Configuring APs 299
Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Configuration Guide

Specifying WSS information

To specify the WSS a Distributed AP contacts and attempts to use as its boot device, use the following
command:
set ap ap-num boot-configuration switch [switch-ip ip-addr] [name name dns ip-addr]
[mode {enable | disable}]
You can specify the WSS by its fully qualified domain name; in this case, you also specify the address of the
DNS server used to resolve the WSS’s name. If you specify both the address of the WSS, and the WSS’s name
and DNS server address, then the AP ignores the WSS’s address and uses the name.
When a static IP address is specified for a Distributed AP, there is no preconfigured DNS information or DNS
name for the WSS the Distributed AP attempts to use as its boot device. If you configure a static IP address for
a Distributed AP, but do not specify a boot device, then the WSS must be reachable via subnet broadcast.
The following command configures Distributed AP 1 to use the WSS with address 172.16.0.21 as its boot
device.
WSS# set ap 1 boot-configuration switch switch-ip 172.16.0.21 mode enable
success: change accepted.
The following command configures Distributed AP 1 to use the WSS with the name 2350 as its boot device.
The DNS server at 172.16.0.1 is used to resolve the name of the WSS.
WSS# set ap 1 boot-configuration switch name 2350 dns 172.16.0.1 mode enable
success: change accepted.

Specifying VLAN information

To specify 802.1Q VLAN tagging information for a Distributed AP, use the following command:
set ap ap-num boot-vlan vlan-tag tag-value [mode {enable | disable}]
When this command is configured, all Ethernet frames emitted from the Distributed AP are formatted with an
802.1Q tag with a specified VLAN number. Frames sent to the Distributed AP that are not tagged with this
value are ignored.
The following command configures Distributed AP 1 to use VLAN tag 100:
WSS# set ap 1 boot-vlan vlan-tag 100 mode enable
success: change accepted.

Clearing an AP from the configuration

To clear the port settings from a port, use the following command:
clear port type port-list
Caution! When you clear an AP, WSS Software ends user sessions that are using the AP.