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$ERXW7KLV0DQXDO Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 21 $ERXW7KLV0DQXDO This Manual describes how to use the SIM A T IC NET Industrial Wireless LAN (IWL) tools to config ure and monito r wireless LANs built w ith SIMA TIC NET IWL pr oduc ts.
$ERXW7K LV0DQXDO 22 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Man ager, CP 1 51 5 Manag er C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 general guideline to help you to decide whic h tool can help you to accomp lish a specific ta sk. F or more inf orm ation about specific softwar e scre ens or options, you are advised to consult the on-line help docum entation.
$ERXW7KLV0DQXDO Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 23 • T o acc ess context-sensitive help on a specific screen for the SIMA TIC NET Ind ustria l W irele ss LAN pro grams, click the +HOS b ut ton or pre ss the function key .
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&RQIL JXULQJ, QIUDVW UXFW XUH 1HWZ RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 61 T o connect to the RLM proceed as f ollows: 1 .
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&RQIL JXULQJ, QIUDVW UXFW XUH 1HWZ RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 65 The network name should be the same for all wireless network inter faces tha t wi ll ser vice w ireles s sta tion s that b elon g to th e net work.
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8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 73 The quality of the radio connection is also display ed wi th a colored icon.
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8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 78 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • A high n oise lev el indicates a source of radio int erf erence i n the radio path between the two link test partners.
8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 79 In most situations you will see that the numbe r of lost messages will increase whenever the level of SNR decreases.
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8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 81 F o r example, if you have an Radio Link M odule that s h.
8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 82 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 When roamin g throughout a wireless network environme.
8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 83 with the Site Monit or tab but will start wi th the Se lecti on tab described on Selectio n T ab (page 86) .
8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 84 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Displayed across the top of the Site M onitor window .
8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 85 T o p erf orm a stan dard site survey: 1 . Arrange the site monitor display as described above. 2. Determine which locations in your network environment require wireless connectivit y .
8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 86 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 — A high noise lev el would indicate a source of interference in the radio path between your CP 1 51 5 Mana ger station and the Access Po i n t R L M .
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8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 89 • The dif f erent radio c ha nnels used by the Access P oints RLMs. 2. (Optional) C lic k the 6FDQ1RZ button to r efresh the list of observed networks.
8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 90 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • The neighboring networks have been “close d” to den y wireless compliant devices to esta blish a ra dio connectio n when these devices hav e been configured with: a.
8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 91 T o display this name it is r e quired that y our com puter first establishes tr u e data connec tions with suc h Access P oints RLMs.
8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 92 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 The Radio Link Module nam es you assign to a spotted .
8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 93 0DQXDO 'DWD/RJ JLQJ The manual data logging function all o w s y ou to take a snapshot of the measurement dat a at specific moment in time, e.
8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 94 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJXUH /RJ6H WW LQJV 2. E nter a filename f or your log file in the field /RJ) LOHQDPH .
8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 95 • 0DQXDOGDW DORJJLQJ - to man ual ly reco rd your lin k measu rements. Optionally , you can add comments each time you log dat a by clic king the “ Add comm ents” check bo x.
8VLQJWK H&3 0DQDJH U 96 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 'LDJQRVH & DUG If you sus.
8VLQJWKH &3 0DQ DJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 97 • Y our CP 1 5 1 5 Manage r station is “ out -of-range ” of the Access P oints RLMs that you wish to monitor .
8VLQJWKH5/00DQ DJHU 98 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 8VLQJWK H5/00DQDJHU Y ou can use the RL M Manager t.
8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 99 12 7( i All diagnostic options are described in the on-line help inf orma tion of the RLM Manager. T o acces s that you can access by pressing the function key or clicking the +HOS but ton in your RLM Manager window .
8VLQJWKH5/00DQ DJHU 1 00 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Y ou ca n now monitor your network.
8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 0 1 6 VWHP,QIR UPDWLRQ The s ystem inf ormatio n does.
8VLQJWKH5/00DQ DJHU 1 02 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 —U s e t h e 3ULQW but ton to print t he inf ormation to paper that y o.
8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 03 Y ou are a dvised to c ons ult the MO BIC web s ite a t reg ular i nterva ls to find out whether newer sof tware is av ai lable f or your Access Po i n t s R L M s .
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8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 05 — 2 = PC Card slot A — 3 = PC Card slot B •T h e 5DGLR7 SH field identifies the type of PC Card (in the cor re sp ondi ng slot s): — IEEE 80 2.
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8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 07 ,PSRUWDQ W,Q GLFDWRUV WR0RQLWRU The .
8VLQJWKH5/00DQ DJHU 1 08 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Compar ing the v alues f or the Access P oint RLM and its link test partn.
8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 09 )LJXUH 5HPRW H6WDWLVWLFVLQIRUPDWLRQ.
8VLQJWKH5/00DQ DJHU 1 1 0 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 6 WDUWLQJ5HP RWH6WDWLVWLFV T o displa y remote statistics for the R adio Link Module, you must first connect to the t arget RLM as des cribed in Connecting to Access P oi nts RLMs (page 99) .
8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 1 1 5DWLR(UUR UVWR %U L GJH 3 D FNHW V &RQF OXVLR Q 0. 1% or less St at us: P erformance is Good. Impact: None .
8VLQJWKH5/00DQ DJHU 1 1 2 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 6VWHP ,Q WHUY D OV T o display the sy stem in terv.
8VLQ JWK H5/0 0D QDJHU Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 1 3 )LJXUH ,QWHUY DOV ZLQGRZ In the Intervals wind ow two.
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(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 18 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • Optimizing W ired Connections (page 121) : to eli mina te redu nda nt error messages due to fai l ing connections.
(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 1 9 • When th e number of “ Out collisions” i s less than 1% of the “Bridg e out pack ets” , this indicates that the wireless medium is perf orming fine, i.
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(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 121 1 1 . Download a bac kup file as described in Step 4 - Create a B a c k-up of the Configuration (pag e 66) .
(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 22 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • Y our network system will generate a large number of error mess ages as a result of the faulty conn ection(s).
(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 123 5. Check whether the problem occurs only with t he selected RLM , or with mult iple Acce ss P o ints RLM s.
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(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 125 12 7( i If you decide to split the LAN (segment) into multiple (sub) seg men ts, ma ke sure that a ll SIM A TIC NET Ind ustria l W irele ss LAN equipped de vices will be grouped i nto the same LA N segment.
(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 26 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • The retransmissions will also degrade the performance as perceiv ed by the end-user of a wireless st ations: e.
(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 127 These tallies can be useful in determining whether or not the per f orman ce of your netwo rk is caused by interf erence.
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(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 129 • 5HWU &RXQW - counts the number of frames that are lost (due to collisions) during the initial transmission.
(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 30 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • When the number of 2XWHUURUV is 1% or mo re of t he %ULGJHRXW SD FNHWV , it is lik el y that one or more st ations suff er f orm a poor link qua lity .
(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 131 • If you suspect a “hidden ” statio n, see RTS/CTS Medium Reservation (pag e 1 3 1) .
(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 32 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 protocol would fail due to the “hidden st ation ” problem as pictured in F igure 24 The Hidden Station Problem .
(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 133 Fi gure 24 The Hidden St ation Problem illustrates an example of the “h idden station ” problem.
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(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 135 — confirm the requestor station that the Access P oint RLM ha s chec ked the medium f or availability , and has reserved it f or the time- frame of the requested transmission.
(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 36 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Since a ll stations c onnected to the Access P oint RLM are typ.
(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIILF Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 137 All other stations w ill def er their transmiss ions f or the duration of the “radio -silence time ” identifi ed in the CT S message.
(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 38 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 7. C l i c k 2. to ret urn to the I nterf ace tab. 8. Cli c k 2. again to sav e the new configuration to the Access P oint RLM and to r et urn to the main RLM Man ager win dow .
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(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 42 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 3. C hoose the sock e t (A or B) f o r the network interf ace that you would li ke to configure. 4. C lic k the $GY DQFH G but ton.
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(OL PLQDWL QJ5HG XQGDQW7 UDIIL F 1 44 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 1 1 . (Optionally) Modify the configurations of all your other A ccess P oi nts RLMs acco rdingly .
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'HVLJ QLQJ+L JK&DSDFLW 1HWZ RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 147 may perceiv e tha t wir eless stat ions show a degrading perf ormance, perceived as long network response times when communicating vi a the network.
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'HVLJ QLQJ+L JK&DSDFLW 1HWZ RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 149 • Considering the fact that you ha ve added more.
'HVLJ QLQJ+LJK &D SDFL W1HW Z RUNV 1 50 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 This set ting provides y ou with the maximum radio range possible with the minimum number of Radio Link Modules to cover the wireless network area.
'HVLJ QLQJ+L JK&DSDFLW 1HWZ RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 151 • The absolute range of the radio signal from the Access P oints RLMs is iden tifie d by the gray - dotted ci rcles • The reduced virtual r a nge is identified by the colored areas.
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15 4 Industr ial Ether net Wireles s LAN RL M Manager, CP 151 5 Ma nager C79000-G8 976 -C1 71 -0 1 6 H F X U L W , Q W U R G X F W L R Q An adva ntage of the IE EE 802. 1 1 st andard f or wireless networks is that it gives a quic k and eas y wa y to connect your wireless station to a network.
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6HFXULQJ$ FFHVVWR :LUH OHVV' DWD Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 157 T o close your network proceed as described belo w: 1 . Start the R LM Manager and select th e A ccess P oint RL M.
6HFXUL QJ$ FFHVVW R:LUHOHV V'DW D 1 58 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LJ XUH &ORVH WKH :LUHOHVV 6VWHP 8. (Optional) C lic k the second i nterf ace to set t he secur ity par ameter s (ret urn to step 4).
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6HFXUL QJ$ FFHVVW R:LUHOHV V'DW D 1 60 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 T o authorize wirel ess stat ions to access the net.
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6HFXUL QJ$ FFHVVW R:LUHOHV V'DW D 1 64 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 6. Cli c k 2. again to sa ve the new configuration to the Radio Link Module and to r et urn to the main RLM Man ager win dow .
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:LUH OHV V'D WD (Q FU SWLR Q 1 68 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 (QDEOLQJ:(3(QFU SWLR Q T o enable WEP .
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:LUH OHV V'D WD (Q FU SWLR Q 1 70 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Wired Equivalent Priv acy ( WEP) dat a encryption enables you to encrypt all data that wil l be transmi t ted via the wir eless LAN medium.
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:LUHOHVV'DWD(QFUSWL RQ Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 75 • If the address ed station doe s not use WE P encryption , the Access P o int RLM will send the mess age in non-encrypted f ormat.
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6HFXULQJ$ FFHVV3 RLQW5/06H WXS Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 1 79 T o author iz e the SIMA TIC NET Industrial Wi reless LAN.
6HFXULQJ$FFHVV3 RLQW5/06HWXS 1 80 Indust rial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager , CP 1 515 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • (GLW - to change entries in the list.
6HFXULQJ$ FFHVV3 RLQW5/06H WXS Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 181 The T rap Host IP P asswor d will be embedded in the SNMP T rap messages sent b y this RLM. If the T rap Host receives a message without or with an unknown password, the T rap message will be ignored.
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$ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 1 96 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 12 7( i Th e set tings 0H GLXP or 6PDOO dist ance bet ween Access P o int RLMs require a e xcellent quality of radio communicat ions throughout the entire wireless cov erage area.
$GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 197 %U LGJH3 DUDPHWHU V One of the way s to optimize the perf o rmance of your wireless networks is to prevent “ redund ant” traf fic fro m bein g transm itted over the w ireles s network.
$ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 1 98 Industrial Ethernet Wi reless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1 51 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • Storm threshold filtering to limit the number of messages per port and/ or st ation from being br idged (see Stor m T hreshold (page 205 ) ).
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$ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 200 Industrial Ethern et Wireless LAN RLM Man ager, CP 1 5 1 5 Manag er C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 3URWRFRO)LOWHULQJ The filtered prot ocols are listed in the top section of the %ULGJH tab.
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$GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 203 the stations wishe s to send to an y other (non-paired) MAC address will be f o rwarded . F o r more informati on ab out st atic MAC add ress fi lter ing , plea se refer to Opt imizing P erf ormanc e (pag e 1 1 6) .
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$GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 205 T o enable spa nning tree: 1. C l i c k t h e 6 SDQQLQJ7 UHH button to open the Spanning T ree Setup windo w (see F igure 38 Spanning T ree Setup window ).
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$GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 207 $ FFHVVSRLQW,33 DUDPHWHUV The A ccess P oint IP t ab enables you to set the common IP parameters and to c ha nge t he uni que I P a ddr ess of your Radi o Li nk Modu les .
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$GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 21 1 The Def ault R outer is also rele vant i f you want to manage (or just ping) the Access P oint RLM from an other subnet.
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$GY DQFHG 3DUDPHWHU V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 21 3 • 6 VWHP1DPH to allo w easy identification of the Radio Link Module whe n using the diagnostic options of your sof t ware t ools.
$ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 21 4 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager, CP 151 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Passw o rd par ameters you can create dif f erent lev els of auth ority f or your LAN Administrators to configure and/or monitor the RLMs.
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$ GY D QFHG3 DUDPH WH UV 21 6 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager, CP 151 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 T o allow multiple LAN admi nistrator stations to access the RLM configuration an d/or monitor parameters, y ou can also assign a range of IP addresses.
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&RQILJ XULQJ/DU JH1HW Z RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 221 1 . Preparation Identify and record all inf ormatio n r elated to each of the Radio Link Modules t o be configured.
&RQIL JXULQJ /DUJ H1HWZ RUNV 222 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Man ager, CP 1 51 5 Manag er C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • Use the “ Access P oint Configuration Record” to assign o ne IP address t o eac h of y our RL Ms.
&RQILJ XULQJ/DU JH1HW Z RUNV Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 223 • Run RLM Manager and conne ct to the target Radio Link Module. • Upload the template fi le that contains the v alues that are co mmon f or all RLMs fr om a template f ile.
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236 Industr ial Ether net Wirele ss LAN RL M Manager, CP 151 5 Ma nager C79000-G8 976 -C1 71 -0 1 % 7 URXEOHVK RRWLQJ % , Q WU RG X F W L R Q P roblems experienced in wir eless LAN operation can be rel ated to: • Configuration mism atch • Component f ailure • Wired or wireless network pr oblems.
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5HER RWLQJ5 / 0V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 241 % 5HERRWLQJ5/0V If a particular Radio Link M odule has stopped responding to normal bridging requests, y ou can reboot (r eset) the Access P oint RLM.
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5HER RWLQJ5 / 0V Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 243 % 5HP RWH5 HERRW T o reboot the Rad io Li nk Mo dule from a re mote locat ion : 1 . Start the RLM Ma nager progra m. 2.
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'RLQJ D )RUFHG5 HORDG 250 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 5. A f ter app ro ximately 5 seconds, use the sm all pointed obje ct again to press the 5HORDG but ton for a ppr oximately 30 seconds.
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'RLQJ D )RUFHG5 HORDG 252 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 T o configure the Radio Link Module in for ced reload status and to upload the configuration do the followi ng steps: 1 .
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'RLQJ D )RUFHG5 HORDG 254 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 • If you click the (GLW or 0R QLWRU but ton bef ore upl oadin g the software, you w ill be pro mpte d to up load th e software first.
'RLQ JD )RUFHG 5HORD G Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 255 Y ou ar e no w ad vise d to ma nua lly mo dify /ver ify the co nfigur atio n settings of the Ac cess P oint RLM (i.
'RLQJ D )RUFHG5 HORDG 256 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 The local softw a re file (“wpntxxx.bin ”) w ill now import the con figuration settin gs and save the se to th e sof t ware (b inary ) file.
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8SORDG6RIWZ DUH 260 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 ' &RQILUP8SORDG5/0 6RIW ZDUH Whe n you tr y to up load the RL M software fil e (*.
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268 Industr ial Ethernet Wireles s LAN RLM Manager, C P 151 5 Manager C79000-G8 976 -C1 71 -0 1 *ORVVDU $ $ FFHVV &RQW URO A securit y f eature f or RLM that enables y ou to restrict wireless access to a access point to authorized stat ions only .
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 269 The Access Control T abl e is loaded into t he Radio Link M odule as par t of an configuration upload.
270 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 NET IWL sta tions to automatical ly connect to the access point that pro v ides the best communi cations quality . %22 73%RRWV WUDS3U RW RFRO The standard protocol that is used to configure sy stems across inte rnet works .
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 27 1 %ULGJ HRXW Th e number of data pac ket s tha t ha ve b een f orwa rded b y th e RLM t o the LAN segment served by the selected interface.
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Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 273 A dynamically ass igned IP address is r ef erred to as an ‘ Active L eas e ’ . The Activ e Leas e usually has an e xpiry date, wh ic h allows re- allocation of IP a ddr esses that are no longer used.
27 4 Industrial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager, CP 151 5 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 ( (QF USWLRQ A security feat u re f or Access P oint RLM and SI MA T IC NET I WL stations that ena bles y o u to encrypt data that is transmitt ed via the wir eless me dium.
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 275 ) )LOW HU$ JLQJ7LPH Radio Li nk Modules main tain dy n amic lists t o identify the i nterf ace where they last spot t ed a SIMA TIC NET IWL station (either the Ethernet interface, or SIM A TI C NE T IWL interface A or B).
27 6 Indust rial Ethernet W ireless LAN RLM Manager , CP 1 515 Manager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 )LUP Z D UH8SJ UDGH Upgrade f or the embedde d sof tware on the hardw are of y our SIMA TIC NE T IWL pr oduct. F or SIMA TIC NET IWL PC Ca rd, firmwar e upgrades are distributed as an ex e cutable file of the f orm at “wsuVVxxx.
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C79000- G897 6-C1 71 -0 1 27 7 compe nsate f or the propagation delays that occur in passing the protocol inf o rmation, allowing all b ridges to close the ol d data paths, bef ore the ne w data paths ar e act iva ted.
278 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 ,3$ GGUHVV The Internet P rotocol (IP) address is a unique addressing code f or computing devices.
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 279 Y ou can use the Link T est to analyze the quality of the wireless communic ation, and to determine or optimize the placement of statio ns and antennas .
280 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 0D[ $ JH An adv anced Bridge setup parameter f or Radio Link Module that identifies the maximum age of receiv ed Spanning T ree protocol informat ion .
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 281 on the last digits of the MAC address of the inserted SIMA TIC NET IWL PC C ard. Optionally you can define a ‘User -defined’ M ulticast delay in the range o f 1- 10 .
282 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 Broadcast mess ages. This number includes the frames that were discarded or not sent.
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 283 3D W K F R V W An adv anced Bridge Setup parameter f or Radio Link Module t hat is used to determine the pref erred data paths between bridges throughout the network and the root bridge as calculated by the ‘Spanning T ree Algorithm.
284 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 The stations must be configured to operate in P eer -to-P eer mode.
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 285 5HDG:ULWH3 DVVZRUG A securit y option that enables you to create a network management level, b y means of a password.
286 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 The roaming functionalit y will monitor the comm unications qualit y with the RLMs and, if required, automatically connec t to another access point to maint ain the network connection.
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 287 6103 6LPS OH1 HWZ RUN 0DQDJ HPHQW3U RW RFRO A standard net work pr otocol that can be used to m anage networks locally , or worldwide via the Internet.
288 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 61037 UDS0HVVD JHV SNMP trap message s are part of the trap host mec hanism whi c h c an be .
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 289 Wi th the spanni ng tree algorithm , all bridges on the LAN exchange special configur ation messages t hat allo w them to: Elect a single bridge am ong all bridges in the connected LAN segments t o be the r oot bridge.
290 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 6WDW LRQ1D PH The station name is an optiona l parameter that may be used to designate wireless de vi ces in the network. The name can help to identify a device in one of the SIMA TIC NET IWL diagnostic utilities.
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 291 Each subnet is identified b y the Subne t Mask. 1RWH SIMA TIC N ET IWL roaming does not work over routers.
292 Indus trial Eth ernet Wi reless LAN RLM Mana ger, CP 1 5 1 5 Mana ger C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 8QLFD VWSD FN HWV RXW The number of bytes (octets) transmit ted out to the interf ace.
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 293 ,QGH[ A Access Control disable 164 Access Control Table 161 manual s etup 17 9, 1 80 Advanced Paramet.
294 Industrial Et hernet Wi reless LAN RLM Ma nager, CP 151 5 Manage r C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 stand alon e wireles s LAN 26 Config uring Ac cess Poi nt scenar ios 47 wired s tation 48, 49 wirel e.
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 295 I Icons used i n thi s do cume nt 22 In Errors 110 Initiator Stati on 104 Interface Parameters 63 Int.
296 Industrial Et hernet Wi reless LAN RLM Ma nager, CP 151 5 Manage r C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 loggin g optio ns 93 manua l lo gging 93 Medium Rese rvat ion CTS 136 RTS 136 threshold 136 Monitorin.
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 297 R RADIUS Server Access Control 165 Ratio of Errors to Bridge Packets 110 Read Password 177, 233 Read .
298 Industrial Et hernet Wi reless LAN RLM Ma nager, CP 151 5 Manage r C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 - 0 1 poll ing inter val 11 3 read password 213 SNR (S ignal to No ise Rat io) 84 Span ning Tree 203 SSI D .
Industri al Ethe rnet W ireless LAN R LM Manager, CP 151 5 Man ager C790 00-G8 97 6-C1 71 -0 1 299 W WEP 167 see W ired Eq uival e nt Pr ivac y 167 WEP Encryptio n 168 Wired E quivale nt Priv acy 167 .
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