User's Manual

RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
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ProSoftTechnology,Inc. Page79of208
February5,2015
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Field
Description
ChannelList(MasterRadio)
TheChannelListindicatesthechannelnumber,theband(2.4GHzor5GHz)as
wellasthefrequencyinMHz.
Whenthe802.11Modeissetto‘802.11nwide’,eachentryshowsthemain
channelnumberfirstfollowedbytheextensionchannelnumberifthe
particularchannelsupports40MHz.
Themain20MHzchannelisuse
dwheneversendingframesatan802.11a/g
datarate(e.g.,Beaconsat6Mbits/s.Themainandextensionchannelsare
usedtogetherfor802.11ndataratetransmissions.Notethatthefrequency
indicatedwhenin802.11nwidemodeisthecenterofthe40MHzchannel
pair.
Important:TheRadioL
inxRLX2radioisnotsuppliedwithanantenna.When
choosinganantennaforusewiththeRLX2radio,youmustchooseonethat
supportsthefrequencyrangesetintheconfigurationfortheradio.
Repeater
Clickthisbuttontoconfigurearadioasarepeater.Therepeatermodeisthe
normalradiomodeforthenetwork,whilethemastermodeismoreofa
specialsettingtoestablishthenetworkchannelanddefinetherootofthe
networktree.Repeaterradioshelpextendtherangeofanetwo
rkandhelp
createthesignal"bridges"thatallownetworkedradiostocommunicate.All
RLX2radiosarecapableofrepeating.
ParentLinksettings
Clickthisbuttontospecifyhowarepeaterradioconnectstothenetwork.For
information,seeParentLinksettings.
Client
ThisisaspecialmodethatallowsyoutoconnectanEthernetdevicetoany
802.11a,borgaccesspoint.Thismodeisusedinthespecialeventof
connectingadevicetoanotherbrandaccesspoint.Forinformationonsetting
upaclient,seeConfiguringclients.
Auto/Specify
Onlychoose"specify"ifdevicedoesnotsendoutanyunsolicitedEthernet
packets.TryAutofirst.
ClientMAC
TheMACIDofthedeviceconnectedtotheradio,onlyifthedevicedoesnot
advertiseitsMACaddress.
IGMP
ClickthisbuttontoopentheIGMPSettingsform.Usethisformtoenable
(default)ordisableIGMP,andtoconfigurehowtheRLX2radiowillbehave
whenIGMPisenabled.
VLAN
OpenstheVLANSettingsform.TheEthernetportsfortheMasterandits
associatedRepeaterscanbethoughtofasadistributedsmartswitch.The
TransportingoftaggedframestotheappropriateremoteEthernetportis
automaticanddoesnotrequireanysettings.SeeVLANSettingsinthis
section.
QoS
OpenstheQoSSettingsform.Prioritizationoffra mesusingQoSisalways
enabledintheRLX2forpacketsreceivedalreadymarkedwithapriorityvalue.
Thispageallowsyoutosetthedefaultpriorityforframesreceivedwithout
anyprioritymarkings.SeeQoSSettingsinthissection.
SpanningTree
OpenstheSpanningTreeSettingsform.
AdvancedConfig
OpenstheAdvancedSettingsform.
RoamControl
OpenstheRoamControlSettings