Reference; Product Overview - ProSoft RadioLinx RLXIB-IESC User Manual

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6.1 Product Overview
The RLXIB-IESC is an industrial high-speed Ethernet radio with Serial Client.
You can 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 Serial client, so any data that you can send over a wired network can
also be sent over the radio.
The RLXIB-IESC is certified for unlicensed operation in the United States,
Canada and Europe at 2.4 and 5 GHz. With an output power of a 50mW (typical)
approved high-gain antennas, the radios can achieve distances of 5 miles line-of-
sight between them. You can use multiple repeaters to extend this range to far
greater distances.
The RLXIB-IESC operates in a special client mode 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: WiFi is a brand name originally issued by the WiFi Alliance, used to describe the underlying
technology of wireless_local area networks (WLAN) based on the IEEE 802.11 specifications.
A high level of security is inherent with AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
encryption. You also can choose TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol), and if
necessary add WEP128 or WEP64 (Wired Equivalent Protocol) encryption in
addition to AES or TKIP for clients that do not support AES. 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 you enter in the table.
The radio is designed for industrial applications with a metal enclosure, DIN-rail
mounting, ISA 12.12.01 Class I Div II safety rating, and shock and vibration
tested to IEC 60068.
The RLXIB-IESC is easy to use. Use the Radio Configuration / Diagnostic Utility,
which runs in your web browser, to configure the radio; optionally, you can use
an SNMP manager for configuration. The radio comes with a utility that runs in
Microsoft Windows, called RLX-IH Browser, that finds all the radios on the
network and lists information about them. A topology view in the RLX-IH Browser
shows how the wireless network is linked together at any point in time. You can
update firmware at any time from anywhere on the network, even over the
wireless link or over the Internet.
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
May 25, 2010
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