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Allied Telesis AT-WA7501 User Manual

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Chapter 8: Managing, Troubleshooting, and Upgrading Access Points

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2. Install the software package using the Avalanche Management

Console.

3. Schedule access point updates or manually initiate an update using

the console.

For more information on using the Wavelink Avalanche client
management system, see the Wavelink Avalanche documentation and
online help. Or, visit the Wavelink web site at www.wavelink.com.

Important Information When Using Avalanche

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If an access point is a DHCP server and Avalanche contains a network
profile for the access point that assigns IP addresses from a DHCP
server, the access point will lose its static IP address. Any devices that
were supposed to receive an IP address from the access point will not
succeed.

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In Avalanche, when configuring a network profile for the access point,
if you configure two DNS entries, two DNS suffixes will be configured
for the access point.

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Tertiary DNS servers are not supported.

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If you change security parameters in your wireless network and you
are using Avalanche, make sure that you update the security
parameters on your end devices before you update the security

Table 2. Avalanche Parameters

Parameter

Explanation

Package Title

A descriptive title of the application. For example,
enter WA7500.

Package Type

Choose Application.

Package Revision

The package version number. For example, enter
2.20.

Menu Order

Enter 1.

Target

Specifies which access points can receive this
application. Enter a | between each ModelName.

ModelName=ITCAPWA21

ModelName=ITCAPWA22

Package Files

The files that are included in this package. For
example, ap220web.bin.

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