User's Manual Part 3

〓MSR Series Quick Start Guide, AOS-v2.0〓

Radio 0

Radio 1 Wds 0

Remote Node 2

IP 10.10.12.2

Radio 1 Wds 0

Remote Node 3

IP 10.10.12.1

Radio 0 Wds 0

Remote Node 1

IP 10.10.11.2

Radio 1 Wds 0

Remote Node 2

IP 10.10.11.1

Radio 1 Wds 1

Remote Node 3

IP 10.10.13.1

Radio 1 Wds 1

Remote Node 1

IP 10.10.13.2

Router 1

Router 2

Router 3

Figure 15 Sample MSR series Mesh Network with Manual Configuration

The MSR series system uses the Wireless Distribution System (WDS) technology to

form its backhaul wireless connectivity using WDS links. In the topology presented by

Figure 15, there is a WDS link between node 1 and node 2, between node 1 and node 3,

and between node 2 and node 3.

Each MSR series has two radios, 0 and 1, which may operate in either backhaul or

access mode. WDS links must be configured on a radio that is configured for backhaul

mode for the links to take effect. In our example topology, both node 1 and node 3 have

radio 0 in access mode and radio 1 in backhaul mode, the same as factory default

setting. Node 2 has both radios 0 and 1 in backhaul mode. There is a link between

radio 1 of node 1 and radio 0 of node 2, a link between radio 1 of node 2 and radio 1 of

node 3, and a link between radio 1 of node 1 and radio 1 of node 3 (one radio may

support multiple WDS links).

WDS links may be manually configured between two routers by configuring manual

WDS interfaces on each router by specifying the ID of the node at the other end of the

link (known as the “Remote Node”). Therefore, the nodes at the two ends of a link will

have their “remote node” set to each other.

Besides the remote node, one must also assign a unique IP address for each WDS

interface within the network. Because WDS is a point-to-point link, the WDS interface at

the two ends of a WDS link must be on the same IP subnet using different IP addresses.

The WDS interfaces belonging to different WDS links must be on different IP subnets.