Allied Telesis AT-WA7501 - Manual (Page 4)

Contents
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Connecting Power Over Ethernet ...................................................................................................................................... 59
External Antenna Placement Guidelines ........................................................................................................................... 60
Connecting Antennas to the Radios ...........................................................................................................................60
Positioning Antennas for 802.11g, 802.11b, and 802.11a Radios .............................................................................60
Positioning Antennas for Dual Radio Access Points ..................................................................................................61
Positioning Antennas for Antenna Diversity................................................................................................................61
Chapter 3
Configuring the Ethernet Network ................................................................................................................................ 64
Configuring the TCP/IP Settings ........................................................................................................................................ 65
Configuring the Access Point as a DHCP Client ........................................................................................................67
Configuring the Access Point as a DHCP Server .......................................................................................................70
Configuring the Access Point to Send ARP Requests................................................................................................76
Configuring Other Ethernet or Fiber Optic Settings ........................................................................................................... 77
Configuring the Ethernet Address Table.....................................................................................................................79
Configuring Ethernet Filters ............................................................................................................................................... 80
Using Ethernet Frame Type Filters.............................................................................................................................80
Using Predefined Subtype Filters ...............................................................................................................................83
Customizing Subtype Filters.......................................................................................................................................83
Chapter 4
Configuring the Radios .................................................................................................................................................. 96
About the Radios ............................................................................................................................................................... 97
Configuring the 802.11g Radio .......................................................................................................................................... 98
Configuring 802.11g Radio Advanced Parameters ..................................................................................................102
Configuring 802.11g Radio Inbound Filters ..............................................................................................................107
Applying Hot Settings ...............................................................................................................................................108
Configuring the 802.11g Radio to Communicate With a SpectraLink Network ........................................................109
Configuring the 802.11b Radio ........................................................................................................................................ 110
Configuring 802.11b Radio Advanced Parameters ..................................................................................................112
Configuring 802.11b Radio Inbound Filters ..............................................................................................................115
Configuring a SpectraLink Network ................................................................................................................................. 117
Configuring the 802.11a Radio ........................................................................................................................................ 119
Configuring 802.11a Radio Advanced Parameters ..................................................................................................124
Configuring 802.11a Radio Inbound Filters ..............................................................................................................126
Chapter 5
Configuring the Spanning Tree ................................................................................................................................... 129
About the Access Point Spanning Tree ........................................................................................................................... 130
About the Primary LAN and the Root Access Point..................................................................................................131
About Secondary LANs and Designated Bridges .....................................................................................................132
About Ethernet Bridging/Data Link Tunneling...........................................................................................................134
About Routable and Non-Routable Network Protocols.............................................................................................135
Configuring the Spanning Tree Parameters .................................................................................................................... 136
About IP Tunnels ............................................................................................................................................................. 140
Creating IP Tunnels..................................................................................................................................................142
Using One IP Multicast Address for Multiple IP Tunnels ..........................................................................................144
How Frames Are Forwarded Through IP Tunnels ....................................................................................................145
Configuring IP Tunnels .................................................................................................................................................... 148
Configuring the IP Address List ................................................................................................................................149
Configuring IP Tunnel Filters ....................................................................................................................................150
Filter Examples ................................................................................................................................................................ 156
Example 1.................................................................................................................................................................157
Example 2.................................................................................................................................................................157
Example 3.................................................................................................................................................................159
Example 4.................................................................................................................................................................159
Comparing IP Tunnels to Mobile IP ................................................................................................................................. 160
Configuring Global Parameters........................................................................................................................................ 162
Configuring Global Flooding .....................................................................................................................................162
Configuring Global RF Parameters...........................................................................................................................165