8
Using an External Antenna with the 170wl Radio Card
Installation Procedure
TX Power Control Limits
N o t e
TX Power Control is only supported on the HP ProCurve Wireless 802.11g AP
Card 170wl. Do not use the 12.5% and 25% options. Although you can select
them, they are not valid for the 170wl.
The TX Power Control feature lets the user configure the transmit power level
of the radio card in the access point at one of four levels:
■
100% of the maximum transmit power level of the radio card.
■
50%
■
25%
■
12.5 %
Configuring TX Power Limits Using the Web Inteface
1.
Open the Web browser on a network computer.
N o t e
The HTTP interface supports the following Web brouser:
•
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 with Service Pack 1 or later
•
Netscape 6.1 or later
2.
If necessary, disable the Internet proxy settings. For Internet Explorer
users, follow these steps:
•
Select
Tools > Internet Options...
.
•
Click the
Connections
tab.
•
Click
LAN Settings...
.
•
If necessary, remove the check mark from the
Use a proxy server
box.
•
Click
OK
twice to save your changes and return to Internet Explorer.
3.
Enter the Access Point’s IP address in the browser’s
Address
field and
press
Enter
. The
Enter Network Password
screen appears.
4.
Enter the HTTP password in the
Password
field and click
OK
. Leave the
User Name
field blank. (By default, the HTTP password is "
public
"). The
System Status
screen appears.