New Button -- Adding and Registering a Wireless AP

You can manually add and register a wireless AP to the controller, but the AP must still go through the automatic discovery and registration process to locate the controller. The AP may skip the discovery process if it has a static list, or has previously connected and registered with the controller. When you manually add and register an AP, the system applies the default settings to the AP. After the system registers the AP, you can go in and edit its configuration settings (see Configuring Wireless AP Properties).

To add and register an AP manually:

1. From the top menu, click AP.

   Regardless of the tab that you click on, the New button displays at the bottom of the page.

2. Click New and select Create or Clone.

   Create	Displays the Add Wireless AP dialog. For field descriptions, see Add Wireless AP.
   Clone	Displays the Clone AP dialog. See Creating a Clone AP.

   The Add Wireless AP screen displays.

   

   

Add Wireless AP

Field	Description
Serial #	Type the unique identifier of the AP.
Hardware Type	Select the hardware model of this AP from the drop-down menu. With ExtremeWireless v10.01 each controller is licensed in a specific domain. There are three types of domain licenses: FCC, ROW, and MNT. The ExtremeWireless user interface reflects the domain of the controller. The following are use cases for each domain: A wireless controller with an FCC license can manage AP37xx, AP38xx, and AP39xx-FCC. These access points can be deployed in the United States, Puerto Rico, or Colombia. A wireless controller with a ROW license can manage AP37xx, AP38xx, and AP39xx-ROW. These access points can be deployed in any country except the United States, Puerto Rico, or Colombia. A wireless controller with a MNT license can manage only domain-locked access points, which are the AP39xx-FCC and the AP39xx-ROW only. The AP39xx-FCC must be deployed in the United States, Puerto Rico, or Colombia. The AP39xx-ROW must be deployed in any country except the United States, Puerto Rico, or Colombia. Note: The AP37xx and AP38xx cannot connect to a controller licensed in the MNT domain.
Name	Type a unique name for the AP that identifies the access point. The default value is the AP‘s serial number.
Description	Enter a description of this AP.
Add Wireless AP	Click to add the AP with default settings. You can later modify these settings. When an AP is added manually, it is added to the controller database only and does not get assigned.
Close	Click to close this window.