Quick Reference Guide

ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC9500

Chapter 4 Configure the System and Network

Settings and Register the Licenses

Configure General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Manage the Time Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

IP and VLAN Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Management VLAN Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Untagged VLAN Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Configure the IP and VLAN Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Manage the DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Configure the License Server Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Manage Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Configure Log, Syslog, Alarm Notification, and Email Settings . . . . . . . . .58

Configure Log Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Configure Syslog Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Configure Alarm Notification Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Configure the Email Notification Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Chapter 5 Manage Security Profiles and Profile Groups

Wireless Security Profile Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Small WLAN Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Larger WLAN Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Profile Naming Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Considerations Before You Configure Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Basic and Advanced Security Configuration Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Configure Security Profiles for the Basic Profile Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Configure Profiles in the Basic Profile Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Edit and Remove Profiles in the Basic Profile Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Configure Security Profiles for Advanced Profile Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Advanced Profile Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Configure Profiles in an Advanced Profile Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Edit and Remove Profiles in an Advanced Profile Group. . . . . . . . . . . .76

Network Authentication and Data Encryption Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Manage MAC Authentication and MAC Authentication Groups. . . . . . . . . 81

Guidelines for External MAC Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Configure Basic Local MAC Authentication Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Configure Local MAC Authentication Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Manage Authentication Servers and Authentication Server Groups . . . . . 85

Configure Basic Authentication Server Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Configure RADIUS Authentication Server Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Chapter 6 Discover and Manage Access Points

Access Point Discovery Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

General Discovery Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Layer 3 Discovery Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91