User's Manual

Document Number: 0100SM1401 Issue: 10-14

Router Mode

The Q data radios can also be configured to operate in router mode. Router mode provides the radio the ability to route IP

data, based on user configurable network routing rules (OSI model layer 3), between devices on different subnets.

The benefits of router mode include:

•Faster poll times

•Higher throughput

•Improved management of IP addresses

Each radio behaves as a network gateway for its corresponding subnet. This allows a network designer to segment a wide

area IP network (WAN) into smaller subnets, which minimizes the amount of over the air radio traffic. The example below

shows how router mode segments an IP radio network into smaller subnets. Each radio has it’s own subnet, represented in

the example by dashed colored boxes.

Part C – System Topologies & Operating Modes