Field

Description

 

 

Connection Type

You can select “DHCP Client” or “Static IP”.

 

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol specifying

 

how a centralized server can provide network configuration information to

 

clients. A DHCP server “offers” a “lease” to the client system. The information

 

supplied includes the client's IP addresses and net mask plus the address

 

of its DNS servers and gateway.

 

Static IP indicates that all network settings are provided manually. You must

 

provide the IP address for the Gateway 7001 Series self-managed Access

 

Point, its subnet mask, the IP address of the default gateway, and the IP

 

address of at least one DNS nameserver.

 

If you select “DHCP Client”, the Gateway 7001 Series self-managed AP will

 

acquire its IP Address, subnet mask, and DNS and gateway information from

 

the DHCP Servers.

 

Otherwise, if you select “Static IP”, fill in the items described in “Static IP

 

Settings.”

 

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 bringing up the AP

 

is change the Connection Type from DHCP to Static IP. When you change

 

the Connection Type 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 address so that if later you bring up another Gateway 7001

 

Series self-managed AP on the same network, the IP addresses for the two

 

APs will be unique.

 

If you need to recover the default Static IP address, you can do so by resetting

 

the AP to the factory defaults as described in “Resetting the configuration”

 

on page 166.

 

 

Static IP Address

If you chose “Static IP” as the Connection Type, these boxes will be enabled.

 

Type the Static IP Address in the text boxes.

 

 

Subnet Mask

Type the Subnet Mask in the text boxes. You must obtain this information

 

from your ISP or network administrator.

 

 

Default Gateway

Type the Default Gateway in the text boxes.

 

 

DNS

The Domain Name Service (DNS) is a system that resolves the descriptive

Nameservers

name (domainname) of a network resource (for example,

 

www.gatewayap.com) to its numeric IP address (66.93.138.219). A DNS

 

server is called a Nameserver.

 

There are usually two Nameservers, a Primary and a Secondary.

 

You can choose Dynamic or Manual mode.

 

If you choose Manual, you should assign static IP addresses manually.

 

If you choose Dynamic, the IP addresses for the DNS servers will be

 

assigned automatically through DHCP. (This option is only available if you

 

specified DHCP for the Connection Type.).

 

 

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