Extending range of a network with a repeater hop – Weidmuller WI-MOD-945-E: 900Mhz Wireless Ethernet & Device Server v2.16 User Manual

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Weidmuller Wireless Ethernet Modem & Device Server WI-MOD-945-E User Manual

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Set the Ethernet IP address to 192.168.0.200, network mask 255.255.255.0

Set the Wireless IP address to 169.254.102.54, network mask 255.255.255.0

Select the Radio Encryption required, and enter encryption keys or passphrase if necessary.

Set dipswitch to RUN.

Click on button Save to Flash and Reset. Webpage will display that message indicating details are being written to flash.
Wait for WI-MOD-945-E to reboot before removing power. Enter a System Generator String

Client Configuration

Perform the same configuration steps as the Access Point configuration with the following differences:

Enter “Network”, and select Operating Mode as Client.

Device Mode should be set to Bridge.

Set the Gateway IP address to 169.254.102.54

Set the Ethernet IP address to 169.254.102.53, network mask 255.255.255.0

Set the Wireless IP address to 169.254.102.53, network mask 255.255.255.0

Click on button Save to Flash and Reset. Webpage will display that message indicating details are being written to flash.
Wait for WI-MOD-945-E to reboot before removing power.

Extending range of a network with a Repeater hop

Configure units as described in

the “Extending a wired network” example above. Place the Access Point at the remote

intermediate repeater location. Additional repeaters can be added using Wireless Distribution System (WDS)

– refer

section 3.16 -

“Repeaters (WDS)” for further details.

Figure 59 - Example Repeaters

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