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SmartBridges airHaul Nexus sB3010 User Manual
Summary of airHaul Nexus sB3010
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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 airhaul™ nexus sb3010 user guide version 1.19.
Page 2: Table of Contents
Page 2 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide table of contents about this document .................................................................................................... 4 overview of user guide...............................................
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Page 3 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 7. Tools.......................................................................................................................... 56 7.1. S ystem c onfiguration ................................................
Page 4: About This Document
Page 4 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide about this document this user guide is for the networking professional who configures and manages the smartbridges’ intelligent nexus platform of wireless backhauls (airhaul™ nexus). It provides detailed inf...
Page 5: Related Publications
Page 5 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide related publications these documents provide complete information about the nexus series of radio units: airhaul, airpoint™ and airclient™ • quick install guide (qig) • release notes • technical specificatio...
Page 6: 1. Introduction
Page 6 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 1. Introduction in this chapter, the configuration features of the web-based management tool and the system requirements are listed. 1.1. Airhaul nexus configuration features the airhaul web-based management...
Page 7: 1.3. Checklists
Page 7 of 80 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 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 st...
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Page 8 of 80 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 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 into account for a link budgeting ideally between 10 to 20 dbm 24 model of smartb...
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Page 9 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide post-installation checklist for airhaul 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 ro...
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Page 10 of 80 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 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 the proper grounding of the antenna and equipment yes/no 3 ensure no extreme be...
Page 11: 2. Airhaul Nexus
Page 11 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 2. Airhaul nexus configuration here you will learn how to login as an administrator and to change the default password to one of your choice. The features of the configuration page as well as the navigation...
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Page 12 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide figure 2-1 administrator login 4. Click the ‘ok’ button. A license agreement page will appear as shown in fig 2-2 below. . 5. Click ‘ok’. The airhaul ’nexus summary information’ page (fig 2-3) will appear..
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Page 13 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide figure 2-2 license agreement page figure 2-3 nexus summary information page.
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Page 14 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide the page information descriptions are provided in the table below: table 2-1 page information descriptions 2.2. Web gui administrator password change by default the administrator password is smartbridges (c...
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Page 15 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide figure 2-4 administrator password change 2.3. Using the configuration pages the airhaul nexus configuration system comprises several pages for configuring each parameter. A common navigation menu bar is pro...
Page 16: 2.4. Navigation Menu Bar
Page 16 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide figure 2-6 editable boxes for parameter editing 2.4. Navigation menu bar the navigation bar contains menu items that allow the user to go to different configuration pages. The following table summarizes the...
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Page 17 of 80 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 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 s...
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Page 18 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide menu item menu sub-items description system configuration radio firmware version: shows firmware’s current radio version reset to defaults: resets the device with factory defaults ethernet mtu size: allows ...
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Page 19 of 80 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 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...
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Page 20 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 2.5. Device mode configuration the current device operational mode is displayed at the top right hand corner of each page. The device mode configuration allows the user to configure the airhaul operational ...
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Page 22 of 80 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 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 router 2.5.3 remote bridge to root ...
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Page 26 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide figure 2-13 changing remote bridge to remote router.
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Page 27 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 2.6. Root bridge configuration the airhaul unit is configured in root bridge mode for use as a root device. This section provides information on configuring in this mode. 2.6.1 ethernet configurations the e...
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Page 28 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 2.6.2 wireless configurations the wireless parameters need to be configured for the root bridge device to communicate with other airhaul remotes. Follow the steps below to change the root bridge wireless co...
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Page 29 of 80 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 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. The ssid is a unique id...
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Page 30 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide the figure below shows the list of clients associated 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 associated remo...
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Page 31 of 80 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 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 that provides path redundancy while preventing loops in the network. For...
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Page 32 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 2.6.5 stp settings configuration stp is disabled by default. The table below lists the default stp settings when the stp is enabled. Table 2-4 default stp values setting default value range purpose bridge p...
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Page 33 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide setting default value range purpose spanning tree. A higher numerical value means a lower priority; thus, the highest priority is 8. Radio port (radio a) path cost 100 0-65535 the cost of using the port to ...
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Page 34 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 10. Enter the values of ethernet port priority and/or port path cost for radio a 11. Click on apply changes button to save to the current configuration file. Figure 2-19 bridge configuration.
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Page 35 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 2.7. Remote bridge configuration the airhaul units can also be configured to operate as a remote device to associate with root bridge. In remote mode, the unit can operate as a bridge or a router. Follow th...
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Page 36 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 2.7.2 wireless configuration the wireless parameters need to be configured to allow the remote bridge airhaul unit to associate with a root bridge airhaul unit. Follow these steps below to configure the rem...
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Page 37 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide figure 2-22 remote bridge association with root bridge if the association status window does not appear, click on the link to download the jre. Note: for bridge and stp configuration, please refer to the se...
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Page 38 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 2.8. Remote router configuration the airhaul units can also be configured to operate as a remote device to associate to root bridge. In remote mode, the unit can operate as a bridge or a router. Follow the ...
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Page 39 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 2.8.2 wireless configuration the wireless parameters need to be configured to allow the remote router airhaul unit to associate with a root bridge airhaul unit. Follow these steps below to configure the rem...
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Page 40 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide figure 2-25 remote router wireless association settings click on ‘status’ to view the association link-status graph. Figure 2-26 link status noise floor is the measure of the signal created from the sum of ...
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Page 41 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide note: if the association status window does not appear, click on the link to download the jre. 2.8.3 dhcp configurations the remote router airhaul unit can be used as a dhcp server or dhcp relay agent. Dhcp...
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Page 43 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 2.8.4 dhcp relay configurations if the user has a dhcp server, the remote router airhaul device can be configured as a dhcp relay agent of the dhcp server for ip address assignment. Follow the steps below t...
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Page 44 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 2.8.5 routing table the remote router web interface allows viewing of the routes and the addition and removal of the static routes for the remote router. Follow these steps below to view the route entry in ...
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Page 46 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 2.9. Wireless settings management radio configuration main page can be accessed from the radio menu. Its contents will be slightly different for each operating different mode. 2.9.1 wireless settings refer ...
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Page 47 of 80 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 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 ...
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Page 48 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 3. Performance parameters and bandwidth controller this chapter gives instructions for editing the wireless radio protocol parameters to optimize radio performance and changing the bandwidth controller. The...
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Page 49 of 80 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 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 remote devices need when sending and receiving packets. The pull-down men...
Page 50: 3.2. Bandwidth
Page 50 of 80 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 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 wireless link bandwidth in the egress direction. To effectively control th...
Page 52: 5. Antenna Alignment
Page 52 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 5. Antenna alignment antenna alignment can be used to optimize the radio performance and check the rssi. This is only available when it is in remote device mode. To access the antenna alignment, go to the m...
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Page 53 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide figure 5-1 antenna alignment.
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Page 55 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide ethernet traffic statistics received multicast packets total no of packets received with a specified destination. Received discards no of packets discarded due to resource limitation received errors no of p...
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Page 56 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 7. Tools 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 configuration parameters as profiles and using the l...
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Page 57 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide the following page summarizes the page contents of the system configuration page. Table 7-1 system configuration page item descriptions system name displays name of airhaul unit allows user to change airhau...
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Page 58 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 7.1.1 snmp security the user can edit the snmp community string and snmp access filters. The snmp community needs to match with the snmp monitoring software used. The snmp access filters allows you to deter...
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Page 59 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 7.1.2 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 r...
Page 60: 7.2. Profile
Page 60 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 7.1.3 ntp time server 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 f...
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Page 61 of 80 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 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 ...
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Page 62 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 7.2.1 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 t...
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Page 63 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide figure 7-6 scheduling a profile.
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Page 65 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide the following page shows the link test for the remote devices: figure 7-8 link test result 7.3.1 throughput test follow the steps below to do a throughput test: 1. Set up a link between two airhaul units (o...
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Page 66 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide figure 7-9 throughput test result the following page shows the throughput test for the remote devices: figure 7-10 throughput test result.
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Page 68 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide figure 7-12 link budget planning calculator link budget ..
Page 69: 8. Firmware Upgrade
Page 69 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide 8. Firmware upgrade the latest firmware for airhaul nexus is available for download from smartbridges support web-site at http://www.Smartbridges.Com/support/ah_nexus.Asp. The airhaul nexus device firmware ...
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Page 70 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide figure 8-2 airhaul nexus firmware upgrade (firmware transferred) figure 8-3 successful upgrade pop-up window.
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Page 71 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide appendix a – points to remember antenna frequency support • 5ghz antennas will work between 5.2 and 5.8 ghz. • 2.4 ghz band antennas will work between 2.4 ghz to 2.485 ghz gain • 5 ghz band antenna gain is ...
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Page 72 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide • transmit power and rssi are important criteria for getting a stable link throughput optimizer • the default value for the throughput optimizer is 6 • throughput optimizer settings is used to optimize the ...
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Page 73 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide firmware upgrade • a web based firmware upgrade option • it will automatically retain the same configuration parameters which were configured before the upgrading. Multiple watchdog timer for cases when the...
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Page 74 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide appendix b – useful terms and definitions acronyms and abbreviations mac media access control rssi receive signal sensitivity indication ssid service set identifier dhcp dynamic host configuration protocol ...
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Page 75 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide according to the ieee 802.11 standard, wired equivalent privacy (wep) is intended to provide “confidentiality that is subjectively equivalent to the confidentiality of a wired local area network medium and ...
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Page 76 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide dhcp dhcp stands for ‘dynamic host configuration protocol’ and is a means for networked computers to get their tcp/ip networking settings from a central server. Importantly, dhcp assigns ip addresses and ot...
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Page 77 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide appendix c – sample airhaul bridge to router setup figure 58 sample airhaul point to point setup (root bridge to remote router) the above figure shows a sample nexus link setup. One airhaul unit is configur...
Page 78: Appendix D – Snmp Trap
Page 78 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide appendix d – snmp trap the airhaul nexus generates 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 tra...
Page 79: Appendix E – Snmp Mib
Page 79 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide appendix e – snmp mib the airhaul device mib can be downloaded at http://www.Smartbridges.Com/support/ah_nexus.Asp . It contains all the mib files used in the device. How to use the mib files? *************...
Page 80: Appendix F – License
Page 80 of 80 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 airhaul™ nexus user guide appendix f – license airhaul 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...