User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1 Getting started
- 2 Installing the Access Point
- 3 Configuring the Access Point
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 When to configure the Access Point
- 3.3 Starting the Web Interface
- 3.4 Launching Web Interface manually
- 3.5 Contents of Web Interface
- 3.5.1 Settings Summary
- 3.5.2 Wireless Settings
- 3.5.3 Security against unauthorized network access
- 3.5.4 To add a a client to the exception list
- 3.5.5 To delete a client from the exception list
- 3.5.6 Security against eavesdropping
- 3.5.7 Change WEP password
- 3.5.8 Security against unauthorized configuration
- 3.5.9 Identity
- 3.5.10 IP Settings
- 4 Troubleshooting
- 5 Technical specifications 11 Mbps WLAN Access Point
- 6 Regulatory notes and statements
- 6.1 Wireless LAN, Health and Authorization for use
- 6.2 Regulatory Information/disclaimers
- 6.3 USA-FCC (Federal Communications Commission) statement
- 6.4 FCC Radio Frequency Exposure statement
- 6.5 FCC Interference Statement
- 6.6 Export restrictions
- 6.7 Europe - EU R&TTE Declaration of Conformity
- 6.8 Restricted Wireless LAN device use in EU
- A TCP and IP settings
- B Wireless LAN
- Index
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Contents
1 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2 Contents of this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3 Where to implement a wireless LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.4 Adding Access Points to your (network) environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.4.1 Creating a wireless network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.4.2 Extending a wired network with one or more Access Points . . . . . . . . 10
1.4.3 Connecting an Access Point directly to a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 Installing the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2 Access Point environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.3 Physical installation of the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.4 Desktop mount installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.5 Wall mount installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.6 Connecting the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.6.1 Power adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.6.2 UTP port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.7 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.8 Unlocking the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.8.1 Unlocking the Access Point to reconfigure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.8.2 Resetting to the default factory setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3 Configuring the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
3.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.2 When to configure the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21