D-Link DWS-4026 [433/741] Dws 4000 series switch and ap discovery methods

UnifiedWiredandWirelessAccessSystemComponents

D-Link UnifiedWiredandWirelessAccessSystem

November2011 Page433

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

TheDWL‐3600APhasoneradioandiscapableofbroadcastinginthefollowingwirelessmodes:

•IEEE802.11bmode

•IEEE802.11gmode

•IEEE802.11nmode(2.4GHz)

TheDWL‐X600APaccesspointssupportupto16virtualaccesspoints(VAPs)perradio.TheVAPfeatureallows

youtosegmenteachphysicalaccesspointin

tomultiplelogicalaccesspointsthateachsupportauniqueSSID,

VLANID,andsecuritypolicy.

DWS‐4000SeriesSwitchandAPDiscoveryMethods

TheDWS‐4000SeriesswitchandAPcanusethefollowingmethodstodiscovereachother:

• L2Discovery

• IPAddressofAPConfiguredintheSwitch

• IPAddressofSwitchConfiguredintheAP

L2Discovery

WhentheAPandDWS‐4000Seriesswitcharedirectlyconnectedorinthesamelayer2broadcastdomainand

usethedefaultVLANsettings,theDWS‐4000SeriesswitchautomaticallydiscoverstheAPthroughits

broadcastofaL2discoverymessage.TheL2discoveryworksautomaticallywhenthedevicesaredir

ectly

connectedorconnectedbyusingalayer2bridge.

FormoreinformationaboutL2Discovery,see“L2/VLANDiscovery”onpage536.

Note:ForanAPtobemanagedbyaswitch,themanagedmodeontheAPmustbeenabled.Toenable

managedmodeontheAP,logontotheAPCLIandusethe

setmanaged‐modeupcommandoraccess

theAdministrationWebUIandgototheManagedAccessPointpageandenabletheManagedMode

option.

Note:TheAPandtheswitchthatshouldmanagetheAPcannotbeseparatedbyaNetworkAddress

Translation(NAT)device.TheAPandswitchexchangeeachother'sIPaddressesinthepayloadofthe

discoveryandothermessages.Theseaddressesarethenusedforthesubsequentcommunication

betweentheswitchandth

eAP.Asthoseaddressesdonotundergotranslation,theswitchandAPwill

failtocommunicate.However,theswitchandtheAPwillhavenosuchcommunicationissuesfor

remotesitesorbranchofficesthatareconnectedbyVirtualPrivateNetwork(VPN).VPNfunctionality

isalreadycommonlyfoundonfir

ewalls.ThisissuecanberesolvedbysettingupVPNaccessbetween

thenetworksthatuseNAT.