Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your WAP3205
1.4 Good Habits for Managing the WAP3205
Do the following things regularly to make the WAP3205 more secure and to manage the WAP3205 more effectively.
•Change the password. Use a password that’s not easy to guess and that consists of different types of characters, such as numbers and letters.
•Write down the password and put it in a safe place.
•Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an earlier working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even crashes. If you forget your password, you will have to reset the WAP3205 to its factory default settings. If you backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally
1.5LEDs
Figure 2 Front Panel
The following table describes the LEDs and the WPS button.
Table 1 Front Panel LEDs and WPS Button
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POWER | Green | On | The WAP3205 is receiving power and functioning |
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| Off | The WAP3205 is not receiving power. |
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LAN | Green | On | The WAP3205 has a successful 10/100MB Ethernet |
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| Blinking | The WAP3205 is sending/receiving data through the |
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| LAN. |
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| Off | The LAN is not connected. |
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WLAN | Green | On | The WAP3205 is ready, but is not sending/receiving |
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| data through the wireless LAN. |
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| Blinking | The WAP3205 is sending/receiving data through the |
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| wireless LAN. |
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| Off | The wireless LAN is not ready or has failed. |
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WPS | Green | On | WPS is enabled. |
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| Blinking | The WAP3205 is negotiating a WPS connection with a |
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| wireless client. |
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| Off | The wireless LAN is not ready or has failed. |
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