User guide

Advanced Network Configurations
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! Run AP Manager and connect to the target Base Station.
! Upload the template file that contains the values that are common for all
Base Stations from a template file.
! Set the unique parameters for each Base Station.
! Save the values to an individual configuration file on disk.
The detailed procedure is as follows:
1. Start the AP Manager program.
2. Select the target Base Station from the list or enter a specific Base Station IP
address. If the target Base Station is not displayed in the list, choose
Refresh
Base Station List from the Base Station menu.
If the selected Base Station is still using the factory-set IP address, for
example when you are configuring a new “out-of-the-box” Base Station,
you will be prompted to change the default IP address as described earlier
in this chapter on Step 2 - Connecting to the Base Station (page 4-5).
3. When asked navigate to the disk and/or folder where you stored the
template file.
4. Select the template configuration file (e.g.
“common.cnf”) and click the Open
button.
The IP address that was displayed in the list in the main AP Manager window has been
overwritten with the IP address which was specified in the template file. Follow the
procedures described below to change it to the desired IP address value. Failing to do so
may lead to multiple
Base Stations being configured with the same IP address, resulting
in unpredictable network behavior.
The AP Manager program has now loaded the settings as identified in the
template file. Now you must change all the parameters that should be
unique to this Base Station (see Unique Parameters) prior to saving the
configuration and returning to the main Base Station window by clicking
OK.
5. Set the unique parameters that apply to this Base Station.
The minimum set of unique parameters that you must set are listed in
Table 8-8.
6. Now save the configuration to the Base Station, by clicking the
OK button.
You return to the main Base Station window.
7. Create a back-up file of the configuration for this Base Station, using the
Download Config File command from the Base Station menu.
Use a file name that allows you to easily recognize the relationship between
the file name and this Base Station.
The entire set of common and unique parameters are now saved permanently
into the (non-volatile) FlashROM of the Base Station. They will remain stored in
the Base Station, even if the Base Station is reset or switched off and on again.