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NetReach User Guide
Wi-Fi Redundancy
The NetReach is designed for enterprise customers that require not only ease of installation, but
high availability. To achieve this the Accelerated Concepts NetReach allows for automatic
failover of redundant NetReach devices. This enables a Wi-Fi user to seamlessly move to a
secondary NetReach device should the primary device fail. This low cost solution prevents
costly downtime for Wi-Fi users and unhappy customers. The user can easily setup a redundant
access point using the following steps:
Setting Up Redundancy
1.
Install a 2
nd
NetReach device in the same location as the primary NetReach.
2.
Assign the same SSID to both NetReach Devices.
3.
Assign the same Security to both NetReach Devices.
a.
Ensure the same Pass Phrase is used.
4.
Assign NetReach Devices to different Channels.
a.
Separate channels by at least 5. I.E. NetReach device 1 to channel 5, NetReach
device 2 to channel 11.
5.
Customers will only see one Network SSID and will connect to it normally. They will not
be aware of the redundancy.
6.
If there is a NetReach failure, the customer will not lose their connection. Simply
replace and reconfigure the new NetReach Device.