3Com 3CRWE41196 manual

http://www.3com.com/ Part No. DUA4119-6AAA01 Published Mar ch 2003 Of ficeConnect ® 11Mbps W ir eless Access Point User Guide 3CRWE411 96[...]

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C O NTENTS A BOUT T HI S G UIDE Naming Convention 7 Conventions 8 Feedback about this User Guide 8 Related Documenta tion 9 Produc t Registration 9 1 I NTRODUCING THE A CCESS P OI NT OfficeConnect 11Mb ps W ireless Access Point 12 Access Point Advantages 13 Package Contents 13 Minimum System and Co mponent Re quirements 14 Front Panel 14 Rear Panel[...]

4 A CCESS P OINT C ONFI GURAT ION Navigating Thr ough the Access Point Configuration Pages 31 Main Menu 31 Option T abs 31 W elcome Scre en 32 Notice Board 32 Password 33 Wiz ar d 33 LAN Settings 34 Unit Configuration 34 DHCP Clients List 36 Wireless Settings 37 Configuration 38 Encryption 40 Connection Control 42 Client List 45 Profile 46 System T[...]

A U SING D ISC O VE RY Running the Discovery Application 59 Windows Installation (95/98/2000/Me/NT) 59 B IP A DDR ES SI NG The Intern et Protocol Suite 61 Managing th e Access Point over th e Network 61 IP Addr esses and Subnet Masks 61 How does a Device Obtain an IP Address and Subnet Mask? 63 DHCP Addressing 63 Static Addr essing 63 Auto-IP Addre[...]

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A BOUT T HI S G UI DE This guide de scr ibes how to ins tal l an d confi gure the Offi ceConnect 11Mbps Wi reles s Ac cess Poi nt ( 3CRWE41196). This guide i s i nten ded for use by t hose respon sibl e for ins tal l ing an d set ti ng up network equi pment; con sequent ly , i t assumes a b asi c worki ng know l edge of LA Ns (Local Area Ne tworks)[...]

8 A BOU T T HI S G UI DE Conventi ons Ta b l e 1 and Ta b l e 2 li st convent ions that are used t hroughout thi s gui de. Feedback about this Use r Gu id e Y ou r sug ges tion s ar e ve ry im por tan t to us. T he y w ill he lp m ake ou r documentat ion more useful to y ou. Pl eas e e- mail comments about thi s document t o 3Com at: pddtechpubs_c [...]

Conventions 9 Exam ple: ■ Of ficeConn ect 11M bps Wireless A ccess Point U ser Guide ■ Part Number DUA4119- 6AAA01 ■ Page 24 Do not use thi s e-mai l ad dress for t echni cal suppor t ques ti ons. For informa tion about co ntacting T echnical Sup port, please refer to th e Supp ort and Sa fety Information she et. Rela ted Documentati on In ad[...]

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1 I NTR ODUCI NG THE A CCESS P OI NT W el come to the worl d of net worki ng with 3Com ® . In th e m ode rn busi ness envi ronment, communica ti on and shar in g inf ormati on is cru cia l. Computer networks have p roved to b e one of the fas test modes of com munication but, until recently , only large businesses could affor d the networ king adv[...]

12 C HA PTER 1: I NTRODUCI NG THE A CCESS P OI N T OfficeConnec t 11Mbps W irel ess Access P oint The Offi ceConnect 11Mbps Wi reles s Acces s Poi nt i s des ign ed to provi de a cost -effe cti ve means of c onnecti ng wi red and wi reles s net works. A sing le Acc ess Po int makes the Int er net , e- mail and net work resources , such as pri nter [...]

Access Point Advantages 13 Access P oint Advantages The advanta ges of t he Acces s Poi nt i nclude: ■ Cr oss -pla tfor m ope rati on for c om patib ility w ith Wi ndows, Unix a nd M acintosh computers ■ Easy -to- use , W eb- based s etup and c onfi gura ti on ■ Provid es cent ral iz ati on of al l network a ddress set ti ngs ( DHCP) ■ Shar[...]

14 C HA PTER 1: I NTRODUCI NG THE A CCESS P OI N T Mi ni mu m Sy s t e m and Component Requirements Y our Access Point req uires that the com puter(s) and comp onents in your networ k be confi gured wit h at l east the fol l owing: ■ A computer with an ope rat ing s yst em that s upport s TCP/ IP networ king prot ocol s ( for ex ample Wi ndows 95[...]

Front Panel 15 Fl ashi ng sl owl y - The A ccess Point has comp leted the Reset t o Fa ctor y Defau lts proces s, and is waiti ng f or you t o releas e the reset butt on. T he Ac ce ss Po int w ill then ent er th e sta rt-up seq ue nce an d r esu m e no rm al opera ti on. If you ha ve used th e reset butto n to reset the u nit to Factory Defau lts,[...]

16 C HA PTER 1: I NTRODUCI NG THE A CCESS P OI N T Rear Panel The rear panel ( Fi gur e 3 ) of the A ccess Point contains one LAN p ort, a re set button, a n M DI/X switch a nd a po wer ad apter socket. Figure 3 Access Point - Rear Panel 5 W ireless A ntenn ae The anten nae on the product shoul d be pla ced i n a ‘V’ posit io n when init ially [...]

2 H AR DWAR E I NS TALLA TI ON Int roducti on This chapte r wil l gui de you t hrough a basi c i nst all ati on of t he Acces s Poin t, incl udi ng: ■ Connect ing t he Acces s Poi nt t o your network. ■ Setting up your com puters fo r networking with the A ccess Point. Safety Inform ation WA R N I N G : Please read th e “ Sa fety Information [...]

18 C HA PTER 2: H ARDW AR E I NS TAL LAT I ON When posit io ning your Acces s Poi nt, ensure: ■ It is out of di rect sunl ight and away from sources of heat . ■ Ca bling is aw ay fr om pow er line s, fluo res cen t light ing fix tur es, a nd sources of ele ctr ica l noi se s uch as ra dios , t rans mitt ers and broadband am plifie rs. ■ W ate[...]

Powering Up the Access Point 19 Powering Up the Access P oint T o power up th e Access Poi nt: 1 Plug the pow er adapte r i nto th e pow er adapter so cket located o n the back panel of the Access Point. 2 Plug t he power adapt er i nto a standa rd elect ri cal wall socket . Connect ing t he Access P oint Th e firs t step fo r inst alling yo ur A c[...]

20 C HA PTER 2: H ARDW AR E I NS TAL LAT I ON[...]

3 R UNNI NG THE S ETUP W IZ A R D Accessing the Wi z a r d 3C om re com me nds th at yo u pe rfo rm the in itial Ac ces s Po int confi gur ati on from a computer t hat i s di rect ly c onnecte d to one of the LAN port s and not from a wirele ss con necti on. However , you may conf i gure the Acces s Poi nt f rom a w i reles s admin computer but, no[...]

22 C HA PTER 3: R UNNI NG THE S ETUP W IZ AR D Figure 5 Discover y W el come Screen 3 W hen the We l c o m e scr ee n is d isp laye d, se lect th e N IC fr om wh ich th e Ac cess P oin t w ill be d isco ve re d. Th en clic k o n Next and wait unt il the appl ica ti on dis cover s the Ac cess Point s connec ted t o your L AN. Figure 6 Discovered Acc[...]

Accessing the Wizard 23 Figure 7 Discover y Fini sh Screen 5 Cli ck on Fi nish to launch a we b brow ser and displ ay the login page for the A ccess Point as sh own in Fi gure 8 . 6 T o log in, en ter the passw ord (th e default setting is admin ) in the System Passw ord fiel d and cl ic k Log i n ( Fi gure 8 ). Be sure to bookm ark this screen for[...]

24 C HA PTER 3: R UNNI NG THE S ETUP W IZ AR D 7 If the passwor d is correct, the C ountry Selection scr een appe ars. Select the cou ntry you w i sh to co nfigure the Acce ss Point for , then click Appl y . ( Figure 9 ). Th is sc ree n is o nly d ispla yed on i nitia l con figur atio n o f th e A cce ss P oin t. Figure 9 Country Sel ecti on Screen[...]

Accessing the Wizard 25 Figure 10 W el come Screen Figure 11 Wizard Screen[...]

26 C HA PTER 3: R UNNI NG THE S ETUP W IZ AR D Passw ord Figure 12 C hange Admini str ati on Pass wor d Screen W hen the Change Adm ini stration Passw ord screen ( Fi gure 12 ) a ppears , type the O ld Password , t hen a new pass word in bot h the New Password and Conf ir m Password box es. 3Com recommends ent eri ng a ne w password when s ett ing [...]

Accessing the Wizard 27 This screen det ermin es how the Acc ess P oint obtai ns i ts IP a ddress. There are three opt ions . O bta in IP A dd r ess aut om atica lly - Th e Ac ces s Po int w ill obt ain a n IP address from a DHCP server already opera ti ng on your network. Speci fy an IP address manually - Se lect th is op tion to m anu ally confi [...]

28 C HA PTER 3: R UNNI NG THE S ETUP W IZ AR D Figure 15 DHC P Server Setup Screen This scre en displays a suggested LAN IP add ress and sub net m ask of the Access Poi nt. It als o all ows you t o change t he IP ad dress and s ubnet mas k. T wo further fields are av ailable for you to e nter the Start address of an address pool and an End address.[...]

Accessing the Wizard 29 W ire less Set tin gs Fi gure 16 Wireles s Confi gurat ion Screen This s creen displ ays the c urrent Channel and Ser v ic e Area Name . It als o allows you to cha nge these settings. There are a m aximum of 13 channels, the num ber avail able to you is dependent on the country you r esi de in. The Ser vice Area Nam e defaul[...]

30 C HA PTER 3: R UNNI NG THE S ETUP W IZ AR D Summ ary Fi gure 17 Configura ti on Summ ary Screen When you com pl ete t he Setup W izard, a confi gurat ion s umm ary wil l dis pla y . V eri f y the c onfi gura ti on inf ormat ion of the Access Poi nt and t hen click Finish to sa ve your sett ings . 3Com recomm ends that yo u pri nt t his page for [...]

4 A CCESS P OI NT C ONFI GURAT I ON Navigati ng Through the Access Point Confi gurati on Pages This ch apter describes a ll the scr eens available thr ough the Acc ess Point confi gur ati on pages , and i s provi ded as a reference. T o get t o the confi gur ati on pages , browse t o the Acc ess P oint by ent eri ng t he URL in the l ocati on bar o[...]

32 C HA PTER 4: A CC ESS P OI NT C ONF I GUR ATI ON Get t in g Hel p On every screen, a Hel p but ton i s avai l able whi ch provi des acce ss t o the context-sen siti ve online help system . Click Help for further assistance and guid ance rel ati ng t o the cur rent sc reen. W el come Screen Figure 18 Access Point W el come Screen The We l c o m e[...]

Welcome Screen 33 Passw ord Figure 20 Passwor d Screen Changing the Admini strat ion Pass wor d Y ou c an change th e pass wor d to prevent unaut hori zed a ccess to t he Adm ini stration System . T o do th is: 1 Enter the cu rrent passw ord in the Old Pas sword field 2 Enter the new pass word in the New Password field 3 Enter the new pass word aga[...]

34 C HA PTER 4: A CC ESS P OI NT C ONF I GUR ATI ON LAN Sett ings The LAN Set ti ngs menu provi des the fo ll owing opt ions : Unit Conf igur ation The LAN Set ti ngs screen i s used to deter mine how the LAN IP address of your Access Poin t i s obt aine d. I t ca n be obta ined automati cal ly or yo u can manuall y conf i gure the I P address and [...]

LAN Settings 35 Manually set ting t he IP address 3Co m reco mm ends th at you assign your Acce ss Point a static IP add ress. 1 Sel ect U nit C onfig uratio n and t hen sel ect Stati c I P Address ( to be sp ecifi ed m an ually ) . The scree n shown i n Figure 23 is dis pla yed . Figure 23 Unit Confi gurat i on Screen For Stat ic IP Address 2 En t[...]

36 C HA PTER 4: A CC ESS P OI NT C ONF I GUR ATI ON Figure 24 DHC P Server Confi gurati on Screen 3 Cli cki ng Auto Ran ge auto matically selects the largest ra nge of ad dresses avai la ble f or your net work. Al ter n ati vel y you c an manuall y ent er Start and End addresses for the I P address po ol. THe DHCP serv er s upport s up t o a maximu[...]

Wireless Settings 37 The DHCP Cl ient s L is t provi des d etai l s on t he dev ices that are conn ecte d to th e LAN. The l is t i s only c reated when the Acc ess Poi nt i s s et up as a DHCP ser ver . For each de vic e that i s connect ed t o the L AN, th e IP a ddress, Host Name, MAC address and Cl ie nt T ype of tha t devi ce is dis play ed. A[...]

38 C HA PTER 4: A CC ESS P OI NT C ONF I GUR ATI ON Configur ati on Figure 26 Configur ati on Screen Enable Wireless Networking Al low s yo u to ena ble /dis able the wir eless sect ion of yo ur L AN . W hen disabled, no w i reless PC s can ga in access to your Wire d or Wireless LAN through t hi s Acc ess Point . Channel S elec tion The Channel Se[...]

Wireless Settings 39 Servi ce Area Nam e/SS ID Th is allo ws you to n am e you r Wir ele ss ne two rk. T he fie ld will a cce pt a ny alph anumeric str ing and has a maxi mum l ength of 32 char acter s. Y our Wi reles s computer s must be c onfi gured with ex actl y t he same name or you wil l no t est abl is h a connect ion. The Se rvi ce Area Nam[...]

40 C HA PTER 4: A CC ESS P OI NT C ONF I GUR ATI ON Encrypt ion Fi gure 27 Encrypti on Screen Wired Equi val ent P riv acy or WEP all ows you to encry pt the tra ffic between y our Wi rele ss PC and t he Acces s Poi nt. It is import ant t o remem ber t hat wi th WEP disa bled anyone with a Wi rele ss PC can eaves drop on your ne twork. 3Com recomm [...]

Wireless Settings 41 Encrypt ion Keys Figure 28 Encrypt ion Keys Screen A K ey is a hex adecima l (0-9, A-F) num ber used to en crypt and decrypt the data. There ca n be up t o 4 keys and eac h key ca n be as l ong as 26 di git s. The Acces s Poi nt al so offer s a number of methods for conver ti ng plai n text into hex keys. The text is much easie[...]

42 C HA PTER 4: A CC ESS P OI NT C ONF I GUR ATI ON WEP and 13 charact ers for 128 bit W EP . Y ou must ent er a sepa rat e string for each of the 4 K eys. Y ou can leav e a string blank pr ovided thi s Key i s not sel ect ed as th e Acti ve T ransmit Key . ■ Pass phrase - Thi s i s anot her co m mon method and s imil ar to the 3Com En cry ptio n[...]

Wireless Settings 43 Figure 29 Connection Cont rol Screen A highe r l evel of se curi ty c an be achi eved for yo ur wirel ess n etwork i f you use bot h encr ypt ion and y ou spec if y onl y cer tai n wirel es s computer s c an connec t to t he Access Poin t. By defaul t, any wirel ess computer t hat has the sam e Service Ar ea Nam e/SSID, chann e[...]

44 C HA PTER 4: A CC ESS P OI NT C ONF I GUR ATI ON T o cr eate a list of Wireless com puters that can access the A ccess Point: 1 Pr ess Ne w . The screen shown in Figure 30 opens. 2 Select on e or m ore M AC ad dresses o f the Wireless PC s that you want to allow to connect to the Acce ss Point. 3 Cli ck Add . The li st on the Connecti on Con tro[...]

Wireless Settings 45 Once an entr y has been delet ed i t cannot be undone. Pl ease wait 30 second s for chang es to take e ffect. Cli ent Li st Figure 32 Clie nt List Screen The Wi reles s Cl ie nt Li st provides deta il s on t he devi ces t hat are connect ed to the Wire less LAN. The list is only created w hen Wir eless Netwo rking is enabl ed. [...]

46 C HA PTER 4: A CC ESS P OI NT C ONF I GUR ATI ON Pr ofile Figure 33 Profile Screen Some 3Com Wirel ess Net work Adapt ers all ow you to import Wi reles s confi gur ati ons v ia a ‘ profi le’ . The Access Poin t can gener ate a profil e so that you do not nee d to conf igure your Wi reless PCs manuall y . The profi le cont ains t hree it ems [...]

Wireless Settings 47 Saving a Profi le T o set up a pr ofil e (once the Service Are a Nam e/SSID and Encryp tion set ti ngs hav e been conf igured i n the Acc ess P oint ): 1 Enter a Pr ofile Name (up to 25 alphanum eric characters) and then click Save Prof il e . 2 Y our browser wi ll the n prompt you to ent er a f i le na me and fol der loc atio [...]

48 C HA PTER 4: A CC ESS P OI NT C ONF I GUR ATI ON System T ools The m ain frame of the System T ools scre en includes thr ee adm i nistration ite ms : Rest art , Conf igur ati on, and Upg ra de ( Fi gure 34 ). Restar t Figure 34 Restart Screen If your Acces s Poi nt i s not op erat ing cor rectl y , you can ch oose to rest art th e A cce ss P oin[...]

System Tools 49 Sel ect the Confi gurat i on tab to d isplay the Confi gurat io n screen ( Figure 35 ). Backup Confi gurat ion Cli ck BACKUP to sav e the cur rent Ac cess Poi nt confi gur ati on. Y ou wil l be prom pted t o dow nload and save a fi le t o disk. Restore Confi gurat ion Data If you want to rei nst ate t he conf i gurat ion sett i ngs [...]

50 C HA PTER 4: A CC ESS P OI NT C ONF I GUR ATI ON suppor t web si te t o a fol der on your computer . Once you have done t his , select Brow se to t ell your web browser where this fi le is on your computer , and then c li ck Appl y . Th e file w ill be cop i ed to the Ac ces s Poin t, and on ce thi s has complet ed, t he Access Poin t wil l rest[...]

Status and Logs 51 Stat us and Logs Figure 37 Status and Logs Screen Se lect ing Stat us and Logs fro m th e m ain m enu dis pla ys th e Status and Logs screens ( Figur e 37 ) i n your W eb browser window . T he Status scr een dis pla ys a tabul ar representat ion of y our net work and Int er net connec ti on. The scr een shot in Fi gure 37 does no[...]

52 C HA PTER 4: A CC ESS P OI NT C ONF I GUR ATI ON Status St atus displ ays t he current uni t st atus, inc ludi ng a summary of the confi gur ati on Logs Logs wi ll all ow you to vi ew the eve nts l ogged by the Access Point Y ou m ay be a sked to re fer to the inform ation on the Status and Logs scre ens if you conta ct your supp li er for techn[...]

5 T R OUBL E SHOOT I NG Basi c Connect ion Checks ■ Check th at the Acc ess Point is connect ed to your swit ch or hub an d that all the equ ipment is po wer ed on. C heck that the LAN p ort link sta tus LED on th e A cces s Po int a re illu min ate d, an d th at an y corres pondi ng LEDs are al s o il lumi nate d. ■ Ensure that the c omputers [...]

54 C HA PTER 5: T RO UBLESH OO TI NG Forgot ten Pas sword and Reset t o Fact ory Defaul ts If you c an browse to t he Acc ess Po int conf igur ati on sc reen but ca nnot l og on becaus e you d o not know or have for gotte n the pa ssword, fol low t he ste ps bel ow to reset the Access Poi nt t o it ’ s f act ory de faul t c onfi gura ti on. CAUT [...]

Wireless Networking 55 ■ Ensure that the Wi reless Cli ents are using t he same SSI D or Servi ce Area Name as the Acces s Poi nt. The SSI D is cas e-s ensit i ve ■ Ensure that you are usi ng t he same leve l of secur it y on al l of your wirele ss compute rs ( None, 40/ 64 or 128 bit ) and t hat al l devi ces are usi ng the same keys, and the [...]

56 C HA PTER 5: T RO UBLESH OO TI NG Ac ce ss Po int. In an idea l net wo rk th e A cce ss Po int sh ould b e loc ate d in the ce ntre of the ne twork with W irel ess computer s di st ri buted around it . Appli cat ions are gener al ly avai la ble wi th the comput er wir eless card to carry out a site survey . Use this ap plicati on to find the opt[...]

Frequently Asked Questions 57 ■ IP ad dress: 192.168. 1. 2 ■ Subnet mask: 255. 255. 255.0 ■ Defaul t Gateway a ddress: 192. 168. 1.1 3 Restart the com puter , and re -apply po wer to th e Access P oint. 4 Usin g the W eb browser on the c omputer , ent er t he fol lowi ng URL i n the loc atio n b ar: http://192.168.1.1 . Th is w ill con nec t [...]

58 C HA PTER 5: T RO UBLESH OO TI NG There is a si ngle LAN port s on the Ac cess Point. How are additi onal computers connec ted? Y ou ca n expand the n umber of c onnect ions avai l able on your LAN by usi ng hubs, swit ches and wireles s acc ess poi nts connect ed to the A ccess Point. 3C om w ireless access p oints and O fficeCo nnect hubs and [...]

A U SI NG D ISC O V ER Y Running t he Discove ry Appli cat ion 3Com provides a user f ri endl y Dis cover y appl ic ati on for detec ti ng the Acces s Poi nt on the ne twork. If you are unable to u se the Discover y application, the Access P oint on init ial p ow er -up will a ttem pt to ob tain a n IP ad dre ss fro m yo ur lo cal D HCP ser v er . [...]

60 A PPEND I X A: U SING D IS C O V ER Y 2 W hen the We l c o m e scr ee n is d isp laye d, se lect th e N IC fr om wh ich th e Ac cess P oin t w ill be d isco ve re d. Th en clic k o n Next and wait unt il the appl ica ti on dis cover s the Ac cess Point s connec ted t o your L AN. Figure 40 Discovered Access Poi nt Screen 3 Figur e 40 show s an e[...]

B IP A DD R ESSI NG The Inter net Protocol Suit e The I nter net protocol sui t e consi st s of a wel l -def ined s et of communicat ion s protoco ls a nd seve ral sta ndard appl ica ti on protocol s. T r ansmi ssi on Cont rol Prot ocol /I nter net P rotocol ( TCP/I P) is probabl y the most wide ly kn own and is a combi nati on of two of th e proto[...]

62 A PPEND I X B: I P A DD RESSI NG For you r network to work co rrectly , all devices o n the netw ork m ust have: ■ The same sub-net work address. ■ The sa me sub net m ask. Th e o nly v alu e th at w ill be d ifferen t is the spec ific h ost dev ice num ber . This val ue must al ways be unique . An exampl e I P address is ‘ 192.168. 100. 8[...]

How does a Device Obtain an IP Address and Subnet Mask? 63 This type of I P Address oper ates on a subnet mask of ‘ 255.25 5.0. 0’. See Ta b l e 4 for an exampl e about how a network (o nly four c omputers represente d) and a Ac cess Poi nt might be c onfi gured. Ta b l e 4 IP Address ing and Subnet Masking How does a Devi ce O btain an IP Addr[...]

64 A PPEND I X B: I P A DD RESSI NG an I P address at r andom from the indus tr y st andard subne t of 169.2 54.x. x ( wit h a s ubnet mask of 2 55.255. 0.0 ). If t wo devic es al l ocat e themsel ves the same addres s, t he conf li ct is detect ed and one of the devi ces a ll ocates it sel f a new addres s. Automati c I P address ing s upport was [...]

C T ECHNI CAL S PECI FI CATIONS This sect i on li st s t he tec hnic al speci fi cat ions for the Offi ceConnect 11M bps Wireless A ccess Point. 11Mbps W irel ess Access P oint Interface s LAN connect ion - 10Mbps/100Mbps dua l sp eed Ether n et por t (10BAS E-T/ 100BASE- TX) W LAN Interface Standard I EEE 802.11b, Direct Sequenc e Spread Spect rum[...]

66 A PPEND I X C: T ECHNI CAL S PE CIF IC A TIO NS Dimensions ■ Wi dth = 220 mm (8.7 in. ) ■ Depth = 135 mm (5.3 in. ) ■ Height = 24 mm (1 in. ) We i g h t Approximat ely 592 g (1. 3 lbs ) Standards Funct iona l: ISO 88 02/3 IEE E 802.3 IEE E 802.11b, Wi Fi Safe ty: UL 1950, EN 60950 CSA 22. 2 #950 IEC 6095 0 EMC: EN 55022 Cla ss B EN 55024 A[...]

67 ■ Wi ndows XP ■ Mac OS 8.5 or hi gher ■ Unix Ethe r net Perfo rman ce T he A cce ss Po int co mp lies t o th e IE EE 80 2.3 i, u a nd x sp ec ifica tion s. W ireless Pe rform ance The Acc ess P oint compli es wit h the I EEE 802. 11b spec if ic ati on and conform s to the WiFi interop erability test standar d. Cable Speci fi cati ons The A[...]

68 A PPEND I X C: T ECHNI CAL S PE CIF IC A TIO NS[...]

D S AFETY I NF ORMATI ON Import ant Saf ety Info rm atio n WA R N I N G : W arnings contain directions that you must fo l low for yo ur pers onal saf ety . Fol l ow all dir ect ions car eful ly . Y ou m ust read th e foll ow ing safety inform ati on ca refully before you ins tall o r rem ove the unit: WA R N I N G : The Acc ess P oint ge nerat es a[...]

70 A PPEND I X D: S AFE TY I NF OR MATI ON WA R N I N G : Disconn ect the pow er adap ter before m oving the u nit. W ARN ING: RJ-4 5 ports. These are s hie lded RJ- 45 data s ocket s. They cannot be used as tel ephone socket s. Onl y conn ect RJ -45 dat a connec tors to t hese soc kets . W ichtige Sic herhei ts hinweise VORSICHT : W ar nhi nweise [...]

71 VORSICHT : Es si nd kei ne von dem Benutze r zu er setz ende oder zu warte nde T ei l e i n dem Gerät v orhanden. W enn Si e ei n Probl em mit dem Access Poi nt haben, da s ni cht mit tel s der Fehl eran alys e in di es er Anlei tu ng behoben werden ka nn, s etze n Sie s ich mit I hrem Li efer anten in V e rbi ndung. VORSICHT : V or dem Ausba u[...]

72 A PPEND I X D: S AFE TY I NF OR MATI ON A VERTISSEMENT : L ’a pparei l fonct ionn e à une tens ion extr êmement bass e de séc uri té qui est confor me à la nor me CEI 950. Ces condi ti ons ne sont mainte nues que s i l 'équi pement auquel i l est r acco rdé fonct io nne dans l es mêm es condi ti ons. A VERTISSEMENT : Il n’y a pa[...]

E E ND U SER S OFT WAR E L ICE N C E A GR E EMENT 3Com Corporat ion END USER SOF TW ARE LICENSE AGREEMENT YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE F OLLOWING TERMS AND CONDI TIONS BEFORE DOWNLOADI NG, INSTALLING AND USING THIS PRODUCT, THE USE OF WHICH IS LICENSED BY 3COM CORPORATION ("3COM") TO ITS CU STOMERS FOR THEIR USE ONLY AS SET FORTH BELOW. [...]

74 A PPEND I X E: E ND U SER S OFT WARE L I CE NCE A GREEM ENT and developed solely at private expense. The Software is deliver ed as "Commercial Computer Softw are" as defined in DFARS 252.22 7-7014 (June 1995) or as a commercial item as defin ed in FAR 2.101(a) and as such is provided with only such rights as are provid ed in this Agree[...]

G LO SSARY 802.1 1b The IEE E sta ndard to whic h the 3Com OfficeConne ct 11Mpbs Wi rel ess Acces s Poi nt c onfor ms. T his st andard provi des f or 1, 2,5 .5 and 11 Mbps data r ates and a set of f undamental si gnal ing methods and other ser vi ces (se e W EC A). 10BASE-T Th e IEEE speci fi cat ion f or 10 Mbps Et her net over Cat egory 3, 4 or 5[...]

76 G LOSSA RY 802.3 s tandard f or Ether n et and i s an oper ati on th at tak es pl ace i n a fe w m illisec ond s. Bandwidth The i nformati on capaci ty , measured in bi ts per sec ond, that a channel ca n tra nsmit . The bandwidt h of Et her net is 10 M bps , th e bandwidt h of F ast Ether net i s 100 Mbps. The bandwid th for 802.11b wireles s i[...]

G LOS SARY 77 your I nt er net browser ), the user i s sent to th e proper IP address. The DNS ser ver ad dress used by the computer s on you r home network i s t he location of the DNS se rver your ISP has assigned. Encrypt ion A method for provi di ng a le vel of sec uri ty t o wirel ess data t rans missi ons . The Offic eConnect 11M bps Wirel es[...]

78 G LOSSA RY IETF I nte r net Engi neer ing T as k Force. An organi zati on respons ibl e for providi ng engi nee ri ng sol uti ons f or TCP/ IP network s. I n the network management area, thi s group i s responsi bl e for the dev elop ment of t he SNMP protocol . Infra-struc ture m ode Infr a-St ruct ure mode is th e 802.11b co nfi gurat ion s up[...]

G LOS SARY 79 Network A Netw ork is a collection of computers and other co mputer equipm ent that are connect ed for the purpos e of exc hangi ng inf ormati on or shar ing re source s. Network s vary in size, some are w ithin a single ro om, othe rs span con ti nents. Ne twork Interfac e Card (NIC) A circ uit board ins tal l ed int o a pi ece of co[...]

80 G LOSSA RY TCP/IP T r ansmi ssi on Cont rol Protoc ol/ Int er net Protocol . Th is is t he name for two of th e most well -k nown protocol s dev elop ed for the i nterconn ecti on of networ ks. Origi nal l y a UNIX s tandard, TCP/I P i s now suppo rte d on al most all platforms, and is the protocol of the I nternet. TCP relat es t o the cont ent[...]

I NDEX A Access 13 Addresses IP 61 Administration Password 26, 33 Automatic Addressing 63 C Cable Specifications 67 Channels 83 Configuration backup 49 res t ore 4 9 Conventions notice icons, About This Guid e 8 text, About This Guide 8 Country Selection 24 D DHCP 27, 36, 63 Discovery Applicatio n 59 F Forgotten Password 54 I Internet addresses 61 [...]

82 I NDE X U Unit Configuration 34 Upgrade 49 W Wir el es s authorised PCs 43 channel selection 38 client list 45 configuration 38 connection control 42 encryption 40 LED 15 networking 54 NIC 14 service ar ea name 39 settings 29, 37[...]

R EGUL AT ORY N OT I C ES FOR THE 11MBPS W IR EL E SS A CCESS P OI NT Channels Us e of th e 11Mbps Wirel ess Acces s Poi nt i s onl y auth ori zed f or the channel s approve d by each count ry . For proper i nstal l ati on, l ogi n to t he management i nter face an d sel ect y our coun try from the drop down li st . Ta b l e 5 below de tail s the c[...]

84 Info rm atio n to the Use r If thi s equi pment do es caus e i nter ference to ra dio o r te lev is ion rec epti on, which can be deter mined by t ur ning the equi pment off and on, the us er is encou raged to try to correct th e interferen ce by on e or m ore of the following m easures: ■ Reori ent the recei vi ng ant enna. ■ Relocate the e[...]

85 Expos ure to Radi o Frequency Radi ati on: The radi ate d output power of t he 3Co m Of ficeConnect 11M bps Wi reless Access Po i nt is far below the FCC radi o frequenc y expos ure li mits. Never thel ess , t he 3Com O ffi ceConnect 11Mbps Wirel ess Acces s Poi nt sh all be use d in suc h manner tha t the potent i al f or human conta ct dur ing[...]

86 RF Exposure Complianc e Stat ement (U.S. ) CAUT ION : The 3Com Offi ceConnec t 11Mbps Wir el ess Acc ess Point has been cer ti fi ed a s a mobi le computing d evi ce as per F CC Sect ion 2 .1091. In order to comp ly with the FC C RF exp osure requ i rem ents, the 3C om O ffice Co nn ect W ireles s C ab le/D SL G atew ay m ust only be inst alled [...]

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