User Manual

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Getting Started With Access
Point Configuration
3
Getting Started With Access Point
Configuration
This chapter is a guide for logging on to the the Web interface and provides a
summary of the essential configuration tasks you need to perform to get the
access point up and running on your network.
Topics discussed include:
■ Introducing the Management Web Interface
■ Tasks for Your First Web Browser Interface Session
■ Default Configuration Parameters
Introducing the Management Web
Interface
The access point is managed through a graphical, Web browser-based inter-
face that you can access from any PC or workstation on the same subnet as
the access point. Open a compatible browser and type the access point’s IP
address as the URL. (See “
Step 1. Preconfigure the Access Point” on page 2-4
for information on setting the IP address.)
Note You can use the Web browser interface to access IP addressing only if the
access point already has an IP address that is reachable through your network.
No additional software installation is required to make this interface available;
it is included in the access point’s onboard software.
The operating and Web systems support recommended to manage the access
point through the browser interface are as follows:
■ Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 or later on Microsoft Windows
Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, or Microsoft Windows 2000
■ Netscape Mozilla 1.7.x on Redhat Linux version 2.4
■ Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001
Firefox/0.10.1