WiSpan User Guide 3
Contents
List of Tables __________________________________________________________ 5
List of Figures _________________________________________________________ 5

1: Using This Guide 6

Purpose and Audience___________________________________________________ 6
Chapter Summary ______________________________________________________ 6
Additional Documentation ________________________________________________ 7

2: Introduction 8

Protocol Support _______________________________________________________ 8
Configuration Methods___________________________________________________ 8

3: Hardware 10

Serial Connector Pinouts _____________________________________________________10
Network Interface___________________________________________________________ 10
Ethernet Connector Pinouts___________________________________________________ 11
LEDs_____________________________________________________________________11

4: Quick Start 13

Installing the WiSpan for Configuration _____________________________________ 13
Using the Setup Port ________________________________________________________ 13
Using the Ethernet Port ______________________________________________________ 14
Using Setup Mode for Server and WLAN Configuration ________________________ 14
Server Settings_____________________________________________________________ 15
WLAN Settings_____________________________________________________________ 16
Next Steps ________________________________________________________________ 18

5: Using DeviceInstaller 19

Installing DeviceInstaller _____________________________________________________19
Viewing the Current Configuration______________________________________________ 19

6: Web-Manager Configuration 22

Accessing Web-Manager________________________________________________ 22
Network Configuration__________________________________________________ 23
Automatic IP Address Configuration ____________________________________________ 23
Server Configuration ___________________________________________________ 24
WLAN Configuration ___________________________________________________ 25
Updating Settings______________________________________________________ 28
Applying Defaults______________________________________________________ 28

7: Advanced Settings and Defaults (Setup Mode) 29

Expert Settings________________________________________________________ 29
TCP Keepalive time in s______________________________________________________ 29
ARP Cache timeout in s______________________________________________________ 29
CPU performance___________________________________________________________29
HTTP Port Number__________________________________________________________30
MTU Size _________________________________________________________________30