Concept Guide
Table Of Contents
- About this Guide
- About Instant
- Setting up a W-IAP
- Automatic Retrieval of Configuration
- Instant User Interface
- Initial Configuration Tasks
- Customizing W-IAP Settings
- Modifying the W-IAP Host Name
- Configuring Zone Settings on a W-IAP
- Specifying a Method for Obtaining IP Address
- Configuring External Antenna
- Configuring Radio Profiles for a W-IAP
- Configuring Uplink VLAN for a W-IAP
- Changing the W-IAP Installation Mode
- Changing USB Port Status
- Master Election and Virtual Controller
- Adding a W-IAP to the Network
- Removing a W-IAP from the Network
- VLAN Configuration
- IPv6 Support
- Wireless Network Profiles
- Configuring Wireless Network Profiles
- Configuring Fast Roaming for Wireless Clients
- Configuring Modulation Rates on a WLAN SSID
- Multi-User-MIMO
- Management Frame Protection
- Disabling Short Preamble for Wireless Client
- Editing Status of a WLAN SSID Profile
- Editing a WLAN SSID Profile
- Deleting a WLAN SSID Profile
- Wired Profiles
- Captive Portal for Guest Access
- Understanding Captive Portal
- Configuring a WLAN SSID for Guest Access
- Configuring Wired Profile for Guest Access
- Configuring Internal Captive Portal for Guest Network
- Configuring External Captive Portal for a Guest Network
- Configuring Facebook Login
- Configuring Guest Logon Role and Access Rules for Guest Users
- Configuring Captive Portal Roles for an SSID
- Configuring Walled Garden Access
- Authentication and User Management
- Managing W-IAP Users
- Supported Authentication Methods
- Supported EAP Authentication Frameworks
- Configuring Authentication Servers
- Understanding Encryption Types
- Configuring Authentication Survivability
- Configuring 802.1X Authentication for a Network Profile
- Enabling 802.1X Supplicant Support
- Configuring MAC Authentication for a Network Profile
- Configuring MAC Authentication with 802.1X Authentication
- Configuring MAC Authentication with Captive Portal Authentication
- Configuring WISPr Authentication
- Blacklisting Clients
- Uploading Certificates
- Roles and Policies
- DHCP Configuration
- Configuring Time-Based Services
- Dynamic DNS Registration
- VPN Configuration
- IAP-VPN Deployment
- Adaptive Radio Management
- Deep Packet Inspection and Application Visibility
- Voice and Video
- Services
- Configuring AirGroup
- Configuring a W-IAP for RTLS Support
- Configuring a W-IAP for Analytics and Location Engine Support
- Managing BLE Beacons
- Clarity Live
- Configuring OpenDNS Credentials
- Integrating a W-IAP with Palo Alto Networks Firewall
- Integrating a W-IAP with an XML API Interface
- CALEA Integration and Lawful Intercept Compliance
- Cluster Security
- W-IAP Management and Monitoring
- Uplink Configuration
- Intrusion Detection
- Mesh W-IAP Configuration
- Mobility and Client Management
- Spectrum Monitor
- W-IAP Maintenance
- Monitoring Devices and Logs
- Hotspot Profiles
- ClearPass Guest Setup
- IAP-VPN Deployment Scenarios
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
14 | About Instant Dell Networking W-Series Instant 6.5.1.0-4.3.1.0 | User Guide
Instant CLI
The Instant Command Line Interface (CLI) is a text-based interface that is accessible through a Secure Shell
(SSH) session.
SSH access requires that you configure an IP address and a default gateway on the W-IAP and connect the W-
IAP to your network. This is typically performed when the Instant network on a W-IAP is set up.
What is New in this Release
The following features are introduced in Instant 6.5.1.0-4.3.1.0:
Feature Description
Cluster Security
Support for cluster security is introduced to secure control plane messages between W-
IAPs. Additionally, DTLS is used with cluster security for extended security facilities.
Cluster security also provides the option of logging and debugging by organizing the
logs into modules which are later used for debugging.
Support for RFC5997
Starting from Instant 6.5.1.0-4.3.1.0, you can configure the RFC5997 feature on the W-
IAP to send a status request query to the RADIUSserver each time there is an
authentication or accounting request timeout. This helps determine if the server is
actually down before marking the server as unavailable.
Clarity Live
Instant now supports inline monitoring through Clarity Live to identify client connectivity
issues and send the data to W-AirWave for analysis. It helps in isolating the root cause of
the connectivity issues experienced by receiving regular statistics and updates
generated by the events.
Client Match for Access
Points in a Zone
Starting from Instant 6.5.1.0-4.3.1.0, the decision to move a client from a home W-IAP to
a target W-IAP will be made at the SSID level instead of the radio level, by adding the
SSID name to the client match radio database. Client Match will check if the same SSID
(zone specific SSID on Home W-IAP) is available on the target W-IAP before it moves the
client.
Changing the W-IAP
Installation Mode
Instant now allows users to change the installation type of the W-IAPs from indoor to
outdoor or vice-versa.
Table 5: New Features
Support for New IAP Devices
Instant 6.5.1.0-4.3.1.0 release introduces support for the following new DellW-IAP devices. These new devices
do not interoperate with Instant versions lower than Instant 6.5.0.0-4.3.0.0. If these W-IAPs are placed into a
cluster running older Instant versions prior to Instant 6.5.1.0-4.3.1.0, the devices will reboot with the Image
Sync Fail reason. To resolve this issue, upgrade the existing cluster to minimum Instant 6.5.1.0-4.3.1.0
release, and then add the new W-IAP devices.