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Cisco WLAN Controller Web Interface User Guide
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Chapter 5 Wireless Menu Bar Selection
Cisco APs
AP Mode Set the access point mode of operation. Options are:
• Local - the default option.
• Monitor - monitor-only mode.
• Bridge (displayed only if the AP is bridge capable)- set the AP mode to
“Bridge” if you are connecting a WRAP.
Note If the AP mode is set to “Bridge” and the AP is not REAP capable, an
error is displayed.
• Rogue Detector - monitors the rogue APs; does not transmit or contain rogue
APs.
• Sniffer - the access point starts sniffing the air on a given channel. It will
capture and forward all the packets from the clients on that channel to a
remote machine that runs airopeek (A packet analyzer for IEEE 802.11
wireless LANs). It will include information on timestamp, signal strength,
packet size and so on
The following parameters are required for sniffing:
– Channel: the channel to sniff
– Server IP address: the IP address of the remote machine running
Airopeek
Refer to the Sniffer Feature for more details.
• Remote Edge lightweight Access Point (REAP)- used for Cisco Aironet
1030 IEEE 802.11a/b/g remote edge lightweight access points
Mirror Mode Port Mirroring mode, either enabled or disabled.
Operational Status The operational status of the access point comes up as either registered (REG) or
not registered (DEREG) automatically by the controller.
Port Number The access point is connected to this controller port.
AP Group Name This drop-down list contains the names of AP Groups VLANs that you have
created.
To associate an AP group VLAN with an access point:
1. Select an AP group VLAN from the drop-down list.
2. Click the Apply button.
For more information on creating a new AP Group and mapping it to an interface,
refer to AP Groups VLAN.
Location Customer-definable location name for the access point.
Primary Controller
Name
This is the access point’s primary controller SNMP name. The access point
attempts to associate with this controller first for all network operations and in
the event of a hardware reset (Note).
Table 5-2 General Details (continued)
Parameter Description