Intermec 6710 manual Example 2 Class B IP Address Using Subnetting, Step

APPENDIX E " OWL/IP

Example 2: Class B IP Address Using Subnetting

The example in Figure E-4 uses the Class B address of

172.16.0.0and a subnet mask of 255.255.248.0. This provides 30 subnets of 2046 hosts each. Subnet addressing for this network is described under “IP Subnet Mask” in Section 4, “Configuration.”

In this example, each subnet has about 10 access points. The home subnet contains the address range of 172.16.16.1 through 172.16.23.254.

Step 1

"Access points are assigned IP addresses for the appropriate subnets.

"Subnet 172.16.16.0 is designated as the home subnet, since it contains the servers used by wireless stations.

"Wireless stations that require IP connectivity are given IP addresses on this subnet.

"AP 1 is selected as the primary super root, and given root priority 3.

"AP 2 is selected as the fallback super root and assigned root priority 1.

"All other access points are configured to root priority 0.

Step 2

"AP 11 is selected as the designated bridge for subnet 192.16.24.0 and configured with bridge priority 2.

"AP 12 is configured as the fallback designated bridge for that subnet, and configured with bridge priority 1.

"Other access points on the subnet are configured with bridge priority 0.

"AP 21 and AP 22, AP 31 and AP 32, etc. are configured as designated bridge candidates for their respective subnets.

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