How to Configure a TurboCell ISP Base

This procedure will show you how to configure a TurboCell ISP Base so that it may
communicate with satellites on your network.

1. Open the Karlnet configuration software. You will then go to the upper left hand
corner of the window to the FILE tab. A drop down box will appear where you
will then select the “Open Remote Config” button and an IP ADDRESS window
will appear.

2. You will then click the SCAN button located at the bottom right hand corner of
the window. This will locate any device that is connected to your PC/Laptop via
your Ethernet cable.
3. You will see your device listed in the window that comes up, it will also contain
the current IP address of the device and the Ethernet ports MAC address. You
will then left click on your device name and then click ‘OK’. This will return you
to the previous window. *NOTE: MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE
CORRECT PASSWORD IN THE PASSWORD FIELD*. The default
password is ‘public’. Then Click ‘OK’.

4. This will bring you back to the main screen. You are now ready to program the
Access Point for your network. The first step is to click on the button labeled
‘General Setup’. This will bring up the following screen.

5. Under this menu you can Enable/Disable Bridging, NAPT/DHCP, and Access
Control. After you are done here click ‘OK’. The next setup you want is ‘Interface
Setup’. You should then see a screen similar to the one below. Although
depending on what hardware device you are using, there will be between 1-3
802.11 devices.
6. First click on the ‘Setup 1’ for the Ethernet. Under this menu you can change the
speed at which the Ethernet port transmits and receives. After you are finished
here click on ‘OK’

7. The next step is to set up the wireless device to transmit the signal. To do this
click on the ‘Setup 2’ for the first 802.11. You should see the screen below.
8. Here, you want to first set the radio as a ‘TurboCell Base Station (This is a Base
Station)’. This sets the radio to transmit the signal out to the satellites. You then
need to set it to a ‘Non-Polling Base Station’. Then click on the button
‘Frequency’. You will see the following screen.

9. On this screen you can set the frequency that this base station will communicate
with the satellites. There are eleven different channels you can set. For example,
this one is set on channel 6, which is 2.437 GHz. Click ‘OK’ when you are
finished. *NOTE: You will need to remember this later to set up your
satellites.*

10. Next click on the ‘Advanced’ button. Here you can choose what ‘Network ID’
you want to set. This is the first level of security for your network. This allows
 only radios with the correct frequency and the correct Network ID to
communicate with this base station. The Network ID ranges between 1 and 15.
*NOTE: You will need to remember this later to set up your satellites.*

11. Also under the ‘Advanced Setup’, you can set the ‘Transmit Rate’ and the
‘Maximum bandwidth’. The ‘Transmit Rate’ is the speed that the base and the
radio can communicate to each other. Most of the time you want this speed to be
‘High’ so the two radios can communicate as fast as possible. The ‘Maximum
bandwidth’ is where you can limit the speed of the connection for the base. A ‘0’
means that the radio is allowed as much bandwidth it can acquire. Again most of
the time you want this setting to be ‘0’ at the base unit. After you are finished
here click ‘OK’. Click ‘OK’ twice.

12. Next setup feature is the ‘IP Host’. This sets the IP address, the subnet mask, and
the default gateway/router for the base station. See below.
13. If you have a DHCP server that will be handing out the IP addresses then you
need to set the radio to ‘Obtain an IP address from DHCP server’, if you want to
hard set the IP address (recommended) the set the radio to ‘Specify an IP
address’. Here you set the IP address of this base station according to your IP
scheme on your network. You also place your ‘Subnet Mask’ for your network
here also. The ‘Default Router IP’ is the IP address of the default gateway for this
base station. When finished entering this information, click ‘OK’.

14. The next setup is the ‘SNMP’. After clicking on this you will see the following
screen.

15. Here you can change the read and the read/write password for the radio. This is
the password that allows you to see and change the settings of the radio. The
default password is ‘public’, but we suggest changing it to something else, make
sure you remember this password. Under the ‘System Contact’, we suggest
putting a description of what this radio is. You can see here that this one is listed
as a ‘Base Station’. This helps you to remember what this radio is if you ever
 move it to another location. Under the ‘System Location’, we suggest putting
where this radio is located. This helps you find this radio remotely when you do a
scan of your network. You can see here this radio is at a ‘Watertower’. Click
‘OK’ when you are finished in this menu.

16. Also, under this menu you can change you password to access this radio settings.
By default the read and read/write password is ‘public’. To change these, simply
erase the stars and type in a password. NOTE: DO NOT FORGET THIS
PASSWORD. This only allows people with the password to access and change
the settings of this radio.

17. The final feature we will be discussing is the ‘System Access’ button. Click on
the button the screen below will appear.

18. This is the pass phrase for the network. If this is different on either the satellite or
the base station they will not communicate. By default this is set to ‘public’.
NOTE: DO NOT FORGET THIS PASSWORD.

19. Your ISP Base station should now be set up for your network.