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Wireless Switch 5000 Quick Setup Guide WS 5000 Wireless Switch Version 1.1.4.30 72E-66722-01 Revision A December 2003 www.symbol.com[...]
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Copyright Copyright © 2003 by Symbol Technologi es, Inc. A ll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be modified or adapted in any way, for any purposes witho ut permission in writing from Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Symbol). Th e material in this manual is subject to ch ange without notice. Symbol reserves the right to make changes to an[...]
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Configuri ng the WS 5000 and Applying a WEP- 128 Policy Before using this quick set up guide, be sure to complete the tasks in the WS 5000 Wireless Switch Quick Install Guide (QIG). This document is written for t he network installer or administrator who is familiar with their Ethernet IP network but who is not necessarily trained on Symbol Technol[...]
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Figure 2: The Network Topology Verifying the Connections If the WS 5000 is connected correctly, devices on the wireless LAN shoul d be able to connect to devices on the LAN. To test the connection betw een the wirele ss client device and the com puter shown in Figure 2, from the wireless client, enter: C:> ping xxx.xxx.xxx.yyy PING xxx.xxx.xxx.y[...]
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S tep 2: Initial Configuration Using the CLI This step should take less than 10 minutes to co mplete. Note: In this guide, MAC and IP addresses have b een cha nged to protect actual devices from unauthorized access. To configure the WS 5000 with site-specific IP addressing a nd network policies, connect the administrative PC to the WS 5000 with the[...]
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Configuring Ethernet Ports WS5000> config <enter> The system enters into the configuratio n mode and displays the following prompt: WS5000.(Cfg)> To change Ethernet port 2 configuration: WS5000.(Cfg)> Ethernet <enter> The system enters into Ethernet configur ation mode. To configure the Ethernet port parameters, enter the follo[...]
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To verify information about an Ethernet port: WS5000.(Cfg)> show ethernet 2 <enter> The system displays inform ation about Ethernet port 2 (as oppo sed to port 1): WS5000.(Cfg)> show ethernet 2 Name : Ethernet 2 Network Interface Card # : 2 Description : Ethernet Adapter MAC Address : 00:A0:xx:xx:xx:xx Status : Enable Online : Yes Speed[...]
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S tep 3: Creating a Policy Using the GUI This step should take less than 15 minutes to co mplete. When you finish this step, the WS 50 00 will be operating with a WEP 128 se curity policy. The WS 5000 GUI simplifies creating pol icies. To use the GUI, start a web browser on a computer connected like the computer on the wire d LAN in Figure 2. Direc[...]
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These instructions apply to WS 5000s wi th the Typ e value set to Primary . If this WS 5000 is configured as Standby , no Access Ports will be adopted and n o policies will be applied. To change the Type setting: 1. From the toolbar, select System Setting s → Standby Manageme nt… 2. Click Primary for the Wireless Switch Mode selection . 3. Clic[...]
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5. On the Wireless Switch P olicy screen, select the appropriate Country . The Channel and Power Level settings adjust to the country selected. Click Next to display available Access Port policies. 6. On this Wireless Switch Policy screen, click Create to define a new Access Port policy. The Create a New Access Port Policy Wizard screen appears. 7.[...]
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8. On this Access Port Policy screen, click Create . The Create a New WLAN Wizard screen appears. olicy 9. On the Create a New WLAN Wi zard screen, enter a Name and (optional ) Description for this WLAN. For this example, the Name is QSG First WLAN and the Description is First Wireless LAN . Click Next to display the WLAN details screen. 10. Enter [...]
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11. On this WLAN screen click Create to define a new security policy. The Create a New S ecurity Policy Wiz ard screen appears. 12. On the Create a New Security Policy Wizard screen, ente r a Name and (optional) Description for this new security policy. In this example, the Name is QSG First Security Policy and the Description is First securi ty po[...]
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15. For wireless clients usi ng Symbol Technologies adapters, enter a Pass Key value and click Generate . Remember this Pass Key as it will be needed to configure wireless clients. Click Next and skip to step 17. 16. For wireless clients using non-Symb ol Technologies adapters, enter a 26 - character hexadecimal value for Key#1. Remember this 26-ch[...]
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18. From the WLAN Wizar d screen, select the security policy just created. In this example, this is QSG First Security Policy . Click Next to display the next WLAN Wizard screen. 19. From this WLAN Wizard screen, clic k Next to display the WLAN creation confirmation screen. 20. From this WLAN Wizard confirmation screen, click Finish to save the WLA[...]
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21. On the Access Port Policy Wizard screen, select the WLAN policy just created and click the >> button to move the policy from the Available box to the Selected box. The Access Port Policy W izard screen redisplays showing the WLAN policy in the Selected box. 22. From this Access Port Policy Wiz ard screen, click Next to apply the Network P[...]
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24. Click Next without making any changes to the bandwidth setting s on this Access P ort Policy Wiz ard screen. The A ccess Port Policy confirmation screen appears. 25. On the Access Port Policy confirmation screen, click Finish to save this Access Port policy and exit the Access Port Policy Wizard. The Wireless Switch Policy Wizard screen appears[...]
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27. From this Wire less Switch Policy Wizard screen, click Next to disp lay the Adoption List Allow screen. 28. Click Next without making any changes to this Wireless Switch Policy Wizard screen. Th e Adoption List Disallow screen appears. 29. Click Next without making any changes to this Wireless Switch Policy Wizard screen. Th e Unknown Access Po[...]
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30. Click the Allow adoption and use Access Port Policy button and click Next to display the Wirele ss Switch Policy confirmation screen. 31. From this Wirele ss Switch Polic y confirmation scree n click Finish to save this Wireless Switch policy and exit the Wireless Switch Policy Wizard. The Wireless Switch Policy Manager screen appears. 32. From[...]
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33. From the Warning box, click OK . The Wireless Swit ch Policy Manag er screen reappears. 34. From the Wireless Switch Policy Manager screen, click Close . The WS 5000 main screen reap pears. 35. Notice that the policy tree on the left panel of the WS 5000 main screen shows the new policy ( QSG Wireless Switch Policy ), which make s WEP 128 activ[...]
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To verify that the new policy is working: 1. Reconfigure wireless clients to match th ese new settings (ESSID, etc.) as shown in Figure 2. 2. Reissue the ping test done in “Verifying the Conne ctions” to confirm that a wireless client can still reach the wired LAN. Or, use the GUI to confirm connectivity with mobile units. To verify the connect[...]