Creating a Policy Using the GUI | Symbol Technologies WS 5000

Step 3: Creating a Policy Using the GUI

This step should take less than 15 minutes to complete. When you finish this step, the WS 5000 will be operating with a WEP 128 security policy.

The WS 5000 GUI simplifies creating policies. To use the GUI, start a web browser on a computer connected like the computer on the wired LAN in Figure 2. Direct the browser to the secure connection at 'https://nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn', (not http://) where nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn is the IP address of the Ethernet port 2 on the WS 5000. (In the example in “To change the Ethernet port 2 IP address:” this IP address is 192.168.123.102.) The browser should be able to connect immediately, and display the login screen as shown here.

Enter the User ID admin, and Password symbol. (Both are case-sensitive.) Then click the Login button. The WS 5000 main window appears.

On the left panel of this main window, notice that the Default Wireless Switch Policy (highlighted) includes a Default Ethernet Policy, which applies to both Ethernet ports, and a Default Access Port Policy which applies to any connected Access Ports.

This section will explain how to replace the Default Wireless Switch Policy and the Default Access Port Policy with a new switch-level WEP 128 policy. (The Default Ethernet Policy does not need to be changed.) To do this, users will need to create a Security Policy and define a WLAN that will use this new Security Policy. The policy wizard will guide the user through the procedures.

Basic WS 5000 Configuration

The following steps to enable WEP 128 security for a new ESSID are simple yet powerful. The WS 5000 GUI can also be used to create a wide variety of complex network policies. Using the GUI to create these advanced policies requires a thorough understanding of concepts that are beyond the scope of this document. For a complete explanation of WS 5000 policies, see the System Reference Guide included on the WS 5000 CD.