Management Access Options - Motorola AP-7131 Product Reference Manual

• PPPoE - The WAN interface can terminate a PPPoE connection, thus enabling the access
point to operate in conjunction with a DSL or Cable modem to provide WAN connectivity.
• NAT - (Network Address Translation) on the Wireless interface. Using NAT, the router is
able to manage a private IP scheme. NAT allows translation of private addresses to the
WAN IP address.
• DHCP - The access point can assign private IP addresses.
• Firewall - A Firewall protects against a number of known attacks.

1.2.7 Management Access Options

Managing the access point includes viewing network statistics and setting configuration options.
Statistics track the network activity of associated MUs and data transfers on the AP interfaces.
The access point requires one of the following connection methods to perform a custom installation
and manage the network:
• Secure Java-Based WEB UI - (use Sun Microsystems' JRE 1.5 or higher available from Sun's
Web site and be sure to disable Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine if installed)
• Command Line Interface (CLI) via Serial, Telnet and SSH
• Config file - Human-readable; Importable/Exportable via FTP and TFTP
MIB (Management Information Base) accessing the access point SNMP function using a MIB
Browser. The access point's download site contains the following MIB files supporting the AP-7131:
• Symbol-CC-WS2000-MIB-2.0 (standard MIB file)
• Symbol-AP-5131-MIB (relevant for use on an AP-7131 model access point)
Make configuration changes to access point's individually. Optionally, use the access point
import/export configuration function to download settings to other access points.
For detailed information, see Importing/Exporting Configurations on page
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