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• —Either Access Point or a variation of a Remote. [
Device Mode
NOTE:
A serial Remote can be turned into an Ethernet Bridge and vice-versa. See "Change the Type of
Remote" on Page 89 for details.
• —Name of the radio network that this unit belongs to. Essential for association of
Network Name
Remotes to the Access Point in a network. The Network Name should be at least nine characters long.
[
9 to 15 characters
TIP: For enhanced security, consider using misspelled words, a combination of letters and numbers, and a
combination of upper and lower case letters. This helps protect against sophisticated hackers who may
use a database of common words (for example, dictionary attacks) to determine the Network Name.
• —Address of SNTP server (RFC 2030) from which the transceiver will automatically
SNTP Server
get the time-of-day startup time. Without an SNTP server, the date and time must be manually set.
An AP will try to get the time and date from the SNTP server only if an IP address is configured. It
will continue to retry every minute until it succeeds.
A remote will get the time and date from the SNTP server, if an IP address is configured. Otherwise
it gets it from the AP at authentication time. The transceivers use UTC (Universal Coordinated Time)
with a configurable time offset. [
•
Maximum Remotes
Point. [
50; 0 to 255
•
Database Timeout
(Access Points Only)" on Page 78 to determine when a remote is declared unavailable. The timer
may be set from 0 to 255 minutes and resets each time a message is received from a remote. [
minutes; 5 minutes
•
Database Logging
"deleted" from the AP's database (see "Performance Verification" on Page 69). In the case of dele-
tions, this information is triggered by the expiration of Database Timeout above. The
only reports the remote radios. Selecting
[
Remotes, All, Disabled; Remotes
•
Interface Configuration
of the transceiver. Detailed explanations are provided in the section titled "Network Interface Con-
figuration Menu" on Page 29.
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Figure 2-17. Network Configuration Menu
From Remote Unit
; ]
Not Programmed
]
0.0.0.0
(AP only)—Number of Remotes permitted to be associated with this Access
]
(AP Only)—This sets the database "age time." See "Remote Listing Menu
]
(AP Only)—Determines which types of devices will be reported as "added" or
All
].
—Presents a menu for configuring the Virtual LAN (VLAN) and IP address
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Invisible place holder
Access Point, Remote; Remote
reports endpoints and remotes.
]
0–255
option
Remotes
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