User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- About This Document
- System Overview of BelAir Networks APs
- AP Configuration Interfaces
- Command Line Interface Basics
- Connecting to the AP
- Starting a CLI Session
- Command Modes
- Abbreviating Commands
- Command History
- Special CLI Keys
- Help Command
- Saving your Changes
- Common CLI Commands
- Terminating your CLI Session
- Changing Your Password
- Clearing the Console Display
- Locking the Console Display
- Displaying the Current Software Version
- Displaying the Current Date and Time
- Displaying Current User
- Switching User Accounts
- Replacing a Token by a String
- Pinging a Host or Switch
- Starting a Telnet Session
- Radio Configuration Summary
- AP Access Methods
- User and Session Administration
- IP Settings
- System Settings
- Country of Operation
- System Identification Parameters
- Custom Fields
- Configuring the System Date and Time
- GPS Coordinates
- LED Control
- Setting the Network Egress Point
- Enabling Wi-Fi Band Steering
- Limiting Broadcast Packets
- Limiting DHCP Packets from Clients
- Displaying AP Inventory Information
- Defining a Maintenance Window
- Temperature Display
- Displaying System Up Time
- Displaying the Running Configuration
- Restarting the AP
- Creating and Using Script Files
- Enabling or Disabling Session Logging
- Local and Remote Configuration
- AP Auto-configuration
- Card Settings
- Ethernet or LAN Interface Settings
- Cable Modem Configuration
- Wi-Fi Radio Configuration Overview
- Configuring Wi-Fi Radio Parameters
- Displaying Wi-Fi Radio Configuration
- Displaying Configuration Options
- Operating Channel
- Antenna Gain
- Transmit Power Level
- Link Distance
- Dynamic Frequency Selection
- Collision Aware Rate Adaptation
- WCS Duty Cycle Control
- Rate Aware Fairness
- Enhanced Throughput
- 802.11n Aggregation
- Minimum Association Thresholds
- Doing an RF Survey
- Changing Wi-Fi Interface Admin State
- Wi-Fi Interface Statistics
- Wi-Fi Performance Monitoring Statistics
- Configuring Wi-Fi Access Point Parameters
- Displaying AP Configuration
- AP Custom Rates
- Displaying Associated Wireless Clients
- Displaying Wireless Client Details
- Disconnecting a Wireless Client
- Wireless Client Load Balancing
- Configuring RTS-CTS Handshaking
- Specifying the Beacon Period
- Displaying Client Association Records
- Changing AP Admin State
- AP Service Set Identifiers
- Out-of-service Advertising
- Filtering Broadcast and Multicast Packets
- Broadcast to Unicast Packet Conversion
- ARP Filtering
- ARP to Unicast Conversion
- 802.11b Protection
- Wi-Fi Client Statistics
- Wi-Fi AP Security
- Wi-Fi Backhaul Link Configuration
- Mobile Backhaul Mesh
- Mobile Backhaul Point-to-point Links
- Scanning Process
- Sample Subscriber Station Configuration
- Sample Base Station Configuration
- Mobile Backhaul Point-to-point Commands
- Displaying Mobile Backhaul Point-to-point Configuration
- Displaying Link Status
- Displaying Scan Results
- Managing Interfaces
- Managing the Scan List
- Associating a Scan List to an Interface
- Configuring RSSI Threshold
- Primary Link Drop
- Mobile Link Identifier
- Home Check
- Base Station Out-of-service Check
- Release 7 Compatibility
- Single Channel Mesh
- Operating in High Capacity and Interference Environments
- Modulation Rate Control
- VLAN based QOS
- Traffic Priority Based on Modulation Rate
- No SSID on Egress Down
- Ethernet Port Statistics
- Access Receive and Transmit Error Statistics with SNMP Support
- Noise Floor Support
- Access Packet RSSI Filter
- Effective Mesh Path Selection
- Blacklist SNMP Support
- Client Association Records
- CTS-to-Self Control
- DHCP to Attached Clients Only
- ARP to Attached Clients Only
- Upstream Broadcast Filter
- Secure Port Mode
- Wireless Bridging
- Client Load Balancing
- Client Authentication History
- Automatic Mesh Connect
- Traffic Test Tool
- DHCP Relay Settings
- Network Address Translation
- Displaying the Operational Status
- Displaying the Current DHCP Lease Status
- Displaying the DHCP Lease History
- Configuring Network Address Translation
- Choosing an Egress Interface
- Preventing AP Management from within the Scope
- Enabling or Disabling Individual Scopes
- Changing NAT Admin State
- Managing APs in a NAT Cluster
- Universal Access Method
- Displaying the Current Configuration
- Displaying the Operational Status
- Displaying the Client Session Information
- Specifying the Web Server
- Specifying Redirection Variable Pairs
- Specifying the RADIUS Server
- Managing White List Entries
- Associating VLAN Traffic to a Scope
- Performing MAC Address Authentication
- Collecting Accounting Information
- Operating in WAN Mode
- Changing UAM Admin State
- Using Layer 2 Tunnels
- Configuring the AP for Layer 2 Tunneling
- Displaying Tunnel Configuration and Status
- Starting and Stopping Layer 2 Tunneling
- Configuring Layer 2 Tunnels
- Setting Tunnel Engine Parameters
- Configuring Tunnel Advanced Parameters
- Enabling Backhaul Protection for Tunnels
- Bandwidth Limits
- Configuring Tunnels for the RedBack SmartEdge Router
- Configuring Tunnels for a Router using GRE
- Configuring Tunnels for PMIP Implementations
- Mapping User Traffic
- Configuring Authentication
- Configuring a Tunnel Group Name
- Relaying Traffic QOS Settings
- Setting the Tunnel Down Alarm Threshold
- Layer 2 Tunnel Performance Monitoring Statistics
- Configuring the Network Central Router for Layer 2 Tunneling
- Configuring the AP for Layer 2 Tunneling
- Quality of Service Settings
- Layer 2 Network Configuration
- Spanning Tree Protocol Overview
- RSTP Commands
- Displaying the RSTP Configuration Settings
- Displaying the RSTP Topology Information
- Displaying RSTP Port Roles and States
- Configuring the Bridge Aging Time
- RSTP Priority
- RSTP Version
- Transmit Hold Count
- Max Age, Hello Time and Forward Delay
- RSTP Link Priority
- RSTP Static Path Cost
- Dynamic Path Cost
- RSTP Protocol Migration on an Interface
- RSTP Edge Port Status
- RSTP Point-To-Point Status of an Interface
- Interface RSTP Configuration
- Changing RSTP Admin State
- RSTP Statistics
- Performing a Software Upgrade
- Alarm and Event Reporting
- Using Syslog
- Gathering Additional Troubleshooting Information
- Troubleshooting Wireless Client Connections
- Running Link Diagnostics
- Web Radio Troubleshooting Tools
- AP LED Descriptions
- For More Information
- Technical Support
- Definitions and Acronyms
- Appendix A: AP Configuration Sheets
- Appendix B: Mesh Auto-connection Example
- Appendix C: Scripting Guidelines
- Appendix D: Alarm and Event Definitions
- Appendix E: Resetting to Factory Defaults
- Detailed Table of Contents
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Contents
About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
System Overview of BelAir Networks APs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
AP Configuration Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Command Line Interface Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
AP Access Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
User and Session Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
AP Auto-configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Card Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Ethernet or LAN Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Cable Modem Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Wi-Fi Radio Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Configuring Wi-Fi Radio Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Configuring Wi-Fi Access Point Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Wi-Fi AP Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Wi-Fi Backhaul Link Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Mobile Backhaul Mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Mobile Backhaul Point-to-point Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Operating in High Capacity and Interference Environments. . . . 184
DHCP Relay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Network Address Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196