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OmniAccess AP60/61: Installation Guide
Setting OmniAccess AP60/61 Parameters
1 From the apboot prompt, configure the host information, if
necessary.
In order to provide centralized management of the APs, each OmniAccess AP
downloads its software image and configuration files from a master Wireless
LAN Switch.
Setting the correct host information depends on the following:
Does your network use direct IP addresses or DNS with host names?
If using host names, is Alcatel-master acceptable for the master Wireless
LAN switch, or do you need to define a different name?
Depending on your answers, select one of the following steps:
My network uses DNS and the Alcatel-master host name is accept-
able.
This is the default. It requires your DNS to be configured to resolve
"Alcatel-master" to the IP address of the master Wireless LAN Switch.
Unless your system has been previously configured for different set-
tings, you can skip to Step 2.
Otherwise, if your system was previously configured for a different
setup, manually set the servername environment variable to the default
host name:
apboot> setenv servername Alcatel-master
—The master and serverip environment variables also affect how AP source files
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are selected and should be cleared when using this approach. To clear a variable,
enter the setenv variable command with no host name or address value:
apboot> setenv master
apboot> setenv serverip
When finished, proceed to Step 2.
My network uses DNS, but I will use a different host name for the
Wireless LAN switch.
This requires that the servername variable be configured with your cho-
sen host name for the master Wireless LAN Switch. It also requires that
your DNS be configured to resolve the specified host name to the IP
address of the master Wireless LAN Switch.
To manually set the host name, use the following command:
apboot> setenv servername <Wireless LAN switch host name>
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