Installation guide

BlueSecure™ Access Point 1800 Installation Guide
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III. Provisioning Your Bluesocket WLAN for BSAPs
There are prerequisites that must be met before deploying BSAPs in a live network
environment. These prerequisites ensure that the BSAPs are able to discover and connect to a
BlueSecure Controller. Implementing these prerequisites also relieves you from needing to
manually configure each BSAP-1800.
The deployment prerequisites for BSAPs are:
• BSAP IP Address - Each BSAP requires a unique IP address.
• Host BlueSecure Controller IP Address - Each BSAP also needs the IP address of
the host BSC to which it will connect and from which it will obtain its software image
and configuration.
This section describes how to provision your Bluesocket WLAN when deploying BSAPs:
• On the same Layer-2 subnet as the BSC
• Across a routed network with Layer-3 connectivity to the BSC
Deploying BSAPs on the Same Layer-2 Subnet as the BSC
If the BSAPs are on the same subnet as the home BlueSecure Controller, you can run a DHCP
server on the BSC to manage IP address assignment to BSAPs. In this scenario, the BlueSecure
Controller must be the only DHCP server for the subnet.
Alternatively, you can configure the BlueSecure Controller to run a DHCP relay agent to relay
DHCP communications between the BSAPs and a DHCP server on your network.
Figure 2: Deploying BSAPs on the same Layer-2 subnet as the BSC
When you run a DHCP server or a DHCP relay agent on the BSC to assign IP addresses to
BSAPs on the managed side, the BSC will also pass its IP address to the BSAPs automatically
using vendor-specific option 43. The BSAP will then connect to the IP provided by the DHCP
vendor option as its host BSC.