RuggedCom RS900W manual

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    RuggedWireless ™ RS900W Family Wireless Firmware Upgrade Guide RuggedCom Inc. 30 Whitmore Road, Woodbridge, Ontario Canada L4L 7Z4 Web: www.ruggedcom.com Tel: (905) 856-5288 Fax: (905) 856-1995 Toll Free: (888) 264-0006[...]

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    2 © 2007 Rugg edCom Inc. All rights reserved Rev100 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Inte rference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limit s are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference [...]

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    3 © 2007 Rugg edCom Inc. All rights reserved Rev100 Table of Contents 1 Software U pgrade ............................................................................................................... ... 4 1.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................... .. 4 1.2[...]

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    4 © 2007 Rugg edCom Inc. All rights reserved Rev100 1 Sof tware Upgrade 1.1 Overview The following instructions are meant to guide the user through the software upgrade and (example) configuration procedure for the RuggedWireless™ RS900W family of industrially har dened, fully managed IEEE 802.11g Access Points, Client / Bridge and Client / IP B[...]

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    5 © 2007 Rugg edCom Inc. All rights reserved Rev100 b- Enter <CTRL+S> to access the ROS shell prompt c- Type “ version ” command and you should see something like “ROS v3.5.0” (or higher) repor ted to the display. 1.3.4 Step 4: Disable RSTP: a- Goto Main Menu b- Ensure that Spanning Tree -> Configure Bridge RSTP Parameters -> S[...]

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    6 © 2007 Rugg edCom Inc. All rights reserved Rev100 2 Example RS900W configurations 2.1 Configuration for WPA2 en abled “Access Point” operation a- Remove any previous configuration on the RS900W: Ensure that Diagnostics -> Load Factory De fault Configuration -> Yes is selected. b- Set the IP address of RS900W: Ensure that Administration[...]

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    7 © 2007 Rugg edCom Inc. All rights reserved Rev100 h- Set SSID: Ensure that WLAN Interface -> Network Parameters -> Network Name [SSID] -> RUGGEDTEST is configured. i- Set Authentication Mode: Ensure that WLAN Interface -> Security Parameters -> Authentication Mode -> wpa2-psk is selected. j- Set Encryption Algorithm: Ensure tha[...]