User guide
Table Of Contents
- 3Com Wireless 8760 Dual-radio 11a/b/g PoE Access Point
- Contents
- Introduction
- Installing the Access Point
- Installation Requirements
- Power Requirements
- Safety Information
- Deciding Where to Place Equipment and Performing A Site Survey
- Before You Begin
- Connecting the Standard Antennas
- Connecting Power
- Checking the LEDs
- Wall, Ceiling, or Electrical Box Mounting
- Flat Surface Installation
- Selecting and Connecting a Different Antenna Model
- Installing Software Utilities
- Initial Configuration
- System Configuration
- Command Line Interface
- Using the Command Line Interface
- General Commands
- System Management Commands
- System Logging Commands
- System Clock Commands
- DHCP Relay Commands
- SNMP Commands
- snmp-server community
- snmp-server contact
- snmp-server location
- snmp-server enable server
- snmp-server host
- snmp-server trap
- snmp-server engine-id
- snmp-server user
- snmp-server targets
- snmp-server filter
- snmp-server filter-assignments
- show snmp groups
- show snmp users
- show snmp group-assignments
- show snmp target
- show snmp filter
- show snmp filter-assignments
- show snmp
- Flash/File Commands
- RADIUS Client
- 802.1X Authentication
- MAC Address Authentication
- Filtering Commands
- WDS Bridge Commands
- Spanning Tree Commands
- Ethernet Interface Commands
- Wireless Interface Commands
- interface wireless
- vap
- speed
- turbo
- multicast-data-rate
- channel
- transmit-power
- radio-mode
- preamble
- antenna control
- antenna id
- antenna location
- beacon-interval
- dtim-period
- fragmentation-length
- rts-threshold
- super-a
- super-g
- description
- ssid
- closed-system
- max-association
- assoc-timeout-interval
- auth-timeout-value
- shutdown
- show interface wireless
- show station
- Rogue AP Detection Commands
- Wireless Security Commands
- Link Integrity Commands
- IAPP Commands
- VLAN Commands
- WMM Commands
- Troubleshooting
- Index
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CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE ACCESS POINT
INSTALLING SOFTWARE UTILITIES
The installation CD includes documentation and software utilities to help you set
up and administer the wireless components of your network.
To view product documentation, select View the Documentation from the CD
Startup Menu and then select the item you want to view.
The software Tools and Utilities include:
3Com Wireless Infrastructure Device Manager. Use this tool to discover
access points and select devices for administrative changes.
3Com 3CDaemon Server Tool. This tool can act in four different capacities:
As a TFTP Server, necessary for firmware upgrades, and backup and restore
functions. Use this option if you do not have a TFTP server set up.
As a SysLog Server, which is necessary to view SysLog messages.
As an optional TFTP Client.
As an optional FTP Server.
To install a tool from the CD:
1 Power up the computer and put the 3Com CD in the CD-ROM drive.
2 The setup menu should appear when the CD autostarts. If no menu appears,
you can run the setup.exe startup program from the Windows Start menu.
For example, if your CD drive is the D drive: Start / Run / d:setup.exe.
3 From the CD startup menu, select Tools and Utilities.
4 Select the item you want to install and follow the instructions on the screen.