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SuperAP 570n
User Manual
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VP Networks SuperAP 570n User Manual

SuperAP 570n
User Manual
October, 2012
Overview
Contents
1 Deployment Scenarios ♦ 1.1 HotSpot ♦ 1.2 Point to Multipoint ♦ 1.3 Light PTP
2 Initial Device Setup ♦ 2.1 Initial 570n Setup ♦ 2.2 Initial Station Setup
3 Operation Mode ♦ 3.1 Bridge Mode ♦ 3.2 Router Mode
4 General Device operation ♦ 4.1 Web Management Structure ♦ 4.2 570npling and Saving Configuration Changes
5 Configuration Guide ♦ 5.1 Status
5.1.1 Information
5.1.2 Network
5.1.3 Wireless
5.1.4 Routes
5.1.5 ARP
♦ 5.2 Configuration
5.2.1 Network
5.2.2 Bridge Mode
5.2.2.1 IPSettings
5.2.2.2 VLAN to SSID Mapping
5.2.2.3 Management VLAN
5.2.3 Router Mode
5.2.3.1 WAN Settings
5.2.3.2 LAN Settings
• 5.2.3.2.1 LAN DHCP Settings
5.2.4 Wireless
5.2.5 Wireless Mode: Access Point (auto WDS)
5.2.5.1 570n Basic Wireless Settings
5.2.5.2 570n Security Settings
5.2.5.3 570n Advanced Wireless Settings
5.2.6 Wireless Mode: Station
5.2.6.1 Station Basic Wireless Settings
5.2.6.2 Station Security Settings
5.2.6.3 Station Advanced Wireless Settings
5.2.7 Wireless Mode: iPoll Access Point
5.2.7.1 iPoll 570n Basic Wireless Settings
5.2.7.2 iPoll 570n Security Settings
5.2.7.3 iPoll 570n Advanced Wireless Settings
5.2.8 Wireless Mode: iPoll Station
5.2.8.1 iPoll Station Basic Wireless Settings
5.2.8.2 iPoll Station Security Settings
5.2.8.3 iPoll Station Advanced Wireless Settings
5.2.9 Virtual 570n
5.2.10 Wireless ACL
5.2.11 Traffic Shaping
5.2.11.1 Limit all traffic
5.2.11.2 Limit per IP traffic
5.2.12 Port Forwarding
5.2.13 Static Routes
♦ 5.3 Services
5.3.1 WNMS
5.3.2 System alerts
5.3.2.1 SNMP Traps Settings
5.3.2.2 SMTP Settings
5.3.3 SNMP Settings ⋅ 5.3.3.1 Clock/NTP
5.3.4 SSH
5.3.5 HTTP
♦ 5.4 System
5.4.1 Administration
5.4.1.1 Device settings
5.4.1.2 Account settings
5.4.1.3 System functions
5.4.2 Log
5.4.3 LED Control
5.4.4 Firmware Upgrade
♦ 5.5 Tools
5.5.1 Antenna Alignment
5.5.2 Site Survey
5.5.3 Delayed Reboot
5.5.4 Ping
5.5.5 Traceroute
5.5.6 Spectrum Analyzer ♦ 6 UAM (Universal Access Method)
6.1 UAM Overview
6.2 UAM Configuration
6.3 White/Black List
Deployment Scenarios
HotSpot
The 570n can easily create a hotspot network on the 2.4 GHz unlicensed band. IEEE 802.11n lets you achieve (depending on laptop, smart-phone or PDA capabilities) maximum throughput and supports all possible client equipment (based on IEEE 802.11b/g/n). Hotspot zones can be created indoor or outdoor. WLAN hotspots are very popular in hotels, MTU/MDU, hospitals, schools, government buildings, companies, and retail.
Point to Multipoint
IEEE 802.11n wireless multipoint which delivers several times higher throughput than 802.11a/g. The 570n supports a private wireless point to multipoint protocol called iPoll which allows connecting more than one iPoll Stations to the iPoll Access Point thus creating a robust point to multi point network.
Light PTP
The 570n supports access point and station operating modes, therefore point-to-point can be created between AP and Station, or between 2 Stations, or between 2 APs. There are available options for SISO and MIMO antennas. Maximum achievable real data throughput is up to 160 Mbps.
Initial Device Setup
The default IP address is 192.168.2.66. To access the Web management interface, configure your PC with a static IP address on the 192.168.2.X subnet with mask 255.255.255.0. Connect the 570n device in to the same physical network as your PC. Open the Web browser and type the default IP address of the 570n device https://192.168.2.66/and the login page will be loaded. Enter default administrator login settings:
The default administrator login settings are:
Login: admin Password: admin01
After successful administrator login you will see the main page of the device Web management interface. The device now is ready for configuration.
Initial 570n Setup
Follow the steps for initial wireless Access Point setup that will be prepared to accept wireless
Station connections (refer to the section Initial Station Setup for instructions).
1. Connect an Ethernet cable between your computer and the 570n.
2. Make sure your computer is set to the same subnet as the 570n, i.e. 192.168.2.150
3. Start your Web browser.
4. 570n uses following default settings:
WAN IP: 192.168.2.66
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Username: admin
Password: admin01
The initial login screen looks as follow:
Step 5. Enter the default password, and then press the Login button to enter the 570n web management page.
Step 6. Navigate to the Configuration | Network tab and choose the Router network mode with NAT enabled, Static IP enabled on WAN side, LAN settings with DHCP server enabled (to loan an IP addresses for connected clients) on LAN side and click Save&Apply:
Step 7. Navigate to the Configuration | Wireless tab, choose Access Point wireless mode with WDS enabled, specify the SSID with Broadcast enabled, Security parameters and IEEE mode and click Save&Apply:
Step 8. Verify connection. Navigate to Status | Information menu to check if the Station is successfully connected to the 570n device:
Initial Station Setup
Follow the steps for initial wireless client setup that will be connected to the previously configured
570n (refer to the section Initial 570n Setup).
Step 1. Connect an Ethernet cable between your computer and the 570n device.
Step 2. Make sure your computer is set to the same subnet as the 570n, i.e. 192.168.2.150
Step 3. Start your Web browser.
Step 4. Each 570n devices uses following default settings:
WAN IP: 192.168.2.66
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Username: admin
Password: admin01
The initial login screen looks as follow:
Step 5. Enter the default password, and then press the Login button to enter the 570n web management page.
Step 6. Navigate to the Configuration | Network tab and choose the bridge network mode with, Dynamic IP enabled (be sure that 570n to which the device will be associated has a DHCP server running (refer to the section Initial 570n Setup for instructions), specify the DHCP fallback settings in case the DHCP server is unreachable and click Save&Apply button:
Step 7. Navigate to the Configuration | Wireless tab, choose Station WDS wireless mode, click Scan button near the SSID entry field to choose the SSID of the 570n where the station will be
associated to. Specify the Security parameters for the 570n, check IEEE mode (these settings must conform with 570n wireless settings) and click Save&Apply:
Step 8. Verify connection. Navigate to the Status | Network page. The Network page will show main network information about association with 570n:
The main Status | Information page will display wireless information of the link with access point. The connection status must be displayed as Connected and progress bars indicating the quality of the connection must be displayed:
Operation Mode
The 570n device can operate as transparent Bridge or Router.
Bridge Mode
The 570n device can act as a wireless network bridge and establish wireless links with other 570ns. In this mode all LAN ports and Wireless interface will be a part of the Bridge.
With a Bridge, all connected computers are in the same network subnet. The only data that is allowed to cross the bridge is data that is being sent to a valid address on the other side of the bridge.
Router Mode
In router mode the 570n will receive internet through WAN port and will share it to the LAN ports that will be separated with a different IP range. The type of connection to the WAN interface can be made by Static IP, DHCP client or PPPoE.
When device operates in Router mode, the traffic coming on wired interface and going out on wireless interface can be masqueraded by enabling NAT. NAT allows a set of clients to invisibly access the Internet via the 570n . To other clients on the Internet, all this outgoing traffic will appear to be from the 570n device itself.
General Device operation
Web Management Structure
The main web management menu is displayed after successfully login into the system (see the figure below). From this menu all essential configuration pages are accessed. The active menu tab is displayed in a different color:
By default the Status | Information menu is activated where the main device information is displayed. The 570n web management menu has the following structure:
Status
Information : displays general information of the device.
Network : displays main network and wireless statistics of the device.
Wireless : displays information about connected stations on the particular interface (only
on station wireless mode).
Routes : displays unit's route table.
ARP : displays ARP table.
Configuration
Network : network mode, Ethernet speed, IP settings, management and data VLANs,
DHCP, PPPoE.
Wireless : specify wireless mode (AP, Station, iPoll AP, iPoll Station), country, SSID,
IEEE mode, channel configuration, security, advanced radio settings.
Virtual AP : create and setup virtual AP (only in AP wireless mode).
Wireless ACL : access control by MAC address (only in 570n and IPoll 570n wireless
modes).
Traffic shaping : download and upload traffic control.
Port forwarding : port forwarding rules (only in router network mode for AP and IPoll AP).
Static routes : static route rules (only in router network mode for AP and IPoll AP).
Services
WNMS : set WNMS server/collector URL allowing remote device configuration and
monitoring.
System alerts : set alerts which can be sent via SNMP Traps or/and SMTP
notifications.
SNMP : SNMP service settings allowing remote device monitoring.
Clock/NTP : set device date manually or enable and configure NTP service.
SSH : control SSH connection.
HTTP : control HTTP connection.
System
Administration : change password, reboot, restore factory default settings,
backup/restore configuration, troubleshooting file support.
Log : view device log, set system log forwarding settings.
LED : control operation of LEDs.
Firmware upgrade : upgrade device firmware.
Tools
Antenna alignment : measure received signal quality of the wireless link to align antenna
in the best direction.
Site Survey : information about other wireless networks in the local area.
Delayed reboot : setup delayed reboot for 570n unit.
Ping : perform ping command.
Traceroute : perform graphical traceroute command.
Spectrum analyzer : check the signal strength on available channels.
Applying and Saving Configuration Changes
There are three general buttons located on the right top corner of the WEB GUI allowing managing device configuration:
Apply : if pressed new configuration settings are applied instantly. It will take few seconds and the device will be running with new settings. It should be noted that pressing Apply button settings are not written to the permanent memory. Therefore, if the device is rebooted it will start with old configuration settings.
Discard : if pressed parameter changes are discarded. It should be noted that if Apply or Save&Apply is pressed it is not possible to discard changes.
Save&Apply : if pressed new configuration settings are applied instantly and written to the permanent memory.
It is not required to press Apply or Save&Apply in every Web GUI tab. The device remembers all changes made in every tab and after action button is used, all changes will be applied.
Configuration Guide
This document contain product’s powerful web management interface configuration description allowing setups ranging from very simple to very complex.
Status
Information
The Information page displays a summary of status information of your device. It shows important information for the 570n operating mode, network settings.
System information : displays general information about the device.
Wireless information : displays general information about the wireless network. The wireless
information will differ on Access Point, Station, iPoll wireless modes:
AP mode : displays access point operating information, number of connected clients and SSID details (including APs).
Station mode : displays settings at which the station is connected to the access point.
iPoll AP : displays iPoll access point operating information, number of connected
wireless stations.
iPoll Station : displays settings at which the iPoll wireless station is connected to the iPoll access point.
Network mode : displays short summary of the 570n current network configuration (bridge or router).
Network
The Network sections displays statistics of the network interfaces and DHCP leases (depending on network mode: router or bridge):
Interface : displays the interface name. The SSID name is displayed in the brackets near the
radio interface (and VAPs).
IP address : displays the IP address of the particular interface.
MAC : displays the MAC address of the particular interface.
Received : displays the number of received packets.
RX errors : displays the number of the RX errors.
Transmitted : displays the number of transmitted packets.
TX errors : displays the number of the TX errors.
DHCP leases : table displays information about leased DHCP addresses.
Wireless
Status / Wireless section is not available if 570n is operating in Station wireless mode. All necessary information about wireless connection with 570n unit is under Information section.
The Wireless statistics displays the receive/transmit statistics of successfully associated wireless clients:
In case the access point has more than one wireless interface (VAPs), the appropriate number of tables with information about connected wireless clients will be displayed.
Peer MAC : displays MAC address of the successfully connected wireless client. Signal :
indicates the signal strength of the access point main and auxiliary antennas that the
station communicates with displayed dBm.
Noise : displays the noise level in dBm.
IEEE mode : displays the IEEE mode at which the access point communicates with the particular
station.
Data rate : displays the data rate at which the access point communicates with the particular
station.
Connection time : displays the duration of the session.
Routes
The Routes page displays the routing table for each interface:
ARP
The ARP page displays the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) table currently recorded on the device. Use Refresh button to reload ARP table results.
Configuration
Network
The Configuration | Network page allows you to control the network configuration and settings of the device. First, the device operation mode must be defined to work as a bridge or router. The content of the window varies depending on your selection:
Network mode - choose the device operating mode [bridge/router]
Bridge : in this mode the device works as transparent bridge interconnecting wireless
network and LAN port. The Firewall related functions and NAT are not available in this mode.
Router : in this mode the device works as router between wireless network and all LAN ports.
Ethernet speed : configures the Ethernet link speed and the duplex mode of the Ethernet port. Choose "auto" for automatic detection of link speed and duplex mode. Network settings will vary according to the selected Network mode. The Bridge mode allows configuring device LAN IP settings, while the Router mode requires more parameters such as LAN network settings, WAN network settings, LAN DHCP settings.
Bridge Mode
Port forwarding and Static routes are not available on Bridge mode.
When device is configured to operate in Bridge mode, only device LAN settings should be configured on the Network page:
IP Settings
When assigning IP address make sure that the chosen IP address is unused and belongs to the same IP subnet as your wired LAN, otherwise you will lose the connection to the device from your current PC. If you enable the DHCP client, the browser will lose the connection after saving, because the IP address assigned by the DHCP server is not predictable.
Method : specify IP reception method: IP addresses can either be retrieved from a DHCP server or configured manually:
Static IP : the IP address must be specified manually.
Dynamic IP : the IP address for this device will be assigned from the DHCP server. If
DHCP server is not available, the device will try to get an IP. If has no success, it will use a fallback IP address (default fallback IP is 192.168.2.66). The fallback IP settings can be changed to custom values.
IP Address : specify IP address for device.
Subnet mask : specify a subnet mask for device.
Default gateway : specify a gateway IP address for device.
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