D-Link DWS-4026 [535/741] L3 ip discovery

BasicSetup

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D‐LinkUWSUserManual

Figure358:WirelessDiscoveryConfiguration

InorderfortheDWS‐4000SeriesswitchtodiscoverotherWLANdevicesandestablishcommunicationwith

them,thedevicesmusthavetheirownIPaddress,mustbeabletofindotherWLANdevices,andmustbe

compatible.

WhentheDWS‐4000SeriesswitchdiscoversandvalidatesAP

s,theswitchtake soverthemanagementofthe

AP.IfyouconfiguretheAPinStandalonemode,theexistingAPconfigurationisreplacedbythedefaultAP

Profileconfigurationontheswitch.

L3/IPDiscovery

Youcanconfigureupto256IPaddressesintheDWS‐4000SeriesswitchforpotentialpeerswitchesandAPs.

TheswitchsendsassociationinvitationstoallIPaddressesinthislist.Ifthedeviceacceptstheinvitationandis

successfullyvalidatedbytheswitch,theswitchandtheAPorpe

erswitchareassociated.

ThisdiscoverymethodmechanismisusefulforpeerswitchdiscoveryandAPdiscoverywhenthedevicesare

indifferentIPsubnets.Infact,foraswitchtorecognizeapeerthatisnotonthesamesubnet,youmust

configuretheIPaddressesofeachswitchinthepee

r’sL3discoverylist.

Note:ThelistofIPaddressesisseparat eandindependentfromthelistofvalidmanagedAPs.Devices

discoveredthroughthislistmightnotbevalidAPsorswitches.

Note:IfanAPhasalreadybeendiscoveredthroughanothermethod,theDWS‐4000Seriesswitchwill

notpolltheIPaddressoftheAP.