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
- Basic Configuration Tasks
- Additional Configuration Tasks
- Customizing W-IAP Settings
- Modifying the W-IAP Hostname
- 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 USB Port Status
- Master Election and Virtual Controller
- Adding a W-IAP to the Network
- Removing a W-IAP from the Network
- VLAN Configuration
- Wireless Network Profiles
- Configuring Wireless Network Profiles
- Configuring Fast Roaming for Wireless Clients
- Editing Status of a WLAN SSID Profile
- Editing a WLAN SSID Profile
- Deleting a WLAN SSID Profile
- Wired Profiles
- Configuring a Wired Profile
- Assigning a Profile to Ethernet Ports
- Editing a Wired Profile
- Deleting a Wired Profile
- Link Aggregation Control Protocol
- Understanding Hierarchical Deployment
- 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
- wConfiguring 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
- Configuring MAC Authentication for a Network Profile
- FConfiguring MAC Authentication with 802.1X Authentication
- hConfiguring MAC Authentication with Captive Portal Authentication
- Configuring WISPr Authentication
- Blacklisting Clients
- Uploading Certificates
- Roles and Policies
- Firewall Policies
- Content Filtering
- Configuring User Roles
- Configuring Derivation Rules
- Using Advanced Expressions in Role and VLAN Derivation Rules
- DHCP Configuration
- VPN Configuration
- IAP-VPN Deployment
- Adaptive Radio Management
- Deep Packet Inspection and Application Visibility
- Voice and Video
- Services
- AirGroup Configuration
- Configuring a W-IAP for RTLS Support
- Configuring a W-IAP for Analytics and Location Engine Support
- 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
- W-IAP Management and Monitoring
- Managing a W-IAP from W-AirWave
- Image Management
- Resetting a W-IAP
- W-IAP and Client Monitoring
- Template-based Configuration
- Trending Reports
- Intrusion Detection System
- Wireless Intrusion Detection System (WIDS) Event Reporting to W-AirWave
- RF Visualization Support for Instant
- PSK-based and Certificate-based Authentication
- Configurable Port for W-IAP and W-AirWave Management Server Communication
- Configuring Organization String
- Managing a W-IAP from W-AirWave
- Uplink Configuration
- Intrusion Detection
- Mesh W-IAP Configuration
- Mobility and Client Management
- Spectrum Monitor
- W-IAP Maintenance
- Monitoring Devices and Logs
- Hotspot Profiles
- Understanding Hotspot Profiles
- Configuring Hotspot Profiles
- Creating Advertisement Profiles for Hotspot Configuration
- Configuring an NAI Realm Profile
- Configuring a Venue Name Profile
- Configuring a Network Authentication Profile
- Configuring a Roaming Consortium Profile
- Configuring a 3GPP Profile
- Configuring an IP Address Availability Profile
- Configuring a Domain Profile
- Configuring an Operator-friendly Profile
- Configuring a Connection Capability Profile
- Configuring an Operating Class Profile
- Configuring a WAN Metrics Profile
- Creating a Hotspot Profile
- Associating an Advertisement Profile to a Hotspot Profile
- Creating a WLAN SSID and Associating Hotspot Profile
- Creating Advertisement Profiles for Hotspot Configuration
- Sample Configuration
- ClearPass Guest Setup
- IAP-VPN Deployment Scenarios
- Terminology
Feature Description
Captive portal support for
web servers with HTTP
proxy configured
W-IAPs now support the configuration of ports that match your browser
configuration. If your browser has a proxy configuration, you can configure a captive
portal proxy server or a global proxy server in the guest SSIDs for captive portal
clients.
Configurable ESSID in
WLAN profile
W-IAPs now support the configuration of the ESSID profile names along with the
Name (SSID) field in WLAN wizard. You can now change the ESSID of a WLAN
network profile without deleting or recreating the profile from scratch. You can also
search for clients connected to an SSID using the ESSID name.
Captive portal server
offload
This feature reduces the load on the external captive portal server by ensuring that
the non-browser client applications are not unnecessarily redirected to the external
portal server.
Configuration of
transmission power limits
for radio profiles
The Customize ARM power range is added to the radio profile configuration
window to allow administrators to set transmit power limits for a specific radio band.
Configuring Dynamic
RADIUSProxy Parameters
For Dynamic RADIUS proxy (DRP) configuration and IAP-VPNdeployments, you no
longer need to configure the Virtual Controller IP address.
Support for multiple XML-
API server configuration
Users can now configure up to 4 XML API server entries on an W-IAP. These server
entries can be edited or deleted if required.
Frame overlay prevention
support for external captive
portal users
The Prevent frame overlay field is added to enable displaying of a web page only if
it is in the same domain as the main page.
Enabling DNS-based
Discovery of the
Provisioning AMP server
W-IAPs can now automatically discover the provisioning W-AirWave server if zero-
touch provisioning fails, and transfer W-AirWave configuration to the W-IAP.
Support for SIM PIN Lock W-IAPs support SIM PIN LOCK function for 3G/4G modems that support the SIM
locking feature to prevent fraudulent use. When SIMPIN lock is enabled, The modem
SIM will be locked. The W-IAPs can also unlock the modem during when the related
unlock command is executed.
RadSec certificate support You can upload RadSec and RadSec CA certificates to W-IAP. These certificates are
required for client authentication when RADIUScomunication over TLS is enabled.
Custom error page for web
access blocked by AppRF
policies
The W-IAPs allow you to create a custom list of redirect URLs to which the users can
be redirected when they access the blocked websites.
Automatic retrieval of
configuration from a
remote server
The W-IAPs support managed mode operations such as periodic retrieval of
configuration files from a specific location. In the 6.4.3.1-4.2 release, if you want to
apply the configuration immediately and do not want to wait until next configuration
retrieval attempt, you can use managed-mode-sync-server to download the
Table 5: New Features
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