User Manual MN032006EN
Effective May 2018
415U Condor-long-range wireless I/O and gateway
Repeaters
Repeaters setting allows you to configure arbitrary radio networks between different devices. Repeaters configuration is only available to devices configured as Access Point (Manual mode).
The Repeaters configuration is managed automatically in ProMesh mode and in Fixed Link mode.
he 415U networking architecture allows an arbitary set of Virtual
Client and Virutal Access Point devices to be configured to provide arbitarily complex netwoks.
Use the “Add Entry”, button to add a row to the repeaters table.
Once this is complete, select the following:
Connection Mode Select the desired connection mode This is either “Client/Station (Uplink)”. or “Access Point
(Downlink)”. This creates a virtual network endpoint, which you can use to connect to another Endpoint with matching SSID.
SSID This is the SSID of the Access Point you want to connect to. If you’re connecting to a Fixed links network, this is the device name of the
Repeater or Base that you want to connect to.
For Roaming in a fixed links network, and for
ProMesh connection, this is the System Name.
Encryption
Passphrase
This is set to match the encryption used in the remote endpoint you want to connect to.
This is set to match the encryption passphrase in the remote endpoint you want to connect to.
IP Routing
If your system is divided into multiple IP Subnetworks, then you might need to configure IP Routing rules to allow IP data from the
215U-2 to reach its destination IP address.
If your Base station or Access Point is configured for Routed
Network mode, you will need to add routing rules or to set the
Gateway IP to allow messages from your 215U-2 to get out from the radio network onto the Ethernet network.
Use the “Add Entry”, “Insert Entry” and “Delete Entry” buttons to manipulate the rows in the routing rules table so that you have one row for each routing rule.
The order of routing rules in the table is not important. They are always applied in order from most specific to least specific.
Nevertheless, to help with understanding the routing rules, you should order the table in this way.
Once your table entry is complete, set the following:
Name
Destination
Netmask
Gateway
Enabled
Network Filtering
Create a descriptive name for the rule to remind you of the purpose of this rule at a later date.
This is the destination network IP address.
Combined with the Netmask in the following field, this determines which destination IP addresses the rule applies to.
This is the IP Network mask for the destination network IP address.
This is the IP address of the gateway device that is used to reach the destination IP network. All packets that are destined for an IP address on the Destination network will be forwarded to this
Gateway address for delivery to the destination network.
You can enable or disable routing rules. Check this box to activate the rule.
This configuration screen allows you to set up rules that stop unwanted traffic from entering your network. The filter applies to traffic coming from the Ethernet port which would otherwise be automatically sent over the radio network. This can be useful to reduce radio message traffic when a device is connected to a busy
Ethernet network where the majority of traffic is not destined for the radio network.
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It is possible to configure filtering that stops your PC from accessing the device’s web pages. If you are unable to access the device from the
Ethernet port after configuring Filtering rules, you can either: Access the device from the USB connection; or restore the device’s default network settings. For instructions, see “Restoring the factory default connection settings” on page 38.
Easy IP Filtering allows you to quickly configure filtering for a network that will only use IP protocols. If your network only uses IP protocols and IP Addresses in a single range, then use this method to configure your filtering.
Only allow IPv4 and ARPe:
Select this option if all of the devices on your network use IP protocol communications (TCP/IP or UDP protocols). This will automatically block all non-IP protocols from reaching the radio network.
Enable Easy IP Filteringe:
Select this option if all your devices’ IP addresses are within a single range of addresses. By setting the first and last IP addresses, only IP messages within this range will be able to reach the radio network.
First Radio/Device
IP
Select the lowest IP address of the devices on the radio network.
Last Radio/Device
IP
Select the highest IP address of the devices on the network.
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Easy IP Filtering is a simple method to set up IP Filter rules. The IP
Filter Rules table is disabled if you select Easy IP Filtering.
For more complex networks, where Easy IP Filtering does not provide the necessary functionality, you may need to set up multiple filtering rules to fully manage the network traffic.
IP Whitelist or Blacklist:
Set this to “Whitelist” if you want to allow messages that meet the IP Filter Rules. Set this to “Blacklist” if you want to exclude messages that meet the IP Filtering Rules.
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If you set this to Blacklist, and you haven’t selected “Only allow IPv4 and ARP” above, then the filter will block the specified messages, but any non-IP protocol messages will pass through the filter.
IP Filter Rules: These rules apply by checking the source address and destination IP addresses and ports of the message. A rule will match a message if the IP address is within the defined range, and the Port number is within the defined range.
Use the “Add Entry”, “Insert Entry” and “Delete Entry” buttons to manipulate the rows in the table. For each row in the table, enter the parameters:
Enable
IP Address
Min/Max
Port Min/Max:
Protocol
Check this to enable the rule. To temporarily disable a rule you can clear this checkbox.
These are the first and last IP addresses that this rule applies to.
This is the range of IP Port numbers (TCP or
UDP Ports) that the rule applies to.
You can set this to allow only one protocol type
(TCP, UDP or ICMP) or all three protocol types.
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When you select any of these protocols, ARP messages for the corresponding IP address range are also allowed by default. For ICMP type messages, the port range values are ignored.
MAC Filter Rules:
These rules apply by checking the source MAC of the message. A rule will match a message if the source MAC matches the configured value.
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