Table 28. Detailed Managed Access Point Status - D-Link Unified Access System DWS-3000 Series User Manual

the AP. Any wireless clients associated with the access point will be disassociated. To refresh
the status information for the AP, click Refresh
Table 28 describes the fields you see on the Detail page for the managed access point status.

Table 28. Detailed Managed Access Point Status

Field Description
MAC Address - The label at the top of the table shows the MAC address and location of the
Location AP. The location is the value configured in the Valid AP database.
IP Address The network IP address of the managed AP.
Profile The AP profile configuration currently applied to the managed AP, the
profile is assigned to the AP in the valid AP database. Note: Once an AP is
discovered and managed by the WCS, if the profile is changed in the valid
AP database (either locally or on the RADIUS server) the AP must be reset
to configure with the new profile.
Status The current managed state of the AP. The possible values are:
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Discovery Reason This status value indicates how the managed AP was discovered, the status is
one of the following values:
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Discovered - The AP is discovered and by the switch, but is not yet
authenticated.
Authenticated - The AP has been validated and authenticated (if
authentication is enabled), but it is not configured.
Managed - The AP profile configuration has been applied to the AP and
it's operating in managed mode.
Failed - The WCS lost contact with the AP, a failed entry will remain in
the managed AP database unless you remove it. Note that a managed AP
will temporarily show a failed status during a reset.
IP Poll Received - The AP was discovered via an IP poll from the WCS,
its IP address is configured in the IP polling list.
Peer Redirect - The AP was discovered through a peer switch redirect,
the AP tried to associate with another peer switch and learned the
current WCS IP address from the peer (peer learned WCS IP address in
RADIUS server response when validating the AP).
Switch IP Configured - The managed AP is configured with the WCS IP
address.
Switch IP DHCP - The managed AP learned the current WCS IP address
through DHCP option 43.
L2 Poll Received - The AP was discovered through the D-Link Wireless
Device Discovery protocol.
Monitoring Managed Access Point Status
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