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Wireless Switch Configuration Tasks
3-6 Configuration
Stage the Wireless Switch
YoucanusethismethodofremoteconfigurationforanyRoamAboutwirelessswitch,and
regardlessofwhetherthelocaloffice(theswitchinstallationsite)hasaDHCPserverorDNS
server.
Preparing the Network
IfthenetworkwheretheswitchwillbeinstalledhasaDNSserver,addanentrythatmapstheIP
addressofRASMServicestothehostnamewlan‐config‐srv.Includethecorporatenetwork’s
domainnameintheentry(forexample,wlan‐config‐srv.example.com).Alternatively,youcan
configureanIP
aliasontheswitchitselfthatmapstheserverIPaddresstothiswell‐knownname.
(See“Example2:DeploymentSiteHasNoDHCPandNoDNS”onpage 3‐7.)
Preparing the Switch
PreconfiguretheRoamAboutwirelessswitchwiththefollowinginformation:
•IPaddress
•Defaultrouter(gateway)address
• DomainnameandDNSserveraddress
YoucanenabletheswitchtousetheMSSDHCPclienttoobtainthisinformationfromaDH CP
serverinthelocalnetworkwheretheswitchwillbedeployed.Alternatively,youcan
statically
configuretheinformation.
TheIPaddressandDNSinformationareconfiguredindependently.Youcanconfigurethe
combinationofsettingsthatworkwiththenetworkresourcesavailableatthedeploymentsite.
Thefollowingexamplesshowsomeofthecombinationsyoucanconfigure.
Example 1: Deployment Site Has DHCP and Local DNS
ThedeploymentsiteinthisexamplehasaDHCPserver.TheswitchisconfiguredtousetheMSS
DHCPclienttoobtainanIPaddress,defaultrouteraddress,DNSdomainname,andDNSserver
IPaddresses.
1. ConfigureaVLAN:
RBT-8110# set vlan 1 port 1
2. EnabletheDHCPclientonVLAN1:
RBT-8110# set interface 1 ip dhcp-client enable
3. Enabletheauto‐configoption:
RBT-8110# set auto-config enable
4. Savetheconfigurationchanges:
RBT-8110# save config
5. Resettheswitchbyusingoneofthefollowingmethods:
•Enterthefollowingcommand:
RBT-8110# reset system
•Turnthepowerofftotheswitch,andthenturnthepowerbackon.