Section 5: Installing The D-Link Unified Access System; System Deployment Overview - D-Link DWS-3000 Series User Manual

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02/15/2011
Sectio n 5: In stallin g th e D-Lin k Un ified A cce ss
This chapter contains the following sections to help you install your D-Link Unified Access System network:
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"System Deployment Overview"

• "Connecting the Switch to the Network"
• "Enabling the WLAN Features on the Switch"
• "Preparing the Access Points"
• "Discovering Access Points and Peer Switches"
• "Authenticating and Validating Access Points"
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To setup and deploy the D-Link Unified Access System solution, use the following general steps:
1 Plan the WLAN network topology.
Decide where to locate each access point to maximize accessibility to the WLAN by wireless clients and to minimize
radio frequency (RF) interference by other access points. You should also determine how to integrate the D-Link Unified
Switch into your existing network topology. For more information about planning the WLAN topology, see
Topology Considerations" on page
2 Install and configure the D-Link Unified Switch.
To install and configure the switch, you need a serial connection to the switch, or you must connect to the switch from a
host in the same subnet as the switch default IP address (10.90.90.90/8). From the initial connection to the switch, you
can configure basic network information or enable the DHCP client on the switch to acquire this information
automatically.
3 Enable the WLAN switch function and assign an IP address to the WLAN switch interface.
The WLAN features on the switch are enabled by default. The WLAN feature must be enabled in order for the switch to
discover and validate D-Link Access Points. If the routing mode is disabled, the Unified Switch function uses the IP
address of the network interface. If routing is enabled, the switch uses a loopback or routing interface for the wireless
functions. Changing the IP address of the network interface automatically disables and re-enables the wireless function.
Enabling routing also disables and re-enables the wireless function.
4 Configure the default AP Profile settings that the access point will use after the switch validates it.
When the switch successfully validates an access point, it sends the AP Profile to the access point. The AP Profile
contains all of the access point configuration information, such as the radio, security, and SSID settings. You can
configure all of the AP settings before or after the switch validates an AP. For information about configuring the default
AP profile, see Chapter , <Link>"Configuring Access Point Settings" on page 77.
5 Prepare and deploy D-Link Access Points and enable AP-to-switch discovery.
After you connect an AP to the network and it obtains an IP address (either statically or dynamically by using DHCP), the
Unified Switch can automatically discover the AP. However, if your network uses IEEE 802.1X authentication or you
require the AP to be authenticated by the switch upon discovery, you must log on to the AP and configure security
information.
6 Authenticate and validate the APs.
You can optionally configure the Unified Switch so that it only manages APs that it authenticates. You can use the local
database or an external RADIUS database for AP authentication. Whether or not you require AP-to-Unified Switch
authentication, the switch must be able to validate an AP before it can manage the AP. For the switch to validate the AP,
you must add the MAC address of each AP to the AP database on the switch or to the database on an external RADIUS
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