Unied Access Point Administrator’s Guide
Unied Access Point Administrator’s Guide
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Table of Contents
Section 1 - About This Document 6 ............................................................................................
Document Organization 6 .........................................................................................................................................
Additional Documentation 6 .....................................................................................................................................
Document Conventions 6 .........................................................................................................................................
Online Help, Supported Browsers, and Limitations 7 ...............................................................................................
Section 2 - Getting Started 8 ........................................................................................................
Administrator’s Computer Requirements 9 ..............................................................................................................
Wireless Client Requirements 9 ...............................................................................................................................
Dynamic and Static IP Addressing on the AP ...................................................................................................... 10
Recovering an IP Address 10 .............................................................................................................................
Discovering a Dynamically Assigned IP Address 10 ..........................................................................................
Installing the UAP 10 ................................................................................................................................................
Basic Settings 13 ......................................................................................................................................................
Connecting to the AP Web Interface by Using the IPv6 Address 14 ..................................................................
Using the CLI to View the IP Address.................................................................................................................. 14
Conguring the Ethernet Settings ....................................................................................................................... 14
Using the CLI to Congure Ethernet Settings ............................................................................................... 15
Conguring IEEE 802.1X Authentication ............................................................................................................. 16
Verifying the Installation 16 ......................................................................................................................................
Conguring Security on the Wireless Access Point ............................................................................................. 17
Section 3 - Viewing Access Point Status ...............................................................................18
Viewing Interface Status ...................................................................................................................................... 18
Wired Settings (Internal Interface) ................................................................................................................ 18
Wireless Settings .......................................................................................................................................... 18
Viewing Events .................................................................................................................................................... 19
Conguring the Log Relay Host for Kernel Messages .................................................................................. 19
Enabling or Disabling the Log Relay Host on the Events Page .................................................................... 20
Viewing Transmit and Receive Statistics 20 .............................................................................................................
Viewing Associated Wireless Client Information 21 .................................................................................................
Viewing Managed AP DHCP Information ............................................................................................................ 22
Viewing Radio Statistics Information 22 ...................................................................................................................
Section 4 - Managing the Access Point 23 .................................................................................
Ethernet Settings and Management IPv6 ............................................................................................................ 23
Ethernet Settings ................................................................................................................................................. 23
Wireless Settings 25 .................................................................................................................................................
Modifying Radio Settings ..................................................................................................................................... 26
Conguring Radio and VAP Scheduler................................................................................................................ 29
Scheduler Association Settings ........................................................................................................................... 31
Virtual Access Point Settings 32 ...............................................................................................................................
None (Plain-text) 35 ...........................................................................................................................................
WPA Personal 35 ...............................................................................................................................................
WPA Enterprise ............................................................................................................................................. 36
Conguring Wireless Multicast Forwarding 38 .........................................................................................................
Conguring the Wireless Distribution System (WDS) 38 .........................................................................................
WPA/PSK on WDS Links .............................................................................................................................. 40
Controlling Access by MAC Authentication ......................................................................................................... 40
Conguring a MAC Filter and Station List on the AP..................................................................................... 41
Conguring MAC Authentication on the RADIUS Server .............................................................................. 42
Conguring Load Balancing ................................................................................................................................ 42
Managed Access Point Overview ........................................................................................................................ 43
Transition Between Modes ............................................................................................................................ 43
Conguring Managed Access Point Settings ................................................................................................ 43
Conguring 802.1X Authentication ...................................................................................................................... 44
Application Identication ...................................................................................................................................... 45
Section 5 - Conguring Access Point Services ....................................................................46
Web Server Settings 46 ...........................................................................................................................................