Brocade Mobility 5181 Access Point Product Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.4.0.0) - Manual (Page 35)

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Theory of operations
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Management access options
Managing the Mobility 5181 Access Point includes viewing network statistics and setting
configuration options. Statistics track the network activity of associated Clients and data transfers
on the AP interfaces.
The Mobility 5181 Access Point requires one of the following connection methods to perform a
custom installation and manage the network:
• Secure Java-Based WEB UI - (use Sun Microsystems’ JRE 1.5 or higher available from Sun’s
Web site and be sure to disable Microsoft’s Java Virtual Machine if installed)
• Command Line Interface (CLI) via Serial, Telnet and SSH
• Config file - Human-readable; Importable/Exportable via FTP and TFTP
• MIB (Management Information Base) accessing the Mobility 5181 Access Point SNMP function
using a MIB Browser. The Mobility 5181 Access Point downloads site contains the following 2
MIB files:
• BROCADE-CC-BR51XX-MIB-2.0.mib (standard MIB file)
• BROCADE-BR51XX-MIB.mib (Mobility 5181 Access Point Access Point MIB file)
Make configuration changes to Mobility 5181 Access Points individually. Optionally, use the
Mobility 5181 Access Point import/export configuration function to download settings to other
access points.
For detailed information, see “Importing/exporting configurations” on page 81.
Mobility 5181 Access Point MAC address assignment
The Mobility 5181 Access Point MAC address assignments are as follows:
• WAN - The access point MAC address can be found underneath the access point chassis.
• LAN1 - WAN MAC address + 1.
• LAN2 - A virtual LAN not mapped to the LAN Ethernet port. This address is the lowest of the two
radio MAC addresses.
• Radio1 (802.11bg) - Random address located on the Web UI, CLI and SNMP interfaces.
• Radio2 (802.11a) - Random address located on the Web UI, CLI and SNMP interfaces.
The access point’s BSS (virtual AP) MAC addresses are calculated as follows:
• BSS1 - The same as the corresponding base radio’s MAC address.
• BSS2 - Base radio MAC address +1
• BSS3 - Base radio MAC address +2
• BSS4 - Base radio MAC address +3