I just read through the release packet for the new RLXIB-IHW and RLXIB-IESC radios. One note caught my attention. The Client only radio does NOT offer IGMP querying. Does this mean that we should not or cannot use the clients in an I/O system?

I just read through the release packet for the new RLXIB-IHW and RLXIB-IESC radios. One note caught my attention. The Client only radio does NOT offer IGMP querying. Does this mean that we should not or cannot use the clients in an I/O system?

The RLXIB-IESC is an 802.11 client only and as such will always unicast messages to its parent radio – in this case an RLXIB-IHW access point. The RLXIB-IHW access point has switch functionality such as IGMP querying and will route the message (unicast) to the radio attached to the consumer(s) of the I/O message. Use of the RLXIB-IESC with producer consumer messaging will work great with our industrial hotspot infrastructure.