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Deployment Guide 135
EXAMPLE 10: ASSIGNING CONFIGURATIONS TO HIVEAPS
EXAMPLE 10:ASSIGNING CONFIGURATIONS TO HIVEAPS
After completing the steps in the previous examples, you can now assign the following configurations as appropriate
to each HiveAP:
• WLAN policy (created in "Example 9: Creating WLAN Policies" on page 126)
• Radio profiles (default radio profiles)
• Map (uploaded in "Example 1: Mapping Locations and Installing HiveAPs" on page 91)
As the above list indicates, this example makes use of the two default radio profiles: radio_g0 for the wifi0
interface in access mode, and radio_a0 for the wifi1 interface in backhaul mode.
The HiveAP configuration assignments are presented conceptually in Figure 21.
Figure 21 HiveAP Configuration Assignments
In addition to assigning the above configurations to the HiveAPs, you also change their login settings (and country
code if necessary) and apply the classifier tags "hq" and "branch1" so that the HiveAPs at HQ and the branch site use
the correct DNS servers.
Finally, you update the HiveAPs with the new configuration settings—and captive web portal files, if a captive web
portal is a part of the configuration—to complete their deployment.
HQ-B1-F2
HQ-B1-F3
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Topology Maps
WLAN Policies
WLANpolicy-hq2
WLANpolicy-branch1
Radio Profiles
HiveAPs on the First Floor of Building 1
WLANpolicy-hq1
radio_g0 – Access
radio_a0 – Backhaul
HQ-B1-F1
You assign particular combinations of configurations to sets of
HiveAPs.
For example, the four HiveAPs shown below were installed on
the first floor of building 1 at the corporate headquarters. You
know this because—during their installation—you either
configured their SNMP sysLocation MIB object to indicate the
map titled "HQ-B1-F1" or you wrote down the MAC addresses
and locations of all the HiveAPs you installed (see "Example 1:
Mapping Locations and Installing HiveAPs" on page 91).
Because you know where the HiveAPs are located, you assign
them to the HQ-B1-F1 map, WLANpolicy-hq1, classifier tag
"hq", and the two default radio profiles: radio_g0 for network
access and radio_a0 for wireless backhaul communications.