Dell 6.2 manual Naming and Grouping APs

Features and	Description
Function
RF Management	Configure settings for balancing wireless traffic across APs, detect holes in radio coverage, or other
	metrics that can indicate interference and potential problems on the wireless network.
	Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) is an RF spectrum management technology that allows each AP to
	determine the best 802.11 channel and transmit power settings. ARM provides several configurable
	settings.
Intrusion	Configure settings to detect and disable rogue APs, ad-hoc networks, and unauthorized devices, and
Detection System	prevent attacks on the network. You can also configure signatures to detect and prevent intrusions and
	attacks.
Mesh	Configure Dell APs as mesh nodes to bridge multiple Ethernet LANs or extend wireless coverage. A
	mesh node is either
	• a mesh portal—an AP that uses its wired interface to reach the controller
	• or a mesh point—an AP that establishes a path to the controller via the mesh portal
	Mesh environments use a wireless backhaul to carry traffic between mesh nodes. This allows one 802.11
	radio to carry traditional WLAN services to clients and one 802.11 radio to carry mesh traffic as well as
	WLAN services. Secure Enterprise Mesh on page 439 contains more specific information on the Mesh
	feature.

Naming and Grouping APs

In the Dell user-centric network, each AP has a unique name and belongs to an AP group.

Each AP is identified with an automatically-derived name. The default name depends on if the AP has been previously configured.

•The AP has not been configured—the name is the AP’s Ethernet MAC address in colon-separated hexadecimal digits.

•Configured with a previous ArubaOS release—the name is in the format building.floor.location

You can assign a new name (up to 63 characters) to an AP; the new name must be unique within your network. For example, you can rename an AP to reflect its physical location within your network, such as “building3-lobby”.

WARNING: Renaming an AP requires a reboot of the AP before the new name takes effect. Therefore, if you need to do this, there

should be little or no client traffic passing through the AP.

In RF Plan or RF Live, the AP name can be part of a fully-qualified location name (FQLN) in the format APname.floor.building.campus. The APname portion of the FQLN must be unique.

An AP group is a set of APs to which the same configuration is applied. There is an AP group called “default” to which all APs discovered by the controller are assigned. By using the “default” AP group, you can configure features that are applied globally to all APs.

You can create additional AP groups and assign APs to that new group. However, an AP can belong to only one AP group at a time. For example, you can create an AP group “Victoria” that consists of the APs that are installed in a company’s location in British Columbia. You can create another AP group “Toronto” that consists of the APs in Ontario. You can configure the “Toronto” AP group with different information from the APs in the “Victoria” AP group (see Figure 112).

394 Access Points (APs) Dell PowerConnect W-Series ArubaOS 6.2 User Guide