Basic Settings - D-Link DWL-2600AP Administrator's Manual

Unified Access Point Administrator's Guide

Basic Settings

From the Basic Settings page, you can view various information about the UAP, including IP and MAC address
information, and configure the administrator password for the UAP. The following table describes the fields and
configuration options on the Basic Settings page.
Field
IP Address
IPv6 Address
IPv6 Address Status Shows the operational status of the static IPv6 address assigned to the management
IPv6 Autoconfigured
Global Addresses
IPv6 Link Local
Address
MAC Address
Firmware Version
Product Identifier
Hardware Version
Serial Number
Device Name
Device Description
Current Password
New Password
Confirm New
Password
Baud Rate
System Name
January 2015
Description
Shows the IP address assigned to the AP. This field is not editable on this page because
the IP address is already assigned (either by DHCP, or statically through the Ethernet
Settings page).
Shows the IPv6 address assigned to the AP. This field is not editable on this page because
the IP address is already assigned (either by DHCPv6, or statically through the Ethernet
Settings page).
interface of the AP. The possible values are Operational and Tentative.
Shows each automatically-configured global IPv6 address for the management interface of
the AP.
Shows the IPv6 Link Local address, which is the IPv6 address used by the local physical
link. The link local address is not configurable and is assigned by using the IPv6 Neighbor
Discovery process.
Shows the MAC address of the AP. The address shown here is the MAC address
associated with the management interface. This is the address by which the AP is known
externally to other networks.
Shows version information about the firmware currently installed on the AP. As new
versions of the WLAN AP firmware become available, you can upgrade the firmware on
your APs.
Identifies the AP hardware model.
Identifies the AP hardware version.
Shows the AP serial number.
Generic name to identify the type of hardware.
Provides information about the product hardware.
Enter the current administrator password. You must correctly enter the current password
before you are able to change it.
Enter a new administrator password. The characters you enter are displayed as bullet
characters to prevent others from seeing your password as you type.
The administrator password must be an alphanumeric string of up to 8 characters. Do not
use special characters or spaces.
Note: As an immediate first step in securing your wireless network, we recommend that
you change the administrator password from the default.
Re-enter the new administrator password to confirm that you typed it as intended.
Select a baud rate for the serial port connection. The baud rate on the AP must match the
baud rate on the terminal or terminal emulator to connect to the AP command-line interface
(CLI) by using a serial (console) connection.
The following baud rates are available:
•) 9600
•) 19200
•) 38400
•) 57600
•) 115200
Enter a name for the AP. This name appears only on the Basic Settings page and is a
name to identify the AP to the administrator. Use up to 64 alphanumeric characters, for
example My AP.
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Unified Access Point Administrator's Guide
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