3Com 3CRWXR10095A, 3CRWX120695A WXR100 manual Staging a WX, Switch for, Configuration by

336CHAPTER 9: CONFIGURING WX SWITCHES REMOTELY

Staging a WX	The auto-config option must be enabled on a WX switch in order for the
Switch for	switch to try to contact 3WXM Services for configuration. The
Configuration by	auto-config option is automatically enabled on an unconfigured WXR100
3WXM	when the Fn switch is pressed during power on. However, auto-config is
	disabled by default on other models.
	If you want another WX switch model to be able to access 3WXM
	Services for a configuration, you must preconfigure the WX with the
	following information:
	„	IP address
	„	Gateway address

„ Domain name and DNS server address

You can enable the switch to use the MSS DHCP client to obtain this information from a DHCP server in the local network where the switch will be deployed. Alternatively, you can statically configure the information.

The IP address and DNS information are configured independently. You can configure the combination of settings that work with the network resources available at the deployment site. The following examples show some of the combinations you can configure.

If DNS is available, an entry must be added to the DNS server that maps the IP address of the host where 3WXM Services are installed to the well-known hostname wlan-config-srv. Otherwise, an IP alias can be configured on the switch itself to map the address to the hostname.

Example 1: The deployment site in this example has a DHCP server. The switch is Deployment Site Has configured to use the MSS DHCP client to obtain an IP address, default DHCP and Local DNS gateway address, DNS domain name, and DNS server IP addresses.

1Configure a VLAN:

WX1200# set vlan 1 port 7 success: change accepted.

2Enable the DHCP client on VLAN 1:

WX1200# set interface 1 ip dhcp-client enable success: change accepted.