User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Wireless Controller
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Hardware Descriptions
- 3. System Planning and Deployment Scenarios
- 4. RF Planning and Deployment
- Application, Browser, and Port Requirements for RF Planning
- RF Planning Overview
- Manage a Building and Floors for an RF Plan
- Add a Building and Floors
- Add a Single Floor to a Building
- Scale a Floor
- Add a WiFi Coverage or WiFi Noncoverage Zone to a Floor
- Remove a WiFi Coverage or Noncoverage Zone From a Floor
- Add a WiFi Building Obstacle to a Floor
- Remove a Building Obstacle From a Floor
- Add a WiFi Obstruction Area
- Remove a WiFi Obstruction Area
- Change the Name, Map, or Dimensions of a Floor
- Change the Name of a Building
- Duplicate an Entire Building With All Floors
- Duplicate a Single Floor
- Remove a Single Floor
- Remove an Entire Building With All Its Floors
- Use the WiFi Auto Planning Advisor to Generate an RF Plan for a Floor
- Manually Add and Manage Access Points on a Floor Map for an RF Plan
- Manually Add and Manage Antennas on a Floor Map for an RF Plan
- Display and Recalculate the WiFi Coverage for a Heat Map
- Display or Change the WiFi Inventory for an RF Plan
- Download a Report for an RF Plan
- View the Heat Map for a Deployed Floor Plan
- 5. Installation and Configuration Overview
- 6. Configure the System and Network Settings and Register the Licenses
- 7. Manage Security Profiles and Profile Groups
- WiFi Security Profile Concepts
- Manage Security Profiles for the Basic Profile Group
- Manage Security Profiles for Advanced Profile Groups
- Network Authentication and Data Encryption Options
- Manage Authentication Servers and Authentication Server Groups
- Manage MAC Authentication and MAC Authentication Groups
- Guidelines for External MAC Authentication
- Remove a Local MAC Authentication Group
- 8. Discover and Manage Access Points
- 9. Configure WiFi, Radio Frequency, and QoS Settings
- Basic and Advanced WiFi, Radio Frequency Management, and QoS Configuration Concepts
- Configure the Radio On/Off Settings
- Configure WiFi Settings
- Radio Frequency Management Concepts
- Configure Automatic Transmission Power
- Override Transmission Power for Individual Access Points
- Configure WLAN Healing
- Enable Band Steering
- Configure Automatic Channel Allocation
- Override the Channel and Frequency for an Access Point
- Manage AirQual for a Profile Group
- Manage Quality of Service for an Advanced Profile Group
- Manage Load Balancing
- Manage Rate Limiting
- Manage the LED Behavior
- 10. Manage Rogue Access Points, Guest Network Access, and Users
- Manage Rogue Access Points
- Manage Guest Network Access Through Guest Portals and Captive Portals
- Manage Users, Accounts, and Passwords
- User and Account Concepts
- Change the Password of the Default admin Account of the Wireless Controller
- Add a Management User
- Add a WiFi User
- Add a Captive Portal Account
- Add a Logo and Message on Captive Portal User Information
- Add a Captive Portal User
- Add Multiple Captive Portal Users Simultaneously
- Change the Settings for a User or Account
- Remove Users or Accounts
- Export a List of Users or Accounts
- 11. Maintain the Wireless Controller and Access Points
- Manage the Configuration File or Upgrade the Firmware
- Reboot the Wireless Controller
- Reset the Wireless Controller
- Manage Extended Storage
- Manage Remote Access
- Specify Session Time-Outs
- Save the Logs
- View Alerts and Events
- Manage Licenses
- Reboot Access Points
- Configure Multicast Firmware Upgrade for Access Points
- 12. Manage Stacking and Redundancy
- Stacking Concepts
- Configure a Stack of Wireless Controllers
- Remove a Wireless Controller From a Stack
- Select Which Wireless Controller in a Stack to Configure
- Manage Redundancy for a Single Controller
- Manage a Redundancy Group With N:1 Redundancy
- Replace a Redundant Controller
- Remove a Redundancy Group
- Upgrade Firmware in a Stacked Redundancy Group
- 13. Monitor the WiFi Network and Its Components
- Monitor the Network
- Monitor the Wireless Controller
- View the Wireless Controller Summary Page
- View Wireless Controller Usage
- View Access Points That the Wireless Controller Manages
- View Clients on Access Points That the Wireless Controller Manages
- View Neighboring Clients That the Wireless Controller Detects
- View Neighboring Access Points That the Wireless Controller Does Not Manage
- View Security Profiles That the Wireless Controller Manages
- View DHCP Leases That Are Provided by the Wireless Controller
- View Captive Portal Users on Access Points That the Wireless Controller Manages
- View the Guest Email Address Database for Access Points That the Wireless Controller Manages
- View AirQual for the Channels in a Profile Group
- Monitor the SSIDs on the Wireless Controller
- Monitor Local Clients in the Network
- 14. Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
- Troubleshoot Basic Functioning
- Troubleshoot the Web Management Interface
- Troubleshoot a TCP/IP Network Using the Ping Utility
- Use the Reset Button to Restore Default Settings
- Resolve Problems With Date and Time
- Resolve Network Problems
- Resolve Problems With Access Points
- Use the Diagnostic Tools on the Wireless Controller
- A. Controller-Managed Access Points
- Overview
- Change IP Address and VLAN Settings on a Controller-Managed Access Point
- Reenable the DHCP Client on a Controller-Managed Access Point
- Upgrade or Change Firmware on a Controller-Managed Access Point
- Save and View the Logs on a Controller-Managed Access Point
- Enable Link Aggregation on a WAC740 Access Point
- Change the Password on an Access Point
- Convert an Access Point From Controller-Managed to Standalone
- B. Factory Default Settings, Technical Specifications, and Passwords Requirements
- Index
Configure WiFi, Radio Frequency, and QoS Settings
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Wireless Controller
RTS Threshold (0-2347) Enter the size of the Request to Send (RTS) threshold packet.
The RTS threshold is related to the transmission mechanism
(CSMA/CA or CSMA/CD) for the packets. If the packet size is equal to
or less than this threshold, the data frame is transmitted immediately; if
the packet size is larger than the specified value, the transmitting
station must send an R
TS threshold packet to the receiving station, and
must wait for the receiving station to return a Clear to Send (CTS)
packet before sending the actual packet data.
Beacon Interval (100-1000) Enter the time interval for each beacon transmission that allows the
access point to synchronize the WiFi network.
Aggregation Length
(802.11ng and 802.11na/ac only)
Enter the maximum length of aggregated MAC protocol data unit
(AMPDU) packets.
Larger aggregation lengths could lead to better network performance.
Aggregation is a mechanism used to achieve higher throughput.
The default setting depends on the selection from the W
ireless Mode
menu:
• If the selection from the W
ireless Mode
menu is 802.11ng or
802.11na, the default setting is 65535.
• If the selection from the W
ireless Mode
menu is 802.11na/ac, the
default setting is 1048575.
AMPDU
(802.11ng and 802.11na/ac only)
Select the enable radio button to allow the aggregation of several MAC
frames into a single large frame to achieve higher throughput. Enabled
is the default setting.
Enabling AMPDU could lead to better network performance.
Select the disable radio button to disable this option.
RIFS Transmission
(802.11ng and 802.11na/ac only)
Select the enable radio button to enable the reduced interframe space
(RIFS) option to allow transmission of successive frames at dif
ferent
transmit powers.
Enabling RIFS could lead to better network performance. Select the
disable radio button to disable this option. Disabled is the default
setting.
DTIM Interval (1-255) Enter the delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) or the data beacon
rate that you want to use.
The message period of the beacon delivery traffic indication is set in
multiples of beacon intervals.
Preamble Type Select one of the following radio buttons to specify the preamble type:
• Auto. Automatically
handles
both long and short preambles.
A short transmit preamble provides better performance. Auto is the
default setting.
• Long. Enables a long transmit preamble to provide a more reliable
connection or a slightly longer range.
Setting Description