Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- Overview
- Description of the MEA System
- Introduction
- Subscriber Devices (SDs)
- Wireless Routers (WRs)
- Intelligent Access Points (IAPs)
- VMM6300 - Vehicle Mounted Modem
- EWR6300 - Enhanced Wireless Router
- PWR6300 Portable Wireless Router
- Mobile Internet Switching Controller (MiSC)
- Operational View of the MEA System
- Network Architecture
- Unified Modes of Operation
- Quality of Service (QoS) and User Priority Features
- Setup and Installation
- Subscriber Device (SD)
- Intelligent Access Point (IAP)
- Wireless Router (WR)
- Mobile Internet Switching Controller (MiSC)
- Upgrade MiSC/DHCP Configuration (optional)
- MAC Address Tables
- Site Selection/Deployment Guidelines
- Customer Service Information
- License and Warranty Information
- FCC Regulatory Information
- Safety Information for the MEA Products
- Safety Certification
MEA Setup and Installation
Section 3 - Setup and Installation
Subscriber Device (SD)
A Subscriber Device consists of both a Wireless Modem Card (WMC6300) and an End User
provided host device such as a notebook computer. The WMC6300 is designed for insertion
into an industry-standard Type II PCMCIA card slot located in a Host device. The WMC6300
has an antenna port to connect the external antenna and two LED Indicators. The Red LED is
the transmit indicator and the Green LED is the receive indicator as shown in Figure 8.
Equipment
The following list defines the MEA hardware components required to setup the WMC6300:
• WMC6300 Wireless Modem Card
• Antenna with a MMCX connector
• WMC6300 Software and Documentation CD for Windows 2000™ and Windows
XP™
Equipment that must be supplied by the End User includes the following:
• Notebook PCs running the Microsoft Windows 2000 (service pack 3) or Windows XP
(service pack 1) Operating System
Record MAC Address of the WMC6300
The transceiver MAC address is recorded on the back of the WMC6300 cards. Record this
number in Section 4 - MAC Address Tables, as it will be required later to configure and test the
device.
Figure 8. WMC6300 Antenna Port and LED Indicators
Loading and Verifying WMC6300 Software
The MEA WMC6300 Software and Documentation CD contains the MEA drivers and MeshTray
software for use on the End User’s equipment. Please review the instructions for each
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