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Single Point Setup
This chapter describes how to configure Single Point Setup over multiple WAP
devices.
It includes these topics:
•Single Point Setup Overview
•Access Points
•Sessions
•Channel Management
•Wireless Neighborhood

Single Point Setup Overview

The WAP551 and WAP561 devices support Single Point Setup. Single Point Setup
provides a centralized method to administer and control wireless services across
multiple devices. You use Single Point Setup to create a single group, or cluster, of
wireless devices. After the WAP devices are clustered, you can view, deploy,
configure, and secure the wireless network as a single entity. After a wireless
cluster is created, Single Point Setup also facilitates channel planning across your
wireless services to reduce radio interference and maximize bandwidth on the
wireless network.
When you first set up your WAP device, you can use the Setup Wizard to configure
Single Point Setup or join an existing Single Point Setup. If you prefer not to use the
Setup Wizard, you can use the web-based configuration utility.
Single Point Setup creates a dynamic, configuration-aware cluster, or group, of
WAP devices in the same subnet of a network. A cluster supports a group of up to
16 configured WAP551 and WAP561 devices, but no other models in the same
cluster.