Polycom AP-8 User Manual

 

Avaya AP-6, AP-7, AP-8 Access Points 

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7

Access Point Configuration  

(Version 2.52) 

1.  Connect to the AP via Netscape or Internet Explorer by navigating 

to the URL http://<IP_Addr> (where <IP_Addr> is the IP 
address of the AP).  

2.  From the main page, click on the 

Configure

 link.  

3.  To configure WEP settings, obtain the key values from the local 

network administrator and use the Avaya AP-6, AP-7, or AP-8 
User Guide for guidance in programming the encryption settings. 
The WEP configuration screen is reached from the main menu by 
clicking on 

Configure

, followed by 

SSID/VLAN/Security

, followed by 

Security Profile

 

Note that the handsets must each be configured manually with 
the identical WEP settings. 

4.  Click 

Configure

, then click the 

Interfaces 

link and choose the 

appropriate radio (

Slot A

 or 

Slot B

) to configure. 

5.  From the 

Interfaces

 tab, confirm that the 

RTS

CTS

Medium

Reservation

Threshold

 is greater than 600 or disabled.  

6.  Set the 

Transmit

Rate

 field to 

11Mb/s

. 

7.  From the 

Filtering

 tab, select the 

Advanced 

tab. Enable the 

Proxy

ARP

function and disable 

IP/ARP Filtering.

  

8.  The SpectraLink 8000 SVP Server is disabled by default in the 

Avaya AP-6, AP-7, and AP-8 access points. To enable SVP, select 
the 

QoS

 tab. Select the 

Enable Quality of Service

 check box to enable 

SVP. 

9.  Conditional: If you are not using a SpectraLink 8000 SVP Server 

and intend to use 802.11b/g mode, it is necessary to use the 
command line interface (CLI). The CLI is available through both 
the serial port interface and over the Ethernet interface using a 
Telnet session. 

Once in the CLI, enter: 

set speclinklegacysupport enable 

To ensure that SpectraLink legacy support is enabled, enter: