User's Manual

RLX2 Industrial Hotspot Series
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SetupClientRadio
RLX2radioscanbeconfiguredinClientmode.Clientmoderadiosonlysupportone
wirednetworkdevice,butcanconnecttothird‐party802.11AccessPoints.The
followingtablehighlightsthemostsignificantdifferencesbetweenRepeaterandClient
modesonRLX2radios:
 Repeater Client
Numberofattached
Ethernetdevices
supported
Many(uptolimitsof
network)
One
Canconnecttoother
RLX2Repeaters?
Yes No
Canconnecttonon‐
ProSoftAccessPoints
(Masters)?
No Yes
MACaddressseenon
network
Repeaterradio’sMAC
address
MACaddressof
connecteddevice,or
user‐specifiedMAC
address.
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ClientmoderadiosarenotoftennecessaryinIndustrialnetworkapplications.Ifthe
needforaClientRLX2radiointhesystemisnotneeded,thisexampleconfigurationcan
beskipped.
ThemoststraightforwardwaytotestaClientmode radioconfigurationiswithasecond
PCconnectedasthedownstreamne
tworkdevicefromaClientradio.Wewillassume
suchasetupinthefollowingexample,andwillconnecttotheMasterradiowe
configuredpreviously.
1. ConnecttheclientradiotothesamenetworkastheconfigurationPCrunningtheIH
browser.AssignitanIPaddressasdescribedabove.Openth
econfiguration
webpageandchangetheradiotoClientmodeasshown:
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