ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway User's Guide Version 1.
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ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 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. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table of Contents Copyright .......................................................................................................................................................ii Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement...................................................iii ZyXEL Limited Warranty ..........................................................................................................................iv Customer Support..................
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 4.6.1 PPP MTU.............................................................................................................................4-3 4.6.2 TCP MSS .............................................................................................................................4-3 4.7 PPTP ............................................................................................................................................4-4 4.8 Configuring the WAN and LAN Settings....
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 10.3.4 Framed Subscriber Login Screen .......................................................................................10-8 10.4 Adding a Logo ..........................................................................................................................10-9 10.5 About the Information Window ...............................................................................................10-10 10.5.1 Customizing the Information Window..............................
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 18.1 Wireless LAN Overview............................................................................................................18-1 18.1.1 IBSS...................................................................................................................................18-1 18.1.2 BSS ....................................................................................................................................18-1 18.1.3 ESS .....................................
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 22.1 About Ping Command................................................................................................................22-1 22.2 Using Ping Command ................................................................................................................22-1 Chapter 23 Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................23-1 23.1 Using LEDs to Diagnose Problems..................
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway List of Figures Figure 1-1 Application: Internet Access for LAN Networks .......................................................................1-5 Figure 1-2 Application: Internet Access in Public Areas.............................................................................1-6 Figure 2-1 Entering ZyAIR IP Address in Internet Explorer .......................................................................2-1 Figure 2-2 Web Configurator: Login .............................
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 10-6 Login Page: Advanced ...........................................................................................................10-6 Figure 10-7 Login Page: Color Grid..........................................................................................................10-7 Figure 10-8 Subscriber Login Screen Example: Advanced .......................................................................10-8 Figure 10-9 Subscriber Login Screen: Frame ...................
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 19-2 ACCOUNT LOG ...................................................................................................................19-6 Figure 19-3 CURRENT USER ..................................................................................................................19-7 Figure 19-4 DHCP CLIENTS....................................................................................................................19-8 Figure 19-5 SESSION LIST ........................
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway List of Tables Table 1-1802.11B.........................................................................................................................................1-3 Table 1-2 ZyAIR Wireless LAN Coverage..................................................................................................1-4 Table 2-1 Web Configurator Screens Overview ..........................................................................................2-4 Table 2-2 Quick View............
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 17-3 Log Formats ............................................................................................................................17-5 Table 18-1 WIRELESS .............................................................................................................................18-7 Table 18-2 WEP Key Setup.......................................................................................................................18-9 Table 19-1 System ..............
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Preface Congratulations on your purchase of the ZyXEL ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway. The ZyAIR Hot Spot Gateway combines an 802.11b wireless access point, router, 4-port switch and service gateway in one box. An “exclusive printer” connects directly to the ZyAIR, allowing you to easily print subscriber statements. The ZyAIR is ideal for offices, coffee shops, libraries, hotels and airport terminals catering to subscribers that seek Internet access.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway • For brevity’s sake, we will use “e.g.,” as a shorthand for “for instance”, and “i.e.,” for “that is” or “in other words” throughout this manual. • The ZyXEL ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway may be referred to as the “ZyAIR” in this manual. • The ZyXEL ZyAIR SP-200 Statement Printer may be referred to as the “statement printer” or the “exclusive printer” in this manual.
Getting Started Part I: Getting Started This part introduces the ZyAIR, the web configurator and general system setup.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your ZyAIR This chapter introduces the features and applications of the ZyAIR. 1.1 Introducing the ZyAIR The ZyAIR Hot Spot Gateway combines an 802.11b wireless access point, router, 4-port switch and service gateway in one box. An “exclusive printer” connects directly to the ZyAIR, allowing you to easily print subscriber statements.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway With Secure Socket Layer (SSL) activated upon login, data exchanged between the ZyAIR and client computers are encrypted and protected. PPTP Support Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol that enables secure transfer of data from a remote client to a private server, creating a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using a TCP/IP-based network. PPTP supports on-demand, multi-protocol and virtual private networking over public networks, such as the Internet.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Local Content and Advertising Links Once connected to the network, the ZyAIR directs the subscriber to a specified web site and display advertisement links. This can be a source of extra online advertising revenues and increased business exposure. Access Control (Walled Garden) With the walled garden feature, subscribers are able to access predetermined web sites without logging in. The ZyAIR blocks full Internet access until the subscribers log in.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway The ZyAIR may be prone to RF (Radio Frequency) interference from other 2.4 GHz devices such as microwave ovens, wireless phones, Bluetooth enabled devices, and other wireless LANs. Antennas The ZyAIR is equipped with two reverse SMA connectors and two detachable omni-directional 2dBi antennas to provide a clear radio signal between the wireless stations and the access points. Refer to the Antennas appendix for more information.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 1.3 Applications The following sections describe network application examples in which the ZyAIR is used. 1 1.3.1 Internet Access for LAN Networks With a broadband service account set up, the ZyAIR allows the attached computers to enjoy high speed Internet access. Figure 1-1 Application: Internet Access for LAN Networks 1.3.2 Internet Access in Public Areas In public areas, such as a hotel, the ZyAIR provides high speed Internet access to subscribers.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 1-2 Application: Internet Access in Public Areas 1-6 Getting to Know Your ZyAIR
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 2 The Web Configurator This chapter introduces how to access the web configurator to perform general system configuration. 2.1 Introducing the Web Configurator The web configurator is best viewed with Internet Explorer (version 4.0 or above) or Netscape Navigator (version 6.0 or above). Your browser must have JavaScript support enabled. 2.2 Accessing the Web Configurator Follow the steps below to access the web configurator.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 2-2 Web Configurator: Login Step 4. You should see the first screen of the Wizard Setup. Refer to the Quick Installation Guide for more information on configuring the Wizard Setup screens. The ZyAIR automatically logs you out if there is no activity for longer than five minutes after you log in. If this happens, simply log back in again. You can change the time period in the ADVANCED SERVER screen’s Administrator Inactivity Timer field. 2.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway These are the navigation panel links. Quick View is selected. Figure 2-3 Web Configurator Navigation Click a navigation panel link to open a submenu of links to individual screens. For example, click WIZARD to display the following submenu.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 4 WIZARD Submenu 2.5 Screens Overview The following table lists the various web configurator screens.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 2-1 Web Configurator Screens Overview WIZARD ADVANCED SYSTEM STATUS SYSTEM TOOLS CUSTOMIZATION Login Page Logo Information Window Account Printout Credit Card PASS THROUGH FILTERING SHARE PORTAL PAGE ADVERTISEMENT WALLED GARDEN DDNS LAN DEVICES SYSLOG Syslog Log Settings WIRELESS WEP Key Setting The Web Configurator 2-5
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 5 Quick View The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 2-2 Quick View LABEL DESCRIPTION System Refresh 2-6 Click Refresh to update this screen.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 2-2 Quick View LABEL DESCRIPTION System/Host Name This field displays the description name of the ZyAIR for identification purposes. Firmware Version This field displays the version of the firmware on the ZyAIR. Location Name This field displays the device’s geographical location. Domain Name This field displays the domain name of the ZyAIR. System Time This field displays the ZyAIR’s current time.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 2-2 Quick View LABEL DESCRIPTION Wireless Channel This field displays the channel that the ZyAIR is using. WEP This field displays whether the ZyAIR is using WEP data encryption. Traffic WAN This field displays traffic statistics for the ZyAIR’s WAN connection. LAN This field displays traffic statistics for the ZyAIR’s LAN connection. Wireless This field displays traffic statistics for the ZyAIR’s wireless LAN connection. 2.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway It is recommended you change the account passwords. Click SYSTEM TOOLS and SYSTEM ACCOUNT. Figure 2-6 SYSTEM TOOLS: SYSTEM ACCOUNT The account user names and passwords are case sensitive.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 2-3 SYSTEM TOOLS: SYSTEM ACCOUNT LABEL DESCRIPTION Administrator Account Username Enter the user name for the administrative account. The default is admin. Password Enter a new administrative account password. Confirm Enter the new administrator password again for confirmation. Web-based Accounting Manager Username Enter the user name for the account manager account. The default is account. Password Enter a new account manager password.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 2.7.1 Using the Reset Button to Restore Factory-Defaults The reset button is located on the left side panel. Use a pointed object to press this button in once to reset the ZyAIR back to the factory defaults. All of your custom configuration including the local subscriber database will be erased. Figure 2-7 Side Panel 2.7.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 2-8 Reset to Default Settings The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 2-4 Reset to Default Settings LABEL DESCRIPTION Keep subscriber profile Select this option to reset the system configuration back to the factory default but retain subscriber account information. All other custom configuration is erased. Reset the system back to factory defaults Click Apply to reset system configuration back to the factory defaults.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 2.8 Restarting the ZyAIR You must restart the ZyAIR every time you change the system IP address or upload a firmware or configuration file. Click SYSTEM TOOLS, RESTART and then Apply. Figure 2-9 Restart When the ZyAIR restarts, all connections will be terminated. Anyone using a system account will need to log in again. The subscribers may also need to log in again. 2.9 Logging Out of the Web Configurator Click LOGOUT to exit from the web configurator.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 3 General System Setup This chapter describes how to configure the SYSTEM advanced setup screens. 3.1 General System Settings Click ADVANCED and then SYSTEM to open this screen. The Domain Name entry is what is propagated to the DHCP clients on the LAN. If you leave this blank, the domain name obtained by a DHCP server is used. While you must enter the host name (System Name), the domain name can be assigned from the ZyAIR via DHCP.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 3-1 SYSTEM 3-2 General System Setup
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 3-1 SYSTEM LABEL DESCRIPTION System Name Enter a descriptive name (up to 40 characters) for identification purposes. Domain Name Enter the domain name (if you know it) here. If you leave this field blank, the ZyAIR may obtain a domain name from a DHCP server. The domain name entered by you is given priority over the DHCP server assigned domain name.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 3-1 SYSTEM LABEL Time Zone Update Time Daylight Saving DESCRIPTION Choose the time zone of your location. This will set the time difference between your time zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Enter a number to determine how often the ZyAIR uses the NTP server to update the time and date. Select this option if you use daylight savings time.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 3-1 SYSTEM LABEL DESCRIPTION Secure administrator IP addresses Select Any to use any computer to access the web configurator on the ZyAIR. Multicast Pass Through Select Enable to allow multicast traffic to pass through the ZyAIR. This may affect your network performance. Select Specify and then enter the IP address(es) or ranges of IP addresses of the computer(s) that are allowed to log in to configure the ZyAIR. The addresses can be on the LAN or the WAN.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 4 WAN, LAN and Server Setup This chapter shows you how to configure LAN and WAN ports and server settings. 4.1 Factory Ethernet Defaults The Ethernet parameters of the ZyAIR are preset to the following values: • Dynamic WAN IP address. • LAN IP address of 192.168.1.1 with subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 • DHCP server enabled on the LAN with a 253 client IP address pool starting from 192.168.1.2. These parameters should work for the majority of installations.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 4.4.1 IP Address and Subnet Mask Like houses on a street that share a common street name, the computers on a LAN share one common network number. Where you obtain your network number depends on your particular situation. If the ISP or your network administrator assigns you a block of registered IP addresses, follow their instructions in selecting the IP addresses and the subnet mask.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway There are two ways that an ISP disseminates the DNS server addresses. The first is for an ISP to tell a customer the DNS server addresses, usually in the form of an information sheet, when s/he signs up. The second is to obtain the DNS server information automatically when a computer is set as a DHCP client. 4.6 PPPoE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) functions as a dial-up connection.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway number of bytes in the data segment and the header must add up to less than the number of bytes in the maximum transmission unit (MTU). 4.7 PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol that enables transfers of data from a remote client to a private server, creating a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using TCP/IP-based networks. PPTP supports on-demand, multi-protocol, and virtual private networking over public networks, such as the Internet. 4.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 4-1 WAN/LAN WAN, LAN and Server Setup 4-5
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 4-1 WAN/LAN LABEL DESCRIPTION LAN IP Address Subnet Mask WAN MAC Address Enter the LAN IP address of the ZyAIR in dotted decimal notation. The default is 192.168.1.1. Enter the LAN subnet mask in dotted decimal notation. The default is 255.255.255.0. Select Default to use the factory assigned MAC address.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 4-1 WAN/LAN LABEL DESCRIPTION Connect on Demand Select this option when you don’t want the connection up all the time and specify an idle timeout in the Max Idle Time field. This is the default setting with an idle timeout of 10 minutes. Keep Alive Select this option when you want the Internet connection up all the time and specify a redial period in the Redial Period field. When disconnected, the ZyAIR will attempt to bring up the connection after the redial period.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Click the ADVANCED SETUP and SERVER to display the screen as shown next.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway The following table describes the fields in this screen. Table 4-2 SERVER LABEL DESCRIPTION Web Server Web Server Port Specify the port number of the embedded web server on the ZyAIR for accessing the web configurator. The default port number is 80. Changing the port number helps protect the ZyAIR’s web configurator from hacker attacks. Enter a number between 8010 and 8060 to access the web configurator behind a NAT-enabled network.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 4-2 SERVER LABEL DHCP Server (Default) IP Pool Starting Address DHCP Pool Size Lease Time Primary/Secondary DNS Server DESCRIPTION Select this option to set the ZyAIR to assign network information (IP address, DNS information etc.) to Ethernet device(s) connected to the LAN port(s). This is the default setting. Enter the first of the continuous addresses in the IP address pool. The default is 192.168.1.2. This field specifies the size or count of the IP address pool.
Subscriber Account Management Part II: Subscriber Account Management This part covers the ADVANCED AUTHENTICATION, BILLING, ACCOUNTING and CREDIT CARD screens.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 5 Authentication This chapter shows you how to set up subscriber authentication on the ZyAIR. 5.1 About the Built-in Authentication You can use the built-in subscriber database to manage the subscribers. The ZyAIR also provides a built-in billing mechanism to set up accounting information without using accounting software or an accounting server (such as RADIUS). 5.2 Authentication Settings Click ADVANCED and AUTHENTICATION to display the screen as shown next.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 5-1 AUTHENTICATION LABEL DESCRIPTION No Authentication Select this option to disable subscriber authentication. Subscribers can access the Internet without entering user names and passwords. This is the default setting. Built-in Authentication Select this option to authenticate the subscribers using the local subscriber database. When you select this option, you must also configure the Accounting screen.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 6 Billing This chapter shows you how to set up subscriber billing on the ZyAIR. 6.1 About the Built-in Billing You can use the built-in billing function to setup billing profiles. A billing profile describes how to charge subscribers. 6.1.1 Accumulation Accounting Method The accumulation accounting method allows multiple re-logins until the allocated time period or until the subscriber account is expired.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 6-1 BILLING The following table describes the labels in this screen. If you change the billing mode, the system erases all accounts and disconnects all on-line subscribers.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 6-1 BILLING LABEL DESCRIPTION Pre-Paid Enable this option to allow the subscribers to access the Internet for a pre-defined time period. Enable Credit Card Service Enable the credit card service to authorize, process, and manage credit transactions directly through the Internet. Before you enable credit card service, make sure that your credit service is configured to work and the currency is American dollars.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 6-1 BILLING LABEL DESCRIPTION Tax Percentage Select this check box to charge sales tax for the account. Enter the tax rate (a 5% sales tax is entered as 5). No. The index numbers of the billing profiles. Active Select the check box, to activate the billing profile or clear the check box to deactivate the billing profile. Name Enter a name (up to 12 characters) for the billing profile.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 7 Accounting This chapter shows you how to set up and manage subscriber accounts. 7.1 About Subscriber Accounts Once the time allocated to a dynamic account is used up or a dynamic account remains un-used after the expiration time, the account is deleted from the account list. Accounts are automatically generated either by pressing the connected exclusive printer’s button or using the web configurator (the Account Generator Panel screen). 7.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 7-1 ACCOUNTING 7-2 Accounting
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 7-1 ACCOUNTING LABEL DESCRIPTION Expiration Un-used account will be deleted after ~hours automatically Specify the number of hours (1 to 168) to wait before the ZyAIR deletes an account that has not been used (default 12). This is for use with time to finish accounting.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 7-1 ACCOUNTING LABEL DESCRIPTION One-Button Printer Use this section with the one-button exclusive printer. Pre-defined Pressing the button on the printer will equal the buttons in the web-based account generator panel. Press the printer button once for button A, twice for button B and thrice for button C. Press the printer button four times and the printer cancels the action.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 7-1 ACCOUNTING LABEL Charge by levels DESCRIPTION Disable the charge by level function to charge all of the subscriber’s time units only at the highest level (least expensive) that their total number of button presses reaches. Enable the charge by levels function to charge the subscriber the rates at each successive level from the first level (least expensive) to the highest level (least expensive) that their total number of button presses reaches.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway A subscriber purchases 11 units. Without charge by levels accounting, the total would be the number of button presses (11) multiplied by the unit price for the level that the number of button presses matches. In this case it would be 11x $1.50 for a total of $16.50 (excluding tax).
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway The settings for the first button apply to the button on the exclusive printer. Click a button to generate an account based on the settings you configure for the button in the ACCOUNTING screen. A window displays showing a printout preview of the account generated. The following figure shows an example. Close this window when you are finished viewing it.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 7-5 Web-based PC-connected Printout Preview Example 7.4.2 Using the Exclusive Printer to Create and Print Subscriber Statements Follow the steps below to setup and create subscriber accounts and print subscriber statements using an external statement printer. Step 1. Make sure that the printer’s is connected to the appropriate power and the ZyAIR, and that there is printing paper in the statement printer. Refer to the printer’s User’s Guide for details. Step 2.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 7.5 Viewing the Account List Do one of the following to view the account list. • From the Account Generator Panel screen (refer to Figure 7-3) and click View Account List. • From the SYSTEM STATUS sub-menus, click ACCOUNT LIST. Figure 7-6 Account List The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 7-3 Account List LABEL DESCRIPTION Refresh Click Refresh to update this screen. S/N This field displays the index number of an entry.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 7-3 Account List LABEL DESCRIPTION Time Created This field displays when the account was created (in yyyy/mm/dd hh/mm/ss format). Click the heading to sort the entries in ascending or descending order based on this column. Login Time This field displays when the subscriber logged in to use the account (in yyyy/mm/dd hh/mm/ss format). Click the heading to sort the entries in ascending or descending order based on this column.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 8 Credit Card This chapter shows you how to set the ZyAIR to handle credit card transactions. 8.1 About the Credit Card Screen The ZyAIR allows you to use a credit card service to authorize, process, and manage credit transactions directly through the Internet. You must register with the Authorize.Net credit card service (www.authorizenet.com) before you can configure the ZyAIR to handle credit card transactions. 8.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 8-1 CREDIT CARD The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 8-1 CREDIT CARD LABEL DESCRIPTION Authorize.Net CP Version This is the (read-only) software version of the Authorize.Net payment Gateway. Merchant ID Enter the IDentification number that you received from Authorize.Net. Merchant Transaction Key Enter the transaction key exactly as you received it from Authorize.Net. The transaction key is similar to a password. The Authorize.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 8-1 CREDIT CARD LABEL DESCRIPTION Market Type This is the business type of your hot spot. Enter the market type value that you received from Authorize.Net. The market type value that Authorize.Net tells you depends on what type you applied for. Device Type This is the type of device that you are using to connect to the payment gateway (the ZyAIR B-4000 is type 5 at the time of writing). Payment Gateway Enter the address of the Authorize.Net gateway.
Advanced Subscriber Account Management Part III: Advanced Subscriber Account Management This part covers the ADVANCED KEYPAD, CUSTOMIZATION, PASS THROUGH, FILTERING and SHARE screens.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 9 Keypad This chapter shows you how to set up the optional keypad for the exclusive printer. 9.1 About the Keypad You can use an optional PS/2 numeric keypad with the exclusive printer. Use this screen to define functions for the keys. This function only works with the three-button printer 9.2 Keypad Settings Click ADVANCED and KEYPAD to display the screen as shown next.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 9-1 KEYPAD The following table describes the labels in this screen.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 9-1 KEYPAD LABEL DESCRIPTION Use for Pre-Paid Billing The system provides ten user definable hot keys through the use of the + Key plus the 1 through 0 keys across the top of the keypad. Keypad Hot Key +1~+0 This is the combination hot key for a keypad application. Billing Profile Select the billing profile that you want to assign to the combination hot key. Use the Billing screen to configure and activate billing profiles.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 9-2 Select Pre-Paid Billing Step 3. Click ADVANCED, KEYPAD. Step 4. Define your pre-paid billing profiles and click Apply.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Step 5. Use the keypad to create subscriber accounts. Press the keypad hot key and then [ENTER] to generate a new subscriber account and print the account information. Figure 9-4 Billing Profiles 1 and 2 Examples 9.3.2 Keypad with Post-Paid Billing Example The following is an example of how to configure the ZyAIR to use a PS/2 keypad for post-paid billing. Step 1. Click ADVANCED, BILLING. Step 2. Select Post-Paid and click Apply.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 9-5 Select Post-Paid Billing Step 3. Click ADVANCED, KEYPAD. Step 4. Define your post-paid billing plan and click Apply.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 9-6 Define Post-Paid Billing Plan Step 5. Keypad Use the keypad to create subscriber accounts. Press [ENTER] to generate a new subscriber account and print the account’s information. The account information includes a serial number, password and the time the account was created.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 9-7 Post-Paid Account Printout Example Step 6. 9-8 When a subscriber is done using the Internet service, press the following to print a bill. a. * b. serial number c.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 9-8 Post-Paid Account Bill Printout Example Keypad 9-9
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 10 Customization This chapter shows you how to customize the subscriber interface. 10.1 About the Customization Screens Use these screens to tailor what displays on the subscriber interface. You can configure the subscriber login screen, which logo displays; an information window, the account printouts and the credit card billing interface. 10.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 10-1 Login Page 10-2 Customization
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 10.3.1 Standard Subscriber Login Screen The standard subscriber login screen is the ZyAIR’s pre-configured, default simple login screen. In Login Page, select Standard. Figure 10-2 Login Page: Standard Table 10-1 Login Page: Standard LABEL DESCRIPTION Logo Select this check box to display your logo on the on the subscriber login screen. See section 10.4 for how to upload a logo file. Title Enter the title name (up to 80 characters) of the subscriber login page.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 10-3 Login Page Example: Standard 10.3.2 Redirect Subscriber Login Screen You can set the ZyAIR to redirect the subscribers to another login screen. This allows you to use your own customized login screen that you have created with a website-design tool. This gives you the ability to use a company login page and/or add multimedia features such as flash. In the Login Page screen, select Redirect.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 10-5 Login Page: Redirect Code 10.3.3 Advanced Subscriber Login Screen Use the Advanced login screen option to customize a login screen where you can create a welcome slogan and add advertising information.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 10-6 Login Page: Advanced The following table describes the related labels. Table 10-3 Login Page: Advanced LABEL DESCRIPTION Advanced Select this option to set the ZyAIR to display the advanced subscriber login screen. Welcome Slogan Page Background Enter a welcome message (up to 80 characters long) in the text box provided. Select None to set the background color of the login screen to white (the default).
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 10-3 Login Page: Advanced LABEL Article Background Color DESCRIPTION Select None to set the article background color of the login screen to white (the default). Select the other radio button to set the color of the login screen’s article background to the color specified, for example, enter ‘000000’ for black. Click View Color Grid to display a list of web-friendly colors and corresponding hexadecimal values.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway The following figure shows an advanced subscriber login screen example. Welcome Slogan Article Information Comment Figure 10-8 Subscriber Login Screen Example: Advanced 10.3.4 Framed Subscriber Login Screen The Frame login screen splits the login screen into two frames: top and bottom. You can specify a web site to be displayed in the top frame with the user name and password prompt displayed in the bottom frame.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 10-4 Subscriber Login Screen: Frame LABEL Frame Top Frame Down Frame DESCRIPTION Select this option to configure and set the ZyAIR to display the subscriber login screen in two frames. Enter a web site address in the URL Link field, for example, http://www.zyxel.com. The bottom frame displays the standard subscriber login page. The following figure shows a framed subscriber login screen example. Figure 10-10 Subscriber Login Screen Example: Frame 10.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway To upload your logo file, click ADVANCED, CUSTOMIZATION and Logo to display the screen as shown next. Figure 10-11 Logo The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 10-5 Logo LABEL DESCRIPTION File Path Enter the file pathname of the logo file or click Browse to search for it. Apply Click Apply to upload your logo file to the ZyAIR. 10.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway When you set the billing type to accumulation, the information window displays a Logout button. 10.5.1 Customizing the Information Window Click ADVANCED, CUSTOMIZATION and Information Window to display the screen as shown next. To display the information window on the subscriber’s computer after a successful login, select the Display Information Window once after a subscriber logs in successfully check box.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 10-6 Customization: Information Window LABEL DESCRIPTION Window name Enter a descriptive name (up to 30 characters) as the title of the window. Main message Enter a short message (up to 30 characters). Message Description Enter a short description about the information window. Time count label Standard for pre-defined usage time -Enter the label for the field displaying the remaining time. This field displays when the ZyAIR is set to use pre-paid billing.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 10-13 Account Printout The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 10-7 Account Printout LABEL DESCRIPTION Logo Select this check box to print your logo on the account statement when you use a network-connected printer. See section 10.4 for how to upload a logo file. Title Enter a title (up to 75 characters) for the printout. Subtitle Enter a subtitle (up to 80 characters) for the printout.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 10-7 Account Printout LABEL DESCRIPTION Username Enter the label name for the field displaying the account username. Password Enter the label name for the field displaying the account password. Billing Method Enter the label name for the field displaying the method for billing. Billing Profile Enter the label name for the field displaying the name for the billing profile used.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 10-7 Account Printout LABEL DESCRIPTION Preview of PostPaid Printout Click this link to display a preview of a post-paid account printout. Apply Click Apply to save the changes. The following figures show account printout examples.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 10-15 Preview of Account Generator Printer Example 10-16 Customization
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 10-16 Preview of Post-Paid Printout Example 10.7 Customizing the Credit Card When you configure the ZyAIR to use credit card billing, you can use this page to customize the subscriber billing interface. Click ADVANCED, CUSTOMIZATION and Credit Card to display the screen as shown. 10.7.1 Credit Card Standard Login Page Use this section to customize the credit card message that displays on the standard login page.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 10-17 Credit Card: Standard Login Page The following table describes the labels in this section. Table 10-8 Credit Card: Standard Login Page LABEL DESCRIPTION Standard Login Page Enter the credit card message that you want to display on the standard login page. The message you configure here only displays on the standard login page when you configure and enable credit card service.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 10-19 Credit Card Service Selection Page The following table describes the labels in this section.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 10-9 Credit Card Service Selection Page LABEL DESCRIPTION Service Selection Message Enter a message to instruct the subscribers to select a billing profile. Use the Billing screen to configure and activate billing profiles. Only active billing profiles display on the subscriber’s screen. Purchase Unit Message Enter a message to instruct the subscribers to select the number of time units to purchase.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 10-9 Credit Card Service Selection Page LABEL DESCRIPTION State/Province Select this check box if you want the screen to display a state or province field. Enter the label name for the field that requests the subscriber’s state or province. ZIP/ Postal Code Select this check box if you want the screen to display a zip or postal code field. Enter the label name for the field that requests the subscriber’s zip or postal code.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 10-20 Credit Card Service Selection Page Preview 10.7.3 Credit Card Successful Page Use this section to customize the page that displays on the subscriber’s screen if an attempt to use a credit card is successful.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 10-21 Credit Card Successful Page The following table describes the labels in this section. Table 10-10 Credit Card Successful Page LABEL DESCRIPTION Successful Message Enter a message to tell the subscriber that the online credit card transaction was successful. Notification Message (1-2) Enter an additional message(s) regarding the subscriber’s use of the purchased Internet access.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 10-10 Credit Card Successful Page LABEL DESCRIPTION Password Enter a label name for the field that displays the subscriber’s password. Usage Time Enter a label name for the field that displays the subscriber’s purchased period of Internet access. Expiration Time Enter the label name for the field displaying when the account expires. Select date and time formats from the drop-down list boxes.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 10.7.4 Credit Card Fail Page Use this section to customize the page that displays on the subscriber’s screen if an attempt to use a credit card fails. Figure 10-23 Credit Card Service Fail Page The following table describes the labels in this section. Table 10-11 Credit Card Service Fail Page LABEL DESCRIPTION Notification Message (1-3) Enter a message(s) to tell the subscriber that the online credit card transaction failed and how to try again.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 10-24 Credit Card Failed Page Preview 10-26 Customization
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 11 Pass Through This chapter shows you how to specify devices that can have traffic pass through the ZyAIR. 11.1 About the Pass Through You can set up two types of pass through on the ZyAIR: by device or by web site address. You can set the ZyAIR to allow specific computers on the LAN (based on the IP or MAC address) to access the Internet without prompting for a user name and password.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 11-1 PASS THROUGH The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 11-1 PASS THROUGH LABEL Pass Through DESCRIPTION Enable pass through to allow all users to access specific web sites (or IP addresses) and/or allow packets from specific computers to go through the ZyAIR without prompting for a user name and password. Please enter new pass through for destination (up to 50 entries) The destinations should be on the WAN.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 11-1 PASS THROUGH LABEL URL or Website DESCRIPTION Select this option to allow users to access a website without entering a user name or password. Enter the URL (up to 50 ASCII characters) of the web site to which you want to allow access. Start / End IP Address Select this option to allow users to access a range of IP addresses without entering a user name or password. Enter the beginning and ending IP addresses in dotted decimal notation.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 11-1 PASS THROUGH LABEL Active DESCRIPTION Select this check box to turn on this pass through entry and allow access without a user name and password. Clear this check box to turn off this pass through entry and block access without a user name and password. Address List This read-only field displays the address(es) of a pass through entry. Type This read-only field displays “Destination” for a pass through entry based on a destination URL or IP address.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 12 Filtering This chapter shows you how to configure the ZyAIR’s filter function. 12.1 About Filtering Filtering allows you to block subscriber access to a list of destinations. This lets you block access to specific Internet websites or IP addresses. An example of what this would be useful for is blocking access to sites where subscribers would use large amounts of bandwidth for large file downloads or file sharing. 12.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 12-1 FILTERING The following table describes the related labels. Table 12-1 FILTERING LABEL DESCRIPTION Filtering Enable filtering to block subscriber access to specified Internet websites or IP addresses. HTTP Message to display when a website is blocked Enter a message to display on the subscriber’s screen when the system blocks access to a website. 12-2 The default message is “This Web Site is blocked by System”.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 12-1 FILTERING LABEL DESCRIPTION Please enter new restricted destination (up to 50 entries) Use these fields to add to the list of forbidden destinations. URL or Website Enter the full URL of the website to which you want to block subscriber access for example, “http://www.yahoo.com”. You can use up to 200 characters. Start / End IP Address Enter the beginning and ending IP addresses of a range of IP addresses to which you want to block subscriber access.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 13 Share This chapter shows you how to configure the ZyAIR for the sharing of network devices. 13.1 About Share The share function allows logged-in subscribers to share devices on the LAN. This is useful for allowing subscribers to use printers or servers. 13.2 Configuring Share To configure sharing on the ZyAIR, click ADVANCED, SHARE to display the screen as shown next.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 13-1 SHARE The following table describes the related labels. Table 13-1 SHARE LABEL Share LAN resource DESCRIPTION Enable the sharing of LAN resources to allow logged-in subscribers to access specific devices on the LAN. Disable the sharing of LAN resources to block logged-in subscribers from accessing devices on the LAN. Resource Name Enter the LAN device’s name (up to 50 ASCII characters). Resource IP Address Enter the IP address of the LAN device.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 13-1 SHARE LABEL DESCRIPTION Resource MAC Address Enter the MAC address of the LAN device. Interface Select the ZyAIR’s interface to which the LAN device is connected. Add to List Click this button to add the LAN device information to the list below. Share LAN resource List No. The index number of share LAN device. Active Select or clear this check box to enable or disable the sharing of access to the LAN device.
Advanced Subscriber Account Management 2 Part IV: Advanced Subscriber Account Management 2 This part covers the ADVANCED PORTAL PAGE, ADVERTISEMENT, WALLED GARDEN, DDNS, LAN Devices, SYSLOG and WIRELESS screens.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 14 Portal Page, Advertisement Links and Walled Garden This chapter shows you how to set a portal web site, advertisement links and create walled garden web sites. 14.
ZyAIR B-4000 Spot Gateway The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 14-1PORTAL PAGE LABEL DESCRIPTION URL Link Enter the web site address of a portal page. Apply Click Apply to save the settings. 14.3 Advertisement Links You can set the ZyAIR to display an advertisement web page as the first web page whenever the subscriber connects to the Internet. Click ADVANCED and ADVERTISEMENT to display the screen as shown next.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 14-2 ADVERTISEMENT LABEL Frequency DESCRIPTION Select One Time Only to display an advertisement web site in an active browser window once after a subscriber logs in successfully. Select Every … Min(s) to display an advertisement web site in an active browser window once every time period specified (in minutes) after a subscriber logs in successfully. The advertisement links are displayed randomly one at a time.
ZyAIR B-4000 Spot Gateway Figure 14-3 WALLED GARDEN The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 14-3 WALLED GARDEN LABEL Link 1 … 10 DESCRIPTION In the Name field, enter a descriptive name (up to 80 characters) for the walled garden link to be displayed in the web browser. In the URL field, enter the web site address (up to 200 characters) of the web site. Apply 14-4 Click Apply to save the changes.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 14.4.1 Walled Garden Login Example The following figure shows the subscriber login screen with four walled garden links (the links are named Walled Garden Link 1 through 4 for demonstration purposes, see Table 14-3 to configure your own custom link names).
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 15 DDNS This chapter shows you how to set the ZyAIR to use DDNS. 15.1 About DDNS DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) allows you to update your dynamic IP address with one or many dynamic DNS services so that anyone can contact you (in NetMeeting, CU-SeeMe or other services). This is for cases where the ISP gives the ZyAIR a dynamic IP address but you still want to use a domain name.
ZyAIR B-4000 Spot Gateway Figure 15-1 DDNS 15-2 DDNS
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 15-1 DDNS LABEL DESCRIPTION Force to update every ~day(s) when WAN IP address keeps no change Enter a number in the field to set the force update interval (in days). This sets how often the ZyAIR updates the DDNS server with the ZyAIR’s WAN IP address when the ZyAIR’s WAN IP address stays the same. No This is the index number of a DDNS account.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 16 LAN Devices This chapter describes how you can remotely access devices on the LAN through the ZyAIR. 16.1 LAN Devices and NAT Overview NAT (Network Address Translation - NAT, RFC 1631) is the translation of the IP address of a host in a packet. For example, the source address of an outgoing packet, used within one network is changed to a different IP address known within another network.
ZyAIR B-4000 Spot Gateway You can configure port mapping for up to 50 LAN devices on the ZyAIR. Figure 16-1 LAN DEVICES The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 16-1 LAN DEVICES LABEL DESCRIPTION Polling Interval Specify the time interval (in minutes) between the ZyAIR’s probes for device availability. No. This read-only field displays the index number of an entry. Device Name Enter the name (up to 20 characters) of the LAN device for identification purposes.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 16-1 LAN DEVICES LABEL DESCRIPTION Device IP Address Enter the IP address of a LAN device in dotted decimal notation. For example, 192.168.1.40. Device Server Port Enter the port number for a service (for example, 80 for HTTP) on the LAN device. MAC Address Enter the MAC address of the LAN device in hexadecimal notation in 6 hexadecimal pairs, for example, 0050BA8D2296. Make sure you enter the correct MAC address.
ZyAIR B-4000 Spot Gateway Figure 16-2 LAN Device Remote Management Example 1 You map virtual port 60001 on the ZyAIR to the web server port on the access point and 60002 to the web server port on the manageable switch. Figure 16-3 LAN Devices: Example 1 To access the web-based management interface, enter the WAN IP address of your ZyAIR and the virtual port number of the LAN device separated by a colon. In this example, to access the access point (AP), enter “http:// 192.168.1.1:60001” where 192.168.1.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 16.2.2 Specifying an Inside Server Example Let’s say you have a web server behind the ZyAIR as shown in the next figure. Figure 16-4 LAN Device Remote Management Example 2 In the LAN Device Management screen, you map virtual port 60001 to the server port (80) on the web server. Figure 16-5 LAN Devices: Example 2 To access an inside server on the LAN, enter the WAN IP address of your ZyAIR and the virtual port number of the inside server separated by a colon.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 17 Syslog This chapter shows you how to configure syslog on the ZyAIR. 17.1 Syslog Configuration Use the SYSLOG Syslog screen to configure to where the ZyAIR is to send logs. To configure the syslog settings, click ADVANCED, SYSLOG to display the screen as shown next.
ZyAIR B-4000 Spot Gateway The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 17-1 Syslog LABEL DESCRIPTION Send to Syslog Server Select Enable to activate the syslog function. Syslog Server on LAN Select this check box to specify a syslog server on the LAN. Select Disable to de-activate the syslog function. Server IP Address Enter the IP address (in dotted decimal notation) of the syslog server on the LAN. Server MAC Address Enter the MAC address of the syslog server on the LAN.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 17-1 Syslog LABEL Email Address DESCRIPTION Enter your e-mail address. This is the address others use to send e-mail to Email Address 1/Email Address 2. Email To: Email Address 1,2 Apply Enter your first and second e-mail addresses to which the ZyAIR is to send the syslog e-mails. If you leave these fields blank, logs will not be sent via e-mail. Click Apply to save the settings. 17.
ZyAIR B-4000 Spot Gateway Figure 2 Log Settings 17-4 Syslog
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 17-2 Log Settings LABEL DESCRIPTION Syslog Select this check box to send this log information to your syslog server. Email Select this check box to send log information to the e-mail address specified in the Syslog screen. Syslog Name This field displays the name (or type) of the syslog. Select the check box(es) to send the syslog. Description This field displays a short description about the syslog.
ZyAIR B-4000 Spot Gateway Table 17-3 Log Formats SYSLOG NAME FORMAT CREATED Wireless Association Information Id Wireless Association Information (…)(…)(…) specified (between 1 and 10080 minutes).
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 17-3 Log Formats SYSLOG NAME FORMAT CREATED Subscriber Trace Relationship User Agreement TYPE EVENT TIME LEFT TimeToFinish Finished 00:00:00 TimeToFinish Replenished 00:12:00 to S/Nxxxxxx TimeToFinish Deleted 00:12:00 Accumulation Finished 00:00:00 Accumulation Replenished 00:12:00 to S/Nxxxxxx Accumulation Logout 00:48:00 Accumulation Idle-Timeout 00:48:00 Accumulation Deleted 00:48:00 Accumulation Account Expired 00:48:00 PostPaid Log
ZyAIR B-4000 Spot Gateway Table 17-3 Log Formats SYSLOG NAME Billing Log FORMAT CREATED Id Billing Log <, Type, S/N, Username, Billing profile When a billing log is created information, Units, Usage time, Bill, Payment> Where: Type: TimeToFinish | Accumulation | PostPaid Billing profile name: [Name] Usage time: “00:59:59” (example) Billing profile information = index, name Payment: Cash | Credit Card “Credit Card” does not support “PostPaid”.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 18 Wireless LAN This chapter shows you how to configure wireless LAN settings on the ZyAIR and set up WEP encryption keys. 18.1 Wireless LAN Overview This section introduces the wireless LAN (WLAN) and some basic scenarios. 18.1.1 IBSS An Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS), also called an Ad-hoc network, is the simplest WLAN configuration.
ZyAIR B-4000 Spot Gateway Figure 18-2 Basic Service set 18.1.3 ESS An Extended Service Set (ESS) consists of a series of overlapping BSSs, each containing an access point, with each access point connected together by a wired network. This wired connection between APs is called a Distribution System (DS). An ESSID (ESS IDentification) uniquely identifies each ESS. All access points and their associated wireless stations within the same ESS must have the same ESSID in order to communicate.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 18.2 Wireless LAN Basics This section provides background information on Wireless LAN features. 18.2.1 Channel A channel is the radio frequency(ies) used by IEEE 802.11b wireless devices. Channels available depend on your geographical area. You may have a choice of channels (for your region) so you should use a different channel than an adjacent AP (access point) to reduce interference.
ZyAIR B-4000 Spot Gateway Figure 18-4 RTS/CTS When station A sends data to the ZyAIR, it might not know that station B is already using the channel. If these two stations send data at the same time, collisions may occur when both sets of data arrive at the AP at the same time, resulting in a loss of messages for both stations. RTS/CTS is designed to prevent collisions due to hidden nodes.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Enabling the RTS Threshold causes redundant network overhead that could negatively affect the throughput performance instead of providing a remedy. 18.2.4 Fragmentation Threshold A Fragmentation Threshold is the maximum data fragment size (between 256 and 2432 bytes) that can be sent in the wireless network before the ZyAIR will fragment the packet into smaller data frames.
ZyAIR B-4000 Spot Gateway Figure 18-5 WIRELESS The following table describes the general wireless LAN fields in this screen.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 18-1 WIRELESS LABEL ESSID DESCRIPTION (Extended Service Set IDentity) The ESSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP) must have the same ESSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.
ZyAIR B-4000 Spot Gateway Table 18-1 WIRELESS LABEL Authentication Type DESCRIPTION Select Open System to allow any device to authenticate and then attempt to communicate with the ZyAIR. Using open authentication, any wireless device can authenticate with the ZyAIR, but the device can only communicate if its WEP keys match the ZyAIR. Devices not using WEP do not attempt to authenticate with a ZyAIR that is using WEP. Open authentication does not rely on a RADIUS server on your network.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 18-6 WEP Key Setup The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 18-2 WEP Key Setup LABEL DESCRIPTION WEP Select 64 bit, 128 bit or 256 bit for the WEP key length. Mode Select the type of input mode from the drop-down list box. Choices are HEX and ASCII. Select ASCII to enter the WEP keys as ASCII characters. Select HEX to enter the WEP keys as hexadecimal characters.
ZyAIR B-4000 Spot Gateway Table 18-2 WEP Key Setup LABEL 1…4 DESCRIPTION Enter the WEP keys in the fields provided and select a key as the default key to use. If you select 64 bit in the WEP Encryption field. Enter either 10 hexadecimal digits in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (e.g. 11AA22BB33) for HEX key type or Enter 5 printable ASCII characters (case sensitive) ranging from “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” (e.g. MyKey) for ASCII key type.
System Status, System Tools and Troubleshooting Part V: System Status, System Tools and Troubleshooting This part covers the SYSTEM STATUS and SYSTEM TOOLS screens and troubleshooting.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 19 System Status This chapter describes the screens under SYSTEM STATUS. 19.1 About System Status The screens in SYSTEM STATUS show the current state of the ZyAIR. 19.2 View System Information Click SYSTEM STATUS and SYSTEM to display the screen as shown next.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 19-1 SYSTEM 19-2 System Status
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 19-1 System LABEL DESCRIPTION Service Internet Connection This field displays the status of the ZyAIR’s connection to the Internet. Wireless Service This field displays the status of the ZyAIR’s wireless LAN. System Host Name This field displays the description name of the ZyAIR for identification purposes. Domain Name This field displays the domain name of the ZyAIR.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 19-1 System LABEL DESCRIPTION Primary DNS Server This field displays the IP address of the primary DNS server. Secondary DNS Server This field displays the IP address of the secondary DNS server. DHCP DHCP Status This field displays the DHCP mode on the LAN. Start IP Address This field displays the first of the continuous addresses in the IP address pool. End IP Address This field displays the last of the continuous addresses in the IP address pool.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 19-1 System LABEL DESCRIPTION Address This field displays the street address of the device’s location. City This field displays the city of the device’s location. State / Province This field displays the state or province of the device’s location. ZIP/ Postal Code This field displays the zip code or postal code for the device’s location. Country This field displays the country of the device’s location.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 19-2 ACCOUNT LOG The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 2 ACCOUNT LOG FIELD DESCRIPTION Clear Log Click Clear Log to remove all of the log entries from the ZyAIR’s memory and this screen. Refresh Click Refresh to update this screen. SN This field displays the index number of an entry. The maximum number of user account entries is 512. Username This field displays the account user name.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 2 ACCOUNT LOG FIELD DESCRIPTION Charge This field displays the total cost of the subscriber’s account. Payment Info This field displays the subscriber’s method of payment cash or credit. Status This field displays IN-Used when the account is currently in use. Otherwise it displays UN-Used. This field displays Finished when a subscriber uses up the time allocated to an account. This field displays Expired when a subscriber’s account has reached expiration.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 19-3 CURRENT USER LABEL DESCRIPTION No. This field displays the index number of the entry. Type This field displays the type of account that the user has. IP Address This field displays the IP address of a subscriber’s computer. MAC Address This field displays the MAC address of the computer that is logged in using the account. Disconnect Select this check box(es) and click Delete to terminate the selected subscriber connection.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 19-4 DHCP CLIENTS LABEL DESCRIPTION MAC Address This field displays the MAC address of the client computer. The MAC (Media Access Control) or Ethernet address on a LAN (Local Area Network) is unique to your computer (six pairs of hexadecimal characters). A network interface card such as an Ethernet adapter has a hardwired address that is assigned at the factory. This address follows an industry standard that ensures no other adapter has a similar address.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 19-5 SESSION LIST LABEL DESCRIPTION Page Select a page number from the drop-down list box to display the selected page. First Click First to go to the first page. Previous Click Previous to return to the previous page. Next Click Next to go to the next page. End Click End to go to the last page. No This field displays the index number of an entry. TCP/UDP This field displays the type of traffic (TCP or UDP).
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 19-6 LAN DEVICES The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 19-6 LAN DEVICES LABEL DESCRIPTION No This field displays the index number. Device Name This field displays the name of the LAN device. Click the device name to access the LAN device if the Status field is OK. For more information on accessing a LAN device, refer to Section 19.8.1. Status This field displays the current status of the LAN device.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway • You have set up the virtual port mapping to the LAN device server port in the LAN Device Management screen. • The LAN device status is OK in the LAN Device Status screen. There are two methods to access the LAN device: directly or through the web configurator. To access the LAN device through the web configurator, open the LAN Device Status screen and click the device name.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 20 Configuration, Firmware and Accounting Log Maintenance This chapter shows you how to upgrade the firmware and configuration file and back up configuration files and accounting logs. 20.1 Filename Conventions The configuration file contains the factory default settings in the menus such as password, DHCP Setup, TCP/IP Setup, etc. Once you have customized the settings of the ZyAIR, they can be saved back to your computer under a filename of your choosing.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 20-1 CONFIGURATION: Backup Using HTTP Step 2. 20-2 Click Backup. A File Download window displays as shown next.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 2 Configuration Backup: File Download Step 3. Select Save this file to disk and click OK. A Save As window displays. Figure 20-3 Configuration Backup: Save As Step 4. Specify the file name and/or location and click Save to start the backup process. 20.2.2 Backup Configuration Using TFTP Use the following procedure to use TFTP to back up the device’s current configuration to a file on a TFTP server. Step 1. Click SYSTEM TOOLS and CONFIGURATION.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 20-4 CONFIGURATION: Backup using TFTP Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Enter the IP address of the TFTP server in dotted decimal notation in the Remote TFTP Server IP Address field. Specify a file name for the configuration backup in the File Name field. Click Apply. When the file transfer process is complete, a screen displays as follows.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 20.2.3 Restore Configuration Using HTTP This section shows you how to upload a new or previously saved configuration file from your computer to your ZyAIR. This function erases the current configuration before restoring a previous back up configuration; please do not attempt to restore unless you have a backup configuration file stored on disk. Step 1. Click SYSTEM TOOLS and CONFIGURATION. A screen displays as shown next. Figure 20-6 CONFIGURATION: Restore Using HTTP Step 2.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 20.2.4 Restore Configuration Using TFTP This section shows you how to upload a new or previously saved configuration file from a TFTP server to your ZyAIR. This function erases the current configuration before restoring a previous back up configuration; please do not attempt to restore unless you have a backup configuration file stored on disk. Step 1. Click System Tools and Configuration. A screen displays as shown next. Figure 20-7 CONFIGURATION: Restore Using TFTP Step 2.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 20.3 Firmware Upgrade There are two ways to upgrade firmware to the ZyAIR: manually or scheduled. To manually upgrade the firmware, you have to download the latest firmware first from www.zyxel.com and then upload it to the ZyAIR. With scheduled firmware upgraded, you need to set up a TFTP server where the ZyAIR can automatically download the latest firmware at the specified time. 20.3.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 20-9 System Restart Step 4. After the ZyAIR finishes restarting, access the web configurator again. Check the firmware version number in the System screen. When the ZyAIR restarts, all connections terminate. Subscribers need to log in again. 20.3.2 Manual Firmware Upgrade via TFTP Server Follow the steps below to upload the firmware using the web configurator. Step 1. Download the latest firmware from www.zyxel.com and store it in a TFTP server.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 10 Manual Firmware Upgrade via TFTP Server Step 5. Step 6. Step 7. Step 8. Step 9. Specify the IP address of the TFTP server in the TFTP Server IP Address field. Specify the name of the firmware file in the File Name field. Click Apply to start the file transfer process. When the file transfer is completed successfully, the following message displays and the ZyAIR automatically restarts to complete the firmware upgrade process.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 20-11 Scheduled Firmware Upgrade When the ZyAIR restarts, all connections terminate. Subscribers need to log in again. Table 20-1 Scheduled Firmware Upgrade LABEL DESCRIPTION Disable Enable Select Disable or Enable to turn the scheduled firmware upgrade function on or off (disabled by default). TFTP Server IP Type the IP address of the TFTP server from which the ZyAIR can download new firmware files. File Synchronization A synchronization check file is a .
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 20-1 Scheduled Firmware Upgrade LABEL DESCRIPTION Frequency Set how often (Weekly, Daily or Hourly) you want to have the ZyAIR check for new firmware and upgrade to new firmware if available (default Weekly). Then select the day (applies only when you select Weekly), the hour (applies when you select Daily or Hourly) and the minute that you want the ZyAIR to do the check and upload. Apply Click Apply to save the changes.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 21 SSL (Secure Socket Layer) Security This chapter shows you how to setup and enable Secure Socket Layer (SSL) security on the ZyAIR. 21.1 About SSL SSL (Secure Socket Layer) security is a standard Internet protocol for secure communications that uses a combination of certificate-based authentication and public-key encryption. SSL protects data transfer between the web configurator on the ZyAIR and the web browser on a connected computer.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 21-1 System Settings: Server Configuration: Enable SSL Security Step 2. Click Apply to save the changes and restart the ZyAIR when prompted. See section 21.3 for details on how to install the SSL security certificate in order to access the web configurator through a secure connection. 21.3 Viewing and Installing the SSL Security Certificate After you enable and activate the SSL security on the ZyAIR, you can access the web configurator through a secure connection.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Step 1. Access the ZyAIR. A Security Alert window displays. Click OK to continue and close the window. Figure 21-2 Installing the SSL Security Certificate: First Security Alert Step 2. A second Security Alert window displays. Figure 21-3 Installing the SSL Security Certificate: Second Security Alert Step 3. Click View Certificate to display the Certificate window as shown.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 21-4 Installing the SSL Security Certificate: View Certificate Step 4. 21-4 Click Install Certificate to install the certificate to your computer. A Certificate Import Wizard window displays. Click Next.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 21-5 Installing the SSL Security Certificate: Certificate Import Wizard Step 5. Accept the default or specify the location to store the certificate. Click Next. Figure 21-6 Certificate Import Wizard: Location Step 6. Click Finish to import the certificate.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 21-7 Certificate Import Wizard: Finish Step 7. A Root Certificate Store window displays as shown. Click Yes to store the certificate to the computer. Figure 21-8 Root Certificate Store Step 8. 21-6 When the certificate is saved successfully, a Certificate Import Wizard window displays. Click OK.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 21-9 Certificate Import Wizard Step 9. A Certificate window displays the detail information. Figure 21-10 Certificate: Details Step 10. Click OK in the Certificate window to return to the Security Alert window as shown. Notice that the first item in the list changed to inform you that the certificate is from a trusted host. Click OK to proceed to the login screen in secure mode.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 21-11 Security Alert: Trusted 21.4 Activating SSL Security for Subscriber Logins Follow the steps below to activate the SSL security for subscriber login connections to the ZyAIR. Step 1.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 21-12 AUTHENTICATION: Activate SSL Login Step 2. Click Apply to save the changes and restart the ZyAIR when prompted. 21.5 SSL Certificate Download You can register for a certificate from a CA (Certificate Authority). A CA issues digital certificates and guarantees the identity of the certificate owner. Click SYSTEM TOOLS, SSL CERTIFICATE to open the SSL CERTIFICATE screen. Use this screen to download a CA registered certificate from a computer connected to the ZyAIR.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Figure 21-13 SSL CERTIFICATE The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 21-1 SSL CERTIFICATE LABEL DESCRIPTION Password Enter the private key password from the CA. Make sure you enter it exactly as the CA provides. Certificate File Specify the name and/or location of the file containing the certificate. Or click Browse to locate the file.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 22 Ping Command This chapter covers how to use the PING COMMAND screen. 22.1 About Ping Command Use the ping function to check the ZyAIR’s network connection. 22.2 Using Ping Command Click SYSTEM TOOLS and then PING COMMAND to open the following screen. The following table describes the labels in this screen.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 22-1 PING COMMAND LABEL DESCRIPTION Destination IP Address Type the IP address of a device that you want to ping in order to test the connection. Ping Click this button to have the device ping the IP address. Clear Click this button to clear the ping results in the multi-line text box. Ping Result This multi-line text box displays the results of the ping.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chapter 23 Troubleshooting This chapter covers potential problems and possible remedies. After each problem description, some instructions are provided to help you to diagnose and to solve the problem. 23.1 Using LEDs to Diagnose Problems The LEDs are useful aides for finding possible problem causes. 23.1.1 The Power LED The PWR LED on the front panel does not light up.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 23-3 Troubleshooting WAN LEDs STEPS CORRECTIVE ACTION 1 Make sure you connect your cable or DSL modem or router to this port using the Ethernet cable that came with your cable or DSL modem or router. 2 Verify that the attached device is turned on and properly connected to the ZyAIR. 3 Verify that the Ethernet cable length does not exceed 100 meters. 23.2 Web Configurator I cannot access the web configurator.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway The web configurator does not display properly. Table 23-5 Troubleshooting the Internet Browser Display STEPS CORRECTIVE ACTION 1 Make sure you are using either Internet Explorer (version 4.0 or above) or Netscape Navigator (6.0 or above). Make sure that your browser has JavaScript support enabled. 2 Delete the temporary web files and log in again. In Internet Explorer, click Tools, Internet Options and then click the Delete Files ... button.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Table 23-7 Troubleshooting the Statement Printer STEPS 23-4 CORRECTIVE ACTION 1 Make sure the statement printer is connected to a power source and is turned on. 2 Check that the statement printer is connected to the port labeled DEVICE PORT. 3 Make sure there is enough printing paper in the statement printer. 4 Make sure you set the ZyAIR to require authentication before allowing Internet access, see the Wizard Setup screens or the Authentication chapter.
Additional Information Part VI: Additional Information This part provides contains background information on setting up your computer’s IP address, IP address assignment conflicts, wireless LAN, PPPoE, PPTP, IP subnetting, subscriber login, and cable types and cable pin assignments. It also provides an index of key terms.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address All computers must have a 10M or 100M Ethernet adapter card and TCP/IP installed. Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Macintosh OS 7 and later operating systems and all versions of UNIX/LINUX include the software components you need to install and use TCP/IP on your computer. Windows 3.1 requires the purchase of a third-party TCP/IP application package.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway a. In the Network window, click Add. b. Select Adapter and then click Add. c. Select the manufacturer and model of your network adapter and then click OK. If you need TCP/IP: a. In the Network window, click Add. b. Select Protocol and then click Add. c. Select Microsoft from the list of manufacturers. d. Select TCP/IP from the list of network protocols and then click OK. If you need Client for Microsoft Networks: a. Click Add. b.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 1. Click the IP Address tab. -If your IP address is dynamic, select Obtain an IP address automatically. -If you have a static IP address, select Specify an IP address and type your information into the IP Address and Subnet Mask fields. 2. Click the DNS Configuration tab. -If you do not know your DNS information, select Disable DNS. -If you know your DNS information, select Enable DNS and type the information in the fields below (you may not need to fill them all in).
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 3. Click the Gateway tab. -If you do not know your gateway’s IP address, remove previously installed gateways. -If you have a gateway IP address, type it in the New gateway field and click Add. 4. Click OK to save and close the TCP/IP Properties window. 5. Click OK to close the Network window. Insert the Windows CD if prompted. 6. Turn on your ZyAIR and restart your computer when prompted. Verifying Your Computer’s IP Address 1. Click Start and then Run. 2.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 1. For Windows XP, click start, Control Panel. In Windows 2000/NT, click Start, Settings, Control Panel. 2. For Windows XP, click Network Connections. For Windows 2000/NT, click Network and Dial-up Connections. Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address 3. Right-click Local Area Connection and then click Properties.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) (under the General tab in Win XP) and click Properties. 5. The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties window opens (the General tab in Windows XP). -If you have a dynamic IP address click Obtain an IP address automatically. -If you have a static IP address click Use the following IP Address and fill in the IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway fields. Click Advanced.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 6. -If you do not know your gateway's IP address, remove any previously installed gateways in the IP Settings tab and click OK. Do one or more of the following if you want to configure additional IP addresses: -In the IP Settings tab, in IP addresses, click Add. -In TCP/IP Address, type an IP address in IP address and a subnet mask in Subnet mask, and then click Add. -Repeat the above two steps for each IP address you want to add.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 7. In the Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties window (the General tab in Windows XP): -Click Obtain DNS server address automatically if you do not know your DNS server IP address(es). -If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click Use the following DNS server addresses, and type them in the Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server fields. If you have previously configured DNS servers, click Advanced and then the DNS tab to order them. 8.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 1. Click the Apple menu, Control Panel and double-click TCP/IP to open the TCP/IP Control Panel. 2. Select Ethernet built-in from the Connect via list. 3. For dynamically assigned settings, select Using DHCP Server from the Configure: list.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 4. For statically assigned settings, do the following: -From the Configure box, select Manually. -Type your IP address in the IP Address box. -Type your subnet mask in the Subnet mask box. -Type the IP address of your ZyAIR in the Router address box. 5. Close the TCP/IP Control Panel. 6. Click Save if prompted, to save changes to your configuration. 7. Turn on your ZyAIR and restart your computer (if prompted).
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway 2. Click Network in the icon bar. - Select Automatic from the Location list. - Select Built-in Ethernet from the Show list. - Click the TCP/IP tab. 3. For dynamically assigned settings, select Using DHCP from the Configure list. 4. For statically assigned settings, do the following: -From the Configure box, select Manually. -Type your IP address in the IP Address box. -Type your subnet mask in the Subnet mask box.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Appendix B IP Address Assignment Conflicts This appendix describes situations where IP address conflicts may occur. Subscribers with duplicate IP addresses will not be able to access the Internet. Case A: The ZyAIR is using the same LAN and WAN IP addresses The following figure shows an example where the ZyAIR is using a WAN IP address that is the same as the IP address of a computer on the LAN.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Case C: The Subscriber IP address is the same as the IP address of a network device The following figure depicts an example where the subscriber IP address is the same as the IP address of a network device not attached to the ZyAIR. Diagram B-3 IP Address Conflicts: Case C You must set the ZyAIR to use different LAN and WAN IP addresses on different subnets if you enable DHCP server on the ZyAIR. For example, you set the WAN IP address to 192.59.1.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Diagram B-4 IP Address Conflicts: Case D This problem can be solved by adding a VLAN-enabled switch or set the computers to obtain IP addresses dynamically.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Appendix C Wireless LAN and IEEE 802.11 A wireless LAN (WLAN) provides a flexible data communications system that you can use to access various services (navigating the Internet, email, printer services, etc.) without the use of a cabled connection. In effect a wireless LAN environment provides you the freedom to stay connected to the network while roaming around in the coverage area. WLAN is not available on all models.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS), in the 2.4 to 2.4825 GHz unlicensed ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band. The third method is infrared technology, using very high frequencies, just below visible light in the electromagnetic spectrum to carry data.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Infrastructure Wireless LAN Configuration For infrastructure WLANs, multiple access points (APs) link the WLAN to the wired network and allow users to efficiently share network resources. The access points not only provide communication with the wired network but also mediate wireless network traffic in the immediate neighborhood. Multiple access points can provide wireless coverage for an entire building or campus.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Diagram C-2 ESS Provides Campus-Wide Coverage C-4 Wireless LAN and IEEE 802.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Appendix D Antenna Selection and Positioning Recommendation An antenna couples RF signals onto air. A transmitter within a wireless device sends an RF signal to the antenna, which propagates the signal through the air. The antenna also operates in reverse by capturing RF signals from the air. Choosing the right antennas and positioning them properly increases the range and coverage area of a wireless LAN. Antenna Characteristics Frequency An antenna in the frequency of 2.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway • Directional antennas concentrate the RF signal in a beam, like a flashlight. The angle of the beam width determines the direction of the coverage pattern; typically ranges from 20 degrees (less directional) to 90 degrees (very directional). The directional antennas are ideal for hallways and outdoor point-to-point applications. Positioning Antennas In general, antennas should be mounted as high as practically possible and free of obstructions.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Appendix E PPPoE PPPoE in Action An ADSL modem bridges a PPP session over Ethernet (PPP over Ethernet, RFC 2516) from your PC to an ATM PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuit), which connects to a DSL Access Concentrator where the PPP session terminates (see the next figure). One PVC can support any number of PPP sessions from your LAN. PPPoE provides access control and billing functionality in a manner similar to dial-up services using PPP.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway How PPPoE Works The PPPoE driver makes the Ethernet appear as a serial link to the PC and the PC runs PPP over it, while the modem bridges the Ethernet frames to the Access Concentrator (AC). Between the AC and an ISP, the AC is acting as a L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol) LAC (L2TP Access Concentrator) and tunnels the PPP frames to the ISP. The L2TP tunnel is capable of carrying multiple PPP sessions.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Appendix F PPTP What is PPTP? PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) is a Microsoft proprietary protocol (RFC 2637 for PPTP is informational only) to tunnel PPP frames. How can we transport PPP frames from a PC to a broadband modem over Ethernet? A solution is to build PPTP into the ANT (ADSL Network Termination) where PPTP is used only over the short haul between the PC and the modem over Ethernet.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway PPTP Protocol Overview PPTP is very similar to L2TP, since L2TP is based on both PPTP and L2F (Cisco’s Layer 2 Forwarding). Conceptually, there are three parties in PPTP, namely the PNS (PPTP Network Server), the PAC (PPTP Access Concentrator) and the PPTP user. The PNS is the box that hosts both the PPP and the PPTP stacks and forms one end of the PPTP tunnel. The PAC is the box that dials/answers the phone calls and relays the PPP frames to the PNS.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Diagram F-3 Example Message Exchange between PC and an ANT PPP Data Connection The PPP frames are tunneled between the PNS and PAC over GRE (General Routing Encapsulation, RFC 1701, 1702). The individual calls within a tunnel are distinguished using the Call ID field in the GRE header.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Appendix G IP Subnetting IP Addressing Routers “route” based on the network number. The router that delivers the data packet to the correct destination host uses the host ID. IP Classes An IP address is made up of four octets (eight bits), written in dotted decimal notation, for example, 192.168.1.1. IP addresses are categorized into different classes. The class of an address depends on the value of its first octet. Class “A” addresses have a 0 in the left most bit.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway A class “A” address (24 host bits) can have 224 –2 hosts (approximately 16 million hosts). Since the first octet of a class “A” IP address must contain a “0”, the first octet of a class “A” address can have a value of 0 to 127. Similarly the first octet of a class “B” must begin with “10”, therefore the first octet of a class “B” address has a valid range of 128 to 191. The first octet of a class “C” address begins with “110”, and therefore has a range of 192 to 223.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway sequence of ones beginning from the left most bit of the mask, followed by a continuous sequence of zeros, for a total number of 32 bits. Since the mask is always a continuous number of ones beginning from the left, followed by a continuous number of zeros for the remainder of the 32 bit mask, you can simply specify the number of ones instead of writing the value of each octet.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Divide the network 192.168.1.0 into two separate subnets by converting one of the host ID bits of the IP address to a network number bit. The “borrowed” host ID bit can be either “0” or “1” thus giving two subnets; 192.168.1.0 with mask 255.255.255.128 and 192.168.1.128 with mask 255.255.255.128. In the following charts, shaded/bolded last octet bit values indicate host ID bits “borrowed” to form network ID bits.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway to an actual host for the first subnet is 192.168.1.1 and the highest is 192.168.1.126. Similarly the host ID range for the second subnet is 192.168.1.129 to 192.168.1.254. Example: Four Subnets The above example illustrated using a 25-bit subnet mask to divide a class “C” address space into two subnets. Similarly to divide a class “C” address into four subnets, you need to “borrow” two host ID bits to give four possible combinations of 00, 01, 10 and 11.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chart G-9 Subnet 3 NETWORK NUMBER LAST OCTET BIT VALUE IP Address 192.168.1. 128 IP Address (Binary) 11000000.10101000.00000001. 10000000 Subnet Mask (Binary) 11111111.11111111.11111111. 11000000 Subnet Address: 192.168.1.128 Lowest Host ID: 192.168.1.129 Broadcast Address: 192.168.1.191 Highest Host ID: 192.168.1.190 Chart G-10 Subnet 4 NETWORK NUMBER LAST OCTET BIT VALUE IP Address 192.168.1. 192 IP Address (Binary) 11000000.10101000.00000001.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway The following table is a summary for class “C” subnet planning. Chart G-12 Class C Subnet Planning NO. “BORROWED” HOST BITS SUBNET MASK NO. SUBNETS NO. HOSTS PER SUBNET 1 255.255.255.128 (/25) 2 126 2 255.255.255.192 (/26) 4 62 3 255.255.255.224 (/27) 8 30 4 255.255.255.240 (/28) 16 14 5 255.255.255.248 (/29) 32 6 6 255.255.255.252 (/30) 64 2 7 255.255.255.254 (/31) 128 1 Subnetting With Class A and Class B Networks.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chart G-13 Class B Subnet Planning NO. “BORROWED” HOST BITS SUBNET MASK NO. SUBNETS NO. HOSTS PER SUBNET 9 255.255.255.128 (/25) 512 126 10 255.255.255.192 (/26) 1024 62 11 255.255.255.224 (/27) 2048 30 12 255.255.255.240 (/28) 4096 14 13 255.255.255.248 (/29) 8192 6 14 255.255.255.252 (/30) 16384 2 15 255.255.255.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Appendix H Subscriber Login To log in as a subscriber, enter a web site address such as www.zyxel.com in a web browser. If user authentication is activated, the login screen displays prompting you to enter the user name and password. A standard subscriber login screen (with the credit card function) is shown in the figure below. Diagram H-1 Subscriber Login Screen Enter a user name and password and click Enter.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Appendix I Cable Types and Cable Pin Assignments RJ-45 Ethernet Port The following table describes the types of network cable used for the different connection speeds. Make sure the Ethernet cable length between connections does not exceed 100 meters (328 feet).
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Make sure that the Ethernet cable connection between the ZyAIR and the hub or router conforms to the following pin assignments. Chart I-3 WAN Port Cable Pin Assignments ETHERNET DEVICE ZYAIR (SWITCH/HUB/ROUTER ETC.) 1 RD+ 1 TD+ 2 RD- 2 TD- 3 TD+ 3 RD+ 6 TD- 6 RD- The LAN Port The following table describes the Ethernet cable pin assignments for the LAN port.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Chart I-5 LAN Port Cable Pin Assignments ETHERNET DEVICE ZYAIR (COMPUTER/ UPLINK PORT) 1 TD+ 1 RD+ 2 TD- 2 RD- 3 RD+ 3 TD+ 6 RD- 6 TD- The DEVICE Port The following table describes the printer cable pin assignments that the ZyAIR’s device port uses with the exclusive printer.
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Appendix J Index A Classes of IP Addresses .................................G-1 Account Manager Account .............................2-8 Computer’s IP Address ..................................A-1 Account Printout .........................................10-12 Configuration and Firmware Files Account printout preview.... 10-15, 10-18, 10-21, 10-24 Accumulation..................................................6-1 Ad-hoc Configuration ....................................
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Dynamic DNS............................................... 15-1 I Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ........... 4-1 IANA ..............................................................4-2 DYNDNS Wildcard...................................... 15-1 IBSS.............. See Independent Basic Service Set E Encapsulation IEEE 802.11................................................... C-1 IEEE 802.1Q Tagged VLAN ..........................1-1 PPP over Ethernet ..................
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Manual firmware upgrade using TFTP................................................20-8 N RTS Threshold ..............................................18-3 S Server port.....................................................16-1 NAT ................................................................4-3 Service...............................................................iv NAT (Network Address Translation - NAT, RFC 1631) .........................................................
ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway U Using LEDs To Diagnose Problems ............. 23-1 V Screens Overview .......................................2-4 Supported Browsers ....................................2-1 WEP..............................................................18-3 View Current Configuration ......................... 19-1 Wireless LAN ................................................ C-1 Virtual port ................................................... 16-1 Benefits ..............................
