Part No. 735-9502-0008, Revision C
Published November 2004
W
IRELESS
LAN S
WITCH
AND
C
ONTROLLER
MSS V
ERSION
3.0 R
ELEASE
N
OTES
Related Documentation
Please use these notes in conjunction with the following
documents:
■
Wireless LAN Switch and Controller Quick Start
Guide
■
Wireless LAN Switch and Controller Installation and
Basic Configuration Guide
■
Wireless LAN Switch and Controller Configuration
Guide
■
Wireless LAN Switch and Controller Command Refer-
ence
You can obtain the latest technical information for
these products, including a list of known problems and
solutions, from the 3Com Knowledgebase:
http://knowledgebase.3com.com
Software License Agreement
Before you use these products, please ensure that you
read the license agreement text. You can find the
license.txt file on the CD-ROM that accompanies your
product, or in the self-extracting exe that you have
downloaded from the 3Com Web site.
Points to Note when using the WX1200 and
WX4400
Follow these best-practice recommendations during
configuration and implementation to avoid or solve
issues you might experience.
System Configuration Best Practices
3Com strongly recommends that you use 3Com Wire-
less Switch Manager (3WXM) for archiving and version
control of network-wide wireless LAN switch configura-
tions. 3Com also recommends that you archive the
CLI-based configuration files of individual WX switches
by copying the configurations to a server.
Client and AAA Best Practices
Follow these best-practice recommendations during
configuration and implementation to avoid or solve
issues you might experience.
Get Clients and AAA Working First
The greatest majority of installation issues are related to
clients and AAA server (authentication, authorization,
and accounting) operation. 3Com recommends first
establishing a baseline of proper operation with a sam-
pling of wireless clients and the AAA server you plan to