Lucent Technologies Orinoco WavePOINT II User manual

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1 Welcome
Introducing ORiNOCO 1-1
■About the WavePOINT-II AP 1-2
Finding Information 1-6
■This Guide 1-6
■The ORiNOCO Manager User’s Guide 1-8
■The On-line Help Information 1-8
■Conventions Used in This Document 1-10
Kit Contents 1-11
Optionally Available Products 1-13
2 Installing the WavePOINT-II AP
Introduction 2-1
■WavePOINT-II AP Placement 2-1
■Indoor Antenna Placement 2-2
■Outdoor Antenna Placement 2-3

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Hardware Installation 2-4
■Verifying Kit Contents 2-4
■Registering your ORiNOCO Products 2-4
■Placing Mounting Plate and Power Supply 2-6
■Mounting the Processor Module 2-8
■Connecting the Network Interfaces 2-9
■Mounting the Cover Plate 2-12
Powering-up 2-14
3 Beyond Quick-Start...
Introduction 3-1
■Connect Stations to your WavePOINT-II AP 3-2
■Configure your WavePOINT-II AP 3-3
A WavePOINT-II AP Specifications
B WavePOINT-II AP Start-up Configuration
Identify the Start-up Settings B-1
C Additional Installation Instructions
Removing the Cover Plate C-1
Technical Support

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W Warranty Repair Card
About Warranty and Repair W-1
Limited Warranty W-2
List of Figures
List of Tables
Index

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ORINOCO WavePOINT-II - Getting Started 1-1
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Welcome
Introducing ORiNOCO 1
Welcome to ORiNOCO, the easy way to wireless computing. Building your
own wireless network has never been easier.
This book introduces you to the ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II Access Point (AP),
and will help you to get your network “on the air” within a snap. It describes
the most common configurations and a quick start set-up.
To install and manage ORiNOCO products, it is assumed that you have a
working knowledge of installation procedures for network operating systems
under Microsoft Windows.

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About the WavePOINT-II AP 1
The ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP bridge is a modular unit with an integrated
ethernet interface and two PC Card slots, that enable you to use your access
point with ORiNOCO PC Cards.
The dual slot design allows you to configure the access point to operate with
almost any combination of the wired and wireless network interfaces listed
above. This way your access point provides easy migration paths between
various generations of ORiNOCO products.
The ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP is a transparent Media Access Control
(MAC) bridge that exists in two versions:
■ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP.
■ORiNOCO Outdoor Router.
ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II Access Point 1
The access point is a wired to wireless bridge that you can use to connect
wireless cells to one another or to a wired (ethernet) Local Area Network
(LAN). The access point can serve mobile wireless stations roaming
between various locations within a network premises.

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Figure 1-1 ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP

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ORiNOCO Outdoor Router 1
The ORiNOCO Outdoor Router bridge1has been designed to serve a
wireless backbone between wireless cells and/or wireless (outdoor) antenna
link.
The ORiNOCO Outdoor Router device is based on the same hardware
design as the ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP. Besides its wireless point-to-
point bridging functionality, the ORiNOCO Outdoor Router also supports the
access point features as described on the previous page.
Figure 1-2 ORiNOCO Outdoor Router
1 Previously known as WavePOINT-II PTP and WaveACCESS Office Router

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WhenyouwishtousetheORiNOCOOutdoorRouterinanoutdoorantenna
installation, you are advised to consult the information described in the
“Outdoor Antenna Installation Guide", which can be downloaded from the
document Library on the ORiNOCO website at: http://www.lucent.com/
orinoco.
NOTE:
To install the ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II AP, you will need at least
one ORiNOCO PC Card. This card is not included with your
ORiNOCO WavePOINT-II kit, but must be ordered as an additional
item. For more information about the various card types available
please refer to the “ORiNOCO Manager User’s Guide”.