Lancom Systems 3550 User Manual

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LANCOM 3550 Wireless

Chapter 3: Basic configuration

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then the device can be accessed by the name “LANCOM <MAC address>”
(e.g. “LANCOM-00a057xxxxxx”).

The MAC address can be found on a label at the bottom of the device.

If there is no DNS server in the LAN, or it is not linked to the DHCP server,
then the device can not be reached by the name. The following options
remain in this case:

˿

Figure out the DHCP-assigned IP address of the LANCOM by suitable
tools and contact the device directly with this IP address.

˿

Use LANconfig.

˿

Connect a PC with a terminal program via the serial configuration
interface to the device.

Starting the wizards in WEBconfig

Start your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator,
Opera) and call the LANCOM Router there:

http://<IP address of the LANCOM>

(or with a name as discribed above)

If you cannot access an unconfigured LANCOM Router, the problem
may be due to the netmask of the LAN: with less than 254 possible
hosts (netmask > '255.255.255.0'), please ensure that the IP address
'x.x.x.254' is located in your own subnet.

The WEBconfig main menu will be displayed:

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