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Discovering Access Points and Peer Switches 63
4 Installing the D-Link Unified Access System
D-Link Access Point
On the D-Link Access Points, the default IP address is 10.90.90.91/8, and DHCP is enabled by
default. If you do not have a DHCP server on the network, the AP retains its default IP address
until you assign a static IP address.
You can connect to the AP CLI from a host on the 10.0.0.0/8 network by entering the default
IP address of the AP into a Web browser.
To set a static IP address on the AP, use the following procedures:
1. Log on to the D-Link Access Point.
For information about how to log on to the AP, see “Logging on to the AP” on page 54.
2. Enter
get management to view information about the AP’s management interface.
3. Disable the DHCP client on the AP so that it does not broadcast DHCP requests.
set management dhcp-status down
4. To set the static IP address, enter the following command:
set management static-ip <ipaddress> static-mask <subnet_mask>
For example:
set management static-ip 192.168.22.133 static-mask 255.255.255.0
5. To set the default gateway, enter the following command:
set static-ip-route gateway <gateway_ip> mask <subnet>
For example,
set static-ip-route gateway 10.254.24.1 mask 255.255.248.0
6. From the CLI, enter save-running to save the configuration to memory.
You can use the WCS as a DHCP server. If you plan to use the WCS as the DHCP server that
responds to DHCP requests from the AP, see “Setting the Switch Information in the DHCP
Option” on page 69
Enabling the AP and Peer Switch Discovery
The D-Link WLAN Controller Switch can discover peer wireless switches and D-Link Access
Points regardless of whether these devices are connected to each other, located in the same
Layer 2 broadcast domain, or attached to different IP subnets.
You can enable discovery between the D-Link Access Point and D-Link WLAN Controller
Switch by using one of following four mechanisms:
• Use VLANs to broadcast the D-Link Wireless Device Discovery Protocol.
• Connect to the access point CLI and manually add the IP address of the switch.
• Configure a DHCP server to include the switch IP address in the DHCP response to the
AP DHCP client request.
• Manually add the IP address of the AP to the switch. Multiple peer switches might find the
same access point. The first association always takes precedence. The AP does not change