HP ProCurve Wireless Access Point 420 - Hewlett Packard

Using the HP Web Browser Interface
Overview
4-2
Overview
The HP web browser interface built into the access point lets you easily access
the access point from a browser-based PC on your network. This lets you do
the following:
■ Make configuration changes to the access point
■ Control access to the management interface by configuring a user name
and password
■ Maintain access security for wireless clients using WPA or WEP shared
keys
■ Encrypt data communications between clients and access points using
various algorithms, including DES (default by WEP), TKIP or AES
■ Optimize your network uptime by using the System Log
This chapter covers the following:
■ General features (page 4-3)
■ Starting a web browser interface session (page 4-4)
■ Tasks for your first web browser interface session (page 4-7)
• Configuring a user name and password for management access in the
web browser interface (page 4-7)
• Set the access point Service Set Identifier (page 4-9)
• Enable radio communications and select a channel (page 4-10)
• Changing IP settings (page 4-12)
• Setting wireless network security (page 4-13)
• Getting access to online help for the web browser interface
(page 4-16)
■ Description of the web browser interface
• The Home Page (page 4-5)
• The Support URL (page 4-6)
■ Status Reporting Features
• The AP Status window (page 4-17)
• Station status (page 4-19)
• Event logs (page 4-20)
• The Status bar (page 4-21)