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Installation and Getting Started Guide for the ProCurve Wireless Access Point 530
Installation and
Getting Started Guide
www.procurve.com
ProCurve Wireless Access Point 530
Power over Ethernet Devices
ProCurve
Wireless Access Point 530
Installation and Getting Started Guide Hewlett-Packard Company
8000 Foothills Boulevard, m/s 5552
Roseville, California 95747-5552
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Publication Number
5991-8593
December 2007
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Safety
Before installing and operating these products, please read the
Installation Precautions in chapter 2, Installing the Access
Point 530, and the safety statements in appendix C, Safety and
EMC Regulatory Statements.
Open Source Software Acknowledgement
Statement
This software incorporates open source components that
are governed by the GNU General Public License (GPL),
version 2. In accordance with this license, ProCurve
Networking will make available a complete, machine-
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request to:
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Open source licenses pertaining to the open source software
included with the product can be found in Appendix C in this
guide.
ProCurve Wireless Access Point 530 NA
(J8986A)
ProCurve Wireless Access Point 530 WW
(J8987A) i
Contents
1 Introducing the ProCurve Wireless Access Point 530
Top of the Access Point
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Back of the Access Point
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Back Panel Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Console Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Network Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Power Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Clear Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Auxiliary Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Access Point Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
2 Installing the Access Point 530
Included Parts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Installation Procedures
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Installation Precautions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
1. Prepare the Installation Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2. Verify the Access Point Completes Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
LED Behavior: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
3. Mount the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Wall Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Standard Electrical Box Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Suspended Ceiling Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Horizontal Surface Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
4. Connect the Access Point to a Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
5. Connect the Network Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Using the RJ-45 Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13 ii
6. (Optional) Connect External Antennas to the Access Point . . . . . 2-13
7. (Optional) Connect a Console to the Access Point 530 . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Terminal Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Direct Console Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Sample Network Topologies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Infrastructure Wireless LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Infrastructure Wireless LAN with Roaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Wireless Distribution System (WDS) Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Wireless Distribution System (WDS) Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
3 Getting Started With Access Point Configuration
Recommended Minimal Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Using the Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
To Set the Manager User Name and Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
To Set the Access Points IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
To Set the Access Points Country Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
To Configure Radio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Where to Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Using the IP Address for Remote Access Point Management
. . . . . 3-9
Starting a Telnet Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Starting an SSH Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Starting a Web Browser Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
4 Using an External Antenna with the Access Point 530
External Antenna Options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Installation Procedures
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
1. Plan the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
2. Mount the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
3. Connect Pigtail Cables to the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4. Configure the Antenna Mode and Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Setting the Ante