Gateway 7001 Series Static IP addressing, Recovering an IP Address

Static IP addressing

The Gateway 7001 Series self-managed AP ships with a default Static IP Address of 192.168.1.1. (See the default settings for the AP in “Gateway 7001 Series self-managed AP” on page 5.) If no DHCP server is found on the network, the AP retains this static IP address at first-time startup.

After AP startup, you have the option of specifying a static IP addressing policy on Gateway 7001 Series self-managed APs and assigning static IP addresses to APs on the internal network through the access point Administration Web pages. (See information about the Connection Type box and related boxes in “Configuring Internal interface Ethernet settings” on page 71.)

Important If you do not have a DHCP server on the Internal network and do not plan to use one, the first thing you must do after adding the access point is change the Connection Type from DHCP to Static IP. You can either assign a new Static IP address to the AP or continue using the default address. We recommend assigning a new Static IP address so that if later you add another Gateway 7001 Series self-managed AP on the same network, the IP address for each AP will be unique.

Recovering an IP Address

If you experience trouble communicating with the access point, you can recover a static IP address by resetting the AP configuration to the factory defaults (see “Resetting the configuration” on page 166), or you can get a dynamically assigned address by connecting the AP to a network that has DHCP.