User Manual

Table Of Contents

WBSn-2450 User Guide Page - 2 -

Contents

1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... - 5 -

1.1 SYSTEM COMPONENTS ..................................................................................................... - 6 -

2. INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................ - 7 -

2.1 WBSN-2450 PRE-INSTALLATION CHECKLIST ......................................................................... - 7 -

2.2 INSTALLATION AND SET-UP ............................................................................................... - 12 -

2.2.1 Installing the WBSn-2450 base station .................................................................... - 12 -

2.3 ACCESSING THE WAVION MANAGEMENT INTERFACE .................................................................. - 14 -

2.4 AUTOMATIC CHANNEL SELECTION SCREEN ............................................................................. - 15 -

3. DEFINING AND MANAGING WBSN ............................................................................ - 16 -

3.1 STATUS ...................................................................................................................... - 16 -

3.1.1 Checking System Setup ......................................................................................... - 17 -

3.1.2 VAPs ................................................................................................................... - 17 -

3.1.3 Wireless Associations ............................................................................................ - 17 -

3.2 CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................ - 18 -

3.2.1 System Setup ....................................................................................................... - 18 -

3.2.2 IP Management .................................................................................................... - 19 -

3.2.3 Specifying the Uniform Time of the Base Station Unit................................................ - 20 -

3.2.4 Specifying the Location of the Base Station Unit ....................................................... - 20 -

3.3 WIRELESS INTERFACE -- SETTING UP WLANS ........................................................................ - 21 -

3.3.1 Virtual AP (VAP) ................................................................................................... - 21 -

3.3.2 QoS (Quality of Service) Packet Priority ................................................................... - 23 -

3.3.3 Authentication Combinations .................................................................................. - 24 -

3.3.4 Encryption Methods .............................................................................................. - 24 -

3.4 RESTRICTING ACCESS TO THE WIRELESS NETWORK ................................................................... - 24 -

3.4.1 MAC Access List .................................................................................................... - 24 -

3.4.2 Radio Configuration .............................................................................................. - 25 -

3.5 ACS (ONLINE, OFFLINE) .................................................................................................. - 25 -

3.6 NETWORK/ETHERNET INTERFACE – SETTING UP WLANS IN BRIDGE MODE ..................................... - 26 -

3.6.1 Configuring Ethernet Interface ............................................................................... - 26 -

3.6.2 Configuring Network IP Configuration ..................................................................... - 26 -

3.6.3 Bridge configuration .............................................................................................. - 27 -

3.6.4 Mapping VLANs .................................................................................................... - 28 -

3.7 NETWORK/ETHERNET INTERFACE – SETTING UP WLANS IN ROUTER MODE .................................... - 28 -

4. ADMINISTRATION ..................................................................................................... - 29 -

4.1.1 Management ........................................................................................................ - 29 -

4.1.2 Users .................................................................................................................. - 30 -

4.1.3 Firmware ............................................................................................................. - 30 -