MeshLinx MWI-5000 User Guide
MESHLINX CONFIDENTIAL
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Single integrated MAC/PHY device in a single package
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Auto-negotiation and parallel detection
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10/100 BaseT Transformer with POE hooks
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Standard RJ45 Modular Jack
7.0 Configurable
Parameters
This section provides details of the configurable parameters that are accessible through
either the CLI or HTTP user interfaces. It focuses on the effects of the parameters and
why one would want to change them.
Each configurable parameter has an associated API function that provides access to
modify it. Both the CLI and HTTP methods of changing a particular parameter access the
same API function. The user interfaces are different (see preceding sections on CLI and
HTTP) but the underlying mechanisms are the same.
7.1
Wireless Sectors (interfaces)
The term sector in the MWI-5000 product represents a wireless interface consisting of
radio, base-band and MAC components. Wireless sector and wireless interface are used
interchangeably to describe the same thing.
The MWI-5000 production product has three or more wireless interfaces, each of which
can function as a physical AP.
Each of the three interfaces has a number of configurable parameters that can impact
operation of the radio, base-band or MAC components. The use of each parameter is
discussed below. See the CLI or HTTP sections for information on setting parameters.
7.1.1 MAC
Address
The MAC address for each wireless interface can be changed to suit the needs of a
particular user and/or site. Although the MWI-5000 factory default configuration
provides unique MAC addresses for the Ethernet interface and all wireless interfaces, the
user may override these with locally-administered MAC addresses or with MAC
addresses prefixed with a user-specific OUI.
There is no need for a user to change the MAC address. It is entirely optional.