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Audit icons:
Green square + red triangle: The
configuration on a SmartPath AP
does not match that on the
SmartPath EMS.
Two green squares: they match.
The host names have been changed
to match those in the example.
By default, the host name is BB- +
the last six bytes of its MAC address.
(Example: BB-0E5580)
NOTE: If you see a different group of SmartPath AP settings, make sure that Monitor is selected as the view mode at the top of
the SmartPath APs page. The GUI provides two view modes for SmartPath APs, one that focuses on monitoring SmartPath
APs (Monitor) and another that focuses on configuring them (Config).
How SmartPath APs Connect to SmartPath EMS
If CAPWAP (Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points) clients are in the same Layer 2 broadcast domain as the CAPWAP
server—as they are in the previous example—the clients broadcast CAPWAP Discovery Request messages to discover and
establish a secure connection with the server automatically. There is no need for any extra configuration on your part.
However, if the CAPWAP clients and server are in different subnets, the clients cannot discover the server by broadcasting
CAPWAP Discovery Request messages. In this case, you can use one of the following methods to configure SmartPath APs with
the SmartPath EMS IP address or domain name, or configure them so that they can learn it through DHCP or DNS. When
SmartPath APs have the SmartPath EMS IP address or domain name, they can then send unicast CAPWAP Discovery Request
messages to it.
• Log in to the CLI on the SmartPath AP and enter the IP address or domain name of the CAPWAP server:
capwap client server name <string>
• Configure the DHCP server to supply the SmartPath EMS domain name as DHCP option 225 or its IP address as option 226 in
its DHCPOFFER. (If you use a domain name, the authoritative DNS server for that domain must also be configured with an A
record that maps the domain name to the SmartPath EMS IP address.) A SmartPath AP requests options 225 and 226 by default
when it broadcasts DHCPDISCOVER and DHCPREQUEST messages.
NOTE: If you need to change the DHCP option number (perhaps because another custom option with that number is already in
use on the DHCP server), enter this command with a different option number:
interface mgt0 dhcp client option custom clustermanager <number> { ip | string }
CAPWAP connection and security icons:
Green linked chain/red unlinked chain: The
SmartPath AP is connected or disconnected.
Green locked padlock/red unlocked padlock:
Connection is secured through DTLS or not.
Figure 8-6. Monitor > Access Points > SmartPath APs (view mode: Monitor).
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You can customize the table contents
by clicking the Edit Table icon. You can
add more columns (radio channels and
power, for example), remove columns,
and reorder them.
The AP type for SmartPath AP1 and SmartPath
AP2 is "Portal." They have Ethernet connections
to the network. SmartPath AP3 is the "Mesh
Point." It connects to the network through a
portal.
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