RADWIN5000HPMPUserManual Release3.5.70 11‐21
ContinuingPre‐Configuration
changeittomaketheunitaDHCPclientthroughaswitch.TheReceivedandTransmitted
figuresarecumulative.
TheVMUoperatesasoneormorevirtualAP(VAP)unitsuptoamaximumofeight.Forpre‐
configurationpurposes,thefirstavailableVAP ,shownasWLAN1,issetupbydefaultwith
nameandSSIDInstall.
NoticefurtherfromtheWLAN1tablethateachVAPhasitsownMACaddress.Fromaservice
perspective,theVAPslooklikeseparatephysicalAPunits.
WewillconfigurethreeVAPsandcheckeachoneforconnectivitywitharemotelaptop.
Continuing Pre-Configuration
Preparing the Radio Parameters
TheSystempageitemsmaybeconfiguredlater.OpentheNetworkpage:
TheConnectionTypeisStaticIPaddressorDHCP.DHCPisthedefault.
ThedefaultIPaddressandsubnetmaskareprovidedforusewithastaticIPaddressorifthe
DHCPserverbecomesunavailable.Fordemonstrationpurposes,wewillleavethemasis.
Now,opentheWirelesspage.Themostimportantpartofpre‐configurationiscarriedout
here.
Caution
DonotchangetheWLAN1SSIDfromInstalltoanythingelseuntilyouare
certainthatyouaredonewithpre‐configuration.ChangingtheInstallSSID
movestheunitinto“servicemode”disablingtheDHCP/DNSserver,
enablingEthernetserviceandbecomingaddressableonlyoverwirethrough
anIPaddress.