Motorola AP-5131 Installation Manual page 34

28 AP-5131 Access Point: Installation Guide
b. Specify a
begins, the ISP authenticates the username.
c. Specify a
starts, the ISP authenticates the password.
7. Click the
a. Select the
LAN connection. The LAN connection is enabled by default.
b. Use the
is defined over the AP-5131's LAN connection. Select
corporate network uses DHCP. DHCP is a protocol that includes mechanisms for IP
address allocation and delivery of host-specific configuration parameters from a DHCP
server to a host. Some of these parameters are IP address, network mask, and gateway.
Select
c. Enter the network-assigned
d. The Subnet Mask
the network domain, the next set specifies the subset of hosts within a larger network.
These values help divide a network into subnetworks and simplify routing and data
transmission.
e. Enter a
Ethernet as its default gateway.
f. Enter the
g. If using DHCP Server, use the
range of IP address reserved for mapping clients to IP addresses. If a manually (static)
mapped IP address is within the IP address range specified, that IP address could still be
assigned to another client. To avoid this, ensure all statically mapped IP addresses are
outside of the IP address range assigned to the DHCP server.
NOTE
8. Enable the radio(s) using the
enable the radio, then select either 802.11a (5 GHz) or 802.11b/g (2.4 GHz) from the
of Operation
If using a dual-radio AP-5131, the user can enable both RF bands.
Username entered when connecting to the ISP. When the Internet session
Password entered when connecting to the ISP. When the Internet session
LAN tab to set a minimum set of parameters to use the AP-5131 LAN interface.
Enable LAN Interface
This Interface drop-down menu to specify how network address information
DHCP Server to use the AP-5131 as a DHCP server over the LAN connection.
defines the size of the subnet. The first two sets of numbers specify
Default Gateway to define the IP address of a router the AP-5131 uses on the
Primary DNS Server
For additional AP-5131 WAN and LAN port configuration options, as well
as radio, WLAN and Quality of Service (QoS) options, refer to the
AP-51xx Product Reference Guide.
Radio Enable
field. Only one RF band option at a time is permissible in a single-radio model.
checkbox to forward data traffic over the AP-5131
IP Address of the AP-5131.
IP address.
Address Assignment Range
checkbox(es). If using a single radio model,
DHCP Client if the larger
parameter to specify a
RF Band