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Contents
About This Guide
Who Should Use This Guide .............................................................................................................................ix
How to Use This Guide ......................................................................................................................................ix
Related Documents ............................................................................................................................................x
Conventions Used in This Guide ........................................................................................................................x
Getting Help .......................................................................................................................................................xi
Chapter 1: Introduction
About the Enterasys Wireless Standalone 802.11n AP ................................................................................. 1-1
Applications .................................................................................................................................................... 1-2
Features ......................................................................................................................................................... 1-2
Chapter 2: Configuring Your Network
Wireless Networking Concepts ....................................................................................................................... 2-1
Infrastructure Wireless LAN ..................................................................................................................... 2-1
Infrastructure Wireless LAN for Roaming Wireless PCs .......................................................................... 2-2
Infrastructure Wireless Bridge .................................................................................................................. 2-3
About Clustering ............................................................................................................................................. 2-4
RADIUS Authentication .................................................................................................................................. 2-5
About Network Security .................................................................................................................................. 2-5
About Quality of Service ................................................................................................................................. 2-6
Chapter 3: Getting Started with your Enterasys Wireless Standalone 802.11n AP
Powering the AP ............................................................................................................................................. 3-1
IP Address Assignment and Acquisition ......................................................................................................... 3-2
Discovering DHCP Assigned IP Addresses ............................................................................................. 3-2
Managing the AP ............................................................................................................................................ 3-3
Accessing and Logging-in to the Web-Based Interface ........................................................................... 3-4
Understanding the Browser Interface ............................................................................................................. 3-5
Understanding the Page Banners ............................................................................................................ 3-7
Navigating Through the Standalone AP User Interface ........................................................................... 3-8
Configuring the Standalone AP for the First Time .......................................................................................... 3-9
Changing the Password ......................................................................................................................... 3-10
Updating the AP Firmware ..................................................................................................................... 3-11
Configuring the IP Address .................................................................................................................... 3-12
Creating a WLAN Policy ............................................................................................................................... 3-16
Creating a WLAN Service ............................................................................................................................. 3-17
Configuring the Radios ........................................................................................................................... 3-19
Chapter 4: Configuring the Enterasys Wireless Standalone 802.11n AP
Configuring the LAN Settings ......................................................................................................................... 4-1
Configuring General LAN Settings ........................................................................................................... 4-2
Configuring 802.1X Authentication ........................................................................................................... 4-6
Configuring LLDP ..................................................................................................................................... 4-8
Configuring RADIUS Authentication ............................................................................................................. 4-10
WLAN Global Configuration ......................................................................................................................... 4-11
Creating an Access Control List ............................................................................................................. 4-11
Configuring QoS ..................................................................................................................................... 4-13