Identifying a wireless communication channel and a power setting for use by an access point to advertise a particular SSID

摘要

When an access point (AP) is first powered up, it lacks provisioning information such as channel numbers, power levels, SSIDS, security settings, and so on. The process of supplying this information required to get the AP operating as part of a network is called provisioning. An unprovisioned AP in a swarm first attempts to obtain a DHCP address. Once it gets a DHCP address or selects an address such as from the link-address (169.254.xx.xx) group, it advertises a predetermined wireless SSID.

主权项

1. A non-transitory Computer Readable Medium (CRM) comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations comprising:
determining, by an access point, that a regulatory domain is not configured for the access point; responsive to determining that the regulatory domain is not configured for the access point:
identifying, by the access point, a wireless communication channel and a power setting that are (a) permitted for wireless operation in all regulatory domains as defined by IEEE 802.11 standards and (b) for use in advertising a particular SSID by the access point; and advertising, by the access point, the particular SSID at the identified power setting on the identified wireless communication channel that is permitted for wireless operation in all regulatory domains as defined by IEEE 802.11 standards.