Chapter 1. Getting Started
Access Point and Access Server can be controlled in four ways:
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by using Bluegiga Solution Manager (see BSM documentation for details)
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by using the WWW interface
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by entering commands and using applications at the shell prompt
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by sending and/or retrieving files to/from the device.
Note:
The default username is
root
and the default password is
buffy
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1.1. Powering Up
To get started with Access Point or Access Server, connect it to your local area network (LAN)
by using an ethernet cable, and connect the power adapter. The unit will power up and retrieve
the network settings from your network’s DHCP server.
Access Point and Access Server will also use Zeroconf (also known as Zero Configuration Net-
working or Automatic Private IP Addressing) to get a unique IP address in the 169.254.x.x net-
work. Most operating systems also support this. In other words, you can connect your control-
ling laptop with a cross-over ethernet cable to Access Server, then power up Access Server, and
the devices will automatically have unique IP addresses in the 169.254.x.x network. With Access
Point, also a direct ethernet cable works.
Note:
If you need to configure the network settings manually and cannot connect Access Server first
by using Zeroconf, you can do it by using the management console. For more information, see Sec-
tion 1.3.1. Access Point, however, does not provide user access to the management console. You can
configure static network settings by sending the settings in a management packet for example using
a USB memory dongle. See User’s and Developer’s Guide for more information.
The physical interface locations of Access Point are described in Figure 1-1.
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