LANCOM WLC series
Chapter 3: Basic configuration
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Instructions for WEBconfig
Device settings can be configured from any Web browser. WEBconfig config-
uration software is an integral component of the LANCOM. A Web browser is
all that is required to access WEBconfig. WEBconfig offers similar Setup Wiz-
ards to LANconfig and hence provides the perfect conditions for easy config-
uration of the LANCOM – although, unlike LANconfig, it runs under any
operating system with a Web browser.
Secure with HTTPS
WEBconfig offers secure (remote) configuration by encrypting the configura-
tion data with HTTPS.
https://<IP address or device name>
Always use the latest version of your browser to ensure maximum
security.
Accessing the device with WEBconfig
To carry out a configuration with WEBconfig, you need to know how to con-
tact the device. Device behavior and accessibility for configuration via a Web
browser depend on whether the DHCP server and DNS server are active in the
LAN already, and whether these two server processes share the assignment in
the LAN of IP addresses to symbolic names. WEBconfig accesses the LANCOM
either via its IP address, the device name (if configured), or by means of any
name if the device has not yet been configured and has assigned itself as DNS
server.
Following power-on, unconfigured LANCOM devices first check whether a
DHCP server is already active in the LAN. Depending on the situation, the
device can either enable its own DHCP server or enable DHCP client mode. In
the second operating mode, the device can retrieve an IP address for itself
from a DHCP server in the LAN.
If a LANCOM Wireless Router or LANCOM Access Point is centrally
managed from a LANCOM WLAN Controller, the DHCP mode is
switched from auto-mode to client mode upon provision of the WLAN
configuration or a fixed IP address is assigned repectively.