Discovery And Registration Overview; Wireless Ap Discovery - Siemens HiPath C10 User Manual

To configure the appropriate radio band according to each European Union country, use the
HiPath Wireless Assistant. For more information, see Section 5.5.3, "Modifying a wireless AP's
properties", on page 86.
5.2

Discovery and registration overview

When the wireless AP is powered on, it automatically begins a discovery process to determine
its own IP address and the IP address of the HiPath Wireless Controller. When the discovery
process is successful, the wireless AP registers with the HiPath Wireless Controller.
5.2.1

Wireless AP discovery

Wireless APs discover the IP address of a HiPath Wireless Controller using a sequence of
mechanisms that allow for the possible services available on the enterprise network. The
discovery process is successful when the wireless AP successfully locates a HiPath Wireless
Controller to which it can register.
You must ensure that the appropriate services on your enterprise network are prepared to
support the discovery process. The following five steps summarize the discovery process:
Step 1 – Use the IP address of the last successful connection to a HiPath Wireless
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Controller.
Once a wireless AP has successfully registered with a HiPath Wireless Controller, it recalls
that controller's IP address, and uses that address on subsequent reboots. The AP
bypasses discovery and goes straight to registration. If this discovery method fails, it cycles
through the remaining steps until successful.
Step 2 – Use the predefined static IP addresses for the HiPath Wireless Controllers
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on the network (if configured).
You can specify a list of static IP addresses of the HiPath Wireless Controllers on your
network. On the Static Configuration tab, add the addresses to the Wireless Controller
Search List.
Wireless APs configured statically can only connect to HiPath Wireless
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Controllers in the list. Improperly configured wireless APs cannot connect to a
non-existent HiPath Wireless Controller address, and therefore cannot receive a
corrected configuration.
A31003-W1040-U101-1-7619, July 2006 DRAFT
HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software V4.0, C10/C100/C1000 User Guide
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