GE MDS iNET 900, Reference Manual

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38 iNET Series Reference Manual 05-2806A01, Rev. J
NOTE:
A serial Remote can be turned into an Ethernet Bridge and
vise-versa. See Change the Type of Remote on Page 107 for
details.
•
Network Name
—Name of the radio network that this unit belongs
to. Essential for association of Remotes to the Access Point in a
network. The Network Name should be at least nine characters
long. [
9 to 15 characters
;
Not Programmed
]
TIP : For enhanced security, consider using misspelled words, a combi-
nation of letters and numbers, and a combination of upper and
lower case letters. This helps protect against sophisticated hackers
who may use a database of common words (for example, dictio-
nary attacks) to determine the Network Name.
•
SNTP Server
—Address of SNTP server (RFC 2030) from which
the transceiver will automatically get the time-of-day startup
time. Without an SNTP server, the date and time must be man-
ually set. An AP will try to get the time and date from the SNTP
server only if an IP address is configured. It will continue to
retry every minute until it succeeds.
A remote will get the time and date from the SNTP server, if an
IP address is configured. Otherwise it gets it from the AP at
authentication time. The transceivers use UTC (Universal Coor-
dinated Time) with a configurable time offset. [
0.0.0.0
]
•
Maximum Remotes
—(AP only)—Number of Remotes permitted
to be associated with this Access Point. [
50
]
•
Database Timeout
(AP Only)—This sets the database “age time.”
See Remote Listing Menu (Access Points Only) on Page 95 to
determine when a remote is declared unavailable. The timer
may be set from 0 to 255 minutes and resets each time a message
is received from a remote. [
0–255 minutes; 5 minutes
]
•
Database Logging
(AP Only)—Determines which types of
devices will be reported as “added” or “deleted” from the AP’s
database (see
“PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION” on Page
84). In the case of deletions, this information is triggered by the
expiration of Database Timeout above. [
Remote, All, Disabled;
All
]. (
Remote
only reports the remote radios. Selecting
All
reports
endpoints and remotes).
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Interface Con fi guration
—Presents a menu for configuring the Vir-
tual LAN (VLAN) and IP address of the transceiver. Detailed
explanations are provided in the section titled Network Inter-
face Configuration Menu on Page 39.
NOTE:
In MDS iNET radios (where VLAN is not available) this
option is shown as
IP ADDRESS CONFIGURATION
. Selecting this
option follows the description in Configuring the IP Address
When VLAN Status is Disabled on Page 43.