Specifications

Introduction
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For detailed information on configuring the Access Point for Hotspot support, see “Configuring WLAN
Hotspot Support” on page 160.
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
RIP is an interior gateway protocol that specifies how routers exchange routing-table information. The
parent Router screen also allows the administrator to select the type of RIP and the type of RIP
authentication used.
For detailed information on configuring RIP functionality as part of the Access Point’s Router
functionality, see “Setting the RIP Configuration” on page 187.
Manual Date and Time Settings
As an alternative to defining an NTP server to provide Access Point system time, the Access Point can
now have its date and time set manually. A new Manual Date/Time Setting screen can be used to set
the time using a Year-Month-Day HH:MM:SS format.
For detailed information on manually setting the Access Point’s system time, see “Configuring Network
Time Protocol (NTP)” on page 110.
Dynamic DNS
The Access Point supports the Dynamic DNS service. Dynamic DNS (or DynDNS) is a feature offered by
www.dyndns.com allowing the mapping of domain names to dynamically assigned IP addresses. When
the dynamically assigned IP address of a client changes, the new IP address is sent to the DynDNS
service and traffic for the specified domain(s) is routed to the new IP address. For information on
configuring Dynamic DNS, see “Configuring Dynamic DNS” on page 145.
Auto Negotiation
Auto negotiation enables the Access Point to automatically exchange information about data
transmission speed and duplex capabilities. Auto negotiation is helpful when using the Access Point in
an environment where different devices are connected and disconnected on a regular basis. For
information on configuring the auto negotiation feature, see “Configuring the LAN Interface” on
page 123 or “Configuring WAN Settings” on page 135.
Adaptive AP
An adaptive AP (AAP) is an Access Point that can adopt like an Altitude 4600 Access Point (L3). The
management of an AAP is conducted by a controller, once the Access Point connects to an Extreme
Networks controller and receives its AAP configuration.
An AAP provides:
● local 802.11 traffic termination
● local encryption/decryption
● local traffic bridging
● the tunneling of centralized traffic to the wireless controller