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Professional Access Point Administrator Guide
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Professional Access Point Administrator Guide
Professional Access Point Administrator Guide
Contents
Advanced
Class Structure, Commands, and Examples
Class and Field Reference
Support Information
Robotics Corporation Two 2 Year Limited Warranty
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Online Help Features
Administrator Audience
Typographical Conventions
Recommended Settings, Notes and Cautions
Getting Started
Ieee Standards Support and Wi-Fi Compliance
Features and Benefits
Wireless Features
Security Features
Clustering and Auto-Management
Guest Interface
Networking
Snmp Support
What’s Next?
Maintainability
Professional Access Point
Option Default Settings Related Information
Default Settings for the Professional Access Point
Transmit Power
Ieee 802.11 Mode
Security Mode None
Authentication Type
What the Access Point Does Not Provide
Administrator’s Computer
Required Software or Component Description
Required Component Description
Wireless Client Computers
Dynamic IP Addressing
How Does the Access Point Obtain an IP Address at Startup?
Required Component
Static IP Addressing
Recovering an IP Address
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Access Point Hardware and Ports
Unpack the access point
What’s inside the Access Point?
Connect the access point to network and power
UK Users
Hardware Connections for a Guest Vlan
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Field Default Setting
Viewing Basic Settings for Access Points
Log on to the Web User Interface
Username
Configure Basic Settings and start the wireless network
Default Configuration
Make Sure the Access Point is Connected to the LAN
Wall Mounting the Access Point
Test LAN Connectivity with Wireless Clients
Web User Interface
Navigating to Basic Settings
Field Description
Review / Describe the Access Point
MAC Address
Firmware Version
Administrator Password
Provide Administrator Password and Wireless Network Name
Administrator Password again
Wireless Network Name Ssid
New Access Points
Set Configuration Policy for New Access Points
Field
Summary of Settings
Update Basic Settings
Your Network at a Glance Understanding Indicator Icons
Basic Settings for a Standalone Access Point
Icon Description
Professional Access Point Administrator Guide
Cluster
Access Points
Understanding Clustering
Navigating to Access Points Management
How Many APs Can a Cluster Support?
What is a Cluster?
What Kinds of APs Can Cluster?
Settings Not Shared by the Cluster
Standalone Mode
Cluster Mode
Cluster Formation
Auto-Synchronization of Cluster Configuration
Understanding Access Point Settings
Cluster Size and Membership
Intra-Cluster Security
Modifying the Location Description
Removing an Access Point from the Cluster
Http//IPAddressOfAccessPoint
Adding an Access Point to a Cluster
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User Management
Viewing User Accounts
Navigating to User Management for Clustered Access Points
Adding a User
Enabling and Disabling User Accounts
Editing a User Account
Enabling a User Account
Real Name
Removing a User Account
Restoring a User Database from a Backup File
Backing Up and Restoring a User Database
Disabling a User Account
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Professional Access Point Administrator Guide
Navigating to Session Monitoring
Sessions
User AP Location User MAC Idle Rate
Understanding Session Monitoring Information
Signal Utilization Rx Total Tx Total Error Rate
Viewing Session Information for Access Points
Sorting Session Information
Refreshing Session Information
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Channel Management
Understanding Channel Management
Navigating to Channel Management
How it Works Overview
Overlapping Channels Background Information
Example a Network before and after Channel Management
Configuring and Viewing Channel Management Settings
Stopping/Starting Automatic Channel Assignment
Viewing Last Proposed Set of Changes
Viewing Current Channel Assignments and Setting Locks
IP Address Band Current Locked
IP Address Current Proposed
Advanced
Use these channels when applying channel assignments
Change channels if interference is reduced by at least
Determine if there is better set of channels every
Apply channel modifications even when the network is busy
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Wireless Neighborhood
Understanding Wireless Neighbourhood Information
Navigating to Wireless Neighborhood
Display neighboring APs
Viewing Wireless Neighborhood
Cluster
Neighbors
Details for a Cluster Member AP
Viewing Details for a Cluster Member
Channel
Signal
Beacon Age
Interfaces
Status
Wireless Settings
Ethernet Wired Settings
Log Relay Host for Kernel Messages
Events
Understanding Remote Logging
Setting Up the Log Relay Host
SYSLOGD=-r
Tmp/APsyslog
Enabled
Log Relay Host Enabled
Etc/init.d/sysklogd restart
Relay Host
Events Log
Transmit/Receive Statistics
Client Associations
Errors
Name Ssid
Total Packets
Link Integrity Monitoring
What is the Difference Between an Association and a Session?
Select AP Detection Enabled
Neighboring Access Points
Type
Beacon Int
Privacy
Last Beacon
# of Beacons
Rates
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Advanced
Ethernet Wired Settings
Navigating to Ethernet Wired Settings
Managing Guest Access
Setting the DNS Name
Configuring an Internal LAN and a Guest Network
Enabling and Disabling Guest Access
For Guest access, use
Guest Access
Specifying a Virtual Guest Network
Virtual Wireless Networks
Configuring Internal Interface Ethernet Settings
Static IP Address
Default Gateway
DNS Nameservers
Updating Settings
Configuring Guest Interface Ethernet Wired Settings
Subnet
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Navigating to Wireless Settings
Wireless Settings
802.11d Regulatory Domain Support
Configuring 802.11d Regulatory Domain Support
Configuring Internal LAN Wireless Settings
Configuring the Radio Interface
Mode Channel
Read-only field
Configuring Guest Network Wireless Settings
How Do I Know Which Security Mode to Use?
Understanding Security Issues on Wireless Networks
Security
When to Use No Security
Key Management
User Authentication
Encryption Algorithm
Encryption Algorithms
When to Use WPA/WPA2 Enterprise Radius
How Does Station Isolation Protect the Network?
Does Prohibiting the Broadcast of Ssid Enhance Security?
Configuring Security Settings
Navigating to Security Settings
Broadcast SSID, Station Isolation, and Security Mode
Static WEP
None
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Key Length
Transfer Key Index
Bits
Key Type
Open System Shared Key Both
Authentication Algorithm
Example of Using Static WEP
Static WEP with Transfer KEY Indexes on Client Devices
Ieee
Enable Radius Accounting
Authentication Server
WPA/WPA2 Personal PSK
Radius IP
Cipher Suites
WPA Versions
Key
WPA/WPA2 Enterprise Radius
Improving the security of the network
Enable pre-authentication
Enter the Radius IP
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Configuring Guest Access Using Virtual LANs
Guest Login
Configuring a Guest Network on a Virtual LAN
DSL/T1
Using the Guest Network
Configuring the Welcome Screen Captive Portal
Configuring a Guest Network on a Dedicated Access Point
Configuring Guest Access without Virtual LANs
Navigating to Virtual Wireless Network Settings
Virtual Wireless Networks
Virtual Wireless Network
Configuring VLANs
One
Two
Ton
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Radio
Understanding Radio Settings
Configuring Radio Settings
Navigating to Radio Settings
Status On/Off
Ieee 802.11b
Mode
Super G
Maximum Stations
Broadcast a subset of its supported rate sets
Rate Sets
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MAC Filtering
Navigating to MAC Filtering Settings
Filter
Using MAC Filtering
Stations List
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Understanding Load Balancing
Load Balancing
Specifying Limits for Utilization and Client Associations
Configuring Load Balancing
Navigating to Load Balancing Settings
Load Balancing and QoS
Utilization for Disassociation
Utilization for No New Associations
Stations Threshold for Disassocia
Tion
To apply your changes, click Update Settings
Understanding QoS
Quality of Service
QoS and Load Balancing
802.11e and WMM Standards Support
QoS Queues and Parameters to Coordinate Traffic Flow
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Random Backoff and Minimum / Maximum Contention Windows
Configuring QoS Queues
Navigating to QoS Settings
Configuring AP Edca Parameters
Enabling/Disabling Wi-Fi Multimedia
Data 0 Voice
Configuring Station Edca Parameters
Transmission Opportunity Limit
Txop Limit
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Understanding the Wireless Distribution System
Wireless Distribution System
Using WDS to Bridge Distant Wired LANs
LAN Segment
Backup Links and Unwanted Loops in WDS Bridges
Security Considerations Related to WDS Bridges
Navigating to WDS Settings
Configuring WDS Settings
Remote Address
Local Address
Bridge with
Internal Network
Disabled
Example of Configuring a WDS Link
WEP Key
Local Address
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Time Protocol
Navigating to Time Protocol Settings
Enabling and Disabling a Network Time Protocol NTP Server
NTP Server
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Understanding Snmp
Snmp
Navigating to Simple Network Management Protocol
Read-only Community Name entire
Enable Snmp
Allow Snmp SET Requests
Read-write community name for per
Rebooting and Upgrading Your Access Point Using Snmp
Configuring Your Network Management System
Source hostname or subnet
Upgrading your Access Point
Rebooting Your Access Point Using Snmp
Ftp//testuser1testuser1@192.168.1.9922/54531.1.23.tar
Ftp//192.168.1.100/54531.1.24.tar
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Reset Configuration
Reboot
Upgrade
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Navigating to Backup and Restore Settings
Backup/Restore
Restoring Access Point Settings to a Previous Configuration
Backing up Configuration Setting for an Access Point
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Command Line Interface
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Basic Settings Yes
Described in Backup/Restore on
Telnet Connection to the Access Point
How to Access the CLI for an Access Point
USR5453-AP login Password
USR5453-AP login admin Password Enter help for help
Telnet Function Telnet Command
SSH2 Connection to the Access Point
Status
Status Down
USR5453-AP#
Login as
Commands and Syntax
Quick View of Commands and How to Get Help
SSH Function SSH Command
Set ssh Status
Get log
Command
Get log-entry
Get bss wlan0bssInternal
Add radius-user wally
Command Description
Remove radius-user wally
Getting Help on Commands at the CLI
Ready to Get Started?
Command Usage and Configuration Examples
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Interface Description
Understanding Interfaces as Presented in the CLI
Wlan0vwn1
Vlan1234
Get interface vlanVLANID role
Saving Configuration Changes
Get interface vlan1234 role
Basic Setting Example
Get Both the IP Address and MAC Address
Get the MAC Address for an Access Point
Wlan0wds1 Wds Down Wlan0wds2 Wlan0wds3 USR5453-AP#
Get the Location of the Access Point
Get the Firmware Version for the Access Point
Set the Location for an Access Point
Get the Current Password
Cluster Command Example
Access Point and Cluster Settings
Get MAC Addresses for all Access Points in the Cluster
User Accounts
Get All User Accounts
User Account Command Example
USR5453-AP#get radius-user all name name
USR5453-AP#set radius-user samantha disabled
USR5453-AP#set radius-user samantha password westport
Add Users
USR5453-AP#add radius-user samantha username samantha
Remove a User Account
Status Command Example
USR5453-AP#remove radius-user wally
Larry samantha endora darren
USR5453-AP#get interface br0
Get Current Wireless Radio Settings
Get Current Settings for the Ethernet Wired Guest Interface
Get Status on Events
USR5453-AP# get radio wlan0 detail
USR5453-AP# get log-entry
Priority Daemon
USR5453-AP#set log relay-enabled
USR5453-AP#set log relay-host myserver
USR5453-AP#set log relay-host
USR5453-AP#set log relay-port
USR5453-AP# get log
Get Transmit / Receive Statistics
Get neighbouring Access Points
Get Client Associations
USR5453-AP# get detected-ap
USR5453-AP#get detected-ap
Wired Interface Command Example
Ethernet Wired Interface
Get Wired Guest Interface Settings
Get Wired Internal Interface Settings
Set Up Guest Access
Get Summary View of Internal and Guest Interfaces
USR5453-AP#remove bridge-port br0 interface eth0
USR5453-AP#get interface brguest status down
USR5453-AP# get bss
USR5453-AP#get interface brguest status up
USR5453-AP# get interface brguest
USR5453-AP#get bridge-port brguest
USR5453-AP#get bridge-port br0 Name Interface
USR5453-AP#get dhcp-client status up
Get/Change the Connection Type Dhcp or Static IP
USR5453-AP#set dhcp-client status up
USR5453-AP#get interface br0 detail
USR5453-AP#get interface br0 static-ip
Re-Configure Static IP Addressing Values
USR5453-AP#set interface br0 static-ip
USR5453-AP#get interface br0 static-mask
Security
Wireless Interface
Get the Current Security Mode
Security Command Example
Get Detailed Description of Current Security Settings
USR5453-AP#get interface wlan0 security none
Set the Broadcast Ssid Allow or Prohibit
Enable / Disable Station Isolation
USR5453-AP#set interface wlan0 security none
Set Security to None
Set Security to Static WEP
USR5453-AP#set interface wlan0 security static-wep
Set bss wlan0bssInternal shared-key-authentication off
Set bss wlan0bssInternal open-system-authentication on
Set bss wlan0bssInternal shared-key-authentication on
USR5453-AP#set interface wlan0 wep-key-ascii yes
USR5453-AP#get interface wlan0 detail
USR5453-AP#set interface wlan0 security dot1x
Set Security to Ieee
Radius Option Example
USR5453-AP#set bss wlan0bssInternal radius-ip
Set Bss
USR5453-AP#set bss wlan0bssInternal radius-key secret
USR5453-AP#set bss wlan0bssInternal radius-accounting off
USR5453-AP#get interface wlan0 security dot1x
USR5453-AP#set interface wlan0 security wpa-personal
Set Security to WPA/WPA2 Personal PSK
WPA Option Example
Set bss wlan0bssInternal wpa-cipher-tkip on
Cipher Suite Option Example
Set bss wlan0bssInternal wpa-cipher-ccmp off
Set bss wlan0bssInternal wpa-cipher-tkip off
Set Security to WPA/WPA2 Enterprise Radius
USR5453-AP#get interface wlan0 security wpa-personal
USR5453-AP#set interface wlan0 security wpa-enterprise
Enable Pre-Authentication
USR5453-AP#set bss wlan0bssInternal radius-key KeepSecret
Cipher Suite Option
USR5453-AP#get interface wlan0 security wpa-enterprise
USR5453-AP#set bss wlan0bssInternal radius-accounting on
View Guest Login Settings
Enable/Configure Guest Login Welcome
Enable/Disable the Guest Welcome
Set Guest Welcome Page Text
Review Guest Login Settings
Configuring Multiple BSSIDs on Virtual Wireless Networks
Configuring Virtual Wireless Network One on Radio One
Set interface wlan0vwn1 security wpa-enterprise
Radio Setting Command Example
Radio Settings
Get Ieee 802.11 Radio Mode
Creating VWN Two on Radio One with WPA security
Get All Radio Settings
Get Basic Radio Settings
Get Radio Channel
Get Supported Rate Set
Configure Radio Settings
USR5453-AP#get supported-rate
Get Basic Rate Set
USR5453-AP#set radio wlan0 beacon-interval
USR5453-AP#set radio wlan0 mode g
USR5453-AP#set bss wlan0bssInternal dtim-period
USR5453-AP#get bss wlan0bssInternal dtim-period
USR5453-AP#set radio wlan0 rts-threshold
USR5453-AP#set radio wlan0 fragmentation-threshold
USR5453-AP#add basic-rate wlan0 rate
USR5453-AP#add supported-rate wlan0 rate
USR5453-AP#get supported-rate wlan0 rate
MAC Filtering
Set bss wlan0bssGuest mac-acl-name Guest
Specify an Accept or Deny List
Add MAC Addresses of Client Stations to the Filtering List
USR5453-AP#remove mac-acl Guest mac
Get Current MAC Filtering Settings
Get bss interface mac-acl-mode
USR5453-AP#get bss wlan0bssGuest mac-acl-mode accept-list
QoS Command
Quality of Service
Load Balancing
Enable/Disable Wi-Fi Multimedia
QoS Command Example
Understanding the Queues for Access Point and Station
About Access Point and Station Edca Parameters
Data Access Point Station
Get QoS Settings on the Client Station
Get QoS Settings on the Access Point
USR5453-AP#get wme-queue
Set Arbirtation Interframe Spaces Aifs
Set wme-queue wlan0 with queue QueueName to aifs AIFSValue
Setting Minimum and Maximum Contention Windows cwmin, cwmax
USR5453-AP#set wme-queue wlan0 with queue vo to aifs
USR5453-AP#set wme-queue wlan0 with queue vi cwmin 7 cwmax
Set the Maximum Burst Length burst on the Access Point
Set tx-queue wlan0 with queue QueueName to burst burstValue
USR5453-AP#set wme-queue wlan0 with queue vo to txop-limit
USR5453-AP#set tx-queue wlan0 with queue data2 to burst
Configuring a WDS Link
Wireless Distribution System
Getting Details on a WDS Configuration
USR5453-AP#set interface wlan0wds0 remote-mac 00E0B8761B14
Set ntp server ntp.instant802.com
Time Protocol
USR5453-AP#get ntp detail
Reset the Access Point to Factory Defaults
Reboot the Access Point
USR5453-AP#factory-reset
Keyboard Shortcuts and Tab Completion Help
Tab Completion and Help
Keyboard Shortcuts
Action on CLI Keyboard Shortcut
USR5453-AP#get system v USR5453-AP#get system version
USR5453-AP# set mac-acl
CLI Class and Field Overview
Has name? \ # of instances? One Multiple
Field Reference on
CLI Class Relationships
Association
Class Index
Class Description
Field Index
Authenticated
Interface
Station
Bridge-port
Basic-rate
Path-cost
Bss
Priority
Description
Status
Radio
Beacon-interface
Dtim-period
Mac
Max-stations
Ignore-broadcast-ssid
Channel-planner
Open-system-authentication
Cluster
Cluster-member
Default
Config
No-external-updates
Debug
Field Description
Detected-ap
Capability
Beacon-interval
Type
Erp
Dhcp-client
Beacons
Last-beacon
Host
Dot11
Debug
Dot11d
Domain
Dns-12
Static-dns-12
Static-domain
Mask
Interface
Type
Rx-errors
Static-ip
Static-mask
Rx-compressed
Tx-errors
Rx-multicast
Tx-packets
Ip-route
Kickstartd
Jvm
Log
Gateway
Depth
Log-entry
Number
Time
Ntp
Mac-acl
Message
Server
Welcome-screen
Portal
Welcome-screen-text
Max-bss
Max-bss
Tx-power
Channel-policy
Mode
Rts-threshold
Wmewifinoacktest
Fragmentation-threshold
Load-balance-disassociation-utilization
Serial
Radius-user
Snmp
Ro-community
Supported-rate
Ssh
System
Rw-community
Encrypted-password
Password
Password-initialized
Telnet
Community
Tx-queue
Queue
Wme-queue
Web-ui
Possible Solution
Professional Access Point Detection Utility does not find
Cannot access the Web User Interface
Access point
My wireless device cannot find the wireless network
Possible Solution
Am experiencing poor wireless link quality
Wireless Distribution System WDS Problems and Solutions
Reboot or Reset Access Point
Cluster Recovery
Click Stop Clustering
Stop Clustering and Reset Each Access Point in the Cluster
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Country Webmail Voice
Support Information
UAE
Detachable Antenna Information
Declaration of Conformity
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement
Radio and Television Interference
Industry Canada IC
For Canadian Users
UL Listing/CUL Listing
Declaration of Conformity
CE Compliance
EU Health Protection
Regulatory Channel Frequency
EU Detachable Antenna Information
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Professional Access Point Administrator Guide
Robotics Corporation Two 2 Year Limited Warranty
Obtaining Warranty Service
Limitations
Disclaimer
802.1x
802
802.2
802.3
802.11d
802.11b
802.11e
802.11f
AES
Bridge
Beacon
Broadcast
Broadcast Address
Ccmp
Bssid
CGI
CSMA/CA
Dhcp
DCF
DNS
DOM
Edcf
EAP
ESS
Ethernet
Gateway
Frame
Html
Http
Ibss
Infrastructure Mode
Ieee
Intrusion Detection
ISP
IPSec
Jitter
Latency
Ldap
LAN
LLC
MAC
NIC
NAT
NTP
OSI
Packet Loss
Packet
PHY
PID
PSK
PPP
RC4
Radius
Rssi
RTP
Ssid
Snmp
STP
TCP
Supported Rate Set
TCP/IP
Tkip
Unicast
UDP
URL
Vlan
WDS
WAN
WEP
Wins
WPA2
WMM WPA
Wrap
XML
Index
DCF
Ieee
Snmp
WDS
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