
2.3Preparing for Configuration
For the user (or administrator) to configure an advanced AP, a managing computer with a Web browser is needed. For
NOTE: If you are using the browser, Opera, to configure an advanced AP, click the menu item File, click Preferences..., click File types, and edit the MIME type, text/html, to add a file extension ".sht" so that Opera can work properly with the Web management pages of the advanced AP.
Since the configuration/management protocol is
NOTE: The AP’s factory default setting is to obtain its IP address automatically from a DHCP Server. When the AP restarts it attempts to obtain an IP address repeatedly for approximately 75 seconds. If this fails then it adopts the default IP address of 192.168.0.1.
2.3.1Connecting the Managing Computer and the Advanced AP
To connect the Ethernet managing computer and the managed AP for
Ethernet
cable
| Normal | Normal | |
| Ethernet | Ethernet | |
| cable | cable | |
Managing | Ethernet | Managed | |
Hub/Switch | AP | ||
Computer | |||
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Fig. 2. Connecting a managing computer and an advanced AP via Ethernet.
The user can use either a
NOTE: One connector of the Ethernet cable must be plugged into the LAN/Config Ethernet socket of the advanced AP for configuration.
2.3.2Changing the TCP/IP Settings of the Managing Computer
Use the Windows Network Control Panel Applet to change the TCP/IP settings of the managing computer, so that the IP address of the computer and the IP address of the advanced AP are in the same IP subnet. Set the IP address of the computer to 192.168.0.xxx (the default IP address of an AP is 192.168.0.1) and the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0.
NOTE: For some versions of Windows, the computer needs to be restarted for the changes of TCP/IP settings to take effect.
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