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AcroLAN Access Point User’s Guide

Version 2000.12.10

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Type

disconfig

and press

Enter

to see current default settings of Access Point. Make a

note of the SSID, Channel number and IP address. Acrowave Access Point has a

default IP;

100.100.100.100

The other options that are displayed can be ignored in this chapter and there will be

detail explanation next Access Point Management section

Type

setconfig

and press

Enter

to change current default configuration settings. Using

this command, you can change Access Point’s SSID, Channel number, IP address,

MAC address and WEP key enable/disable.

After type setconfig command, whenever you press Enter key, there occur changeable

Access Point options and you can select or edit what you wanted. Refer the next

example.

STEP 5 Configuration Change

Summary of content (10 pages)

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AcroLAN Access Point User’s Guide Version 2000.12.10 Type disconfig and press Enter to see current default settings of Access Point. Make a note of the SSID, Channel number and IP address. Acrowave Access Point has a default IP; 100.100.100.100 The other options that are displayed can be ignored in this chapter and there will be detail explanation next Access Point Management section STEP 5 Configuration Change Type setconfig and press Enter to change current default configuration settings.
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AcroLAN Access Point User’s Guide ! Version 2000.12.10 RETURN The SSID value is case sensitive and can enter up to 32 characters without banks. ! RETURN Available channel numbers varies from country. Refer to the Appendix Channel chapter. In addition to this, it there is Access Points that have already installed in the neighborhood of your Access Point, take a cautious attitude in selecting channel number.
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AcroLAN Access Point User’s Guide Version 2000.12.10 ! RETURN If you use Acrowave AW-1100E as a normal Access Point, select ‘1’. Otherwise, you use it as a point-to-point transmission device you should select ‘2’ or ‘3’. About this usage, detail explanation will be followed next chapter. ! RETURN If you know what IP address should be set to your Access Point then write it in this step. Otherwise, if you do not know what IP can be used, ask for your network administrator about available IP address.
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AcroLAN Access Point User’s Guide Version 2000.12.10 WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. WEP is an encryption scheme that provides the secure wireless data communications to the users. WEP uses a 64bit-key or 128bitkey to control the network access. In order to do secure communication over the wireless LAN network, enable WEP function. If you enable WEP function, select one of four WEP default key number. You can choose any one number from 1 to 4. And then, there occur Exclude Unencrypted question.
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AcroLAN Access Point User’s Guide Version 2000.12.10 As the wireless channel is more prone to the illegal access, WEP provides the users safe wireless LAN network access. But if you enable WEP function, it will degrade transmission throughput because it take some time to encryption/decryption. These options are provided for wireless LAN expert only, so if you does not have deep information about wireless LAN air interface specifications, do not change default options.
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AcroLAN Access Point User’s Guide Version 2000.12.10 If you press y then Acrowave Access Point setup configuration will be complete and the setup program will update changed configuration in the memory. Caution During updating configuration data, there can be display flash memory write error message. In this case, call for help Acrowave Access Point distributor.
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AcroLAN Access Point User’s Guide Version 2000.12.10 2.3 Verifying the Operation of the Acrowave Access Point The AP runs a series of self-tests on power-up and reports status using its LEDs. When power-up begins, the following occurs: a. The firmware begins running diagnostics, initializes minimal hardware. b. After the firmware completes its diagnostics and hardware initialization. The diagnostics then checks the RF module to see whether it is properly runs in the AP.
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AcroLAN Access Point User’s Guide Version 2000.12.10 Power & AP Function Air Link Status Ethernet Link Status LED Name Operational State Power & AP Function On (Green) = power is okay Orange Air Link Status = AP Functional Fail Occur ON (Green) = Air link status okay Blink = Air link or RF module has some problems. Ethernet Link Status Blink = Ethernet interface okay and the AP transfers data.
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AcroLAN Access Point User’s Guide Chapter 3 Version 2000.12.10 Access Point Management This chapter describes the pages in the Access Point’s management system. Before installing the AcroLAN Access Point Manager, first select a computer that meets these requirements: • Operating system is Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows 2000, Windows ME or Windows NT4.0 later. • The computer is connected to the Access Point’s wired or wireless LAN.