Document Outline

• Table of Contents
• About This Document
  • In this chapter
  • Audience
  • Supported hardware and software
  • Document conventions
  • Notice to the reader
  • Web support sites
  • Customer support
• Introduction
  • New features
    • IP filtering
    • MU rate limiting
    • Per radio MU limit
    • Power setting configuration
    • AMSDU transmission support
    • IPSec VPN support
  • Feature overview
    • 802.11n support
    • Sensor support
    • Mesh Roaming Client
    • 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
    • MU-MU Transmission Disallow
    • Voice prioritization
    • Support for CAM and PSP MUs
    • Statistical displays
    • Transmit power control
    • Advanced event logging capability
    • Configuration file import/export functionality
    • Default configuration restoration
    • DHCP support
    • 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
    • Adaptive AP
    • Rogue AP enhancements
    • Radius time-based authentication
    • QBSS support
  • Theory of operations
    • Wireless coverage
    • MAC layer bridging
    • Media types
    • Direct-sequence spread spectrum
    • MU association process
    • Operating modes
    • Management access options
    • MAC address assignment
• Hardware Installation
  • In this chapter
  • Precautions
  • Requirements
  • Package contents
  • Access point placement
    • Site surveys
    • Antenna options
  • Power options
  • Mounting a Brocade Mobility 7131N-FGR Access Point
    • Wall mounted installations
    • Suspended ceiling T-bar installations
    • Above the ceiling (plenum) installations
  • LED indicators
    • Dual radio (2.4/5 GHz) LEDs
    • Rear LED
  • Setting up MUs
    • 802.11n MUs
• 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 configuration
    • Configuring your browser for Brocade Mobility 7131N-FGR Access Point support
    • Configuring the access point
    • Configuring device settings
    • Testing connectivity
    • Where to go from here?
• System Configuration
  • Configuring system settings
  • Configuring power settings
  • Adaptive AP setup
  • Configuring data access
  • Managing certificate authority (CA) certificates
    • Importing a CA certificate
    • Creating self certificates for accessing the VPN
    • Creating a certificate for onboard Radius authentication
  • Configuring SNMP settings
    • Configuring SNMP access control
    • Enabling SNMP traps
    • Configuring specific SNMP traps
    • Configuring SNMP RF trap thresholds
  • Configuring Network Time Protocol (NTP)
  • Logging configuration
  • Importing/exporting configurations
  • Updating device firmware
• 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 MU rate limiting
  • Configuring router settings
    • Setting the RIP configuration
  • Configuring IP filtering
    • Applying a filter to LAN1, LAN2 or a WLAN (1-16)
• Configuring Access Point Security
  • Configuring security options
  • Setting passwords
    • Resetting the access point password
  • Enabling authentication and encryption schemes
  • Configuring 802.1x EAP settings
  • Configuring WPA2-CCMP (802.11i)
  • Configuring firewall settings
    • Configuring LAN to WAN access
    • Configuring advanced subnet access
  • Configuring VPN tunnels
    • Creating a VPN tunnel between two access points
    • 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 MUs 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
• Monitoring Statistics
  • Viewing WAN statistics
  • Viewing LAN statistics
    • Viewing a LAN’s STP statistics
  • Viewing wireless statistics
    • Viewing WLAN statistics
  • Viewing radio statistics summary
    • Viewing radio statistics
  • Viewing MU statistics summary
    • Viewing MU details
    • Pinging individual MUs
    • MU authentication statistics
  • Viewing the mesh statistics summary
  • Viewing known access point statistics
• CLI Reference
  • 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
    • Power setup commands
    • Adaptive AP setup commands
    • System access commands
    • System Certificate Management commands
    • System SNMP commands
    • System user database commands
    • Adding and removing users from the user databse
    • Adding and removing groups from the user database
    • System Radius commands
    • System Network Time Protocol (NTP) commands
    • System Log commands
    • System configuration-update commands
    • Firmware update commands
    • FIPS test commands
• Configuring Mesh Networking
  • The client bridge association process
  • Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
  • Defining the mesh topology
  • Mesh networking and the access point’s two subnets
  • 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
    • Switch discovery
    • Securing a configuration channel between switch and AP
    • Adaptive AP WLAN topology
    • Configuration updates
    • Securing data tunnels between the switch and AAP
    • Adaptive AP switch 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
    • Switch configuration
    • Adaptive AP deployment considerations
    • Sample switch configuration file for IPSec and independent WLAN
• Technical Specifications
  • Physical characteristics
  • Electrical characteristics
  • Radio characteristics
  • 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
    • Configuring a Cisco VPN device
    • Frequently asked VPN questions