AT-TQ2450 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide
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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
Maintenance Configuration - Disable Reset Button - To Restore the Factory
Default Configuration
- To Save the Current
Configuration to a
Backup File
- To Restore the
Configuration from a
Previously Save File
- To Reboot the Access
Point
The above functions
have to be performed
on the individual access
points of the cluster.
Table 11. Shared and Non-shared Parameters on the Access Points in a Cluster (Continued)
Menu Menu Selection Shared Parameters Non-shared
Parameters