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Application Guide For Mesh AP – MAP-3120

How to setup the Mesh APs for Central Management?How to start up the Management Software for the Mesh APs?

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Preface

This guide help to configure the MAP-3120 / MAP-3100 to work with the Mesh Network Management Software (NMS)

The Management Software (NMS) is a very powerful utility that help to central manage your Mesh APs in your network

MAP-2000 series is not supported at this NMS version


Topics

Network Hypothesis NMS Install Mesh AP Setup Start up NMS for Management Advance Settings


Network Hypothesis

Assumes the network is as the topology right-hand side

Three Nodes, two @ 1st Floor, one @ 2nd floor

1F: GW253 & Relay252

2F: Relay251

Management PC:192.168.0.250

MESH GW

MESH Relay

MESH Relay

Internet Router

Ethernet Switch

192.168.0.251@ 2F

192.168.0.252@ 1F 192.168.0.253

@ 1F

2.4GHz 802.11b/g Wireless Coverage

5.8GHz 802.11a Wireless Backhaul Link

5.8GHz 802.11a Wireless Backhaul Indirect Link

Note: Please also refer to MAP3K_AppGuide1 for some more information about this example.

192.168.0.250


Insert the CD-ROM to the Management PC

System Requirements:

Windows 2000 /2003

P4 above CPU

200MB above free HDD space

Run the setup program from the CD-ROM

After the Installation, there should create a link in “START”

PLANET Mesh Tools -> PLANET Mesh Network Management Tools

NMS Install


Start up the Web page of each AP nodes

Management -> NMS Address

Click on “New Entry” button

Key in the Management PC’s IP Address

Mesh AP Setup

Click on NMS Address to bring out the Listing

page

Click on New Entry and Key in the IP Address.

i.e.192.168.0.250

Save the changes and Reboot to

make the settings take effect

Hint:Only add the Manage PC’s IP address to this list can MAP knows whom to reply the request from NMS installed manage PC.

The settings here can apply to both MAP-3100 (Layer 2/3 model) and MAP-3120 (Layer 2 model)


Startup the NMS

Start up the program and Create a new map

NMS Default Startup Screen

Click on File to Create Map

Hint:Please choose Layer-2 Map.

Layer-2 Map can work with both MAP-3120 and MAP-3100.

As for SNMP Map.

SNMP Map is designed for MAP-3100 (Layer 3 mode)

Click on Layer-2 Map

Key in the name of this map and

“OK”


Startup the NMS

Start up the Listen Port

Click on Initial Port

With in 1 min, all the Mesh Nodes listened from the

Network will shown here!

Drag & Drop the nodes to a proper

location

Then click on Lock to fix the

nodes

Hint:Tilt now, the NMS is startup and running.


Introduce the NMS Screen

After double click on the node. Here shows the Node’s

Information

And here shows the corresponded nodes’ RSSI value

Click on Play button Here shows the

attached Wireless Client’s

Information.


Advanced Settings

Background Image

Import Images so it will be more clear to know

where the node is.Of course!It also can be..

Images that captured and imported from Google map.


Advanced Settings

Save Map or Save Map as…

Save map so that the next time start

up NMS the setting can be

bring back easily.Hint:Please remember to click on initial port if you use open MAP next time. Otherwise, NMS will not get the information from those nodes.


Advanced Settings

Performance Analysis

Here have a very useful tools to analyze your

Mesh Network.

Node Listing Here.

For example, now it is Relay252

RSSI Analyze.Now, red line is the strength for Gateway. Blue

line for the strength for Relay251

Client AnalyzeThe receive

strength of the attached Wireless

Clients


Advanced Settings

AP Configure

Mouse on the node and right

click.

Hint:By default the community will be:

SNMPv2cRead only: publicRead/Write: private

Select AP Configurator

Key in “private” and Proceed

Hint:With AP Configurator, you can do all the settings just the same through Web Browser.

So, with AP Configurator, you don’t need to memorize the IP address of each node then turn on the browser page one by one.


Summary

The NMS is a tool that can help to manage your Mesh network in a very easy way

Especially, if you got more then three nodes in this example. It is very suitable for mass configuration and installation

For more information about the NMS setting and management, please refer to the user guide as well

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