D-Link DWL-3600AP - Clustering Multiple APs; Managing Access Points in the Cluster; Clustering Single and Dual Radio APs; Viewing and Configuring Cluster Members

ClusteringMultipleAPs
D-Link UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
November2011 Page149
UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
Section9:ClusteringMultipleAPs
TheUAPsupportsAPclusters.Aclusterprovidesasinglepointofadministrationandletsyouview,deploy,
configure,andsecurethewireless networkasasingleentityratherthanaseriesofseparatewirelessdevices.
ManagingAccessPointsintheCluster
TheAPclusterisadynamic,configuration‐awaregroupofAPsinthesamesubnetofanetwork.Eachcluster
canhaveupto16members.Onlyoneclusterperwirelessnetworkissupported;however,anetworksubnet
canhavemultipleclusters.Clusterscansharevariousconfigurationinformation,suchasVAP
settingsandQoS
queueparameters.
AclustercanbeformedbetweentwoAPsifthefollowingconditionsaremet:
•TheAPsusethesameradiomode(forex ample,radio1uses802.11g)
•TheAPsareconnectedonthesamebridgedsegment.
•TheAPsjoiningtheclusterhavethesameClusterName.
• Clustering
modeisenabledonbothAPs.
ClusteringSingleandDualRadioAPs
Clusteringofsingle‐anddual‐radiosisnotsupported.AclustercancontainamixifDWL‐6600APand
DWL‐8600APaccesspoints,butthisclustershouldnotcontainanyDWL‐3600APs.
ViewingandConfiguringClusterMembers
TheAccessPointspageallowsyoutostartorstopclusteringonanAP,viewtheclustermembers,andconfigure
thelocationandclusternameforaclustermember.FromtheAccessPointspage,youcanalsoclicktheIP
addressofeachclustermembertonavigatetoconfigurationsettingsand
dataonanaccesspointinthecluster.
Toviewinformationaboutclustermembersandtoconfigurethelocationandclusterofanindividualmember,
clicktheAccessPointstab.
Note:FortwoAPstobeinthesamecluster,theydonotneedtohavethesamenumberofradios;
however,thesupportedcapabilitiesoftheradiosshouldbesame.
Note:Theweb‐basedUIimagesinthissectionshowtheDWL‐8600APadministrationpages.Pages
fortheDWL‐3600APwillnotdisplayinformationforRadio2becauseithasonlyoneradio.