D-Link DWS-4026 [534/741] Wireless discovery configuration

BasicSetup

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

November2011 Page534

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

WirelessDiscoveryConfiguration

TheDWS‐4000Seriesswitchcandiscover,validate,authenticate,ormonitorthefollowingsystemdevices:

• Peerwirelessswitches

•APs

•Wirelessclients

• RogueAPs

• Roguewirelessclients

TheDWS‐4000Seriesswit chcandiscoverpeerwirelessswitchesandAPsregardlessofwhetherthesedevices

areconnectedtoeachother,locatedinthesameLayer2br

oadcastdomain,orattachedtodifferentIPsubnets.

YoucanenablediscoverybetweentheswitchandpeerswitchesorAPsbyusingoneoffollowingfour

mechanisms:

1. ManuallyaddtheIPaddressoftheswitchtotheAPwhenitisinStandalonemode.

2. ConfigureaDHCPservertoincludethesw

itchIPaddressintheDHCPresponsetotheAPDHCPclient

request.

3. UseVLANstobroadcasttheL2WirelessDeviceDiscoveryProtocol.

4. ManuallyaddtheIPaddressoftheAPtotheswitch.

TheDiscoverytabisavailablefromtheWLAN>BasicSetuppageandallowsyoutoconfigurethesw

itchto

discoverAPsandotherswitchesbyusingmethods3and4.

Note:Withthismethod,multiplepeerswitchesmightfindthesameaccesspoint.Thefirst

associationalwaystakesprecedence.TheAPdoesnotchangeitsassociationunlessthe

connectivitytothecurrentwirelessswitchfailsortheswitchtellstheAPtodisassociateand

associatewithanotherswitch.