Redundancy ⁣⁣with AstraMUX

Description

Link aggregation of radio channels allows increasing the maximum radio throughput. AstraMUX switches can aggregate radio links into a single MINT domain where a capacity of each link will be estimated in real time.

Configuration Example

A management is VLAN 100 in switch group #100. A transport of user data is in switch group #1.

Master 1

rf rf5.0 band 40
rf rf5.0 mimo
rf rf5.0 freq 5000 bitr 300000 sid 10101010 burst
rf rf5.0 txpwr 25 pwrctl distance auto
dfs rf5.0 dfsoff
mint rf5.0 -roaming leader
mint rf5.0 -type master
mint rf5.0 -name "Master 1"
mint rf5.0 -key "123456789"
mint rf5.0 poll start
ifc svi100 up
ifc vlan100 vlan 100 vlandev eth0 up
sw group 100 add vlan100 rf5.0
svi 100 group 100
ifc svi100 192.168.1.1/24
sw group 100 start

Slave 1

rf rf5.0 band 40
rf rf5.0 mimo
rf rf5.0 burst
dfs rf5.0 dfsoff
mint rf5.0 prof 1 -band 40 -freq 5000 -bitr 300000 -sid 10101010 -nodeid 00020 -type slave -netid 0 -minbitr 30000 -autobitr -mimo -key "123456789"
mint rf5.0 -name "Slave 1"
ifc svi100 up
ifc vlan100 vlan 100 vlandev eth0 up
sw group 100 add vlan100 rf5.0
svi 100 group 100
ifc svi100 192.168.1.2/24
sw group 100 start

Master 2

rf rf5.0 band 40
rf rf5.0 mimo
rf rf5.0 freq 5100 bitr 300000 sid 10101010 burst
rf rf5.0 txpwr 25 pwrctl distance auto
dfs rf5.0 dfsoff
mint rf5.0 -roaming leader
mint rf5.0 -type master
mint rf5.0 -name "Master 2"
mint rf5.0 -key "123456789"
mint rf5.0 poll start
ifc svi100 up
ifc vlan100 vlan 100 vlandev eth0 up
sw group 100 add vlan100 rf5.0
svi 100 group 100
ifc svi100 192.168.1.3/24
sw group 100 start

Slave 2

rf rf5.0 band 40
rf rf5.0 mimo
rf rf5.0 burst
dfs rf5.0 dfsoff
mint rf5.0 prof 1 -band 40 -freq 5100 -bitr 300000 -sid 10101010 -nodeid 00040 -type slave -netid 0 -minbitr 30000 -autobitr -mimo -key "123456789"
mint rf5.0 -name "Slave 2"
ifc svi100 up
ifc vlan100 vlan 100 vlandev eth0 up
sw group 100 add vlan100 rf5.0
svi 100 group 100
ifc svi100 192.168.1.4/24
sw group 100 start

Configure AstraMUX switches.

AstraMUX 1

ifc svi100 up
ifc vlan100 vlan 100 vlandev eth0 up
sw group 100 add vlan100 prf0
svi 100 group 100
ifc svi100 192.168.1.5/24
switch group 100 order 1
sw group 100 start
ifc prf0 up
prf 0 parent eth1
mint prf0 -name "Mux 1 prf 1"
mint prf0 -nodeid 00090
mint prf0 -type master
mint prf0 -mode fixed
mint prf0 -key "123456789"
mint prf0 -authmode public
mint prf0 start
ifc prf1 up
prf 1 parent eth2
mint prf1 -name "Mux 1 prf 2"
mint prf1 -nodeid 00100
mint prf1 -type master
mint prf1 -mode fixed
mint prf1 -key "123456789"
mint prf1 -authmode public
mint prf1 start
mint join prf0 prf1
lag 0 mode fast port eth1 eth2
ifc lag0 up

AstraMUX 2

ifc svi100 up
ifc vlan100 vlan 100 vlandev eth0 up
sw group 100 add vlan100 prf0
svi 100 group 100
ifc svi100 192.168.1.6/24
switch group 100 order 1
sw group 100 start
ifc prf0 up
prf 0 parent eth1
mint prf0 -name "Mux 2 prf 1"
mint prf0 -nodeid 00110
mint prf0 -type master
mint prf0 -mode fixed
mint prf0 -key "123456789"
mint prf0 -authmode public
mint prf0 start
ifc prf1 up
prf 1 parent eth2
mint prf1 -name "Mux 2 prf 2"
mint prf1 -nodeid 00120
mint prf1 -type master
mint prf1 -mode fixed
mint prf1 -key "123456789"
mint prf1 -authmode public
mint prf1 start
mint join prf0 prf1
lag 0 mode fast port eth1 eth2
ifc lag0 up

Create united MINT domain.

Master 1

ifc prf0 up
prf 0 parent eth0
mint prf0 -name "Master 1 prf"
mint prf0 -nodeid 00050
mint prf0 -type master
mint prf0 -mode fixed
mint prf0 -key "123456789"
mint prf0 -authmode public
mint prf0 start
mint join rf5.0 prf0

Slave 1

ifc prf0 up
prf 0 parent eth0
mint prf0 -name "Slave 1 prf"
mint prf0 -nodeid 00060
mint prf0 -type master
mint prf0 -mode fixed
mint prf0 -key "123456789"
mint prf0 -authmode public
mint prf0 start
mint join rf5.0 prf0

Master 2

ifc prf0 up
prf 0 parent eth0
mint prf0 -name "Master 2 prf"
mint prf0 -nodeid 00070
mint prf0 -type master
mint prf0 -mode fixed
mint prf0 -key "123456789"
mint prf0 -authmode public
mint prf0 start
mint join rf5.0 prf0

Slave 2

ifc prf0 up
prf 0 parent eth0
mint prf0 -name "Slave 2 prf"
mint prf0 -nodeid 00080
mint prf0 -type master
mint prf0 -mode fixed
mint prf0 -key "123456789"
mint prf0 -authmode public
mint prf0 start
mint join rf5.0 prf0

Configure switch groups.

Master 1

switch group 1 add eth0 prf0
sw group 1 repeater on
switch group 1 start

Slave 1

switch group 1 add eth0 prf0
sw group 1 repeater on
switch group 1 start

Master 2

switch group 2 add eth0 prf0
sw group 2 repeater on
switch group 2 start

Slave 2

switch group 2 add eth0 prf0
sw group 2 repeater on
switch group 2 start

AstraMUX 1

switch group 1 add eth0 lag0
switch group 1 start

AstraMUX 2

switch group 1 add eth0 lag0
switch group 1 start

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