SmartBridges sB3021 - Manual (Page 2)

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airHaul 2 Nexus PRO™ User Guide
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT .................................................................................................... 4
OVERVIEW OF USER GUIDE ............................................................................................... 4
RELATED PUBLICATIONS ................................................................................................... 5
TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER ......................................................................................... 5
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 6
1.1. AIR H AUL
2 N EXUS PRO C ONFIGURATION F EATURES ................................................... 6
1.2. S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................... 6
1.3. C HECKLISTS ............................................................................................................. 7
2. AIRHAUL
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NEXUS PRO™ CONFIGURATION ............................................................ 11
2.1. U SER L OGIN AND L ICENSE A GREEMENT ................................................................... 11
2.2. W EB GUI A DMINISTRATOR P ASSWORD C HANGE ...................................................... 15
2.3. U SING THE C ONFIGURATION P AGES ........................................................................ 16
2.4. N AVIGATION M ENU B AR .......................................................................................... 18
2.5. D EVICE O PERATION M ODE ...................................................................................... 22
2.5.1 Repeater Mode Configuration ....................................................................... 22
2.5.2 Link Aggregate Root Router Mode ............................................................... 25
2.5.3 Link Aggregate Remote Router/NAT Mode.................................................. 29
2.6 D UAL R ADIO C ONFIGURATION ................................................................................. 32
2.6.1 Root Bridge to Remote Bridge ...................................................................... 32
2.6.2 Root Bridge to Remote Router/NAT ............................................................. 34
2.6.3 Remote Bridge to Root Bridge ...................................................................... 36
2.6.4 Remote Router/NAT to Root Bridge ............................................................. 37
2.6.5 Remote Router/NAT to Remote Bridge ........................................................ 39
2.6.6 Remote Bridge to Remote Router/NAT ........................................................ 40
2.7 R OOT B RIDGE C ONFIGURATION ............................................................................... 43
2.7.1 Bridge IP Configurations ............................................................................... 43
2.7.2 Wireless Configurations ................................................................................ 44
2.7.3 Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) ................................................. 48
2.7.4 STP Settings Configuration........................................................................... 48
2.8 R EMOTE B RIDGE C ONFIGURATION ........................................................................... 52
2.8.1 Bridge IP Configuration ................................................................................. 52
2.8.2 Wireless Configuration .................................................................................. 53
2.9 R EMOTE R OUTER /NAT C ONFIGURATION ................................................................. 55
2.9.1 Bridge IP Configuration ................................................................................. 55
2.9.2 Wireless Configuration .................................................................................. 56
2.9.3 DHCP Configurations..................................................................................... 59
2.9.4 DHCP Relay Configurations .......................................................................... 60
2.9.5 Routing Table ................................................................................................. 62
2.10 D ISABLING R ADIO FOR S INGLE R ADIO O PERATION ................................................... 65
2.11. W IRELESS S ETTINGS M ANAGEMENT ........................................................................ 67
2.11.1 Wireless Settings ........................................................................................... 67
2.11.2 Data Encryption.............................................................................................. 67
3. PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS AND BANDWIDTH CONTROLLER.......................... 72