User manual

Supported Use Cases 21
Doc.Id. HMSI-27-205
Anybus Wireless Bridge - Ethernet to WLAN
Doc.Rev. 1.30
3.4 Two Wireless Bridges in Client Mode - Alternative 1
3.4.1 Overview
This use case describes two Wireless Bridges connected in Client mode. Only one Ethernet device can
be connected to each of the modules. This use case will have higher performance than using the Ether-
net Bridging case (no encapsulation of the Ethernet packages required).
3.4.2 Set Up the Use Case
This use case can be set up by using the SMART button and supports ad-hoc mode only.
1. Power on the first module. Enter SMART configuration mode 4 (wait for automatic configura-
tion).
2. Power on the second module. Enter SMART configuration mode 5 (initiate automatic configu-
ration).
3. Wait for the modules to connect and restart.
4. Use SMART mode 11 on each of the modules, to learn the MAC address of the connected device
(Client mode).
Note: This mode required that the device spontaneously sendd Ethernet data on the Ethernet
link. If this not is possible, use the web interface. See section “Using the Web Configuration In-
terface” on page 10 to set up the MAC address manually.
To set up this use case manually, follow these steps:
1. Power on the first Wireless Bridge and enter the web configuration.
2. Enter the SSID for the wireless network.
3. Select Operational mode "Ad-Hoc" and select a channel to use, based on the regional domain
settings.
4. Select Security Mode: The options available in ad-hoc mode are: "None", "WEP64" or
"WEP128".
5. If a security option was selected, now enter a key.
6. Under Client Mode, select Client Mode and set "WLAN MAC Address" to the MAC address
of the module it will be connected to via the wired connection.
7. Click "Write Wireless LAN Settings". Click "Reboot Device".
8. Power on the second Wireless Bridge and enter the web configuration.
9. Repeat 2, 3, 4 and 5 above. These values MUST be identical to the ones entered for the previous
module.
10. Repeat step 6 above. The "WLAN MAC Address" must be set to the MAC address of the device
it will be connected to via the wired connection.
11. Click "Write Wireless LAN Settings". Click "Reboot Device".
All Ethernet packets will now be tunneled between the two Ethernet segments.