AirborneM2M™ User Guide
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CONFIGURING NETWORK SETTINGS
Once the device is authenticated to a wireless network, communication is possible. However, before
TCP/IP connectivity can be achieved, the device must obtain a valid IP address on the WLAN and/or
Ethernet interface.
The Airborne device supports both DHCP and Static IP addressing for both the WLAN and Ethernet
interfaces. The following sections cover the correct configuration for both DHCP and Static IP addressing
on the interfaces.
When the Ethernet interface is in client mode, DHCP can be used on either the WLAN or Ethernet interface
but, not on both interfaces at the same time.
The Ethernet interface configuration only applies when the interface is in client mode and is being used by a
serial device server. The configuration of the Ethernet interface,e when being used with the Ethernet
adapter (ABDx-ER) products, is covered in section 21.0.
The Ethernet configuration sections do not apply to devices that do not have an available
Ethernet port; these include but are not limited to the ABDx-SE-DP5xx product families.
CONFIGURING DHCP ON WLAN INTERFACE
DHCP enabled on the WLAN interface is the default configuration for the Ethernet devices. For serial
devices the default is DHCP disabled on the WLAN interface. It requires that there is a DHCP server on the
WLAN network that the device has authenticated to and that the necessary network policies will allow the
server to lease an address to the Airborne™ device.
Table 27 - Configuring DHCP - WLAN
Step
Description
Navigation Bar
Select
Configuration
You will see a group of fields under the banner of WLAN Parameters.
Feature Link
Select
Network Settings
The wireless interface and security must be configured before
configuring the network settings.
A page showing the range of network options and fields, for both the
WLAN and Ethernet interfaces, is displayed.
Select
WLAN DHCP
Select
Enabled
from the dropdown menu.
Optional
Select
WLAN DHCP Nam
e
Provides a method of uniquely identifying the device in the DHCP lease
table on the DHCP server.
The default name is
AirborneXXXXXX
, where
XXXXXX
matches the
last 6 octets of the WLAN interface MAC address.
Press
Commit
[Button]
Saves changes to the device.
Optional
Press
Reload
[Button]
Reloads the
Network Settings
page. Select this if you have further
configuration options to change.
Optional
Press
Restart
[Button]
Restarts the device. After the device as rebooted, it will attempt to
authenticate to the configured network. As long as the network is in
range, the wireless interface will connect.
Once authenticated, the network should lease an IP address to the
WLAN interface and IP connectivity is possible over the WLAN network.