Configuring the Central AP and RUs to Go Online

Configuration Procedure

The procedure for configuring the central AP and RUs to go online is similar to that for configuring the APs to go online. For details, see Configuring APs to Go Online. The differences are as follows:

• The RUs and central AP reside on the same Layer 2 network on an agile distributed WLAN. The default PVID of the central AP's downlink interfaces is the management VLAN ID and cannot be changed. That is, the central AP's downlink interfaces join the management VLAN (mVLAN) by default and cannot be removed from the mVLAN, but they can be added to other VLANs. The working mode of the interfaces must be set to middle.

• RUs can go online only after the central AP reports RU information to the AC. Therefore, the central AP must go online first.

• Each RU can only discover one central AP. After the central AP and RUs go online, the AC delivers configurations to the central AP, and the central AP delivers configurations to its connected RUs.

• If an AP group is not specified for an RU, the RU automatically joins the AP group that the central AP belongs to.