User's Manual

001-5008-000 rev5_2.doc Page 42
6 SETUP (BASIC)
6.1 GENERAL SETUP
Figure 6.1 Setup (Basic)
 Station Name
Station name identifier – Enter a string up to forty characters in length.
 IP Forwarding Mode
Bridge / Router, Default = Bridge mode
Bridge Mode: Bridge mode is the simplest configuration for the ViPR radio and should only
be used for small networks. In Bridge mode, all the ViPRs and all the Hosts/PCs connected
to the ViPRs must be on the same IP subnet. Figure 6.2 illustrates ViPR bridge mode
configuration. Ethernet messages are sent over the air as broadcast messages. All the
other ViPRs in the network will receive the message and relay it to their local area network.
If the Com Ports are configured for Serial/RF Bridge mode on all the ViPRs in the network,
then each message that is transmitted into one ViPR’s Com Port will be received by all the
other ViPRs in the network and transmitted out their Com Ports.
Note: This configuration can be substituted for a traditional serial RS232 radio system
configuration. The ViPR in bridge mode is a drop in replacement for a serial radio.