HP ProCurve 420 Installation And Getting Started Manual page 35

12. Set the radio channel through which the access point communicates with
13. Type no shutdown to enable wireless operation.
14. Type Ctrl-Z to save your settings.
Here is some information on the basic IP address and wireless configuration
parameters. For more information on these fields, see the Management and
Configuration Guide, which is on the Documentation CD-ROM that came
with your access point:
Parameter Default
Username admin
Password none
IP Address 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway 0.0.0.0
SSID ANY
Channel 0 (AUTO)
Wireless Operation Disabled
Note: The IP address and subnet mask assigned for the access point must be compatible with the IP addressing used
in your network. For more information on IP addressing, see the Management and Configuration Guide, which is on
the Documentation CD-ROM that came with your access point.
its wireless clients. For most wireless clients, the radio channel is auto-
matically set to the same as that used by the access point to which it is
linked. Type channel number, where "number" can be from 1 to 11,
depending on the wireless regulations specified by your country.
HP Procurve Access Point wl420(if-wireless g)#channel 9
HP Procurve Access Point wl420(if-wireless g)#
HP Procurve Access Point wl420(if-wireless g)#no shutdown
HP Procurve Access Point wl420(if-wireless g)#
The name of the Manager.
The password for the Manager.
IP address compatible with your network.
Subnet mask compatible with your network.
IP address of the next-hop gateway node for network traffic that needs to be
able to reach off-subnet destinations.
The Service Set Identifier is a unique name identifying the communications
domain for the access point. Clients that want to connect to the wireless
network via this specific access point must set their SSIDs to the same name.
The radio channel through which the access point communicates with its
wireless clients. For most wireless clients, the radio channel is automatically
set to the same as that used by the access point to which it is linked.
Wireless operation should be enabled only after you configure the
appropriate SSID and radio channel using the no shutdown command.
Getting Started With Access Point Configuration
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