Establish a Wired Network Connection
Note See the printed documentation that shipped with your DMP to understand its reliance on DHCP.
A DMP must already be reachable before it can receive Wi-Fi settings. Therefore, you must establish a wired connection before you can deploy Wi-Fi settings.
Before You Begin
• Verify that the Broadcast SSID setting is enabled on your wireless access points. Otherwise, your DMPs cannot connect to your WLAN and are prevented from obtaining IP addresses.
• Does a security policy in your network restrict DHCP address assignments to known MAC addresses? If so, locate the
MAC
address printed on a sticker that is affixed to your DMP. Then, share this address with your security policy administrator.
Procedure
Step 1 Plug one end of a standard Ethernet cable into the corresponding socket on your DMP.
Step 2 Plug the other end of this cable into a network hub, network switch, or router that participates in an IP network that uses DHCP for dynamic address allocation.
Step 3 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
What to Do Next
• Go to the “Establish a Wireless Network Connection (802.11)” section.
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Establish a Wireless Network Connection (802.11)
You can create and save applications that describe the important attributes of wireless 802.11 networks throughout your organization. After you define and save these settings, you can deploy them to centrally managed DMPs individually or to any of your DMP groups.
Before You Begin
• Do your DMPs all support wireless connectivity? Some models do not. See their datasheets on Cisco.com.
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Verify that the Broadcast SSID setting is enabled on your wireless access points. Otherwise, your DMPs cannot connect to your WLAN and are prevented from obtaining IP addresses.
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Does a security policy in your network restrict DHCP address assignments to known MAC addresses? If so, locate the
WLAN
address printed on a sticker that is affixed to your DMP. Then, share this address with your security policy administrator.
• Verify that your wireless network is working correctly, is available, and you understand how it authenticates connection requests.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose
Digital Signs
from the global navigation.
Step 2 Choose
Digital Media Players > Advanced Tasks > Wi-fi Configuration > Add New Application
.
The Create New WIFI Application page opens.
Step 3 Enter a meaningful name for the Wi-Fi network that this application describes.
For example, you might use a name that specifies the locale, the building, and the security method for this network.
Step 4 Enter in the Network SSID field the SSID for the network that this application describes.
Tip In the future, if you reconfigure SSID settings in your WLAN, your DMPs will lose their network connections. If this occurs, simply restart your DMPs to restore normal operation.
Step 5 Choose from the Security list the security method for your network. The options are:
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WEP-64bit
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WEP-128bit
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WPA-PSK
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WPA-EAP
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WPA2-PSK
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WPA2-EAP
The security method that you choose controls, in part, which other fields and options you see.
Step 6 Do the following, as needed.
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Did you choose a WEP-based security method? And do you see the Passphrase field? If so, enter in it the key from which your 64-bit or 128-bit passphrase is cryptographically derived.
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Did you choose a WPA-based or WPA-2-based security method? And do you see the Passphrase field? If so, enter in it the pre-shared key for your network.
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Do you see the Encryption list? If so, choose from it either
TKIP
or
CCMP
.
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Do you see the EAP list? If so, choose from it either
FAST
,
MD5
, or
PEAP (ver.0)
.
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Do you see the Username and Password fields? If so, enter in them respectively a valid username for your wireless network and the password to authenticate that username.
Step 7 Click
Submit
to save this application.
Step 8 Deploy this application to your DMPs, as appropriate.
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Immediately
— Click the
DMP Manager
tab, choose which DMPs to reconfigure, choose this named application from the “W-Fi Configuration” options in the Actions list, and then click
Go
.
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In the future
— Click the
Schedules
tab and define deployment parameters for this application.
Step 9 Verify that your DMPs have IP addresses as nodes on the wireless network.
Step 10 After the deployment is successful,
unplug the Ethernet cables
from your DMPs.
Otherwise, their Ethernet connections will take priority over their Wi-Fi connections.
Step 11 After you unplug their Ethernet cables, restart these DMPs.
Step 12 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
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