Ping Of Life - Alcatel Speed Touch Wireless User Manual

17 Maintenance - Lost Speed Touch Wireless

17.1 Ping of Life

Introduction
General procedure
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The Ping of Life
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The STWireless offers a unique method to supply an IP address to
the STWireless.
This method, the Ping of Life , allows to provide the STWireless
with an IP address, without affecting other configurational settings.
The principle is fairly simple: a special ping packet will deliver an
IP address to your STWireless.
Generally the procedure is as follows:
Step Action
1 Pre configure the intended IP address and a special MAC group
address in the ARP cache of one of your PCs.
2 Power cycle the STWireless, and allow the POST to end (this
takes about 30 seconds).
3 Ping this same IP address within 60 seconds after the STWireless
ended its POST.
If everything goes well, the STWireless has assimilated this IP
address.
4 Save the new IP setting via the STWireless web pages.
Most TCP/IP packages support the ARP and PING command. The
Ping of Life can be executed from any PC on your local network.
Proceed as follows:
Step Action and Description
1 Turn off the STWireless.
2 Open an DOS window (Windows OS), or a terminal window
(UNIX, Linux) on a PC.
3 In the DOS window, or terminal window, execute: arp –a
This command allows you to overview the current entries in the
ARP cache.
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