LevelOne WAB-1000 manual Introduction, Preliminary configuration steps

Chapter 3: Configure the WAB-1000 for use as an

access point

Introduction

The WAB-1000 Gateway comes with the capability to be configured as an access point. It can be further configured for Bridging. This is discussed in Chapter 4.

Configured as an access point, it allows one LAN to freely exchange data with another LAN without restriction. In the case of the WAB-1000, it allows the configuration of a WLAN and wireless connection to the LAN. The existing wired LAN is extended by adding the WAB-1000 and thus allowing free roaming and data exchange between the existing LAN and the wireless LAN.

Preliminary configuration steps

For preliminary installation, the WAB-1000 network administrator may need the following information:

•IP address – a list of IP addresses available on the organization's LAN that are available to be used for assignment to the AP(s)

•Subnet mask for the LAN

•Default IP address of the WAB-1000

•DNS IP address

•SSID – an ID number/letter string that you want to use in the configuration process to identify all members of the wireless LAN

•The MAC addresses of all the wireless cards that will be used to access the WAB-1000 network of access points (if MAC address filtering is to be enabled)

•The appropriate encryption key

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