User's Manual

MOTOMESH 1.0 Mesh Wireless Router Users Guide
6881011Y53-O September 2005
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Field Name Field Description Field Default Value
Statically Provisioned
Operator (Statically provisioned).
IP Address
The IP address will be automatically provided by a
DHCP server if one exists and the above field has been
set to Network DHCP. If the setting has been set as
Statically Provisioned, and not provided by the Network
Operator, then it will be automatically hashed from the
device’s MAC Address.
Varies depending on the
selection made in the
field above.
Subnet Mask
This is the subnet mask for the local Ethernet segment. blank
Default Gateway
The MWR will tell the attached Ethernet devices to use
this address for the default gateway, and the MWR will
use the address when accessing the local Ethernet
segment.
Assigned by
Network Administrator
DNS Server Address
The address of the local DNS Server. Assigned by
Network Administrator
DNS Search Suffix
The DNS search suffix provided by the Network
Administrator.
blank
Additional Information about the Network DHCP Setting
Network DHCP means that the MWR device can be configured to request an address from a DHCP
server and requires the inclusion of a DHCP server in the core network configuration to answer these
requests. With Network DHCP selected, the MWR will send DHCP requests for its own address to the
core network once it becomes associated and establishes communications with the infrastructure.
Operation under the Network DHCP selection allows users to temporarily wander outside of the
network infrastructure without losing connectivity.
The server may be configured by the operator to hand out temporary or static leases. The MWR must
associate and acquire an address from the network before establishing communications. Once a lease
has been granted, the address will be valid out of network coverage for the remainder of the lease or, if
a static lease was granted, until the next power cycle. If the lease expires or the user cycles power
while outside of network coverage, the user will again lose the ability to communicate with the
wireless network.
Additional Information about the Statically Provisioned Setting
When selecting the Statically Provisioned Bridge Addressing option from the Configuration web
page, the MWR device will use provisioned DHCP-like information to establish an IP address for use
in the wireless network. A DHCP server is not required on the core network because the addresses are
derived from the MAC address by default. It should be noted that a DHCP server can still exist on the
network to hand out addresses to other nodes using the Network DHCP option as long as the server's
address range does not conflict with addresses assigned to other devices using the Statically
Provisioned option.
The IP addresses and options used are also configurable per-device using the MOTOMESH
MeshManager application.