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5Open a shell window.

6Use the cd command to go to the directory in which you saved the installation binary.

7In the shell window, type sh ./install.bin. The Introduction page of the 3WXM installation wizard appears.

8Click Next to display the Choose Installation Type page of the installation wizard, and go to “Using the Installation Wizard”.

The installer does not make any path changes during installation. You might want to configure path information, to make 3WXM easy to start on your system. 3WXM must be run at the root level.

Using the Installation Wizard

To use the installation wizard on a Linux system:

1On the Choose Installation Type page, choose one of the following:

„To install both the 3WXM server and the client, click the 3WXM Services icon.

„To install only the 3WXM client, click the 3WXM client icon.

For detailed installation instructions, see “Installing 3WXM” in the Wireless LAN Switch Manager Reference Manual.

Near the end of the installation process, the installer displays the service ports 3WXM Services will use:

„443—HTTPS server port

„162—SNMP trap receiver port

You can change one or both port numbers to prevent conflicts with other applications on the same host.

Multiple applications cannot use the same UDP or TCP port on the same host. For example, port 443 is defined by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) as the well-known HTTPS port. If the host on which you install 3WXM Services uses its default HTTPS port (443), and the same host also runs Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) on its default HTTPS port (443), there will be a conflict over the port. 3WXM clients will not be able to communicate with 3WXM Services.

If you plan to use the remote configuration option to configure new switches, you must use port 443 for 3WXM Services. When a switch requests its configuration from 3WXM Services, it sends the request to port 443.

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3Com WX2200 manual Using the Installation Wizard

WX2200 specifications

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