Installing The Management Tool On A Computer; Restoring An Access Point To Factory Defaults; Interoperating With Third-Party Equipment - 3Com 6000 User Manual

Installing the
Management Tool on
a Computer
Restoring an Access
Point to Factory
Defaults
Interoperating with
Third-Party Equipment
The 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN access point 6000 Configuration Management
System resides on the access point. You can access it through your Web browser if
your 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN client was installed using the 3Com
Administrator Utilities CD. You can also install the tool on a third party wireless
client or on a desktop computer that is wired to the LAN.
If you need to upgrade the firmware or the Web server file system on access
points, you should do so from a computer that is wired to the LAN to avoid
problems that could occur if a wireless association were interrupted during the
upgrade. Make sure the computer is on the same network as the access points
that you are configuring.
To install the tool on a computer and launch it, follow these steps:
1 Turn on the computer.
2 Put the 3Com Administrator Utilities CD in the CD-ROM drive.
The main screen appears.
3 In the main screen, click Tools and Utilities.
4 In the next screen, click Install the Administration Tool.
5 Follow the instructions on the screens to complete the installation.
6 After you install it, you can launch the tool by double-clicking the
3Com AP Management icon on your computer desktop, or, from the Windows
Start menu select Start/Programs/3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Administrator
Utilities/3Com AP Management.
The Wireless Network Tree appears in the Access Point Management window.
7 In the Wireless Network Tree, select an access point.
You can view the properties of the selected access point by clicking Properties.
8 Click Configure.
The Configuration Management System main page appears in your Web browser.
You can restore access point settings to the defaults that were set at the factory by
inserting a pointed object (such as the point of a ball point pen) into the reset hole
on the front near the RJ-45 connector and holding for five seconds.
Because 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN equipment complies with IEEE 802.11
standards, it can interoperate with third-party equipment that also complies with
the standards. However, some third party equipment may not support
3Com access point 6000 enhanced performance features. You may need to turn
off the Network Traffic Accelerator and Data Preamble transmission properties to
support this equipment on the network.

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