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NWA-3550, NWA-3500
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Contents
Default Login Details
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About This User's Guide
Customer Support
Document Conventions
Icons Used in Figures
Safety Warnings
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Contents Overview
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Table of Contents
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Part II: The Web Configurator
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Part IV: Appendices and Index
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PART
Introduction
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Introducing the NWA
1.1 Overview
1.2 Applications for the NWA
1.2.1 Access Point
1.2.2 Bridge / Repeater
1.2.2.1 Bridge / Repeater Mode Example
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1.2.3 AP + Bridge
1.2.4 MBSSID
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1.2.5 Pre-ConfiguredSSID Profiles
1.2.6Configuring Dual WLAN Adaptors
WLAN2
WLAN1
Internet
1.3 CAPWAP
1.4 Ways to Manage the NWA
1.5Good Habits for Managing the NWA
1.6Configuring Your NWA’s Security Features
1.6.1 Control Access to Your Device
1.6.2Wireless Security
1.7 Hardware Connections
1.7.1 Antennas
1.8 LEDs
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The Web Configurator
2.1 Overview
2.2Accessing the Web Configurator
2.3 Resetting the NWA
2.3.1 Methods of Restoring Factory-Defaults
2.4 Navigating the Web Configurator
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Tutorial
3.1 Overview
3.2 How to Configure the Wireless LAN
3.2.1Choosing the Wireless Mode
3.2.2 Wireless LAN Configuration Overview
3.2.3 Further Reading
3.3How to Configure Multiple Wireless Networks
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3.3.1 Change the Operating Mode
3.3.1.1 Access Point
3.3.1.2 MBSSID
3.3.2 Configure the VoIP Network
3.3.2.1 Set Up Security for the VoIP Profile
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3.3.2.2 Activate the VoIP Profile
3.3.3 Configure the Guest Network
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3.3.3.1 Set Up Security for the Guest Profile
3.3.3.2 Set up Layer 2 Isolation
3.3.3.3 Activate the Guest Profile
3.3.4 Testing the Wireless Networks
3.4 How to Set Up and Use Rogue AP Detection
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3.4.1Set Up and Save a Friendly AP list
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3.4.2 Activate Periodic Rogue AP Detection
3.4.3 Set Up E-mailLogs
3.4.4Configure Your Other Access Points
3.4.5 Test the Setup
3.5Using MAC Filters and L-2Isolation Profiles
3.5.1 Scenario
3.5.2Your Requirements
3.5.3Setup
3.5.4 Configure the SERVER_1 Network
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3.5.5 Configure the SERVER_2 Network
3.5.6 Checking your Settings and Testing the Configuration
3.5.6.1 Checking Settings
3.5.6.2 Testing the Configuration
3.6 How to Configure Management Modes
3.6.1 Scenario
3.6.2Your Requirements
3.6.3Setup
3.6.4Configure Your NWA in Controller AP Mode
3.6.4.1 Secondary AP Controller
3.6.4.2 Primary AP Controller
3.6.5Setting Your NWA in Managed AP Mode
3.6.6Configuring the Managed Access Points List
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3.6.7 Checking your Settings and Testing the Configuration
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The Web
Configurator
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Status Screens
4.1 Overview
4.2 The Status Screen
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4.2.1 System Statistics Screen
Management Mode
5.1 Overview
5.2 About CAPWAP
5.2.1 CAPWAP Discovery and Management
5.2.2CAPWAP and DHCP
5.2.3 CAPWAP and IP Subnets
5.2.4 Notes on CAPWAP
5.3 The Management Mode Screen
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AP Controller Mode
6.1 Overview
6.1.1What You Can Do in AP Controller Mode
6.1.2What You Need to Know
6.1.3 Before You Begin
6.2 Controller AP Navigation Menu
6.3 Controller AP Status Screen
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6.4 AP Lists Screen
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6.4.1 The AP Lists Edit Screen
6.5 Configuration Screen
6.6 Redundancy Screen
6.7 The Profile Edit Screens
6.7.1The Radio Profile Screen
6.7.2 The Radio Profile Edit Screen
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System Screens
7.1 Overview
7.1.1What You Can Do in the System Screens
7.1.2 What You Need To Know About the System Screens
7.2 General Screen
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7.3 Password Screen
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7.4 Time Setting Screen
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7.5 Technical Reference
7.5.1 Administrator Authentication on RADIUS
7.5.2 Pre-definedNTP Time Servers List
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Wireless Configuration
8.1 Overview
8.2 What You Can Do in the Wireless Screen
8.2.1 What You Need To Know About the Wireless Screen
Operating Mode
SSID
Channel
Wireless Mode
MBSSID
8.3The Wireless Screen
8.3.1 Access Point Mode
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8.3.2 Bridge / Repeater Mode
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8.3.3 AP + Bridge Mode
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8.3.4 MBSSID Mode
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8.4 Technical Reference
8.4.1 Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
8.4.1.1 Rapid STP
8.4.1.2 STP Terminology
8.4.1.3 How STP Works
8.4.1.4 STP Port States
8.4.2 DFS
8.4.3 Roaming
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8.4.3.1 Requirements for Roaming
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SSID Screen
9.1 Overview
9.1.1 What You Can Do in the SSID Screen
9.1.2 What You Need To Know About SSID
9.2 The SSID Screen
9.2.1 Configuring SSID
9.3 Technical Reference
9.3.1 WMM QoS
9.3.1.1 WMM QoS Priorities
9.3.2 ATC
9.3.3 ATC+WMM
9.3.3.1 ATC+WMM from LAN to WLAN
9.3.3.2 ATC+WMM from WLAN to LAN
9.3.4 Type Of Service (ToS)
9.3.4.1 DiffServ
9.3.4.2 DSCP and Per-HopBehavior
9.3.4.3 ToS (Type of Service) and WMM QoS
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Wireless Security Screen
10.1 Overview
10.1.1 What You Can Do in the Wireless Security Screen
10.1.2 What You Need To Know About Wireless Security
10.2 The Security Screen
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10.2.1 Security: WEP
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10.2.2 Security: 802.1x Only
10.2.3 Security: 802.1x Static 64-bit,802.1x Static 128-bit
10.2.4 Security: WPA
10.2.5 Security: WPA2 or WPA2-MIX
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10.2.6 Security: WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA2-PSK-MIX
10.3 Technical Reference
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RADIUS Screen
11.1 Overview
11.1.1 What You Can Do in the RADIUS Screen
11.1.2 What You Need To Know About RADIUS
11.2 The RADIUS Screen
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Layer-2Isolation Screen
12.1 Overview
12.1.1 What You Can Do in the Layer-2Isolation Screen
12.1.2 What You Need To Know About Layer-2Isolation
12.2 The Layer-2Isolation Screen
12.2.1 Configuring Layer-2Isolation
12.3 Technical Reference
Example 1: Restricting Access to Server
Example 2: Restricting Access to Client
MAC Filter Screen
13.1 Overview
13.1.1 What You Can Do in the MAC Filter Screen
13.1.2 What You Should Know About MAC Filter
13.2 The MAC Filter Screen
13.2.1 Configuring the MAC Filter
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IP Screen
14.1 Overview
14.1.1 What You Can Do in the IP Screen
14.1.2 What You Need To Know About IP
14.2 The IP Screen
14.3 Technical Reference
14.3.1 WAN IP Address Assignment
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Rogue AP Detection
15.1 Overview
15.1.1What You Can Do in the Rogue AP Screen
15.1.2What You Need To Know About Rogue AP
“Honeypot” Attack
15.2 Configuration Screen
15.2.1 Friendly AP Screen
15.2.2 Rogue AP Screen
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Remote Management Screens
16.1 Overview
16.1.1What You Can Do in the Remote Management Screens
16.1.2What You Need To Know About Remote Management
Remote Management Limitations
16.2 The Telnet Screen
16.3 The FTP Screen
16.4 The WWW Screen
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16.5 The SNMP Screen
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16.5.1 SNMPv3 User Profile
16.6 Technical Reference
16.6.1 MIB
16.6.2Supported MIBs
16.6.3 SNMP Traps
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Internal RADIUS Server
17.1 Overview
17.1.1What You Can Do in this Chapter
17.1.2What You Need To Know
17.2 Internal RADIUS Server Setting Screen
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17.3 The Trusted AP Screen
17.4 The Trusted Users Screen
17.5 Technical Reference
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Certificates
18.1 Overview
18.1.1What You Can Do in the Certificates Screen
18.1.2 What You Need To Know About Certificates
18.2My Certificates Screen
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18.2.1 My Certificates Import Screen
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18.2.2 My Certificates Create Screen
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18.2.3 My Certificates Details Screen
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18.3 Trusted CAs Screen
18.3.1 Trusted CAs Import Screen
18.3.2 Trusted CAs Details Screen
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18.4 Technical Reference
18.4.1 Private-PublicCertificates
18.4.2 Certification Authorities
18.4.3 Checking the Fingerprint of a Certificate
Log Screens
19.1 Overview
19.1.1What You Can Do in the Log Screens
19.1.2What You Need To Know About Logs
19.2 The View Log Screen
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19.3 The Log Settings Screen
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19.4 Technical Reference
19.4.1 Example Log Messages
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19.4.2 Log Commands
19.4.3 Configuring What You Want the NWA to Log
19.4.4 Displaying Logs
19.4.5 Log Command Example
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VLAN
20.1 Overview
20.1.1What You Can Do in the VLAN Screen
20.1.2 What You Need To Know About VLAN
20.2 Wireless VLAN Screen
20.2.1 RADIUS VLAN Screen
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20.3 Technical Reference
20.3.1 VLAN Tagging
20.3.2 Configuring Management VLAN Example
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20.3.3 Configuring Microsoft’s IAS Server Example
20.3.3.1 Configuring VLAN Groups
20.3.3.2 Configuring Remote Access Policies
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20.3.4 Second Rx VLAN ID Example
20.3.4.1 Second Rx VLAN Setup Example
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Load Balancing
21.1 Overview
21.1.1 What You Need to Know About Load Balancing
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21.2The Load Balancing Screen
21.2.1 Disassociating and Delaying Connections
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Dynamic Channel Selection
22.1 Overview
22.2 The DCS Screen
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Maintenance
23.1 Overview
23.2What You Can Do in the Maintenance Screens
23.3What You Need To Know
23.4 System Status Screen
23.4.1 Show Statistics Screen
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23.5 Association List Screen
23.6 Channel Usage Screen
23.7 F/W Upload Screen
Do not turn off the NWA while firmware upload is in progress
23.8 Configuration Screen
23.8.1 Backup Configuration
23.8.2 Restore Configuration
23.8.3 Back to Factory Defaults
23.9 Restart Screen
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ART
Troubleshooting
and Specifications
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Troubleshooting
24.1 Overview
24.2Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs
24.3NWA Access and Login
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24.4AP Management Modes
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24.5 Internet Access
24.6 Wireless Router/AP Troubleshooting
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Product Specifications
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Compatible ZyXEL Antennas
Compatible ZyXEL Antenna Cables
Power over Ethernet (PoE) Specifications
Appendices and
Index
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Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address
Windows XP/NT/2000
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Verifying Settings
Windows Vista
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Mac OS X: 10.3 and
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Mac OS X:
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Linux: Ubuntu 8 (GNOME)
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Linux: openSUSE 10.3 (KDE)
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Wireless LAN Topologies
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Channel
RTS/CTS
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Fragmentation Threshold
Preamble Type
IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN
Wireless Security Overview
IEEE
RADIUS
Types of EAP Authentication
EAP-TLS(Transport Layer Security)
EAP-TTLS(Tunneled Transport Layer Service)
PEAP (Protected EAP)
LEAP
Dynamic WEP Key Exchange
WPA and WPA2
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Wireless Client WPA Supplicants
WPA(2) with RADIUS Application Example
WPA(2)-PSKApplication Example
Security Parameters Summary
Antenna Overview
Antenna Characteristics
Types of Antennas for WLAN
Positioning Antennas
Pop-upWindows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions
Internet Explorer Pop-upBlockers
Enable pop-upBlockers with Exceptions
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JavaScripts
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Java Permissions
JAVA (Sun)
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Internet Explorer
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Installing a Stand-AloneCertificate File in Internet Explorer
Removing a Certificate in Internet Explorer
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Firefox
Installing a Stand-AloneCertificate File in Firefox
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Removing a Certificate in Firefox
Opera
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Installing a Stand-AloneCertificate File in Opera
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Removing a Certificate in Opera
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Konqueror
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Installing a Stand-AloneCertificate File in Konqueror
Removing a Certificate in Konqueror
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Introduction to IP Addresses
Structure
Subnet Masks
Network Size
Notation
Subnetting
Example: Four Subnets
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Example: Eight Subnets
Subnet Planning
Configuring IP Addresses
Private IP Addresses
Text File Based Auto Configuration Overview
Auto Configuration by DHCP
Manual Configuration
Configuration Via SNMP
Configuration File Format
Configuration File Rules
Wcfg Command Configuration File Examples
Wlan Command Configuration File Example
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Copyright
Certifications
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement
ZyXEL Limited Warranty
Note
Registration
Index
