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How to Use this Guide

This user’s guide gives complete instructions for installation and use of the InstantWave NWH660 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point (AP).

Before putting the NWH660 into operation on your LAN, it is important that you adjust the unit’s settings to conform to your networking environment. This can be done with either of two tools included in the NWH660 package: the AP COM-port Configuration utility (AP COMFig) or the InstantWave Management System (IWMS).

AP COMFig lets you carry out basic configuration of the NWH660 off-line, through the supplied serial cable, using a networked or stand-alone computer. IWMS is a powerful yet easy-to-use SNMP-based software package for configuration and management of InstantWave devices over network and internetwork links.

Read through the next section, “Planning the Network,” to learn how to get the best possible performance from your InstantWave wireless network.

Step 1: Plan the wireless network	See “Planning the Network,” page 15, for
	details.
Step 2: Pre-configure the AP	See “Hardware Pre-configuration,” page 22, for
before installing it on an	details.
existing Ethernet
network
Step 3: Install the AP on the	See “Installing the InstantWave Management
Ethernet network	System,” page 36, for details.
Step 4: Carry out on-line	See “Using the InstantWave Management
configuration and	System,” page 39, for details.
management of the AP
via IWMS

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