Dhcp Auto Configuration Settings - Cisco WAP150 Manual

DHCP Auto Configuration Settings

• Domain Name Servers — Select one of the following options:
• Dynamic — The WAP device acquires the DNS server addresses from a DHCP server on the LAN.
• Manual — Enter up to two IP addresses in the fields provided.
Step 3
Click Apply to save the changes.
DHCP Auto Configuration Settings
• DHCP Auto Configuration Options— This option is enabled by default. When AP comes up with
Note
Configuration upload operation by User/Cisco overrides the Auto Configuration so that the chosen configuration
file is given preference. In any other cases of rebooting the AP such as firmware upgrade or reboot operations,
existing Auto Configuration settings will be effective.
• TFTP Server IPv4 Address/Host Name—If you configure TFTP server address, it is used in case of
The value is used during the Auto Configuration procedure during next boot-up.
• Configuration File Name—If you specify the configuration file name, it is retrieved from TFTP Server
The value is used during the Auto Configuration procedure during next boot-up.
• Wait Interval—If configured, Access Point comes up with the local configuration and makes enabled
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factory defaults, it first tries to auto configure using DHCP options.
During Auto Configuration:
• AP boots up with only Ethernet interface enabled and WLAN interfaces down.
• No services are available to User (except User Interfaces).
• DHCP Auto Configuration Options is disabled automatically after Wait Interval or TFTP upload
of Configuration file whichever is earlier.
• Disabling the DHCP client (i.e., configure use a static IP address) or disabling DHCP Auto
Configuration Options immediately aborts Auto configuration.
DHCP client automatically broadcasts requests for DHCP options 66 and 67. If DHCP and DHCP Auto
Configuration Options are enabled, Access Point is Auto configured during next reboot considering the
information received from DHCP Server for DHCP requests.
failure to retrieve file from other TFTP Servers specified by DHCP server during Auto Configuration.
Enter IPv4 address or hostname information. If it happens to be in hostname format DNS server must
be available to translate hostname into IP address.
during Auto Configuration of AP, in case the boot file name is not received from DHCP server. Absence
of this value indicates config.xml to be used. The file must have an xml extension if specified.
services available to the user, after the wait interval. Access point aborts Auto configuration if TFTP
transaction is not initiated within this interval specified. The default value is 3 minutes.
System Configuration