Avaya Solution & Interoperability Test Lab Application Notes for Configuring Firetide HotPort 3103 Wireless Mesh Nodes to Support Avaya VoIP Communication via a Wireless Mesh Network – Issue 1.0 Abstract These Application Notes describe a compliance-tested configuration comprised of Avaya Communication Manager, Avaya Wireless Telephones, Avaya IP Softphones, and Firetide HotPort 3103 Wireless Mesh Nodes.
1. Introduction These Application Notes describe a compliance-tested configuration comprised of Avaya Communication Manager, Avaya IP Wireless Telephones, Avaya IP Softphones and the Firetide HotPort 3103 Wireless Mesh Nodes. Firetide HotPort 3103 Mesh Nodes were configured to provide an instant meshed wireless network to support Avaya VoIP. Features such as VLAN, 802.1Q tagging and wireless security were tested. Third party Access Points were also tested with HotPort 3103 Wireless Mesh Nodes.
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• • Enter y in the Direct IP-IP Audio connections and IP Audio Hairpinning fields. Retain defaults for other fields.
4. Configure Firetide HotPort 3103 Wireless Mesh Nodes With an auto discovery protocol, the Firetide HotPort 3103 Wireless Mesh Nodes can find each other and establish a meshed wireless network automatically. The configuration executed in one node can be pushed to all other nodes in the meshed network. The Mesh Nodes support VLAN, 802.1Q tagging, as well as Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) security.
The meshed network is shown below. All three Mesh Nodes are linked together via a fully meshed topology. In order to easily identify each Mesh Node, users can rename by right click on the Mesh Node icon and select Rename HotPort to assign a new name. In this case, all three Mesh Nodes are renamed as shown in the picture below. SZ; Reviewed: SPOC 1/24/2006 Solution & Interoperability Test Lab Application Notes ©2006 Avaya Inc. All Rights Reserved. 6 of 19 Firetide.
Follow the steps below to assign a default gateway to each node. Click File Configure Mesh. Figure 2: Global Configuration Menu for Mesh Network SZ; Reviewed: SPOC 1/24/2006 Solution & Interoperability Test Lab Application Notes ©2006 Avaya Inc. All Rights Reserved. 7 of 19 Firetide.
Click the Network tab. Enter 20.1.1.1 for Default Gateway. Click Save. SZ; Reviewed: SPOC 1/24/2006 Solution & Interoperability Test Lab Application Notes ©2006 Avaya Inc. All Rights Reserved. 8 of 19 Firetide.
4.2. Configure Mesh Node Port Property There are four 10/100 switch ports on each Mesh Node and each port can be configured as a 10 or 100 Mbps port with either half or full duplex. The default setting is auto-negotiate. To verify or change port settings, right click one of the Mesh Nodes icon from Figure 2 and choose the port as shown below. Set the port priority to High. SZ; Reviewed: SPOC 1/24/2006 Solution & Interoperability Test Lab Application Notes ©2006 Avaya Inc. All Rights Reserved.
4.3. Configure VLAN and VLAN Trunking As mentioned before, Firetide HotPort 3103 Mesh Nodes support VLAN and VLAN Trunking (Carry multiple VLAN in single switch port). A VLAN 20 is created in these Mesh Nodes to carry VoIP traffic. Follow the following steps to add VLAN 20 in the meshed network. From the Global Configuration Menu screen shown in Figure 2, Open File Select New VLAN. VLANs. Enter 20 in the VLAN Number field. Select fire-tide-1 and check Port 1 and Port 2 to add to VLAN 20.
Repeat the same procedure for fire-tide-2 to add ports 1 and 2 to VLAN 20. Click Save as shown below. Note the differences between the configurations add without tagging and add with tagging. Add without tagging means that the Mesh Nodes will not alter the VLAN settings as the packets leave the switch port. Add with tagging means that the Mesh Nodes will tag the packet with VLAN ID, VLAN 20 in this case, as the packet leaves the switch port.
Due to the hardware limitations on the Mesh Nodes, port 1 and port 2 must be disabled in order for ports 3 and 4 to be used as trunking ports. Follow the steps below to configure VLAN trunking. Right click the fire-tide-3 icon and select Port Configuration. SZ; Reviewed: SPOC 1/24/2006 Solution & Interoperability Test Lab Application Notes ©2006 Avaya Inc. All Rights Reserved. 12 of 19 Firetide.
Select Disable this port for both Port 1 and Port 2. Click Save. SZ; Reviewed: SPOC 1/24/2006 Solution & Interoperability Test Lab Application Notes ©2006 Avaya Inc. All Rights Reserved. 13 of 19 Firetide.
To configure Port 3 as a VLAN trunking port, proceed with the following steps. Open File VLANs from the Global Configuration Menu screen shown in Figure 2. Select Edit VLAN Trunks. Highlight fire-tide-3 and check Port 3. Click Add. Click Save. SZ; Reviewed: SPOC 1/24/2006 Solution & Interoperability Test Lab Application Notes ©2006 Avaya Inc. All Rights Reserved. 14 of 19 Firetide.
Click Yes from VLAN Trunk warning display. 4.4. Configure Security The Firetide HotPort 3103 Mesh Nodes support two standard security settings in the meshed network. These security features support up to 104-bit WEP and up to 256-bit AES key encryption. In this configuration, a 128-bit AES key is used. To enable AES settings, click the Security tab, select Disable for WEP Key Settings and select 128-bit for AES Key Settings. Enter 32 hex characters for Key and click Save when done.
After completing the configuration on a single Mesh Node, the same configuration must be pushed out to the entire meshed network to update other nodes. Follow the steps below to update other nodes. Open File Apply Mesh Wide Configuration to the entire mesh. Click OK. SZ; Reviewed: SPOC 1/24/2006 Solution & Interoperability Test Lab Application Notes ©2006 Avaya Inc. All Rights Reserved. 16 of 19 Firetide.
For Cisco Aironet 1200 and 3Com Access Point configuration, refer to the Application Notes listed in Section 9. 5. The Interoperability Compliance Testing The interoperability compliance testing focused on verifying that Firetide HotPort 3103 Mesh Nodes support Avaya VoIP in a wireless meshed network. 5.1. General Test Approach The general approach was to place calls among Avaya IP Wireless Telephones through the meshed network and verify successful call completion.
7. Support For technical support on the Firetide products, consult the support pages at http://www.firetide.com or contact Firetide customer support at: • • Phone: 408-399-7771 E-mail: info@firetide.com 8. Conclusion These Application Notes describe a compliance-tested configuration comprised of Avaya Communication Manager, Avaya Wireless VoIP products (IP Wireless Telephones and IP Softphones) and the Firetide HotPort 3103 Mesh Nodes.
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