User's Manual

CHAPTER7
BRIDGELINKSANDMESH
Revised: 09 Aug 2016 7-5 ESTeem Horizon Series
TheRootBridgewillbeselectedinoneoftwoways:theRootBridgecanbemanuallyset(recommended)duringtheconfiguration
of theRepeaterPeer table (Figure 3) or theRoot Bridgedesignation willdefault to the lowestMAC address of all the Model
Horizon’sinthenetwork.ThemanualRootBridge configurationislocatedinthe“Advanc
edSettings”section.
RedundantBackup
The ESTeem Horizon configured in Access Point mode will
automaticallyfunctionasaredundantbackupiftwoHorizonsare
installed at the same location (Figure 7).If two Horizons are
connectedtothesameswitch,oneoftheHorizonswi llbeBlocked
when the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol is comp
leted.The
networkwill continuetousethisrouteuntil anyproblemwiththe
original Model Horizon is detected and the second Horizon will
beginoperationatthatsite.
RedundantMasterConfiguration
TheconfigurationinFigure7willalsopro v idearedundantbackup
fortheMasterSite(RootBridge).Configurebo
thHorizonsas Root
Bridges(seeabove)givingtheprimaryRootBridgeavalueof1and
thesecondaryRootBridgeavalueof2.
Figure7:Redundant BackupDiagram