Access Point Configuration

See tutorial to connect to the board: Accessing the Web Interface

Configuring the Network

1. Connect the board to the network through the Ethernet 1 interface.

2. Click on the Network tab, then the Interfaces tab. By default there should be an interface called “lan.”

3. Edit the interface by either clicking on the LAN tab or by clicking on the icon under the Actions section with alt text “Edit this interface.”

4. Click on the General Setup tab under Common Configuration. (This should already be selected).

5. Change the IP address in the IPv4-Address field to an available address on the network. This is only necessary if the current address (192.168.1.1) is not part of the network or is already being used on the network.

6. Add the gateway and DNS for the network into the IPv4-Gateway and DNS-Server fields respectively. If the networks gateway is 192.168.1.1, it might look something like this:

7. Click on Save at the bottom of the screen. (Do not click on Save & Apply yet. Otherwise step 11 must be completed to access the board again.)

8. Click on the Physical Settings tab next to the General Setup tab.

9. Make sure the boxes next “creates a bridge over specified interface(s)” and “Ethernet Adapter: ‘eth0’” are checked. If not, check them.

10. Check the box next to“Ethernet Adapter: eth1”

11. Click on Save & Apply at the bottom of the screen. If the IP address was changed in step 9, the address in the address bar of the browser must be changed to the new IP address. In this case the IP address was changed to 192.168.1.10.

12. Enter the username and password to login and access the board again.

Configuring the Wifi

13. Connect a wireless card to any of the four PCI slots on the board.

14. Reboot the board and login again.

15. Click on the Network tab, then the Wifi tab.

16. The wireless card should show up under Wireless Overview.

17. Edit the Wireless Controller by clicking on the icon with alt text “Edit this network.”

18. Click on the General Setup tab under Device Configuration. (This should already be selected).

19. Check the box next to “Enable device.”

20. Click on Save & Apply at the bottom of the screen.

21. Click on the General Setup tab under Interface Configuration. (This should already be selected).

22. Change ESSID to a desired name.

23. Make sure Mode is set to Access Point.

24. Change Network to “lan”

25. Click on Save at the bottom of the screen.

27. Click on the Wireless Security tab next to the General Setup tab.

28. Set desired wireless security settings. In this case the Encryption is set to WPA-PSK and a key is chosen.

29. Click on Save & Apply at the bottom of the screen.

30. The board should now be acting as an access point.