ProSoft Technology RLX2-IHx Series User Manual page 15

RLX2-IHx Series ♦ 802.11a, b, g, n
Industrial Hotspots
The RLX2-IHx series radio series is certified for unlicensed operation in the
United States, Canada, Europe and other approved countries at 2.4 and 5 GHz.
Contact ProSoft Technology for a list of currently approved antennas. With
approved high-gain antennas, the radios can achieve distances over 5 miles with
line-of-site 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
wireless paths. Multiple master radios can be installed without any special
programming or control. Repeater 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. Creating large, self-healing tree-
like networks can be done in this fashion. Fully redundant paths are possible
because the Spanning Tree 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-IHx
series wireless network can simultaneously act as an 802.11 access point. This
allows 802.11 Wi-Fi clients to connect and roam between radios for monitoring of
the wireless network or general network access. (An example of an 802.11 client
is a laptop with Wi-Fi™). The RLX2-IHx series has a special client mode that
allows connection of any Ethernet device to any existing 802.11 access point,
regardless of the brand.
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.
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 do not support AES can be done. If desired, a simple
Media Access Control (MAC) filter table also 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-IHx series radio series is easy to use. Access the built-in webpages
with any 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.
You can download sample programs, utilities, firmware images, and
documentation for your radio from the ProSoft Technology website
technology.com). If your computer does not have access to the Internet, you
must download the software from the ProSoft Technology website to removable
media, and then copy it to your computer.
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