Intel WSAP5000 - PRO/Wireless 5000 LAN Access Point, WDAP5000, WSAP2000, WCB5000, WPCI5000 Quick Installation Manual

Intel® PRO/Wireless 5000
LAN Products

Quick Installation Guide

Copyright © 2003, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

Installing the Access Point ..........................5

Installing the CardBus Adapter .................14

Installing the PCI Adapter ..........................18

Customer Support ......................................20

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Intel® PRO/Wireless 5000 LAN Products

User Documentation

In addition to this Quick Installation Guide, Intel provides additional
documentation for PRO/Wireless 5000 LAN products on the Intel CD-ROM in
HTML format. This documentation is viewable with Microsoft Internet
Explorer version 4.0 or later or Netscape Navigator version 4.0 or later.

To access the online documentation, insert the Intel CD-ROM and wait for
the Intel® PRO Network Connections menu screen to display. On the menu
screen, click View User Guides. On the Intel® Network Products User
Information screen, click PRO/Wireless 5000 LAN Adapter or PRO/Wireless
5000 Access Point to display the user guide for each product. If the PRO
Network Connections menu screen does not display, run the program

autorun.exe from the Intel CD-ROM.

Products Covered in This Guide

Installation information is provided in this Quick Installation Guide for the
following Intel® PRO/Wireless LAN products:

PRO/Wireless LAN Access Points

• Model WDAP5000 - dual-function access point supporting both 802.11a

and 802.11b wireless networks

• Model WSAP5000 - single-function access point supporting 802.11a

wireless networks; upgradeable to dual function with the addition of

802.11b hardware

• Model WSAP2000 - single-function access point supporting 802.11b

wireless networks; upgradeable to dual function with the addition of

802.11a hardware

PRO/Wireless 5000 LAN CardBus Adapter

• Model WCB5000 - 802.11a CardBus PC Card client adapter

PRO/Wireless 5000 LAN PCI Adapter

• Model WPCI5000 - 802.11a PCI client adapter

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Installing the Access Point

Package Contents

• Intel® PRO/Wireless LAN Access Point (model WDAP5000,
WSAP5000, or WSAP2000)

• Mounting hardware

• Power supply and power cord

• CD-ROM containing software and online documentation

• Quick Installation Guide (this manual)

Installation Options and Requirements

• (Recommended) To set up and configure the access point, use a wired
client workstation connected to the access point directly or connected to
the wired LAN to which the access point is connected. Initial setup and
configuration must be done over a wired connection, but subsequent
changes can be made over a wireless connection.

• (Optional) Use DHCP server support for automatic assignment of an IP
address to the access point over the wired network. You can configure
the access point to use DHCP to get its IP address. See Use DHCP to
Obtain Network Addresses.

Connect and Power Up the Access Point

Connect the Access Point to the Wired Network

• Plug an RJ-45 Category 5 Ethernet cable into the RJ-45 connector on
the access point and into a 10/100 Ethernet wall connector or hub.

Connect the Access Point to a Source of AC Power

• Plug the power adapter into a wall outlet.

• Plug the power adapter cable into the socket on the bottom of the

access point.

Check the LED Indicators

Once the access point is connected to a wired network and powered on,
check the LEDs to verify that the unit is functioning correctly. If the access
point fails to initialize, restart by disconnecting and reconnecting power.

The Intel® PRO/Wireless 5000 LAN Access Point can be mounted
"right side up" on a desk or table or "upside down" on a wall or ceiling. The
LED table that follows is based on an “upside down” wall- or ceiling-mounted
configuration in which the "Ready" LED will be the topmost LED and "Wired
link" will be the bottom LED.

• The "Ready" LED should be lit.

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• If the access point is connected to a LAN through an Ethernet cable, the
"Wired link" LED should be lit (green for 10 Mbps, orange for 100 Mbps)
and the "Wired network activity" LED should be blinking.

• If the access point is communicating with a wireless adapter, the
"Wireless radio activity" LED should be flashing steadily. The Wireless
radio activity LED blinks faster when the access point is sending or
receiving information from a wireless adapter.

• Note that there are separate sets of LEDs for "Wireless radio activity"
and "Wireless radio association" for 802.11a and 802.11b networks. The
description indicates which models use which set or sets.

Viewed on a wall- or ceiling-mounted access point, the LED indicators have
the following locations and functions.

Ready

Wireless radio
activity (802.11a)

Wireless radio
association
(802.11a)
Wireless radio
activity (802.11b)

Wireless radio
association
(802.11b)
Wired network
activity
Wired link

Green. This indicator will stay illuminated after the
access point has completed the initialization
sequence. The Ready light flashes quickly 3 times
during a reset to factory default settings.
Yellow flashes steadily if no client adapter is
associated to the access point, and more rapidly
when transferring data. Applies to models
WSAP5000 and WDAP5000.
Green will be ON if a client adapter is associated
to the access point and OFF if not. Applies to
models WSAP5000 and WDAP5000.
Yellow flashes steadily if no client adapter is
associated to the access point, and more rapidly
when transferring data. Applies to models
WSAP2000 and WDAP5000.
Green will be ON if a client adapter is associated
to the access point and OFF if not. Applies to
models WSAP2000 and WDAP5000.
Yellow blinking shows activity.

Green for 10 Mbps wired network speed and
orange for 100 Mbps.

Configure the Access Point for the First Time

1. Set up a portable or desktop computer as a configuration workstation
from which to view the browser-based Configuration Management
System used to configure the access point.

2. Connect the configuration workstation to the access point either directly
(using a crossover RJ-45 cable) or through a hub or switch (using a
standard RJ-45 cable).

3. The configuration workstation must be running Microsoft Windows* XP,
2000, Me, or 98, and one of the following web browsers: Microsoft
Internet Explorer version 5.50 or Netscape Navigator version 4.78 or

5.x.

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