Specifications

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Adopting an AP Using a Configuration File
To adopt an AP using a configuration file:
4 Define the AP controller connection parameters.
5 Export the AP’s configuration to a secure location.
Either import the configuration manually to other APs or the same AP later (if you elect to default
its configuration). Use DHCP option 186 and 187 to force a download of the configuration file during
startup (when it receives a DHCP offer).
NOTE
When an AP is adopted over an IP Sec Tunnel you cannot export the configuration file to a system on the other
side of the IP Sec Tunnel. You may still export the configuration file to a system local to the AP.
Adopting an AP Using DHCP Options
An AP can be adopted to a wireless controller by providing the following options in the DHCP Offer:
NOTE
Options 189 and 192 are mandatory to trigger adoption using DHCP options. Option 189 alone won’t work. These
options can be embedded in Vendor Specific Option 43 and sent in the DHCP Offer.
Controller Configuration
An Extreme Networks wireless LAN controller requires an explicit configuration to adopt an AP (if
IPSec is not being used for adoption).
Disable the controller’s Adopt unconfigured radios automatically option and manually add APs requiring
adoption, or leave as default. In default mode, any AP adoption request is honored until the current
controller license limit is reached.
To disable automatic adoption on the controller:
1 Select Network > Access Point Radios from the controller main menu tree.
2 Select the Configuration tab (should be displayed be default) and click the Global Settings button.
Option Data Type Value
189 String <Controller IP Address or Range of IP addresses separated by
[, ; <space>]>
190 String <Fully qualified Domain Name for the Wireless Controller>
191 String <Hashed IPSec Passkey - configure on 1 AP and export to get hashed
key>
192 String <Value of "1" denotes Non-IPSec Mode and "2" denotes IPSec Mode>