Nortel 2245 Operating and maintenance instructions

Nortel Networks Communication Server 1000
Nortel Networks Communication Server 1000 Release 4.0
WLAN IP Telephony
Installation and Configuration
Document Number: 553-3001-304
Document Release: Standard 3.00
Date: September 2004
Year Publish FCC TM
Copyright © 2004 Nortel Networks
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Produced in Canada
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or components as progress in engineering and manufacturing may warrant.
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Revision history
September 2004
Standard 3.00. This document is up-issued to support Nortel Networks
Communication Server 1000 Release 4.0.
June 2004
Standard 2.00. This document has been up-issued to reflect changes in
technical content.
May 2004
Standard 1.00. This document is issued to support the Nortel Networks
WLAN system, including the Nortel Networks WLAN IP Telephony
Manager 2245, Nortel Networks WLAN Application Gateway 2246,
Nortel Networks WLAN Handset 2210, and Nortel Networks WLAN
Handset 2211.

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Contents
About this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Subject .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Applicable systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Conventions .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Related information .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Declaration of conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Shielded cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Wireless telephone network description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Call Server .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
DHCP Server .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
TFTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
WLAN Handset 2210 and WLAN Handset 2211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ISM parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Push To Talk feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Loud noise environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
WLAN Application Gateway 2246 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Access Points .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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AP switchover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
DHCP server planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
TFTP Server planning .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Syslog Server planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
AP planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Site survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Conducting an effective site survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Example of AP placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Solving coverage issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Solving overlap issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Network planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Zones .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 planning .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Installation requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 groups .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Gateway and timing function .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Roaming and handover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Multicast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
WLAN Application Gateway 2246 planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Installation requirements for the WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245
and the WLAN Application Gateway 2246 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
IP address planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
IP addressing with DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Planning worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
System information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Bandwidth management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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Zones for wireless handsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Call blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Codecs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Jitter buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
RLR and SLR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
RTCP .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Gain adjustment .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Programmable rings and tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Virtual Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Branch Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Local mode display .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Net 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
End-to-end QoS .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CS 1000 and Meridian 1 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
IP Phone 2004 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Required materials .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Supplied equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Pre-installation checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Installing the WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
About the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Wall mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rack-mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Connecting to the LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Connecting to the power .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Installing the WLAN Application Gateway 2246 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245
configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Configuration tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Connecting to the WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Through a serial port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Through Telnet .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Configuring the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Saving the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Changing the master IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Configuring the WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Changing the password .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
WLAN Handsets 2210/2211 configuration . . . . . . 83
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Introduction .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
System provisioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Configuration tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Configuring the WLAN Handset 2210/2211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Opening and using the Admin Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Alphanumeric string entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Admin Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
IP Address menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
ESSID .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
License Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Restore Defaults .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Site Survey Mode .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Regulatory Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Terminal type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
OAI On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Admin PW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Downloading the wireless handset software .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Pre-download checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Downloading the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
IP Phone 2004 mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

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Voice Messaging Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Codecs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
TFTP .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Feature programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Feature and key assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Program keys on the wireless handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Testing the wireless handsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Site certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Testing signal strength with the WLAN Handset 2210/2211 . . . . . 107
Push To Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
PTT operation .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
User-defined preferences .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Administration and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Adding a WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 to the system . . . . . . . 116
Checking in to the Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Replacing a WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Failed master WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 .. . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Replacing the failed WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 . . . . . . . 117
Removing a WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 from the system .. . 117
Wireless handset scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Changing the master WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 . . . . . . . . . 118
Viewing software version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
For the WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
For the WLAN Application Gateway 2246 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
For a wireless handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Updating software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Updating software on the WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 . . . 122
Updating software on the WLAN Application Gateway 2246 . . . . 123
Updating software on a wireless handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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Wireless handset download messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Normal download messages .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Download failure or recovery messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Troubleshooting the WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 . . . . . . . . . 128
Error Status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Network Status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Software Version Numbers screen .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Duplex mismatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Troubleshooting the WLAN Application Gateway 2246 . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Troubleshooting the WLAN Handset 2210/2211 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Access Point problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Configuration problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Duplex mismatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
No ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Dropped calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Wireless handset status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Using Call Server overlay commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
TPS CLI commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Determining alias IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Troubleshooting coverage issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Before calling Nortel Networks Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Appendix A: WLAN Application Gateway 2246 . . 155
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Introduction .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
System overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Configuring the WLAN Application Gateway 2246 IP address . . . 161
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

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Navigating the Administration console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Task summary list .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Configuring the OAI Box .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Configuring network parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Connecting to the LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Connecting to the Application Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Continuing configuration through Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Connecting through Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Configuring the Telephone Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Deleting a WLAN Handset 2210/2211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Searching for a WLAN Handset 2210/2211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Programming a feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Setting or changing a password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Viewing system status .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Viewing network status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Viewing Telephone Line Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Viewing software versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Certification testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
WLAN Application Gateway 2246 certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Wireless handset certification .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Updating software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Software updates on MOG700 systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
TFTP software updates for MOG600 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Planning Worksheet for WLAN Handsets 2210/2211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Freeing the serial port for administrative purposes .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Appendix B: Compatible Access Points . . . . . . . . 197
Contents .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Compatible APs by manufacturer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

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About this document
This document is a global document. Contact your system supplier or your
Nortel Networks representative to verify that the hardware and software
described are supported in your area.
Subject
This document describes the planning, installation, configuration,
maintenance, and troubleshooting for the Nortel Networks WLAN system,
including the following elements:
• Nortel Networks WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245
• Nortel Networks WLAN Application Gateway 2246 (optional)
• Nortel Networks WLAN Handset 2210
• Nortel Networks WLAN Handset 2211
Note on legacy products and releases
This NTP contains information about systems, components, and features that
are compatible with Nortel Networks Communication Server 1000
Release 4.0 software. For more information on legacy products and releases,
click the Technical Documentation link under Support on the Nortel
Networks home page:
http://www.nortelnetworks.com/
Applicable systems
This document applies to the following systems:
• Communication Server 1000S (CS 1000S)

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• Communication Server 1000M Chassis (CS 1000M Chassis)
• Communication Server 1000M Cabinet (CS 1000M Cabinet)
• Communication Server 1000M Half Group (CS 1000M HG)
• Communication Server 1000M Single Group (CS 1000M SG)
• Communication Server 1000M Multi Group (CS 1000M MG)
• Communication Server 1000E (CS 1000E)
• Meridian 1 PBX 11C Chassis (Meridian 1 PBX 11C Chassis)
• Meridian 1 PBX 11C Cabinet (Meridian 1 PBX 11C Cabinet)
• Meridian 1 PBX 51C
• Meridian 1 PBX 61C
• Meridian 1 PBX 61C CP PII
•Meridian1PBX81
• Meridian 1 PBX 81C
• Meridian 1 PBX 81C CP PII
Note: When upgrading software, memory upgrades may be required on
the Signaling Server, the Call Server, or both.
System migration
When particular Meridian 1 systems are upgraded to run CS 1000 Release 4.0
software and configured to include a Signaling Server, they become
CS 1000M systems. Table 1 lists each Meridian 1 system that supports an
upgrade path to a CS 1000M system.
Table 1
Meridian 1 systems to CS 1000M systems (Part 1 of 2)
This Meridian 1 system... Maps to this CS 1000M system
Meridian 1 PBX 11C Chassis CS 1000M Chassis
Meridian 1 PBX 11C Cabinet CS 1000M Cabinet
Meridian 1 PBX 51C CS 1000M Half Group

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For more information, see one or more of the following NTPs:
•Communication Server 1000M and Meridian 1: Small System Upgrade
Procedures (553-3011-258)
•Communication Server 1000M and Meridian 1: Large System Upgrade
Procedures (553-3021-258)
•Communication Server 1000S: Upgrade Procedures (553-3031-258)
Conventions
Terminology
In this document, the following systems are referred to generically as
“system”:
• Communication Server 1000S (CS 1000S)
• Communication Server 1000M (CS 1000M)
• Communication Server 1000E (CS 1000E)
•Meridian1
The following systems are referred to generically as “Small System”:
• Communication Server 1000M Chassis (CS 1000M Chassis)
• Communication Server 1000M Cabinet (CS 1000M Cabinet)
Meridian 1 PBX 61C CS 1000M Single Group
Meridian 1 PBX 61C CP PII CS 1000M Single Group
Meridian 1 PBX 81 CS 1000M Multi Group
Meridian 1 PBX 81C CS 1000M Multi Group
Meridian 1 PBX 81C CP PII CS 1000M Multi Group
Table 1
Meridian 1 systems to CS 1000M systems (Part 2 of 2)
This Meridian 1 system... Maps to this CS 1000M system

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• Meridian 1 PBX 11C Chassis (Meridian 1 PBX 11C Chassis)
• Meridian 1 PBX 11C Cabinet (Meridian 1 PBX 11C Cabinet)
The following systems are referred to generically as “Large System”:
• Communication Server 1000M Half Group (CS 1000M HG)
• Communication Server 1000M Single Group (CS 1000M SG)
Related information
This section lists information sources that relate to this document.
NTPs
The following NTPs are referenced in this document:
•Branch Office: Installation and Configuration (553-3001-214)
•IP Line: Description, Installation, and Operation (553-3001-365)
Online
To access Nortel Networks documentation online, click the
Technical Documentation link under Support on the Nortel Networks
home page:
http://www.nortelnetworks.com/
CD-ROM
To obtain Nortel Networks documentation on CD-ROM, contact your
Nortel Networks customer representative.
Declaration of conformity
The WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 and WLAN Application Gateway
2246 have been found to comply with the following:
• FCC Part 15 Class A - Radiate and Conducted Emissions requirements
• CISPR 22 Class A - Radiate and Conducted Emissions requirements
• ICES 003 Class A - Radiate and Conducted Emissions requirements

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• EN 55022 Class A - Radiated and Conducted Emissions requirements
• EN 55024 Immunity Requirements
• EN 61000-3-2 Harmonic Current Emissions
• EN 61000-3-3 Flickers Emissions.
WARNING
Changes or modifications to this equipment not approved
by Nortel Networks may cause this equipment to not
comply with part 15 of the FCC rules and void the user's
authority to operate this equipment.
WARNING
This equipment contains no user-serviceable parts
inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel.

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Shielded cable
Nortel Networks recommends the use of shielded cable for all external signal
connections in order to maintain FCC Part 15 emissions requirements.

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Overview
Contents
This chapter contains information on the following topics:
Wireless telephone network description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Call Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
DHCP Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
TFTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
WLAN Handset 2210 and WLAN Handset 2211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ISM parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Push To Talk feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Loud noise environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
WLAN Application Gateway 2246. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Access Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
AP switchover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Wireless telephone network description
The Nortel Networks WLAN wireless telephone network consists of the
following components:
• Call Server

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• DHCP server
• Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server
• Firewall
• Nortel Networks WLAN Handset 2210 and Nortel Networks
WLAN Handset 2211
• Nortel Networks WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245
• Nortel Networks WLAN Application Gateway 2246 (optional)
• Access Points (APs)
Figure 1 shows a typical wireless telephone network configuration.