D-Link DWS-3024 Product Manual - Page 132

D-Link Unified Access System User Manual Viewing Detailed Managed Access Point Status To view detailed information about an AP that the switch manages, select the MAC address of the AP from the drop-down menu above the table that displays the detailed information. Click the Reset button to reset the managed AP. A pop-up asks you to confirm that you want to reset 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 MAC Address Location Hardware Type Switch Port IP Address Profile Status Discovery Reason Description The label at the top of the table shows the MAC address and location of the AP. The location is the value configured in the Valid AP database. Type of the AP hardware. It is either DWL-8500AP or DWL-3500AP. The physical port (in the slot/port format) on the switch that the AP is connected to either directly or indirectly in the same L3 domain. If the AP is beyond the L3 network boundary, then 'Unknown' is displayed. The network IP address of the managed AP. 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 Unified Switch, 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. The current managed state of the AP. The possible values are: • 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 Unified Switch 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. This status value indicates how the managed AP was discovered, the status is one of the following values: • IP Poll Received - The AP was discovered via an IP poll from the Unified Switch, 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 Unified Switch IP address from the peer (peer learned Unified Switch IP address in RADIUS server response when validating the AP). • Switch IP Configured - The managed AP is configured with the Unified Switch IP address. • Switch IP DHCP - The managed AP learned the current Unified Switch IP address through DHCP option 43. • L2 Poll Received - The AP was discovered through the D-Link Wireless Device Discovery protocol. 132 © 2001- 2008 D-Link Corporation. All Rights Reserved.