User's Manual Part 1

Configuration MeshMAX 5054 Series User Guide
Configuring the Subscriber Module
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corresponding bandwidth from the “Active” channel list provided by the BSU. The process is repeated until the SU finds
an appropriate BSU to register.
In the example above, an SU whose current bandwidth is 20 MHz will start scanning all active channels within the
bandwidth of 20 MHz. If it cannot find a suitable BSU, it will switch to a 10 MHz bandwidth and start scanning all active
channels within that bandwidth, in this case channel 56 first since it is configured as high priority and channel 60 next. No
channels will be scanned on the 5 MHz bandwidth since all those channels are configured as inactive.
DHCP Server
When enabled, the DHCP server allows allocation of IP addresses to hosts on the Ethernet side of the SU or BSU.
Specifically, the DHCP Server feature lets the SU or BSU respond to DHCP requests from Ethernet hosts with the
following information:
• Host IP address
• Gateway IP address
• Subnet Mask
• DNS Primary Server IP address
• DNS Secondary Server IP
Click Configure > Network > DHCP Server to enable the unit on a DHCP Server.
The following parameters are configurable:
• DHCP Server Status: Verify that DHCP Relay Agent is disabled. After you have made at least one entry in the DHCP
server IP Pool Table, enable DHCP Server by selecting Enable from the DHCP Server Status pull-down menu.
NOTE: There must be at least one entry in the DHCP server IP Pool Table to enable DHCP server. Also, DHCP
server cannot be enabled if DHCP Relay Agent is enabled.
• Subnet Mask: The unit supplies this subnet mask in its DHCP response to a DHCP request from an Ethernet host.
Indicates the IP subnet mask assigned to hosts on the Ethernet side using DHCP.
• Gateway IP Address: The unit supplies this gateway IP address in the DHCP response. It indicates the IP address of
a router assigned as the default gateway for hosts on the Ethernet side. This parameter must be set.
• Primary DNS IP Address: The unit supplies this primary DNS IP address in the DHCP response. It indicates the IP
address of the primary DNS server that hosts on the Ethernet side uses to resolve Internet host names to IP
addresses. This parameter must be set.