SMC Networks SMC2586W-G - Manuals

1. Introduction 1.1 Overview The SMC2586W-G is a versatile device that can be configured to be in one ofthe 3 operational modes—Access Point, Bridge Master, and Bridge Slave—forvarious wireless bridging applications. With the convenient Web-based userinteface, a network administrator can easily and ...

2. First-Time Installation and Configuration 2.1 Selecting a Power Supply Method The SMC2586W-G can be powered by either the supplied power adapter orthe optional SMCPWR-INJ3 EliteConnect™ Power Injector. The SMC2586W-Gautomatically selects the suitable power depending on your decision. To power the...

2.3 Preparing for Configuration To configure an SMC2586W-G, a managing computer with a Web browser isneeded. For first-time configuration of an SMC2586W-G, an Ethernet net-work interface card (NIC) should have been installed in the managing com-puter. For maintenance configuration of a deployed SMC2...

NOTE: It is strongly recommended that the password be changed to other value for security reasons. On the start page, click the General, Password link to change the value of the password (see Section 3.3.1 for more information). TIP: Since the Status page shows the current settings and status of the...

Step 3: Configuring IEEE 802.11 Settings Fig. 9. IEEE 802.11g communication settings. Go to the IEEE 802.11, Communication section in the Web-based Management user interface to configure IEEE 802.11g-related communicationsettings, including Channel number and Network name (SSID). The number of avail...

To enable a WDS link: 1. Specify the MAC address of the AP or bridge at the other end of the WDS link.2. Select the corresponding Enabled check box. For example, assume you want two SMC2586W-Gs with MAC addresses 00-02-65-01-62-C5 and 00-02-65-01-62-C6 to establish a WDS link between them. On SMC258...

Step 4: Reviewing and Applying Settings Fig. 13. Settings changes are highlighted in red. On the start page, you can review all the settings you have made. Changesare highlighted in red. If they are OK, click Restart for the new settings totake effect. NOTE: It takes about 7 seconds for the SMC2586W...

2.5 Deploying the SMC2586W-G After the settings have been configured, deploy the SMC2586W-G to thefield application environment. Connect the SMC2586W-G to an EthernetLAN through an Ethernet switch/hub.If external high-gain directional antennas are needed, it may be difficult toalign the antennas. He...

3. Using Web-Based Management 3.1 Overview Fig.15 The Start page. Menu Structure The left side of the start page contains a menu for you to carry out com-mands. Here is a brief description of the hyperlinks on the menu: • Home. For going back to the start page. • Status. Status information. • Wirele...

Fig. 18 Settings have been changed. Home and Refresh Commands Fig. 19 Home and Refresh. At the bottom of each status page shows read-only information and two buttons— Home and Refresh. Clicking Home brings you back to the start page. Clicking Refresh updates the shown status information. 3.2 Viewing...

Current DHCP Mappings Fig. 21 Current DHCP mappings. On this page, all the current static or dynamic DHCP mappings are shown. ADHCP mapping is a correspondence relationship between an IP addressassigned by the DHCP server and a computer or device that obtains the IPaddress. A computer or device that...

When the SMC2586W-G is in Bridge Slave mode, you can use the LinkMonitor status page to monitor the link quality and signal strength sensedby its RF module. Larger values means better wireless connectivity to itsassociated Bridge Master. This feature is especially useful when you arealigning a pair ...

From the table, a WDS link can be establish between two APs, a BM-BS linkcan be established between a Bridge Master and a Bridge Slave, but no wire-less link can be established between a Bridge Slave and an AP. Fig. 24 Connectivity Limitation. In Fig. 24 packets from STA cannot reach X, and vice ver...

DHCP Mappings Fig. 37 Static DHCP mappings. IP addresses of servers are often static so that clients could always locatethe servers by the static IP addresses. By using Static DHCP Mappings , you can ensure that a host will get the same IP address when it requests onefrom the DHCP server. Therefore,...

For specific needs such as configuring the SMC2586W-G as a wireless LAN-to-LAN bridge, the AP functionality can be disabled, so that no wirelessclient can associate with the SMC2586W-G. (This will only work while the SMC2586W-G bridges are configured in AP/WDS mode, if you are usingMaster/Slave mode...

Wireless Distribution System Fig. 40 Wireless Distribution System. Traditionally, access points are connected by Ethernet. By IEEE 802.11Wireless Distribution System (WDS), APs can communicate with one anotherwirelessly. For example, in Fig. 40, AP 2 acts as an access point for the note-book compute...

WARNING: Do not let your network topology consist of wireless bridges, Ethernet switches, Ethernet links, and WDS links that form a loop. If thereare any loops that exist, packets will circle around the loops and networkperformance will be seriously degraded. Fig. 44 Network topology containing a lo...

Wireless Client Isolation is a feature for the SMC2586W-G in AP or Bridge Master mode to block wireless-to-wireless traffic between STAs so that theSTAs cannot see each other. This feature is useful for WLANs deployed inpublic places. This way, hackers have no chance to attack other wirelessusers in...

As illustrated in Fig. 46 when AP 1 and AP 2 are using the “This AP Only”option, AP1 blocks wireless traffic between STA 1 and STA 2, while wirelesstraffic between STA 2 and STA 3, which are associated with different APs, isstill allowed. If the “All APs in This Subnet” option is used as shown in Fi...

SMC2586W-G supports IEEE 802.1x and can be configured to communicatewith two RADIUS servers. When the primary RADIUS server fails to respond,SMC2586W-G will try to communicate with the secondary RADIUS server.You can specify the length of timeout and the number of retries before com-municating with ...

TCP/UDP Port Filters Fig. 55 TCP/UDP port filters settings. The destination port field the TCP or UDP header of a packet incoming fromthe WLAN or Ethernet interface is inspected for filtering. In a rule, specifythe decimal Destination Port, Protocol type (TCP/UDP), and the name of the higher-level p...

SNMP Fig. 59 SNMP settings. The SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) functionality can be dis-abled, and you can specify the name (used as a password) of the read-onlyand read-write community. In addition, up to 5 SNMP trap targets can be setin the SNMP Trap Table. To specify a trap target: 1. ...

4. EliteConnect Management Utility 4.1 Introduction This chapter gives introductory information, such as the design goal and fea-tures, on SMC EliteConnect™ Management Utility.In Chapter 4.2, it outlines EliteConnect Management Utility’s basic function-ality by using a sample device list file, which...

Editing the Device List Fig. 63 Edit menu. Select the desired device item from the device list. You can select consecutivedevice items by clicking while holding the Shift key. And you can selectinconsecutive device items by clicking while holding the Ctrl key. The SelectAll command on the Edit menu ...

of EliteConnect Management Utility and an empty new device list file havebeen opened. Filtering the Device List Fig. 65 Filter View of the Workspace window. You can filter a device list by clicking a tree item on the Filter tab of theWorkspace window. The tree hierarchy represents filtering criteria...

Fig. 6. Sorting by IP address, in descending order. NOTE: If a newly opened device list file is sorted, an asterisk mark “*” will be added to the file name shown in the title bar of EliteConnect ManagementUtility, which means the contents of the device list file have been modified. Rearranging the C...

Fig. 72 History Log View. Configuring a Device by Web Browser Select the device item in the device list, which represents the SMC2582W-Bor SMC2586W-G you use for this tutorial, and then carry out the Configure by Web Browser command on the Device menu. The default Web browser will be launched for yo...

Filter View Fig. 75 Filter View. EliteConnect Management Utility analyses the structure of the devices itemsin the active device list and shows the results in a tree fashion on the Filter tab of the Workspace window. The active device list can be filtered by click- ing a tree item (see Section 4.3.3...

File View Fig. 76 File View. The File tab of the Workspace window lists all opened device list files so that you to quickly switch between them (see “Viewing All Opened Device ListFiles” Section on page 81 for more information). History Log View Fig. 77 History Log View. The History Log View shows p...

Fig. 81 Floating Workspace window. Fig. 82 History Log View docked to the right side. 72

Fig. 86 A sample Device Password List. Select the Use the following Device Password List instead of asking for device user name and password check box, and specify the location of the device password list file by clicking the “…” button. Logging Options Fig. 87 Logging tab. On this tab, you can spec...

Editing the Device List Fig. 94 Edit menu. You can use the commands on the Edit menu to edit the active device list. Refer to Section 4.3.1.5 for explanations of the commands. Filter the Device List Fig. 95 Device list filtering. You can filter a device list by clicking a tree item on the Filter tab...

Fig. 96 Sorting by IP address, in ascending order. Clicking the IP Address header one more time sorts the device list in descending order, as shown by Fig. 97. Fig. 97 Sorting by IP address, in descending order. NOTE: If a newly opened device list file is sorted, an asterisk mark “*” will be added t...

Upgrading Device Firmware Carry out the Upgrade Firmware by HTTP command. Backing up Device Configuration Carry out the Back up Configuration by HTTP command. Restoring Device Configuration Carry out the Restore Configuration by HTTP command. Printing the Active Device List To print the active devic...

Appendix A: Default Settings TIP: Press the Default button on the powered-on SMC2586W-G to reset the configuration settings to factory-default values. 88

Appendix B: Troubleshooting Check the following first:• Make sure that the power of the SMC2586W-G is on and the Ethernet cables are connected firmly to the RJ-45 jacks of the SMC2586W-G. • Make sure that the LED ALV of the SMC2586W-G is blinking to indicate the SMC2586W-G is working. • Make sure th...

• If you cannot find any incorrect settings of the SMC2586W-G, the default gateway of the SMC2586W-G may be really down or there are other communication problems on the network backbone. Other Problems • My SMC2586W-G has been set to obtain an IP address automatically by DHCP. How can I know its acq...

Appendix C : Distances and Data Rates Important Notice: Maximum distances posted below are actual tested distance thresholds. However, there are many variables such as barrier composition andconstruction and local environmental interference that may impact your actualdistances and cause you to exper...

Appendix D: Technical Specification SMC2586W-G Wireless Bridge 93 Standards: • 802.11b• 802.11g• 802.3• 802.3u• 802.3af Data rate & modulation: • OFDM@54Mbps, CCK@11/5.5Mbps, DQPSK@2Mbps and DBSK@1Mbps Radio Technology: • OFDM• DSSS Operating Range: • Up to 1,155 feet Channels: • USA: 1-11 (FCC)...

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