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How to configure DN link auto-configuration

DN link auto-configuration

Once that distribution nodes are installed, use the DN link auto-configuration feature to automatically configure wireless links between distribution nodes.

Prerequisites:

  • During physical installation, the installer should note the MAC address and hostname of each device, along with the location and direction that the device is facing.
  • The hostname and MAC address of the device are listed as HN: and MA: on the device label and contained in the QR code on the label, as shown in Required network design information.
  • DHCP should be enabled on the backhaul network.

DN link auto-configuration process flowchart

To auto-configure DN links:

  1. Access the WebUI of the first DN. In your browser's address bar, type:

    https://hostname

    where hostname is the hostname (KB-XX-XX-XX) or IP address of the radio. See Connecting to the AltoPlex radio for more information.

    1. Click the login link in the WebUI header to log in as administrator. The default password is admin.

    2. On the Wireless tab, in the Configuration section, leave the Radio 0 DN responder field blank.
    3. In the DN link auto-configuration section, type the MAC address of the DN responder.
    4. Click Add.

    5. Perform other configuration as desired. See Configuration via the WebUI.
  2. Once the airlink between the DN initiator and DN responder is established, the responder will be automatically configured to include:
    • The MAC address of the initiator for the DN responder.
    • The channel and Golay index being used by the initiator.
    • The opposite polarity of the initiator.
  3. Access the WebUI for the DN responder (Node B in the above diagram). 

    Once the link between the initiator and the responder has been established, a link to the DN responder will appear in the Peer-Name column of the Wireless Status table.

    Click the link to open the DN responder's WebUI. The Status page is displayed.

    If the switch connecting Node B and Node C is an unmanaged switch, or if it is a managed switch that is configured to forward LLDP data units, the hostname of Node C will be listed in the LL Discovery field.

  4. Access the WebUI for the next DN initiator (Node C in the above diagram).
    1. Click the link in the LL Discovery field of Node B's WebUI. This will open the WebUI for Node C.

      If there is no link in the LL Discovery field, your switch may not be properly forwarding LLDP data units. In this case, access Node C's WebUI by using its hostname or IP address (https://<hostname>/).

    2. Click the Wireless tab.
    3. In the Configuration section, leave the DN responder field blank.
    4. In the DN link auto-configuration section, type the MAC address of the DN responder.
    5. Click Add.
    6. Perform other configuration as desired. See Configuration via the WebUI.

  5. Once the airlink is established, the DN responder will be auto-configured as described in step 2.

  6. Continue this process for all of the distribution nodes in your system.

After the link between both distribution nodes has been established, perform additional configuration as necessary.

Delete the DN responder from the DN link auto-configuration

To delete the DN responder from the DN link auto-configuration, click Delete.

You can only delete a DN responder from the DN link auto-configuration prior to the DN responder responding to the incoming link request from the DN initiator. Once the link has been established, the Delete button will have no effect.