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10.4 Establishing Basic Adaptive AP Connectivity

This section defines the activities required to configure basic AAP connectivity with a WS5100 or
RFS7000 model switch. In establishing a basic AAP connection, both the access point and switch
require modifications to their respective default configurations. For more information, see:
Adaptive AP Configuration
Switch Configuration

10.4.1 Adaptive AP Configuration

An AAP can be manually adopted by the switch, adopted using a configuration file (consisting of the
adaptive parameters) pushed to the access point or adopted using DHCP options. Each of these
adoption techniques is described in the sections that follow.

10.4.1.1 Adopting an Adaptive AP Manually

To manually enable the access point’s switch discovery method and connection medium required for
adoption:
1. Select System Configuration -> Adaptive AP Setup from the access point’s menu tree.
NOTE Refer to Adaptive AP Deployment Considerations on page 10-19 for usage
and deployment caveats that should be considered before defining the
AAP configuration. Refer to Sample Switch Configuration File for IPSec
and Independent WLAN on page 10-20 if planning to deploy an AAP
configuration using IPSec VPN and an extended WLAN.