User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 About this Guide
- Contents
- 2 Overview of the HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software solution
- 2.1 Conventional wireless LANs
- 2.2 Elements of the HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software solution
- 2.3 HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software and your network
- 2.4 HiPath Wireless Controller product family
- 3 Configuring the HiPath Wireless Controller
- 3.1 System configuration overview
- 3.2 Logging on to the HiPath Wireless Controller
- 3.3 Working with the basic installation wizard
- 3.4 Configuring the HiPath Wireless Controller for the first time
- 3.4.1 Changing the administrator password
- 3.4.2 Applying product license keys
- 3.4.3 Setting up the data ports
- 3.4.4 Setting up Internal VLAN ID and multi-cast support
- 3.4.5 Setting up static routes
- 3.4.6 Setting up OSPF Routing
- 3.4.7 Configuring filtering at the interface level
- 3.4.8 Installing certificates on the HiPath Wireless Controller
- 3.4.9 Configuring the login authentication mode
- 3.4.10 Configuring network time
- 3.4.11 Configuring DNS servers for resolving host names of RADIUS servers
- 3.5 Additional ongoing operations of the system
- 4 Configuring the Wireless AP
- 4.1 Wireless AP overview
- 4.2 Discovery and registration overview
- 4.2.1 Wireless AP discovery
- 4.2.2 Registration after discovery
- 4.2.3 Understanding the Wireless AP LED status
- 4.2.4 Configuring the Wireless APs for the first time
- 4.2.5 Defining properties for the discovery process
- 4.2.6 Connecting the Wireless AP to a power source and initiating the discovery and registration process
- 4.3 Adding and registering a Wireless AP manually
- 4.4 Configuring Wireless AP settings
- 4.4.1 Modifying a Wireless AP’s status
- 4.4.2 Configuring a Wireless AP’s properties
- 4.4.3 AP properties tab configuration
- 4.4.4 Assigning Wireless AP radios to a VNS
- 4.4.5 Configuring Wireless AP radio properties
- 4.4.6 Setting up the Wireless AP using static configuration
- 4.4.7 Configuring Telnet/SSH Access
- 4.5 Configuring VLAN tags for Wireless APs
- 4.6 Modifying a Wireless AP’s properties based on a default AP configuration
- 4.7 Modifying the Wireless AP’s default setting using the Copy to Defaults feature
- 4.8 Configuring Wireless APs simultaneously
- 4.9 Configuring an AP as a sensor
- 4.10 Performing Wireless AP software maintenance
- 5 Virtual Network Services concepts
- 6 Configuring a VNS
- 6.1 High level VNS configuration flow
- 6.2 VNS global settings
- 6.2.1 Defining RADIUS servers and MAC address format
- 6.2.2 Configuring Dynamic Authorization Server support
- 6.2.3 Defining Wireless QoS Admission Control Thresholds
- 6.2.4 Defining Wireless QoS Flexible Client Access
- 6.2.5 Working with bandwidth control profiles
- 6.2.6 Configuring the Global Default Policy
- 6.2.7 Using the Sync Summary
- 6.3 Methods for configuring a VNS
- 6.4 Working with the VNS wizard to create a new VNS
- 6.5 Working with a GuestPortal VNS
- 6.6 Creating a VNS using the advanced method
- 6.7 Working with existing VNSs
- 6.8 Configuring a Topology
- 6.9 Configuring WLAN Services
- 6.9.1 Configuring a WLAN Service
- 6.9.2 Configuring privacy
- 6.9.3 Configuring accounting and authentication
- 6.9.3.1 Vendor Specific Attributes
- 6.9.3.2 Defining accounting methods for a WLAN Service
- 6.9.3.3 Configuring authentication for a WLAN Service
- 6.9.3.4 Defining the RADIUS server priority for RADIUS redundancy
- 6.9.3.5 Configuring assigned RADIUS servers
- 6.9.3.6 Defining a WLAN Service with no authentication
- 6.9.3.7 Configuring Captive Portal for internal or external authentication
- 6.9.4 Configuring the QoS policy
- 6.10 Configuring Policy
- 6.11 Working with a Wireless Distribution System
- 6.11.1 Simple WDS configuration
- 6.11.2 Wireless Repeater configuration
- 6.11.3 Wireless Bridge configuration
- 6.11.4 Examples of deployment
- 6.11.5 WDS WLAN Services
- 6.11.6 Key features of WDS
- 6.11.7 Deploying the WDS system
- 6.11.7.1 Connecting the WDS Wireless APs to the enterprise network for discovery and registration
- 6.11.7.2 Configuring the WDS Wireless APs through the HiPath Wireless Controller
- 6.11.7.3 Assigning the Satellite Wireless APs’ radios to the network WLAN Services
- 6.11.7.4 Connecting the WDS Wireless APs to the enterprise network for provisioning
- 6.11.7.5 Moving the WDS Wireless APs to the target location
- 6.11.8 Changing the pre-shared key in a WDS WLAN Service
- 7 Availability and session availability
- 8 Configuring Mobility
- 9 Working with third-party APs
- 10 Working with the Mitigator
- 11 Working with reports and displays
- 12 Performing system administration
- 13 Glossary
- A HiPath Wireless Controller’s physical description
- B Regulatory information
- C optiPoint WL2 Configuration
- D SpectraLink Wireless Telephones
- E Default GuestPortal source code
- 2 Overview of the HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software solution
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6.7.3 Deleting a VNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
6.8 Configuring a Topology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
6.8.1 Configuring a basic topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
6.8.1.1 Physical Port Topologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
6.8.1.2 Enabling management traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
6.8.2 Layer 3 configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
6.8.2.1 IP address configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
6.8.2.2 DHCP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
6.8.2.3 Defining a next hop route and OSPF advertisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
6.8.3 Exception filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
6.8.4 Multicast filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
6.9 Configuring WLAN Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
6.9.1 Configuring a WLAN Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
6.9.1.1 Third-party AP WLAN Service Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
6.9.1.2 Configuring a basic WLAN Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
6.9.1.3 Assigning Wireless APs to a service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
6.9.2 Configuring privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
6.9.2.1 About Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA v1 and WPA v2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
6.9.2.2 Wireless 802.11n APs and WPA authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
6.9.2.3 WPA Key Management Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
6.9.2.4 Configuring WLAN Service privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
6.9.3 Configuring accounting and authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
6.9.3.1 Vendor Specific Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
6.9.3.2 Defining accounting methods for a WLAN Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
6.9.3.3 Configuring authentication for a WLAN Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
6.9.3.4 Defining the RADIUS server priority for RADIUS redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
6.9.3.5 Configuring assigned RADIUS servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
6.9.3.6 Defining a WLAN Service with no authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
6.9.3.7 Configuring Captive Portal for internal or external authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
6.9.4 Configuring the QoS policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
6.9.4.1 Defining priority level and service class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
6.9.4.2 Defining the service class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
6.9.4.3 Configuring the priority override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
6.9.4.4 QoS modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
6.10 Configuring Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
6.10.1 Configuring VLAN and Class of Service for a Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
6.10.2 About filtering rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
6.10.3 Configuring Filter Rules for a Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
6.10.3.1 Non-authenticated filter examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
6.10.3.2 Authenticated filter examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
6.10.4 ICMP Type enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
6.10.5 Filtering rules for a default filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
6.10.5.1 Default filter examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
6.10.5.2 Filtering rules between two wireless devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
6.10.6 Defining filter rules for Wireless APs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
6.11 Working with a Wireless Distribution System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
6.11.1 Simple WDS configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
6.11.2 Wireless Repeater configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
6.11.3 Wireless Bridge configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
6.11.4 Examples of deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
6.11.5 WDS WLAN Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
6.11.6 Key features of WDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367