Funkwerk bintec R230a User manual

Copyright ©April 13, 2006 Funkwerk Enterprise Communications GmbH
Version 2.0
User’sGuide
bintec R230a / R230aw / R232b/ R232bw
External Systems

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External Systems bintec User’s Guide 1
1External Systems Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1 Submenu artem Access Point Discovery/Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.1 Submenu Initiate Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.2 Submenu View/Configure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Index: External Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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External Systems Menu 1
1 External Systems Menu
The fields of the EXTERNAL SYSTEMS menu are described below.
In the EXTERNAL SYSTEMS menu external systems can be configured resp. mon-
itored. Presently only the artem Access Point discovery is implemented.
1.1 Submenu artem Access Point Discov-
ery/Configuration
The fields of the ARTEM ACCESS POINT DISCOVERY/CONFIGURATION submenu
are described below.
The options of this menu enable the discovery and configuration of artem Ac-
cess Points that are located in the same wired network as your gateway. Once
an access point has been discovered, a number of basic parameters (node
name, IP address, netmask and gateway address) can be configured on the ac-
cess point (given that you know the administrative password).
1.1.1 Submenu Initiate Discovery
In the EXTERNAL SYSTEMS ➜ARTEM ACCESS POINT DISCOVERY/CONFIGURATION ➜
INITIATE DISCOVERY menu the discovery of possibly existing artem Access Points
is initiated.

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External Systems Menu
In ex works state the displayed list contains no entries. The following screenshot
shows an example:
The list displays the following details about the configured entries:
R232bw Setup Tool Funkwerk Enterprise Communications GmbH
[EXT][artem AP][DISCOV]: artem AP Discovery MyGateway
Press 'd' to run discovery on selected interface
Interface Operation Result Last Run
ISP none no Error 10/29/04 13:57:55
en1-0 discovery no Error 10/29/04 13:57:55
vss0 none Dest.unreachable
ADD DELETE EXIT
Column Description
Interface Displays the name of the IP interface which is
configured for artem access point discovery.
The name shown to identify the interface is the
IFDESCR from the IFTABLE.
Operation Displays whether a discovery for artem access
points is running. This value is updated auto-
matically to indicate, when the discovery opera-
tion has finished.
Possible values:
■none: Discovery is not running on this inter-
face.
■discovery: Discovery is currently running on
this interface.

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External Systems Menu 1
Table 1-1: EXTERNAL SYSTEMS ➜ARTEM ACCESS POINT DISCOVERY/CONFIGURATION ➜
INITIATE DISCOVERY
By selecting an entry and pressing the dkey on your keyboard, you can initiate
the discovery process for the selected interface.
Result Displays the result of the operation. This value
is updated automatically.
Make sure that the network cable is plugged in
to the required interface.
The values are read-only:
■no Error: No discovery initiated or discovery
was a success.
■Dest. unreachable: The interface is current-
ly not usable, i.e. the interface is not opera-
tional, has no IP address assigned or has
no associated direct route. The request
could not be sent.
■internal errror: Is displayed, if the discovery
has been configured more than once for
one interface.
Specific failure reason can be found in the sys-
log messages.
Last Run Displays the date and time of the last success-
ful discovery. Nothing is displayed if no discov-
ery has been performed yet or all discovery
runs have been unsuccessful.
Column Description
Note
Possibly available artem access points are discovered by sending a multicast.
Thus it is not important whether the access point has an IP address and which
one it is.

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External Systems Menu
You can add an instance of the access point discovery in the menu EXTERNAL
SYSTEMS ➜ARTEM ACCESS POINT DISCOVERY/CONFIGUR-ATION ➜INITIATE
DISCOVERY ➜ ADD:
The menu contains the following fields:
Note
Note that discovered access point are not stored in the flash, i.e. the discovery
has to be repeated after a reboot of your gateway.
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[EXT][artem AP][DISCOV][ADD]: Add Interfaces for MyGateway
artem AP Discovery
Interface en1-0
Operation none
SAVE CANCEL
Field Description
Interface Here you can choose for which of the IP inter-
faces the discovery is to be performed. All
access points to which the gateway connects
via this interface will be discovered.

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External Systems Menu 1
Table 1-2: EXTERNAL SYSTEMS ➜ARTEM ACCESS POINT DISCOVERY/CONFIGURATION ➜
INITIATE DISCOVERY ➜ ADD
1.1.2 Submenu View/Configure
Once you have run the discovery on all desired interfaces, you can view the re-
sult of the discovery and configure the discovered access points in the menu
EXTERNAL SYSTEMS ➜ARTEM ACCESS POINT DISCOVERY/CONFIGURATION ➜
VIEW/CONFIGURE:
Operation Here you can choose if the discovery of an
artem access point is to be triggered immedi-
ately when the entry is saved, i.e. as soon as
you confirm with SAVE.
Possible values:
■none (default value): No operation is per-
formed when the entry has been saved.
The discovery can later be triggered as de-
scribed above.
■discovery: Discovery on this interface is
performed immediately after the entry has
been saved.
R232bw Setup Tool Funkwerk Enterprise Communications GmbH
[EXT][artem AP][CONF]: Discovered artem Access Points MyGateway
Interface AP MAC Address Node Name IP Address / Mask
en1-0 00:01:cd:0e:a5:01 XAIR AP1 192.168.0.1 / 24
en1-0 00:01:cd:0e:af:02 XAIR AP2 192.168.0.20 / 24
en1-0 00:01:cd:0f:e4:03 XAIR AP3 192.168.0.30 / 24
en1-0 00:01:cd:0f:e4:ea XAIR 4 192.168.0.30 / 24
EXIT
Field Description

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The list displays all discovered access points giving the following information:
the interface of the gateway they have been found at, the MAC address of the
access point, their current node name and their current IP configuration. You
can change a number of values by selecting an entry and confirming with
Return:
The menu consists of the following fields:
R232bw Setup Tool Funkwerk Enterprise Communications GmbH
[EXT][artem AP][CONF][EDIT]: artem AP Configuration MyGateway
Interface en1-0
AP MAC Address 00:01:cd:0e:a5:01
IP Status unknown
Operation none
Result no Error
Last Change 10/29/04 14:13:29
Node Name XAIR AP1
IP Address 192.168.0.1
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Gateway Address
Admin. Password
SET REFRESH CANCEL
Field Description
Interface Displays the interface of your gatewy to which
the access point is connected.
AP MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the access point.