Configuring basic device settings
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a. Select the
Enable WAN Interface
checkbox to enable a connection
between the access point and a larger network or outside world through
the WAN port. Disable this option to effectively isolate the access point’s
WAN connection. No connections to a larger network or the Internet will be
possible. Clients cannot communicate beyond the configured subnets.
b. Select the
This Interface is a DHCP Client
checkbox to enable DHCP for the
access point WAN connection. This is useful, if the target corporate
network or
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
uses DHCP. DHCP is a protocol
that includes mechanisms for IP address allocation and delivery of
host-specific configuration parameters from a DHCP server to a host.
Some of these parameters are IP address, network mask, and gateway.
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Brocade recommends the WAN and LAN ports should not both be configured
as DHCP clients.
c. Specify an
IP address
for the access point’s WAN connection. An IP
address uses a series of four numbers expressed in dot notation, for
example, 190.188.12.1.
