LANCOM 3850 UMTS
Chapter 3: Basic configuration
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3.1.2
Configuration protection
The password for configuration access to the LANCOM protects the configu-
ration against unauthorized access. The configuration of the device contains
a considerable amount of sensitive information such as your Internet access
information. We therefore strongly recommend protecting it with a password.
Multiple administrators can be set up in the configuration of the
LANCOM, each with differing access rights. For a LANCOM, up to 16
different administrators can be set up. Further information can be
found in the section 'Managing rights for different administrators' in
the LCOS reference manual.
In the managed mode (see following) the LANCOM Wireless Routers
and LANCOM Access Points automatically receive the same root pass-
word as the WLAN Controller, assuming that no root password has
been set in the device itself.
3.1.3
Settings for the Wireless LAN
LANCOM Wireless Routers and LANCOM Access Points can be operated either
as self-sufficient Access Points with their own configuration (WLAN modules
in "Access Point mode“) or as components in a WLAN infrastructure, which is
controlled from a central WLAN Controller ("managed mode").
The managed mode has to be activated in the physical WLAN settings. In this
operating mode the WLAN modules receive their configuration from the
WLAN Controller, the WLAN settings in the LANCOM Wireless Routers and
LANCOM Access Points have no influence.
For devices with two WLAN modules the operationg mode can be set up for
each module seperately, i.e. the first WLAN module can be operated in mana-
ged mode while the second is working as self-sufficient Access Point.
The network name (SSID)
The basic configuration wizard asks for the network name of the base station
(often designated as SSID –
S
ervice
S
et
Id
entifier). The network name will be
registered in the base stations of the Wireless LAN. You can choose any name.
Several base stations with the same network name form a common Wireless
LAN.
