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Section 4 - Advanced WLAN Conguration

AP Discovery Methods

ThewirelesscontrollerandAPcanusethefollowingmethodstodiscovereachother:

•L2Discovery

•IPAddressofAPConguredinthewirelesscontroller

•IPAddressofthewirelesscontrollerConguredintheAP

l2/ VlAn Discovery

WhentheAPandthewirelesscontrolleraredirectlyconnectedorinthesamelayer2broadcastdomainanduse

thedefaultVLANsettings,thewirelesscontrollerautomaticallydiscoverstheAPthroughitsbroadcastofaL2

discovery message. The L2 discovery works automatically when the devices are directly connected or connected

by using a layer 2 bridge. You can enable the discovery protocol on up to 16 VLANs.

Bydefault,VLAN1isenabledontheAP,andVLAN1isenabledfordiscoveryonthewirelesscontroller.Ifthe

wirelesscontrollerandAPareinthesameLayer2multicastdomain,youmightnotneedtotakeanyactionto

enableAPdiscovery.ThewirelesscontrolleralsousesL2/VLANdiscoverytondpeercontrollerswithintheL2

multicast domain.

TheAPsprocessthediscoverymessageonlywhenitcomesinonthemanagementVLAN.TheAPsdonotforward

the L2 discovery messages onto the wireless media.

Fromthewirelesscontroller,youcancheckthediscoverystatusofAPsandpeercontrollers.Toviewinformation

aboutwhetherthecontrollerdiscoveredanyAPs,navigatetotheWireless > Access Point > Discovered AP List

page.ThecolorofMACaddressoftheDiscoveredAPListindicatingtheAPis:

• Green=ManagedAP

• Red=ConnectedFailAPorAP(D-LinkUAP)whichisnotinlocalorRADIUSValidAPDatabase

• Gray=UnknownAPorRogueAP

• Orange=ManagedAPbypeercontroller