Dynamic And Static Ip Addressing On The Ap; Recovering An Ip Address; Discovering A Dynamically Assigned Ip Address; Using The Reset Button - D-Link DWL-3500AP - AirPremier Wireless Switching 108G Access Point Administrator's Manual

Dynamic and Static IP Addressing on the AP

When you power on the access point, the built-in DHCP client searches for a DHCP server on
the network in order to obtain an
find a DHCP server on the network, the AP continues to use its default
(10.90.90.91) until you re-assign it a new static IP address (and specify a static IP addressing
policy) or until the AP successfully receives network information from a DHCP server.
To change the connection type and assign a static IP address, see
Interface" on page 31.
If you do not have a DHCP server on your internal network and do not
CAUTION:
plan to use one, the first thing you must do after powering on the access
point is change the connection type from DHCP to static IP. You can
either assign a new static IP address to the AP or continue using the
default address. We recommend assigning a new static IP address so that
if you bring up another Unified Access Point on the same network, the IP
address for each AP will be unique.

Recovering an IP Address

If you experience trouble communicating with the access point, you can recover a static IP
address by resetting the AP configuration to the factory defaults (see
Default Configuration"
connecting the AP to a network that has a

Discovering a Dynamically Assigned IP Address

If you have access to the DHCP server on your network and know the MAC address of your
AP, you can view the new IP address associated with the MAC address of the AP.
If you do not have access to the DHCP server that assigned the IP address to the AP or do not
know the MAC address of the AP, you might need to use the CLI to find out what the new IP
address is. For information about how to discover a dynamically assigned IP address, see
"Using the CLI to View the IP Address"

Using the Reset Button

The reset button is located on the rear panel of the access point and is labeled Reset. Use the
reset button to manually reboot the AP or to reset the AP back to the factory default settings,
as Table 5 describes.

Table 5. Reset Button

Function
Reboot
Reset to factory defaults
IP Address and other network information.
on page 82), or you can get a dynamically assigned address by
DHCP
on page 30.
Action
Press reset button for < 2 seconds
Press and hold reset button for > 5 seconds
2 Preparing to Install the Access Point
Static IP Address
"Configuring the Ethernet
"Resetting the Factory
server.
Dynamic and Static IP Addressing on the AP
If the AP does not
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