Configuring Group Mac Access Control Lists; Specifying Minimum Firmware Versions For Aps In A Group - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

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Setting
Medium Occupancy
Factor
Current Medium
Occupancy Weight
4. Select Save when configurations are complete to retain these settings. Select Save and Apply to make the
changes permanent, or select Revert to discard all unapplied changes.

Configuring Group MAC Access Control Lists

This configuration is optional. If you use Symbol, Proxim, Cisco VxWorks, or ProCurve 520WL wireless APs,
AWMS enables you to specify the MAC addresses of devices that are permitted to associate with APs in the
Group. Other devices are not able to associate to APs in the Group, even if the users of those devices are
authorized users on the network.
NOTE: If Use MAC ACL is enabled for Cisco VxWorks, AWMS does not disable this feature on the AP; but the MAC list entered is
not populated on the AP. The individual MAC addresses must be entered manually on the AP. If you have APs from other vendors
in the Group, the ACL restrictions do not apply to those APs.
Perform the following steps to use the MAC ACL function.
1. Browse to the Groups > MAC ACL configuration page.
Figure 57 Groups > MAC ACL Page Illustration
2. Select Yes on the Use MAC ACL drop-down menu. Enter all authorized MAC addresses, separated by white
spaces.
3. Select Save when configurations are complete to retain these settings. Select Save and Apply to make the
changes permanent, or select Revert to discard all unapplied changes.

Specifying Minimum Firmware Versions for APs in a Group

This configuration is optional. AWMS allows you the option of defining the minimum firmware version for each
AP type in a group on the Groups > Firmware configuration page. At the time that you define the minimum
version, AWMS automatically upgrades all eligible APs. When you add APs into the group in the future, you will
be able to upgrade APs in manual fashion. The firmware for an AP is not upgraded automatically when it is added
to a group. Perform the following steps to make this firmware configuration.
1. Browse to the Groups > Firmware configuration page.
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Default Description
5 Sets the factor associated with Medium Occupancy when calculating the best path to the
portal AP. Higher factors will have more impact when deciding the best uplink.
7 Specifies the importance given to the most recently observed Medium Occupancy against
all of the previously viewed medium occupancies. Lower values place more importance
on previously observed Medium Occupancies.
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