Technical data

Multicasting Feature

Configure a Bridged AP

For complete UI directions, see Add an ESS with the Web UI or click Configuration >

Wireless > ESS and select an ESS to edit.

To configure a bridged AP for an existing ESSID with the CLI, follow these steps:

1. Enter the ESSID configuration mode and set the dataplane mode to bridged:

controller# configure terminal

controller(config)# essid profile_name

controller(config-ap)# dataplane bridged

controller(config-ap)# exit

After you make the config changes, force the APs to do a hard reboot.

2. If the connection between the controller and the Remote AP should be secured,

use the following command to encrypt only an AP150 connection:

controller# configure terminal

controller(config)# ap ap#

controller(config-ap)# dataplane-encryption on

controller(config-ap)# exit

The Remote AP feature may require that corporate firewall configuration be updated

to permit wireless access over certain Ethernet ports. The affected ports are:

 L2 (Ethernet) L3 (UDP)

 Data 0x4000 9393

 Comm 0x4001 5000

 Discovery 0x4003 9292

When a Bridged AP Loses Controller Contact

When a bridged AP loses contact with its host controller, it continues to function for

up to two days, depending on controller’s the setting for Link Probing (1 minute -

32000 minutes). During this time, clients that were connected when the controller

went down function normally, but they cannot switch APs. Also, new clients cannot

join a bridged AP during this time.

Multicasting Feature

Multicasting is a technique frequently used for the delivery of streaming media, such

as video, to a group of destinations simultaneously. Instead of sending a copy of the

stream to each client, clients share one copy of the information, reducing the load