HP Manager Software manual Distributed MAP, Access Points, Indirectly connected MAP

258CHAPTER 6: CONFIGURING WIRELESS PARAMETERS

Configuring	A MAP can connect to the wired network through a direct 10/100
Distributed MAP	Ethernet connection to a WX or indirectly through other Layer 2 or
Access Points	Layer 3 wired networking devices. Configure a Distributed MAP for each
	indirectly connected MAP.
	Table 22 lists how many MAPs you can configure on a WX switch, and
	how many MAPs a switch can boot. The numbers are for directly
	connected and Distributed MAPs combined.
	Table 23 Maximum MAPs Supported Per Switch
	WX Switch Model	Maximum	Maximum Booted
		Configured
	WX4400	256	24, 48, 72, or 96, depending on
			the license.
	WX1200	30	12
	WXR100	8	3

For a MAP that is directly connected to the WX, configure a MAP port instead. (For information, see “Configuring Directly Connected MAP Access Points” on page 251.)

To configure a To configure a distributed MAP, use the following procedure. distributed MAP

1Access the WX Switch wizard for the WX switch. (See “Accessing the WX Switch Wizard” on page 187.)

2Select Wireless at the top of the wizard, if not already selected.

3Select Distributed MAP from the organizer list on the left side of the page.

4To change the MAP-WX security mode for all Distributed MAPs, select the value from the Security Mode drop-down list:

„None—Management traffic between Distributed MAPs and the WX is not encrypted, even for MAPs that support encryption.

„Optional—Distributed MAPs can be managed by the switch even if they do not have encryption keys or their keys have not been verified by an administrator. Encryption is used for MAPs that support it.