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Configuring the DHCP Option, get managed-ap
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D-Link Unified Access System Software User Manual 12/10/09 permitted to manage the AP. For example, to enter a switch with an IP address of 192.168.66.202 and a switch with an IP address of 192.168.19.242, use the following commands: WLAN-AP# set managed-ap switch-address-1 192.168.66.202 WLAN-AP# set managed-ap switch-address-2 192.168.19.242 3 Use the get managed-ap command to verify that the information you entered is correct. WLAN-AP# get managed-ap Property Value mode up ap-state down switch-address-1 192.168.66.202 switch-address-2 192.168.19.242 switch-address-3 switch-address-4 dhcp-switch-address-1 dhcp-switch-address-2 dhcp-switch-address-3 dhcp-switch-address-4 managed-mode-watchdog 0 Configuring the DHCP Option You can configure the IP address of the Unified Switch as an option in the DHCP response to the DHCP request that the AP sends the DHCP server. The AP can learn up to four switch IP addresses or DNS names through DHCP option 43 (the Vendor Information option) in the DHCP response. If you configured a static IP address in the AP, the AP ignores DHCP option 43. This discovery method only works if you configure the DHCP option before the AP receives its network information from the DHCP server. The format for DHCP option 43 values are defined by RFC 2132. The procedures to add the DHCP option to the DHCP server depend on the type of DHCP server you use on your network. If you use a Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows 2003 DHCP Server, you configure the scope you use with the access points with DHCP Option 43, as the following procedures describe. 1 From the DHCP manager, right-click the applicable scope and select Configure Options... Page 408 D-Link Unified Access System Components Document 34CSFP6XXUWS-SWUM100-D7