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D-Link Unified Access Point Administrator’s Guide
As long as the Managed AP Administrative Mode is set to Enabled, as
Figure 17
shows, the
AP starts discovery procedures. If the AP establishes a connection with a wireless switch,
which may or may not be the same switch it was connected to before, the switch sends the AP
its configuration and the AP sends the wireless switch information about all currently
associated clients.
After the configuration from the switch is applied, the AP radios restart. Client traffic is briefly
interrupted until the radios are up and the clients are re-associated.
Configuring Managed Access Point Settings
On the Unified Access Point, you can configure the IP addresses of up to four D-Link Unified
Switches that can manage it. In order to manage the AP, the Unified Switch and AP must
discover each other. There are multiple ways for a Unified Switch to discover an AP. Adding
the IP address of the Unified Switch to the AP while it is in
Standalone Mode
is one way to
enable switch-to-AP discovery.
To add the IP address of a D-Link Unified Switch to the AP, click the Managed Access Point
tab under the Manage heading and update the fields shown in
Table 24
.
Figure 17. Managed Access Point Settings
Table 24.
Managed Access Point
Field
Description
Managed AP
Administrative Mode
Click Enabled to allow the AP and Unified Switch to discover each
other. If the AP successfully authenticates itself with a Unified
Switch, you will not be able to access the Administrator UI.
Click Disabled to prevent the AP from contacting wireless switches.
