Avaya AP-3 User manual

Wireless AP-3 User’s Guide

For Software Release 2.5.2

Document No. 21-300403

Issue 1

October 2004

Notice

Every effort was made to ensure that the information in this document

was complete and accurate at the time of printing. However, information

is subject to change.

Warranty

Avaya Inc. provides a limited warranty on this product. Refer to your

sales agreement to establish the terms of the limited warranty. In

addition, Avaya’s standard warranty language as well as information

regarding support for this product, while under warranty, is available

through the following Web site: http://www.avaya.com/support

.

Preventing Toll Fraud

“Toll fraud” is the unauthorized use of your telecommunications system

by an unauthorized party (for example, a person who is not a corporate

employee, agent, subcontractor, or is not working on your company's

behalf). Be aware that there may be a risk of toll fraud associated with

your system and that, if toll fraud occurs, it can result in substantial

additional charges for your telecommunications services.

Avaya Fraud Intervention

If you suspect that you are being victimized by toll fraud and you need

technical assistance or support, in the United States and Canada, call the

Technical Service Center's Toll Fraud Intervention Hotline at

1-800-643-2353.

Disclaimer

Avaya is not responsible for any modifications, additions or deletions to

the original published version of this documentation unless such

modifications, additions or deletions were performed by Avaya. Customer

and/or End User agree to indemnify and hold harmless Avaya, Avaya's

agents, servants and employees against all claims, lawsuits, demands

and judgments arising out of, or in connection with, subsequent

modifications, additions or deletions to this documentation to the extent

made by the Customer or End User.

How to Get Help

For additional support telephone numbers, go to the Avaya support Web

site: http://www.avaya.com/support

. If you are:

• Within the United States, click the Escalation Contacts link.

Then click the appropriate link for the type of support you

need.

• Outside the United States, click the Escalation Contacts link.

Then click the International Services link that includes

telephone numbers for the international Centers of

Excellence.

Providing Telecommunications Security

Telecommunications security (of voice, data, and/or video

communications) is the prevention of any type of intrusion to (that is,

either unauthorized or malicious access to or use of) your company's

telecommunications equipment by some party.

Your company's “telecommunications equipment” includes both this

Avaya product and any other voice/data/video equipment that could be

accessed via this Avaya product (that is, “networked equipment”).

An “outside party” is anyone who is not a corporate employee, agent,

subcontractor, or is not working on your company's behalf. Whereas, a

“malicious party” is anyone (including someone who may be otherwise

authorized) who accesses your telecommunications equipment with

either malicious or mischievous intent.

Such intrusions may be either to/through synchronous (time-multiplexed

and/or circuit-based), or asynchronous (character-, message-, or

packet-based) equipment, or interfaces for reasons of:

• Utilization (of capabilities special to the accessed equipment)

• Theft (such as, of intellectual property, financial assets, or toll

facility access)

• Eavesdropping (privacy invasions to humans)

• Mischief (troubling, but apparently innocuous, tampering)

• Harm (such as harmful tampering, data loss or alteration,

regardless of motive or intent)

Be aware that there may be a risk of unauthorized intrusions associated

with your system and/or its networked equipment. Also realize that, if

such an intrusion should occur, it could result in a variety of losses to your

company (including but not limited to, human/data privacy, intellectual

property, material assets, financial resources, labor costs, and/or legal

costs).

Responsibility for Your Company’s Telecommunications Security

The final responsibility for securing both this system and its networked

equipment rests with you - Avaya’s customer system administrator, your

telecommunications peers, and your managers. Base the fulfillment of

your responsibility on acquired knowledge and resources from a variety

of sources including but not limited to:

• Installation documents

• System administration documents

• Security documents

• Hardware-/software-based security tools

• Shared information between you and your peers

• Telecommunications security experts

To prevent intrusions to your telecommunications equipment, you and

your peers should carefully program and configure:

• Your Avaya-provided telecommunications systems and their

interfaces

• Your Avaya-provided software applications, as well as their

underlying hardware/software platforms and interfaces

• Any other equipment networked to your Avaya products

TCP/IP Facilities

Customers may experience differences in product performance, reliability

and security depending upon network configurations/design and

topologies, even when the product performs as warranted.

Standards Compliance

Avaya Inc. is not responsible for any radio or television interference

caused by unauthorized modifications of this equipment or the

substitution or attachment of connecting cables and equipment other

than those specified by Avaya Inc. The correction of interference caused

by such unauthorized modifications, substitution or attachment will be the

responsibility of the user. Pursuant to Part 15 of the Federal

Communications Commission (FCC) Rules, the user is cautioned that

changes or modifications not expressly approved by Avaya Inc. could

void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

Product Safety Standards

This product complies with and conforms to the following international

Product Safety standards as applicable:

Safety of Information Technology Equipment, IEC 60950, 3rd Edition, or

IEC 60950-1, 1st Edition, including all relevant national deviations as

listed in Compliance with IEC for Electrical Equipment (IECEE) CB-96A.

Safety of Information Technology Equipment, CAN/CSA-C22.2

No. 60950-00 / UL 60950, 3rd Edition, or CAN/CSA-C22.2 No.

60950-1-03 / UL 60950-1.

Safety Requirements for Customer Equipment, ACA Technical Standard

(TS) 001 - 1997.

One or more of the following Mexican national standards, as applicable:

NOM 001 SCFI 1993, NOM SCFI 016 1993, NOM 019 SCFI 1998.

The equipment described in this document may contain Class 1 LASER

Device(s). These devices comply with the following standards:

• EN 60825-1, Edition 1.1, 1998-01

• 21 CFR 1040.10 and CFR 1040.11.

The LASER devices used in Avaya equipment typically operate within the

following parameters:

Luokan 1 Laserlaite

Klass 1 Laser Apparat

Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than

those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposures.

Contact your Avaya representative for more laser product information.

Typical Center Wavelength Maximum Output Power

830 nm - 860 nm -1.5 dBm

1270 nm - 1360 nm -3.0 dBm

1540 nm - 1570 nm 5.0 dBm

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Standards

This product complies with and conforms to the following international

EMC standards and all relevant national deviations:

Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference of Information

Technology Equipment, CISPR 22:1997 and EN55022:1998.

Information Technology Equipment - Immunity Characteristics - Limits

and Methods of Measurement, CISPR 24:1997 and EN55024:1998,

including:

• Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) IEC 61000-4-2

• Radiated Immunity IEC 61000-4-3

• Electrical Fast Transient IEC 61000-4-4

• Lightning Effects IEC 61000-4-5

• Conducted Immunity IEC 61000-4-6

• Mains Frequency Magnetic Field IEC 61000-4-8

• Voltage Dips and Variations IEC 61000-4-11

Power Line Emissions, IEC 61000-3-2: Electromagnetic compatibility

(EMC) - Part 3-2: Limits - Limits for harmonic current emissions.

Power Line Emissions, IEC 61000-3-3: Electromagnetic compatibility

(EMC) - Part 3-3: Limits - Limitation of voltage changes, voltage

fluctuations and flicker in public low-voltage supply systems.

Federal Communications Commission Statement

Part 15:

Part 68: Answer-Supervision Signaling

Allowing this equipment to be operated in a manner that does not provide

proper answer-supervision signaling is in violation of Part 68 rules. This

equipment returns answer-supervision signals to the public switched

network when:

• answered by the called station,

• answered by the attendant, or

• routed to a recorded announcement that can be administered

by the customer premises equipment (CPE) user.

This equipment returns answer-supervision signals on all direct inward

dialed (DID) calls forwarded back to the public switched telephone

network. Permissible exceptions are:

• A call is unanswered.

• A busy tone is received.

• A reorder tone is received.

Avaya attests that this registered equipment is capable of providing users

access to interstate providers of operator services through the use of

access codes. Modification of this equipment by call aggregators to block

access dialing codes is a violation of the Telephone Operator Consumers

Act of 1990.

REN Number

For MCC1, SCC1, CMC1, G600, and G650 Media Gateways:

This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC rules. On either the

rear or inside the front cover of this equipment is a label that contains,

among other information, the FCC registration number, and ringer

equivalence number (REN) for this equipment. If requested, this

information must be provided to the telephone company.

For G350 and G700 Media Gateways:

This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC rules and the

requirements adopted by the ACTA. On the rear of this equipment is a

label that contains, among other information, a product identifier in the

format US:AAAEQ##TXXXX. The digits represented by ## are the ringer

equivalence number (REN) without a decimal point (for example, 03 is a

REN of 0.3). If requested, this number must be provided to the telephone

company.

For all media gateways:

The REN is used to determine the quantity of devices that may be

connected to the telephone line. Excessive RENs on the telephone line

may result in devices not ringing in response to an incoming call. In most,

but not all areas, the sum of RENs should not exceed 5.0. To be certain

of the number of devices that may be connected to a line, as determined

by the total RENs, contact the local telephone company.

REN is not required for some types of analog or digital facilities.

Means of Connection

Connection of this equipment to the telephone network is shown in the

following tables.

For MCC1, SCC1, CMC1, G600, and G650 Media Gateways:

For G350 and G700 Media Gateways:

For all media gateways:

If the terminal equipment (for example, the media server or media

gateway) causes harm to the telephone network, the telephone company

will notify you in advance that temporary discontinuance of service may

be required. But if advance notice is not practical, the telephone

company will notify the customer as soon as possible. Also, you will be

advised of your right to file a complaint with the FCC if you believe it is

necessary.

The telephone company may make changes in its facilities, equipment,

operations or procedures that could affect the operation of the

equipment. If this happens, the telephone company will provide advance

notice in order for you to make necessary modifications to maintain

uninterrupted service.

If trouble is experienced with this equipment, for repair or warranty

information, please contact the Technical Service Center at

1-800-242- 2121 or contact your local Avaya representative. If the

equipment is causing harm to the telephone network, the telephone

company may request that you disconnect the equipment until the

problem is resolved.

Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with

the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the

FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable

protection against harmful interference when the equipment is

operated in a commercial environment. This equipment

generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if

not installed and used in accordance with the instruction

manual, may cause harmful interference to radio

communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential

area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the

user will be required to correct the interference at his own

expense.

Manufacturer’s Port

Identifier

FIC Code SOC/

REN/

A.S. Code

Network

Jacks

Off premises station OL13C 9.0F RJ2GX,

RJ21X,

RJ11C

DID trunk 02RV2-T 0.0B RJ2GX,

RJ21X

CO trunk 02GS2 0.3A RJ21X

02LS2 0.3A RJ21X

Tie trunk TL31M 9.0F RJ2GX

Basic Rate Interface 02IS5 6.0F, 6.0Y RJ49C

1.544 digital interface 04DU9-BN 6.0F RJ48C,

RJ48M

04DU9-IKN 6.0F RJ48C,

RJ48M

04DU9-ISN 6.0F RJ48C,

RJ48M

120A4 channel service

unit

04DU9-DN 6.0Y RJ48C

Manufacturer’s Port

Identifier

FIC Code SOC/

REN/

A.S. Code

Network

Jacks

Ground Start CO trunk 02GS2 1.0A RJ11C

DID trunk 02RV2-T AS.0 RJ11C

Loop Start CO trunk 02LS2 0.5A RJ11C

1.544 digital interface 04DU9-BN 6.0Y RJ48C

04DU9-DN 6.0Y RJ48C

04DU9-IKN 6.0Y RJ48C

04DU9-ISN 6.0Y RJ48C

Basic Rate Interface 02IS5 6.0F RJ49C

A plug and jack used to connect this equipment to the premises wiring

and telephone network must comply with the applicable FCC Part 68

rules and requirements adopted by the ACTA. A compliant telephone

cord and modular plug is provided with this product. It is designed to be

connected to a compatible modular jack that is also compliant. It is

recommended that repairs be performed by Avaya certified technicians.

The equipment cannot be used on public coin phone service provided by

the telephone company. Connection to party line service is subject to

state tariffs. Contact the state public utility commission, public service

commission or corporation commission for information.

This equipment, if it uses a telephone receiver, is hearing aid compatible.

Canadian Department of Communications (DOC) Interference

Information

This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme

NMB-003 du Canada.

This equipment meets the applicable Industry Canada Terminal

Equipment Technical Specifications. This is confirmed by the registration

number. The abbreviation, IC, before the registration number signifies

that registration was performed based on a Declaration of Conformity

indicating that Industry Canada technical specifications were met. It does

not imply that Industry Canada approved the equipment.

Installation and Repairs

Before installing this equipment, users should ensure that it is

permissible to be connected to the facilities of the local

telecommunications company. The equipment must also be installed

using an acceptable method of connection. The customer should be

aware that compliance with the above conditions may not prevent

degradation of service in some situations.

Repairs to certified equipment should be coordinated by a representative

designated by the supplier. Any repairs or alterations made by the user to

this equipment, or equipment malfunctions, may give the

telecommunications company cause to request the user to disconnect

the equipment.

Declarations of Conformity

United States FCC Part 68 Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDoC)

Avaya Inc. in the United States of America hereby certifies that the

equipment described in this document and bearing a TIA TSB-168 label

identification number complies with the FCC’s Rules and Regulations 47

CFR Part 68, and the Administrative Council on Terminal Attachments

(ACTA) adopted technical criteria.

Avaya further asserts that Avaya handset-equipped terminal equipment

described in this document complies with Paragraph 68.316 of the FCC

Rules and Regulations defining Hearing Aid Compatibility and is deemed

compatible with hearing aids.

Copies of SDoCs signed by the Responsible Party in the U. S. can be

obtained by contacting your local sales representative and are available

on the following Web site: http://www.avaya.com/support

.

All Avaya media servers and media gateways are compliant with FCC

Part 68, but many have been registered with the FCC before the SDoC

process was available. A list of all Avaya registered products may be

found at: http://www.part68.org

by conducting a search using “Avaya” as

manufacturer.

European Union Declarations of Conformity

Avaya Inc. declares that the equipment specified in this document

bearing the “CE” (Conformité Europeénne) mark conforms to the

European Union Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment

Directive (1999/5/EC), including the Electromagnetic Compatibility

Directive (89/336/EEC) and Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC).

Copies of these Declarations of Conformity (DoCs) can be obtained by

contacting your local sales representative and are available on the

following Web site: http://www.avaya.com/support

.

Japan

This is a Class A product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control

Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment (VCCI). If

this equipment is used in a domestic environment, radio disturbance may

occur, in which case, the user may be required to take corrective actions.

To order copies of this and other documents:

Call: Avaya Publications Center

Voice 1.800.457.1235 or 1.207.866.6701

FAX 1.800.457.1764 or 1.207.626.7269

Write: Globalware Solutions

200 Ward Hill Avenue

Haverhill, MA 01835 USA

Attention: Avaya Account Management

E-mail: [email protected]

For the most current versions of documentation, go to the Avaya support

Web site: http://www.avaya.com/support

.

Issue 1 October 2004 5

Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

In This Chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Introduction to Wireless Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Site Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Guidelines for Roaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Wireless Standard Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Network Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Security Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Cell Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Data Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

IEEE 802.11 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

802.11b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

802.11a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

802.11g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Management and Monitoring Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

HTTP/HTTPS Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

How To Access the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

SNMP Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

SNMPv3 Secure Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 2: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

In This Chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Product Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

5 GHz Antenna Adapter or AP-3 11a Upgrade Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

AP-3 with Active Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

AP-3 with Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

5 GHz or AP-3 11a Upgrade Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

ScanTool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Default IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

ScanTool Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Setup Wizard Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Contents

6 Wireless AP-3 User’s Guide

Downloading the Latest Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Setting Up your TFTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Downloading Updates from a TFTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Additional Hardware Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Installing the AP in a Plenum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Installing/Removing the Metal Faceplate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Active Ethernet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Related Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Chapter 3: Viewing Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

In This Chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Logging into the HTTP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Chapter 4: Performing Advanced Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

In This Chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Configuring the AP Using the HTTP/HTTPS Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Dynamic DNS Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Access Point System Naming Convention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

DHCP Server Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Link Integrity Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Interface Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Operational Mode Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Wireless-A and Wireless-B Interface Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Wireless 802.11a Interface Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

RTS/CTS Medium Reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Wireless Service Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Wireless 802.11b Interface Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Distance Between APs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Multicast Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Wireless 802.11b/g Interface Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

WDS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Bridging WDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

WDS Setup Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Contents

Issue 1 October 2004 7

Ethernet Interface Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Management Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Password Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

IP Access Table Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Services Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Secure Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

SNMP Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

HTTP Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

HTTPS Access (SSL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Telnet Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

SSH Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Serial Port Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

RADIUS-Based Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Automatic Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Hardware Configuration Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Configuration Reset via Serial Port During Bootup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Configuring Hardware Configuration Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Resetting the Configuration via the Serial Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Filtering Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Ethernet Protocol Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Static MAC Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Configuring Static MAC Filter Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Static MAC Filter Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Advanced Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

TCP/UDP Port Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Adding TCP/UDP Port Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Editing TCP/UDP Port Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Alarm Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Alarm Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Severity Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Alarm Host Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Adding an Entry or Enabling the AP to Send Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Editing or Deleting an Entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Syslog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Setting Syslog Event Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Configuring Syslog Event Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Syslog Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

RAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

RAD Configuration Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

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Configuring RAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Bridge Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Spanning Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Storm Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Intra BSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Packet Forwarding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Configuring Interfaces for Packet Forwarding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

QoS (Quality of Service). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

RADIUS Profile Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

RADIUS Servers per Authentication Mode and per VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . 134

RADIUS-based VLAN Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

RADIUS Servers Enforcing VLAN Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Configuring RADIUS Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Configuring a RADIUS Server Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

MAC Access Control by Means of RADIUS Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . 139

802.1x Authentication using RADIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

RADIUS Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Session Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Security Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Management VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

VLAN Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Enabling or Disabling the VLAN Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

MAC Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Configuring MAC Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Security Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

WEP Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

802.1x Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Authentication Protocol Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

VLANs and Security Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Configuring Security Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Wireless-A and Wireless-B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Adding or Modifying an SSID/VLAN with VLAN Protocol Disabled . . . . 156

Adding or Modifying an SSID/VLAN with VLAN Protocol Enabled . . . . . 160

Broadcast SSID and Closed System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Chapter 5: Monitoring the AP-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

In This Chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Logging into the HTTP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

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ICMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

IP/ARP Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Learn Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

IAPP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

RADIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Station Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Enabling and Viewing Station Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Refreshing Station Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Description of Station Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Chapter 6: Performing Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

In This Chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Logging into the HTTP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Introduction to File Transfer by TFTP or HTTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

TFTP File Transfer Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

HTTP File Transfer Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Image Error Checking during File Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Updating the AP by Using TFTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Updating the AP by Using HTTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Uploading AP Files by Using TFTP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Uploading AP Files by Using HTTP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Rebooting the AP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Resetting the AP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Help Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Chapter 7: Troubleshooting the AP-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

In This Chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Troubleshooting Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Symptoms and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Connectivity Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

AP Unit Will Not Boot - No LED Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Serial Link Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Ethernet Link Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Basic Software Setup and Configuration Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Lost AP, Telnet, or SNMP Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Client Computer Cannot Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

AP Has Incorrect IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

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HTTP (browser) or Telnet Interface Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

HTML Help Files Do Not Appear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Telnet CLI Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

TFTP Server Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Client Connection Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Client Software Finds No Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Client PC Card Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Intermittent Loss of Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Client Does Not Receive an IP Address - Cannot Connect to Internet . . . 199

VLAN Operation Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Verifying Proper Operation of the VLAN Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

VLAN Workgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Active Ethernet (AE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

The AP Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

There Is No Data Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

“Overload” Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Recovery Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Reset to Factory Default Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Forced Reload Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Download a New Image Using ScanTool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Download a New Image Using the Bootloader CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Setting IP Address using Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Hardware and Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Attaching the Serial Port Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Initializing the IP Address using CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Related Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

RADIUS Authentication Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

TFTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Appendix A: The Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

In This Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

General Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Prerequisite Skills and Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Notation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Important Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Navigation and Special Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

CLI Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Bootloader CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

CLI Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Command Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

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Entering Text Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

CLI Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

The Question Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Example 1. Displaying the command list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Example 2. Displaying specific commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Example 3. Displaying parameters for set and show commands . . . . . 221

Example 4. Displaying prompts for successive parameters . . . . . . . . 223

The Help Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Accessing the AP CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Using HyperTerminal to Log in to the AP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Using Telnet to Log in to the AP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

CLI Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

passwd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

reboot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Configuring Objects that Require Reboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

upload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Parameter Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Auto Configuration Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Auto Configuration Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

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DHCP Server Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

DHCP Server Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

IP Address Pool Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

DNS Client Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

DNS Client for RADIUS Name Resolution Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Ethernet Interface Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Ethernet Interface Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Filtering Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Ethernet Protocol Filtering Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Ethernet Protocol Filtering Table Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Static MAC Address Filter Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Proxy ARP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

IP ARP Filtering Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Broadcast Filtering Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

TCP/UDP Port Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

TCP/UDP Port Filtering Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Hardware Configuration Reset Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Hardware Configuration Reset Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

HTTP and HTTPS Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

HTTP (Web browser) Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Change HTTP Interface Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Configure Management Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Set TCP Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Configure Secure Socket Layer (HTTPS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

IAPP Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

IAPP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Intra BSS Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Intra BSS Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Syntax Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Inventory Management Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Inventory Management Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

IP Access Table Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

IP Access Table Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

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Edit Management IP Access Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

IP Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

IP Configuration Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Link Integrity Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Link Integrity Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

IP Target Table Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

MAC Access Control Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

MAC Access Control Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

MAC Access Control Table Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Setup MAC (Address) Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Add an Entry to the MAC Access Control Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Disable or Delete an Entry in the MAC Access Control Table . . . . . . . 257

Monitoring Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Packet Forwarding Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Packet Forwarding Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

RAD Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

RAD Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

RADIUS Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

General RADIUS Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

RADIUS Server Configuration Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Configure RADIUS Authentication servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

RADIUS-Based Management Access Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

RADIUS-Based Management Access Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Secure Management Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Secure Management Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Security Profile Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Security Profile Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Configure a Security Profile with Non Secure Security Mode . . . . . . . 268

Configure a Security Profile with WEP Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Configure a Security Profile with 802.1x Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . 268

Configure a Security Profile with WPA Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Configure a Security Profile with WPA-PSK Security Mode . . . . . . . . 268

Configure a Security Profile with 802.11i Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . 269

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Configuring a Security Profile with 802.11i-PSK Security Mode . . . . . . 269

Serial Port Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Serial Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

SNMP Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

SNMP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

SNMP Trap Host Table Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Change SNMP Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Configure Management Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Spanning Tree Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Spanning Tree Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Spanning Tree Priority and Path Cost Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

SpectraLink VoIP Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

SpectraLink VoIP Parameters (802.11b and b/g Modes Only) . . . . . . . . . 275

SSH Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

SSH Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Storm Threshold Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Storm Threshold Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Storm Threshold Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Syslog Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Syslog Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Syslog Host Table Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

System Information Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Telnet Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Telnet Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Configure Management Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Set TCP Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Set Telnet Session Timeouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

TFTP Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

TFTP Server Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Download an AP Configuration File from a TFTP Server . . . . . . . . . . 284

Backup your AP Configuration File to a TFTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

WDS Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

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Wireless Distribution System (WDS) Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Wireless Distribution System (WDS) Security Table Parameters . . . . . . . 286

802.11a Wireless Interface Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

802.11a Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Network Name (SSID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Operational Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

TX Power Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Autochannel Select (ACS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Enable/Disable Closed System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Shutdown/Resume Wireless Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

802.11b Wireless Interface Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

802.11b Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Network Name (SSID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Operational Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

TX Power Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Autochannel Select (ACS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Enable/Disable Closed System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Shutdown/Resume Wireless Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Enable/Disable Interference Robustness (802.11b Only) . . . . . . . . . . 294

Enable/Disable Load Balancing (802.11b Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Enable/Disable Medium Density Distribution (802.11b Only) . . . . . . . . 294

Set the Distance Between APs (802.11b Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Set the Multicast Rate (802.11b Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

802.11b/g Wireless Interface Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

802.11b/g Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Network Name (SSID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Operational Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

TX Power Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Autochannel Select (ACS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Enable/Disable Closed System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Shutdown/Resume Wireless Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Wireless Interface SSID/VLAN/Profile Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Wireless Interface SSID Table Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

VLAN/SSID Pair Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

VLAN/SSID Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Syntax Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

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Enable VLAN Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Disable VLAN Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

CLI Batch File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Auto Configuration and the CLI Batch File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

CLI Batch File Format and Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Sample CLI Batch File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Reboot Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

CLI Batch File Error Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Appendix B: ASCII Character Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Character Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Appendix C: Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

In This Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Software Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Number of Stations per BSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Management Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Advanced Bridging Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Medium Access Control (MAC) Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Security Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Network Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Advanced Wireless Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Hardware Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Physical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

AP-3 Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

802.11a Antenna Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Electrical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Without Active Ethernet Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

With Active Ethernet Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Environmental Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

AP-3 Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

802.11a Antenna Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Ethernet Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Serial Port Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Active Ethernet Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

HTTP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Radio Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

802.11a Channel Frequencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

802.11b Channel Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

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802.11g Channel Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Wireless Communication Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

802.11b Wireless Communication Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

802.11a (5 GHz Upgrade Kit) Wireless Communication Ranges . . . . . . 323

802.11a (11a Upgrade Kit) Wireless Communication Ranges . . . . . . . 323

802.11b/g Wireless Communication Ranges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Appendix D: Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Before You Seek Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

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Chapter 1: Introduction

In This Chapter

The following topics are covered in this section:

● Document Conventions on page 19

● Introduction to Wireless Networking on page 20

● IEEE 802.11 Specifications on page 22

● Management and Monitoring Capabilities on page 23

Document Conventions

● The term, AP, refers to an Access Point.

● The term, 802.11, is used to describe features that apply to the 802.11a, 802.11b, and

802.11g wireless standards.

● A Dual-radio AP is an Access Point that includes two radios; it can support one or two

IEEE radio standards (depending on the type of radios installed). The AP-3 is a Dual-radio

AP.

● An 802.11a AP is an Access Point that supports the IEEE 802.11a standard.

● An 802.11b AP is an Access Point that supports the IEEE 802.11b standard.

● An 802.11b/g AP is an Access Point that supports the IEEE 802.11g standard.

● Blue text indicates a link to a topic or Web address. If you are viewing this documentation

on your computer, click the blue text to jump to the linked item.

Note:

Note: A Note indicates important information that helps you make better use of your

computer.

!

CAUTION:

CAUTION: A Caution indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells

you how to avoid the problem.

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Introduction to Wireless Networking

An AP extends the capability of an existing Ethernet network to devices on a wireless network.

Wireless devices can

● connect to a single Access Point, or

● move between multiple Access Points located within the same vicinity. As wireless clients

move from one coverage cell to another, the devices maintain network connectivity.

Site Survey

To determine the best location for an Access Point, Avaya recommends conducting a Site

Survey before placing the device in its final location. For information about how to conduct a

Site Survey, contact your local reseller.

Before an Access Point can be configured for your specific networking requirements, it must

first be initialized. See Chapter 2:

Getting Started for details.

Figure 1: Typical wireless network access infrastructure

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