Allied Telesis AT-WL2411 - Manual (Page 6)

Table of Contents
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Installing the Access Point ............................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Wall-mounting the AT-WL2411.............................................................................................................................................................. 30
Attaching an External Antenna (Optional) ................................................................................................................................................. 33
Warranty Registration ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 35
Chapter 3
Configuration Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................ 37
Using a Serial Connection ................................................................................................................................................................................ 38
Assigning an IP Address .................................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Using a Web Browser ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Saving Your Configuration Changes ............................................................................................................................................................ 46
Using a Telnet Session ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Using SNMP ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48
Configuring the SNMP Community ...................................................................................................................................................... 48
Chapter 4
Configuring the Ethernet Network .......................................................................................................................................................... 51
Configuring the TCP/IP Settings .................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Configuring the Access Point as a DHCP Client................................................................................................................................ 54
Configuring the Access Point as a DHCP Server............................................................................................................................... 55
About Network Address Translation (NAT) ........................................................................................................................................ 59
Configuring the Access Point to Send ARP Requests ..................................................................................................................... 61
Configuring the Ethernet Settings ................................................................................................................................................................ 63
Configuring Ethernet Filters ............................................................................................................................................................................ 64
Configuring the Ethernet Address Table............................................................................................................................................. 64
Using Ethernet Frame Type Filters ........................................................................................................................................................ 66
Using Predefined Subtype Filters .......................................................................................................................................................... 69
Customizing Subtype Filters.................................................................................................................................................................... 70
Configuring Advanced Filters ................................................................................................................................................................. 73
Setting Filter Values .................................................................................................................................................................................... 73
Setting Filter Expressions.......................................................................................................................................................................... 74
Chapter 5
Configuring the Spanning Tree ................................................................................................................................................................. 77
Configuring the Spanning Tree Parameters .............................................................................................................................................. 78
About the Root Access Point ................................................................................................................................................................... 81
About Bridging ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 81
Bridging Layer Functions .......................................................................................................................................................................... 83
About Secondary LANs and Designated Bridges............................................................................................................................. 85
Configuring Global Parameters ...................................................................................................................................................................... 86
Configuring Global Flooding................................................................................................................................................................... 86
Configuring Global RF Parameters ........................................................................................................................................................ 89
About IP Tunnels ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 91
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP).................................................................................................................................. 93
Originating IP Tunnels ............................................................................................................................................................................... 94
Establishing and Maintaining IP Tunnels ............................................................................................................................................ 95
IP Addressing for End Devices ................................................................................................................................................................ 95
Using Non-IP Protocols.............................................................................................................................................................................. 95
Frame Forwarding ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 96
Configuring IP Tunnels .............................................................................................................................................................................. 98
Configuring IP Address List ....................................................................................................................................................................101
Configuring IP Tunnel Filters .........................................................................................................................................................................102
Using IP Tunnel Frame Type Filters .....................................................................................................................................................103
Using Predefined Subtype Filters ........................................................................................................................................................106
Customizing Subtype Filters..................................................................................................................................................................107