User's Manual

2.3. Preparing for Configuration

To configure a IWE3200, a managing computer with a Web browser is needed. For first-time con-

figuration of a IWE3200, an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) should have been installed in the

managing computer. For maintenance-configuration of a deployed IWE3200, either a wireless com-

puter or a wired computer can be employed as the managing computer.

NOTE:

If “Opera” browser is used to configure an IWE3200, click the menu item File, click

Preferences... click File types, and edit the MIME type, text/html, to add a file exten-

sion “.sht” so that Opera can work properly with the Web management pages of the

IWE3200.

Since the configuration/management protocol is HTTP-based, you have to make sure that the IP ad-

dress of the managing computer and the IP address of the managed IWE3200 are in the same IP sub-

net (the default IP address of an AP is 192.168.0.1 and the default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.)

2.3.1. Connecting the Managing Computer and the

IWE3200

To connect the managing computer and the IWE3200 for first-time configuration, you have two

choices as illustrated in Fig. 6.

Fig. 6. Connecting a managing computer and an IWE3200 via Ethernet.

You can use either a cross-over Ethernet cable (included in the package) or a switch/hub with 2

straight-through Ethernet cables.

NOTE:

One connector of the Ethernet cable must be plugged into the LAN Ethernet port of the

IWE3200 for configuration.