Example 4: Connecting Smartpath Aps To Smartpath Ems - Black Box LWN602A User Manual

Chapter 8: Basic Configuration Examples
Click Configuration > WLAN Policies > New, enter the following on the first page of the new WLAN policy dialog box, leave all
the other settings as they are, and then click Save:
Name: wlan-policy-test1 (You cannot use spaces in the WLAN policy name.)
Description: Test WLAN policy for learning how to use the GUI; remove later
Cluster: cluster1-test (The cluster was previously configured in "Example 2: Creating a Cluster" in Section 8.2.)
SSID Profiles: Click Add/Remove SSID Profile, choose test1-psk in the Available SSID Profiles list, click the right arrow ( > ) to
move it to the Selected SSID Profiles list, and then click Apply. (The SSID was previously configured in Section 8.1.)
The creation of a WLAN policy that puts the SmartPath APs to which you apply it in a cluster and provides them with an SSID is
complete. In the following examples, you deploy several SmartPath APs on a network, accept them for SmartPath EMS
management, and then apply the WLAN policy to them.

8.4 Example 4: Connecting SmartPath APs to SmartPath EMS

In this example, you set up three SmartPath APs for management through SmartPath EMS. Cable two of the SmartPath APs—
SmartPath AP1 and SmartPath AP2—to the network. Run an Ethernet cable from the eth0 port on each SmartPath AP to a
switch so that they are in the same subnet as the IP address of the MGT interface on SmartPath EMS. (Neither the SmartPath AP
300 eth1 port nor the SmartPath EMS LAN port are used in this example.) You can use AC/DC power adapters to connect them
to a 100–240 VAC power source or allow them to obtain power through PoE from PSE on the network. (Both power adapters
and PoE injectors are available from Black Box as options.) Place the third SmartPath AP—SmartPath AP3—within range of the
other two, and use a power adapter to connect it to an AC power source. See Figure 8-4, in which the switch uses PoE to
provide power to SmartPath APs 1 and 2.
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Figure 8-3. WLAN policy general settings.
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