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Use Case: Setting Up Wireless

To configure the SmartRG’s Wireless interface:

1.

Select

Wireless -> Basic

Figure 21 Wireless - Basic Settings

2.

Select “Enable Wireless.”

3.

Set the

wireless access point’s “

SSID.

”

4.

Select the

“Country” from the dropdown list.

5.

Click Apply/Save.

NOTE

The SmartRG provides support for 3 additional guest/virtual wireless access points.

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6.

If you would like to select a specific Wi-Fi channel (1-11), select

Wireless -> Advanced

and

change the Channel

setting. The default value is “Auto.”

7.

Select

Wireless -> Security

Figure 22 Wireless - Security Settings

8.

Select the “SSID” configured in step 3 above.

9.

Select the “Network Authentication” –

WPA2 with a Pre-Shared Key is common

10.

E

nter the “WPA Pre

-

Shared Key.” Click the link to display the private key value.

11.

Click Apply/Save.

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Use Case: Setting Up Wireless Distribution System (WDS)

When deployed in a larger home or office, a single wireless access point may not be able to provide

adequate Wi-Fi coverage. Wireless Distribution Systems (WDS) provides a solution for this

problem. WDS combines multiple gateways to act as a single larger wireless access point allowing

Wi-Fi clients to seamlessly roam all access points plus provides wired access to the entire network.

Two or more SmartRG gateways can be configured for WDS operation. The example below depicts

a WDS deployment with three SmartRG gateways in a large home or office

–

one primary gateway

in the center of the building and one remote gateway at either end of the building.

Figure 23 Wireless Distribution System

Configuring the SmartRG gateways for WDS operation requires the setting of WAN, LAN and

WIRELESS parameters on all gateways included in the WDS system.

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To configure the WAN connections

…

3.

On the primary SmartRG gateway: configure the routed WAN connection following the

instructions in the “

Use Case: Creating WAN Connections for Internet Access and Remote

Management

” se

ction.

4.

On the remote SmartRG gateway(s): no WAN configuration is required as the WAN connection

is unused.

To configure the LAN interfaces

…

5.

On the primary SmartRG gateway:

a)

configure the LAN interface following the instructions in the “

Use Case: Setting Up the LAN

”

section.

b)

ensure the DHCP Server is ENABLED and set the End IP Address such that enough LAN IP

addresses are left for static allocation to the remote gateway(s) included in the WDS

system.

6.

On the remote SmartRG gateway(s):

a)

configure the LAN interface following the instructions in the “

Use Case: Setting Up the LAN

”

section.

b)

ensure the LAN IPaddress(es) are assigned from the remaining IP addresses not included in

the DHCP server pool on the primary SmartRG gateway.

IMPORTANT

At this point your web browser session will terminate as the LAN IP address has

changed from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.x. Reconnect your web browser to the

remote SmartRG referencing the new LAN IP address.

To configure the WIRELESS interfaces

…

8.

On the primary SmartRG gateway: configure the WIRELESS interface following the instructions

in the “

Use Case: Setting Up Wireless

” section. Do NOT select “Auto” for the Channel value.

9.

On the remote SmartRG gateway(s): configure the WIRELESS interface following the

instructions in the “

Use Case: Setting Up Wireless

” section.

Select the same SSID, Security

settings and Channel configured on the primary gateway.

10.

On the primary

and

remote SmartRG gateways:

1.

select Wireless -> Wireless Bridge and s

et “AP Mode” to Access Point

2.

set “Bridge Restrict” to Enabled(SCAN)

3.

click Apply/Save and wait for the page to refresh

4.

select the partner gateway (which has the same SSID as the primary gateway) by checking

the box next to the SSID.

5.

Click Apply/Save

IMPORTANT

When more than two gateways are configured for WDS operation, the remote

gateways MUST NOT be partnered together to avoid creating an Ethernet loop.

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Use Case: Creating IPTV Service Configurations

The SR350N, SR350NE, SR500N and SR500NE SmartRG gateways are designed to meet the

demands of IPTV service deployments.

Typically IPTV services have been deployed using bridged architectures with public IP addresses

assigned to the IPTV Set-top-boxe

s (STBs) connected to the gateway’s LAN ports.

A typical bridged

IPTV service configuration is shown below.

Figure 24 Bridged IPTV Configuration

Recently service providers have begun deploying routed IPTV services with STBs being assigned

private LAN IP addresses by the gateway. A typical routed IPTV service configuration is shown

below.

Figure 25 Routed IPTV Configuration