Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- System Description
- Pre-Installation
- Receipt of Equipment
- Site Planning
- Main Rack and Supporting Hardware
- Remote ACUs
- RFUs
- RadioBlades
- RAPs
- URU
- Interconnecting Cabling
- Main Rack Configuration
- RF Planning
- Site Survey
- Alarm Configuration
- Tools Required
- Installation
- Equipment Commissioning
- iDEN Interface
- Power Plant
- RadioFrame System
- Coverage Validation
- Site Acceptance Guidelines
- RadioFrame System Functionality Test
- RadioFrame System iDEN Functionality Test
- Interconnect & Dispatch Setup & Voice Quality
- Packet Data Service Connection and Latency
- Short Message Service
- Handover and Cell Reselection
- Interconnect Connection Stability and SQE Performance
- Dispatch Connection Stability
- Idle SQE Testing and Validation
- System Self-Recovery Test
- Packet Data Stability and Throughput
- Validation of ‘Unable to Key BR’ Alarm
- Rectifier & AC Power Alarms
- iSC-3 Functionality Test
- RadioFrame System iDEN Functionality Test
- Connecting the RFS to the Customer LAN
- Operations and Maintenance
- Appendixes
RadioFrame System
Connecting to the Customer LAN
RFN_3.1 Beta 107
7 For Enhanced Security, RFN recommends that you select “On” to prevent
RAPs from broadcasting their SSIDs. Then select Save Changes.
For more information, refer to section 6.2.3 Enhanced Security for more
information on using this setting.
8 For User Access Control, RFN recommends that you select “On” to control
which devices will have access to the customer LAN via the RFS. Then select
Save Changes.
For more information, refer to section 6.2.4 User Access Control for more
information on using this setting.
9 For Add MAC Address, enter the MAC address of each device that will be
authorized to the use the customer LAN. You can enter MAC addresses one
at a time, or copy them from a database or other file (Add MAC Addresses
from file). You can also remove the entire list of MAC addresses (Remove
All MAC Addresses), or save the list of MAC addresses to a file (Save MAC
Addresses to File).
For more information, refer to section 6.2.5 Add/Remove MAC Addresses for
more information on using these options.
6.2.1 Service Set Identity (SSID)
The only mandatory RFS 802.11b configuration setting is the Service Set Identity
(SSID). The SSID must be configured in all installations where 802.11b
RadioFrame Access Points are installed. If the SSID is not configured, the
802.11b capability will not be available.
The SSID is necessary because, unlike wired LANs, a device which is part of an
802.11 LAN may be within radio range of multiple “groups” of 802.11 stations. In
order to isolate stations in one group from stations in another group, the SSID
was created. It is an 802.11-only construct, which does not exist for any other
type of LAN. The SSID identifies a collection of 802.11 stations for the purpose of
communication as a group.
The SSID is 1 to 32 characters in length. Typically, the SSID reflects the owner of
the RFS. By default, the SSID is ‘RFN Customer’. This way, users can
distinguish their LAN from any other 802.11 LAN which might physically overlap
their area.
For example, the SSID “RFN_Customer_Marketing” could provide the Marketing
department at the RFN customer with its own distinct wireless LAN. Other
departments within the RFN customer, such as “RFN_Customer_Operations”,
might be in close proximity to the Marketing department. The staff in the two
departments would both have 802.11 access to the company LAN, but their
access would be provided via different RAPs, based on which SSID they use.