MeshNetworks
3.1.4 Restoring Factory Settings – User Supplied Mode Limitations
NOTE
: In Release 3.0, there is a known issue that arises if the selected device addressing
mode is
User-Supplied
when the user restores the factory default settings for the
EWR. The following options are offered as a way to recover from this limitation.
3.1.4.1
EWR Reset-to-Default Recovery In User-Supplied Mode
The factory default settings for the
User-Supplied
parameters cannot be routed (i.e. 0.0.0.0).
When the non-routable values are applied, the network connection between the attached
ethernet devices and the core network becomes disabled.
There are three options available to recover from this situation and restore the connection to
the core network.
3.1.4.2
Reset the Device Addressing Mode Using DeviceManager
DeviceManager will be able to manage some but not all of the device parameters at this time.
The network operator may change the selected device addressing mode via DeviceManager to
either
Remote-DHCP
or
Statically-Provisioned
.
3.1.4.3
Reset the Device Addressing Mode via the Configuration Web Page
Because the factory default settings were restored, the EWR will offer one IP address via
DHCP. This address will be in the form 10.xx.yy.10, where xx and yy are based on the
transceiver MAC address as described in the EWR User’s Manual. The EWR will be accessible
via the 10.xx.yy.9 address, also described in the EWR User’s Manual. Once an ethernet device
has been attached to the EWR, the configuration web page may be accessed at the 10.xx.yy.9
address and the device addressing mode may be changed to either
Remote-DHCP
or
Statically-Provisioned
.
Please be aware that the access password for the web page will have also been reset.
3.1.4.4
Reset the User-Supplied Parameters via the Configuration Web Page
If the allowed device addressing modes were restricted to
User-Supplied
, the user may still
connect to the EWR as described above and access the configuration web page. The User-
Supplied parameters may then be set to usable values.
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