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6 AT-TQ2403 - Management Software - User's Guide
CONTENTS
Preface....................................................................................................................................................................15
Purpose of This Guide .................................................................................................................................15
How This Guide is Organized....................................................................................................................15
Document Conventions ..............................................................................................................................15
Contacting Allied Telesis....................................................................................................................................16
Online Support..............................................................................................................................................16
Email and Telephone Support ....................................................................................................................16
Warranty ........................................................................................................................................................16
Where to Find Web-based Guides...........................................................................................................16
Returning Products.......................................................................................................................................16
Sales or Corporate Information ................................................................................................................16
Management Software Updates .................................................................................................................16
Tell Us What You Think .............................................................................................................................16
Chapter 1: Preparing to Set Up the AT-TQ2403 Wireless Access Point..............................................17
Setting Up the Administrator’s Computer..............................................................................................17
Setting Up the Wireless Client Computers............................................................................................18
Understanding Dynamic and Static IP Addressing on the AT-TQ2403 Management Software...19
How Does the Access Point Obtain an IP Address at Start-up?.....................................................19
Dynamic IP Addressing .............................................................................................................................19
Static IP Addressing ...................................................................................................................................19
Recovering an IP Address.........................................................................................................................20
Chapter 2: Setting up the AT-TQ2403 Management Software..................................................................21
Running Kick Start to Find Access Points on the Network.................................................................21
Logging in to the AT-TQ2403 Management Software..........................................................................23
Configuring the Basic Settings and Starting the Wireless Network...................................................25
Configuring the Basic Settings.................................................................................................................25
Chapter 3: Configuring Basic Settings..............................................................................................................27
Navigating to Basic Settings ........................................................................................................................27
Review / Describe the Access Point.........................................................................................................28
Provide Network Settings...........................................................................................................................29
Update Basic Settings...................................................................................................................................30
Basic Settings for a Standalone Access Point ..........................................................................................30
Setting User Interface Scheme Preferences ............................................................................................30
Navigation.......................................................................................................................................................30
Chapter 4: Managing Access Points and Clusters .........................................................................................31
Navigating to Access Points Management ...............................................................................................32
Understanding Clustering............................................................................................................................32
What is a Cluster? .....................................................................................................................................32
How Many APs Can a Cluster Support?...............................................................................................32
Only the same country domain setting can be clustered..................................................................32
What Kinds of APs Can Cluster Together?.........................................................................................33
Which Settings are Shared as Part of the Cluster Configuration and Which Are Not? ............33
Cluster Formation......................................................................................................................................34
Cluster Size and Membership..................................................................................................................34
Intra-Cluster Security................................................................................................................................35
Understanding Access Point Settings........................................................................................................35
Modifying the Location Description..........................................................................................................36
Setting the Cluster Name............................................................................................................................36
Stopping Clustering.......................................................................................................................................37
Starting Clustering........................................................................................................................................37