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Field Description

Administrator Password

Enter a new administrator password. The characters

you enter will be displayed as “

*

” characters to prevent

others from seeing your password as you type.

The Administrator password must be an alphanumeric

strings of up to 32 characters. Do not use special

characters or spaces.

As an immediate first step in securing your

wireless network, we recommend that you

change the administrator password from the

default.

Administrator Password (again)

Re-enter the new administrator password to confirm

that you typed it as intended.

Wireless Network Name (SSID)

Enter a name for the wireless network as a character

string. This name will apply to all access points on this

network. As you add more access points, they will share

this

SSID

.

The

Service Set Identifier

(

SSID

) is an alphanumeric

string of up to 32 characters.

Note:

If you are connected as a wireless client to the

same AP that you are administering, resetting the SSID

will cause you to lose connectivity to the AP.

You will need to reconnect to the new SSID after you

save this new setting.

Field

Description

The D-Link DWL-2210AP is not designed for multiple, simultaneous configuration changes. If you

have a network that includes multiple access points, and more than one administrator is logged

on to the Administration Web pages and making changes to the configuration, all access points

in the cluster will stay in synch but there is no guarantee that all configuration changes specified

by multiple users will be applied.

Provide Administrator Password and Wireless Network

default

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If you choose “are configured automatically”, then

when a new access point is added to the network it

automatically joins the existing

cluster

. The cluster

configuration is copied to the new access point, and no

manual configuration is required to deploy it.

If you choose “are ignored”, new access points will not

join the cluster; they will be considered

standalone

. You

need to configure standalone access points manually

by using KickStart Wizard on the CD-ROM and the

Administration Web pages residing on the standalone

access points. (To get to the Web

page for a standalone

access point, use its IP address in a URL as follows:

http

:

//

IPAddressOfAccessPoint

.)

Note:

If you change the policy so that new access points “are

ignored,” then any new access points you add to the network will

not join the cluster. Existing clustered access points will not be

aware of these standalone APs. Therefore, if you are viewing the

Administration Web pages via the IP address of a clustered

access point, the new standalone APs will not show up in the list

of access points on the Cluster > Access Points tab. The only way

to see a standalone AP is to browse to it directly by using its IP

address in the URL.

If you later change the policy back to the default so that new access

points “are configured automatically,” all subsequent new APs will

automatically join the cluster. Standalone APs, however, will stay

in standalone mode until you explicitly add them to the cluster.

For information on how to add standalone APs to the cluster, see

“Adding an Access Point to a Cluster” in this manual.

Set Configuration Policy for New Access Points

Field

Description

Choose the policy you want to put in effect for adding

New Access Points

to the network.

New Access Points

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When you have reviewed the new configuration, click

Update

to apply the settings and

deploy the access points as a wireless network.

Summary of Settings

When you update the Basic Settings, a summary of the new settings is shown along

with information about next steps.

At initial startup, no security is in place on the access point. An important next step is

to configure security, as described in “Configuring Security” in this manual.

At this point if you click Basic Settings again, the summary of settings page is replaced

by the standard Basic Settings configuration options.

Update Basic Settings

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Basic Settings for a Standalone Access Point

The Basic Settings tab for a standalone access point indicates only that the current mode

is standalone and provides a button for adding the access point to a cluster (group). If

you click on any of the Cluster tabs on the Administration pages for an access point in

standalone mode, you will be redirected to the Basic Settings page because Cluster

settings do not apply to standalone APs.

For more information see “Standalone Mode” and “Adding an Access Point to a Cluster”

in this manual.

Your Network at a Glance: Understanding Indicator

Icons

All the Cluster settings tabs on the Administration Web pages include visual indicator

icons showing current network activity.

Icon Description

When one or more APs on your network are available for service,

the “Wireless Network Available” icon is shown. The clustering icon

indicates whether the current access point is “Clustered” or “Not

Clustered” (that is, standalone).

For information about clustering, see “Understanding Clustering” in this

manual.

The number of access points available for service on this network is

indicated by the “Access Points” icon.

For information about managing access points, see “Managing Access

Points and Clusters” in this manual.

The number of client user accounts created and enabled on this

network is indicated by the “User Accounts” icon.

For information about setting up user accounts on the access point

for use with the built-in authentication server, see “Managing User

Accounts” in this manual. See also “IEEE 802.1x” and “WPA with

RADIUS” in this manual, which are the two security modes that offer

the option of using the built-in authentication server.

Icon

Description

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The D-Link DWL-2210AP is not designed for multiple, simultaneous configuration changes. If

you have a network that includes multiple access points, and more than one administrator is

logged on to the Administration Web pages and making changes to the configuration, all access

points in the cluster will stay in synch but there is no guarantee that all configuration changes

specified by multiple users will be applied.

• What is a Cluster?

• How Many APs Can a Cluster Support?

• What Kinds of APs Can Cluster Together?

• Which Settings are Shared as Part of the Cluster Configuration and Which

Are Not?

• Cluster Mode

• Standalone Mode

• Cluster Formation

• Cluster Size and Membership

• Intra-Cluster Security

• Auto-Synch of Cluster Configuration

The D-Link DWL-2210AP shows current basic configuration settings for clustered access

points (location, IP address, MAC address, status, and availability) and provides a way

of navigating to the full configuration for specific APs if they are cluster members.

Standalone access points or those which are not members of this cluster do not show

up in this listing. To configure standalone access points, you must discover (via Kickstart)

or know the IP address of the access point and by using its IP address in a URL (http://

IPAddressOfAccessPoint

).

The following topics are covered:

• Navigating to Access Points Management

• Understanding Clustering

• Understanding Access Point Settings

• Modifying the Location Description

• Removing an Access Point from the Cluster

• Adding an Access Point to a Cluster

• Navigating to Configuration Information for a Specific AP and Managing

Standalone APs

Managing Access Points and Clusters