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WirelessClientRequirements
D-Link UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
November2011 Page17
UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
WirelessClientRequirements
TheUAPprovideswirelessaccesstoanyclientwithaproperlyconfiguredWi‐Ficlientadapterforthe802.11
modeinwhichtheaccesspointisrunning.TheUAPsupportsmultipleclientoperatingsystems.Clientscanbe
laptopordesktopcomputers,personaldigitalassistants(PDAs),oranyotherhand‐held,portable
orstationary
deviceequippedwithaWi‐Fiadapterandsupportingdrivers.
Toconnecttotheaccesspoint,wirelessclientsneedthesoftwareandhardwaredescribedinthefollowing
table.
DynamicandStaticIPAddressingontheAP
Whenyoupowerontheaccesspoint,thebuilt‐inDHCPclientsearchesforaDHCPserveronthenetworkin
ordertoobtainanIPAddressandothernetworkinformation.IftheAPdoesnotfindaDHCPserveronthe
network,theAPcontinuestouseitsdefaultStatic
IPAddress(10.90.90.91)untilyoure‐assignitanewstatic
IPaddress(andspecif y astaticIPaddressingpolicy)oruntiltheAPsuccessfullyreceivesnetworkinformation
fromaDHCPserver.
TochangetheconnectiontypeandassignastaticIPaddressbyusingtheCLI,see“ConfiguringtheEthernet

Settings”onpage25or,byusingtheWebUI,see“EthernetSettings”onpage51.
Table3:RequirementsforWirelessClients
RequiredComponent Description
Wi‐FiClientAdapter Portableorbuilt‐inWi‐FiclientadapterthatsupportsoneormoreoftheIEEE
802.11modesinwhichyouplantoruntheaccesspoint.
WirelessClientSoftware Clientsoftware,suchasMicrosoftWindowsSupplicant,configuredtoassociate
withtheUAP.
ClientSecuritySettings Securityshouldbedisabled
ontheclientusedtodoinitialconfigurationofthe
accesspoint.
IftheSecuritymodeontheaccesspointissettoanythingotherthanplaintext,
wirelessclientswillneedtosetaprofiletotheauthenticationmodeusedbythe
accesspointandprovideavalidusernameand
password,certificate,orsimilaruser
identityproof.SecuritymodesareStaticWEP,IEEE802.1X,WPAwithRADIUS
server,andWPA‐PSK.
Forinformationaboutconfiguringsecurityontheaccesspoint,see“V irtualAccess
PointSettings”onpage70.
Caution!IfyoudonothaveaDHCPserveronyourinternalnetwork,anddonotplantouseone,the
firstthingyoumustdoafterpoweringontheaccesspointischangetheconnectiontypefromDHCP
tostaticIP.YoucaneitherassignanewstaticIPaddress
totheAPorcontinueusingthedefault
address.WerecommendassigninganewstaticIPaddresssothatifyoubringupanotherWLANAP
onthesamenetwork,theIPaddressforeachAPwill beunique.