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RLX2‐IHxSeries

802.11a,b,g,n

IndustrialHotspots

802.11abg,RLX2‐IHW

802.11abgn,Fast,RLX2‐IHNF

802.11g,HighPower,RLX2‐IHG

802.11a,HighPower,RLX2‐IHA

802.11abgn,WeatherproofIP66/67,RLX2‐IHNF‐W/WC

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FirmwareversionV35andlater

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February 5, 2015

USER MANUAL

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RLX2SeriesUserManual

February5,2015

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ImportantSafetyInformation

ThefollowingInformationandwarningspertainingtotheradiomodulemustbeheeded:

WARNING–EXPLOSIONHAZARD–DONOTREPLACEANTENNASUNLESSPOWERHASBEENSWITCHEDOFFORTHE

AREAISKNOWNTOBENON‐HAZARDOUS.

"THISDEVICECONTAINSONETRANSMITTERMODULE:

FCCID:OQ7SR71A 

PLEASESEEFCCIDLABELONBACKOFDEVICE."

"THISDEVICEUSESANINTERNALCOMPACTFLASHRADIOMODULEASTHEPRIMARYRADIO

COMPONENT.THECOMPACTFLASHRADIOMODULEDOESNOTHAVEANFCCIDLABEL.THE

COMPACTFLASHRADIOMODULEHASNOUSERSERVICEABLEPARTS."

"THISDEVICECOMPLIESWITHPART15OFTHEFCCRULES.OPERATIONISSUBJECTTOTHE

FOLLOWINGTWOCONDITIONS:(1)THISDEVICEMAYNOTCAUSEHARMFULINTERFERENCE,AND

(2)THISDEVICEMUSTACCEPTANYINTERFERENCERECEIVED,INCLUDINGINTERFERENCETHATMAY

CAUSEUNDESIREDOPERATION."

"CHANGESORMODIFICATIONSNOTEXPRESSLYAPPROVEDBYTHEPARTYRESPONSIBLEFOR

COMPLIANCECOULDVOIDTHEUSER’sAUTHORITYTOOPERATETHEEQUIPMENT."

“THISDEVICEISCONFIGUREDFOROPERATIONINTHEUSADURINGMANUFACTURING.THESE

CONFIGURATIONCONTROLSARENOTPRESENTINTHESOFTWAREWITHWHICHTHEUNITIS

SHIPPED;THEREFORETHEENDUSERCANNOTCHANGETHEMAXPOWERSETTINGSORTHE

COUNTRY/REGION.THEMODELSSOLD&SHIPPEDWITHINTHEU.S.AREIDENTIFIEDWITHINTHE

MODELNUMBERWITH–AASPARTOFTHEIDENTIFIER.”

IndustryCanadaRequirements:

"THISDEVICEHASBEENDESIGNEDTOOPERATEWITHANANTENNAHAVINGAMAXIMUMGAINOF

24dB.ANANTENNAHAVINGAHIGHERGAINISSTRICTLYPROHIBITEDPERREGULATIONSOF

INDUSTRYCANADA.THEREQUIREDANTENNAIMPEDANCEIS50OHMS."

"TOREDUCEPOTENTIALRADIOINTERFERENCETOOTHERUSERS,THEANTENNATYPEANDITSGAIN

SHOULDBECHOSENSUCHTHATTHEEQUIVALENTISOTROPICALLYRADIATEDPOWER(EIRP)ISNOT

MORETHANTHATREQUIREDFORSUCCESSFULCOMMUNICATION."

"THEINSTALLEROFTHISRADIOEQUIPMENTMUSTINSURETHATTHEANTENNAISLOCATEDOR

POINTEDSUCHTHATITDOESNOTEMITRFFIELDINEXCESSOFHEALTHCANADALIMITSFORTHE

GENERALPOPULATION;CONSULTSAFETYCODE6,OBTAINABLEFROMHEALTHCANADA."

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RLX2‐IHNF,RLX2‐IHA,RLX2‐IHG,RLX2‐IHW

1. ThisequipmentisSuitableForUseinClassI,Division2,GroupsA,B,C,DorNon‐Hazardous

LocationOnly.

2. WARNING–EXPLOSIONHAZARD–SubstitutionofAnyComponentsMayImpairSuitability

forClassI,Division2.

3. WARNING–EXPLOSIONHAZARD–Donotdisconnectequipmentunlesspowerhasbeen

removedortheareaisknowntobenon‐hazardous.

4. TheunitistobeconnectedonlytoPoEnetworkswithoutroutingtotheoutsideplant.

5. WARNING–EXPLOSIONHAZARD–TheSIMCard/PersonalityModuleconnectionisforinitial

setupandmaintenanceonly.Donotuse,connect,ordisconnectunlessareaisknowntobe

non‐hazardous.Connectionordisconnectioninanexplosiveatmospherecouldresultin

explosion.

6. DevicemustbepoweredbyaClass2PowerSource.

7. Deviceisanopen‐typeandistobeinstalledinanenclosuresuitablefortheenvironment.

RLX2‐IHNF‐W

1. WARNING–EXPLOSIONHAZARD–DONOTUSEINCID2HAZARDOUSLOCATIONS.

2. WARNING–DONOTCONNECTORDISCONNECTWHENENERGIZED.

3. ThisunitistobeconnectedonlytoPoEnetworkswithoutroutingtoanoutsideplant.

4. DevicemustbepoweredbyaClass2PowerSource.

5. Makesurepropergroundingissecured.

6. UnitdoesnotcomplytothecableassyrequirementsofISA12.12.01butdoescomplywith

theATEXstandardsIEC60079‐0&IEC60079‐15.InATEXenvironments,donot

connect/disconnectunlessareaisknowntobenon‐hazardous.

RLX2‐IHNF‐WC

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1. SUITABLEFORUSEINCLASSI,Division2,GROUPSA,B,C,andDHAZARDOUSLOCATIONS,or

NON‐HAZARDOUSLOCATIONSONLY.

2. WARNING–EXPLOSIONHAZARD–SUBSTITUTIONOFANYCOMPONENTSMAYIMPAIR

SUITABILTYFORCLASSI,DIVISION2.

3. WARNING–EXPLOSIONHAZARD–DONOTDISCONNECTEQUIPMENTUNLESSPOWERHAS

BEENREMOVEDORTHEAREAISKNOWNTOBENON‐HAZARDOUS.

4. ThisunitistobeconnectedonlytoPoEnetworkswithoutroutingtotheoutsideplant.

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5. Theequipmentshallbeproperlygroundedwiththeexternalgroundscrewprovided

connectedtobuildinggroundaswellastheantennacoaxialscreenoftheconnectorshallbe

grounded.

6. DevicemustbepoweredbyaClass2PowerSource.

7. Thecommonorearthsideofthecircuitsideisconnectedtothescreenofthecoaxialcable

andtoallaccessiblepartsandcircuits.

8. ShallbeinstalledinRestrictedAccessLocationOnly.

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AntennaSpacingRequirementsforUserSafety

Itisimportanttokeeptheradio'santennaasafedistancefromtheuser.TomeettherequirementsofFCCpart2.1091for

radiofrequencyradiationexposure,thisradiomustbeusedinsuchawayastoguaranteeatleast20cmbetweenthe

antennaandusers.Greaterdistancesarerequiredforhigh‐gainantennas.TheFCCrequiresaminimumdistanceof1mW

*cm2powerdensityfromtheuser(or20cm,whicheverisgreater).

Ifaspecificapplicationrequiresproximityoflessthan20cm,theapplicationmustbeapprovedthroughtheFCCfor

compliancetopart2.1093.

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Contents

YOURFEEDBACKPLEASE...........................................................................................................................................2

HOWTOCONTACTUS.............................................................................................................................................2

CONTENTDISCLAIMER.............................................................................................................................................2

IMPORTANTSAFETYINFORMATION.............................................................................................................................3

IndustryCanadaRequirements:.....................................................................................................................3

RLX2‐IHNF,RLX2‐IHA,RLX2‐IHG,RLX2‐IHW..................................................................................................4

RLX2‐IHNF‐W.................................................................................................................................................4

RLX2‐IHNF‐WC...............................................................................................................................................4

RecommendedAntennas................................................................................Error!Bookmarknotdefined.

AntennaSpacingRequirementsforUserSafety.........................................................................................................5

STARTHERE................................................................................................................................................11

ABOUTTHISMANUAL............................................................................................................................................11

AbouttheRadioLinx®RLX2IndustrialHotspot™Products...........................................................................12

GeneralFeatures......................................................................................................................................................12

PACKAGECONTENTS..............................................................................................................................................17

StandardContentRLX2‐IHNF‐W..................................................................................................................17

RLX2‐IHNF‐WCables.................................................................................................................................................17

StandardContents(RLX2‐IHNF‐WC)............................................................................................................18

StandardContents(Allotherradios)...........................................................................................................18

IndustrialHotspotBenchTestKit(RLX‐IHBTK).............................................................................................19

PersonalityModule......................................................................................................................................19

THERADIOLINXINDUSTRIALHOTSPOTBROWSERCONFIGURATIONTOOL.........................................................................20

SystemRequirements..................................................................................................................................20

InstallationfromDVD..................................................................................................................................20

InstallationfromDownloadFile...................................................................................................................23

RLX2QUICKSETUP.....................................................................................................................................25

SETUPMASTERRADIO...........................................................................................................................................26

ForRLX2‐IHNF‐WRadios..............................................................................................................................26

ForRLX2‐IHNF‐WCRadios............................................................................................................................28

ForAllOtherRadios.....................................................................................................................................33

SETUPREPEATERRADIO.........................................................................................................................................40

SETUPCLIENTRADIO.............................................................................................................................................42

INSTALLREPLACEMENTRADIOUSINGPERSONALITYMODULE........................................................................................44

PLANNINGTHENETWORK.......................................................................................................................................45

InstallationQuestions..................................................................................................................................47

PlanningthePhysicalInstallation................................................................................................................47

ProSoftWirelessDesigner............................................................................................................................47

FunctionalSpecifications:.........................................................................................................................................50

PersonalityModuleConfigurationRestoration........................................................................................................51

INSTALLINGTHERADIOS............................................................................................................................53

CONNECTINGANTENNAS........................................................................................................................................55

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TESTTHENETWORKINSTALLATIONPLAN..................................................................................................................55

DIAGNOSTICSANDTROUBLESHOOTING.....................................................................................................57

DIAGNOSTICS......................................................................................................................................................58

CHECKTHEETHERNETCABLE..................................................................................................................................59

LEDDISPLAY.......................................................................................................................................................60

RETRIEVETHEDEFAULTPASSWORD.........................................................................................................................61

RLX2‐IHNF‐WandRLX2‐IHNF‐WCReset.....................................................................................................61

ResettingAllOtherRadios..........................................................................................................................62

TROUBLESHOOTIHBROWSERERRORMESSAGES........................................................................................................63

TROUBLESHOOTMISSINGRADIOS...........................................................................................................................63

IMPROVESIGNALQUALITY.....................................................................................................................................64

DETAILEDRADIOCONFIGURATION/DIAGNOSTICS....................................................................................65

READ‐ONLYFIELDS...............................................................................................................................................66

CONFIGURATIONHELP..........................................................................................................................................66

RADIOSTATUS.....................................................................................................................................................70

AvailableParents........................................................................................................................................71

AddressTable..............................................................................................................................................73

PortStatus..................................................................................................................................................74

RADIONETWORKSETTINGS....................................................................................................................................76

ParentLinkSettings....................................................................................................................................80

PrioritizedParentSelection......................................................................................................................................83

IGMPSettings.............................................................................................................................................86

VLANSettings..............................................................................................................................................86

QoSSettings................................................................................................................................................88

RapidSpanningTreeFunctionality.............................................................................................................90

SpanningTreeSettings...............................................................................................................................93

AdvancedSettings.......................................................................................................................................95

RoamControl............................................................................................................................................100

SECURITYSETTINGS............................................................................................................................................103

EncryptionType.........................................................................................................................................106

WPAPhrase..............................................................................................................................................106

EnterpriseModeSettings..........................................................................................................................107

CertificateManagement...........................................................................................................................108

ConfiguringtheRLX2RepeaterswithCertificates..................................................................................................109

WEPKey....................................................................................................................................................110

MACFilter.................................................................................................................................................112

HideNetworkSSID....................................................................................................................................112

RADIOACCESSSETTINGS.....................................................................................................................................113

SNMPAgentSettings................................................................................................................................115

SerialSettings............................................................................................................................................116

ChangePassword......................................................................................................................................119

APPLYCHANGES................................................................................................................................................120

CANCELCHANGES..............................................................................................................................................120

FACTORYDEFAULTS............................................................................................................................................120

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RLX2‐IHNFDFSSUPPORT..................................................................................................................................121

MasterRadioOperations...........................................................................................................................121

DFSAutoSelect..........................................................................................................................................122

RADIOLINXINDUSTRIALHOTSPOTBROWSER...........................................................................................123

PRIMARYRADIOFUNCTIONS.................................................................................................................................124

FILEMENU........................................................................................................................................................125

ScanSetup..................................................................................................................................................125

Scan............................................................................................................................................................126

Clear...........................................................................................................................................................126

Import........................................................................................................................................................126

Export.........................................................................................................................................................126

Freeze.........................................................................................................................................................126

Print...........................................................................................................................................................126

PrintPreview..............................................................................................................................................127

PrintSetup.................................................................................................................................................127

Exit.............................................................................................................................................................127

OPERATIONSMENU............................................................................................................................................127

Connect......................................................................................................................................................128

AssignIP.....................................................................................................................................................129

UpdateFirmware.......................................................................................................................................130

PingDevice.................................................................................................................................................130

PingOptionsDialogBox.........................................................................................................................................131

DIALOGSMENU..................................................................................................................................................132

WirelessClients..........................................................................................................................................132

EthernetNodes..........................................................................................................................................133

ScanList.....................................................................................................................................................134

802.11AccessPointDetector.................................................................................................................................135

PortTable...................................................................................................................................................135

All4Dialogs...............................................................................................................................................136

CloseAll......................................................................................................................................................136

EventLog...................................................................................................................................................136

EventFilter.............................................................................................................................................................137

Properties...................................................................................................................................................137

VIEWMENU......................................................................................................................................................138

Toolbar.......................................................................................................................................................138

StatusBar...................................................................................................................................................139

ListView.....................................................................................................................................................139

TopologyView...........................................................................................................................................143

TopologyViewKey.................................................................................................................................................143

ZoomIn......................................................................................................................................................145

ZoomOut...................................................................................................................................................145

ZoomtoFit.................................................................................................................................................146

ShowPingStations.....................................................................................................................................146

ShowParents‐All......................................................................................................................................147

ShowParents‐One....................................................................................................................................147

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PrintArea..................................................................................................................................................147

ResetColumns...........................................................................................................................................148

SelectColumns..........................................................................................................................................148

HELPMENU......................................................................................................................................................148

HelpTopics................................................................................................................................................149

AboutRLXIHBrowser...............................................................................................................................150

RLX2VIRTUALLAN(VLAN)FUNCTIONALITY..............................................................................................151

TRANSPARENTSUPPORTOFVLANTAGS(802.1Q).................................................................................................151

PORT/RADIO‐BASEDVLANTAGGINGWITHMANAGEDSWITCHES...............................................................................152

PORT/RADIO‐BASEDVLANTAGGINGWITHOUTMANAGEDSWITCHES.........................................................................153

REFERENCE..............................................................................................................................................155

PRODUCTOVERVIEW..........................................................................................................................................155

COMPATIBILITYWITHPROSOFTRLXIBSERIESRADIOS..............................................................................................157

DIMENSIONALDRAWINGS....................................................................................................................................159

MASTERCHANNEL‐FREQUENCYTABLE...................................................................................................................161

FCCEMISSIONREGULATIONS...............................................................................................................................163

2.4GHzBand,Point‐To‐Multipoint.................................................................Error!Bookmarknotdefined.

2.4GHzBand,Point‐To‐Point..........................................................................Error!Bookmarknotdefined.

5GHzBands,Point‐To‐Multipoint..................................................................Error!Bookmarknotdefined.

5GHzBands,Point‐To‐Point...........................................................................Error!Bookmarknotdefined.

RADIOHARDWARE.............................................................................................................................................163

RadioPowerRequirements(RLX2‐IHNF‐W)..............................................................................................163

EthernetCableSpecifications....................................................................................................................167

EthernetCableConfiguration(RLX2‐IHNF‐W)...........................................................................................167

EthernetCableConfiguration(allotherradios)........................................................................................169

RLX2‐IHADETAILEDSPECIFICATIONS....................................................................................................................170

AgencyApprovals&Certifications.........................................................................................................................171

RLX2‐IHGDETAILEDSPECIFICATIONS....................................................................................................................171

AgencyApprovals&Certifications.........................................................................................................................172

RLX2‐IHNF,‐W,‐WCDETAILEDSPECIFICATIONS...................................................................................................172

AgencyApprovals&Certifications.........................................................................................................................174

RLX2‐IHWDETAILEDSPECIFICATIONS...................................................................................................................175

AgencyApprovals&Certifications.........................................................................................................................176

ANTENNACONFIGURATION.....................................................................................................................177

ANTENNAS........................................................................................................................................................177

ControlDrawing........................................................................................................................................178

AntennaPattern........................................................................................................................................179

AntennaGain............................................................................................................................................180

AntennaPolarity.......................................................................................................................................180

WhipAntennas..........................................................................................................................................181

CollinearArrayAntennas..........................................................................................................................181

YagiArrayAntenna...................................................................................................................................182

ParabolicReflectorAntennas....................................................................................................................182

RLX2ApprovedAntennas..........................................................................................................................183

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ApprovedAntennasinEurope/CE..........................................................................................................................184

ApprovedAntennasinMexico...............................................................................................................................185

ApprovedAntennaswithPowerAmp....................................................................................................................185

AntennaLocation,Spacing,andMounting................................................................................................186

SUPPORT,SERVICE&WARRANTY.............................................................................................................187

CONTACTINGTECHNICALSUPPORT.........................................................................................................................187

WarrantyInformation................................................................................................................................188

GLOSSARYOFTERMS...............................................................................................................................189

INDEX.......................................................................................................................................................205

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Formostapplications,theinstallationandconfigurationstepsdescribedinthefollowing

topicswillworkwithoutadditionalprogramming.ProSoftTechnologystrongly

recommendsthecompletionofthestepsinthischapterbeforedevelopingacustom

application.

AboutThisManual

ThismanualcoverstheentireRadioLinx®RLX2IndustrialHotspot™seriesofradio

products.Therearefiveproductsavailableinthisproductline:

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ModelStandardsMaximumOutputPower

RLX2‐IHAIEEE802.11a24dBm(250mW)

RLX2‐IHGIEEE802.11b/g24dBm(250mW)

RLX2‐IHNFIEEE802.11a/b/g/n17dBm(50mW)

RLX2‐IHNF‐WIEEE802.11a/b/g/n17dBm(50mW)

RLX2‐IHNF‐WCIEEE802.11a/b/g/n17dBm(50mW)

RLX2‐IHWIEEE802.11a/b/g20dBm(200mW)

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Exceptfordifferentoperatingfrequenciesandoutputpowerlevels,theseradiosall

operateinasimilarfashion.Differentmodelsoperatingoncommonfrequenciescan

communicatewitheachother.Furthermore,mostRLX2seriesradios(exceptRLX2‐IHNF)

cancommunicatewithProSoftTechnology’slegacyRLXIBseriesofradios.Detailsonthe

specificdifferencesbetweentheRLX2andRLXIBseriesproductscanbefoundinthe

CompatibilitywithProSoftRLXIBSeriesRadiossectiononpage157.

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AbouttheRadioLinx®RLX2IndustrialHotspot™Products

GeneralFeatures

TheRadioLinx®802.11IndustrialHotspots™arehigh‐speedwirelessEthernetradios,

withPoweroverEthernet(PoE)andSerialEncapsulation.Allradiosoperateatspeeds

upto54Mbps,andtheRLX2‐IHNFoperatesatspeedsupto300Mbps.Designedfor

industrialinstallations,theRLX2seriesoffermanyfeaturesincludinghazardouslocation

certifications,IGMPSnooping,OFDMfornoiseimmunity,repeatermodetoextend

range,QoS,VLANs,RADIUSServer,automaticparentselectionforself‐healing,OPC

serverdiagnostics,extendedtemperature,highvibration/shockandDIN‐railmounting.

LEDIndicators

AllradioshaveLEDindicatorsonthefrontpanelthatindicatethestatusoftheradio

whilebootingupandduringoperation.TheLEDstatesaresummarizedinthefollowing

table:

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PowerWhilebootingup

Whenfullyoperational

RFTransmitWhiletransmittingoverwireless

RFReceiveWhilereceivingoverwireless

SerialWhenaserialcableisattached

EthernetWhenEthernetdataisbeing

transferred

NetAlternatesredandgreenifSDcard

withnewconfigurationinserted

ModAlternatesredandgreenifSDcard

withnewconfigurationinserted

SignalStrengthLEDs:SDcardinsertedAlternatesgreenandamberifSD

cardwithnewconfigurationinserted

SignalStrengthLEDs:runninginClientor

RepeaterModes

NoSignal

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Radiolinked,PoorSignal

Radiolinked,FairSignal

Radiolinked,GoodSignal

SignalStrengthLEDs:runninginMaster

Mode

Noradioslinked

Oneormoreradioslinked

(rightLEDblinking).

DFSChannelAvailabilityCheck

inprogress(allLEDsblinkingAmber)

Seesection0forfurtherdetailsregardingtheLEDdisplayforvariousconditions.

AntennaPorts

EachRLX2seriesradiohasactiveantennaconnectorsonthetopasshownbelow:

RLX2‐IHA

RLX2‐IHG

Theseradioshaveasingleactiveantennaport:

 

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RLX2‐IHNF

Thisradiohasthreeactiveantennaports:

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RLX2‐IHNF‐W‐A(FCC)

RLX2‐IHNF‐W‐E(ETSI)

ThesetworadiosrepresenttheweatherproofversionsfortheRLX2‐IHNF.Three

antennasperformthesamefunctionsasthoseontheRLX2‐IHNF.

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RLX2‐IHNF‐WC

Thisversionrepresentsaweatherproof,hazardouslocationradio.Itisaconduit

versionandisClassI,DIV2compliant.Threeantennasperformthesame

functionsasthoseintheRLX2‐IHNF‐W‐AandRLX2‐IHNF‐W‐E.

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RLX2‐IHW

Thisradiousestheright‐sideantennaportfortransmitandreceive.Anoptional

receive‐onlyantennacanbeattachedtotheleft‐sideantennaporttoimprove

performanceinsomeapplications.

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AntennasusedforFCC/ICtesting:

TheantennausedfortestingtheRLX2‐IHNFhasamaximumgainof2dBiand

theRLX2‐IHNF‐Wusedanantennawithamaximumgainof6/8dBi.

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PackageContents

StandardContentRLX2‐IHNF‐W

ThefollowingcomponentsareincludedwithWeatherproofRLX2radioproducts:

Qty. Part Name Part Numbe

Part Description

1 RLX2SeriesRadioRLX2‐IHNF‐WRadioLinx

RLX2802.11IndustrialHotspot

Weatherproof

1 ProSoftSolutionsDVDDVD‐001Containssampleprograms,utilities,firmware

images,anddocumentationforRadioLinx®

products.

1U‐mountingbracketPolemountingbracket

1M12CapWatertightcap

RLX2‐IHNF‐WCables

Thefollowingcablesareforoutdoorlocations(soldseparately).

Part Name Part Numbe

Part Description

LockingClipCUL‐M12‐LOCKCLIP

 7foot(2m),

M12toRJ45,

Network

Cable/PoE

or

 33foot(10m),

M12toRJ45,

Network

Cable/PoE

CULRJ45‐M12‐007

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CULRJ45‐M12‐033

7footNetworkPoEcable

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33footNetworkPoEcable

 33foot(10m),

M12to

unterminated

leads,Power

Cable

or

 10foot(3m),

M12to

unterminated

leads,Power

Cable

CULPWR‐M12‐033

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CUPLWR‐M12‐010

33footPowerCable

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10footPowerCable

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StandardContents(RLX2‐IHNF‐WC)

ThefollowingcomponentsareincludedwithWeatherproofHazardousLocationRLX2

radioproducts:

Qty. Part Name Part Numbe

Part Description

1 RLX2SeriesRadioVariesRadioLinx

RLX2802.11IndustrialHotspot

15footCAT6Ethernet

PoEcable

Preinstalled6footCAT6EthernetPoEcable

15footflyingleadspower

cable

Preinstalled6footflyingleadspowercable

2Uboltsformounting

1OvalClip&SealCapOvalclipandsealcapforconduitconnections

1 ProSoftSolutionsDVDDVD‐001Containssampleprograms,utilities,firmware

images,anddocumentationforRadioLinx®

products.

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StandardContents(Allotherradios)

ThefollowingcomponentsareincludedwithstandardRLX2radioproducts:

Qty. Part Name Part Numbe

Part Description

1 RLX2SeriesRadioVariesRadioLinx

RLX2802.11IndustrialHotspot

1PersonalityModule001‐005700IndustrialGradeMicroSDcard(blank,inplastic

bag)

1PowerConnector002‐0116MatingpowerconnectorfortheRLX2radios,

forattachmenttocustomer’spowersupply.

1PowerConnectorWiring

Tool

357‐0061Tooltoassistwiringthepowerconnector.

1AntennaA2502S‐OA2dBiOmniRP‐SMAarticulating,2.4/5GHz.This

antennaissuitableforallRLX2radioproducts.

1 ProSoftSolutionsDVDDVD‐001Containssampleprograms,utilities,firmware

images,anddocumentationforRadioLinx®

products.

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IndustrialHotspotBenchTestKit(RLX‐IHBTK)

Thestandardradioproductsareintendedfordeploymentintoproductionsystemsand

donotincludeaccessorypowersuppliesorcables.Forbenchtestingofradios,an

optionalbenchtestkitprovidestheseaccessories:

Qty. Part Name Part Numbe

Part Description

1 PowerSupplyRL‐PS007‐2ACPowerAdapter,12V1.6Aw/2pin&4plug

Set

1CableRL‐CBL0255footEthernetStraight‐ThruCable

1Cable085‐1007 6footRS232serialcable

1AdapterHRDNULL‐DB9RS232nullmodemserialadapter

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PersonalityModule

TheRLX2seriesofindustrialhotspotsincludeafeatureforquicklymovingthe

configurationfromaninstalledradiotoareplacementusingaprovidedMicroSDcard.

Thisfeaturereducesthetimetoreplacementofadamagedradio.Considerationofhow

tousethisfeatureinadvanceofinstallationisnecessarytotakeadvantageofthis

feature.

Note:TheRLX2‐IHNF‐WandWCdonothaveaPersonalityModule.

Important: Before installing, please verify all listed product items are present. If any of these

components are missing, please contact ProSoft Technology Support for replacements.

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TheRadioLinxIndustrialHotspotBrowser

ConfigurationTool

TheIndustrialHotspotBrowserconfigurationtool(hereaftercalledtheIHBrowser)is

usedforsetupandconfigurationoftheRLX2radios.Itisdesignedforpersonal

computersrunningMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems.TheIHBrowsercanbe

installedfromtheproductDVDshippedwiththeRLX2radioproduct,oritcanbe

downloadedfromtheProSoftwebsite.

SystemRequirements

TheRLX2‐IHxbrowserisdesignedforMicrosoftWindowsXP,2000,and2003.Minimum

hardwarerequirementsare:

 Pentium®II450MHzminimum.PentiumIII733MHz(orbetter)recommended

 Supportedoperatingsystems:

o MicrosoftWindowsXPProfessional32‐bitwithServicePack3

o MicrosoftWindows7Professional32‐or64‐bit,withServicePack1

o MicrosoftWindows8ReleasePreview32‐or64‐bit.

OtherMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystemversionsmayworkbuthavenot

beentestedbyProSoftandarenotofficiallysupported.

 128MbytesofRAMminimum,256MbytesormoreofRAMrecommended

 100MBavailableharddrivespace

 256‐colorVGAgraphicsadapter,800x600minimumresolution(TrueColor1024x

768resolutionorbetterrecommended)

 Atleastone100BASETor1000BASETnetworkinterface.Asecondinterfaceisoften

usefultosetupasmallprivatenetworkforinitialconfigurationandtesting.

Inaddition,theseitemsmaybeneeded:

 ADVD‐ROMdrive,ifinstallingtheRadioLinxIHBrowserfromopticalmedia.

 AnRS‐232portonthePCoraUSB‐to‐serialconvertorcable,touseserial

encapsulationfeaturesortoaccesssystemdebugginginformation.

 Aninternetconnectionmaybeusefultodownloadupdatedproductinformation

fromtheProSoftTechnologywebsiteathttp://www.ProSoft‐Technology.com.

InstallationfromDVD

1. InserttheProSoftSolutionsDVDintheDVDdrive.Onmostcomputers,amenu

screenwillopenautomatically.Ifamenudoesnotappearwithinafewseconds,

followthesesteps:

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2. ClicktheStartbutton,andthenchooseRun.

3. IntheRundialogbox,clicktheBrowsebutton.

4. IntheBrowsedialogbox,click"MyComputer".Inthelistofdrives,choosethe

DVDdrivewheretheProSoftSolutionsDVDwasinserted.

5. OpentheDVDanddouble‐clicktheProSoft_DVD.exefiletorunit.

6. TheDVDshoulddisplayastartupscreenlikethis:



7. TypetheproductnameintothesearchboxandclickSearch.Hereisanexample

ofsearchingfortheRLX2‐IHNF:

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8. ClickontheProductName.Thescreendisplaysthecontentsforthismodule.



9. Double‐clickonRadioLinxIHBrowserv3.4(oranewerversionifavailable)and

theinstallationwizardshouldlaunch:

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10. Followtheinstructionsontheinstallationwizardtoinstalltheprogramwithits

defaultlocationandsettings.



11. Whentheinstallationfinishes,aprompttorestartthecomputermayappearif

certainfileswereinuseduringinstallation.Theupdatedfileswillbeinstalled

duringtherestartprocess.

InstallationfromDownloadFile

IftheRadioLinxIHBrowserwasdownloadedfromtheProSoftwebsite,itwillbe

packagedasacompressedzipfile.Double–clickthezipfileafterdownloading.The

Windowsextractionwizardwillextracttheinstallationfile(RadioLinxIHBrowser

3.130.msioranewerversion.)Thendouble‐clickthe.msifiletoinstalltheIHBrowser.

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RLX2QUICKSETUP

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ThissectiondescribeshowtosetupRLX2radiosinaminimalconfigurationbefore

deployingtheminthepermanentinstallation.Itwillhelpverifytheradiosare

operationalalongwithgettingfamiliarwithbasicconfigurationprocedures.

Notethattheproceduresdescribedinthissectionassumetheradiosareintheirdefault

configurationsasshippedbyProSoft.Ifthatisnotthecase,resettheradiostofactory

defaultsbeforeattemptingtheseprocedures.

Inanygivennetwork,theremustbeoneradioactingasaMaster,andtheotherradios

willbeconfiguredasRepeatersorClients.GenerallythereisonlyoneMasterradioper

network.

BecausemostwirelessnetworksconsistofoneMasterradioandmultipleRepeaters,all

RLX2radiosareshippedfromProSoftpre‐configuredasRepeaters.Henceourfirsttask

istoconfigureoneradioasthenetworkMaster.

IMPORTANT: If a ProSoft Power adapter RL-PS007-2 (supplied with the RLX-IHBTK Bench Test

Kit) is not present, see instructions on wiring the power connector in this manual.

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SetupMasterRadio

ThefirststepistoselecttheradiotouseasaMaster.AllRLX2radiosinanetworkare

typicallythesamemodel,althoughthisisnotnecessary.

IMPORTANT: The only RLX2 radios that do not have any channels in common with each other are

the RLX2-IHA and RLX2-IHG. The RLX2-IHW and RLX2-IHNF radios can communicate with each

other and with the RLX2-IHA and RLX2-IHG radios.

Ifalltheradiosarepresentontheworkbench,antennasmaynotbeneededforthis

configurationexercise.Radioswithoutantennasmayhavesufficientsignalstrengthto

linkovershortdistances,withoutradiatingorreceivingunnecessaryRFenergyinthe

surroundingenvironment.However,connectinganantennatothemasterradiois

recommended.Theconnectionsneededareonthebottomoftheradio.

Note:TheRLX2‐IHNF‐WWeatherproofradiousesM12connectorsforEthernetand

Power.YoucanorderthesecablesdirectlyfromProSoft.



ForRLX2‐IHNF‐WRadios

1. AttachanEthernetcablewithanM12connectortothespecifiedportshownonthe

designatedMasterRLX2radio.Makesurethatthisnetworkconnectionisonthe

samesubnetasthePCrunningtheIHBrowserconfigurationsoftware.

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2. ConnectthepowercablewithanM12connectortothespecifiedportshown.

Note:TheRLX2‐IHNF‐WradiocanbepoweredoverEthernet(POE)withan

approvedinjectoravailablefromProSoft.Inthiscase,thePowerconnectorwould

notbeused.

IfPoEisused,pleasecapthePowerConnectorwiththesuppliedM12Waterproof

Capbeforeinstallation.

3. ConnecttheEthernetcablethroughthePoEinjector(ifusingPoE)andthenintothe

networkswitch.

Note:Mostoff‐the‐shelfPoEInjectorsworkwiththisunitexceptforthe802.3at/

PoE+Injectors.



Note:TheM12PoEcableisnotincludedwiththeradiobutcanbeorderedthrough

ProSoft.

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WARNING:DonotconnectordisconnectthePoEconnectionwhenenergized.

AntennasaretobeinstalledinaccordancewithControlDrawing06/2514.

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ForRLX2‐IHNF‐WCRadios

ThisradioissuitableforClassI,DIV2hazardouslocations.

Thisradiocontainsasetofwiresthatprotrudethroughasingleconduithub.Onewire

isterminatedwithanRJ45connectorforEthernetconnections.Thiswirecanalso

supplypowerifattachedtoaPoEInjector.

ThesecondwiresuppliespowertotheradioifaPoEInjectorisnotused.Ifnotusing

thesecables,simplyterminatethem.

Toinstallthisradio….

1. PlaceaSealCapoverthetopoftheconduit.

2. Runbothwiresdownthroughtheconduit.

3. Pushtheconduitupintothepermanentlyinstalledconnectoronthebottomofthe

radio.Pushitupasfarasitwillgo.

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4. PlacetheOvalClipintotheopeningintheConnectoruntilitsnapsintoplace.This

securestheconduittotheconnector.

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Note:Intheeventthatyouhavetoremovetheconduit,simplyremovetheOvalClip

usingascrewdrivertopryitout.TheconduitcannowberemovedfromtheConnector.

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ThewirewiththeRJ45connectorisyourEthernetconnectionandsupportsPowerover

Ethernet(PoE).IfyouarenotusingPoE,theotherwiresetisusedtopowerthe

module.

Note:IfyouareusingPoEtoprovidepowertothemodule,theadditionalpowercables

shouldbeterminatedinsidethejunctionboxduringinstallationtopreventthewire

assemblyfromshortingout.

WARNING:DonotconnectordisconnectthePoEconnectionwhenenergized.

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AntennasaretobeinstalledinaccordancewithControlDrawing06/2514.Seethe

Antennasectioninthismanual.

ForAllOtherRadios

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1. AttachanEthernetcabletothedesignatedmasterRLX2radio.Makesurethis

networkconnectionisonthesamesubnetasthePCrunningtheIHBrowser

configurationsoftware.

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Note: The Ethernet DATA LED should come on when data is sent or received from the radio. The

Ethernet SPEED LED indicates the speed of the Ethernet connection. The SPEED LED is off for

10 Base T, on for 100 Base T, and blinks about once every two seconds for 1000 Base T links.

Power‐UptheRadios

1. Poweruptheradio.ThereisnoOn/OffSwitch.Powerisappliedwhenthepower

cordconnectionismadetotheRLX2radio.

ThepowerLEDshouldilluminatewithanambercolor,thengooutforafewseconds

duringinitialization,thenfinallycomebackongreen.Thisprocesswilltake10to15

seconds.OncethepowerLEDisgreen,theradiohasbootedandisoperational.

OtherLEDsmaybecomeactiveaswell.

2. TakenoteoftheMACaddressoftheRLX2radio.Thisisprintedonalabelattached

tothefrontoftheradio.TheMACaddressshouldbesomethinglike00‐0D‐8D‐XX‐

YY‐ZZ(e.g.00‐0D‐8D‐F0‐5C‐8E.)Thisnumberuniquelyidentifiestheradioonthe

network.

3. RuntheIHBrowserconfigurationsoftware.

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Ifthedisplayisdifferentthanabove,usetheIHBrowsertoolbarcontrolstoclearand

refreshthedisplay:

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The“erase”toolclearsthedisplay

The“search”toolrescansthenetworkforRLX2radios

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Ifnoradiosappearinthelist,seeSection0ontroubleshootingmissingradios.

4. Inparticular,notethelinelistingtheMACaddressoftheRLX2radio.Iftheradiois

onanetworkwithaDHCPserver,itwillobtainanIPaddressviaDHCP.Ifnot,the

radiowillappearwithanIPaddressof0.0.0.0asshownabove.

5. AssigntheRLX2avalidIPaddressforthenetwork.Dothisbyright‐clickingonthe

radio’srowintheIHBrowserdisplayandselectingAssignIPfromthecontextmenu.

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6. TheAssignTemporaryIPAddressdialogopens:

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TheUnusedIP’s:boxcontainsanumberofIPaddressesthatarecurrentlyavailableon

thenetwork.SelectoneofthemandclickOK.(Inthisexample,192.168.1.250isused)

IMPORTANT: Be sure to click OK or the selected IP address will not be assigned to the radio.

7. TheAccessPointutilitywarnsyouofthetemporaryselection.

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8. ClickOK.

9. OpenawebbrowseronthePC,andentertheIPaddressthatwasjustassignedto

theradio(e.g.http://192.168.1.250).Aloginscreenopens:

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Thedefaultpasswordis“password”.EnterthatinthetextboxandclickLogin.

10. Theradio’smainwebpageopens:(Somefieldsmaybedifferentdependingonthe

specificradiomodel).

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11. SelecttheMasterradiobuttonandselectChannel1(2412MHz)asshowninthe

followingexample.

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Note: Select Channel 36 (5180 MHz) if the Master radio is an RLX2-IHA.

12. IftheIPaddressismanuallysetaspreviouslydescribed,permanentlysettheIP

addressbyselectingtheUsethefollowingIPaddressradiobutton:

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13. ClicktheApplyChangesbuttonandtheRadioreboots.

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Aprogressbarisvisibleduringreboot.

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Uponsuccessfulreboot,theRLX2radioisshownasaMasterintheIHBrowserwindow:

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SetupRepeaterRadio

Sincewehaven’tchangedanyfactory‐defaultconfigurationparametersintheMaster

radio(otherthantomakeitaMaster),additionalRLX2radiosintheirdefaultshipping

configurationshouldlinktoitassoonaspowerisappliedtothem.

1. AttachpowertoanotherRLX2radio.TheEthernetcabledoesnotneedtobe

attachedtoitatthistime.

2. Aftertheradioisbooted,theradioshouldappearintheIHBrowser:

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NotethattheRepeaterradioabove(whoseMACaddressendsinBFintheabove

example)haslinkedtotheMaster(whoseMACaddressendsinBE)andthereisa

signalstrengthindicationof–85dBm.

3. AttachanEthernetcable,andassignauniqueIPaddresstotheRepeater.Inthis

example,theRepeaterisassignedanIPaddressof192.168.1.251:

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AftersettingtheRepeater’sIPaddress,removeitsEthernetconnection.

4. OnthePC,openacommandpromptwindowandattempttopingtheRepeater’sIP

address.TheMastershouldpingtheRepeaterovertheair:

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5. Congratulations!TheRLX2wirelessnetworkisnowconfigured.AdditionalRepeaters

canbeconfiguredbyrepeatingthestepslistedabove.

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SetupClientRadio

RLX2radioscanbeconfiguredinClientmode.Clientmoderadiosonlysupportone

wirednetworkdevice,butcanconnecttothird‐party802.11AccessPoints.The

followingtablehighlightsthemostsignificantdifferencesbetweenRepeaterandClient

modesonRLX2radios:

RepeaterClient

Numberofattached

Ethernetdevices

supported

Many(uptolimitsof

network)

One

Canconnecttoother

RLX2Repeaters?

YesNo

Canconnecttonon‐

ProSoftAccessPoints

(Masters)?

NoYes

MACaddressseenon

network

Repeaterradio’sMAC

address

MACaddressof

connecteddevice,or

user‐specifiedMAC

address.

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ClientmoderadiosarenotoftennecessaryinIndustrialnetworkapplications.Ifthe

needforaClientRLX2radiointhesystemisnotneeded,thisexampleconfigurationcan

beskipped.

ThemoststraightforwardwaytotestaClientmoderadioconfigurationiswithasecond

PCconnectedasthedownstreamnetworkdevicefromaClientradio.Wewillassume

suchasetupinthefollowingexample,andwillconnecttotheMasterradiowe

configuredpreviously.

1. ConnecttheclientradiotothesamenetworkastheconfigurationPCrunningtheIH

browser.AssignitanIPaddressasdescribedabove.Opentheconfiguration

webpageandchangetheradiotoClientmodeasshown:

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ClickApplyChanges.Whentheradioreboots,theIHBrowserwilldisplay:

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2. PowerofftheClientradioanddisconnecttheEthernetcablefromtheconfiguration

PC.

3. ConnecttheEthernetcabletoanEthernetportonanotherPC,andpowerupthe

Clientradio.(TheradiomustbepoweredupafterattachingtheEthernetcableto

thenewPCsotheradiowillregistertheMACaddressofthePCsnetworkinterface.)

EnsuretheIPaddressoftheEthernetinterfaceonthePCisonthesamesubnetas

thenetworkoftheClientRadio.Forthisexample,settheIPaddressofthePC

interfaceto192.168.1.100.HereisanexampleofdoingsoinWindows7:

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4. OpenacommandpromptontheclientPC,andtrytopingtheIPaddressoftheMaster

radio.Itshouldrespondasseenbelow:

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InstallReplacementRadioUsingPersonalityModule

Iftheradiobeinginstalledisreplacinganexistingradio,andaPersonalityModulewas

alreadyinstalledintheexistingradio,thennomanualconfigurationisnecessary.

RemovethePersonalityModulefromtheexistingradiowiththestoredconfiguration

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andinstallitinthenewradio.OnpowerupofthenewRLX2IndustrialHotspot,all

configurationsettingsfromtheradiobeingreplacedareautomaticallyused.

Note:TheRLX2‐IHNF‐WorWCradiosdonothaveaPersonalityModuleandmustbe

configuredusingthestepsdescribedinthismanual.

PlanningtheNetwork

Beforeconfiguringandinstallingthewirelessnetwork,itmayhelptocreateaplan.The

followingpointsassumeabridgenetworkofmastersandrepeaters.Clientscanalsobe

configuredtoworkwithdevicesonexistingwirelessLANs.Forinformation,seeSetup

ClientRadio(page42).

Thesimplestwaytodesignthephysicalnetworkofradios,antennas,connectors,cables,

amplifiersandotheraccessoriesistouseProSoftWirelessDesigner(page47).Thisisa

freely‐availablesoftwareapplicationthatdeterminesthehardwareneedsbasedonthe

user’sanswerstoafewquestions.

ThesoftwarewillgenerateaBillofMaterialsspecifyingallthecomponentsneededfor

theinstallation.ProSoftWirelessDesignisincludedontheopticalmediasuppliedwith

theRLX2radio,andisalsoavailablefordownloadingfromtheProSoftwebsite.

 Tobegin,identifythepotentialradiolocations.Forexample,themasterradiomay

beinstallednearaPCinacentralplantlocation(ThisPCcanconfiguretheradios

throughtheRadioConfiguration/DiagnosticUtility).Iftheplantisanoilrefinery,

forexample,radiosmayneedtobeinstalledneartheoiltanks.

 Thenextimportantissueishowtolinktheradios.Unlesstheradiosareveryclose

together,makesurethateachpairofradioantennasinthenetworkhasalineof

sightbetweenthem.Inotherwords,visibilityisneededfromoneantennato

another,eitherwiththenakedeyeorwithbinoculars.

 Ifalineofsightdoesnotexistbetweenantennas,anadditionalsiteisneededfor

installingarepeaterradio.Thissitewillcreateabridgebetweentheradio

antennas.

 Choosetheappropriateantennasforthenetwork.Ifanantennawillbeconnected

totheradiobyalongcable,apoweramplifier(availablefromProSoftTechnology)

maybeneeded.Themoredistancebetweenanantennaanditsradio,themore

signallosstheradiowillhave.

ProSoftWirelessDesignercansuggestsuitableantennasfortheapplicationbased

onfrequencyband,datarate,distance,poweroutputlevel,andotherfactors.

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 Considerdrawingupthenetworkplansonpaper.Aspartofthedrawing,assigna

logicalnametoeachradio.ThesenamescanbeassignedintheRadioConfiguration

/DiagnosticUtility.

 Aspartoftheplanning,asitesurveymaybehelpful.YoucanhireProSoft

Technologyorasurveyortoperformasurvey,oryoucanconductthesurveyon

yourown.

 Protectradiosfromdirectexposuretoweather,andprovideanadequate,stable

powersource.Makesuretheplancomplieswiththeradio’spowerrequirements

andcablespecifications.

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Important: Radios and antennas must be located at least 8 inches (20 cm) away from personnel.

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InstallationQuestions

Thefollowingquestionswillhelpingettingfamiliarwiththesystem.

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Howmanyradiosareinthenetwork?

MasterID:

RepeaterID:

ClientID:

Locations:

IsthereaLineofSightbetweenthem?

Whattypeofantennaswillbeusedinthe

network?

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WillthePersonalityModuleconfiguration

restorationfeaturebeused?

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PlanningthePhysicalInstallation

Anetwork'sperformanceisaffectedbyattributesspecifictotheinstallationsite.

Considerthefollowingcautions,wherepossible,tooptimizethenetworkinstallation:

 Designthenetworktouselessthan2048radios(pernetwork)

 Placeradioswithinthespecified15milesofeachother

 Addrepeatertoextenddistanceorwherelineofsightislimited

 RadiosorantennasCANNOTbeplacedwithin8inches(20cm)ofpersonnel

Thoughradiofrequencycommunicationisreliable,sometimesitsperformancecanbe

affectedbyintangibles.Agoodnetworkinstallationplanincludestimeandresources

forperformancetestingandinstallationchanges.

Testtheinstallationplan(page55)beforethenetworkinstallationiscomplete.

ProSoftWirelessDesigner

ProSoftWirelessDesignerisafreely‐availablesoftwaretooltosimplifythetaskof

specifyingaProSoftwirelessinstallation.Thefollowingscreenshotshowsanexampleof

configuringwirelesslinksandestimatesofsignalquality:

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ProSoftWirelessDesignercanalsocomputeaBillOfMaterials(BOM)foracomplete

radioinstallation,includingantennas,cables,connectorsandotherrequiredmaterials:

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ItisincludedontheDVDwiththeRLX2radio,oritcanbedownloadedfromtheProSoft

website.ProSoftWirelessDesignerprovidesavarietyofviewscontaininganaccurate

descriptionofeachsiteinawirelessnetwork,including:

 Visualdiagramofsitelayout

 Location(latitude/longitude,basedonGPScoordinates)

 Radiotype,frequencyrange,andcountry‐specificchannelandpowerrequirements

 Length,typeandestimatedsignallossforcables

 Requiredaccessories,includinglightningprotection,cableadaptorsandantennas

 Completepartslist

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ProSofttechnicalpersonneluseProSoftWirelessDesignerwhenconductingsiteaudits

forcustomers,andthenprovidecustomerswithacompletelistofcomponentsanda

detaileddescriptionforeachsiteandlink.Customerscanusethisinformationto

understandandvisualizetheirnetwork,andprovidenecessaryinformationfortechnical

supportandmaintenance.

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FunctionalSpecifications:

 ContainsadatabaseofallcurrentlyavailableRadioLinxradios,antennas,cables,

connectorsandaccessories

 ExportsPartsList,SiteandLinkDetails,andWizardsettingsintoavarietyof

commonfileformats,forimportintoapplicationssuchasspreadsheets,databases

andwordprocessors

 Checkswirelesslinkfeasibilitybasedonpathlengthandrecommendedaccessories

 Predictssignalstrengthbasedondistance,localregulationsandhardwarechoices

 FullydocumentstheProSoftWirelessnetworkplan

ProSoftWirelessDesignerInstallation

1 WheninstallingfromtheproductDVD,searchfortheproduct,thendouble‐clickon

theProSoftWirelessDesigneritemontheproductmenu(seetheredarrow

below).Thisactionstartstheinstallationwizard.

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2 WhenusingthedownloadedapplicationfromtheProSoftwebsite,itispackagedas

aziparchive.Double‐clicktheziparchivetoextracttheinstallationfileINSTALLER.MSI,

double‐clickittostarttheinstallation.

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3 Theinstallerwizardshouldstartandlooklikethis:

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4 Followtheinstructionsontheinstallationwizardtoinstalltheprogram.

5 ClickFINISHtocompletetheinstallation.Ifpromptedtorestartthecomputer,save

allwork,closetheapplications,andallowthecomputertorestart.

6 RefertotheusermanualforProSoftWirelessDesigneranditsonlinehelpfor

detailedinformation.

PersonalityModuleConfigurationRestoration

TheRLX2SeriesofIndustrialHotspotsincludeafeatureforquicklyadoptingthe

configurationfromaninstalledradiotoareplacementusingaprovidedMicroSD

card.Thisfeaturereducesthetimetoreplaceadamagedradiobyeliminating

theneedtomanuallyconfigurethereplacementradio.Considerationofhowto

usethisfeatureinadvanceofinstallationisnecessarytotakeadvantageofthis

feature.

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Bydefault,theRLX2seriesofradioswillwriteconfigurationchangestoa

MicroSDcard(PersonalityModule)wheneverconfigurationchangesaremade

andacardispresent.TheRLX2(bydefault)willalsoreadtheMicroSDcard’s

configurationwhenpoweredonandusethestoredconfiguration.

Whilethisfeaturecansavemuchtimewhenafieldreplacementisnecessary,it

isalsoapotentialsecurityrisk.TheconfigurationstoredontheMicroSDcould

beinsertedintoanotherradio,andtheradiocouldthenaccessthenetwork.

ThefileitselfontheMicroSDcardisencryptedsotheconfigurationinformation

(principallytheconfigurationpasswordandencryptionkey)cannotbe

extracted.PhysicalsecurityoftheradiosandtheMicroSDcardishighly

recommended.

IfthePersonalityModulefeaturewillnotbeused,itisrecommendedthatyou

turnAuto‐CloneandAuto‐Writeoff.

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INSTALLINGTHERADIOS

Ifpossible,configurealltheradiossidebysideinanofficesettingandmakesurethey

linkbeforeinstallingtheminthefield.Iffeasible,testwiththeradiosandend‐device

equipmenttogetherbeforetheyareinstalledinthefield.

IfthePersonalityModulefeatureistobeused,removetheMicroSDcardfromthe

plasticbagandinsertitintothePersonalityModuleslotineachradiopriorto

configuration.Aftertheconfigurationissavedonthemainwebpage(orwrittentothe

cardinAdvancedSettings),theMicroSDmaystayintheradioorbestoredinsome

otherlocation.ThesuppliedplasticbagincludesasheettorecordtheMACIDand

RadioName.ItisimportanttokeeptheMicroSDinaknownandsecurelocationincase

itisneededforuseonareplacementradio.

Important: If the radios are close enough to each other that their received signal strength is

greater than -40dBm, performance may be degraded. Disconnect antennas from radios during

bench testing, or move the radios further apart from each other.

Tip: To make it easier to physically identify the radios, apply a label to each radio indicating the

radio name and IP address.

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AftereachradioisconfiguredusingtheIHBrowserandthewebconfigurationform,you

caninstalltheradiosandtesttheirperformance.Installtheradiosintheirproposed

permanentlocations,thentemporarilyplaceeachradio’santennanearitsproposed

mountinglocation.Thetemporaryplacementoftheantennacanbebyhand.

However,withthistestingmethod,onepersonmustholdtheantennawhileanother

monitorstheradio’ssignalstrength.

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Toseehowaradioislinkedinthenetwork,makesurethattheradioisconnectedtoa

PC,andselectTopologyViewfromtheViewmenuintheIHBrowser.

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TheTopologyviewshowsadiagramofthenetwork’swirelessconnections.Usethis

viewtoseewhetheralltheradiosarelinked,andapproveofthewaytheradiosare

linked.

Aradiothatisnotlinkedtoaparentwillshowasacircleoutlinedbyaflashingdashed

redline.Itmaybenearthebottomofthewindow.Scrolldowntoviewallavailable

radios.Tochangehowradioslinktothenetwork,seeParentLinksettings(page80).

RefertoImproveSignalQuality(page64)formoreinformationonovercomingpoor

connectivity.

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ConnectingAntennas

EachradiomusthaveanantennaconnectedtotheMainantennaportontheRLX2

radio;withoutanantennaforeachradio,thenetworkwillnotfunctioniftheradiosare

morethanafewmetersapart.Youshouldalwaysconnectthenumberofantennason

PortA,PortA‐PortC,orPortA‐PortB‐PortC,asindicatedinthe#antennascontrol.The

networkwillnotfunctionwithoutallantennasinstalled.

Allantennasforradiosthatcommunicatedirectlywitheachothershouldbemounted

sotheyhavethesameantennapolarity.AntennaswithN‐jackconnectorscabbe

mounteddirectlytotheradiousinganN‐plugtoN‐plugadapter.Screwtheantenna

ontotheantennaportconnectoruntilitissnug.

Forremoteplacementofantennas,anextensioncablewithN‐plugscanbeused.

BecausetheantennacableattenuatestheRFsignal,useanantennacablelengththatis

nolongerthannecessarytoensureoptimumperformance

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Important: If the radio is to be used in a hazardous location, the radio must be mounted in an

enclosure approved for hazardous locations. The radio requires a separate cable connection to the

SMA connector that leads to an internal antenna.

TesttheNetworkInstallationPlan

Testproposedinstallationsbeforefinalizingtheinstallation.

Afterthenetworkandradiosareconfigured:

 InstalltheMasterradioinitsproposedpermanentlocation

 CabletheConfigurationPCtotheMasterradio

 PlacetheRemoteradiosintheirproposedlocations

 Temporarilyplaceeachradio'santennanearitsproposedmountinglocation.The

temporaryplacementoftheantennacanbebyhand.However,onepersonmust

holdtheantennawhiletheotherpersonmonitorstheRemoteradio'ssignal

strengthdisplayedontheConfigurationPC.

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ToimprovethesignalqualityofeachRemoteradio:

 Increasetheheightoftheantenna'splacement

 Usehigher‐gainantennas

 Increasetheradio'stransmissionpower,cabletheradiototheConfigurationPC,

andreconfigureit

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 SelectanewlocationfortheRemoteradioand/oritsantenna

 Decreasethelengthofantennacable

 Determineandresolvesourcesof"electrical"noisewhichmaybeinterferingwith

theradiotransmission

 Addarepeaterbetweentheradiosthatarenotcommunicating,orreconfigurean

existingradioasarepeateriflineofsightisavailable

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DIAGNOSTICSANDTROUBLESHOOTING

Usetheprogram’sdiagnosticandsignalstrengthsettingsatthetopoftheRadio

Settingswindowtomakesurethenetworkisworkingproperly:

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 SignalStrengthgraph:Thissettinggraphicallyshowstheradio’ssignalstrength.The

graphwillshowthewordMasterifamasterradioisselected.Thegraphwillshow

thewordScanningiftheradioisscanningtofindanotherradiotowhichtoconnect.

Iftheradioisnotconnectedtoanetworkandnotcurrentlyscanning,thegraphwill

showthewordsNotConnected.

 Updateevery:Toupdatethediagnosticreadingsonaparticularinterval,specifythe

interval(inseconds)inthisfield.Thedefaultis15secondupdates.

 Read‐onlyfieldsthatappearwiththediagnosticsettings.

Youcanperformthefollowingtroubleshootingroutines:

 ChecktheEthernetcable(page59)

 Retrievethedefaultpassword(page61)

Formoretroubleshootinginformation,gototheProSoftTechnologywebsiteat

www.prosoft‐technology.com

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Diagnostics

TheRadioConfiguration/DiagnosticUtility(Webconfigurationformfortheradio)

providesinformationthatcanhelptroubleshootproblemswiththeradio.

Usetheprogram’sdiagnosticandsignalstrengthsettingsatthetopoftheRadio

Settingswindowtomakesurethenetworkisworkingproperly.

SignalStrengthgraph:Thissettinggraphicallyshowstheradio’ssignalstrength.

 ThegraphwillshowthewordMasterifamasterradioisselected.

 ThegraphwillshowthewordScanningiftheradioisscanningtofindanotherradio

towhichtoconnect.

 Iftheradioisnotconnectedtoanetworkandnotcurrentlyscanning,thegraphwill

showthewordsNotConnected.

 IftheradioisconfiguredasaRepeaterandhaslinkedtoaMaster,theSignal

Strengthgraphwillshowacolor‐codedsignalqualityindication.

Updateevery:Toupdatethediagnosticreadingsaccordingtoaparticulartimeinterval,

specifytheinterval(inseconds)inthisfield.Afterenteringthenewvalue,pressEnterto

savethenewvalue.PressTaborclickelsewheretousethenewvaluetemporarily.

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ThefollowingconfigurationformsintheRadioConfiguration/DiagnosticUtilityprovide

informationaboutcurrentradiooperation:

 Addresstable(page73)

 Portstatus(page74)

 AvailableParents

 Read‐onlyfields(page70)

Thefollowingtopicsdescribetroubleshootingroutines:

 ChecktheEthernetcable(page59)

 Retrievethedefaultpassword(page61)

 TroubleshootIHBrowsererrormessages(page63)

 TroubleshootmissingradiosintheIHBrowser(page63)

Formoretroubleshootinginformation,visittheProSoftTechnologywebsiteat

www.prosoft‐technology.com.

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ChecktheEthernetCable

Iftheradio’sEthernetportisconnectedandtheEthernetLEDdoesnotlightonthe

radio,theremaybeaproblemwiththeEthernetcable.Verifythecableispluggedinto

theradioatoneend,andtoanEthernethubora10/100/1000Base‐TEthernetswitch

attheotherend.

IfusingthePoEinjector,verifythattheM12toRJ45cableisconnectedbetweenthe

radioandtheinjectorandalsothattheEthernetpatchcableisconnectedbetweenthe

injectorandswitch.

Note: The RLX2 radio auto-detects the Ethernet connection type, and does not require a crossover

cable for direct connection to a PC.

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LEDDisplay

TheRLX2radiofrontpanelincludesasetofLEDsthatindicatetheradio’sstatus:

LED Description

POWERWhilebootingup

Whenfullyoperational

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Thisbi‐colorLEDcomesupamberwhenpowerisfirstapplied.Afterpowerisapplied,

thisLEDwillgooutcompletelyforaboutfoursecondswhileinternalhardwareis

initialized.Afterinitialization,thepowerLEDcomesongreen,indicatingtheradiois

fullyoperational.

RFTRANSMITWhiletransmittingdataoverthewirelessinterface

RFRECEIVEWhilereceivingdataoverthewirelessinterface

SERIALWhenserialdataisreceived

ETHERNETWhenEthernetdataisbeingtransferredoverthewirelessinterface

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Notethatthestateofthefront‐panelETHERNETLEDmaynotnecessarilycorrespondto

thestateoftheDATALEDontheEthernetconnector.TheDATALEDindicatesany

trafficoverthewiredlink,whiletheETHERNETLEDindicatesnetworkdatathatwillbe

sent(orhasbeenreceivedfrom)thewirelesslink.

Forexampleiftheradioispingedoverthewiredlink,theDATALEDwillblinkbutthe

ETHERNETLEDwillnot(becausethepingpacketwasnottransmittedovertheair)

NETBlinksifSDcardwithnewconfigurationinserted

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Reservedforfutureadditionaluse.

MODBlinksifSDcardwithnewconfigurationinserted

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Reservedforfutureadditionaluse.

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LED Description

SignalStrengthBlinksifSDcardinsertedwithnewconfiguration

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Thisisforallradiomodes.

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RadiosinMastermode:

Noradioslinked

Oneormoreradioslinked(rightLEDblinking).

DFSChannelAvailabilityCheckinprogress(allLEDsblinkingAmber)

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RadiosinRepeaterorClientmode:

NoSignal

Radiolinked,PoorSignal

Radiolinked,FairSignal

Radiolinked,GoodSignal

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OncethepowercableandEthernetcableareconnectedtotheradio,thePower/Status

LEDshouldilluminategreen.TheSPEEDLEDshouldindicateavalidwiredlink.TheRF

TransmitandRFReceiveLEDsshouldstarttoblinkoccasionally.

ForRepeaterorClientmoderadios,allthreeSignalStrengthLEDswillblinkjustafterthe

radiolinkstotheMaster’ssignalbutbeforeithasbeenfullyauthenticated.Normally

thislastsonlyafewseconds.Ifitlastslongerorneverturnssoliditusuallymeansthe

encryptionkeysarenotcorrect.

RetrievetheDefaultPassword

Ifthepasswordisunknown,theuserwillbeunabletochangetheradiosettings.The

usercanretrievethedefaultpasswordtousethesoftwareagain,butwillloseallthe

settingsthatwereprogrammedbefore.

RLX2‐IHNF‐WandRLX2‐IHNF‐WCReset

1. Removepowerfromtheradio.

2. PresstheResetbutton.TheResetbuttonislocatedonthefrontoftheunitjust

undertheProSoftlogo.

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3. Whileholdingdownthebutton,applypowertotheradioandcontinuetoholdthe

buttondownfor30seconds.

Theradiowillberesettoitsdefaultsettingsincludingthepassword.Youcannowlogin

usingthedefaultpassword“password”.

ResettingAllOtherRadios

Toretrievethedefaultpasswordandreturntheradiotoitsdefaultsettings:

1 Turnoffpowertotheradio.

2 Locatetheresetbuttonhole.

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3 Inserttheendofapapercliporsimilardeviceintotheholetopressthereset

button.

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4 Whileholdingtheresetbuttoninwithapaperclip,attachpowertotheradio,and

continuetoholddowntheresetbuttonfor30seconds.

5 Theradiowillberesettoitsdefaultsettings,includingthepassword.Theuser

shouldnowbeabletologinusingthedefaultpassword,whichispassword.

TroubleshootIHBrowserErrormessages

OneerrormessagecommonlyoccurswhenusingtheIHBrowser,"Unabletoscanfor

AP's".

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ThiserroroccurswhentheIHBrowserattemptstoscanforradiosandnovalidnetwork

connectionexistsonthePC,wiredorwireless.

Tocorrectthiserror,ConfirmthePChasatleastoneactivenetwork(LAN)connection.

ItcouldbeawiredEthernetconnectionorawireless802.11connection.

ConfirmthenetworkconnectionhasavalidIPaddress.Thenetworkconnectionmight

needtohaveastaticIPaddressassignedtoit.ChecktheIPaddressofthenetwork

connectiontodeterminethatonehasbeenassigned.

TroubleshootMissingRadios

IfradiosarenotvisibleintheIHBrowser,trythefollowing:

 First,clicktheSCANbuttonagain.Scansaresentasbroadcastmessages,whichcan

bedroppedinRFconnections,requiringtheusertoscanagain.

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 Second,disableanysoftwarefirewallrunningonthePC(Thisismostcommonin

WindowsXPandnewer).OpentheNETWORKCONNECTIONSfolderintheWindows

ControlPanel,thenopentheLOCALAREACONNECTIONPROPERTIESwindowandverify

thatthecheckboxunderINTERNETCONNECTIONFIREWALLisnotchecked.

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 Iftheprecedingapproachesdonothelp,thePCrunningtheIHBrowserandthe

radiosareprobablynotconnectedtothesamelocalnetwork.Verifythe

connections.

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 Intopologicalview,anyunlinkedradiosmaybeatthebottomofthewindow.Scroll

downtoseeallradios.IftheradiosstillcannotbeseenintheIHBrowser,call

technicalsupport.

ImproveSignalQuality

Toimprovearadio’ssignalquality,trythefollowingsteps:

 Adjustthedirectionofthehigh‐gainantennas.

 Increasetheheightoftheantenna’splacement.

 Usehigher‐gainantennasorexternalpreamplifiers.

 Selectanewlocationfortheradioand/oritsantenna.

 Decreasethelengthoftheantennacable.

 Determineandresolvesourcesofinterferingelectricalnoise.

 Addarepeaterbetweenradiosthatarenotcommunicating.

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DETAILEDRADIOCONFIGURATION/

DIAGNOSTICS

TheRadioLinxIndustrialHotspotradiohasabuilt‐inRadioConfiguration/Diagnostic

Utility(radiowebconfigurationform)thatallowstheconfigurationoftheradiofrom

anycomputerthatcanconnecttotheradio,throughawiredEthernetconnection,or

throughaWirelessconnection.

AwebbrowsersuchasMicrosoftInternetExplorerorFirefoxonanetwork‐enabled

desktopcomputer,laptoporPersonalDataAssistant(PDA)canbeusedtomonitorand

changethesettingswithintheRadioLinxIndustrialHotspotradio.

ToopentheRadioConfiguration/DiagnosticUtility

1 IntheRadioLinxIndustrialHotspotBrowser,selecttheradiotoconfigurefromthe

listviewortopographyview,andthenclicktherightmousebuttontoopena

shortcutmenu.

2 Ontheshortcutmenu,chooseConnect.TheRadioConfiguration/DiagnosticUtility

willopeninthewebbrowser.

or,

Double‐clicktheselectedradiotolaunchtheRadioConfiguration/Diagnostic

Utility.

Also,theRadioConfiguration/DiagnosticUtilitycanbeopeneddirectlyfromtheweb

browser.

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Important: The desktop computer, laptop, or PDA must be connected to the same network as the

RadioLinx Industrial Hotspot radio.

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1 Openawebbrowser.

2 Intheaddressbar,type"http://",followedbytheIPaddressfortheradio,and

thenclickthe"Go"button.Forexample,

http://192.168.6.10

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Read‐OnlyFields

SomeofthefieldsontheRadioConfiguration/DiagnosticUtilityformareread‐only,

meaningthatthecontentofthefieldisprovidedforinformationonly,andcannotbe

directlymodified.

Alsonotethatdependingonhowtheradioisconfigured,somefieldsandbuttonsmay

beunavailablebecausetheydonotaffecttheconfigurationyouhaveselected.Review

thetopicsinthissectionformoreinformationonwhenandhowtouseeach

configurationoption.

ConfigurationHelp

HelpisavailableforeachitemintheRadioConfiguration/DiagnosticUtility.

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 Toviewabriefhelpmessageaboutanyfieldonthescreen,movethecursorover

thefield(whichturnsblue),orusethe[Tab]key,andrefertothetextthatappears

atthebottomofthescreen.

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 Toviewmorehelpabouttheselectedfield,clickthefieldname.Thisactionopensa

helppageinanewbrowserwindow.

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 ToviewthecompleteonlinedocumentationfortheRLX2radio,clickthe

button.Thisactionopenstheonlinedocumentationinanewbrowserwindow.Use

theContents,IndexandSearchtabsintheleftframetonavigatethehelpsystem.

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RadioStatus

ThegeneralradiostatusfieldsappearatthetopoftheRadioConfigurationwindow.



Note: Different versions of the RLX2 Radios support different functionality. There may be more or

fewer options on this page, depending on the version of the radio.

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UsethesettingsintheRadioStatuspaneltoviewthecurrentsettingsforthisradio.

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Field Description

RadioNameTheuserassignednameoftheradio.

RadioMACMACaddressoftheselectedradio.TheMACIDisalsoprintedonthesideof

theradio.

RadioTypeTheModelNumberofthisradio–Examples:RLX2‐IHA,RLX2‐IHG,RLX2‐IHNF,

orRLX2‐IHW.

FirmwareVersionoffirmwarecurrentlyinstalled.Allradiosonthenetworkmusthave

thesamefirmwareversionsinstalledtoguaranteeproperoperations.For

moreinformationonfirmwareversions,refertoUpdatefirmware(page130).

UpdateeveryValueinsecondscontrolshowoftenthewebconfigurationform

automaticallyrefreshes.Tochangethevaluetemporarily,enterthenewvalue

andpressthe[Tab]key.Tochangethevaluepermanently,enterthenew

valueandpressthe[Enter]key.

UpTimeThelengthoftimetheradiohasoperatedsincethelastsystempower‐upor

lastsystemreset.

LinkTimeThelengthoftimethattheradiohasbeencontinuouslyconnectedtoparent

radio.

SignalStrengthStrengthofthesignalfromtheParentradio.

ParentMACMACaddressoftheparentradiotowhichtheselectedradioislinked.

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Field Description

BranchLengthNumberofRFlinksfromtheradiotothemasterradio.

#RadiosLinkedNumberofotherradiosthatarelinkedtothisradio.

CurrentChannelChanneluponwhichtheradioiscurrentlyoperating.ForaMaster,thiswould

matchthechannelsetbelow.ForaRepeater,thiswouldbethechannelits

Parentison.

WhentheLinkModeindicatesthattheunitisin40MHzmode,thisfield

indicatesthemainchannelnumberfirstfollowedbytheextensionchannel’s

number.

LinkModeThe802.11Modewithwhichtheradioiscurrentlyoperating.ForaMaster,

thiswouldbethehighestmodesupported.ForaRepeater,thiswouldbethe

highestcommonmodesupportedbythesettingsoftheRepeaterandParent,

andthecapabilityoftheradiochannel.

AvailableParentsClickthisbuttontoviewthelistofAccessPointsandBridges(Parents)from

whichthisradiocandetectbeacons.Thisbuttonisonlyavailablewhenthe

radiotypeisRepeater.

AddressTableClickthisbuttontoviewalistofMACaddressesfordevicesenteredinthe

radio’saddresstable.

PortStatusClickthisbuttontoviewthespanningtreestatusofeachbridgeport(RFports

andtheRJ45Ethernetport).

AvailableParents

Note: The Available Parents form is not available when the radio type is Master.



Thispageishelpfulforviewing:

 Possibleparentsforarepeater.Thecurrentparentshouldnormallybetheradio

withthelowestcostandamatchingSSID.

 Other802.11networksinthearea.

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Field Description

OnlyShowSameSSIDSelect(check)thisboxtorestrictthelistofavailableparentstothosewith

thesameSSIDastheradioyouareconfiguring.

RefreshClickthisbuttontore‐scanthenetworkandupdatethedevicesinthelist.

MacIDAuniquehexadecimalnumberthatidentifiesanyEthernetdevice.

SSIDNetworkName(ServiceSetIdentifier).

ChannelTheradiochannelonwhichthedeviceistransmitting.Thechannellist

indicatesthechannelnumberaswellasthefrequency(2.4GHzor5GHz

bands).

Important: The RadioLinx RLX2 radio is supplied with a dual-band

antenna that supports both frequency ranges. If you use a different

antenna with the RLX2 radio, you must choose a channel and

frequency range supported by the antenna.

RSSIReceivedSignalStrengthIndication.

SecurityTheencryptiontypeenabledforthedevice.

SpeedTheIEEE802.11connectionspeed(a,b,gorn).TheRadioLinxRLX2radio

supportsallofthese802.11connectionspeeds.

CostParentselectioncost.

AgeThelengthoftime(inseconds)sincetheradiolastsawapacketfromthis

MACaddress

HopsThenumberofhopstotheMaster.Avalueof0(zero)isshownfornon‐

ProSoftdevices.



Thislistcontainsboth802.11devicesthatarepartofthesameSSIDastheRLX2itself

(forexample,"Minerals")aswellasdevicesthatbelongtodifferentSSIDs(forexample,

"Network1"and"ProSoftInternal").Thislistisupdatedcontinuouslyandcanbeusedfor

manypurposes.

TheIHradioupdatesthislistwitheach802.11packetthatisreceived,whetherfroma

radioofthesamenetworkoronethatbelongstoanotherSSID.Itcanalsoseeradios

fromothervendors.

OncepersecondtheIHradioevaluatesthelinkithastoitsparenttodetermineifthis

linkisthebestparenttouse.Acostiscalculatedforeachentryandcanbeseeninthe

columnlabeled"Cost"intheprecedingtable.Thecostcalculationisbasednotonlyon

thestrongestsignal,butonseveralotherfactorstoprovideoptimumnetwork

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AddressTable

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TheAddressTableshowstheportthroughwhicheachMACaddressisconnected,along

withtheageinsecondssincetheradiolastsawapacketfromthisMACaddress.

Field Description

RadioMACTheMACaddressoftheselectedradio.TheMACIDisalsoprintedontheside

oftheradio.

ShowAddressesforthe

Following

Dropdownlisttofiltertheaddresslist.Optionsare:

 DevicesOutEthernetPort

 DirectlyLinkedRadios/Clients

 DevicesbeyondDirectRFLinks

WhenthetableisfilteredtoshowonlyDirectlylinkedradios/clients,an

additionalRSSIcolumnislisted,showingtheReceivedSignalStrengthfrom

eachradioorclientlinkedtotheradio.

NumberofRowstoDisplayUsethisfieldtochoosehwomanyMACaddressestodisplayonthispage.

UsetheNextandPrevbuttonstoscrollthroughtheavailableMACaddresses.

IndexPositioninthelist.Eachpageshowsupto10devices.UsetheNextand

Previousbuttonstomoveupanddownthroughthetable.

MACAddressTheMACaddressforthedevice.

ConnectionTheconnectiontype

Age(s)Thelengthoftime(inseconds)sincetheradiolastsawapacketfromthis

MACaddress

TopClicktheTopbuttontoseethetopofthetable.Theradiowilldisplay

updateddatainthetableentries.

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Field Description

Next/PrevIfthetablehasmoreMACaddressesthanitcandisplayinthewindow,use

theNextandPrevbuttonstomoveupanddownthroughthetable.

RefreshClickRefreshtoupdatethetable.

PortStatus

WhenyouclickonthePortStatusbutton,youcanseeinformationaboutallofthe

activeportsontheradio.Abovethetable,youcanseeinformationaboutthecurrent

SpanningTreeincludingtheMACaddressofthe“root”device,andthetiming

parametersthataresetforthecurrentSpanningTree.Eachradiocanhaveupto34

activeports–oneEthernetcable,oneparentRFlink,andupto32childRFlinks.

TheprimaryreasonforcreatingaSpanningTreetothatisallowsyoutocreatefully

redundantpaths.Ifanysingleradioinaredundantpathlosesitsconnection,another

pathstillexists,andtheconnectionwillbeupdatedandcommunicationrestored.

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Field Description

SpanningTreeProtocol:

WirelessPorts

TheSpanningTreeProtocollevelforthewirelessport(RapidSTPorSTP).

EthernetPortTheSpanningTreeProtocollevelfortheEthernetport(RapidSTPorSTP).

EdgePortDisplaysActiveorInactivebasedonthesettingofEthernetEdgePortinthe

SpanningTreeconfigurationdialog.

SpanningTreeRoot:MACTheMACIDoftherootdeviceinthespanningtree.

PrioritySpanningTreedevicewiththelowest‐priorityvalueiselectedtherootofthe

tree

MaxAgeThelengthoftimeaportcanstayenabledwithoutanynewspanning

updates.

HelloTimeThelengthoftimebetweenthetransmissionofspanningupdatepackets.

ForwardDelayThelengthoftimeaportmustlistenforspanninginformationbeforebeing

activated.

#Positioninthelist.Eachpageshowsupto10ports.UsetheNextandPrevious

buttonstomoveupanddownthroughthetable.

ConnectionThisfieldindicateswhattheportrepresents:Ethernet,aparentradio,ora

childradio.

StateThecurrentSpanningTreestateoftheport.PossiblestatesareBlocking,

Learning,Listening,andForwarding.Forwardingpacketscanbetransferred.

DesignationTheSpanningTreedesignationforthebranchofftheport.Possible

designationsareRoot(portsgoingtotheroot),Designated(portsgoingtoa

branch),orNormal.

PathCostThecumulativecostofallwiredandwirelesslinksfromtheporttothe

SpanningTreeroot.

DesignatedBridgeTheNextbridgetowardtheSpanningTreerootforthisport.

TopClicktheTopbuttontoseethetopofthetable.

Next/PrevIfthetablehasmoreportsthanitcandisplayinthewindow,usetheNextand

Prevbuttonstomoveupanddownthroughthetable.

RefreshClickRefreshtoupdatethetable.

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ThefollowingillustrationshowstheRadioLinxIndustrialHotspotBrowser(page121)

applicationprovidedwiththeradios.NoticeitshowstheradionamedHematite_4F,

linkedtoAmethyst_BD.Thislinkisshownwithareddottedline.Alsovisibleisthelevel

ofredundancyintheirnetwork.Eachofthebluelinesrepresentsanalternateparent.

Fromthisview,itiseasilyshownhowmuchredundancyexistsintheirnetwork.

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Todisplaytheredundantpaths,selectthetoolbarbuttondenotingtwo"parents."To

viewtheredundancyonaper‐radiobasis,selectthesingle"parent"button,andthen

clickontheradiotoviewitsavailableredundancies.

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RadioNetworkSettings

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Note: Different versions of the RLX2 Radios support different functionality. The may be more or

fewer options on this page, depending on the version of the radio.

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UsethesettingsintheRadioNetworkSettingspaneltoconfiguretheradiosinthe

network.Formoreinformationonusingthesesettings,seeConfiguringtheradios(page

52).

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Field Description

RadioNameAssignauniquenametoeachradio.

NetworkSSIDAssignaNetworkname(SSID)ofupto32characters.Theradiousesthis

nameinallnetworkreferences.Allradiosinanetworkmusthavethesame

SSID.SSIDnamesarecase‐sensitive.

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802.11Mode

RLX2‐IHNF

ThiscontrolisonlypresentontheRLX2‐IHNFmodel.Itallowstheunittobe

configuredtooperatein802.11a/gmodeortooperatein802.11nmode

(default).Inaddition,itallowsconfigurationofwhethertheunitwillallow

useof40MHzwidechannelsforChildclients.

Note:TheParentradiolinkofaRepeaterautomaticallyusesamodethatis

compatiblewiththeParentsettings.Forexample,anRLX2‐IHNFmayconnect

toanRLX2‐IHWmasterwhichonlyoperatesin802.11a/gmode,andstilluse

802.11nmodeforanyChildRepeaters.

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802.11a/g

Theradioactsasan802.11aradioonthe5GHzband,andan802.11gradio

onthe2.4GHzband.Datarateswillbelimitedtothe802.11a/grates(54

mbpsmaximum).802.11noperationalfeatureswillbedisabled.Itisnot

necessarytoselectthismodeforRLX2‐IHNFradiostolinktootherRLX2or

RLXIBseriesradios;theywilllinktheirbestpossiblespeedsregardlessof

mode.Thismodeisnotcommonlyused.Itismainlyusedtoallow802.11

a/b/gclientdevicesthatcannotlinkto802.11ndevicestowork.Oneexample

ofsuchadeviceistheProSoft1734‐AENTRwirelessI/Oclient.

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802.11n

DefaultoperationalmodeoftheRLX2‐IHNFradio.All802.11nfeaturesare

operational,and20MHzwidechannelsareused.

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802.11.nwide

Utilizesadjacentpairsof20MHz‐widechannelsasasingle40MHz‐wide

channel.Thisallowsthefastestdatathroughputtoother802.11ndevices.

Only802.11ndevicescanutilizethismode,butallRLX2radioswilllinkattheir

bestspeedregardlessofmode.

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Channelsinthe5GHzbandare20MHzapart,so802.11nwidemodeoccupies

onlytwochannelsinthatband.However,channelsinthe2.4GHzbandare

spacedonlyfiveMHzapart,so802.11nwidemodeinthe2.4GHzband

occupieseightadjacentchannels!Sincethereareatmost13channelsinthe

2.4GHzband,andonlythreechannelsdonotoverlapothers,itisnot

recommendedtoenablewidemodeon2.4GHzbandchannels.

MasterClickthisbuttontoconfigurearadioasaMaster.TheMasteristherootradio

inanetwork.YoumusthaveatleastoneMasterradiopernetwork.For

redundancy,youcanassignmorethanoneMastertoanetwork.For

information,seeRedundancy.

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ChannelList(MasterRadio)TheChannelListindicatesthechannelnumber,theband(2.4GHzor5GHz)as

wellasthefrequencyinMHz.

Whenthe802.11Modeissetto‘802.11nwide’,eachentryshowsthemain

channelnumberfirstfollowedbytheextensionchannelnumberifthe

particularchannelsupports40MHz.

Themain20MHzchannelisusedwheneversendingframesatan802.11a/g

datarate(e.g.,Beaconsat6Mbits/s.Themainandextensionchannelsare

usedtogetherfor802.11ndataratetransmissions.Notethatthefrequency

indicatedwhenin802.11nwidemodeisthecenterofthe40MHzchannel

pair.

Important:TheRadioLinxRLX2radioisnotsuppliedwithanantenna.When

choosinganantennaforusewiththeRLX2radio,youmustchooseonethat

supportsthefrequencyrangesetintheconfigurationfortheradio.

RepeaterClickthisbuttontoconfigurearadioasarepeater.Therepeatermodeisthe

normalradiomodeforthenetwork,whilethemastermodeismoreofa

specialsettingtoestablishthenetworkchannelanddefinetherootofthe

networktree.Repeaterradioshelpextendtherangeofanetworkandhelp

createthesignal"bridges"thatallownetworkedradiostocommunicate.All

RLX2radiosarecapableofrepeating.

ParentLinksettingsClickthisbuttontospecifyhowarepeaterradioconnectstothenetwork.For

information,seeParentLinksettings.

ClientThisisaspecialmodethatallowsyoutoconnectanEthernetdevicetoany

802.11a,borgaccesspoint.Thismodeisusedinthespecialeventof

connectingadevicetoanotherbrandaccesspoint.Forinformationonsetting

upaclient,seeConfiguringclients.

Auto/SpecifyOnlychoose"specify"ifdevicedoesnotsendoutanyunsolicitedEthernet

packets.TryAutofirst.

ClientMACTheMACIDofthedeviceconnectedtotheradio,onlyifthedevicedoesnot

advertiseitsMACaddress.

IGMPClickthisbuttontoopentheIGMPSettingsform.Usethisformtoenable

(default)ordisableIGMP,andtoconfigurehowtheRLX2radiowillbehave

whenIGMPisenabled.

VLANOpenstheVLANSettingsform.TheEthernetportsfortheMasterandits

associatedRepeaterscanbethoughtofasadistributedsmartswitch.The

TransportingoftaggedframestotheappropriateremoteEthernetportis

automaticanddoesnotrequireanysettings.SeeVLANSettingsinthis

section.

QoSOpenstheQoSSettingsform.PrioritizationofframesusingQoSisalways

enabledintheRLX2forpacketsreceivedalreadymarkedwithapriorityvalue.

Thispageallowsyoutosetthedefaultpriorityforframesreceivedwithout

anyprioritymarkings.SeeQoSSettingsinthissection.

SpanningTreeOpenstheSpanningTreeSettingsform.

AdvancedConfigOpenstheAdvancedSettingsform.

RoamControlOpenstheRoamControlSettings

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Field Description

ParentMACMACAddressoftheradio’sParentnode.Intheexampleabove,theRepeater

isnotlinkedtoaMasterradiosotheParentMACisshownasallzeroes.

Parent Selection Method

AutomaticallyChooseBestTheAutomaticParentSelectionalgorithmusesacalculationtocreatea

“cost”metricforeachpossibleparentradiothatitdetects.

Inthecalculationtheradioincludes,

 RSSI‐Strongersignalsreceivealowercost.

 HopCount‐FewerhopsfromtheMasterradioisgivenpreferenceand

thereforealowercost

Choosethissettingtoallowtheradiotodeterminethebestparenttoselect.

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ParentBranchLengthRLX2radiowillchooseitsparentstrictlybythenumberofrepeatersbetween

itandtheMasterradio.IfaBranchLengthof1ischosen,theRLX2radiowill

linkonlytotheMasterradio.IfaBranchLengthof2ischosen,theRLX2radio

willlinkonlytoanotherRLX2radiothatislinkedtotheMasterradio,andso

on.Ifmultiplecandidatesareavailableataparticularhopcount,theRLX2

choosestheParentthathasthesmallestcost.

PreferredParentRLX2radiowillselectitsparentfromalistofpossibleparentsspecifiedbythe

user.Whenthisoptionisselected,alistofuptoeightMACAddressentry

fieldsbecomevisible.TheuserentersoneormoreMACAddressesofthe

RadiosthattheRLX2mustchoosefrom.

 BestinList

WhenBestinListisselectedtheradiowillselectitsparentusingthe

"AutomaticParentSelection"algorithm,butitwilllimittheselectionto

thelistofradiosinthelist.Therefore,theradiointhelistwiththe

lowestcostaccordingtothealgorithmwillbechosenasitsparent.

 FollowListPriority

WhenFollowListPriorityischosentheradiowillselectitsparentfrom

thelistgivingpreferencetothe1stentryfollowedbythe2ndentryand

soon.

Parent Selection Parameters

SignalStrengthThresholdWhenthesignalfromaparentreachesahighenoughvalue,astrongersignal

willnotimprovethequalityofthelinkanyfurther.Forsignalsthatareabove

thatthreshold,onlyfewerhopsfromtheMastergivepreference.The

thresholdcanbeadjustedhere.AnotherwaytoconsiderthisinFastRoam

applications,isthattheRLX2willnotRoamtoanewParentatthesamehop

countleveluntilitscurrentParent’sRSSIgoesbelow(weaker)thatthisvalue.

ParentMarginInFastRoamapplicationswheretheRLX2isonamobileplatform,orthereis

alotofmovementintheenvironmentcausingRSSIlevelstofluctuate,itis

desirabletohavetheRLX2sticktoitscurrentParentunlessabetterParent’s

RSSIisstrongerthanthisvalue.Thismarginvalueisaddedtothecurrent

Parent’sRSSIpriortocalculatingitscost.Itisdesirableto‘roam’toanew

ParentpriortolosingtheconnectionwiththecurrentParentwhichresultsin

dataloss.

AvaluetoosmallinthisparametercanleadtoanRLX2ping‐pongingback

andforthbetweentwoParentsastheRSSIlevelsfluctuate.Avaluetoolarge

couldresultinaroamnotoccurringuptothepointwheretheunitmovesout

ofrange,eventhoughacandidateexiststhatisactuallybetterthanthe

currentParent.

Thedefaultvalueis5dB.Largervalues(10‐15dB)shouldbeusedtoprevent

falseroamsfromoccurringduetotemporaryRSSIinversionsbetweenthe

currentParentandanothercandidate,withthecaveatofcourse,thataroam

pointexistswheretheRSSIdifferencebetweenthecurrentParentandthe

newParentisgreaterthanthismargin.

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RatetoParentThedefaultsettingisAutowhichallowstheradiotoselectthebestrateto

usetotheparentradio,andadaptovertime.Specifyafixedrateratherthan

autoforexampleifthelinktotheparenthasalowsignalstrengthinwhich

casefixingalowerratecanimproveperformance.

Theactualrateusedbetweenthisradioanditsparentisthelowervalueof

thissettingandtheMaxDataRatesettingintheparent(seeMaxDataRate).

Sousethesetwocontrolsinconjunctionifdesiredtotailortherateofeach

parentlink.

Note:WhenconfiguringanRLX2‐IHNF,thiscontrolisonlyenabledifthe

802.11Modecontrolonthemainpageissetto802.11a/gmode.

AllowChildrenThisparametercontrolswhethertheRLX2RepeaterwillactasaParentto

otherRLX2Repeaters.Selecting‘No’willdisguisetheRLX2’sSSIDthus

preventingother803.11devicesfromfindingit.FastRoamapplicationstake

advantageofthiswhereitisnotdesirabletohaveanythingconnecttoan

RLX2thatisitself,movingandroaming.

Roaming Parameters

RoamingIn typical Fast Roam applications a Repeater is installed on a mobile

pallet or platform and a set of Master units forms a backbone

infrastructure network, through which the Repeater must roam. To

obtain Fast Roam times, Spanning Tree must be disabled and SSID's

not hidden on the Master. The Repeater should be configured to not

allow child Repeaters and to use a Signal Strength Threshold set high

enough such that RSSI is used to determine the link cost to a parent.

Checking the checkbox in this section automatically sets these

parameters accordingly along with a predetermined optimum value for

the cost threshold. Unchecking it will revert the parameters to their

previous values before the check box state was saved.

Note: All Spanning Tree configurations and Hide SSID must be

disabled manually on all Master units as this dialog box is only

accessible when in Repeater mode.

Itisalwayspossibletosubsequentlychangeanyoftheseparametersifitisso

desired,forexampletosetadifferentvaluefortheSignalStrength

Threshold.Ifthisisdonethenthecontrolwillnotdisplayascheckedasitwill

onlydisplayascheckedifallthreeparametershavethepresetvalues.

SaveSavesthechangesandupdatestheradioconfiguration.

CancelDiscardsthechangeswithoutupdatingtheradioconfiguration.

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AfteraselectionissavedandreturntotheRadioNetworkSettingspanel,noticethe

selectionisindicatedundertheParentLinkbutton.

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TheAutomaticParentSelectionalgorithmusesacalculationtocreateacostforeach

possibleparentradiothatitdetects.Oncepersecond,theRLX2radioevaluatesthelink

ithastoitsparenttodetermineifthislinkisthebestparenttouse.Acostiscalculated

foreachentryandcanbeseeninthecolumnlabeled“Cost”intheAvailableParentweb

screen.Thecostcalculationisbasednotonlyonthestrongestsignal,butonseveral

otherfactorsincludingNumberofHopstoprovideoptimumnetworkcommunication.

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PrioritizedParentSelection

Ifmorecontrolisneededthantheautomaticalgorithmallows,aprioritylistofparents

fortheRLX2radiocanbedefined.

PrioritizedParentbyBranchLength

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WithParentBranchLength,theradiowillchooseitsparentstrictlybythenumberof

repeatersbetweenitandtheMasterradio.IfBranchLengthof1ischosen,theradiowill

linkonlytotheMasterradio.IfBranchLengthof2ischosen,theradiowilllinkonlyto

anRLX2radiothatislinkedtotheMasterradio,andsoon.

PrioritizedParentbyPreferredParentList

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WithPreferredParent,theradiowillselectitsparentfromalistofuser‐specified

parents.Uptoeightradioscanbedefined.

 BestinList

Theradiowillselectitsparentusingthe"AutomaticParentSelection"algorithm

describedabovebutitwilllimittheselectiontotheradiosinthelist.Theradioin

thelistwiththelowestcostaccordingtothealgorithmwillbechosenasitsparent.

 FollowListPriority

Theradiowillselectitsparentfromthelistgivingpreferencetothefirstentry,

followedbythesecondentry,andsoon.

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IGMPSettings

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RLX2radiossupportIGMPv1andv2.ThedefaultoperationoftheRLX2radiosistohave

IGMPfunctionalityenabled,althoughtheusercandisableIGMPentirely.Additionally,

theusercanspecifysettingsassociatedwithIGMPfilteringandsnooping.Unknown

multicastaddressescanbesenttoallports(flood)ortonone(filtered)bychangingthe

IGMPMulticastFilteringoption.Theusercanspecifywhethertheradiowillgenerate

IGMPqueries,andconfigurethequeryintervaltime.

ByRFCspecification,onlyonedeviceonanetworkshouldgenerateIGMPqueries.As

such,RLX2radioswillonlysendaqueryifanotherdevicehasnotsentaquerywithinits

QueryIntervalsetting,evenifQueryGenerationisenabled.

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Field Description

IGMPMulticastFilteringDisablingfilteringwillcausetheradiofloodmulticastpacketstoallports.

DefaultPropagationActionDetermineshowtohandlemulticastaddressesthatarenotintheradio’s

addresstable.

IGMPQueryGenerationEnablesordisablesquerygenerationfromthisradio.

IGMPQueryIntervalNumberofsecondsbetweenqueries(ifnotpre‐emptedbyaqueryfrom

anotherdevice).

MulticastStateCountNumberofqueriesgeneratedbeforeadeviceisremovedfromthemulticast

grouponthisradioifnoresponseisreceived.

SaveSavesthechangesandupdatestheradioconfiguration.

CancelDiscardsthechangeswithoutupdatingtheradioconfiguration.

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VLANSettings

RLX2radiossupportportbasedVLANs.EachRLX2canbeconsideredtohave3different

portsorinterfaces;theEthernetinterface,thelocalapplicationsstackoftheRLX2itself,

andthe802.11BSScreatedbyeachRLX2allowingclientdevicestoassociate.TheVLAN

settingsfortheEthernetinterfacearesettableonallRLX2radios.TheVLANsettingsfor

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theLocalandSSIDportsareonlysettableontheMasterandpusheddowntoeach

RepeaterassociatedbelowtheMaster.ThisallowstheVLANsettingsforanRLX2

bridgednetworkrootedataMastertohavecommonsettingsforthesetwoports,

whichensuresforexample,thatiftheLocalinterfaceissettoamanagementVLAN,the

allRepeatersbelowtheMasterwillallbeaccessiblebyaManagementPC.

TheEthernetportsfortheMasteranditsassociatedRepeaterscanbethoughtofasa

smartswitch.TransportingoftaggedframestotheappropriateremoteEthernetportis

automaticanddoesnotrequireanysettings.

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Field Description

VLANEnableThiscontrolenablesordisablestheVLANfunctionoftheRLX2.Ifdisabled,

theRLX2stillbridgesreceivedEthernetpacketsthatareVLANtaggedbut

doesnotactontheVLANIDoftheframeoraddorremoveanyVLANtags.

Whenthisfunctionisenabled,packetsreceivedbytheRLX2onaninterface

thatarenotVLANtaggedareassignedtotheVLANassetbythePVID

parameteroftherespectiveinterface.

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PVIDEachinterface(Ethernet,SSID,Local/Mgmt)hasaPVIDsettingrepresenting

theVLANIDtoassigntonon‐taggedingressframesfromthatinterface.The

Local/Mgmtinterfacealsosupportsacontrolthatwhenchecked,willallow

theMgmtinterfacetobeaccessiblefromallVLANsandinterfaces.

VLANTableTheVLANTableallowseachoftheinterfacestobemadeamemberofa

particularVLANIDandsetwhetherframessentfromtheEthernetinterface

shouldbetaggedoruntaggedforaparticularVLAN.Upto10differentVLAN

IDscanbeconfigured.

ThefollowingVLANtableparametersaresupported:

 VLANID–TheIDoftheVLANtobeassignedtotheRLX2’s

interfaces.ValidVLANIdsrangefrom1to4096.NotethatVLAN

IDs1956and1957arereservedandcannotbeused.

 EthernetMember–Whenchecked,thisindicatesthattheEthernet

interfaceoftheRLX2isamemberoftheVLANindicatedbythe

row’sVLANID.

 EthernetEgressAction–Framesbelongingtotherow’sVLANID

aresentouttheEthernetporteithertaggedoruntaggedassetby

thiscontrol.

 SSIDMember–Whenchecked,thisindicatesthattheSSID(BSS)of

theRLX2isamemberoftheVLANindicatedbytherow’sVLANID.

 Local/AppMember–Whenchecked,thisindicatesthatthe

Local/AppinterfaceoftheRLX2isamemberoftheVLANindicated

bytherow’sVLANID.

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QoSSettings

PrioritizationofframesusingQoSisalwaysenabledintheRLX2forpacketsreceived

alreadymarkedwithapriorityvalue.TheQoSSettingsPageallowsyoutosetthe

DefaultPriorityforframesreceivedwithoutanyprioritymarkings.Inaddition,youcan

mapapriorityvaluetopacketsreceivedwithoutpriorityaccordingtoasetofmatch

criteria.

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DefaultPriorityDefaultsto0(nopriority).Thiscontrolsetsthepriorityvaluetobeassigned

topacketsreceivedontheEthernetinterfacethatarenotmarkedwitha

priorityvalue.

QoSMapEnableThiscontrolenablesordisablestheprioritymappingfunctionoftheRLX2.

Whenenabled,theprioritymappingtablebecomeseditable.

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QoSMapTableEachrowofthetablecorrespondstoonematchfilterallowingupto8

distinctfilterstoidentifyandassignapriorityvaluetoreceivedEthernet

packets.Eachfilterhasseveralparametersthatcanbeenabledbyclickingon

itscheckbox.Whenmultipleparametersareenabled,allmustmatchbefore

thePriorityvalueisassignedtoapacket.

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Thefollowingprioritymapfilterfieldsaresupported:

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 Priority–ThepriorityvaluetoassigntothereceivedEthernet

frameifitwasnotalreadymarkedwithapriorityvalueandifall

enabledfilterfieldsmatch.

 SourceIPAddress–Afieldmatchoccursforallpacketsreceived

fromthedevicewiththeenteredIPaddress.

 DestinationIPAddress–Afieldmatchoccursforallpackets

receivedaddressedtothedevicewiththeenteredIPaddress.

 SourcePortNo.–AfieldmatchoccursforallIPpacketsreceived

withthissourceportvalue.

 DestinationPortNo.–AfieldmatchoccursforallIPpackets

receivedwiththisdestinationportvalue.

 ProtocolNo.–AfieldmatchoccursforallIPpacketsreceivedwith

thisprotocolnumber.

 PacketLength–Thisfieldcontains2sub‐fields.Aneditboxto

enterapacketlengththreshold,andcheckboxestoselectwhether

afieldmatchoccursifthelengthofthereceivedpacketislessthan

thethresholdorifitisgreaterthanorequaltothethreshold.

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RapidSpanningTreeFunctionality

TheRapidSpanningTree(RSTP)optionisanadvancednetworkingfunctionthatshuts

offportsasnecessarytopreventdatapacketloopswhenmorethanonenetworkpath

isavailable.IfloopsarecreatedinanEthernetnetwork,packetscanbecirculated

endlessly,consumingallthebandwidthandmakingthenetworkunusable.

RSTPallowsuserstocreatetrulyredundantconnectionsbetweenanytwopointsinthe

network.Theradiosdetecttheredundantpathsandkeeponeconnectionalivefor

communications.IfthePrimaryconnectionfailsforanyreason,thesecondary

connectionisquicklytransitionedtoastatetoforwardpackets,allowingthenetworkto

adaptitselftohandleproblemswithoutcustomerintervention.

RTSPusesactivecommunicationsbetweennetworkdevicestopropagatechangesinthe

networkandtocausetransitionstooccurmuchmorequickly.BecauseRTSPisanIEEE

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standard,IHradiosworkinconjunctionwithwiredEthernetswitchestoforma

redundantnetwork.

EachRSTPdevice(RLX2radioorEthernetswitch)communicateswithotherRSTP

devicesinthenetworkviapacketscalledBridgeProtocolDataUnits(BPDUs).BPDUs

aresentouteachofthedevicesports.Inawiredswitch,thiswouldbefromeachofthe

Ethernetports.InanRLX2Radio,inadditiontotheEthernetport,eachwirelesslinkis

consideredaport.TheseBPDUsarethecommunicationsmeanstoalloweachRSTP

deviceinthenetworktomakesurethattheproperconnectionsstillexist.

Inthefollowingillustration,theRLX2Radiohas4RSTP"ports":

 Ethernetport(1)

 Aportforitsparentconnection(2)

 Aportforeachofitstwochildconnections(11and12).

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BPDUsaresentouttheportataratecalledthe"HelloTime".Theacceptedstandard

valueforthisis2seconds.Ifaradio(oranyotherRSTPdevice)doesnotgetaBPDUfor

2HelloTimes,itassumestheRSTPdevicethathadbeenthereisnolongeravailable.It

canthenopenanalternatepathifoneisavailable.ThisprocessismuchliketheSTP

process.Ifotherdevicesonthenetworkarenotoperatinginrapidspanningtreemode,

theradiowillreverttonormalspanningtreeoperationonaper‐portbasis.

RSTPprovidesaperformanceenhancementoverSTPoperation.Bycomparison,the

radiousingtheSTPalgorithmwouldrevertitsporttothelisteningstate,andthentothe

learningstate,beforereturningtotheforwardingstate.Eachofthesestatestakesat

least15seconds,duringwhichtheSTPdevicesarelisteningforBPDUstore‐negotiate

thenetworktopology.TheadvantageofusingtheRSTPfunctionalityisthatisuses

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activehandshakingbetweenadjacentRSTPdevicestore‐negotiatethenetwork

topology.Thisprocesstakesonetotwoseconds.

EachRLX2Radiocontainsaswitchtable,whichtellsithowtoforwardEthernetpackets

togetthemtotheirproperdestination.Whenthenetworktopologychanges,theRLX2

RadiotheEthernetswitchtableisflushedimmediately.Thisallowsittopasstraffic

immediatelyoverthenewnetworktopologyandlearntheconfigurationintheprocess.

Untilthelearningiscomplete,thepacketsarebroadcasttotheirdestination.Aseach

packetisseenandtheswitchtablerebuilds,theradiosreturntodirectingpacketsto

theirdestinations.

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SpanningTreeSettings

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Field Description

EnableSpanningTreeSpanningTreeisenabledwhenthisboxischecked.Withoutspanningtree,

redundantconnectionsmightexistifmultipleradiolinksarecreatedin

parallelwitheachother.Redundantconnectionsareblockedonlyifspanning

treeisenabled.Additionally,spanningtreeisusedtoflushtheEthernet

switchtablewhenthenetworktopologychangesasdescribedinthesection

onAutomaticParentSelection.

AllRLX2modelssupportRapidSpanningTree(RSTP),andwilldefaulttothis

modewhenenabled.

Therecommendedsettingforspanningtreeis“Enabled”.

EthernetEdgePortBecauseRSTPisanactiveprotocol,itdependsoncommunicationbetween

RSTPdevices.IfnoRSTPdeviceisconnectedtotheradio’sEthernetport,the

handshakecannottakeplace.InthiscaseRSTPrevertstoSTP.Thismeans

thattheEthernetportwillbeforcedtoadheretothetimerbasedtransition

protocolofSTP.

Thereforeonnetworktransitionsandpowerup,communicationswillnotbe

allowedovertheEthernetportfor30to45seconds.Thissettingisan

indicationthatnoredundantconnectionsexistoutthisportand

communicationcanimmediatelybeallowed.IfforsomereasonaBPDUis

receivedonthisport,theRSTPprotocolwillnegotiateproperlyandhandle

anypossibleredundantpaths.

TherecommendedsettingforEthernetEdgePortis"Enabled".

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Bridge Times Configuresthetimingintervalstouse.

PriorityDetermineswhoshouldbetherootoftheRSTP.TheRSTPdevicewiththe

lowestprioritybecomestheroot.Theacceptedstandardvalueforthisis

32768.IfwiredswitchesexistinthenetworkthatsupportRSTP,theyshould

alwaysbeallowedtobetheroot.

Setthisvalueto32769topreventtheradiofrombeingtherootoverawired

switch.UsethissettingwhenaradioisconfiguredtobeaMaster.

Setthisvalueto32770whentheradioisconfiguredtobeaRepeater.Inthis

way,ifonlyRLX2radiosexistinthenetwork,theMasterradiowillbecome

theroot.

HelloTimeRateatwhichBPDUsaresentout.Theindustrystandardis2seconds.

MaxAgeMeasurestheageofthereceivedprotocolinformationrecordedforaport

andensuresthisinformationisdiscardedwhenitsagelimitexceedsthe

valuetothemaximumageparameterrecordedbytheswitch.Thetimeout

valueforthistimeristhemaximumageparameteroftheswitches.

ForwardDelayMonitorsthetimespentbyaportinthelearningandlisteningstates.The

timeoutvalueistheforwarddelayparameteroftheswitches.

Path Costs RSTPandSTPalgorithmsuseacosttodeterminewhichconnectionsshould

beused.The"spanningtree"isformedbydeterminingtheleastcostpaths

fromanyRSTPdevicebacktotheroot.

Wireless Givespreferencetoawiredconnection,settheWirelesscostto200.

EthernetGivespreferencetoawiredEthernetconnection,settheEthernetcostto

100.

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Multiplemasterradioscanbedefinedonthesamenetwork.Ifonemasterradiogoes

down,anyradioslinkedtoitcanswitchovertotheothermaster,sothenetworked

radiosremainconnectedandtransmitting.Inordertoberedundant,thetwomasters

shouldtypicallybeonthesamesegment—inotherwords,theyshouldbewired

togetherintothesameswitch.Thesetwomasterscanbeassigneddifferentchannelsto

increasenetworkbandwidth,buttheymustbeassignedthesameSSID.

Also,becauseallradiosarerepeaters,eachradiocanbeconfiguredtoreachamaster

radioviamultiplerepeaterpaths.Ifarepeatergoesdown,thelinkedradioscanusea

differentpathtogetbacktoamasterradio.

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Itisimportanttoallowmanyindustrialprotocolstocommunicateproperlyoverthe

RLX2radios.Thestandard802.11APoperationfortransmittingbroadcastmessagesis

toaccumulatethemandtransmitthemonlyonspecifictimeintervals.Thisallows

clientsthatareinpower‐savemodetowakeupatthesynchronizedtimeintervaland

receivethebroadcastpackets.However,thepower‐savemodeisrarelyusedin

industrialnetworks.

Additionally,manyindustrialprotocolsutilizemulticasttraffic,whichissentas

broadcastmessagesoverthewirelessnetwork.Byenablingimmediatebroadcasting,

thesemulticastmessagesarenotdelayedbythewaitforthenexttimeintervaltooccur

beforetheycanbetransmitted.Thisresultsinimprovednetworkperformance.

Thesettingsonthisformalsoallowtheconfigurationofthetransmissionrateand

broadcastmodetooptimizethisradio'suseonanindustrialnetwork.

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MaxDataRate

RLX2‐IHA

RLX2‐IHG

RLX2‐IHW

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Normally,theMaxDataRateshouldbesettothemaximumvalue.The

aboveexampleshowsthissettingMCS15.Thedefaultmaximumis54

MBits/s.However,underpooroperatingconditions,reliabilitymayimprove

iftheMaxDataRateisreduced.

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MaxDataRate

RLX2‐IHNF

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ThemaximumdataratefortheRLX2‐IHNFradioisspecifiedintermsofa

ModulationandCodingScheme(MCS)indexvalue.Thisspecificationis

uniquetoIEEE802.11ndevices.Theactualmaximumdataratedependson

severalfactorsasshowninthefollowingtable:

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 802.11nmode,Mbit/s802.11nwidemode,

Mbit/s

MCS

Index

Active

Antennas

800nsGI400nsGI800nsGI400nsGI

016.507.2013.5015.00

1113.0014.4027.0030.00

2119.5021.7040.5045.00

3126.0028.9054.0060.00

4139.0043.3081.0090.00

5152.0057.80108.00120.00

6158.5065.00121.50135.00

7165.0072.20135.00150.00

82or313.0014.4027.0030.00

92or326.0028.9054.0060.00

102or339.0043.3081.0090.00

112or352.0057.80108.00120.00

122or378.0086.70162.00180.00

132or3104.00115.60216.00240.00

142or3117.00130.00243.00270.00

152or3130.00144.40270.00300.00

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OnlyMCSratesfrom0through7areavailablewithoneantenna,whichis

thedefaultconfiguration.ToselectMCSratesof8andabove,configurethe

ActiveAntennastobeA,CorA,B,C.(SeeActiveAntennasbelow.)

Themaximumthroughputalsodependsonthe802.11nModeasconfigured

intheRadioNetworkSettingssectionofthemainwebpage.Seesection0.

Throughputin802.11nwidemodeisapproximatelytwicethatof802.11n

mode.

TheradiowillautomaticallyselecttheGuardInterval(GI)basedon

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currentoperatingconditions.Thesystemattemptstousea400microsecond

GuardInterval,butwillfallbacktoan800microsecondGuardIntervalif

excessivedatacorruptionisdetected.Theradiowillperiodicallyattemptto

resumeusinga400microsecondGuardIntervalasconditionsimprove.A400

microsecondGuardIntervalresultsinabout11%morethroughputthan

usinga800microsecondguardinterval.TheuserhasnocontroloftheGuard

Interval.

Asseeninthetableabove,absolutelybestthroughputrequires802.11n

widemode,morethanoneantenna,andaRFenvironmentcapableof

supportinga400microsecondGuardInterval.

MaxBasicRateInadditiontotheDataRatesettingwhichcontrolsgenericdatatraffic,the

BasicRatesettingadjuststherateatwhichcontrolpacketssuchasBeacons

andACKsaresentataswellaspacketsthatneedtogotothewholenetwork

suchasBroadcasts.Becausethesepacketsareintendedforthewhole

network,theMaxBasicRatesettingoftheMasterisadvertisedtoeachof

theradiosinthenetworkthroughBeacons.Eachradio,otherthanthe

Master,theninheritstheMaxBasicRatesettingoftheMaster.Therefore

thesettingonlyneedstobemadeintheMasterradio.Thesettingineachof

theotherradiosisdisregarded.

InteropOptimizationThiscontrolallowsforeaseofconfigurationforthefollowingcontrols,for

twospecificinteroperabilityscenarios.

RLX2BridgingoptimizesImmediateBroadcasts,BlockGeneralProbesand

RangeforoperationwhenpeerdevicesareprimarilyotherRLX2s.3rd‐Party

Clientsoptimizesthesecontrolsforpeerdevicessuchaslaptops,tablets,

phonesoranyotherWiFidevicesthatperformregularpowersavingare

expectingtoconnecttothisRLX2.Ifthissettingisnotused,theseclient

devicesmayhavedifficultyinfindingthenetworkSSID,andtheir

communicationmaybeerraticduetobroadcastsnotbeingtransmitted

whenexpected.RLX2Bridgingwillstillfunction,althoughtheRLX2willbe

respondingtoallscanningclientdeviceswhichmayintroducesomejitterto

databeingtransferred.

ImmediateBroadcastingForwardmulticasttrafficimmediately,ratherthanwaitingforspecifictime

intervals.

BlockGeneralProbe

Requests

Donotrespondtogeneralproberequeststhatarenotspecifictotheradio's

SSID.

RangeAllowstheradiostoaccountforroundtripdelays.TheRangesettingsshould

bethesameinallradiosinthenetworkandshouldbeatleastlargeenough

toaccountforthelengthofanylinks.However,increasingtheRangebeyond

whatisnecessarycancauseaslightdecreaseinthroughput.Thedefault

Longrangeis25km,whichisvalidforalloperatingmodesofallradios.

Reducingtherangesettingforsystemsatcloserrangemayimprove

throughput.

TXPowerAttenuationSetstheoutputpoweroftheradio.

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AeroScoutLocationServicesThiscontrol,ifpresent,enablestheRLX2’ssupportforAeroScountLocation

Services.Ifnotpresent,thefeaturehasbeendisabledatthefactory.

TagEnabledModewillforwardanyTagReportsreceivedtotheAeroScout

LocationEngine.

Tag&MUEnabledmodeforwardstagReportsaswellasanyMobileUnit

packetsheardfromontheRLX2’schannel.

Whendisabled,theRLX2doesnotforwardanyReports.

TheAeroScoutfeaturelistensonPort1141forcommandsfromthe

AeroScoutEngine.

ActiveAntennas

RLX2‐IHNF

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ThiscontrolisonlyavailableontheRLX2‐IHNFradios.ThedefaultissettoA,

B,C(forathreeconnectorMIMOantenna).TheotheroptionsareAOnly

(foroneantenna)andA,C(fortwoantennas).Notethatiftwoantennasare

used,theymustbeattachedtotheANTAandANTCantennaconnectors

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MIMOantennasgenerallywillhavethreeconnectionssoallthreeantenna

portsmustbeactivated.Ingeneral,operationwiththreeantennaportswill

givebestperformance.Whenmorethanoneantennaportisactive,the

radiowillmonitorthesignalappearingatallantennaportsanddynamically

selecttheport(s)withthebestsignal.However,therearesituationswhere

performancemayimproveiffewerantennaportsareactive.Ifradiosare

veryclosetogether(typicallyafewfeet),allthreeantennaportswillreceive

essentiallyidenticalsignalstrengthsandtheradiomaycontinuouslychange

antennaports,resultingindegradedperformance.

SDAutoWriteEnableEnablestheunittowriteacopyofitsConfigurationtotheSDCardwhenever

newsettingsaresavedfromanypagesoftheunit'swebinterface.Previous

Configurationfilesarerenamedwithauniquefilenamewhichallows

auditingofchangesmadetotheunit'ssettings.

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SDAutoCloneEnableEnablestheunit'sClonefunction.OnpowerupifanSDCardispresentthat

hasaConfigurationfiledifferentfromtheunit'scurrentConfigurationthe

unitwilladoptthesettingsfromtheSDCard.IftheConfigurationmatchesor

thereisnoConfigurationfileontheSDCardthennoactionistaken.On

insertinganSDCardintoarunningunit,iftheConfigurationfilefoundonthe

SDCardwillresultintheunit'ssettingsbeingchangedonPoweruporReset,

awarningisindicatedbyflashingtheSignalStrength,MODandNETLEDs.

Inordertosavethiscontrolasenabled,eitheranSDCardmustnotbe

present,ortheSDAutoWriteEnablecontrolmustalsobecheckedwhen

saving.Iftheseconditionsarenotpresentthecontrolwillbedisabledbefore

saving,topreventtheunitfromrevertingbacktoaConfigurationfileonthe

SDCardafterreset.

ToadopttheConfigurationfileonanSDCardwhenthiscontrolisalready

enabled,simplyinserttheSDCardandpowercycletheunit.Ifthiscontrolis

notenabled,firstenableandsavethesettingwithouttheSDCardinserted

andtheninserttheSDCardandpowercycletheunit.

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NOTE:DonotenableAutoWriteifyoudonotwanttheactiveConfiguration

fileontheSDCardtobereplacedwhentheunitadoptsandsavestheSD

Card'scurrentConfigurationfile.

WriteSDCardImmediatelywritesacopyoftheunit'sConfigurationfiletotheSDCard,

independentoftheAutoWritecheckboxsetting.Notethatthe

configurationfilesareinabinaryformatsosensitivedata(e.g.passwords,

encryptionkeys)cannotbeeasilyreadfromthefiles.

SaveSavesthechangesandupdatestheradioconfiguration.

CancelDiscardsthechangeswithoutupdatingtheradioconfiguration.

RoamControl

Inroamingapplications,amobileplatformequippedwithanRLX2Repeaterroamsfrom

oneMaster’scoverageareatoanother.Bydefault,anRLX2Repeaterroams

autonomouslybycalculatingthecostforeachroamcandidatebasedonlyonRSSIand

hopcount.ThelowestcostdetermineswhenabetterParentcandidateispresent.

ThereareseverallimitationswhentheRLX2sareoperatinginautonomousroammode

thatcanbeovercomebyusingParentAssistedRoaming.

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 GiventhatthecurrentRLX2onlyhasoneradiomodule,allMasters,by

necessity,havetobeonthesameChanneltoallowtheroamingRepeaterto

detectthem.

 Inapplicationswherethemobileplatformistravellingaknownpath,itis

necessarytohaveanunambiguousoptionwhenitreachesaroampoint.If

multipleParentsareinrangeattheroampoint,itmaydecidetoroamtothe

wrongParent.

 TheRepeater’sRoamThresholdandParentMarginsettingsareusedforevery

roam.Duetotopologyvariances,theremaybeoneortwocoverageareasthat

wouldoperatebetterwithdifferentsettingsfortheseroamparameters.

ThefollowingsettingsallowforParentAssistedroamingbyadvertisingtheseparameter

valuestoanyChildRepeaterthatassociatestothisunit.Eachparametercanbe

enabledseparatelyusingacheckbox.OnlyenabledparametersareadvertisedtoChild

Repeaters.

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NoneWhenchecked,thiscontrolnegatesallotherssothatno

roamparametersareadvertisedtoChildRepeaters.

NextParentWhenchecked,thisenablesadvertisingofaspecificunitas

theParentorChildRepeatershouldassociatedtonext.A

select‐editboxispresentthatisautomaticallypopulatedwith

alltheRLX2unitswiththesameSSIDthatareonthesame

Ethernetnetworkasaunit.

EachentryisrepresentedbytheNameoftheRLX2,soitis

importantthateachRLX2begivenauniquename.Ifthe

desirednextParenthasnotbeendetectedbecauseitisnot

currentlypowereduporattachedtothenetwork,itwillnot

appearinthelist.Inthiscase,itsMACAddresscanbe

manuallyenteredintotheeditbox.Oncesaved,thisMAC

Addressappearsintheselectboxuntilthatunitisdetected

ontheEthernetatwhichpointitwillswitchtodisplayingthe

unit’sname.

WhenanadvertisedNextParentisonthesamechannelas

thecurrentunit,thentheChildRepeaterwillroamtothe

NextParentwhentheNextParent’scostislowerthanits

currentparent’s.WhentheadvertisedNextParentisona

differentchannel,thentheRoamThresholdisusedtomake

theroamdecision.

RoamThresholdWhenchecked,thisenablesadvertisingoftheRoam

ThresholdthataChildRepeatershoulduse.ThisRoam

ThresholdoverridestheChildRepeatersequivalentsetting

butonlywhiletheChildRepeaterisassociatedtothisunit.If

theParentisnotadvertisingaRoamThreshold,thenthe

ChildRepeaterwillreverttousingitsownvalueconfiguredin

theParentLinkSettingsdialogbox.

ThissettingiscriticalwhenaNextParentisalsobeing

advertisedandthatparentisconfiguredtobeonadifferent

channelthanthisunit.TheChildRepeaterusesthisthreshold

todeterminewhentoswitchtotheNextParent’schannelan

associatewithit.Theinstallermustensurethatatapoint

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wherethecurrentParent’sRSSIgoesbelowthethreshold,

theNextParentisinrange.Otherwise,theroamwillfail.

ThemainpointtorememberisthataChildRepeaterwillnot

roamwhileitscurrentParent’sRSSIishigherthanthecurrent

RoamThresholdvalue.InthecasewhereaNextParentisnot

beingadvertised,ortheNextParentisonthesamechannel,

thentheCostcomparisontodeterminewhentoroamonly

occursoncethecurrentParent’sRSSIisbelowtheRoam

Threshold.Thisallowstheroampointtobecontrolledwhen

amobileplatformtravelsaknownpath.

ParentMarginWhenchecked,thisenablesadvertisingoftheParentMargin

thataChildRepeatershoulduse.ThisParentMargin

overridestheChildRepeater’sequivalentsetting,butonly

whiletheChildRepeaterisassociatedtothisunit.Ifthe

ParentisnotadvertisingaParentMargin,thentheChild

Repeaterwillreverttousingitsownconfiguredvalue.(see

theParentLinkSettingshelppagedescriptionofParent

Margin).

SaveSavesyourchangesandupdatestheradioconfiguration.

CancelDiscardsyourchangeswithoutupdatingtheradio

configuration.

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SecuritySettings

TheSecurityControlsshowninthecenterpanelwillvarydependingonthevaluesofthe

followingcontrols”

 SecurityMode

 802.11Mode

 MasterorRepeater/Client

AseachoftheModecontrolsarechangedonthewebpage,thesetofcontrolsinthe

Securitypanelwillautomaticallychangetoselectionsapplicabletotheselectedmode.

Note:ThecontrolswillchangetoallowyoutofullyconfiguretheSecuritySettings

beforeApplyingtheChanges.

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Note:NewerfirmwareversionsoftheRLX2Radiosmaysupportadditionalfunctionality.

Therefore,youmayseemoreorfeweroptionsonthispage,dependingontheversion

offirmwareincludedtheradioyoupurchased.

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Thefollowingsecuritysettingscanbeconfigured:

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SecurityModeThisunitsupportsboth“Personal”and“Enterprise”securitymodesaswell

asLegacyWEBencryptionmodesforinteroperabilitywithlegacydevices.

Thefollowingsecuritymodesettingsaresupported:

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 None–Notrecommended.

 Personal–Securitymodeusingpre‐sharedkeyfornetworksthat

don’trequireanauthenticationserver.

 Enterprise–SecuritymoderequiringtheuseofanexternalRadius

authenticationserver.

 WEP–Legacysecuritysettingusingeither64or128‐bitkeyand

WEPencryption.

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PersonalandEnterprisesecuritycanbeusedwith:

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 WPA–OriginalprotocolintroducedtoreplaceWEP.

 WPA2–Latest802.11securityprotocolconformingtothe802.11i

standard.

 WPA/WPA2–AllowsclientdevicestoconnectusingWPAifthey

donotsupportWPA2.

Encryptiontype(page106)WPA‐AESisthepreferredencryptionmethod.Itcontainsthelatestupdates

tothe802.11standardsforbestsecurity.However,somelegacydevicesdo

notyetsupporttheseupdates.Therefore,afewcombinationsoflegacy

methodscanbeselected.

Availableencryptiontypesare:

 None(notrecommended)

 WPA‐AES‐LatestsecuritysettingusingWPA(pre‐sharedkey)

authenticationandAESencryption.

 WPA‐TKIP‐SecuritysettingusingWPA(pre‐sharedkey)authentication

andTKIPencryption.

 WEP128‐Legacysecuritysettingusinga128‐bitkeyandWEP

encryption.

 WEP64‐Legacysecuritysettingusinga64‐bitkeyandWEPencryption.

WPAphrase(page106)WPApassphraseofbetweeneightand63normalkeyboardcharacters.

WEPkey(page107)FivenormaltextcharactersintheWEPkeyfield

MACFilter(page112)RestrictsconnectionsbyMACaddress.

EditFilterOpenstheMACfilter(page112)form,allowingthespecificationoftheMAC

addressesofdevicestoallowinthenetwork.

HideNetworkSSID(page

112)

HidestheNetworkSSID(NetworkName)fromother802.11users.Clients

canconnecttothe"hidden"networkbytypingtheNetworkSSID.

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Thefollowingtopicsdescribeeachsecuritysettinginmoredetail.

EncryptionType

ThepreferredencryptiontypeisWPAorWPA2(WiFiProtectedAccess)usingAES.You

shouldonlyselectTKIPforusewithanolderclientradiothatdoesnotsupportAESor

WEP(wiredequivalencyprotocol).Forcompatibilitywithclientsthatdonotsupport

WPA,youcanselectTKIP+WEP128astheencryptiontype.Thenolderclientscan

connecttotheRLX2usingtheWEPsetting,butallotherlinkswillusethemoresecure

WPAencryption.

Important:IftheRLX2modelsupports802.11nratesandtheyareenabled,thenall

‘TKIPonly’andTKIP/WEPoptionsaredisabled.IfaclientradioonlysupportsTKIP,then

usetheAES&TKIPoption.IftheclientradioonlysupportsWEP,thenswitchthe802.11

Modecontrolto‘802.11a/gandthenselecttheappropriateWEBsettinginthiscontrol.

Important:IfTKIP+WEP128isselected,someclientsusingWPAmightnotbeableto

connectunlessyouuseaWEPkeyotherthannumber1,duetolimitationsinthese

clients.Insuchcases,youshouldsetaWEPkeyotherthankey1andsetthissamekey

forallclientsthatareusingWEP.SeeWEPkey.

WhentheWEPSecuritymodeisselected,youcanthenselectWEP128orWEP64asthe

encryptiontypebutnoneofthesesettingsarerecommended.

WEPistheoriginalsecurityprotocolusedby802.11networksbutshouldonlybeusedif

interoperabilitywithalegacydeviceisessential.Toolsareavailablethatallowan

attackertobreaktheWEPkeyssimplybysniffinganactiveWEPnetworkforafew

minutes.WPAoffersvastlybetterprotectionagainstattacks,forseveralreasons.WPA

distancestheencryptionkeyfromtheactualdatabyperformingseveralalgorithmsto

createa‘Session’keybeforeencryptinganydata,anditperformsdynamickey

managementbychangingkeysfrequently.

Note:IfanRLC2issettouseTKIP+WEP128,itwillconnecttootherradiossettoWPA

onlyorWPA+WEP,butitwillnotcommunicatewithradiossettoWEPonly.Likewise,an

RLX2inclientmodewithTKIP+WEP128selectedwillnotconnecttoanaccesspointwith

WEPonlyselected.

WPAPhrase

TouseWPAencryptiononpacketssentbetweentheradios,enteraWPApassphraseof

betweeneightand63normalkeyboardcharacters.Thisphraseautomaticallygenerates

anencryptionkeyof128hexadecimalcharacters.Thisfieldisonlyavailableifyouselect

oneofthe‘Personal’securitymodes.ThedefaultWPA‐AESPhraseis'passphrase'.

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EnterpriseModeSettings

WhenoneoftheEnterprisemodesareselectedintheSecurityModecontrol,asetof

controlsforEnterprisemodeparametersisautomaticallydisplayedinthemiddleofthe

SecuritySettingspanelonthemainwebpageoftheRLX2.Therearetwosetsof

controls;thefirstpertainstotheRLX2inMastermode,andthesecondwhentheRLX2is

configuredinRepeaterorClientmode.

InEnterprisemode,theMaster’sauthenticatorcommunicatesdirectlywiththeRADIUS

Serverwhileitisrelaying802.1xframesreceivedfromanassociatingnote’sSupplicant.

Thefollowingparametersmustbeconfiguredinthismode:

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Field Description

IPAddressTheIPaddressoftheRADIUSserverwithwhichtheNetworkAdministrator

hasregisterthisRLX2.

UDPPortTheUDPportnumbertheRADIUSserverisusingtolistentoRadiusframes

fromthisRLX2.ThedefaultportnumberusedfortheRadiusprotocolis

1812.

SecretThepassphrasethatwasusedwhenthisRLX2wasregisteredtotheRADIUS

server.ThisisusedtovalidatethattheRadiusframesreceivedoneitherend

arelegitimate.

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WheninRepeaterorClientmode,theRLX2SupplicantcommunicatesviaitsParent

RLX2withaRADIUSserver.Severaldifferentauthenticationprotocolsareavailableand

canbesetusingthefollowingparameters.

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Field Description

EAPMethodTheEAPMethod,sometimesreferredtoasthe‘outerprotocol’definesthe

mechanismusedtocreateasecuretunnelbetweentheSupplicantand

RADIUSserverduringthefirstphaseoftheAuthenticationsequence.The

followingEAPmethodsaresupported:

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 EAP‐PEAP–EAPmethodusingthe‘ProtectedExtensible

AuthenticationProtocol’

 EAP‐TLS–EAPmethodbasedonX.509certificatesthatprovides

formutualauthentication.Thisisthemostsecureauthentication

mechanismavailablefor802.11.Certificatesarerequiredbothon

theRLX2andtheRADIUSserver.Theonlyauthenticationoption

availableforEAP‐TLSistouseTLSfortheinnerprotocol.

 EAP‐TTLS–EAPTunneledTLS.SimilartoEAP‐PEAP.

AnonymousID:

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Field Description

AuthenticationMethod:TheAuthenticationMethod,sometimesreferredtoasthe‘innerprotocol’

definesthemechanismusedtoauthenticatetheSupplicantoftheRLX2with

theRADIUSserver.Thefollowingauthenticationmethodsaresupported:

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 MS‐CHAPv2–Microsoft’sversionofthe‘ChallengeHandshake

AuthenticationProtocol’(CHAP).Thismethodprovidesmutual

authenticationbetweentheSupplicantandtheRADIUSserver,

usingausernameandpasswordandchallengetextresponses.

 MD5–‘MessageDigest’cryptographichashingalgorithmbasedon

ausernameandpassword.

 TLS–Certificate‐basedinnerauthenticationprotocol.

UserName:EntertheUserNameoftheaccountthatistobeauthenticated.Whenusing

EAP‐TLS,thisrepresentstheidentityoftheentityassignedtothedevice

certificatebeingused.

Password:RequiredfieldwhenusingEAP‐PEAPorEAP‐TTLSwithMS‐CHAPv2orMD5.

Enterthepasswordoftheaccountcorrespondingtotheusername.

CertificatesOpensawindowthatdisplaysthecurrentcertificatesinstalledintheRLX2,

andprovidescontrolstouploadnewcertificatesintotheunit.Note:The

RLX2doesnotshipwithanycertificatesinstalled.

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CertificateManagement

WhenusingEnterprise‐levelsecurity,someEAPmethodsrequiretheuseofX.509

certificates.TheCertificateManagementwebpageallowstheuploadingofcertificate

filestotheRLX2.

Therearetwocertificatetypes;acertificatefroma‘CertificationAuthority’usedto

authenticatetheRADIUSservertotheRLX2supplicant,anddeviceorclientcertificate

createdbytheRADIUSserverfortheRLX2.TheRLX2isabletoholdoneofeach

certificatetype.

IfPEAPauthenticationisused,you’llneedaCACertificate(toauthenticatetheRADIUS

server)andausernameandpassword.

IfEAP‐TLSisused,you’llneedaCACertificate,aClientCertificateandPrivateKey

(containedinasinglep12file)toauthenticatetheclient.Thep12fileisencryptedand

requiresapassword.

TheITpersonwillprovideyouwiththeappropriatefilesthatyou’llneedtoloadtothe

RLX2Repeater.

Thefollowingcontrolsareusedforuploadingacertificate:

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Field Description

CertificateTypeSelectthetypeofcertificatethatyouwillbeuploading.Itisimportantthat

thisissetcorrectlyastheRLX2doesnotdistinguishbetweentheminany

otherway.

CertificatePassphraseIfthecertificateisencrypted,enterthepassphrasethatwasusedtocreateit

ontheRADIUSserver.

FileLocationBrowsetolocatethecertificatefileonthelocalPCthatistobeuploaded.

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ConfiguringtheRLX2RepeaterswithCertificates

ObtaintherequiredcertificatefilesfromyourITpersonandusethefollowingprocedure

touploadthesefilestotheRLX2Repeater.

1. OpenthewebpagefortheRLX2repeaterthatyouwanttoconfigure.

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2. SelecttheEAPMethod(PEAPorEAP‐TLS).

3. EntertheUsername.

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4. ClickCertificatestoenterthecertificatefiles.

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5. SelecteitherCAorDevice(client).

ACACertificateisrequiredforbothPEAPandEAP‐TLS.Thisisusedtoauthenticate

theserver’scertificate.Additionally,forEAP‐TLS,aclientcertificateandprivatekey

arerequired.

6. EntertheCACertificatefilecreatedpreviously(CAcert.pem)andapplyit.

7. EntertheClientCertificatecombinedfile(clientcert.p12)andthepassword

associatedwiththefileandapply.

8. ApplychangesonthemainpageandattempttoconnecttotheMaster.

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WEPKey

Akeyisasetofhexadecimal(hex)orASCIIcharactersusedtoencryptdata.Thisfieldis

onlyavailablewhenusingWEPencryptiontype.BesuretorecordtheWEPencryption

keytoretrieveifneeded.

Tocreatea64‐bitWEPkey,enterfivenormaltextcharactersintheWEPkeyfield,which

convertsthecharactersautomaticallyto10hexdigits.Alternatively,enter10hexdigits

(0to9,atof,AtoF)directlyintheWEPkeyfield.

Tocreatea128‐bitkey,enter13normaltextcharacters,whichconvertto26hexdigits,

orenter26hexdigits(0to9,atof,AtoF)directly.

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Note: Clients often support more than one WEP key. Packets received can be decrypted using any

one of the keys if programmed, but packets are always transmitted with the "default" WEP key

number. If a transmit key number is set on the RLX2 radio, make sure all other radios and clients

have this key programmed. To set keys other than key 1 on some clients using Windows,

Advanced settings may be used.

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ProgrammingmorethanonekeyontheRLX2radiorequiressettingthekeynumberto

thekey,enteringthekey,andsavingthechanges.Repeatthesestepsforeachkeyto

program,savingaftereachone.Finally,changetothedesiredtransmitkeynumberif

necessaryandsaveagain(If"****"remainsinthekeyfield,thepreviouslyprogrammed

keywillnotbechangedwhenchangesareapplied)

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MACFilter

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Field Description

AddMACEntertheMACaddresstoadd.

DeleteDeletestheselectedMACaddressfromthelist.

AddressListofMACaddressesconfigured.

TopDisplaysthetopofthelist.

Next/PrevNavigatesupanddownthroughtheaddresslist.

UploadFileToassignthesamelistofMACaddressestoseveralradiosconveniently,

openatexteditorsuchasNotepad.exe.Enteraddressesinhexadecimal

format,oneMACaddressperline,includingperiods.Whenfinished,save

thedocument.IntheMACFilterwindow,clickBrowsetoselectthetextfile,

clickUploadFiletouploadthelistofMACaddresses.

BrowseNavigatestoapreparedtextfileofMACaddressesontheappropriatedrive

andfolder,andclicktheUploadFilebutton.

SaveSavesthechangesandupdatestheradioconfiguration.

CancelDiscardsthechangeswithoutupdatingtheradioconfiguration.

HideNetworkSSID

Iftheradionetworkistobehiddenfromother802.11users,clicktheHideNetwork

SSIDcheckboxineachradiotobehidden.WiththeSSIDhidden,thenetworkdoesnot

showupwhenotherclientsscanforanaccesspoint.Clientscanstillconnecttothe

"hidden"networkbytypingtheNetworkSSID.

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RadioAccessSettings

Note:DifferentversionsoftheRLX2radiossupportdifferentfunctionality.Youmaysee

moreorfeweroptionsonthispage,dependingontheversionoftheradioyou

purchased.

Inordertoconfigureordiagnosearadiousingitsbuilt‐inWebserverorSNMPagent,

bothyourcomputerandradiomusthaveIPaddresses,andtheseIPaddressesmustbe

onthesamesub‐network.AnIPaddressisonlyneededsoyoucanfiguretheradioand

viewitsdiagnosticsettings.Otherwise,theaddressisunnecessary.

ThefollowingfieldsappearintheSecuritySettingsareaontherightsideoftheRadio

Configurationwindow.

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Field Description

ObtainIPaddress‐DHCPAllowstheradiotoobtainitsIPaddressfromaDHCPserver.

UsethefollowingIPaddressSpecifiesaStaticIPaddresstotheradio.EntertheIPaddressinformationin

thefollowingfields.

IPAddressUseanIPaddressthatwillnotinterferewithanyotherdevicesonthe

network.RequestablockofIPaddressestousefromtheNetwork

Administrator.

SubnetMaskSubnetMaskprovidedbytheNetworkAdministrator.

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Field Description

DefaultGatewayDefaultGatewayaddressprovidedbytheNetworkAdministrator.

PrimaryDNSPrimaryDNSaddressprovidedbytheNetworkAdministrator.

SecondaryDNSSecondaryDNSaddressprovidedbytheNetworkAdministrator.

SNMPbuttonOpenstheSNMP(SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol)Agentsettings

form.Usethisformtoconfigureaccesstoradionetworksettingsthroughan

SNMPagent.

"password".Changethispasswordandkeeparecordofitinasafeplace,to

protecttheradiofrombeingreconfiguredbyunauthorizedusers.

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DHCP(DynamicHostControlProtocol)isaserviceprovidedbyaserver(typicallya

routerorafirewall)onalocalareanetwork.DevicesonanetworkthatsupportsDHCP

canrequestandreceiveanIPaddressfromtheDHCPserver.RLX2radiossupportDHCP;

bydefault,theyattempttoobtainanIPaddressfromaDHCPserver.

IfaDHCPserverisnotavailable,theradiowillnotbeabletoacquireanIPaddress

automatically.Therefore,assignanIPaddress,subnetmaskanddefaultgatewaytothe

radiosothatitcancommunicateonthenetwork.

AssignaStatic(fixedorpermanent)IPaddresstotheradiotomakeiteasiertoidentify

andconfiguretheradio.StaticIPaddressesareparticularlyusefulwhenconfiguring

radiostoserveasAccessPoints,orforradiosthatmustbeaccessiblethroughafirewall.

AdetaileddiscussionofTCP/IPnetworkingisbeyondthescopeofthismanual.Referto

thefollowingMicrosoftknowledgebasearticleformoreinformation:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/164015

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SNMPAgentSettings

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SNMPisanetworkmanagementprotocolthatisoftenusedwithTCP/IPandEthernet.

AsanalternativetousingtheRadioConfiguration/DiagnosticUtility,changingradio

settingsandviewingdiagnosticscanbedoneinanSNMPmanagerapplication.

Field Description

EnableEnablesthefollowingSNMPAgentsettings.

AllowAnyManagerAllowsanyusertochangetheradiosettingsfromanycomputerusingSNMP.

AllowIPRestrictsaccesstoanSNMPmanagerwithaparticularIPaddress.Enterthe

IPaddressintheAllowIPfield.

CommunityStringEntera"communitystring"(essentiallyapassword)thatamanagermustuse

toaccesstheradio’sSNMPagent.

PermissionSelectthepermissionleveltoassigntothisradio.

ReadonlyAnSNMPAgentcanviewbutcannotmodifyradiosettings.

Read/WriteAnSNMPAgentcanviewandmodifyradiosettings.

SaveSavesthechangesandupdatestheradioconfiguration.

CancelDiscardsthechangeswithoutupdatingtheradioconfiguration.

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TheRLX2SNMPagentsupportsSNMPprotocolversion1.4and2MIBs:

 RFC12133‐MIB(partial;internet.mgmt.MIB‐2.system,.interfaces,.snmp)

 ROMAP‐MIB(includedontheDVD;internet.private.enterprises.romap)

ItalsosupportsaselectionofstandardSNMPtraps,includingColdStart,whichissent

whentheradioinitializes.

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SerialSettings

ThisconfigurationpageopenswhentheSerialPortSettingsbuttonisclickedonthe

RadioConfigurationform.

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Usethispagetoconfigurethewayserialdatapacketsareencapsulatedandtransmitted

overanEthernetnetwork.

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Field Description

SerialEncapsulationModeNone:Noserialdataencapsulation.

UDP:InUDPmode,programsonnetworkedcomputerscanbeusedtosend

shortmessagesorDatagrams.Onceenabled,theserialportisusedto

transmitandreceivepackets.

NOTE:InUDPmodeifamulticastgroupaddressisenteredinthisfieldthen

packetsaresenttothataddress.

TCPServer:InTCPServermode,onlyconnectionsfromthisaddresswillbe

accepted.Oncethesessionisestablished,theserialportisenabledto

transmitandreceivepackets.

NOTE:ToacceptconnectionsfromanyIPaddressthefieldshouldbesetto

0.0.0.0.

TCPClient:InTCPClientmode,aTCPconnectionwillbeestablishedwiththis

address.

Whenthesessionisestablished,theserialportisenabledtotransmitand

receivepackets.

SingleIPAddressIPAddressorURLoftheradiothatshouldreceiveencapsulatedserial

protocolpackets.

RangeofIPAddressesUpto4IPAddressrangesforradiosthatshouldreceiveencapsulatedserial

protocolpackets.

RemotePortNumberRemoteUDPportnumbertouseforencapsulatedserialdatatransmission.

LocalPortNumberLocalUDPportnumbertouseforencapsulatedserialdatatransmission.

DelineationMethodNone:Alldatareceivedbetweenpacketdelineationeventsissenttothe

remotenodeinasinglenetworkframe.

TimeGap:Theminimumtimegapbetweencharactersthatistobe

interpretedasadelineatorforapacket.ConfigurethisvalueintheEOLTime

Gapfield.

Character:Theparticularcharactersequenceinthestreamofcharacters

thatindicatesthedelineatorforthepacket.ConfigurethisvalueintheEOL

Delineatorfield.

EOLDelineatorAvailablewhentheselectedDelineationMethodisCharacter.Choosethe

typeofdelineatortousefromthedropdownlist:

Availabledelineationtypesare:

Type Decimal Hex Description

UseTextAnystringofcharacters

CR130DCarriageReturn

ESC271BEscape

LF100ALineFeed(NewLine/nl)

Null0000Null

Spacebar3220Space

Tab0909HorizontalTab

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Field Description

EOLTimeGapAvailablewhentheselectedDelineationMethodisTimeGap;Thisvalue

configuresthelengthoftimeinmillisecondsthatmustelapseaftera

characterisreceived(fromthelocalattacheddevice)beforethatcharacter

markstheendofapacket.

NOTE:thesmallestvaluethisfieldcanbesettowillbelimitedbythedevice

andisplatformdependent.

PacketRate(milliseconds)Setstheminimumtimegapthatwillbeinterpretedasaninter‐packetspace.

Whendetectedthecharactersreceiveduptothatpointwillconstitutea

singlepacketandwillbesenttotheremotenode.Units:microseconds.

Values:1,000to500,000.

BaudRateBaudrateontheradiomustmatchthebaudrateontheconnectedserial

device.

DataBitsNumberofdatabits(5,6,7or8).Thedatabitsontheradiomustmatchthe

databitsontheconnectedserialdevice.

ParityParity(None,Even,Odd,1or0).Theparityontheradiomustmatchthe

parityontheconnectedserialdevice.

FlowControlFlowcontrol(handshaking)mode(NoneorHardware).Thehandshaking

modeontheradiomustmatchthehandshakingmodeontheconnected

serialdevice.

StopBitsStopbits(1or2).Thestopbitsontheradiomustmatchthestopbitsonthe

connectedserialdevice.

SaveSavesthechangesandupdatestheradioconfiguration.

CancelDiscardsthechangeswithoutupdatingtheradioconfiguration.

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ChangePassword

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Field Description

OldEnterthecurrentpasswordinthisfield.Thedefaultpasswordis"password"

(lowercase,noquotes).Thisentrymustexactlymatchthecurrentpassword,

otherwisethechangewillberejected.

NewEnterthenewpasswordinthisfield.Passwordsarecasesensitive.

RepeatConfirmthenewpasswordinthisfield.Thisentrymustexactlymatchthe

passwordenteredinthe"New"field,otherwisethechangewillberejected.

SaveSavesthechangesandupdatestheradioconfiguration.

CancelDiscardsthechangeswithoutupdatingtheradioconfiguration.

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Anyalphanumericvaluebetweenoneand31characterscanbeentered.Thepassword

iscase‐sensitive.

Ifthepasswordcannotbefound,changestheradiosettingscannotbedone.Torevert

backtothedefaultpassword,seetheTroubleshootingsection.

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ApplyChanges

ClicktheApplyChangesbuttontosavethechangesaftereditingradioconfigurationin

orderforthosechangestotakeeffect.Whenchangesareapplied,theradiowillshut

downandrestartusingthenewsettings.

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CancelChanges

ClickCancelChangestodiscardanysettingsmadeduringthissession.

Note: This button only applies to changes made in the Radio Configuration / Diagnostic window.

Changes made to individual configuration forms (for example, Spanning Tree, Parent Link, and

SNMP Agent settings) take effect when the Save button is clicked on each of those forms.

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FactoryDefaults

ClicktheFactoryDefaultsbuttontoresettheradiotothedefaultsettings.

Important: This action discards all the radio configuration settings.

Aprompttoconfirmthisactionwillappearbeforechangestakeplace.

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RLX2‐IHNFDFSSupport

Somechannelsinthe5GHzbandaresharedwithradarandmustadheretoDynamic

FrequencySelection(DFS)rules.Thismeansthatiftheradiodetectsthepresenceof

radaronitsoperatingfrequency,itmustautomaticallychangetoanotherfrequency.

MasterRadioOperations

Ifradarisdetectedonanoperatingchannel,transmissionsmustceasewithinthe

requiredChannelClosingTransmissionTime,andmustmovetoanewchannelwithin

therequiredChannelMoveTime.BeforetransmittingonanewDFSchannelthathas

notbeenpreviouslycheckedforradar,theMasterradiomustmonitorthechannelfor

theChannelAvailabilityCheckTimebeforetransmitting.Operationscannotreturntoa

channelwhereradarwasdetectedforatleasttheNon‐OccupancyPeriod.Thevaluesfor

theseparametersarenotedinthetablebelow:

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ParameterFCCValueETSIValue

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ETSIValue

5.600–5.650GHz

(Channels120,124,&128)

ChannelAvailability

CheckTime

60seconds60seconds10minutes

ChannelMoveTime10seconds(12seconds

for“longpulse”radar

10seconds10seconds

ChannelClosing

TransmissionTime

200milliseconds(plusup

to60millisecondsover

10seconds)

1second1second

Non‐OccupancyPeriod30minutes30minutes30minutes

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IfaMasterradiodetectsradar,itissuesachannelchangeannouncementtoallClients

andRepeatersinthenetwork.ThenitmovestoanewchannelwithintheChannelMove

Time.(Typically,thismovetimeis500millisecondsorless.)Iftheselectedchannelwas

notpreviouslycheckedforthepresenceofradar,theMasterradiomustdosoforthe

ChannelAvailabilityCheckTimebeforeitcanbegintotransmit.Ifthenewly‐selected

channelisnotaDFSchannel,orifthechannelwaspreviouslymonitoredforradarsince

theradiowaspoweredon,transmissionscanbeginimmediately.

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DuringtheChannelAvailabilityCheckTime,aradioblinksallthreeamberSignal

StrengthLEDSapproximatelyoncepersecond.Ifradarisdetectedonthenewchannel

duringtheChannelAvailabilityCheckTime,theMasterselectsanotherchanneland

beginstheprocessagain.

ARepeaterdetectingradar,inadditiontostoppingdatatransmission,notifiesitsParent

ofthepresenceofradar.Eachunitreceivingaradarnotificationfromachildtreatsit

thesameasifithaddetectedradaritselfandactsaccordingly.Thusradarnotifications

alwaysreachtheMasterandachannelchangeisaffected.

AfteraMastersuccessfullyselectsaDFSchannel,radiosinRepeatermodewillconnect

totheMasterandscanforRADARforanadditional60seconds(ChannelAvailability

CheckTime).IfachainofRepeatersultimatelyconnectstoaMasterusingaDFS

channel,thetimetoconnectis60secondsforeachRepeaterinthechainasDFS

channelsareinitiallyscannedforRADARtransmissions.

DFSAutoSelect

OneoftheMasterchannelselectionoptionsisDFSAutoSelect.

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WiththisselectiontheradiorandomlyselectsaDFSchannelforoperation.Theactual

channelinoperationisalwaysshownintheCurrentChanneldisplay:

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RADIOLINXINDUSTRIALHOTSPOT

BROWSER

TheIHBrowserfindsanyradioconnectedtothenetwork.Itcanalsoseebasicsettings

andchangetheIPaddress.Accesstotheradio’sWebpagecanbedone.Formore

information,seePrimaryradiofunctions.

TheListview(shownintheillustration)appearswithalistofanyradiosonthesame

networkasthecomputerrunningtheIHBrowser.Ifaknownradiocannotbeseen,click

theScanbuttoninthetoolbarorselectScanfromtheFilemenu.

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TheprecedingillustrationshowstheListView.RefertoTopologyview(page143)tosee

alternateviews.

Toclearalltheradiosfromthelist,clicktheErasebuttoninthetoolbarorselectClear

fromtheFilemenu.RefreshingthelistisdonebyclickingScan.

IfthereistroubleviewingradiosintheIHBrowser,seeTroubleshootmissingradios

(page63).

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PrimaryRadioFunctions

Performingthefollowingprimaryfunctionsonanylistedradioisdonebyright‐clicking

theradioname.

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Connect(page128):LogintotheRadioConfiguration/DiagnosticUtilitytoconfigurea

radioorcheckdiagnostics.

AssignIP(page52,page129):AssignatemporaryIPaddresstoaradio.

UpdateFirmware(page130):Updatetheversionoffirmwaretheradiouses.

StartPingSession(page130):Sendsapingcommandtoanaddress

WirelessClients(page132):Viewalistofclientradios

EthernetNodes(page133):ViewalistofwiredEthernetnodesconnectedtothe

network

ScanList(page134):Viewalistofalltheradiosdetectedonthenetwork(including

thosefromothervendors)

PortTable(page135):Listsofalltheactiveportsontheradio

EventLog(page136):Showsahistoryoftheradio

Properties(page137):Viewtheselectedradio’sproperties.

Inaddition,therearemoreoptionsintheFilemenu.

 Printeitheralistoftheradios'propertiesoratopologyview.

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 ChangehowtheIHBrowserscansforradios.

FileMenu

ThefollowingcommandsareavailableontheFilemenu:

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 ScanSetup(page125)

 Scan(page126)

 Clear(page126)

 Import(page126)

 Export(page126)

 Freeze(page126)

 Print(page126)

 PrintPreview(page127)

 PrintSetup(page127)

 Exit(page127)

ScanSetup

TheScanSetupcommandallowstheconfigurationofsettingsthatgovernhowtheIH

Browserscansforradios.InthetopfieldoftheScanSetupdialogbox,adjusthowoften

theIHBrowserprogramautomaticallyscansforradios.Enteravalueinseconds.

IntheNewaddress/rangefields,theprogramscantypecanbeadjustedforradios.By

default,theprogramsendsabroadcastmessagetoalltheradiosatthesametime,

lookingforaresponse.Broadcastsarelimitedtoalocalnetwork,andwillnotbepassed

througharouter.

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IfthereisarouterbetweenthePCrunningtheIHBrowserandtheradiotobescanned,

theIPaddressoftheradioorarangeofaddressescanbeaddedtothescanlist.Ateach

intervaldeterminedbythescanrate,eachIPaddressisindividuallyqueried.

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Scan

TheIHBrowserautomaticallyscansforallactiveradiosonthenetworkataregular

interval,usetheScancommandintheFilemenutolookforactiveradiosatanytime.

Clear

Clears(deletes)allentriesfromtheIHBrowserwindow.

Import

ImportsanXMLfilecreatedbytheExportcommandintheIHBrowser.

Export

CreatesandsavesanXMLfilecontainingthecurrentconfigurationandstatusofall

radiosdiscoveredbytheIHBrowser.UsethiscommandunderthedirectionofProSoft

TechnicalServices,fortroubleshootingpurposes.

Freeze

Temporarilystopsthedisplayfromupdating.Thiscommandisusefulforstudying

networktopologyandperformancewithoutthedistractionofradiosandotherdevices

appearinganddisappearingfromthescreen.

Print

PrintsthecontentsoftheIHBrowserwindow.Dependingontheviewselected,the

radiopropertiesoratopologyviewcanbeprinted.

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PrintPreview

DisplaysapreviewofthecontentsoftheIHBrowserwindow.Usethistoadjustthe

placementofelementssothattheydonotspanpageboundaries.

PrintSetup

DisplaysthestandardWindowPrintSetupdialogbox.

Exit

ClosestheIHBrowser.

OperationsMenu

ThefollowingcommandsareavailableontheOperationsMenu:



 Connect(page128)

 AssignIP(page52,page129)

 UpdateFirmware(page130)

 StartPingSession(page130)

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Connect

ToconnecttotheRadioConfiguration/DiagnosticUtilityandchangeradiosettings,

double‐clicktheradiolistingintheIHBrowserafterithasbeenassignedanIPaddress

(eithermanuallyorwithDHCP).Alternatively,theConnectoptionintheAPOperations

menucanbeselected.Enterthepasswordtologintotheradio.

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AssignIP

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IftheradioisconnectedtoanetworkwithaDHCPserver,theradiomayalreadyhave

anIPaddressassignedtoit.Ifnoaddressappears,double‐clicktheradiolistingintheIH

BrowserorselectAssignIPintheAPOperationsmenu.Inthenextwindow,clickOKto

acceptthetemporaryIPaddress,subnetmask,anddefaultgateway.Ifnecessary,a

particularIPaddresscanbeentered(seeRadioAccesssettings(page113)).AfteranIP

addressisassigned,configuringtheradioscanbedoneintheRadioConfiguration/

DiagnosticUtility(page64).

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UpdateFirmware

"Firmware"istheprogramthatrunsintheRadioLinx®802.11abgIndustrialHotspotthat

allowsittocommunicateandexchangedatabetweendevices,usingtheradioasa

networkconnection.Differentversionsofthefirmwarecommunicatewithotherradios

indifferentways,andprovidedifferentlevelsoffunctionality.

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InorderfortheRadioLinxIndustrialHotspotradiotocommunicatewithotherRLX2

devices,allradiosonthenetworkmustusethesamefirmwareversion.

Tochangethefirmwareversionoftheradio:

1 StartRadioLinxIndustrialHotspotBrowser.

2 OpentheOperationsmenu,andthenchooseUpdateFirmware.

3 Enterthepasswordfortheradio.Thisisthesamepasswordusedtologintothe

radiofromtheRadioConfiguration/DiagnosticUtility(page64).

4 ClicktheBrowsebuttontolocatetheImageFile(firmwareversion)toupdate.Both

versionsoffirmwareareavailablebothontheDVDthatcamewithintheboxwith

theradio,andatourwebsiteatwww.prosoft‐technology.com

5 ClickUpdatetobegincopyingthenewfirmwaretotheradio.Donotdisconnectthe

cableorturnoffpowertotheradioduringthisoperation.

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PingDevice

APingSessionallowstraffictorunovertheradionetworkbetweenanytwocomputers

runningtheIHBrowser.Withittheusercanmonitortheirnetworkovertime.

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Tostartthepingsession,enable"ShowPingStations"ontheViewmenu,andthen

highlightoneoftheothercomputersvisibleintheIHBrowser.Thesessionthenstarts

automaticallyandthePingResultsdialogboxopens.

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Thisdialogboxdisplaysstatisticsontheminimum,maximumandaveragelatency

betweentwopointsonthenetwork.

PingOptionsDialogBox

ThePingOptionsdialogboxopensfromtheShowOptionsbuttononthePingResults

(page130)dialogbox.Usethisdialogboxtochoosepingparameters,loggingoptions,

andresponsetootherstations.

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DialogsMenu

TheDialogsmenucontainsthefollowingcommands:



 WirelessClients(page132)

 EthernetNodes(page133)

 ScanList(page134)

 PortTable(page135)

 EventLog(page136)

 Properties(page137)

WirelessClients

ThisdialogboxopenswhentheWirelessClientsoptionisselectedfromtheAPDialogs

menu.Usethisdialogboxtoseeinformationaboutwirelessclientsattachedtothe

radio.

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EthernetNodes

ThisdialogboxopenswhentheEthernetNodesoptionisselectedfromtheAPDialogs

menu.UsethisdialogboxtoseeinformationaboutEthernetdevicesattachedtothe

radios.ThefollowingillustrationshowsalistofEthernetdevices(byIPaddressandMAC

ID)attachedtotheEthernetportofTourmaline_14.InadditiontotheIPandMACIDit

givesanageforeachentry,whichistheamountoftimesinceapackethasbeenheard

fromthatdevice.

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ScanList

ThisdialogboxopenswhenScanListisselectedintheAPDialogsmenu.



Thescanlistisalistofalltheradiosthatthisparticularradio"hears"onthischannel(via

beacons)evenifitisnotlinkedtoit(differentSSIDorencryption).Thislistshowsthe

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sameinformationastheAvailableParentslistintheRadioConfiguration/Diagnostic

Utility.

Listentriesmarkedwitha"*"indicatetheentryisanalternatepath,whichcanalsobe

seenifthe‘parents'buttonisselectedinthemenubar(bluelineswilllinktheradioto

itsalternateparents).

802.11AccessPointDetector

TheRLX2radiocanbeusedasaninstallationtooltoanalyzethe802.11environment

andprovidetheuserwithinformationonchoosingantennalocationandchannel

selection.

Byusingthetableintheradio,mountinganRLX2radiowithitsactualantennaanduse

ittoreportinformationoneveryactive802.11radiointheareacanbedone.Itwill

report:

 Each802.11APheardincludingSSID

 ActualRSSIfromeachgivenindBm

 Channelofeachradio

Usethisinformationtohelpchooseachannelthatisleastutilized,ortoselect

appropriateantennatypesandalignmentstominimizeinterference.

PortTable

ThisdialogboxopenswhenPortTableisselectedfromtheAPDialogsmenu.



Theporttableisalistofalltheactiveportsontheradio.Thislistshowsthesame

informationasthePortstatus(page74)listintheRadioConfiguration/Diagnostic

Utility.Eachradiocanhaveupto34activeports—oneEthernetcable,oneparentRF

link,andupto32childRFlinks.

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All4Dialogs

Thismenuentrysimplyopensallfour“list”dialogs(Scan,Port,Ethernetnode,and

Client.)Thedialogsopenontopofeachother.Dragthewindowstoviewthem

completely.

CloseAll

Thisentryclosesall“list”dialogsthatarecurrentlyopen.

EventLog

Theeventlogallowstheextractionofalogfromtheselectedradio.Thelogshowsa

historyoftheradio.Theeventlogcanbesavedtoafilefortroubleshootingpurposes.

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EventFilter

TheEventFilterdialogboxallowstheinclusionorexclusionofspecificeventtypesfrom

theeventlog.

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Properties

ThisdialogboxopenswhenaradioisselectedthePropertiesoptionisselectedfromthe

APDialogsmenu.

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Toseeadditionalproperties,clicktheMorebutton.

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ViewMenu

TheViewmenucontainsthefollowingcommands:

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 ToolBar(page138)

 StatusBar(page139)

 ListView(page139)

 TopologyView(page143)

 ZoomIn(page145)

 ZoomOut(page145)

 ZoomtoFit(page146)

 ShowPingStations(page146)

 ShowParents(page147)

 PrintArea(page147)

 ResetColumns(page148)

 SelectColumns(page148)

Toolbar

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TheToolBarnearthetopoftheIHBrowserwindowcontainsbuttonstoaccess

frequentlyusedcommands.Holdthemousebuttonovereachbuttontoviewabrief

"ToolTip"explainingthebutton’suse.

StatusBar

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TheStatusBaratthebottomoftheIHBrowserdisplaysadditionalinformationabout

thecurrentlyselectedmenucommandortoolbarbutton.OntherightsideoftheStatus

Bar,thestatusoftheCapsLockandNumLockkeysonthecomputerkeyboardcanbe

seen.UsethecornerofthestatusbartodragandresizetheIHBrowserwindow.

ListView

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ListViewshowsalistofalltheconnectedradiosinagrid,arrangedsimilarlytodataina

spreadsheet.Resizethewindoworscrollacrosstoseealloftheavailablecolumns.Click

betweencolumnheadersanddragtotheleftorrighttoresizecolumns.Clickoncolumn

headersanddragtotheleftorrighttore‐ordercolumns.

Tip: Use the Reset Columns command to restore the column size and order to their default values.

The default columns and their left-to-right display order are:

 Name

 MAC

 IP

 SSID

 Security

 Channel/Width

 Signal (dBm)

 Parent

 RSTP

Therearemanycolumnsofdatathatcanbedisplayed.Columnscanbehiddenas

needed.UseSelectColumnsfromtheViewMenutochoosethecolumnsofdatato

display.

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AvailabledatacolumnsinListView:

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NameNameoftheobjectintheIHBrowser.Namesaredisplayed

inanestedtreeorder,withgraphicsonsomeentriesthat

canbeidentified:

Computer

WiredNetworkInterface

MasterRadio

RepeaterRadio

ClientRadio

ModeThisUtility

DisplayedforthisinstanceoftheIHBrowser.

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Utility

DisplayedforotherinstancesofIHBrowsersrunningon

tothersystemsonthesamenetwork.

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LocalInterface

Anetworkinterfacedetectedonthehostcomputerrunning

thisinstanceoftheIHBrowser.

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Master

AradioonthenetworkinMastermode.

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EthernetClient

AradioonthenetworkinClientmode.

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Repeater

AradiointhenetworkinRepeatermode.

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MACPhysicalMediaAccessControl(MAC)addressofthedevice.

AllProSoftdeviceshaveaMACaddressoftheform

00:0D:8D:XX:YY:ZZ

IPIPaddressassignedtothedevice.

MaskNetmaskofthedevice.

GatewayIPaddressofthenetworkgatewayforthedevice.

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SSIDServiceSetIdentifier(SSID)isanameassignedtoawireless

network.RepeatersandClientsmustbeconfiguredwiththe

sameSSIDtoconnect.NotethatMasterradiostypically

advertisetheirpresencebybroadcastingtheirSSID.

However,SSIDannouncementscanbedisabledsothatother

wirelessdevicesdonotdetectsuchMasters,IfaMasteris

nottransmittingitsSSID,thisfieldwillindicateHiddenalong

withtheSSID,forexampleProSoft/hidden.

ConnectionAConnectionstateisonlyshownforrepeaters.Scanningis

shownwhiletheradioissearchingforamaster.Connectedis

shownforrepeatersthathavelinkedtoamaster.

Signal(dBm)Thesignalstrength,indBmofaRepeaterorClientdevice’s

linktoaMaster.Masterdevicesdonotreportsignal

strength.

HopsThenumberofwirelessconnectionsadeviceisawayfrom

thewiredconnectionofaMaster.Thisvalueisalways1fora

Masterradio.ForRepeaterdevicesisitaminimumof2,but

canbehigherifthereareadditionalhopstotheMaster.

Clientdevicesdonotdisplayahopvalue.

ParentTheMACaddressoftheParentradiotowhichthisRepeater

orClientislinked.NotshownforMasterdevices.

AssociationsThenumberofnetworkelementstowhicharadiohasa

wirelessconnection.

BridgesThenumberofdevicetowhichthisdevicehasawireless

connection.Forexample,ifoneRepeaterandoneClientare

linkedtoaMaster,theMastershows2inthisfield,andthe

otherdevicesshow1.

Tx(kbits/sec)Thisisamovingaverageoftransmitthroughputin

kilobits/second.Itdoesnotcountpacketoverhead,only

payloaddata.

Rx(kbits/sec)Thisisamovingaverageofreceivethroughputin

kilobits/second.Itdoesnotcountpacketoverhead,only

payloaddata.

FWVerFirmwareversionnumber.ForNetworkinterfaces,thisisthe

versionofthecommunicationengineintheIHBrowser.For

radios,thisistheversionofthefirmwarecodeintheradio.

Thisisnottheversionoftheimagefileinstalledintothe

radio(forthatinformationseeImageVerdescribedbelow)..

BootVerForwirednetworkinterfaces,thisistheversionofthe

networkcommunicationengineintheIHBrowser(e.g.

WinXP,WinVista.)Forradios,thisistheversionofthe

bootloadercodeintheradio.

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ImageThis is the version of the firmware image that the radio

is currently running. It can be primary or secondary.

Each radio has two copies of operating firmware

installed, and the radio will automatically transition from

one to the other if one of them becomes corrupted.

CompressionFirmwareimagesintheradiocanbeeithercompressedor

uncompressed.

EthernetTheEthernetstatusisAttachedforaradioconnectedtoa

wiredEthernetnetwork,otherwiseDetached.

Channel/WidthTheoperatingchannelandchannelwidth.Thewidthvalue

willalwaysbe20MHzexcepton802.11ndeviceswhereit

canbe20MHzor40MHz.Example:48,20forchannel48

witha20MHzchannelwidth.

SecurityThis indicates the encryption setting for the radio. Valid

setting are WPA/WPA2-AES; WPA/WPA2-TKIP;

WPA/WPA2-AES&TKIP; WPA-TKIP+WEP128;

WEP128; WEP64; and none.

MissesThisisthenumberoftimestheIHBrowserhas

unsuccessfullyattemptedtocontactthedevice.Ideallythis

numbershouldalwaysbezero.

RSTPThisisthesettingforRSTPintheradio.Allowedstatesare

Enabled,Disabled,andSTP.TheSTPstateisalegacy“non‐

rapid”SpanningTreeoption.Allradiosonanetworkmust

havethesameRSTPstatetolinkproperly.

LinkTimeThelinktimeofthedevice,forexample24d,13h,10m,32s.

TXRateThisisthecurrenteffectivedatarateofthedevice.Thismay

beslowerthantheconfigurednominalratebecauseof

retriesorotherenvironmentalfactors.For802.11a/b/g

devices,thedatarateisexpressedinkilobitsormegabitsper

second(e.g.54Mb/s.)For802.11ndevices,thedatais

expressedinMCSratesfrom0to31(e.g.MCS16.)

TemperatureTheinternaltemperatureoftheradioasmeasuredonthe

circuitboardindegreesCelsius.Notethatinternal

measuredtemperaturemayinsomecasesexceedambient

temperaturerating.

Retries(%)This value is the percentage of packets transmitted

more than once during the last five-second interval.

UptimeTheamountoftimethedevicehasbeenrunningsincethe

lastpowercycleorreset.Forexample1d,4h,13m,25s.

ProductThetypeofRLX2radio.ThevaluescanbeRLX2‐IHA,RLX2‐

IHG,RLX2‐IHFN,orRLX2‐IHW.

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ImageVerThisisthenametheimagefileloadedintotheradio.It

matchestheFirmwarelabeldisplayedonthemainradio

webpage.Forexample,RLX2_v0016_M.

P State

TopologyView

Toseehowradiosareconnectedtogetherinthenetwork,selectTopologyViewfrom

theViewmenu.TheTopologyviewshowsadiagramofthenetwork’swireless

connections.Ifaradiodoesnotappearintheview,itisnotconnectedtothenetwork.

Tochangethewayaradioislinkedtothenetwork,connecttoitandmakechanges

throughitsWebpage.Forinformationonthesesettings,seeParentLinksettings(page

80).

Inthetopologyview,double‐clickaradiotologintotheRadioConfiguration/

DiagnosticUtilityandchangetheradio’ssettings.Toviewaradio’sproperties,right‐click

onaradiorepresentationinthetopologyviewandthenselectPropertiesfromthe

resultingmenu.



RefertoTopologyViewkey(page143)foranexplanationofthesymbolsthatappearin

thisview.

TopologyViewKey

Forinformationontheoptionswhenright‐clickingaradioicon,seeIHBrowseroptions.

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Master;alwaysshownatthetop

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Radiolinkedtothenetwork

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Radionotlinked;noparent

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AnEthernetconnectionexiststotheradio;doesnotindicate

thenumberofdevicesontheconnection



Wirelessclients(PCMCIAcards)arelinkedtothisradio;the

numberofclientslinkedisindicatedbythenumberofboxes



Signalstrength;thewidthofthelineisnotcalibrated

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Alternateparents.

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ZoomIn

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UsetheZOOMINcommandinTopologyViewtoenlargethesizeoftheitemsintheIH

Browserwindow.

ZoomOut

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UsetheZOOMOUTcommandinTopologyViewtoreducethesizeoftheitemsintheIH‐

Browserwindow.

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ZoomtoFit

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UsetheZOOMTOFITcommandinTopologyViewtochangethesizeoftheitemssothat

theentirenetworkfitswithintheIHBrowserwindow.

ShowPingStations

PingStationsareothercomputersrunninganinstanceofIHBrowser.Totestlatency

betweenpointsonthenetwork,selectapingstation,opentheOperationsmenu,and

thenchooseStartPingSession.

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ShowParents‐All

TheShowParentsfunctiondisplaysthepossiblealternateparentsforarepeater

graphicallyinthetopologyview.Thelinkfromtherepeatertoitscurrentparentwillbe

showninred.Iftherepeatercanhearotherradiosinthenetwork,linkstothoseradios

willbeshowninblue.Thisgivesagraphicalrepresentationofthenumberofalternate

pathsavailabletoaradioshoulditsparentlinkgodown.Adetailedlistofeachofthe

alternatescanbeseenbyright‐clickingandselecting‘ScanList'.Thislist,though,shows

notonlyradiosinthesamenetworkbutalso802.11radiosonothernetworks.

ByselectingAll,alternatepathsforallrepeatersinthenetworkwillbeshown.By

selectingOne,alternatepathswillbeshownonlyfortheonerepeaterthatiscurrently

selected.

ShowParents–AllisonlyavailableintheTopologyView.

ShowParents‐One

ThisissimilartoShowParents–Allexceptthatonlythecurrentparentisshown.

PrintArea

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UsethePrintAreacommandtoshowtheborderaroundtheareaoftheIHBrowser

window.Toprint,usethePrintcommandontheFilemenu.

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ResetColumns

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UsetheResetColumnscommandtorestorethecolumnsizeandordertotheirdefault

values.Apromptwillappeartoconfirmthisaction.

SelectColumns

UsetheSelectColumnscommandtodisplaythedatafieldsshowninListView.

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HelpMenu

TheHelpmenucontainsthefollowingcommands:

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 HelpTopics(page149)

 HelpIndex

 AbouttheIHBrowser(page153)

HelpTopics

MostoftheinformationneededtohelpusetheIHBrowserisprovidedinanonlinehelp

system.Itisavailablewhenevertheapplicationisrunning.

Toviewtheonlinehelp,starttheIHBrowser,opentheHelpmenu,andchooseHelp

Topics.

TheIHBrowserHelpSystem

TheIHBrowserhasanonlinehelpsystemthatworkslikeawebbrowser.Eachdialog

boxhasitsownpageinthehelpsystem,whichexplainseachitemonthedialogbox.

Toviewtheonlinehelp,opentheHelpmenuandchooseHelpTopics.

Manyhelppageshavelinksthatareunderlined.Clicktheunderlinedtextto"followa

link"andopenahelppage.

TheSearchtabisusedtosearchforwordsorphrasesinsideahelpfile.Clickatopicfrom

thelisttoviewthehelppage.

TheIndexbuttonshowsanindexofkeywords.Typethefirstfewlettersofakeywordto

jumpdirectlytoatopic.Eachkeywordislinkedtooneormorehelptopics.

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AboutRLXIHBrowser

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UsethiscommandtoviewversioninformationabouttheIHBrowser.Thisinformation

maybeneededwhencontactingProSoftTechnicalServices.

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RLX2VIRTUALLAN(VLAN)

FUNCTIONALITY

VirtualLocalAreaNetworks(VLANs)aretypicallyusedforsegmentationofcorenetwork

componentsandnetworkaccessrules.AVLANprovidestheequivalentofawiredpatch

panelthroughsoftware(packetfiltering)ratherthanhardware(physicalwires).

MovingdataovermultiplesubnetsandroutersrequiresaprocessofVLANTagging.

VLANTaggingsimplyaddsextrainformationinthepacketheaderofEthernetframesso

routersknowhowtopassalongthedata.

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TheRLX2(v34)provides:

 TransparentsupportofVLANtags(802.1Q)

 Port/Radio‐basedVLANtaggingwithManagedSwitches

 Port/Radio‐basedVLANtaggingwithoutManagedSwitches

TransparentSupportofVLANTags(802.1Q)

ThefollowingprovidesanexampleoftransparentcommunicationbetweenManaged

SwitchesusingVLANtrunking.

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Port/Radio‐basedVLANTaggingwithManaged

Switches

Inthisexample,thenetworkhasthreeVLANs(capacityfor8).EachVLANhasaccessto

aManagedSwitchpre‐configuredtoassigneachVLANtoaspecificport.Radio’s

supportingtheManagedSwitchpassesonthe802.1Qframes.

ThisscenarioshowssupportforRadiotoRadioVLANsusingoneormoreTrunkLinks.

 PLC,Drive,andHMIcommunicateonVLAN1andwiththeControlNetwork

(samesubnet)

 MobileworkercommunicatestotheSCADAnetworkonly(VLAN2).Thelaptop

communicatestoInternet/BusinessNetworkonly(VLAN3)

RLX2

Repeater/

Bridge

RLX2

Master

RLX2

Repeater/

Bridge

Managed

Switch

(VLAN)

Managed

Switch

(VLAN)

Managed

Switch

(VLAN)

VLAN

Trunk

Port

VLAN

Trunk

Port

VLAN

Trunk

Port

1, 2, 3

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Port/Radio‐basedVLANTaggingwithoutManaged

Switches

Inthefollowingscenario,thenetworkhasthreeVLANs(capacityfor8).EachVLANhas

accesstoaspecificRadioport.TheRadiosupportingtheManagedSwitchpassesonthe

802.1Qframes.ThewirelessnetworkalsosupportsRadiotoRadioVLANsusingoneor

moreTrunkLinks.

PLC,Drive&HMIcommunicateononeVLANonthesamesubnet

MobileWorker/LaptopcommunicatewithafixedserveronVLAN2(separatesubnet).

RLX2

Repeater/

Bridge

RLX2

Master

RLX2

Repeater/

Bridge

Unmanaged

Switch

Managed

Switch

(VLAN)

VLAN

Trunk

Port

(1,2,3)

1,2

2, 3

Drive

Laptop

Control Network

SCADA Network

Internet/Business

QUALITY

Allen-Bradley

Micro

1500

POWER

RUN

FAULT

FORCE

BAT.LO

CONN 0

DCOMM

LSP

DC INPUTS

24 V SINK / SOURCE

DC / RELAY OUT

24 V SOURCE

28BXB

DC POWER

24V

AC INPUT

230 VAC

DC INPUTS

24 VDC SINK / SOUR CE

DC OUTPUT

24 VDC SOURCE

AC/DC OUT

RELAY

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HMI

RLX2

Repeater/

Bridge

RLX2

Master

RLX2

Repeater/

Bridge

Unmanaged

Switch

1, 2

Drive

Laptop

QUALITY

Allen-Bradley

Micro

Logix

1500

POWER

RUN

FAULT

FORCE

BAT.LO

CONN 0

DCOMM

LSP

DC INPUTS

24 V SINK / SOURCE

DC / RELAY OUT

24 V SOURCE

28BXB

DC POW ER

24V

AC INPUT

230 VAC

DC INPUTS

24 VDC SINK / SOURCE

DC OUTPUT

24 VDC SOU RCE

AC/DC OUT

RELAY

Unmanaged

Switch

Internet

Router/

Business

Server 2

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REFERENCE

ProductOverview

TheRLX2radioisanindustrialhigh‐speedEthernetradio.UseitinplaceofEthernet

cablestosavemoney,extendrange,andmakeconnectionsthatmaynototherwisebe

feasible.TheradiooperatesasawirelessEthernetswitch.Anydatathatcanbesent

overawirednetworkcanalsobesentovertheradio.

TheRLX2radioseriesiscertifiedforunlicensedoperationintheUnitedStates,Canada

andEuropeat2.4and5GHz.Withapprovedhigh‐gainantennas,theradioscanachieve

distancesofover5milesline‐of‐sightbetweenthem.Multiplerepeaterscanbeusedto

extendthisrangetofargreaterdistances.

Ahighlyreliablewirelessnetworkcanbedevelopedbycreatingredundant(page93)

wirelesspaths.Multiplemaster(page76)radioscanbeinstalledwithoutanyspecial

programmingorcontrol.Repeater(page76)radioscanconnecttoanymasteratany

time;ifonemastergoesdown,therepeaterconnectstoanother.Likewise,ifarepeater

goesdown,anyrepeaterthatwasconnectedtoitcanreconnecttoadifferentrepeater,

keepingthenetworkintact.Createlarge,self‐healingtree‐likenetworkscanbedonein

thisfashion.FullyredundantpathsarepossiblebecausetheSpanningTree(page93)

protocolintheradiosdisablesandenablespathsasnecessarytoavoidEthernetloops,

whichwouldotherwisehaltcommunications.

Inadditiontoactingasaswitch,everymasterorrepeaterradioinanRLX2wireless

networkcansimultaneouslyactasan802.11a,borgaccesspoint.Thisallows802.11

WiFiclientstoconnectandroambetweenradiosformonitoringofthewirelessnetwork

orgeneralnetworkaccess.TheRLX2hasaspecialclientmode(page52)thatallows

connectionofanyEthernetdevicetoanyexisting802.11a,borgaccesspoint,

regardlessofthebrand(Anexampleofan802.11clientisalaptopwithaWLANcard).



Note: Wi-Fi is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance, used to describe the underlying technology of

wireless local area networks (WLAN) based on the IEEE 802.11 specifications.

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AhighlevelofsecurityisinherentwithAES(AdvancedEncryptionStandard)encryption.

TKIP(TemporalKeyIntegrityProtocol)isalsoavailable.Ifnecessary,addingWEP128or

WEP64(WiredEquivalentProtocol)encryptioninadditiontoAESorTKIPforclientsthat

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donotsupportAEScanbedone.AsimpleMediaAccessControl(MAC)filtertable

restrictstheradiosorclientsthatcanlinktoaselectedradioaccordingtotheMACIDs

enteredinthetable.

Theradioisdesignedforindustrialapplicationswithametalenclosure,DIN‐rail

mounting,andshockandvibrationtestedtoIEC60068.

TheRLX2radioseriesiseasytouse.UsetheRadioConfiguration/DiagnosticUtility,

whichrunsinawebbrowser,toconfiguretheradio.Also,anSNMPmanagercanbe

usedforconfiguration.TheradiocomeswithaWindows‐basedutilitycalledIHBrowser.

Itfindsalltheradiosonthenetworkandlistsinformationaboutthem.Atopologyview

intheIHBrowsershowshowthewirelessnetworkislinkedtogetheratanypointin

time.Firmwareupdatescanbedoneatanytimefromanywhereonthenetwork.This

includesoverthewirelesslinkorovertheInternet.

ProSoftTechnologyradioscaneasilybeinstalledintoneworexistingsystems.The

softwareandmanualscanbedownloadedfromtheDVDorProSoftTechnology’sweb

siteatwww.prosoft‐technology.com.

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CompatibilitywithProSoftRLXIBSeriesRadios

TheRLX2seriesradiosare100%functionallycompatiblewithProSoft’slegacyRLXIB‐IHA,

RLXIB‐IHG,andRLXIB‐IHWradiomodels.ThisallowscustomerswithRLXIBseriesradiosto

addRLX2radiostotheirexistingnetworkswithoutanyreconfigurationofexistingassetsor

obsolescenceissues.ThemaindifferencesintheRLX2seriesradiosarethefollowing

improvements:

1 Differentenclosuresizeformoreefficientheatdissipation.

2 Faster,moreefficientelectronicsthatconsumelesspower.

3 GigabitEthernet.

4 MicroSDmemorycardsforconfigurationdatastorage.

5 Internaltemperaturesensor.

TheRLX2seriesradioswillacquireadditionalfunctionalityasnewfirmwarefeaturesare

added.ThesenewfeatureswillnotbeportedtotheRLXIBradios,buttheRLX2radioswill

continuetoworkwithRLXIBradiosusingtheirexistingfunctionality.

TheRLX2‐IHNFisan802.11ndevicethatdoesnothaveanRLXIBseriesequivalent.Itcannot

functionasarepeatertoProSoft’sRLXIB‐IHxNseriesradioproducts.Specificdifferencesby

productarenotedinthefollowingtable.Specificationsthathavenotchangedbetweenthe

RLXIBandRLX2seriesproductsarenotlisted.

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RLXIB‐

IHA

RLX2‐

IHA

RLXIB‐IHG RLX2‐IHG RLXIB‐IHW RLX2‐IHWRLX2‐IHNF

Dimensions4.5/115

Wx

4.6/117

Hx

1.75/45

D

(inches/

mm)

5.82/14

8Wx

4.64/11

8Hx

1.48/38

D

(inches/

mm)

4.5/115Wx

4.6/117Hx

1.75/45D

(inches/

mm)

5.82/148W

x

4.64/118H

x1.48/38D

(inches/

mm)

4.5/115Wx

4.6/117Hx

1.75/45D

(inches/

mm)

5.82/148W

x

4.64/118H

x1.48/38D

(inches/

mm)

5.82/148Wx

4.64/118Hx

1.48/38D

(inches/mm)

Weight1.1lbs

(499g)

1.1lbs

(499g)

1.1lbs

(499g)

1.1lbs

(499g)

1.06lbs

(479g)

1.06lbs

(479g)

1.1lbs(499g)

TypicalPower

Consumption

<9W5.7W <9W 4.5W <6W4.5W7.1W

MaxPower

Consumption

9W10W 9W 8W 6W 8W9W

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Activeantenna

ports

111 1 1Tx/Rx,1

optionalRx

only

1Tx/Rx,1

optionalRx

only

1,2,or3,

MIMOor

independent

antennas

EthernetSpeeds10/100

MBit

10/100/

1000

MBit

10/100

MBit

10/100/

1000MBit

10/100

MBit

10/100/

1000MBit

10/100/

1000MBit

NETandMOD

StatusLEDs

  

FastRoaming   

microSDcard



 

Onboard

temperaturesensor

   

5GHzbandDFS

channels

  

UseRLXIB

FirmwareImage

  

UseRLX2Firmware

Image

 

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DimensionalDrawings

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MasterChannel‐FrequencyTable

Thefollowingtableshowsthechannels/frequenciesavailableineachRLX2radio.Note

thatradiosconfiguredforFCCandETSIregulatorydomainsdonothavethesame

channelsavailable.Also,somechannelsmayhaveusageorpowerrestrictions(e.g.

indoorversusoutdoor)insomelocations.TheRLX2‐IHNF,‐IHNF‐WandRLX2‐IHNF‐WC

DFSbandsaredisabledformodelsbeingsold/shippedintheU.S.

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FCC

RLX2‐XXX‐Aversions

ETSI

RLX2‐XXX‐Eversions

Channel

Number

CenterFrequency

(MHz)IHAIHGIHNFIHWIHAIHGIHNFIHW

12412  

22417 

32422 

42427 

52432 

62437 

72442 

82447 

92452 

102457 

112462 

122467 

132472 

365180 

405200 

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445220

485240

52(DFS)5260

56(DFS)5280

60(DFS)5300

64(DFS)5320

100(DFS)5500

104(DFS)5520

108(DFS)5540

112(DFS)5560

116(DFS)5580

120(DFS)5600

124(DFS)5620

128(DFS)5640

132(DFS)5660

136(DFS)5680

140(DFS)5700

1495745

1535765

1575785

1615805

1655825

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FCCEmissionRegulations

ThefollowingchartsshowthemaximumemissionsallowedfortheFCCintheUnited

States.Thesedatashouldonlybeconsideredguidelines.ConsultofficialFCCdocuments

forthelatestofficialregulations.

RadioHardware

RadioPowerRequirements(RLX2‐IHNF‐W)

ThesecablesareavailableforpurchasefromProSoftTechnology:

DescriptionProSoftPartNumber

PowerCable,3m(7ft),M12toun‐

terminatedleads

CULPWR‐M12‐010

PowerCable,10m(33ft),M12toun‐

terminatedleads

CULPWR‐M12‐033

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TheRLX2‐IHNF‐WandWCradiosacceptPoEconfiguration.However,theRLX2‐IHNF

radioisequippedwithapowerM12port(IEC61076‐2‐101).TheRLX2‐IHNF‐WC

EthernetandPoEcableprotrudesfromthemodule.ThereisnoM12port.

ContactAssignmentoftheM12Socket

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BK(Black)andBU(Blue)wiresaretiedtogetherandconnectto“+”.

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BN(Brown)andWH(White)wiresaretiedtogetherandconnectedto“‐“.

PinAssignmentM12Socket,4‐pos,A‐coded,ViewFemaleSide

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RadioPowerRequirements(Allotherradios)

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Note:ThefollowinginstructionsdonotpertaintotheRLX2‐IHNF‐Wradio.

TheRLX2radiosacceptvoltagesbetween10and24VDC,withanaveragepowerdraw

oflessthan8Watts.Adetachablepowerconnectorcomeswiththeradio,asshown

below.Theconnectorterminalsarelabeled+(positiveDCconnection)and‐(DCground

connection).

TheAC‐to‐DCpowersupplyadaptersuppliedwiththeoptionalRLX‐IHBTKBenchTestKit

canbeused.TheDCpowerwiresmustbelessthan3metersinlengthtomeet

regulatoryrequirements.

Important:Whenwiringthepowerconnectorsuppliedwiththeradio,besureto

observetheproperpolaritymarkingsonthepowerconnector.Wiringtheconnector

incorrectlycancauseseriousdamagetotheradiowhichwillnotbecoveredunderthe

ProSoftwarranty.

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ThePowerConnector(ProSoftpartnumber002‐0116)isshownontheleftinthephoto

above.Notethe+and–polaritymarkings.Thewireinstallationtool(ProSoftpart

number357‐0061)shownontherightishelpfulforinstallingwiresintothespring‐

loadedcontactsinsidepowerconnector.

Tousetheinstallationtool,insertitintotheconnectorasshown:

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Pressdownontheinstallationtooltouseitasalevelwhichwillopentheconnector’s

contactstoinsertawire.Aproperly‐wiredpowerconnectorisshown:

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TheRLX2radiosacceptpowerfrom802.3afModeBorpassivePoweroverEthernet

sourcessupplying48VDC,withanaveragepowerdrawoflessthan8watts.ProSoft

offersthefollowingpassivePoEinjectorsforusewiththeRLX2radios:

POE‐48I‐ACPoweroverEthernetInjector,ACinput

POE‐48I‐DC‐DCPoweroverEthernetInjector,9to36VDCinputvoltage

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Theradioshallbeinstalledbytrainedpersonnelonly,asoutlinedintheinstallation

instructionsprovidedwitheachradio.

Theequipmentshallbeinstalledbyaqualifiedinstaller/electrician.The

installer/electricianisresponsibleforobtainingasecuredgroundconnectionbetween

thelugterminalonthesurgeprotectortoaverifiedcommongroundpointusinga

minimum6AWGgaugewire.Thismustbedonewhenattachingpowerlinestothe

radioduringinstallation.

Asolidgroundconnectionshouldbeverifiedusingameterpriortoapplyingpowerto

theradio.Failingtosecureapropergroundcouldresultinseriousinjuryordeathasa

resultofalightningstrike.

UsingPoweroverEthernet(PoE)topowerremotedeviceshasseveraladvantages

including:

 "CarrierClass"PowerOverEthernetSystem.

 Powercanbesuppliedoverlongdistances,upto300feet.

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 Powercanbeavailablewherevernetworkaccessisavailable.

 Thepowersupplycanbecentrallylocatedwhereitcanbeattachedtoan

uninterruptiblepowersupply.

 Theuserhastheabilitytoeasilypoweronresettheattachedequipmentfroma

remotelocation.

 Thereisnoneedtorunadditionalpowercablingtothedeviceaspowercanbe

suppliedovertheCAT5,CAT5E,orCAT6Ethernetcable.

 UsedforremotemountedradiostosaveoncostofcoaxandreduceRFlosses.

 Built‐inEthernetSurgeprotectiontopreventequipmentdamage.

 OverloadandShortCircuitprotection.

EthernetCableSpecifications

TherecommendedcableisCategory5orbetter.ACategory5cablehasfourtwisted

pairsofwires,whicharecolor‐codedandcannotbeswapped.Themoduleusesonly

twoofthefourpairswhenrunningat10MBitor100MBitspeeds.Alleightwiresare

usedwhenrunningat1000MBitspeeds.

Category5eorbettercableisrecommendedfor1000MBitspeeds.

TheEthernetportonthemoduleisAuto‐Sensing.UseeitherastandardEthernet

straight‐throughcableoracrossovercablewhenconnectingthemoduletoanEthernet

hub,a10/100/1000Base‐TEthernetswitch,ordirectlytoaPC.Themodulewilldetect

thecabletypeandusetheappropriatepinstosendandreceiveEthernetsignals.

EthernetcablingislikeU.S.telephonecables,exceptthatithaseightconductors.Some

hubshaveoneinputthatcanaccepteitherastraight‐throughorcrossovercable,

dependingonaswitchposition.Inthiscase,ensuretheswitchpositionandcabletype

agree.

RefertoEthernetcableconfiguration(page169)foradiagramofhowtoconfigure

Ethernetcable.

EthernetCableConfiguration(RLX2‐IHNF‐W)

TheRLX2‐IHNF‐WweatherproofradiousescableswithM12connectorsononeendand

RJ45connectorsontheother.ThesearePoEcablesandyoucanpurchasedirectlyfrom

ProSoftTechnology:

DescriptionProSoftPartNumber

NetworkCable,2m(7ft)M12toRJ45CURJ45‐M12‐007

NetworkCable,10m(33ft)M12toRJ45CURJ45‐M12‐033

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ThisPoEcablecontainsanM12(IP65,IP67)connectorononeendthatattachestothe

radio.TheotherendcontainsanRJ45connectorforanetworkconnectionorpower

injector.

PinAssignments

M12socket,8‐pos,A‐coded,female

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RJ45pinassignment

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CircuitDiagram

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EthernetCableConfiguration(allotherradios)

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Straight‐ThoughCable

RJ‐45PinRJ‐45Pin

1Rx+1Tx+

2Rx‐ 2Tx‐

3Tx+3Rx+

6Tx‐ 6Rx‐

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CrossoverCable

RJ‐45PinRJ‐45Pin

1Rx+3Tx+

2Rx‐ 6Tx‐

3Tx+1Rx+

6Tx‐ 2Rx‐

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RLX2‐IHADetailedSpecifications

Radio

FrequencyBand

(Variesbycountry)

802.11a

5.150GHzto5.250GHz(FCC/ETSI)

5.725GHzto5.850GHz(FCC)

WirelessStandards802.11a,802.11i

TransmitPower(Programmable)

(variesbycountry)

24dBm(250mW)@6Mbps

24dBm(250mW)@24Mbps

21dBm(125mW)@54Mbps

Channeldatarates(Modulation)802.11a:54,48,36,24,18,12,9,6Mbps(OFDM)

ReceiverSensitivity(Typical)‐92dBm@6Mbps

‐84dBm@24Mbps

‐72dBm@54Mbps

ChannelSelection36,40,44,48,149,153,157,161,165

SecurityWPA2‐ 802.11iwith128bitAES‐CCM

LegacyWPATKIP,WEPsupport

MACIDfilter

Adminpassword

Physical

EnclosureExtrudedaluminumwithDINandpanelmount

Size14.8 x 11.8 x 3.8 cm (H x W x D)

5.82 x 4.64 x 1.48 in (H x W x D)

ShockIEC600682‐6(20g,3‐Axis)

VibrationIEC600682‐27(5g,10Hzto150Hz)

EthernetPortsOne10/100/1000Base‐Tconnector,shieldedRJ45

AntennaPort(1)RP‐SMAconnector

Weight1.1lbs(499g)

Environmental

OperatingTemperature-40°C to +75°C (-40°F to +167°F)

HumidityUpto100%RH,withnocondensation

ExternalPower

PoEInjector

PoweroverEthernet

10Vdc to24Vdc

48Vdc

802.3afCompliant

AveragePowerLessthan7Watts

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AgencyApprovals&Certifications

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Wireless Approvals

Visitwww.prosoft‐technology.comforcurrentwirelessapprovalinformation.

Hazardous Locations Regulatory

UL/cUL;Class1,Div2 CSA/CBSafety

ExCertificate(ATEXDirective,Zone2) CEMark

FCC/IC

ETSI

RLX2‐IHGDetailedSpecifications

Radio

FrequencyBand

(Variesbycountry)

802.11g:

2.412GHzto2.462GHz(FCC)

2.412GHzto2.472GHz(ETSI)

WirelessStandards802.11g,802.11i

TransmitPower(Programmable)

(variesbycountry)

24dBm(250mW)at11Mbps

24dBm(250mW)at24Mbps

21dBm(125mW)at54Mbps

Channeldatarates(Modulation)802.11g:(OFDM)Mbps

54,48,36,24,18,12,9,and6

802.11b:(DSS)Mbps

11,5.5,2,and1

ReceiverSensitivity(Typical)‐94dBm@1Mbps

‐92dBm@11Mbps

‐84dBm@24Mbps

‐72dBm@54Mbps

ChannelSelection802.11g:

1to11(FCC)

1to13(ETSI)

SecurityWPA2‐802.11iwith128bitAES‐CCM

LegacyWPATKIP,WEPsupport

MACIDfilter

Adminpassword

Physical

EnclosureExtrudedaluminumwithDINandpanelmount

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Size14.8 x 11.8 x 3.8 cm (H x W x D)

5.82 x 4.64 x 1.48 in (H x W x D)

ShockIEC600682‐6(20g,3‐Axis)

VibrationIEC600682‐27(5g,10Hzto150Hz)

EthernetPortsOne10/100/1000Base‐Tconnector,shieldedRJ45

AntennaPort(1)RP‐SMAconnector

Weight1.1lbs(499g)

Environmental

OperatingTemperature-40°C to +75°C (-40°F to +167°F)

HumidityUpto100%RH,withnocondensation

ExternalPower

PoEInjector

PoweroverEthernet

10Vdcto24Vdc

48Vdc

802.3afCompliant

AveragePowerConsumptionLessthan7Watts

AgencyApprovals&Certifications

Wireless Approvals

Visitwww.prosoft‐technology.comforcurrentwirelessapprovalinformation.

Hazardous Locations Regulatory

UL/cUL;Class1,Div2 CSA/CBSafety

ExCertificate(ATEXDirective,Zone2) CEMark

FCC/IC

ETSI

RLX2‐IHNF,‐W,‐WCDetailedSpecifications

Radio

Frequency Band Frequency Channel

(Variesbycountry)2.412GHzto2.462GHz(FCC)

2.412GHzto2.472GHz(ETSI)

1to11

1to13

5.150GHzto5.250GHz(FCC/ETSI)

5.250GHzto5.350GHz(FCC/ETSI)

5.470GHzto5.725GHz(FCC/ETSI)

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5.725GHzto5.850GHz(FCC)

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*DFSchannelswithRADARdetection

36,40,44,48

52,56,60,64

100,104,108,112,

116*,132,136,

140*

149,153,157,161,

165

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Frequency Band Frequency Channel

WirelessStandards802.11n,802.11a,802.11g,

802.11h(DFS),802.11i(Security),802.11e(QoS),802.1Q(VLAN),

802.3af(PoE)IGMPv2

TransmitPower

(Programmable)

*SubjecttoRegional

RegulatoryLimits

22dBm@MCS0,MCS8(802.11a/g/n)

17dBm@MCS7,MCS15(802.11a/g/n)

22dBm@6Mbps(802.11a/g)

17dBm@54Mbps(802.11a/g)

AntennaImpact:

3Antennas/MIMO:Usevaluesabove

2Antennas:Subtract3dBfromvaluesabove

1Antenna:Subtract5dBfromvaluesabove

Channeldatarates

(802.11n)

MCS0throughMCS15,

1Channelor2Channelswith1Streamor2Streams

1 Channel 2 Channels Rate Streams

6.5Mbps15MbpsMCS01Stream

65Mbps150MbpsMCS7

13Mbps30MbpsMCS82Streams

130Mbps300MbpsMCS15

Channeldatarates

(802.11a/b/g)

802.11a/b/g:

54,48,36,24,18,12,11,9,6,5.5,2.1Mbps

ReceiverSensitivity

(Typical)

‐92dBm@MCS0,MCS8(802.11an/gn)

‐70dBm@MCS7,MCS15(802.11an)

‐74dBm@MCS7,MCS15(802.11gn)

‐92dBm@6Mbps(802.11an/gn)

‐74dBm@54Mbps(802.11a)

‐78dBm@54Mbps(802.11g)

SecurityWPA2Enterprise–802.11iAESw/RADIUS[PEAP,TTLS,TLS,EAP]

WPA2Personal–802.11iAESw/Passphrase

LegacyWPATKIP,WEPsupport

MACIDfilter

Physical

EnclosureExtrudedaluminumwithDINrailmount(RLX2‐IHNF)

Die‐castAluminumwithPoleMount(RLX2‐IHNF‐WandRLX2‐

IHNF‐WC)

Size14.8 x 11.8 x 3.8 cm (H x W x D) (RLX2-IHNF)

5.82 x 4.64 x 1.48 in (H x W x D)

29.2x17.8x7cm(HxWxD)(RLX2‐IHNF‐WandWC)

11.5x7x2.75in(HxWxD)

ShockIEC600682‐6(20g,3‐Axis)

VibrationIEC600682‐27(5g,10Hzto150Hz)

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EthernetPortOne10/100Base‐Tconnector,shieldedRJ45

IEEE802.3,802.3u,802.3x

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Water/DustTightM12Connector(RLX2‐IHNF‐W)

10/100/1000MbpsIEEE802.3,802.3u,802.3x,802.3af

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Water/DustTight(RLX2‐IHNF‐WC)

10/100/1000Base‐Tconnector,shieldedRJ45

IEEE802.3,802.3u,802.3x,802.3af

AntennaPort(3)RP‐SMAconnector

(3)N‐TypeConnectors(RLX2‐IHNF‐WandWC)

PersonalityModuleIndustrialSDMemoryModule

NoPersonalityModuleonRLX2‐IHNF‐WorWC

Weight1.1lbs(499g)‐RLX2‐IHNF

3lb9oz(1.6Kg–lesscablesandpolemountingbracket)

Environmental

OperatingTemperature-40°C to +75°C (-40°F to +167°F)

HumidityUpto100%RH,withnocondensation

ExternalPower

PoEInjector

10Vdcto24Vdc

802.3afPoEPoweredDevice

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TheRLX2‐IHNF‐WChasa6‐footattachedcableanda6‐foot

attachedCAT6cableforPoEapplications

AveragePower

Consumption

Lessthan8Watts

AgencyApprovals&Certifications



Wireless Approvals

Visitwww.prosoft‐technology.comforcurrentwirelessapprovalinformation.

Hazardous Locations Regulatory

UL/cUL;ClassI,Div2 CSA/CBSafety

ExCertificate(ATEXDirective,Zone2) CEMark

FCC:OQ7SR71A

IC:5265A‐SR71A

ETSI

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Radio

FrequencyBand

(Variesbycountry)

802.11b/g:

2.412GHzto2.462GHz(FCC)

2.412GHzto2.472GHz(ETSI)

802.11a:

5.150GHzto5.250GHz(FCC/ETSI)

5.725GHzto5.850GHz(FCC)

WirelessStandards802.11a,802.11b,802.11g,802.11i

TransmitPower(Programmable)

(variesbycountry)

Upto50mWwithoutamplifier

Upto500mWwithoptionalamplifier.(notapplicable

forhazardouslocations)

Channeldatarates(Modulation)802.11b:11,5.5,2,1Mbps

(DSSS‐BPSK,QPSK,CCK)

802.11g:54,48,36,24,18,12,9,6Mbps(OFDM)

802.11a:54,48,36,24,18,12,9,6Mbps(OFDM)

ReceiverSensitivity(Typical)‐90dBm@1Mbps

‐85dBm@11Mbps

‐82dBm@24Mbps

‐75dBm@54Mbps

ChannelsSelection1to13(802.11b/g)

36,40,44,48,149,153,157,161,165(802.11a)

SecurityWPA2‐802.11iwith128bitAES‐CCM

LegacyWPATKIP,WEPsupport

MACIDfilter

Adminpassword

Physical

EnclosureExtrudedaluminumwithDINandpanelmount

Size14.8 x 11.8 x 3.8 cm (H x W x D)

5.82 x 4.64 x 1.48 in (H x W x D)

VibrationIEC600682‐6(20g,3‐Axis)

ShockIEC600682‐27(5g,10Hzto150Hz)

EthernetPortsOne10/100/1000Base‐Tconnector,shieldedRJ45

AntennaPorts(2)RP‐SMAconnectors

Weight1.06lbs(479g)

Environmental

OperatingTemperature‐40°Cto+75°C(‐40°Fto+167°F)

HumidityUpto100%RH,withnocondensation

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ExternalPower

PoEInjector

PoweroverEthernet

10Vdcto24Vdc

48Vdc

802.3afCompliant

AveragePowerLessthan6Watts

AgencyApprovals&Certifications

Wireless Approvals

Visitwww.prosoft‐technology.comforcurrentwirelessapprovalinformation.

Hazardous Locations Regulatory

UL/cUL;Class1,Div2 CSA/CBSafety

ExCertificate(ATEXDirective,Zone2) CEMark

FCC/IC

ETSI

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ANTENNACONFIGURATION

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Antennas

Connectingantennastotheradio,seeConnectingAntennas

Considerimportantelectricalcharacteristicswhenselectingantennas:

 Antennapattern

 Antennagain

 Antennapolarity

 Antennalocation,spacing,andmounting

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ControlDrawing

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AntennaPattern

Informationbetweentwowirelessdevicesistransferredviaelectromagneticenergy

radiatedbyoneantennaandreceivedbyanother.Theradiatedpowerofmostantennas

isnotuniforminalldirectionsandhasvaryingintensities.Theradiatedpowerinvarious

directionsiscalledthepatternoftheantenna.Eachantennashouldbemountedsothat

itsdirectionofstrongestradiationintensitypointstowardtheotherantennaor

antennaswithwhichitwillexchangesignals.

Completeantennapatternsarethree‐dimensional,althoughoftenonlyatwo‐

dimensionalsliceofthepatternisshownwhenalltheantennasofinterestarelocated

inroughlythesamehorizontalplane,alongthegroundratherthanaboveorbelowone

another.

Aslicetakeninahorizontalplanethroughthecenter(orlookingdownonthepattern)is

calledtheazimuthpattern.Aviewfromthesiderevealsaverticalplaneslicecalledthe

elevationpattern.

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Anantennapatternwithequalornearlyequalintensityinalldirectionsis

omnidirectional.Intwodimensions,anomnidirectionalpatternappearsasacircle(in

threedimensions,anomnidirectionalantennapatternwouldbeasphere,butno

antennahastrueomnidirectionalpatterninthreedimensions).Anantennais

consideredomnidirectionalifoneofitstwodimensionalpatterns,eitherazimuthor

elevationpattern,isomnidirectional.

Beamwidthisanangularmeasurementofhowstronglythepowerisconcentratedina

particulardirection.Beamwidthisathreedimensionalquantitybutcanbebrokeninto

two‐dimensionalslicesjustliketheantennapattern.Thebeamwidthofan

omnidirectionalpatternis360degreesbecausethepowerisequalinalldirections.

AntennaGain

Antennagainisameasureofhowstronglyanantennaradiatesinitsdirectionof

maximumradiationintensitycomparedtohowstrongtheradiationwouldbeifthe

samepowerwereappliedtoanantennathatradiatedallofitspowerequallyinall

directions.Usingtheantennapattern,thegainisthedistancetothefurthestpointon

thepatternfromtheorigin.Foranomnidirectionalpattern,thegainis1,orequivalently

0dB.Thehighertheantennagainis,thenarrowerthebeamwidth,andviceversa.

Theamountofpowerreceivedbythereceivingantennaisproportionaltothe

transmitterpowermultipliedbythetransmitantennagain,multipliedbythereceiving

antennagain.Therefore,theantennagainsandtransmittingpowercanbetradedoff.

Forexample,doublingoneantennagainhasthesameeffectasdoublingthe

transmittingpower.Doublingbothantennagainshasthesameeffectasquadrupling

thetransmittingpower.

AntennaPolarity

Antennapolarizationreferstothedirectioninwhichtheelectromagneticfieldlines

pointasenergyradiatesawayfromtheantenna.Ingeneral,thepolarizationiselliptical.

Thesimplestandmostcommonformofthisellipticalpolarizationisastraightline,or

linearpolarization.Ofthetransmittedpowerthatreachesthereceivingantenna,only

theportionthathasthesamepolarizationasthereceivingantennapolarizationis

actuallyreceived.Forexample,ifthetransmittingantennapolarizationispointedinthe

verticaldirection(verticalpolarization,forshort),andthereceivingantennaalsohas

verticalpolarization,themaximumamountofpowerpossiblewillbereceived.Onthe

otherhand,ifthetransmitantennahasverticalpolarizationandthereceivingantenna

hashorizontalpolarization,nopowershouldbereceived.Ifthetwoantennashave

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linearpolarizationsorientedat45°toeachother,halfofthepossiblemaximumpower

willbereceived.

WhipAntennas

Usea1/2wavestraightwhipor1/2wavearticulatingwhip(2dBi)antennawithRLX2

radios.Theseantennasarethemostcommontypeinusetoday.Suchantennasare

approximately5incheslong,andarelikelytobeconnectedtoaclientradio(connected

directlytotheradioenclosure).Theseantennasdonotrequireagroundplane.

Articulatingantennasandnon‐articulatingantennasworkinthesameway.An

articulatingantennabendsattheconnection.

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CollinearArrayAntennas

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Acollineararrayantennaistypicallycomposedofseverallinearantennasstackedon

topofeachother.Themorestackedelementsithas,thelongeritis,andthemoregain

ithas.Itisfedinononeend.

Theantennapatternistorroidal.Itsazimuthalbeamwidthis360°(omnidirectional).Its

verticalbeamwidthdependsonthenumberofelements/length,wheremoreelements

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equalnarrowerbeamwidth.Theantennagainalsodependsonthenumberof

elements/length,wheremoreelementsproducehighergain.Typicalgainis5to10dBi.

Theantennapolarityislinear,orparalleltothelengthoftheantenna.

YagiArrayAntenna

Ayagiantennaiscomposedofanarrayoflinearelements,eachparalleltooneanother

andattachedperpendiculartoandalongthelengthofametalboom.Thefeedis

attachedtoonlyoneoftheelements.Elementsononesideofthefedelementare

longerandactasreflectors;elementsontheothersideareshorterandactasdirectors.

Thiscausestheantennatoradiateinabeamoutoftheendwiththeshorterelements.

Thepatterndependsontheoverallgeometry,includingthenumberofelements,

elementspacing,elementlength,andsoon.Sometimestheantennaisenclosedina

protectivetubehidingtheactualantennageometry.

Theantennapattern(page178)isabeampointedalongtheboomtowardtheendwith

theshorterelements.Thebeamwidthvarieswithantennageometrybutgenerallyis

proportionaltothelength(wherelongerlengthproducesanarrowerbeam).

Theantennagain(page180)varieswithantennageometrybutgenerallyisproportional

tothelength(wherelongerlengthproduceshighergain).Typicalvaluesare6to15dBi.

TheantennapolarityisLinear(paralleltotheelements,perpendiculartotheboom).

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RefertotheAntennaTypesoverviewsectionforothertypesofapprovedantennas

(page183).

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ParabolicReflectorAntennas

Aparabolicreflectorantennaconsistsofaparabolicshapeddishandafeedantenna

locatedinfrontofthedish.Powerisradiatedfromthefeedantennatowardthe

reflector.Duetotheparabolicshape,thereflectorconcentratestheradiationintoa

narrowpattern,resultinginahigh‐gainbeam.

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Theantennapatternisabeampointedawayfromtheconcavesideofthedish.

Beamwidthandantennagainvarywiththesizeofthereflectorandtheantenna

construction.Typicalgainvaluesare15to30dBi.

Theantennapolaritydependsonthefeedantennapolarization.

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RLX2ApprovedAntennas

IntheU.S.andCanada,useantennasthatarespecificallyapprovedbytheU.S.Federal

CommunicationsCommission(FCC)andIndustryCanadaforusewiththeRLX2radios.

ContactProSoftTechnologyorvisitwww.prosoft‐technology.comforacurrentlistof

approvedantennas.

 Whip

 Collineararray

 Yagiarray

 Parabolicreflector

Antennaselectiondependsonwhetherthebi‐directionalamplifierisbeingusedornot.

Foreachapprovedantenna,thereisaspecifiedminimumdistancetheantennasmust

beseparatedfromusersforsafeexposurelimits,accordingtoFCCpart2.1091.

ApprovedantennasinEuropeandothercountriesacceptingCE

ApprovedantennasinMexico

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ApprovedAntennaTable

Usethefollowingapprovedantennaswhentheradiomoduleisconnecteddirectlytoan

antenna.RefertoApprovedantennaswithpowerampforatableofapprovedantennas

withbi‐directionalpoweramplifiers.

Type Pattern Gain Connecto

Size (cm) Min. distance

from Body

1/2WaveOmni2dBSMA‐RP7Hx1.520cm

1/2Waveart.Omni2dBSMA‐RP10Hx1.020cm

CollinearArrayOmni3dBSMA‐RP6Hx3.020cm

CollinearArray,art.Omni5dBSMA‐RP19Hx1.020cm

CollinearArrayOmni5dBSMA‐RP19Hx1.020cm

CollinearArrayOmni8dBN‐RP43Hx1.620cm

CollinearArrayOmni9dBN‐RP43Hx1.620cm

CollinearArrayOmni12dBN‐RP106Hx4.025cm

PatchDirectional8dBSMA‐RP15.0Hx15.020cm

PatchDirectional11dBSMA‐RP22Hx12.722cm

PatchDirectional13dBN‐RP22Hx2228cm

Patch*Directional19dBN‐RP15.5x15.557cm

YagiDirectional14dBN‐RP81Lx9.028cm

Parabolic*Directional15dBN‐RP40Hx51Wx25D36cm

Parabolic*Directional19dBN‐RP58Hx66Wx26D57cm

Parabolic*Directional24dBN‐RP78Hx96Wx29D100cm

*Onlyallowedinapoint‐to‐pointnetwork.

ApprovedAntennasinEurope/CE

Thegainoftheantennaconnectedtothemainantennaport,minustheantennacable

loss,mustbelessthan4dBtostaybelowthe100‐mWEIRPtransmitpowerlimit.

TheAUXportisonlyusedtoreceive;itnevertransmits.

Note: In France, the user is responsible for ensuring that the selected frequency channels comply

with French regulatory standards. At the time of this printing, only channels 10 through 13 can be

used in France.

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ApprovedAntennasinMexico

Thegainoftheantennaconnectedtothemainantennaport,minustheantennacable

loss,mustbelessthan12dBtostaybelowthe650‐mWEIRPtransmitpowerlimit.

Note: In Mexico, the user is responsible for ensuring that the selected frequency channels comply

with Mexican regulatory standards. At the time of this printing, only channels 9 through 11 can be

used outdoors (1 through 8 cannot); however, channels 1 through 11 can all be used indoors.

ApprovedAntennaswithPowerAmp

Whentheradioisusedinconjunctionwiththeamplifier,theantennasarelimitedto

antennaslistedinthefollowingtable.

Type Pattern Gain Connecto

Size (cm) Min. distance from

Body

1/2WaveOmni2dBSMA‐RP7Hx1.520cm

1/2Waveart.Omni2dBSMA‐RP10Hx1.020cm

CollinearArrayOmni3dBSMA‐RP6Hx3.020cm

CollinearArray,art.Omni5dBSMA‐RP19Hx1.020cm

CollinearArrayOmni5dBSMA‐RP19Hx1.020cm

CollinearArrayOmni8dBN‐RP43Hx1.620cm

CollinearArrayOmni9dBN‐RP43Hx1.620cm

CollinearArray*Omni12dBN‐RP106Hx4.025cm

PatchDirectional8dBSMA‐RP15.0Hx15.020cm

Patch*Directional11dBSMA‐RP22Hx12.720cm

Patch*Directional13dBN‐RP22Hx2228cm

Yagi*Directional14dBN‐RP81Lx9.028cm

*Onlyallowedinapoint‐to‐pointnetwork.

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AntennaLocation,Spacing,andMounting

Considerthefollowingpointsregardingantennalocation,spacing,andmounting:

 Whenplacingantennas,ensureaclearlineofsightbetweenthemasterradio's

antennaandalloftheotherradioantennas.

 Ifthesitebasecontainsobstructingterrainorstructures,mounttheantennaona

towerorrooftoptoprovidealine‐of‐sightpath.Theline‐of‐sightconsideration

becomesmoreimportantasthetransmissionpathbecomeslonger.

 Mounttheantennasashighoffthegroundasispractical.Thehigheranantennais

abovetheground,thegreateritsrange.

 Mounttheantennasawayfrommassivestructures.Radiosignalsbounceoffmetal

walls,forexample,whichcancompromiseaclearsignal.

 Mountantennastominimizetheamountofnearbymetalstructuresintheantenna

pattern.

 MounttheantennasandinstallradiosawayfromsourcesofRFinterference.

 Usetheshortestpossibleantennacablelength.Signalslosepoweroverthecable's

distance.

 Chooseantennasthatareappropriateforthenetwork'sintendedfunction.

 Ifantennasareonradiosonthesamenetwork,mountthemsotheyhavethesame

polarity.Iftheantennasareonseparatenetworks,mountthemsotheyhavea

differentantennapolarity—forexample,mountoneantennaverticallyandthe

otherhorizontally.

 Spaceradiosatleastthreefeet(onemeter)apartsotheydonotoverloadeach

other.Ifantennasmustbeneareachother:

o Mountomnidirectionalantennasdirectlyaboveeachother.

o Positiondirectionalantennassotheydonotpointatnearbyantennas.Place

antennassidebysideiftheypointinthesamedirection.Placeantennasbackto

backiftheypointinoppositedirections.

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ContactingTechnicalSupport

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assistinexpeditingthisprocess:

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2 Systemarchitecture

3 Networkdetails

Iftheissueishardwarerelated,wewillalsoneedinformationregarding:

1 Moduleconfigurationandassociatedladderfiles,ifany

2 Moduleoperationandanyunusualbehavior

3 Configuration/Debugstatusinformation

4 LEDpatterns

5 Detailsabouttheserial,Ethernetorfieldbusdevicesinterfacedtothemodule,if

any.

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GLOSSARYOFTERMS

Symbols&Numeric

802.11

AgroupofwirelessspecificationsdevelopedbytheIEEE.Itdetailsawirelessinterface

betweendevicestomanagepackettraffic.

802.11a

Operatesinthe5GHzfrequencyrangewithamaximum54Mbit/secsignalingrate.

802.11b

Operatesinthe2.4GHzIndustrial,Scientific,andMeasurement(ISM)band.Provides

signalingratesofupto11Mbit/secandisthemostcommonlyusedfrequency.

802.11g

Similarto802.11bbutsupportssignalingratesofupto54Mbit/sec.Operatesinthe

heavilyused2.4GHzISMbandbutusesadifferentradiotechnologytoboost

throughput.

802.11i

SometimesWi‐FiProtectedAccess2(WPA2).WPA2supportsthe128‐bitandabove

advancedencryptionStandard,alongwith802.1xauthenticationandkeymanagement

features.

802.11n

DesignedtoraiseeffectiveWLANthroughputtomorethan100Mbit/sec.

Access Point

Agenerictermforan802.11radiothat"attaches"other802.11radios(clients)toa

wirednetwork.SomeAPscanalsobridgetooneanother.

Ad hoc Mode

Wirelessnetworkframeworkinwhichdevicescancommunicatedirectlywithone

anotherwithoutusinganAPoraconnectiontoaregularnetwork.RLX2radioproducts

donotsupportAdhocmode.

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AES

AdvancedEncryptionStandard.NewstandardforencryptionadoptedbytheU.S.

governmentforsecurecommunications.

Amplifier

Adeviceconnectedtoanantennausedtoincreasethesignalstrengthandamplifyweak

incomingsignals.

Antenna

Adeviceconnectedtoawirelesstransceiverthatconcentratestransmittedandreceived

radiowavestoincreasesignalstrengthandthustheeffectiverangeofawireless

network.

ASCII

AmericanStandardCodeforInformationInterchange.Acommunicationmodeinwhich

eacheight‐bitbyteinamessagecontainsoneASCIIcharactercode.ASCIIcharacters(or

hexadecimalcharacters)aresometimesusedasakeytoencryptdataandensureits

securetransmission.

Association

Processwherebytwo802.11radiosestablishcommunicationswitheachother.

RequirementsforcommunicationincludecommonSSID(networknames)and

encryptionsettings.

Authenticate

Theprocessofconfirmingtheidentityofsomeoneconnectingtoanetwork.

Authentication Server

Aback‐enddatabaseserverthatconfirmstheidentityofasupplicanttoan

authenticatorinan802.1x‐authenticatednetwork.

B

Band

Anothertermforspectrumusedtoindicateaparticularsetoffrequencies.Wireless

networkingprotocolsworkineitherthe2.4GHzorthe5GHzbands.

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Bandwidth

(SeeThroughput)

Base Station

SeeWirelessGateway

Baud Rate

Thespeedofcommunicationbetweendevicesonthenetwork.Alldevicesmust

communicateatthesamerate.

bps

BitsperSecond.Ameasureofdatatransmissionspeedacrossanetworkor

communicationschannel;bpsisthenumberofbitsthatcanbesentorreceivedper

second.

C

CACT

CACTisanacronymforChannelAvailabilityCheckTime,aparameterusedinDFS

channelselection.DuringDFSwhenaradiochangeschannels,itmustlistenforthe

CACTonthenewchannelbeforebeginningoperations.FormostchannelstheCACTis

60seconds.

Channel

Oneportionoftheavailableradiospectrumthatalldevicesonawirelessnetworkuseto

communicate.Changingthechannelontheaccesspoint/routercanhelpreduce

interference.

Channel Move Time

Themaximumtimearadiocantaketotransitiontoanotherchannelwhenradaris

detected.Typically10seconds.

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Client, Radio Mode

AradioinClientmodecanconnecttoanyAccessPoint,butcanonlysupportone

Ethernetdevice.SeealsoRepeater,RadioMode.

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Client, Software

Aclientisasoftwareprogram,orthedeviceonwhichthatprogramruns,thatmakes

requestsforinformationfromasoftwareprogram,orthedeviceonwhichthatprogram

runs,inaclient‐serverrelationship.

AClientonanEthernetnetworkisequivalenttoaMasteronaserialnetwork.

Configuration PC

AComputerthatcontainstheconfigurationtoolsfortheRLX2radioseries.

D

dBi

Decibelsreferencedtoan"ideal"isotropicradiatorinfreespace;frequentlyusedto

expressantennagain

dBm

Decibelsreferencedtoonemilliwatt(mW);an"absolute"unitusedtomeasuresignal

power(transmitpoweroutputorreceivedsignalstrength)

DCE

Datacommunicationsequipment.Amodem,forexample.

Decibel (dB)

Ameasureoftheratiobetweentwosignallevels;usedtoexpressgain(orloss)ina

system.

Default Gateway

TheIPaddressofanetworkrouterwheredataissentifthedestinationIPaddressis

outsidethelocalsubnet.Thegatewayisthedevicethatroutesthetrafficfromthelocal

areanetworktoothernetworkssuchastheInternet.

Device-to-Device Network (Peer-to-Peer Network)

Twoormoredevicesthatconnectusingwirelessnetworkdeviceswithouttheuseofa

centralizedwirelessaccesspoint.Alsoknownasapeer‐to‐peernetwork.

DFS

DFSstandsforDynamicFrequencySelection,arequirementforoperationoncertain

frequenciesinthe5GHzbandinmanycountries.WhenaradiooperatesonaDFS

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frequency,itmustsensethepresenceofradarandautomaticallychangetoanother

channelifradarisdetected.

DHCP

ThedynamichostconfigurationprotocolisanInternetprotocol,similartoBootP,for

automatingtheconfigurationofcomputersthatuseTCP/IP.DHCPcanbeusedto

automaticallyassignIPaddresses,todeliverIPstackconfigurationparameters,suchas

thesubnetmaskanddefaultrouter,andtoprovideotherconfigurationinformation,

suchastheaddressesforprinter,time,andnewsservers.

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

Oneoftwoapproaches(withfrequencyhoppingspreadspectrum)forsortingout

overlappingdatasignalstransmittedviaradiowaves.802.11busesDSSS

Directional Antenna

Transmitsandreceivesradiowavesoffthefrontoftheantenna.

Diversity Antenna

Anantennasystemthatusesmultipleantennastoreduceinterferenceandmaximize

receptionandtransmissionquality.

DTE

DataTerminalEquipment,forexample,acomputerorterminal.

Dual Band

Adevicethatiscapableofoperatingintwofrequencies.Onawirelessnetwork,dual‐

banddevicesarecapableofoperatinginboththe2.4GHz(802.11b/g)and5GHz

(802.11a)bands.

E

EAP

ExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol.Aprotocolthatprovidesanauthentication

frameworkforbothwirelessandwiredEthernetenterprisenetworks.

EIRP

Equivalentisotropicallyradiatedpower(EIRP)istheamountofpowerthatwouldhave

tobeemittedbyanisotropicantenna(thatevenlydistributespowerinalldirectionsand

isatheoreticalconstruct)toproducethepeakpowerdensityobservedinthedirection

ofmaximumantennagain.

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Encryption

Methodofscramblingdatasothatonlytheintendedviewerscandecipherand

understandit.

ESD

ElectrostaticDischarge.Cancauseinternalcircuitdamagetothecoprocessor.

ESSID

ExtendedServiceSetIdentifier.Anameusedtoidentifyawirelessnetwork.

F

Firmware

Firmwareistheembeddedsoftwarecodethatthatrunsinthemoduletodirectmodule

function(similartotheBIOSinapersonalcomputer).Thisisdistinguishedfromthe

Setup/DiagnosticApplicationsoftwarethatisinstalledontheConfigurationPC.

Frequency Hopping

Aradiothatrapidlychangesitsoperatingfrequencyseveraltimespersecondfollowing

apre‐determinedsequenceoffrequencies.Thetransmittingandreceivingradiosare

programmedtofollowthesamefrequencyhoppingsequence.

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

Changesorhopsfrequenciesinpatternknowntobothsenderandreceiver.FHSSislittle

influencedbyradiostations,reflections,orotherenvironmentalfactors.However,itis

muchslowerthanDSSS.

Fresnel Zone

Anellipticalareaoneithersideofthestraightlineofsightthatmustalsobeclearfora

long‐rangewirelessnetworktowork.

Full-Duplex

Acommunicationscircuitorsystemdesignedtosimultaneouslytransmitandreceive

twodifferentstreamsofdata.Telephonesareanexampleofafull‐duplex

communicationsystem.Bothpartiesonatelephoneconversationcantalkandlistenat

thesametime.Ifbothtalkatthesametime,theirtwosignalsarenotcorrupted.

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G

Gain

Theamountbywhichanantennaconcentratessignalstrengthinawirelessnetwork.

Gateway

Inwirelessterms,agatewayisanaccesspointwithadditionalsoftwarecapabilitiessuch

asprovidingNATandDHCP.

Guard Interval (GI)

Anintervaloftimebetweendatapackettransmissions.Theguardintervaltimefor

802.11a/b/gsystemsisfixedat800microseconds.802.11ndevicescanalsousea400

microsecondguardinterval,fallingbackto800microsecondsifexcessivedata

corruptionisdetected.

H

Half-Duplex

Acommunicationscircuitorsystemdesignedtotransmitandreceivedata,butnotboth

simultaneously.CBorwalkie‐talkieradiosareanexampleofahalf‐duplex

communicationsystem.Eitherpartiesonaradioconversationmaytalkorlisten;but

bothcannottalkatthesametimewithoutcorruptingeachother'ssignal.Ifone

operatoris"talking",theothermustbe"listening"tohavesuccessfulcommunication.

Hertz.Theinternationalunitformeasuringfrequencyequivalenttotheolderunitof

cyclespersecond.Onemegahertz(MHz)isonemillionhertz.Onegigahertz(GHz)isone

billionhertz.ThestandardUSelectricalpowerfrequencyis60Hz.802.11adevices

operateinthe5GHzband;802.11bandgdevicesoperateinthe2.4GHzband.

I

IEEE

InstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers,Inc.IEEEisaprofessionalorganization

withmembersinover175countriesandisanauthorityintechnicalareassuchas

computerengineeringandtelecommunications.IEEEdevelopedthe802.11

specifications.

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IP Address

A32‐bitidentificationnumberforeachnodeonanInternetProtocolnetwork.These

addressesarerepresentedasfoursetsof8‐bitnumbers(numbersfrom0to255),

separatedbyperiods("dots").

NetworksusingtheTCP/IPProtocolroutemessagesbasedontheIPaddressofthe

destination.Eachnumbercanbe0to255.Forexample,192.168.0.100couldbeanIP

address.EachnodeonthenetworkmusthaveauniqueIPaddress.

K

Key

Asetofinformation(often40toasmuchas256bits)thatisusedasaseedtoan

encryptionalgorithmtoencrypt(scramble)data.Ideally,thekeymustalsobeknownby

thereceivertodecryptthedata.

L

LAN

AsystemofconnectingPCsandotherdeviceswithinthesamephysicalproximityfor

sharingresourcessuchasinternetconnections,printers,files,anddrives.WhenWi‐Fiis

usedtoconnectthedevices,thesystemisknownasawirelessLANorWLAN.

LED

Light‐emittingdiode.

Line of Sight (LoS)

Aclearlinefromoneantennatoanotherinalong‐rangewirelessnetwork.

Link point

ThegraphicalpointnexttoaradioiconthatrepresentstheconnectionpointforRF

communicationsbetweenradios.AnRFconnectionbetweentworadiosiscalledanRF

Linkandisrepresentedasagraphicalblacklinebetweentheradio’slinkpoints.

M

MAC ID

MediaAccessControladdress.Every802.11devicehasitsownMACaddress.Thisisa

uniqueidentifierusedtoprovidesecurityforwirelessnetworks.Whenanetworkusesa

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MACtable,onlythe802.11radiosthathavehadtheirMACaddressesaddedtothe

network’sMACtableareabletogetonthenetwork.

Master device

DevicethatisconnectedtotheMasterradio.

Mbps

Megabitspersecond,ormillionsofbitspersecond.Ameasureofbandwidth.

Megahertz

Ameasureofelectromagneticwavefrequencyequaltoonemillionhertz.Often

abbreviatedasMHzandusedtospecifytheradiofrequencyusedbywirelessdevices.

MIC

MessageIntegrityCheck.OneoftheelementsaddedtotheTKIPstandard.A"signature"

isaddedbyeachradiooneachpacketittransmits.Thesignatureisbasedonthedatain

thepacket,a64‐bitvalue(key)andtheMACaddressofthesender.TheMICallowsthe

receivingradiotoverify(check)thatthedataisnotforged.

MIMO

MultipleInputMultipleOutputreferstousingmultipleantennasinaWi‐Fideviceto

improveperformanceandthroughput.MIMOtechnologytakesadvantageofa

characteristiccalledmultipath,whichoccurswhenaradiotransmissionstartsoutat

PointAandthereflectsofforpassesthroughsurfacesorobjectsbeforearriving,via

multiplepaths,atPointB.MIMOtechnologyusesmultipleantennastocollectand

organizesignalsarrivingviathesepaths.

Modbus

TheModbusprotocolprovidestheinternalstandardthattheMODICON®controllersuse

forparsingmessages.DuringcommunicationsonaModbusnetwork,theprotocol

determineshoweachcontrollerwillknowitsdeviceaddress,recognizeamessage

addressedtoit,determinethekindofactiontobetaken,andextractanydataorother

informationcontainedinthemessage.Ifareplyisrequired,thecontrollerwillconstruct

thereplymessageandsenditusingModbusprotocol.

Modem

StandsforMODulator‐DEModulator,adevicethatconvertsdigitalsignalstoanalog

signalsandvice‐versa.Analogsignalscanbetransmittedovercommunicationslinks

suchastelephonelines.

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N

Network

Aseriesofstationsornodesconnectedbysometypeofcommunicationmedium.A

networkmayconsistofasinglelinkormultiplelinks.

Node

Anaddressorsoftwarelocationonthenetwork.

Non-Occupancy Period

Thetimeduringwhicharadiocannotreturntoafrequencywhereradarwasdetected.

Thistimeistypically30minutes.Typicallyaradiowillnotreturntoachannelwhere

radarwaspreviouslydetectedunlessabsolutelynecessary.



Null Modem Cable

Aspecialtycross‐communicationcablewithfemaleconnectorsoneachendusedfor

directconnectionbetweendeviceswhennomodemsarepresent.Commonlyusedasa

quickandinexpensivewaytotransferfilesbetweentwoPCswithoutinstallinga

dedicatednetworkcardineachPC.

P

Panel Antenna

Anantennatypethatradiatesinonlyaspecificdirection.Panelantennasarecommonly

usedforpoint‐to‐pointsituations.SometimescalledPatchantennas.

Parabolic Antenna

Anantennatypethatradiatesaverynarrowbeaminaspecificdirection.Parabolic

antennasofferthehighestgainforlong‐rangepoint‐to‐pointsituations.

Peer-to-Peer Network

EachradioinaPeer‐to‐Peernetworkhastheabilitytoreceivedatafrom‐andtransmit

datato‐anyotherradiointhenetwork.

Point-Multipoint (Broadcast) Network

Anetworktypewhereasinglemasterradiosendsdatatoeveryremoteradiointhe

network.Thisisdonerepeatedlyuntileveryremoteradioindividuallyreceivesand

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acknowledgesthedata.Eachremoteradiosendspendingdatatothemasterradiothat

receivesandacknowledgesdatasentfromeachremote.Inthisconfiguration,thereare

multipleremoteradiosreferencedtoasinglemasterradio.

Point-Multipoint (Modbus) Network

AnetworkwithasingleMasterradioandmultipleRemoteradios.Thedevicescabledto

theradioscommunicatethroughtheModbusstandardprotocol.TheMasterradio

sendsdatatoaRemoteradiobasedontheModbusaddressoftheModbusdevice.The

dataisonlysenttothesingleRemotedevicebasedonitsaddress.EachRemoteradio

sendsitsdataonlytotheMasterradio.TheMasterandRemoteradiosacknowledge

thatdatawasreceivedcorrectly.

Point-to-Multipoint

Awirelessnetworkinwhichonepoint(theaccesspoint)servesmultipleotherpoints

aroundit.Indoorwirelessnetworksareallpoint‐to‐multipoint,andlong‐rangewireless

networksthatservemultipleclientsusuallyemployeitherasingleomnidirectional

antennaormultiplesectorantennas.

Point-to-Point Network

AnetworkconsistingofasingleMasterradioandasingleRemoteradio.Alldatafrom

theMasterisreceivedandacknowledgedbyoneRemote.Alldatafromthesingle

RemoteisreceivedandacknowledgedbytheMasterradio.

Poll

Amethodofelectroniccommunication.

Power Supply

DevicethatsupplieselectricalpowertotheI/Ochassiscontainingtheprocessor,

coprocessor,orothermodules.

Protocol

Thelanguageorpackagingofinformationthatistransmittedbetweennodesona

network.

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Q

QoS

QualityofService.Requiredtosupportwirelessmultimediaapplicationsandadvanced

trafficmanagement.QoSenablesWi‐Fiaccesspointstoprioritizetrafficandoptimize

thewaysharednetworkresourcesareallocatedamongdifferentapplications.

R

Range

Thedistancecoveredbyawirelessnetworkradiodevice.Dependingonthe

environmentandthetypeofantennaused,Wi‐Fisignalscanhavearangeofuptoa

mile.

Remote Access Point

OneofanumberofsecondaryaccesspointsinawirelessnetworkthatusesWDSto

extenditsrange.Remoteaccesspoints(sometimescalledrelayaccesspoints)connect

toamasteraccesspoint.

Remote device

Devicesconnectedremoteradios

Repeater

ARepeaterisadeviceusedtoextendtherangeofaWi‐Fisignal.Placedattheedgeof

signalreception,arepeatersimplyreceivesandre‐transmitsthesignal.

Repeater, Radio Mode

ARLX2radioinRepeatermodecanonlyconnecttootherProSoftradios,butany

numberofEthernetnetworkdevicescanbeattachedtoit.SeealsoClient,RadioMode.

RS-232

RecommendedStandard232;thestandardforserialbinarysignalsbetweenDTEand

DCEdevices.

RTU (Remote Terminal Unit)

Modbustransmissionmodewhereeacheight‐bitbyteinamessagecontainstwofour‐

bithexadecimalcharacters.Therearetwotransmissionmodes(ASCIIorRTU).Themain

advantageoftheRTUmodeisthatitsgreatercharacterdensityallowsbetterdata

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throughputthanASCIImodeforthesamebaudrate;eachmessageistransmittedina

continuousstream(SeealsoASCII,above).

S

Sector Antenna

Anantennatypethatradiatesinonlyaspecificdirection.Multiplesectorantennasare

commonlyusedinpoint‐to‐multipointsituations.

Signal Diversity

Aprocessbywhichtwosmalldipoleantennasareusedtosendandreceive,combining

theirresultsforbettereffect.

Signal Loss

Theamountofsignalstrengththat’slostinantennacable,connectors,andfreespace.

Signallossismeasuredindecibels.Alsoreferredtoasgainloss.

Signal Strength

Thestrengthoftheradiowavesinawirelessnetwork.

Simplex

Acommunicationscircuitorsystemdesignedtoeithertransmitdataorreceivedata,

butnotboth.Broadcasttelevisionisanexampleofsimplexcommunicationsystem.A

televisionstationsendsaTVsignalbutcannotreceiveresponsesbackfromthe

televisionsetstowhichitistransmitting.TheTVsetscanreceivethesignalfromtheTV

stationbutcannottransmitbacktothestation.

Site Survey

Acomprehensivefacilitystudyperformedbynetworkmanagerstoensurethatplanned

servicelevelswillbemetwhenanewwirelessLAN,oradditionalWLANsegmentstoan

existingnetworkaredeployed.Sitesurveysareusuallyperformedbyaradiofrequency

engineerandusedbysystemsintegratorstoidentifytheoptimumplacementofaccess

pointstoensurethatplannedlevelsofservicearemet.Sitesurveysaresometimes

conductedfollowingthedeploymenttoensurethattheWLANisachievingthe

necessarylevelofcoverage.Sitesurveyscanalsobeusedtodetectrogueaccesspoints.

Spectrum

Arangeofelectromagneticfrequencies.

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Spread Spectrum

Aformofwirelesscommunicationinwhichasignal’sfrequencyisdeliberatelyvaried.

Thisincreasesbandwidthandlessensthechancesofinterruptionorinterceptionofthe

transmittedsignal.

SSI

ServiceSetIdentifierisasequenceofcharactersuniquetoaspecificnetworkor

networksegmentthat’susedbythenetworkandallattacheddevicestoidentify

themselvesandallowdevicestoconnecttothecorrectnetworkwhenoneormorethan

oneindependentnetworkisoperatinginnearbyareas.

Subnet Mask

AmaskusedtodeterminewhatsubnetanIPaddressbelongsto.AnIPaddresshastwo

components:thenetworkaddress,andthehost(nodeordevice)address.Forexample,

considertheIPaddress150.215.017.009.AssumingthisispartofaClassBnetwork

(withasubnetmaskof255.255.0.0),thefirsttwonumbers(150.215)representthe

ClassBnetworkaddress,andthesecondtwonumbers(017.009)identifyaparticular

hostonthisnetwork.

T

TKIP

TemporalKeyIntegrityProtocol.ThewirelesssecurityencryptionmechanisminWi‐Fi

ProtectedAccess.TKIPusesakeyhierarchyandkeymanagementmethodologythat

removesthepredictabilitythatintrudersreliedupontoexploittheWEPkey.In

increasesthesizeofthekeyfrom40to128bitsandreplacesWEP’ssinglestatickey

withkeysthataredynamicallygeneratedanddistributedbyanauthenticationserver,

providingsome500trillionpossiblekeysthatcanbeusedonagivendatapacket.Ifalso

includesaMessageIntegrityCheck(MIC),designedtopreventtheattackerfrom

capturingdatapackets,alteringthem,andresendingthem.Bygreatlyexpandingthe

sizeofkeys,thenumberofkeysinuse,andbycreatinganintegritychecking

mechanism,TKIPmagnifiesthecomplexityanddifficultyinvolvedindecodingdataona

Wi‐Finetwork.TKIPgreatlyincreasesthestrengthandcomplexityofwireless

encryption,makingitfarmoredifficult(ifnotimpossible)forawould‐beintruderto

breakintoaWi‐Finetwork.

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U

UART

UniversalAsynchronousReceiver/Transmitter

W

WAP

WirelessApplicationProtocol.Asetofstandardstoenablewirelessdevicestoaccess

internetservices,suchastheWorldWideWebandemail.

WDS

WirelessDistributionSystem.Enablesaccesspointstocommunicatewithoneanother

inordertoextendtherangeofawirelessnetworks.Usedin802.11gbasedaccess

points.

WEP

Wired‐EquivalentPrivacyprotocolwasspecifiedintheIEEE802.11standardtoprovide

aWLANwithaminimallevelofsecurityandprivacycomparabletoatypicalwiredLAN,

usingdataencryption.

Wi-Fi

AcertificationmarkmanagedbyatradegroupcalledtheWi‐FiAlliance.Wi‐Fi

certificationencompassesnumerousstandardsincluding802.11a,802.11b,802.11g,

WPA,andmore.EquipmentmustpasscompatibilitytestingtoreceivetheWi‐Fimark.

Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™

ThecertificationstandarddesignatingIEEE802.11‐basedwirelesslocalareanetwork

(WLAN)productsthathavepassedinteroperabilitytestingrequirementsdevelopedand

governedbytheWi‐Fialliance.

Wi-Fi Interoperability Certificate

Astatementthataproducthaspassedinteroperabilitytestingandwillworkwithother

Wi‐FiCERTIFIEDproducts.

Wi-Fi Protected Setup

Wi‐FiProtectedSetup™(previouslycalledWi‐FiSimpleConfig)isanoptional

certificationprogramdevelopedbytheWi‐Fialliancedesignedtoeasesetupofsecurity

enabledWi‐Finetworksinthehomeandsmallofficeenvironment.Wi‐FiProtected

Setupsupportsmethods(pushingabuttonorenteringaPINintoawizard‐type

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application)thatarefamiliartomostconsumerstoconfigureanetworkandenable

security.

Wireless Gateway

Termusedtodifferentiatebetweenanaccesspointandamore‐capabledevicethatcan

shareaninternetconnection,serveDHCP,andbridgebetweenwiredandwireless

networks.

Wireless Network

Devicesconnectedtoanetworkusingacentralizedwirelessaccesspoint.

WLAN

WirelessLocalAreaNetwork.Atypeoflocalareanetworkinwhichdataissentand

receivedviahigh‐frequencyradiowavesratherthancablesorwires.

WPA

Wi‐FiProtectedAccessisadataencryptionspecificationfor802.11wirelessnetworks

thatreplacestheweakerWEP.ItimprovesonWEPbyusingdynamickeys,Extensible

AuthenticationProtocoltosecurenetworkaccess,andanencryptionmethodcalled

TemporalKeyIntegrityProtocol(TKIP)tosecuredatatransmissions.

WPA2

AnenhancedversionofWPA.Itistheofficial802.11istandard.ItusesAdvanced

EncryptionStandardinsteadofTKIP.AESsupports128‐bit,192‐bit,and256‐bit

encryptionkeys.

Y

Yagi Antenna

Anantennatypethatradiatesinonlyaspecificdirection.Yagiantennasareusedin

point‐to‐pointsituations.

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INDEX

2

2.4 GHz Band, Point-To-Multipoint • 163

2.4 GHz Band, Point-To-Point • 163

5

5 GHz Bands, Point-To-Multipoint • 164

5 GHz Bands, Point-To-Point • 164

8

802.11 • 191

802.11 Access Point Detector • 135

802.11a • 191

802.11b • 191

802.11g • 191

802.11i • 191

802.11n • 191

A

About RLX IH Browser • 150

About the IH Browser • 149

About the RadioLinx® RLX2 Industrial Hotspot™

products • 14

About this manual • 13

Access Point • 191

Ad hoc Mode • 192

Address table • 58, 72

Advanced Settings • 95

AES • 192

All 4 Dialogs • 136

Amplifier • 192

Antenna • 192

Antenna Configuration • 179

Antenna Gain • 182, 184

Antenna location, spacing, and mounting • 188

Antenna Pattern • 181, 184

Antenna Polarity • 182

Antenna spacing requirements for user safety • 6

Antennas • 179

Apply Changes • 120

Approved antenna table • 186

Approved antennas in Europe/CE • 186

Approved antennas in Mexico • 187

Approved antennas with power amp • 187

ASCII • 192

Assign a Temporary IP Address • 124, 127

Assign IP • 124, 127, 129

Association • 192

Authenticate • 192

Authentication Server • 192

Available Parents • 70

B

Band • 193

Bandwidth • 193

Base Station • 193

Baud Rate • 193

bps • 193

C

CACT • 193

Cancel Changes • 120

Change password • 119

Channel • 193

Channel Move Time • 193

Check the Ethernet cable • 57, 58, 59

Clear • 125, 126

Client, Radio Mode • 194

Client, Software • 194

Close All • 136

Collinear array antennas • 183

Compatibility with ProSoft RLXIB Series Radios • 157

Configuration PC • 194

Configuring the Radios • 76

Connect • 124, 127, 128

Connecting antennas • 55

Contacting Technical Support • 189

D

dBi • 194

dBm • 194

DCE • 194

Decibel (dB) • 194

Default Gateway • 194

Default Password • 57, 58, 61, 113, 119

Detailed Radio Configuration / Diagnostics • 65

Device-to-Device Network (Peer-to-Peer Network) •

195

DFS • 195

DFS Auto Select) • 122

DFS Support (RLX2-IHNF) • 121

DFS, Master Radio Operations) • 121

DHCP • 195

Diagnostics • 58

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting • 57

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Dialogs Menu • 132

Dimensional Drawing • 159

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum • 195

Directional Antenna • 195

Diversity Antenna • 195

DTE • 195

Dual Band • 195

E

EAP • 196

EIRP • 196

Encryption • 196

Encryption type • 105, 106

ESD • 196

ESSID • 196

Ethernet Cable Configuration • 169, 171

Ethernet Cable Specifications • 169

Ethernet Nodes • 124, 132, 133

Event Filter • 137

Event Log • 124, 132, 136

Exit • 125, 127

Export • 125, 126

F

Factory Defaults • 120

FCC Emission Regulations • 163

File Menu • 125

Firmware • 196

Freeze • 125, 126

Frequency Hopping • 196

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum • 196

Fresnel Zone • 197

Full-Duplex • 197

G

Gain • 197

Gateway • 197

Guard Interval (GI) • 197

H

Half-Duplex • 197

Help Menu • 148

Help Topics • 149

Hide Network SSID • 105, 112

How to Contact Us • 2

Hz • 197

I

IEEE • 198

IGMP Settings • 86

IH Browser Configuration Tool • 22

Import • 125, 126

Important Safety Information • 3

Improve signal quality • 54, 64

Installation Questions • 47

Installing the Radios • 53

IP Address • 198

K

Key • 198

L

LAN • 198

LED • 198

LED display • 60

Line of Sight (LoS) • 198

Link point • 199

List View • 138, 139

M

MAC filter • 105, 112

MAC ID • 199

Master Channel-Frequency Table • 161

Master device • 199

Mbps • 199

Megahertz • 199

MIC • 199

MIMO • 199

Modbus • 200

Modem • 200

N

Network • 200

Node • 200

Non-Occupancy Period • 200

Null Modem Cable • 200

O

Operations Menu • 127

P

Package Contents • 19

Panel Antenna • 200

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Parabolic Antenna • 201

Parabolic reflector antennas • 184

Parent Link Settings • 54, 79, 143

Password, default • 57, 58, 61, 113, 119

Peer-to-Peer Network • 201

Ping Device • 130

Ping Options dialog box • 131

Pinouts • 169, 171

Planning the Physical Installation • 47

Planning Your Network • 45

Point-Multipoint (Broadcast) Network • 201

Point-Multipoint (Modbus) Network • 201

Point-to-Multipoint • 201

Point-to-Point Network • 201

Poll • 201

Port status • 58, 73, 135

Port Table • 124, 132, 135

Power Supply • 202

Primary radio functions • 124

Print • 125, 126

Print Area • 138, 147

Print Preview • 125, 127

Print Setup • 125, 127

Prioritized Parent Selection • 83

Product Overview • 155

Properties • 124, 132, 137

ProSoft Wireless Designer • 45, 47

ProSoft Wireless Designer Installation • 50

Protocol • 202

Q

QoS • 202

R

Radio access settings • 113, 129

Radio Configuration / Diagnostic Utility • 129, 130

Radio hardware • 165

Radio Network Settings • 75, 155

Radio power requirements • 166

Radio Status • 58, 69

RadioLinx Industrial Hotspot Browser • 74, 123

Range • 202

Rapid Spanning Tree Functionality • 90

Reference • 155

Remote Access Point • 202

Remote device • 202

Repeater • 202

Repeater, Radio Mode • 202

Reset Columns • 138, 148

Retrieve the default password • 57, 58, 61

RLX2 Approved antennas • 184, 185

RLX2 Quick Setup • 27

RLX2-IHA Specifications • 172

RLX2-IHG Detailed Specifications • 173

RLX2-IHNF Detailed Specifications • 174

RLX2-IHW Detailed Specifications • 177

RS-232 • 203

RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) • 203

S

Scan • 125, 126

Scan List • 124, 132, 134

Scan Setup • 125

Sector Antenna • 203

Security settings • 103

Select Columns • 138, 148

Serial Port Settings • 116

Set Up a Client • 155

Setup Client Radio • 42, 45

Setup Master Radio • 28

Setup Repeater Radio • 40

Show Parents • 138

Show Parents - All • 147

Show Parents - One • 147

Show Ping Stations • 138, 146

Signal Diversity • 203

Signal Loss • 203

Signal Strength • 203

Simplex • 203

Site Survey • 203

SNMP Agent settings • 115

Spanning Tree Settings • 93, 155

Spectrum • 204

Spread Spectrum • 204

SSI • 204

Start Here • 13

Start Ping Session • 124, 127, 131

Status Bar • 138, 139

Subnet Mask • 204

Support, Service & Warranty • 189

System Requirements • 22

T

Test the Network Installation Plan • 47, 55

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The IH Browser Help System • 149

TKIP • 204

Tool Bar • 138

Toolbar • 138

Topology View • 123, 138, 143

Topology View key • 143

Troubleshoot IH Browser error messages • 58, 63

Troubleshoot missing radios • 58, 63, 123

U

UART • 205

Update Firmware • 69, 124, 127, 130

V

View Menu • 138

W

WAP • 205

WDS • 205

WEP • 205

WEP key • 105, 110

Whip antennas • 183

Wi-Fi • 205

Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ • 205

Wi-Fi Interoperability Certificate • 205

Wi-Fi Protected Setup • 206

Wireless Clients • 124, 132

Wireless Gateway • 206

Wireless Network • 206

WLAN • 206

WPA • 206

WPA phrase • 105, 106

WPA2 • 206

Y

Yagi Antenna • 206

Yagi Array Antenna • 184

Your Feedback Please • 2

Z

Zoom In • 138, 145

Zoom Out • 138, 145

Zoom to Fit • 138, 146

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