Installation guide

AP-7131 Series Access Point: Installation Guide
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5. Select the Quick Setup screen’s Network Configuration tab to define a minimum set of
WAN or LAN configuration values. The WAN tab displays by default.
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 WAN connection. This is useful, if the target 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 Motorola recommends the WAN and LAN ports should not both be
configured as DHCP clients.