Specifications

Getting Started

Altitude 3500 Series Access Point Product Reference Guide

the correct country is central to legally operating the access point. Each country has its own

regulatory restrictions concerning electromagnetic emissions and the maximum RF signal strength

that can be transmitted. To ensure compliance with national and local laws, be sure to set the

country accurately. CLI and MIB users cannot configure their access point until a two character

country code (for example, United Kingdom - gb) is set. Refer to “Country Codes” on page 570 for

the two-character country codes.

NOTE

The System Name and Country are also configurable within the System Settings screen. Refer to

“Configuring System Settings” on page 68 (if necessary) to set a system location and admin email address for

the access point or to view other default settings.

NOTE

Certain SKUs of access points are country-specific, such as US and Israel. The AP comes with the

country code set for these countries and cannot be changed by the user.

4 Optionally enter the IP address of the server used to provide system time to the access point within

the Time Server field.

NOTE

DNS names are not supported as a valid IP address. The user is required to enter a numerical IP

address.

Once the IP address is entered, the access point’s Network Time Protocol (NTP) functionality is

engaged automatically. Refer to the access point Product Reference Guide for information on defining

alternate time servers and setting a synchronization interval for the access point to adjust its

displayed time. Refer to “Configuring Network Time Protocol (NTP)” on page 98 (if necessary) for

information on setting alternate time servers and setting a synchronization interval for the access

point to adjust its displayed time.

5 Click the WAN tab to set a minimum set of parameters for using the WAN interface.

a Select the Enable WAN Interface checkbox to enable a connection between the access point and a

larger network or outside world through the WAN port. Disable this option to effectively isolate

the access point’s WAN connection. No connections to a larger network or the Internet will be

possible. MUs cannot communicate beyond the configured subnets.

b Select the This Interface is a DHCP Client checkbox to enable DHCP for the access point’s WAN

connection. This is useful, if the larger corporate network or Internet Service Provider (ISP) uses

DHCP. DHCP is a protocol that includes mechanisms for IP address allocation and delivery of

host-specific configuration parameters from a DHCP server to a host. Some of these parameters

are IP address, network mask, and gateway.

NOTE

Extreme Networks recommends that the WAN and LAN ports should not both be configured as DHCP

clients.

c Specify an IP address for the access point’s WAN connection. An IP address uses a series of four

numbers expressed in dot notation, for example, 190.188.12.1 (no DNS names supported).