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WirelessClientRequirements

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

November2011 Page17

UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide

WirelessClientRequirements

TheUAPprovideswirelessaccesstoanyclientwithaproperlyconfiguredWi‐Ficlientadapterforthe802.11

modeinwhichtheaccesspointisrunning.TheUAPsupportsmultipleclientoperatingsystems.Clientscanbe

laptopordesktopcomputers,personaldigitalassistants(PDAs),oranyotherhand‐held,portable

orstationary

deviceequippedwithaWi‐Fiadapterandsupportingdrivers.

Toconnecttotheaccesspoint,wirelessclientsneedthesoftwareandhardwaredescribedinthefollowing

table.

DynamicandStaticIPAddressingontheAP

Whenyoupowerontheaccesspoint,thebuilt‐inDHCPclientsearchesforaDHCPserveronthenetworkin

ordertoobtainanIPAddressandothernetworkinformation.IftheAPdoesnotfindaDHCPserveronthe

network,theAPcontinuestouseitsdefaultStatic

IPAddress(10.90.90.91)untilyoure‐assignitanewstatic

IPaddress(andspecif y astaticIPaddressingpolicy)oruntiltheAPsuccessfullyreceivesnetworkinformation

fromaDHCPserver.

TochangetheconnectiontypeandassignastaticIPaddressbyusingtheCLI,see“ConfiguringtheEthernet



Settings”onpage25or,byusingtheWebUI,see“EthernetSettings”onpage51.

Table3:RequirementsforWirelessClients

RequiredComponent Description

Wi‐FiClientAdapter Portableorbuilt‐inWi‐FiclientadapterthatsupportsoneormoreoftheIEEE

802.11modesinwhichyouplantoruntheaccesspoint.

WirelessClientSoftware Clientsoftware,suchasMicrosoftWindowsSupplicant,configuredtoassociate

withtheUAP.

ClientSecuritySettings Securityshouldbedisabled

ontheclientusedtodoinitialconfigurationofthe

accesspoint.

IftheSecuritymodeontheaccesspointissettoanythingotherthanplaintext,

wirelessclientswillneedtosetaprofiletotheauthenticationmodeusedbythe

accesspointandprovideavalidusernameand

password,certificate,orsimilaruser

identityproof.SecuritymodesareStaticWEP,IEEE802.1X,WPAwithRADIUS

server,andWPA‐PSK.

Forinformationaboutconfiguringsecurityontheaccesspoint,see“V irtualAccess

PointSettings”onpage70.

Caution!IfyoudonothaveaDHCPserveronyourinternalnetwork,anddonotplantouseone,the

firstthingyoumustdoafterpoweringontheaccesspointischangetheconnectiontypefromDHCP

tostaticIP.YoucaneitherassignanewstaticIPaddress

totheAPorcontinueusingthedefault

address.WerecommendassigninganewstaticIPaddresssothatifyoubringupanotherWLANAP

onthesamenetwork,theIPaddressforeachAPwill beunique.