AT-TQ2450 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide
Table 11. Shared and
Menu | Menu Selection | Shared Parameters |
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Maintenance | Configuration | - Disable Reset Button | - To Restore the Factory | |
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| Default Configuration | |
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| - To Save the Current | |
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| Configuration to a | |
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| Backup File | |
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Here are the guidelines to creating a cluster of access points:
You should only use this feature on access points that are to have identical shared parameters.
A cluster can have up to sixteen access points.
The access points of a cluster share many parameter settings, but operate as individual units.
The manager login name and password are shared parameters. Consequently, all the access points of a cluster always have the same login name and password. Changing the values on one unit changes it on all of them. When you are creating a new cluster, the units use the login name and password on the first unit where you enable the cluster feature.
The access points of the cluster must have different IP addresses.
Clustering is not supported across broadcast boundaries or routers. The access points of a cluster must reside in the same subnet or network and the network portions of their IP addresses have to be the same.
The access point searches for other access points of the cluster using the LAN port, but not the radios. Consequently, the access points of a cluster need to be able to communicate with each other through their LAN ports.
When you activate clustering on an access point, the unit queries the network on its LAN port for an existing cluster with the same cluster name as its own. If there is no existing cluster, the access point becomes a cluster of one unit. If there is a cluster with the same name, the new access point changes its parameters to
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