
Administrator’sComputerRequirements
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UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
Administrator’sComputerRequirements
Thefollowingtabledescribestheminimumrequirementsfortheadministrator’scomputerforconfiguration
andadministrationoftheUAPthroughaWeb‐baseduserinterface(UI).
Table2:RequirementsfortheAdministrator’sComputer
RequiredSoftwareorComponent Description
SerialorEthernetConnectiontothe
AccessPoint
Thecomputerusedtoconfigurethefirstaccesspoint mustbe
connectedtotheaccesspointbyaserialcableoranEthernetcable.
WirelessConnectiontotheNetwork Afterinitialconfigurationandlaunchofthefirstaccesspointonyour
newwirelessnetwork,
youcanmakesubsequentconfiguration
changesthroughtheAdministrationWebpagesusingawireless
connectiontotheinternalnetwork.Forwirelessconnectiontothe
accesspoint,youradministrationdevicewillneedWi‐Ficapability
similartothatofanywirelessclient:
Portableorbuilt‐inWi‐Ficlientadapterthatsupports
oneormoreof
theIEEE802.11modesinwhichyouplantoruntheaccesspoint.
WirelessclientsoftwareconfiguredtoassociatewiththeUAP.
WebBrowserandOperatingSystem ConfigurationandadministrationoftheUAPisprovidedthrougha
Web‐baseduserinterfacehostedontheaccesspoint.We
recommendusing
oneofthefollowingsupportedWebbrowsersto
accesstheaccesspointAdministrationWebpages:
• Microsoft®InternetExplorer®v ersion7.xor8.x(withup‐to‐date
patchlevelforeithermajorversion)
• Mozilla®Firefoxversion3.5orlater
•Safari5andlaterversions
TheadministrationWebbrowsermusthaveJavaScript™enabledto
supporttheinteractivefeaturesoftheadministrationinterface.
SecuritySettings Ensurethatsecurityisdisabledonthewir elessclientusedtoinitially
configuretheaccesspoint.