Chapter 3: Access Point Configuration; Introduction; Preliminary Configuration Steps - LevelOne WAB-3000 User Manual

WAB–3000 Wireless Access Point

Chapter 3: Access Point Configuration

Introduction

The WAB–3000 comes with the capability to be configured as an
access point. As it incorporates two separate 802.11 wireless cards, one
for configuring a local WLAN and one for use in bridging, it can also be
configured for bridging, either with access point or gateway configuration
on the WLAN side. Configuration as a gateway is discussed in Chapter 4
and configuration for bridging is discussed in Chapter 5.

Preliminary Configuration Steps

For preliminary installation the WAB–3000 network administrator
may need the following information:
• IP address – a list of IP addresses available on the organization's
LAN that are available to be used for assignment to the AP(s)
• Subnet Mask for the LAN
• Default IP address of the WAB–3000
• DNS IP address
• SSID – an ID number/letter string that you want to use in the con-
figuration process to identify all members of the wireless LAN.
• The MAC addresses of all the wireless cards that will be used to
access the WAB–3000 network of access points (if MAC address
filtering is to be enabled)
• The appropriate encryption key for wireless communication.
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