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Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-G Access Point with Power Over Ethernet
Overview
Wireless-G Access Point with Power Over Ethernet
Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-G Access Point with
Power Over Ethernet
Overview
The Utility can be accessed via Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator through use of a computer that
is networked with the Access Point.
For a basic network setup, most users only have to use the following screens of the Utility:
• Setup
On the Setup screen, enter your basic network settings here.
• Management
Click the Administration tab and then select the Management screen. The Access Point’s default password
is admin. To secure the Access Point, change the AP Password from its default.
Navigating the Utility
There are five main tabs: Setup, Wireless, AP Mode, Administration, and Status. Additional screens will be
available from most of the main tabs.
Setup
Enter the settings for the Access Point and your Internet connection on this screen.
Wireless
You will use the Wireless tabs to enter a variety of wireless settings for the Access Point.
• Basic Wireless Settings. Enter the network mode, Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) settings, SSIDs, and
other settings on this screen.
• Wireless Security. Use this screen to configure the Access Point’s security settings.
• Wireless Network Access. From this screen, you can permit or block access to your wireless network.
HAVE YOU:Enabled TCP/IP on your PCs? PCs
communicate over the network with this
protocol. Refer to “Appendix D: Windows Help”
for more information on TCP/IP.
browser: an application that provides a way to
look at and interact with all the information on the
World Wide Web.
tcp/ip: a set of instructions PCs use to
communicate over a network.