Motorola AP-7131N-FGR Installation Manual page 39

b. Use the This Interface
defined over the LAN connection. Select
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
to use the access point as a DHCP server over the LAN connection. Select the
client option to enable a diskless system to discover its own IP address.
Motorola Solutions recommends that the WAN and LAN ports should not
NOTE
be configured as DHCP clients at the same time.
c. Enter the network-assigned
supported as a valid IP address for the access point. The user is required to enter a
numerical IP address.
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. If using the static or DHCP Server option, enter a
numerical IP address of a router the access point uses on the Ethernet as its default
gateway
f. If using a static or DHCP Server, 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.
For additional access point port configuration options, as well as radio,
NOTE
WLAN and Quality of Service (QoS) options, refer to the
AP-7131N-FGR Access Point Product Reference Guide available at
https://portal.motorolasolutions.com/Support/US-EN
drop-down menu to specify how network address information is
IP Address
defines the size of the subnet. The first two sets of numbers specify
Address Assignment Range
DHCP Client if the larger corporate network
of the access point. DNS names are not
Default Gateway
Primary DNS Server
parameter to specify a
Basic Configuration
DHCP Server
Bootp
to define the
numerical IP address.
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