Lantronix 2100E manual Application Examples, Serial Tunneling Network, Introduction

2: Introduction

RFID readers

Universal Power Supply (UPS) Management units

Telecommunications equipment

Data display devices

Virtually any RS-232, RS-422 4-wire or RS-485 2-wire asynchronous serial device

Application Examples

The WiBox 2100E has two serial ports and an 802.11b/g transceiver. Each serial port is connected to the serial communication port of a device. The wireless transceiver connects to another wireless device or to an Access Point (AP). The WiBox 2100E also provides an Ethernet connection.

This section includes typical scenarios for using the WiBox 2100E.

Serial Tunneling – Network

Figure 2-1. Serial Tunneling Infrastructure Network Example

A PC connected to an AP via an Ethernet connection and a PC with a wireless connection to the AP LAN access the WiBox 2100E as though they are connected to it directly. The combination of the WiBox 2100E, a PC, and the Lantronix Redirector software allows the PC to communicate directly to the WiBox 2100E’s serial devices, providing wireless serial tunneling.

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