Changing Access Point Properties - 3Com 6000 User Manual

Changing Access Point
Properties
In the Configuration Management System navigation tree under System
Configuration, click Access Point Properties. The Access Point Properties page
displays the properties of the selected access point. You can change properties by
entering values in the fields and clicking the radio buttons (see the following
table). When you are finished, click Submit.
The following table describes the properties.
Property Description
Device Name This name appears in the Known Access Points
List window. You can change the default name
to one of your choice.
Device Location Optionally, you can enter the location of the
access point.
WLAN Service Area To enable clients to roam among multiple
access points, the access points must have
identical WLAN service areas. To maintain
wireless association, the WLAN service area on
the client and the access point with which it is
associated must match exactly. Therefore, if
you are associated with the access point that
you are configuring and you change the access
point WLAN service area, make sure to change
the client WLAN service area also.
Help File Location Web Server: Help files are located on the
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network at the specified Help File Path.
Local Drive: Help files are located on the
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client at the specified Help File Path.
Help File Path The location of the Configuration
Management System help files on the web
server or on the local drive.

Changing Access Point Properties

Default Value
3ComAccessPoint_xxxx
(where xxxx is the last
four hex digits of the
MAC address)
None
3Com Wireless Network
Local Drive
D:WLAN?APHELP
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