Table of Contents

 

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................

1

INSTANTWAVE HIGH RATE FAMILY......................................................................

1

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................

1

CABLING ...............................................................................................................

1

HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE................................................................................

2

PLANNING YOUR NETWORK ..........................................................................

3

INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK TYPES......................................................................

3

PLANNING AN INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK..........................................................

5

Single AP Installation .......................................................................................

5

Multiple AP Installation....................................................................................

5

ROAMING ..............................................................................................................

6

ACCESS POINT PLACEMENT GUIDELINES ..............................................................

7

Placing For Performance .................................................................................

7

Placement Tools................................................................................................

7

GETTING STARTED............................................................................................

8

ACCESS POINT HARDWARE INSTALLATION ...........................................................

8

LED INDICATORS..................................................................................................

8

HARDWARE PRE-CONFIGURATION ...........................................................

10

INSTALLING THE AP MANAGEMENT TOOLS..........................................

10

USING THE AP COMFIG TOOL......................................................................

11

AP COMFIG/PASSWORD.....................................................................................

11

AP COMFIG/SERVICE.........................................................................................

12

General:..........................................................................................................

13

Encryption: .....................................................................................................

15

IP: ...................................................................................................................

17

Filter:..............................................................................................................

19

SNMP Access Control: ...................................................................................

20

PERFORM AP SELF DIAGNOSTIC TEST ................................................................

21

UPGRADE AP FIRMWARE ....................................................................................

22

RESET AP CONFIGURATION ................................................................................

23

MANAGE APMS HOST TABLE ............................................................................

23

USING THE ACCESS POINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ADVANCED

 

CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT)....................................................

25

MANAGING CONFIGURATIONS.............................................................................

27

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