Symbol Technologies AP-5131 - Manual (Page 135)

Network Management 5-11
3. Click Apply to save any changes to the LAN1 or LAN2 screen. Navigating away from the
screen without clicking the Apply button results in all changes to the screen being lost if the
prompts are ignored.
4. Click Undo Changes (if necessary) to undo any changes made. Undo Changes reverts the
settings displayed on the LAN1 or LAN2 screen to the last saved configuration.
5. Click Logout to securely exit the AP-5131 Symbol Access Point applet. A prompt displays
confirming the logout before the applet is closed.
5.1.2.1 Configuring Advanced DHCP Server Settings
Use the Advanced DHCP Server screen to specify (reserve) static (or fixed) IP addresses for specific
devices. Every wireless, 802.11x-standard device has a unique Media Access Control (MAC) address.
This address is the device's hard-coded hardware number (shown on the bottom or back). An example
of a MAC address is 00:A0:F8:45:9B:07.
The DHCP server can grant an IP address for as long as it remains in active use. The lease time is the
number of seconds that an IP address is reserved for re-connection after its last use. Using very short
leases, DHCP can dynamically reconfigure networks in which there are more computers than
Secondary DNS
Server Symbol recommends entering the numerical IP address of an
additional DNS server (if available), used if the primary DNS server
goes down. A maximum of two DNS servers can be used.
WINS Server Enter the numerical (non DNS name) IP address of the WINS
server. WINS is a Microsoft NetBIOS name server. Using a WINS
server eliminates the broadcasts needed to resolve computer
names to IP addresses by providing a cache or database of
translations.
Mesh STP
Configuration Click the Mesh STP Configuration button to define bridge
settings for this specific LAN. Each of the AP-5131’s two LANs can
have a separate mesh configuration. As the Spanning Tree Protocol
(STP) mentions, each mesh network maintains hello, forward delay
and max age timers. These settings can be used as is using the
current default settings, or be modified. However, if these settings
are modified, they need to be configured for the LAN connecting to
the mesh network WLAN.
For information on the AP-5131’s new mesh networking
capabilities, see
Configuring Mesh Networking Support on page 9-
5 . If new to mesh networking and in need of an overview, see
Mesh Networking Overview on page 9-1 .