displays the bridge address, generic bridge port table, spanning t ree port table for ports ETH A , ETH B, Radio A., etc Bridge configuration option i s available when a CNPT is config ...
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Page 16 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Security Security: Allows user to set the WEP Keys and to choose between Open/Shared System m odes of authentication. WPA-PSK: Where encryption keys are automatically changed (called rekeying ) and authenticated between devices after a specif ...
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Page 17 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Operational mode: Allows the User to s et the Radio Operational mode. Profile Manager Save Profile: Allows user to define and save up to three device operating profiles for easy device management. One installation profile is always available. ...
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Page 18 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2.4. Device Mode Con figuration The device operational mode is displayed at the top right hand corner of each page. The Dev ice Mode Configuration allows the user to configure the aCNPT in Bridge, Router and NAT. NAT : This is the default ope ...
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Page 19 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2.5. aCNPT Route r/NAT to aC NPT Bridge Follow the steps below to change aCNPT Router/NAT mode to aCNPT Bridge Mode 1. Go to ‘Tools | System Configuration’ drop down menu. The ‘System Configuration’ will be displayed. 2. Click on the ...
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Page 20 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2.6. aCNPT Bridge to aCNPT Rout er/NAT Follow the steps below to change aCNPT Bridge mode to aCNPT Router/NAT mode 1. Go to ‘Tools | System Configuration’ drop down menu. The ‘System Configuration’ will be displayed. 2. Click on the ? ...
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Page 21 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2.7. aCNPT Bridge Configuration The aCNPT in B ridge mo de can associate only with a smartBridges airPoint access point in bridge mode (SB3210) as t hey both use WDS link implementation. It can associate with any t hird p arty b ridge b ut th ...
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Page 22 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2.7.2. Wireless Configuration The wireless parameters need to be configured t o all ow the aCNPT in Bridge mode to as sociate with an airPoint™ (sB3210) in Bridge mode. Follow the steps below to configure the aCNPT Bridge Mode wireless asso ...
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Page 23 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 2-11 Radio Main (Wireless Settings Page) - Associated Click on ‘ Status ’ to view the association link-status graph. Figure 2-12 Link Status Noise Floor is t he measure of the signal created from the sum of all the noise sources an ...
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Page 24 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2.7.3. Bridge Co nfiguration In Brid ge mode the aC NPT u nit a cts as a transparent bridge between the Radio and the Ethernet interfaces. The figure below shows the bridge configuration and the table of bridge forwarding information. The STP ...
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Page 25 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2.7.5. STP Sett ings Configuration STP is disabled by default. The table below lists the default STP settings when the STP is enabled. Table 2-3 Default STP Values Setting Default Value Range Purpose Bridge priority 32768 0-65535 A parameter ...
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Page 26 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Ethernet port (ETH B) priority 128 0-255 The preferenc e that STP gives to this port relative to the other ports for forwarding t raffic out of the spanning tree. A higher numerical value means a lower priority; thus, the highest priority is ...
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Page 27 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 10. Enter the values of Ethernet Port Priority and/or Port Path Cost for ETHA. 11. Enter the values of Ethernet Port Priority and/or Port Path Cost for ETHB. 12. Enter the values of Ethernet Port Priority and/or Port Path Cost for Radio A 13. ...
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Page 28 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2.8. aCNPT Router/ NAT Configura tion The aCNPT unit can also be configured in Router or NAT mode which behaves like Infrastructure mode. The procedures for c onfiguring the parameters in Router/NAT mode are given below. In this mode, t he un ...
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Page 29 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2.8.2. Wireless Configuration The wireless parameters need to be configured to allow t he aCNPT Router/NAT unit to associate with an airPoint or any third party access point. Follow these steps below to configure the aCNPT Router/NAT Mode Wir ...
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Page 30 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 2-17 aCNPT Router Wireless Association Settings Click on ‘ Status ’ to view the association link-status graph. After getting the associated the page looks as follows Figure 2-18 Wireless Settings Page (Associated) ...
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Page 31 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 2-19 Link status Page Noise Floor is t he measure of the signal created from t he sum of all the nois e sources and unwanted signals within a measurement system. Note : If the association status window does not appear, click on the Jav ...
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Page 32 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 6. Enter DNS Server IP address(es). 7. Click on the ’Apply Changes’ to change the settings. Note : The system will validate the input parameters and notif y users of invalid entries. The Starting IP address will be in the same network seg ...
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Page 33 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2.8.4. DHCP Re lay Configurations If the user has a DHCP Server, the aCNPT Router can be c onfigured as a DHCP Relay agent of the DHCP Server for IP address assignment. Follow the steps below to configure the aCNPT Router unit as a DHCP Relay ...
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Page 34 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2.8.5. Routing Ta ble The aCNPT Router web-interface pr ovides viewing of the routes and allo ws for adding and deleting of the static routes for the aCNPT Router mode only. To view the route entry in t he aCNPT Router device, click on ‘Net ...
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Page 35 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 2-24 Adding Static Route 2.8.6. Wireless Se ttings Management The Radio Configuration Main page c an be accessed from the Radio menu. The contents will be slightly different for each mode, Bridge, Router or NAT. Figure 2-25 aCNPT Wirel ...
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Page 36 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2.8.7. Wireless Settings The following table summarizes the information for the wireless settings. Table 2-4 Wireless Settings Page Items Descriptions SSID This is the current SSID. User can change the SSID. The SSID is a unique identifier t ...
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Page 37 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 2.8.8. Securit y The different types of Security that can be configured on a Remote Router/NAT are as follows: 1. WEP Only 2. WPA –RADIUS 3. WPA –PSK 4. WPA2-RADIUS 5. WPA2-PSK Note : Default Security is None . WEP: Wireless Equivalent Pr ...
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Page 38 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 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. 5. Choose a Valid Key from the pull-down list. 6. Enter the WEP key in the Key Table entries. ...
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Page 39 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure: 2-27 Configuring WPA-PSK Table 2-6 WPA Descriptions Page Items Descriptions WPA-PSK WPA-PSK is an extra-strong encry ption where encryption keys are automatically changed (called rekeying ) and authenticated bet ween devices after a s ...
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Page 40 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 3. Enter the User id and the Password in the dialog box provided 4. In order to validate the certificates, click on the validate c ertificate radio button ( ). A dialog box appears with a browser button, which you c an use to browse for the c ...
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Page 41 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 2-30 Authentications between the supplicant and the Authentication server The wireless client (laptop) is known as the Supplicant. The access point is known as the Authenticator and the RADIUS server is known as the Authentication serv ...
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Page 42 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 3. Pe rformance Parameters and Bandwid th Controller This c hapter gives instruct ions for editing the wireless radio protocol parameters to optimize radio performance and changing t he Bandwidth Controller. These procedures are the same for ...
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Page 43 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Throughput Optimizer The Throughput Optimizer is used to optimize the radio Link speed and performance. The Valid range is 0 to 10. The default value is 6. Setting a higher value will cause the radio to attempt to establish at the highest pos ...
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Page 44 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 3.2. Bandwidth Co ntroller Using t he Bandwidth Controller on the aCNPT, t he us er can limit the wireless link ban dwidth for the upload/download speed. The default is disabled and provides bandwidth up t o 6Mbps. This is subject to the avai ...
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Page 45 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 3-3 Added list ...
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Page 46 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 4. Qua lity of Service (QoS) The primary goal of QoS is t o provide priority f or certain applications by dedicating bandwidth, controlling jitter and latency (which are required by some real-time and interactive traffic), and improving loss ...
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Page 47 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 4-2: QoS front page In total, there are 9 different classes which can be configured. Note: Class 1 indicates the default value. In order to define the filters for a class, follow the steps below: 1. Click on “ Filters ”. 2. Select ...
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Page 48 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 3. Select whether the packet has to be filtered based on the IP or MAC. Figure 4-4: Selection Menu of IP/MAC based filter 4. Select whether the packet has to be filtered based on s ource add ress or the destination address. If the packet bein ...
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Page 49 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 4-6: IP address dialog box. 5. Select the Port, either Destination or Source based and select the Port Number from the drop down menu. You can also select a customized the Port number. Figure 4-7: Selection of Destination /Source port ...
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Page 50 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 4-8: Selection menu of type of port (It can be customized by the user with the port number). 6. Assign a TOS value between 1 and 255. Every IP packet sent over the network includes a TOS field in the header that indicates how the data ...
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Page 51 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 4-10: Selected filter list window 8. After adding the desired filters to the list, c lick on the Apply Ch anges to save the configuration of the filters. There will be a confirmation pop up window. Click OK to confirm or Cancel to disc ...
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Page 52 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 4-12: Added filters 9. The filters added can be deleted by first s electing the added filters from the list and then clicking on “ Delete Selected filters “. Figure 4-13: Delete Selected Filters. 10. In order t o configure with t h ...
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Page 53 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 12. In order to enable a particular class, click on t he radio button. Tick mark indicates that the particular class is enabled. In order to disable, click on the radio button and the tick mark disappears, indicating that the class is disable ...
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Page 54 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 5. Site Survey T ool To access the Site S urvey page, go to the ‘Tools’ | ‘ Site Sur vey ’ drop do wn menu. The following figure shows the list of SSID from the site survey. Figure 5-1 Site Survey showing associated devices To associa ...
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Page 55 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 6. Antenna Alignment Antenna alignment can b e used to opt imize the radio performanc e and check t he RSSI. To access the antenna alignment, go to the m enu bar under Tools and choose ‘ Antenna Alignment ’. In order t o view this informa ...
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Page 56 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Note : A jump in the audio frequency from low to high indicates that the RSSI is increasing and vice versa. ...
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Page 57 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 7. T raffic St atistics Wireless and Ethernet Traff ic Statistics can be displayed by clicking on t he ‘ Networking ’ | ‘ S tatistics ’ drop down menu. The following f igure shows the statistics page. T his page is refreshed after eve ...
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Page 58 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Transmitted error The number of unicast and multicast packets that could not be or were not successfully transmitted by the device. Received Bytes Total number of packets received through the particular interface Received Unicast packets Tota ...
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Page 59 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide RTS Fail Total number of transmitted RTS frames for which no response CTS frame was received. RTS Success Total number of CTS frames received in response to the RTS frames. No of Aborted Frames Total number of frames that are aborted by the r ...
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Page 60 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 8. T ools Here you will find the relevant information f or condu cting the different reset opti ons, using the Profile Manager and doing a Link Test as well as estimating the Link Budget. 8.1 System Configurat ion The S ystem Configuration pa ...
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Page 61 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide The following page summarizes the page contents of the System Configuration page. Table 8-1 System Configuration Page Items Page Item Descriptions. System Name Displays name of aCNPT unit Allows user to change aCNPT unit name System Descripti ...
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Page 62 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 8.1.1 SNMP Security The user can edit the SNMP Community String and SNMP Access filters. The SNMP community needs to match with th e SNMP monitoring software used. The SNMP Access Filters allows you to determine which host(s) is authorized to ...
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Page 63 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 8.1.2 Reset Options All reset options power cycles the device and restarts the whole system. Reset : To reset the device. The device will reboot with the current configuration/values. Reset to Defaults : To reset the device to factory default ...
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Page 64 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 8.1.3 NTP Time Serve r Setup The device time comes from the network time information source. The device needs access to a network timer (NTP time server) source. The NTP time server IP can be configured as follows: 1. From the ’System Confi ...
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Page 65 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 8-5 Profile Manager Table 8-3 Description of Commands 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. Save Profile ...
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Page 66 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 8.2.1 Save Profile Follow the steps below to save the current configuration to a profile: 1. Select a profile name from ‘Save As’. 2. Enter a description of the profile. 3. Click the ‘Save Profile’ button to effect the changes. Note : ...
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Page 67 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 7-6 Scheduling a Profile Link Test The Link Test utility is available from the navigation menu bar in the ‘Tools | Link Test’ drop down menu. From the Link Test t ools, the user can test Throughput and perform P ing Test. You can r ...
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Page 68 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 8-7 Ping Test Result When the aCNPT is associated with an airPoint Nexus, you can do a Throughput Test to test the speed of the link. Follow the steps below to do a Throughput Test: 1. Enter a valid IP address of the far Radio. 2. Clic ...
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Page 69 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 8-8 Throughput Test Result 8.4 Link Budget Pl anning Link Budget Planning is a very useful to ol f or link budget estimation. The Link Budget P lanning Calculator can be ac cessed from t he navigation menu bar ’Tools | Link Budget Pl ...
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Page 70 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 8-9 Link Budget Planning Calculator GPS Calculator Once the distance is computed follow the steps below for the link budget calculations: 1. Select the radio mode for station 1 and 2. 2. Enter the transmit output power in dBm for stati ...
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Page 71 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 8-10 Link Budget Planning Calculator Link Budget ...
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Page 72 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide 9. Firmware Upgrade The latest firmware f or aCNPT Nexus is available for download from the smartBridges Support website at http://www.smartbridges.com/support/ The aCNPT Nexus unit firmware can be upgraded from the web management interface. ...
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Page 73 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Figure 9-2 aCNPT Nexus Firmware Upgrade (Firmware transferred) Figure 9-3 Successful upgrade pop-up window ...
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Page 74 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Appendix A – SNMP T rap aCNPT Nexus generates a SNMP trap that can be forwarded to the SNMP Trap server. The SNMP Trap server IP address is set in section. The following table provides a list of SNMP traps generated. Trap Message IP address ...
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SmartBridges sB3412 - page 75
Page 75 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Appendix B – Useful te rms and defi nitions Acronyms and Abbreviations MAC Media Access Control aCNPT aCNPT Nexus PRO TOTAL RSSI Receive Signal Sensitivity Indication SSID Service Set Identifier DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ACL ...
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SmartBridges sB3412 - page 76
Page 76 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide WEP According to the IEEE 802.11 standard, Wired Equivalent Privacy ( WEP ) is intended t o provide “confidentiality that is subjectively equivalent to the confidentiality of a wired local area network medium and that does not employ crypto ...
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SmartBridges sB3412 - page 77
Page 77 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide DHCP DHCP stands for ‘Dynamic Host Configuration P rotocol’ and is a means for networked com puters to get their TCP /IP networking s ettings from a central server. Importantly, DHCP assigns IP addresses and other TCP/IP configuration par ...
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SmartBridges sB3412 - page 78
Page 78 of 78 i n t e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s p l a t f o r m airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL User Guide Appendix C – License aCNPT Nexus is Copyright © 2004-2005 by smartBridges. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: ...
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