Specifications

Configuring Access Points
RoamAbout Mobility System Software Configuration Guide 9-31
Configuring an Indirectly Connected AP
IfanaccesspointthatyouwanttomanageusingtheRoamAboutSwitchisindirectlyconnectedto
theswitchthroughaLayer 2orLayer 3network,configuretheAPusingthefollowingcommand:
set dap dap-num serial-id serial-ID
model {AP3000} [radiotype {11a | 11b| 11g}]
Thedap‐numparameteridentifiestheAPconnectionfortheAP.TherangeofvalidconnectionID
numbersdependsontheRoamAboutSwitchmodel:
•ForanRBT‐8400,youcanspecifyanumberfrom1to480.
•ForanRBT‐8200,youcanspecifyanumberfrom1to360.
•Foran
RBT‐8100,youcanspecifyanumberfrom1to120.
Example
ToconfigureAPconnection 1forAPmodelAP3000withserial‐ID0322199999,typethefollowing
command:
RBT-8100# set dap 1 serial-id 0322199999 model AP3000
success: change accepted.
(Tospecifytheexternalantennatype,usetheset{ap | dap}radioantennatypecommand.Referto
“ConfiguringtheExternalAntennaModelandLocation”onpage 9‐50.)
Configuring Static IP Addresses on Distributed APs
Bydefault,DistributedAPsusetheproceduredescribedin“HowanAPObtainsanIPAddress
throughDHCP”onpage 9‐6toobtainanIPaddressandconnecttoanRoamAboutSwitch.In
someinstallations,DHCPmaynotbeavailable.Insuchacase,youcanmanuallyassignstaticIP

addressinformationtotheAP.
YoucanalsooptionallyspecifytheRoamAboutSwitchtheDistributedAPusesasitsbootdevice,
andan802.1QVLANtagtobeappliedtoEthernetframesemittedfromtheDistributedAP.
WhenyouconfigurestaticIPinformationforaDistributedAP,itusestheboot
procedure
describedin“HowaDistributedAPContactsanRBTSwitch(StaticallyConfiguredAddress)”on
page 9‐8insteadofthedefaultbootprocedure.
Specifying IP Information
TospecifystaticIPaddressinformationforaDistributedAP,usethefollowingcommand:
set dap dap-num boot-ip ip ip-addr netmask mask-addr gateway gateway-addr [mode
{enable | disable}]
Example
ToconfigureDistributedAP1touseIPaddress172.16.0.42witha24‐bitnetmask,anduse
172.16.0.20asitsdefaultrouter(gateway),typethefollowingcommand:
RBT-8100# set dap 1 boot-ip ip 172.16.0.42 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway
172.16.0.20 mode enable
success: change accepted.