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intelligent wireless platform
airHaul2 Nexus PRO™ User Guide
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT.................................................................................................... 4
OVERVIEW OF USER GUIDE............................................................................................... 4
RELATED PUBLICATIONS................................................................................................... 5
TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER......................................................................................... 5
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................6
1.1. AIRHAUL2 NEXUS PRO CONFIGURATION FEATURES................................................... 6
1.2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS........................................................................................... 6
1.3. CHECKLISTS ............................................................................................................. 7
2. AIRHAUL2 NEXUS PRO™ CONFIGURATION............................................................ 11
2.1. USER LOGIN AND LICENSE AGREEMENT................................................................... 11
2.2. WEB GUI ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD CHANGE...................................................... 15
2.3. USING THE CONFIGURATION PAGES ........................................................................ 16
2.4. NAVIGATION MENU BAR .......................................................................................... 18
2.5. DEVICE OPERATION MODE...................................................................................... 22
2.5.1 Repeater Mode Configuration....................................................................... 22
2.5.2 Link Aggregate Root Router Mode............................................................... 25
2.5.3 Link Aggregate Remote Router/NAT Mode.................................................. 29
2.6 DUAL RADIO CONFIGURATION ................................................................................. 32
2.6.1 Root Bridge to Remote Bridge...................................................................... 32
2.6.2 Root Bridge to Remote Router/NAT............................................................. 34
2.6.3 Remote Bridge to Root Bridge...................................................................... 36
2.6.4 Remote Router/NAT to Root Bridge ............................................................. 37
2.6.5 Remote Router/NAT to Remote Bridge ........................................................ 39
2.6.6 Remote Bridge to Remote Router/NAT ........................................................ 40
2.7 ROOT BRIDGE CONFIGURATION............................................................................... 43
2.7.1 Bridge IP Configurations............................................................................... 43
2.7.2 Wireless Configurations................................................................................ 44
2.7.3 Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)................................................. 48
2.7.4 STP Settings Configuration........................................................................... 48
2.8 REMOTE BRIDGE CONFIGURATION........................................................................... 52
2.8.1 Bridge IP Configuration................................................................................. 52
2.8.2 Wireless Configuration.................................................................................. 53
2.9 REMOTE ROUTER/NAT CONFIGURATION ................................................................. 55
2.9.1 Bridge IP Configuration................................................................................. 55
2.9.2 Wireless Configuration.................................................................................. 56
2.9.3 DHCP Configurations..................................................................................... 59
2.9.4 DHCP Relay Configurations.......................................................................... 60
2.9.5 Routing Table ................................................................................................. 62
2.10 DISABLING RADIO FOR SINGLE RADIO OPERATION................................................... 65
2.11. WIRELESS SETTINGS MANAGEMENT........................................................................ 67
2.11.1 Wireless Settings ........................................................................................... 67
2.11.2 Data Encryption.............................................................................................. 67
3. PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS AND BANDWIDTH CONTROLLER.......................... 72