User's Manual

Table Of Contents

CHAPTER1

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INTRODUCTION

Revised: 25 Jan 17 1-3 ESTeem Horizon Series

3. AccessPointMasquerade Mode

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TheAccessPointMasquerademodeisaspecialuseoftheAccessPointmodewheretheHorizonwillconnectmobile

clientsintoasinglestaticIPaddressonawirednetwork.Datarequests fromthewirelessnetworkwillbeprocessed

through the Access Point Masquerade mod

em, but any request from the wired Ethernet network to devices on the

wireless network will be rejected similar to the operation of a “firewall”.The Horizon will hide all the IP addresses

connectedonthewirelesslink.YouwouldusethismodeofoperationifHorizonisconnecteddirectlytotheInterne

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withastaticIPaddress(DSL,T1,etc.)andyouwantthewirelessclientstoaccesstheinformationthroughtheHorizon

(Figure4).ThismodeshouldalsobeusedforattachingtheHorizontoanetworkwherefewIPaddressesareavail a ble

orafirewallforthewirelessclientsis required.

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AccessPointPeer(R

epeater)Mode

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TheAccessPointPeerconnectionisauniqueenhancementoftheESTeemHorizonseries.TheAccessPointRepeater

canbeusedwithanyoftheaboveAccessPointmodes.Withthisrepeaterfeatureenabled,theAccessPointsdonot

have to be hardw

ired together on the same physical LAN to provide seamless Ethernet communication for roaming

clients.InadditiontogreatlyextendingtheAccessPointcanopyrange,theHorizonwillalsobridgeanyEthernetdevice

or Ethernet networkconnected to theunit over thissame wireless Ethernet network.This mode givesthe user th

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featuresofapointtomulti‐pointbridgenetworkbutalsoallowstheHorizonintheClientmodetosimultaneouslyroam

underthenetworkcanopy.

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Figure5:MeshNetworkDiagram