415U Condor-long-range wireless I/O and gateway
User Manual MN032006EN
Effective May 2018
Advanced network configuration
This section describes the Advanced features of the 415U available for setting up complex networks. This allows you to make changes away from the default networking setup. You might need to make changes in this section if you need to support an unusual application, or if you need to interoperate with equipment from other manufacturers. If you’re setting up a network of 415U-2 devices, you normally won’t need to change any of the settings in this section.
To access these options, select “Full Configuration” on the right side menu to show the full configuration menu, and select from the items under the “Advanced Networking” section.
Network
This configuration repeats much of the configuration available on the Quick Start page. If a setting appears on both pages, you can set on either page. Additional items that are only on the Network
Configuration page will appear on the Quick Start page if they are set away from their default values. Additional items that are not on the Quick Start page are underlined for clarity.
Identification
System Name This is a name common to every device in the system. This allows Remotes to be configured to connect to any device in the system
Device Name: This is a unique name for the individual device.
Each device in the system should have a unique name. This needs to be unique so for network formation and to allow you to identify devices when performing diagnostics.
Wireless Interface
Networking
Mode
This option selects the way the devices will connect on the wireless network. Check the
System design chapter in this manual for more detai. Options are:
Fixed Links - Repeater backbone and remote sites
ProMesh - Automatic adaptabble mesh
Manual - Full Manual configuration of topology
Device Mode:
(Fixed Links)
Note
: Configuring Manual networking mode requires understanding of 802.11 networking concepts. For the majority of applications, you will select one of the other operating modes
This selects the device operating mode when the networking mode is “Fixed Links”. Base, Repeater, or Remote correspond to the roles in the image on the right of the screen.l.
Promesh Mode ProMesh devices are either a Base or a
MeshNode. These correspond to the roles in the image on the right of the screen
Radio Encryption Sets the Encruption mode. The default is AES 256 bit, which is suitable for most applications. WPA2-
PSK uses the same methods as 802.11 protocol.
WPA2-PSK has additional complexity, and should only be used if there is a specific reason to use standards-based encryption method.
Encryption
Passphrase:
Enable Roaming
(Fixed Links)
This passphrase sets the Encryption used by all devices. Radio Encryption is set to AES256 bit by default. All devices in the system must be configured with the same Encryption Passphrase.
Selecting this option allows the Remote station to connect to and roam between any repeater or base with matching System Name. De-selecting forces the remote to only connect to the configured Upstream Device Name .
Upstream Device
Name:
This option configures networking when the
Device Mode is set to “Repeater” or to “Remote”.
(Fixed Links)
This selects how the device will connect to the network. The Upstream device name is the name of the device closer to the Base. For devices that will connect directly to the Base, the upstream device name is the name for the Base station. For devices that connect to a repeater, the upstream device name is the name for that repeater station.
802.11 Mode:
(Manual)
System Address:
(Manual)
(Manual Device Mode Only) This option configures additional networking when the device mode is set to “Manual”. Select “Access Point” for a central
802.11 Access Point, or “Client (Station)” for a remote.
This option configures additional networking when the device mode is set to “Manual”. Client stations will attempt to connect to an Access Point with matching ESSID/System Address.
Network Mode
This allows you to choose between bridged and routed networking.
Bridged networking is the simplest to configure and will be the correct choice in almost all networks.
Network Mode The 415U can act as a bridge or as a routoer between the radio and Ethernet ports.
Bridge: Data packets are transparently passed between the radio and Ethernet ports using rules learned from traffic that has already passed.
Router: Only IP packets are passed between the radio and Ethernet, which are on separate sub-networks. You configure the rules for which packets are transferred on the routing configuration page.
Bridge STP Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is a method of removing routing loops in bridged networks. You can enable this feature and set the bridge priority if your network topology includes routing loops.
I P Address/Subnet Mask: When the network mode is set to Bridge, the Ethernet and Wireless interfaces are bridged together, and the device has a single IP Address accessible from either interface.
Ethernet IP Address/Netmask: When the network mode is set to Router, the Ethernet and Wireless interfaces on the device each have separate IP addresses. This sets the IP address for the
Ethernet interface.
Wireless IP Address/Netmask: When the network mode is set to
Router, the Ethernet and Wireless interfaces on the device each have separate IP addresses. This sets the IP address for the wireless interface.
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