D-Link DWL-8500AP Product Manual - Page 88

D-Link Unified Access Point Administrator's Guide As long as the Managed AP Administrative Mode is set to Enabled, as Figure 17 shows, the AP starts discovery procedures. If the AP establishes a connection with a wireless switch, which may or may not be the same switch it was connected to before, the switch sends the AP its configuration and the AP sends the wireless switch information about all currently associated clients. After the configuration from the switch is applied, the AP radios restart. Client traffic is briefly interrupted until the radios are up and the clients are re-associated. Configuring Managed Access Point Settings On the Unified Access Point, you can configure the IP addresses of up to four D-Link Unified Switches that can manage it. In order to manage the AP, the Unified Switch and AP must discover each other. There are multiple ways for a Unified Switch to discover an AP. Adding the IP address of the Unified Switch to the AP while it is in Standalone Mode is one way to enable switch-to-AP discovery. To add the IP address of a D-Link Unified Switch to the AP, click the Managed Access Point tab under the Manage heading and update the fields shown in Table 24. Figure 17. Managed Access Point Settings Table 24. Managed Access Point Field Managed AP Administrative Mode Description Click Enabled to allow the AP and Unified Switch to discover each other. If the AP successfully authenticates itself with a Unified Switch, you will not be able to access the Administrator UI. Click Disabled to prevent the AP from contacting wireless switches. 88 © 2001-2008 D-Link Corporation. All Rights Reserved.