Provisioning the Branch Office AP

You can provision the remote AP either using the controller or using the zero-touch provisioning method. For more information on controller provisioning, see "Provisioning Installed APs" on page 409. For more information on zero- touch provisioning, see "Provisioning 4G USB Modems on Remote Access Points" on page 543.

Configuring the Branch Office AP

•Specify forward mode for the Extended Service Set Identifier (ESSID) in the virtual AP profile

•Specify remote AP operation in the virtual AP profile (by default, the remote AP operates in standard mode)

•Set how long the AP stays up after connectivity to controller has gone down in the SSID profile

•Set the VLAN ID in the virtual AP profile

•Set the native VLAN ID in the AP system profile

•Set forward mode for enet1 port

NOTE: Remote APs support 802.1q VLAN tagging. Data from the remote AP will be tagged on the wired side.

Troubleshooting Remote AP

The following WebUI options are available to troubleshoot issues with remote AP:

•Using local debugging feature

•Viewing the remote AP summary report

•Viewing remote AP connectivity report

•Using remote AP diagnostic options

Local Debugging

Local Debugging is A WebUI feature that allows end users to perform diagnostics and view the status of their remote AP through a wired or wireless client. This feature is useful for troubleshooting connectivity problems on remote AP and to performing throughput tests. There are three tabs in the Local Debugging WebUI window, Summary, Connectivity and Diagnostics. Each tab displays different information for the AP, but all three tabs include a Generate & save support file link that, when clicked, will automatically generate a support.tgz file that can be sent to a corporate IT department for additional analysis and debugging.

NOTE: Starting from Dell PowerConnect W-Series ArubaOS 6.2, snapshot of the bridge, acl, session, user, and arp tables, current processes, memory, and kernel debug messages are captured in a single rap_debug.txt file which is bundled along with support.tgz file.

Remote AP Summary

The Summary tab has two views; basic and advanced. Click the basic or advanced links at the top of this tab to toggle between the two views. The table below shows the information displayed for both the basic and advanced views of the Summary tab.

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