User's Manual Part 1

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3.4.2 Ethernet Port Configuration Menu
The transceiver allows for special control of the Ethernet interface, to
allow traffic awareness and availability of the backhaul network for
redundancy purposes.
NOTE: The transceiver’s network port supports 10BaseT and
100BaseT connections. Confirm that your hub/switch is
capable of auto-switching data rates.
To prevent excessive Ethernet traffic from degrading perfor-
mance, place the transceiver in a segment, or behind routers.
Invisible place holder
Figure 3-22. Ethernet Port Configuration Menu
(MaxRM radio)
• Ethernet Port Enable—Allows enabling/disabling Ethernet traffic
for security purposes. Setting it to enabled enables the port.
[enabled, disabled; enabled]
• Ethernet Port Phy Rate—The Ethernet port’s configured speed.
• Eth Port Follows Association (Remote Only)—When enabled, the
Ethernet port is disabled until the Remote associates. This
allows a PC or laptop connected to the Remote to know when
the wireless link is available. This feature helps middleware on
the laptop in making connectivity decisions. In addition, if the
Remote moves between Access Points on different subnets,
then the laptop can DHCP for a new address when the link
comes back up. [
enabled, disabled; disabled]
• Ethernet Filtering Config—Allows enabling/disabling filtering and
specifying of Ethernet addresses.