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Dual-Homed Configuration Examples

The following sections show examples of dual-homed configurations. You can use any of these configurations to dual home an AP model that has two Ethernet ports. AP models with one Ethernet port support only the dual-homing config- uration in “Dual-Homed Distributed Connections to WSSs on One AP Port” on page 231.

Dual-Homed Direct Connections to a Single WSS

Figure 7 shows an example of a dual-homed direct connection to one WSS. In this configuration, if the AP’s active data link with the WSS fails, the AP detects the link failure and restarts using the other link on the same switch.

Figure 7. Dual-Homed Direct Connections to a Single WSS

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Dual-Homed Direct Connections to Two WSSs

Figure 8 on page 228 shows an example of a dual-homed direct connection to two separate WSS switches. In this configuration, if the active data link fails, the AP access point detects the link failure and restarts using a link to the other switch.

Figure 8. Dual-homed Direct Connections to Two WSSs

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