User's Manual

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Preparing the Wireless Bridge Pair for Installation
What You Will Need
4 Preparing the Wireless Bridge Pair for
Installation
This section describes the procedures for setting up the bridge pair before you begin the
physical installation.
ZoneFlex 7731 Outdoor Point to Point Bridges come in pre-provisioned pairs. One is
designated as the “Root Bridge” and one is designated the “Non-Root Bridge.” There-
fore, in most situations, you should not need to manually provision the pair. If you do need
to provision (after restoring factory default settings, for example), see the ZoneFlex 7731
User Guide available on the Ruckus Wireless Support Web site for detailed instructions.
The default IP addresses for the root and non-root bridge are as follows:
■ Root Bridge: 192.168.2.1
■ Non-Root Bridge: 192.168.2.254
If you want to assign different IP addresses for either or both units, see “
Step 4: Change
the IP Address (Optional)” on page 19.
A summary of the steps in this section is below:
1. Connect Ethernet and power to both units.
2. Access the units using an administration computer.
3. Ensure network and wireless settings are correct.
4. Change the IP address (optional).
5. Use the SpeedFlex tool built into the Web interface to test the link between the units.
What You Will Need
Before starting with the configuration task, make sure that you have the following require-
ments ready:
■ An administrative computer (notebook computer) running Microsoft Windows Vista/
XP/2000
■ Mozilla Firefox 2.0 (or later) or Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (or later) installed on the
administrative computer
■ One 5.6mm-6.0mm (outside diameter) Cat5e foil screened twisted pair (FTP) solid
■ cable
■ Two Ethernet cables
■ PoE injector (if not supplied with the Wireless Bridge, you can purchase a third party
802.3af-compliant PoE injector or switch)
■ 6mm Phillips screwdriver
If you are planning to power the Wireless Bridge using a 12v DC connection, you will also