D-Link DWL-3600AP - Verifying the Installation

VerifyingtheInstallation
D-Link UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
November2011 Page28
UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
Inthefollowingexample,theadministratorenablesthe802.1XsupplicantandsetstheusernametowlanAP
andthepasswordtotest1234.
D‐Link‐WLAN‐AP#setdot1x‐supplicantstatusup
D‐Link‐WLAN‐AP#setdot1x‐supplicantuserwlanAP
D‐Link‐WLAN‐AP#setdot1x‐supplicantpasswordtest1234
D‐Link‐WLAN‐AP#getdot1x‐supplicant
PropertyValue
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statusup
userwlanAP
VerifyingtheInstallation
MakesuretheaccesspointisconnectedtotheLANandassociatesomewirelessclientswiththenetwork.Once
youhavetestedthebasicsofyourwirelessnetwork,youcanenablemoresecurityandfine‐tunetheAPby
modifyingadvancedconfigurationfeatures.
1. ConnecttheaccesspointtotheLAN.
•If
youconfiguredtheaccesspointandadministratorPCbyconnectingbothintoanetworkhub,then
youraccesspointisalreadyconnectedtotheLAN.Thenextstepistotestsomewirelessclients.
•Ifyouconfiguredtheaccesspointbyusinga directcableconnectionfromyourcomputertothe
access
point,dothefollowingprocedures:
a. Disconnectthecablefromthecomputerandtheaccesspoint.
b. ConnectanEthernetcablefromtheaccesspointtotheLAN.
c. ConnectyourcomputertotheLANbyusinganEthernetcableorawirelesscard.
2. TestLANconnectivitywithwirelessclients.
TesttheUAPbytrying
todetectitandassociatewithitfromsomewirelessclientdevices.Forinformation
aboutrequirementsforthesecl ients,see“WirelessClientRequirements”onpage17.
3. Secureandconfiguretheaccesspointbyusingadvancedfeatures.
OncethewirelessnetworkisupandyoucanconnecttotheAPwith
somewirelessclients,youcanaddin
layersofsecurity,createmultiplevirtualaccesspoints(VAPs),andconfigureperformancesettings.
Bydefault,nosecurityisinplaceontheaccesspoint,soanywirelessclientcanassociatewithitandaccess
yourLAN.Animportantnextstepistoconfiguresecurity,
asdescribedin“V irtualAccessPointSettings”on
page70.
Note:TheWLANAPisnotdesignedformultiple,simultaneousconfigurationchanges.Ifmorethan
oneadministratorisloggedontotheAdministrationWebpagesandmakingchangestothe
configuration,thereisnoguaranteethatallconfigurationchangesspecifiedbymultipleuserswill
beapplied.