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Getting Started With Access Point Configuration
Using the IP Address for Remote Access Point Management
Getting Started With Access
Point Configuration
Using the IP Address for Remote Access
Point Management
With your Access Point 420, you can use the access point’s IP address to
manage the access point from any PC that is on the same subnet as the access
point. You can use either a Telnet or Secure Shell (SSH) session, or a standard
Web browser to manage the access point.
Note To provide more security for the access point, management interfaces that are
not required can be disabled. This includes the Web, Telnet, and SSH, as well
as the serial console port and Reset button. For more information, see the
Management and Configuration Guide, which is on the Documentation
CD-ROM that came with your access point.
Starting a Telnet Session
To access the access point through a Telnet session, follow these steps:
1. Make sure the access point is configured with an IP address and that the
access point is reachable from the PC that is running the Telnet session
(for example, use a ping command to the access point’s IP address).
2. Start the Telnet program on a PC that is on the same subnet as the access
point and connect to the access point’s IP address.
Example:
telnet 192.168.1.19
3. Enter the user name and password. (The default user name is admin and
the default password is null. You will then see the access point’s console
command (CLI) prompt, for example:
Enter ? to see a list of commands that can be executed at the prompt.
Entering any command followed by ? displays a list of options that are
available at that point in the command entry.
Username: admin
Password:
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