Access Points

The Access Points page allows you to enable or disable Single Point Setup on a WAP device, view the cluster members, and configure the location and cluster name for a member. You can also click the IP address of a member to configure and view data on that device.

Configuring the WAP Device for Single Point Setup

To configure the location and name of an individual Single Point Setup cluster member:

1. Select Single Point Setup > Access Points in the navigation pane.

Single Point Setup is disabled by default on the AP. When disabled, the Enable Single Point Setup button is visible. If Single Point Setup is enabled, the Disable Single Point Setup button is visible. You can edit Single Point Setup options only when Single Point Setup is disabled.

Icons on the right side of the page indicate whether Single Point Setup is enabled and, if it is, the number of WAP devices that are currently joined in the cluster.

2. With Single Point Setup disabled, configure the following information for each individual member of a Single Point Setup cluster.
• Location—Enter a description of where the access point is physically located, for example, Reception. The location field is optional.
• Cluster Name—Enter the name of the cluster for the WAP device to join, for example, Reception_Cluster.

The cluster name is not sent to other WAP devices. You must configure the same name on each device that is a member. The cluster name must be unique for each Single Point Setup you configure on the network. The default is ciscosb-cluster.

• Clustering IP Version—Specify the IP version that the WAP devices in the cluster use to communicate with other members of the cluster. The default is IPv4.

If you choose IPv6, Single Point Setup can use the link local address, autoconfigured IPv6 global address, and statically configured IPv6 global address. Ensure that when using IPv6, all the WAP devices in the cluster either use link-local addresses only or use global addresses only.

Single Point Setup works only with devices using the same type of IP addressing. It does not work with a group of WAP devices where some have IPv4 addresses and some have IPv6 addresses.

3. Click Enable Single Point Setup.

The WAP device begins searching for other WAP devices in the subnet that are configured with the same cluster name and IP version. A potential cluster member sends advertisements every 10 seconds to announce its presence.

While searching for other cluster members, the status indicates that the configuration is being applied. Refresh the page to see the new configuration.

If one or more WAP devices are already configured with the same cluster settings, the WAP device joins the cluster and information on each member shows in a table.

4. Repeat these steps on additional WAP devices that you want to join the Single Point Setup.

Viewing Single Point Setup Information

When Single Point Setup is enabled, the AP automatically forms a cluster with other WAP devices with the same configuration. On the Access Points page, the WAP devices detected are listed in a table and the following information is shown:

• Location—Description of where the access point is physically located.
• MAC Address—Media Access Control (MAC) address of the access point. The address is the MAC address for the bridge (br0), and is the address by which the WAP device is known externally to other networks.
• IP Address—The IP address for the access point.

Note that the Single Point Setup status and the number of WAP devices are shown graphically on the right side of the page.

Adding an Access Point to a Single Point Setup

To add a new access point that is currently in standalone mode into a Single Point Setup cluster:

1. Go to the web-based configuration utility on the standalone access point.
2. Select Single Point Setup > Access Points in the navigation pane.
3. Set the Cluster name to the same name that is configured for the cluster members.
4. (Optional) In the Location field, enter a description of where the access point is physically located, for example, Reception.
5. Click Enable Single Point Setup.

The access point automatically joins the Single Point Setup.

Removing an Access Point from a Single Point Setup

To remove an access point from the Single Point Setup cluster:

1. In the table showing the detected devices, click the IP address for the clustered WAP device you want to remove.

The web-based configuration utility for that WAP device shows.

2. Select Single Point Setup > Access Points in the navigation pane.
3. Click Disable Single Point Setup.

The Single Point Setup status field for that access point will now show Disabled.

Navigating to Configuration Information for a Specific Device

All WAP devices in a Single Point Setup cluster reflect the same configuration (if the configurable items can be propagated). It does not matter which WAP device you connect to for administration—configuration changes on any WAP device in the cluster are propagated to the other members.

There may be situations, however, when you want to view or manage information on a particular WAP device. For example, you might want to check status information such as client associations or events for an access point. In this case, you can click the IP address in the table on the Access Points page to show the web-based configuration utility for the particular access point.

Navigating to a Device Using its IP Address in a URL

You can also link to the web-based configuration utility of a specific WAP device 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 (if using HTTP)

https://IPAddressofAccessPoint (if using HTTPS)