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Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Point WAC720 and WAC730 User Manual Specify an Ensemble Management IP Address To specify an ensemble management IP address: 1. Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the access point or to the access point directly through an Ethernet cable. For more information, see Log In to the Access Point on page 16. 2. In the address bar, enter the IP address of the access point. A login window opens. 3. Enter the user name and password. The user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and password are case-sensitive. 4. Select Configuration > Ensemble > Basic > Management. The Ensemble Status field displays the status of the ensemble (Started or Stopped). 5. In the IP Address to Manage Ensemble (IPv4) field, enter the IP address of the computer that must function as the management IP address for the ensemble. The management IP address and members of the ensemble must be on the same subnet. 6. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved. Configure Ensemble Security With a Passphrase By default, access points can become members of an ensemble without using authentication. That is, when access points form an ensemble, they do not authenticate each other. However, you can enable security for an ensemble by configuring the same passphrase on each access point that must become a member of the ensemble. When access points form an ensemble, they use the passphrase to authenticate each other. An access point for which you do not configure the ensemble passphrase cannot join the ensemble. Using ensemble security allows you to set up more than one ensemble in the same subnet by specifying a different passphrase for each ensemble. Implementing ensemble security also prevents an access point from accidentally joining an ensemble if the ensemble mode is enabled on the access point. In addition to the ensemble passphrase, you can specify the reauthentication time-out period, which is the time after which members of an ensemble must reauthenticate each other. Manage and Monitor the Access Point 89

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Specify an Ensemble Management IP Address
To specify an ensemble management IP address:
1.
Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the access point or to
the access point directly through an Ethernet cable.
For more information, see
Log In to the Access Point
on page 16.
2.
In the address bar, enter the IP address of the access point.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the user name and password.
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and password are
case-sensitive.
4.
Select
Configuration > Ensemble > Basic > Management
.
The
Ensemble Status
field displays the status of the ensemble (Started or Stopped).
5.
In the
IP Address to Manage Ensemble (IPv4)
field, enter the IP address of the computer that must
function as the management IP address for the ensemble.
The management IP address and members of the ensemble must be on the same subnet.
6.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
Configure Ensemble Security With a Passphrase
By default, access points can become members of an ensemble without using authentication.That is, when
access points form an ensemble, they do not authenticate each other. However, you can enable security
for an ensemble by configuring the same passphrase on each access point that must become a member
of the ensemble. When access points form an ensemble, they use the passphrase to authenticate each
other. An access point for which you do not configure the ensemble passphrase cannot join the ensemble.
Using ensemble security allows you to set up more than one ensemble in the same subnet by specifying a
different passphrase for each ensemble. Implementing ensemble security also prevents an access point
from accidentally joining an ensemble if the ensemble mode is enabled on the access point.
In addition to the ensemble passphrase, you can specify the reauthentication time-out period, which is the
time after which members of an ensemble must reauthenticate each other.
Manage and Monitor the Access Point
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