Zyxel WAC6502d not connecting to NCX2500
Hi
My client noticed the absence of the usual Wifi SSID in one area of his hotel and asked me to investigate
Apparently the local AP, a Zyxel WAC6502d, is now back to advertising it's default SSID : ZYXEL
From what I gather it was initially setup in AC Discovery mode and the NCX2500 provided it with its running parameters
So I disconnected it and connected my notebook directly to it (using a PoE injector of course)
It didn't provide me with an IP address; strange, I thought that the majority of APs functioned by default in stand alone mode
The manual indicated that by default its IP address is 192.168.1.2 therefore I configured my notebook's LAN interface accordingly
No joy, I can't ping the AP
I checked to see if the ZYXEL SSID was still being advertised and what do you know ? No ZYXEL SSID anymore.
I'm sure that there is a reasonable explanation for this situation
Anyone out there care to share their know how please ?
thanks
yann
My client noticed the absence of the usual Wifi SSID in one area of his hotel and asked me to investigate
Apparently the local AP, a Zyxel WAC6502d, is now back to advertising it's default SSID : ZYXEL
From what I gather it was initially setup in AC Discovery mode and the NCX2500 provided it with its running parameters
So I disconnected it and connected my notebook directly to it (using a PoE injector of course)
It didn't provide me with an IP address; strange, I thought that the majority of APs functioned by default in stand alone mode
The manual indicated that by default its IP address is 192.168.1.2 therefore I configured my notebook's LAN interface accordingly
No joy, I can't ping the AP
I checked to see if the ZYXEL SSID was still being advertised and what do you know ? No ZYXEL SSID anymore.
I'm sure that there is a reasonable explanation for this situation
Anyone out there care to share their know how please ?
thanks
yann
You have to use the reset button to get it back to default settings to switch it back to standalone mode. So you'll need to start there.
Once you get that part done, I'd recommend making sure that the firmware is totally up to date. Hopefully it is a malfunction that would be corrected in such a simple manner. Of course, once that is all done, you'll need to set back to Discovery mode.
Once you get that part done, I'd recommend making sure that the firmware is totally up to date. Hopefully it is a malfunction that would be corrected in such a simple manner. Of course, once that is all done, you'll need to set back to Discovery mode.
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