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Addressing APs

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  • 1.  Addressing APs

    Posted Oct 08, 2014 07:07 AM

    We are beginning a network switch upgrade with all new IP address schemes. Does anybody use DHCP on their APs and if so do you have any problems with this. I don't really think it would matter much but I just want to make sure before I begin changing these APs over. Thanks. 



  • 2.  RE: Addressing APs

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Oct 08, 2014 07:12 AM
    All environments I see are using DHCP for APs.


  • 3.  RE: Addressing APs

    Posted Oct 08, 2014 07:17 AM

    Thanks Tim. Appreciate the quick time for the answer.



  • 4.  RE: Addressing APs

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Oct 08, 2014 10:17 AM

    People should *ALWAYS* use DHCP for the access points. If the network IP scopes change and the APs are statically assigned, the only fix is to console in to each AP and either change to DHCP or add a new static, which can be *very* labor intensive. 

    If the thought is that each AP should have a known and fixed IP address, then DHCP reservations should be used to assign known IPs to the AP's known macaddr.



  • 5.  RE: Addressing APs

    Posted Oct 08, 2014 10:22 AM

    Thanks Jerrod, I agree with you.