Allied Telesis AT-TQ2403 manual 6

6 AT-TQ2403 - Management Software - User's Guide

CONTENTS

Preface ....................................................................................................................................................................	15
Purpose of This Guide .................................................................................................................................	15
How This Guide is Organized....................................................................................................................	15
Document Conventions ..............................................................................................................................	15
Contacting Allied Telesis ....................................................................................................................................	16
Online Support ..............................................................................................................................................	16
Email and Telephone Support ....................................................................................................................	16
Warranty ........................................................................................................................................................	16
Where to Find Web-based Guides...........................................................................................................	16
Returning Products.......................................................................................................................................	16
Sales or Corporate Information ................................................................................................................	16
Management Software Updates .................................................................................................................	16
Tell Us What You Think .............................................................................................................................	16
Chapter 1: Preparing to Set Up the AT-TQ2403 Wireless Access Point ..............................................	17
Setting Up the Administrator’s Computer..............................................................................................	17
Setting Up the Wireless Client Computers ............................................................................................	18
Understanding Dynamic and Static IP Addressing on the AT-TQ2403 Management Software...	19
How Does the Access Point Obtain an IP Address at Start-up? .....................................................	19
Dynamic IP Addressing .............................................................................................................................	19
Static IP Addressing ...................................................................................................................................	19
Recovering an IP Address.........................................................................................................................	20
Chapter 2: Setting up the AT-TQ2403 Management Software..................................................................	21
Running Kick Start to Find Access Points on the Network.................................................................	21
Logging in to the AT-TQ2403 Management Software..........................................................................	23
Configuring the Basic Settings and Starting the Wireless Network...................................................	25
Configuring the Basic Settings .................................................................................................................	25
Chapter 3: Configuring Basic Settings..............................................................................................................	27
Navigating to Basic Settings ........................................................................................................................	27
Review / Describe the Access Point .........................................................................................................	28
Provide Network Settings...........................................................................................................................	29
Update Basic Settings ...................................................................................................................................	30
Basic Settings for a Standalone Access Point ..........................................................................................	30
Setting User Interface Scheme Preferences ............................................................................................	30
Navigation.......................................................................................................................................................	30
Chapter 4: Managing Access Points and Clusters .........................................................................................	31
Navigating to Access Points Management ...............................................................................................	32
Understanding Clustering............................................................................................................................	32
What is a Cluster? .....................................................................................................................................	32
How Many APs Can a Cluster Support? ...............................................................................................	32
Only the same country domain setting can be clustered. .................................................................	32
What Kinds of APs Can Cluster Together? .........................................................................................	33
Which Settings are Shared as Part of the Cluster Configuration and Which Are Not? ............	33
Cluster Formation......................................................................................................................................	34
Cluster Size and Membership..................................................................................................................	34
Intra-Cluster Security................................................................................................................................	35
Understanding Access Point Settings........................................................................................................	35
Modifying the Location Description..........................................................................................................	36
Setting the Cluster Name............................................................................................................................	36
Stopping Clustering.......................................................................................................................................	37
Starting Clustering ........................................................................................................................................	37