Netgear WC7500-Wireless User Manual - Page 156
Layer 3 switch as a DHCP server, Linux-based or Windows-based DHCP server, Table 11.
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ProSAFE Wireless Controller them is discovered at a time. You must add the access point to the managed list, change its IP address, and run discovery again to discover the next access point with that IP address. • Enable DHCP option 43 (vendor-specific information) on an external DHCP server. Specifying an internal DHCP server on the wireless controller automatically enables DHCP option 43 with the IP address of the wireless controller. How you must configure DHCP option 43 depends on the type of external DHCP server: - Layer 3 switch as a DHCP server. If you use a Layer 3 switch as a DHCP server, specify the wireless controller's IP address in hexadecimal format to allow the access points to receive the wireless controller's IP address and to allow the DHCP server to assign IP addresses to the access points. The vendor-specific octets 02:04: must precede the hexadecimal address. To compose the address, start with 02:04: and then add each of the four address octets in hexadecimal format, separated by colons. For example: 192.168.33.27 in decimal format equals c0:a8:21:1b in hexadecimal format. After you add the vendor-specific octets, the complete address is 02:04:c0:a8:21:1b. In a configuration with stacked wireless controllers, use the octets that are shown in the following table. Table 11. Vendor-specific Octets Number of Controllers 1 wireless controller 2 wireless controllers 3 wireless controllers Octet 02:04 02:08 02:0c In a stacked configuration, to compose the address, start with the corresponding vendor-specific octet for the number of wireless controllers in the stack. Then add each of the four address octets in hexadecimal format, separated by colons. For example: 192.168.33.27 in decimal format equals c0:a8:21:1b in hexadecimal format. After you add the vendor-specific octet for a stack with three wireless controllers, the complete address is 02:0c:c0:a8:21:1b. - Linux-based or Windows-based DHCP server. If you use a Linux-based or Windows-based DHCP server, configure the IP address in decimal format and NETGEAR_WNC_AP as the vendor class identifier. Discover and Manage Access Points 156