Linksys LAPAC2600C User manual

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User Guide

AC2600 Dual-Band Wireless Access Point

LAPAC2600

Contents

Chapter 1 – Quick Start Guide ........................................................................... 4

Package Contents ................................................................................................................................... 4

Physical Details ........................................................................................................................................ 4

Mounting Guide ........................................................................................................................................ 5

Chapter 2 –Quick Start ......................................................................................... 7

Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 7

Setup Using a Web Browser ................................................................................................................ 7

Setup Wizard ............................................................................................................................................. 9

Chapter 3 – Configuration ................................................................................ 13

Administration ....................................................................................................................................... 13

LAN ............................................................................................................................................................ 24

Wireless .................................................................................................................................................... 30

Captive Portal ........................................................................................................................................ 64

ACL ............................................................................................................................................................ 76

Cluster ...................................................................................................................................................... 83

Chapter 4 - System Status .............................................................................. 92

Status ....................................................................................................................................................... 92

Chapter 5 – Maintenance ................................................................................103

Maintenance ........................................................................................................................................ 103

Diagnostics .......................................................................................................................................... 110

Appendix A - Troubleshooting .......................................................................113

Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 113

General Problems .............................................................................................................................. 113

Appendix B - About Wireless LANs ..............................................................115

Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 115

Wireless LAN Terminology ............................................................................................................. 115

Appendix C - PC and Server Configuration ..............................................119

Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 119

Using WEP ............................................................................................................................................ 119

Using WPA2-PSK .............................................................................................................................. 120

Using WPA2-Enterprise .................................................................................................................. 120

802.1x Server Setup (Windows 2000 Server) ....................................................................... 122

802.1x Client Setup on Windows XP ......................................................................................... 132

Using 802.1x Mode (without WPA) ............................................................................................. 139

Chapter 1 - -- Quick Start Guide

required.

Package Contents

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Linksys Wireless Access Point

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Quick Start Guide

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Ethernet Cable

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AC Power Adapter

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CD with Documentation

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Mounting Bracket

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Mounting Kit

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Ceiling Mount Back Plate

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Drilling Layout Template

Physical Details

LED behavior

LED Color Activity Status

Green

Blue

Red Solid

Blinking System is booting.

Solid System is normal; no wireless devices connected.

Blinking Software upgrade in process.

Solid System is normal; at least one wireless device connected.

Booting process or update failed; hard reset or service

Ports and Button

Power Port—Connect the AC power adapter to this port.

Note—Use only the adapter that came with your access point.

Ethernet Port 1—Use an RJ45 (CAT5e or better) cable to connect the LAPAC2600 to network

devices such as routers, switches and computers. This port supports PoE+ (IEEE 802.3at). You may use the port to power LAPAC2600 by using PoE+ switch or injector.

Note—System power consumption is over 15W. Make sure your PoE switch or injector is

803.2at-capable (PoE+) and provides sufficient power. If your PoE switch or injector is not 802.3at-capable, use the provided power adapter. If the PoE and AC power adapters are connected to the LAPAC2600 at the same time, the device will get power from PoE.

Ethernet Port 2—This is a non-PoE Ethernet port. It can be used instead of Ethernet port 1 but requires an AC power adapter.

Note—LAG (Link Aggregation) is enabled by default on Ethernet Port 1 and 2. Refer to your switch configuration guide, and enable one LAG with LACP (802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol) on the switch if you intend to plug two Ethernet cables into switch. In this configuration, it is highly recommended that AC power and PoE be used in tandem in case of support power failure and/or link failure. If your switch does not support LAG, you can only use one Ethernet port at a time on your LAPAC2600.

Reset Button—Press and hold this button for less than 15 seconds to power cycle device. Press and hold for longer than 15 seconds to reset the device to factory default settings.

Mounting Guide

To avoid overheating, do not install your access point if ambient temperatures exceed 104°F (40°C). Install on a flat, stable surface, near the center of your wireless coverage area making sure not to block vents on the sides of the device enclosure.

Wall Installation

1. Position drilling layout template at the desired location.

2. Drill four screw holes on the mounting surface. If your Ethernet cable is routed behind the wall, mark Ethernet cable hole as well.

3. Secure the mounting bracket on the wall with anchors and screws.

4. If your Ethernet cable is routed behind the wall, cut or drill the Ethernet cable hole you marked in Step 2. Feed the Ethernet cable through the hole.

5. Connect the Ethernet cable and/or AC power adapter to your device.

6. Slide the device into the bracket. Turn clockwise until it locks into place.

Ceiling Installation

1. Select ceiling tile for mounting and remove tile.

2. Position drilling layout template at the desired location.

3. Drill four screw holes and Ethernet cable hole on the surface of ceiling tile.

4. Place back plate on the opposite side of ceiling tile. Secure mounting bracket to the ceiling tile with flathead screw and nut. Route the Ethernet cable through the Ethernet cable hole.

5. Replace tile in ceiling.

6. Connect the Ethernet cable and/or AC power adapter to your device

7. Slide the device into the bracket. Turn access point clockwise until it locks.

IMPORTANT—Improper or insecure mounting could result in damage to the device or personal injury. Linksys is not responsible for damages caused by improper mounting.

Chapter 2 - -- Quick Start

Overview

This chapter describes the setup procedure to connect the wireless access point to your LAN, and configure it as an access point for your wireless stations.

Wireless stations may also require configuration. For details, see Appendix C - Wireless Station Configuration (p. 119

The wireless access point can be configured using a web browser.

Note—Licenses and notices for third party software used in this product may be viewed on

http://support.linksys.com/en-us/license. Please contact us/gplcodecenter for questions about GPL source code requests.

http://support.linksys.com/en-

Setup Using a Web Browser

Your browser must support JavaScript. The configuration program has been tested on the following browsers:

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Firefox 3.5 or later, Chrome 8 or later, Safari 5 or later

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Internet Explorer 8 or later

Setup Procedure

Make sure device is powered on before you continue setup. If LED light is off, check that AC power adapter, or PoE cable, is properly connected on both ends.

Access device’s browser-based setup:

1. Use the included cable to connect the access point to your network via a network switch or router.

2. Open a web browser on a computer connected to your network. Enter the IP address of your access point. By factory default, the IP address will be assigned by a DHCP server (usually the network router). If there is no DHCP server on your network, the default IP address is 192.168.1.252/255.255.255.0.

Note—Use a computer hardwired to the same network as your access point for browser-based setup access. Access to browser-based setup via Wi-Fi is disabled by default.

3. Type in default username: “admin”, and password: “admin”.

4. Click Log in to launch the browser-based setup and follow the on-screen instructions.

If you can't connect:

It is likely that your PC’s IP address is incompatible with the wireless access point’s IP address. This can happen if your LAN does not have a DHCP Server. If there is no DHCP server in your network, the access point will fall back to its default IP address: 192.168.1.252, with a network mask of 255.255.255.0.

Or, if your PC’s IP address is not compatible with this, you must change your PC’s IP address to an unused value in the range 192.168.1.1 ~ 192.168.1.254, with a network mask of

255.255.255.0. See Appendix A - Windows TCP/IP (p. 113

) for details for this procedure.

Setup Wizard

If you are setting up the access point as a standalone device, run the Setup Wizard. If the access point will be part of a cluster – master or slave - go to Configuration > Cluster > Settings & Status page instead.

1. Click the Quick Start tab on the main menu.

2. On the first screen, click Launch...

3. Set the password on the Device Password screen, if desired.

4. Configure the time zone, date and time for the device on System Settings screen.

5. On the IPv4 Address screen configure the IP address of the device ( then click Next.

Static

Automatic

)

6. Set the SSID information on the Wireless Network screen. Click Next. If you want to

configure more than four SSIDs, go to Configuration > Wireless > Basic Settings. The

access point supports up to eight SSIDs per radio.

7. On the Wireless Security Screen, configure the wireless security settings for the device. Click Next. If you are looking for security options that are not available in the wizard, go to Configuration > Wireless Security page. The access point supports more sophisticated security options there.

8. On the Summary screen, check the data to make sure they are correct and then click Submit to save the changes.

9. Click Finish to leave the wizard.

Chapter 3 - -- Configuration

Administration

User Accounts

Go to Configuration > Administration and select User Accounts to manage user accounts. The access point supports up to five users: one administrator and four normal users.

User Account Table

User Name

User Level

New Password

Confirm New

Password

Enter the User Name to connect to the access point’s admin interface. User Name is effective once you save settings.

User Name can include up to 63 characters. Special characters are allowed.

Only administrator account has Read/Write permission to the access point’s admin interface. All other accounts have Read Only permission.

Enter the Password to connect to the access point’s admin interface.

Password must be between 4 and 63 characters. Special characters are allowed.

Re-enter password.

Time

Go to Configuration > Administration and select Time to configure system time of the device.

Time

Current Time

Manually

Automatically

Time Zone

Start Time

End Time

Offset

NTP

NTP Server 1

Display current date and time of the system.

Set date and time manually.

When enabled (default setting) the access point will get the current time from a public time server.

Choose the time zone for your location from the drop-down list. If your location observes daylight saving time, enable Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes.

Specify the start time of daylight saving.

Specify the end time of daylight saving.

Select the adjusted time of daylight saving.

Enter the primary NTP server. It can be an IPv4 address or a domain name.

Valid characters include alphanumeric characters, "_", "-" and ".".Maximum length is 64 characters.

NTP Server 2

Enter the secondary NTP server. It can be an IPv4 address or a domain name.

Valid characters include alphanumeric characters, "_", "-" and ".".Maximum length is 64 characters.

Log Settings

Go to Configuration > Administration and select Log Settings to configure logs. Logs record various types of activity on the access point. This data is useful for troubleshooting, but enabling all logs will generate a large amount of data and adversely affect performance.

Log Types

The Username can include up to 32 characters. Special

The default is 20 messages. When messages reach the

Log Types

Email Alert

SMTP Server

Data Encryption

Port

Username

Password

Select events to log. Checking all options increase the size of the log, so enable only events you believe are required.

Enable email alert function.

Enter the e-mail server that is used to send logs. It can be an IPv4 address or a domain name.

Valid characters include alphanumeric characters, "_", "" and ".". Maximum length is 64 characters.

Enable if you want to use data encryption.

Enter the port for the SMTP server. The port is a value from 1 to 65535 and default is 25.

Enter the Username to login to your SMTP server.

characters are allowed.

Enter the Password to login to your SMTP server.

Email Address for

Logs

Log Queue Length

Log Time

Threshold

Syslog

Syslog Notification

IP Type

Server IP Address

The Password can include up to 32 characters. Special characters are allowed.

Enter the email address the log messages are to be sent to.

Valid characters include alphanumeric characters, "_", "", "." and "@". Maximum length is 64 characters.

Enter the length of the queue: up to 500 log messages.

set length the queue will be sent to the specified email address.

Enter the time threshold (in seconds) used to check if the queue is full. It’s a value from 1 to 600 and default is 600 seconds.

Enable Syslog notification.

Select the IP type of the syslog server: IPv4 or IPv6.

Enter the IPv4 or IPv6 address of syslog server here.

Management Access

Go to Configuration > Administration and select management methods of the access point.

Management Access

page to configure the

Web Access

HTTP

HTTP Port

HTTP to HTTPS

Redirect

HTTPS

HTTPS Port

HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) is the standard for transferring files (text, graphic images and other multimedia files) on the World Wide Web.

Enable to allow Web access by HTTP protocol.

Specify the port for HTTP. It can be 80 (default) or from 1024 to 65535.

Enable to redirect Web access of HTTP to HTTPS automatically.

This field is available only when HTTP access is disabled.

HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) can provide more secure communication with the SSL/TLS protocol, which support data encryption to HTTP clients and servers.

Enable to allow Web access by HTTPS protocol.

Specify the port for HTTPS. It can be 443 (default) or from 1024 to 65535.

From Wireless

Access Control

SNMP Settings

SNMP

Contact

Enable wireless devices to connect to access point’s admin page. Disabled by default.

By default, no IP addresses are prohibited from accessing the device’s admin page. You can enable access control and enter specified IP addresses for access. Four IPv4 and four IPv6 addresses can be specified.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a network monitoring and management protocol.

Enable or disable SNMP function here. Disabled by default.

Enter contact information for the access point.

The contact includes 1 to 32 characters. Special characters are allowed.

Location

SNMP v1/v2 Settings

Enter the area or location where the access point resides.

The location includes 1 to 32 characters. Special characters are allowed.

Get Community

Set Community

SNMP v3 Settings

Enter the name of Get Community. Get Community is used to read data from the access point and not for writing data into the access point.

Get Community includes 1 to 32 characters. Special characters are allowed.

Enter the name of Set Community. Set Community is used to write data into the access point.

The Set Community includes 1 to 32 characters. Special characters are allowed.

Configure the SNMPv3 settings if you want to use SNMPv3.

Username: Enter the username. It includes 0 to 32 characters. Special characters are allowed.

Authentication Protocol: None or HMAC-MD5.

Authentication Key: 8 to 32 characters. Special characters are allowed.

Access Control

SNMP Trap

Trap Community

Trap Destination

Privacy Protocol: None or CBC-DES.

Privacy Key: 8 to 32 characters. Special characters are allowed.

When SNMP is enabled, any IP address can connect to the access point MIB database through SNMP. You can enable access control to allow specified IP addresses. Two IPv4 and two IPv6 addresses can be specified.

Enter the Trap Community server. It includes 1 to 32 characters. Special characters are allowed.

Two Trap Community servers are supported: can be IPv4 or IPv6.

SSL Certificate

Go to Configuration > Administration and select SSL Certificate to manage the SSL certificate used by HTTPS.

Export/Restore to/from Local PC

Export SSL

Certificate

Install Certificate

Export to TFTP Server

Destination File

TFTP Server

Export

Restore from TFTP Server

Source File

TFTP Server

Click to export the SSL certificate.

Browse to choose the certificate file. Click Install Certificate.

Enter the name of the destination file.

Enter the IP address for the TFTP server. Only support IPv4 address here.

Click to export the SSL certificate to the TFTP server.

Enter the name of the source file.

Enter the IP address for the TFTP server. Only support IPv4 address here.

Install

Click to install the file to the device.

LED

Go to Configuration > Administration and select LED to enable or disable the LED on the top cover of LACAP2600.

LED

LED Display

If disabled, the LED will be off even when the access point is working. By default, LED is enabled (on).

LAN

Network Setup

Go to Configuration > LAN > Network Setup to configure basic device settings, VLAN settings and settings for the LAN interface, including static or dynamic IPv4/IPv6 address assignment.

TCP/IP

Enables or disables VLAN tagging. If enabled (default), traffic from the LAN port is untagged when the following conditions are met: 1) VLAN

ptional. If entered, this DNS will be used if the Primary DNS does not

Host Name

VLAN

Untagged

VLAN

Untagged

VLAN ID

Assign a host name to this access point. Host name consists of 1 to 15 characters. Valid characters include A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and -. Character cannot be first and last character of hostname and hostname cannot be composed of all digits.

Enables or disables VLAN function.

ID is equal to Untagged VLAN ID and 2) untagged traffic can be accepted by LAN port. If disabled, traffic from the LAN port is always tagged and only tagged traffic can be accepted from LAN port.

By default, all traffic on the access point uses VLAN 1, the default untagged VLAN. All traffic will be untagged until you disable the untagged VLAN, change the untagged traffic VLAN ID, or change the VLAN ID for a SSID.

Specifies a number between 1 and 4094 for the untagged VLAN ID. The default is 1. Traffic on the VLAN that you specify in this field is not be tagged with a VLAN ID when forwarded to the network.

Untagged VLAN ID field is active only when untagged VLAN is enabled.

VLAN 1 is the default for both untagged VLAN and management VLAN.

Management

VLAN

IPv4/v6

IP Settings

IP Address

Subnet Mask

Default

Gateway

Primary DNS

Secondary

DNS

The VLAN associated with the IP address you use to connect to the access point. Provide a number between 1 and 4094 for the Management VLAN ID. The default is 1.

Select Automatic Configuration or Static IP Address.

Enter an unused IP address from the address range used on your LAN.

Enter the subnet mask for the IP address above.

Enter the gateway for the IP address above.

Enter the DNS address.

O respond.

Advanced

Go to Configuration > LAN > Advanced to configure advanced network settings of the access point.

Port Settings

Auto Negotiation is disabled. The option can be 10M, 100M

Auto

Negotiation

Operational

Auto

Negotiation

Port Speed

If enabled, Port Speed and Duplex Mode will become grey and cannot be configured. If disabled, Port Speed and Duplex Mode can be configured.

Note—LAG (Link Aggregation) is enabled by default on Ethernet port 1 and 2. It is highly recommended you keep auto negotiation enabled on both sides of an aggregate link. Enable LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) on this specific LAG interface when you create LAG interface on switch. If you have to disable auto negotiation, ensure link speed and duplex (Full) are identical on both sides.

Current Auto Negotiation mode of the Ethernet port.

Select the speed of the Ethernet port. Available only when

or 1000M (default).

Operational

Port Speed

Duplex Mode

Operational

Duplex Mode

Flow Control

Displays the current port speed of the Ethernet port.

Select the duplex mode of the Ethernet port. Available only when Auto Negotiation is disabled. The option can be Half or Full (default).

Displays the current duplex mode of the Ethernet port.

Enable or disable flow control of the Ethernet port.

802.1x Supplicant

This feature supports following two kinds of authentication:

Enter the login name. The name includes 1 to 63

witch by LLDP protocol. Information such as

802.1x

Supplicant

Authentication

Discovery Settings

Enable if your network requires this access point to use

802.1X authentication in order to operate.

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Authentication via MAC Address Select this if you want to use MAC Address for authentication. The access point uses lowercase MAC address for Name and Password, like xxxxxxxxxxxx.

Authentication via Name and Password

Select this if you want to use name and password for authentication.

Name characters. Special characters are allowed.

Password - Enter the desired login password. The password includes 4 to 63 characters. Special characters are allowed.

Bonjour

LLDP

LLDP-MED

Enable if administrator wants the access point to be discovered by Bonjour enabled devices automatically. If VLAN is enabled, the discovery packets will be sent out via management VLAN only. The access point supports http and https services.

Enable if administrator wants the access point to be discovered by s product name, device name, firmware version, IP address, MAC address and so on will be advertised.

Enable if administrator wants the access point to be discovered by switch by LLDP-MED protocol. Information such as product name, device name, firmware version, IP address, MAC address and so on will be advertised.

IGMP/MLD Snooping

group (destination address). The access point maintains the

IGMP

Snooping

MLD Snooping

IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) is a communications protocol used by hosts and adjacent routers on IP networks to establish multicast group memberships. IGMP is an integral part of IP multicast.

IGMP snooping streamlines multicast traffic handling by examining (snooping) IGMP membership report messages from interested hosts, multicast traffic is limited to the subset of ports on which the hosts reside.

IGMP snooping is enabled by default in the access point

The access point supports IGMPv1, IGMPv2 and IGMPv3 in IGMP Snooping.

MLD (Multicast Listener Discovery) is a component of the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) suite. MLD is used by IPv6 routers for discovering multicast listeners on a directly attached link, much like IGMP is used in IPv4.

Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping provides multicast containment by forwarding traffic only to those clients that have MLD receivers for a specific multicast

MLD group membership information by processing MLD reports and generating messages so traffic can be forwarded to ports receiving MLD reports.

MLD snooping is enabled by default in the access point

The access point supports MLDv1 and MLDv2 in MLD Snooping.

Wireless

Basic Settings

Go to Configuration > Wireless > Basic Settings to configure your wireless radio and SSIDs. Advanced wireless settings such as Band Steering, Channel Bandwidth, are on the Advanced Settings screen.

Basic Wireless Settings

Wireless

Radio

Enable Radio

Wireless

Mode

Select the wireless radio from the list.

Radio 1 is for 2.4 GHz, and Radio 2 is for 5 GHz.

Enable or disable the wireless radio.

Select the desired option for radio 1:

G only - allow connection by 802.11G wireless stations only.

N only - allow connection by 802.11N wireless stations only.

B/G-Mixed - allow connection by 802.11B and G wireless stations only.

B/G/N-Mixed (Default) - allow connections by 802.11N,

802.11B and 802.11G wireless stations.

Select the desired option for radio 2:

N/A-Mixed - allow connection by 802.11A and N wireless stations only.

N only - allow connection by 802.11N wireless stations only.

Wireless

Channel

AC only - allow connection by 802.11AC wireless stations only.

A/N/AC-Mixed - allow connection by 802.11A, 802.11N and 802.11AC wireless stations.

Select wireless channel of the radio.

If Auto is selected, the access point will select the best available channel when device boots up.

If you experience lost connections and/or slow data transfers, manually change the channel until you find which channel is best.

SSID Settings

SSID Name

Broadcast

Isolation

802.11k

Enter the desired SSID Name. Each SSID must have a

unique name. The name includes 1 to 32 characters.

Enable or disable the broadcast of the SSID. When the access point does not broadcast its SSID, the

network name is not shown in the list of available networks

on a client station. Instead, you must enter the exact

network name manually into the wireless connection utility

on the client so that it can connect.

Enable or disable isolation among clients of the SSID. If enabled, wireless clients cannot communicate with others in the same SSID.

It is disabled by default.

Enable or disable 802.11k of the SSID.

The 802.11k protocol provides mechanisms for APs and clients to measure the available radio resources dynamically. In an 802.11k enabled network, APs and clients can send neighbor reports, beacon reports, and link measurement reports to each other. This allows the APs and clients to take appropriate connection actions for next hop if client has weak connection to current AP.

VLAN ID

Max Clients

Enter the VLAN ID of the SSID.

Used to tag packets which are received from the wireless clients of the SSID and sent from Ethernet or WDS interfaces.

Applicable only when VLAN function is enabled. VLAN function can be configured in Configuration -> LAN -> Network Setup screen.

Enter the number of clients that can connect to the SSID. The range is from 0 to 32 and 0 means no limit.

Security

Go to Configuration > Wireless > Security to configure security settings of SSIDs to provide data protection over the wireless network.

Security

Select SSID

Security Mode

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Disabled - No security. Anyone using the correct SSID can connect to your network.

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WEP - The 802.11b standard. Data is encrypted before transmission, but the encryption system is not very strong.

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WPA2-Personal - This is a further development of WPA-PSK, and offers even greater security, using the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) method.

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WPA/WPA2-Personal - This method, sometimes called Mixed Mode, allows clients to use either WPA-Personal (with TKIP) or WPA2-Personal (with AES).

Select the desired SSID from the drop-down list.

Select the desired security method from the list.

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WEP

WPA2-Enterprise - Requires a RADIUS Server on your LAN to provide the client authentication according to the 802.1x standard. Data transmissions are encrypted using the WPA2 standard.

If this option is selected:

This access point must have a client login on the RADIUS Server.

Each user must authenticate on the RADIUS Server. This is usually done using digital certificates.

Each user's wireless client must support 802.1x and provide the RADIUS authentication data when required.

All data transmission is encrypted using the WPA2 AES standard. Keys are automatically generated, so no key input is required.

WPA/WPA2-Enterprise – This method, sometimes called Mixed Mode, allows clients to use either WPA-Enterprise (with TKIP) or WPA2-Enterprise (with AES).

RADIUS - RADIUS mode utilizes RADIUS server for authentication and dynamic WEP key generation for data encryption.

This is the 802.11b standard. Data is encrypted before transmission, but the encryption system is not very strong.

WEP

Authentication

Default

Transmit Key

WEPEncryption

Passphrase

Key Value

Select Open System or Shared Key. All wireless stations must use the same method.

Select a transmit key.

Select an encryption option, and ensure your wireless stations have the same setting:

64-Bit Encryption - Keys are 10 Hex characters.

128-Bit Encryption - Keys are 26 Hex characters.

Generate a key or keys, instead of entering them directly. Enter a word or group of printable characters in the Passphrase box and click the Generate button to automatically configure the WEP key. It consists of 1 to 30 characters.

Enter a key in hexadecimal format.

Note—Due to hardware limitations, one set of WEP key is supported per radio.

WPA2-Personal

This is a further development of WPA-Personal, and offers even greater security.

WPA2-Personal

WPA automatically changes secret keys after a certain

Fast

Roaming(802.11r)

Enable or disable Fast Roaming (802.11r) .

Fast Roaming (802.11r) minimizes the delay when a voice client transitions from one BSS to another within the same ESS. Fast BSS Transition establishes security and QoS states at the target AP before or during a re-association. This minimizes the time required to resume data connectivity when a BSS transition happens.

Important Points to Remember:

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Fast Roaming (802.11r) is operational only if the wireless client has support for 802.11r standard. If the client does not have support for

802.11r standard, it falls back to normal WPA2 authentication method.

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If Fast Roaming (802.11r) is enabled, some clients without 802.11r supported may fail to connect to the network.

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Only one SSID of the AP can be enabled with Fast Roaming (802.11r).

WPA Algorithm

Pre-shared Key

Key Renewal

The encryption method is AES. Wireless stations must also use AES.

Enter the key value. It is 8 to 63 ASCII characters or 64 HEX characters. Other wireless stations must use the same key.

Specify the value of Group Key Renewal. It’s a value from 600 to 36000 and default is 3600.

period of time. The group key interval is the period of time in between automatic changes of the group key, which all devices on the network share.

Constantly keying the group key protects your network against intrusion, as the would-be intruder must cope with an ever-changing secret key.

WPA/WPA2-Personal

WPA automatically changes secret keys after a certain

This method, sometimes called Mixed Mode, allows clients to use either WPA-Personal or WPA2Personal.

WPA/WPA2-Personal

WPA Algorithm

Pre-shared Key

Key Renewal

The encryption method is TKIP or AES.

Enter the key value. It is 8 to 63 ASCII characters or 64 HEX characters. Other wireless stations must use the same key.

Specify the value of Group Key Renewal. It’s a value from 600 to 36000, and default is 3600.

period of time. The group key interval is the period of time in between automatic changes of the group key, which all devices on the network share.

Constantly keying the group key protects your network against intrusion, as the would-be intruder must cope with an ever-changing secret key.

WPA2-Enterprise

This version of WPA2-Enterprise requires a RADIUS Server on your LAN to provide the client authentication. Data transmissions are encrypted using the WPA2 AES standard.

WPA2-Enterprise

Fast Roaming

(802.11r)

Enable or disable Fast Roaming (802.11r).

Important Points to Remember:



Fast Roaming (802.11r) is operational only if the wireless client has support for 802.11r standard. If the client does not have support for

802.11r standard, it falls back to normal WPA2 authentication method.



If Fast Roaming (802.11r) is enabled, some clients without 802.11r supported may fail to connect to the network.



Only one SSID of the AP can be enabled with Fast Roaming (802.11r) .

Primary Server

Primary Server Port

Primary Shared

Secret

Backup Server

Backup Server Port

Backup Shared

Secret

WPA Algorithm

Enter the IP address of the RADIUS Server on your network.

Enter the port number used for connections to the RADIUS Server. It is a value from 1 to 65534, and default is 1812.

Enter the key value to match the RADIUS Server. It consists of 1 to 64 characters.

The Backup Authentication Server will be used when the Primary Authentication Server is not available.

Enter the port number used for connections to the Backup RADIUS Server. It’s a value from 1 to 65534, and default is 1812.

Enter the key value to match the Backup RADIUS Server. It consists of 1 to 64 characters.

The encryption method is AES.

Key Renewal

Timeout

Specify the value of Group Key Renewal. It is a value from 600 to 36000, and default is 3600.

WPA automatically changes secret keys after a certain period of time. The group key interval is the period of time in between automatic changes of the group key, which all devices on the network share.

Constantly keying the group key protects your network against intrusion, as the would-be intruder must cope with an ever-changing secret key.

WPA/WPA2-Enterprise

WPA/WPA2-Enterprise requires a RADIUS Server on your LAN to provide the client authentication. Data transmissions are encrypted using WPA/WPA2 standard.

WPA/WPA2-Enterprise

Primary Server

Primary Server Port

Primary Shared

Secret

Backup Server

Backup Server Port

Backup Shared

Secret

WPA Algorithm

Key Renewal

Timeout

Enter the IP address of the RADIUS Server on your network.

Enter the port number used for connections to the RADIUS Server. It is a value from 1 to 65534, and default is 1812.

Enter the key value to match the RADIUS Server. It consists of 1 to 64 characters.

The Backup Authentication Server will be used when the Primary Authentication Server is not available.

Enter the port number used for connections to the Backup RADIUS Server. It is a value from 1 to 65534, and default is 1812.

Enter the key value to match the Backup RADIUS Server. It consists of 1 to 64 characters.

The encryption method is TKIP or AES.

Specify the value of Group Key Renewal. It is a value from 600 to 36000, and default is 3600 second.

WPA automatically changes secret keys after a certain period of time. The group key interval is the period of time between automatic changes of the group key, which all devices on the network share.

Constantly keying the group key protects your network against intrusion, as the would-be intruder must cope with an ever-changing secret key.

RADIUS

Use RADIUS server for authentication and dynamic WEP key generation for data encryption.

Authentication Server

Primary Server

Primary Server Port

Primary Shared

Secret

Backup Server

Backup Server Port

Backup Shared

Secret

Enter the IP address of the RADIUS Server on your network.

Enter the port number used for connections to the RADIUS Server. It is a value from 1 to 65534, and default is 1812.

Enter the key value to match the RADIUS Server. It consists of 1 to 64 characters.

The Backup Authentication Server will be used when the Primary Authentication Server is not available.

Enter the port number used for connections to the Backup RADIUS Server. It is a value from 1 to 65534, and default is 1812.

Enter the key value to match the Backup RADIUS Server. It consists of 1 to 64 characters.

Rogue AP Detection

Go to Configuration > Wireless > Rogue AP Detection to detect the unexpected or unauthorized access point installed in a secure network environment.

Radio

Wireless Radio

Rogue AP

Detected Rogue AP List

Action

MAC Address

SSID

Channel

Security

Signal

Trusted AP List

Select the desired radio from the list.

Radio 1 is for 2.4GHz, and Radio 2 is for 5GHz.

Enable or disable Rogue AP Detection on the selected radio.

Note—Scanning happens when rouge AP is enabled or you can click Refresh to trigger scanning again.

Click Trust to move the AP to the Trusted AP List.

The MAC address of the Rogue AP.

The SSID of the Rogue AP.

The channel of the Rogue AP.

The security method of the Rogue AP.

The signal level of the Rogue AP.

Action

MAC Address

SSID

Channel

Security

Signal

New MAC

Address

Click Untrust to move the AP to the Rogue AP List.

The MAC address of the Trusted AP.

The SSID of the Trusted AP.

The channel of the Trusted AP.

The security method of the Trusted AP.

The signal level of the Trusted AP.

Add one trusted AP by MAC address.

Scheduler

Go to Configuration > Wireless > Scheduler to configure a rule with a specific time interval for SSIDs to be operational. Automate enabling or disabling SSIDs based on the profile definition. Support up to 16 profiles and each profile can include four time rules.

Scheduler

Wireless

Scheduler

Scheduler Operational Status

Status

Reason

Scheduler Profile configuration

Enable or disable wireless scheduler on the radio. It is disabled by default.

If disabled, even if some SSIDs are associated with profiles, they will be always active.

The operational status of the scheduler.

The detailed reason for the scheduler operational status. It includes the following situations.

•

System time is outdated.

Scheduler is inactive because system time is outdated.

•

Administrative Mode is disabled.

Scheduler is disabled by administrator.

•

Active

Scheduler is active.

New Profile Name

Profile Name

Day of the Week

Start Time

Finish Time

Enter the name for new profile.

Select the desired profile from the list to configure.

Select the desired day from the list.

Option None means this time rule is disabled.

Choose the start time.

Choose the finish time.

Scheduler Association

Go to Configuration > Wireless > Scheduler Association to associate defined scheduler profiles with SSIDs.

Radio

Wireless Radio

Scheduler Association

SSID

SSID Name

Profile Name

Interface Status

Select the desired radio from the list.

Radio 1 is for 2.4 GHz, and Radio 2 is for 5 GHz.

The index of SSID.

The name of the SSID.

Choose the profile that is associated with the SSID.

If the profile associated with the SSID is deleted, then the association will be removed.

Option None means no scheduler profile is associated.

The status of the SSID. It can be Enabled or Disabled.

Scheduler only works when the SSID is enabled.

Connection Control

Go to Configuration > Wireless > Connection Control to define whether listed client stations may authenticate with the access point.

SSID

Select the desired SSID from the list.

Control Type

Select the option from the drop-down list as desired.

•

Local: Choose either Allow only following MAC addresses to connect to wireless network or Prevent following MAC addresses from connection to wireless network. You can enter up to 20 MAC

addresses of wireless stations or choose the MAC address from Wireless Client List.

•

RADIUS

Primary/Backup RADIUS Server - Enter the IP address of the RADIUS Server.

Primary/Backup RADIUS Server Port– Enter the Port number of the RADIUS Server.

Primary/Backup Shared Secret - This is shared between the wireless access point and the RADIUS Server while authenticating the device attempting to connect.

•

Disabled

Rate Limit

Go to Configuration > Wireless > Rate Limit to limit downstream and upstream rate of SSIDs.

Radio

Wireless Radio

Rate Limit

SSID

SSID Name

Upstream

Rate

Downstream

Rate

Select the desired radio from the list.

Radio 1 is for 2.4GHz, and Radio 2 is for 5GHz.

The index of SSID.

The name of the SSID.

Enter a maximum upstream rate for the SSID. The range is from 0 to 400 Mbps for Radio 1 and from 0 to 1000 Mbps for Radio 2; 0 means no limitation.

Enter a maximum downstream rate for the SSID. The range is from 0 to 400 Mbps for Radio 1 and from 0 to 1000 Mbps for Radio 2; 0 means no limitation.

QoS

Go to Configuration > Wireless > QoS (Quality of Service) to specify priorities for different traffic coming from your wireless client. Lower priority traffic will be slowed down to allow greater throughput or less delay for high priority traffic.

QoS Setting

voice, video, best effort, and background. For an application

Wireless Radio

QoS Settings

SSID

SSID Name

VLAN ID

Priority

WMM

Select the desired radio from the list.

Radio 1 is for 2.4GHz, and Radio 2 is for 5GHz.

The index of SSID.

The name of the SSID.

The VLAN ID of the SSID.

Select the priority level from the list. VLAN must be enabled in order to set priority.

The 802.1p will be included in the VLAN header of the packets which are received from the SSID and sent from Ethernet or WDS interface.

Enable or disable WMM.

WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) is a component of the IEEE

802.11e wireless LAN standard for QoS.

WMM provides prioritization of wireless data packets from different applications based on four access categories:

to receive the benefits of WMM QoS, both it and the client running that application have to have WMM enabled. Legacy applications that do not support WMM and applications that do not require QoS, are assigned to the best effort category, which receives a lower priority than voice and video.

WMM is enabled by default.

WDS

Go to Configuration > Wireless > WDS (Wireless Distribution System) to expand a wireless network through multiple access points instead of linking them with a wired backbone.

WDS only works and interacts with LAPN300, LAPN600, LAPAC1200, LAPAC1750 or LAPAC2600 devices.

The access point can act as WDS Root or WDS Station:

•

WDS Root - Receives WDS connections from remote WDS Stations.

•

WDS Station - Connects to remote WDS Root. Supports up to 4 WDS Stations on each wireless radio.

Spanning Tree (recommended if you configure WDS connections)

Spanning Tree

WDS Settings

Radio

WDS Root

Interface

Status

When enabled, STP helps prevent switching loops.

Select the desired radio from the list. Radio 1 is for 2.4 GHz, and Radio 2 is for 5 GHz.

Enable or Disable the WDS Root.

Be sure the following settings on WDS Root device are determined and configured. The WDS Station must use the same settings as Root afterwards.

•

Radio

•

IEEE 802.11 Mode

•

Channel Bandwidth

•

Channel

Note—It is highly recommended that static channel is configured on both APs. Do not use Auto channel option

Local SSID

Local MAC

Address

Local Channel

when you enable WDS, as both APs in a WDS link must be on the same radio channel. If Auto option is configured, there is chance two access points run on different channels and WDS link cannot establish.

Workgroup Bridge and WDS will not work at the same time on one wireless radio. When Workgroup Bridge is enabled, WDS will be disabled automatically on the same radio.

Enter name of the WDS Root SSID (used when connected by WDS Stations).

MAC address of the WDS Root SSID.

The channel used by WDS Root SSID. WDS stations must use same channel as the WDS Root.

Channel can be changed in Basic Settings page.

Allowed VLAN

there is chance two access points run on different channels

List

Enter the list of VLANs accepted by the WDS Root.

When VLAN is enabled, WDS Root receives from WDS Stations only packets in the VLAN list. Packets not in the list will be dropped.

The VLAN list is only applicable when VLAN is enabled.

The VLAN list includes 1 to 16 VLAN IDs separated by "," such as "100,200,300,400,500,600,700,800".

Security

Settings

WDS Station

Interface

Status

Setting can be Disabled, WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal, WPA2-Enterprise or WPA/WPA2-Enterprise.

Enable or disable the WDS Station.

Before configuring a WDS Station, be sure the following settings of the device are identical to the WDS Root that will be connected.

•

Radio

•

IEEE 802.11 Mode

•

Channel Bandwidth

•

Channel

Note—It is highly recommended that static channel is configured on both APs. Do not use Auto channel option when you enable WDS, as both APs in a WDS link must be on the same radio channel. If Auto option is configured,

and WDS link cannot establish.

Workgroup Bridge and WDS will not work at the same time on one wireless radio. When Workgroup Bridge is enabled, WDS will be disabled automatically on the same radio.

Remote SSID

Enter the name of the Root’s SSID. Click Site Survey and choose from the list. You must do this for WDS Station to connect to a remote WDS Root.

Remote MAC

Address

MAC address of the access point on the other end of the WDS link. Optional

WDS Station connects to remote WDS Root by matching SSIDs. When there is more than one remote WDS Root with the same SSID, the WDS Station can differentiate them by MAC address.

The format is xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.

VLAN List

Security Mode

Status

Enter the list of VLANs that are accepted by the WDS Station.

When VLAN is enabled, the WDS Station forwards to the remote WDS Root only packets in the VLAN list. Packets not in the VLAN list cannot be forwarded to the remote WDS Root.

The VLAN List is only applicable when VLAN is enabled.

The VLAN list includes 1 to 8 VLAN IDs separated by "," such as "100,200,300,400,500,600,700,800".

The type of encryption to use on the WDS link. It must be unique to the access point on the other end of the WDS link.

The options are Disabled, WPA Personal, WPA2 Personal, WPA Enterprise or WPA2 Enterprise.

Status of the WDS interface. It can be Disabled, Connected or Not Connected.

Workgroup Bridge

Go to Configuration > Wireless > Workgroup Bridge to extend the accessibility of a remote network. In Workgroup Bridge mode, the access point acts as a wireless station (STA) on the wireless LAN. It can bridge traffic between a remote wired network and a wireless LAN.

When Workgroup Bridge is enabled, SSID configuration still works to provide wireless services to clients.

All access points participating in Workgroup Bridge must have the identical settings for Radio interface, IEEE 802.11 mode, Channel Bandwidth, Channel (Auto is not recommended).

Workgroup Bridge

Before configuring Workgroup Bridge, make sure all devices

Workgroup Bridge link must be on the same radio channel. If

Radio

Workgroup Bridge Status

Status

Select the desired radio from the list. Radio 1 is for 2.4 GHz, and Radio 2 is for 5 GHz.

Enable or disable Workgroup Bridge function.

in Workgroup Bridge have the following identical settings.

•

Radio

•

IEEE 802.11 Mode

•

Channel Bandwidth

•

Channel

Note—It is highly recommended that static channel is configured on both APs. Do not use the Auto channel option when you enable Workgroup Bridge, as both APs in a

Auto option is configured, there is a chance two access points will run on different channels which prevents Workgroup Bridge link from being established.

Remote AP Settings

SSID

Remote MAC

Address

Enter the name of the SSID to which Workgroup Bridge will connect. Click Site Survey to choose from the list. You must do this for Workgroup Bridge to connect to a remote access point.

Normally, Workgroup Bridge connects to a remote access point by matching SSID. When more than one remote access point has the same SSID, Workgroup Bridge can connect to different remote access points.

Optional: You can specify the MAC address of the remote access point to limit Workgroup Bridge’s connection to a specific remote access point.

The format is xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.

Security Mode

Select the desired mode from the list.

•

Disabled

•

WPA-Personal

•

WPA2-Personal

•

WPA-Enterprise

•

WPA2-Enterprise

Advanced Settings

Go to Configuration >Wireless >Workgroup Bridge to configure advanced parameters of wireless radios.

Band Steering

Isolation

Isolation between

SSIDs

Advanced Parameters

Wireless Radio

Worldwide Mode

(802.11d)

Enable or disable Band Steering function.

Band Steering is a technology that detects whether the wireless client is dual-band capable. If it is, band steering pushes the client to connect to the lesscongested 5GHz network. It does this by actively blocking the client’s attempts to connect with the

2.4GHz network.

Define whether to isolate traffic between SSIDs. If enabled, wireless clients in different SSIDs cannot communicate with each other. Enabled by default.

Select the desired radio from the list.

Radio 1 is for 2.4GHz, and Radio 2 is for 5GHz.

Worldwide Mode (802.11d) enables the access point to direct connected wireless devices to radio settings specific to where in the world the devices are in use.

Channel Bandwidth

Guard Interval

Select the designed channel bandwidth for the wireless radio.

20MHz - Select if you are not using any 802.11n wireless devices.

20/40MHz - Select if you are using both 802.11n and non-802.11n wireless devices.

20/40/80MHz - Select if you are using 802.11ac,

802.11n and non-802.11n wireless devices.

Select the guard interval manually for Wireless-N connections. The two options are Short (400nanoseconds) and Long (800nanoseconds). The default is Auto.

CTS Protection

Mode

CTS (Clear-To-Send) Protection Mode boosts the access point's ability to catch all Wireless-G transmissions, but it severely decreases performance. By default, CTS Protection Mode is disabled, but the access point will automatically enable this feature when Wireless-G devices are not able to transmit to the access point in an environment with heavy 802.11b traffic.

Beacon Interval

DTIM Interval

The access point transmits beacon frames at regular intervals to announce the existence of the wireless network. Enter the interval between the transmissions of beacon frames. The value range is between 40 and 1000 milliseconds and default is 100 milliseconds.

Enter the Delivery Traffic Information Map (DTIM) period, an integer from 1 to 255 beacons. The default is 1 beacon.

The DTIM message is an element included in some beacon frames. It indicates which client stations, currently sleeping in low-power mode, have data buffered on the access point awaiting pickup.

The DTIM period that you specify indicates how often the clients served by this WAP device should check for buffered data still on the access point awaiting pickup.

For example, if you enter 1, clients check for buffered data on the access point at every beacon. If you enter 10, clients check on every 10th beacon.

RTS Threshold

The RTS threshold indicates the number of octets in a

If the packet being transmitted is equal to or less than

Enter the Request to Send (RTS) Threshold value, an integer from 1 to 2347. The default is 2347 octets.

Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) below which an RTS/CTS handshake is not performed.

Changing the RTS threshold can help control traffic flow through the access point, especially one with a lot of clients. If you specify a low threshold value, RTS packets are sent more frequently, which consumes more bandwidth and reduces the throughput of the packet. However, sending more RTS packets can help the network recover from interference or collisions that might occur on a busy network, or on a network experiencing electromagnetic interference.

Fragmentation

Threshold

Output Power

Enter the fragmentation threshold, an integer from 256 to 2346. The default is 2346.

The fragmentation threshold is a way of limiting the size of packets (frames) transmitted over the network. If a packet exceeds the fragmentation threshold you set, the fragmentation function is activated and the packet is sent as multiple 802.11 frames.

the threshold, fragmentation is not used. Setting the threshold to the largest value (2,346 bytes, which is the default) effectively disables fragmentation.

Fragmentation involves more overhead because of the extra work of dividing up and reassembling of frames it requires, and because it increases message traffic on the network. However, fragmentation can help improve network performance and reliability if properly configured.

Select the output power of the access point. If many access points exist, lower power can reduce the signal interference among them.

Captive Portal

Captive Portal is a method of securing access to the Internet from within a wireless network. Users must enter authentication credentials before their wireless client devices can access the Internet.

Global Configuration

Go to Configuration > Captive Portal > Global Configuration to change settings and modify captive portal authentication access port number if needed.

Captive Portal

Enable or Disable Captive Portal function globally. Captive Portal is disabled by default.

Authentication

Timeout

Additional HTTP

Port

HTTP Port

Additional HTTPS

Port

HTTPS Port

The number of seconds the access point keeps an authentication session open with a wireless client. If the client fails to enter authentication credentials within the timeout period, the client may need to refresh the web authentication page.

The range is from 60 to 600 seconds. Default is 300.

HTTP portal authentication uses the HTTP management port by default. You can configure an additional port for that process.

Once Additional HTTP Port is enabled, define an additional port for HTTP protocol. The value can be 80 or 1024 to 65535 and is 80 by default. The HTTP Port must be different from the HTTP port in

Administration > Management Access

HTTPS portal authentication uses the HTTPS management port by default. You can configure an additional port for that process.

Once Additional HTTPS Port is enabled, define an additional port for HTTPS protocol. The value can be 443 or 1024 to 65535 and is 443 by default. The additional HTTPS Port must be different from the HTTPS port in page.

Administration > Management Access

page.

Portal Profiles

Go to Configuration > Captive Portal > Portal Profiles to define detailed settings for Captive Portal profile. Create up to two profiles.

Portal Profiles

Assigns an existing group to the profile. All users who

Captive Portal

Profile

Protocol

Authentication

Landing Page

Select a profile to configure.

Select the protocol used to access the Portal Authentication web server. It can be HTTP or HTTPS.

Select an authentication method for clients.

Local - The access point uses a local database to authenticated wireless clients.

Radius - The access point uses a database on a remote RADIUS server to authenticate wireless clients. The RADIUS server must support EAP-MD5.

Password Only - Wireless clients only need a password. Username is unnecessary.

No Password - Wireless clients accept defined terms to access the wireless network. Password and username both are unnecessary.

Enable Landing Page to determine where authenticated wireless clients will be directed after logging in at Captive Portal. Choose

Promotion URL

Original URL

Redirect to Original

URL

Promotion URL

Session Timeout

Local Authentication

Group Name

If Landing Page is enabled, this setting redirects authenticated wireless clients from the Captive Portal login screen to the URL the user typed in.

Enter a URL to which authenticated clients will be redirected from the Captive Portal login page. Landing Page must be enabled and Redirect to Original URL must be disabled.

Set the session time in minutes. The access point will disconnect authenticated clients when the session time expires. Session time can range from 0 to 1440 minutes. The default is 0 minutes, which means no timeout.

belong to the group are permitted to access the network through this portal. The option 'Default' means a group which includes all users.

Radius Authentication

Primary Server

Primary Server Port

Primary Shared

Secret

Backup Server

Backup Server Port

Backup Shared

Secret

Password Only Authentication

Password

Enter the IP address of the RADIUS Server on your network.

Enter the port number used for connections to the RADIUS Server.

Enter the key value to match the RADIUS Server.

The Backup Authentication Server will be used when the Primary Authentication Server is not available.

Enter the port number used for connections to the Backup RADIUS Server.

Enter the key value to match the Backup RADIUS Server.

The password for the profile. Wireless clients only need one password to access the wireless network.

Local User

Go to Configuration > Captive Portal > Local User to configure user settings for Captive Portal. Up to 128 users are supported.

User Name

Password

Confirm Password

Enter the name of the user account.

The user name includes 1 to 32 characters. Special characters except ':' and ';' are allowed.

Enter the password of the user account.

The password must be between 4 and 32 characters in length. Special characters except ':' and ';' are allowed.

Re-enter the password to confirm it.

Local Group

Go to Configuration > Captive Portal > Local Group to configure group settings. Groups include multiple local users and are mapped to Captive Portal profiles. Up to two groups are supported.

Group Name

Other users which don't belong to the selected group.

Enter the name of the new group.

The group name includes 1 to 32 characters. Special characters except ':' and ';' are allowed.

Click Add.

Group Selection

Members

Other Users

Select one group to delete or configure its user members.

User members of the selected group. You can select one user and click ">>" button to remove it.

You can select one user and click "<<" button to add it into the group.

Web Customization

Go to Configuration > Captive Portal > Web Customization to customize the authentication web page of Captive Portal.

Profile

Select a profile to configure.

New Logo Upload

Logo Selection

Background Color

Font Color

Welcome Title

Logos display in the web page. Select an image file from your local PC and click Upload.

Formats .gif, .png and .jpg are supported. File size cannot exceed 5KB.

One profile can support one default and one new logo image. If a second new logo is uploaded, it will replace the first new logo.

Select a logo image from the list.

The HTML code for the background color in 6-digit hexadecimal format. The default is #0073BA.

The HTML code for the font color in 6-digit hexadecimal format. The default is #FFFFFF.

Customize text to go with your logo. The default is

Welcome to the Wireless Network.

Customize text to go with the login box. Default text for different authentication options:

Local Authentication/Radius Authentication

You can login using your username and password.

User Label

Password Label

Button Name

Button Color

Password Only Authentication You can login using your password.

Local Authentication

Click Connect to login.

Customize the username text box. Enter up to 16 characters. The default is Username.

Customize the user password text box. Enter up to 16 characters. The default is Password.

Customize the text that appears in the log in button. Enter up to 12 characters. The default is Connect.

The HTML code for the background color of the button in 6-digit hexadecimal format. The default is #70A0D4.

Customize the text to go with the checkbox. Enter up to 128 characters. The default is Check here to

indicate that you have read and accepted the following Terms of Use.

Customize the text to go with Terms of Use. Enter up to 1024 characters. The default is Terms of Use.

Success Text

Failure Text

Customize the text that shows when the client has been authenticated. The default is You have logged

on successfully! Please keep this window open when using the wireless network.

Customize the text that shows when authentication fails. Enter up to 128 characters. The default is Bad username or password.

Profile Association

Go to Configuration > Captive Portal > Profile Association to associate defined Captive Portal profiles with SSIDs.

SSID

A list of available SSIDs.

SSID Name

Profile Name

The name of the SSID.

Choose the profile that is associated with the SSID.

If the profile associated with the SSID is deleted, then the association will be removed.

None

is selected, it means no profile is associated.

Client Information

Go to Configuration > Captive Portal > Client Information to view the status of wireless clients that are authenticated by Captive Portal.

MAC Address

MAC address of the client.

IP Address

User Name

SSID Name

Online Time

Away Timeout

Session Timeout

IP address of the client.

User name used by the client to log in.

Name of the SSID to which the client is connected.

How long the client has been online. Measured in seconds.

An authenticated client that has been disconnected from the access point has a specific amount of time within which it may reconnect without reauthentication. The timer starts when the client disconnects from the SSID. After the time reaches zero, the client is de-authenticated. If the timeout is set to 0, the client is not de-authenticated. Measured in seconds.

The remaining time of the authenticated session. The timer starts when the client is authenticated. After the time reaches zero, the client is de-authenticated. If the value is fixed to 0, the session won't time out. Measured in seconds.

ACL

ACLs are a collection of permit and deny conditions that can block unwarranted attempts to reach network resources.

Each ACL is a set of up to 10 rules. Each rule specifies whether the contents of a given field should be used to permit or deny access to the network. Rule can be based on various criteria and may apply to one or more fields with a packet. The priority of each rule will be determined by the rule index. Rule index number 1 has the highest priority to process and rule index number 10 is the last one to process. There is an implicit deny for traffic that does not match any rules.

Once ACL has been created and configured, bind your ACL to the wireless interface. The ACL can be applied to the traffic sent from a wireless client to the access point (upstream) or from the access point to a wireless client (downstream).

To create ACLs and associate them to an interface, perform the following steps.

1. Create ACLs.

To add a new ACL, type in a name and choose IPv4 or IPv6. Click Add ACL. To add a rule to a specific ACL, select the ACL name from the ACL Names dropdown list, and select a priority from the Rule Index dropdown list. After that, you can define what kind of traffic to permit or deny. Always remember there is an implicit deny for traffic that does not match any rules.

2. Associate the ACL with wireless interfaces by using ACL Association page.

To modify ACLs not in use, you have the following options.

1. You can unbind the ACL from a specific wireless interface by selecting None on the ACL Association page.

2. If you don’t need an ACL anymore, you can delete it. To delete an ACL, select it from the ACL Name dropdown list and click Delete ACL.

3. If you like to delete a rule associated with an ACL, click Reset next to Rule Index. That rule will go back to default mode, all matching criteria for this specified rule will be gone.

ACL Profiles

Go to Configuration > ACL > ACL Profiles to configure ACL profiles and their rules.

ACL Profile

ACL Name

ACL Type

Rule Configuration

ACL Names

Rule Index

Enable Rule

Action

Match Every Packet

A name can include from 1 to 32 alphanumeric characters to identify an ACL.

Configuration type of ACL is IPv4 or IPv6. Click Add ACL to add one new ACL profile.

Select a profile to configure. An ACL profile includes ACL name and type. Click Delete ACL to delete an ACL.

Select and configure a new rule for the selected ACL.

Enable or disable the ACL rule. It's disabled by default.

Whether the ACL rule permits or denies an action.

Rule matches the frame or packet regardless of its contents.

If this is checked, you cannot configure any other matching condition listed below; e.g, Protocol, Source IP/Port, Destination IP/Port.

Match Protocol

Use a Layer 3 or Layer 4 protocol as a matching condition. Set the protocol value with following methods.



Select From List

IP – Internet Protocol

ICMP – Internet Control Message Protocol

IGMP – Internet Group Management Protocol

TCP – Transmission Control Protocol

UDP – User Datagram Protocol



Match to Value

Set a protocol with protocol ID from 0 to 255.

Match Source IP

and its prefix length. The range for IPv6 prefix

Permit or deny packet by source IP address.



If the ACL type is IPv4, set an IPv4 address and its wildcard mask.

Note—Wildcard 0 means to match that value, 1 means don’t match. For example, a mask of 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1111 1111 which means that you match on the bits where there is 0 and don't match on the bits where there are 1s. You need to translate the 1s to a decimal integer and you write 0 for each four zeros. In this example since 1111 1111 equals to 255, the wildcard mask would be written as 0.0.0.255. To match traffic by source IP address from 192.168.2.0 to 192.168.2.254, enter the source IP as 192.168.2.0 and wildcard mask as 0.0.0.255. To match a specific source IP address e.g. 192.168.2.100, enter the source IP as

192.168.2.100 and wildcard mask as 0.0.0.0.



If the ACL type is IPv6, set an IPv6 address

Match Source Port

length is 0 to 128.

Permit or deny packet by a source port identified in the datagram header.



Select from List

FTP – Port 21

FTP Data – Port 20

HTTP – Port 80

SMTP – Port 25

SNMP – Port 161

Telnet – Port 23

TFTP – Port 69



Match to Port

Enter a single destination port number for matched packets. The port range is 0-65535.

Match Destination

Permit or deny packet by destination IP address.

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If the type of ACLs is IPv4, set an IPv4 address and its wildcard mask.

192.168.2.254, enter destination IP as 192.168.2.0 and wildcard mask as 0.0.0.255. To match a specific destination IP address e.g. 192.168.2.100, enter the destination IP as 192.168.2.100 and wildcard mask

Match Destination

Port

as 0.0.0.0.

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If the type of ACLs is IPv6, set an IPv6 address and its prefix length as destination IP. The range for IPv6 prefix length is 0 to 128.

Permit or deny packet by a destination port identified in the datagram header.

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Select from List

Choose a port by port name.

FTP – Port 21

FTP Data – Port 20

HTTP – Port 80

SMTP – Port 25

SNMP – Port 161

Telnet – Port 23

TFTP – Port 69

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Match to Port

Enter a single destination port number for matched packets. The port range is 0-65535.

Match IP DSCP

Matches packets based on IP DSCP value.

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Select From List

Choose a DSCP value from the list.

default Match packets with default dscp (000000)

af11 Match packets with AF11 dscp (001010)

af12 Match packets with AF12 dscp (001100)

af13 Match packets with AF13 dscp (001110)

af21 Match packets with AF21 dscp (010010)

af22 Match packets with AF22 dscp (010100)

af23 Match packets with AF23 dscp (010110)

af31 Match packets with AF31 dscp (011010)

af32 Match packets with AF32 dscp (011100)

af33 Match packets with AF33 dscp (011110)

af41 Match packets with AF41 dscp (100010)

af42 Match packets with AF42 dscp (100100)

af43 Match packets with AF43 dscp (100110)

cs1 Match packets with CS1(precedence 1) dscp (001000)

cs2 Match packets with CS2(precedence 2) dscp (010000)

cs3 Match packets with CS3(precedence 3) dscp (011000)

cs4 Match packets with CS4(precedence 4) dscp (100000)

cs5 Match packets with CS5(precedence 5) dscp (101000)

cs6 Match packets with CS6(precedence 6) dscp (110000)

cs7 Match packets with CS7(precedence 7) dscp (111000)

ef Match packets with EF dscp (101110)

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Match to Value

A custom DSCP value from 0 to 63.

Match IP

Precedence

Matches packets based on their IP Precedence value from 0 to 7. This is applicable only when the type of ACLs is IPv4.

Match IP TOS

Matches a type of service from the dropdown list. This is applicable only when the type of ACLs is IPv4.

Normal Service – 0000

Minimize Monetary Cost – 0001

Maximize Reliability – 0010

Maximize Throughput – 0100

Minimize Delay - 1000

IPv6 Flow Label

A number that is unique to an IPv6 packet is used by end stations to signify QoS handling in routers. The range is 0 to 1048575.

ACL Association

Go to Configuration > ACL > ACL Association to associate defined ACL profiles with SSIDs.

ACL Association

and discarded if it is denied.

SSID

ACL Name Down

ACL Name Up

The index of SSID.

Choose the profile that is associated with the SSID for downstream (from access point to wireless client) traffic.

If the profile associated with the SSID is deleted, the association will be removed.

If None is selected, no profile is associated.

After switching the packet or frame to the outbound interface, the ACL's rules are checked for a match. The packet or frame is transmitted if it is permitted

Choose the profile that is associated with the SSID for upstream (from wireless client to access point) traffic.

If the profile associated with the SSID is deleted, the association will be removed.

If None is selected, no profile is associated.

When a packet or frame is received by the access

point, the ACL's rules are checked for a match. The

packet or frame is processed if it is permitted and

discarded if it is denied.

Cluster

The cluster function provides a centralized method to administer and control wireless services across multiple devices. When access points are clustered, you can view, deploy, configure, and secure the wireless network as a single entity.

The access points within a cluster must have the same management VLAN configured. A cluster can support 16 LAPAC2600access points as long as they are same model number.

In each cluster, one access point must be manually configured as the master access point. There can only be one master in a cluster. This master will propagate configuration information, such as wireless settings, time settings etc. to the other team members within a cluster. Login to the master access point to change sharable parameter settings instead of slaves.

When firmware is upgraded on the master, all slaves within the same cluster will receive the upgrade.

Clustered access points share these configurations:

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User Accounts

•

Time Settings

•

Log Settings

•

Management Access

•

Discovery Settings

•

IGMP/MLD Snooping

•

Wireless Network Mode

These configurations are not shared by clustered access points:

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IP Settings

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WDS

•

Output Power

•

SSID Settings

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Wireless Security

•

Rogue AP Detection

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Wireless Scheduler

•

Wireless Scheduler Association

•

Wireless Connection Control

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Hostname

•

Workgroup Bridge

•

Rate Limit

•

QoS

•

Advanced Wireless Settings

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Captive Portal Settings

•

Ethernet Port Settings

•

VLAN Settings

•

ACL Settings

•

Wireless Channel

•

802.1x Supplicant

Settings & Status

Go to

Configuration > Cluster > Settings & Status

Choose a member type.

to manage the AP cluster function.

Type

Disabled—Disable the cluster function.

Master—Enable the cluster function and assign the access point to be the master.

Note— If system detects there is one Master already existed in the same cluster, the new access point that likes to become master will be assigned to slave automatically.

Slave—Enable the cluster function and assign the access point to be the slave.

Note—When the cluster function is enabled, WDS and workgroup bridge will be disabled automatically.

Master

Status

Cluster function is enabled and backup master

Disabled—Cluster function is disabled.

Active—Cluster function is enabled and master is active.

Active (Backup Master)— is active.

Inactive (Cannot reach the master)—Cluster function is enabled but it's inactive because device cannot reach the master.

Member Number

Location (Optional)

Cluster Name

Backup Master

Number of the active members in the cluster. If an access point joins the cluster but is powered off or cannot reach the master, it is not counted.

Where the access point is physically located; for example, Reception. Length is from 0 to 32 bytes.

Name of the cluster for the LAP device to join; for example, “lab cluster”. All access points with the same cluster name belong to the same cluster. Length of this value is from 4 to 32 bytes and special characters are allowed. This is a mandatory field if the cluster function is turned on.

When an access point works as a cluster slave, it can be enabled as a backup master. When master gets offline, it will take the role of master. When the backup master begins to work, it will send advertisements and slaves will send keep-alive and report sessions to it. When shareable settings are modified in it, it will share them to all slaves. When master gets online again, this backup master AP will stop the master function and let original master AP take over master role.

Client Sessions

Go to Configuration > Cluster > Client Sessions to see the status of wireless clients within the cluster.

The session is the period of time in which a user on a client device (station) with a unique MAC address maintains a connection with the wireless network. The session begins when the WLAN client logs on to the network, and the session ends when the WLAN client either logs off intentionally or loses the connection for some other reason.

When one wireless client of Captive Portal roams from one access point to another in the same cluster, it need not re-authenticate.

IP Address

Displays how long this client has been online since it is

IP address of the access point to which the client connects.

Location

SSID

User MAC

Online Time

Link Rate

Signal

Rx Total

Tx Total

Rx Rate

Location of the access point to which the client connects.

SSID name of the access point to which the client connects.

MAC address of the client.

authenticated. Unit is second.

Indicates the link rate of the client. Unit is Mbps.

The signal strength of the client is displayed. Unit is dBm.

The total bytes which are received from the client by the access point. Unit is Byte.

The total bytes which are sent to the client by the access point. Unit is Byte.

Current transfer rate of the data which are received from the client by the access point. Unit is Kbps.

Tx Rate

Current transfer rate of the data which are sent to the client by the access point. Unit is Kbps.

Channel Management

Go to Configuration > Cluster > Channel Management to manage the channel assignments for access points within a cluster.

When channel management is enabled, the access point automatically assigns radio channels within a cluster. Auto channel assignment reduces mutual interference (or interference with other access points outside of its cluster) and maximizes Wi-Fi bandwidth to help maintain efficient communication over the wireless network.

Auto Channel

changes the channel if better network performance is

Auto Channel

Scan Day

ScanTime

Scan Trigger

Access point scans available Wi-Fi channels and

possible. Disabled by default.

Choose the day of the week when Auto Channel scans Wi-Fi channels. You may choose specific days or have the access point scan and select the best channel daily.

Choose the time of day when Auto Channel performs scan.

Because Auto Channel will change the channel if it finds a better one, you can choose when to allow a scan.

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Immediately – Scan according to the day/time specified.

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No Clients – Scan only if no clients are connected to the wireless radio. If there are clients connected, the access point will complete the Auto Channel operation the next scheduled time when no clients are connected.

Current Channels

Type

Location

IP Address

Wireless Radio

Status

Channel

Locked

Member type of the access point. It can be Master, Slave or Backup Master.

Where the access point is physically located

IP address of the access point.

1 stands for 2.4Ghz radio, and 2 stands for 5Ghz radio.

Status of the wireless radio. It can be Active or Inactive.

Current channel number of the wireless radio.

Select if you feel the current channel is the best for that radio.

Chapter 4 - System Status

Status

System Summary

Go to System Status > Status > System Summary for status of the access point.

System Summary

Device SKU

Firmware Version

Firmware

Checksum

Hardware Version

Local MAC

Address

Serial Number

Host Name

System Up Time

System Time

Power Source

The SKU is often used to identify device model number and region.

The version of the firmware currently installed.

The checksum of the firmware running in the access point.

The version of the hardware.

The MAC (physical) address of the wireless access point.

The serial number of the device.

The host name assigned to the access point.

How long the system has been running since the last restart or reboot.

The current date and time.

The power source of the access point. It can be Power over Ethernet (PoE) or Power Adapter. When two power sources are plugged in, Power Adaptor will be displayed.

LAG Status

Indicates the status of LAG (Link Aggregation). It can be "Inactive" or "Active"

• When LAG is inactive, only one Ethernet port

works at a given time.

• LAG only works when link speed and duplex of

the two Ethernet ports are the same and duplex must be Full. LACP does not support halfduplex.

• LAG is based on 802.3ad LACP (Link

Aggregation Control Protocol) so it works only when link ends of the two Ethernet ports of the Access Ports also support 802.3ad LACP and enable it.

Buttons

Refresh

Click to update the data on the screen.

LAN Status

Go to System Status >Status >LAN Status to see settings and status of LAN interface.

VLAN

that you specify in this field is not be tagged with a VLAN

access point. Provide a number between 1 and 4094 for

VLAN

Untagged VLAN

Management

VLAN

Enabled or disabled (default).

Enabled (default) or disabled.

When enabled, and if its VLAN ID is equal to Untagged VLAN ID, all traffic is untagged when sent from LAN ports. Untagged traffic can be accepted by LAN ports. If disabled, traffic is always tagged when sent from LAN port and only tagged traffic can be accepted from LAN port.

By default, all traffic on the access point uses VLAN 1, the default untagged VLAN. This means that all traffic is untagged until you disable the untagged VLAN, change the untagged traffic VLAN ID, or change the VLAN ID for a SSID.

Displays the untagged VLAN ID. Traffic on the VLAN

ID when forwarded to the network. VLAN 1 is the default ID for untagged VLAN and management VLAN.

Displays the Management VLAN ID. The VLAN associated with the IP address you use to connect to the

the Management VLAN ID. The default is 1.

This VLAN is also the default untagged VLAN. If you already have a management VLAN configured on your network with a different VLAN ID, you must change the VLAN ID of the management VLAN on the access point.

IPv4/v6

IP Address

Subnet Mask

Default Gateway

Primary DNS

Secondary DNS

The IP address of the wireless access point.

The Network Mask (Subnet Mask) for the IP address above.

Enter the gateway for the LAN segment to which the wireless access point is attached (the same value as the PCs on that LAN segment).

The primary DNS address provided by the DHCP server or configured manually.

The secondary DNS address provided by the DHCP server or configured manually.

Wireless Status

Go to System Status >Status >Wireless Status to see settings and status of wireless radios and SSIDs.

Radio Status

Wireless Radio

Radio Status

Mode

Channel

Bandwidth

SSID Status

Interface

SSID Name

Status

MAC Address

Select the desired radio from the list.

Radio 1 is for 2.4GHz, and Radio 2 is for 5GHz.

Indicates whether the radio is enabled.

Current 802.11 mode (a/b/g/n/ac) of the radio.

The channel currently in use.

Current channel bandwidth of the radio.

When set to 20 MHz, only the 20 MHz channel is in use. When set to 20/40 MHz, Wireless-N connections will use 40 MHz channel, but Wireless-B and Wireless-G will still use 20 MHz channel.

SSID index.

Name of the SSID.

Status of the SSID: Enabled or Disabled.

MAC Address of the SSID.

VLAN ID

Priority

Scheduler

State

VLAN ID of the SSID.

The 802.1p priority of the SSID.

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N/A—No scheduler is enabled on the SSID, or the SSID is disabled by administrator.

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Active—The SSID is enabled.

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Inactive—The SSID is disabled.

WDS Root

Status

Local SSID

Local MAC

VLAN List

WDS Station

Interface

Status

Local MAC

Remote SSID

Remote MAC

Status of the WDS Root: Enabled or Disabled.

Name of the WDS Root.

MAC Address of the WDS Root.

VLAN List of the WDS Root.

When VLAN function is enabled, WDS Root only receives packets in the VLAN list from WDS Stations and packets not in the list will be dropped.

The index of WDS Station.

Status of the WDS Station: Enabled or Disabled.

MAC Address of the WDS Root.

SSID of the destination access point which is on the other end of the WDS link to which data is sent or handed-off and from which data is received.

MAC Address of the destination access point which is on the other end of the WDS link to which data is sent or handed-off and from which data is received.

Connection

Status

Status of the WDS Station: Disabled, Connected or Not Connected.

Workgroup Bridge Status

Status

Local MAC

Remote SSID

Status of the Workgroup Bridge: Enabled or Disabled.

MAC address of the Workgroup Bridge.

SSID of the destination access point on the other end of the Workgroup Bridge link to which data is sent and from which data is received.

Remote MAC

MAC address of the destination access point on the other end of the Workgroup Bridge link to which data is sent and from which data is received.

Connection

Status

Status of the Workgroup Bridge: Disabled, Connected or Not Connected.

Wireless Clients

Go to System Status > Status > Wireless Clients to see connected clients based on each wireless interface.

Wireless

Interface

SSID Name

Client MAC

SSID MAC

Link Rate

RSSI

Online Time

Select the desired interface from the list. The interfaces include eight SSIDs per radio.

Name of the SSID to which the client connects.

The MAC address of the client.

MAC of the SSID to which the client connects.

The link rate of the client. Unit is Mbps.

The signal strength of the client. Unit is dBm.

How long this client has been online. Unit is seconds.

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Linksys LAPAC2600C User manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Package Contents

Physical Details

LED behavior

Ports and Button

Mounting Guide

Wall Installation

Ceiling Installation

Overview

Setup Using a Web Browser

Setup Procedure

Setup Wizard

Administration

User Accounts

Time

Log Settings

Management Access

SSL Certificate

Network Setup

Advanced

Wireless

Basic Settings

Security

WPA2-Personal

WPA/WPA2-Personal

WPA2-Enterprise

WPA/WPA2-Enterprise

RADIUS

Rogue AP Detection

Scheduler

Scheduler Association

Connection Control

Rate Limit

Workgroup Bridge

Advanced Settings

Captive Portal

Global Configuration

Portal Profiles

Local User

Local Group

Web Customization

Profile Association

Client Information

ACL Profiles

ACL Association

Cluster

Settings & Status

Master

Client Sessions

Channel Management

Chapter 4 - System Status

Status

System Summary

LAN Status

Wireless Status

Wireless Clients