Zoom ZoomAir AP11, Installation Manual

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2 Connecting an All-Wireless Network and a Wired Network 31
Click on the Properties button.
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In the next dialog box, click on the IP Address tab. Click on
the radio button next to Obtain an IP address
automatically . Click OK and close the Network dialog boxes.
Restart the computer.
You are now ready to connect the ZoomAir AP11 to your wired
LAN. You can skip the next sections and go directly to Making
the Connections to a Hub on page 35 .
Changing the IP Address of the ZoomAir AP11
and Disabling DHCP
Presumably, you have already enabled DHCP in the ZoomAir
AP11
by following the instructions in Chapter 1. This was not a
wasted step; by installing your wireless network first, in its simplest
configuration, you were able to verify that it was working properly.
Now it’s a fairly simple matter to reverse the process.
First, however, you need to find out the network address of the
wired portion of your LAN and use that information to provide a
new address for the ZoomAir AP11. Continue with the following
section.
Getting Your Wired Network Address
There are a few possible sources of your wired network address—
your organization’s network administrator or the person who
installed your network, or an outside networking consultant who
can determine the available addresses. Your Zoom vendor or
reseller should either have consultants on staff or be able to
recommend someone. The goal is to get a unique static IP address
for the ZoomAir AP11 unit that is part of the “family” of available
addresses for your existing LAN. You will also need your LAN’s
Netmask (
255.255.255.0
unless your LAN has subnets). (For
more information on subnets and netmasks, see Appendix C on
page 65.)
For your convenience, write the new address for your ZoomAir
AP11 here:
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