Allied Telesis AT-TQ2403 Network Card User Manual


 
36 AT-TQ2403 - Management Software - User's Guide
Field Description
Mac Address Media Access Control (MAC) address of the access point.
A MAC address is a permanent, unique hardware address for any device that
represents an interface to the network. The MAC address is assigned by the
manufacturer. You cannot change the MAC address. It is provided here for
informational purposes as a unique identifier for the access point.
The address shown here is the MAC address for the bridge (br0). This is the
address by which the AP is known externally to other networks.
To see MAC addresses for Guest and Internal interfaces on the AP, see the
Status > Interfaces ta
b.
IP Address Specifies the IP address for the access point. Each IP address is a link to the
AT-TQ2403 Management Software
web pages for that access point. You can use
the links to navigate to the Administration Web pages for a specific access point.
This is useful for viewing data on a specific access point to make sure a cluster
member is picking up cluster configuration changes, to configure advanced
settings on a particular access point, or to switch a standalone access point to
cluster mode.
Modifying the Location Description
To make modifications to the location description:
1. Navigate to the Cluster > Access Points tab.
2. Under the Clustering Options section
, type the new location of the AP in the Location field.
3. This text max length limit is 128.
4. Click the Update but
ton to apply the changes.
Setting the Cluster Name
To set the name of the cluster you want your AP to join, do the following:
1. Navigate to the Cluster > Access Points tab.
2. Under the Clustering Options section, type the new cluster name in the Cluster Name field.
3. The Cl
uster name is up to 128 characters long.
4. Click the Update button to apply the changes.
Note: If you want multiple APs to join a particular cluster, all these APs should have the
same Clus
ter Name specified in the Cluster Name field. If the cluster name is different
the AP will not be able to join the cluster.