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New Access
Points
Choose the policy you want to put in effect for adding
New Access Points to the network.
• If you choose are configured automatically, then
when a new access points is added to the network it
automatically joins the existing
cluster
. The cluster
configuration is copied to the new access point, and no
manual configuration is required to deploy it.
• If you choose are ignored, new access points will not
join the cluster, but will be considered
standalone
. You
need to configure standalone access points manually
through KickStart and the Administration Web pages
residing on the standalone access points. (To get to the
Web page for a standalone access point, use its IP
address in a URL as follows:
http
:
//
IPAddressOfAccessPoint
.).
Note: If you change the policy so that new access points
are ignored, then any new access points you add to the
network will not join the cluster. Existing clustered access
points will not be aware of these standalone APs.
Therefore, if you are viewing the Administration Web
pages through the IP address of a clustered access
point, the new standalone APs will not show up in the
list of access points on the Cluster > Access Points tab.
The only way to see a standalone AP is to browse to it
directly by using its IP address in the URL.
If you later change the policy back to the default so that
new access points “are configured automatically,” all
subsequent new APs will automatically join the cluster.
Standalone APs, however, will stay in standalone mode
until you explicitly add them to the cluster.
For information on how to add standalone APs to the
cluster, see “Adding an access point to a cluster” on
page 52.