Motorola Motomesh 1.0, User Manual

MOTOMESH 1.0 Mesh Wireless Router Users Guide 

6881011Y53-O   September 2005 

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Field Name 

Field Description 

Field Default Value 

Statically Provisioned 

Operator (Statically provisioned). 

IP Address 

The IP address will be automatically provided by a 
DHCP server if one exists 

and

 the above field has been 

set to 

Network DHCP

. If the setting has been set as 

Statically Provisioned

, and not provided by the Network 

Operator, then it will be automatically hashed from the 
device’s MAC Address. 

Varies depending on the 
selection made in the 
field above. 

Subnet Mask 

This is the subnet mask for the local Ethernet segment. 

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Default Gateway 

The MWR will tell the attached Ethernet devices to use 
this address for the default gateway, and the MWR will 
use the address when accessing the local Ethernet 
segment. 

Assigned by 

Network Administrator 

DNS Server Address 

The address of the local DNS Server. 

Assigned by 

Network Administrator 

DNS Search Suffix 

The DNS search suffix provided by the Network 
Administrator. 

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Additional Information about the Network DHCP Setting 

Network DHCP

 means that the MWR device can be configured to request an address from a DHCP 

server and requires the inclusion of a DHCP server in the core network configuration to answer these 
requests.  With Network DHCP selected, the MWR will send DHCP requests for its own address to the 
core network once it becomes associated and establishes communications with the infrastructure. 
Operation under the Network DHCP selection allows users to temporarily wander outside of the 
network infrastructure without losing connectivity. 

The server may be configured by the operator to hand out temporary or static leases.  The MWR must 
associate and acquire an address from the network before establishing communications.  Once a lease 
has been granted, the address will be valid out of network coverage for the remainder of the lease or, if 
a static lease was granted, until the next power cycle.  If the lease expires or the user cycles power 
while outside of network coverage, the user will again lose the ability to communicate with the 
wireless network.  

Additional Information about the Statically Provisioned Setting 

When selecting the 

Statically Provisioned

Bridge Addressing

 option from the 

Configuration

 web 

page, the MWR device will use provisioned DHCP-like information to establish an IP address for use 
in the wireless network. A DHCP server is not required on the core network because the addresses are 
derived from the MAC address by default. It should be noted that a DHCP server can still exist on the 
network to hand out addresses to other nodes using the Network DHCP option as long as the server's 
address range does not conflict with addresses assigned to other devices using the Statically 
Provisioned option. 

The IP addresses and options used are also configurable per-device using the MOTOMESH 
MeshManager application.