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Viewing access point information
8. Click the Configure Port Authentication button to open a new dialogue with port authentication
9. Click OK to save the changes and return to the previous screen.
Port authentication
To configure the port authentication settings on an Access Point:
1. Select Network > Access Point Radios from the main menu tree.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
3. Click the Global Settings button.
4. Click the Configure Port Authentication button.
5. Enter the 802.1x Username assigned to the Access Point.
6. Enter the 802.1x Password (for the corresponding username) providing authorization for
7.
8. Refer to the Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field
9. Click OK to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
10. Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.
Editing AP settings
The Edit screen provides a means of modifying the properties of an existing radio. This is often
necessary when the radio's intended function has changed and its name needs modification or if
the radio now needs to be defined as a detector radio. The Edit screen also enables you to modify
placement, channel and power settings as well as a set of advanced properties in case its transmit
and receive capabilities need to be adjusted.
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configuration information.
Access Point authorization adoption.
NOTE
The default user name and password for Mobility 300 port authentication is a user name of
admin and a password of brocade.
Check the Use Default Values option checkbox to set the Username and Password to factory
default values. The Access Point can get disconnected if the 802.1x authenticator is not
configured accordingly.
NOTE
802.1x username and password information is only passed to adopted Access Points when the
Username and Password are set. Any AP adopted after this does not automatically receive a
username and password.
NOTE
After setting the username and password to factory default settings, the system must be
rebooted before the factory default settings are applied
displays error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and
the controller.
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