User's Manual

RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
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February5,2015
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R EFERENCE
ProductOverview
TheRLX2radioisanindustrialhigh‐speedEthernetradio.UseitinplaceofEthernet
cablestosavemoney,extendrange,andmakeconnectionsthatmaynototherwisebe
feasible.TheradiooperatesasawirelessEthernetswitch.Anydatathatcanbesent
overawirednetworkcanalsobesentovertheradio.
TheRLX2radioseriesiscer
tifiedforunlicensedoperationintheUnitedStates,Canada
andEuropeat2.4and5GHz.Withapprovedhigh‐gainantennas,theradioscanachieve
distancesofover5milesline‐of‐sightbetweenthem.Multiplerepeaterscanbeusedto
exte
ndthisrangetofargreaterdistances.
Ahighlyreliablewirelessnetworkcanbedevelopedbycreatingredundant(page93)
wirelesspaths.Multiplemaster(page76)radioscanbeinstalledwithoutanyspecial
programmingorcontrol.Repeater(page76)radioscanconnecttoanymasteratany
time;ifonemastergoesdown,therepeaterconne
ctstoanother.Likewise,ifarepeater
goesdown,anyrepeaterthatwasconnectedtoitcanreconnecttoadifferentrepeater,
keepingthenetworkintact.Createlarge,self‐healingtree‐likenetworkscanbedonein
thisfashion.Fullyredun dantpathsarepossiblebecausetheS
panningTree(page93)
protocolintheradiosdisablesandenablespathsasnecessarytoavoidEthernetloops,
whichwouldotherwisehaltcommunications.
Inadditiontoactingasaswitch,everymasterorrepeaterradioinanRLX2wireless
networkcansimultaneouslyactasan802.11a,borgaccesspoin
t.Thisallows802.11
WiFiclientstoconnectandroambetweenradiosformonitoringofthewireles snetwork
orgeneralnetworkaccess.TheRLX2hasaspecialclientmode(page52)thatallows
connectionofanyEthernetdevicetoanyexisting802.11a,borgaccesspoint,
regardlessofthebrand(A
nexampleofan802.11clientisalaptopwithaWLANcard).
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Note: Wi-Fi is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance, used to describe the underlying technology of
wireless local area networks (WLAN) based on the IEEE 802.11 specifications.
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AhighlevelofsecurityisinherentwithAES(AdvancedEncryptionStandard)encryption. 
TKIP(TemporalKeyIntegrityProtocol)isalsoavailable.Ifnecessary,addingWEP128or
WEP64(WiredEquivalentProtocol)encryptioninadditiontoAESorTKIPforclientsthat