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Chapter 1

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Introduction

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Network Connections

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NetworkConnections

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PriortoaccessingtheAP’smanagementagentthroughanetworkconnection,you

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mustfirstconfigureitwithavalidIPaddress,subnetmask,anddefaultgateway

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usingthewebinterface,ortheDHCPprotocol.

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TheAPhasastaticdefaultmanagementaddressof192.168.2.1andasubnetmask

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of255.255.255.0.IftheAP’sdefaultIPaddressisnotcompatiblewithyournetwork

ora DHCP serveris notavailable,the AP’sIP address mustbeconfiguredmanually

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throughthewebinterface.

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FirstconnecttotheAP’sEthernet1portandlogintothewebinterface,as

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describedin“ConnectingtotheWebInterface”onpage13.Followthesteps

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describedin“SetupWizard”onpage15toselect yourcountryandspecifyoneof

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theconfigurationmethods.Thenconfigure theAPwithanIPaddressthatis

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compatiblewithyournetworkasdescribedunder “LANSettings”onpage33.

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OncetheAP’sIPsettingsareconfiguredforyournetwork,youcanaccesstheAP’s

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managementagentfromanywherewithintheattachednetwork.TheAPcanbe

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managedbyanycomputerusingawebbrowser ,orfromanetworkcomputerusing

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SNMPnetworkmanagementsoftware.

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ConnectingtotheWebInterface

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TheAPoffersauser‐friendlyweb‐basedmanagementinterfaceforthe

configurationofalltheunit’sfeatures.AnyPCdirectlyattachedtotheunitcan

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accessthemanagementinterfaceusingawebbrowser, suchasInternetExplorer

9.xorlater,MozillaFirefox5orlater,andGoogleChrome35orlater.

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You may want to make initial configuration changes by connecting a PC directly to

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theAP’sLANport.TheAPhasadefaultmanage mentIPaddressof192.168.2.1and

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asubnetmaskof255.255.255.0.YoumustsetyourPCIPaddresstobeonthesame

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subnetastheAP(thatis,thePCandAPaddressesmustbothstartwith192.168.2.x).

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ToaccesstheAP’swebmanagementinterface,followthesesteps:

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Useyourwebbrowsertoconnecttothemanagementinterfaceusing the

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defaultIPaddressof192.1 68.2.1.

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Logintotheinterfacebyenteringthedefaultusername“root”withthe

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password“admin123”,thenclickLogin.