Allied Telesis AT-WA7500 - Manual (Page 4)

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Chapter 2
Installing the Access Points ......................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Installation Guidelines ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Microwave Ovens ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 46
Cordless Telephones .................................................................................................................................................................................. 47
Other Access Points .................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Installing the AT-WA7500 ................................................................................................................................................................................. 48
Connecting the AT-WA7500 to Your Wired LAN and Power ....................................................................................................... 48
Connecting Power Over Ethernet ................................................................................................................................................................. 49
External Antenna Placement Guidelines .................................................................................................................................................... 50
Positioning Antennas for 802.11b and 802.11a Radios ................................................................................................................. 50
Chapter 3
Configuring the Ethernet Network .......................................................................................................................................................... 53
Configuring the TCP/IP Settings .................................................................................................................................................................... 54
Configuring the Access Point as a DHCP Client................................................................................................................................ 56
Configuring the Access Point as a DHCP Server............................................................................................................................... 57
Configuring the Access Point to Send ARP Requests ..................................................................................................................... 61
Configuring Other Ethernet Settings ........................................................................................................................................................... 62
Configuring the Ethernet Address Table............................................................................................................................................. 63
Configuring Ethernet Filters .................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Using Ethernet Frame Type Filters ........................................................................................................................................................ 64
Chapter 4
Configuring the Radios .................................................................................................................................................................................. 85
About the Radios ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 86
Configuring the IEEE 802.11b Radio ............................................................................................................................................................. 87
Configuring 802.11b Radio Advanced Parameters ......................................................................................................................... 92
Configuring 802.11b Radio Inbound Filters....................................................................................................................................... 95
Configuring the IEEE 802.11a Radio ............................................................................................................................................................. 97
Configuring 802.11a Radio Advanced Parameters........................................................................................................................101
Configuring 802.11a Radio Inbound Filters .....................................................................................................................................103
Chapter 5
Configuring the Spanning Tree ...............................................................................................................................................................107
About the Access Point Spanning Tree .....................................................................................................................................................108
About the Primary LAN and the Root Access Point.......................................................................................................................109
About Secondary LANs and Designated Bridges...........................................................................................................................110
About Data Link Tunneling ....................................................................................................................................................................111
About Routable and Non-Routable Network Protocols ..............................................................................................................112
Configuring the Spanning Tree Parameters ............................................................................................................................................113
About IP Tunnels ...............................................................................................................................................................................................116
Creating IP Tunnels ...................................................................................................................................................................................117
Using One IP Multicast Address for Multiple IP Tunnels..............................................................................................................119
How Frames Are Forwarded Through IP Tunnels ..........................................................................................................................121
Configuring IP Tunnels ....................................................................................................................................................................................124
Configuring the IP Address List ............................................................................................................................................................125
Configuring IP Tunnel Filters .................................................................................................................................................................126
Filter Examples ...................................................................................................................................................................................................133
Example 1 .....................................................................................................................................................................................................134
Example 2 .....................................................................................................................................................................................................134
Example 3 .....................................................................................................................................................................................................136
Example 4 .....................................................................................................................................................................................................136