D-Link DWL-3500AP User Manual - Networks

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D-Link Unified Access System User Manual

profile to assign each AP that the switch manages. An existing profile and all of its 

configurations may be copied to another profile or used to create a new profile. Each 

configuration profile can have unique settings for the following access point features:

•

RADIUS server settings

•

MAC authentication list

•

Radio interface and RF configuration

•

QOS Configuration

•

Virtual Access Point (VAP) Configuration

When you modify and apply a profile, the switch applies the changes to the APs it manages 

that use the modified profile. 

NOTE: The switch only applies the changes to the APs after you explicitly apply the 

profile on the Advanced Configuration > AP Profile page or use the 

ap 

profile apply

 command. 

Until you apply the updated profile to the APs, the APs continue to operate with the original 

AP profile settings. If you assign a new profile to the AP in the Valid AP database, you must 

reset the AP.

All of the AP settings that you configure from the tabs on the Basic Setup page are for the 

default AP profile. When you make changes to these settings, the settings affect all APs that 

use the default profile.

All of the fields that you configure for the default profile are also available for profiles that 

you create. For information about how to create a new profile and assign it to an AP, see 

“Creating, Configuring, and Managing AP Profiles” 

on page 155. 

Networks

In general, a wireless client connects to an access point by choosing a network (identified by 

the SSID) from a list of available wireless networks. You configure these wireless networks, 

including their associated SSID, on the D-Link Unified Switch. 

You manage the networks available on the WLAN by modifying or adding network 

configurations, which include settings for the SSID, VLAN ID, security, and tunneling 

parameters. You can associate a network with a Virtual APs (VAPs) within an AP 

configuration profile. 

By default, the switch has 8 networks, and each network is associated with one of the 8 VAPs 

on each radio. You can modify (but not delete) the default network configurations and add new 

network configurations. The first network is configured with a default SSID “Guest Network,” 

and the other networks have default SSIDs assigned based on the Network ID. All the default 

networks are configured with open authentication and assigned to the default VLAN 1. The 

default VLAN is used if RADIUS-based authentication is not configured for the network or 

the RADIUS server does not return a VLAN for a specific client. 

Local Access Point Database

In order for a Unified Switch to manage an access point, you must add the physical MAC 

address of the AP to the Valid AP database. The Valid AP database can reside locally on the