Axxcelera Broadband Wireless AB-100 User manual

AB-100 User Manual
Sept 18, 2003
Axxcelera Broadband Wireless
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Rochester, New York 14620
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Revision History
Version Date Author Comments
1 16-June-03 Matt Olson Created
2 18-Aug-03 Matt Olson Updated
3 21-Aug-03 Matt Olson Updated
4 27-Aug-03 Matt Olson Updated
5 18-Sep-03 Matt Olson Updated
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Table of Contents
REVISION HISTORY .................................................................................................................................... 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................... 3
1OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................................... 7
2INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Factory Defaults.............................................................................................................. 8
2.2 Back Panel ...................................................................................................................... 8
2.2.1 ATM........................................................................................................................ 8
2.2.2 Ethernet................................................................................................................... 8
2.2.3 MNGMT ................................................................................................................. 8
2.2.4 LED......................................................................................................................... 8
2.2.5 PWR........................................................................................................................ 8
2.2.6 Ground ....................................................................................................................8
2.3 Technical Specifications ................................................................................................. 9
2.4 Console Port.................................................................................................................... 9
3WEB-BASED CONFIGURATION...................................................................................................... 10
3.1 Status............................................................................................................................. 10
3.2 Quick Start .................................................................................................................... 10
3.3 System........................................................................................................................... 10
3.3.1 Event Log.............................................................................................................. 10
3.3.2 One-click update ................................................................................................... 11
3.3.3 Remote Access...................................................................................................... 12
3.3.4 Firmware Update .................................................................................................. 13
3.3.5 Backup/Restore..................................................................................................... 13
3.3.5.1 Backing up your configuration ......................................................................... 13
3.3.5.2 Restoring your configuration ........................................................................... 14
3.3.6 Restart Router ....................................................................................................... 14
3.4 Configuration ................................................................................................................ 15
3.4.1 Save config............................................................................................................ 15
3.4.2 Authentication....................................................................................................... 16
3.4.2.1 Creating a new login account............................................................................ 16
3.4.2.2 Editing/deleting a login account ....................................................................... 17
3.4.3 LAN connection.................................................................................................... 17
3.4.3.1 Advanced… ...................................................................................................... 18
3.4.3.2 Creating virtual interfaces................................................................................. 18
3.4.4 Security ................................................................................................................. 19
3.4.4.1 Enabling Security.............................................................................................. 20
3.4.4.2 Enabling Firewall and/or Intrusion Detection................................................... 21
3.4.4.3 Setting a default security level.......................................................................... 21
3.4.4.4 Configuring security interfaces......................................................................... 21
3.4.4.5 Configuring NAT.............................................................................................. 22
3.4.4.6 Configuring NAT global addresses .................................................................. 23
3.4.4.7 Configuring NAT reserved mapping ................................................................ 25
3.4.4.8 Configuring Security policies ........................................................................... 26
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3.4.4.9 Configuring portfilters ...................................................................................... 28
3.4.4.10 Configuring validators .................................................................................. 30
3.4.4.11 Configuring triggers...................................................................................... 31
3.4.4.12 Configuring Intrusion Detection Settings ..................................................... 33
3.4.5 WAN connections................................................................................................. 34
3.4.5.1 Creating a WAN service ................................................................................... 34
3.4.5.2 Editing a WAN service ..................................................................................... 35
3.4.5.3 Deleting a WAN service ................................................................................... 35
3.4.5.4 Creating a virtual interface (routed services only)............................................ 35
3.4.6 IP routes ................................................................................................................ 35
3.4.6.1 Creating an IP V4 Route ................................................................................... 36
3.4.6.2 Editing a route................................................................................................... 37
3.4.6.3 Deleting a route................................................................................................. 37
3.4.7 DHCP server ......................................................................................................... 37
3.4.7.1 Enabling/disabling the DHCP server................................................................ 38
3.4.7.2 Creating a DHCP server subnet ........................................................................ 38
3.4.7.3 Editing a DHCP subnet..................................................................................... 39
3.4.7.4 Creating a fixed host ......................................................................................... 40
3.4.8 DHCP relay........................................................................................................... 41
3.4.8.1 Enabling/disabling DHCP relay........................................................................ 41
3.4.8.2 Adding a DHCP server to the DHCP relay list................................................. 42
3.4.8.3 Editing/deleting entries in the DHCP relay list................................................. 42
3.4.9 DNS client............................................................................................................. 42
3.4.9.1 Configuring DNS servers.................................................................................. 42
3.4.9.2 Configuring DNS search domains .................................................................... 43
3.4.10 DNS relay.............................................................................................................. 43
3.4.10.1 Configuring the DNS relay list ..................................................................... 43
3.5 Ports .............................................................................................................................. 44
3.5.1 Configuring ports.................................................................................................. 44
3.5.1.1 Ethernet............................................................................................................. 44
3.5.1.2 ATM.................................................................................................................. 44
3.5.1.3 View advanced attributes.................................................................................. 45
4ADVANCED OPTIONS...................................................................................................................... 46
4.1 Edit ‘Service’ ................................................................................................................ 46
4.2 Edit ‘IPoA’.................................................................................................................... 46
4.3 Edit ‘Atm Channel’....................................................................................................... 47
4.4 Edit ‘Ip Interface’.......................................................................................................... 49
4.5 Edit ‘Tcp Mss Clamp’................................................................................................... 49
4.6 Edit ‘Rip Versions’ ....................................................................................................... 50
4.7 Edit ‘NAT’.................................................................................................................... 51
4.8 Edit ‘RFC1483’............................................................................................................. 52
4.9 Edit ‘Bridge’ ................................................................................................................. 52
4.10 Edit ‘Bridge Interface’ .................................................................................................. 53
4.11 Edit Spanning Bridge Interface’ ................................................................................... 54
4.12 Edit ‘Spanning Bridge Config’ ..................................................................................... 55
4.13 Edit ‘Auto Bridge’ ........................................................................................................ 56
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4.14 Edit ‘Ethernet’............................................................................................................... 57
4.15 Edit ‘Ether Channel’ ..................................................................................................... 58
5CONFIGURING 1483 (BRIDGED)..................................................................................................... 59
6CONFIGURING CLIP (IPOA) ............................................................................................................ 61
7AB-100 / AB-ACCESS 1483_S SYSTEM ......................................................................................... 63
7.1 AB-Access Configuration Files .................................................................................... 63
7.1.1 AP resolve............................................................................................................. 63
7.1.2 AP system.conf ..................................................................................................... 64
7.1.3 AP initbridge......................................................................................................... 64
7.1.4 SU2 initr1483........................................................................................................ 64
7.1.5 AP initswitchcli..................................................................................................... 64
7.1.6 SU1 resolve........................................................................................................... 64
7.1.7 SU1 initbridge....................................................................................................... 65
7.1.8 SU1 system.conf ................................................................................................... 65
7.1.9 SU1 initr1483........................................................................................................ 65
7.1.10 SU2 resolve........................................................................................................... 65
7.1.11 SU2 initbridge....................................................................................................... 66
7.1.12 SU2 system.conf ................................................................................................... 66
7.1.13 SU2 initr1483........................................................................................................ 66
7.2 AB-100 icf config file................................................................................................... 66
8AB-100 / AB-ACCESS CLIP_T SYSTEM ......................................................................................... 71
8.1 AB-Access Configuration Files .................................................................................... 71
8.1.1 AP resolve............................................................................................................. 71
8.1.2 AP system.conf ..................................................................................................... 72
8.1.3 SU resolve............................................................................................................. 73
8.1.4 SU system.conf ..................................................................................................... 73
8.2 AB-100 icf config file................................................................................................... 73
9AB-100 / AB-ACCESS CLIP_S SYSTEM ......................................................................................... 77
9.1 AB-Access Configuration Files .................................................................................... 77
9.1.1 AP resolve............................................................................................................. 77
9.1.2 AP system.conf ..................................................................................................... 78
9.1.3 AP initswitchcli..................................................................................................... 78
9.1.4 SU1 resolve........................................................................................................... 79
9.1.5 SU1 system.conf ................................................................................................... 79
9.1.6 SU2 resolve........................................................................................................... 79
9.1.7 SU2 system.conf ................................................................................................... 80
9.2 AB-100 icf config file................................................................................................... 80
10 AB-100 / AB-ACCESS NATIVE_ATM (BACKHAUL) SYSTEM....................................................... 86
10.1 AB-Access Configuration Files .................................................................................... 86
10.1.1 AP resolve............................................................................................................. 86
10.1.2 AP system.conf ..................................................................................................... 87
10.1.3 AP initswitchcli..................................................................................................... 87
10.1.4 SU resolve............................................................................................................. 88
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10.1.5 SU system.conf ..................................................................................................... 88
10.1.6 SU initswitchcli..................................................................................................... 89
10.2 AB-100 icf config file(AP) ........................................................................................... 89
10.3 AB-100 icf config file (SU) .......................................................................................... 92
11 CONVERTING TO ATM..................................................................................................................... 97
11.1 CLIP_T ......................................................................................................................... 97
11.2 CLIP_S........................................................................................................................ 100
11.3 1483_S ........................................................................................................................ 105
12 APPENDIX .......................................................................................................................................109
12.1 Ethernet port................................................................................................................ 109
12.2 Ethernet cables............................................................................................................ 109
12.2.1 Straight................................................................................................................ 109
12.2.2 Cross-Over .......................................................................................................... 109
12.3 ATM port .................................................................................................................... 110
12.4 ATM cables................................................................................................................. 110
12.4.1 Straight................................................................................................................ 110
12.4.2 Cross-Over .......................................................................................................... 111
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Section 1
1 Overview
ATM networks have certain specific advantages over Ethernet networks but Ethernet networks
have certain advantages over ATM networks. At the heart of these advantages is the acceptance
of ATM as a core network technology and the acceptance of Ethernet as an end-consumer
protocol. Interfacing these two disparate network protocols typically involves the use of
expensive ATM switches and/or Ethernet routers with ATM interface modules.
Axxcelera's AB-Access wireless point-to-multipoint, LAN/WAN appliances are unique in the
industry in that they are able to provide either an ATM terrestrial network interface or an
Ethernet terrestrial network. Throughput and performance of the AB-Access product is
maximized when the Access Point (basestation device) is deployed with an ATM (ATM25)
terrestrial interface. Flexibility in the AB-Access product allows an ATM Access Point to
communicate with Subscriber Units (customer premise equipment) with Ethernet
interfaces. Thus, AB-Access itself serves as a network technology bridge between ATM and
Ethernet. But not everyone who deploys AB-Access desires to deploy ATM to the basestation.
AB-100 provides an inexpensive and effective means of performing ATM-to-Ethernet network
protocol conversions. Whether deploying the AB-100 as a way to make the most of an AB-
Access deployment in a "pure Ethernet" network or as a means of providing wireline ATM25 to
Ethernet (10/100 Base-T) conversions, AB-100 serves this task without requiring additional,
expensive ATM switches or Ethernet routers.
Ethernet over ATM is not new. Standards exist within the ATM world to coordinate how these
networks are to interoperate. These standards define how to terminate ATM networks at
Ethernet bridges (layer 2) as well as how to terminate them at IP routers (layer 3). AB-100
supports both of these varieties via the RFC 1483 and RFC 1577 ATM standards and thus is
compatible with standard ATM and Ethernet appliances. Because the AB-100 is both an
Ethernet device as well as an ATM device, other services such as firewall, NAT, DHCP server,
and DNS relay are also supported.
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Section 2
2 Installation
2.1 Factory Defaults
Username: atmos
Password: atmos
Ethernet IP Address: 192.168.4.2 /24
2.2 Back Panel
2.2.1 ATM
AnATM 25 UTP connection with LEDs that diplay link and traffic status.
2.2.2 Ethernet
A 10/100 BT Ethernet UTP connection with LEDs that display link and traffic status.
2.2.3 MNGMT
A DB-9 female connection that provides serial management to the unit.
2.2.4 LED
LED that displays status of unit. A green LED indicates the unit is powered on. A orange LED
indicates the unit is booting up.
2.2.5 PWR
A 48VDC power connector.
2.2.6 Ground
Grounding screw to connect grounding cable to.
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2.3 Technical Specifications
Temperature Range: -20°C to +50°C
Humidity: 95% at +40°C (104°F); non-condensing
Primary Power: 40-70 VDC (+48VDC) typ: 48V (max 150mA, typ: 85mA)
External Power Supply Options: 100-240V/100-120VA (50/60Hz)
Weight: 0.9 kg / 2 lb
Case: CastAluminum
NOTE: AB-100 should only be used with the provided power supply unless you have consulted
with an Axxcelera Engineer first. Using another power source could damage the unit if not
connected properly.
2.4 Console Port
AB-100 has a DB-9 female serial port on it. The serial cable should be a straight DB-9 male to
DB-9 female. To gain access to the console of your AB-100, configure your terminal console
software with the following settings.
Name Value
Bps 9600
Data Bits 8
Parity None
Stop bits 1
Flow Control None
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Section 3
3 Web-based Configuration
The web interface can be accessed by entering the IP address of the unit in the URL box. The
factory default IP address is 192.168.4.2.
3.1 Status
3.2 Quick Start
3.3 System
3.3.1 Event Log
The Event Log page is displayed whenever an error occurs or can be accessed via the System
menu by clicking on Event Log. The following page is displayed:
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