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
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Parameter Description
Name Enter a name for the server.
IP address Enter the IP address of the LDAP server.
Auth port Enter the authorization port number of the LDAPserver. The default port number is 389.
Admin-DN Enter a distinguished name for the admin user with read/search privileges across all the entries in
the LDAP database (the user need not have write privileges, but the user must be able to search the
database, and read attributes of other users in the database).
Admin
password
Enter a password for administrator.
Base-DN Enter a distinguished name for the node that contains the entire user database.
Filter Specify the filter to apply when searching for a user in the LDAP database. The default filter string is
(objectclass=*).
Key
Attribute
Specify the attribute to use as a key while searching for the LDAP server. For Active Directory, the
value is sAMAccountName
Timeout Enter a value between 1 and 30 seconds. The default value is 5.
Retry count Enter a value between 1 and 5. The default value is 3.
Dead Time Specify a dead time for the authentication server in minutes within the range of 1–1440 minutes.
The default dead time interval is 5 minutes.
When two or more authentication servers are configured on the W-IAP and a server is unavailable,
the dead time configuration determines the duration for which the authentication server would be
available if the server is marked as unavailable.
Table 34: LDAPServer Configuration Parameters
l TACACS—To configure TACACS server, select the TACACS option and configure the following parameters:
Parameter Description
Name Enter a name for the server.
IPaddress Enter the IP address of the TACACS server.
Auth Port Enter a TCPIPport used by the server. The default port number is 49.
Shared Key Enter a secret key of your choice to authenticate communication between the TACACS+ client and
the server.
Retype Key Re-enter the shared key.
Timeout Enter a number between 1 and 30 seconds to indicate the timeout period for TACACS+ requests.
The default value is 20 seconds.
Table 35: TACACS Configuration Parameters