Manual
Chapter 1: Preparing to Set Up the AT-WA7400 Wireless Access Point
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Setting Up the Wireless Client Computers
The AT-WA7400 Wireless Access Point provides wireless access to any
client with a properly configured Wi-Fi client adapter for the 802.11 mode
in which the access point is running.
Multiple client operating systems are supported. Clients can be laptops or
desktops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), or any other hand-held,
portable or stationary device equipped with a Wi-Fi adapter and
supporting drivers.
In order to connect to the access point, wireless clients need the following
software and hardware:
Wi-Fi Client Adapter
Portable or built-in Wi-Fi client adapter that supports one or more of
the IEEE 802.11 modes in which you plan to run the access point.
(IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11a Turbo modes are
supported.)
Wi-Fi client adapters vary considerably. The adapter can be a PC card
built in to the client device, a portable PCMCIA or PCI card (types of
NICs), or an external device such as a USB or Ethernet adapter that
you connect to the client by means of a cable.
The AT-WA7400 Wireless Access Point supports 802.11a/g modes.
The fundamental requirement for clients is that they all have
configured adapters that match the 802.11 a/g mode.
Wireless Client Software
Client software such as Microsoft Windows Supplicant or Funk
Odyssey wireless client configured to associate with the AT-WA7400
Management Software.
Client Security Settings
Security should be disabled on the client used to do initial
configuration of the access point.
If the Security mode on the access point is set to anything other than
plain text, wireless clients will need to set a profile to the authentication
mode used by the access point and provide a valid username and
password, certificate, or similar user identity proof. Security modes are
Static WEP, IEEE 802.1x, WPA with RADIUS server, and WPA-PSK.
For information on configuring security on the access point, see
Chapter 10, “Configuring Security” on page 105.