User`s guide

1.4 Set up the device

The 802.11A/G ACCESS POINT can be managed remotely by a PC through either the

wired or wireless network. To do this, the WLA-5000AP must first be assigned an IP

address, which can be done using one of the following two methods.

1.4.1 STATIC IP

The default IP address of the LAN interface of an WLA-5000AP is a private IP address of

192.168.1.1, and a network mask of 255.255.255.0. This means IP addresses of other

devices on the LAN should be in the range of 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254.

This IP address can be modified to either a different address in this same subnet or to an

address in a different subnet, depending on the existing network settings (if there is any)

or user’s preference.

1.4.2 AUTOMATIC IP

The WLA-5000AP can also be configured to “obtain” an IP address automatically from a

DHCP server on the network. This address is called “dynamic” because it is only

dynamically assigned to the device, which may change depends on the IP assignment

policy used by the DHCP server on the network. Since the IP address in this case may

change from time to time, this method is not recommended - unless the user uses UPnP

or other management tools that do not depend on a fixed IP address.