18 | AT-TQ2403 - Management Software - User's Guide |
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The administration web browser must have JavaScript enabled to support the interactive features of the administration interface. It must also support HTTP uploads to use the firmware upgrade feature.
∙AT-TQ2403 Software and Documentation CD
This CD contains the Kick Start utility and the software documentation. You can run the Kick Start utility on Windows (only Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 2000 Server and 2003 Server) laptop or computer that is connected to the access point (via wired or wireless connection). It detects AT-TQ2403 Management Software on the network. The wizard steps you through initial configuration of new access points, and provides a link to the AT-TQ2403 Management Software where you finish the basic setup process in a step-by-step mode and launch the network.
For more about using Kick Start, see “Running Kick Start to Find Access Points on the Network”.
∙CD-ROM Drive
The administrator’s computer must have a CD-ROM drive to run the Kick Start application on the AT-TQ2403 Software and Documentation CD.
∙Security Settings
Ensure that security is disabled on the wireless client used to initially configure the access point.
Setting Up the Wireless Client Computers
The AT-TQ2403 Management Software 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-TQ2403 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-TQ2403 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