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AirborneDirect™ Users Guide Quatech, Inc.
100-8510-110 2/21/2011 63
19.0 Configuring Network Settings
Once the device is authenticated to a wireless network communication is possible,
however before TCP/IP connectivity can be achieved the device must obtain a valid IP
address on the WLAN and/or Ethernet interface.
The Airborne device supports both DHCP and Static IP addressing for both the WLAN
and Ethernet interfaces. The following sections cover the correct configuration for both
DHCP and Static IP addressing on the interfaces.
When the Ethernet interface is in client mode DHCP can be used on either the WLAN or
Ethernet interface but not on both interfaces at the same time.
The Ethernet interface configuration only applies when the interface is in client mode and
is being used by a serial device server. The configuration of the Ethernet interface when
being used with the Ethernet adapter (ABDG-ET) products is covered in section 21.0.
The Ethernet configuration sections do not apply to devices that do not have an available
Ethernet port; these include but are not limited to the ABDG-SE-DP5XX product families.
19.1 Configuring DHCP on WLAN Interface
DHCP enabled on the WLAN interface is the default configuration for the
Ethernet devices. For serial devices the default is DHCP disabled on the WLAN
interface. It requires that there is a DHCP server on the WLAN network the
device has authenticated to and that the necessary network policies will allow the
server to lease an address to the Airborne™ device.
Table 30 - Configuring DHCP - WLAN
Step
Description
Navigation Bar
Select Configuration
You will see a group of fields under the banner
of WLAN Parameters.
Feature Link
Select Network Settings
The wireless interface and security must be
configured before configuring the network
settings.
A page showing the range of network options
and fields, for both the WLAN and Ethernet
interfaces, is displayed.
Select WLAN DHCP
Select Enabled from the dropdown menu.
Optional
Select WLAN DHCP Name
Provides a method of uniquely identifying the
device in the DHCP lease table on the DHCP
server.
The default name is AirborneXXXXXX, where
XXXXXX matches the last 6 octets of the
WLAN interface MAC address.
Press Commit [Button]
Saves changes to the device.