Set up a wireless client as a dhcp client – AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 User Manual
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AirLive WLA-5000AP v3 Firmware 2.x User’s Manual
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Therefore, during the system installation time, you need to build an isolated environment with the
WLA-5000AP v3 and a PC, and then perform the following steps:
Step 1. Manually change the IP address of the PC to become 192.168.1.3.
Step 2. Connect the PC to the WLA-5000AP v3 and change its configuration to a static IP address based on
your network environment. For example, if there is a DHCP server that assigns IP addresses from
the range 192.168.23.10 - 192.168.23.254 to DHCP client devices, it can reserve 192.168.23.10 for
the WLA-5000AP v3 and then the address pool with the DHCP server becomes 192.168.23.11 –
192.168.23.254.
If there is no DHCP server on your network environment, you just have to make sure that there is
no machine in the environment has the same IP address as another machine.
Please note that after you change the IP address of the ACCESS POINT, the PC client may not be
able to reach the ACCESS POINT. This is because they may no longer belong to the same IP
network address space.
Step 3. Change the setting of the PC back to “obtain IP addresses dynamically”.
Now you can put the WLA-5000AP v3 and the PC to your network where the DHCP server is
connected. From then on, any wireless client configured to “obtain IP addresses dynamically” will
work with the AP, with each other, and with devices on the wired LAN network.
2.4
Set up a wireless client as a DHCP client
The following will give detailed steps of how to configure a PC or a wireless client to “obtain IP addresses
automatically”.
In the case of using a LAN attached PC, the PC must have an Ethernet interface installed properly, be
connected to the WLA-5000AP v3 either directly or through an external LAN switch, and have TCP/IP
installed and configured to obtain an IP address automatically from a DHCP server in the network.
In the case of using a wireless client, the client must also have an 802.11a/b/g wireless interface installed
properly, be physically within the radio range of the WLA-5000AP v3, and have TCP/IP installed and
configured to obtain an IP address automatically from a DHCP server in the network.
Then perform the following steps for either of the cases above. To configure types of workstations other than
Windows 95/98/NT/2000, please consult the manufacturer’s documentation.
Step 1.
From the Win95/98/2000 Start Button, select Settings, then Control Panel. The Win95/98/2000
Control Panel displays.
Step 2.
Double-click on the Network icon.
Step 3. Check your list of Network Components in the Network window Configuration tab. If TCP/IP has
already been installed, go to Step 8. Otherwise, select Add to install it now.
Step 4.
In the new Network Component Type window, select Protocol. In the new Select Network Protocol
window, select Microsoft in the Manufacturers area.
Step 5.
In the Network Protocols area of the same window, select TCP/IP, then click OK. You may need
your Win95/98 CD to complete the installation. After TCP/IP installation is complete, go back to the
Network window described in Step 4.
Step 6.
Select TCP/IP in the list of Network Components.
Step 7.
Click Properties, and check the settings in each of the TCP/IP Properties window: Bindings Tab:
both Client for Microsoft Networks and File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks
should be selected. Gateway Tab: All fields should be blank. DNS Configuration Tab: Disable
DNS should be selected. IP Address Tab: Obtain IP address automatically should be selected.
Step 8.
With the WLA-5000AP v3 powered on, reboot the PC/wireless client. After the PC/wireless client is
re-booted, you should be ready to configure the WLA-5000AP v3. See Chapter 3.
The procedure required to set a static IP address is not too much different from the procedure required to set
to “obtain IP addresses dynamically” - except that at the end of step 7, instead of selecting “obtain IP
addresses dynamically, you should specify the IP address explicitly.