Manuali utente per Cisco Cisco Aironet 340 Ethernet Bridges

Sommario

• About the User’s Guide

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• Typographical Conventions

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• Welcome to the Aironet 340 Series Bridge

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  • Data Transparency and Protocols

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  • Ethernet Compatibility

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  • Protocols Supported

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  • Radio Characteristics

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  • Radio Ranges

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    • Site Survey

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    • Line of Site

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  • Security Features

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  • Terminology

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  • Bridge System Configurations

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    • Point-to-Point Wireless Bridge

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    • Point-to-Multipoint Wireless Bridge

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    • Infrastructure Extension with Repeaters

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• Installing the Aironet 340 Series Bridge

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  • Before You Start

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  • Installation

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    • Installing the Antennas

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    • Installing the Console Port Cable

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    • Installing the Ethernet Connection

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  • Attaching the AC/DC Power Pack and Powering On the Aironet 340 Series Bridge

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  • Viewing the Indicator Displays

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    • Top Panel Indicators

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    • Back Panel Indicators

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• Accessing the Console System

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  • Access Methods

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  • Using the Console

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    • Sub-Menus

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    • Commands and Information

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    • Commands That Display Information

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    • Command Line Mode

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  • Telnet Access

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  • Web Access

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  • About the Menus

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  • Using the Configuration Console Menu

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    • Setting Privilege Levels and Passwords (Rpassword, Wpassword)

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    • Controlling Telnet and Web Access to the Console

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    • Controlling SNMP access to the configuration

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    • Controlling Who Can Access the Console

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    • Setting the Terminal Type (Type)

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    • Setting the Communication Port Parameters (Port)

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    • Enabling Linemode (Linemode)

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  • Monitoring of the DTR Signal

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• Before You Begin

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  • Viewing the Configuration Menu

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    • Menu Descriptions

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    • Saving Configuration Parameters

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    • Backing up your Configuration (Dump)

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    • Restoring your Configuration

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• Configuring the Radio Network

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  • Overview

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  • Using the Configuration Radio Menu

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    • Establishing an SSID (SSID)

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    • Enabling Root Mode (Root)

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    • Selecting the Allowed Data Rates (Rates)

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    • Basic Rates (Basic_rates)

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    • Selecting Frequency (Frequency)

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    • Setting the Distance (Distance)

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  • Using the Configuration Radio IEEE 802.11 Menu

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    • Setting the Beacon Period (Beacon)

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    • Setting the Forwarding Time Interval (DTIM)

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    • Adding IEEE 802.11 Management Packet Extensions (Extend)

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    • Allowing the Broadcast SSID (Bcst_ssid)

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    • Setting the RF RTS/CTS Parameter (RTS)

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  • Packet Encapsulation (Encapsulation Menu)

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    • Packet Encapsulation in Mixed Networks

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  • Packet Encryption (Privacy Menu)

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  • Using the Configuration Radio LinkTests Menu

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    • Running a Signal Strength Test (Strength)

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    • Running a Carrier Busy Test

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    • Running the Echo Tests (Multicast, Unicast, Remote)

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      • If the path to the target node was over the radio, a total number of radio retries necessary to c...

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      • Sent 100 of 100 512 byte packets, Destination received 90, Source received 90

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      • The Echo Test Parameters (Destination,Size,Count,Rate)

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      • Viewing Errors (Errors)

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      • Continuously Running a Link Test (Continuous)

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      • Setting the Automatic Link Test Mode (Autotest)

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  • Using the Configuration Radio Extended Menu

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    • Setting the Operating Mode (Bridge_mode)

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    • Selecting a specific parent (Parent_id, Parent_timeout)

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    • Setting Retry Transmission Time (Time_Retries, Count_Retries)

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    • Setting the Association Refresh Interval (Refresh)

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    • Roaming Notification Mode (Roaming)

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    • Setting the Loading Balance (Balance)

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    • Setting Diversity (Diversity)

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    • Setting the Power Level (Power)

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    • Setting Fragment Size (Fragment)

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    • Setting Purchasable Radio Options (Options)

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• Configuring the Ethernet Port

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  • Using the Configuration Ethernet Menu

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    • Activating/Disabling the Ethernet Port (Active)

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    • Setting the Maximum Frame Size (Size)

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    • Setting the Port Interface Type (Port)

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• Setting Network Identifiers

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  • Using the Configuration Ident Menu

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    • Using DHCP or BOOTP

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    • Assigning an IP Address (Inaddr)

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    • Specifying the IP Subnet Mask (Inmask)

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    • Setting Up the Domain Name Servers (Dns1,Dns1,Domain)

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    • Establishing a Node Name (Name)

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    • Setting SNMP Location and Contact Identifiers (Location,Contact)

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    • Configuring the IP Routing Table (Gateway, Routing)

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    • Setting up the Time Base (Configuration Time)

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• Configuring Mobile IP

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  • Using the Configuration Mobile IP Menu

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    • Setting the Agent Type (AgentType)

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    • Displaying the Active Clients (Mobile, Visitors)

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    • Authorizing Mobile Nodes to Roam (Add/Remove/Display)

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    • Set up the Agent Parameters (Setup)

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    • Control Agent Advertisements (Advert)

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• Using the Spanning-Tree Protocol

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  • Overview

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    • Understanding Loops

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  • How STP Protocol Works

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    • Receiving Configuration Messages

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    • Determining the Root Bridge and Root Cost

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    • Determining the Spanning Tree

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    • Understanding Bridge Failures

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    • Avoiding Temporary Loops

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    • Establishing Timeouts

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    • Node Address Aging

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  • Implementing STP Protocol

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  • Using the Configuration STP Menu (Root Bridge Only)

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    • Enabling STP Protocol (Active)

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    • Setting Bridge Parameters (Bridge)

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    • Setting the Bridge Priority (Priority)

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    • Setting the Hello Message Interval Time (Hello_Time)

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    • Setting the Forwarding Delay Time (Forward_Delay)

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    • Setting the Receive Hello Message Timeout (Msg_age_timeout)

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    • Setting Port Parameters (Port)

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      • Enabling the STP Protocol (Port)

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      • Setting the Local Port Priority (Priority)

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      • Setting the Local Port Cost (Cost)

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      • Configuring Ports of Active Connected Repeaters (Rport, Rcost, Rpriority)

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    • Displaying the Protocol Status (Display)

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    • Viewing the Port State (State)

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• Viewing Statistics

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  • Viewing the Statistics Menu

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    • Throughput Statistics (Throughput)

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    • Radio Error Statistics (Radio)

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    • Error Statistics

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      • Ethernet Error Statistics

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    • Displaying Overall Status (Status)

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    • Display a Network Map (Map)

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    • Recording a Statistic History (Watch)

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    • Displaying a Statistic History (History)

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    • Displaying Node Information (Node)

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    • Displaying ARP Information (ARP)

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    • Setting Screen Display Time (Display_Time)

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    • Determine Client IP Addresses (Ipadr)

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• Setting Up the Association Table

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  • Overview

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  • Using the Association Menu

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    • Displaying the Association Table (Display)

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    • Displaying the Association Table Summary (Summary)

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    • Setting the Allowed Number of Child Nodes (Maximum)

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    • Controlling Associations With Static Entries (Autoassoc/Add/Remove)

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    • Backbone LAN Node Stale Out Time (Staletime)

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    • Specifying How Node Addresses are Displayed (NIDdisp)

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• Using Filters

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  • Overview

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  • Using the Filter Menu

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    • Packet Direction (Direction)

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    • Filtering Multicast Addresses (Multicast)

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      • Setting the Default Action (Default)

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      • Displaying The Filters (Show)

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      • Adding A Multicast Filter (Add)

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      • Removing a Filter (Remove)

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      • Filtering Radio Multicasts (Radio_Mcast)

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    • Filtering Node Addresses (Node)

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      • Setting the Destination Address (Ethdst and Raddst)

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      • Setting the Default (Source)

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      • Setting Specific Node Address Filters (Add/Remove)

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      • Displaying The Node Address Filters (Display)

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      • Displaying the IP to Network Address Table (IPdisplay)

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    • Filtering Protocols (Protocols)

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      • Setting the Default Action (Default)

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      • Displaying the Filters (Display)

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      • Adding A Filter (Add)

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      • Adding IP protocol Sub-Filters

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      • Removing an Entry (Remove)

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      • Length of Data Displayed in Log Action (Length)

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      • Protocol Monitoring (Monitor/ Show/ Clear)

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• Setting Up Event Logs

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  • Overview

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    • Information Logs

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    • Error Logs

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    • Severe Error Logs

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  • Using the Logs Menu

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    • Viewing History Logs (History)

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    • Clearing the History Buffer (Clear)

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    • Specifying the Type of Logs to Print (Printlevel)

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    • Specifying the Type of Logs to Save (Loglevel)

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    • Specifying the Type of Logs to Light Status Indicator (Ledlevel)

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    • Setting Statistic Parameters (Statistics)

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    • Log Network Roaming (Network)

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    • Logging Backbone Node changes (BnodeLog)

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    • Setting up SNMP traps (Snmp)

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    • Forwarding Logs to a Unix System (Syslog,SysLevel,Facility,Rcvsyslog)

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• Performing Diagnostics

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  • Using the Diagnostics Menu

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    • Testing the Radio Link (Linktest)

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    • Restarting the Unit (Restart)

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    • Returning the Unit to the Default Configuration (Default, Reset)

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  • Using the Network Menu

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    • Starting a Telnet Session (Connect)

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    • Changing the Escape Sequence (Escape)

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    • Physically Locating a Unit (Find)

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    • Sending a Ping Packet (Ping)

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  • Loading New Firmware and Configurations (Load)

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    • Downloading Using Xmodem Protocol (Xmodem/Crc-xmodem)

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    • Downloading or Uploading using the File Transfer Protocol (Ftp)

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      • Downloading a New Firmware/Configuration File (Get)

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      • Uploading a New Firmware Version (Put)

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      • Uploading the Unit’s configuration (Config)

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    • Downloading Using the Internet Boot Protocol (Bootp/DHCP)

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    • Distributing Firmware or Configuration (Distribute)

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      • Controlling Which Units the Distribute Affects

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      • Controlling Which Parts of the Configuration are Distributed

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      • Starting The Distribution

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• Appendix A - Aironet 340 Series Bridge Specifications

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  • LAN Interfaces Supported

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    • Ethernet

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  • Radio Characteristics

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  • Physical Specifications

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  • Console Port Pin-Out

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• Appendix B - Console Menu Tree

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• Appendix C - SNMP Variables

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• Appendix D - Cisco Technical Support

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• Appendix E - Regulatory Information

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  • Manufacturer’s Federal Communication Commission Declaration of Conformity Statement

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    • Professional Installation

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  • Department of Communications—Canada Canadian Compliance Statement

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  • European Telecommunication Standards Institute Statement of Compliance Information to User

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