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Chapter 6 Managing Firmware and Configurations
Distributing a Configuration
Limiting Distributions
You might need to distribute a configuration or firmware to certain access points
but not to others. For example, if you distribute a configuration to several access
points that use non-overlapping channels, the distributed configuration overwrites
the channel settings and puts all the access points on the same channel. In this
example, after the distribution you have to reconfigure all the access points to set
up non-overlapping channels.
The simplest way to limit the distribution of a configuration or firmware is to
create a unique user in the distributing and receiving access points’ user
management systems. An access point accepts distributed firmware and
configurations only if its user manager contains a user with the same user name,
password, and capabilities as the user performing the distribution (the person
logged in on the distributing access point).
Follow these steps to limit distributions:
Step 1
On the distributing access point, browse to the Security Setup page and create a
new user, and then enable user manager protection. See the
“Creating a List of
Authorized Management System Users” section on page 4-42
section for
complete instructions on creating a new user.
Step 2
Create the same user with the same password and capabilities on each access point
that should receive the distributed firmware or configuration. Make sure user
manager protection is enabled on the access points.
Step 3
Log into the distributing access point using the new user name and perform the
distribution. Only access points with matching users in their user manager
systems receive the distribution.
