WRN wireless repeater node
MST
Owner’s Manual
Revision 1.7
– 26 April 2018
© Mine Site Technologies Pty Ltd 2017
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Green
Orange
Red
Bigger
distance
Green
Orange
Red
Higher
throughput
AP
Client
Deployment
Mesh configuration
Positioning of individual WRN nodes in relation to each other is important while trying to
improve network performance. There are also certain trade-offs that can be made between the
area coverage defined by the mesh geometry and the network throughput and latency.
As described in the Hardware section of this manual WRN features Mesh / Uplink quality LED
that indicates status of the uplink meshing connection. There are three quality zones. Each
zone is identified by its own colour: Green, Orange, Red. Green means healthy quality, Orange
– moderate, Red is poor. Red flashing rarely means there is no uplink connection at all.
General recommendations for achieving various desired outcomes in terms of distance and
performance are provided in the following table.
Number of WRNs
within the mesh
Desired Outcome
Recommended
uplink quality zone
placement
Geometry
1
Higher throughput
Green
N/A
1
Bigger distance
Orange
N/A
Multiple
Higher throughput
Orange
The smaller the
number of WRNs that
can see each other the
better is the result
Multiple
Bigger distance, wider
coverage
Orange
Recommendations for one WRN hop scenario
AP
Client
