User guide
HiPath Wireless Controller: Startup
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The graphical user interface (GUI): overview
10. Click OK to return to the HiPath Wireless Controller Configuration screen.
11. Click on the Save button to save the port changes.
The web connection between the laptop and the HiPath Wireless Controller is now lost,
because their IP addresses are now on different networks.
3.2.1.2 Adding the HiPath Wireless Controller to your enterprise network
1. Disconnect the laptop from the HiPath Wireless Controller Management Port.
2. Connect the HiPath Wireless Controller Management Port to the enterprise ethernet LAN.
The HiPath Wireless Controller resets automatically. Now you will be able to launch the
Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software GUI again, with the system visible to the
enterprise network.
The remaining steps in initial configuration of the Controller, Access Points and Convergence
Software system are described in the next topic, after an overview of the GUI.
3.3 The graphical user interface (GUI): overview
The administrator can configure and administer the Controller, Access Points and Convergence
Software system using the web-based Graphical User Interface.
To run the graphical user interface
1. Launch Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 6.0 or above), or other web browser.
2. In the address bar, key in the URL https://x.x.x.x:5825 (your management gateway as
defined in initial setup plus port 5825, formerly factory default 192.168.10.1:5825). The
Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software login screen appears.
3. Key in the factory default User Name (”admin”) and Password (“abc123”). Click on the
Login button. The main menu screen appears
Subnet mask For the IP address, the appropriate subnet mask to separate
the network portion from the host portion of the address
(typically 255.255.255.0)
Management Gateway The default gateway of the network.
Primary DNS The primary name server used by the network.
Secondary DNS The secondary name server used by the network
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You can define which user names have full read/write access to the user
interface (“Admin” users) and which users have “read-only” privileges. This is
done the HiPath Wireless Controller Configuration: Management Users screen.