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Chapter 5: Configuring Basic Settings

Set Configuration Policy For New Access Points

Psion Teklogix 9160 Wireless Gateway User Manual

5.4 Set Configuration Policy For New Access Points

Field Description

New Access Points

Choose the policy you want to put in effect for adding

New Access Points

to the network.

• If you choose “are configured automatically”, then when a new access point is added

to the network it automatically joins the existing cluster. The cluster configuration is

copied to the new access point, and no manual configuration is required to deploy it.

• If you choose “are ignored”, new access points will not join the cluster; they will be con-

sidered standalone. You need to configure standalone access points manually via

KickStart and the Administration Web pages residing on the standalone access points.

(To get to the Web page for a standalone access point, use its IP address in a URL as

follows:

http://IPAddressOfAccessPoint

)

Note: If you change the policy so that new access points “are ignored”, then any new

access points you add to the network will not join the cluster. Existing clustered

access points will not be aware of these standalone APs. Therefore, if you are

viewing the Administration Web pages via the IP address of a clustered access

point, the new standalone APs will not show up in the list of access points on the

Cluster, Access Points tab. The only way to see a standalone AP is to browse to

it directly by using its IP address in the URL.

If you later change the policy back to the default so that new access points “are

configured automatically”, all subsequent new APs will automatically join the

cluster. Standalone APs, however, will stay in standalone mode until you explic-

itly add them to the cluster.

For information on how to add standalone APs to the cluster, see “Adding An

Access Point To A Cluster” on page 62.

Table 5.3 Configuration Policy For New Access Points