User authentication, accounts, and addressing
User addressing and related features
Public IP address
This feature enables a public IP address to be assigned to any client station. This makes the
client station address visible to devices on the external network, allowing external devices to
create connections with the client station. For more information, see
page
Accounting persistence
Enable this option to have the controller save accounting information to its internal flash
memory so that can be recovered in case of abnormal system shutdown. Restarting the
controller via its management tool (Controller >> Maintenance > System) saves before
restarting.
The minimum save time is 30 minutes.
User addressing and related features
The controller provides a number of features related to user addressing, including:
Feature
DHCP server
Fixed leases
DHCP relay
Static IP address
support
10-36
3-10.
Description
Enables the controller to dynamically
assign IP addresses to users.
The controller assigns the same IP
addresses to specific users each time they
connect.
The controller to users a third-party DHCP
server to dynamically assign IP addresses
to users.
Allows users with a static IP address to
connect to the network even if the user's
address is on a different subnet than the
controller or AP.
Public IP address on
For more
information, see ...
DHCP server on
page 3-14
Fixed leases on
page 3-15
DHCP relay agent on
page 3-16
Support users that
have a static IP
address on
page 14-11