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6. On the Device Setup > Communication page, locate the ICMP Settings section. Complete the settings or
revise the default values as required.
Table 23 Device Setup > Communication > ICMP Settings Fields and Default Values
Setting
Attempt to
ping down
devices
7. On the Device Setup > Communication page, locate the Colubris Administration Options section You only
need to provide this information if you use Colubris APs on your network. Select one of the options listed.
Figure 25
Figure 25 Device Setup > Communication > Colubris Administration Options Section Illustration
Table 24 Colubris Administration Options Fields and Default Values
Setting
Do not modify
security/HTTPS
settings
Replace existing
user with specified
user
New Colubris
Username and
Password
8. On the Device Setup > Communication page, locate the Cisco Aironet VxWorks User Creation Options
section. You only need to provide this information if you use VxWorks-based Cisco APs on your network, as
follows:
Aironet 340

Aironet 350

Aironet 1200

Select one of the three options listed.
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Default Description
Yes Enables a function that applies when an AP is unreachable over SNMP.
When
Yes

Select
No

APs are unreachable by ICMP, likely to occur where there is in excess of 100 APs, the timeouts
start to impede network performance.
NOTE: If ICMP is disabled on the network, select
numerous ping requests.
illustrates this section and
Default Description
N/A Enables AWMS to use only an existing user account on the AP. This user account must have
all permissions set. The user accounts are defined in the Colubris Username/Password
section in the Default Secrets area.
Disabled When enabled, this setting allows you to define a new Colubris username and password on
each Colubris AP.
N/A Specifies the username and password to be used only if the option Replace existing user with
specified user is selected.
Table 23 itemizes the setting and default value of this section.
is selected, this option has AWMS attempt to ping the AP device.
if performance is affected in negative fashion by this function. If a large number of
Table 24 explains related fields.
Table 25 describes the settings and default values of this section.
to avoid the performance penalty caused by
No
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