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Cis c o Small Busine s s W AP551 Wireles s-N A c c e ss Poin t with PoE and W AP561 Wireles s-N S ele c table-B and Ac c e s s Point with PoE ADMINISTR A TION GUIDE.
Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acc ess Point with PoE 1 Con te n t s Chapter 1: Getting Started 5 Starting the Web-Based Configuration Utility 5 Using the Access Point Setup Wiz.
Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acc ess Point with PoE 2 Con te n t s Copy/Save Co nfiguration 42 Reboot 43 Discovery—Bonjour 44 Packet Capture 44 Support Information 51 Chapte.
Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acc ess Point with PoE 3 Con te n t s WPA-PSK Complexity 110 Chapter 7: Client Qu ality of Service 111 Client QoS Global Settings 111 ACL 111 Clas.
Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acc ess Point with PoE 4 Con te n t s Sessions 160 Channel Management 161 Wireless Neighborhood 165 Chapter A: Deauthentication Message Reason Cod.
1 Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 Wir eless-N Ac ces s P oint 5 Get ting St ar te d This chapter pr ovides an introduction t o the Wi reless Acc es s P oint (W AP) device s web-b ased c onfi.
Get ting Star ted Using th e Acc e ss Point Setup W izard Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 6 1 addre s s> ) t o the local intranet zone. The IP addr es s can also be spe cified as the subnet IP addr es s, s o that all addr es ses in the subnet are added t o the local intranet zone.
Get ting Star ted Using th e Acc e ss Point Setup W izard Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 7 1 If you alr eady hav e a clust er on your network , y ou can add this device to it by clicking Join an Existing Cluster , and then ent ering the Existing Cluster Name .
Get ting Star ted Using th e Acc e ss Point Setup W izard Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 8 1 STEP 16 F or the W AP561 device, the Net work Name, W ireless S ecurity , and VL AN ID pages show to enable configuring Radio 2.
Get ting Star ted Getting Star te d Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 9 1 Get ting St ar te d T o simplify device configuration throug h quick navigation, the Getting Star ted page provides links f or p erforming common tasks .
Get ting Star ted W indow Na viga tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 10 1 Window Na viga tion This section describe s the f eatures of the web-bas ed AP configuration utilit y. The Configu ration Utilit y head er contains standard inf ormation and appears at the t op on ever y page.
Get ting Star ted W indow Na viga tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 11 1 Edit Edits or modifies an e xisting entr y . Sele ct an entry first . Refresh Redisplays the curr ent page with the latest data. Sa v e Sav es the s ettings or c onfiguration.
2 Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 12 St a tus and St a tistic s This chapter describe s how t o displa y status and statistics and contains these top ic s : • S.
Status and Statistic s Syst em Summar y Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 13 2 • Ser ia l Nu m ber — The serial number of the Cisc o W AP device. • Bas e M A C A d d r ess — The W AP MAC addr es s. • Firm ware V ersion (A ctive Image) — The firmwar e version number of the active image.
Status and Statistic s Network In t er face s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 14 2 - Acti ve —A connection ses sion is established and packets ar e being transmitted and r ec eiv ed.
Status and Statistic s T r af f ic S t at is ti c s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 15 2 If the V AP has be en configured, the table lists the S SID , the adminis.
Status and Statistic s W orkGr oup Bridge T r ansmit /Receive Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 16 2 W orkGr oup Bridge T ransmit /Re c eive The W orkGr oup Bridge T ransmit /Receive page shows packet and by te counts f or traffic bet ween stations on a W orkGr oup Bridge.
Status and Statistic s Asso cia ted Clients Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 17 2 The asso ciat ed stations are shown along with inf ormation about packet traffic transmitted and received f or each station.
Status and Statistic s TS P EC C l i e n t A s s o c i a t i o n s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 18 2 - TS Violate Pack ets (From Sta tion) —Number of packets.
Status and Statistic s TS P EC C l i e n t A s s o c i a t i o n s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 19 2 • TS Identifier — TSPEC T raf fic Ses sion Identifier (range 0 to 7). • Acce ss Ca t egor y — TS Acces s Cat egor y (voice or video) .
Status and Statistic s T SPE C Sta tus and Sta tis tics Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 20 2 • Fro m S t ati on —Shows the number of pack ets and by t es received from the wire les s client and the number of pa ck ets and by t es that were dr opped af ter b e in g re c ei ved .
Status and Statistic s T SPE C Sta tus and Sta tis tics Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 21 2 • Status — Whether the T SPEC ses sion is enabled (up) or not (down ) f or the corr esponding Acce ss Category .
Status and Statistic s TS P EC A P S t a t i st i c s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 22 2 TSPEC AP Sta tistic s The TSPEC AP Statistics page provides inf ormation on the voice and video T raffic Str eams a ccept ed and r eject ed by th e W AP devi ce.
Status and Statistic s Rad i o S tat ist ic s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 23 2 • Fragments T ransmit ted —Number of fragmented frames s ent by the W AP device. • Multicast Frames Re ceive d —Count of MS DU frames received with the multicast bit set in the destination MAC address .
Status and Statistic s Em ai l A l er t S tat us Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 24 2 Email Aler t St a tus The Email Aler t Status page pr ovides inf ormation about the email alerts s ent base d on the syslog mes sages generated in the W AP device.
3 Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 25 Administra tion This chapter describe s how t o configure global system settin gs and per f orm diagnostics .
Admin istr a tion Syst em Settings Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 26 3 Sys te m Settin gs The System Set tings page enable s you to configure inf ormation that ide ntifies the W AP device within the net work .
Admin istr a tion Use r A ccou n t s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 27 3 STEP 1 Select Adm inis tr a tion > User A cc ounts in the na vigation pane. The User Acc ount T able shows the curr ently configured users.
Admin istr a tion Ti m e S e t t i n g s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 28 3 As you enter a password, the number and color of ver tical bars changes to in di ca te t h e p as s wo rd s tre ng th , as f ol lo w s : • Red— The password f ails t o meet the minimum comple xity requir ements.
Admin istr a tion Ti m e S e t t i n g s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 29 3 STEP 3 Select Adjust Time for Da ylight Savings if daylight savings time is applicable t o your time z one.
Admin istr a tion Log Settings Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 30 3 Lo g S et tings Y ou can us e the L o g Sett ings page t o enable log mes sage s t o be saved in permanent memor y . Y ou can als o send logs to a r emote host .
Admin istr a tion Log Settings Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 31 3 The K ernel L og is a comprehensive list of sy stem ev ents (show n in the Syst em L og) and kernel mes sages such as er r or conditions . Y ou cannot view kernel log mes sage s dir ectly from the web int er face.
Admin istr a tion Em ai l A l er t Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 32 3 NOTE After new settings are sav ed, the co rr esponding proce ss es may be st oppe d and r estar ted. When this happens, the W AP device may lose conne ctivity .
Admin istr a tion Em ai l A l er t Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 33 3 Emergency , Aler t , Critical, Error , Warning, Notice, Inf o, and D ebug. If set to None, then no schedule d severity mes sage s ar e sent .
Admin istr a tion Em ai l A l er t Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 34 3 STEP 5 Click Te s t M a i l to send a test email t o validate the configured email acc ount . STEP 6 Click Sa ve . The changes ar e saved t o the Star tup Configuration.
Admin istr a tion HT TP /HT TPS Ser vic e Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 35 3 HT TP /HT TPS S er vic e Use the HT TP /HTTPS S er vice page t o enable and configur e web-ba sed management connections .
Admin istr a tion HT TP /HT TPS Ser vic e Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 36 3 • Redire ct HT TP to HT TPS —Redirects management HT TP ac ces s attempts on the HT TP por t to the HTTPS p ort . Th is field is available only when HTTP acc ess is dis abled.
Admin istr a tion Ma na ge m ent Ac c e ss C ont rol Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 37 3 • F or TFTP , ent er the Fil e N am e as it e xists on the TFTP s er ver and the TFTP Serve r I Pv4 Ad dr ess , then click Upload .
Admin istr a tion Manage Firmw are Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 38 3 Manage Firmwar e The W AP device maintains two firmware images . One image is a ctive and the other is inactive. If the active image fails to load during bo otup, the inactive image is loaded and be comes the active image.
Admin istr a tion Manage Firmw are Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 39 3 STEP 3 Enter a name ( 1 to 256 characters ) f or the image file in the Sou r ce F il e N a m e field, including the path t o the direct or y that contains the image to upload.
Admin istr a tion Download/B ackup Configur a tion F ile Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 40 3 D ownlo ad/B ackup Configuration F ile The W AP device configuration files ar e in XML f ormat and c ontain all the inf ormation about the W AP devic e settings .
Admin istr a tion Download/B ackup Configur a tion F ile Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 41 3 • Star tup C onfigura tion —Configuration fil e type us ed when the W A P device last booted . This does not i nclud e an y configuration changes applie d but not yet sa ved to the W AP device.
Admin istr a tion Configur a tion F iles Proper ties Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 42 3 ! CAU TI O N Ensur e that power to the W AP device rema ins uninterrupt ed while the configuration file is do wnloading.
Admin istr a tion Reb o ot Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 43 3 • B ackup Configura tion —Backup configuration file type s av ed on the W AP device. • Mirror Configuration —If the Startup C onfiguratio n is not modified for at least 24 hours , it is aut omatically saved to a Mirr or Configuration file.
Admin istr a tion Disc overy—Bonjour Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 44 3 Dis c over y—B onjour Bonjour enables the W AP device and its ser vice s t o be discover ed by using multicast DNS (mDNS) .
Admin istr a tion Pac ket Ca ptu re Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 45 3 f ormatted in pcap f ormat and can b e e xamined using t ools such as W ireshark and OmniPeek . • Remot e capture method—Captur ed pack ets are r edirect ed in real time t o an external computer running the W ir eshark tool.
Admin istr a tion Pac ket Ca ptu re Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 46 3 • Radio Client Filter —Enables or dis ables the WLAN client filter t o capture only frames that ar e transmitted t o, or received fr om, a WLAN client with a specifie d MAC addr ess .
Admin istr a tion Pac ket Ca ptu re Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 47 3 - br trunk —Linux bridge inter face in the W AP device. • Capture Dura tion —Ent er the time duration in sec onds f or the capture. The range is fr om 10 to 3600 .
Admin istr a tion Pac ket Ca ptu re Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 48 3 When r emote captur e mode is in use, the W AP device do es not st or e any captur ed data locally in its file system.
Admin istr a tion Pac ket Ca ptu re Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 49 3 -- rpcap://[192.168.1.220]:2002/wl an0 802. 11 traf fic -- rpcap://[192.168.1.220]:2002/ra dio1 At W AP 561 , V AP 1 ~ V AP7 tr a f fic -- rpcap://[ 192.
Admin istr a tion Pac ket Ca ptu re Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 50 3 In r emote captur e mode, traffic is s ent t o the computer running W ir eshark through one of the network inter faces.
Admin istr a tion Supp o r t Inform a tio n Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 51 3 STEP 4 Click Dow nl oad . T o download a packet captur e file using HTTP : STEP 1 Clear Us e TFTP to download the c aptured file . STEP 2 Click Dow nl oad .
4 Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 52 LA N This chapter describe s how t o configure the port , network , and clock set tings of the W AP device s.
LA N VL AN and IPv4 Address S e tting s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 53 4 STEP 3 If aut onegotiation is disabled, select a Por t Sp ee d (10/ 100/ 1000 Mb/s) and the duplex mode (Half- or Full- duple x) . STEP 4 Enable or disable the Green Ethernet Mode.
LA N IPv6 Addr e sse s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 54 4 This VLAN is als o the default untagged VLAN. If you already ha ve a management VLAN configured on your network with a dif f er ent VLAN ID , y ou must change the VLAN ID of the management VL AN on the W AP device .
LA N IPv6 Addr e sse s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 55 4 STEP 1 Select LA N > IPv6 Ad d r esses in the navigation ar ea.
LA N IPv6 T u nnel Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 56 4 • IP v 6 Link Loc al Addre ss — The IP v6 address use d by the local physical lin k . The link local addres s is not configurable and is assign ed by using the IP v6 Neighbor Discover y proce ss .
LA N IPv6 T u nnel Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 57 4 T o configure an IPv6 tunnel using IS A T AP : STEP 1 Select LA N > IP v 6 T unnel in the na vigation ar ea. STEP 2 Configure the f ollowing parameters: • ISA T AP St atus —Enables or disables the administrative mode of IS A T AP on the W AP device.
5 Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 58 Wir ele s s This chapter describe s how t o configure pr oper ties of the wireless radio operation.
Wireless Rad i o Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 59 5 STEP 1 Select Wireles s > Radio in the na vigation pane.
Wireless Rad i o Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 60 5 By default , when the radio mode includes 802. 11 n, the channel bandwidth is s et to 2 0/ 4 0 M Hz to e na bl e b o th ch an ne l w id th s . Se t t he fi el d to 20 MH z to r estrict the us e of the channel bandwidth to a 20 MHz channel.
Wireless Rad i o Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 61 5 - Ye s — The W AP device transmits data using a 400-nanosec ond guar d Int er val when c ommunicating with clients that also supp or t the shor t guard int er val.
Wireless Rad i o Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 62 5 The fragmentation threshold is a way of limiting the size of packets (frames) transmitted over the network . If a packet e x cee ds the fragmentation threshold y ou set , the fragmentation func tion is activat ed and the packet is sent as multiple 802.
Wireless Rad i o Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 63 5 The default value of 100 percent can be more cost-efficient than a lower percentage becaus e it gives the W A P device a maximum broadcast range and r educes the n umbe r of access poin ts n eeded.
Wireless Rad i o Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 64 5 The W AP devic e suppor ts MCS index es 0 to 23. MSC ind e x 23 allows f or a maximum transmission rate of 450 Mbps . If no MC S inde x is selected, the radio operates at MCS index 0 , which allows f or a maximum transmis sion rate of 1 5 Mbps .
Wireless Rad i o Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 65 5 - Off —A station can send and receive voice priority traffic without r equiring an admitted TSPEC ; the W AP device ignores voice T SPEC r eque sts from client stations.
Wireless Ro gu e AP D ete ct i on Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 66 5 ! CAU TI O N After new settings are sav ed, the co rr esponding proce ss es may be st oppe d and r estar ted. When this happens, the W AP device may lose conne ctivity .
Wireless Ro gu e AP D ete ct i on Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 67 5 NOTE The Detect ed Rogue AP List and T rus ted AP List pr ovide inf ormati on. The W AP device doe s not hav e any control over the APs on the list and cannot apply any security p olicies to APs det ected thr ough the RF scan.
Wireless Ro gu e AP D ete ct i on Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 68 5 - 5 indicates IEEE 802. 11 a or 802. 11 n mo de (or both modes). • Channel — The channel on which the rogue AP is currently br oadcasting.
Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 69 5 T o impor t an AP list fr om a file, use the se steps: STEP 1 In the Download/Backup T rusted AP List ar ea, select D ownlo ad (PC to AP) . STEP 2 Click Browse and choos e the file to impor t .
Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 70 5 The SS ID can be any alphanumeric, case-sensitive entr y from 2 t o 32 charact ers. The printable characters plus the space (AS CII 0x20) are allowed, but these six charact ers are not: ?, ", $, [, , ], and +.
Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 71 5 ! CAU TI O N Be sur e to ent er a VLAN ID that is properly configured on the network . Network pr oblems can result if the V AP ass ociates wir eless clients with an improperly configured VL AN.
Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 72 5 - Dyna mic WEP - WP A Personal - WP A Enterprise If you select a securit y mode other than None, additional fields appe ar .
Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 73 5 NOTE T o delete a V AP , select the V AP and click De le te .
Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 74 5 - AS CII — Include s uppercase and lowercase alphabetic letters, the numeric digits, and sp ecial symbols such as @ and #. - Hex — Includes digits 0 to 9 and the letters A t o F .
Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 75 5 If you use Static WEP , the se rules apply : • All client stations must ha ve the W ire les s LAN ( WLAN).
Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 76 5 • Us e Glob al R ADIU S Se r ver S et tings —By def ault , each V AP uses the global R ADIUS s ettings that you define for the W AP device (see RAD I US Serve r ).
Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 77 5 • Enable R ADIUS Ac counting —Enables tracking and measuring of the r es our ces a par ticular user has consum ed, such as syst em time, amount of data transmitted and r eceived, and so on.
Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 78 5 • Cipher Suite s — The cipher suite you want t o use : - TKIP - CCMP ( AES) Y ou can sele ct either or both. Both TKIP and AES clients can ass ociate with the W AP device.
Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 79 5 - WP A2 —If all client stations on the network suppor t WP A 2, we suggest using WP A 2 which provides the be st securit y per the IEEE 802.
Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 80 5 T o use a separate R ADIUS ser ver f or the V AP , uncheck the box and ent er the R ADIUS ser ver IP addres s and k ey in these fields : • Serve r I P Ad d ress T ype — The IP version that the R ADIUS ser ver uses .
Wireless Sch edu l er Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 81 5 The default is 300 seconds. The valid range is fr om 0 to 86400 sec onds.
Wireless Sch edu l er Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 82 5 - Administrative Mode is disa bled—Op erationa l status is down because global configur ation is disabled. STEP 3 T o add a pro file, enter a pr ofile name in the Sche duler Profile C onfigura tion tex t bo x an d c lic k Ad d .
Wireless Sch edu l er As soci a tio n Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 83 5 S cheduler A s s o ci a tion The Scheduler profiles need t o be as sociated with the WLAN interface or a V AP interface to be eff ective.
Wireless MAC Filt ering Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 84 5 The valid int eger range is fr om 0 to 100 percent . The default is 70 per cent . When set to 0 , all new asso ciations are allowed r egardless of the utilization rate.
Wireless WDS Bridge Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 85 5 The MAC addr es s appears in the St a tions List . STEP 4 Continue entering MAC address es until the list is complete, and then click Sa v e . The changes are sa ved to the Startup Configuration.
Wireless WDS Bridge Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 86 5 In the point -to-multipoint bridge mode, one W AP device acts as the common link bet ween multiple acc es s points . In this mode, the centr al W AP device acc epts client ass ociations and communicates with the clients and other repeat ers .
Wireless WDS Bridge Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 87 5 STEP 1 Select Wireles s > WDS Bridge in the na vigation pane. STEP 2 Select Enable fo r Sp anning T ree Mo de . When enabled, STP helps prev ent swit ching loop s.
Wireless WDS Bridge Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 88 5 ! CAU TI O N After new settings are sav ed, the co rr esponding proce ss es may be st oppe d and r estar ted. When this happens, the W AP device may lose conne ctivity .
Wireless Wo r k G r o u p B r i d g e Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 89 5 W orkGroup Bridge The W AP device WorkGr oup Bridge f eature enables the W AP device to e xtend the acce ssibilit y of a r emote network .
Wireless Wo r k G r o u p B r i d g e Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 90 5 Bef or e you configure W orkGroup Bridge on the W AP device, note these guideline s: • All W AP d evices par ticipating in W orkGroup Bridge must hav e the f ollowing identical set tings : - Radio - IEEE 802.
Wireless Wo r k G r o u p B r i d g e Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 91 5 - WP A Enterprise • VL AN ID — The VL AN ass ociated with the BS S. NOTE The Infrastructur e Client Int erface will be as sociated with the upstream W AP device with the configured credentials .
Wireless Qualit y of Ser vic e Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 92 5 • VL AN ID —C onfigur e the Acc ess Point Interface with the same VL AN ID as advertise d on the Infras tructur e Client Int er face. STEP 6 Click Sa ve .
Wireless Qualit y of Ser vic e Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 93 5 These fo ur queues are defined f or diff er ent t ypes of data transmitted from W AP - t o-station.
Wireless Qualit y of Ser vic e Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 94 5 After the Maximum Contention W indow size is r eached, retries continue until a maximum number of retries allowe d is r eached. V alid value s ar e 1 , 3, 7 , 15, 31 , 63, 127 , 255, 511 , or 1023.
Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 95 5 ! CAU TI O N After new settings are sav ed, the co rr esponding proce ss es may be st oppe d and r estar ted. When this happens, the W AP device may lose conne ctivity .
Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 96 5 The two devices disas so ciat e, and then r easso ciat e and authentica te with the new set tings. • A user wishes to enr oll a client station on a WPS-enabled WLAN by supplying the W AP device administrator with the PIN of the client device.
Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 97 5 The W AP devic es act as AP devices and supp or t a built -in registrar . They do not function as an enrollee. The administrator can enable or disable WP S on only one V A P .
Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 98 5 The PBC method is when the us er of a pr ospe ctive client pushes a button on the enrolling device, and the administrator of the W A P device with an enabled built-in r egistrar pushe s a similar (har dwar e or soft ware) button.
Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 99 5 The PIN metho d of enrollment is potentia lly vulnerable by way of brut e f orce attacks .
Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 100 5 NOTE The r egistration proces s can also configure the W AP device as specifie d in the V AP Configurat.
Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 101 5 • WPS Devic e Name —Provides a default device name. Y ou can assign a differ ent name fr om 1 t o 32 charact ers , including spaces and sp ecial charact ers.
Wireless WP S P r ocess Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 102 5 The operational status of the instance and the r eason f or that status appears. See Enabling or Disabling WPS on a V AP f or inf ormation ab out conditions that ma y cause the instance to be disabled.
Wireless WP S P r ocess Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 103 5 STEP 4 W ithin two minutes , ent er the W AP pin on the soft ware int erfac e of the client device.
Wireless WP S P r ocess Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 104 5 • WPS Configuration State — Whether the V AP will b e configured fr om the external r egistrar as a par t of the WPS pr oc ess . • Tr an s a c t i o n S t a tu s — The status of the last WPS transaction.
6 Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 105 System S e curit y This chapter describe s how t o configur e securit y set tings on the W AP device device.
System Securit y RAD I U S Se rve r Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 106 6 STEP 1 Select Sy ste m Secu ri t y > RA D I U S S e rv e r in the na vigation pane. STEP 2 Enter the paramet ers : • Serve r I P Ad d ress T ype — The IP version that the R ADIUS ser ver uses .
System Securit y 802. 1 X Supplican t Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 107 6 802. 1 X Supplic ant IEEE 802. 1 X authentication enables the acce s s point to gain acces s t o a secured wired network . Y ou can enable the ac ces s point as an 802.
System Securit y 802. 1 X Supplican t Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 108 6 • Pas sword — The W AP device us es this MD5 pas swor d when responding to r eque sts fr om an 802. 1X authenticator . The password can be 1 to 64 charact ers in length.
System Securit y Passw or d Complexit y Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 109 6 Pas sword Complexit y Y ou can c onfigur e complexity requirements f or pas swords used t o acc ess the W AP device c onfiguration utility .
System Securit y WP A-PSK Complexit y Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 110 6 WP A-PSK C omplexit y When you configure V APs on the W AP devic e, you can select a method of securely authenticating clients.
7 Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 111 Client Qualit y of S er vic e This chapter pr ovides an overview of Client qualit y of ser vic e (QoS) and explains the QoS f eatur es available fr om the Clie nt QoS menu.
Client Quality of S er vice ACL Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 112 7 The W AP devic e suppor ts up to 50 IP v 4, IPv6, and MAC ACLs . IP ACLs classify traf fic f or Layers 3 and 4. Each ACL is a set of up t o 10 rules applied to traffic sent or received by the W AP device.
Client Quality of S er vice ACL Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 113 7 • AC L N a me —A name to identify the ACL . The ACL name can include from 1 t o 31 alphanumeric characters and the f ollowing sp ecial characters: hyphen, underscore, backslash, and colon.
Client Quality of S er vice ACL Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 114 7 If you select this field, you cannot co nfigure an y additional mat ch crit eria. The Match E very Pack et option is selected by default f or a new rule.
Client Quality of S er vice ACL Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 115 7 0 to 1023— W ell Known Ports 1024 t o 49151 —Register ed P or ts 49152 t o 65535—D ynamic and/ or Private P ort s • Dest in a t io n IP Ad dr ess —Requir es a packet's destination IP address to match the addr ess listed here.
Client Quality of S er vice ACL Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 116 7 - Match to V alue —A custom DSCP value, from 0 to 63. • I P P r ecede n ce —Matches pack ets base d on their IP Pr ecedenc e value. If selected, enter an IP Precedence value from 0 to 7 .
Client Quality of S er vice ACL Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 117 7 • De stination IP v6 A ddr es s —Sele ct this field t o requir e a pack et's destination IP v6 address to mat ch the addr es s list ed here.
Client Quality of S er vice Class Map Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 118 7 F or each bit po sition in the MA C mask , a 0 indicates that the corresponding addr es s bit is significant and a 1 indicat es that the address bit is ignor ed.
Client Quality of S er vice Class Map Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 119 7 applications , such as email and file transf er , a slight degradation in s er vice is acce ptable and in man y cases unnoticeable.
Client Quality of S er vice Class Map Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 120 7 • Match Every Packet — The mat ch condition is true to all the paramet ers in a Lay er 3 pack et . When selected, all Lay er 3 pack ets will match the condition.
Client Quality of S er vice Class Map Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 121 7 A DiffS er v mask of 255.255.255.25 5 indica tes that all bits are impor tant , and a mask of 0 .0.0 .0 indicat es that no bits ar e impor tant .
Client Quality of S er vice Class Map Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 122 7 0 to 1023— W ell Known Ports 1024 t o 49151 —Register ed P or ts 49152 t o 65535—D ynamic and/ or Private P ort s • EtherType —C ompar es the match crit eria agai nst the value in the header of an Ethernet frame.
Client Quality of S er vice Pol ic y Ma p Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 123 7 • VL AN ID —A VL AN ID to be matched f or pack ets. The VL AN ID range is fro m 0 to 4095. The f ollowing Ser vice T ype fields show f or IPv 4 only .
Client Quality of S er vice Pol ic y Ma p Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 124 7 STEP 1 Select Clien t QoS > Policy Ma p in the na vigation pane.
Client Quality of S er vice Client QoS Asso ciat ion Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 125 7 • Mark IP Prec edenc e —Marks all pack ets f or the as sociated tra ffic stream with the specifie d IP pr ece dence value.
Client Quality of S er vice Client QoS Asso ciat ion Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 126 7 • Client QoS Mo de —Select Enable to enable clie nt QoS functionalit y on the selected V AP .
Client Quality of S er vice Client Q oS Sta tus Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 127 7 STEP 6 Click Sa ve . The changes ar e saved t o the Star tup Configuration.
Client Quality of S er vice Client Q oS Sta tus Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 128 7 • AC L T y p e D o wn — The t ype of ACL t o apply to traffic in the outbound (W AP -t o-client) dir ection, which can be one of these options : - IP v 4: The A CL examines IPv4 pack ets f or matches to A CL rules .
8 Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 129 Simple Net w ork Management Protoc ol This chapter describe s how t o configure the Simple Network Management Prot ocol (S NMP) to per f orm configuration and statistic s gathering tasks.
Simple Net work Management Protoc ol General SNMP Sett ings Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 130 8 The communit y name acts as a simple authentication f eatur e to r estrict the machines on the net work that can r equest data to the SNMP agent .
Simple Net work Management Protoc ol General SNMP Sett ings Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 131 8 in a subnetwork range is alwa ys reser ved f or the subnet address , and the addr es s identified by .255 in the range is always r eser ved f or the broadcast address .
Simple Net work Management Protoc ol Vi e w s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 132 8 Views An SN MP MIB view is a family of view subtr ees in the MIB hierarchy . A view subtree is identified by the pairing of an Object Identifier (OID) subtr ee value with a bit string ma sk value.
Simple Net work Management Protoc ol Group s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 133 8 A family mask is used to define a f amily of view subtr ees . The family mask indicat es which subidentifiers of the ass ociated fa mily OID string ar e significant t o the family's defini tion .
Simple Net work Management Protoc ol Group s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 134 8 STEP 1 Select SNMP > Gr oup s in the na vigation pane. STEP 2 Click Add t o cr eate a new r ow in the SNMP v3 Groups table. STEP 3 Check the box f or the new gr oup and click Edit .
Simple Net work Management Protoc ol Users Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 135 8 Us ers Y ou can us e the SNMP Users page to define users, as sociate a securit y level t o each user , and configure securit y k eys per -user .
Simple Net work Management Protoc ol Ta r g e t s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 136 8 • Encr yption Pass Phras e —(If you specify DES as the privacy type) A pas s phrase to use t o encr ypt the SNMP requests .
Simple Net work Management Protoc ol Ta r g e t s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 137 8 NOTE T o r emov e an S MMP target , select the user in the list and click Del et e .
9 Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 138 Captive Por t al This chapter describe s the Captiv e P or tal (CP) f eature, which allows you t o block wireless clients from acc essing t he netw ork until us er verification has been established.
Captive Por tal Cap tive Portal Global Configur a tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 139 9 Captive Por t al Glob al Configuration Y ou can us e the Global CP Co.
Captive Por tal Ins tance Configura tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 140 9 Instanc e C onfigura tion Y ou can creat e up to two Captive P or tal in stances ; each CP instance is a defined set of instance parameters.
Captive Por tal Ins tance Configura tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 141 9 - RA D IU S — T h e W A P d e v i c e u s e s a d a t a b a s e o n a re m o t e R A D I U S s e r v e r t o authenticate users.
Captive Por tal Ins tance Configura tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 142 9 • Glob al RA DIUS — This field is available if the V erification Mod e is R ADIUS. By default, the CP instance uses the glob al R ADIUS set tings that you define fo r t h e W A P d e v i c e ( s e e RAD I U S Se rve r ).
Captive Por tal Inst an ce As s oc iati on Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 143 9 Instanc e A s s o ciation Once you creat e an instance, you can use the Instance A ss ociation page to asso ciat e a CP instance t o a V AP .
Captive Por tal W eb Portal Cu s tomiz a tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 144 9 Y ou can as sociate multiple locale s with an instance.
Captive Por tal W eb Portal Cu s tomiz a tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 145 9 • Ac count Lab el — The te xt that instructs the user to ent er a user name. The range is fr om 1 to 32 charact ers. • Us er L abe l — T h e l a b e l fo r th e u s er n a me te x t b ox .
Captive Por tal W eb Portal Cu s tomiz a tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 146 9 • Work In Pr ogre ss T ex t — The t ext that shows during authentication. The range is fr om 1 t o 128 charact ers. The default is Connecting, please b e patient .
Captive Por tal Lo ca l G rou p s Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 147 9 T o upload binar y graphic files to the W AP device : STEP 1 On the W eb P or tal Cust omization page, click Upload/Delete Custom Image next to th e Backgrou nd Image Name , Lo go Image Name , or Acc ount Image fields.
Captive Por tal Lo ca l U s e rs Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 148 9 STEP 1 Select Captive Po r tal > Lo cal Groups in the na vigation pane. STEP 2 Enter a Group Name and click Sa v e . The changes are sa ved t o the Star tup Configuration.
Captive Por tal Authentica te d Clien ts Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 149 9 minut es . The default value is 60 . The timeout value configured her e has pr ec edence over the value configured f or the captive por tal instance, unles s the user value is s et t o 0.
Captive Por tal F ailed Aut hen tication Clients Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 150 9 - Lo cal — The W AP devic e uses a lo cal database to authenticat ed us ers. - RA D IU S — The W AP device use s a database on a r emote RADIUS ser ver t o authen ticat e users .
Captive Por tal F ailed Aut hen tication Clients Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 151 9 • Us er Name — The Captive P ortal us er name of the client .
10 Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 152 Single Point Setup This chapter describe s how t o configure Single P oint Setup over multiple W AP devices .
Single Point Setup Single P oint S e tup Over view Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 153 10 Single Point Setup allows the management of more than one clust er in the same subnet or network ; howeve r , they are managed as single independent entities .
Single Point Setup Single P oint S e tup Over view Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 154 10 Single Point Setup Single- and Dual-Radio APs A Single Point Setup can contain a mix tur e of dual- radio and single-radio APs.
Single Point Setup Single P oint S e tup Over view Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 155 10 sec ondarily , the most rec ent change, will be selected to pr opagate its configuration to the clust er . ( That is , if W AP 1 has mor e changes , but W AP2 has the most recent change, W A P 1 is selected.
Single Point Setup Single P oint S e tup Over view Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 156 10 Management Acces s Control SNMP General and S NMP v3 N etw o rk s WP A- .
Single Point Setup Acc ess Points Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 157 10 Access P oi n ts The Acce ss Points page allows you t o enable or disable Single Point Setup on a W AP device, view the clust er members , and configure the location and cluster name f or a member .
Single Point Setup Acc ess Points Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 158 10 The cluster name is not sent t o othe r W AP device s. Y ou mu st configure the same name on each devic e that is a member . The cluster name must be unique f o r each Single P oint Setup you configur e on the network .
Single Point Setup Acc ess Points Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 159 10 Note that the Single Point Setup status and the number of W AP devices are shown graphically on the right side of the page.
Single Point Setup Se ssions Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 160 10 Y ou can also link to the web-bas ed configuration utilit y of a specific W AP device by enter.
Single Point Setup Channel Managemen t Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 161 10 A MAC addr es s is a har dwar e address that uniquely identifies each node of a network . • Idle — The amount of time this WL AN client has r emained inactive.
Single Point Setup Channel Managemen t Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 162 10 The aut omatic channel as signment f e atur e is disabled by default . The stat e of channel management (enabled or disabled ) is pr opagat ed to the other devices in the Single Point Setup cluster .
Single Point Setup Channel Managemen t Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 163 10 No channel usage maps or chann el r eassi gnments are made.
Single Point Setup Channel Managemen t Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 164 10 F or each W AP device in the Single Point Setup, the Propose d Channel As signments table shows the location, IP Ad dress , and Wir eles s Radio, as in the Curr ent Channel A ssignations table.
Single Point Setup W ir eless Neighb orhoo d Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 165 10 Wireles s Neighb orho o d The Wir eless Neighb orhood page shows up to 20 devices per radio within range of each wire les s radio in the cluster .
Single Point Setup W ir eless Neighb orhoo d Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 166 10 If ther e is only one W AP device in the cluster , only a single IP address column shows , indicating that the W AP devic e is grouped with itse lf .
Single Point Setup W ir eless Neighb orhoo d Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 167 10 • MA C Addres s — The MAC addr es s of the neighboring acce ss point . • Channel — The channel on which the acce ss point is currently broadcasting.
A Cisco Small Busines s W AP551 and W AP561 W ir eles s-N Acces s Point 168 D e authentic a tion Me s s age Re as on C o de s When a client deauthenticates fr om the W AP device, a mes sage is sent to the syst em log. The mes sage includes a reason code that may be helpful in determining wh y a client was deauthenticated.
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