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Chapter 3: PreLaunch Checklist
How Does The Access Point Obtain An IP Address At Startup?
3.4.1 How Does The Access Point Obtain An IP Address At
Startup?
When you deploy the access point, it looks for a network DHCP server and, if it
finds one, obtains an IP Address from the DHCP server. If no DHCP server is found
on the network, the AP will continue to use its default Static IP Address
(192.168.1.10) until you re-assign it a new static IP address (and specify a static IP
addressing policy) or until a DHCP server is brought online.
Notes: If you configure both an Internal and Guest network and plan to use a
dynamic addressing policy for both, separate DHCP servers must be run-
ning on each network.
A DHCP server is a requirement for the Guest network.
When you run KickStart, it discovers the 9160 Wireless Gateways on the network
and lists their IP addresses and MAC addresses. KickStart also provides a link to the
administration Web pages of each access point using the IP address in the URL. (For
more information about the KickStart utility, see “Run KickStart To Find Access
Points On The Network” on page 37.)
3.4.2 Dynamic IP Addressing
The 9160 Wireless Gateway generally expects that a DHCP server is running on the
network where the AP is deployed. Most home and small business networks already
have DHCP service provided either via a gateway device or a centralized server.
However, if no DHCP server is present on the Internal network, the AP will use the
default Static IP Address for first time startup.
Similarly, wireless clients and other network devices (such as printers) will receive
their IP addresses from the DHCP server, if there is one. If no DHCP server is
present on the network, you must manually assign static IP addresses to your wire-
less clients and other network devices.
The Guest network must have a DHCP server.