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
6. For each radio on each access point model for which you want to configure load balancing,
configure the settings as described in the following table.
Setting Description
Max Client Move the slider to specify or enter the maximum number of WiFi clients that can
connect to each radio of an access point at one time.
You can select a value of 64 to allow the maximum number of clients that a radio of
an access point can support.
RSSI Move the slider to specify or enter the minimum signal quality in percentage (0 to
75 percent) expected from the WiFi clients that connect to the access points.
A value of 0 means that this check is not enforced and load balancing is disabled.
RSSI percentages translate into the following power levels in dBm:
• RSSI of 0% = –95 dBm (load balancing is disabled)
• RSSI of 25% = –81 dBm
• RSSI of 50% = –68 dBm
• RSSI of 75% = –55 dBm
7. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Manage Rate Limiting
You can configure profile rate limiting and client rate limiting:
• Profile rate limiting. You can manage how the available bandwidth is distributed among
the profiles in a profile group on a radio of a managed access point.
• Client rate limiting
. For access point models WAC720, WAC730 and W
AC740, you can
specify the upper bandwidth limit that is applied to each WiFi client of a profile in a profile
group on a radio of a managed access point.
Profile rate limiting and client rate limiting can function independently from each other.
Rate Limiting Concepts
The number of errors during transmission and the time that a packet spends in the
transmission queues determine the available bandwidth.
Within a profile group (including the basic profile group), you configure rate limiting separately
for each WiFi radio (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz). Within a profile group, for each WiFi radio, rate
limiting must add up to a maximum of 100 percent. (It can be less than 100 percent.)
For example, within one profile group, if four profiles use the 802.11b/bg/ng mode and two
profiles use the 802.11a/na/ac mode, you create one rate-limiting configuration for the four
profiles that use the 802.11b/bg/ng mode and another rate-limiting configuration for the two
profiles that use the 802.1
1a/na/ac mode. The combined percentages of the four profiles that
use the 802.11b/bg/ng mode cannot exceed 100 percent; similarly, the combined
percentages of the two profiles that use the 802.11a/na/ac mode cannot exceed 100 percent.