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Using the NM Services Menu
Installation and User Guide: Airgo Access Point 201
Configure the following values on this tab:
Click Apply to implement the changes in each section or Reset to return to previously saved
values.
Use the Start Discovery radio buttons at the bottom of the panel to configure discovery on demand.
Choices are to discover all APs, only those with a connection to the wired network (IP), or only
those that radio neighbors. Click Rediscover Now to rediscover the network on demand.
Scope/Seed
By default, NM Portal automatically discovers all compatible APs in the local IP subnet. When
APs are deployed across multiple subnetworks, specifying the discovery scope and seed IP address
speeds the discovery process. The seed IP address is used as the reference AP for discovery
purposes. The Seed AP is optional. If it is not specified, NM Portal automatically discovers all the
compatible APs in that subnet and identifies a seed AP for itself.
Select the Scope/Seed tab (Figure 146) to configure the scope and seed parameters.
Field Description
Discovery Interval Restrict discovery to a time interval (in minutes). The range is 60-10080
(default is 60 minutes).
NOTE: Based on the default discovery interval, a newly installed AP could
take one to two hours to be discovered. Use Force Rediscovery to speed the
process.
Discovery Limit Restrict discovery to a number of APs. Once this limit is reached, the
discovery process stops. The range is 1-50 (default is 50 APs).
AP IP Address Specify the IP address of an AP that you want to manage but which is not part
of the managed subnetwork specified in the discovery scope.
APs added to the managed network this way are termed “manually added” and
can be managed by NM Portal.
This option is useful if you want to manage just a few APs in a different
subnet without incurring the overhead associated with discovering all the APs
in that subnet.
If an enrolled AP is moved to a different subnet not managed by the NM
Portal, then the Portal will automatically flag that AP as a manually added AP
and will continue to manage that AP.
Discovery Methods Select whether to discover the APs with valid IP address information (IP), or
those identifiable by their radio beacon (Wireless), or those that meet either
criterion.
Force Rediscovery Select to force an immediate rediscovery of all APs. If the discovery process
is already in progress when rediscovery is initiated, then no additional
discovery is re-initiated.
To stop the current discovery process and restart discovery again, use the
Force All option. This is useful if the discovery scope is incorrectly
configured and must be deleted.