Table of Contents

Chapter 3

 

 

Status Screens ........................................................................................................................

39

 

3.1

The Status Screen ...............................................................................................................

40

 

 

 

3.1.1 AP List ........................................................................................................................

44

 

 

 

3.1.2 AP Statistics ...............................................................................................................

45

 

 

 

3.1.3 SSID Information ........................................................................................................

46

 

Chapter 4

 

 

Management Mode..................................................................................................................

47

 

 

4.1 About CAPWAP ...................................................................................................................

47

 

 

 

4.1.1 CAPWAP Discovery and Management ......................................................................

48

 

 

 

4.1.2 CAPWAP and DHCP ..................................................................................................

48

 

 

 

4.1.3 CAPWAP and IP Subnets ..........................................................................................

48

 

 

 

4.1.4 Notes on CAPWAP ....................................................................................................

49

 

4.2

The Management Mode Screen ..........................................................................................

49

 

Chapter 5

 

 

Controller AP Mode ................................................................................................................

53

 

5.1

Overview ..............................................................................................................................

53

 

 

 

5.1.1 What You Can Do in AP Controller Mode ..................................................................

53

 

 

 

5.1.2 What You Need to Know ............................................................................................

53

 

 

 

5.1.3 Before You Begin .......................................................................................................

54

 

5.2

Controller AP Navigation Menu ...........................................................................................

54

 

5.3

Controller AP Status Screen ................................................................................................

55

 

5.4

AP List Screen .....................................................................................................................

57

 

 

 

5.4.1 The AP Lists Edit Screen ...........................................................................................

59

 

5.5

Configuration Screen ...........................................................................................................

60

 

5.6

Redundancy Screen ............................................................................................................

61

 

5.7

The Profile Edit Screens ......................................................................................................

62

 

 

 

5.7.1 The Radio Profile Screen ...........................................................................................

62

 

5.8

The Radio Profile Edit Screen .............................................................................................

64

 

Chapter 6

 

 

Tutorial .....................................................................................................................................

67

 

6.1

How to Configure the Wireless LAN ....................................................................................

67

 

 

 

6.1.1 Choosing the Wireless Mode .....................................................................................

67

 

 

 

6.1.1.1 Configuring Dual WLAN Adaptors ..................................................

68

 

 

 

6.1.2 Wireless LAN Configuration Overview .......................................................................

68

 

 

 

6.1.3 Further Reading .........................................................................................................

70

 

6.2

How to Configure Multiple Wireless Networks .....................................................................

70

 

 

 

6.2.1 Change the Operating Mode ......................................................................................

72

 

 

 

6.2.2 Configure the VoIP Network .......................................................................................

73

 

 

 

6.2.2.1 Set Up Security for the VoIP Profile ................................................

75

 

 

 

 

 

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