Chapter 15 System

15.2 Host Name

A host name is the unique name by which a device is known on a network. Click Configuration > System > Host Name to open this screen.

Figure 84 Configuration > System > Host Name

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 69 Configuration > System > Host Name

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

System Name

Choose a descriptive name to identify your NWA3000-N series AP device.

 

This name can be up to 64 alphanumeric characters long. Spaces are not

 

allowed, but dashes (-) underscores (_) and periods (.) are accepted.

 

 

Domain Name

Enter the domain name (if you know it) here. This name is propagated to

 

DHCP clients connected to interfaces with the DHCP server enabled. This

 

name can be up to 254 alphanumeric characters long. Spaces are not

 

allowed, but dashes “-” are accepted.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the NWA3000-N series AP.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings.

 

 

15.3 Date and Time

For effective scheduling and logging, the NWA3000-N series AP system time must be accurate. The NWA3000-N series AP has a software mechanism to set the time manually or get the current time and date from an external server.

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