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Step 2: Configuring the Nortel Networks WLAN - Access Point Before Installation
Configuration SetupConfiguration Setup
Does My AP Qualify for this Procedure?Doe s My AP Qualify for this Proced ure?
• If your 2.0 or later version later Nortel Networks WLAN - Access Point(s) cannot be configured
for any other reason using the following procedure, refer to RMA Procedures later in this
document.
Configuration Steps for an Nortel Networks WLAN - Access PointConfiguration Steps for an Norte l Networks WLAN - Access Point
1. Configure the Nortel Networks WLAN - Wireless Security Switch in LWAPP Layer 3 Mode and
make sure its DS Port is connected to the network. Use CLI, Web Browser and/or WLAN Control
System procedures as described in the Nortel Networks WLAN - Wireless Security Switch Quick
Install Guide and the Nortel Networks Product Documentation.
- Make sure AP ports are available (either Direct-Connect Mode through the Switch
physical ports, or in Appliance Mode through the Nortel Networks WLAN - Wireless
Security Switch Management/AP-Manager Interface).
- Set the Nortel Networks WLAN - Wireless Security Switch as the Master, so new Nortel
Networks WLAN - Access Points always associate with it.
- Refer to the Nortel Networks Product Documentation for other settings.
2. Take the AP out of the box and plug it into the front panel of the Master Switch (Direct-Connect
Mode), or through the same subnet that Nortel Networks WLAN - Wireless Security Switch is on
(Appliance Mode
).
3. Apply power to the AP:
- Use 802.3af-compliant Power Over Ethernet (PoE) from the Nortel Networks WLAN -
Wireless Security Switch or from an orderable inline power injector. If you do not have
PoE available, use an orderable external AC-to-48 VDC Power Supply plugged into the
side of the AP.
- After powering up the AP, the RED Alarm LED comes on for a short period (about 15-20
seconds) and then all the LEDs blink sequentially back and forth, indicating that the AP
is trying to find a Nortel Networks WLAN - Wireless Security Switch to connect to. This
can continue for up to five minutes. If the AP remains in this mode for more than five
minutes, the AP is unable to find the Master Nortel Networks WLAN - Wireless Security
Switch. Check the connection between the AP and the Nortel Networks WLAN - Wireless
Security Switch and make sure the AP and the Nortel Networks WLAN - Wireless
Security Switch are on the same subnet.
- If the power light does not come on, check the power (it can be powered either with
Power over Ethernet or a from an orderable AP External Power Supply.