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If your computer cannot connect to the AP...
• Disconnect the AP from the power source, wait 5 seconds,
then reconnect it—and wait 60 seconds before attempting a
reconnection.
• Disconnect and reconnect the Ethernet cable from both the
AP and the PC.
• Try replacing the Ethernet cable with another Cat5 cable.
1
In the left-hand menu column of the Ruckus Web Admin
interface, choose
Wireless
(under
Configuration
).
The Configure::Wireless::Common options appear.
2
Verify that the following options are active:
Wireless Mode
“Auto-select” must be selected
Channel
“SmartSelect” must be selected
Country Code
If you are not in the United States,
select the current country.
3
Click
Update Settings
if you made any changes.
4
Click the “Data WLAN” tab.
5
Delete the text in the
SSID
field and type the name of your
network.
TIP: If your network doesn’t have a “name”, type a short
name that will help your users identify the AP in their wire-
less network connection application.
6
Click
Update Settings
.
7
[-
Steps 7–10 Optional-
] To switch from DHCP (the default)
to Static IP, choose
Internet
(under
Configuration
).
8
Click the button by
Static IP
.
9
Fill in the
IP Address
and
Mask
fields.
10
Click
Update Settings
.
• Be sure your new IP entries are noted down safely.
11
Click
Logout
to exit the Ruckus Web Admin interface.
12
When the Web Admin login page reappears, you can exit
your browser.
13
Disconnect the AP from the PC and from the current power
source, and restore your PC to the normal network connec-
tions.
To restore the network settings for your PC/laptop, do one of
the following first steps, according to which OS your PC/laptop is
using:
1
On your Windows 2000 or XP PC, open the Network Connec-
tions (or Network and Dial-up Connections) control panel
according to how the Start menu is set up:
Start-> Settings-> Network Connections
Start-> Control Panel-> Network Connections
2
When the Network Connections window appears (2000 or
XP), right-click the icon for the “Local Area Connection”
designated for your home network and choose
Properties
.
3
When the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box
appears, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) from the scroll-
ing list, and click
Properties
.
The TCP/IP Properties dialog box appears.
4
Replace the recent AP-specific connection entries with the
entries from your standard network configuration.
5
Click
OK
to save your settings and exit first the TCP/IP
Properties dialog box, then the Local Area Connection
Properties dialog box.
Your PC/laptop is now ready for normal network use.
1
Disconnect the AP’s power adapter from the power outlet,
if you have not already done so.
2
Move the AP to its permanent location (accessible to both
AC power and ISP connections). Follow these guidelines:
• Place the AP as close to the center of the room, and
away from any physical obstructions.
• Place the AP on a shelf or other elevated location where
the user’s wireless networking devices are in line-of-
sight access.
• Avoid any sources of electromagnetic interference.
• Avoid placing the AP near large metal or glass surfaces.
3
Use an Ethernet cable to connect the WAN port of the AP to
the ISP’s DSL modem, cable modem, or gateway device
4
Connect the power adapter to the AP, then to a convenient
power source.
5
Verify that the Power and WAN Connectivity LEDs on the
front of the AP are lit.
After a short pause to re-establish the Internet connection,
you can test the AP.
1
Using any wireless-enabled computer or mobile device,
search for and select the wireless network you’ve previ-
ously configured.
2
If you can connect, open a browser and go to any public
web site.
If you were able to connect, congratulations! Your wireless
network is active and ready for use.
You can now use the wireless network to log in again to the AP
with the Ruckus Wireless
Web Admin Interface
. Use this tool to
review and fine-tune a wide range of settings and options, to
make your wireless LAN operations more secure and more effi-
cient.
See the separate Ruckus Wireless
User Guide
(downloadable
from the Ruckus support web site) for all the details, or open and
browse the Help window in the Web Admin interface for topical
assistance.
4
Customizing Wireless Settings
Important!
If you anticipate logging into the AP to regularly perform
monitoring or maintenance (once it is in place), you may want
to consider assigning a static IP address to the AP. This would
simplify all post-installation connections to the AP.
In the default AP configuration, the AP uses a DHCP-
assigned IP address. Any post-installation connections require
(1) a reverse ARP lookup or (2) logging into the DHCP server, to
determine which IP address is in effect in the AP.
See the Ruckus Wireless VF2811 Access Point
User Guide
for
more information on IP address assignment options and logging
into the AP through either a static IP or dynamic IP address.
5
Restoring your PC’s Network Settings
6
Placing the AP in Your Site
7
Testing the Ruckus Wireless AP
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