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AT-TQ2403 Management Software User's Guide 17
Chapter 1: Preparing to Set Up the AT-TQ2403
Wireless Access Point
Before you plug in and boot a new AT-TQ2403 Management Software, review the following sections for
a quick check of required hardware components, software, client configurations, and compatibility issues.
Make sure you have everything you need ready to go for a successful launch and test of your new (or
extended) wireless network.
This chapter contains the following sections:
Setting Up the Administrator’s Computer
Setting Up the Wireless Client Computers
Understanding Dynamic and Static IP Addressing on the AT-TQ2403 Management Software
Setting Up the Administrator’s Computer
You configure and administer AT-TQ2403 Management Software with the Kick Start utility (which you
run from the CD) and through a web-based user interface (UI). In order to successfully start the
management software, the administrator’s computer must be set up with the following hardware and
software components:
Ethernet connection
The computer used to configure the first AT-TQ2403 Management Software with Kick Start must be
connected to the access point, either directly or through a hub, by an Ethernet cable.
Wireless Connection to the Network
After you initially configure and launch the first AT-TQ2403 Management Software, you can make
fur
ther configuration changes through the management software using a wireless connection to the
“internal” network. This configuration includes:
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. (IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and
802.11a Turbo modes are supported.)
Wireless client software such as Microsoft Windows XP or Funk Odyssey wireless client
configured to associate with the AT-TQ2403 Management Software.
For more details about the Wi-Fi client setup, see “Setting Up the Wireless Client Computers
”.
Web browser/operating system
Configuration and administration of the AT-TQ2403 Management Software is provided through a
Web-based user interface hosted on the access point. Allied Telesis recommends using one of the
following supported web browsers to access the AT-TQ2403 Management Software:
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 or greater (with up-to-date patch level for either
major version) on Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows 2000
Netscape Mozilla 1.7.x on Redhat Linux version 2.4