A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge User's Guide Ver 1.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Copyright A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Copyright © 2004 by ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operations.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Information for Canadian Users The Industry Canada label identifies certified equipment. This certification means that the equipment meets certain telecommunications network protective, operation, and safety requirements. The Industry Canada does not guarantee that the equipment will operate to a user's satisfaction.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge ZyXEL Limited Warranty ZyXEL warrants to the original end user (purchaser) that this product is free from any defects in materials or workmanship for a period of up to two years from the date of purchase.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Customer Support Before contact ZyXEL customer support/representative, please record the following information for customer support: ♦ Model name (A-6000) and serial number. ♦ Information in web page –System Information. ♦ Warranty Information. ♦ Date of receiving A-6000 ♦ Brief description of the problem and the troubleshooting procedures performed by technical personnel.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Table of Contents Copyright ............................................................................................................... iii Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement............ iv Information for Canadian Users ........................................................................... v ZyXEL Limited Warranty ......................................................................................
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge List of Figures Figure 2-1 Front view of A-6000.............................................................................................. 2-1 Figure 2-2 Bottom view of A-6000.......................................................................................... 2-1 Figure 2-3 Top view of A-6000 ................................................................................................ 2-2 Figure 2-4 Back view of Flat Panel Antenna .........
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge List of Tables Table 1-1 Specification of A-6000.......................................................................................... 1-3 Table 2-1 Connectors of bottom............................................................................................ 2-1 Table 2-2 Antenna connector of the top.............................................................................. 2-2 Table 3-1 Default configuration .................................
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your A-6000 This chapter introduces the main features and applications of the A-6000. 1.1 Introduction to the A-6000 The ZyXEL A-6000 is a Wireless Bridge for Inter-building Point to Point Ethernet connection. With enhanced wireless security feature, A-6000 is a Point to Point solution in the world today.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge 14. ZyXEL will provide all starter ingredients (such as prototypes) on a discounted basis to Widenet service providers for smooth transition and integration into existing client bases, authorization, and billing. 15. All equipment will be sold only to ZyXEL qualified network operators that will be purchasing the equipment as a part of an infrastructure to provide services.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge 1.6 Applications of the A-6000 With A-6000 Secure Wireless Point to Point Solution, you can extend and enhance your network virtually overnight without natural or man-made barriers to overcome.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge System privacy protection SSID, MAC access control, 802.1x based mutual authentication Wireless data encryption and authentication AES/TKIP CONFIG.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter explains the physical ports and how to connect the hardware of A-6000. 2.1 Hardware Description The content of the A-6000 are described below. 1. The outdoor unit The outdoor unit has one antenna port, one data/power port and one console port. The antenna port is N-Type female connector used to connect to the omni-directional antenna or to the RF cable then to the flat panel antenna.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Figure 2-3 Top view of A-6000 The major interfaces on top of A-6000 is the RF antenna connector with special design for water proof. Table 2-2 describes the antenna connector. Table 2-2 Antenna connector of the top Function Antenna Label Interface N male RF connector with special water proof Description Connecting to the outdoor antenna 2. Antenna The antenna used for point to point systems is 22 dBi flat panel antenna.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Figure 2-6 HDF 400 RF cable 4. RS-232 cable The RS-232 cable is used to connect the outdoor unit and the antenna alignment kit. The appearance of the RS-232 cable is shown below. Figure 2-7 RS-232 console cable 5. Cat-5 cable with special connector The Cat-5 cable with special connector has 20m in length. It is used to provide the path to deliver power for the outdoor unit and the data communication.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge 7. Mounting bracket The mounting kit is used to provide a good support for the outdoor unit and the flat panel antenna. Please follow the installation procedure to mount the outdoor unit and the flat panel antenna. The contents of the mounting kit are shown below. Figure 2-10 The Mounting kit 8. Network/Power Injector The network /power injector is used to combine the data stream and power into one cable. It has three ports.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge 10. CAT-5 Straight-through Ethernet cable The CAT-5 STP cable is 2m in length. This cable is used to connect the network/power injector and the CPE. The picture of this cable is shown below. Figure 2-12 Ethernet Cable 11. Switching Power Adapter The switching power adapter is to supply the power for the outdoor unit. The input to this adapter is 100~240VAC and the output is 15VDC. The picture is shown below. Figure 2-13 Switching Power Adaptor 2.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Figure 2-14 Physical Installation of A-6000 with flat panel antenna 2. Installation of outdoor unit The installation procedures of A-6000 is described as below: (1) Choose an appropriate place for the installation. The path between sites should be clear line-of-sight. (2) Prepare a mast with a diameter of 40mm~50mm. (3) Assemble mast mount bracket as shown in the picture below.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge (5) Fasten the mounting bracket assembly to install outdoor unit on the mast . Figure 2-17 Install Outdoor Unit to the Mast (6) Connect the antenna to the N-male connector port labeled on the top of outdoor unit. For the directional antenna installation, use the HDF 400 RF coaxial cable. The polarization of antenna for both BU and RU should be the same; otherwise, the installation will fail to communicate.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Figure 2-19 Connect Cat-5 cable to the outdoor unit Figure 2-20 Connect Grounding wire to the outdoor unit Hardware Installation 2-8
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge 2.3 Indoor Unit Installation After the outdoor unit installation is completed, you may follow the procedures below to install the indoor unit. 1. Choose an appropriate place for the network/power injector. You might hang it on the wall or just place it on the desk. Connect the other end of category-5 cable to the “TO RADIO” RJ-45 connector of network/power injector. 2.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge 3. Connect the other end of the RS-232 cable to the antenna alignment kit AK-100. Adjust the horizontal angle of directional antenna to get the maximum reading in the LEVEL and SNR display of AK-100. You may also refer to the SNR and RSSI reading shown in the Wireless Information of the WEB server.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge 2.8 RSSI LED Indication For easily configuring A-6000 radio status, 3 RSSI LED are designed in IDU to indicate radio RSSI status. The following mapping table explains the meaning of RSSI – “L”, “M”, and “H” LED signal status. RSSI (dBm) <= –65 -65-40 L Off Flash On On On On On M Off Off Off Flash On On On H Off Off Off Off Off Flash On 2.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Chapter 3 Initial Setup This chapter explains how to perform the initial A-6000 setup and gives an overview of WEB menus. 3.1 Network Topology Planning The A-6000 is designed to build up a secure Inter-building wireless communication system between offices’ Ethernet connection. Your A-6000 can be applied for Point to Point (PTP) application. The A-6000 consists of basestation unit (BU) and remote unit (RU).
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge 3.2.2. Access the A-6000 System WEB Server There are three tags on left-top of the Web Server System Status window: Status, Configuration and Syslog. Each of the tag contains different functions of the A-6000 management. Follow these steps to setup the channel frequency and SSID using a web browser: 1. Launch a web browser (Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer are examples of commonly used web browsers). 2.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Figure 3-3 System Status window 5. Press the Wireless Information, then current Radio Status will be catched.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge 3.2.3. System Configuration The web server windows allow you to setup the configuration information for the BU. The web server provides functions for system setup and firmware updates by clicking the “ Configuration” tag on left-top of the WEB window. To access any of these system configuration screens, click on the desired hotlink from the navigation bar in the “Configuration” screen. 3.2.4.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge To update configuration files: 1. Enter the configuration updates or changes in the appropriate configuration fields. 2. Click Update. After click Update, there will appear red string alarm to let you press the REBOOT BU to reboot system to make the changes effective. 3. Click Reboot BU to make the changes effective. The web server loses connectivity with the Web Server as the BU reboots.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Security Specifies the security policy in AES, or TKIP Specifies key setting related to security policy. Maximum length is 64 characters. Security Key Ethernet Configuration Description LAN IP Address Specifies the IP address of the BU. Subnet Mask Specifies the subnet mask for the BU. Default Gateway Address Specifies the default gateway for the BU. Table 3-2 Descriptions of setting parameters 3.2.5.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Figure 3-8 System Log Windows Initial Setup 3-7
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Chapter 4 CLI commands 4.1 command list How to use CLI commands to get or set system information , frequency, and other different parameters, following pages give you detailed information for each command. Use CLI commands to display the current system configuration, you may also set the system parameters to configure your system. Contents of the CLI commands are listed as below:.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge -> get gateway Gateway IP Address: -> set gateway 192.168.0.1 Gateway IP Address: 192.168.0.1 (5) To display hardware Use the get hardware command to display the vendor ID and chip (MAC, PHY and analog) revisions. -> get hardware PCI Vendor ID: 0x168c, Device ID: 0x207, Sub Vendor ID: 04, Sub Device ID: 0 WLAN revisions: mac 3.0 phy 2.0 analog 1.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge set autochannel disable Sets the subnet mask for the BU ethernet interface Disables autochannel selection. (optional) set channel Selects a channel. This command is only needed if autochannel selection is disabled. (optional) set ssid set system set passphrase Sets the desired SSID. set security AES Enables encryption on the system. Reboots the BU for the configuration to take effect.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge (16) To display/modify data rate Use the get/set rate command to display or modify the data rate. Select one of the following data rates: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54, and best, respectively. The first 8 data rates are fixed rates and the last one is a variable rate. When choosing the best rate, the BU attempts to deliver unicast data packets at the highest possible optimum data rate.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge (22) To display/modify Telnet Use the get/set telnet command to enable or disable telnet access to the BU. -> get telnet Telnet Access: Enabled -> set telnet disable Telnet Access: Disabled -> set telnet enable Telnet Access: Enabled To display/modify Timeout Use the get/set timeout command to display or modify the telnet timeout.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Chapter 5 Glossary of Terms 10BaseT ARP Authenticity Back Door Backbone BackOrifice Bandwidth Bit Brute Force Hacking Byte Camping Out Channel CHAP Cipher Text Client Cookie Countermeasure s Cracker Cracker Tools Cracking CLI commands The 10-Mbps baseband Ethernet specification that uses two pairs of twisted-pair cabling (Category 3 or 5): one pair for transmitting data and the other for receiving data.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Crossover Ethernet cable Cryptoanalysis Decryption Denial of Service DHCP Digital Signature DNS Domain Name DRAM DTE EMI Encryption Ethernet Events FCC Firewall CLI commands A cable that wires a pin to its opposite pin, for example, RX+ is wired to TX+. This cable connects two similar devices, for example, two data terminal equipment (DTE) or data communications equipment (DCE) devices.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Flash memory FTP Gateway Hacker HDLC Host HTTP IANA ICMP Integrity internet Internet Internet Worm Intranet Intruder IP IPCP (PPP) IPX IRC CLI commands The nonvolatile storage that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed so that data can be stored, booted, and rewritten as necessary. File Transfer Protocol is an Internet file transfer service that operates on the Internet and over TCP/IP networks.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge dangerous can cause your system to crash. ISP LAN Linux Logic Bomb MAC Name Resolution NAT NDIS NetBIOS Network NIC Node Packet Filter PAP Password Cracker Password encryption Password Shadowing Penetration Phreaking CLI commands Internet Service Providers provide connections into the Internet for home users and businesses. There are local, regional, national, and global ISPs. You can think of local ISPs as the gatekeepers into the Internet.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge Ping Attack Pirate Pirated Software Plain Text PNS POP Port Port (H/W) POTS PPP PPTP Promiscuous Packet Capture Protocol Proxy Server Public Key Encryption PVC CLI commands An attack that slows down the network until it is unusable. The attacker sends a "ping" command to the network repeatedly to slow it down. See also Denial of Service. Someone who steals or distributes software without paying the legitimate owner for it.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge need to be made along the way. Permanent means that the circuit is preprogrammed by the carrier as a path through the network. It does not need to be set up or torn down for each session. Reconnaissance RFC RIP Router SAP SATAN Server Set-Top Box SNMP Snooping SOCKS SPAM Splitter Spoofing SSL (Secured Socket Layer) STP Straight through Ethernet cable CLI commands The finding and observation of potential targets for a cracker to attack.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge SUA TCP Telnet Tempest Terminal Terminal Software TFTP Trojan or Trojan Horse UDP UNIX URL VPN Vulnerability WAN War Dialer Warez Web Configurator Wire Tapping Worm CLI commands the most common cable used. Single User Account – The Prestige's SUA (Single User Account) feature allows multiple user Internet access for the cost of a single ISP account - see also NAT.
A-6000 High Speed, Long Range Ethernet Wireless Bridge WWW CLI commands (World Wide Web) -- Frequently used when referring to "The Internet", WWW has two major meanings - First, loosely used: the whole constellation of resources that can be accessed using Gopher, FTP, HTTP, telnet, USENET, WAIS and some other tools. Second, the universe of hypertext servers (HTTP servers).
