miDoor: revision 0.01
Installation and Reference
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Initial Configuration
Whenever miDoor is powered on without any network configuration, such as when it is first
installed, miDoor creates a default Wi-Fi unsecured adhoc end-point with an IP address of
169.254.1.1.
Normally Wi-Fi devices, such as miDoor, communicate to Wi-Fi routers or Access Points in
“infrastructure” mode. However, a special mode called “adhoc” mode is part of the Wi-Fi
802.11 standard. This allows for point-to-point connections between, for example, a miDoor
device and a PC.
When in “adhoc” mode miDoor will default to a well know IP address of 169.254.1.1 and will
identify itself to other Wi-Fi devices in adhoc mode as “miDoor”. This will allow a computer to
connect to miDoor in adhoc mode and to enable a WEB-browser to be used for initial
configuration.
Please note that when in adhoc mode miDoor is unsecured. It is important to configure
miDoor as soon as possible and restart it in infrastructure mode.
When miDoor is powered up and in adhoc mode do the following steps:
1.
Connect to miDoor using adhoc mode.
See Connecting to miDoor in Adhoc Mode
2.
Point your WEB-browser to miDoor by using the URL
http://169.254.1.1
.
3.
You show see an initial configuration screen
4.
Configure the required settings
The SSID and Wi-Fi encryption settings are required and must match the settings
used by your Wi-Fi router or Access Point.
If using DHCP the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary DNS and
Secondary DNS fields are not required and are ignored.
If not using DHCP the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and Primary DNS fields
must be correctly specified and match the network settings.
The HTTP Port, HTTPS Port and NTP Server are generally left at default values.
In order to keep track of time, the NTP Server must be specified. It is strongly
recommended for it to remain as pool.ntp.org.
