User's Manual

EnRoute500 User’s Guide
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9.6.1 Access Point IP Address
The IP address, broadcast address, and netmask associated with an access point interface
can be viewed, but not directly changed through the ‘wlanN’ interface. To set the IP address to
the desired value, modify the ‘id.node’, ‘id.mesh’, and ‘id.lanprefix’ parameters in the ‘sys’
interface. You can view the resulting settings for the AP interface with the ‘ip.*’ parameters in
the ‘wlanN’ interface as shown in the example below (see sections 6.3 and 6.5).
> use wlan1
wlan1> get ip.address
ip.address = 10.2.4.1
wlan1> get ip.broadcast
ip.broadcast = 10.2.4.127
wlan1> get ip.gateway
ip.gateway =
wlan1> get ip.netmask
ip.netmask = 255.255.255.128
The access points’ IP settings are also available through the web interface on the “Status”
page.
9.6.2 IP Configuration of Clients Devices via DHCP
The EnRoute500 can be set to serve DHCP addresses to clients on the access point
interfaces. Two distinct modes for providing addresses via DHCP exist. These are described in
depth in section 10.
9.6.3 Manual IP Configuration of Client Devices
The client devices that use static IP addresses must have an address that is within the subnet
of the access point interface that they connect to. The IP address and subnet of the access
point interface can viewed with
> use wlan1
wlan1> get ip.address ip.netmask
ip.address = 10.2.4.1
ip.netmask = 255.255.255.128
If the local DHCP server is enabled for an access point interface, addresses must be reserved
for statically configured devices by setting the ‘dhcp.reserve’ parameter. This will reserve the
specified number of addresses at the bottom of the IP range for the interface. For example, if
the interface has the address 10.2.4.1, the netmask 255.255.255.128, and the ‘dhcp.reserve’
value 5, the addresses 10.2.4.2 through 10.2.4.6 will be available for use by statically
configured devices.