Method 1 – Sapido mobile router in
access point mode
This is the simplest wireless connection method. Your computer
communicates directly with the 34972A through the mobile rout-
er. This method requires no additional WLAN, but as a result, you
will not be able to access any other Web sites or instruments with
your computer. Other computers will be able to communicate
wirelessly with the 34972A simultaneously with your computer.
The following procedure is based on the Sapido mobile router
access point mode starting from the factory default settings. You
can restore all of the factory default settings in one of two ways:
with the mobile router powered, either press and hold (for 10
seconds, then release) the recessed
RESET
button (not the WPS
button) on the front of the mobile router, or, if you can access the
mobile router’s built-in Web server, click
System Management
> Profiles Save
, then
Reset
. Following a reset, wait for about 90
seconds for the mobile router to reboot.
Access point mode steps:
use mobile router for wireless
connection to 34972A
1. Set Sapido mobile router mode switch
–With power to the mobile router removed, set the mode switch
on the back of the router to A (access point mode).
2. Wire mobile router connections
–To the LAN port, connect an Ethernet (RJ-45) cable. (The other
end of this cable will be connected to the 34972A LAN port.)
–Connect power to the mobile router to turn it on (see measure-
ment tip on page 2 on powering your mobile router).
3. Wire 34972A connections
–To the LAN port, connect an Ethernet (RJ-45) cable. (The other
end of this cable should be connected to the mobile router’s
LAN port.)
–Of course, an appropriate AC line cord must be used to power
the 34972A.
4. Configure 34972A (this should be the default configuration)
–Turn on the 34972A.
–From the front panel, the following configuration should be ver-
ified (press
Shift > Interface
). Repeatedly press
Interface
(Sto/
Rcl button) to see each subsequent setting. For parameters
that can be set, these are the factory default settings (turn the
knob to make changes):
LAN INTERFACE
LAN ENABLED
STAT:CONNECTED (may say LXI FAULT if not con-
nected yet)
RESET LAN: NO
DHCP ENABLED
IP ADDRESS (example: 192.168.1.100)
SUBNET MASK (example: 255.255.255.0)
GATEWAY (example: 0:0:0:0)
DNS SERVER (example: 0:0:0:0)
MAC ADDR (example: 00:30:D3:04:1F:9A)
NO CHANGE
Wait for the mobile router to assign an IP address to the
34972A. You will know this is complete when the above
mentioned STAT (status) parameter shows CONNECT-
ED and the 34972A IP address is something other than
0.0.0.0.
5. Connect computer wirelessly to mobile router
–Turn on your computer’s wireless feature and use it
to show a list of available wireless networks. Look for
“SAPIDO_Mobile_Hotspot_xxxxxx”, where “xxxxxx”
represents the last six digits of the mobile router’s MAC
address. This network is the Sapido mobile router’s
default network name (SSID). Connect your computer to
this wireless network. Figure 3 shows an example.
Figure 3: This example shows a computer’s list of available wireless networks.
It also shows the connection to the Sapido mobile router wireless called
“SAPIDO_Mobile_Hotspot_c69fe8”.
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