User's Guide

hwc_vnsconfiguration.fm
Configuring a VNS
Working with a Wireless Distribution System
9034530-02,
March 2010
HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software V7.11, User Guide 379
6.11.7.5 Moving the WDS Wireless APs to the target location
1. Disconnect the WDS Wireless APs from the enterprise network, and move
them to the target location.
2. Install the WDS Wireless APs at the target location.
3. Connect the Wireless APs to a power source. The discovery and registration
processes are initiated.
Note: If you change any of the following configuration parameters of a WDS
Wireless AP, the WDS Wireless AP will reject the change:
• Reassigning the WDS Wireless AP’s role from Child to None
• Reassigning the WDS Wireless AP’s role from Both to Parent
• Changing the Preferred Parent of the WDS Wireless AP
However, the HiPath Wireless Controller will display your changes, as these
changes will be saved in the database. To enable the WDS Wireless AP to obtain
your changes, you must remove it from the WDS location and then connect it to
the HiPath Wireless Controller via the wired network.
Note: If you change any of the following radio properties of a WDS Wireless AP,
the WDS Wireless AP will reject the change:
• Disabling the radio on which the WDS link is established
• Changing the radio’s Tx Power of a radio on which the WDS link is established
• Changing the country
6.11.8 Changing the pre-shared key in a WDS WLAN
Service
To change the pre-shared key in a WDS WLAN Service
1. Create a new WDS WLAN Service with a new pre-shared key.
2. Assign the RF of the Wireless APs from the old WDS to the new WDS WLAN
Service.
3. Check the WDS Wireless AP Statistics report page to ensure that all the
WDS Wireless APs have connected to the HiPath Wireless Controller via the
new WDS VNS. For more information, see Section 11.1.2, “Viewing statistics
for Wireless APs”, on page 430.
4. Delete the old WDS WLAN Service. For more information, see Section 6.7.3,
“Deleting a VNS”, on page 296.