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D-Link Unified Access System User Manual

switch in order for the switch to discover and validate D-Link Access Points. If the routing mode is disabled, the WCS function uses the IP address of the network interface. If routing is enabled, the switch uses a loopback or routing interface for the wireless functions.

Changing the IP address of the network interface automatically disables and re-enables the wireless function. Enabling routing also disables and re-enables the wireless function.

4.Configure the default AP Profile settings that the access point will use after the switch validates it.

When the switch successfully validates an access point, it sends the AP Profile to the access point. The AP Profile contains all of the access point configuration information, such as the radio, security, and SSID settings. You can configure all of the AP settings before or after the switch validates an AP. For information about configuring the default AP profile, see Chapter 5, “Configuring Access Point Settings” on page 77.

5.Prepare and deploy D-Link Access Points and enable AP-to-switch discovery.

After you connect an AP to the network and it obtains an IP address (either statically or dynamically by using DHCP), the wireless switch can automatically discover the AP. However, if your network uses IEEE 802.1x authentication or you require the AP to be authenticated by the switch upon discovery, you must log on to the AP and configure security information.

6.Authenticate and validate the APs.

You can optionally configure the WCS so that it only manages APs that it authenticates. You can use the local database or an external RADIUS database for AP authentication. Whether or not you require AP-to-WCS authentication, the switch must be able to validate an AP before it can manage the AP. For the switch to validate the AP, you must add the MAC address of each AP to the AP database on the switch or to the database on an external RADIUS server.

Once you validate the AP, you can use the switch to manage the AP and to view client associations, status, and statistics.If you follow the procedures in this chapter, the APs will have the default configuration profile. The default AP Profile settings are listed in Appendix A.

CAUTION: The default AP profile does not use a security mechanism for wireless client associations. All wireless clients will be able to connect to an AP and access your network.

To prevent unauthorized access to the network by wireless clients, you can configure security on the default profile before you deploy the APs, or you can create additional AP profiles to assign the APs when you add them to the Valid AP database. For information about how to configure default profile settings, see Chapter 5, “Configuring Access Point Settings” on page 77.

You can use the switch to create multiple AP profiles to assign the APs that you deploy on your network. For each profile, you can define information such as RF configuration, QoS configuration, and virtual AP (VAP) configuration. For information about AP profiles, see “AP Profiles, Networks, and the Local Database” on page 77. For information about creating and configuring a new AP profile, see “Creating, Configuring, and Managing AP Profiles” on page 149.

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