User's Manual

CHAPTER1
INTRODUCTION
Revised: 25 Jan 17 1-1 ESTeem Horizon Series
BEFOREYOUBEGIN
Thank you and congratulations on your purchase of the ESTeem Horizon
SeriesWirelessEthernetModem!Thismanualwaswrittentohelpboththe
first time and advanced user of the Horizon to configure the wireless
modemforyourapplication.IfthisisyourfirsttimeconfiguringtheHorizon
andyouwouldliketogetgoin
gassoonaspossible,werecommendusing
theESTeemResourceCDprovidedwiththemodem.TheResourceCDwill
provide thesoftware utilities andguide youthrough theconfiguration of
thewirelessmodemforyourapplication.
TheESTeemHorizonSeriesofwirelessEthernetnetworkinghardwareare
verysophisticatednetworkin
gdevices.Tokeepthemanualusablyshort,manyof
theapplicationdescriptionsandprogrammingdetailsassumetheuserhasagood
workingknowledgeofthefollowingnetworkconcepts:
GeneralEthernetnetworkingandtheconfigurationofLANtopologies
CommonEthernetterminologyandacronyms
TCP/IPnetworkprotocolst
ructureandhowtoconfigureTCP/IPnetworksandsubnets
HowtoidentifyandsettheTCP/IPaddressonyourcomputer
Haveadministratorprivilegestothecomputerandnetworkyouareconfiguring
Ifusingroutingprotocols,youmustbeabletoidentifyandconfigurethenetworkrouters,gatewaysandfi
rewalls
Youmustbefamiliarwithusingwebbrowser softwaresuchasInternetExplorer,NetscapeorMozill a
If you are unfamiliar with any of the above networking concepts, you may need to cont act your network administrator for
assistance.
HORIZONOVERVIEW
The ESTeem Horizon is a series of wireless LAN
transceiversthatcanbeusedtobuildmanytypes
of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN).The
wirelessmodemsinHorizonseriescanprovideRF
data rates up to 300 Mbps and have an RS232
serialportforlegacydevicenetworks.TheModel
Horizonisave
rysophisticatednetworkingdevice
that can be configured for multiple modes of
operation depending upon the needs of the
wireless and wired LAN system.The following
configurationmodesareprovidedasanoverview
ofthebasicnetworktypes,asallpossiblenetwork
configurationscannotbelisted.Forfurthe
rhelpin
selectingthecorrectnetworktype,pleasereferto
Chapter4of thisUser’sManualorcallCustomer
Supportat5097359092.
Figure1:ESTeemHorizonSeries
Throughout this User’s Manual are
TechnicalTipsinboxeslike thisthathave
been added to help answer the most
commonlyaskedquestions.
Figure2:AccessPointBridgeDiagram