Installation guide

OmniAccess OAW-AP70: Installation Guide

18 Part 031644-00 May 2005

z My network uses DNS and the Alcatel-master host name is accept-

able.

This is the default. It requires your DNS to be configured to resolve “Alcatel-mas-

ter” to the IP address of the master Alcatel Wireless LAN Switch. Unless your

system has been previously configured for different settings, you can skip to

Step 2.

Otherwise, if your system was previously configured for a different setup, manu-

ally set the servername environment variable to the default host name:

OTE—The master and serverip environment variables also affect how AP source files

are selected and should be cleared when using this approach. To clear a variable,

enter the setenv variable command with no host name or address value:

apboot> setenv master

apboot> setenv serverip

When finished, proceed to Step 2.

z My network uses DNS, but I will use a different host name for the

Wireless LAN switch.

This requires that the servername variable be configured with your chosen host

name for the master Alcatel Wireless LAN Switch. It also requires that your DNS

be configured to resolve the specified host name to the IP address of the master

Alcatel Wireless LAN Switch.

To manually set the host name, use the following command:

OTE—The master and serverip environment variables also affect how source files are

selected and should be cleared when using this approach. To clear a variable,

enter the setenv variable command with no host or address value.

When finished, proceed to Step 2.

z My network uses direct IP addresses instead of DNS.

If using direct IP addresses in your network, use the following commands:

OTE—If the servername variable is configured in this scenario, it will be ignored.

apboot> setenv servername Alcatel-master

apboot> setenv servername

apboot> setenv serverip

apboot> setenv master