EnGenius M8000 User manual

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EnGenius Mesh AP
M8000
User Manual & Configuration Guide
Version : 1.0

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Table of Content
Table of Content 2
1 Docu ent History 4
2 Overview 5
3 EnGenius Mesh Web-based Interface 6
4 Syste 9
.1 System > System 9
.2 System > Syslog 10
.3 System > Advance 11
5 Network 13
5.1 Network > Network 13
5.2 Network > VLAN 1
5.3 Network > Mesh 16
5. Network > Wireless 20
5.5 Network > Route 23
6 Service 25
6.1 Service > MAC Access 25
6.2 Service > NTP 27
6.3 Service > RADIUS 28
6. Service > Linux Kernel Watchdog 31
6.5 Service > SSHD 32
6.6 Service > WME 33
6.7 Service > DHCP Relay 35
7 Manage ent 37
7.1 Management > HTTPD 37
7.2 Management > Configuration 39
7.3 Management > SNMP 2
7. Management > Firmware 5
7.5 Management > Trap 6
7.6 Management > NMS Addresses 9
7.7 Management > Reboot 51
8 Tools 52
8.1 Tools > Ping 52
8.2 Tools > Ifconfig 53
8.3 Tools > Route 5
8. Tools > TFTP 55
9 Status 56
9.1 Status > Status 56
9.2 Status > Interfaces 57

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9.3 Status > Services 59
9. Status > System Log 60
9.5 Status > Neighbor 61
10 Help 61

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1Docu ent History
Revision
Date Re arks Authors
1.0 2008-0 -07 Draft Release

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2Overview
The purpose of this document is to describe the detail features of EnGenius Mesh
Access Point (M8000), and also the procedure and methodology of configuring and
the use of EnGenius MAP.

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3EnGenius Mesh Web-based Interface
Web-based configuration interface is accessible with computer with TCP/IP capability
and web browser (e.g. Mozilla or IE).To access web-based configuration interface,
enter
https://192.168.0.1/.
In the browser URL/Location field.
You will see an authentication page display as shown in Figure 3.1.1.
Figure 3.1.1: Windows authentication page
Type “ad in” in User Name and Password field, then click OK button.

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EnGenius Mesh page has six main menus: System, Network, Services, Management,
Tools and Status. Each main menu also will have its submenu.
Welcome
System
System System settings
Syslog Syslog settings
Advance Advance tuning
Network
Network Network settings
VLAN VLAN settings
Mesh Mesh settings
Wireless Wireless settings
Route Route settings
Services
MAC Access Filter MAC address
NT Network Time rotocol
RADIUS RADIUS client settings
Linux Kernel Watchdog Linux Kernel Watchdog settings
SSHD SSHD Configuration
WME WME Settings
DHC Relay DHC relay settings
Management

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HTT D Internal webserver settings
Configuration Configuration management
SNM SNM settings
Firmware Firmware maintenance
Trap Trap settings
NMS Addresses Network Management System notifying settings.
Reboot Reboot device
Tools
ing ing
Ifconfig Ifconfig
Route Route
TFT TFT
Status
Status System status
Interfaces Interfaces statistics
Services Services status
System Log System logging
Neighbor Mesh node status
Help

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4Syste
4.1 Syste > Syste
MAP 1000 is a layer 2 mesh network that supports gateway and relay operation
mode. Figure .1.1 illustrates the system information configuration page.
Figure 4.1.1: Syste Infor ation Configuration page
System Information Configuration page contains the following parameters:
•Na e – Name of the device.
•Location – Location name that device located.
•Contact Na e – Name of the contact person for consulting about the device.
•Contact E ail – Email address of the contact person.
•Contact Phone – Phone number of the contact person.
•Description – Description of the device.
•Object ID – Display SNMP MIB object identification (OID) of the device.
•Operation Mode – Type of operation mode such as “Layer 2 Gateway” &
“ Layer 2 Relay”
•“Apply” button to save any changes made. New settings are active after the
device reboot.

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4.2 Syste > Syslog
Certain system message is useful to understand the problem behind any undesired
result. Mesh AP 000 is enabled with syslog server that can log message locally and
remotely. Figure .2.1 illustrates the Syslog configuration page.
Figure 4.2.1: Syslog configuration page
Syslog contains the following parameters:
•Active – Enable or disable system logging feature.
•Klog – Enable or disable kernel logging feature.
•Level – 8 levels of logging : emergency, alert, critical, error, warning, notice,
info and debug.
•Re ote Syslog – Enable or disable remote syslog server.
•Re ote Server Address – Address of remote syslog server when remote
syslog is enabled.
•“Apply” button to save any changes made. New settings are active after the
device reboot.

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4.3 Syste > Advance
In this advance feature, networking conntrack and some wireless fine tune done.
Figure .3.1 illustrates the advance configuration page.
Figure 4.3.1: Advance configuration page

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Advance configuration have the following parameters:
•Maxi u Session – maximum connection tracking session, a higher value is
desired to support large number of local users.
•Generic Ti eout – generic timeout for a connection tracking instance
•ICMP Ti eout – ICMP timeout
•TCP Close Ti eout – TCP close timeout
•TCP Close Wait Ti eout – TCP close wait timeout
•TCP Established Ti eout – TCP established timeout
•TCP Finished Wait Ti eout – TCP finished wait timeout
•TCP Last Ack Ti eout – Last acknowledgement timeout
•TCP SYN Receive Ti eout – TCP SYN receive timeout
•TCP SYN Sent Ti eout – TCP SYN sent timeout
•TCP Ti e Wait Ti eout – TCP Time wait timeout
•UDP Ti eout – UDP timeout
•UDP Strea Ti eout – UDP stream timeout
•Radio 1 distance – Desired operating distance for radio 1 ( usually refer to
mesh radio )
•Radio 2 distance – Desired operating distance for radio 2 ( usually refer to
client access radio )
•Regulatory Do ain – Display the regulatory domain of the wireless interface
•Country – List of supported country available from the wireless interface.
•Outdoor Mode – Enable or disable use of outdoor mode on the wireless
interface.
•External Channel Mode – Enable or disable use of external channel mode of
the wireless interface
•“Apply” button to save any changes made. New settings are active after
reboot.
•“Reset” button to restore the settings on advance page back to factory
default settings.

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5Network
5.1 Network > Network
Figure 5.1.1 illustrates the network configuration page.
Figure 5.1.1: Network configuration page
Network contains the following parameters:
•Pri ary DNS – Primary Domain Name Server used to translates domain
names to IP addresses. Edit this field to match your ISP DNS address or leave
it unchanged to use received DNS address from your ISP.
•Secondary DNS – Secondary Domain Name Server used to translates domain
names to IP addresses. A backup DNS address to primary DNS. Specify the
Secondary DNS address.
•Do ain – Specify the Domain name of network.
•Gateway – IP address of router or nodes that serves as an entrance to
another network, and vice-versa. Edit this field to match your ISP settings or
leave it unchanged to use defaults from your ISP.
•“Apply” button to save any changes made. New settings are active after the
device reboot.

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5.2 Network > VLAN
Virtual LAN is a method of creating independent networks within a physical network.
Several VLANs can co-exist within such a network. This VLAN implementation is
based on the IEEE 802.1Q tagging protocol. Figure 5.2.1 illustrates the VLAN
configuration page.
Figure 5.2.1: VLAN configuration page
To configure VLAN:
•Active VLAN list all activated VLAN. By default, only VLAN0 is active. Click on
“Edit” button to edit active VLAN.
•VLAN0 – edit page will display as shown in Figure 5.2.2.

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Figure 5.2.2: VLAN0 – edit page
VLAN0 - edit page contain the following parameter:
oID – Enter the VLAN ID.
oType – Click on “Type” drop down menu to select “Static” or “DHCP”.
oIP – Specify the VLAN IP address.
oNet ask – Specify the network mask for this IP.
oRouted – Click on “Routed” drop down menu to select “Routable
address” or “NAT address”. A routeable network is visible to other Mesh
Node.
oCo ents – Specify VLAN comments.
oActive – Click on “Active” drop down menu to select enable or disable
VLAN.
o“Apply” button to save any changes made. New settings are active
after the device reboot.
•To edit inactive VLAN, click on “Inactive VLAN” drop down menu, select on
VLAN you want to edit. For example, select VLAN1. Click on bottom “Edit”
button to edit inactive VLAN1.
•VLAN1 – edit page will display as shown in Figure 5.3.2

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5.3 Network > Mesh
This device will form a wireless mesh network with other device provided the correct
configuration. Figure 5.3.1 illustrates the wireless settings of the mesh.
Figure 5.3.1: Mesh - wireless configuration page
Mesh – wireless page contain the following parameter:
•MAC address – Display the MAC address of Mesh – wireless interface.
•Mode – Click on “Mode” drop down menu to select “AP”, “STA”, “ADHOC”
or “WDS” operating mode. AP ode will bring the wireless device to
Access Point mode. Under this mode, it can connect multiple wireless
communication devices together to form a wireless network and can relay

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data between wireless and wired devices.
STA mode will bring the wireless device to Station mode. Under this mode,
it needs to connect to an AP to join the wireless network.
ADHOC mode will bring the wireless device to adhoc mode where no AP
is required. The connection is established for the duration of one session
by discovering others device within range.
WDS mode will bring the wireless device to form a wireless distribution
system that connects to other AP to form a larger network. Data can be
ralayed between 2 stations.
Only ADHOC mode is allowed in mesh network. Mode other than ADHOC
is disabled and not supported.
•Band – Click on “Band” drop down menu to select “802.11a”, “802.11b”
or “802.11g’ operating band. Choose 802.11a if you want to operates
mesh network under the 5GHz spectrum and up to 5 Mbps. However,
make sure your hardware is supported for this kind of operation. Choose
802.11b for operation under 2. GHz spectrums for rates up to 11Mbps.
Choose 802.11g for operation under 2. GHz that are backward
compatible with 802.11b band. It can support rates up to 5 Mbps.
•ESSID – Extended Service Set Identifier is a code attached to all packets on
a wireless network to identify each packet as part of that network. This
entry is case sensitive text string which consists of a maximum of 32
alphanumeric characters. Enter your ESSID into this field that consistent
with other mesh so that it can join or form the mesh network.
•Frequency – Click on “Frequency” drop down menu to select operating
frequency of wireless network in GHz.
•Beacon Interval – Beacon are management packets sent by an Access
Point to manage and synchronize a wireless network. Value in the range of
20 to 1000 milliseconds is permitted. The default value is set to 100
milliseconds.

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•RTS Threshold – Request to Send management packet. With smaller RTS
length value, the wireless network can recover from interference and
collisions quicker at a cost of reducing the maximum throughput. Network
with heaving loading or interference is advised to use smaller value of
RTS.
•Frag entation Threshold – Fragmentation of packet into desired length.
Network with high packet error should use smaller value. Use of small
value will results in lower throughput due to more overheads is
introduced.
•DTIM Interval – Delivery Traffic Indication Message is a countdown
mechanism for informing associated stations of the next window for
listening to broadcast and multicast messages. When the AP has buffered
broadcast or multicast messages, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM
interval value. Clients hear the beacons and awaken to receive the
broadcast and multicast messages. A range of value 1 to 255 is permitted.
The default value is 1.
•Datarate – Click on “Datarate” drop down menu to select wireless
network datarate. For example, 1 Mbps, 2 Mps, 5.5 Mbps……
•Tx antenna – Click on “Tx antenna” drop down button to select
“Diversity”, “Card Default”, “Port 1”, or “Port 2”.
•Rx antenna - Click on “Rx antenna” drop down button to select
“Diversity”, “Card Default”, “Port 1”, or “Port 2”.
•Current Maxi u Tx Power (dB ) – Display current maximum Tx power.
•Maxi u Tx Power (dB ) - Click on “Maxi u Tx Power” drop down
button to select maximum Tx power.
•Security – Add security features to the wireless network. Click on
“Security” drop down button to select “Open”, “WEP” or “AES”. Only
when select “WEP” or “AES” will display “Encryption Key” field as shown
in Figure 5.3.2.

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Figure 5.3.2: Mesh - wireless configuration page (with encryption key)
oOpen-no encryption or security is applied.
oWEP-Wired Equivalent Privacy. An encryption using either 6 -bit or
128-bit to encrypt the network packets.
oAES-Advanced Encryption Standard. An encryption scheme that uses
128-bit to encrypt the network packets.
•“Apply” button to save any changes made. New settings are active after the
device reboot.

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5.4 Network > Wireless
Figure 5. .1 illustrates the AP configuration page.
Figure 5.4.1: AP configuration page
Wireless AP contains the following parameters:
•MAC address – Displays the MAC address of the wireless interface.
•Mode – Only AP mode is available in MAP 000.
•Band – “802.11a”, “802.11b” or “802.11g” operating band.
•Frequency – Operating frequency of the wireless network in Ghz.
•Tx antenna – Select “Diversity”, “Port 1”, “Port 2” or “Card Default”.
•Rx antenna – Select “Diversity”, “Port 1”, “Port 2” or “Card Default”.
•Current Maxi u Tx Power – Displays current transmit power of the
wireless card due to regulatory limitation.
•Maxi u Tx Power (dB ) – Select transmit power of the AP wireless card.
•“Apply” button to save any changes made. New settings are active after the