User's Guide

5.1.1 Connecting and Configuring IP Devices and Cameras
The FM3100 mounts one Ethernet port and the FM1100 andFM1200 is
equipped with 2 Ethernet ports that can be used to connect a camera or
other Ethernet-compatible device. You should directly connect any
device using an Ethernet cable to the PoE injector. Use a patch
Ethernet cable to connect the PoE injector to the FM unit.
FM1100 the second Ethernet port can be used to power any 12-18V
passive PoE device. Therefore, multiple FM unit can be connected
together in a daisy chain fashion if
required.
The camera or the device attached to the FM unit should use an IP address
belonging to the same class of the devices on the other network segment
of the wireless bridge.
The default IP address class is 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0.
5.2 Mesh Addressing
The FM units have two modes of operation which are used to develop mesh
network architectures:
• Mesh Point Mode
• Mesh End Mode
Mesh Point Mode: it is the default mode for the FM unit. Each unit in the
field that is not connected to the wired LAN backbone must be set in Mesh
Point Mode.
Mesh End Mode: in the Fluidmesh network, an FM unit that is connected
to the main wired LAN must be set in Mesh End Mode. The Mesh End unit
is the junction point between the wireless network and any IP-based wired
network.
Regardless of its configuration, any FM unit comes from the factory with a
unique unit ID with the following format:
5.a.b.c
where the triplet (a,b,c) unambiguously identifies the unit and cannot be
changed. The unit ID is used to identify the units throughout the Web-
based Graphical User Interface (GUI).
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