User guide

Wireless AP: startup
A31003-W1010-A100-1-7619, July 2005
58 HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software V3.0: User Guide
HWC_APStartup.fm
Configuring properties and radios
1. Select the Wireless AP tab. In any radio screen, click on the Add Wireless AP button. The
Add Wireless AP subscreen appears.
2. Key in, or select from the drop-down list, information in the following fields:
3. To add the Wireless AP, click the Add Wireless AP button.
To return to the previous screen, click Close.
The Wireless AP is added with default settings. To modify these settings, use the Wireless AP
Configuration screens described earlier. You can modify the properties and the settings for
each radio on the Wireless AP.
Before a registered Wireless AP can handle wireless traffic, you must set up a VNS definition,
and assign one or both of the Wireless AP's radios to a VNS. See Section 7, “Virtual Network
configuration”, on page 73 for details.
5.7.3 Wireless AP static configuration: branch office deployment
The Wireless AP static configuration feature provides Controller, Access Points and
Convergence Software capability for a network with the central office / branch office model.In
this scenario, Wireless APs are installed in remote sites, while the HiPath Wireless Controller
is in the central office. The Wireless APs require the capability to interact in both the local site
network and the central network. To achieve this, a static configuration is used.
Serial # A unique identifier set during manufacture.
Name A unique name for the Wireless AP.
Description Available for descriptive comments (optional).
Port # The ethernet port through which the Wireless AP can be reached