Installation guide

Network Setup
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Supported Rates allow an 802.11 network to specify the data rate it supports. When a station
attempts to join the network, it checks the data rate used on the network. If a rate is selected as a
basic rate it is automatically selected as a supported rate.
4. Click the Clear all rates button to uncheck all of the Basic and Supported rates.
5. Refer to the Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays
error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.
6. Click OK to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
7. Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.
4.8.2 Configuring Layer 3 Access Port Adoption
The configuration activity required for adopting access ports in a layer 3 environment is unique. In a layer 3
environment, switch discovery is attempted in the following ways:
• On the local VLAN
• Through the DHCP Server
Initially, the access port attempts to adopt its wireless switch by broadcasting a hello packet on its local VLAN.
During this activity:
1. Switches on the VLAN that receive this packet respond with a parent packet.
2. If no response is received, the access port attempts to discover its switch by first obtaining an IP
address from a DHCP (or DNS) server and by checking the options field within the DHCP response.
The options field (Option 189) contains a list of switch IP addresses available for the access port.