Specifications

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● DHCP relay for WM-AD
● DHCP for traffic bridged locally at Wireless AP
The following sections explain the four scenarios with the help of graphical illustrations.
DHCP for Wireless APs
Figure 2: DHCP for Wireless APs
You can use Windows 2003 server, amongst others, for deploying DHCP service for Wireless APs. For
more information, see “DHCP service configuration” on page 53.
* The Wireless AP
requests an IP address
from the external DHCP
server.
* The DHCP server
responds by sending
the IP address to the
Wireless AP.
DHCP Server
DNS Server
Summit WM
Controller
Wireless AP
Wireless
Devices
Wireless AP