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Use the Fixed IP address assignments table ( as shown in Figure 4-9), to manage devices
that require fixed IP addresses (e.g., access points and bar code scanners) on the
managed side of the BSC network.
Note: If you have many fixed IP address users to configure, you can speed up the process
by configuring a few users using the procedure described below, exporting the fixed IP
address configuration to a .CSV or XML file, appending new data to the file, and then re-
importing the file. See "Exporting and Importing BSC Bulk Data Files" on page 16-10 for
details.
Alternatively, if you have many devices on the managed side with fixed IP addresses, you
can use the IP Range assignments table on the Edit Managed Interface page to enter the
known IP address range for these devices. The BSC will learn the device's MAC address,
add it to the BSC connection table, and authenticate the user/device into a role as it
receives traffic from the device. The advantage to using the IP Range assignments table
versus doing a bulk static IP address import is that device IP addresses entered via the IP
Range assignments method are not added to the BSC connection table until traffic is
received from the user/device which is less burdensome to BSC resources than adding
devices to the BSC Connection table in bulk.
Follow these steps to set up a managed network using fixed IP addressing for clients:
Click the Network tab in the BSC administrator console, and then the Managed tab.
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The list of configured managed interfaces appears. Click the
to the Managed physical interface.
Click the Interface link at the top of the page.
2.
The Edit Managed interface (eth1) page appears (see Figure 4-7).
Enter the following information for each wireless client to which you are assigning a
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fixed IP address:
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MAC address - Media Access Control (MAC) hardware address of the wireless
client's NIC card. Required setting. Enter colons (:) or dashes (-) as delimiters
between the number pairs comprising the MAC address.
IP address - IP address you are assigning to the wireless client. Required setting if
you cannot provide the wireless client host name.
Host name - Host name of the wireless client.
Role - Select one of the following role assignment options for this wireless client:
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Authenticate - The BSC user login page is displayed and the wireless client is
automatically assigned the role associated with his or her user ID after
logging in.
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Specific Role - If you select a specific role from the list of available roles,
login authentication is bypassed and the wireless client immediately gains
access to those network assets defined for the selected role. No roles are
available in this option unless you first define them. See "Defining a Role" on
page 8-4 for information on creating roles (or see the Create... option
described next).
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Create... - Opens up a window that enables you to create a new role. After
you save the role, you are returned to Edit Managed Interface page where
you can select the newly created role from the drop-down list.
See "Defining User Roles to Enforce Network Usage Policies" on page 8-2 for
complete information about roles and how they are created.
Configuring the BSC Managed Interface
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