User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 VIPER OVERVIEW
- 2 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND NETWORK PLANNING
- 3 DATARADIO VIPER QUICK START
- 4 VIPER WEB MANAGEMENT
- 5 UNIT STATUS
- 6 SETUP (BASIC)
- 7 SETUP (ADVANCED)
- 7.1 RF OPTIMIZATIONS
- 7.2 IP SERVICES
- 7.3 IP ADDRESSING
- 7.4 IP OPTIMIZATION
- 7.5 IP ROUTING (TABLE/ENTRIES)
- 7.6 TIME SOURCE
- 7.7 ALARM REPORTING
- 7.8 USER SETTINGS
- 8 SECURITY
- 9 STATISTICS
- 10 MAINTENANCE
- 11 NEIGHBOR MANAGEMENT
- 12 NETWORK OPTIMIZATION
- 13 UPGRADING YOUR FIRMWARE
- VIPER SPECIFICATIONS
- PRODUCT WARRANTY
- DEFINITIONS
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Bridge Forwarding
Everything / IP and ARP types only
By default, the Viper only forwards IP and ARP packets (Ethernet II types: 0x0800,
0x0806). By selecting the "Everything" setting, the Viper will forward all 802.3 Ethernet II
packet types. Use this setting to transport protocols such as IPX, 802.1Q, etc. Note that
this option is not available in Router mode because the Viper will automatically forward all
packets per its routing table.
Relay Point
Yes/No (default)
For units that are spread over multiple RF coverage areas, the user needs to identify the
ones that will form the backbone between the coverage areas so that any unit can talk to
any other unit in the network regardless of their locations. These units are called Relay
Point units. A Relay Point provides store and forward repeating for all traffic in Bridge mode
and for broadcast packets in Router mode. Selecting this parameter will force the unit to
repeat all necessary information from one coverage area to the next. Multiple Relay Points
can be configured in parallel to provide redundancy in the network; however, having
redundant relay points may slow the flow of traffic.
Access Point
Yes/No (default)
This is the default gateway (WAN access) of a Viper network. One, and only one, access
point may be defined for each Viper network. All Vipers in the network will set their default
route to point towards the Access Point. (An Access Point can only be configured in Router
mode.)
Multi-Speed Mode
Enabled/Disabled (default) –rate-follower only
See section 5.1 for more information about rate-follower and rate-controller.
When Multi-Speed mode is disabled, the units communicate with each other at a fixed
speed.
A remote Viper unit which has been factory configured to be a rate-follower, can be set to
operate in Multi-Speed mode. In this mode, the remote unit will adjust its speed to that of
the rate-controller that it is talking to. When a remote Viper is not in Multi-Speed mode, it
will use its default configuration speed.
CWID
Enabled/Disabled (default).
Enabling CWID allows the unit to broadcast the FCC Call Sign in Morse code at a certain
interval.
CWID Call sign is the FCC Call sign to be broadcast.
CWID Interval is the time interval after which the call sign will be broadcast.