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AeroScout Compounded Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Dilution Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Generic AP Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configure AeroScout Integration tool for Receiving the Generic AP Notification46
Configure Controller Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Configure Controller Redundancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
System Director Communication Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 5 Configuring an ESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Add an ESS with the Web UI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
When is Virtual Cell Really on for an AP? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Adding an ESS with the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Assigning an ESSID with the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Enable and Disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CLI Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Security Profiles for an ESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Configuring CAC for an ESSID AP with the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Configuring Beacon Parameters with the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Configuring ESSID Broadcasting with the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Configuring ESSID Joining of Access Points with the CLI . . . . . . . . 62
Configuring Virtual Cell Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Configuring Virtual Cell Support for AP300 or AP400 with Web UI . . . 62
Configuring Virtual Cell Support for AP300 or AP400 with the CLI . . . 63
Configuring Virtual Cell Support for AP150 . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Virtual Port is Now Part of Virtual Cell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Configuring Probe Response Threshold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Change in CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Configuring Probe Response Threshold: . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SNRRange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
GUI Page: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Configuring Silent Client Polling with the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Configuring Data Transmit Rates with the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Assigning a VLAN with the CLI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
WMM Features Supported by System Director . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Configure U-APSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Virtual Cell Overflow Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
When Would I Use Virtual Cell Overflow?. . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Configure Virtual Cell Overflow with the Web UI . . . . . . . . . 71
Configure Virtual Cell Overflow with the CLI . . . . . . . . . . 71
Bridging Versus Tunneling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Supported Features for Bridged ESS Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Example of Bridged AP Deployment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Configure a Bridged AP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
When a Bridged AP Loses Controller Contact . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Multicasting Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Configuring IGMP Snooping on Controllers and APs . . . . . . . . . 75
Commands to Configure IGMP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Multicast MAC Transparency Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76