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TESTING AND MANAGING THE NETWORK
Chapter overview
This chapter describes how to test the network before the network is used by ISPs. The
chapter also provides an overview of network management tasks.
Testing the setup overview
This section provides an overview of the steps that help network access providers test the
setup of the network before the network is rolled out.
To test the network setup:
1 Install and configure the AP server, as described in this guide.
2 Install and configure the base station, as described in this guide.
3 Power the base station, as described in this guide.
4 Work with the ISP to install the ISP’s provisioning server
5 Test the connection between the AP server and the ISP provisioning server.
6 Ensure that CPEs can access the ISP’s VLAN.
Steps 4 through 6 are described in the sections that follow.
Installing the ISP’s provisioning server
The provisioning server on the ISP VLAN contains a record for each CPE used by the ISP’s
subscribers.
The ISP is responsible for installing and configuring the provisioning server, and for adding
CPE records to the CPE database on the provisioning server.
For information about installing and using the provisioning server, refer to the guide,
“Configuring and monitoring the ISP network.”
As a network access provider, you must work closely with the ISP to ensure the server is set
up correctly and is operating with the network access provider’s control VLAN.