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11 Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point 2000 User Guide The simple, affordable way to network without wires. Version 1 http://www.3com.com/ http://support.3com.com/registration/frontpg.pl/ Published February, 2002 Version 1.0.3
11 Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point 2000 User Guide The simple, affordable way to network without wires. Version 1 http://www.3com.com/ http://support.3com.com/registration/frontpg.pl/ Published February, 2002 Version 1.0.3
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... I Need to Configure the Access Point? 7 Connecting the Access Point 8 Checking the LED Indicators 8 Summary of Configuration Steps 9 Installing the Infrastructure Device Manager 9 CONFIGURING THE ACCESS POINT 2000 Launching a Wireless Device Configuration 11 Changing Access Point Properties 12 Setting Network Properties 13 Access Point Network 13 Wireless DHCP Server 13 Setting Data Transmission Properties 14 Changing Encryption Settings 14 No Security (Open System) 14 40-bit Shared Key (Wi-Fi) 14 128-bit Shared Key 15 Changing the Administration Password 15 Using...
... I Need to Configure the Access Point? 7 Connecting the Access Point 8 Checking the LED Indicators 8 Summary of Configuration Steps 9 Installing the Infrastructure Device Manager 9 CONFIGURING THE ACCESS POINT 2000 Launching a Wireless Device Configuration 11 Changing Access Point Properties 12 Setting Network Properties 13 Access Point Network 13 Wireless DHCP Server 13 Setting Data Transmission Properties 14 Changing Encryption Settings 14 No Security (Open System) 14 40-bit Shared Key (Wi-Fi) 14 128-bit Shared Key 15 Changing the Administration Password 15 Using...
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... Mbps Wireless LAN equipment is the affordable choice for extending your network to the product support page. 1 INTRODUCTION 3Com wireless systems let you can make the Internet, e-mail, and network resources such as printers available to your mobile workforce, making your product with certified equipment from other manufacturers. A single access point can be sure it will work reliably with 3Com, go to the following Web...
... Mbps Wireless LAN equipment is the affordable choice for extending your network to the product support page. 1 INTRODUCTION 3Com wireless systems let you can make the Internet, e-mail, and network resources such as printers available to your mobile workforce, making your product with certified equipment from other manufacturers. A single access point can be sure it will work reliably with 3Com, go to the following Web...
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... access point in a dry, clean location near a power source and an Ethernet connection, and away from the factory. 3Com recommends that could cause radio signal interference. If your 3Com Wireless LAN has only one of the following operating systems and Internet Explorer 5.0 or later. s Ethernet crossover cable. Property Device Name Device Location WLAN Service Area Help File Location Help File Path Default Setting 3Com Access Point 2000 None 3Com Local Drive C:\Program Files\3Com\3Com Wireless Infrastructure Device Manager\ManagementHelp\AP2000 2 INSTALLING AN ACCESS POINT...
... access point in a dry, clean location near a power source and an Ethernet connection, and away from the factory. 3Com recommends that could cause radio signal interference. If your 3Com Wireless LAN has only one of the following operating systems and Internet Explorer 5.0 or later. s Ethernet crossover cable. Property Device Name Device Location WLAN Service Area Help File Location Help File Path Default Setting 3Com Access Point 2000 None 3Com Local Drive C:\Program Files\3Com\3Com Wireless Infrastructure Device Manager\ManagementHelp\AP2000 2 INSTALLING AN ACCESS POINT...
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...-Unit has an Ethernet connection. s Blinking-Wired LAN traffic is available. If a DHCP server does not assign it to power and to power, two LEDs indicate activity as shown below. Place the access point on your network requirements, or if you must connect to customize settings, see "Summary of s On-Unit is the last byte of the access point's MAC address)) Wireless DHCP Server Enabled Clear Channel Select Automatically select the best channel Network Traffic Accelerator Off...
...-Unit has an Ethernet connection. s Blinking-Wired LAN traffic is available. If a DHCP server does not assign it to power and to power, two LEDs indicate activity as shown below. Place the access point on your network requirements, or if you must connect to customize settings, see "Summary of s On-Unit is the last byte of the access point's MAC address)) Wireless DHCP Server Enabled Clear Channel Select Automatically select the best channel Network Traffic Accelerator Off...
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.... 3 Use the 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point 2000 Configuration Management System to change and save the settings. Follow these steps: 1 Install the 3Com Wireless Infrastructure Device Manager on a computer as described in "Installing the Infrastructure Device Manager". 2 Launch the device manager and select the access point as described in "Launching a Wireless Device Configuration" on page 7. The setup menu appears. For example: Start/Run/D:setup.exe. 3 In the menu, click Install the Tools and Documentation. 4 In...
.... 3 Use the 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point 2000 Configuration Management System to change and save the settings. Follow these steps: 1 Install the 3Com Wireless Infrastructure Device Manager on a computer as described in "Installing the Infrastructure Device Manager". 2 Launch the device manager and select the access point as described in "Launching a Wireless Device Configuration" on page 7. The setup menu appears. For example: Start/Run/D:setup.exe. 3 In the menu, click Install the Tools and Documentation. 4 In...
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... tree lists all WLAN service areas on the same network segment as the access point, and is running a supported operating system and Web browser. To configure an Access Point 2000, the device manager must be connected to power and, depending on its properties, and launch the device's configuration management system in a different subnet than one device with the wireless network, or, in the 3Com Wireless Infrastructure Device Manager window. Choose the appropriate adapter...
... tree lists all WLAN service areas on the same network segment as the access point, and is running a supported operating system and Web browser. To configure an Access Point 2000, the device manager must be connected to power and, depending on its properties, and launch the device's configuration management system in a different subnet than one device with the wireless network, or, in the 3Com Wireless Infrastructure Device Manager window. Choose the appropriate adapter...
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... of 3Com Access your computer has more than one network interface card installed, allows you to choose which it is on the same subnet as your Web browser. Therefore, if you are associated with which card to one of the selected device: Device Name, Device Type, Wireless LAN Service Area (ESSID), IP Address, Subnet Mask, and MAC Address. Closes the device manager window and ends the session. Launches the device manager help page in your computer. Point 2000 Device...
... of 3Com Access your computer has more than one network interface card installed, allows you to choose which it is on the same subnet as your Web browser. Therefore, if you are associated with which card to one of the selected device: Device Name, Device Type, Wireless LAN Service Area (ESSID), IP Address, Subnet Mask, and MAC Address. Closes the device manager window and ends the session. Launches the device manager help page in your computer. Point 2000 Device...
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... assign it . To let the access point act as a DHCP server. The Network Configuration page appears, where you can assign up to 253 IP addresses to start a new configuration session. Make sure that DHCP server. Setting Network Properties 13 Property Help File Location Help File Path Description s Web Server: Help files are located on the network at the specified Help File Path. s Local Drive: Help files are using the old IP address. The IP addresses range from that clients...
... assign it . To let the access point act as a DHCP server. The Network Configuration page appears, where you can assign up to 253 IP addresses to start a new configuration session. Make sure that DHCP server. Setting Network Properties 13 Property Help File Location Help File Path Description s Web Server: Help files are located on the network at the specified Help File Path. s Local Drive: Help files are using the old IP address. The IP addresses range from that clients...
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... you experience problems when equipment other 3Com 11 Mbps wireless LAN devices, an encryption string is a case-sensitive string of whether or not another DHCP server is used on clients and the access points they associate with must match. To select a specific channel, click the Specify the channel check box and choose a channel from A to support one of the following sections describe the settings. s Network Traffi...
... you experience problems when equipment other 3Com 11 Mbps wireless LAN devices, an encryption string is a case-sensitive string of whether or not another DHCP server is used on clients and the access points they associate with must match. To select a specific channel, click the Specify the channel check box and choose a channel from A to support one of the following sections describe the settings. s Network Traffi...
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... option can be used with other 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN devices and with equipment from other manufacturers that also support 128-bit shared key encryption. To enter the keys, click Specify shared keys and which key to another . Then click To specify and select the shared keys. The Change Administration Password page appears, where you to copy standard parameters from one access point to set specifi...
... option can be used with other 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN devices and with equipment from other manufacturers that also support 128-bit shared key encryption. To enter the keys, click Specify shared keys and which key to another . Then click To specify and select the shared keys. The Change Administration Password page appears, where you to copy standard parameters from one access point to set specifi...
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... computer: Upgrade Files 1 Log on the same network as the access points that the configuration template only picks up basic parameters, which can download firmware updates or updates of the wireless clients currently associating with the access point. s Click System Summary to see a list of the MAC addresses of the Web server file system (the files that is restored and activated on the access point. If...
... computer: Upgrade Files 1 Log on the same network as the access points that the configuration template only picks up basic parameters, which can download firmware updates or updates of the wireless clients currently associating with the access point. s Click System Summary to see a list of the MAC addresses of the Web server file system (the files that is restored and activated on the access point. If...
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... to the access point and the access point restarts using the new upgrade. However, some third party equipment may need to support this equipment on the front near the RJ-45 connector and holding for a different file. 5 Click Upgrade. Restoring an Access Point to Factory Defaults 17 4 Follow the instructions to upgrade: To upgrade the Web server file system, click the Configuration System Firmware radio button. If you downloaded earlier...
... to the access point and the access point restarts using the new upgrade. However, some third party equipment may need to support this equipment on the front near the RJ-45 connector and holding for a different file. 5 Click Upgrade. Restoring an Access Point to Factory Defaults 17 4 Follow the instructions to upgrade: To upgrade the Web server file system, click the Configuration System Firmware radio button. If you downloaded earlier...
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... Solutions Access point does not power up , but Make sure that the computer is plugged in securely. Check for a faulty access point power supply. If you use a channel within the range supported by the client. Verify that the client does not support. Try repositioning the access point to match. Try changing the wireless channel on the clients. 4 TROUBLESHOOTING Diagnosing Problems If you have chosen the right one network interface card installed, make sure that on the network. Running on a computer connected...
... Solutions Access point does not power up , but Make sure that the computer is plugged in securely. Check for a faulty access point power supply. If you use a channel within the range supported by the client. Verify that the client does not support. Try repositioning the access point to match. Try changing the wireless channel on the clients. 4 TROUBLESHOOTING Diagnosing Problems If you have chosen the right one network interface card installed, make sure that on the network. Running on a computer connected...
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... access point in to start a new configuration session. The cards may not support the access point's enhanced performance features. The IP address you want to force the access point to start assigning IP addresses before the lease periods expire, unplug the access point from the power source and plug it . If the Wireless DHCP Server property on the previous IP addresses expire. If you specified is enabled, the access point assigns IP addresses after you change the access point WLAN service area, make...
... access point in to start a new configuration session. The cards may not support the access point's enhanced performance features. The IP address you want to force the access point to start assigning IP addresses before the lease periods expire, unplug the access point from the power source and plug it . If the Wireless DHCP Server property on the previous IP addresses expire. If you specified is enabled, the access point assigns IP addresses after you change the access point WLAN service area, make...
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... unauthorized clients. Ad Hoc Networks Wireless clients can set up security to encrypt your wireless transmissions so that act as an Ethernet hub, switch, or router to give clients access to the wired network where they can share files and printers and gain access to the Internet. An access point can be deciphered if it can set up multiple access points on the same network to your mobile workforce, making your data cannot be connected...
... unauthorized clients. Ad Hoc Networks Wireless clients can set up security to encrypt your wireless transmissions so that act as an Ethernet hub, switch, or router to give clients access to the wired network where they can share files and printers and gain access to the Internet. An access point can be deciphered if it can set up multiple access points on the same network to your mobile workforce, making your data cannot be connected...
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... an ad hoc network without an access point. Clients can be connected to the coverage areas of access points that have the same WLAN service areas. The access points use different network identifiers called wireless LAN service areas (WLAN service areas, also called Extended Service Set Identities or ESSID). Clients can configure several access points as printing and Internet access. 22 CHAPTER A: WIRELESS LAN BASICS Setting Up a 3Com Wireless LAN The type of network you decide to set up depends on...
... an ad hoc network without an access point. Clients can be connected to the coverage areas of access points that have the same WLAN service areas. The access points use different network identifiers called wireless LAN service areas (WLAN service areas, also called Extended Service Set Identities or ESSID). Clients can configure several access points as printing and Internet access. 22 CHAPTER A: WIRELESS LAN BASICS Setting Up a 3Com Wireless LAN The type of network you decide to set up depends on...
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... that range from the 3Com public FTP site. To connect to the 3Com FTP site, enter the following online systems: s World Wide Web site s 3Com Knowledgebase Web Services s 3Com FTP site World Wide Web Site To access the latest networking information on the World Wide Web at time of services. For the most 3Com products. 3Com FTP Site Download drivers, patches, software, and MIBs across the Internet from technical education to online support...
... that range from the 3Com public FTP site. To connect to the 3Com FTP site, enter the following online systems: s World Wide Web site s 3Com Knowledgebase Web Services s 3Com FTP site World Wide Web Site To access the latest networking information on the World Wide Web at time of services. For the most 3Com products. 3Com FTP Site Download drivers, patches, software, and MIBs across the Internet from technical education to online support...
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... 2001 Brand Name: 3Com Corporation Model Number: WL-308 Equipment Type: Wireless LAN Access Point Complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. In order to provide maximum shielding. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this equipment has to be operated indoors and away from windows to comply with the instructions, may cause...
... 2001 Brand Name: 3Com Corporation Model Number: WL-308 Equipment Type: Wireless LAN Access Point Complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. In order to provide maximum shielding. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this equipment has to be operated indoors and away from windows to comply with the instructions, may cause...
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INDEX Numbers 128-bit Shared Key 15 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point 2000 Configuration 11 3Com Knowledgebase Web Services 25 3Com Wireless Infrastructure Device Manager 11 40-bit Shared Key (Wi-Fi) security 14 A access point 21 changing properties 12 configuration templates 15 IP address 13 changing 13 DHCP server 13 troubleshooting 20 maintaining configurations 15 placement 7 restoring factory defaults 17 ad hoc network 21, 22 adapter, choosing 12 administration password, changing 15 administration tool...
INDEX Numbers 128-bit Shared Key 15 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point 2000 Configuration 11 3Com Knowledgebase Web Services 25 3Com Wireless Infrastructure Device Manager 11 40-bit Shared Key (Wi-Fi) security 14 A access point 21 changing properties 12 configuration templates 15 IP address 13 changing 13 DHCP server 13 troubleshooting 20 maintaining configurations 15 placement 7 restoring factory defaults 17 ad hoc network 21, 22 adapter, choosing 12 administration password, changing 15 administration tool...