Initial Settings
Cisco APs contain pages and pages of configuration settings. These settings are good when you need to fine tune your AP's performance and role in the network; however, if you want to get started right away, the AP contains two express pages:
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Express Set-Up
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Express Security Set-Up
Express Security Set-Up was covered earlier in this chapter. Express Set-Up is the page you want to use when you first configure your Cisco AP.
Express Set-Up
Express Set-Up is shown in Figure 5-4. This page allows you to manage such details as:
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Host name
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How an IP address is acquired (dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP], or statically)
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IP address
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IP subnet mask
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Default gateway
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SNMP community
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The radio's role in the network (AP or repeater)
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Options for general AP performance optimization
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Whether Aironet extensions are enabled or disabled
Express Security Set-Up
Express Security Set-Up is used to quickly manage your AP's security features. Similar to Express Set-Up, this screen is used to manage the broad strokes of your device's security functions. The details are managed from elsewhere on the device. Figure 5-3 shows the Express Security Set-Up screen.
This page allows you to:
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Establish your AP's SSIDs
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Enable and specify VLANs
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Set up security protocols
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- WEP (including specifying WEP keys)
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- WPA
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- 802.1X
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View a table that shows your AP's SSIDs
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