User's Manual

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HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software V5 R1 , C20/C2400 User Guide
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Performing system maintenance
Performing Wireless AP client management
11 Performing system maintenance
This chapter describes system maintenance processes, including:
• Performing Wireless AP client management
• Resetting the Wireless APs to their factory default settings
• Performing system maintenance tasks
• Performing HiPath Wireless Controller software maintenance
• Working with system logs, trace messages, and audits
11.1 Performing Wireless AP client management
There are times when for service reasons or security issues, you want to cut the
connection with a particular wireless device. You can view all the associated
wireless devices, by MAC address, on a selected Wireless AP. You can do the
following:
• Disassociate a selected wireless device from its Wireless AP.
• Add a selected wireless device's MAC address to a blacklist of wireless
clients that will not be allowed to associate with the Wireless AP.
• Backup and restore the HiPath Wireless Controller database. For more
information, see Section 11.4, “Performing HiPath Wireless Controller
software maintenance”, on page 320.
11.1.1 Disassociating a client
In addition to the following procedure below, you can also disassociate wireless
users directly from the Active Clients by VNS page. For more information, see
Chapter 10, “Working with reports and displays”.
To disassociate a wireless device client:
1. From the main menu, click Wireless AP Configuration. The Wireless AP
Configuration page is displayed.
2. From the left pane, click Client Management. The Disassociate tab is
displayed.