CHAPTER 7
REPEATING FEATURES
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You can also configure the Mesh networking directly through the web configuration setup (Chapter 5). Figure 3 shows an example
repeater peer table from the setup menus. For an ESTeem 195Ea to communicate with another ESTeem 195Ea,
Yes
must be
selected at the “
Enable Repeater Capability
.” Next, the Wireless LAN (WLAN) MAC address of each Model 195Ea that will have
direct communications must be added to the Repeater Peer List. Finally,
enabling the link
allows the corresponding 195Ea to be
included in the communication routing. Mobile clients do not require input in the repeater peer table. If multiple Mesh routes are
configured, you will also need to set the values for Priority and Path Costs (explained in Spanning Tree below). For multiple
examples of repeater configurations, please refer to Chapter 3 of this user’s manual.
RAPID SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL (RSTP)
The ESTeem Model 195Ea uses Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP - IEEE 802.1d) to determine the radio routing structure of
the wireless network. This RSTP functions the same as standard Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) listed below, but the network
recovery is three times faster. If the 195Ea is used in a network that has any older STP only modems, the entire network will be
STP.
Figure 3: Repeater Configuration Example