User's Manual

RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
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IP Address
A32‐bitidentificationnumberforeachnodeonanInternetProtocolnetwork.These
addressesarerepresentedasfoursetsof8‐bitnumbers(numbersfrom0to255),
separatedbyperiods("dots").
NetworksusingtheTCP/IPProtocolroutemessagesbasedontheIPaddressofthe
destination.Eac
hnumbercanbe0to255.Forexample,192.168.0.100couldbeanIP
address.EachnodeonthenetworkmusthaveauniqueIPaddress.
K
Key
Asetofinformation(often40toasmuchas256bits)thatisusedasaseedtoan
encryptionalgorithmtoencrypt(scramble)data.Ideally,thekeymustalsobeknownby
thereceivertodecryptthedata.
L
LAN
AsystemofconnectingPCsandotherdeviceswithinthesamephysicalproximityfor
sharingresourcessuchasinternetconnections,printers,files,anddrives.WhenWi‐Fiis
usedtoconnectthedevices,thesystemisknownasawirelessLANorWLAN.
LED
Light‐emittingdiode.
Line of Sight (LoS)
Aclearlinefromoneantennatoanotherinalong‐rangewirelessnetwork.
Link point
ThegraphicalpointnexttoaradioiconthatrepresentstheconnectionpointforRF
communicationsbetweenradios.AnRFconnection betweentworadiosiscalledanRF
Linkandisrepresentedasagraphicalblacklinebetweentheradio’slinkpoints.
M
MAC ID
MediaAccessControladdress.Every802.11devicehasitsownMACaddress.Thisisa
uniqueidentifierusedtoprovidesecurityforwirelessnetworks.Whenanetworkusesa