Specifications

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The agent:
● Uses SLP or a statically configured IP address to locate the manager.
● Uses the information from every heartbeat message received to update its own tables and updates
the manager with the information on the wireless device users and data tunnels it is managing.
If a connection to a manager is lost:
● Agent to agent connections still remain active, allowing seamless roaming to continue.
● The data link between the agents remains active after the loss of the manager. The agents continue to
use the last set of mobility location list to service known users.
● Existing users – Remain in mobility scenario and if the users are known to mobility domain, they
are able to continue roaming between the agents.
● New users – Become local at the attaching agent. Roaming to another agents resets the session.
● Any user that roamed away from their home Wireless AP is terminated and must reconnect, re-
authenticate and obtain a new IP address.
Configuring mobility
To configure mobility feature, you must define one Summit WM Controller as the mobility manager and
other Summit WM Controllers as mobility agents.
Configuring a Summit WM Controller as a mobility manager
To configure Summit WM Controller as a mobility manager:
1 From the main menu, click Summit Controller. The Summit Controller screen is displayed.
2 In the left pane, click Mobility Manager. The Mobility Manager Settings screen is displayed.