Standalone Mode - D-Link AirPremier DWL-2210AP Manual

Managing Access Points and Clusters
Settings Not Shared by the Cluster
The few exceptions (settings not shared among clustered access points) are the
following most of which, by nature, must be unique:
• IP addresses
• MAC addresses
•
Location descriptions
•
WDS bridges
•
Ethernet (Wired) Settings, including enabling or disabling Guest access
•
Guest interface configuration
Settings that are not shared must be configured individually on the Administration pages
for each access point. To get to the Administration pages for an access point that is
a member of the current cluster, click on its IP Address link on the Cluster > Access
Points page of the current AP.
Cluster Mode
When an access point is a cluster member, it is considered to be in cluster mode. You
define whether you want new access points to join the cluster or not via the configuration
policy you set in the Basic Settings. (See "Set Configuration Policy for New Access
Points" in this manual.) You can reset an access point in cluster mode to standalone
mode. (See "Removing an Access Point from the Cluster" in this manual.)
When the cluster is full (eight APs is the limit), extra APs are added in standalone
mode regardless of the configuration policy in effect for new access points. See "How
Many APs Can a Cluster Support?" in this manual.

Standalone Mode

The D-Link DWL-2210AP can be configured in standalone mode. In standalone mode, an
access point is not a member of the cluster and does not share the cluster configuration,
but rather requires manual configuration that is not shared with other access points.
(See "Set Configuration Policy for New Access Points" and "Removing an Access Point
from the Cluster" in this manual.)
Standalone access points are not listed on the Cluster > Access Points tab in the
Administration UIs of APs that are cluster members.You need to know the IP address for
standalone access points in order to configure and manage it directly. (See "Navigating
to an AP by Using its IP Address in a URL" in this manual.)
The Basic Settings tab for a standalone access point indicates only that the current mode
is standalone and provides a button for adding the access point to a cluster (group).
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