SatLink VSAT User Guide
Publication no. 101557
Copyright © 2009 – STM Group, Inc.
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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 5
1.1 ABOUT THIS USER GUIDE ............................................................................................................................. 6
1.2 INITIAL CONFIGURATION .............................................................................................................................. 6
1.3 SYMBOLS ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
2. UNPACKING ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
3. INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................................................... 8
3.1 BEFORE INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................................ 8
3.2 SATLINK VSAT IDU FRONT AND REAR PANELS ......................................................................................... 9
3.3 IDU INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................................... 12
3.4 ODU INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................................. 13
3.5 INTERFACE CONNECTIONS .......................................................................................................................... 13
4. CONNECTING A PC TO THE SATLINK VSAT ........................................................................................ 14
4.1 WINDOWS TCP/IP CONFIGURATION .......................................................................................................... 14
5. USING THE SATLINK VSAT WEB INTERFACE ..................................................................................... 17
6. SATLINK VSAT CONFIGURATION AND LINE-UP USING WEB INTERFACE ................................ 18
6.1 LOG ON TO THE VSAT WEB INTERFACE .................................................................................................... 18
6.2 CONFIGURING VSAT PARAMETERS REQUIRED TO LOGON TO THE HUB ..................................................... 18
6.3 LINE-UP USING WEB INTERFACE ............................................................................................................... 23
6.4 TEST OF CONNECTION TO HUB ................................................................................................................... 26
6.5 PREPARE THE STM SATLINK VSAT FOR NORMAL OPERATION ................................................................. 29
7. STATUS MONITORING USING SATLINK WEB INTERFACE ............................................................. 31
7.1 SATELLITE INTERFACE STATUS .................................................................................................................. 31
7.2 STATISTICS ................................................................................................................................................. 32
7.3 DEVICE STATUS .......................................................................................................................................... 33
7.4 DHCP SERVER STATUS .............................................................................................................................. 34
8. USING THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE OF THE SATLINK VSAT ............................................. 36
8.1 CLI USER ACCESS RIGHTS ......................................................................................................................... 36
8.2 ONLINE HELP ............................................................................................................................................. 36
8.3 LOGGING OF EVENTS .................................................................................................................................. 37
8.4 CLI COMMAND SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................... 38
9. SATLINK VSAT CONFIGURATION AND LINE-UP USING COMMAND LINE INTERFACE ........ 41
9.1 POWER ON AND LOG ON ............................................................................................................................ 41
9.2 INITIAL CONFIGURATION OF PARAMETERS ................................................................................................. 42
9.3 LINE-UP ...................................................................................................................................................... 52
9.4 TEST OF CONNECTION TO THE HUB ............................................................................................................. 56
9.5 PREPARE THE STM SATLINK VSAT FOR NORMAL OPERATION ................................................................. 58
10. NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT) ..................................................................................... 59
11. QUALITY OF SERVICE ............................................................................................................................ 63
11.1 CONFIGURING QOS FOR THE RETURN LINK ................................................................................................ 64
11.2 CONFIGURING THE VSAT FOR VOIP .......................................................................................................... 66
11.3 CONFIGURING THE VSAT FOR VIDEO (VIC) .............................................................................................. 67
11.4 DSCP AND DIFFSERV ................................................................................................................................. 67
12. BANDWIDTH ON DEMAND .................................................................................................................... 69
13. TRAFFIC INITIATED LOGON ................................................................................................................ 71