Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.01.03 or greater

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Configuring the ProCurve Wireless Services xl Module
Radio Port Adoption
Note You might also need to perform some configuration tasks on the wireless
services-enabled switch, such as raising the maximum number of VLANs. For
help on completing configuration tasks on the wireless services-enabled
switch, use the following guides:
■ ProCurve Series 6400cl Switches, 5300xl Switches, and 3400cl Switches
Management and Configuration Guide
■ ProCurve Series 6400cl Switches, 5300xl Switches, and 3400cl Switches
Advanced Traffic Management Guide
Automatic or Manual Adoption of RPs
Once an RP can transmit traffic to the Wireless Edge Services xl Module, the
module can detect and adopt it. Automatic adoption simplifies the configura-
tion of RPs—especially if your network includes many RPs. After the Wireless
Edge Services xl Module adopts an RP, it sends the radio adoption default
configuration to it. You can then customize settings for certain RPs. (To learn
how to configure RP settings, see
Chapter 5: Radio Port Configuration .)
There is one possible drawback to automatically adopting RPs, however. The
Wireless Edge Services xl Module could potentially adopt an unauthorized RP.
This unauthorized RP would be treated exactly as an authorized RP, receiving
settings for your network’s WLANs and sending traffic into the Ethernet
network.
If you can tightly control your wireless services-enabled switch and all infra-
structure switches, you can prevent someone from attaching a rogue RP to
the network and gaining access to your wireless services. If you are worried
about rogue RPs, however, you can manually adopt RPs. (You can also take
measures to detect rogue RPs that are not connected to your network infra-
structure. For more information, see Chapter 6: Wireless Network Manage-
ment.)
Although manually adopting RPs can tighten security, it also requires more
administrative effort. You must determine the best option for your particular
network environment.
Note If you create a redundancy group and decide to disable automatic RP adoption,
you should ensure that you disable automatic RP adoption on both the
Wireless Edge Services xl Module and the Redundant Wireless Services xl
Module. Otherwise, the Redundant Wireless Services xl Module will automat-
ically adopt RPs. For more information about configuring redundancy groups,
see Chapter 4: Redundancy Groups.