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HotPoint 1500S Indoor Wireless Mesh Router

User Manual

HotPoint 1500S Indoor Wireless Mesh Router

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Summary of Contents for HotPoint 1500S

Page 1: ...User Manual HotPoint 1500S Indoor Wireless Mesh Router wireless in stant n etworks...

Page 2: ...500S Indoor Wireless Mesh Router Part No xxxxxx Copyright Notice 2003 2004 Firetide Inc All rights reserved Trademarks Firetide the Firetide logo Instant Networks HotPoint are trademarks of Firetide I...

Page 3: ...NGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SOME LAWS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO TO THAT EXTENT THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU In no event will Firetide be liable for an...

Page 4: ...omply with this instruction may result in electrical shock This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating maintaining and servicing instructions in the literature acc...

Page 5: ...S A FIRETIDE MESH NETWORK 1 BUILDING A FIRETIDE MESH NETWORK 2 HOTPOINT MANAGER SOFTWARE 5 CONNECTING TO THE MESH 6 CONFIGURING TO THE MESH 7 CONFIGURING THE TX MODE AND CHANNEL SELECTION 7 ENABLING S...

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Page 7: ...rk backbone so moving your network is as easy as taking your HotPoint routers with you to your new site HotPoint 1500S indoor mesh routers are fully compatible with HotPoint 1500R outdoor mesh routers...

Page 8: ...and is therefore quite scalable Mesh networks are ideal whenever the network must be reliable scalable and flexible They are very portable and can adapt to many different physical environments Buildin...

Page 9: ...road circular pattern perpendicular to the antenna shaft For optimum coverage orient the antennas in your mesh network vertically perpendicular to the ground Since the coverage of the RF spectrum is d...

Page 10: ...ork in a linear point to point configuration The Firetide network protocol is optimized for two and three dimensional topologies including vertical connections between multiple floors in a building Li...

Page 11: ...Linux Registered users can download the HotPoint Manager software and documentation from the Firetide web site www firetide com Downloading and Installation Instructions 1 Go to the Firetide web site...

Page 12: ...HotPoint routers are installed and powered 2 Connect your workstation s network adapter directly to any one of the HotPoint routers using an Ethernet cable 3 Turn on your workstation and configure yo...

Page 13: ...ameters desired with HotPoint Manager This will save you time and ensure the entire mesh is configured the same You can change the SSID Channel Encryption and IP address on all nodes rather than chang...

Page 14: ...basis utilizing the HotPoint Manager software The maximum power i e 100 is a factory configured value that is unique to each country of operation each channel of operation and each antenna configurat...

Page 15: ...ct your Firetide dealer Restoring Default Settings You can restore to factory default settings for your HotPoint router using the HotPoint Manager software Refer to the HotPoint Manager User guide for...

Page 16: ...UNPLUGGING IT If you unplug the power before the unit resets itself the firmware can be corrupted requiring the unit to be restored at the factory 5 After waiting three minutes unplug the HotPoint pow...

Page 17: ...e on our web site please contact your Firetide dealer directly All authorized Firetide dealers are trained and authorized to provide technical support and warranty services for our products and have q...

Page 18: ...locating the router to another location in the building Poor Performance Poor performance can be caused by interference or other causes It is best to test performance from within the mesh Check perfor...

Page 19: ...from one router to another rather than choosing a download from the internet There are many tools that can be utilized and many of them are free such as FTP IPerf and Qcheck etc When conducting perfor...

Page 20: ...ent does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or mor...

Page 21: ...wo Antenna connectors SMA Reverse Polarity One Power Connector Three Ethernet data connectors RJ 45 Indicator LEDs power activity fault Wall mounting brackets Weight 1 75 lbs 0 8Kg Antennas Two Antenn...

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