Concept Guide
Table Of Contents
- About this Guide
- About Instant
- Setting up a W-IAP
- Automatic Retrieval of Configuration
- Instant User Interface
- Initial Configuration Tasks
- Customizing W-IAP Settings
- Modifying the W-IAP Host Name
- Configuring Zone Settings on a W-IAP
- Specifying a Method for Obtaining IP Address
- Configuring External Antenna
- Configuring Radio Profiles for a W-IAP
- Configuring Uplink VLAN for a W-IAP
- Changing the W-IAP Installation Mode
- Changing USB Port Status
- Master Election and Virtual Controller
- Adding a W-IAP to the Network
- Removing a W-IAP from the Network
- VLAN Configuration
- IPv6 Support
- Wireless Network Profiles
- Configuring Wireless Network Profiles
- Configuring Fast Roaming for Wireless Clients
- Configuring Modulation Rates on a WLAN SSID
- Multi-User-MIMO
- Management Frame Protection
- Disabling Short Preamble for Wireless Client
- Editing Status of a WLAN SSID Profile
- Editing a WLAN SSID Profile
- Deleting a WLAN SSID Profile
- Wired Profiles
- Captive Portal for Guest Access
- Understanding Captive Portal
- Configuring a WLAN SSID for Guest Access
- Configuring Wired Profile for Guest Access
- Configuring Internal Captive Portal for Guest Network
- Configuring External Captive Portal for a Guest Network
- Configuring Facebook Login
- Configuring Guest Logon Role and Access Rules for Guest Users
- Configuring Captive Portal Roles for an SSID
- Configuring Walled Garden Access
- Authentication and User Management
- Managing W-IAP Users
- Supported Authentication Methods
- Supported EAP Authentication Frameworks
- Configuring Authentication Servers
- Understanding Encryption Types
- Configuring Authentication Survivability
- Configuring 802.1X Authentication for a Network Profile
- Enabling 802.1X Supplicant Support
- Configuring MAC Authentication for a Network Profile
- Configuring MAC Authentication with 802.1X Authentication
- Configuring MAC Authentication with Captive Portal Authentication
- Configuring WISPr Authentication
- Blacklisting Clients
- Uploading Certificates
- Roles and Policies
- DHCP Configuration
- Configuring Time-Based Services
- Dynamic DNS Registration
- VPN Configuration
- IAP-VPN Deployment
- Adaptive Radio Management
- Deep Packet Inspection and Application Visibility
- Voice and Video
- Services
- Configuring AirGroup
- Configuring a W-IAP for RTLS Support
- Configuring a W-IAP for Analytics and Location Engine Support
- Managing BLE Beacons
- Clarity Live
- Configuring OpenDNS Credentials
- Integrating a W-IAP with Palo Alto Networks Firewall
- Integrating a W-IAP with an XML API Interface
- CALEA Integration and Lawful Intercept Compliance
- Cluster Security
- W-IAP Management and Monitoring
- Uplink Configuration
- Intrusion Detection
- Mesh W-IAP Configuration
- Mobility and Client Management
- Spectrum Monitor
- W-IAP Maintenance
- Monitoring Devices and Logs
- Hotspot Profiles
- ClearPass Guest Setup
- IAP-VPN Deployment Scenarios
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Chapter 6
Initial Configuration Tasks
This chapter consists of the following sections:
l Configuring System Parameters on page 56
l Changing Password on page 62
Configuring System Parameters
This section describes how to configure the system parameters of a W-IAP.
To configure system parameters:
1. Select System.
Parameter Description
CLI Configuration
Name Name of the W-IAP.
(Instant AP)# name
<name>
System location
Physical location of the W-IAP.
(Instant AP)#
(config)#
syslocation
<location-name>
Virtual Controller IP This parameter allows you to specify a single static
IP address that can be used to manage a multi-W-
IAP Instant network. This IP address is automatically
provisioned on a shadow interface on the W-IAP that
takes the role of a VC. When a W-IAP becomes a VC,
it sends three Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
messages with the static IP address and its MAC
address to update the network ARP cache.
(Instant AP)(config)
# virtual-
controller-ip <IP-
address>
Allow IPv6 Management Select the check box to enable IPv6 configuration
Virtual Controller IPv6 This parameter is used to configure the IPv6
address.
(Instant AP)(config)
# virtual-
controller-ipv6
<ipv6 address>
Uplink switch native VLAN This parameter notifies the W-IAP about the native-
VLAN of the upstream switch to which the W-IAP is
connected. The parameter stops the W-IAP from
sending out tagged frames to clients connected with
the SSID that has the same VLAN as the native VLAN
of the upstream switch, to which the W-IAP is
connected. By default, the W-IAP considers the
uplink switch native VLAN value as 1.
(Instant AP)(config)
# enet-vlan <vlan-
ID>
Table 17: System Parameters