Sony PCWA-A500 - Manual (Page 23)

When the Access Point is isolated from the network
If for some reason the Access Point IP address becomes temporarily disabled and is isolated from the netw ork, communications betw een the Access Point and
the client are ensured by the computer allocating a temporary IP address. This w ill restore the Access Point function.
This function is used under the follow ing conditions.
 When the Access Point of a LAN connection mode is connected to a LAN that is not operating on the DHCP server.
 When the ISDN router suddenly stops functioning w hen the Access Point is connected to the ISDN router.
This explanation describes the former situation.
1. Startup the Cus tom Acce s s Point Se tup Utility.
2. Confirm w he the r or not the Acce s s Point ID and pas s w ord are corre ct and click SCAN.
The Access Point IP Address configuration screen is displayed.
3. Ente r the s am e IP addre s s for the s ub-ne t as the clie nt com pute r into the IP Addre s s for.
Hint
The above screen is an example for a client computer IP address of 169.254.213.100.
4. Click OK.
Communications w ith the client are established w ith the temporarily allocated IP address and the "Selection of connection mode and setup of common
parameters" screen is displayed.
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