User's Manual

EnRoute500 User’s Guide
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• All ER500s will be configured as ‘aprepeater’ nodes to create a stand-alone mesh cluster
• All but one of the ER500s in a mesh cluster will be configured as ‘aprepeater’ nodes, with
one node configured as an ‘apgateway’. The ‘apgateway’ node is connected to an external
network using the node’s Ethernet interface. This network configuration will create an
Internet extension network.
Mode Description Ethernet interface
aprepeater
The EnRoute500 will function as a relay in the mesh network.
Client devices can connect to the node using both wired (10/100
Ethernet) and wireless (built-in APs) interfaces. The node can
provide IP addresses to clients on both the wired and wireless
interfaces.
Client devices can connect to
it. IP addresses can be
provided to client devices
using DHCP or be manually
configured.
apgateway
The EnRoute500 will function as a relay in the mesh network and
a gateway to a WAN. Client devices can only connect to the
node using the wireless (built-in APs) interfaces. The node can
provide IP addresses to clients on the wireless interface.
Used to connect the mesh
cluster to a larger network.
Will expect to be provided an
IP address by a DHCP server
or have a static address
assigned to it.
Table 4. EnRoute500 operating schemes
Ensure that only one node in a mesh cluster is configured as an ‘apgateway’.
To set the EnRoute500’s operating scheme with the CLI, use the commands
> use sys
sys> set scheme=<operating scheme>
For example, to set the operating scheme to ‘apgateway’ mode use:
> use sys
sys> set scheme=apgateway
The operating scheme can be set via the web interface using the “System” tab on the “System
Parameters” page.