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Provisioning Access Points
Access Points are radio broadcast devices and as such are
subject to governmental regulation. Network administrators
responsible for the configuration and operation of Access Points
must comply with local broadcast regulations. Specifically,
Access Points must use channel assignment and antenna gain
settings (for detachable antennas) appropriate to the location in
which the Access Point will be used. Alcatel, in compliance with
governmental requirements, has designed the AP60 and AP61
such that only authorized network administrators can change
these settings. For more information on Access Point
configuration, refer to the AOS-W User Guide.
Provisioning provides the AP with initial network settings that
allow it to locate the host OmniAccess Wireless LAN Switch. The
following provisioning methods (listed in the order of preference
recommended by Alcatel) are available:
Plug and Play—Also known as the Alcatel Discovery Protocol.
This is the easiest method for AP provisioning. With plug and
play, OmniAccess APs can be connected to the network and
brought into operation automatically. Although plug and play
requires no manual intervention for the APs, this method does
require specific services to be configured on your network in
advance.
AP Provisioning—Using this AP programming mode, AP con-
figuration parameters are defined on the Wireless LAN switch
(using the CLI or Web interface) and then uploaded to the APs.
This method can be used for adding OmniAccess APs to a highly
customized network, or greatly simplified for the most common
provisioning.
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