Rockwell Automation 1783-WAPxxx Stratix 5100 Wireless Access Point User Manual - Manual (Page 17)

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Preface
Audience This user manual is for the networking professional who installs and manages
Stratix 5100™ Wireless Access Points and Workgroup Bridges. To use this guide,
you must have some experience working with the Cisco IOS software and be
familiar with the concepts and terminology of wireless local area networks.
This user manual covers Cisco IOS Releases 12.4(25d)JA and later including
15.2(2)JA and later that support the Stratix 5100 WAP, 32 Mb platform.
Purpose This user manual provides the information you need to install and configure your
access point. It provides procedures for using the Cisco IOS software commands
that have been created or changed for use with the access point. It does not
provide detailed information about these commands.
For detailed information about these commands, see the Cisco IOS Command-
Line Configuration Guide 15.3 .
This user manual includes an overview of the Rockwell Automation’s web-based
configuration software (Stratix 5100 Device Manager) on the Stratix 5100 WAP.
It also provides configuration examples.
IMPORTANT Before using this manual to configure the Stratix 5100 WAP, you must perform
a site survey.
A radio frequency (RF) site survey is the first step in the deployment of a
Wireless network and the most important step to make sure appropriate
operation. A site survey is a task-by-task process that the surveyor studies the
facility to understand the RF behavior, discovers RF coverage areas, checks for
RF interference and determines the appropriate placement of Wireless devices.
See Cisco’s Wireless Site Survey FAQ for more information about site surveys.