This table contains the parameters for the AutoWDS profiles which you assign to the individual APs by means of the WLAN profile in order to implement meshed networks. AutoWDS profiles collect the settings and limits that form the P2P topology and the AutoWDS base networks.
In simple network environments, the use of the preset AutoWDS profile "DEFAULT" is sufficient. If you use several different AutoWDS profiles, the following conditions should be observed:
- APs with different AutoWDS profiles cannot be connected to one other, neither automatically nor manually.
- The maximum number of AutoWDS profiles corresponds to the maximum possible number of WLAN profiles on the WLC.
- The entry for the AutoWDS profile "DEFAULT" cannot be deleted or renamed.
- If two different AutoWDS profiles are used, then the rollout SSIDs must also be different. Similarly, the linking of an AutoWDS profile to a WLAN profile must be unique and unequivocal. If this is not the case, the WLC reports a profile error.
- Each AutoWDS profile uses its own SSID. This reduces the number of SSIDs that are available for the profiles. If an SSID is used multiple times, the WLC reports a profile error.
- There is only one WLC-TUNNEL-AUTOWDS interface on the WLC. The individual rollout SSIDs therefore use the same interface on the WLC as the endpoint. By default, communication between the WLAN clients is disabled during the integration.
- When express integration is enabled, the rollout SSID for unconfigured WLAN clients is initially unimportant. This means that during an express integration, an AP is able to retrieve its configuration from the WLC via an AP with a different AutoWDS profile; however, in this case it only receives its AutoWDS profile and the manually configured topology entries and/or P2P links. The automatic generation of a P2P configuration does not take place if the AutoWDS profiles of the two APs do not match. If only one AutoWDS profile is transferred in this case, the AP falls back to scan mode after the usual time: however, it has by then been assigned its AutoWDS rollout SSID and it then integrates with the corresponding AutoWDS APs (according to its profile).
- SNMP ID:
- 2.37.1.15
- Console path:
- Setup > WLAN-Management > AP-Configuration
