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Preparing the 7781CM at the Depot and Shipping to the Field
Preparing the Administrative Computer
Preparing the Administrative Computer
Use an administrative computer to configure basic operational parameters for the 7781CM
access point and cable modem parts.
NOTE:
The following procedure is applicable if the administrative computer is running
Windows 7 or Windows XP. If you are using a different operating system, refer to the
documentation that was shipped with your operating system for information on how to
modify the computer’s IP address settings.
1.
Collect required equipment and information:
•
An administrative computer (notebook computer) running Windows 7/Vista/XP/
2000 with one wireless 802.11b/g/n network card and one Ethernet card installed.
•
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 (or later) or Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (or later) installed on
the administrative computer.
•
A Telnet or SSH (secure shell) client program installed on the administrative
computer.
2.
On your Windows 7 or Windows XP computer, open the
Network Connections
(or
Network and Dial-up Connections
) control panel according to how the
Start
menu is
set up:
•
On Windows 7, click
Start
>
Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center >
Change Adapter Settings
.
•
On Windows XP, click
Start
>
Control Panel
>
Network Connections.
3.
When the
Network Connections
window appears, right-click the icon for
Local Area
Connection,
and then click
Properties
.
NOTE:
Make sure that you configure the
Local Area Connection
properties, not the
Wireless Network Connection
properties.
4.
When the
Local Area Connection Properties
dialog box appears, select
Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP)
or
TCP/IPv4
in Windows 7 from the scrolling list, and then click
Properties
. The
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties
dialog box appears.
5.
Write down all of the currently active network settings. You will need this information
later when you restore your computer to its current network configuration.
6.
Click
Use the following IP address
, and then configure the IP address settings with
the values listed in
. For a sample configuration, refer to
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