Replacing The Pc Card In An Access Point - Cabletron Systems RoamAbout Access Point Manual

Replacing the PC Card in an Access Point

You may need to replace a defective PC Card or upgrade the PC Card in an Access Point.
If upgrading the Access Point from a 2 Mbit/s PC Card to an 11 Mbit/s PC Card, make sure
that the Access Point firmware version is V5.0 or greater, as described in the "Checking
RoamAbout Product Version Numbers" section on page 6-12.
Also, you should disable encryption before replacing a PC Card with one does not support
encryption.
To change the PC Card in an Access Point configured for a wireless infrastructure network,
you only need to remove AC power, replace the PC Card, and power on the Access Point.
To change the PC Card in an Access Point configured for a LAN-to-LAN network, perform
the following:
1. Remove AC power.
2. Replace the PC Card.
3. Power on the Access Point.
4. Change the wireless MAC address on each remote Access Point configured to
communicate with this Access Point. The wireless MAC address for an Access Point
is printed on the back of its PC Card.
Replacing the PC Card in an Access Point
Maintaining the Wireless Network 6-15