Cisco Systems DL-2159-05 manual Limiting Distributions, 10-10

Chapter 10 Managing Firmware and Configurations

Downloading, Uploading, and Resetting the Configuration

Follow these steps to distribute the access point’s configuration to other access points:

Step 1 Follow the link path to reach the Distribute Configuration page.

Step 2 Click Start. The access point’s configuration, except for its IP identity and its User List, is distributed to the access points on your network. To cancel the distribution, click Abort.

Limiting Distributions

You might need to distribute a configuration or firmware to certain access points but not to others. For example, if you distribute a configuration to several access points that use non-overlapping channels, the distributed configuration overwrites the channel settings and puts all the access points on the same channel. In this example, after the distribution you have to reconfigure all the access points to set up non-overlapping channels.

The simplest way to limit the distribution of a configuration or firmware is to create a unique user in the distributing and receiving access points’ user management systems. An access point accepts distributed firmware and configurations only if its user manager contains a user with the same user name, password, and capabilities as the user performing the distribution (the person logged in on the distributing access point).

Follow these steps to limit distributions:

Step 1 On the distributing access point, browse to the Security Setup page and create a new user, and then enable user manager protection. See the “Creating a List of Authorized Management System Users” section on page 8-33section for complete instructions on creating a new user.

Step 2 Create the same user with the same password and capabilities on each access point that should receive the distributed firmware or configuration. Make sure user manager protection is enabled on the access points.

Step 3 Log into the distributing access point using the new user name and perform the distribution. Only access points with matching users in their user manager systems receive the distribution.

Downloading, Uploading, and Resetting the Configuration

You use the System Configuration Setup page to download the current access point configuration to a local drive, upload a configuration from a local drive or file server, and reset the configuration to default settings. You can also use the System Configuration Setup page to restart the access point. Figure 10-9shows the System Configuration Setup page.

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