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
Parameter Description
CLI Configuration
Auto join mode The Auto-Join feature allows W-IAPs to automatically
discover the VC and join the network. The Auto-Join
feature is enabled by default. If the Auto-Join feature
is disabled, a link is displayed in the Access Points
tab indicating that there are new W-IAPs discovered
in the network. Click this link if you want to add these
W-IAPs to the network.
When Auto-Join feature is disabled, the inactive W-
IAPs are displayed in red.
To disable auto-join
mode:
(Instant AP)(config)
# no allow-new-aps
To enable auto-join
mode:
(Instant AP)(config)
# allow-new-aps
Terminal access When terminal access is enabled, you can access
the W-IAP CLI through SSH.
The terminal access is enabled by default
(Instant AP)(config)
# terminal-access
Console access When enabled, you can access the W-IAP through
the console port.
(Instant AP)(config)
# console
Telnet server To start a Telnet session with the W-IAP CLI, enable
access to the Telnet server.
(Instant AP)(config)
# telnet-server
LED display
LEDdisplay status of the W-IAP. To enable or disable
LEDdisplay for all W-IAPs in a cluster, select
Enabled or Disabled, respectively.
NOTE: The LEDs are always enabled during the W-
IAP reboot.
(Instant AP)(config)
# led-off
Extended SSID
Extended SSID is enabled by default in the factory
default settings of W-IAPs. This disables mesh in the
factory default settings.
l The W-IAP108/109 access points support up to 6
SSIDs with Extended SSID disabled and up to 8
SSIDs with Extended SSID enabled.
l All other W-IAPs support up to 14 SSIDs when
Extended SSID is disabled and up to 16 SSIDs
with Extended SSID enabled.
(Instant AP)(config)
# extended-ssid
Deny inter user bridging
If you have security and traffic management policies
defined in upstream devices, you can disable
bridging traffic between two clients connected to the
same W-IAP on the same VLAN. When inter user
bridging is denied, the clients can connect to the
Internet but cannot communicate with each other,
and the bridging traffic between the clients is sent to
the upstream device to make the forwarding
decision.
By default, the Deny inter user bridging
parameter is disabled.
(Instant AP)(config)
# deny-inter-user-
bridging
To disable inter-user
bridging for the WLAN
SSID clients:
(Instant AP)(config)
# wlan ssid-profile
<ssid-profile>
Table 17: System Parameters
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