User Guide
Advanced Configuration
SYSTIMAX
AirSPEED
AP541
User Guide
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System Tab
You can configure and view the following parameters within the System Configuration screen:
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Name: The name assigned to the AP. Refer to the
Dynamic DNS Support
and
Access Point System Naming
Convention
sections for rules on naming the AP.
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Location: The location where the AP is installed.
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Contact Name: The name of the person responsible for the AP.
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Contact Email: The email address of the person responsible for the AP.
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Contact Phone: The telephone number of the person responsible for the AP.
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Object ID: This is a read-only field that displays the Access Point’s system object identification number; this
information is useful if you are managing the AP using SNMP.
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Ethernet MAC Address: This is a read-only field that displays the unique MAC (Media Access Control) address
for the Access Point’s Ethernet interface. The MAC address is assigned at the factory.
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Descriptor: This is a read-only field that reports the Access Point’s name, serial number, current image software
version, and current bootloader software version.
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Up Time: This is a read-only field that displays how long the Access Point has been running since its last reboot.
Figure 4-3
System Tab
Dynamic DNS Support
DNS is a distributed database mapping the user readable names and IP addresses (and more) of every registered
system on the Internet. Dynamic DNS is a lightweight mechanism which allows for modification of the DNS data of
host systems whose IP addresses change dynamically. Dynamic DNS is usually used in conjunction with DHCP for
assigning meaningful names to host systems whose IP addresses change dynamically.
Access Points provide DDNS support by adding the host name (option 12) in DHCP Client messages, which is used
by the DHCP server to dynamically update the DNS server.
