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XtendLan XL-HCW224C User Manual
Summary of XL-HCW224C
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X x l l - - h h c c w w 2 2 2 2 4 4 c c homepna3.1 coax mdu master bridge u u s s e e r r ’ ’ s s g g u u i i d d e e version 1.1 oct. 2009.
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S s t t a a t t e e m m e e n n t t this device complies with part 15 of the fcc rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired...
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T t a a b b l l e e o o f f c c o o n n t t e e n n t t s s i i n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n 1 features 1 glossary 1 i i n n s s t t a a l l l l a a t t i i o o n n 2 packing list 2 front 2 led indicators 2 rear 2 connectors & button 2 side 3 rocker switch 3 connecting the cables 3 ve...
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Reconfig ep 19 delete the obsolete ep profile 19 diagnosis 20 online diagnosis – between master and ep 20 device noise – in master 20 device noise – in ep 21 offline diagnosis – between master and ep 21 administration 22 administrator 22 allowed source 23 telnet/http/snmp setup 24 system log 25 syst...
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Service 39 showep 39 showlog 39 showmaster 39 snmp 39 snmptrapserver 40 snr 40 sntp 40 stat 40 swconfig 40 swigmp 40 swqosq 40 swqosrate 40 swqostc 40 swsmac 40 swtagvlan 40 tftp 41 time 41 upep 41 upmaster 41 upsys 41 useradd 41 userdel 41 users 41 use snmp 42 a a d d v v a a n n c c e e d d f f e ...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 1 1 i i n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n this chapter describes the features of your homepna3.1 over coax to ethernet master (management) bridge -- xl-hcw224c. Refer to ―homepna3.1 over coax‖ as hcna from this point. Also refer to ―master device xl- hc...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 2 2 i i n n s s t t a a l l l l a a t t i i o o n n this chapter describes the installation procedure for your bridge. Packing list your package should come with the equipment listed below, ♦ one main unit (hcna to ethernet master bridge) xl-hcw224c ♦ one dc 12v ...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 3 5. Tv/antenna: connect to tv set. Or connect to vhf/uhf antenna or catv to bypass tv signal to hcna port. 6. Hcna: attach to existing coaxial cable and use it as the networking backbone in one or more mdus. Xl- hcw224c is the hcna master device and controls the...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 4 you can also use other combiner or mixer-splitter with xl-hcw224c to build the same system, see the following figure 5 for different cabling, satellite/catv vhf/uhf mixer combiner xl-hc224c xl-hcw224c splitter pon optical fiber isp figure 5: different cabling o...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 5 3 c c o o n n f f i i g g u u r r a a t t i i o o n n this chapter describes the configuration procedure for your bridge. Configuration methods to access and configure your bridge, choose one of the following methods: ♦ use web browser ♦ use telnet program ♦ us...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 6 system setup (tcp/ip properties) the main window contains the left sub-window for the items to be configured, and the right sub-window displays the contents for the selected item. Click your mouse on the item in the left window will pop out the corresponding it...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 7 application notes‘ for more. Ep (user) management refer the following figure 6 as the example for generic ep management. Each ep is identified by its built-in hcna mac address. The hcna device resides at xl-hcw224c is regarded as the master (local) device, and ...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 8 firmware/hcna driver files xl-hcw224c flash rom is capable of storing the following files: 1. System bootcode (os bootloader) 2. System firmware (os) 3. Local (master) hcna driver (resides at xl-hcw224c) 4. Ep (slave) hcna drivers (resides at ep like xl-hcw224c...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 9 red : ep is active – unrecognized, and cannot be configured by master. Gray : ep is not active -- off-line, either user powers it off or cabling has trouble. Mac : hcna mac address. F/w : the current queried working (running) hcna driver version model : the cur...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 10 ep offline red led for unrecognized /un-configure ep can delete off-line ep ’s profile grey led for off-line ep link in gray – ep is off properties profile – store master/ep settings xl-hcw224c will store the setting values of individual ep into its nonvolatil...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 11 the ‘privacy mode’ value for master (local device): off: it allows all eps to transmit and receive packets through xl-hcw224c. Regardless of the ‗privacy key‘ values setting in master device. On: xl-hcw224c will communicate with eps if they own the same ‘priva...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 12 assume this ep is banned, un-check it for upgrade click ‗upgrade‘ button, here we have one banned ep shown in red background after upgrade,.
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 13 then power on the 2 extra off-line eps, they will also be banned since their ‗privacy mode/key‘ (as default ‗off‘/‗0x0’) doesn‘t match with the master‘s (now key is ‗on‘/‗0x1234‘ ). Eps are classified by the shown background color, green for allowed ep, red fo...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 14 privacy mode/key summary ep can‘t communicate with each other regardless of the settings of ‘privacy mode’ and ‗privacy key‘. Ep could access the coax network controlled by xl-hcw224c only if ep has the right ‘privacy mode’ and ‗privacy key‘. Please refer the ...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 15 host limit specify the maximum allowable host (as pc) number attached on this ep: 0: service is disabled, none host is allowed 1~11: the factory default value is 5. Master/ep ethernet properties the ethernet properties of master device and ep device are config...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 16 uprate uprate ep upstream bandwidth control lan1 hcna lan2 uprate master bandwidth control lan1 uprate hcna uprate downrate downrate ep downstream bandwidth control lan1 hcna downrate downrate downrate lan2 lan2 qos total 4 prioritized queues are provided for ...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 17 igmp v2 snooping support igmp v2/v1 snooping with ‗fast leave‘ feature. Close (disable) it if igmp v3 is adopted in the network. Tag vlan enable the 802.1q tag vlan function and set up the values in field ‗vid’ and ‗priority’. Vid range is 1~4095 and priority ...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 18 in=all ep tag vlan enable (vid, priority) lan1 master tag vlan enable (vid, priority) lan1 out=untag (vid=1, pri=0) (vid=1, pri=0) in=all out=untag hcna in=all out= tag in=all out=untag lan2 (vid=2, pri=7) lan2 (vid=2, pri=7) in=all out=untag tagged high prior...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 19 in=all out=untag in=all out=untag ep tag vlan enable (vid, priority) lan1 (vid=1, pri=0) hcna lan2 (vid=2, pri=7) out= tag in= vid matched master tag vlan disable lan1 hcna lan2 vid = 1 vid = 2 vid = 1 vid = 2 vid = 1 or 2 other vid tagged high priority path, ...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 20 diagnosis click on ‗test‘ button to run the built-in diagnostic tools. Online diagnosis – between master and ep measure the connection factors ‗snr‘, ‗pe‘ and ‗rx power‘ between targeted ep and master without interrupting service, snr: normally between 28db~34...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 21 device noise – in ep measures ep device‘s hcna interface noise level (noise floor). For example, here‘s the noise frequency spectrum of one connected ep. Note only the ep (testee) service will be stopped during test, test will not influence other online ep. Of...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 22 this diagnosis runs the upstream test from ep to xl-hcw224c. The shown factors ‗snr‘, ‗lost pkts‘, ‗pe‘ and ‗rx power‘ are obtained during communication diagnosis between the tested ep device and master device. Lost pkts: denominator is the total number of tra...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 23 allowed source factory default filter set for the ‗ip address‘ is ‗0.0.0.0‘ and the ‗subnet mask‘ is ‗0.0.0.0‘ in ‗allowed source‘ setting. If the incoming packet fulfills the following criterion, xl-hcw224c will accept the management packet, else reject it. (...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 24 telnet/http/snmp setup specify that if the built-in telnet server, web server, and snmp agent is enabled or not and assign the port number for the related service..
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 25 system log by designating the syslog server ip on xl-hcw224c, xl-hcw224c will emit unix-like syslog events toward each server. Please refer rfc-3164 for syslog ‗severity’, used to denote the log level – digit ‗0‘ to ‗7‘ for different severity level: 0: emergen...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 26 static mac it may be necessary to bind and secure the server/gateway mac addresses to port lan1/lan2 of xl-hcw224c for security. Static mac is using to prevent mac-spoofing-attack in ethernet network. For example, we bind mac address 00-01-40-fe-ed-01 to port ...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 27 open the ‗ ep management ‘ window, here‘s the connected eps, in the example, the onboard master (denoted ‗local‘) device driver version is ‘2.7.5-2‘. The seven eps‘ device driver version is also ‗2.7.5-2‘. New system firmware and hcna driver files in this exam...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 28 start from the ‗upload firmware‘ window and click on ‗upload‘ button,.
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 29 a count-down counter for entering the uploading mode, click ‗continue‘ button to proceed, click ‗browse‘ button to locate where the new system firmware resides at your pc, then click ‗start‘ button to upload the file (xl-hcw224c_sysfw_v3.06.Bin) onto your xl-h...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 30 uploading in progress, another count-down counter to verify the integrity of uploaded file, verifying is ok, click ‗continue‘ button..
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 31 you may activate the new system firmware right away, or wait for the proper scheduled time in order not to disturb current operation. Check the new system firmware in ‘upload area’ after the successful uploading, you may check the uploaded ‗system firmware‘ do...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 32 if you don‘t upload ‗system firmware‘ first, the ‗upload area‘ is blank, activate the new system firmware click ‗activate‘ button in the ‗system firmware‘ window will do the real upgrade and replace the old ‗system firmware‘ (os), a progress counter for upgrad...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 33 hcna driver upload the new master/ep hcna driver follow the similar procedures as to upload new system firmware, start from the ‗upload firmware‘ window… click ‗start‘ button to upload the file (xl-hcw224c_driver_v2.7.5-3.Bin) onto your xl-hcw224c, and complet...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 34 also shown on ‗ ep management ‘ window (‗upload area‘), upgrade the new hcna driver designate the targeted master/eps for driver upgrade from version ‗2.7.5-2‘ to ‗2.7.5-3‘, click ‗upgrade‘ button to proceed,.
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 35 then ‗upgrade‘ button again to confirm, upgrade ep one by one, will keep the master (local) for the last, master/ep runs the new hcna driver the ‗ ep management ‘ window that queries the properties from each hcna device,.
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 36 indicate the new driver version ‗2.7.5-3‘ is working. System firmware and hcna driver version after upgrade as shown on the ‗ information ‘ window for summary..
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 37 use telnet any popular telnet client could use to configure the bridge remotely. For example, run windows built-in telnet to configure the bridge,.
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 38 input any command with ‗-h‘ argument will show you the usage, as ‗showep –h‘ will explain the function and usage of command ‗showep‘. For security consideration, please disable the ‗telnet server‘ if the bridge is not to be configured via telnet. Note that tel...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 39 diag -t -r ep connection offline diag , this will stop service for 10~20 secon ds. Alike doing “ tx diag ”& “ rx diag ” test from web. -t: downstream snr diagnosis(from master to ep) -r: upstream snr diagnosis(from ep to master) : ep mac to be diagnosed dir sh...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 40 ipconfig [ -a -m -g ] display or set up system ip network, include ip address , subnet mask , and default gateway . Logserver [ -s [ -c ] [ -a -v ] ] display or set up unix-like syslog servers(max 5 set) : server index, at most 5 servers (0~4) : activate or de...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 41 snmptrapserver [ -s [ -c ] [ -p ] [ -a ] [ -m ] ] display or set up snmp trap server(s) configuration. : trap server index, at most 5 servers (0~4) : activate or de-activate trap server ip : snmp trap udp port number (0~65535), default 162 : trap server ip add...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 42 [ -i ] [ -o tag/ bypass >]] : 802.1q vid, 1~4095 : ingress rule -- accept all incoming packets or accept incoming tagged packets only, reject other incoming packets. : egress rule: un-tag or tag or bypass the outgoing packet -c: enable tag vlan mode or not -p:...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 43 use snmp the snmp agent resides in xl-hcw224c will handle requests from remote snmp manager. The xl- hcw224c snmp agent supports standard snmp community-based operations (snmp v1/v2c) as ‗set‘, ‗get‘ and ‗trap‘. You need to specify the correct read-only commun...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 44 4 a a d d v v a a n n c c e e d d f f e e a a t t u u r r e e s s this chapter describes the advanced features offered by your bridge. And they are applicable to both xl-hcw224c and connected ep as xl-hcw224c. Qos quality of service is enforced by assigning ea...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 45 a s s p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n s s n e t w o r k i n t e r f a c e - homepna3.1 over coax(hcna) compliant - ieee 802.3ab 1000mbps gigabit ethernet - ieee 802.3u 100mbps fast ethernet - ieee 802.3 10mbps ethernet - ieee 802.3x flow contro...
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Coax mdu master bridge user ’s guide 46 t r a n m i s s i o n s p e e d a n d r a n g e - up to 224mbps for xl-hcw224c - min attenuation to endpoint: 6db - max attenuation to endpoint: 60db (-176dbm/hz noise floor) c o n n e c t o r s - ethernet lan port: 2 ports, rj45 jack - hcna port: 1 f-type por...