SUBJECT:

How to manage 22Mbps Wireless AP that supports 4X mode?

QUESTION:

How to manage 22Mbps Wireless AP that supports 4X mode? I find a Kick Start software in the package, but how to use it to manage the AP?

ANSWER:

Recent-model and upgraded 22Mbps Wireless AP supports 4X mode and offers a Web-based interface that allows all configuration and management functions to be carried out through almost any up-to-date World Wide Web (WWW) browser. The browser must support JavaScript, and the AP must be pre-configured with valid and known IP settings.

The Kick Start software is a useful tool to assist you in starting up the Web interface to manage your 22Mbps Wireless AP.

The factory-set default IP address of the 22Mbps Wireless AP is a private IP address of 192.168.0.1 with an address mask of 255.255.0.0. If your management station is within the same LAN (the same subnet mask), please start the browser, type http://192.168.0.1 into the browser’s Location (or URL or Go To) box, and press Ether key to connect and manage the AP.
Otherwise, you can use Kick Start software to search and connect the AP by using the following steps:

Step 1. Open Start > Programs > WLAN > KickStart > KickStart and click Next button.

Step 2. After a few seconds all Kick Start-compatible (4X mode supported) 22Mbps Wireless APs on the network will appear. Select the AP you want to manage and click Next button.

Step 3. If the selected AP is on a different TCP/IP subnet from your management station, the Set IP window will open to let you manual assign the AP’s IP configuration:

The AP’s factory-set password for Set IP function is the five-letter string admin.

Step 4. Click Finish button to start the Web interface (system-default browser) to connect and manage the selected Wireless AP.

Step 5. You will be prompted to enter a username and password:

Notice: The factory-set username and password is the five-letter string admin for Admin Mode, which is the normal Web-based management interface. No password is set at the factory for User Mode, which allows non-administrators to view information about the AP without danger of them changing AP settings; simply click OK button to bring up the User Mode main page.


Step 6. After confirm your input by clicking OK button, the Admin Mode main page of the Web-based management interface will appear:



Step 7. To bridge up a panel for configuring AP settings, click a link (Wireless, WEP, IP, etc.) in the main page’s left-hand panel. After finishing configuration, click Save button to send the displayed settings to the AP. Your browser may display a security warning every time information is sent to the AP.


Step 8. If you do not wish to configure other items, click Restart link in the main page’s left-hand panel to open Save and Restart panel, and click Restart button to take the AP’s settings effect.

Step 9. Click Brief link under Status in the main page’s left-hand panel to view information about the AP and its current basic settings.