Auto-Connect Feature

Note

The Auto-Connect feature only works with AP devices. Switches with radios are NOT supported.

The Auto-Connect feature is specifically designed to get un-configured APs into AirDefense as Sensors. After a successful DNS lookup, the un-configured AP attaches to AirDefense. AirDefense must then have the correct RF-domain setting for the final placement location of the newly added AP and a Sensor-only policy configured before it will automatically re-configure the AP device to work as a Sensor.

There are three conditions that must be met before auto-connection will start:

• The AP must have the default password set
• The AP must have the radio set to the default setting
• The AP can not be adopted to any controller.

If these conditions are met, Auto-Connect will start a DNS lookup for airdefense1 or airdefense2 after five minutes from booting up into a running state. It goes with out saying that for this feature to work the network that the AP is connected to must have DHCP and a DNS server with at least the airdefense1 name configured.