XtendLan XL-HCW128C User Manual

XL-HCW128C

HPNA3.1 over Coax

Coax MDU Master Bridge

User’s Guide

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Features
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Packing List
Rear Panel

Connectors 2
LED Indicators

Connecting the Cables
Verification

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Configuration Methods
Use Web Browser

System Setup (TCP/IP Properties) 6
System Assets (Information)
EP (User) Management

Firmware/Driver Files
EP

Smart EP

Properties Profile – stored the settings
Master HomePNA Properties (HPNA)

Security Mode
Privacy Mode
Privacy Mode Usage Example
Privacy Mode/Key Summary

Profile Status for Master and EP
EP HomePNA Properties (HPNA)

Note
Host Limit
Upstream Rate

Master/Smart EP Ethernet Properties (Ether)

Port Setup
Service and Speed/Duplex
Bandwidth Control
QoS Setup
IGMP v2 Snooping Setup
Tag VLAN Setup
Status and Statistics
Reset to Default

Delete the Obsolete EP Profile
Diagnosis

Device Noise in Master and EP
Physical Connection between Master and EP

Administration

Administrator
Allowed Source
Telnet/Http/Snmp Setup

System Log
System Time

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Reboot System
Default Setting
Upload Firmware
Activate Firmware
Backup/Restore Configuration
Example to Upload then Activate System Firmware and HCNA Driver

Current System Firmware and HCNA Driver Version
New System Firmware and HCNA Driver Files
System Firmware

Upload the New System Firmware
Check the New System Firmware in ‘Upload Area’
Activate the New System Firmware

HCNA Driver

Upload the New Master/EP HCNA Driver
Upgrade the New HCNA Driver
Master/EP runs the New HCNA Driver

System Firmware and HCNA Driver Version after Upgrade

Use Telnet

Command Sets for Telnet Console 35

dconfig
default
diag
dir
dns
exit
quit
ep
filter
help
hpnareboot
ipconfig
logserver
master
passwd
ping
reboot
rmep
service
showep
showlog
showmaster
snmp
snmptrapserver
snmptrapsetup
sntp
stat
swconfig
swqos
swqostc
tftp
time
upep
upmaster
upsys
useradd
userdel
users

Use SNMP

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TCP/UDP Port Number

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This chapter describes the features of your HomePNA3.1 over C
XL-HCW128C. Refer to “HomePNA3.1 over Coax” as HCNA from this point.

Features

♦ One HCNA Port for Driving HomePNA3.1 Signal into Existing Coaxial Cable
♦ One TV/Antenna Port for TV Set Connection or for TV Signal from VHF/UHF Antenna/CATV
♦ Two Fast Ethernet Port with Auto-Detect MDIX Function(Auto Crossover) and Auto-Negotiating Half/Full

Duplex 10M/100M for Expansion or Link to FTTx/xDSL Modem

♦ One Reset Button
♦ Priority Queue based QoS Support for 802.1p, IP TOS, UDP/TCP Protocols
♦ Supports up to 31 EPs(Endpoint, as XL-HC128C Slave Unit) Concurrent Connection
♦ Built-in Diagnostic Function for Individual EP Connection
♦ Built-in Web Server and Telnet Server to Support Remote Configuration via Web Browser or Telnet Protocol
♦ Supports Remote HTTP/TFTP Upgrade Function for System Firmware and HCNA Driver
♦ Supports HCNA Driver Upgrade On-line for Connected EPs
♦ Supports SNMP Function

Glossary

♦ HCNA HomePNA3.1 over coaxial cable

♦ MDU Multiple Dwelling Unit
♦ Coax Coaxial cable
♦ SyncMode HCNA device operates in Synchronous mode
♦ AsyncMode HCNA device operates in Asynchronous mode
♦ Master Master HCNA device in one coax network
♦ Slave Slave HCNA device in one coax network
♦ EP Endpoint, equivalent to Slave HCNA device, as CET-330
♦ Smart EP Smart Endpoint, as XL-HC128C. XL-HCW128C could configure Smart EP’s Ethernet properties.
♦ QoS Quality of Service
♦ M/C Fiber-Optic Ethernet Media Converter
♦ Mixer Coax device sums two or more signals into one
♦ Splitter Coax device divides a signal into two or more smaller and approximately equal signals.
♦ Combiner Coax device adds several discrete signal inputs to one and has high isolation between inputs
♦ Duplexer Coax device separates 2 signals within the same band
♦ Diplexer Coax device separates 2 signals in different bands
♦ Tap Coax device uses for matching impedance or connecting subscriber drops
♦ dB Decibel, to express either a gain or loss power ration(log) after the signal has been transmitted

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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-HCW128C
♦ One DC 5V Power Adaptor
♦ One F-Type Coaxial Cable (RG-59U)
♦ One RJ-45 Ethernet Cable (CAT-5)

Rear Panel

Figure 1: Rear Panel of XL-HCW128C

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Connectors

1. DC5V: Connect to the power adapter plug.

2. LAN1/LAN2: Two fast Ethernet ports to connect Switch/FTTx/xDSL Modem for Internet access.

3. Reset: While XL-HCW128C is turned on, press and release this button will reboot XL-HCW128C. Press it for

lasting

5 seconds will restore all settings to factory default. For example, the IP address will restore to default

‘192.168.1.1’.

4. HCNA: Attach to existing coaxial cable and use it as the networking backbone in one or more MDUs. CEM-

538M is the HCNA Master device and controls the other Slave HCNA devices (refer to Endpoint or EP, as

XL-HC128C) on the same coax network. Refer “Connecting the Cables

5. TV/Antenna: Connect to TV Set. Or connect to VHF/UHF antenna or CATV to bypass TV signal to HCNA

port.

” for more details.

LED Indicators

1. Power: Lighting up when power on.

2. LAN1: Lighting up when LAN1 port is active, and flashing when there is any data traffic.

3. LAN2: Lighting up when LAN2 port is active, and flashing when there is any data traffic.

4. Link/Act: Lighting up when HCNA port is active, and flashing when there is any data traffic.

5. SyncMode: Lighting up when HCNA port is working in HCNA Synchronous MAC mode.

6. Diagnosis: Lighting up when XL-HCW128C is diagnosing EP.

NOTE: HCNA always adopt the Synchronous MAC protocol layer in coax system in order to coordinate all the

transmissions and eliminate any collisions. The SyncMode led should be always on after power on.

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Connecting the Cables

To establish a new coax networking system by XL-HCW128C, reroute the CATV/Antenna signal source over coax

toward XL-HCW128C ‘TV/Antenna’ port and connect XL-HCW128C ‘HCNA’ port to the original coax entrance

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building. XL-HCW128C works as a Combiner for TV and HCNA signal. In each Dwelling Unit, use the HCNA EP

to extract the TV signal and Ethernet packets. See Figure 2

XL-HCW128C

Satellite/CATV VHF/UHF

for the detail cabling in one MDU,

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M/C

Splitter

Tap

Optical Fiber

ISP

Figure 2: Detail cabling of XL-HCW128C

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You can also use other Combiner or Mixer-Splitter with XL-HCW128C to build the same system, see the following

Figure 3

for different cabling,

Satellite/CATV VHF/UHF

Mixer

Combiner

EP

XL-HCW128C

M/C

Optical Fiber

Splitter

ISP

Figure 3: Different Cabling of XL-HCW128C

NOTE: After power up XL-HCW128C, the led ‘SynMode’ will always be glowing, and led ‘Link/Act’ will light up
for at least one EP is detected on the HCNA network. A dimmed led ‘Link/Act’ shows no EP attached to the HCNA

network.

Verification

After you have finished the installation, you should be able to access XL-HCW128C through Ethernet link or through
HCNA link (via Host PC behind EP) to verify the installation is completed. (See next Chapter for details).

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This chapter describes the configuration procedure for your bridge.

Configuration Methods

To access and configure your bridge, choose one the following methods:

♦ Use Web Browser
♦ Use Telnet Program
♦ Use SNMP Manager or MIB Browser

Use Web Browser

Web browser is the easiest tool to configure the bridge. The factory default IP address of XL-HCW128C is

‘192.168.1.1’ and the default subnet mask is ‘255.255.255.0’. To access the bridge with default IP, your PC should

be within the same IP network as the bridge XL-HCW128C. That is, your PC's IP address should be as "192.168.1.xxx".
For instance, you may connect your PC with the bridge directly by one Ethernet cable between your PC's Ethernet
adapter and bridge's port LAN1. Also configures your PC's TCP/IP setting to fixed IP as "192.168.1.xxx", subnet
mask as "255.255.255.0", disable DHCP option. Make your PC and the bridge within the same "192.168.1.xxx"

network. Type in 192.168.1.1 in your browser’s website navigating field, as the following,

The bridge will prompt you a window for password authorization. The factory default Username is ‘admin’, also
Password is ‘admin’. Please change it to a more secured password after you login successfully. Here shows the

main configuration menus on the browser,

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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 item-

window in the right side. Click on the ‘Apply’ button (or ‘OK’ button in some screens) will submit your new

setting into the bridge and will take effect immediately.

System Assets (Information)

Click on the bottom-right ‘Info’ icon will pop out the following window,

EP (User) Management

Refer the following Figure 4 as the example for generic EP management. Each EP is identified by its built-in HCNA
MAC address. The HCNA device resides at XL-HCW128C is regarded as the Master (Local) device, and is used to

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manage other connected Slave EPs. The HCNA MAC exists only in HCNA (coax) domain, and is unaware for any
EP end-user. System manager use system IP address and Ethernet MAC address to access XL-HCW128C. Each

XL-HCW128C device should be stamped with both Ethernet MAC and HCNA MAC for identification.

XL-HCW128C Flash ROM

Working

Working

Area

Area

System OS

Firmware

Upload

Upload

Area

Area

Files

Firmware/Driver

Local (Master)

HCNA Driver

System IP:192.168.1.1

System IP:192.168.1.1

Ethernet MAC

Ethernet MAC

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00-01-40-20-xx-10

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LLooccaal

HCNA MAC

HCNA MAC:

Figure 4: EP Management Architecture

EP (Slave)

HCNA Driver

l(M(Maassteter)r)

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00-01-40-21-xx-10

00-01-40-21-xx-10

EP#1

HCNA MAC

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EP#2

HCNA MAC

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00-01-40-xx-xx-02

EP#3

HCNA MAC

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EP#4

HCNA MAC

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Firmware/Driver Files

XL-HCW128C flash ROM is capable of storing the following files:

1. System bootcode (OS bootloader)

2. System firmware (OS)

3. Local (Master) HCNA driver for chipset 3110 (resides at XL-HCW128C)

4. EP (Slave) HCNA drivers for chipset 3010 (resides at EP like CET-330)

5. Smart EP (Slave) HCNA drivers for chipset 3110 (resides at Smart EP like XL-HC128C).

6. HCNA physical connection diagnosis utility

To upgrade any one of them, you need to follow the 2-stage procedure. First to ‘Upload’ the file onto XL-HCW128C
Upload Area, then do the real upgrade by ‘Activate’ it on demand -- the file will move into Working Area for
running. Refer the following section entitled “Example to Upload then Activate System Firmware and HCNA

Driver

” for more details.

EP

Open ‘EP Management’ window, click on ‘Refresh’ button first to scan all connected EPs. For example,

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Master/EP

HCNA Driver

Version

in

Upload

Area

Master Working

HCNA

Version

Current EPs

Profile Status

Check box to

Select EPs

for Driver

Upgrade

EPs

by 3010

Chipset

Smart EPs

by 3110

Chipset

Green LED

for

On-line EP

Grey LED

for

Off-line EP

Driver

Click to

Scan EPs

Again

Click to Upgrade

Selected EPs
HCNA Driver

Configure

Master’s

HCNA/
Ethernet
Settings

EP Working

HCNA Driver

Version

Run Built-in

Diagnostic

Tools

EP’s Ethernet

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Configure

EP’s HCNA

Settings

Configure

Smart EP’s

Ethernet
Settings

Can Delete

Off-line

EP’s Profile

Each row represents for one EP, here we have one Master (Local) HCNA device (on the top) and 7 extra Slave EP
devices shown on the window. The first two are EPs, follows three Smart EPs (or called Configurable EPs), and two
EPs that are powered off..

Smart EP

Denote an EP whose Ethernet properties are configurable. Based on 3110 chipset, with built-in simple management
function, its Ethernet settings can be configured by XL-HCW128C. Refer “Master/EP Ethernet Properties

”. EP not

denoted as ‘Smart’ is not configurable in its Ethernet properties, based on 3010 chipset.

For each shown column,

Sel : click on ‘Sel’ button will select all listed EPs at once for EP HCNA driver upgrade, or just designate

the EP one by one for EP HCNA driver upgrade. The top row is the Master device (denoted ‘Local’ in
field Note).

Link : light for HCNA device current connection status.

Green:EP is active -- on-line. For Master device, green always.
Gray: EP is not active -- off-line, either user powers it off or cabling has trouble. (‘NA’ means value Not

Applicable/Available since setting value in this field is stored inside EP and the EP is unreachable

now.)

MAC : HCNA MAC address.

F/W : the current queried working HCNA driver version

Model : the current queried working HCNA model name

Note : used to denote EP end-user, for recording username or address or specific message. Mark ‘Local’ for

Master HCNA device.

Config : configure Master/Smart EP’s HomePNA and Ethernet properties or EP’s HomePNA properties.

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Del : Delete the off-line EP’s profile, to save the EP properties profile space of XL-HCW128C.

Test : run the built-in diagnostic functions. Refer “Diagnosis” for more details.

Click on each device’s ‘HPNA’ button can open the window to configure its HomePNA properties. Click on

‘Ether’ button to configure its Ethernet properties—only Master and Smart EP support this function. Click on

‘Test’ button can diagnose the noise of HCNA itself and the physical connection quality between Master and EP.

Properties Profile – stored the settings

XL-HCW128C will query and store the setting values of individual on-line EP into its nonvolatile memory

automatically, include HomePNA properties and Ethernet properties as a profile. It shows the monitored EP status:

green light in ‘Link’ field means EP is ‘ON’, gray light otherwise. While EP is off-line and doesn’t need any

service, you may delete its obsolete profile manually to save XL-HCW128C storage space. XL-HCW128C could keep
up
to 32 profiles, and serve up to 1 master plus 31 on-line EPs concurrently.

Master HomePNA Properties (HPNA)

Security Mode

The communication between EPs is isolated intentionally. EP cannot talk to each other. It is the default security

function and always ‘ON’.

Privacy Mode

Privacy prevents unauthorized EPs from accessing the HCNA network controlled by Master HCNA device. While
‘Privacy Mode’ is ‘ON’, Master will serve EP only if EP’s ‘Privacy Key’ matches with the Master’s. The ‘Privacy
Key’ acts like EP’s password granted by Master.

Open the Master privacy configuration window by clicking on its ‘HPNA’ button,

The ‘Privacy Mode’ value for Master (Local device):
Off: It allows all EPs to transmit and receive packets through XL-HCW128C. Regardless of the ‘Privacy Key’

values setting in Master device.

On: XL-HCW128C will communicate with EPs if they share the same ‘Privacy Key’ while the ‘Privacy

Mode’ is turned ‘ON’. There should be only one key exists in one coax networking system. EP with
unmatched key will not be allowed to transmit any packets through XL-HCW128C if ‘Privacy Mode’ is
‘ON’.

The factory default mode is ‘Off’ and key is ‘0x0’ (states in hexadecimal). Once you activate the ‘Privacy Mode’
and set up the ‘Privacy Key’ in XL-HCW128C(the setting values), you need to upgrade Master and all allowable

EPs’

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HCNA driver with the new values (replace the running working values with the new setting ones) before any

connected EP can access the network controlled by XL-HCW128C.

Privacy Mode Usage Example

For example, first activate the ‘Privacy Mode’ by apply the ‘ON’ setting and change the ‘Privacy Key’ to ‘0x1234’.

XL-HCW128C will request to upgrade the Master’s HCNA driver, and all allowable EP’s HCNA driver.

Click the ‘Apply’ button will change the Master row background color to yellow (refer ‘Profile Status

’), and pick all
allowable EPs automatically for driver upgrade. You may change the select and proceed to upgrade, as we uncheck
one EP, then do the upgrade for Master (Local) and 4 on-line EPs,

Assume this

EP is banned,

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upgrade

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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’ ).

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EPs are classified by the shown background color, green for allowed EP, red for banned EP.

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-HCW128C only if EP has the right ‘Privacy Mode’ and ‘Privacy Key’.

Please refer the following diagram for more details,

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(Key not match)

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Off

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(factory default)

EP

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Master

Privacy Mode

On

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Upgrade the EP’s HCNA driver is the only way to change the EP’s ‘Privacy Mode’ and ‘Privacy Key’—by

applying the setting values of the Master HCNA device to selected EPs.

Profile Status for Master and EP

Each listed device status can also be classified by the shown background color:

Green: For Master, the ‘Privacy Mode/Key’ working values in device is consistant with the profile stored setting

values in XL-HCW128C. For EP, it can access the network.

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Yellow: For Master, it has inconsistent ‘Privacy Mode/Key’ settings. You may upgrade the Master’s driver to

synchronize its working values. (to replace the running working values with the setting ones).

Red: For banned EP, either ‘Privacy Mode/Key’ in EP is not matched or the ‘Host Limit’ value in EP is 0.

XL-HCW128C will refuse to serve this EP.

EP HomePNA Properties (HPNA)

EP (either Smart or not) conforms to the following HomePNA settings stored in XL-HCW128C Master,

Note

Footnote to the EP (user).

Host Limit

Specify the maximum allowable host (as PC) number attached on this EP:

0: Service is disabled, none host is allowed
1~255: The factory default value is 255 for unrestricted.

Upstream Rate

Limit the maximum allowable upstream bandwidth (value multiplied by 64Kbps) of one EP. It is a HomePNA

upstream traffic throttle enforced by EP built-in HCNA driver (Regard as Software bandwidth control, works for
HCNA port in the upstream direction).

0: unlimited
1~1563: *64Kbps for the maximum upstream rate.

Master/Smart EP Ethernet Properties (Ether)

The Ethernet properties of Master device and Smart EP device are configurable. For those EPs equipped with he
fixed Ethernet properties are remarked as un-configurable EPs – usually based on 3010 chipset.

Port Setup

To configure built-in Ethernet switch port properties, include speed, flow control, and maximum In/Out rate
(bandwidth control) of port LAN1/LAN2/HCNA.

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Service and Speed/Duplex

Change ‘Service’ to enable or disable the port. This setting open or close the related Ethernet switch port in EP.
Default setting in field ‘Speed/Duplex’ is ‘Auto’ states for auto-negotiation.

Bandwidth Control

Consider port HCNA as the network backbone and refer the following diagram to set up bandwidth control
parameters in EP’s Ethernet switch (Regards as Hardware bandwidth control, works for both upstream and
downstream). The maximum allowed rate should be the setting value multiplied by 64Kbps. If maximum rate
exceeds 100Mbps (as the value 1563), there will be no bandwidth control at all.

max.

In

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max.

In

Rate

max.
Rate

Out

EP Upstream
Bandwidth Control

LAN1

HCNA

LAN2

EP Downstream
Bandwidth Control

LAN1

HCNA

max.
Rate

max.
Rate

Out

In

In

Out

Master
Bandwidth Control

LAN1

HCNA

LAN2

max.
Rate

Out

LAN2

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QoS Setup

Total 4 prioritized queues are provided for Ethernet packets, denoted as Queue0 (lowest priority), Queue1, Queue2
and Queue3 (highest priority). You may assign the different packet dropping ratio and service weight for different

queue. Refer Chapter “ADVANCED FEATURES

For example, according to the setting diagram we classify TCP/UDP packet with port ‘1234’ or ‘80’ (decimal) as the
highest priority packet goes to Queue3, port ‘23’ goes to Queue2 and port ‘161’ goes to Queue1. Queue3 will not
discard any packet (Drop Ratio 0%), and packets in Queue3 is transmitted 4 times faster than packets in Queue0

according to their ‘Service Weight’. Packets in Queue0/Queue1/Queue2 will be discarded according to their ‘Drop
Ratio’ in case of any congestion.

” for more XL-HCW128C QoS mechanism details.

IGMP v2 Snooping Setup

Support IGMP V2/V1 snooping only. Shut it off if SNMP V3 is adopted in the network.

Tag VLAN Setup

Enable the 802.1Q Tag VLAN function and set up the values in field ‘VID’ and ‘Priority’. VID range is 1~4095

and Priority is 0~7.

Regard port HCNA as the network trunk. Once Tag VLAN is enabled, by default port LAN1/HCNA is set to the
same VLAN; also port LAN2/HCNA is in the same VLAN. Port LAN1/LAN2 is not within the same VLAN if
assigned with different VID.

Take the following VLAN setting diagrams for example.

First example, just enable Tag VLAN in both Master and EP ‘VLAN’ settings,

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The following diagram denotes path for tagged packets according to the above settings,

In=All
Out=Untag

In=All
Out=Untag

Second example, enable Tag VLAN in EP only, keep Master Tag VLAN disabled as default, accompanied the
following packet path diagram.

LAN1

(VID=1, Pri=0)

LAN2

(VID=2, Pri=7)

EP Tag VLAN
Enable

(VID, Priority)

Master Tag VLAN
Enable

HCNA

In=All

Out=Tag

Tagged High Priority Path, VID=2

Tagged Low Priority Path, VID=1

UnTagged Path

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(VID, Priority)

(VID=1, Pri=0)

(VID=2, Pri=7)

LAN1

LAN2

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Out=Untag

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In=All
Out=Untag

In=All
Out=Untag

EP Tag VLAN
Enable

LAN1

(VID=1, Pri=0)

LAN2

(VID=2, Pri=7)

(VID, Priority)

HCNA

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, VID=2

Tagged Low Priority Path, VID=1
Tagged Path, VID=1 or 2
UnTagged Path or Tagged Path with Other VID

Status and Statistics

Show port LAN1/LAN2/HCNA Ethernet port link status and port statistics.

Reset to Default

Works for EP only, to reset all Ethernet settings/configurations of EP to factory default, including ‘Port Setup’,
‘QoS Setup’, ‘IGMP v2 Snooping Setup’, and ‘Tag VLAN Setup’.

Delete the Obsolete EP Profile

For the off-line EP only, the light in Link field in gray, click on the ‘Del’ button will delete the EP profile.

Diagnosis

Click on ‘Test’ button to run the built-in diagnostic tools.

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Device Noise in Master and EP

‘Noise Test’ measures each individual device HCNA interface noise level (noise floor). For example, use a Master

alone with 75

Ω

terminator, here shows the Master noise frequency spectrum diagram after test,

Connect only one EP to Master, with 30dB attenuator add-on. Here’s the ‘Noise Test’ result of the connected EP,

Physical Connection between Master and EP

Connect only one EP to Master, with 30dB attenuator add-on. Here’s the result by clicking on ‘Tx Diagnose’ button
to perform a Cert test between XL-HCW128C and connected EP,

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This diagnosis runs the downstream test from XL-HCW128C toward EP.

Also the result of ‘Rx Diagnose’ of the same gears,

This diagnosis runs the upstream test from EP to XL-HCW128C.

The shown factors ‘SNR’, ‘Lost Pkts ’, ‘PE’ and ‘RX Power’ are obtained during communication diagnosis

between the tested EP device and Master device.

SNR: Normally between 38dB~42dB.
Lost Pkts: Denominator is the total number of transmitted packets in one test run. Numerator is the number of lost

packets in one test run.

PE: 112Mbps/128Mbps/144Mbps (best connection carrier speed, in bits per second) for normal connection.

XL-HCW128C will adopt lower carrier speed automatically for connection path with high attenuation
(lower SNR).

Rx Power: measured signal power

Administration

The settings include the Administrator account, the allowable Host with specified source IP, and the protocols like
HTTP/TELNET/ICMP/SNMP in XL-HCW128C management. Set up the criteria for management packets toward
XL-HCW128C. Irrelevant for data packets pass through XL-HCW128C toward EP.

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Administrator

For each account, 3 level of privilege is provided: Superuser, Read, and ReadWrite. The unchangeable username
‘admin’ always have the ‘Superuser’ rights.
To add user account, you need to have the ‘Superuser’ privilege,

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-HCW128C will accept the management packet,
else discard it.

( Incoming Source IP Address & Subnet Mask ) = ( IP Address & Subnet Mask )

For the factory default setting, it will accept all incoming packets.

For example, the following filter set permits all Hosts with IP address ‘192.168.1.xxx’ to access and configure
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For each programmed filter set, you can further specify if the protocol Telnet/Http/Snmp/Ping is enabled or not. Be
careful not to block your current IP from accessing XL-HCW128C remotely; else you have to press the Reset
Button locally and restart from factory default settings.

Te lnet/Http/Snmp Setup

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Specify that if the built-in Telnet server, Web server, and Snmp agent is enabled or not and assign the port number
for the service.

System Log

By designating the Syslog server IP on XL-HCW128C, XL-HCW128C 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: EMERGENCY – log only severe events
1: ALERT
2: CRITICAL
3: ERROR
4: WARNING
5: NOTICE
6: INFO
7: DEBUG – log everything

For example, XL-HCW128C will emit only ‘EMERGENCY’ event to Server with IP address ‘192.168.1.111’

according to the following setting.

System Time

In order to provide correct timestamp for Syslog event, XL-HCW128C supports SNTP protocol and you may assign the

suitable SNTP servers to XL-HCW128C.

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To access your listed SNTP server by its domain name instead of IP address, the ‘DNS Server’ and ‘Default
Gateway’ in ‘System Setup’ window need to be set up correctly. In order for XL-HCW128C to access the SNTP

server by its domain name.

Static MAC

It may be necessary to bind and secure the server/gateway MAC addresses to port LAN1/LAN2 of XL-HCW128C
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 LAN1 and MAC address 00-01-40-fe-ed-02 to port LAN2,

Reboot System

Reboot Master XL-HCW128C only. EP untainted.

Default Setting

Restore all settings of XL-HCW128C to factory default, including username/password, IP address, privacy
mode/key, etc. Press ‘Reset’ button locally for lasting 5 seconds works alike. XL-HCW128C will reboot afterward.

Upload Firmware

Upload ‘Bootcode’ / ‘System firmware’ / ‘Master driver (3110)’ / ‘EP driver (3010 or 3110)’ / ‘Diagnosis
utility’ onto XL-HCW128C ‘Upload Area’. Not functional yet, wait to ‘Activate Firmware’ or to ‘Upgrade’ driver.

Refer the following “Example to Upload then Activate System Firmware and HCNA Driver

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Activate Firmware

To do the real upgrade for ‘Bootcode’ or ‘System Firmware’, make the previous uploaded image functional. Refer
the following “Example to Upload then Activate System Firmware and HCNA Driver

” for more details.

Backup/Restore Configuration

Use to backup current configuration into a file with filename extension ‘.shc’. Or to restore the XL-HCW128C

configuration form the previous saved file.

Example to Upload then Activate System Firmware and HCNA Driver

It is a 2-stage file upgrade procedure, first to upload the selected file onto XL-HCW128C flash ROM ‘Upload Area’,
then to ‘Activate’ it. A coax network system with one XL-HCW128C and seven connected EPs—include two 3010

EPs and five 3110 Smart EPs, will be used as an example to demonstrate the upgrade details.

Current System Firmware and HCNA Driver Version

The system firmware version is ’3.05’ before upgrade, check the ‘Information

’ window,

Open the ‘EP Manage m ent’ window, click on ‘Refresh’ button first to scan all connected EPs,

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In the example, the onboard Master (denoted ‘Local’) device driver version is ’2.7.5-2’. The two 3010 EP’s device
driver version is ‘2.7.5-2’, and the five 3110 Smart EP’s driver version is also ‘2.7.5-2’. These three type HCNA

device could equipped with different driver version and cooperate inside one working coax network.

New System Firmware and HCNA Driver Files

In this example, preparing the following binary files to upgrade the XL-HCW128C and the seven connected EPs,

♦ CEM538M_Sysfw_V3.06.bin ¬ XL-HCW128C system firmware version ‘3.06’
♦ CEM538M_Driver_V2.7.5-3.bin

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HCNA device driver version ‘2.7.5-3’, include Master(Local)
driver version ‘2.7.5-3’ , 3010 EP(as CET-338) driver version ‘2.7.5-3’, and 3110 Smart EP(as XL­HC128C) driver version ‘2.7.5-3’

System Firmware

Upload the New System Firmware

Start from the ‘Upload Firmware’ window and click on ‘Upload’ button,

A count-down counter for entering the uploading mode,

Click ‘Continue’ button to proceed,

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Click ‘Browse’ button to locate where the new system firmware resides at your PC, then click ‘Start’ button to
upload the file (CEM538M_Sysfw_V3.06.bin) onto your XL-HCW128C,

Uploading in progress,

Another count-down counter to verify the integrity of uploaded file,

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You may activate the new system firmware right away, or wait for the proper scheduled time in order not to disturb
current operation.

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Check the New System Firmware in ‘Upload Area’

After the successful uploading, you may check the uploaded ‘System Firmware’ does exist in ‘Upload Area’.
Open the ‘System Firmware’ window in the ‘Activate Firmware’ function item, here shows the new system
firmware version ’3.06’.

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
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A progress counter for upgrade XL-HCW128C system firmware, XL-HCW128C will reboot after upgrade has
completed,

New system firmware version ’3.06’ shown on the ‘Information’ window,

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 (CEM538M_Driver_V2.7.5-3.bin) onto your XL-HCW128C,

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And complete to upload the driver file,

New HCNA driver version ’2.7.5-3’ shown on the ‘Information’ window,

Also shown on ‘EP Management

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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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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

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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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Use Telnet

Any popular Telnet client could use to configure the bridge remotely. For example, run Windows built-in Telnet to
configure the bridge,

Input any command with ‘-h’ argument will show you the usage, as ‘dconfig –h’ will explain the function and usage
of command ‘dconfig’.

For security consideration, please disable the ‘Telnet Server’ if the bridge is not to be configured by Telnet.

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Note that Telnet connection will be terminated automatically if the telnet client doesn’t input any command for 5
minutes; i.e. the console idle timer is 10 minutes (600 Sec).

Command Sets for Telnet Console

The following table lists all commands for Telnet console. The third column ‘Description’ explains what happen
when you run the ‘Commands’ in the first column and also explains the versatile options of the second column
‘Arguments’.

Some common formats for arguments are:

<mac> MAC address, format in ‘nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn where nn=00~FF’. For example,‘00-01-40-13-03-36’.
<ip> IPv4 address, format in ‘nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn where n=0~9’. For example, ‘192.168.1.1’. Also

applicable for <mask>, <default gateway>

<interface> Network interface name, ‘eth0’ for LAN interface, ‘hpna0’ for HCNA interface.
<fid> Flash ROM file id represented different firmware/driver, ‘n where n=0~6’,

‘n=0’: System bootcode (bootloader)
‘n=1’: System firmware (OS)
‘n=2’: Master HCNA driver
‘n=3’: EP HCNA driver

Only lowercase letter can be accepted. Typing commands followed by pressing ‘ENTER’ will execute the command.

Run any command with ‘-h’ argument will show you the usage

Commands

dconfig
default

diag

Arguments

[] is optional

-t <mac>

-r <mac>

Description

Dump all configurations/settings.
Reset all settings to factory default, except Password.
On-line EP connection diagnosis.

-t: downstream SNR diagnosis(from Master to EP)

-r: upstream SNR diagnosis(from EP to Master)

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help
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ipconfig

logserver

[-s <pri/sec> <ip>] Display or set up DNS server setting.

[-c <hostcnt>]
[-n <note>]
[-u <uprate index>]
<mac>

[-s <set>

[-c <act/deact>]
[-a <ip> -m <mask>]
[-t <allow/deny>]
[-w <allow/deny>]
[-n <allow/deny>]
[-p <allow/deny>] ]

[-a <ip>

-m <mask>

-g <default gateway>]

[-s <set>

[-c <act/deact>]
[-a <ip>

-v <severity>] ]

-k <on/off/key(0x…)> Set up Master HCNA device Privacy Mode and Privacy Key

master

passwd

[name]

-o <oldpasswd>

-n <newpasswd>

Show detail file information resides in flash ROM. Include
‘Working Area’ and ‘Upload Area’, refer Figure 4
filenames are,
‘bootcode’: bootloader
‘sysfw’: system firmware
‘HcnaMduM’: Master HCNA driver
‘HcnaMduEp’: EP HCNA driver
‘diagsw’: utility file for diagnosis

ccompanying file’s date, size, version.

-s pri <ip>: set up Primary DNS server’s IP

-s sec <ip>: set up Secondar
Close the Telnet console.

Close the Telnet console.
Set up the EP Properties Profile related setting values. Use

command ‘upep’
values with the setting ones)

<hostcnt>: EP Host Limit
<note>: EP Note
<uprate index>: EP Up Rate

default 0 for unlimited

<mac>: designated EP MAC to configure

Display or set up the filter rule set, refer the section “Allow

Source
<set>: filter set index, total 16 set (0~15)
<act/deact>: activate or de-activate the rule set
<allow/deny>: allow or deny the protocol

-t: telnet

-w: http/web

-n: snmp

-p: repl
Display all commands with brief description

Reset Master HCNA device’
Display or set up system IP network, include IP address <ip>,

subnet mask <mask>, and default gateway <default gateway>.
Display or set up Unix-like Syslog servers(max 5 set)

<set>: server index, at most 5 serve rs (0~4 )

<act/deact>: activate or de-activate the server with IP address
<severity>: select the severity level, refer section “System Log

setting values. Use command ‘upmaster’
Master device. (replace the working values with the setting
ones)

<on/off>: set ‘Privacy Mode’ to ON or OFF, default OFF
<key(0xnnnn)>, n is 0~F: 4-digit ‘Privacy Key’ in hexadecimal,

Change user’s password, user can update its own password.
Only superuser has the privilege to rewrite other’s password,

[name]: user’s account name, default to current login name if
<oldpasswd>: old password, superuser can bypass this
<newpasswd>: new password

” for IP <ip> and Subnet Mask setup <mask>.

to ICMP pin

<ip>

default level 6 (info)

default 0x0

not supplied
parameter

to take effect on EP. (replace the working

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setting value (0~255), default 255

setting value ( 0~1500, *64Kbps),

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[-n <count>]
[-w <timeout>]
[-l <pktlen>]

address

<mac> Remove designated EP Properties Profile.
[-s <telnet/http>

[-c <on/off>]
[-p <port)>]
[-t <id le>] ]

[-f]
[-n <note>]
[-m <mac>]

[-c <act/deact>]
[-p <port>]
[-n <name>]
[-t <contact>]
[-l <location>]
[-r <rcomm>]
[-w <wcomm>]

[-s <set>

[-c <act/deact>]
[-p <port>]
[-a <ip>]
[-m <community>] ]

[-l <on/off>]
[-u <on/off>]
[-s <on/off>]
[-d <on/off>]

[-c <act/deact>]
[-r <refresh time>]
[-z <time zone>]
[-s <set> -a address]

[-r] Display port statistics, include LAN1/LAN2/HCNA.
[-p <lan1/lan2>

[-s <auto /10h /10f

/100h /100f>] ]

ICMP ping function,

<count>: number of ping requests(max 65535)
<timeout>: expiry timer in each reply(1~60 sec)
<pktlen>: sent packet length(64~1500)

add

ess: target IP address

Reboot system, exclude Master HCNA device.

<mac>: EP MAC <mac> to be removed

Display or set up Telnet and Http service.

<telnet/http>: configure Telnet or Http
<on/off>: enable or disable this service
<port>: TCP port number (0~65535)
<idle>: expiry timer to logoff automatically (0~32767 s ec)

default 300 seconds
Display EP connection status and properties, and check if it
matches the stored Properties Profile

-f: force to re-scan all connected EPs

-n: display EP with matched <note>

-m: display EP with MAC address <mac>
Display the (Syslog) logged messages.

Display Master HCNA information, include driver version,

erties(Privacy Mode, Privacy Ke
Display or set up basic SNMP system configuration.

<act/deact>: activate(enable) or de-activate(disable) SNMP

agent

<port>: SNMP UDP port number (0~65535), default 161
<name>: SNMP system name
<contact>: SNMP system contact information
<location>: SNMP system location information
<rcomm>: SNMP system read-only community name, default

‘public’

<wcomm>: S NMP system read-write community name, default

‘private’
Display or set up SNMP trap server(s) configuration.

<set>: trap server index, at most 5 servers (0~4)
<act/deact>: activate or de-activate trap server IP <ip>
<port>: SNMP trap UDP port number (0~65535), default 162
<ip>: trap server IP address
<community>: trap server community name, default ‘public’

Enable or disable specified trap type,

<on/off>: turn on or turn off this trap type, default is on

-l: logon/logoff trap

-u: upload/upgrade firmware/driver trap

-s: EP on-line status changed trap

-d: EP diagnosis trap
Display or set up SNTP configuration for System Time.

<act/deact>: activate or de-activate SNTP service for system

time

<refresh time>: query SNTP server period, default 60 minutes
<time zone>: ‘+hh:mm’ or ‘-hh:mm’ to GMT time, hh for hours

and mm for minutes, defa ult ‘+00:00’

<set>: 2 registered SNTP server set(0~1)

address: SNTP server host name or IP address in current set

-r:

eset all port statistics counter to 0
Display or set up Ethernet port LAN1/LAN2 properties.

<lan1/lan2>: configure LAN1 or LAN2 port
<auto>: auto-negotiation mode
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upep

upmaster

upsys

useradd

userdel
users

[-q <queue>

[-w <weight>]
[-d <discard mode>]]

[-s <set>

[-c <act/deact>]
[-p <port>

-q <queue>] ]

-s <ip>

-c <get/put>

-f <file>

[-a]
[-m <mac>]
[-n <note>]

name

-p <password>

-r <ro/rw>

name

<10f>: 10Mbps, full-duplex mode
<100h>: 100Mbps, half-duplex mode
<100

>: 100Mbps, full-duplex mode

Display or set up the QoS configuration, include priority queue,
service weight and discard ratio while congestion, refer Priority
for more.

<queue>: select queue index (0~3) to configure, as q0(lowest

priority)/q1/q2/q3(highest priority)

<weight>: assign the queue with service weight(1~15), defaut 1

for q0, 2 for q1, 3 for q2 and 4 for q3

<discard mode>: choose the discard mode(0~3) for queue

utilization, default 0 for 0%.
1 for 25%, 2 for 50% and 3 for 75%. refer Priority for more .

Display or set up the QoS configuration for TCP/UDP traffic
classification, to assign higher priority for total 8 diff erent
TCP/UDP protocols

<set>: rule set index, at most 8 set (0~7)
<act/deact>: activate or de-activate this set
<port>: TCP/UDP port number (0~65535),
<queue>: select queue index (0~3) for this rule set, as

q0(lowest priority)/q1/q2/q3(highest priority)
Run TFTP client to get file (upload file onto XL-HCW128C) or
to put file (retrieve file from XL-HCW128C) from TFTP server
IP

<ip>.
<get/put>: run TFTP command ‘get’ or ‘put’

Display current System Time.
Upgrade EP HCNA driver (stored in Upload Area), this

operation also synchronize EP with EP Properties Profile
stored in XL-HCW128C,

-a: upgrade all on-line EP at once

-m: upgrade the EP with matched MAC <mac>

-n: upgrade (matched MA C <mac>) EP ‘Note’ property <note>
Upgrade Master HCNA driver (stored in Upload Area), this
operation also synchronize Master HCNA device with its setting
values in Properties Profile.
Upgrade the uploaded system firmware (stored in Upload

rea), then reboot.
Create new management user account.
name: user name

-p: login password

-r: ‘ro’ for user has read-only privilege, ‘rw’ for user has read­write privile
Delete the management user account by name.
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The SNMP Agent resides in XL-HCW128C will handle requests from remote SNMP Manager. The XL-HCW128C

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You need to specify the correct Read-Only Community Name into bridge before any SNMP ‘GET’ operation can
work. Also set up the Read/Write Community Name for SNMP ‘SET’ operation. ‘SET’ operation can modify the

setting within XL-HCW128C. While ‘Get’ is read-only operation used to report the requested SNMP data to SNMP
manager.

You may need the accompanying proprietary MIB file for some popular SNMP/MIB manager software to manage

the bridge system. The XL-HCW128C bridge system may also be integrated into your original SNMP management
system by this MIB file.

Each SNMP manager will assign the name of the community it belongs to in its ‘GET’, ‘SET’ and ‘TRAP’
operations. The community name could be unique to allow set of SNMP managers to access one SNMP agent, any
operation with mismatched community name will be rejected by agent. For security consideration, you should either
change the factory default community name or disable SNMP function in XL-HCW128C.

The default ‘GET’ community name of XL-HCW128C is ‘public’, and default ‘SET’ community name is ‘private’.

For the following example, the two ‘TRAP Server’ with IP address ‘192.168.1.100’ and ‘192.168.1.101’ will

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This chapter describes the advanced features offered by your bridge.

QoS

Quality of Service is enforced by assigning each incoming packet with a predefined priority value. Packet with
higher priority should be processed as soon as possible (fast in, fast out). In shortage of buffers, some low priority
packets should be discarded to smooth the high priority traffic flow. Higher priority traffic will have higher data rate
and lower possibility of being discarded.

The numbering priority value ranges from 0 to 7, and 7 represents the highest priority level. XL-HCW128C
supports priority scheme as 802.1p, IP TOS and TCP/UDP protocol.

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There are 4 priority queues for packet. Packet with priority value 0 or 1 goes to the same queue, denoted as Queue0.
Queue1 has priority value 2 and 3, Queue2 has priority value 4 and 5, and Queue3 has priority value 6 and 7.
Totally 4 levels of service are provided. Queue3 need to have higher “Service Weight’, i.e. packets reside in
Queue3 will be send out faster. Packets in Queue0 should have larger ‘Drop Ratio’ in congestion situation since it

is classified as less important.

Refer the following table for the detail mechanism to discard packets early according to their priority to prevent

resource blocked by the low priority. For example, if ‘Drop Ratio’ of Queue0 is set to 75%, then XL-HCW128C will
discard 50% of incoming packets toward Queue0 if Queue0 is one fourth full(Queue Utilization 25%). And will
discard 75% of incoming packets toward Queue0 if Queue0 is half full(Queue Utilization 50%).

Queue
Utilization

Drop Ratio

25% 0% 0% 25% 50%
50% 0% 25% 50% 75%

0% 25% 50% 75%

802.1p

Tagged packet has the 3-bit (value 0~7) 802.1p field is used for priority mapping. The default priority mapping
scheme is usually suitable and should work for most applications--for example, to map 802.1p value 7 to priority 7,
to map value 0 to priority 0, and so on. It will take effect in both downstream and upstream.

IP TOS

The bit7 to bit5 of TOS byte in IP packet is treated as TOS precedence value (0~7). By default, XL-HCW128C uses
the precedence value to map the priority queue. Please refer RFC-1349.

TCP/UDP Port Number

Different TCP or UDP port number usually states for different protocol. You may raise the priority for important
application with specified TCP or UDP port number. In XL-HCW128C, you can assign higher priority for total 8
different TCP/UDP protocols.

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Ethernet LAN Link/Activity per Port

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HCNA Link/Activity

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HCNA SyncMode

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HCNA Endpoint Diagnosis

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ERMI NAL

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EVICES

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Cooperate with HCNA Ethernet Bridge Endpoint (as XL-HC128C)

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Support up to 31 Endpoints

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Max Attenuation between Endpoints: 55dB

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R E Q UI RE ME NT

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5V DC Input

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Power Consumption: < 6 Watts

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N V I R ON ME NT AL

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DITI ON

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Operation: 0 ℃– 55 ℃ (32 – 131 ℉)

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Storage: -10℃ – 65 ℃ (14 – 149 ℉)

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Humidity: 10% – 95% Non-condensing

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HYSICALS

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Dimensions: 160(W) x 116(D) x 30(H) mm

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Weight: 260g

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