User's Manual

EnRoute50x/51x User’s Guide
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1 Working with the EnRoute500
Thank you for choosing the Tranzeo EnRoute500 Wireless Mesh Router. The EnRoute500
allows a wireless mesh network to be rapidly deployed with minimal configuration required by
the end user. This user‟s guide presents a wide array of configuration options, but only a
limited number of options have to be configured in order to deploy a mesh network of
EnRoute500s.
1.1 EnRoute500 Variants
There are four EnRoute500 variants available, as shown in Table 1.
Model Number
External AC
Power Connector
Included Antennas
EnRoute500
No
AP 5dBi, Mesh 8.5dBi
EnRoute501
Yes
AP 5dBi, Mesh
8.5dBi
EnRoute510
No
AP 7.5dBi, Mesh
10.5dBi
EnRoute511
Yes
AP 7.5dBi, Mesh
10.5dBi
Table 1. EnRoute500 variants
Throughout the manual, “EnRoute500” will be used to collectively refer to this family
of products. Where the functionality of the variants differ, the actual model number
will be used.
1.2 EnRoute500 Capabilities
The EnRoute500 is capable of automatically forming a mesh network that allows devices that
are connected to it, either with a wired or a wireless connection, to communicate with each
other and external networks that are accessed through gateway nodes. The EnRoute500 has
two radios, an 802.11a mesh backhaul radio and an access point radio for 802.11b/g-client
devices. An EnRoute500 will currently support up to four access points (APs), each with
different access and performance settings. It is also possible to connect devices to an
EnRoute500 using an Ethernet connection.