User's Manual

CHAPTER4
UTILITIES&FEATURES
Revised: 25 Jan 17 4-7 ESTeem Horizon Series
Therearetwoprimarytypesofcommunicationnetworksuse d inwirelessEthernetsystems;fixedpointscommunicatingtoeach
other through an Ethernet Bridge and mobile devices communicating to these fixed points.The fixed point Ethernet bridge
communication in the Horizon is through Repeater Peer links, while the mobile communication is from the Cl
ient modes
(EtherStation, Station Router and Station Masquerade) to the Access Points (Fixed Locations) in the network.Each of these
networkshandlesMulticasttrafficdifferentlyasexplainedbe low.
EthernetBri dgeMode(withPeers)
WhentheESTeemHorizonisconfiguredasapeer,allmulticasttrafficis“wrapped”inaUnicastfra
meandsenttoallotherrepeater
peers.(Figure10)ThisoperationallowstheESTeemnetwor ktoreceiveanacknowledgepacketandretransmitthedataifthe
packetislostdur ingtransmission.ThisunicastencapsulationwillworkregardlessiftheprotocolcansupportIGMPorno t.
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Figure10:RepeaterP eer Operation