D Link DWL3200APA1 User Manual

DWL-3200AP User’s Manual		Using the Configuration Menu

Status > Device Info

Device	This window displays the settings of the DWL-3200AP, the firmware
Information:	version and the MAC address.

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Status > Stats

WLAN 802.11G This window displays the statistics of the IEEE 802.11g network.

Traffic Statistics:

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DWL-3200AP User’s Manual		Using the Configuration Menu

Status > Client Info

Client Information: Select this option to obtain information on wireless clients.

(A client is a device on the network that is communicating with the

DWL-3200AP.)

The following information is available for each client that is communicating with the

DWL-3200AP.

MAC: Displays the MAC address of the client.

Band: Displays the wireless band.

Authentication: Displays the type of authentication that is enabled.

Signal: Indicates the strength of the signal

Power Saving

Mode: Displays the status of the power saving feature.

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DWL-3200AP User’s Manual		Using the Configuration Menu

Help

Help: Click on any item in the Help screen for more information.

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DWL-3200AP User’s Manual

Using the AP Manager

The AP Manager is a convenienttooltomanagetheconfigurationofyournetworkfromacentral computer. With APManager there isno need to configure devices individually.

To launch the AP Manager:

•Go to the Start Menu

•Select Programs

•Select D-Link AirPremier AP Manager

•Select DWL-3200AP

Discovering Devices

Click on this button to discover the devices available on the network.

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DWL-3200AP User’s Manual		Using the AP Manager

Selecting Devices

The AP Manager allows you to configure multiple devices all at once. To select a single device, simply click on the device you want to select. To select multiple devices, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on each additional device. To select an entire list, hold the Shift key, click on the first AP on the list and then click on the last AP on the list.

IP Configuration

You can assign an IP address to an AP or assign IP addresses to multiple

AP’s by clicking on this button after selecting the device(s).

Select the AP that you want to assign an IP address to and click the IP button. Enter the IP address and IP netmask for the selected device and click OK.

You can configure multiple AP’s with IP addresses all at once. Click on the IP button after you’ve selected all of the AP’s you want to assign an IP address. Enter the IP address you want to assign the first unit and the AP manager will automatically assign sequential IP addresses.

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DWL-3200AP User’s Manual		Using the AP Manager

Device Configuration

Click on this button to access the configuration properties of the selected device(s).

The device configuration window allows you to configure settings but does not actually apply the settings to the device unless you click the Apply button. You can also save and load configuration files from this window. When you load a configuration file, you must click Apply if you want the settings to be applied to the selected device(s).

You can configure a single device by highlighting one device in the list, or you can configure multiple devices by highlighting multiple devices before clicking on the Device

Configuration icon pictured above. The examples in this section show single device configuration. When you select multiple devices for configuration the procedure will be similar.

The Check All button will select all configurable options. Any setting that has a checkmark next to it is applied to the device or saved to the configuration file.

The Clear Checks button deselects all configurable options. This feature is useful if you only want to change a few settings. Deselect all items and only check the items that you want to modify.

Refresh will revert to the actual device settings of the selected device(s).

To save settings to the device, you must click the Apply button. Only settings that have a checkmark next to them will be applied.

The open button is used to load a previously saved configuration file. After opening a configuration file, you must click the Apply button to save the settings to the selected device(s).

The save button allows you to save a configuration file of the selected device settings. Only settings that have a checkmark next to them are saved.You cannot save a configuration file if you selected more than one device in the device list.

The Exit button will close the device configuration window. Any settings that haven’t been applied will be lost.

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DWL-3200AP User’s Manual		Using the AP Manager

Device Configuration > General

Device Name(*):

IP address and Subnet Mask(*):

Gateway:

When selecting multiple devices for configuration, some options are unavailable for configuration by default as noted(*) below:

This allows you to change the device name for the selected access point. You must place a checkmark in the Device Name box to change the name. This option should only be configured when one access point is selected for configuration.

If you’ve selected one device for configuration and you want to change the IP address of the device, check the IP Address box.

You ca then enter an IP address and Subnet Mask for the selected access point. This option should only be configurable when one access point is selected for configuration. To configure multiple devices with an IP address at one time, please reference the previous page.

Enter the IP address of your gateway, typically your router address.

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Device Configuration > General (continued)

DHCP client:

Load Balance:

User Limit:

Link Integrity:

Telnet Support:

Telnet Timeout:

There is a pulldown menu to select enabled or disabled. When enabled, the selected device(s) will function as a DHCP client(s). This allows them to receive IP configuration information from a DHCP server. When disabled, the access point(s) must have a static IP address assigned to them.

This pulldown selection enables or disables load balancing. When you enable load balance you allow several access points to balance wireless network traffic and wireless clients among the access points with the same SSID. All the APs that share Load Balancing must have the same SSID. Assign each access point a different non-overlapping channel (e.g., 1, 6, 11).

Enter the number of load balancing users, from 0-64.

This pulldown selection enables or disables Link Integrity.When Link

Integrity is enabled, the wireless segment associated with the AP will be disconnected whenever the connection between the AP and the LAN is dropped.

This pulldown selection enables or disables the ability to Telnet into the selected device(s).

This pulldown selection defines the timeout period during a Telnet session with the selected device(s).

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