Zyxel NWA3560-N User Manual [ru]

NWA3000-N Series

Wireless N Business WLAN 3000 Series Access Point

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About This User's Guide

About This User's Guide

Intended Audience

This manual is intended for people who want to configure a NWA3000-N series AP using the web configurator. You should have at least a basic knowledge of TCP/IP networking concepts and topology.

Related Documentation

•Quick Start Guide

The Quick Start Guide is designed to help you get up and running right away. It contains information on setting up your network and configuring for Internet access.

•Support Disc

Refer to the included CD for support documents.

•ZyXEL Web Site

Please refer to www.zyxel.com for additional support documentation and product certifications.

User Guide Feedback

Help us help you. Send all User Guide-related comments, questions or suggestions for improvement to the following address, or use e-mail instead. Thank you!

The Technical Writing Team,

ZyXEL Communications Corp.,

6 Innovation Road II,

Science-Based Industrial Park,

Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan.

E-mail: [e-mail]

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Document Conventions

Document Conventions

Warnings and Notes

These are how warnings and notes are shown in this User’s Guide.

Warnings tell you about things that could harm you or your device.

Note: Notes tell you other important information (for example, other things you may need to configure or helpful tips) or recommendations.

Syntax Conventions

•The product in this book may be referred to as the “NWA3000-N series AP”, the “device”, the “AP”, or the “system” in this User’s Guide.

•Product labels, screen names, field labels and field choices are all in bold font.

•A key stroke is denoted by square brackets and uppercase text, for example, [ENTER] means the “enter” or “return” key on your keyboard.

•“Enter” means for you to type one or more characters and then press the [ENTER] key. “Select” or “choose” means for you to use one of the predefined choices.

•A right angle bracket ( > ) within a screen name denotes a mouse click. For example, Maintenance > Status > Show Statistics means you first click

Maintenance in the navigation panel, then the Status sub menu and finally the Show Statistics button to get to that screen.

•Units of measurement may denote the “metric” value or the “scientific” value. For example, “k” for kilo may denote “1000” or “1024”, “M” for mega may denote “1000000” or “1048576” and so on.

•“e.g.,” is a shorthand for “for instance”, and “i.e.,” means “that is” or “in other words”.

•Screens reproduced here for demonstration purposes may not exactly match the screens on your device.

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Document Conventions

Icons Used in Figures

Figures in this User’s Guide may use the following generic icons. The NWA3000-N series AP icon is not an exact representation of your device.

NWA3000-N series AP	Computer	Notebook computer
Server	Printer	Firewall
Telephone	Switch	Router

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Safety Warnings

Safety Warnings

•Do NOT use this product near water, for example, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool.

•Do NOT expose your device to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids.

•Do NOT store things on the device.

•Do NOT install, use, or service this device during a thunderstorm. There is a remote risk of electric shock from lightning.

•Connect ONLY suitable accessories to the device.

•ONLY qualified service personnel should service or disassemble this device.

•Make sure to connect the cables to the correct ports.

•Place connecting cables carefully so that no one will step on them or stumble over them.

•Always disconnect all cables from this device before servicing or disassembling.

•Use ONLY an appropriate power adaptor or cord for your device.

•Connect the power adaptor or cord to the right supply voltage (for example, 110V AC in North America or 230V AC in Europe).

•Do NOT allow anything to rest on the power adaptor or cord and do NOT place the product where anyone can walk on the power adaptor or cord.

•Do NOT use the device if the power adaptor or cord is damaged as it might cause electrocution.

•If the power adaptor or cord is damaged, remove it from the power outlet.

•Do NOT attempt to repair the power adaptor or cord. Contact your local vendor to order a new one.

•Do not use the device outside, and make sure all the connections are indoors. There is a remote risk of electric shock from lightning.

•“Not to remove the plug and plug into a wall outlet by itself; always attach the plug to the power supply first before insert into the wall.”

•(In other words, do NOT remove the plug and connect it to a power outlet by itself; always attach the plug to the power adaptor first before connecting it to a power outlet.)

•Antenna Warning! This device meets ETSI and FCC certification requirements when using the included antenna(s). Only use the included antenna(s).

•If you wall mount your device, make sure that no electrical lines, gas or water pipes will be damaged.

•The PoE (Power over Ethernet) devices that supply or receive power and their connected Ethernet cables must all be completely indoors.

•The indoors versions of this product are for indoor use only (utilisation intérieure exclusivement).

This product is recyclable. Dispose of it properly.

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

About This User's Guide ..........................................................................................................		3
Document Conventions............................................................................................................		4
Safety Warnings........................................................................................................................		6
Table of Contents......................................................................................................................		7
Part I: User’s Guide................................................................................		15
Chapter 1
Introduction .............................................................................................................................		17
1.1	Overview .............................................................................................................................	17
1.2	Applications for the NWA3000-N series AP .........................................................................	18
	1.2.1 Bridge / Repeater .......................................................................................................	18
	1.2.2 AP + Bridge ................................................................................................................	22
	1.2.3 MBSSID .....................................................................................................................	22
1.3 Management Mode ..............................................................................................................		23
1.4	Ways to Manage the NWA3000-N series AP ......................................................................	24
1.5	Good Habits for Managing the NWA3000-N series AP .......................................................	25
1.6	Hardware Connections ........................................................................................................	26
1.7	LEDs ....................................................................................................................................	27
1.8	Starting and Stopping the NWA3000-N series AP ...............................................................	29
Chapter 2
The Web Configurator ............................................................................................................		31
2.1	Overview ..............................................................................................................................	31
2.2	Access .................................................................................................................................	32
2.3	The Main Screen .................................................................................................................	33
	2.3.1 Title Bar ......................................................................................................................	34
	2.3.2 Navigation Panel ........................................................................................................	34
	2.3.3 Warning Messages .....................................................................................................	38
	2.3.4 Site Map .....................................................................................................................	38
	2.3.5 Object Reference .......................................................................................................	38
	2.3.6 Tables and Lists .........................................................................................................	44
Chapter 3
Configuration Basics..............................................................................................................		49

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3.1	Overview ..............................................................................................................................	49
3.2	Object - based Configuration .................................................................................................	49
3.3	Feature Configuration Overview ..........................................................................................	49
	3.3.1 Feature .......................................................................................................................	50
	3.3.2 MGNT Mode ...............................................................................................................	50
	3.3.3 LAN Setting ................................................................................................................	50
	3.3.4 Wireless .....................................................................................................................	50
	3.3.5 Device HA ..................................................................................................................	51
3.4	Objects ................................................................................................................................	51
	3.4.1 User ............................................................................................................................	51
	3.4.2 AP Profile ...................................................................................................................	52
	3.4.3 MON Profile ................................................................................................................	52
3.5	System .................................................................................................................................	52
	3.5.1 WWW, SSH, TELNET, FTP, SNMP, and Auth. Server ...............................................	52
	3.5.2 Logs and Reports .......................................................................................................	53
	3.5.3 File Manager ..............................................................................................................	53
	3.5.4 Diagnostics .................................................................................................................	53
	3.5.5 Shutdown ...................................................................................................................	53
Chapter 4
Tutorials	..................................................................................................................................	55
4.1	Sample Network Setup ........................................................................................................	55
......................................................................................	4.1.1 Set the Management Modes	56
........................................	4.1.2 Set the LAN IP Address and Management VLAN (vlan99)	57
.........................................................................	4.1.3 Set Up Wireless User Authentication	58
...........................................................................	4.1.4 Create the AP Profiles (staff, guest)	60
4.2 ............................................................................................................	Rogue AP Detection	63
.............................................................................................	4.2.1 Rogue AP Containment	67
4.3 ....................................................................................................................	Load Balancing	69
4.4 ................................................................................................	Dynamic Channel Selection	70
Part II: Technical ..................................................................Reference		73
Chapter 5
Dashboard ............................................................................................................................		75
5.1 ..............................................................................................................................	Overview	75
..............................................................................	5.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	75
5.2 ...........................................................................................................................	Dashboard	76
................................................................................................................	5.2.1 CPU Usage	80
...........................................................................................................	5.2.2 Memory Usage	81

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Chapter 6
Monitor	.................................................................................................................................	83
6.1	Overview ..............................................................................................................................	83
	6.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..............................................................................	83
6.2	What You Need to Know ......................................................................................................	83
6.3	LAN Status ...........................................................................................................................	84
	6.3.1 LAN Status Graph .....................................................................................................	86
6.4	AP List ................................................................................................................................	87
	6.4.1 Station Count of AP ..................................................................................................	89
6.5	Radio List ............................................................................................................................	89
	6.5.1 AP Mode Radio Information .......................................................................................	91
6.6	Station List ..........................................................................................................................	93
6.7	Rogue AP ............................................................................................................................	94
6.8	Legacy Device Info ..............................................................................................................	95
	6.8.1 Legacy Device Info Add or Edit ..................................................................................	96
6.9	View Log ..............................................................................................................................	96
6.10 View AP Log ...................................................................................................................		100
Chapter 7
Management Mode................................................................................................................		103
7.1	Overview ............................................................................................................................	103
7.2 About CAPWAP .................................................................................................................		103
	7.2.1 CAPWAP Discovery and Management ....................................................................	104
	7.2.2 Managed AP Finds the Controller ............................................................................	104
	7.2.3 CAPWAP and IP Subnets ........................................................................................	104
	7.2.4 Notes on CAPWAP ..................................................................................................	105
7.3	The Management Mode Screen ........................................................................................	105
Chapter 8
LAN Setting ...........................................................................................................................		107
8.1	LAN Setting Overview .......................................................................................................	107
	8.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ............................................................................	107
	8.1.2 What You Need to Know ..........................................................................................	107
8.2	LAN Setting .......................................................................................................................	108
	8.2.1 Add or Edit a DNS Setting ........................................................................................	110
Chapter 9
Wireless .................................................................................................................................		111
9.1	Overview .............................................................................................................................	111
	9.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter .............................................................................	111
	9.1.2 What You Need to Know ...........................................................................................	111
9.2	Controller ............................................................................................................................	112
9.3	AP Management .................................................................................................................	113
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9.3.1 Edit AP List ...............................................................................................................	115
9.4 MON Mode .........................................................................................................................	116
9.4.1 Add/Edit Rogue/Friendly List .....................................................................................	118
9.5 Load Balancing ...................................................................................................................	119
9.5.1 Disassociating and Delaying Connections ...............................................................	120
9.6 DCS ..................................................................................................................................	122
9.7 Technical Reference ..........................................................................................................	124
Chapter 10
Device HA .............................................................................................................................	127
10.1 Overview ..........................................................................................................................	127
10.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................	127
10.1.2 What You Need to Know ........................................................................................	128
10.1.3 Before You Begin ...................................................................................................	128
10.2 Device HA General ..........................................................................................................	129
10.3 Active-Passive Mode .......................................................................................................	131
10.3.1 Edit Monitored Interface .........................................................................................	134
10.4 Technical Reference ........................................................................................................	135
Chapter 11
User......................................................................................................................................	137
11.1 Overview ..........................................................................................................................	137
11.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ...........................................................................	137
11.1.2 What You Need To Know ........................................................................................	137
11.2 User Summary .................................................................................................................	138
11.2.1 Add/Edit User .........................................................................................................	139
11.3 Setting .............................................................................................................................	141
11.3.1 Edit User Authentication Timeout Settings .............................................................	144
Chapter 12
AP Profile............................................................................................................................	147
12.1 Overview ..........................................................................................................................	147
12.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................	147
12.1.2 What You Need To Know .......................................................................................	147
12.2 Radio ...............................................................................................................................	149
12.2.1 Add/Edit Radio Profile ............................................................................................	150
12.3 SSID ...............................................................................................................................	154
12.3.1 SSID List ................................................................................................................	154
12.3.2 Security List ............................................................................................................	158
12.3.3 MAC Filter List ........................................................................................................	161
Chapter 13
MON Profile ........................................................................................................................	165

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13.1 Overview ..........................................................................................................................	165
13.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................	165
13.1.2 What You Need To Know .......................................................................................	165
13.2 MON Profile .....................................................................................................................	166
13.2.1 Add/Edit MON Profile .............................................................................................	167
13.3 Technical Reference ........................................................................................................	168
Chapter 14
Certificates .........................................................................................................................	171
14.1 Overview ..........................................................................................................................	171
14.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................	171
14.1.2 What You Need to Know ........................................................................................	171
14.1.3 Verifying a Certificate .............................................................................................	173
14.2 My Certificates ................................................................................................................	175
14.2.1 Add My Certificates ................................................................................................	177
14.2.2 Edit My Certificates ................................................................................................	181
14.2.3 Import Certificates .................................................................................................	184
14.3 Trusted Certificates ..........................................................................................................	185
14.3.1 Edit Trusted Certificates .........................................................................................	187
14.3.2 Import Trusted Certificates .....................................................................................	190
14.4 Technical Reference ........................................................................................................	191
Chapter 15
System ..................................................................................................................................	193
15.1 Overview ..........................................................................................................................	193
15.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................	193
15.2 Host Name .......................................................................................................................	194
15.3 Date and Time ................................................................................................................	194
15.3.1 Pre-defined NTP Time Servers List ........................................................................	197
15.3.2 Time Server Synchronization .................................................................................	198
15.4 Console Speed ................................................................................................................	199
15.5 WWW Overview ..............................................................................................................	200
15.5.1 Service Access Limitations ....................................................................................	200
15.5.2 System Timeout .....................................................................................................	200
15.5.3 HTTPS ...................................................................................................................	200
15.5.4 Configuring WWW Service Control ........................................................................	201
15.5.5 HTTPS Example ....................................................................................................	203
15.6 SSH ..............................................................................................................................	209
15.6.1 How SSH Works ....................................................................................................	210
15.6.2 SSH Implementation on the NWA3000-N series AP ...............................................	211
15.6.3 Requirements for Using SSH ..................................................................................	211
15.6.4 Configuring SSH ....................................................................................................	212
15.6.5 Examples of Secure Telnet Using SSH ..................................................................	213
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15.7	Telnet ..............................................................................................................................	214
15.8	FTP .................................................................................................................................	215
15.9 SNMP .............................................................................................................................		217
15.9.1 Supported MIBs .....................................................................................................		218
15.9.2 SNMP Traps ...........................................................................................................		218
15.9.3 Configuring SNMP .................................................................................................		219
15.9.4 Adding or Editing an SNMPv3 User Profile ............................................................		220
15.10 Internal RADIUS Server ................................................................................................		221
15.10.1 Configuring the Internal RADIUS Server ..............................................................		222
15.10.2 Adding or Editing a Trusted AP Profile .................................................................		224
15.11 Technical Reference ......................................................................................................		225
Chapter 16
Log and Report ....................................................................................................................		227
16.1	Overview ..........................................................................................................................	227
16.1.1 What You Can Do In this Chapter ..........................................................................		227
16.2	Email Daily Report ...........................................................................................................	227
16.3	Log Setting .....................................................................................................................	229
16.3.1 Log Setting Summary .............................................................................................		230
16.3.2 Edit Log Settings ...................................................................................................		232
16.3.3 Edit Remote Server ...............................................................................................		236
16.3.4 Active Log Summary .............................................................................................		238
Chapter 17
File Manager........................................................................................................................		241
17.1	Overview ..........................................................................................................................	241
17.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................		241
17.1.2 What you Need to Know ........................................................................................		241
17.2	Configuration File ............................................................................................................	243
17.3	Firmware Package ..........................................................................................................	248
17.4	Shell Script .....................................................................................................................	249
Chapter 18
Diagnostics..........................................................................................................................		253
18.1	Overview ..........................................................................................................................	253
18.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................		253
18.2	Diagnostics .....................................................................................................................	253
18.3	Packet Capture ...............................................................................................................	254
18.3.1 Packet Capture Files .............................................................................................		256
18.3.2 Example of Viewing a Packet Capture File ............................................................		257
18.4	Wireless Frame Capture .................................................................................................	258
18.4.1 Wireless Frame Capture Files ...............................................................................		261

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Chapter 19
Reboot....................................................................................................................................					263
19.1			Overview ..........................................................................................................................		263
		19.1.1 What You Need To Know .......................................................................................			263
19.2			Reboot .............................................................................................................................		263
Chapter 20
	Shutdown........................................................................................................................				265
20.1			Overview ..........................................................................................................................		265
		20.1.1 What You Need To Know .......................................................................................			265
20.2			Shutdown .........................................................................................................................		265
Chapter 21
Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................					267
21.1			Overview ..........................................................................................................................		267
21.2			Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs ......................................................................		267
21.3			NWA3000-N series AP Access and Login .......................................................................		268
21.4			Internet Access ................................................................................................................		270
21.5			Wireless AP Troubleshooting ..........................................................................................		272
21.6			Resetting the NWA3000-N series AP ..............................................................................		277
21.7			Getting More Troubleshooting Help .................................................................................		278
Chapter 22
Product Specifications .........................................................................................................					279
22.1			Wall-Mounting Instructions ..............................................................................................		282
Appendix		A		Log Descriptions ...............................................................................................	285
Appendix		B		Importing Certificates ........................................................................................	305
Appendix		C Wireless LANs ..................................................................................................			319
Appendix		D Open Software Announcements .......................................................................			333
Appendix		E		Legal Information ..............................................................................................	373
Index.......................................................................................................................................					379

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PART I

User’s Guide

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Introduction

1.1 Overview

Your NWA3000-N series AP’s business-class reliability, SMB features, and centralized wireless management make it ideally suited for advanced service delivery in mission-critical networks. The NWA3000-N series AP provides secure mobility across the 2.4GHz and 5GHz spectrums and the IEEE 802.11n standard’s high bandwidth to support high-performance applications. It uses Multiple BSSID and VLAN to provide up to eight simultaneous independent virtual APs. Additionally, innovations in roaming technology and QoS features eliminate voice call disruptions. It can serve as an AP, Bridge, Repeater or even as an RF monitor to search for rouge APs to help eliminate network threats.

The NWA3000-N series AP controls network access with Media Access Control (MAC) address filtering, rogue Access Point (AP) detection and containment, and an internal authentication server. It also provides a high level of network traffic security, supporting IEEE 802.1x, Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), WPA2 and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption.

A NWA3000-N series AP can manage up to 24 other NWA3000-N series APs on your network. Configuration profiles let you easily use different WLAN and security settings for various virtual and managed APs.

Your NWA3000-N series AP is easy to install, configure and use. The embedded Web-based configurator enables simple, straightforward management and maintenance. See the Quick Start Guide for how to make hardware connections.

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1.2 Applications for the NWA3000-N series AP

The NWA3000-N series AP can be configured to use the following operating modes

•Bridge / Repeater

•AP + Bridge

•MBSSID

Applications for each operating mode are shown below.

Note: A different channel should be configured for each WLAN interface to reduce the effects of radio interference.

1.2.1 Bridge / Repeater

The NWA3000-N series AP can act as a wireless network bridge and establish wireless links with other APs. In the figure below, the two NWA3000-N series APs (A and B) are connected to independent wired networks and have a bridge connection (A can communicate with B) at the same time. A NWA3000-N series AP in repeater mode (C) has no Ethernet connection. When the NWA3000-N series AP is in bridge mode, you should enable Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) to prevent bridge loops.

When the NWA3000-N series AP is in Bridge / Repeater mode, security between APs (the Wireless Distribution System or WDS) is independent of the security between the wireless stations and the AP. If you do not enable WDS security, traffic between APs is not encrypted. When WDS security is enabled, both APs must use the same pre-shared key.

Once the security settings of peer sides match one another, the connection between devices is made.

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At the time of writing, WDS security is compatible with other ZyXEL access points only. Refer to your other access point’s documentation for details.

Figure 1 Bridge Application

Figure 2 Repeater Application

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1.2.1.1 Bridge / Repeater Mode Example

In the example below, when both NWA3000-N series APs are in Bridge/Repeater mode, they form a WDS (Wireless Distribution System) allowing the computers in LAN 1 to connect to the computers in LAN 2.

Figure 3 Bridging Example

Be careful to avoid bridge loops when you enable bridging in the NWA3000-N series AP. Bridge loops cause broadcast traffic to circle the network endlessly, resulting in possible throughput degradation and disruption of communications. The following examples show two network topologies that can lead to this problem:

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•If two or more NWA3000-N series APs (in bridge mode) are connected to the same hub.

Figure 4 Bridge Loop: Two Bridges Connected to Hub

•If your NWA3000-N series AP (in bridge mode) is connected to a wired LAN while communicating with another wireless bridge that is also connected to the same wired LAN.

Figure 5 Bridge Loop: Bridge Connected to Wired LAN

To prevent bridge loops, ensure that you enable Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) in the Wireless screen or your NWA3000-N series AP is not set to bridge mode while connected to both wired and wireless segments of the same LAN.

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1.2.2 AP + Bridge

In AP + Bridge mode, the NWA3000-N series AP supports both AP and bridge connection at the same time.

In the figure below, A and B use X as an AP to access the wired network, while X and Y communicate in bridge mode.

When the NWA3000-N series AP is in AP + Bridge mode, security between APs (WDS) is independent of the security between the wireless stations and the AP. If you do not enable WDS security, traffic between APs is not encrypted. When WDS security is enabled, both APs must use the same pre-shared key.

Unless specified, the term “security settings” refers to the traffic between the wireless stations and the NWA3000-N series AP.

Figure 6 AP + Bridge Application

Y

A

B

1.2.3 MBSSID

A Basic Service Set (BSS) is the set of devices forming a single wireless network (usually an access point and one or more wireless clients). The Service Set IDentifier (SSID) is the name of a BSS. In Multiple BSS (MBSSID) mode, the

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NWA3000-N series AP provides multiple virtual APs, each forming its own BSS and using its own individual SSID profile.

You can assign different wireless and security settings to each SSID profile. This allows you to compartmentalize groups of users, set varying access privileges, and prioritize network traffic to and from certain BSSs.

To the wireless clients in the network, each SSID appears to be a different access point. As in any wireless network, clients can associate only with the SSIDs for which they have the correct security settings.

See Section 4.1 on page 55 for an example of using MBSS.

1.3 Management Mode

One NWA3000-N series AP uses Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP, see RFC 5415) to allow one AP to configure and manage up to 24 others. This centralized management can greatly reduce the effort of setting up and maintaining multiple devices.

An NWA3000-N series AP in this group (ZLD-based models) can manage other APs in this group1.

•NWA3160-N

•NWA3550-N

•NWA3560-N

It can also use legacy device information hyper-links to connect to the Web Configurators of the following ZyNOS-based NWA-3000 series APs:

•NWA-3160

•NWA-3163

•NWA-3500

•NWA-3550

•NWA-3166

1.Not all of these models were available at the time of writing.

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The following figure illustrates a CAPWAP wireless network. The user (U) configures the controller AP (C), which then automatically updates the configurations of the managed APs (M1 ~ M4).

Figure 7 CAPWAP Network Example

U

C
					M1				M2	M3	M4

1.4 Ways to Manage the NWA3000-N series AP

You can use the following ways to manage the NWA3000-N series AP.

Web Configurator

The Web Configurator allows easy NWA3000-N series AP setup and management using an Internet browser. This User’s Guide provides information about the Web Configurator.

Command-Line Interface (CLI)

The CLI allows you to use text-based commands to configure the NWA3000-N series AP. You can access it using remote management (for example, SSH or Telnet) or via the console port. See the Command Reference Guide for more information.

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Console Port

You can use the console port to manage the NWA3000-N series AP using CLI commands. See the Command Reference Guide for more information about the CLI. The default settings for the console port are as follows.

Table 1 Console Port Default Settings

SETTING	VALUE
Speed	115200 bps
Data Bits	8
Parity	None
Stop Bit	1
Flow Control	Off

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

This protocol can be used for firmware upgrades and configuration backup and restore.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

The NWA3000-N series AP can be monitored by an SNMP manager. See the SNMP chapter in this User’s Guide.

Controller

Set one NWA3000-N series AP to be a controller and set other NWA3000-N series APs to be managed by it.

1.5 Good Habits for Managing the NWA3000-N series AP

Do the following things regularly to make the NWA3000-N series AP more secure and to manage it more effectively.

•Change the password often. Use a password that’s not easy to guess and that consists of different types of characters, such as numbers and letters.

•Write down the password and put it in a safe place.

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•Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an earlier working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even crashes. If you forget your password, you will have to reset the NWA3000-N series AP to its factory default settings. If you backed up an earlier configuration file, you won’t have to totally re-configure the NWA3000-N series AP; you can simply restore your last configuration.

1.6Hardware Connections

See your Quick Start Guide for information on making hardware connections.

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1.7 LEDs

The following are the LED descriptions for your NWA3000-N series AP.

Figure 8 LEDs

Table 2				LEDs
LABEL					COLOR	STATUS	DESCRIPTION
WLAN					Green	On	The wireless LAN is active.
						Blinking	The wireless LAN is active, and transmitting or
							receiving data.
					Off		The wireless LAN is not active.

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Table 2 LEDs (continued)

LABEL	COLOR	STATUS	DESCRIPTION
ETHERNET	Green	On	The NWA3000-N series AP has a 10/100 Mbps
			Ethernet connection.
		Blinking	The NWA3000-N series AP has a 10/100 Mbps
			Ethernet connection and is sending or receiving
			data.
	Yellow	On	The NWA3000-N series AP has a 1000 Mbps
			Ethernet connection.
		Blinking	The NWA3000-N series AP has a 1000 Mbps
			Ethernet connection and is sending/receiving
			data.
		Off	The NWA3000-N series AP does not have an
			Ethernet connection.
POWER/SYS	Green	On	The NWA3000-N series AP is receiving power
			and functioning properly.
		Off	The NWA3000-N series AP is not receiving
			power.
	Red	Blinking	Either
			• If the LED blinks during the boot up process,
			the system is starting up.
			or
			• If the LED blinks after the boot up process,
			the system has failed.
		Off	The NWA3000-N series AP successfully boots
			up.

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1.8 Starting and Stopping the NWA3000-N series AP

Here are some of the ways to start and stop the NWA3000-N series AP.

Always use Maintenance > Shutdown or the shutdown command before you turn off the NWA3000-N series AP or remove the power. Not doing so can cause the firmware to become corrupt.

Table 3 Starting and Stopping the NWA3000-N series AP

METHOD	DESCRIPTION
Turning on the	A cold start occurs when you turn on the power to the NWA3000-N
power	series AP. The NWA3000-N series AP powers up, checks the
	hardware, and starts the system processes.
Rebooting the	A warm start (without powering down and powering up again)
NWA3000-N series	occurs when you use the Reboot button in the Reboot screen or
AP	when you use the reboot command. The NWA3000-N series AP
	writes all cached data to the local storage, stops the system
	processes, and then does a warm start.
Using the RESET	If you press the RESET button, the NWA3000-N series AP sets the
button	configuration to its default values and then reboots.
Clicking	Clicking Maintenance > Shutdown > Shutdown or using the
Maintenance >	shutdown command writes all cached data to the local storage and
Shutdown >	stops the system processes. Wait for the device to shut down and
Shutdown or	then manually turn off or remove the power. It does not turn off the
using the shutdown	power.
command
Disconnecting the	Power off occurs when you turn off the power to the NWA3000-N
power	series AP. The NWA3000-N series AP simply turns off. It does not
	stop the system processes or write cached data to local storage.

The NWA3000-N series AP does not stop or start the system processes when you apply configuration files or run shell scripts although you may temporarily lose access to network resources.

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