User's Guide

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Configuring the HiPath Wireless Controller
Configuring the HiPath Wireless Controller for the first time
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March 2010
HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software V7.11, User Guide 65
To set OSPF Routing Global Settings on the HiPath Wireless Controller:
1. From the main menu, click Wireless Controller Configuration. The HiPath
Wireless Controller Configuration screen is displayed.
2. In the left pane, click Routing Protocols. The Static Routes tab is displayed
by default.
3. Click the OSPF tab.
4. From the OSPF Status drop-down list, click On to enable OSPF.
In the Router ID box, type the IP address of the HiPath Wireless Controller.
This ID must be unique across the OSPF area. If left blank, the OSPF
daemon automatically picks a router ID from one of the HiPath Wireless
Controller’s interface IP addresses.
5. In the Area ID box, type the area. 0.0.0.0 is the main area in OSPF.
6. In the Area Type drop-down list, click one of the following:
• Default – The default acts as the backbone area (also known as area
zero). It forms the core of an OSPF network. All other areas are
connected to it, and inter-area routing happens via a router connected to
the backbone area.
•Stub – The stub area does not receive external routes. External routes
are defined as routes which were distributed in OSPF via another routing
protocol. Therefor, stub areas typically rely on a default route to send
traffic routes outside the present domain.
• Not-so-stubby – The not-so-stubby area is a type of stub area that can
import autonomous system (AS) external routes and send them to the
default/backbone area, but cannot receive AS external routes from the
backbone or other areas.