User's Manual

RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
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 February5,2015
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Client, Software
Aclientisasoftwareprogram,orthedeviceonwhichthatprogramruns,thatmakes
requestsforinformationfromasoftwareprogram,orthedeviceonwhichthatprogram
runs,inaclient‐serverrelationship.
AClientonanEthernetnetworkisequivalenttoaMasteronaserialnetwork
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Configuration PC
AComputerthatcontainstheconfigurationtoolsfortheRLX2radioseries.
D
dBi
Decibelsreferencedtoan"ideal"isotropicradiatorinfreespace;frequentlyusedto
expressantennagain
dBm
Decibelsreferencedtoonemilliwatt(mW);an"absolute"unitusedtomeasuresignal
power(transmitpoweroutputorreceivedsignalstrength)
DCE
Datacommunicationsequipment.Amodem,forexample.
Decibel (dB)
Ameasureoftheratiobetweentwosignallevels;usedtoexpressgain(orloss)ina
system.
Default Gateway
TheIPaddressofanetworkrouterwheredataissentifthedestinationIPaddressis
outsidethelocalsubnet.Thegatewayisthedevicethatroutesthetrafficfromthelocal
areanetworktoothernetworkssuchastheInternet.
Device-to-Device Network (Peer-to-Peer Network)
Twoormoredevicesthatconnectusingwirelessnetworkdeviceswithouttheuseofa
centralizedwirelessaccesspoint.Alsoknownasapeer‐to‐peernetwork.
DFS
DFSstandsforDynamicFrequencySelection,arequirementforoperationoncertain
frequenciesinthe5GHzbandinmanycountries.WhenaradiooperatesonaDFS