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HP MSM313/MSM323 Deployment Guide
Three virtual service communities (VSCs) are defined on each device. Each VSC provides support
for a different security option: WEP, WPA (with preshared key), and none. To connect with the
wireless network, users must select the SSID of the VSC that matches the option that they want to
use and then login using the public access interface created by the service controller. Roaming is
supported, since the same VSCs are defined on all APs.
For optimum performance, the APs and the service controller use 802.11b/g mode to support
wireless clients and 802.11a mode to create the local mesh links.
Configuration road map
A. Install the APs and the service controller
Install the APs and the service controller as described in their quickstart guides.
B. Switch the APs to autonomous mode
By default the APs are configured to operate in controlled mode. Switch them to autonomous mode
as follows:
1. Start the management tool and login.
2. On the home click Switch to Autonomous Mode. The AP will restart.
3. Before you connect each unit to the LAN, start the management tool and configure each unit as
described in the sections that follow.
AP configuration
A. Configure addressing
By default APs operate as a DHCP client. In the sample topology they are automatically assigned
IP addresses by the DHCP server on the service controller.
To make the APs easier to manage however, it may be useful to assign a static IP address to them
as follows:
1. Select Network > Ports.
2. Under Port configuration, click Bridge port.
3. Under Assign IP address via, select Static then click the Configure button.
4. Set the static addressing parameters as required by the network and click Save.
5. Set IP address to 192.168.10.x. Replace x with a different number for each AP.
6. Set Address mask to 255.255.255.0.
7. Set Default gateway to 192.168.10.1 (which is the address of the service controller).
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