SPECTRUM24 ACCESS POINT

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SPECTRUM24 ACCESS POINT

• SECTION TEN
• SPECTRUM24
• ACCESS POINT

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SECTION OBJECTIVES

• Define AP LED indicators
• Identify AP connectivity
• Describe AP Installation Process
• Discuss the AP User Interface (UI)
• Explain Wireless AP Purpose and Configuration

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S24 ACCESS POINT

• Features
• MAC Layer Bridge
• Operates at MAC Layer only
• Forwards packets based on MAC address
• Unique MAC address / IEEE address
• Hardware-encoded
• E.g., 00a0f8c262f1
• Supports up to 127 MUs

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S24 ACCESS POINT

• Features
• Access Control List (ACL)
• Contains MAC addresses of MUs allowed to
  associate with AP
• Prevents unauthorized access
• Address Filtering
• Contains MAC addresses that are not allowed to
  associate with AP
• Restricts users

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S24 ACCESS POINT LEDs

• LED Indicators

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S24 ACCESS POINT LEDs

• LED Indicators

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S24 ACCESS POINT CONNECTIVITY

• Ethernet Connectivity

10BaseT
Ethernet HUB
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S24 ACCESS POINT CONNECTIVITY

• Serial Connectivity
• 19200
• 8 data bits
• No parity
• 1 stop
• No flow control

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S24 ACCESS POINT CONNECTIVITY

• Radio Connectivity

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S24 ACCESS POINTINSTALLATION

• Process Overview
• Connect power and antenna(s)
• Connect serial cable to PC
• Access User Interface (UI)
• Set AP parameters using UI AP Installation Menu
• Save configuration using UI Special Functions
  Menu
• Reset AP using the UI Special Functions Menu

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Display Options
• Serial
• ANSI Terminal Emulation
• Telnet
• Must know IP address
• Web Browser
• HTTP

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE
Change Info
Display Info
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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE
1. ltTabgt to Enter Admin Mode

• 2. Enter Password
• Password Symbol
• Case Sensitive

Admin Mode required to change any information
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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE
Admin Mode Access (contd)
Exit Admin Mode indicates success
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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE
AP Installation Screen Access
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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE
AP Installation Screen
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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• AP Installation Screen Entries
• Unit Name
• Default Symbol Access Point
• IP Address
• Network assigned Internet Protocol address
• Gateway IP Address
• IP address of router AP uses on Ethernet

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• AP Installation Screen Entries (contd)
• Subnet Mask
• Default 255.255.255.0
• ESS_ID (Net_ID)
• Default 101
• Valid 32 alphanumeric characters
• Antenna Selection
• Single or dual antenna mode
• Default Primary Only

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Antenna Diversity
• Use of 2 antennas attached to AP
• Primary used for both transmitting and receiving
• Secondary used only for receiving radio signals
• May improve AP radio reception
• Second antenna attached to APs secondary antenna
  connector
• If 2 used, AP Installation screen Antenna
  Selection option must be set to Primary and
  Secondary

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Special Functions Screen Access

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Special Functions Screen

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Special Functions Screen Entries
• Clear All Statistics
• AP zeroes all statistics
• AP re-boot also clears statistics
• Clear MU Table
• Deletes all MUs from Known MUs table
• Clear ACL
• Deletes all entries from ACL table

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Special Functions Screen Entries (contd)
• Clear Address Filters
• Deletes all entries from Filters table
• Reset AP
• Clears all statistics
• Restores last saved configuration
• If changes never saved, restores factory defaults

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Special Functions Screen Entries (contd)
• Restore Factory Config.
• Restores factory defaults
• Save Configuration
• Saves all configuration changes
• Save Config. To All APs
• Saves all configuration changes to all APs with
  same ESS_ID

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• System Summary Access

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• System Summary Screen

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• System Summary Screen Entries
• Unit Name
• Identifies AP
• MAC Address (BSS)
• Hard-coded MAC address
• IP Address
• Network-assigned Internet Protocol address
• Net_ID (ESS)
• Network identifier

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• System Summary Screen Entries (contd)
• Hopping Set
• Identified by 1 to 3
• Hopping Sequence
• 1 through 26
• Country
• Determines AP hop sequence and channel range

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• System Summary Screen Entries (contd)
• Antenna Selection
• Indicates AP antenna mode configuration
• Rate Control
• Defines data transmission rate
• WEP Algorithm
• Specifies encryption algorithm of AP

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• System Summary Screen Entries (contd)
• Current MUs
• Current number of MUs associated with this AP
• Total Assoc
• Total MU associations handled by this AP
• System Up Time
• How long system has been operational
• Resets to zero after reaching 120 hours

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• System Summary Screen Entries (contd)
• Access control
• Indicates if feature is enabled or disabled
• WLAP Mode
• Specifies if Wireless AP mode is enabled
• Model Number
• Identifies AP model number

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• System Summary Screen Entries (contd)
• Serial Number
• Hardware Revision
• AP Firmware Version
• HTML File Version

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE
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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Mobile Units Screen

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Show Mobile Units Screen Entries
• Entry format Addr PIE
• Addr MUs MAC address
• P MUs power mode (PSP or CAM)
• I MU location on AP interfaces (R radio)
• AP radio transmit rate (1Mbps or 2 Mbps)

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Show Known APs Menu Access

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Show Known APs Screen

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Show Known APs Screen Entries
• MAC Address
• Station identifier of AP
• IP Address
• Network assigned Internet Protocol address
• HST
• Hop set

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Show Known APs Screen Entries (contd)
• HSQ
• Hop sequence
• MUS
• MUs associated with AP
• KBIOS
• Data traffic handled by AP

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Show Known APs Screen Entries (contd)
• FW_Ver
• Firmware version of AP
• Away
• Indicates last known transmission took place more
  than 12 seconds ago

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• Show RF Statistics Screen Access

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S24 ACCESS POINT USER INTERFACE

• RF Statistics Screen

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WIRELESS ACCESS POINT (WLAP)

• AP functions as repeater
• Root AP acts as bridge for other APs
• Passes packets to wired network
• Requires power

Optimal configuration Root should be wired to
network
WLAP Root AP
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WIRELESS ACCESS POINT (WLAP)

• Configuration Parameters
• WLAP Mode Options
• Disabled / Enabled / Link Required
• Enabled
• AP sets up automatically for wireless operation
• Link Required mode
• Root AP requires Ethernet connection at power up
• WLAP requires association with Root AP
• If requirements not met, Root AP and WLAP
  continuously probe for required links

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WIRELESS ACCESS POINT (WLAP)

• Configuration Parameters (contd)
• WLAP Priority
• Default 8000
• AP with lowest priority value becomes Root AP
• Root manages configuration packets
• WLAP Manual BSS_ID
• Specifies particular WLAP MAC Address
• Forces current AP to associate only with that
  particular AP

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WIRELESS ACCESS POINT (WLAP)

• Set RF Configuration Screen Access

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WIRELESS ACCESS POINT (WLAP)

• RF Configuration Screen

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WIRELESS ACCESS POINT (WLAP)

• WLAP RF Statistics Screen Access (1)

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WIRELESS ACCESS POINT (WLAP)

• WLAP RF Statistics Screen Access (2)

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WIRELESS ACCESS POINT (WLAP)

• WLAP RF Statistics Screen