Configuring Layer 3 Access Point Adoption - Brocade Communications Systems RFS6000 System Reference Manual

4. Click the Clear all rates button to uncheck all of the Basic and Supported rates.
5. Refer to the Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field
6. Click OK to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
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Configuring layer 3 Access Point adoption

The configuration activity required for adopting Access Points in a layer 3 environment is unique. In
a layer 3 environment, controller discovery is attempted in the following ways:
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Initially, the Access Point attempts to find its wireless controller by broadcasting a Hello packet on
its local VLAN. During this activity:
1. All controllers on the VLAN that receive this Hello packet respond with a parent packet.
2. If no response is received, the Access Point attempts to discover its controller by first obtaining
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Supported Rates allow an 802.11 network to specify the data rate it supports. When a station
attempts to join the network, it checks the data rate used on the network. If a rate is selected
as a basic rate it is automatically selected as a supported rate.
displays error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and
the controller.
Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.
On the local VLAN
Through the DHCP Server
an IP address from a DHCP (or DNS) server and checking the options field within the DHCP
response.
The options field (Option 189) contains a list of controller IP addresses available for the Access
Point.
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