LiveAction LiveWire Edge User manual

1Install LiveWire Edge
Attach the included feet and screw one end of
the power supply cable to the DC jack on the
back of LiveWire™ Edge, and plug the other end
of the cable into a reliable power source.
Warning: Do not place anything on top of or on
either side of LiveWire Edge as this may cause
the unit to overheat.
2 Connect LiveWire Edge to the Network
LiveWire Edge can be connected to the network
either inline, through the two bridge ports, or using
any of the three available span ports. The bridge
ports will pass traffic back and forth without
interruption while monitoring the connection
whether or not the device is powered on. The span
ports can be connected to directly from any packet
source.
To do so: disconnect the Ethernet cable between
the router and the modem and plug it into either
of the Bridge ports. Connect a second Ethernet
cable, included in the box, to the other Bridge port
to complete the connection.
Note: If you are using LiveWire Edge to export
LiveFlow data to a LiveNX server, you must
connect port 4 on LiveWire Edge to the WAN side
and port 5 to the LAN side.
3Connect ‘MGMT’ Port to Network
Connect the 'MGMT' port on LiveWire Edge to your
network router or switch with an Ethernet cable.
4Turn on LiveWire Edge
Press the On/Off button next to the power cord.
The lights next to the USB ports will illuminate
and LiveWire Edge will boot up.
Note: This may take several minutes.
5Identify LiveWire Edge IP Address
LiveWire Edge comes pre-configured to obtain
its IP address via DHCP. The IP address is required
to configure and use LiveWire Edge, as described
in Steps 6 and 7. If you are not familiar with how to
look up the IP address assigned to LiveWire Edge,
please obtain the IP address from your network
administrator. The MAC address on the bottom of
LiveWire Edge is useful in determining the
corresponding IP address.
Note: If an IP address is not assigned to LiveWire
Edge by the DHCP server within two minutes of
being connected to the network, LiveWire Edge
defaults to a static address of 192.168.1.21.
6Configure LiveWire Edge
LiveWire Edge is ready to use straight out of
the box; however, to change settings with the
configuration utility, use a web browser to
connect to the IP address identified in Step 5.
Settings that can be changed include the device
name, MGMT IP address, time zone, NTP server,
and reporting options: None and Export Data
to LiveNX.
Username: admin Password: admin
7Start Using LiveWire Edge
To capture packets and analyze your network
with LiveWire Edge, simply connect to the
built-in Omnipeek for Web application at
https://YOUR_IP, or connect using Omnipeek
for Windows.
LiveWire™ Edge
Front and Back Panels
Internet
Modem
Router

Using LiveWire Edge
Network Monitoring
For network monitoring, LiveWire Edge is used
together with LiveNX (licensed separately).
LiveWire Edge is connected inline to the
network and configured to send data to LiveNX
(this data is called LiveFlow), and LiveNX
collects network statistics from one or more
LiveWire Edge devices for long-term reporting
and trending. Understanding the network
and solving problems is extremely visual using
LiveNX, and with its unique integration to
network packets stored on the LiveWire Edge
devices, you have access to the detailed data
required for immediate root-cause analysis.
Network Troubleshooting
LiveWire Edge can also be used as a
stand-alone network packet recording and
analysis device. LiveWire Edge includes a copy
of Omnipeek®, LiveAction’s premier software
for understanding network performance and
operation based on solely packet data. A web
browser version of Omnipeek is also built-in,
which any number of users can connect to at
the same time. With Omnipeek and LiveWire
Edge, you can capture and decode packets
and interact with high level visualizations to
understand network and application
performance, VoIP performance, user activity,
security issues, and much more.
The registered owner can download the latest
version of Omnipeek from their MyPeek
account at: https://mypeek.liveaction.com/
welcome.php
LiveNX Integration
To configure LiveWire Edge to export LiveFlow
data to a LiveNX server, change the
Reporting Options in the configuration utility to
'Export Data to LiveNX,' and specify the LiveNX
server IP address, refresh intervals, and adapter.
You will also need to specify router mappings.
Additionally, in the LiveNX application, when
adding a LiveWire Edge device to LiveNX from the
Add Device dialog, configure the 'Enter SNMP
connection settings for this device' option as
follows:
SNMP Version: Version 3
User Name: admin
Authentication Protocol: SHA
Authentication Password:
Ys2Q5Xxu7g3gUoHxfUFifqiXSXjd2tkc
Privacy Protocol: AES 128-bit
Privacy Password:
x3Fmpv9OpIsnk0Qg3rH25BKBd66fxzSK
Also in the LiveNX application, you will need to
enter any router map entries specifed in the
configuration utility; and also add the ‘LiveWire’
tag in order to have the ability to start Omnipeek
for Web directly from LiveNX. See the LiveWire
User Guide for more information.
Reset to Factory Defaults
In the event you need to reset LiveWire Edge to its
factory settings, use a paper clip or similar object
to hold down the reset button for three seconds.
If any settings need to be changed after reset,
the configuration utility will need to be run again.
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