Network Router User Manual

3 Device Configuration

The Device Configuration information provided in this section applies to both the EWR and the

PWR devices due to their functional similarities. It is important to note that within the

MeshManager Software and the Device Administration Web interface, any reference made to a

EWR device is also applicable to a PWR.

3.1 IP Addressing Considerations

The EWR and PWR provide network access to one or more IP devices connected to the on-

board Ethernet port. In order for the EWR or the PWR to provide service to the IP devices,

some configuration must be set up prior to connecting the IP devices.

The local default gateway address is used only on the wired interface, and is only visible to the

attached IP devices. It is not advertised to the wireless network, and the network cannot access

the EWR/PWR using this gateway address. The EWR/PWR has another IP address for the

wireless interface that can be used to access the EWR/PWR from the network. Because this

gateway address is limited to the local wired interface, the same address could be used for the

gateway service in several EWR/PWR devices. The local gateway should be a part of the

overall subnet chosen for your MEA network.

Care must be taken to ensure that the selected IP address is on the same subnet, and does not

conflict with any other devices or the chosen Local Gateway service address on the MEA

network.

3.2 Accessing the MEA Device Administration Web Pages

To modify the IP configuration for the EWR/PWR using the web interface, you must know the IP

address assigned to the EWR/PWR SBC. The mechanism for assigning the IP address is

controlled by the addressing mode of the EWR/PWR SBC. Regardless of the mechanism, the

assigned IP address can always be displayed using MeshManager.

If the factory setting is used, then the default addressing mode will be Remote DHCP, and the

EWR/PWR SBC IP address will be assigned by the network DHCP server.

If the SBC addressing mode was changed to Statically Provisioned, and an IP address was

entered, then the entered IP address will be used.

If the SBC addressing mode was changed to Statically Provisioned, but no IP address was

entered, then the default SBC IP address will be derived from the transceiver MAC address

(10.xx.yy.1, where the MAC address is 00:05:12:0A:XX:YY), similar to the default IP addresses

described in the

External Device Provisioning section. XX and YY are hex values from the

transceiver MAC address, and the lowercase xx and yy are the same values in decimal. For

example, a EWR/PWR with a transceiver MAC address of 00:05:12:0A:80:20 would have a

default SBC IP address of 10.128.32.1.

Once the IP address is known, the device web page can be accessed by pointing your web

browser to the IP address of the EWR/PWR SBC. For example, if the EWR/PWR SBC address

is 10.128.32.1, then the web page would be found at http://10.128.32.1/.

3.2.1 User Name and Administrator Access Information

The device has two accounts for the web interface - an administrative account

(username:admin, default password:admin), and an access account (username: monitor, default

password: monitor). The administrative account must be used for provisioning the device, and