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This part of the article contains routing configuration scenarios for various tasks. In order to focus on the article topic, let's make the following assumptions, which are valid for all scenarios:
- a radio link is established between wireless devices;
- at the ending devices the addresses of wireless devices to which they are directly connected set as a gateway. After specifying the gateway, ending devices add a default route to the routing table;
- switching is off on devices of InfiLINK 2x2, InfiMAN 2x2 families;
- at the examples for InfiLINK 2x2, InfiMAN 2x2 family devices IP addresses are assigned to physical interfaces, however, virtual interfaces can be used instead, for example, vlan interfaces.
InfiLINK 2x2, InfiMAN 2x2 families devices
Routing configuration for management traffic
Let's look at the task of routing configuration for management traffic (Figure 1). Within this task, the Slave device management interface must be accessible to the engineer working at the PC, the PC and Slave devices belong to different subnets.
Figure 1 - Scheme of the management traffic routing configuration for InfiLINK 2x2, InfiMAN 2x2 families devices
Let's perform step by step configuration of Master and Slave devices using the Web interface:
Step 1
Description | Add the IP addresses to device interfaces in accordance with the scheme. |
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Master | |
Slave |
Step 2
Description | Analyze the routing table: after adding IP addresses to the device interfaces, the routing table was filled up with entries about connected networks (mark C). |
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Master | |
Slave |
Step 3
Description | Add static routes for connection between PC and Slave. |
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Master | The Master device is intermediate on the path of packets between the PC and the Slave. Routes to the PC and to the Slave have been added to the Master device routing table (see step 2), so there is no need to add static entries. |
Slave |
Step 3a
Description | A default route can be configured on the Slave device instead of a route to the PC network. |
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Master | No changes required. |
Slave |
Step 4
Description | Analyze the routing table: a static entry (mark S) has been added to the Slave routing table. |
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Master | see step 2 |
Slave |
Step 4a
Description | If a default route has been added in step 3a, a corresponding entry (mark S) will be added to the routing table. |
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Master | see step 2 |
Slave |
Step 5
Description | Problem has been solved: an engineer working on a PC has access to the management interface of the Slave device. |
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The task solving using the CLI
Routing configuration of data traffic for the Point-to-point scheme
Let's look at the task of routing configuration for data traffic at the PtP scheme (Figure 2).Within this task the connectivity between PC-1 and PC-2 devices should be organized using routing, PC-1 and PC-2 belong to different subnets.
Figure 2 - Scheme of the data traffic routing configuration for InfiLINK 2x2, InfiMAN 2x2 families devices
Let's look at the step-by-step configuration of the Master and Slave devices using the Web interface:
Step 1
Description | Add the IP addresses to the devices interfaces in accordance with the scheme. |
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Master | |
Slave |
Step 2
Description | Analyze the routing table: after adding IP addresses to the device interfaces, the routing tables were filled up with entries about connected networks (mark C). |
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Master | |
Slave |
Step 3
Description | Add static routes for connection between PC-1 and PC-2. There is no route to the PC-2 subnet on the Master device, and no route to the PC-1 subnet on the Slave. Let's add these routes. |
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Master | |
Slave |
Step 3a
Description | A default route can be configured on the Master and Slave devices instead of routes to the PC networks. |
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Master | |
Slave |
Step 4
Description | Analyze the routing table: a static entry (mark S) has been added to the Masrer and Slave devices routing tables. |
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Master | |
Slave |
Step 4a
Description | If a default route has been added in step 3a, a corresponding entry (mark S) will be added to the routing tables. |
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Master | |
Slave |
Step 5
Description | The task has been solved: the connectivity between PC-1 and PC-2 was successfully established. Note, along with the data traffic routing, the management traffic routing was also organized. |
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The task solving using the CLI
Configuration of data traffic routing at a Point-to-Multipoint scheme
Let's look at the task of routing configuration for data traffic at the PtMP scheme (Figure 3). Within this task, should be organized the connectivity between PC-1, PC-2, PC-3 and PC-4 using routing, all PCs belong to different subnets.
Figure 3 - Scheme of the data traffic routing configuration for InfiLINK 2x2, InfiMAN 2x2 families devices
Let's look at the step-by-step configuration of the wireless devices using the Web interface:
Step 1
Description | Add the IP addresses to the devices interfaces in accordance with the scheme. |
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BS | |
CPE2 | |
CPE3 | |
CPE4 |
Step 2
Description | Analyze the routing table: after adding IP addresses to the device interfaces, the routing tables were filled up with entries about connected networks (mark C). |
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BS | |
CPE2 | |
CPE3 | |
CPE4 |
Step 3
Description | Add static routes for connection between PCs. Three static routes should be added on each wireless devices. |
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BS | |
CPE2 | |
CPE3 | |
CPE4 |
Step 3a
Description | Since data from any CPE to BS or to each other go through BS, the CPEs routing tables can be optimized. Instead of three static entries, one default route can be added. The routing table on the BS is not possible to optimize, as the BS has connections with each station. |
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BS | - |
CPE2 | |
CPE3 | |
CPE4 |
Step 4
Description | Analyze the routing table: three static entries (flag S) have been added to the routing table of each device. |
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BS | |
CPE2 | |
CPE3 | |
CPE4 |
Step 4a
Description | If a default route was added in step 3a, a corresponding entry (flag S) will be added to the routing table. |
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BS | Changes are not required. |
CPE2 | |
CPE3 | |
CPE4 |
Step 5
Description | The task has been solved: connectivity between PC-1, PC-2, PC-3 and PC-4 was successfully established. Note, along with the data traffic routing, the management traffic routing was also organized. |
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The task solving using the CLI
InfiLINK XG, InfiLINK XG 1000 families devices
Configuration of management traffic routing
Let's look at the task of routing configuration for management traffic (Figure 4). Within this task, the Slave device management interface should be accessible to the engineer working at the PC, the PC and Slave devices belong to different subnets.
Figure 4 - Scheme of management traffic routing configuration InfiLINK XG, InfiLINK XG 1000 devices families
Let's perform step by step configuration of Master and Slave devices using the Web interface:
Step 1
Description | Add the IP addresses to the devices interfaces in accordance with the scheme. Unlike the devices of the InfiLINK 2x2, InfiMAN 2x2 families, the IP address is not assigned to physical interfaces, but to the virtual management interface (see Switch section). |
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Master | |
Slave |
Step 2
Description | Analyze the routing table: after adding IP addresses to the device interfaces, the routing table was filled up with entries about connected networks (mark C). |
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Master | |
Slave |
Step 3
Description | Add static routes for the PC and Slave device connectivity. |
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Master | The Master device is intermediate on the path of packets between the PC and the Slave. Routes to the PC and to the Slave have been added to the Master device routing table (see step 2), so there is no need to add static entries. |
Slave |
Step 3a
Description | A default route can be configured on the slave device instead of a route to the PC network. |
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Master | Changes are not required. |
Slave |
Step 4
Description | Analyze the routing table: a static entry (mark S) has been added to the Slave routing table. |
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Master | See step 2 |
Slave |
Step 4a
Description | If a default route has been added in step 3a, a corresponding entry (mark S) will be added to the routing table. |
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Master | See step 2 |
Slave |
Step 5
Description | The task has been solved: an engineer working at the PC has access to the Slave device management interface. |
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The task solving using the CLI
Quanta 5, Quanta 70 families devices
Configuration of management traffic routing
Let's look at the task of routing configuration for management traffic (Figure 5). Within this task, the Slave device management interface should be accessible to the engineer working at the PC, the PC and Slave devices belong to different subnets.
Figure 5 - Scheme of management traffic routing configuration Quanta 5, Quanta 70 devices families
Let's perform step by step configuration of Master and Slave devices using the Web interface:
Step 1
Description | Add the IP addresses to the devices interfaces in accordance with the scheme. Unlike the devices of the InfiLINK 2x2, InfiMAN 2x2 families, the IP address is not assigned to physical interfaces, but to the virtual management interface (see "Switch settings" section). |
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Master | |
Slave |
Step 2
Description | Analyze the routing table: after adding IP addresses to the device interfaces, the routing table was filled up with entries about connected networks (mark C). |
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Master | |
Slave |
Step 3
Description | Add static routes for the PC and Slave device connectivity. Quanta 5 and Quanta 70 families devices allows to set the default route only. |
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Master | The Master device is intermediate on the path of packets between the PC and the Slave. Routes to the PC and to the Slave have been added to the Master device routing table (see step 2), so there is no need to add static entries. |
Slave |
Step 4
Description | Analyze the routing table: a static entry (mark S) has been added to the Slave routing table. |
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Master | See step 2 |
Slave |
Step 5
Description | The task has been solved: an engineer working at the PC has access to the Slave device management interface. |
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The task solving using the CLI
See also
The article continue: Dynamic routing.
Additional materials
Online courses
- Quanta 5: Installation and Configuration.
- InfiLINK XG Family Product.
- InfiLINK 2x2 / InfiMAN 2x2: Initial Link Configuration and Installation.