User's Manual

RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
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Field
Description
RatetoParent
ThedefaultsettingisAutowhichallowstheradiotoselectthebestrateto
usetotheparentradio,andadaptovertime.Specifyafixedrateratherthan
autoforexampleifthelinktotheparenthasalowsignalstrengthinwhich
casefixingalowe
rratecanimproveperformance.
Theactualrateusedbetweenthisradioanditsparentisthelowervalueof
thissettingandtheMaxDataRatesettingintheparent(seeMaxDataRate).
Sousethesetwocontrolsinconjunctionifdesiredtotailortherateofeach
parentlink.
Note:Whe
nconfiguringanRLX2‐IHNF,thiscont rolisonlyenabledifthe
802.11Modecontrolonthemainpageissetto802.11a/gmode.
AllowChildren
ThisparametercontrolswhethertheRLX2RepeaterwillactasaParentto
otherRLX2Repeaters.Selecting‘No’willdisguisetheRLX2’sSSIDthus
preventingother803.11devicesfromfindingit.FastRoamapplicationstake
advantageofthiswhereitisnotdesirable tohaveanythingconnecttoan
RLX2thatisitse
lf,movingandroaming.
Roaming Parameters
Roaming
In typical Fast Roam applications a Repeater is installed on a mobile
pallet or platform and a set of Master units forms a backbone
infrastructure network, through which the Repeater must roam. To
obtain Fast Roam times, Spanning Tree must be disabled and SSID's
not hidden on the Master. The Repeater should be configured to not
allow child Repeaters and to use a Signal Strength Threshold set high
enough such that RSSI is used to determine the link cost to a parent.
Checking the checkbox in this section automatically sets these
parameters accordingly along with a predetermined optimum value for
the cost threshold. Unchecking it will revert the parameters to their
previous values before the check box state was saved.
Note: All Spanning Tree configurations and Hide SSID must be
disabled manually on all Master units as this dialog box is only
accessible when in Repeater mode.
Itisalwayspossibletosubsequentlychangeanyoftheseparametersifitisso
desired,forexampletosetadifferentvaluefortheSignalStrength
Threshold.Ifthisisdonethenthecontrolwillnotdisplayascheckedasitwill
onlydisplayascheckedifallthreeparameters ha
vethepresetvalues.
Save
Savesthechangesandupdatestheradioconfiguration.
Cancel
Discardsthechangeswithoutupdatingtheradioconfiguration.
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AfteraselectionissavedandreturntotheRadioNetworkSettingspanel,noticethe
selectionisindicatedundertheParentLinkbutton.