User guide
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Installation and Initialization
- Managing the Access Point
- Basic Configuration for an Enterprise
- Access Point Features
- Using Web Interface to Manage the Access Point
- Using SNMP Interface to Manage the Access Point
- Using CLI to Manage the Access Point
- Global Configuration Mode
- General Notes
- Configuring the AP using CLI Commands
- Command Line Interface Mode Overview
- User Exec Mode
- Privileged Exec Mode
- Show Command Tree Structure Command
- Show VLAN Command
- Show MAC ACL Command
- Show RADIUS Server Table Command
- Show RADIUS Supported Profile Table Command
- Show Security Wireless Config Table Command
- Show QoS Profile and Policy Command
- Show QoS EDCA Command
- Show Wireless Properties Command
- Show 11n Wireless Properties Command
- Wireless VAP Command
- Ethernet Interface Command
- Network Configuration Command
- Advaned Filter and Global Filter Command
- TCP-UDP and Static MAC Address Table Commands
- Protocl Filter, Filter Type and Filter Control Table Command
- Access Control and HTTP, Telnet and TFTP Commands
- SNMP Read, Read-Write Password and Trap Host Table Command
- Country Code and Management Commands
- System Information Command
- System Inventory Management Command
- Event Logand ICMP Commands
- IP ARP Statistics and SNTP Command
- Syslog configuration and RADIUS Client Authentication Table Commands
- RADIUS Client Access Command
- Interface Statistics Command
- Wireless Station Statistics Command
- IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway Command
- Scalar Objects Commands
- Table Entries Commands
- Table Entry Deletion Command
- Table Entry Edition Command
- VAP Table Commands
- Troubleshooting
- ASCII Character Chart
- Bootloader CLI
- Specifications
- Technical Services and Support
- Statement of Warranty
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Access Point Features
This chapter provides you information about the features of the Access Point:
• Configuring the Device
• Managing the Device
• Monitoring the Device
Configuring the Device
Following features are available under Device Configuration:
Wireless
The wireless feature of the Access Point enables you to use the new technology called Multiple Input Multiple Output
(MIMO), that uses several antennas to transfer multiple data streams. In this way more data can be transferred in the
same period of time. The wireless architecture is based on the cellular architecture where the systems are divided into
cells, and each cell is called the BSS, that Base Station called Access Point (AP) controls.
The Wireless LAN (WLAN) can be formed of a single cell or of many cells . Each of the WLAN has an entry point which
is called Virtual Access Point (VAP), which has a unique BSSID and other relevant protocols that make these VAP as
independent entity. Each of the BSSID can be configured independly so that the user can provide unique authentication
and security feature.
VAP Features
• VAP(Virtual Access Point): This is a logical entity that exists within the physical WLAN access device. The VAP
enables a single device to be divided into layers and each layer gets assigned to different users with their usage
rights.
• VAP SSID (Service Set Identifier): An SSID is referred as a network name which is unique and a wireless
network is identified by this SSID which is assigned to it. In other words, this specifies which wireless network to
access and this enables communication between users and the Access Point.
• VAP BSSID: This parameter represents the MAC address for the VAP BSSID.
• Closed System: The status of the closed system controls whether the SSID is advertised in the beacon and
manage te way probe requests are handled.
— If the Closed System is set to Enable, then the SSID is not advertised in the beacon. The AP will respond to
probe requests with an SSID only if the client has specified the SSID in the probe requests. If the client sends
a probe requests with a null or any, then the AP will not respond.
— If the Closed System is set to Disable, then the SSID is advertised in the beacon. The AP will respond with
each configured SSID irrespective of whether it is specified in the probe request or not.
• Fragmentation Threshold: The process of dividing a MAC Service Data Unit (MSDU) into smaller MAC level
frames for transmission over the wireless network is called fragmentation. This technique reduces both the
probality and adverse effects of wireless packet corruption, and thereby improving the overall wireless network
performance. You can fragment the Unicast receiver address, whereas Broadcast/Multicast frames cannot be
fragmented, even though they exceed a fragmentation threshold. You can configure fragmentation threshold up
to 2346 bytes.
• Security Profile Name: This parameter allows you to configure the Security profile name for Wireless VAP. It has
to be a valid security profile configured under Wireless Security.
• RADIUS Profile Name: This parameter allows you to configure the RADIUS profile name for Wireless VAP. It has
to be a valid Radius profile configured under Security.