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D-Link UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide

November2011 Page15

UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide

Section2:GettingStarted

TheD‐LinkDWL‐x600APunifiedaccesspoint(UAP)providescontinuous,high‐speedaccessbetweenwireless

devicesandEthernetdevices.Itisanadvanced,standards‐basedsolutionforwirelessnetworkinginbusinesses

ofanysize.TheUAPenableswirelesslocalareanetwork(WLAN)deploymentwhileprovidingstate‐of‐the‐art

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wirelessnetworkingfeatures.

TheUAPcanoperateintwomodes:StandaloneModeorManagedMode.InStandaloneMode,theUAPacts

asanindividualaccesspointinthenetwork,andyoumanageitbyusingtheAdministratorWebUserInterface

(UI),command‐lineinterface (CLI),orSNMP.InManagedMode

,theUAPispartoftheD‐LinkUnifiedWiredand

WirelessSystem,andyoumanageitbyusingtheD‐LinkUnifiedWirelessSwitch.IfanAPis inManagedMode,

theAdministratorWebUI,Telnet,SSH,andSNMPservicesaredisabled.

Thisdocumentdescribeshowtoperformthe

setup,management,andmaintenanceoftheUAPinStandalone

Mode.ForinformationaboutconfiguringtheAPinManagedModebyusingtheD‐LinkUnifiedWirelessSwitch,

seetheUserManualfortheswitch.

BeforeyoupoweronanewUAP,reviewthefollowingsectionstocheckrequiredhardwareand

software

components,clientconfigurations,andcompatibilityissues.Makesureyouhaveeverythingyouneedfora

successfullaunchandtestofyourneworextendedwirelessnetwork.

TheDWL‐6600APandDWL‐8600AParedual‐radioaccesspointsandsupporttheIEEE802.11a,802.11b,

802.11g,and802.11nmodes.TheDWL

‐3600APisasingle‐radioaccesspointandsupportstheIEEE802.11b,

IEEE802.11g,and802.11n(2.4GHz)modes.

Thissectioncontainsthefollowingtopics:

• “Administrator ’sComputerRequirements”

• “Wireles sClientRequirements”

• “DynamicandStaticIPAddressingontheAP”

• “InstallingtheUAP”

• “BasicSettings”

• “UsingtheCLItoViewthe

IPAddress”

• “ConfiguringtheEthernetSettings”

• “ConfiguringIEEE802.1XAuthentication”

• “VerifyingtheInstallation”

• “ConfiguringSecurityontheWirelessAccessPoint”

TomanagetheUAPbyusingtheWebinterfaceorbyusingtheCLIthroughTelnetorSSH,theAPneedsanIP

address.IfyouuseVLANsorIEEE802.1X

Authentication(portsecurity)onyournetwork,youmightneedto

configureadditionalsettingsontheAPbeforeitcanconnecttothenetwork.

Note:TheWLANAPisnotdesignedtofunctionasagatewaytotheInternet.ToconnectyourWLAN

tootherLANsortheInternet,youneedagatewaydevice.