Wi-Fi Redundancy; Setting U P R Edundancy - Accelerated Concepts NetReach User Manual

Wi-Fi Redundancy

The N etReach i s d esigned f or e nterprise c ustomers t hat r equire n ot o nly e ase o f i nstallation, b ut
high availability. To achieve this the Accelerated Concepts NetReach allows for automatic
failover of redundant NetReach devices. This enables a Wi-­‐Fi user to seamlessly move to a
secondary NetReach device should the primary device fail. This low cost solution prevents
potentially c ostly d owntime f or W i-­‐Fi u sers a nd u nhappy c ustomers. T he u ser c an e asily s etup a
redundant a ccess p oint u sing t he f ollowing s teps:
Setting U p R edundancy
1. Install a 2
2. Assign t he s ame S SID t o b oth N etReach D evices.
3. Assign t he s ame S ecurity t o b oth N etReach D evices.
a. Ensure t he s ame P ass P hrase i s u sed.
4. Assign N etReach D evices t o d ifferent C hannels.
a. Separate c hannels b y a t l east 5 . I .E. N etReach d evice 1 t o c hannel 5 , N etReach
5. Customers w ill o nly s ee o ne N etwork S SID a nd w ill c onnect t o i t n ormally. T hey w ill n ot
be a ware o f t he r edundancy.
6. If t here i s a N etReach f ailure, t he c ustomer w ill n ot l ose t heir c onnection. S imply
replace a nd r econfigure t he n ew N etReach D evice.
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device 2 t o c hannel 1 1.
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