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EnRoute50x/51x User’s Guide
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the „RSSI Join‟ value specified to be usable. The „RSSI Join‟ value is set to 27 by default. This
value reflects the lowest RSSI that will allow the mesh radio to operate at its highest data rate.
It is possible to achieve longer link ranges, at the cost of reduced throughput, by reducing the
„RSSI Join‟ value.
In combination with the „RSSI Join‟ value, the „RSSI Margin‟ value is used to set the RSSI level
at which links are dropped. A link will be considered broken when its RSSI drops below the
„RSSI Join‟ level by the amount specified with „RSSI Margin‟. For example, with an „RSSI Join‟
value of 27 and an „RSSI Margin‟ value of 3, the link will be dropped if the RSSI goes below
24.
CLI
The example below shows how to set the mesh radio‟s RSSI thresholds with the
„fabric.rssi.join‟ and „fabric.rssi.margin‟ parameters in the „mesh0‟ interface .
> use mesh0
mesh0> set fabric.rssi.join=27
> use mesh0
mesh0> set fabric.rssi.margin=3
Web GUI
The mesh radio RSSI thresholds can be set via the web interface using the “Mesh” tab on the
“Wireless Interfaces” page (see Figure 27).
7.6 IP Configuration
The IP address, broadcast address, and netmask associated with the mesh radio interface can
be viewed through the CLI and the web GUI interfaces. It is not possible to directly set these
values though. To change the mesh interface IP settings, the node and mesh ID settings must
be changed (see sections 6.3 and 6.4).
CLI
In the CLI, the mesh IP settings can be viewed with
> use mesh0
mesh0> get ip.address
ip.address = 172.29.2.4 [read-only]
mesh0> get ip.broadcast
ip.broadcast = 172.29.255.255 [read-only]
mesh0> get ip.gateway
ip.gateway = [read-only]
mesh0> get ip.netmask
ip.netmask = 255.255.0.0 [read-only]