ManagingAccessPointsintheCluster
D-Link UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
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UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
ThefollowingtabledescribestheconfigurationandstatusinformationavailableontheclusterAccessPoints
page.
Thefollowingtabledescribestheclusterinformationtoconfigureforanindividualmember.Theclustering
optionsareread‐onlywhenclusteringisenabled.Toconfiguretheclusteringoptions,youmuststopclustering.
RemovinganAccessPointfromtheCluster
Toremoveanaccesspointfromthecluster,dothefollowing.
1. GototheAdministrationWebpagesfortheclusteredaccesspoint.
TheAdministrationWebpagesforthestandaloneaccesspointaredisplayed.
2. ClicktheCluster>AccessPointslinkintheAdministrationpages.
3. ClickStopClustering.
Thechangewillbe
reflectedunderStatusforthataccesspoint;theaccesspointwillnowshowas
stand‐alone(insteadofcluster).
Table58:AccessPointsintheCluster
Field Description
Status Ifthestatusfieldisvisible,thentheAPisenabledforclustering.Ifclusteringisnotenabled,
thentheAPisoperatinginstand‐alonemodeandnoneoftheinformationinthistableis
visible.
TodisableclusteringontheAP,clickStopClustering.
Location Descriptionofwhere
theaccesspointisphysicallylocated.
MACAddress MediaAccessControl(MAC)addressoftheaccesspoint.
TheaddressshownhereistheMACaddressforthebridge(
br0).Thisistheaddressby
whichtheAPisknownexternallytoothernetworks.
IPAddress SpecifiestheIPaddressfortheaccesspoint.
EachIPaddressisalinktotheAdministrationWebpagesforthataccesspoint.Youcanuse
thelinkstonavigatetotheAdministrationWebpages
foraspecificaccesspoint.Thisis
usefulforviewingdataonaspecificaccesspointtomakesureaclustermemberispicking
upclusterconfigurationchanges,toconfigureadvancedsettingsonaparticularaccess
point,ortoswitchastandaloneaccesspointtoclustermode.
Table59:ClusteringOptions
Field Description
Location Enteradescriptionofwheretheaccesspointisphysicallylocated.
ClusterName EnterthenameoftheclusterfortheAPtojoin.
TheclusternameisnotsenttootherAPsinthecluster.Youmustconfigurethesame
clusternameoneachAPthatisamemberof
thecluster.Theclusternamemustbe
uniqueforeachclusteryouconfigureonthenetwork.
ClusteringIPVersion SpecifytheIPversionthattheAPsintheclusterusetocommunicatewitheach
other.