Appendix D Text File Based Auto Configuration
You can have a different configuration file for each AP. You can also have multiple APs use the same configuration file.
Note: If adjacent APs use the same configuration file, you should leave out the channel setting since they could interfere with each other’s wireless traffic.
Auto Configuration by DHCP
A DHCP response can use options 66 and 67 to assign a TFTP server IP address and a filename. If the AP is configured as a DHCP client, these settings can be used to perform auto configuration.
Table 104 Auto Configuration by DHCP
COMMAND | DESCRIPTION |
wcfg autocfg dhcp [enable | Turn configuration of TFTP server IP address |
disable] | and filename through DHCP on or off. |
If this feature is enabled and the DHCP response provides a TFTP server IP address and a filename, the AP will try to download the file from the specified TFTP server. The AP then uses the file to configure wireless LAN settings.
Note: Not all DHCP servers allow you to specify options 66 and 67.
Configuration Via SNMP
You can configure and trigger the auto configuration remotely via SNMP.
Use the following procedure to have the AP download the configuration file.
Table 105 Configuration via SNMP
STEPS | MIB VARIABLE | VALUE |
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Step 1 | pwTftpServer | Set the IP address of the TFTP server. | |
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Step 2 | pwTftpFileName | Set the file name, for example, | |
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Step 3 | pwTftpFileType | Set to 3 | (text configuration file). |
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Step 4 | pwTftpOpCommand | Set to 2 | (download). |
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