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3 Cisco Wirele ss Router and HWIC Con figuration Gu ide OL-6415-04 CONTENTS Preface 9 Audience 9 Purpose 9 Organization 10 Conventi ons 10 Related Publication s 12 Obtaining Documentation 13 Cisco.
Contents 4 Cisco Wireless Router and HWIC Confi guration Gu ide OL-6415-04 Configuring Universal Client Mode 7 Configuring Radio Data Rates 10 Configuring Radio Transmit Power 12 Limiting the Power Le.
Contents 5 Cisco Wirele ss Router and HWIC Con figuration Gu ide OL-6415-04 Configuration Overview 3 Configuring the Local Authenticator Access Po int 3 Configuring Other Access Points to Use the Loca.
Contents 6 Cisco Wireless Router and HWIC Confi guration Gu ide OL-6415-04 RADIUS Attribu tes Sent by the Access Poin t 18 CHAPTER 8 Configuring VLANs 1 Understanding VLANs 2 Related Documents 3 Incor.
Contents 7 Cisco Wirele ss Router and HWIC Con figuration Gu ide OL-6415-04 Message Traceback Reports 2 Association Managem ent Messages 2 802.11 Subsys tem Messages 3 Local Authenticator Messages 12 .
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9 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 Preface The Preface pro vides information on th e follo wing topics: • Audience • Purpose • Organization • Related .
10 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Preface Organization Organization This guide consists of t he followin g chapters: Chapter 1, “Overview , ” lists the software and hardware f eatures of the wireless device and describe s the role of the wireless de vice in your netw ork.
11 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 Preface Conventions Interactiv e examples use these con ventions: • T erminal sessions and system displays are in screen font. • Information you enter is in boldface screen font.
12 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Preface Related Publications Related Publications Related Cisco technical documentation include the follo wing: Warnung Dieses Warnsymbol bede utet Gefahr . Sie befinden sich in einer Situation, die zu einer Körperverletzung führen könnte.
13 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 Preface Obtaining Documentation Obtaining Documentation Cisco documentation and additi onal literature are a v ailable on Cisco.com. Cisco also pro vides sev eral ways to obtain technical assistance and oth er techni cal resources.
14 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Preface Documentation Feedba ck Y ou can access the Cisco website at this URL: http://www .cisco .com Y ou can access internationa l Cisco websites at this URL: http://www .cisco.
15 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 Preface Cisco Product Security Overview Y ou can send comments about Cisco do cumentation to b ug-doc@cisco.
16 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Preface Obtaining Technica l Assistance Ne ver use a re v oked or an e xpired encryption key .
17 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 Preface Obtaining Additional Public ations and Information For S1 or S2 service requests or if you do not have Internet access, co ntact the Cisco T A C by telephone. (S1 or S2 service requests are those in which you r production netwo rk is do wn or se verely de graded.
18 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Preface Obtaining Additional Publ ications and Information • iQ Magazine is the quarterly pub lication from Ci sco Systems designed to help gro wing companies learn ho w they can use technolog y to increase re venue, streamline their busi ness, and expand services.
CH A P T E R 1-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 1 Overview Cisco wireless de vices provide a secure, af fordab le, and easy-to-use wireless LAN solution that combines mobility and fl exibility wi th the enterprise-class features required by netw orking professionals.
1-2 Cisco Wireless Router an d HWIC Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 1 Overvi ew Network Configuratio n Example Network Configuration Example This section describes the wireless de vice role in common wireless network conf igurations.
1-3 Cisco Wireless Router and HWIC Configuratio n Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 1 Overview Features Features This section lists features supported on access points running Cisco IOS software.
1-4 Cisco Wireless Router an d HWIC Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 1 Overvi ew Features • VLANs—Assign VLANs to the SSIDs on t he wireless de vice (one VLAN per SSID) to dif ferentiate policies a nd services among users.
1-5 Cisco Wireless Router and HWIC Configuratio n Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 1 Overview • Microsoft WPS IE SSIDL—This feature allows the access point to broadcast a list of conf igured SSIDs (the SSIDL) in the Microsoft W ireless Provisioning Services I nform ation Element (WPS IE).
1-6 Cisco Wireless Router an d HWIC Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 1 Overvi ew.
CH A P T E R 2-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 2 Configuring Radio Settings This chapter descri bes how to configure radio settin gs for the wireless de vice.
2-2 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Enabling the Radio Inte rface Enabling the Radio Interface The wireless de vice radios are disabled b y default. Note In Cisco IOS Release 12.
2-3 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings Configuring Network or Fallback Role Configuring Network or Fallback Role Y ou can also configure a fallback role for root access points.
2-4 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Configuring Network or Fallback Role Bridge Features Not Supported The follo wing fe.
2-5 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings Configuring Network or Fallback Role ip address 30.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface Dot11Radio0/0/0 no ip address ! encryption vlan 1 mode ciphers tkip ! ssid airlink2-bridge ! speed basic-1.
2-6 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Configuring Network or Fallback Role ! resource policy ! mmi polling-interval 60 no .
2-7 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings Universal Client Mode line con 0 exec-timeout 0 0 line aux 0 line vty 0 4 login ! ! we.
2-8 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Configuring Universal Client Mode c2801(config-if)#station-role ? non-root Non-root (bridge) root Root access point or bridge c2801(config-if)#station-role non-root ? bridge Bridge non-rootThis CLI enables non-root bridge mode.
2-9 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings Configuring Universal Client Mode no service password-encryption ! hostname C1803W_UC .
2-10 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Configuring Radio Data Rates ! encryption mode ciphers tkip ! ssid hurricane ! speed basic-6.0 9.0 basic-12.0 18.0 basic-24.0 36.0 48.
2-11 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings Configuri ng Radio Data R ates Step 3 speed These option s are a v ailable for th e 802.11b, 2.4-GHz radio: {[ 1.0 ] [ 11.0 ] [ 2.0 ] [ 5.
2-12 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Configuring Radio Tr ansmit Power Use the no form of the speed command to remov e one or more data rates from the conf iguration. This exam ple shows ho w to remove data rates basic-2.
2-13 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings Configuring Ra dio Transmit Po wer Beginni ng in priv ileged EXEC mode, follo w these steps to set the transmit po wer on access point radios: Command Purpose Step 1 configur e terminal Enter global conf iguration mode.
2-14 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Configuring Ra dio Channel Settings Use the no form of the client power command to disabl e the maximum po wer le vel for associated clients.
2-15 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings Configuring Radio Channel Settings Beginning in priv ileged EXEC mode, foll ow these steps to set the wireless de vice’ s radio channel: Command Purpose Step 1 configur e terminal Enter global conf iguration mod e.
2-16 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Configuring Ra dio Channel Settings Ta b l e 2-4 shows the a v ailable freq uencies for the 802.11g 2.4 GHz radio . Ta b l e 2-4 Ch annels and A v ailabl e Fr equencies f or 802.
2-17 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings Configuring Radio Channel Settings 13 2472 – – X X X X 14 2484 – – – – X .
2-18 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Configuring Ra dio Channel Settings Ta b l e 2-6 shows the a v ailable freque ncies for the RM21A and RM22A IEEE 802.11a 5-GHz radios.
2-19 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings Configuring Radio Channel Settings DFS Automatically Enabled on Some 5-GHz Radio Chan.
2-20 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Enabling and Disa bling World Mode Confirming that DFS is Enabled Use the show controller dot11radio1 command to confirm that DFS is enabled.
2-21 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings Enabling and Disabling Short Rad io Preambles Beginning in priv ileged EXEC mode, foll ow these steps to enable world mode: Command Purpose Step 1 configur e terminal Enter global conf iguration mode.
2-22 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Configuring Tr ansm it and Receive A ntennas Short preambles are enabled by default. Use the preamble-short command to en able short preambles if they are disa bled.
2-23 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings Disabling and En abling Access Point Extension s Disabling and Enabling Access Point .
2-24 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Enabling and Di sabling Reliable Mu lticast to Workgroup Bridges Beginning in pri v.
2-25 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings Enabling and Disabling Pu blic Secure Packet Forwarding Beginning in pri vileged EXEC.
2-26 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Configuring Beacon Pe riod and DTIM Use the no form of the command to disable PSPF .
2-27 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings Configuring RTS Threshold and Retries Configuring RTS Threshold and Retries The R TS threshold determines the p ack et size at which the wire less de vi ce issues a request to send (R TS) before sending the p acket.
2-28 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Configuring Fragme ntation Threshold Use the no form of the command to reset the setting t o defaults.
2-29 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings Performing a Carrie r Busy Test Performing a Carrier Busy Test Y ou can perform a carrier busy test to check the radi o acti vity on wireless channels.
2-30 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 2 Configuring Ra dio Settings Performing a Carr ier Busy Test.
CH A P T E R 3-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 3 Configuring Multiple SSIDs This chapter describe s how to conf igure and man age multiple service set iden tifiers (SSIDs) on the access point.
3-2 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 3 Configur ing Multiple SS IDs Understanding Multiple SSIDs Understanding Multiple SSIDs The SSID is a unique identif ier that wireless networ ki ng devices use to esta blish and mai ntain wireless connectivity .
3-3 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 3 Configuring Multiple SSIDs Configuring Multiple SSIDs Configuring Multiple SSIDs This section contain s conf igur.
3-4 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 3 Configur ing Multiple SS IDs Configuring Multiple SSIDs Note Y ou use the ssid command’ s authentication options to conf igure an auth entication type for each SSID.
3-5 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 3 Configuring Multiple SSIDs Configuring Multiple SSIDs Viewing SSIDs Configured Globally Use this command to vie w.
3-6 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 3 Configur ing Multiple SS IDs Configuring Multiple Basic SSIDs The allo wed list of SSIDs from the RADIUS serv er are in the form of Cisco VSAs.
3-7 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 3 Configuring Multiple SSIDs Enabling MBSSID and SSIDL at th e same time • When multiple BSSIDs are enable d on the access point, the SSIDL IE does not contain a list of SSIDs; it contains only e xtended capabil ities.
3-8 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 3 Configur ing Multiple SS IDs Enabling MBSSID an d SSIDL at the same time Use the no form of the command to disable SSIDL IEs.
3-9 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 3 Configuring Multiple SSIDs Enabling MBSSID and SSIDL at th e same time ! dot11 ssid 1841-tkip-psk vlan 2 authenti.
3-10 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 3 Configur ing Multiple SS IDs Enabling MBSSID an d SSIDL at the same time.
CH A P T E R 4-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 4 Configuring an Access Point as a Local Authenticator This chapter describes how to config ure the access poin t as a local authenticator to serv e as a stand-alone authenticator for a small wireless LAN or to pro v ide backup authentication service.
4-2 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 4 Config uring an Ac cess Point as a Local Authenticator Understand Lo cal Authentication Understand Local Authentication Many smal l wireless LANs that could be made more secure with 802.
4-3 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 4 Configuring an Acce ss Point as a Local Auth enticator Configure a Local Auth enticator Guidelines for Local Auth.
4-4 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 4 Config uring an Ac cess Point as a Local Authenticator Configure a Local Authenticator Step 3 radius-server local Enable the access point as a local authenticator and enter conf iguration mode for the authen ticator .
4-5 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 4 Configuring an Acce ss Point as a Local Auth enticator Configure a Local Auth enticator This example sho ws ho w .
4-6 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 4 Config uring an Ac cess Point as a Local Authenticator Configure a Local Authenticator router(config-radsrv)# us.
4-7 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 4 Configuring an Acce ss Point as a Local Auth enticator Configure a Local Auth enticator ! interface FastEthernet0.
4-8 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 4 Config uring an Ac cess Point as a Local Authenticator Configure a Local Authenticator Configuring Other Access .
4-9 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 4 Configuring an Acce ss Point as a Local Auth enticator Configure a Local Auth enticator Configuring EAP-FAST Settings The default set tings for EAP-F AST authenticat ion are suitable for most wi reless LANs.
4-10 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 4 Config uring an Ac cess Point as a Local Authenticator Configure a Local Authenticator Configuring an Authority ID All EAP-F AST authenticators are iden tified b y an authorit y identity (AID).
4-11 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 4 Configuring an Acce ss Point as a Local Auth enticator Configure a Local Auth enticator Limiting the Local Authe.
4-12 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 4 Configure a Local Authenticator The second section lists stats for each acces s point (N AS) authorized to use th e local authenticator .
CH A P T E R 5-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 5 Configuring Encryption Types This chapter descri bes how to conf igure the en cr yption types requi red to u.
5-2 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 5 Configuring En cryption Types Understand Encr yption Types Understand Encryption Types This section descri bes how encryp tion types protect traf f ic on your wireless LAN.
5-3 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 5 Configuring Encr yption Types Configure Encryption Types Note Client de vices using static WEP canno t use th e access point when you enable broadcast key rotation.
5-4 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 5 Configuring En cryption Types Configure Encryp tion Types This example sh ows ho w to cr eate a 128-bit WEP ke y.
5-5 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 5 Configuring Encr yption Types Configure Encryption Types Example WEP Key Setup Ta b l e 5-2 sho ws an e xample WE.
5-6 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 5 Configuring En cryption Types Configure Encryp tion Types Use the no form of the encryption command to disable a cipher suite. This exa mple sets up a ciph er suite for VLA N 22 that enables AES-C CM, and 128-bit WEP .
Ta b l e 5-3 Cipher Suit es Compatible with WP A Authenticated Key Management T ypes Compatible Cipher Suites WP A • encryptio n mode ciphers aes-ccm • encryption mod e ciphers aes-ccm wep128 • .
5-8 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 5 Configuring En cryption Types Configure Encryp tion Types Use the no form of the encryption command to disable b roadcast key rot ation.
5-9 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 5 Configuring Encr yption Types Configure Encryption Types • TKIP • AES • TKIP+AES • WEP 40-bit • WEP 128.
5-10 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 5 Configuring En cryption Types Configure Encryp tion Types Debugging T o determine if the uni v ersal client has.
5-11 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 5 Configuring Encr yption Types Configure Encryption Types SSID : symbol VLAN : 0 Hops to Infra : -1 Association Id : 2 Tunnel Address : 0.0.0.0 Key Mgmt type : NONE Encryption : WEP Current Rate : 11.
5-12 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 5 Configuring En cryption Types Configure Encryp tion Types.
CH A P T E R 6-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 6 Configuring Authentication Types This chapter describes how to conf igure authenticati on types on the access point.
6-2 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Au thentication Types Understand Authe ntication Types Understand Authentication Types This section describes the authentication types that you can co nfigure on the access point.
6-3 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Authen tication Types Understand Authentication Types Figur e 6-1 Sequence for Open A uthentication Access point or bridge with WEP key = 123 Client device with WEP key = 321 1.
6-4 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Au thentication Types Understand Authe ntication Types EAP Authentication to Network This authentication t ype provides t he highest le vel of security for your wireless networ k.
6-5 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Authen tication Types Understand Authentication Types There is more than one typ e of EAP authenticat.
6-6 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Au thentication Types Understand Authe ntication Types Figur e 6-4 Sequence for MAC-Based A uthentication Acce ss point or b ridge Wired LAN Client de vice Ser v er 1.
6-7 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Authen tication Types Understand Authentication Types Note Unicast and multicast cipher suites adv ertised in WP A information element (and ne gotiated during 802.
6-8 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Au thentication Types Understand Authe ntication Types Software and Firmware Require ments for WPA a.
6-9 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Authen tication Types Configure Aut hentication Types Configure Authentication Types This section descri bes how to conf igure authenticat ion t ypes. Y ou attach conf iguration types to the access point’ s SSIDs .
6-10 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Au thentication Types Configure Authentication Types Step 3 authentication open [ mac-address list -name [ alter nate ]] [[ optional ] eap list-name ] (Optional) Set the authenticati on type to open for this SSID.
6-11 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Authen tication Types Configure Aut hentication Types Step 4 authentication shared [ mac-address list -name ] [ eap list-name ] (Optional) Set the authenticati on type for the SSID to shared key .
6-12 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Au thentication Types Configure Authentication Types Use the no form of the SSID commands to disable th e SSID or to disable SSID features.
6-13 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Authen tication Types Configure Aut hentication Types Configuring Additional WPA Settings Use two optional sett ings to conf igure a pre-shared k ey on the access point and adjust the frequ ency of group k ey updat es.
6-14 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Au thentication Types Configure Authentication Types This exampl e show s ho w to config ure a pre-.
6-15 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Authen tication Types Configure Aut hentication Types Use the no form of the dot11 aaa mac-authen f ilter -cache command to disable MAC authentication caching.
6-16 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Au thentication Types Matching Access Point a nd Client Device Au thentication Types Use the no form of these commands to reset the v alues to def ault settings.
6-17 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Authen tication Types Matching Access Point and Clie nt Device Authentication Types EAP-F AST authentication with WP A Enable EAP-F AST and W i-Fi Protected Ac cess (WP A) and enable automatic pro visioning or import a P AC f ile.
6-18 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 6 Configuring Au thentication Types Matching Access Point a nd Client Device Au thentication Types EAP-MD5 authen.
CH A P T E R 7-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers This chapter describes ho w to enable and con figur e the Remote Authen ticati on.
7-2 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers Configuring and Enablin g RADIUS Configuring and Enabling RADIUS This section descri bes how to conf igure and en able RADI US.
7-3 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADI US Servers Configuring and E nabling RADIUS RADIUS Operation When a wireless user attempts to lo.
7-4 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers Configuring and Enablin g RADIUS Configuring RADIUS This section d escribes ho w to conf igure yo ur access point to su pport RADIUS.
7-5 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers Configuring and Enab ling RADIUS Identifying the RADIUS Server Host Access point-to-RA.
7-6 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers Configuring and Enablin g RADIUS Step 3 radius-server host { hostname | ip-addr ess }.
7-7 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers Configuring and Enab ling RADIUS T o remov e the specified RADIUS server , use the no radius-server host hostname | ip-addr ess global confi guration command.
7-8 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers Configuring and Enablin g RADIUS T o disable AAA, use the no aaa new-mod el global confi guration command. T o disable AAA authentic ation, use the no aaa authentication l ogin { default | list-name } method1 [ method2.
7-9 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers Configuring and Enab ling RADIUS Defining AAA Server Groups Y ou can configu re the access point to use AAA serv er groups to group e xisting server ho sts for authentication.
7-10 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers Configuring and Enablin g RADIUS Step 3 radius-server host { hostname | ip-addr ess .
7-11 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers Configuring and Enab ling RADIUS T o remov e the specified RADIUS server , use the no radius-server host hostname | ip-addr ess global confi guration command.
7-12 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers Configuring and Enablin g RADIUS Beginni ng in pri vileged EXEC mode, follo w these .
7-13 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADI US Servers Configuring and E nabling RADIUS Selecting the CSID Format Y ou can select the format for MAC addresses in Called-Station-ID (CS ID) and Calling-Station-ID attributes in RADIUS packets.
7-14 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers Configuring and Enablin g RADIUS T o return to th e default setting f or retransmit, timeout, and dead time, use the no forms of these commands.
Command Purpose Step 1 conf igur e terminal Enter global conf iguration mode. Step 2 radius-ser ver vsa send [ accounting | authentication ] Enable the access point to recognize and use VSAs as defined b y RADIUS IETF attribute 26.
7-16 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers Configuring and Enablin g RADIUS T o delete the v endor-p roprietary RADIUS host, use the no radius-ser ver host { ho stname | ip-addr ess } non-standard global conf iguration command.
7-17 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADI US Servers Configuring and E nabling RADIUS Beginning in priv ileged EXEC mode, foll ow these st eps to specify WISPr RADIUS attrib utes on the access point: Command Purpose Step 1 conf igur e terminal Enter global configu ration mode.
7-18 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers Configuring and Enablin g RADIUS RADIUS Attributes Sent by the Access Point Ta b l e.
Ta b l e 7 -4 Attr ibutes Sent in Ac counting-Request (start) P ack ets Attribute ID Description 1 User-Name 4 N AS-IP-Address 5 N AS-Port 6 Service-T ype 25 Class 41 Acct-Delay -T ime 44 Acct-Session.
Ta b l e 7 -6 Attr ibute s Sent in Accounting-Request (stop) P ac k ets Attribute ID Description 1 User-Name 4 N AS-IP-Address 5 N AS-Port 6 Service-T ype 25 Class 41 Acct-Delay -T ime 42 Acct-Input-O.
CH A P T E R 8-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 8 Configuring VLANs This chapter describes how to configure your access point to operate with the VLANs set up on your wired LAN.
8-2 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 8 Configuring VLANs Understanding VLANs Understanding VLANs A VLAN is a swit ched network t hat is logically segmented, b y functions, pro ject teams, or applications rather than on a physical or geographical basis.
8-3 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 8 Configuring VLANs Understanding VLANs Figur e 8-1 LAN and VLAN Segmentati on with Wireless Devices Related Docume.
8-4 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 8 Configuring VLANs Configuring VLANs Incorporating Wireless Devices into VLANs The basic wireless componen ts of a VLAN consist of an access point and a client associated to it using wireless technology .
8-5 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 8 Configuring VLANs Configuri ng VLANs Configuring a VLAN Note When you confi gure VLANs on access points, th e Na ti ve VLAN must be V LAN1.
8-6 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 8 Configuring VLANs Configuring VLANs This example sho ws how to: • Name an SSID • Assign the SSID to a V LAN .
8-7 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 8 Configuring VLANs Configuri ng VLANs Assigning Names to VLANs Y ou can assign a name to a VLAN in addition to its numerical ID. VLAN names can cont ain up to 32 ASCII characters.
8-8 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 8 Configuring VLANs Configuring VLANs ne w cipher suite. Curren tly , the WP A protocol d oes not allo w the cipher suit e to be changed after the initial 802.11 cipher ne gotiation ph ase.
8-9 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 8 Configuring VLANs VLAN Configuratio n Example VLAN Configuration Example This example sh ows ho w to use VLANs to man age wireless devi ces on a college camp us.
8-10 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 8 Configuring VLANs VLAN Configuratio n Example Ta b l e 8-2 shows the command s needed to conf ig ure the three VLANs in this example.
8-11 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 8 Configuring VLANs VLAN Configuratio n Example Notice that when yo u configure a bri dge group on the radio inter.
8-12 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 8 Configuring VLANs VLAN Configuratio n Example.
CH A P T E R 9-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 9 Configuring QoS This chapter describes how to conf igure quality of se rvice (QoS) on your access point. W ith this feature, you can provide preferential treatment to certain traff i c at the expense of others.
9-2 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 9 Configuring QoS Understanding Qo S for Wireless LANs Understanding QoS for Wireless LANs T ypically , networks o.
9-3 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 9 Configuring QoS Understanding QoS for Wireless LANs QoS on the wireless LAN focus es on downstre am prioritization fr om the access point. Figure 9-1 sho ws the upstream and downstream traf fic flo w .
9-4 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 9 Configuring QoS Understanding Qo S for Wireless LANs Note This release continues to support e xisting 7920 wireless ph one fi rmware. Do not attempt to use the ne w standard (IEEE 802.
9-5 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 9 Configuring QoS Configuri ng QoS Configuring QoS QoS is disabled by def ault (ho wev er , the radio interface alw ays honors tagged 802.1P packets e ven when you have not configured a QoS policy).
9-6 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Chapter 9 Configuring QoS Configuring QoS Note In this release, clients are bloc ked from using an access cate gory when you select Enable for Admission Control. Using the Admi ssion Control check box es, you can con t rol client use of the acc ess categories.
A-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi gurat ion Guide OL-6415-04 APPENDIX A Channel Settings This appendix lists th e radio channels suppor ted by Cisco access product s in the regulatory domains of the world . IEEE 802.11b (2.4-GHz Band) The channel identifiers, channel center frequencies, and re gu latory domains of each IEEE 802.
A-2 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Appendix A Channel Settin gs IEEE 802.11g (2.4-GHz Band) Note Mexico is included in t he Americas ( – A) re gulatory domain; ho we v er , channels 1 throu gh 8 are for indoor use onl y while channels 9 through 11 can be used indoors and outdoors.
A-3 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 Appendix A Channel Settings IEEE 802.11a (5-GHz Band) Note All channel sets are restricted to indoor usage except the Americas ( – A), which allows f or indoor and outdoor use on channels 52 thr ough 64 in the United States.
A-4 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Appendix A Channel Settin gs IEEE 802.11a (5- GHz Band).
B-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi gurat ion Guide OL-6415-04 APPENDIX B Protocol Filters The tables in this appendix list some of the prot ocol s that you can f ilter on th e access point.
Ta b l e B-1 Et hertype Pr otocols Protocol Additional Identifier ISO Designator ARP — 0x0806 RARP — 0x8035 IP — 0x0800 Berkele y T railer Negotiation — 0x1000 LAN T est — 0x0708 X.
Ta b l e B-2 I P Prot ocols Protocol Additional Identifier ISO Designator dummy — 0 Internet Control Message Protocol ICMP 1 Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP 2 T ransmission Control Protocol .
B-4 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Appendix B Protocol Filters Ta b l e B-3 I P P or t Protocols Protocol Additional Identifier ISO Designator TCP port servi.
B-5 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 Appendix B Protocol Filters TSAP iso-tsap 102 CSO Name Serv er cso-ns csnet-ns 105 Remote T elnet rtelnet 107 Po s t offi.
B-6 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Appendix B Protocol Filters SNMP Unix Multiple xer smux 199 AppleT alk Routing at-rtmp 201 AppleT alk name binding at-nbp 202 AppleT alk echo at-echo 204 AppleT alk Zone Information at-zis 206 NISO Z39.
C-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi gurat ion Guide OL-6415-04 APPENDIX C Supported MIBs This appendi x lists the Simple Net work Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Information Bases (MIBs) that the access point supports for this software release.
C-2 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Appendix C Supp orted MIBs Using FTP to Ac cess the MIB Files • CISCO-MEMOR Y -POOL-MIB • CISCO-PR OCESS-MIB • CISCO.
D-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi gurat ion Guide OL-6415-04 APPENDIX D Error and Event Messages This appendix lists the CLI erro r and ev ent messages.
D-2 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Appendix D Error and Event Messages Message Trac eback Reports Message Traceback Reports Some messages describe internal errors and contain traceback repo rts.
D-3 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 Appendix D Error and Even t Messages 802.11 Subsystem Messages Error Message DOT11-4-ENCRYPT_MISMATCH: Possible encryptio.
D-4 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Appendix D Error and Event Messages 802.11 Subsystem Messages Error Message DOT11-3-RADIO_OVER_TEMPERATURE: Interface [inerface ] Radio over temperature detected Explanation The radio’ s internal temperatu re exceeds maximum li mits on the indicated radio interface.
D-5 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 Appendix D Error and Even t Messages 802.11 Subsystem Messages Error Message DOT11-2-NO_CHAN_AVAIL: Interface [interface], no ch annel available Explanation No frequenc y is av ailable, lik ely because RAD AR has been de tec ted within the pre vious 30 minutes.
D-6 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Appendix D Error and Event Messages 802.11 Subsystem Messages Error Message DOT11-4-NO_MBSSID_VLAN: No VLANs configured in MBSS ID mode. [characters] not started Explanation No VLAN configured in MB SSID mode.
D-7 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 Appendix D Error and Even t Messages 802.11 Subsystem Messages Error Message DOT11-4-CANT_ASSOC: Interface [interface], cannot a ssociate [characters] Explanation The indicated interface device could not associate to an in dicated parent access point.
D-8 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Appendix D Error and Event Messages 802.11 Subsystem Messages Error Message DOT11-3-POWERS_INVALID: Interface [interface], no v alid power levels available Explanation The rad io driv er found no v alid po wer leve l settings.
D-9 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 Appendix D Error and Even t Messages 802.11 Subsystem Messages Error Message DOT11-2-NO_FIRMWARE: Interface [interface], no radi o firmware file [characters] was found.
D-10 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Appendix D Error and Event Messages 802.11 Subsystem Messages Error Message DOT11-4-BRIDGE_LOOP: Bridge loop detected bet.
D-11 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 Appendix D Error and Even t Messages 802.11 Subsystem Messages Error Message DOT11-4-TKIP_MIC_FAILURE_REPORT: Received T.
D-12 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 Appendix D Error and Event Messages Local Authenticato r Messages Local Authenticator Messages Error Message RADSRV-4-NAS.
GL-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 GLOSSARY 802.11 The IEEE standard that specifies carrier sense media access control and physical layer specif ications for 1- and 2- megabit-per -second (Mbps) wireless LANs operating in the 2 .
Glossary GL-2 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 beacon A wireless LAN pa cket that signals the a v ailability and presence of the wireless device. Beacon packets are sent b y access points and base stations; howe ver , client radio ca rds send beacons when op erating in computer to computer (Ad Hoc) mode.
Glossar y GL-3 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 DNS Domain Name System server . A server that translates text names into I P addresses. The server maintains a database of host alphanumeric names and their corresponding IP ad dresses.
M MAC Media Access Control address. A unique 48 -bit number used in Ethernet data packets to identify an Ethe rnet device, such as an access point or your client adapter . modulation Any of sev eral techniques for comb ining user information with a transmitter’ s carrier signal.
Glossar y GL-5 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 roaming A feature of some Access Points that allo ws users to mo ve through a f acility while maintaining an unbroken conn ection to the LAN. RP-TNC Re verse Polarity Threaded Neil l Concelman connector .
Glossary GL-6 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration Guide OL-6415-04 WMM W ireless Mul tiMedia. workstation A computing de vice with an installed client adap ter.
IN-1 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 INDEX Numerics 802.11d 20 802.11e 2 802.11g 28 802.1H 23 802.1x authentication 2 A access point security set tings, matc.
Index IN-2 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Access Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 commands accounting 3 antenna 22 authentication client 3 beacon dtim-p eriod 27 beacon period 27 bridge-group 25 broa.
Index IN-3 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 encryption command 4 error and event messages 1 how to read 1 message traceback reports 2 error messages 802.
Index IN-4 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Access Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 N names, VLAN 7 Network-EAP 4 O OFDM 13 Orthogonal Freque ncy Division Mul tiplexing (OFDM) See OFDM P packet retries.
Index IN-5 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Ac cess Point Confi guration G uide OL-6415-04 regulatory domains 15, 16, 18, 2 regulatory domains 1 Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service See RADIUS reques.
Index IN-6 Cisco Wireless ISR and HWIC Access Point Configuration Guide OL-6415-04 world-mode command 21 WPA 6 WPA migration mode 12 wpa-psk comm and 13.
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