If you need to set up a device quickly with a simple configuration, you can enter all of the essential settings for basic operation on this page. If you need to change or update a basic setting, you can find it quickly and easily on the Express Setup page.
Host Name
This is the name of the host that appears in the titles of management system pages and in the Association page. The system name is not an essential setting, but it helps identify the device on your network.
MAC Address
The Media Access Control (MAC) address is a unique number permanently assigned to the device's Ethernet controller by the manufacturer. You cannot change the MAC address.
Configuration Server Protocol
This setting must match the network's method of IP address assignment. Choose DHCP or Static IP. With Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), IP addresses are automatically assigned for predetermined periods of time. Choose Static IP if your network does not have an automatic system for IP address assignment.
This field enables the assignment or change of the IP address. The significance of such a change depends on whether or not DHCP is enabled for the network. If DHCP is not enabled, the IP address you enter in this field is the device's IP address. If DHCP is enabled, this field provides the IP address only if a server responds with an IP address for the device.
Enter an IP subnet mask to identify the subnetwork so the IP address can be recognized on the LAN. If DHCP is not enabled, this field is the subnet mask. If DHCP is enabled, this field provides the subnet mask only if a server responds to the DHCP request.
Insert the IP address of your default internet gateway.
To use Simplified Network Management Protocol (SNMP), enter a community name. SNMP is an application-layer protocol that supports message-oriented communications between SNMP management stations and agents. This community name automatically appears in the list of users authorized to view and make changes to the management system when SNMP is enabled.
The SNMP community string is used like a username and is for authentication, privacy, and authorization services within SNMP. Choose for this community to have read-only or read/write capabilities. Read-only indicates that the access point allows only SNMP read access. Using this option, an SNMP user cannot change access point configuration settings. Read-write indicates that the access point allows SNMP read and write access. This setting allows an SNMP user to change the access point configuration.
Select the role in the radio network for each device. Depending on which device you are using, the roles can vary. You can also configure a fallback role for root access points. The wireless device automatically assumes the fallback role when its Ethernet port is disabled or disconnected from the wired LAN. Choose one of the three access point (root) settings if the access point is connected to the wired LAN.
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Access Point
Specifies that the unit operates as an access point connected to the main Ethernet LAN network. In this mode, wireless client devices are allowed to associate to the access point.
- Repeater
Check this box if your product (also called repeater non-root) is not connected to the wired LAN and supports wireless clients. When the Ethernet port is disabled, the wireless device becomes a repeater and associates to a nearby root access point. You do not have to specify a root access point to which the fallback repeater associates; the repeater automatically associates to the root access point that provides the best radio connectivity.
- Root bridge
Specifies that the unit is operating as a root bridge and that it connects directly to the main Ethernet LAN network. This mode does not support wireless client associations.
- Non-root bridge
Specifies that the unit is operating as a non-root bridge, that it connects to a remote LAN network, and that it must associate with a Cisco Aironet root bridge using the wireless interface.
- Install
Activates the bridge install and alignment mode. Specifies that the unit automatically determines the network role. If the unit is able to associate to another Cisco Aironet root bridge within 60 seconds, the unit assumes a non-root bridge role. If unable to associate with another Cisco Aironet root bridge within 60 seconds, the unit assumes a root bridge role.
- Workgroup Bridge
Specifies that the unit operates as a workgroup bridge connected to a small wired Ethernet LAN network through an Ethernet hub or switch. In workgroup bridge mode, the unit associates to another access point as a client and provides a network connection to the devices connected to its Ethernet port. The workgroup bridge must associate to a Cisco Aironet access point on your network. When you configure one radio interface as a workgroup bridge, the other radio interface is automatically disabled.
- Scanner
This option is supported only when used with a WLSE device on your network. It specifies that the access point operates as a radio scanner only and does not accept associations from client devices. As a scanner, the access point collects radio data and sends it to the WDS access point on your network.
Optimize Radio Network for
You can use this setting to select either preconfigured settings or customized settings for the access point. Selecting Throughput maximizes the data volume handled by the device but might reduce its range. All data rates are set to basic. Selecting Range maximizes the device's range but might reduce throughput. The lowest data rate is set to Required, and the other data rates are set to Enabled. On the 802.11a radios, you can also choose the Default option which sets the the rates to the default settings that are designed to provide good range and throughput.
Note: When you configure the 802.11g access point radio for best throughput, the access point sets all 802.11g data rates to basic (required). This setting blocks association from 802.11b client devices.
Select Enable if there are only Cisco Aironet devices on your wireless LAN and the unit is operating as an access point or workgroup bridge or if the unit is operating as a repeater. This setting must be set to Enable for you to use features such as load balancing, message integrity check (MIC), or Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP).
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