Managing Access Points; Commissioning Access Points - Siemens SIMATIC NET SCALANCE WLC711 Getting Started

Managing access points

5.1

Commissioning access points

Prerequisite
To establish a connection between a SCALANCE Industrial Wireless LAN controller and an
access point, the access point must be connected to the IE network.
Procedure
On the "Topology" configuration page, set the network topology of the SCALANCE Industrial
Wireless LAN controller. If you configure and save these settings, a connection can be
established between the SCALANCE Industrial Wireless LAN controller and the access
point.
To open the configuration page, select the "VNS Configuration > Topologies" menu
command. From the "Topologies" list on the left, select the predefined type "physical 1". The
"Topology" window opens:
Figure 5-1
SCALANCE WLC711
Getting Started, 04/2016, C79000-G8976-C269-07
Configuration of the network topology
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