User manual ZYXEL A-6000

[. . . ] A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge User's Guide Ver 1. 0 January, 2005 A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Copyright A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Copyright © 2004 by ZyXEL Communications Corporation. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, photocopying, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of ZyXEL Communications Corporation. Disclaimer ZyXEL does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any products, or software described herein. Neither does it convey any license under its patent rights nor the patent rights of others. [. . . ] To access any of these system configuration screens, click on the desired hotlink from the navigation bar in the "Configuration" screen. 3. 2. 4. Working with Configuration Windows ­ System Setup The Web Server configuration windows provide a user-friendly interface to aid in quick configuration of the system. After making any additions or changes to any configuration window, update the configuration file to save the changes. The new configuration is not in effect until the system reboots. Figure 3-5 System Setup-configuration update Figure 3-6 System Setup-Wireless Initial Setup 3-4 A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge To update configuration files: 1. Enter the configuration updates or changes in the appropriate configuration fields. After click Update, there will appear red string alarm to let you press the REBOOT BU to reboot system to make the changes effective. The web server loses connectivity with the Web Server as the BU reboots. To reestablish the connection with the Web Server, wait until the BU has completed rebooting and navigate to the Web Server to resume System Configuration User Name Password Telnet Enable Access Control Description Specifies the user name. Specifies the RU's MAC address allowed to join. Wireless Configuration SSID Description Identification of the BU. Enter a number or address between 1 and 32 characters in length that the RU is associating with. Select the desired frequency of operation from the drop-down menu, or choose SmartSelect. The radio frequencies that appear in the Radio Channel drop-down menu are dependent on the wireless mode selection. Select "SmartSelect" to automatically search through the frequency list to find a used or less congested channel. Value unit in Mega bit per second Specifies the level of transmit power. Decrease the transmit power if more than one AP is co-located using the same channel frequency. In selected item, `Full' means maximum transmit power; `Half' means Full ­ 3dB; `Quarter' means Full ­6dB; `Eighth' means Full ­9dB; and `Minimum' means 0dB. Enter a value between 1 and 255 that specifies the delivery traffic indication message (DTIM). Enter a value between 256 and 2346. Country RF Channel Frequency Data Rate (Mbps) Transmit Power Beacon Interval (20 - 1000) Data Beacon Rate (1 - 255) Fragment Length (2346) RTS/CTS Threshold (256 - 2346) Initial Setup 3-5 A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Security Security Key Ethernet Configuration LAN IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Address Specifies the security policy in AES, or TKIP Specifies key setting related to security policy. Specifies the default gateway for the BU. Table 3-2 Descriptions of setting parameters 3. 2. 5. System Configuration Windows - Software Download The Firmware Update configuration window allows viewing of the FTP location of new firmware. The default values for the FTP Host Name, User Name, Password, Image Path, Image Name appear in the window. The Firmware Update configuration window appears as following. Figure 3-7 Software Download Windows The BU uses the file transfer protocol (FTP) to download the Operating image from the HPC. [. . . ] A device that allows you to send commands to a computer somewhere else. At a minimum, this usually means a keyboard and a To display screen and some simple circuitry. Software that pretends to be (emulates) a physical terminal and allows you to type commands to a computer somewhere else. Trivial File Transfer Protocol is an Internet file transfer protocol similar to FTP (File Transfer Protocol), but it is scaled back in functionality so that it requires fewer resources to run. [. . . ]