Transcript Change the client IP address

LINCWorks Mesh Networking User Guide
Introduction to mesh networking
• This user guide will give a brief overview of mesh networking followed by step by step
instructions for configuring the network using an RDA or VAN Motion unit
– This guide assumes no changes have previously been made to the RDA or VAN such as
changing the gateway IP address or DCHP settings
• There are two types of mesh networks
– Full connected mesh
– Partially connected mesh
• Fully connected mesh network
– Each node connected to each other
• Partially connected mesh network
– Not all nodes directly connected, nodes connected via point-to-point link
• Mesh traffic is done on completely separate SSID then user or client traffic
– Easy way to ensure this is to change mesh channel frequency to 5 GHz
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HOST RDA SETUP
The following slides concern the configuration of the RDA
that will be used to pass it’s data connection on to the
attached units.
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Step 1 : Access the host admin portal
• In order to access this portal, you must be connected either directly through the Ethernet
RJ-45 port or through the wifi network
– The default SSID is motion-xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the serial of the SIM card
– The default password is 1234554321
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Once connected to the device open an internet browser and type 192.168.1.1 into the
URL box
– Screenshots taken during this guide are using the Google Chrome browser
• This will take you to the screen shown on this page
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Step 2 : Login to admin portal
• The default username is “root”
– The default password is blank
– Hit enter or click login to get past the authentication
• It is highly recommended at this stage to change the password used to login to the device
• To do this go to the System->Administrator tab shown below
– Change the password to something you will not forget as if you forget you will be permanently
locked out of the device
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Step 3 : Setup the host RDA DCHP server
• The “host” is the device that all the meshed units will receive the data connection from
– Even in partially connected mesh networks, all nodes must be connected either directly or
through another node to this device
• Go to the NetworkInterface tab
– Click ‘Edit’ under the LAN network
– Ensure that the protocol is Static Address
• The default IPv4 address is 192.168.1.1 (note: this is the IP you entered in the web browser to access this
portal)
– This can be changed but remember if changed to another private IP address if you prefer but you must remember
what it is changed to or you won’t be able to access this portal again
• The default net mask is 255.255.255.0
– This can be changed as well but unless there will need to be over 250 users per box it is better to leave as is
– Scroll down to DHCP server settings
• Make sure the checkbox to disable DHCP is NOT checked (this is the case by default)
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Step 3 : Setup the host RDA DCHP server screenshots
Network  Interface
Edit LAN
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Step 4 : Setup the host RDA wireless mesh
• Go to the NetworkWifi tab
• Choose a channel for the mesh network
– Recommended: Choose a 5GHz channel such as channel 40
• Scroll down to Interface Configuration
– Choose an SSID for your network
• This SSID will not be viewable by user devices, used only for mesh backhaul
– Make sure the Mode is set to 802.11s and the lan checkbox is checked under Network
– Select the Wireless Security tab
• Change the encryption and key
– Select the MAC-filter tab if you want to only allow certain devices on your network for added
security
• Note: Remember all these settings as they will have to be identical on all devices
attached to your mesh network
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Step 4 : Setup the host RDA wireless mesh screenshots
Network  Wifi
Edit mesh wifi
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Step 5 : Edit the host RDA startup
• Go to the SystemStartup tab
• Scroll down to the Local Startup section
• Type the following in the text box after the network APN setup and sleep 10 text
– #mesh setup
– iw wlan1 mesh join meshIDxx
• Where meshIDxx is the ID you set for your mesh network
– This can be anything you want it to be however must be the same on all devices attached to the
mesh network
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Client/Node RDA/VAN setup
The following slides concern the configuration of the attached
devices making up the mesh network.
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Step 6 : Access the client admin portal
• Follow the same steps as in Step 1 to access the admin portal of the second RDA/VAN
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Step 7 : Change the client mesh wifi
• Go to the NetworkWifi tab
– Click edit under the mesh SSID
• Copy all the settings you set on Step 4 from the host device
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Step 8 : Edit the client RDA startup
• Go to the SystemStartup tab
• Scroll down to the Local Startup section
• Type the following in the text box after the network APN setup and sleep 10 text
– #mesh setup
– iw wlan1 mesh join meshIDxx
• Where meshIDxx is the ID you set for your mesh network
– This should be the same ID that you set up for your host device
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Step 9 : Change the client IP address
• Go to NetworkInterfaces tab and edit the LAN network as in Step 3
– Change the IP address to a different address in the same subnet as your host device but not in
the range of IP addresses your DHCP server is using for client addresses
• For example: If you left the host IP and DHCP settings as default, change this IP to 192.168.1.2 since the
host default IP is 192.168.1.1 and the DHCP IP addresses don’t start until .100
• Change the netmask to the same as the host device which was setup in Step 3
• Change the gateway to the IP address of the host device
– Using our example change this to 192.168.1.1
– Scroll down to the DHCP server settings
• Click the checkbox to disable the DHCP server
• After this step you will need to go to this new IP address to access the client’s admin portal
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Additional node setup
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Step 10 : Change additional client IP addresses
• All additional nodes need to be configured following the same steps as Steps 6-9
• Each device must have a separate IP address but have the IP gateway set to the IP
address of the host RDA
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