Chapter 3: Manage Menu
Assigning a Dynamic IP Address from a DHCP Server to the Access Point
This section explains how to assign an IP address to the access point from a DHCP server. The unit uses the address to communicate with devices on your network, such as management workstations, syslog servers, and RADIUS servers. The access point may have only one IP address.
If you network does not have a DHCP server or you prefer to manually assign it an IP address, refer to “Assigning a Static IP Address to the Access Point” on page 32.
Note
Changing the IP address of the access point interrupts your management session. To resume managing the device, you may have to change the IP address of your management workstation.
To activate the DHCP client to have the access point obtain its IP address configuration from a DHCP server, perform the following procedure:
1.From the Manage menu, select Ethernet Settings.
The access point displays the “Modify Ethernet (Wired) settings” window in Figure 6 on page 32.
2.From the Connection Type menu, select DHCP. This is the default setting.
3.If you want to manually specify the IP addresses of Domain Name servers, click Manual dialog button for DNS Nameservers and enter up to two IP addresses. If you have only one DNS IP address, you must enter it in the top address field.
If you want the access point to use the DNS addresses provided by the DHCP server, click the Dynamic dialog circle.
4.Click the Update button at the bottom of the window to activate and save your changes on the access point.
Your management session is interrupted.
The DHCP client on the unit queries the subnet on the LAN port for a DHCP server. If it receives a response, it uses the IP configuration the server provides. If there is no response, the unit uses the default IP address 192.168.1.230.
5.To resume your management session on the device, enter the new IP address of the access point in the URL field of your web browser.
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