Document Outline

• Contents
• About This Document
• Introduction
  • New features
    • WIPS support
    • Trusted host management
    • Apache certificate management
    • Adaptive AP
    • Rogue AP enhancements
    • Bandwidth management enhancements
    • Radius time-based authentication
    • QBSS support
  • Feature overview
    • Single or dual mode radio options
    • Separate LAN and WAN ports
    • Multiple mounting options
    • Antenna support for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios
    • Sixteen configurable WLANs
    • Support for 4 BSSIDs per radio
    • Quality of Service (QoS) support
    • Industry leading data security
    • VLAN support
    • Multiple management accessibility options
    • Updatable firmware
    • Programmable SNMP v1/v2/v3 trap support
    • Power-over-Ethernet support
    • Client-client transmission disallow
    • Voice prioritization
    • Support for CAM and PSP clients
    • Statistical displays
    • Transmit power control
    • Advanced event logging capability
    • Configuration file import/export functionality
    • Default configuration restoration
    • DHCP support
    • Multi-function LEDs
    • Mesh networking
    • Additional LAN subnet
    • On-board Radius server authentication
    • Hotspot support
    • Routing information protocol (RIP)
    • Manual date and time settings
    • Dynamic DNS
    • Auto negotiation
  • Theory of operations
    • Wireless coverage
    • MAC layer bridging
    • Media types
    • Direct-sequence spread spectrum
    • Client association process
    • Operating modes
    • Management access options
    • Mobility 5181 Access Point MAC address assignment
• Hardware Installation
  • Precautions
  • Mobility 5181 Access Point configurations
  • Requirements
  • Access point placement
    • Site surveys
    • Antenna options
  • Power options
  • Power Injector and Power Tap systems
    • Installing the Power Tap
  • Mounting a Mobility 5181 Access Point
    • Mobility 5181 Access Point pole mounted installations
    • Mobility 5181 Access Point wall mounted installations
  • Mobility 5181 Access Point LED indicators
  • Setting up clients
• Getting Started
  • Installing the Access Point
  • Configuration options
  • Initially connecting to the Access Point
    • Connecting to the Access Point using the WAN port
    • Connecting to the Access Point using the LAN port
  • Basic device configuration
    • Configuring device settings
    • Testing connectivity
    • Where to go from here?
• System Configuration
  • Configuring system settings
  • Adaptive AP setup
  • Configuring data access
    • Defining trusted hosts
  • Managing Certificate Authority (CA) certificates
    • Importing a CA certificate
    • Creating self certificates for accessing the VPN
    • Creating a certificate for onboard RADIUS authentication
    • Apache certificate management
  • Configuring SNMP settings
    • Configuring SNMP access control
    • Enabling SNMP traps
    • Configuring specific SNMP traps
    • Configuring SNMP RF trap thresholds
  • Configuring Network Time Protocol (NTP)
  • Configuring LLDP Settings
  • Logging configuration
  • Importing/exporting configurations
  • Updating device firmware
    • Upgrade/downgrade considerations
• Network Management
  • Configuring the LAN interface
    • Configuring VLAN support
    • Configuring LAN1 and LAN2 settings
  • Configuring WAN settings
    • Configuring Network Address Translation (NAT) settings
    • Configuring dynamic DNS
  • Enabling wireless LANs (WLANs)
    • Creating/editing individual WLANs
    • Setting the WLAN’s radio configuration
    • Configuring bandwidth management settings
  • Configuring WIPS server settings
  • Configuring router settings
    • Setting the RIP Configuration
• Configuring Access Point Security
  • Configuring security options
  • Setting passwords
    • Resetting the access point password
  • Enabling authentication and encryption schemes
  • Configuring Kerberos authentication
  • Configuring 802.1x EAP authentication
  • Configuring WEP encryption
  • Configuring KeyGuard encryption
  • Configuring WPA/WPA2 using TKIP
  • Configuring WPA2-CCMP (802.11i)
  • Configuring firewall settings
    • Configuring LAN to WAN access
    • Configuring advanced subnet access
  • Configuring VPN tunnels
    • Configuring manual key settings
    • Configuring auto key settings
    • Configuring IKE key settings
    • Viewing VPN status
  • Configuring content filtering settings
  • Configuring rogue AP detection
    • Moving rogue APs to the allowed AP list
    • Using clients to detect rogue devices
  • Configuring user authentication
    • Configuring the Radius server
    • Configuring LDAP authentication
    • Configuring a proxy Radius server
    • Managing the local user database
    • Defining user access permissions by group
    • Defining the user access policy
• Monitoring Statistics
  • Viewing WAN statistics
  • Viewing LAN statistics
    • Viewing STP statistics for a LAN
  • Viewing wireless statistics
    • Viewing WLAN statistics
  • Viewing radio statistics summary
    • Viewing radio statistics
  • Viewing client statistics summary
    • Viewing client details
    • Pinging individual clients
    • Client authentication statistics
  • Viewing the mesh statistics summary
  • Viewing known access point statistics
• CLI Reference
  • In this chapter
  • Connecting to the CLI
    • Accessing the CLI through the Serial Port
    • Accessing the CLI via Telnet
  • Admin and Common Commands
  • Network Commands
    • Network LAN Commands
    • Network WAN Commands
    • Network Wireless Commands
    • Network Firewall Commands
    • Network Router Commands
  • System Commands
    • Adaptive AP Setup Commands
    • System Access Commands
    • System Certificate Management Commands
    • System SNMP Commands
    • System User Database Commands
    • System Radius Commands
    • System Network Time Protocol (NTP) Commands
    • System Log Commands
    • System Configuration-Update Commands
    • Firmware Update Commands
  • Statistics Commands
• Configuring Mesh Networking
  • Mesh networking overview
    • Mobility 5181 Access Point client bridge association process
    • Spanning tree protocol (STP)
    • Defining the mesh topology
    • Mesh networking and the two subnets of the Mobility 5181 Access Point
    • Normal operation
    • Impact of importing/exporting configurations to a mesh network
  • Configuring mesh networking support
    • Setting the LAN configuration for mesh networking support
    • Configuring a WLAN for mesh networking support
    • Configuring the access point radio for mesh support
  • Mesh network deployment - quick setup
    • Scenario 1 - two base bridges and one client bridge
    • Scenario 2 - two hop mesh network with a base bridge repeater and a client bridge
  • Mesh networking frequently asked questions
• Adaptive AP
  • Adaptive AP overview
    • Where to go from here
    • Adaptive AP management
    • Licensing
    • Controller discovery
    • Securing a configuration channel between controller and AP
    • Adaptive AP WLAN topology
    • Configuration updates
    • Securing data tunnels between the controller and AAP
    • Adaptive AP controller failure
    • Remote site survivability (RSS)
    • Adaptive mesh support
  • Supported adaptive AP topologies
    • Topology deployment considerations
    • Extended WLANs only
    • Independent WLANs only
    • Extended WLANs with independent WLANs
    • Extended WLAN with mesh networking
  • How the AP receives its adaptive configuration
  • Establishing basic adaptive AP connectivity
    • Adaptive AP configuration
    • Controller configuration
    • Adaptive AP deployment considerations
    • Sample controller configuration file for IPSec and independent WLAN
• Technical Specifications
  • Physical characteristics
    • Mobility 5181 Access Point Physical Characteristics
  • Electrical characteristics
  • Radio characteristics
  • Antenna specifications
    • Mobility 5181 Access Point antenna specifications
  • Country codes
• Usage Scenarios
  • Configuring Automatic Updates using a DHCP or Linux BootP server
    • Windows - DHCP server configuration
    • Linux - BootP server configuration
  • Configuring an IPSEC tunnel and VPN FAQs
    • Configuring a VPN tunnel between two Access Points
    • Frequently asked VPN questions