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Contents Chapter 1 Hardware Setup Unpack Your Access Point 7 Hardware Description 7 Top Panel 7 Rear Panel 9 Bottom Panel With Product Label 10 Chapter 2 Initial Setup What You Need Before You Begin 11 System Requirements 11 Wireless Equipment Placement and Range Guidelines 11 Ethernet Cabling Requirements 12 LAN Configuration Requirements 12 Hardware Requirements for Computers on Your LAN 13 Operating Frequency Guidelines 13 Requirements for Entering IP Addresses 13 Install and Configure the Wireless Access Point 14 Connect the Wireless Access Point to a Computer 14 Log In to the Wireless Access Point 15 Configure Basic General System Settings and Time Settings 16 Configure the IPv4 Settings 18 Configure the Basic Wireless Settings 19 Test Basic Wireless Connectivity 25 Mount the Wireless Access Point 25 Ceiling Installation 26 Wall Installation 28 Chapter 3 Wireless Configuration and Security Wireless Data Security Options 31 Security Profiles 33 Configure and Enable Security Profiles 35 Configure RADIUS Server Settings 41 Restrict Wireless Access by MAC Address 44 Enable Rogue AP Detection 45 Schedule the Wireless Radios to Be Turned Off 46 Configure Basic Wireless Quality of Service 47 3

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Contents
Chapter 1
Hardware Setup
Unpack Your Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Hardware Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Bottom Panel With Product Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2
Initial Setup
What You Need Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Wireless Equipment Placement and Range Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Ethernet Cabling Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
LAN Configuration Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hardware Requirements for Computers on Your LAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Operating Frequency Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Requirements for Entering IP Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Install and Configure the Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connect the Wireless Access Point to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Log In to the Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Configure Basic General System Settings and Time Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Configure the IPv4 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configure the Basic Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Test Basic Wireless Connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Mount the Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ceiling Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Wall Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 3
Wireless Configuration and Security
Wireless Data Security Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Security Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Configure and Enable Security Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Configure RADIUS Server Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Restrict Wireless Access by MAC Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Enable Rogue AP Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Schedule the Wireless Radios to Be Turned Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configure Basic Wireless Quality of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47