Document Outline

• Approvals and Safety Summary
  • FCC Statement
  • Industry Canada (IC) Department Of Communications Notice
  • Important Safety Instructions
• Introduction 1
  • 1.1 About This Manual
  • 1.2 Online Help Features, Supported Browsers, And Limitations
  • 1.3 Text Conventions
  • 1.4 Overview Of The 9160 G2 Wireless Gateway
    • 1.4.1 Radios
    • 1.4.2 Access Point Functions
    • 1.4.3 Base Station Functions
  • 1.5 Features and Benefits
    • 1.5.1 IEEE Standards Support And Wi-Fi Compliance
    • 1.5.2 Wireless Features
    • 1.5.3 Security Features
    • 1.5.4 Out-of-the-Box Guest Interface
    • 1.5.5 Clustering And Auto-Management
    • 1.5.6 Networking
    • 1.5.7 SNMP Support
    • 1.5.8 Maintainability
  • 1.6 What’s Next?
• Installation Requirements 2
  • 2.1 Choosing The Right Location
    • 2.1.1 Environment
      • 2.1.1.1 9160 G2 Wireless Gateway
    • 2.1.2 Maintenance
    • 2.1.3 Radios
    • 2.1.4 Power And Antenna Cables
      • 2.1.4.1 Power
      • 2.1.4.2 Antennas
  • 2.2 Connecting To External Devices
    • 2.2.1 Ports
    • 2.2.2 LAN Installation: Overview
    • 2.2.3 LAN Installation: Ethernet
      • 2.2.3.1 Ethernet Cabling
    • 2.2.4 Status Indicators (LEDs)
    • 2.1.5 Connecting A Video Display Terminal
  • 2.2 Changing The Configuration With A Web Browser
• PreLaunch Checklist 3
  • 3.1 The 9160 G2 Wireless Gateway
    • 3.1.1 Default Settings For The 9160 G2 Wireless Gateway
    • 3.1.2 What The Access Point Does Not Provide
  • 3.2 Administrator’s Computer
  • 3.3 Wireless Client Computers
  • 3.4 Understanding Dynamic And Static IP Addressing On The 9160 G2 Wireless Gateway
    • 3.4.1 How Does The Access Point Obtain An IP Address At Startup?
    • 3.4.2 Dynamic IP Addressing
    • 3.4.3 Static IP Addressing
    • 3.4.4 Recovering An IP Address
• Quick Steps For Setup And Launch 4
  • 4.1 Unpack The 9160 G2 Wireless Gateway
    • 4.1.1 9160 G2 Wireless Gateway Hardware And Ports
    • 4.1.2 What’s Inside The 9160 G2 Wireless Gateway?
  • 4.2 Connect The Access Point To Network And Power
    • 4.2.1 A Note About Setting Up Connections For A Guest Network
      • 4.2.1.1 Hardware Connections For A Guest VLAN
  • 4.3 Power On The Access Point
  • 4.4 Log On To The Administration Web Pages
    • 4.4.1 Viewing Basic Settings For Access Points
  • 4.5 Configure ‘Basic Settings’ And Start The Wireless Network
    • 4.5.1 Default Configuration
  • 4.6 What’s Next?
    • 4.6.1 Make Sure The Access Point Is Connected To The LAN
    • 4.6.2 Test LAN Connectivity With Wireless Clients
    • 4.6.3 Secure And Fine-tune The Access Point Using Advanced Features
• Configuring Basic Settings 5
  • 5.1 Navigating To Basic Settings
  • 5.2 Review / Describe The Access Point
  • 5.3 Provide Network Settings
  • 5.4 Update Basic Settings
  • 5.5 Summary Of Settings
  • 5.6 Basic Settings For A Standalone Access Point
  • 5.7 Your Network At A Glance: Understanding Indicator Icons
• Managing Access Points & Clusters 6
  • 6.1 Overview
  • 6.2 Navigating To Access Points Management
  • 6.3 Understanding Clustering
    • 6.3.1 What Is A Cluster?
    • 6.3.2 How Many APs Can A Cluster Support?
    • 6.3.3 What Kinds Of APs Can Cluster Together?
    • 6.3.4 Which Settings Are Shared As Part Of The Cluster Configuration And Which Are Not?
      • 6.3.4.1 Settings Shared In The Cluster Configuration
      • 6.3.4.2 Settings Not Shared By The Cluster
    • 6.3.5 Cluster Formation
    • 6.3.6 Cluster Size And Membership
    • 6.3.7 Intra-Cluster Security
  • 6.4 Understanding Access Point Settings
    • 6.4.1 Modifying The Location Description
    • 6.4.2 Setting The Cluster Name
  • 6.5 Starting Clustering
  • 6.6 Stopping Clustering
  • 6.7 Navigating To Configuration Information For A Specific AP And Managing Standalone APs
    • 6.7.1 Navigating To An AP By Using Its IP Address In A URL
• Managing User Accounts 7
  • 7.1 Overview
  • 7.2 Navigating To User Management For Clustered Access Points
  • 7.3 Viewing User Accounts
  • 7.4 Adding A User
  • 7.5 Editing A User Account
  • 7.6 Enabling And Disabling User Accounts
    • 7.6.1 Enabling A User Account
    • 7.6.2 Disabling A User Account
  • 7.7 Removing A User Account
  • 7.8 Backing Up And Restoring A User Database
    • 7.8.1 Backing Up The User Database
    • 7.8.2 Restoring A User Database From A Backup File
• Channel Management 8
  • 8.1 Navigating To Channel Management
  • 8.2 Understanding Channel Management
    • 8.2.1 How It Works In A Nutshell
    • 8.2.2 For The Curious: More About Overlapping Channels
    • 8.2.3 Example: A Network Before And After Channel Management
  • 8.3 Configuring And Viewing Channel Management Settings
    • 8.3.1 Stopping/Starting Automatic Channel Assignment
    • 8.3.2 Viewing Current Channel Assignments And Setting Locks
      • 8.3.2.1 Update Current Channel Settings (Manual)
    • 8.3.3 Viewing Last Proposed Set Of Changes
    • 8.3.4 Configuring Advanced Settings (Customizing And Scheduling Channel Plans)
      • 8.3.4.1 Update Advanced Settings
• Wireless Neighborhood 9
  • 9.1 Navigating To Wireless Neighborhood
  • 9.2 Understanding Wireless Neighborhood Information
  • 9.3 Viewing Wireless Neighborhood
  • 9.4 Viewing Details For A Cluster Member
• Configuring Security 10
  • 10.1 Understanding Security Issues On Wireless Networks
    • 10.1.1 How Do I Know Which Security Mode To Use?
    • 10.1.2 Comparison Of Security Modes For Key Management, Authentication And Encryption Algorithms
      • 10.1.2.1 When To Use Unencrypted (No Security)
      • 10.1.2.2 When To Use Static WEP
      • 10.1.2.3 When To Use IEEE 802.1x
      • 10.1.2.4 When To Use WPA Personal
      • 10.1.2.5 When To Use WPA Enterprise
    • 10.1.3 Does Prohibiting The Broadcast SSID Enhance Security?
    • 10.1.4 How Does Station Isolation Protect The Network?
  • 10.2 Configuring Security Settings
    • 10.2.1 Broadcast SSID, Station Isolation, And Security Mode
    • 10.2.2 None (Plain-text)
    • 10.2.3 Guest Network
    • 10.2.4 Static WEP
      • 10.2.4.1 Rules To Remember For Static WEP
      • 10.2.4.2 Example Of Using Static WEP
      • 10.2.4.3 Static WEP With Transfer Key Indexes On Client Stations
    • 10.2.5 IEEE 802.1x
    • 10.2.6 WPA Personal
    • 10.2.7 WPA Enterprise
  • 10.3 Updating Settings
• Maintenance And Monitoring 11
  • 11.1 Interfaces
    • 11.1.1 Ethernet (Wired) Settings
    • 11.1.2 Wireless Settings
  • 11.2 Event Logs
    • 11.2.1 Log Relay Host For Kernel Messages
      • 11.2.1.1 Understanding Remote Logging
      • 11.2.1.2 Setting Up The Log Relay Host
      • 11.2.1.3 Enabling Or Disabling The Log Relay Host On The Status, Events Page
    • 11.2.2 Events Log
  • 11.3 Transmit/Receive Statistics
  • 11.4 Associated Wireless Clients
    • 11.4.1 Link Integrity Monitoring
  • 11.5 Neighboring Access Points
• The Ethernet (Wired) Interface 12
  • 12.1 Navigating To Ethernet (Wired) Settings
    • 12.1.1 Setting The DNS Name
    • 12.1.2 Enabling Or Disabling Guest Access
      • 12.1.2.1 Configuring An Internal LAN And A Guest Network
      • 12.1.2.2 Enabling Or Disabling Guest Access
      • 12.1.2.3 Specifying A Virtual Guest Network
    • 12.1.3 Enabling / Disabling Virtual Wireless Networks On The AP
    • 12.1.4 Configuring LAN Or Internal Interface Ethernet Settings
    • 12.1.5 Configuring Guest Interface Ethernet (Wired) Settings
    • 12.1.6 Updating Settings
• Setting the Wireless Interface 13
  • 13.1 Navigating To Wireless Settings
  • 13.2 Configuring 802.11d Regulatory Domain Support
  • 13.3 802.11h Regulatory Domain Control
  • 13.4 Configuring The Radio Interface
  • 13.5 Configuring “Internal” Wireless LAN Settings
  • 13.6 Configuring “Guest” Network Wireless Settings
  • 13.7 Updating Settings
• Setting up Guest Access 14
  • 14.1 Understanding The Guest Interface
  • 14.2 Configuring The Guest Interface
    • 14.2.1 Configuring A Guest Network On A Virtual LAN
    • 14.2.2 Configuring The Welcome Screen (Captive Portal)
  • 14.3 Using The Guest Network As A Client
  • 14.4 Deployment Example
• Configuring VLANs 15
  • 15.1 Navigating To Virtual Wireless Network Settings
  • 15.2 Configuring VLANs
  • 15.3 Updating Settings
• Configuring 802.11 Radio Settings 16
  • 16.1 Understanding Radio Settings
  • 16.2 Navigating To Radio Settings
  • 16.3 Configuring Radio Settings
  • 16.4 Updating Settings
• MAC Address Filtering 17
  • 17.1 Navigating To MAC Filtering Settings
  • 17.2 Using MAC Filtering
  • 17.3 Updating Settings
• Load Balancing 18
  • 18.1 Understanding Load Balancing
    • 18.1.1 Identifying Imbalance: Overworked Or Under-utilized Access Points
    • 18.1.2 Specifying Limits For Utilization And Client Associations
    • 18.1.3 Load Balancing And QoS
  • 18.2 Navigating To Load Balancing Settings
  • 18.3 Configuring Load Balancing
  • 18.4 Updating Settings
• Quality of Service (QoS) 19
  • 19.1 Understanding QoS
    • 19.1.1 QoS And Load Balancing
    • 19.1.2 802.11e And WMM Standards Support
    • 19.1.3 QoS Queues And Parameters To Coordinate Traffic Flow
      • 19.1.3.1 QoS Queues And Type Of Service (ToS) On Packets
      • 19.1.3.2 EDCF Control Of Data Frames And Arbitration Interframe Spaces
      • 19.1.3.3 Random Backoff And Minimum/Maximum Contention Windows
      • 19.1.3.4 Packet Bursting For Better Performance
      • 19.1.3.5 Transmission Opportunity (TXOP) Interval For Client Stations
    • 19.1.4 802.1p And DSCP Tags
      • 19.1.4.1 VLAN Priority
      • 19.1.4.2 DSCP Priority
  • 19.2 Configuring QoS Queues
    • 19.2.1 Configuring AP EDCA Parameters
    • 19.2.2 Enabling/Disabling Wi-Fi Multimedia
    • 19.2.3 Configuring Station EDCA Parameters
  • 19.3 Updating Settings
• Wireless Distribution System 20
  • 20.1 Understanding The Wireless Distribution System
    • 20.1.1 Using WDS To Bridge Distant Wired LANs
    • 20.1.2 Using WDS To Extend Network Beyond The Wired Coverage Area
    • 20.1.3 Using WDS To Create Backup Links
  • 20.2 Security Considerations Related To WDS Links
    • 20.2.1 Understanding Static WEP Data Encryption
    • 20.2.2 Understanding WPA (PSK) Data Encryption
  • 20.3 Configuring WDS Settings
    • 20.3.1 Example Of Configuring A WDS Link
  • 20.4 Updating Settings
• Configuring SNMP 21
  • 21.1 Understanding SNMP Settings
  • 21.2 Navigating To SNMP Settings
  • 21.3 Configuring SNMP Settings
    • 21.3.1 Configuring SNMP Traps
    • 21.3.2 Updating SNMP Settings
• The 9160 G2 As Base Station 22
  • 22.1 Overview
  • 22.2 Radio Protocols
    • 22.2.1 Adaptive Polling/Contention Protocol
  • 22.3 Narrow Band Menus
    • 22.3.1 Narrow Band Radio Configuration Settings
      • 22.3.1.1 RA1001A Radio Parameters
    • 22.3.2 Connectivity Options
    • 22.3.3 Connectivity Options: Base Station Mode
      • 22.3.3.1 Polling Protocol Parameters
      • 22.3.3.2 Radio Parameters
    • 22.3.4 Connectivity Options: RRM Mode
  • 22.4 Connectivity Menus
    • 22.4.1 Base Station Configuration Settings
    • 22.4.2 RRM Groups Configuration Settings
      • 22.4.2.1 RRM Groups
      • 22.4.2.2 Polling Protocol Parameters
      • 22.4.2.3 Radio Parameters
      • 22.4.2.4 Group Parameters
      • 22.4.2.5 Remote Radio Modules
    • 22.4.3 Radio Link Features Configuration Settings
      • 22.4.3.1 Radio Link Features
      • 22.4.3.2 Automatic Radio Address
      • 22.4.3.3 Automatic Terminal Number
  • 22.5 Hosts
• Network Time Protocol Server 23
  • 23.1 Navigating To Time Protocol Settings
  • 23.2 Enabling Or Disabling A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server
  • 23.3 Updating Settings
• Backing Up & Restoring Configuration 24
  • 24.1 Navigating To The AP’s Configuration Settings
  • 24.2 Resetting Factory Default Configuration
  • 24.3 Saving The Current Configuration To A Backup File
  • 24.4 Restoring The Configuration From A Previously Saved File
  • 24.5 Rebooting The Access Point
  • 24.6 Upgrading The Firmware
    • 24.6.1 Update
    • 24.6.2 Verifying The Firmware Upgrade
• Specifications 25
  • 25.1 Physical Description
  • 25.2 Environmental Requirements
  • 25.3 AC Power Requirements
  • 25.4 Power Over Ethernet Requirements
  • 25.5 Processor And Memory
  • 25.6 Network Interfaces
  • 25.7 Radios
• Support Services And Worldwide Offices
  • A.1 Technical Support
  • A.2 Product Repairs
  • A.3 Worldwide Offices
• Port Pinouts And Cable Diagrams
  • B.1 Console Port
  • B.2 Serial Cable Descriptions
  • B.3 RJ-45 Connector Pinouts (10BaseT/100BaseT Ethernet)
• Security Settings On Wireless Clients And RADIUS Server Setup
  • C.1 Network Infrastructure And Choosing Between Built-in Or External Authentication Server
    • C.1.1 Using The Built-in Authentication Server (EAP-PEAP)
    • C.1.2 Using An External RADIUS Server With EAP-TLS Certificates Or EAP-PEAP
  • C.2 Make Sure The Wireless Client Software Is Up-to-Date
  • C.3 Accessing The Microsoft Windows Wireless Client Security Settings
  • C.4 Configuring A Client To Access An Unsecure Network (No Security)
  • C.5 Configuring Static WEP Security On A Client
  • C.6 Configuring IEEE 802.1x Security On A Client
    • C.6.1 IEEE 802.1x Client Using EAP/PEAP
    • C.6.2 IEEE 802.1x Client Using EAP/TLS Certificate
  • C.7 Configuring WPA/WPA2 Enterprise (RADIUS) Security On A Client
    • C.7.1 WPA/WPA2 Enterprise (RADIUS) Client Using EAP/PEAP
    • C.7.2 WPA/WPA2 Enterprise (RADIUS) Client Using EAP-TLS Certificate
  • C.8 Configuring WPA/WPA2 Personal (PSK) Security On A Client
  • C.9 Configuring An External RADIUS Server To Recognize The 9160 G2 Wireless Gateway
  • C.10 Obtaining A TLS-EAP Certificate For A Client
  • C.11 Configuring RADIUS Server For VLAN tags
    • C.11.1 Configuring A RADIUS Server
• Troubleshooting
  • D.1 Wireless Distribution System (WDS) Problems And Solutions
  • D.2 Cluster Recovery
    • D.2.1 Reboot Or Reset Access Point
• Glossary
• Index