Nortel Networks 2300 manual Dual-Homed Distributed Connections to WSSs on Both AP Ports

230Configuring AP access points

Dual-Homed Distributed Connections to WSSs on Both AP Ports

Figure 10 shows an example of a dual-homed configuration in which both AP connections are distributed over the network.

Figure 10. Dual-homed Distributed Connections to WSSs on Both AP Ports

WSS

WSS

Network	Network
	backbone
backbone

WSS

AP port 2 AP port 1

In this configuration, the AP first attempts to boot on its port 1. If more than one WSS has high bias or if all WSSs have the same bias, the AP uses the WSS that has the greatest capacity for new active AP connections.

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