Alcatel Speed Touch Wireless, User Manual

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17 Maintenance - Lost Speed Touch Wireless
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17.1 PingĆofĆLife
The STWireless offers a unique method to supply an IP address to
the STWireless .
This method, the PingĆofĆLife
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, allows to provide the STWireless
with an IP address, without affecting other configurational settings.
The principle is fairly simple: a special ping packet will deliver an
IP address to your STWireless .
Generally the procedure is as follows:
Step Action
1 PreĆconfigure the intended IP address and a special MAC group
address in the ARP cache of one of your PCs.
2 Power cycle the STWireless , and allow the POST to end (this
takes about 30 seconds).
3 Ping this same IP address within 60 seconds after the STWireless
ended its POST.
If everything goes well, the
STWireless has assimilated this IP
address.
4 Save the new IP setting via the STWireless web pages.
Most TCP/IP packages support the
ARP
and
PING
command. The
PingĆofĆLife can be executed from any PC on your local network.
Proceed as follows:
Step Action and Description
1 Turn off the STWireless .
2 Open an DOS window (Windows OS), or a terminal window
(UNIX, Linux) on a PC.
3 In the DOS window, or terminal window, execute:
arp –a
This command allows you to overview the current entries in the
ARP cache.