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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 device, the airClient™ Nexus PRO TOTAL (sB3412).

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

The checklists for pre-and post- installation are provided in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 shows the three modes that the airClient Nexus PRO TOTAL can work in: Bridge, Router and NAT and the procedures for configuring the various parameters in each mode.

Chapter 3 gives instructions for editing the wireless radio protocol parameters to optimize radio performance and changing the Bandwidth Controller. The Quality of Service (QoS) features are explained in Chapter 4.

Accessing the Site Survey page is shown in Chapter 5 and the antenna alignment process is outlined in Chapter 6. Wireless and Ethernet Traffic Statistics and the explanations is given in Chapter 7. Finally, the firmware upgrade process for aCNPT Nexus is explained in Chapter 9.

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

For the latest information on smartBridges products, please visit our website at

http://www.smartbridges.com/

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Contents

PRO Total Version Table of Contents NTP Time Server Setup INK T EST INK B Udget P Lanning Overview of User Guide About This DocumentRelated Publications Technical Support Center Introduction System Requirements Checklists Pre-Installation Checklist for airClient Nexus PRO Total Parameters Units Site a Site B Signature of Engineer Name Date Post-Installation Checklist for aCNPT Rssi Checklist Parameters Units Site a Site B ACNPT Configuration User Login and License Agreement License Agreement Web GUI Administrator Password Change Using the Configuration Pages Description of Menus Menu Item Menu Sub-items Menu Item Menu Sub-items Description Wireless SettingsPerformance Reset to Defaults SecurityEthernet MTU Size Syslog server IP Address Operational mode Save ProfileOperating Profile Profile Calendar Device Mode Configuration Device mode settings similar for Router/NAT/Bridge ACNPT Router/NAT to aCNPT Bridge Changing aCNPT Router/NAT to aCNPT Bridge ACNPT Bridge to aCNPT Router/NAT Changing aCNPT Bridge to aCNPT Router/NAT ACNPT Bridge Configuration Ethernet Configuration Wireless Configuration 10 aCNPT Bridge Wireless Settings 11 Radio Main Wireless Settings Page Associated Bridge Configuration Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol STP STP Settings Configuration Radio port Radio a 14 Bridge Configuration ACNPT Router/NAT Configuration 15aCNPT Router Ethernet Configuration 16 aCNPT Router Wireless IP Configuration 17 aCNPT Router Wireless Association Settings Dhcp Configurations 19 Link status 20 Dhcp Server Configurations Dhcp Relay Configurations 22 Dhcp Relay Agent Configurations Routing Table 23 Routing Table Wireless Settings Management 24 Adding Static Route Wireless Settings Security WPA-PSK Items Descriptions WPA DescriptionsWPA-Shared Key WPA2-PSK 31 WPA2-RADIUS Link Performance Parameters and Features Performance Parameters and Bandwidth Controller Throughput OptimizerFrame Bursting Piggy Back Bandwidth Controller ACNPT Bandwidth Controller Added list Quality of Service QoS Drop Down Menu for QoS QoS front Selection Menu of IP/MAC based filter IP address dialog box TOS value Dialog box 10 Selected filter list window 12 Added filters 14 QoS Configuration Site Survey Tool Site Survey showing associated devices Antenna Alignment Antenna Alignment T e l l i g e n t R e l e s s A t f o r m Traffic Statistics Ethernet Traffic Statistics Transmitted BytesTransmitted Unicast packets Transmitted Discards Transmitted error Received ErrorsWireless Traffic Statistics Transmit Success Rate Received Bytes RTS Fail RTS SuccessNo of Aborted Frames No of PHY Aborted Frames System Configuration Tools System Configuration Page Items Descriptions System Name ResetReset To Factory Defaults Delayed Reset Snmp Security Reset Options Delayed Reset Settings NTP Time Server Setup Profile Manager Description of Commands Profile Manager Load Operating Profile Save ProfileProfile Calendar Link Test Scheduling a Profile Ping Test Result Link Budget Planning Throughput Test Result Link Budget Planning Calculator GPS Calculator 10 Link Budget Planning Calculator Link Budget Firmware Upgrade ACNPT Nexus Firmware Upgrade ACNPT Nexus Firmware Upgrade Firmware transferred Appendix a Snmp Trap Appendix B Useful terms and definitions Acronyms and Abbreviations WEP Dhcp Appendix C License