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Adaptive AP
In this chapter
An adaptive AP (AAP) is a Brocade Mobility 7131N-FGR Access Point that can adopt like a Brocade
Mobility 650 Access Point (Layer 3). The management of an AAP is conducted by the switch, once
the Access Point connects to a Brocade Mobility RFS7000-GR Controller and receives its AAP
configuration.
An AAP provides:
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local 802.11 traffic termination
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local encryption/decryption
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local traffic bridging
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the tunneling of centralized traffic to the wireless switch
An AAP’s switch connection can be secured using IP/UDP or IPSec depending on whether a secure
WAN link from a remote site to the central site already exists.
The switch can be discovered using one of the following mechanisms:
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DHCP
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Switch fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
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Static IP addresses
The benefits of an AAP deployment include:
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Centralized Configuration Management & Compliance - Wireless configurations across
distributed sites can be centrally managed by the wireless switch or cluster.
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WAN Survivability - Local WLAN services at a remote sites are unaffected in the case of a WAN
outage.
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Securely extend corporate WLAN's to stores for corporate visitors - Small home or office
deployments can utilize the feature set of a corporate WLAN from their remote location.
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Maintain local WLAN's for in store applications - WLANs created and supported locally can be
concurrently supported with your existing infrastructure.
Where to go from here
Refer to the following for a further understanding of AAP operation:
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Securing a configuration channel between switch and AP
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