EnGenius M8000 User Manual

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EnGenius Mesh AP

M8000

User Manual & Configuration Guide

Version : 1.0

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Table of Content

Table of Content 2

1 Document History 4

2 Overview 5

3 EnGenius Mesh Web-based Interface 6

4 System 9

4.1

System > System 9

4.2

System > Syslog 10

4.3

System > Advance 11

5 Network 13

5.1

Network > Network 13

5.2

Network > VLAN 14

5.3

Network > Mesh 16

5.4

Network > Wireless 20

5.5

Network > Route 23

6 Service 25

6.1

Service > MAC Access 25

6.2

Service > NTP 27

6.3

Service > RADIUS 28

6.4

Service > Linux Kernel Watchdog 31

6.5

Service > SSHD 32

6.6

Service > WME 33

6.7

Service > DHCP Relay 35

7 Management 37

7.1

Management > HTTPD 37

7.2

Management > Configuration 39

7.3

Management > SNMP 42

7.4

Management > Firmware 45

7.5

Management > Trap 46

7.6

Management > NMS Addresses 49

7.7

Management > Reboot 51

8 Tools 52

8.1

Tools > Ping 52

8.2

Tools > Ifconfig 53

8.3

Tools > Route 54

8.4

Tools > TFTP 55

9 Status 56

9.1

Status > Status 56

9.2

Status > Interfaces 57

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9.3

Status > Services 59

9.4

Status > System Log 60

9.5

Status > Neighbor 61

10 Help 61

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1 Document History

Revision

Date Remarks Authors

1.0 2008-04-07 Draft Release

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2 Overview

The purpose of this document is to describe the detail features of EnGenius Mesh

Access Point (M8000), and also the procedure and methodology of configuring and

the use of EnGenius MAP.

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3 EnGenius Mesh Web-based Interface

Web-based configuration interface is accessible with computer with TCP/IP capability

and web browser (e.g. Mozilla or IE).To access web-based configuration interface,

enter

https://192.168.0.1/.

In the browser URL/Location field.

You will see an authentication page display as shown in Figure 3.1.1.

Figure 3.1.1: Windows authentication page

Type “admin” in User Name and Password field, then click OK button.

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EnGenius Mesh page has six main menus: System, Network, Services, Management,

Tools and Status. Each main menu also will have its submenu.

Welcome

System

System System settings

Syslog Syslog settings

Advance Advance tuning

Network

Network Network settings

VLAN VLAN settings

Mesh Mesh settings

Wireless Wireless settings

Route Route settings

Services

MAC Access Filter MAC address

NTP Network Time Protocol

RADIUS RADIUS client settings

Linux Kernel Watchdog Linux Kernel Watchdog settings

SSHD SSHD Configuration

WME WME Settings

DHCP Relay DHCP relay settings

Management

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HTTPD Internal webserver settings

Configuration Configuration management

SNMP SNMP settings

Firmware Firmware maintenance

Trap Trap settings

NMS Addresses Network Management System notifying settings.

Reboot Reboot device

Tools

Ping Ping

Ifconfig Ifconfig

Route Route

TFTP TFTP

Status

Status System status

Interfaces Interfaces statistics

Services Services status

System Log System logging

Neighbor Mesh node status

Help

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4 System

4.1 System > System

MAP 1000 is a layer 2 mesh network that supports gateway and relay operation

mode. Figure 4.1.1 illustrates the system information configuration page.

Figure 4.1.1: System Information Configuration page

System Information Configuration page contains the following parameters:

• Name – Name of the device.

• Location – Location name that device located.

• Contact Name – Name of the contact person for consulting about the device.

• Contact Email – Email address of the contact person.

• Contact Phone – Phone number of the contact person.

• Description – Description of the device.

• Object ID – Display SNMP MIB object identification (OID) of the device.

• Operation Mode – Type of operation mode such as “Layer 2 Gateway” &

“ Layer 2 Relay”

• “Apply” button to save any changes made. New settings are active after the

device reboot.

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4.2 System > Syslog

Certain system message is useful to understand the problem behind any undesired

result. Mesh AP 4000 is enabled with syslog server that can log message locally and

remotely. Figure 4.2.1 illustrates the Syslog configuration page.

Figure 4.2.1: Syslog configuration page

Syslog contains the following parameters:

• Active – Enable or disable system logging feature.

• Klog – Enable or disable kernel logging feature.

• Level – 8 levels of logging : emergency, alert, critical, error, warning, notice,

info and debug.

• Remote Syslog – Enable or disable remote syslog server.

• Remote Server Address – Address of remote syslog server when remote

syslog is enabled.

• “Apply” button to save any changes made. New settings are active after the

device reboot.

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4.3 System > Advance

In this advance feature, networking conntrack and some wireless fine tune done.

Figure 4.3.1 illustrates the advance configuration page.

Figure 4.3.1: Advance configuration page

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Advance configuration have the following parameters:

• Maximum Session – maximum connection tracking session, a higher value is

desired to support large number of local users.

• Generic Timeout – generic timeout for a connection tracking instance

• ICMP Timeout – ICMP timeout

• TCP Close Timeout – TCP close timeout

• TCP Close Wait Timeout – TCP close wait timeout

• TCP Established Timeout – TCP established timeout

• TCP Finished Wait Timeout – TCP finished wait timeout

• TCP Last Ack Timeout – Last acknowledgement timeout

• TCP SYN Receive Timeout – TCP SYN receive timeout

• TCP SYN Sent Timeout – TCP SYN sent timeout

• TCP Time Wait Timeout – TCP Time wait timeout

• UDP Timeout – UDP timeout

• UDP Stream Timeout – UDP stream timeout

• Radio 1 distance – Desired operating distance for radio 1 ( usually refer to

mesh radio )

• Radio 2 distance – Desired operating distance for radio 2 ( usually refer to

client access radio )

• Regulatory Domain – Display the regulatory domain of the wireless interface

• Country – List of supported country available from the wireless interface.

• Outdoor Mode – Enable or disable use of outdoor mode on the wireless

interface.

• External Channel Mode – Enable or disable use of external channel mode of

the wireless interface

• “Apply” button to save any changes made. New settings are active after

reboot.

• “Reset” button to restore the settings on advance page back to factory

default settings.

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5 Network

5.1 Network > Network

Figure 5.1.1 illustrates the network configuration page.

Figure 5.1.1: Network configuration page

Network contains the following parameters:

• Primary DNS – Primary Domain Name Server used to translates domain

names to IP addresses. Edit this field to match your ISP DNS address or leave

it unchanged to use received DNS address from your ISP.

• Secondary DNS – Secondary Domain Name Server used to translates domain

names to IP addresses. A backup DNS address to primary DNS. Specify the

Secondary DNS address.

• Domain – Specify the Domain name of network.

• Gateway – IP address of router or nodes that serves as an entrance to

another network, and vice-versa. Edit this field to match your ISP settings or

leave it unchanged to use defaults from your ISP.

• “Apply” button to save any changes made. New settings are active after the

device reboot.

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5.2 Network > VLAN

Virtual LAN is a method of creating independent networks within a physical network.

Several VLANs can co-exist within such a network. This VLAN implementation is

based on the IEEE 802.1Q tagging protocol. Figure 5.2.1 illustrates the VLAN

configuration page.

Figure 5.2.1: VLAN configuration page

To configure VLAN:

• Active VLAN list all activated VLAN. By default, only VLAN0 is active. Click on

“Edit” button to edit active VLAN.

• VLAN0 – edit page will display as shown in Figure 5.2.2.

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Figure 5.2.2: VLAN0 – edit page

VLAN0 - edit page contain the following parameter:

o ID – Enter the VLAN ID. o Type – Click on “Type” drop down menu to select “Static” or “DHCP”. o IP – Specify the VLAN IP address. o Netmask – Specify the network mask for this IP. o Routed – Click on “Routed” drop down menu to select “Routable

address” or “NAT address”. A routeable network is visible to other Mesh

Node.

o Comments – Specify VLAN comments. o Active – Click on “Active” drop down menu to select enable or disable

VLAN.

o “Apply” button to save any changes made. New settings are active

after the device reboot.

• To edit inactive VLAN, click on “Inactive VLAN” drop down menu, select on

VLAN you want to edit. For example, select VLAN1. Click on bottom “Edit”

button to edit inactive VLAN1.

• VLAN1 – edit page will display as shown in Figure 5.3.2

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5.3 Network > Mesh

This device will form a wireless mesh network with other device provided the correct

configuration. Figure 5.3.1 illustrates the wireless settings of the mesh.

Figure 5.3.1: Mesh - wireless configuration page

Mesh – wireless page contain the following parameter:

• MAC address – Display the MAC address of Mesh – wireless interface.

• Mode – Click on “Mode” drop down menu to select “AP”, “STA”, “ADHOC”

or “WDS” operating mode. AP mode will bring the wireless device to

Access Point mode. Under this mode, it can connect multiple wireless

communication devices together to form a wireless network and can relay

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data between wireless and wired devices.

STA mode will bring the wireless device to Station mode. Under this mode,

it needs to connect to an AP to join the wireless network.

ADHOC mode will bring the wireless device to adhoc mode where no AP

is required. The connection is established for the duration of one session

by discovering others device within range.

WDS mode will bring the wireless device to form a wireless distribution

system that connects to other AP to form a larger network. Data can be

ralayed between 2 stations.

Only ADHOC mode is allowed in mesh network. Mode other than ADHOC

is disabled and not supported.

• Band – Click on “Band” drop down menu to select “802.11a”, “802.11b”

or “802.11g’ operating band. Choose 802.11a if you want to operates

mesh network under the 5GHz spectrum and up to 54Mbps. However,

make sure your hardware is supported for this kind of operation. Choose

802.11b for operation under 2.4 GHz spectrums for rates up to 11Mbps.

Choose 802.11g for operation under 2.4GHz that are backward

compatible with 802.11b band. It can support rates up to 54Mbps.

• ESSID – Extended Service Set Identifier is a code attached to all packets on

a wireless network to identify each packet as part of that network. This

entry is case sensitive text string which consists of a maximum of 32

alphanumeric characters. Enter your ESSID into this field that consistent

with other mesh so that it can join or form the mesh network.

• Frequency – Click on “Frequency” drop down menu to select operating

frequency of wireless network in GHz.

• Beacon Interval – Beacon are management packets sent by an Access

Point to manage and synchronize a wireless network. Value in the range of

20 to 1000 milliseconds is permitted. The default value is set to 100

milliseconds.

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• RTS Threshold – Request to Send management packet. With smaller RTS

length value, the wireless network can recover from interference and

collisions quicker at a cost of reducing the maximum throughput. Network

with heaving loading or interference is advised to use smaller value of

RTS.

• Fragmentation Threshold – Fragmentation of packet into desired length.

Network with high packet error should use smaller value. Use of small

value will results in lower throughput due to more overheads is

introduced.

• DTIM Interval – Delivery Traffic Indication Message is a countdown

mechanism for informing associated stations of the next window for

listening to broadcast and multicast messages. When the AP has buffered

broadcast or multicast messages, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM

interval value. Clients hear the beacons and awaken to receive the

broadcast and multicast messages. A range of value 1 to 255 is permitted.

The default value is 1.

• Datarate – Click on “Datarate” drop down menu to select wireless

network datarate. For example, 1 Mbps, 2 Mps, 5.5 Mbps……

• Tx antenna – Click on “Tx antenna” drop down button to select

“Diversity”, “Card Default”, “Port 1”, or “Port 2”.

• Rx antenna - Click on “Rx antenna” drop down button to select

“Diversity”, “Card Default”, “Port 1”, or “Port 2”.

• Current Maximum Tx Power (dBm) – Display current maximum Tx power.

• Maximum Tx Power (dBm) - Click on “Maximum Tx Power” drop down

button to select maximum Tx power.

• Security – Add security features to the wireless network. Click on

“Security” drop down button to select “Open”, “WEP” or “AES”. Only

when select “WEP” or “AES” will display “Encryption Key” field as shown

in Figure 5.3.2.

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Figure 5.3.2: Mesh - wireless configuration page (with encryption key)

o Open-no encryption or security is applied. o WEP-Wired Equivalent Privacy. An encryption using either 64-bit or

128-bit to encrypt the network packets.

o AES-Advanced Encryption Standard. An encryption scheme that uses

128-bit to encrypt the network packets.

• “Apply” button to save any changes made. New settings are active after the

device reboot.

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