User Manual

44 Configuring the Extricom WLAN System
Centralized Configuration Settings
Centralized Configuration allows managing a group of identical Extricom switches (slaves) from
one single master switch. The user should decide which switch will act as master. Extricom
Switches have a built-in mechanism to discover the presence of other switches. In addition, the user
is given the ability to manually configure the entries in the table of switches.
Configuration changes on the master switch are propagated to the slave switches via a secured
mechanism. For this authentication scheme to work, the slave switches need to obtain a copy of the
master's public key prior to the centralized configuration. This is done in the initial phase of the
switch’s configuration by first retrieving the master's public key and then uploading it to the
designated slave switches.
Figure 23. Central Configuration Page