Planet Technology WAP5 Chapter 3 PLANET Outdoor WLAN, Management System, 3.1 Introduction, 3.2Installation, Auto-IP:, A.Click on Start Menu/ Run, DHCP client and IP recovery:

Chapter 3 PLANET Outdoor WLAN

Management System

3.1 Introduction

The bundled PLANET Outdoor WMS (WLAN Management System) is a powerful utility for managing WAP-5000. This utility is fully compatible with the industry-standard Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). A powerful auto-discovery algorithm is built into WMS. With a simple click on the Auto Discovery icon, all compatible devices within the subnet will be discovered. This discovery feature is based on the following techniques:

∙DHCP client and IP recovery: The WAP-5000 has a built-in DHCP client, and will request an IP address from a DHCP server so that SNMP management can be carried out. Should there be a failure of the DHCP server, the WAP-5000 will auto-assign itself an IP address (see next) and then automatically negotiate for a new IP address when the server recovers.

∙Auto-IP:When the WAP-5000 cannot get an IP address from a DHCP server, it will auto-assign itself an IP address of 169.254.x.x and a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0. A Windows-based system configured as a DHCP client will use the same algorithm to assign itself an IP address in the same subnet. When the DHCP server comes back on line, users may need to renew their stations’ IP settings; otherwise, Windows may continue to use the previous IP address instead of executing the auto-IP procedure.

3.2Installation

1.Insert the bundled CD in the CD-ROM drive to initiate the autorun program. Click on the "PLANET Outdoor WLAN Management System" hyperlink to activate the program.

Or you can start the installation as follows.

A.Click on Start Menu/ Run.

B.Enter “E:\UTILITY\Setup.exe” in the appeared box, where “E” is the letter of your CD-ROM drive.

C.Click on “OK” button.

2.A Welcome window will appear as below. Please click “Next” to continue.

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