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About This Document

This User Guide is for the networking professional who configures and manages the smartBridges’ Intelligent Nexus Platform of wireless client devices (airClient™ Nexus).

It provides detailed information on using the web-based configuration GUI to configure the airClient Nexus unit. This manual will help you gain a better understanding of how the various components of Nexus work.

To configure smartBridges’ products, you need to have fundamental understanding of the concepts and technology of Local Area Networks (LAN) and wireless networking. The system installer will require expertise in the following areas:

•Outdoor radio equipment installation

•Network configuration

•Use of web browser for system configuration, monitoring and fault finding

In this chapter, you will find an overview of the User Guide and where to obtain additional information regarding installation and set-up.

Overview of User Guide

This User Guide provides all necessary information needed to set up, configure and deploy the airClient Nexus. The first chapter gives information on the configuration features and the system requirements.

The second chapter provides detailed information on deploying the airClient Nexus in Bridge, Router or NAT mode and modifying the various configuration settings. The process of configuring the radio performance parameters and Bandwidth Controller is similar for all three modes and is shown in chapter 3.

The Site Survey Tool is explained in Chapter 4 and the Antenna Alignment procedure in Chapter 5.

Chapter 6 shows how to display the Wireless and Ethernet Traffic Statistics. In Chapter 7 information on the system configuration tools, using the Profile Manager, conducting Link Test and estimating the Link Budget is given.

The steps for upgrading to the latest firmware are shown in Chapter 8. The abbreviations and acronyms used in this User Guide are explained in the Appendix.

Related Publications

These documents provide complete information about the Nexus series of radio units: airHaul™, airPoint™ and airClient.

•Quick Install Guide (QIG)

•Release Notes

•Technical Specification

All the information can also be found on our website at http://www.smartbridges.com/

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Contents AirClient Nexus SB3410 VersionTable of Contents T e l l i g e n t w i r e l e s s A t f o r m Overview of User Guide About This DocumentRelated Publications Technical Support Center Introduction System RequirementsChecklists Pre-Installation Checklist for airClientParameters Units Site a Site B Signature of Engineer Name DatePost-Installation Checklist for airClient RssiChecklist Parameters Units Site a Site B AirClient Configuration User Login and License AgreementLicense Agreement Web GUI Administrator Password Change Using the Configuration Pages Description of Menus Menu Item Menu Sub-itemsMenu Item Menu Sub-items Description NetworkingSaved profiles and shows last Help Device Mode Configuration Device mode settings same for Router/NAT modeAirClient Bridge to airClient Router/NAT Changing airClient Bridge to airClient Router/NATAirClient Router/NAT to airClient Bridge Changing airClient Router/NAT to airClient BridgeEthernet Configuration AirClient Bridge ConfigurationWireless Configuration 10 airClient Bridge Wireless Settings Bridge Configuration 11 Link StatusConfiguring Spanning Tree Protocol STP 12 Bridge Configuration InformationSTP Settings Configuration Setting Default Value Range Purpose Radio port Radio aAirClient Router/NAT Configuration 13 Bridge Configuration14 airClient Router Ethernet Configuration 15 airClient Router Wireless IP Configuration 16 airClient Router Wireless Association Settings Dhcp Configurations 18 Dhcp Server ConfigurationsDhcp Relay Configurations 19 Disable Dhcp and Dhcp Relay20 Dhcp Relay Agent Configurations Routing Table22 Adding Static Route Wireless Settings Management Wireless SettingsData Encryption Valid Key Key Table24 Data Encryption Disable Link Performance Parameters and Features Performance Parameters and Bandwidth ControllerThroughput OptimizerBandwidth Controller AirClient Bandwidth ControllerSite Survey Tool Site Survey showing associated devicesAntenna Alignment Antenna AlignmentT e l l i g e n t R e l e s s A t f o r m Traffic Statistics Ethernet Traffic StatisticsTransmitted Bytes Transmitted Unicast packetsWireless Traffic Statistics Transmit Success Rate Transmit Multiple retryTransmit Retry rate Transmitted Failure countWireless Traffic Statistics ACK Receives Failure CountRTS Fail No of Aborted FramesSystem Configuration ToolsSnmp Security Reset Options NTP Time Server Setup Delayed Reset SettingsNTP Time Settings Profile ManagerDescription of Commands Save ProfileLoad Operating Profile Profile CalendarScheduling a Profile Link Test Ping Test ResultLink Budget Planning Throughput Test ResultLink Budget Planning Calculator GPS Calculator 10 Link Budget Planning Calculator Link Budget Firmware Upgrade AirClient Nexus Firmware UpgradeAirClient Nexus Firmware Upgrade Firmware transferred Appendix a Snmp Trap Appendix B Useful terms and definitions Acronyms and AbbreviationsDhcp Snmp Appendix C License