Transcript Proprietary Wireless Network for the Digital Bus

Proprietary Wireless
Network for the Digital Bus
Kianiwai Spangler
CFAO Akamai Internship
Advisor: Alisa Manangan
Supervisor: Cynthia Fox
Akimeka, LLC
Digital Bus Overview
• Community
Service Mission
• Mobile Lab
• Educational Outreach
• Wireless technology
• Re-establish network
Wireless Cloud
• Access Points
– Kula, MCC, Akimeka
• Karlnet System board
• TurboCell technology
• “Gray Box”
• Power over Ethernet
Solution?
Topo Map
Karlnet System Board
• Outdoor Wireless
Networking
Power input
• Fast
performance
Wireless Card
Connector
• Turbo Cell
Software
Ethernet Jacks
• Supports both nominal DC power supply
and PoE
TurboCell
• Alternate Protocol
• Enhances 802.11b capability
• Security Measures
• Large Area Networks
• Base Station (Kula) and Satellites (MCC, Akimeka)
The Gray Box
• Houses Wireless Card, system board and power
supply for the antenna
• Placed on rooftop
• Power to box on roof?
Wireless Internet Cloud
Power over Ethernet
Implementation
24" Parabolic Antenna
Omni Directional Antenna
Ethernet Port 1
Output
Ethernet Port 2
Wireless
Card 1
Input
KarlnettextSystem
Board
KN-200
Power to Karlnet
Output
Wireless
Card 2
Input
Power to Injector
Power to Injector
PoE
Data/Power In Power Data/
Out Power
Out
PoE Hub
Data Data/Power
In
Out
Internet
Digital Bus Switch
Ac Output
Wireless Internet Cloud
Alternate Power
Solution
24" Parabolic Antenna
Omni Directional Antenna
Hyperlink Amplifier
Hyperlink Amplifier
Ethernet Port 1
Ethernet Port 2
Output
Wireless
Card 1
Input
12V DC
Brushless Fan
KarlnettextSystem
Board
KN-200
Wireless
Card 2
Output
Input
Fan
DC Power to Injector
Power to Karlnet
DC Power to Injector
Terminal Strip
12V DC Power Supply
12 V Amp
Ac Output
Digital Bus Switch
Internet
Configuration
• Input IP Addresses
• General Setup
• Interface Setup
• IP Setup
• Problems
Test Design
Step 2
Test local
connectivity
Fail
Pass
Locate the
problem and fix it
Pass
Step 1
Equipment Test
Fail
Pass
Check
configurations
Pass
Step 3
Test Internet
connection from the
Bus anywhere in the
wireless cloud
Fail
Pass
TestComplete
Complete
Test
Make sure all
access points are
online
Acknowledgements
 The Center for Adaptive Optics
- Malika Bell
- Hilary O’Bryan
-Lisa Hunter
 Maui Economic Development Board
- Isla Yap
- Leslie Wilkons
 Akimeka, LLC
- Alisa Manangan
- Cynthia Fox
- Brian Widdowson
- Deanna Moon
- Matt Granger
 Maui Community College
- Mark Hoffman
Funding provided
through the Center for
Adaptive Optics, a
National Science
Foundation Science
and Technology Center
(STC), AST- 987683
References
•
“Anatomy of Turbocell” by Jeffrey Strube.
http://aphopper.sourceforge.net/turbocell.html
•
“Karlnet System Boards” by KarlNet.
•
“Karlnet’s TurboCell: Enhancing the Capabilities of Standard 802.11”
by KarlNet.
•
“How to Configure a TurboCell ISP Base” by MapleNet
http://www.maplenet-inc.com/downloads/How%20to%20Configure%20a%20
TurboCell%20ISP%20Base.pdf