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AZALEA MSR4K44S INSTALLATION GUIDE

11 Administrating the MSR4K44S

There are two methods of performing the quick start configuration: using the Quick Setup

Wizard provided by MSR series’ Web-based Management Interface (WMI), or using the

setup command of the router’s Command Line Interface (CLI). Azalea recommends using

the Quick Setup Wizard which is accessible from most modern internet browsers such as

Internet Explorer. The Quick Setup Wizard simplifies the initial configuration of the router

into answering a few simple questions.

11.1 Sample Network

Figure 1 shows the topology of a typical network formed by the MSR series:

Router 1

Router 2

Router 3

Figure 1 Sample MSR series Mesh Network

This network contains three MSR series routers (or nodes, as referred to hereon).

Node 1 is referred to as a portal node because it has a direct, wired connection to

the internet. It also contains two wireless connections formed by its two

802.11a/b/g radios. The first radio is configured in access mode, which means it

services as one or more virtual access points (AP) for end-user devices that might

be around this node. In this example, the SSID for the virtual AP is “Public” and

any client device that uses this SSID is connected to node 1. The other radio

forms backhaul connections to the two other MSR series nodes, node 2 and node 3.

The backhaul connections allow node 1 to send and receive network traffic to and