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Professional Access Point Administrator GuidexRecommended Settings, Notes and CautionsAn arrow next to field description information indicates a recom

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Settings - 100Configuring Guest Network Wireless SettingsThe Guest Settings describe the MAC Add

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 101SecurityThe following sections describe how to configure security settings on the Professio

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 102Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) with Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) using

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 103SEE ALSOFor information on how to configure this mode, see “None” on page 108 under “Config

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 104RECOMMENDATIONSIEEE 802.1x mode is a better choice than Static WEP because keys are dynamic

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 105RECOMMENDATIONSWPA/WPA2 Personal (PSK) is not recommended for use with the Professional Acc

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 1061. The best security you can have to-date on a wireless network is WPA/WPA2 Enterprise (RAD

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 107Navigating to Security SettingsTo set the security mode, click the Advanced menu’s Security

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 108Isolation as extra precautions as mentioned below.NoneNone means that any data transferred

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 109tialization vector (IV)) or 128-bit (104-bit secret key + 24-bit IV) Shared Key for data en

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideOverview - 11Getting StartedThis part of the Professional Access Point Administrator Guide provides the i

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 110.Field DescriptionTransfer Key Index Select a key index. Key indexes 1 through 4 are availa

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 111Rules to Remember for Static WEP• All clients must have the Wireless LAN (WLAN) security se

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 112Example of Using Static WEPFor a simple example, suppose that you configure three WEP keys

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 113Figure 8. Providing a Wireless Client with a WEP KeyIf you have a second client, that clien

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 114Figure 9. Example of Using Multiple WEP Keys and Transfer Key Index on Client DevicesIEEE 8

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 115WPA/WPA2 Personal (PSK)Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) with Pre-Shared Key (PSK) is a Wi-Fi

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 116Field DescriptionWPA Versions Select the types of clients you want to support:•WPA—If all c

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 117WPA/WPA2 Enterprise (RADIUS)Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) with Remote Authentication Dial

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 118Enable pre-authentication If for WPA Versions you select WPA2 or Both, you can enable pre-a

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 119Updating SettingsTo apply your changes, click Update. Radius IP Enter the Radius IP.The Rad

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideOverview - 12• Maintainability• What’s Next?Features and BenefitsIEEE Standards Support and Wi-Fi Complia

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSecurity - 120

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGuest Login - 121Guest LoginThe Professional Access Point’s Guest Interface features allow you to configu

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGuest Login - 122To configure Internal and Guest networks on virtual LANs, do the following:1. Use an Eth

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGuest Login - 123Configuring the Welcome Screen (Captive Portal)You can set up or modify the Welcome scre

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGuest Login - 1242. The guest network advertises itself via a Guest SSID or a similar name, depending on

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideVirtual Wireless Networks - 125Virtual Wireless NetworksThe following sections describe how to configure

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideVirtual Wireless Networks - 126Configuring VLANs Notes / Cautions• To configure additional networks on VL

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideVirtual Wireless Networks - 127Updating SettingsTo apply your changes, click Update. Broadcast SSID Selec

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideVirtual Wireless Networks - 128

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideRadio - 129RadioThe following sections describe how to configure Radio Settings on the Professional Acces

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideOverview - 13• Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2/802.11i)• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)• User-based ac

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideRadio - 130Navigating to Radio SettingsTo specify radio settings, click the Advanced menu’s Radio tab, an

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideRadio - 131Mode The Mode defines the Physical Layer (PHY) standard being used by the radio.Select one of

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideRadio - 132Fragmentation Threshold Specify a number within the range 256–2,346 to set the frame size thre

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideRadio - 133Updating SettingsTo apply your changes, click Update.Transmit Power Provide a percentage value

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideRadio - 134

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideMAC Filtering - 135MAC FilteringA Media Access Control (MAC) address is a hardware address that uniquely

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideMAC Filtering - 136Using MAC FilteringThis page allows you to control access to Professional Access Point

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideMAC Filtering - 137Updating SettingsTo apply your changes, click Update. Stations List To add a MAC Addre

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideMAC Filtering - 138

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideLoad Balancing - 139Load BalancingThe Professional Access Point allows you to balance the distribution of

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideOverview - 14• Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) supportSNMP SupportThe Professional Access Point include

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideLoad Balancing - 140Load Balancing and QoSLoad balancing contributes to Quality of Service (QoS) for Voic

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideLoad Balancing - 141specified utilization rate of the access point.Note• To view the current Utilization

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideLoad Balancing - 142Updating SettingsTo apply your changes, click Update Settings.

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideQuality of Service - 143Quality of ServiceQuality of Service (QoS) provides you with the ability to speci

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideQuality of Service - 144IEEE 802.11e task group is in the process of defining a QoS standard for transmis

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideQuality of Service - 145is automatically sent to this queue.• Data 1 (Video). High priority queue, minimu

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideQuality of Service - 146802.11e uses interframe spaces to regulate which frames get access to available c

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideQuality of Service - 147Packet Bursting for Better PerformanceThe Professional Access Point includes 802.

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideQuality of Service - 148transmission behaviour on the access point only, not to that of the client statio

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideQuality of Service - 149Enabling/Disabling Wi-Fi MultimediaBy default, Wi-Fi MultiMedia (WMM) is enabled

Professional Access Point Administrator GuidePre-Launch Checklist: Default Settings and Supported Administrator/Client Platforms - 15Pre-Launch Checkl

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideQuality of Service - 150point to the client station (access point EDCA parameters).• To disable WMM exten

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideQuality of Service - 151Updating SettingsTo apply your changes, click Update.cwMin (Minimum Contention Wi

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideQuality of Service - 152

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Distribution System - 153Wireless Distribution SystemThe Professional Access Point lets you conn

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Distribution System - 154and West Wing access points with a WDS link to create a single network

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Distribution System - 155a primary path via Ethernet and a secondary (backup) wireless path via

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Distribution System - 156Configuring WDS SettingsThe following notes summarize critical guidelin

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Distribution System - 157before proceeding with WDS configuration.To configure WDS on this acces

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Distribution System - 158Example of Configuring a WDS LinkWhen using WDS, be sure to configure W

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Distribution System - 159The MAC address for MyAP1 (the access point you are currently viewing)

Professional Access Point Administrator GuidePre-Launch Checklist: Default Settings and Supported Administrator/Client Platforms - 16Default Settings

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Distribution System - 160

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideTime Protocol - 161Time ProtocolThe Network Time Protocol (NTP) is an Internet standard protocol that syn

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideTime Protocol - 162Enabling and Disabling a Network Time Protocol (NTP) ServerTo configure your access po

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideTime Protocol - 163)Updating SettingsTo apply your changes, click Update.Field DescriptionNetwork Time Pr

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideTime Protocol - 164

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSNMP - 165SNMPThe Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet standard protocol that facilit

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSNMP - 166For more information about SNMP, visit http://www.snmplink.org.Navigating to Simple Network Man

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSNMP - 167the option.Field DescriptionEnable SNMP SNMP provides a way for the access point to store manag

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSNMP - 168To shut down SNMP on the access point, select Disable in the SNMP field.Updating SettingsTo app

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSNMP - 169Rebooting Your Access Point Using SNMP.Upgrading your Access PointName USR5453SystemRebootModul

Professional Access Point Administrator GuidePre-Launch Checklist: Default Settings and Supported Administrator/Client Platforms - 17Radio On “Radio”

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSNMP - 170

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideReboot - 171RebootFor maintenance purposes or as a troubleshooting measure, you can reboot the Profession

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideUpgrade - 1722. Click the Reset button.Factory defaults are restored.If the IP address of the access poin

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideUpgrade - 173firmware on your devices to take advantages of new features and enhancements. To upgrade th

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideBackup/Restore - 174Information about the current firmware version is displayed and an option to upgrade

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideBackup/Restore - 175Backing up Configuration Setting for an Access PointTo save a copy of the current set

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideBackup/Restore - 1761. Select the backup configuration file you want to use, either by typing the full pa

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 177Command Line InterfaceIn addition to the Web-based user inte

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 178• Access Point and Cluster Settings• User Accounts• Status•

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 179Feature or Setting Configurable from CLI Configurable from

Professional Access Point Administrator GuidePre-Launch Checklist: Default Settings and Supported Administrator/Client Platforms - 18What the Access P

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 180Ethernet (Wired) InterfaceyesYou can configure all Ethernet

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 181How to Access the CLI for an Access PointUse one of the foll

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 182status:SSH2 Connection to the Access PointIf you already hav

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 1831. Start your SSH application. (This example uses PuTTY.)2.

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 184status:Quick View of Commands and How to Get Help• Commands

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 185Command Descriptionget The "get" command allows yo

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 186set The "set" command allows you to set the field

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 187The CLI also includes the following commands for maintenance

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 188cluster Clustering-based configuration settingsclus

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 189“Ethernet (Wired) Interface” on page 207“Wireless Interface”

Professional Access Point Administrator GuidePre-Launch Checklist: Default Settings and Supported Administrator/Client Platforms - 19Wireless Client C

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 190Understanding Interfaces as Presented in the CLIThe followin

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 191Saving Configuration ChangesThe Professional Access Point ma

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 192Basic SettingsThe following CLI command examples correspond

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 193Get the IP Address for the Internal Interface on an Access P

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 194wlan0wds1 wds downwlan0wds2 wds downwl

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 195Get the Firmware Version for the Access PointIn the followin

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 196Access Point and Cluster SettingsThe command examples in thi

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 197This table shows a quick view of User Management commands an

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 198name username disabled password realname------------

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 199Remove a User AccountTo remove a user account, type the foll

Professional Access Point Administrator GuidePre-Launch Checklist: Default Settings and Supported Administrator/Client Platforms - 20Understanding Dyn

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 200Get Common Information on the Internal Interface for the Acc

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 201Field Value--------------------mac 00:a0

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 202------------------------------status upmax

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 203 Lease of 10.10.55.216 obtained, lease time 300Enable

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 204USR5453-AP# set log relay-enabled 0Specify the Relay HostTo

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 205From the above output for the "get log" command, y

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 206To see the kinds of information about access point neighbour

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 207-----------------------------------------mac 00:e0:b8:7

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 208Get Summary View of Internal and Guest InterfacesUSR5453-AP#

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 209interfaces as described in “Understanding Interfaces as Pres

Professional Access Point Administrator GuidePre-Launch Checklist: Default Settings and Supported Administrator/Client Platforms - 21The Guest network

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 210name status radio beacon-interface mac------

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 211Change VLAN IDs (VLANs Must Be Enabled Already)1. Check the

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 212Re-Configure Static IP Addressing ValuesIf you are using sta

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 2132. Turn off Dynamic DNS Nameservers and re-check the setting

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 214access point. These settings correspond to those available i

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 215radius-ip 127.0.0.1radius-key

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 216Set Security to NoneUSR5453-AP# set interface wlan0 security

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 217In this example, you will set the Key Type to ASCII:USR5453-

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 218Security. USR5453-AP# get bss wlan0bssInternal detailField

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 219tx-compressed 0ssid Vicky’s APbss

Professional Access Point Administrator GuidePre-Launch Checklist: Default Settings and Supported Administrator/Client Platforms - 22

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 220authentication server the RADIUS key is automatically provid

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 221wpa-cipher-tkip offwpa-cipher-ccmp o

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 222USR5453-AP# set bss wlan0bssInternal wpa-allowed on USR5453-

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 2235. Get Current Security Settings After Re-Configuring to WPA

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 2248. Get Current Security Settings After Re-Configuring to WPA

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 2253. Enable Pre-AuthenticationIf you set WPA versions to "

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 226In this example, you will set the cipher suite to TKIP Only:

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 227consumed such system time, amount of data transmitted and re

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 228Enable/Configure Guest Login Welcome PageYou can set up a &q

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 229Review Guest Login SettingsThe following example shows the r

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSetting Up and Launching Your Wireless Network - 23Setting Up and Launching Your Wireless NetworkSetting

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 230Creating VWN 'Two' on Radio One with WPA securityT

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 231(The radio in this example is using IEEE 802.11g mode.)Get R

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 232wme onGet Supported Rat

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 2331. Turn the Radio On or Off2. Set the Radio ModeValid values

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 234(2,346 bytes) effectively disables fragmentation. The follow

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 235USR5453-AP# get supported-rate wlan0rate----125.561112182436

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 236Specify an Accept or Deny ListTo set up MAC filtering, you f

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 237USR5453-AP# add mac-acl Internal mac 00:01:02:03:04:05USR545

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 238Load BalancingLoad balancing parameters affect the distribut

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 239Enable/Disable Wi-Fi MultimediaBy default, Wi-Fi MultiMedia

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSetting Up and Launching Your Wireless Network - 24As new features and enhancements become available, you

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 240the station to the access point. With WMM disabled, you can

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 241Get QoS Settings on the Access PointTo view the current QoS

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 242Set AIFS on the Client StationTo set the AIFS on station-to-

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 243USR5453-AP# set tx-queue wlan0 with queue data1 cwmin 15 cwm

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 244USR5453-AP# set tx-queue wlan0 with queue data2 to burst 0.5

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 245Wireless Distribution SystemThis table shows a quick view of

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 246rx-frame 0rx-compressed 0rx-multicast 0tx-

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 247Field Value--------------------------status upserver ntp

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 248Keyboard ShortcutsTab Completion and HelpHelp on commands ca

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 249• Example 1: At a blank command line, hit TAB twice to get a

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSetting Up and Launching Your Wireless Network - 25Figure 1. Ethernet Connections When Using DHCP for Ini

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 250dhcp-client DHCP client settingsdot11 IEEE 8

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 251and Field Reference” on page 25–253.Configuration informatio

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass Structure, Commands, and Examples - 252Figure 10. CLI Class Relationships

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 253Class and Field ReferenceClass IndexassociationClass Description associat

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 254Persistent: No.Purpose: An associated station.Field IndexinterfacePurpose

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 255rx-bytesPurpose The number of bytes received from the station. Valid value

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 256Field Indexpath-costPurpose The path cost. Used only when STP is on. Valid

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 257Field IndexstatusPurpose Controls whether this is on or off.Valid values &

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 258macPurpose The MAC address of the interface. Read-only; value is determine

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 259open-system-authenticationPurpose Whether Open System authentication is pe

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSetting Up and Launching Your Wireless Network - 26wireless networks: a secure Internal LAN and a public

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 260Purpose: Stores arbitrary data.Description: No services are restarted.conf

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 261Field IndexlevelPurpose Level of debugging information.Valid values 0-5.ti

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 262Field IndexmacPurpose The MAC address of the AP.Valid values Six colon-sep

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 263typePurpose The type of device detected.Valid values "AP", "

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 264erpPurpose The ERP of the AP.Valid values C-formatted hexadecimal number.

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 265dot11Persistent:Yes.Purpose: 802.11 settings (all radios).Description: Rep

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 266Field Indexdns-[12]Purpose Domain name servers in use.Valid values IP addr

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 267interfacePersistent:Yes. Purpose: A network interface.Description: Used fo

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 268Valid values Netmask in dotted-decimal notation.statusPurpose Controls whe

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 269rx-dropPurpose Received packets that were droppedValid values Integer.rx-f

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSetting Up and Launching Your Wireless Network - 27program to access your network. If network access is b

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 270Valid values Integer.tx-collsPurpose Transmitted packets will collisions.V

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 271Valid values Netmask.gateway Purpose The router by which the destination i

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 272Field IndexdepthPurpose The number of log entries to keep.Valid values Pos

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 273messagePurpose The message.Valid values String.mac-aclPersistent:Yes. Purp

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 274portalPersistent:Yes. Purpose: Guest captive portal settings.Description:

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 275Field IndexstatusPurpose Controls whether the radio is on or offValid valu

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 276ware. This will be used as the starting MAC address for the BSSes.Valid va

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 277rts-thresholdPurpose The size of frames at which RTS/CTS will be used.Vali

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 278Valid values "on" or "off".radius-userPersistent:Yes.P

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 279rw-communityPurpose The read-write community name.Valid values String.ipPu

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSetting Up and Launching Your Wireless Network - 283. Review the list of access points found.The Detectio

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 280Field IndexpasswordPurpose The login password. Write-only.Valid values Str

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 281Field IndexhostPurpose The host to send traps to.Valid values IP address.c

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClass and Field Reference - 282aifsPurpose Adaptive Inter-Frame Space.Valid values 1-255.cwminPurpose Min

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideInstallation and Connectivity Troubleshooting - 283TroubleshootingThis part of the Professional Access Po

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideInstallation and Connectivity Troubleshooting - 284access point.Possible Solution 1:1. Ensure that all ca

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideInstallation and Connectivity Troubleshooting - 2852. Select Never dial a connection, and then click the

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideInstallation and Connectivity Troubleshooting - 286Possible Solution 2:Ensure that the wireless device is

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideConfiguration Troubleshooting - 287Possible Solution 6:Reset the access point by using a thin object, suc

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideConfiguration Troubleshooting - 288the notes below.Cluster RecoveryIn cases where the access points in a

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideConfiguration Troubleshooting - 289access point on the subnet.Stop Clustering and Reset Each Access Point

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSetting Up and Launching Your Wireless Network - 29Click Next.4. Go to the Access Point Web User Interfac

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideConfiguration Troubleshooting - 290

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSupport Information - 291Support InformationIf you are having trouble with the configuration or operation

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSupport Information - 292For current support contact information, go to www.usr.com/support.Turkey www.us

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideRegulatory Information - 293Regulatory InformationDeclaration of ConformityU.S. Robotics Corporation 935

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideRegulatory Information - 294to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:•

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideRegulatory Information - 295CE ComplianceDeclaration of ConformityWe, U.S. Robotics Corporation of 935 Na

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideRegulatory Information - 296In Guyana and Reunion Islands, outdoor use is forbidden within 2400MHz – 2420

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideRegulatory Information - 297Go to www.usr.com to see the most recent channel restriction information.

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Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSetting Up and Launching Your Wireless Network - 30Step 4. Log on to the Web User InterfaceWhen you follo

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Professional Access Point Administrator Guide–303Glossary0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z0-9802IEEE 8

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 304802.11bIEEE 802.11b (IEEE Std. 802.11b-1999) is an enhancement of the initial 802.11 PHY to

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 305802.11kIEEE 802.11k is a developing IEEE standard for wireless networks (WLANs) that helps

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 306BeaconBeacon frames announce the existence of the wireless local area network and enable st

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 307BSSIDIn Infrastructure Mode, the Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) is the 48-bit MAC add

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 308DDCFThe Distribution Control Function is a component of the IEEE 802.11e Quality of Service

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 309EEAPThe Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is an authentication protocol that support

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSetting Up and Launching Your Wireless Network - 31Step 5. Configure Basic Settings and start the wireles

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 310FFrameA Frame consists of a discrete portion of data along with descriptive meta-informatio

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 311IBSSAn independent basic service set (IBSS) is an Ad-hoc Mode Wireless Networking Framework

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 312There are a finite number of IP addresses that can exist. Therefore, a local area network t

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 313LANA Local Area Network (LAN) is a communications network covering a limited area, for exam

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 314transmit. Any messages larger than the MTU are fragmented into smaller packets before being

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 315ponents of the physical layer.• Layer 2, the Data-Link layer, defines how data for transmis

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 316the fork() system call. It can be used by wait() or kill() to perform actions on the given

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 317group. A subset of 802.11e features is described in the WMM specification.RRADIUSThe Remote

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 318RTS ThresholdThe RTS threshold specifies the packet size of a request to send (RTS) transmi

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 319The subnet mask allows a router to quickly determine if an IP address is local or needs to

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSetting Up and Launching Your Wireless Network - 32Provide a new administrator password for clustered acc

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 320UUDPThe User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is a transport layer protocol providing simple but unr

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 321WWANA Wide Area Network (WAN) is a communications network that spans a relatively large geo

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideGlossary - 322WMMWireless Multimedia (WMM) is a IEEE technology standard designed to improve the quality

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideIndex–323Aaccess pointclustering 44configuration policy 39ethernet (wired) settings 89factory default con

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideIndex–324basic settings 192bss 229cluster 196factory-reset 247get 184guest access 208load balancing 238MA

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideIndex–325help, getting 187Iiconson Web User Interface 41IEEEstandards support 12IEEE 802.11bconfiguring 1

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideIndex–326power connections 24progress bar for cluster auto-synch 48Qquality of service 143quality of serv

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideIndex–327transmit/receive information 82troubleshootingstartup problems 33Uupgrading the firmware 172user

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Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSetting Up and Launching Your Wireless Network - 33Wall Mounting the Access PointThe access point has key

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSetting Up and Launching Your Wireless Network - 34Test LAN Connectivity with Wireless ClientsTest the Pr

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideBasic Settings - 35Web User InterfaceThis part of the Professional Access Point Administrator Guide cover

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideBasic Settings - 36Navigating to Basic SettingsTo configure initial settings, click Basic Settings.If you

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideBasic Settings - 37Review / Describe the Access PointField DescriptionIP Address The IP address assigned

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideBasic Settings - 38Provide Administrator Password and Wireless Network NameField DescriptionAdministrator

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideBasic Settings - 39Set Configuration Policy for New Access PointsField DescriptionNew Access Points Choos

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Professional Access Point Administrator GuideBasic Settings - 40Update Basic SettingsWhen you have reviewed the new configuration, click Update to app

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideBasic Settings - 41At this point if you click Basic Settings again, the summary of settings page is repla

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideBasic Settings - 42

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideAccess Points - 43ClusterThis section covers the Web User Interface Cluster items:• “Access Points” on pa

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideAccess Points - 44• Cluster Size and Membership• Intra-Cluster Security• Auto-Synchronization of Cluster

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideAccess Points - 45participate in a self-organizing cluster which makes it easier for you to deploy, admin

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideAccess Points - 46• Radio settingsThe following radio settings are synchronized across clusters:•Mode• Ch

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideAccess Points - 47point. To access the Web User Interface for an access point that is a member of the cur

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideAccess Points - 48Cluster Size and MembershipThe upper limit of a cluster is eight access points. The Clu

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideAccess Points - 49The following table describes the access point settings and information display in deta

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Professional Access Point Administrator GuideAccess Points - 50Adding an Access Point to a ClusterTo add a standalone access point into a cluster, do

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideAccess Points - 51For a standalone access point, this is the only way to navigate to the configuration in

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Professional Access Point Administrator GuideUser Management - 53User ManagementThe Professional Access Point includes user management capabilities fo

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideUser Management - 54Navigating to User Management for Clustered Access PointsTo set up or modify user acc

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideUser Management - 552. When you have filled in the fields, click Add Account to add the account.The new u

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideUser Management - 56A user with an account that is enabled can log on to the wireless access points in yo

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideUser Management - 573. Click the Restore button.When the backup restore process is complete, a message in

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Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSessions - 59SessionsThe Professional Access Point provides real-time session monitoring information incl

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideviEvents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSessions - 60Understanding Session Monitoring InformationThe Sessions page shows information about users

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideSessions - 61Viewing Session Information for Access PointsYou can view session information for all access

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Professional Access Point Administrator GuideChannel Management - 63Channel ManagementThe following Channel Management topics are covered here:• Navig

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideChannel Management - 64Navigating to Channel ManagementTo view session monitoring information, click the

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideChannel Management - 65Interference can occur when multiple access points within range of each other are

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideChannel Management - 66access points. By default, automatic channel assignment is disabled. You can start

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideChannel Management - 67Viewing Current Channel Assignments and Setting LocksThe Current Channel Assignmen

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideChannel Management - 68to implement channel management.You can use Advanced settings to modify the interf

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideChannel Management - 69Update Advanced SettingsClick Update under Advanced settings to apply these settin

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideviiCE Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Neighborhood - 71Wireless NeighborhoodThe Wireless Neighborhood view shows those access points w

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Neighborhood - 72Navigating to Wireless NeighborhoodTo view the Wireless Neighborhood, click the

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Neighborhood - 73• Detect faults. Unexpected changes in the coverage pattern are evident at a gl

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Neighborhood - 74Neighbors Access points that are neighbours of one or more of the clustered APs

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Neighborhood - 75Viewing Details for a Cluster MemberTo view details on a cluster member AP, cli

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Neighborhood - 76The following table explains the details shown about the selected AP.Field Desc

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideInterfaces - 77StatusYou can view information about an individual access point from the Status menu. Beca

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideInterfaces - 78This page displays the current Ethernet (Wired) Settings and Wireless Settings.Ethernet (W

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideEvents - 79EventsTo view system events and kernel log for a particular access point, navigate to the Stat

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Professional Access Point Administrator GuideEvents - 80• Enabling and Disabling the Log Relay Host on the Status Menu’s Events PageUnderstanding Remo

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideEvents - 814. Restart the syslog server by typing the following at the command line prompt:/etc/init.d/sy

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideTransmit/Receive Statistics - 82Events LogThe Events Log shows system events on the access point such as

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClient Associations - 83This page provides basic information about the current access point and a real-ti

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideClient Associations - 84The associated stations are displayed along with information about packet traffic

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideNeighboring Access Points - 85Neighboring Access PointsThe status page for neighbouring access points pro

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideNeighboring Access Points - 86Information provided for neighbouring access points is described in the fol

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideNeighboring Access Points - 87Channel Shows the channel on which the access point is currently broadcasti

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Professional Access Point Administrator GuideEthernet (Wired) Settings - 89AdvancedAdvanced Settings include the following:• “Ethernet (Wired) Setting

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideixAbout This DocumentThis guide describes setup, configuration, administration and maintenance of one or

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideEthernet (Wired) Settings - 90• Navigating to Ethernet (Wired) Settings• Setting the DNS Name• Managing G

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideEthernet (Wired) Settings - 91Setting the DNS NameManaging Guest AccessYou can provide controlled guest a

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideEthernet (Wired) Settings - 92Access on the Ethernet (Wired) Settings tab.Specifying a Virtual Guest Netw

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideEthernet (Wired) Settings - 93page 125.Configuring Internal Interface Ethernet SettingsTo configure Ether

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideEthernet (Wired) Settings - 94Connection Type You can select DHCP or Static IP.The Dynamic Host Configura

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideEthernet (Wired) Settings - 95Configuring Guest Interface Ethernet (Wired) SettingsTo configure Ethernet

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Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Settings - 97Wireless SettingsWireless settings describe aspects of the local area network (LAN)

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Settings - 98Configuring 802.11d Regulatory Domain SupportYou can enable or disable IEEE 802.11d

Professional Access Point Administrator GuideWireless Settings - 99Configuring the Radio InterfaceThe radio interface allows you to set the radio Chan