NDC comm NWH660 Contents

InstantWave 11-Mbps Wireless Access Point

Contents

INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................8

INSTANTWAVE WIRELESS LAN PRODUCTS..............................................9

IWMS — THE INSTANTWAVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM..................................... 10

AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY OF INSTANTWAVE DEVICES........................................10

IWMS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS......................................... 12

TERMINOLOGY USED IN THIS GUIDE................................................................... 13

HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE..............................................................................14

PLANNING THE NETWORK...........................................................................15

INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK TYPES................................................................... 15

PLANNING AN INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK....................................................... 18

Single AP Installation.....................................................................................18

Multiple AP Installation................................................................................. 18

ROAMING............................................................................................................19

HARDWARE DESCRIPTION........................................................................... 20

LED INDICATORS................................................................................................20

CONNECTORS AND SWITCHES............................................................................. 21

HARDWARE PRE-CONFIGURATION...........................................................22

INSTALLING THE AP MANAGEMENT TOOLS......................................... 22

USING THE AP COMFIG TOOL..................................................................... 23

AP COMFIG/PASSWORD ....................................................................................23

AP COMFIG/SERVICE ........................................................................................24

General:......................................................................................................... 25

Encryption:.....................................................................................................27

IP:...................................................................................................................28

Filter:............................................................................................................. 29

SNMP Access Control:...................................................................................31

PERFORM AP SELF DIAGNOSTIC TEST................................................................ 32

UPGRADE AP FIRMWARE ....................................................................................33

RESET AP CONFIGURATION................................................................................ 34

INSTANTWAVE PRODUCT PLACEMENT GUIDELINES...........................................34

INSTALLING THE INSTANTWAVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.............. 36

USING THE INSTANTWAVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ..........................39