Configuring an ap (only supported on acs) – H3C Technologies H3C MSR 50 User Manual

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Configuring an AP (only supported on ACs)

Access Points are used to setup connections between the AC and stations. An AP uses radio signals to

communicate with wireless clients and uses an uplink interface to connect to the wired network.

Follow these steps to configure an AP on the AC:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Specify the AP name and
its model number and
enter AP template view

wlan ap ap-name model model-name

The model number needs to
be specified only during new
AP template creation.

Configure a description for
the AP

description description-string

Optional

Configure the echo
interval for the AP

echo-interval interval

By default, the echo interval is
10 seconds.

Set the CIR for packets
sent from AC to AP

cir committed-information-rate [ cbs
committed-burst-size ]

Optional

By default, no CIR is set for
an AP.

Configure the jumbo
frame threshold

jumboframe enable value

By default, the jumbo frame
functionality is disabled.

Enable the AP to respond
to broadcast probe
requests

broadcast-probe reply

Optional

By default, an AP only
responds to unicast probe
request frames (frames with
SSID).

Specify the client idle
timeout interval

client idle-timeout interval

Optional

By default, the client idle
timeout is 3600 seconds.

If no data is received from an
associated client within the
interval, the AP will remove it
from the network.

Specify the client keep
alive interval

client keep-alive interval

Optional

By default, the client
keep-alive function is
disabled.

Configure the priority for
the AP to connect to the
AC

priority level priority

Optional

The default is 4.

Exit AP template view

quit

Configure the discovery
policy type as unicast

wlan lwapp discovery-policy
unicast

Optional

By default, the AC receives
broadcast discovery
messages.

Enable/disable WLAN
radios

wlan radio { disable | enable }
{ radio-policy radio-policy-name | all |
dot11a
| dot11b | dot11g }

Required

By default, no WLAN radio is
enabled.

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