Extreme Networks 4700 manual Where to Go From Here?

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1Select Status and Statistics - > MU Stats from the menu tree.

2Select the Echo Test button from within the MU Stats Summary screen.

3Define the following ping test parameters:

Station Address

The station address is the IP address of the target MU.

 

Refer to the MU Stats Summary screen for associated MU

 

IP address information.

Number of ping

Specify the number of ping packets to transmit to the

 

target MU. The default is 100.

Packet Length

Specify the length of each data packet transmitted to the

 

target MU during the ping test. The default is 100 bytes.

4Click the Ping button to begin transmitting ping packets to the MU address specified.

Refer to the Number of Responses value to assess the number of responses from the target MU versus the number of pings transmitted by the access point. Use the ratio of packets sent versus packets received to assess the link quality between MU and the access point.

Click the Ok button to exit the Echo Test screen and return to the MU Stats Summary screen.

With basic access point and associated MU connectivity verified, the access point is now ready to operate as defined within this guide or have its more advanced features configured.

Where to Go From Here?

Once basic connectivity has been verified, the access point can be fully configured to meet the needs of the network and the users it supports. The sections referenced below are located within the Altitude 4700 Series Access Point Product Reference Guide available at http://www.extremenetworks.com/go/documentation.

See Chapter 4 for more information on how to define System Settings (beyond the scope of the Quick Setup screen), configure access point device access, set SNMP values, log system events, set the access point system time and import device firmware and configuration files.

See Chapter 5 for information on configuring the access point LAN and WAN ports, define up to 16 individual WLANs and their QoS policies and configure access point router settings.

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