D-Link DWL-3600AP

ManagingAccessPointsintheCluster
D-Link UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
November2011 Page152
UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
AddinganAccessPointtoaCluster
Toaddanaccesspointthatiscurrentlyinstandalonemodebackintoacluster,dothefollowing.
1. GototheAdministrationWebpagesforthestandaloneaccesspoint.
2. ClicktheCluster>AccessPointslinkintheAdministrationpagesforthestand‐aloneaccesspoint.
TheAccessPoints pagefor
astandaloneaccesspointindicatesthatthecurrentmodeisstandalone.
3. TypethenameorlocationoftheAPintheLocationfieldtoidentifytheAPwithinthecluster.
4. TypethenameoftheclusterfortheAPtojoinintheClusterNamefield.
5. ClickStartClustering.
Theaccess
pointisnowaclustermember.ItsStatus(Mode)ontheCluster>AccessPointspagenow
indicatesClusterinsteadofNotClustered.
NavigatingtoConfigurationInformationforaSpecificAP
Ingeneral,theUAPisdesignedforcentralmanagementofclusteredaccesspoints.Foraccesspointsinacluster,
allaccesspointsintheclusterreflectthesameconfiguration.Inthiscase,itdoesnotmatterwhichaccesspoint
youactuallyconnecttoforadministration.
Theremaybesituations,however,when
youwanttoviewormanageinformationonaparticularaccesspoint.
Forexample,youmightwanttocheckstatusinformationsuchasclientassociationsoreventsforanaccess
point.Inthiscase,youcannavigatetotheAdministrationWebinterfaceforindividual accesspointsbyclicking
theIPaddress
linksontheAccessPointspage.
AllclusteredaccesspointsareshownontheCluster>AccessPointspage.Tonavigatetoclusteredaccess
points,youcansimplyclick ontheIP addressforaspecificclustermembershowninthelist.
NavigatingtoanAPbyUsingitsIPAddressinaURL
YoucanalsolinktotheAdministrationWebpagesofaspecificaccesspoint,byenteringtheIPaddressforthat
accesspointasaURLdirectlyintoaWebbrowseraddressbarinthefollowingform:
http://IPAddressOfAccessPoint
whereIPAddressOfAccessPointistheaddressoftheparticularaccesspointyouwanttomonitororconfigure.