Setting up assignment groups for IP-dependent auto configuration

The following tutorial shows you how you setup assignment groups on a WLC for the IP-dependent automatic configuration of new APs.

Open the configuration dialog for your device and select WLAN controller > AP configuration > Assignment groups
Click on Add to create a new group.
Enter under Name a unique descriptor for the assignment group, for example, Berlin_branch.
Select the WLAN profile that the WLC automatically assigns to a new AP if the IP address of the new AP is within the source IP range.
Enter the IP parameter profile if the new AP should receive a manual network configuration. Otherwise, leave the value as DHCP, whereby the AP automatically gets a network configuration from the DHCP server. The DHCP server must be configured to do this.

If you wish to assign a manual network configuration in which a new AP receives a different IP address, you specify the corresponding address range in the IP parameter profile under Address assignment pool.
Optional: Specify a Client-steering profile in order to forward future WLAN clients to the ideal AP in case there are several new APs within transmission range.

Important: If you activate client steering, this must be activated for every AP in the managed infrastructure. Refer to section Client steering by WLC for further information on this.
Enter the start and end of the Source IP range relevant to the assignment group.
A new AP must register at the WLC with an IP address from this range in order to obtain the configuration for this group.
Close all dialog windows with OK and save the configuration to your device.

From now on, the WLC assigns the profiles referenced in the assignment groups to all new APs. The LCOS console can now provide you with information about the categorization, see Overview of CAPWAP parameters with the show command.

Important: Please ensure that the access point table does not contain an AP profile (e.g., the default profile), which the WLC would assign to the unassociated APs. If an appropriate AP profile is available, this always takes higher priority than the assignment groups.