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CHAPTER 2 Access Point Setup

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CHAPTER 2 Access Point Setup

Overview

This chapter describes the setup procedure to connect the wireless access

point to your LAN, and configure it as an access point for your wireless stations.

Wireless stations may also require configuration. For details, see Appendix C -

Wireless Station Configuration.

The wireless access point can be configured using a Web browser.

Setup using a Web Browser

Your browser must support JavaScript. The configuration program has been

tested on the following browsers:

• Firefox3.5orlater,Chrome8orlater,Safari5orlater

• InternetExplorer7orlater

Setup Procedure

Before starting setup, install the wireless access point on your LAN, as described

earlier.

1. Use a PC connected to your LAN, either by a wired connection or another

access point. Until the wireless access point is configured, establishing a

wireless connection to it may be not possible.

If your LAN contains a router or routers, ensure the PC used for configuration is

on the same LAN segment as the wireless access point.

2. Start your Web browser.

3. Enter the IP address of the wireless access point, as in this example, which

uses the wireless access point’s default IP address:

http://192.168.1.252

At the login prompt, enter admin for the User name, and admin for the Password.

These are the default values. You should change the password.

Figure 1: Password Dialog

5. From the status screen menu configure for your environment. Details of

these screens and settings are described in the following sections of this

chapter.

6. You may also wish to change the admin password on the User Accounts

screen, accessed from the Configuration menu.

7. Wireless stations must now be set to match the wireless access point with

the same SSID, and security option. See Appendix C for details.

IF YOU CAN’T CONNECT:

It is likely that your PC’s IP address is incompatible with the wireless

access point’s IP address. This can happen if your LAN does not

have a DHCP Server. The default IP address of the wireless access

point is 192.168.1.252, with a network mask of 255.255.255.0.

If your PC’s IP address is not compatible with this, you must change

your PC’s IP address to an unused value in the range 192.168.1.1

~ 192.168.1.254, with a net-work mask of 255.255.255.0. See

Appendix A - Windows TCP/IP for details for this procedure.