Configuring The Access Points - Intermec Trakker Antares 243X User Manual

Chapter 3— Operating the Terminal in a Network

Configuring the Access Points

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In a WTP network, the terminals communicate to the Intermec Gateway
or DCS 30X through the access points connected to the Ethernet network.
For more information, see the appropriate TE 2000 manual.
Note: You can use a 2435 running TCP/IP and the Intermec Gateway or
DCS 30X in a pass-through network. You establish a direct TCP/IP socket
connection from the 2435 to the host through the server.
To allow the 2435 to communicate with the Intermec Gateway or
DCS 30X, you need to perform these tasks on the server:
• Define the host communications parameters, which includes the
physical connection (network adapter cards) to the host.
• Define the host environment parameters, which includes configuring for
terminal emulation or client/server applications.
• Configure the UDP Plus or WTP network.
• Assign an IP address to each 2435.
If you are using a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
server in a UDP Plus or TCP/IP network, you can leave the default
terminal IP address as 0.0.0.0 to enable the 2435 as a DHCP client. For
help, see "DHCP (Terminal)" in Chapter 6 of the Trakker Antares 2400
Family System Manual (P/N 071389).
• Enable all 2435 terminals.
To use dcBrowser, you do not define the host environment parameters.
You must:
• create an HTML application.
• configure the dcBrowser gateway.
Access points act as bridges to provide communications between the wired
network and the RF (UDP Plus, WTP, or TCP/IP) networks. After you
configure the network, you can collect data anywhere within range of the
access points in the wireless network. When you move out of range of one
access point, the 2435 automatically searches for other access points to
continue the network connection.
If you are out of range of all access points in the network, the data is stored
in the terminal's radio buffer. The Network Connect status icon turns off.
You can continue to collect data until the radio buffer is full. When the
buffer is full, the application displays a communication timeout status.
When you move back into range and network communications are re-
established, the data in the radio buffer is transmitted to the access point
and you can once again transmit data.
In a TCP/IP direct connect network with a terminal running a terminal
emulation application, the application may disconnect from the host if you
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