ADVANTECH Wi-Fi STA Relay Router Application User Guide

: June 15, 2024
: Advantech

Table of Contents

Wi-Fi STA Relay Router Application
Changelog
Introduction
Web Interface
Related Documents
References
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WiFi STA Relay
User Guide

Wi-Fi STA Relay Router Application

ADVANTECH Wi-Fi STA Relay Router Application - Figure

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Document No. APP-0102-EN, revision from 1st November, 2023.

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Used symbols

Danger – Information regarding user safety or potential damage to the router.
Attention – Problems that can arise in specific situations.
Information – Useful tips or information of special interest.
Example – Example of function, command or script.

Changelog

1.1WiFi STA Relay Changelog
v1.0.0 (2016-12-21)

First release.
IPv4 only.

v1.0.1 (2017-03-06)

Added br0 interface.

v1.0.2 (2019-01-02)

Added licenses inforamtion.

v1.0.3 (2020-01-23)

Fixed compatibility for FW 6.2.0+.

v1.1.0 (2020-01-30)

Updated relayd package to version 2016-02-07.
Added option “Disable DHCP parsing”.

v1.3.0 (2020-10-01)

Updated CSS and HTML code to match firmware 6.2.0+.

Introduction

Router app is not contained in the standard router firmware. Uploading of this router app is described in the Configuration manual (see ChapterRelated Documents).
WiFi STA Relay is router app used to relay and dynamically redirect incoming connections to a target host.
Its main purpose in routers is to extend the wireless network. For example, when Router is in STA Wireless Station mode, it can be used to bridge WAN and LAN interfaces to create a larger Wireless network. This type of configuration connects devices from different networks into a single network, making it possible for the devices to communicate with each other while also providing the devices with an Internet connection.

ADVANTECH Wi-Fi STA Relay Router Application - Wifi STA
Example

This image shows an example setup. LAN interface of the Wi-Fi STA device MUST be on a different subnet for relayd to work (since it is routing traffic, it expects 2 different subnets).
Since both ethernet ports and Access Point Wi-Fi network are on the same LAN interface, all clients connecting to the Ethernet ports and to the Access Point Wi-Fi network of the Wi-Fi STA device will be routed by relayd and will be connected to your main network.
The LAN interface subnet will be used only as a “management” interface, as devices connecting to the Wi-Fi repeater will be on the main network’s subnet instead.

Web Interface

Once the installation of the module is complete, the module’s GUI can be invoked by clicking the module name on the Router App page of router’s web interface.
Left part of this GUI contains menu with Status, Configuration menu section and Information menu section.
Customization menu section contains only the Return item, which switches back from the module’s web page to the router’s web configuration pages. The main menu of module’s GUI is shown on Figure 1.

3.1 Configuration
3.1.1 Global
All WiFi STA Relay router app settings can be configured by clicking on the Global item in the main menu of module web interface. An overview of configurable items is given below. ADVANTECH Wi-Fi STA Relay Router
Application - Configuration

Item	Description
Enable WiFi STA Relay service	Enables WiFi STA Relay functionality.
Ethernet Interface	Select ethernet interface
Enable access from ethernet interface	Clients on ethernet gains access to the

router
Disable DHCP parsing| Disabling DHCP options parsing prevents the introduction of a default route, that way the traffic
addressed to not managed local networks is routed using the main routing table.
Set ARP source address for managed interfaces| Use the specified address as the arp src address for managed interfaces.

Table 1: Configuration items description

3.2 Information
3.2.1 Licenses
You can check the licenses on the Licenses Page in the Information section in the main menu.

ADVANTECH Wi-Fi STA Relay Router Application -
Licenses

You can obtain product-related documents on Engineering Portal at icr.advantech.cz address.
To get your router’s Quick Start Guide, User Manual, Configuration Manual, or Firmware go to the Router Models page, find the required model, and switch to the Manuals or Firmware tab, respectively.
The Router Apps installation packages and manuals are available on the Router Apps page.
For the Development Documents, go to the DevZone page.

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