SUBJECT:

Is Kick Start software the management utility of 22Mbps Wireless AP? How to use it?

QUESTION:

I only find a Kick Start software in the 22Mbps Wireless AP package, is it the management utility of the AP? How to use it to manage the AP?

ANSWER:

Recent-model and upgraded 22Mbps Wireless AP 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. Kick Start software is a useful tool to assist you in starting up the Web interface to manage your 22Mbps Wireless AP, not AP’s management utility.

When will you use Kick Start software?
1. The factory-set default IP address of 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 not within the same LAN (the same subnet mask), you can use Kick Start software to search the AP and change its IP configuration.
2. 22Mbps Wireless AP can be configured to act as a DHCP client and request IP settings from a DHCP server. At this moment, you may not know the AP’s IP address; then you can use Kick Start software to search the AP and start the Web interface to connect and manage it.

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:

The factory-set username and password is the five-letter string admin.


Step 6. After confirm your input by clicking OK button, the main page of the Web-based management interface will appear. Further configuration can be carried out using this management interface.