Kongsberg MBR 144 OEM, Instruction Manual

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Operating procedures
Topics
Setting up the radio site for operation, page 19
Joining a wireless network, page 23
Editing an existing radio network, page 24
Adding or removing equipment, page 26
Enabling the embedded MBR link crypto, page 27
Checking the status of the MBR network, page 28
Setting up the radio site for operation
The setup is done using a wizard. The
MBR Configuration Wizard
. A radio site is one
or several radio units connected together by a local Ethernet connection at the same
location. A
radio network is a wireless network of radio sites. You must set up the radio
site before you can start the radio network configuration. All configuration of the MBR
144 OEM Maritime Broadband Radio (MBR) is done through the web interface.
Prerequisites
The IP address for the Radio Unit is located on a label at the rear of the unit. You must
have enabled contact with the Radio Unit.
The IP address and the MAC address for the third party equipment must be known.
Context
The MBR 144 OEM Maritime Broadband Radio (MBR) uses static layer 2 bridging (OSI
model - Open Systems Interconnection Basic Reference Model). It needs both the IP
address and the MAC address of the equipment in order to establish an IP connection
over the wireless network.
Operation