AOS-W 3.4
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a. Click
Add
in the Excluded Address Range section.
b. Enter the address range in the Add Excluded Address section.
c. Click
Done
.
8. Click
Save Configuration
at the top of the page to save this configuration to the switch’s flash
memory.
Controller Discovery
An Alcatel-Lucent AP can discover the IP address of the switch in one of several ways. The Aruba Discovery
Protocol (ADP) is enabled by default on all Alcatel-Lucent APs and controllers. To use ADP, all Alcatel-
Lucent APs and controllers must be connected to the same Layer-2 network.
With ADP, APs send out periodic multicast and broadcast queries to locate the master switch. If the APs are
in the same broadcast domain as the master switch, the switch automatically responds to the APs’ queries
with its IP address. If the APs are not in the same broadcast domain as the master switch, you need to
enable multicast on the network — see “Deploying a Basic User-Centric Network” in the
AOS-W 3.4 User
Guide
for information.
Provision APs for Mesh
Before you install APs in a mesh networking environment, you must do the following:
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Define and configure the mesh cluster profile and mesh radio profile before configuring an AP to
operate as a mesh node. An AP configured for mesh is also known as a mesh node.
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Provision one of the following mesh roles on the AP:
Mesh portal—The gateway between the wireless mesh network and the enterprise wired LAN.
Mesh point—APs that can provide traditional Alcatel-Lucent WLAN services (such as client
connectivity, intrusion detection system (IDS) capabilities, user roles association, LAN-to-LAN
bridging, and Quality of Service (QoS) for LAN-to-mesh communication) to clients on one radio and
perform mesh backhaul/network connectivity on the other radio. Mesh points provides LAN-to-LAN
bridging through their Ethernet interfaces. It can now provide backhaul and access BSSIDs on the
same radio.
For detailed provisioning guidelines, caveats, and instructions, see the “Configuring Secure Enterprise
Mesh” chapter in the
AOS-W 3.4 User Guide
.
N O T E
If the devices are on different networks, a Layer-3 compatible discovery mechanism, such as DNS, DHCP, or
IGMP forwarding, must be used instead. See “Deploying a Basic User-Centric Network” in the
AOS-W 3.4 User
Guide
for information.
N O T E
The information in this section applies only if you are configuring and deploying APs in a mesh networking
environment. If you are not, proceed to
"Install the APs" on page 6
.
N O T E
See Chapter 24, “Software Licenses” in the
AOS-W 3.4 User Guide
for license requirements.