Chapter 3. General Information
General information gives you a basic concept of the radio.
Understanding General Information Settings
We’ll elaborate the information from this radio’s homepage.
You may assign any device name to the Access Point. This name is
only used by the Access Point administrator for identification purposes. Unique,
memorable names are helpful, especially if you are employing multiple access points on
the same network. The default name is Apxxxxxx.
Short for Media Access Control address, a hardware address that
uniquely identifies each node of a network.
This field identifies the region where the AP can be used. It may not be
legal to operate the wireless features of the wireless access point in a region other than
one of those identified in this field. The default country is the United States.
Firmware is stored in a flash memory and can be upgraded easily,
using your Web browser, and can be upgraded via ftp server. The currently available
version of AP is 1.1.3.0.
By default, the LP-348 AP is configured as static IP Address.
The IP address must be unique to your network. The default IP address is
192.168.1.1
The Subnet Mask must be the same as that set on the LAN that your
Access Point is connected to. The default is 255.255.255.0.
AP provides five modes, Access Point, Station, bridge, repeater and
Inter-building.
Act as a standard 802.11b/g. The default mode is Access Point.
Perform as a client station associated to other APs. Be sure that they share the
same SSID when connected.
In this mode, the AP only communicates with another bridge-mode wireless station. You
Must enter the MAC address (physical address) of the other bridge-mode wireless station
3-1 Information
Access Point Name:
MAC Address:
Country/Region:
Firmware Version:
IP Type:
IP Address:
To associate the access point to your PC, make sure the PC IP address need to
be matched the AP. For instance, the AP is 192.168.1.1, and your PC IP should
Be 192.168.1. X.
Subnet Mask:
Operating Mode:
•Access Point:
•Station:
•Wireless bridge:
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