D-Link DWL-3500AP User Manual - Changing The Ap Password

Preparing the Access Points    59

4   Installing the D-Link Unified Access System

If you use this method, you will need to reconfigure the cabling for subsequent startup and 

deployment of the access point so that the access point is no longer connected directly to the 

PC but instead is connected to the LAN.

When you Telnet to the AP CLI the 

DLINK-WLAN-AP login:

 prompt appears.

Enter 

admin

 as the user name and 

admin

 as the password. After a successful login, the 

DLINK-WLAN-AP#

 prompt appears.

For information about how to disable the DHCP client on the AP or to set a static IP address, 

see 

“D-Link Access Point” 

on page 67 in the 

Assigning the IP Address to Switches and 

Managed APs

 section.

Changing the AP Password

For access to the AP, you need to provide the user name (admin), and a password. We 

recommend that you change the default AP password to make access to the device more 

secure. 

To change the default password, log on to the AP and enter the following command:

set system password 

For example, the following command changes the password to test1234.

set system password test1234

The password you type appears in plain text. You are not asked to confirm the password after 

you enter it once.

Configuring 802.1X Authentication Information on the AP

On networks that use IEEE 802.1X port-based network access control, a supplicant (client) 

cannot gain access to the network until the 802.1X authenticator grants access. If your network 

uses 802.1X, you must configure 802.1X authentication information that the AP can supply to 

the authenticator.

NOTE: The access point supports MD5 authentication.

Table 4

 shows the commands you can use to configure 802.1X supplicant information.

Table 4. 

IEEE 802.1X Supplicant Commands

Action

Command

View 802.1X supplicant settings

get dot1x-supplicant

Enable 802.1X supplicant

set dot1x-supplicant status up

Disable 802.1X supplicant

set dot1x-supplicant status down

Set the 802.1X user name

set dot1x-supplicant user

Set the 802.1s password

set dot1x-supplicant password