User guide

Building Your Canopy Network March 2005
Through Software Release 6.1
Issue 1 Page 131 of 425
Canopy System User Guide
16 TESTING THE COMPONENTS
Before you install any component into your Canopy network, allow yourself the
opportunity to discover that the component is defective. If you always follow the
preliminary steps in this section, you will save
◦ installation and removal costs for a component that will not function.
◦ time in the process of replacing the defective component.
The best practice is to connect all the components—BHs, APs, GPS antenna, and CMM2
or CMMmicro—in a test setting and configure and verify them before deploying them to
an installation. However, circumstances or local practice may require a different practice.
In this case, appropriately modify the following procedures.
16.1 UNPACKING COMPONENTS
When you receive Canopy products, carefully inspect all shipping boxes for signs of
damage. If you find damage, immediately notify the transportation company.
As you unpack the equipment, verify that all the components that you ordered have
arrived. Save all the packing materials to use later, as you transport the equipment to and
from installation sites.
16.2 CONFIGURING FOR TEST
You can use either of two methods to configure an AP or BHM:
◦ Use the Quick Start feature of the product. For more information on Quick Start,
see Quick Start Page of the AP on Page 139.
◦ Manually set each parameter.
After you change any configuration parameter, to put the change into effect, you must do
both of the following:
1. Click the Save button to temporarily save the change(s).
2. Click the Reboot button to reboot the module and implement
the change(s).
16.2.1 Configuring the Computing Device for Test
If your computer is configured for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP),
disconnect the computer from the network. If your computer is alternatively configured for
static IP addressing
◦ set the static address in the 169.254 network
◦ set the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0.