Nokia A032 Manual page 34

Operational sequence
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When the DHCP client is enabled, the AP will
first boot up into a limited operation mode,
connected to LAN only, and begin the DHCP
negotiation. During this phase, the AP will
signal no radio operation on the LEDs. Only
when a DHCP offer is received (and accepted),
or the process is abandoned (no response is
received from a server after three retries) will
the AP complete booting and run management
and radio interfaces. If a dynamic lease expires,
the AP will return to this limited operational
mode (by rebooting). Note that all radio clients
will be forcibly disconnected.
The AP will always perform a full DHCP
initialization (that is, it begins with a
DISCOVER frame), even if it has a configured IP
address. Neither an init-reboot or
DHCPINFORM process are ever used. If the AP
does have a configured management IP
address, it will request assignment of it via the
DHCP procedure, but make use of whatever IP
address it is given. This process can be tracked
using the DHCP status screen on the web
interface.
Depending on the success of DHCP negotiation,
one of the following will occur:
• No DHCP server found – AP will operate as
far as possible using its stored
configuration, including making use its
management IP address if configured with
one. If no IP address was configured for the
AP, then this will limit its functionality
accordingly.
Nokia A032 Addendum