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UNIFIED ACCESS POINT

ADMINISTRATOR’S GUIDE

PRODUCT MODEL: DWL-2600AP, DWL-3600AP, DWL-6600AP, DWL-6610AP,

DWL-6700AP, DWL-8600AP, DWL-8610AP

UNIFIED WIRED & WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM

RELEASE 6.00

April 2015

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Table of Contents

Section 1 - About This Document ............................................................................................9

Document Organization ......................................................................................................................................... 9

Additional Documentation ..................................................................................................................................... 9

Document Conventions ......................................................................................................................................... 9

Online Help, Supported Browsers, and Limitations ............................................................................................. 10

Section 2 - Getting Started ...................................................................................................... 11

Administrator’s Computer Requirements ............................................................................................................ 11

Wireless Client Requirements ............................................................................................................................. 12

Dynamic and Static IP Addressing on the AP ...................................................................................................... 13

Recovering an IP Address ............................................................................................................................. 13

Discovering a Dynamically Assigned IP Address .......................................................................................... 13

Installing the UAP ................................................................................................................................................ 13

Basic Settings ...................................................................................................................................................... 16

Connecting to the AP Web Interface by Using the IPv6 Address .................................................................. 17

Using the CLI to View the IP Address.................................................................................................................. 17

Conguring the Ethernet Settings ....................................................................................................................... 18

Using the CLI to Congure Ethernet Settings ............................................................................................... 18

Conguring IEEE 802.1X Authentication ............................................................................................................. 19

Using the CLI to Congure 802.1X Authentication Information ..................................................................... 20

Verifying the Installation ...................................................................................................................................... 20

Conguring Security on the Wireless Access Point ............................................................................................. 21

Section 3 - Viewing Access Point Status ...............................................................................22

Viewing Interface Status ...................................................................................................................................... 22

Wired Settings (Internal Interface) ................................................................................................................ 22

Wireless Settings .......................................................................................................................................... 22

Viewing Events .................................................................................................................................................... 23

Conguring Persistent Logging Options ........................................................................................................ 23

Conguring the Log Relay Host for Kernel Messages .................................................................................. 24

Enabling or Disabling the Log Relay Host on the Events Page .................................................................... 24

Viewing Transmit and Receive Statistics ............................................................................................................. 25

Viewing Associated Wireless Client Information ................................................................................................. 26

Viewing TSPEC Client Associations .................................................................................................................... 26

Link Integrity Monitoring ................................................................................................................................ 28

Viewing Rogue AP Detection............................................................................................................................... 28

Saving and Importing the Known AP List ...................................................................................................... 30

Viewing Managed AP DHCP Information ............................................................................................................ 31

Viewing TSPEC Status and Statistics Information .............................................................................................. 31

Viewing TSPEC AP Statistics Information ........................................................................................................... 32

Viewing Radio Statistics Information ................................................................................................................... 33

Viewing Email Alert Operational Status ............................................................................................................... 34

Section 4 - Managing the Access Point .................................................................................35

Ethernet Settings ................................................................................................................................................. 35

Wireless Settings ................................................................................................................................................. 37

Using the 802.11h Wireless Mode ................................................................................................................. 39

Enabling AeroScout™ Engine Support ......................................................................................................... 39

Modifying Radio Settings ..................................................................................................................................... 40

Conguring Radio and VAP Scheduler................................................................................................................ 44

Scheduler Association Settings ........................................................................................................................... 46

Virtual Access Point Settings ............................................................................................................................... 47

None (Plain-text) ........................................................................................................................................... 50

Static WEP .................................................................................................................................................... 50

IEEE 802.1X .................................................................................................................................................. 51

WPA Personal ............................................................................................................................................... 53

WPA Enterprise ............................................................................................................................................. 54

Conguring the Wireless Distribution System (WDS) ......................................................................................... 56

WEP on WDS Links ...................................................................................................................................... 57

WPA/PSK on WDS Links .............................................................................................................................. 58

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Controlling Access by MAC Authentication ......................................................................................................... 58

Conguring a MAC Filter and Station List on the AP..................................................................................... 59

Conguring MAC Authentication on the RADIUS Server .............................................................................. 59

Conguring Load Balancing ................................................................................................................................ 60

Managed Access Point Overview ........................................................................................................................ 60

Transitioning Between Modes ....................................................................................................................... 61

Conguring Managed Access Point Settings ................................................................................................ 61

Conguring 802.1X Authentication ...................................................................................................................... 62

Creating a Management Access Control List (ACL) ............................................................................................ 63

Section 5 - Conguring Access Point Services ....................................................................65

Web Server Settings ........................................................................................................................................... 65

Conguring SNMP on the Access Point .............................................................................................................. 66

Setting the SSH Status ........................................................................................................................................ 68

Setting the Telnet Status ..................................................................................................................................... 69

Conguring Quality of Service ............................................................................................................................. 69

Conguring Email Alert ........................................................................................................................................ 72

Enabling the Time Settings (NTP) ....................................................................................................................... 73

Section 6 - Conguring SNMPv3 ............................................................................................75

Conguring SNMPv3 Views ................................................................................................................................ 75

Conguring SNMPv3 Groups .............................................................................................................................. 76

Conguring SNMPv3 Users ................................................................................................................................ 77

Conguring SNMPv3 Targets .............................................................................................................................. 78

Section 7 - Maintaining the Access Point ..............................................................................79

Saving the Current Conguration to a Backup File ............................................................................................. 79

Restoring the Conguration from a Previously Saved File .................................................................................. 80

Performing AP Maintenance ................................................................................................................................ 81

Resetting the Factory Default Conguration ................................................................................................. 81

Rebooting the Access Point .......................................................................................................................... 81

Upgrading the Firmware ...................................................................................................................................... 81

Packet Capture Conguration and Settings ........................................................................................................ 83

Packet Capture Status .................................................................................................................................. 83

Packet Capture Parameter Conguration ..................................................................................................... 84

Packet File Capture ....................................................................................................................................... 84

Remote Packet Capture ................................................................................................................................ 85

Packet Capture File Download ...................................................................................................................... 87

Section 8 - Conguring Client Quality of Service (QoS) ......................................................88

Conguring VAP QoS Parameters ...................................................................................................................... 88

Managing Client QoS ACLs ................................................................................................................................. 89

IPv4 and IPv6 ACLs ...................................................................................................................................... 89

MAC ACLs ..................................................................................................................................................... 90

ACL Conguration Process ........................................................................................................................... 90

Creating a DiffServ Class Map ............................................................................................................................ 95

Dening DiffServ ........................................................................................................................................... 96

Creating a DiffServ Policy Map ......................................................................................................................... 100

Client QoS Status .............................................................................................................................................. 101

Conguring RADIUS-Assigned Client QoS Parameters ................................................................................... 102

Section 9 - Clustering Multiple APs .....................................................................................104

Managing Cluster Access Points in the Cluster ................................................................................................. 104

Clustering APs ............................................................................................................................................. 104

Viewing and Conguring Cluster Members ................................................................................................. 104

Removing an Access Point from the Cluster ............................................................................................... 106

Adding an Access Point to a Cluster ........................................................................................................... 106

Navigating to Conguration Information for a Specic AP........................................................................... 106

Navigating to an AP by Using its IP Address in a URL ................................................................................ 106

Managing Cluster Sessions ............................................................................................................................... 106

Sorting Session Information ........................................................................................................................ 107

Conguring and Viewing Channel Management Settings ................................................................................. 108

Stopping/Starting Automatic Channel Assignment ...................................................................................... 108

Viewing Current Channel Assignments and Setting Locks ......................................................................... 109

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Viewing the Last Proposed Set of Changes ................................................................................................ 109

Conguring Advanced Settings ................................................................................................................... 109

Viewing Wireless Neighborhood Information .................................................................................................... 110

Viewing Details for a Cluster Member ......................................................................................................... 112

Appendix A - Default AP Settings .........................................................................................113

Appendix B - Conguration Examples ................................................................................115

Conguring a VAP ............................................................................................................................................. 115

VAP Conguration from the Web Interface ................................................................................................. 115

VAP Conguration from the CLI .................................................................................................................. 116

VAP Conguration Using SNMP ................................................................................................................. 116

Conguring Radio Settings ................................................................................................................................ 117

Radio Conguration from the Web Interface ............................................................................................... 117

Radio Conguration from the CLI ................................................................................................................ 117

Radio Conguration Using SNMP ............................................................................................................... 118

Conguring the Wireless Distribution System ................................................................................................... 118

WDS Conguration from the Web Interface ................................................................................................ 118

WDS Conguration from the CLI ................................................................................................................. 119

WDS Conguration Using SNMP ................................................................................................................ 119

Clustering Access Points ................................................................................................................................... 119

Clustering APs by Using the Web Interface ................................................................................................ 119

Clustering APs by Using the CLI ................................................................................................................. 120

Clustering APs by Using SNMP .................................................................................................................. 120

Conguring Client QoS ..................................................................................................................................... 121

Conguring QoS by Using the Web Interface ............................................................................................. 121

Conguring QoS by Using the CLI .............................................................................................................. 124

Appendix C - DWL-6700AP Prole and Conguration Table .............................................127

Appendix D - Statements ......................................................................................................129

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List of Figures

Figure 1 - Administrator UI Online Help ................................................................................................................... 10

Figure 2 - Web UI Login Prompt .............................................................................................................................. 14

Figure 3 - Provide Basic Settings ............................................................................................................................ 15

Figure 4 - Command Line Interface (CLI) Connection ............................................................................................ 18

Figure 5 - Viewing Interface Status ......................................................................................................................... 22

Figure 6 - Viewing Events ........................................................................................................................................ 23

Figure 7 - Viewing Trafc Statistics ......................................................................................................................... 25

Figure 8 - Viewing Client Association Information ................................................................................................... 26

Figure 9 - Viewing TSPEC Client Associations ....................................................................................................... 27

Figure 10 - Viewing Rogue and Known Access Points............................................................................................ 28

Figure 11 - Managed AP DHCP Information ............................................................................................................ 31

Figure 12 - Viewing TSPEC Status and Statistics ................................................................................................... 31

Figure 13 - View TSPEC Status and Statistics ........................................................................................................ 32

Figure 14 - View Radio Statistics ............................................................................................................................. 33

Figure 15 - Email Alert Operational Status .............................................................................................................. 34

Figure 16 - Modify Ethernet (Wired) settings ........................................................................................................... 35

Figure 17 - Modify Wireless Settings ....................................................................................................................... 37

Figure 18 - Modify Radio Settings ........................................................................................................................... 40

Figure 19 - Scheduler Conguration ....................................................................................................................... 45

Figure 20 - Scheduler Conguration (Modify Rule) ................................................................................................. 46

Figure 21 - Scheduler Association Settings ............................................................................................................. 46

Figure 22 - Modify Virtual Access Point Settings ..................................................................................................... 48

Figure 23 - Modify Virtual Access Point Settings (Static WEP) ............................................................................... 50

Figure 24 - Modify Virtual Access Point Settings (IEEE802.1X) .............................................................................. 52

Figure 25 - Modify Virtual Access Point Settings (WPA Personal) .......................................................................... 53

Figure 26 - Modify Virtual Access Point Settings (WPA Enterprise) ........................................................................ 54

Figure 27 - Congure WDS Bridges ........................................................................................................................ 57

Figure 28 - Congure MAC Authentication .............................................................................................................. 59

Figure 29 - Modify Load Balancing Settings ............................................................................................................ 60

Figure 30 - Congure Managed AP Wireless Switch Parameters ........................................................................... 62

Figure 31 - Modify 802.1X Supplicant Authentication Settings ................................................................................ 63

Figure 32 - Congure Management Access Control Parameters ............................................................................ 64

Figure 33 - Congure Web Server Settings ............................................................................................................. 65

Figure 34 - SNMP Conguration ............................................................................................................................. 67

Figure 35 - Set SSH Status ..................................................................................................................................... 68

Figure 36 - Set Telnet Status ................................................................................................................................... 69

Figure 37 - Modify QoS Queue Parameters ............................................................................................................ 70

Figure 38 - Email Alerts Conguration ..................................................................................................................... 72

Figure 39 - Time Settings (NTP) .............................................................................................................................. 74

Figure 40 - SNMPv3 Views Conguration ............................................................................................................... 75

Figure 41 - SNMPv3 Groups Conguration ............................................................................................................. 76

Figure 42 - SNMPv3 User Conguration ................................................................................................................. 77

Figure 43 - SNMPv3 Targets Conguration ............................................................................................................. 78

Figure 44 - Manage this Access Point’s Conguration - Save (TFTP) .................................................................... 79

Figure 45 - Manage this Access Point’s Conguration - Save (HTTP) .................................................................... 79

Figure 46 - Conrmation Prompt ............................................................................................................................. 80

Figure 47 - Manage this Access Point’s Conguration - Restore (TFTP) ................................................................ 80

Figure 48 - Manage this Access Point’s Conguration - Restore (HTTP) ............................................................... 80

Figure 49 - Performing AP Maintenance ................................................................................................................. 81

Figure 50 - Manage Firmware (TFTP) ..................................................................................................................... 82

Figure 51 - Manage Firmware (HTTP) .................................................................................................................... 82

Figure 52 - Packet Capture Conguration & Settings ............................................................................................. 83

Figure 53 - Packet Capture Status .......................................................................................................................... 84

Figure 54 - Packet Capture Conguration ............................................................................................................... 84

Figure 55 - Packet File Capture .............................................................................................................................. 85

Figure 56 - Remote Packet Capture ........................................................................................................................ 86

Figure 57 - Packet Capture File Download ............................................................................................................. 87

Figure 58 - Congure Client QoS VAP Settings ...................................................................................................... 88

Figure 59 - Congure Client QoS ACL Settings ...................................................................................................... 90

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Figure 60 - Congure Client QoS DiffServ Class Map Settings .............................................................................. 96

Figure 61 - Congure Client QoS DiffServ Policy Map Settings ............................................................................ 100

Figure 62 - QoS Conguration Status For Associated Clients .............................................................................. 101

Figure 63 - Manage Access Points In The Cluster (Passive) ................................................................................ 104

Figure 64 - Manage Access Points In The Cluster (Active) ................................................................................... 105

Figure 65 - Manage Sessions Associated With The Cluster ................................................................................. 107

Figure 66 - Automatically Manage Channel Assignments ..................................................................................... 108

Figure 67 - View Neighboring Access Points ..........................................................................................................111

Figure 68 - Viewing Details For A Cluster Member ................................................................................................ 112

Figure 69 - VAP Conguration from the Web Interface ......................................................................................... 115

Figure 70 - Radio Conguration from the Web Interface ....................................................................................... 117

Figure 71 - WDS Conguration from the Web Interface ........................................................................................ 118

Figure 72 - Clustering APs by Using the Web Interface (Passive) ........................................................................ 119

Figure 73 - Clustering APs by Using the Web Interface (Active) ........................................................................... 120

Figure 74 - Conguring QoS by Using the Web Interface (ACL Name) ................................................................ 121

Figure 75 - Conguring QoS by Using the Web Interface (Rule1) ........................................................................ 121

Figure 76 - Conguring QoS by Using the Web Interface (Rule2) ........................................................................ 122

Figure 77 - Conguring QoS by Using the Web Interface (VAP QoS Parameters) ............................................... 122

Figure 78 - Conguring QoS by Using the Web Interface (Class Map Name) ...................................................... 123

Figure 79 - Conguring QoS by Using the Web Interface (Rule) .......................................................................... 123

Figure 80 - Congure Client QoS DiffServ Policy Map Settings (Policy Map Name) ............................................ 123

Figure 81 - Congure Client QoS DiffServ Policy Map Settings (Rule) ................................................................. 124

Figure 82 - Congure Client QoS VAP Settings .................................................................................................... 124

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List of Tables

Table 1 - Typographical Conventions ...................................................................................................................... 10

Table 2 - Requirements for the Administrator’s Computer ....................................................................................... 12

Table 3 - Requirements for Wireless Clients ........................................................................................................... 12

Table 4 - Basic Settings Page ................................................................................................................................. 17

Table 5 - CLI Commands for Ethernet Setting ........................................................................................................ 19

Table 6 - CLI Commands for the 802.1X Supplicant ............................................................................................... 20

Table 7 - Logging Options ....................................................................................................................................... 24

Table 8 - Log Relay Host ......................................................................................................................................... 24

Table 9 - Transmit/Receive ...................................................................................................................................... 26

Table 10 - Associated Clients .................................................................................................................................. 26

Table 11 - TSPEC Client Associations ..................................................................................................................... 28

Table 12 - Rogue AP Detection ............................................................................................................................... 30

Table 13 - TSPEC Status and Statistics .................................................................................................................. 32

Table 14 - TSPEC AP Statistics ............................................................................................................................... 33

Table 15 - Radio Statistics Information .................................................................................................................... 34

Table 16 - Email Alert Status ................................................................................................................................... 34

Table 17 - Ethernet Settings .................................................................................................................................... 36

Table 18 - Wireless Settings .................................................................................................................................... 39

Table 19 - Radio Settings ........................................................................................................................................ 44

Table 20 - Scheduler Conguration ......................................................................................................................... 45

Table 21 - Scheduler Association Settings .............................................................................................................. 47

Table 22 - Virtual Access Point Settings .................................................................................................................. 50

Table 23 - Static WEP .............................................................................................................................................. 51

Table 24 - IEEE 802.1X ........................................................................................................................................... 53

Table 25 - WPA Personal ......................................................................................................................................... 54

Table 26 - WPA Enterprise ....................................................................................................................................... 56

Table 27 - WDS Settings ......................................................................................................................................... 57

Table 28 - WEP on WDS Links ................................................................................................................................ 58

Table 29 - WPA/PSK on WDS Links ........................................................................................................................ 58

Table 30 - MAC Authentication ................................................................................................................................ 60

Table 31 - RADIUS Server Attributes for MAC Authentication ................................................................................. 60

Table 32 - Load Balancing ....................................................................................................................................... 61

Table 33 - Managed Access Point ........................................................................................................................... 62

Table 34 - IEEE 802.1X Supplicant Authentication .................................................................................................. 63

Table 35 - Management ACL ................................................................................................................................... 64

Table 36 - Web Server Settings ............................................................................................................................... 66

Table 37 - SNMP Settings ....................................................................................................................................... 68

Table 38 - SSH Settings .......................................................................................................................................... 69

Table 39 - Telnet Settings ........................................................................................................................................ 69

Table 40 - QoS Settings .......................................................................................................................................... 72

Table 41 - Email Alert Conguration ........................................................................................................................ 73

Table 42 - NTP Settings ........................................................................................................................................... 74

Table 43 - SNMPv3 Views ....................................................................................................................................... 75

Table 44 - SNMPv3 Groups ..................................................................................................................................... 77

Table 45 - SNMPv3 Users ....................................................................................................................................... 77

Table 46 - SNMPv3 Targets ..................................................................................................................................... 78

Table 47 - Packet Capture Status ............................................................................................................................ 84

Table 48 - Packet Capture Conguration ................................................................................................................ 84

Table 49 - Packet File Capture ................................................................................................................................ 85

Table 50 - Remote Packet Capture ......................................................................................................................... 87

Table 51 - Packet Capture File Download ............................................................................................................... 87

Table 52 - VAP QoS Parameters ............................................................................................................................. 89

Table 53 - ACL Conguration ................................................................................................................................... 95

Table 54 - DiffServ Class Map ................................................................................................................................. 99

Table 55 - DiffServ Policy Map .............................................................................................................................. 101

Table 56 - Client QoS Status ................................................................................................................................. 102

Table 57 - Client QoS RADIUS Attributes .............................................................................................................. 103

Table 58 - Access Points in the Cluster ................................................................................................................. 105

Table 59 - Cluster Options ..................................................................................................................................... 105

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Table 60 - Session Management ........................................................................................................................... 107

Table 61 - Channel Assignments ........................................................................................................................... 109

Table 62 - Last Proposed Changes ....................................................................................................................... 109

Table 63 - Advanced Channel Management Settings ........................................................................................... 110

Table 64 - Wireless Neighborhood Information ......................................................................................................111

Table 65 - Cluster Member Details ........................................................................................................................ 112

Table 66 - UAP Default Settings ............................................................................................................................ 114

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Section 1 - About This Document

This guide describes setup, conguration, administration and maintenance for the D-Link DWL-x600AP Unied Access

Point (UAP) on a wireless network.

Document Organization

The Unied Access Point Administrator’s Guide contains the following sections:

•) “Section 1 - About This Document” on page 9

•) “Section 2 - Getting Started” on page 11

•) “Section 3 - Viewing Access Point Status” on page 22

•) “Section 4 - Managing the Access Point” on page 35

•) “Section 5 - Conguring Access Point Services” on page 65

•) “Section 6 - Conguring SNMPv3” on page 75

•) “Section 7 - Maintaining the Access Point” on page 79

•) “Section 8 - Conguring Client Quality of Service (QoS)” on page 88

•) “Section 9 - Clustering Multiple APs” on page 104

•) “Appendix A - Default AP Settings” on page 113

•) “Appendix B - Conguration Examples” on page 115

Additional Documentation

The following documentation provides additional information about Unied Access Point software:

•) The Unied Access Point CLI Command Reference describes the commands available from the command-line

interface (CLI) for managing, monitoring, and conguring the switch.

•) The User Manual for the D-Link Unied Wired and Wireless System provides information about setting up and

managing the Unied Wireless Switch (UWS), including information about how to use the switch to manage

multiple UAPs.

•) Release notes for the D-Link Unied Wired and Wireless System detail the platform-specic functionality of the

software packages, including issues and workarounds.

Document Conventions

This section describes the conventions this document uses.

Note: A note provides more information about a feature or technology and cross-references to

related topics.

Caution! A caution provides information about critical aspects of AP conguration, combinations of

settings, events, or procedures that can adversely affect network connectivity, security, and so on.

The following table describes the typographical conventions used in this guide.

Symbol Example Description

Bold Click Apply to save your settings. Menu titles, page names, and button names.

Blue Text See “Document Conventions” on

page 9

Hyperlink text.

Courier Font WLAN-AP# show network Screen text, le names, commands, user-typed

command-line entries.

Courier Font

Italics

Value Command parameter, which might be a variable or

xed value.

Square Brackets [ ] [Value] Indicates an optional xed parameter.

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Symbol Example Description

Curly Braces {} {Choice1 | Choice2} Indicates that you must select a parameter from the

list of choices.

Vertical Bars | Choice1 | Choice2 Separates the mutually exclusive choices.

Braces within square

brackets [{}]

[{Choice1 | Choice2}] Indicate a choice within an optional element.

Table 1 - Typographical Conventions

Online Help, Supported Browsers, and Limitations

Online help for the UAP Administration Web pages provides information about all elds and features available from

the user interface (UI). The information in the online help is a subset of the information available in the Unied Access

Point Administrator’s Guide.

Online help information corresponds to each page on the UAP Administration UI.

For information about the settings on the current page, click the Help link on the upper right side of a page.

The following gure shows an example of the online help available from the links on the user interface.

Figure 1 - Administrator UI Online Help

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Section 2 - Getting Started

The D-Link DWL-x600AP unied access point (UAP) provides continuous, high-speed access between wireless

devices and Ethernet devices. It is an advanced, standards-based solution for wireless networking in businesses of

any size. The UAP enables wireless local area network (WLAN) deployment while providing state-of-the-art wireless

networking features.

The UAP can operate in two modes: Standalone Mode or Managed Mode. In Standalone Mode, the UAP acts

as an individual access point in the network, and you manage it by using the Administrator Web User Interface

(UI), command-line interface (CLI), or SNMP. In Managed Mode, the UAP is part of the D-Link Unied Wired and

Wireless System, and you manage it by using the D-Link Unied Wireless Switch. If an AP is in Managed Mode, the

Administrator Web UI, Telnet, SSH, and SNMP services are disabled.

This document describes how to perform the setup, management, and maintenance of the UAP in Standalone Mode.

For information about conguring the AP in Managed Mode by using the D-Link Unied Wireless Switch, see the User

Manual for the switch.

Before you power on a new UAP, review the following sections to check required hardware and software components,

client congurations, and compatibility issues. Make sure you have everything you need for a successful launch and

test of your new or extended wireless network.

The DWL-6600AP and DWL-8600AP are dual-radio access points and support the IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g,

and 802.11n modes. The DWL-2600AP and DWL-3600AP are single-radio access points and support the IEEE

802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, and 802.11n (2.4 GHz) modes.

This section contains the following topics:

•) “Administrator’s Computer Requirements” on page 11

•) “Wireless Client Requirements” on page 12

•) “Dynamic and Static IP Addressing on the AP” on page 13

•) “Installing the UAP” on page 13

•) “Basic Settings” on page 16

•) “Using the CLI to View the IP Address” on page 17

•) “Conguring the Ethernet Settings” on page 18

•) “Conguring IEEE 802.1X Authentication” on page 19

•) “Verifying the Installation” on page 20

•) “Conguring Security on the Wireless Access Point” on page 21

To manage the UAP by using the Web interface or by using the CLI through Telnet or SSH, the AP needs an IP

address. If you use VLANs or IEEE 802.1X Authentication (port security) on your network, you might need to congure

additional settings on the AP before it can connect to the network.

Note: The WLAN AP is not designed to function as a gateway to the Internet. To connect your

WLAN to other LANs or the Internet, you need a gateway device.

Administrator’s Computer Requirements

The following table describes the minimum requirements for the administrator’s computer for conguration and

administration of the UAP through a Web-based user interface (UI).

Required Software or Component Description

Serial or Ethernet Connection to the

Access Point

The computer used to congure the rst access point must be connected

to the access point by a serial cable or an Ethernet cable.

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Required Software or Component Description

Wireless Connection to the Network After initial conguration and launch of the rst access point on your

new wireless network, you can make subsequent conguration changes

through the Administration Web pages using a wireless connection to the

internal network.

For wireless connection to the access point, your administration device will

need Wi-Fi capability similar to that of any wireless client:

•) Portable or built-in Wi-Fi client adapter that supports one or more of

the IEEE 802.11 modes in which you plan to run the access point.

•) Wireless client software congured to associate with the UAP.

Web Browser and Operating System Conguration and administration of the UAP is provided through a Web-

based user interface hosted on the access point.

We recommend using one of the following supported Web browsers to

access the access point Administration Web pages:

•) Microsoft® Internet Explorer® version 7.x or 8.x (with up-to-date patch

level for either major version)

•) Mozilla® Firefox version 3.5 or later

•) Safari 5 and later versions

The administration Web browser must have JavaScript™ enabled to

support the interactive features of the administration interface.

Security Settings Ensure that security is disabled on the wireless client used to initially

congure the access point.

Table 2 - Requirements for the Administrator’s Computer

Wireless Client Requirements

The UAP provides wireless access to any client with a properly congured Wi-Fi client adapter for the 802.11 mode

in which the access point is running. The UAP supports multiple client operating systems. Clients can be laptop or

desktop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), or any other hand-held, portable or stationary device equipped

with a Wi-Fi adapter and supporting drivers.

To connect to the access point, wireless clients need the software and hardware described in the following table.

Required Component Description

Wi-Fi Client Adapter Portable or built-in Wi-Fi client adapter that supports one or more of the

IEEE 802.11 modes in which you plan to run the access point.

Wireless Client Software Client software, such as Microsoft Windows Supplicant, congured to

associate with the UAP.

Client Security Settings Security should be disabled on the client used to do initial conguration of

the access point.

If the Security mode on the access point is set to anything other than plain

text, wireless clients will need to set a prole to the authentication mode

used by the access point and provide a valid username and password,

certicate, or similar user identity proof. Security modes are Static WEP,

IEEE 802.1X, WPA with RADIUS server, and WPA-PSK.

For information about conguring security on the access point, see “Virtual

Access Point Settings” on page 47.

Table 3 - Requirements for Wireless Clients

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Dynamic and Static IP Addressing on the AP

When you power on the access point, the built-in DHCP client searches for a DHCP server on the network in order

to obtain an IP Address and other network information. If the AP does not nd a DHCP server on the network, the AP

continues to use its default Static IP Address (10.90.90.91) until you re-assign it a new static IP address (and specify a

static IP addressing policy) or until the AP successfully receives network information from a DHCP server.

To change the connection type and assign a static IP address by using the CLI, see “Conguring the Ethernet

Settings” on page 18 or, by using the Web UI, see “Ethernet Settings” on page 35.

Caution! If you do not have a DHCP server on your internal network, and do not plan to use one,

the rst thing you must do after powering on the access point is change the connection type from

DHCP to static IP. You can either assign a new static IP address to the AP or continue using the

default address. We recommend assigning a new static IP address so that if you bring up another

WLAN AP on the same network, the IP address for each AP will be unique.

Recovering an IP Address

If you experience trouble communicating with the access point, you can recover a static IP address by resetting the AP

conguration to the factory defaults (see “Resetting the Factory Default Conguration” on page 81), or you can get

a dynamically assigned address by connecting the AP to a network that has a DHCP server.

Discovering a Dynamically Assigned IP Address

If you have access to the DHCP server on your network and know the MAC address of your AP, you can view the new

IP address associated with the MAC address of the AP.

If you do not have access to the DHCP server that assigned the IP address to the AP or do not know the MAC address

of the AP, you might need to use the CLI to nd out what the new IP address is. For information about how to discover

a dynamically assigned IP address, see “Using the CLI to View the IP Address” on page 17.

Installing the UAP

To access the Administration Web UI, you enter the IP address of the AP into a Web browser. You can use the default

IP address of the AP (10.90.90.91) to log on to the AP and assign a static IP address, or you can use a DHCP server

on you network to assign network information to the AP. The DHCP client on the AP is enabled by default.

To install the UAP, use the following steps:

1.) Connect the AP to an administrative PC by using a LAN connection or a direct-cable connection.

•) To use a LAN connection, connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the network port on the access point and

the other end to the same hub where your PC is connected, as shown in the following gure.

The hub or switch you use must permit broadcast signals from the access point to reach all other devices on

the network.

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•) To use a direct-cable connection, connect one end of an Ethernet straight-through or crossover cable to the

network port on the access point and the other end of the cable to the Ethernet port on the PC, as shown in

the following gure. You can also use a serial cable to connect the serial port on the AP to a serial port on the

administrative computer.

For initial conguration with a direct Ethernet connection and no DHCP server, be sure to set your PC to a

static IP address in the same subnet as the default IP address on the access point. (The default IP address for

the access point is 10.90.90.91.)

If you use this method, you will need to recongure the cabling for subsequent startup and deployment of the

access point so that the access point is no longer connected directly to the PC but instead is connected to the

LAN (either by using a hub or directly).

Note: It is possible to detect access points on the network with a wireless connection. However,

we strongly advise against using this method. In most environments you may have no way

of knowing whether you are actually connecting to the intended AP. Also, many of the initial

conguration changes required will cause you to lose connectivity with the AP over a wireless

connection.

2.) Connect the power adapter to the power port on the back of the access point, and then plug the other end of the

power cord into a power outlet.

3.) Use your Web browser to log on to the UAP Administration Web pages.

•) If the AP did not acquire an IP address from a DHCP server on your network, enter 10.90.90.91 in the address

eld of your browser, which is the default IP address of the AP.

•) If you used a DHCP server on your network to automatically congure network information for the AP, enter the

new IP address of the AP into the Web browser.

•) If you used a DHCP server and you do not know the new IP address of the AP, use the following procedures to

obtain the information:

•) Connect a serial cable from the administrative computer to the AP and use a terminal emulation program to

access the command-line interface (CLI).

•) At the login prompt, enter admin for the user name and admin for the password. At the command prompt,

enter get management.

•) The command output displays the IP address of the AP. Enter this address in the address eld of your browser.

For a more detailed explanation about how to log on to the CLI by using the console port, see “Using the CLI

to View the IP Address” on page 24.

4.) When prompted, enter admin for the user name and admin for the password, then click Logon.

Figure 2 - Web UI Login Prompt

When you rst log in, the Basic Settings page for UAP administration is displayed, as the following gure

shows.

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Figure 3 - Provide Basic Settings

5.) Verify the settings on the Basic Settings page.

•) Review access point description and provide a new administrator password for the access point if you do not

want to use the default password, which is admin.

•) Click the Apply button to activate the wireless network with these new settings.

Note: The changes you make are not saved or applied until you click Apply. Changing some

access point settings might cause the AP to stop and restart system processes. If this happens,

wireless clients will temporarily lose connectivity. We recommend that you change access point

settings when WLAN trafc is low.

For information about the elds and conguration options on the Basic Settings page, see “Basic Settings” on

page 16.

6.) If you do not have a DHCP server on the management network and do not plan to use one, you must change

the Connection Type from DHCP to Static IP.

You can either assign a new Static IP address to the AP or continue using the default address. We recommend

assigning a new Static IP address so that if you bring up another UAP on the same network, the IP address

for each AP will be unique. To change the connection type and assign a static IP address, see “Conguring the

Ethernet Settings” on page 18 (CLI) or “Ethernet Settings” on page 35 (Web).

7.) If your network uses VLANs, you might need to congure the management VLAN ID or untagged VLAN ID on

the UAP in order for it to work with your network.

For information about how to congure VLAN information, see “Conguring the Ethernet Settings” on page 18

(CLI) or “Ethernet Settings” on page 35 (Web).

8.) If your network uses IEEE 802.1X port security for network access control, you must congure the 802.1X

supplicant information on the AP.

For information about how to congure the 802.1X user name and password, see “Conguring IEEE 802.1X

Authentication” on page 19.

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Basic Settings

From the Basic Settings page, you can view various information about the UAP, including IP and MAC address

information, and congure the administrator password for the UAP. The following table describes the elds and

conguration options on the Basic Settings page.

Field Description

IP Address Shows the IP address assigned to the AP. This eld is not editable on this page because

the IP address is already assigned (either by DHCP, or statically through the Ethernet

Settings page).

IPv6 Address Shows the IPv6 address assigned to the AP. This eld is not editable on this page because

the IP address is already assigned (either by DHCPv6, or statically through the Ethernet

Settings page).

IPv6 Address Status Shows the operational status of the static IPv6 address assigned to the management

interface of the AP. The possible values are Operational and Tentative.

IPv6 Autocongured

Global Addresses

Shows each automatically-congured global IPv6 address for the management interface of

the AP.

IPv6 Link Local

Address

Shows the IPv6 Link Local address, which is the IPv6 address used by the local physical

link. The link local address is not congurable and is assigned by using the IPv6 Neighbor

Discovery process.

MAC Address Shows the MAC address of the AP. The address shown here is the MAC address

associated with the management interface. This is the address by which the AP is known

externally to other networks.

Firmware Version Shows version information about the rmware currently installed on the AP. As new

versions of the WLAN AP rmware become available, you can upgrade the rmware on

your APs.

Product Identier Identies the AP hardware model.

Hardware Version Identies the AP hardware version.

Serial Number Shows the AP serial number.

Device Name Generic name to identify the type of hardware.

Device Description Provides information about the product hardware.

Current Password Enter the current administrator password. You must correctly enter the current password

before you are able to change it.

New Password Enter a new administrator password. The characters you enter are displayed as bullet

characters to prevent others from seeing your password as you type.

The administrator password must be an alphanumeric string of up to 8 characters. Do not

use special characters or spaces.

Note: As an immediate rst step in securing your wireless network, we recommend that

you change the administrator password from the default.

Conrm New

Password

Re-enter the new administrator password to conrm that you typed it as intended.

Baud Rate Select a baud rate for the serial port connection. The baud rate on the AP must match the

baud rate on the terminal or terminal emulator to connect to the AP command-line interface

(CLI) by using a serial (console) connection.

The following baud rates are available:

•) 9600

•) 19200

•) 38400

•) 57600

•) 115200

System Name Enter a name for the AP. This name appears only on the Basic Settings page and is a

name to identify the AP to the administrator. Use up to 64 alphanumeric characters, for

example My AP.

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Field Description

System Contact Enter the name, e-mail address, or phone number of the person to contact regarding

issues related to the AP.

System Location Enter the physical location of the AP, for example Conference Room A.

Table 4 - Basic Settings Page

Connecting to the AP Web Interface by Using the IPv6 Address

To connect to the AP by using the IPv6 global address or IPv6 link local address, you must enter the AP address into

your browser in a special format.

Note: The following instructions and examples work with Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) and

might not work with other browsers.

To connect to an IPv6 global address, add square brackets around the IPv6 address. For example, if the AP

global IPv6 address is 2520::230:abff:fe00:2420, type the following address into the IE7 address eld: http://

[2520::230:abff:fe00:2420].

To connect to the iPv6 link local address, replace the colons (:) with hyphens (-), add the interface number preceded

with an “s,” then add “.ipv6-literal.net.” For example, if the AP link local address is fe80::230:abff:fe00:2420, and the

Windows interface is dened as “%6,” type the following address into the IE7 address eld: http://fe80--230-abff-fe00-

2420s6.ipv6-literal.net.

Using the CLI to View the IP Address

The DHCP client on the UAP is enabled by default. If you connect the UAP to a network with a DHCP server, the

AP automatically acquires an IP address. To manage the UAP by using the Administrator UI, you must enter the IP

address of the access point into a Web browser.

If a DHCP server on your network assigns an IP address to the UAP, and you do not know the IP address, use the

following steps to view the IP address of the UAP:

1.) Using a null-modem cable, connect a VT100/ANSI terminal or a workstation to the console (serial) port.

If you attached a PC, Apple, or UNIX workstation, start a terminal-emulation program, such as HyperTerminal or

TeraTerm.

2.) Congure the terminal-emulation program to use the following settings:

•) Baud rate: 115200 bps

•) Data bits: 8

•) Parity: none

•) Stop bit: 1

•) Flow control: none

3.) Press the return key, and a login prompt should appear.

The login name is admin. The default password is admin. After a successful login, the screen shows the

(Access Point Name)# prompt.

4.) At the login prompt, enter get management.

Information similar to the following prints to the screen.

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Figure 4 - Command Line Interface (CLI) Connection

Conguring the Ethernet Settings

The default Ethernet settings, which include DHCP and VLAN information, might not work for all networks.

By default, the DHCP client on the UAP automatically broadcasts requests for network information. If you want to

use a static IP address, you must disable the DHCP client and manually congure the IP address and other network

information.

The management VLAN is VLAN 1 by default. This VLAN is also the default untagged VLAN. If you already have

a management VLAN congured on your network with a different VLAN ID, you must change the VLAN ID of the

management VLAN on the access point.

For information about using the Web interface to congure the Ethernet settings, see “Ethernet Settings” on page

35. You can also use the CLI to congure the Ethernet settings, which the following section describes.

Using the CLI to Congure Ethernet Settings

Use the commands shown in the following table to view and set values for the Ethernet (wired) interface. For more

information about each setting, see the description for the eld in the following table.

Action Commands

Get the DNS Name get host id

Set the DNS Name set host id <host_name>

For example:

set host id lab-ap

Get Current Settings for the Ethernet (Wired) Internal

Interface

get management

Set the management VLAN ID set management vlan-id <1-4094>

View untagged VLAN information get untagged-vlan

Enable the untagged VLAN set untagged-vlan status up

Disable the untagged VLAN set untagged-vlan status down

Set the untagged VLAN ID set untagged-vlan vlan-id <1-4094>

View the connection type get management dhcp-status

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Action Commands

Use DHCP as the connection type set management dhcp-status up

Use a Static IP as the connection type set management dhcp-status down

Set the Static IP address set management static-ip <ip_address>

For example:

set management static-ip 10.10.12.221

Set a Subnet Mask set management static-mask <netmask>

For example:

set management static-mask 255.255.255.0

Set the Default Gateway set static-ip-route gateway <ip_address>

For example:

set static-ip-route gateway 10.10.12.1

View the DNS Nameserver mode Dynamic= up

Manual=down

get host dns-via-dhcp

Set DNS Nameservers to Use Static IP Addresses

(Dynamic to Manual Mode)

set host dns-via-dhcp down

set host static-dns-1 <ip_address>

set host static-dns-2 <ip_address>

For example:

set host static-dns-1 192.168.23.45

Set DNS Nameservers to Use DHCP IP Addressing

(Manual to Dynamic Mode)

set host dns-via-dhcp up

Table 5 - CLI Commands for Ethernet Setting

In the following example, the administrator uses the CLI to set the management VLAN ID to 123 and to disable the

untagged VLAN so that all trafc is tagged with a VLAN ID.

DLINK-WLAN-AP# set management vlan-id 123

DLINK-WLAN-AP# set untagged-vlan status down

DLINK-WLAN-AP# get management

Property Value

--------------------------------------------

vlan-id 123

interface brtrunk

static-ip 10.90.90.91

static-mask 255.0.0.0

ip 10.90.90.91

mask 255.0.0.0

mac 00:05:5E:80:70:00

dhcp-status down

ipv6-status up

ipv6-autocong-status up

static-ipv6 ::

static-ipv6-prex-length 0

DLINK-WLAN-AP# get untagged-vlan

Property Value

---------------

vlan-id 1

status down

DLINK-WLAN-AP#

Conguring IEEE 802.1X Authentication

On networks that use IEEE 802.1X, port-based network access control, a supplicant (client) cannot gain access to

the network until the 802.1X authenticator grants access. If your network uses 802.1X, you must congure 802.1X

authentication information that the AP can supply to the authenticator.

If your network uses IEEE 802.1X see “Conguring IEEE 802.1X Authentication” on page 19 for information about

how to congure 802.1X by using the Web interface.

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Using the CLI to Congure 802.1X Authentication Information

The following table shows the commands used to congure the 802.1X supplicant information using the CLI.

Action Command

View 802.1X supplicant settings get dot1x-supplicant

Enable 802.1X supplicant set dot1x-supplicant status up

Disable 802.1X supplicant set dot1x-supplicant status down

Set the 802.1X user name set dot1x-supplicant user <name>

Set the 802.1X password set dot1x-supplicant password <password>

Table 6 - CLI Commands for the 802.1X Supplicant

In the following example, the administrator enables the 802.1X supplicant and sets the user name to wlanAP and the

password to test1234.

DLINK-WLAN-AP# set dot1x-supplicant status up

DLINK-WLAN-AP# set dot1x-supplicant user wlanAP

DLINK-WLAN-AP# set dot1x-supplicant password test1234

DLINK-WLAN-AP# get dot1x-supplicant

Property Value

--------------------------

status up

user wlanAP

eap-method md5

debug off

cert-present no

cert-exp-date Not Present

DLINK-WLAN-AP#

Verifying the Installation

Make sure the access point is connected to the LAN and associate some wireless clients with the network. Once you

have tested the basics of your wireless network, you can enable more security and ne-tune the AP by modifying

advanced conguration features.

1.) Connect the access point to the LAN.

•) If you congured the access point and administrator PC by connecting both into a network hub, then your

access point is already connected to the LAN. The next step is to test some wireless clients.

•) If you congured the access point by using a direct cable connection from your computer to the access point,

do the following procedures:

•) Disconnect the cable from the computer and the access point.

•) Connect an Ethernet cable from the access point to the LAN.

•) Connect your computer to the LAN by using an Ethernet cable or a wireless card.

2.) Test LAN connectivity with wireless clients.

Test the UAP by trying to detect it and associate with it from some wireless client devices. For information about

requirements for these clients, see “Wireless Client Requirements” on page 12.

3.) Secure and congure the access point by using advanced features.

Once the wireless network is up and you can connect to the AP with some wireless clients, you can add in layers

of security, create multiple virtual access points (VAPs), and congure performance settings.

Note: The WLAN AP is not designed for multiple, simultaneous conguration changes. If more

than one administrator is logged onto the Administration Web pages and making changes to the

conguration, there is no guarantee that all conguration changes specied by multiple users will

be applied.

By default, no security is in place on the access point, so any wireless client can associate with it and access

your LAN. An important next step is to congure security, as described in “Virtual Access Point Settings” on page

47.

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Conguring Security on the Wireless Access Point

You congure secure wireless client access by conguring security for each virtual access point (VAP) that you

enable. You can congure up to 16 VAPs per radio that simulate multiple APs in one physical access point. By default,

only one VAP is enabled. For each VAP, you can congure a unique security mode to control wireless client access.

Each radio has 16 VAPs, with VAP IDs from 0-15. By default, only VAP 0 on each radio is enabled. VAP0 has the

following default settings:

•) VLAN ID: 1

•) Broadcast SSID: Enabled

•) SSID: dlink1

•) Security: None

•) MAC Authentication Type: None

•) Redirect Mode: None

All other VAPs are disabled by default. The default SSID for VAPs 1–15 is ”dlinkx” where x is the VAP ID.

To prevent unauthorized access to the UAP, we recommend that you select and congure a security option other than

None for the default VAP and for each VAP that you enable.

For information about how to congure the security settings on each VAP, see “Virtual Access Point Settings” on page

47.

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This section describes the information you can view from the tabs under the Status heading on the Administration

Web UI. This section contains the following subsections:

•) “Viewing Interface Status” on page 22

•) “Viewing Events” on page 23

•) “Viewing Transmit and Receive Statistics” on page 25

•) “Viewing Associated Wireless Client Information” on page 26

•) “Viewing TSPEC Client Associations” on page 26

•) “Viewing Rogue AP Detection” on page 28

•) “Viewing Managed AP DHCP Information” on page 31

•) “Viewing TSPEC Status and Statistics Information” on page 31

•) “Viewing TSPEC AP Statistics Information” on page 32

•) “Viewing Radio Statistics Information” on page 33

•) “Viewing Email Alert Operational Status” on page 34

Note: The web-based UI images show the DWL-8600AP administration pages. Pages for the

DWL-2600AP or DWL-3600AP will display information for one radio only.

Viewing Interface Status

To monitor Ethernet LAN (wired) and wireless LAN (WLAN) settings, click the Interfaces tab.

Figure 5 - Viewing Interface Status

This page displays the current settings of the UAP. It displays the Wired Settings and the Wireless Settings.

Wired Settings (Internal Interface)

The Internal interface includes the Ethernet MAC Address, Management VLAN ID, IP Address (IPv4 and IPv6),

Subnet Mask, and DNS information. To change any of these settings, click the Edit link. After you click Edit, you are

redirected to the Ethernet Settings page.

For information about conguring these settings, see “Conguring the Ethernet Settings” on page 18.

Wireless Settings

The Radio Interface includes the AeroScout™ Engine Communication status, Radio Mode and Channel. The

Wireless Settings section also shows the MAC address (read-only) associated with each radio interface.

To change the Radio Mode or Channel settings, click the Edit link. After you click Edit, you are redirected to the

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Modify Wireless Settings page.

For information about conguring these settings, see “Wireless Settings” on page 37 and “Modifying Radio Settings”

on page 40.

Viewing Events

The Events page shows real-time system events on the AP such as wireless clients associating with the AP and being

authenticated.

To view system events, click the Events tab.

Figure 6 - Viewing Events

From the Events page, you can perform the following tasks:

•) View the most recent, high-level events generated by this AP.

•) Enable and congure Persistent logging to write system event logs to non-volatile memory so that the events

are not erased when the system reboots.

•) Set a Severity Level to determine what category of log messages are displayed.

•) Set Depth to determine how many log messages are displayed in the Event log.

•) Enable a remote log relay host to capture all system events and errors in a Kernel Log.

Note: The AP acquires its date and time information using the network time protocol (NTP). This

data is reported in UTC format (also known as Greenwich Mean Time). You need to convert the

reported time to your local time.

Conguring Persistent Logging Options

If the system unexpectedly reboots, log messages can be useful to diagnose the cause. However, log messages are

erased when the system reboots unless you enable persistent logging.

Caution! Enabling persistent logging can wear out the ash (non-volatile) memory and degrade

network performance. You should only enable persistent logging to debug a problem. Make sure

you disable persistent logging after you nish debugging the problem.

To congure persistent logging on the Events page, set the persistence, severity, and depth options as described in

the following table, and then click Apply.

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Field Description

Persistence Choose Enabled to save system logs to non-volatile memory so that the logs are not erased

when the AP reboots. Choose Disabled to save system logs to volatile memory. Logs in

volatile memory are deleted when the system reboots.

Severity Specify the severity level of the log messages to write to non-volatile memory. For example,

if you specify 2, critical, alert, and emergency logs are written to non-volatile memory. Error

messages with a severity level of 3 – 7 are written to volatile memory.

•) 0 — emergency

•) 1 — alert

•) 2 — critical

•) 3 — error

•) 4 — warning

•) 5 — notice

•) 6 — info

•) 7 — debug

Depth You can store up to 128 messages in non-volatile memory. Once the number you congure

in this eld is reached, the oldest log event is overwritten by the new log event.

Table 7 - Logging Options

Note: To apply your changes, click Apply. Changing some settings might cause the AP to stop

and restart system processes. If this happens, wireless clients will temporarily lose connectivity.

We recommend that you change AP settings when WLAN trafc is low.

Conguring the Log Relay Host for Kernel Messages

The Kernel Log is a comprehensive list of system events (shown in the System Log) and kernel messages such as

error conditions, like dropping frames.

You cannot view kernel log messages directly from the Administration Web UI for an AP. You must rst set up a remote

server running a syslog process and acting as a syslog log relay host on your network. Then, you can congure the

UAP to send syslog messages to the remote server.

Remote log server collection for AP syslog messages provides the following features:

•) Allows aggregation of syslog messages from multiple APs

•) Stores a longer history of messages than kept on a single AP

•) Triggers scripted management operations and alerts

To use Kernel Log relaying, you must congure a remote server to receive the syslog messages. The procedure to

congure a remote log host depends on the type of system you use as the remote host.

Note: The syslog process will default to use port 514. We recommend keeping this default port.

However; If you choose to recongure the log port, make sure that the port number you assign to

syslog is not being used by another process.

Enabling or Disabling the Log Relay Host on the Events Page

To enable and congure Log Relaying on the Events page, set the Log Relay options as described in the following

table, and then click Apply.

Field Description

Relay Log Select Enabled to allow the UAP to send log messages to a remote host. Select Disabled

to keep all log messages on the local system.

Relay Host Specify the IP Address or DNS name of the remote log server.

Relay Port Specify the Port number for the syslog process on the Relay Host.

The default port is 514.

Table 8 - Log Relay Host

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Note: To apply your changes, click Apply. Changing some settings might cause the AP to stop

and restart system processes. If this happens, wireless clients will temporarily lose connectivity.

We recommend that you change AP settings when WLAN trafc is low.

If you enabled the Log Relay Host, clicking Apply will activate remote logging. The AP will send its kernel messages

real-time for display to the remote log server monitor, a specied kernel log le, or other storage, depending on how

you congured the Log Relay Host.

If you disabled the Log Relay Host, clicking Apply will disable remote logging.

Viewing Transmit and Receive Statistics

The Transmit/Receive page provides some basic information about the current AP and a real-time display of the

transmit and receive statistics for the Ethernet interface on the AP and for the VAPs on all supported radio interfaces.

All transmit and receive statistics shown are totals since the AP was last started. If you reboot the AP, these gures

indicate transmit and receive totals since the reboot.

To view transmit and receive statistics for the AP, click the Transmit/Receive page.

Figure 7 - Viewing Trafc Statistics

Field Description

Interface The name of the Ethernet or VAP interface.

Status Shows whether the interface is up or down.

MAC Address MAC address for the specied interface. The UAP has a unique MAC address for each

interface. Each radio has a different MAC address for each interface on each of its two

radios.

VLAN ID Virtual LAN (VLAN) ID.

You can use VLANs to establish multiple internal and guest networks on the same AP.

The VLAN ID is set on the VAP page. (See “Conguring Load Balancing” on page 60)

Name (SSID) Wireless network name. Also known as the SSID, this alphanumeric key uniquely identies a

wireless local area network.

The SSID is set on the VAP page. (See “Conguring Load Balancing” on page 60)

Transmit and Receive Information

Total Packets Indicates total packets sent (in Transmit table) or received (in Received table) by this AP.

Total Bytes Indicates total bytes sent (in Transmit table) or received (in Received table) by this AP.

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Field Description

Total Drop Packets Indicates total number of packets sent (in Transmit table) or received (in Received table) by

this AP that were dropped.

Total Drop Bytes Indicates total number of bytes sent (in Transmit table) or received (in Received table) by

this AP that were dropped.

Errors Indicates total errors related to sending and receiving data on this AP.

Table 9 - Transmit/Receive

Viewing Associated Wireless Client Information

To view the client stations associated with a particular access point, click the Client Associations tab.

Figure 8 - Viewing Client Association Information

The associated stations are displayed along with information about packet trafc transmitted and received for each

station.

The following describes the elds on the Client Associations page.

Field Description

Network Shows which VAP the client is associated with. For example, an entry of wlan0vap2 means

the client is associated with Radio 1, VAP 2.

An entry of wlan0 means the client is associated with VAP 0 on Radio 1. An entry of wlan1

means the client is associated with VAP 0 on Radio 2.

Station Shows the MAC address of the associated wireless client.

Status The Authenticated and Associated Status shows the underlying IEEE 802.11 authentication

and association status, which is present no matter which type of security the client uses to

connect to the AP. This status does not show IEEE 802.1X authentication or association

status.

Some points to keep in mind with regard to this eld are:

•) If the AP security mode is None or Static WEP, the authentication and association

status of clients showing on the Client Associations page will be in line with what is

expected; that is, if a client shows as authenticated to the AP, it will be able to transmit

and receive data. (This is because Static WEP uses only IEEE 802.11 authentication.)

•) If the AP uses IEEE 802.1X or WPA security, however, it is possible for a client

association to show on this page as authenticated (via the IEEE 802.11 security) but

actually not be authenticated to the AP via the second layer of security.

From Station Shows the number of packets and bytes received from the wireless client and the number of

packets and bytes that were dropped after being received.

To Station Shows the number of packets and bytes transmitted from the AP to the wireless client and

the number of packets and bytes that were dropped upon transmission.

Table 10 - Associated Clients

Viewing TSPEC Client Associations

The TSPEC Client Association Status and Statistics page provides some basic information about the client

associations status and a real-time display of the transmit and receive statistics for the TSPEC clients. All transmit and

receive statistics shown are totals since the client association started.

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A TSPEC is a trafc specication that is sent from a QoS-capable wireless client to an AP requesting a certain

amount of network access for the trafc stream (TS) it represents. A trafc stream is a collection of data packets

identied by the wireless client as belonging to a particular user priority. An example of a voice trafc stream is a Wi-Fi

CERTIFIED™ telephone handset that marks its codec-generated data packets as voice priority trafc. An example of

a video trafc stream is a video player application on a wireless laptop that prioritizes a video conference feed from a

corporate server.

To view TSPEC client association statistics, click the TSPEC Client Associations tab.

Figure 9 - Viewing TSPEC Client Associations

The following table describes the information provided on the TSPEC Client Association Status and Statistics

page.

Field Description

Status

Network Radio interface used by the client.

Station Client station MAC address.

TS Identier TSPEC Trafc Session Identier (range 0-7).

Access Category TS Access Category (voice or video).

Direction The trafc direction for this TS. Direction can be:

•) uplink

•) downlink

•) bidirectional

User Priority The User Priority (UP) for this TS. The UP is sent with each packet in the UP portion of the

IP header. Typical values are:

•) 6 or 7 for voice

•) 4 or 5 for video

The value may differ depending on other priority trafc sessions.

Medium Time The time (in 32 microsecond per second units) that the TS trafc occupies the transmission

medium.

Excess Usage

Events

The number of times the client has exceeded the medium time established for its TSPEC.

Minor, infrequent violations are ignored.

VAP The Virtual Access Point associated with this TS client.

MAC Address The Virtual Access Point MAC address.

SSID The service set identier associated with this TS client.

Statistics

Network Radio interface used by the client.

Station Client station MAC address.

TS Identier TSPEC Trafc Session Identier (range 0-7).

Access Category TS Access Category (voice or video).

Direction The trafc direction for this TS. Direction can be:

•) uplink

•) downlink

•) bidirectional

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Field Description

From Station Shows the number of packets and bytes received from the wireless client and the number

of packets and bytes that were dropped after being received. Also shows the number of

packets:

•) in excess of an admitted TSPEC.

•) for which no TSPEC has been established when admission is required by the AP.

To Station Shows the number of packets and bytes transmitted from the AP to the wireless client and

the number of packets and bytes that were dropped upon transmission. Also shows the

number of packets:

•) in excess of an admitted TSPEC.

•) for which no TSPEC has been established when admission is required by the AP.

Table 11 - TSPEC Client Associations

Link Integrity Monitoring

The UAP provides link integrity monitoring to continually verify its connection to each associated client. To do this,

the AP sends data packets to clients every few seconds when no other trafc is passing. This allows the AP to detect

when a client goes out of range, even during periods when no normal trafc is exchanged. The client connection

drops off the list within 300 seconds if these data packets are not acknowledged, even if no disassociation message is

received.

Viewing Rogue AP Detection

The status page to view Rogue AP Detection information provides real-time statistics for all APs within range of the

AP on which you are viewing the Administration Web pages. When AP detection is enabled, the radio will periodically

switch from its operating channel to scan other channels within the same band. Click Refresh to update the screen

and display the most current information.

The Rogue AP Detection page contains the following two lists:

•) Detected Rogue AP List — Lists all APs within range of the AP that have not been acknowledged as known APs.

•) Known AP List — Lists all APs within range of the AP that have been acknowledged as known APs either by

clicking the Grant button associated with an AP in the Detected Rogue AP List or by appearing in an imported

AP list.

To view information about other access points on the wireless network, click the Rogue AP Detection tab.

Figure 10 - Viewing Rogue and Known Access Points

You must enable the AP detection on a radio in order to collect information about other APs within range.

The following table describes the information provided on neighboring access points.

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Field Description

AP Detection for

Radio

To allow the AP radios to perform neighbor AP detection and collect information about

neighbor APs, click Enabled.

To disable neighbor AP detection on the radios, click Disabled.

If you change the AP detection mode, click Apply to save the new settings.

Detected Rogue AP List

Action Click Grant to move the AP from the Detected Rogue AP List to the Known AP List.

Note: The Detected Rouge AP and Known AP lists provide information. The DWL-x600AP

does not have any control over the APs on the list and cannot apply any security policies to

APs detected through the RF scan.

MAC Shows the MAC address of the neighboring AP.

Radio The Radio eld indicates which radio detected the neighboring AP:

•) wlan0 (Radio One)

•) wlan1 (Radio Two)

Beacon Int. Shows the Beacon interval being used by this AP.

Beacon frames are transmitted by an AP at regular intervals to announce the existence

of the wireless network. The default behavior is to send a beacon frame once every 100

milliseconds (or 10 per second).

The Beacon Interval is set on the Radio page.(See “Modifying Radio Settings” on page

40)

Type Indicates the type of device:

•) AP indicates the neighboring device is an AP that supports the IEEE 802.11 Wireless

Networking Framework in Infrastructure Mode.

•) Ad hoc indicates a neighboring station running in Ad hoc Mode. Stations set to ad

hoc mode communicate with each other directly, without the use of a traditional AP.

Ad-hoc mode is an IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networking Framework also referred to as

peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS).

SSID The Service Set Identier (SSID) for the AP.

The SSID is an alphanumeric string of up to 32 characters that uniquely identies a wireless

local area network. It is also referred to as the Network Name.

The SSID is set on the VAP page. (See “Conguring Load Balancing” on page 60)

Privacy Indicates whether there is any security on the neighboring device.

•) Off indicates that the Security mode on the neighboring device is set to None (no

security).

•) On indicates that the neighboring device has some security in place.

•) Security is congured on the AP from the VAP page.

WPA Indicates whether WPA security is on or off for this AP.

Band This indicates the IEEE 802.11 mode being used on this AP. (For example, IEEE 802.11a,

IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g.)

The number shown indicates the mode according to the following map:

•) 2.4 indicates IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n mode (or a combination of the modes)

•) 5 indicates IEEE 802.11a or 802.11n mode (or both modes)

Channel Shows the Channel on which the AP is currently broadcasting.

The channel denes the portion of the radio spectrum that the radio uses for transmitting

and receiving.

The channel is set in Radio Settings. (See “Modifying Radio Settings” on page 40)

Rate Shows the rate (in megabits per second) at which this AP is currently transmitting.

The current rate will always be one of the rates shown in Supported Rates.

Signal Indicates the strength of the radio signal emitting from this AP. If you hover the mouse

pointer over the bars, a number appears and shows the strength in decibels (dB).

Beacons Shows the total number of beacons received from this AP since it was rst discovered.

Last Beacon Shows the date and time of the last beacon received from this AP.

Rates Shows supported and basic (advertised) rate sets for the neighboring AP. Rates are shown

in megabits per second (Mbps).

All Supported Rates are listed, with Basic Rates shown in bold.

Rate sets are congured on the Radio Settings page. (See “Modifying Radio Settings” on

page 40)

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Field Description

Known AP List

Action An AP can appear in the Known AP List if it has been moved from the Detected Rogue AP

List by clicking the Grant button or if the MAC address of the AP appears in an AP list that

has been imported.

To move the AP from the Known AP List to the Detected Rogue AP List, click Delete.

Note: The Detected Rouge AP and Known AP lists provide information. The DWL-x600AP

does not have any control over the APs on the list and cannot apply any security policies to

APs detected through the RF scan.

MAC Shows the MAC address of the neighboring AP.

Type Indicates the type of device:

•) AP indicates the neighboring device is an AP that supports the IEEE 802.11 Wireless

Networking Framework in Infrastructure Mode.

•) Ad hoc indicates a neighboring station running in Ad hoc Mode. Stations set to ad

hoc mode communicate with each other directly, without the use of a traditional AP.

Ad-hoc mode is an IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networking Framework also referred to as

peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS).

SSID The Service Set Identier (SSID) for the AP.

The SSID is an alphanumeric string of up to 32 characters that uniquely identies a wireless

local area network. It is also referred to as the Network Name.

The SSID is set on the VAP page. (See “Conguring Load Balancing” on page 60)

Privacy Indicates whether there is any security on the neighboring device.

•) Off indicates that the Security mode on the neighboring device is set to None (no

security).

•) On indicates that the neighboring device has some security in place.

•) Security is congured on the AP from the VAP page.

Band This indicates the IEEE 802.11 mode being used on this AP. (For example, IEEE 802.11a,

IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g.)

The number shown indicates the mode according to the following map:

•) 2.4 indicates IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n mode (or a combination of the modes)

•) 5 indicates IEEE 802.11a or 802.11n mode (or both modes)

Channel Shows the Channel on which the AP is currently broadcasting.

The channel denes the portion of the radio spectrum that the radio uses for transmitting

and receiving.

The channel is set in Radio Settings. (See “Modifying Radio Settings” on page 40)

Table 12 - Rogue AP Detection

Saving and Importing the Known AP List

To save the Known AP list to a le, click Save. The list contains the MAC addresses of all AP that have been added to

the Known AP List. By default, the lename is Rogue1.cfg. You can use a text editor or Web browser to open the le

and view its contents.

Use the Import feature to import a list of Known APs from a saved list. The list might be from another DWL-x600AP or

created from a text le. If the MAC address of an AP appears in the Known AP List, it will not be detected as a rogue.

To import an AP List from a le, use the following steps:

1.) Choose whether to replace the existing Known AP list or add the entries in the imported le to the Known AP list.

•) Select the Replace option to import the list and replace the contents of the Known AP List.

•) Select the Merge option to import the list and add the APs in the imported le to the APs currently displayed in

the Known AP List.

2.) Click Browse and choose the le to import.

•) The le you import must be a plain-text le with a .txt or .cfg extension. Entries in the le are MAC addresses

in hexadecimal format with each octet separated by colons, for example 00:11:22:33:44:55. Separate entries

with a single space. For the AP to accept the le, it must contain only MAC addresses.

3.) Click Import.

•) Once the import is complete, the screen refreshes and the MAC addresses of the APs in the imported le

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appear in the Known AP List.

Viewing Managed AP DHCP Information

The UAP can learn about D-Link Unied Wireless Switches on the network through DHCP responses to its initial

DHCP request. The Managed AP DHCP page displays the DNS names or IP addresses of up to four D-Link Unied

Wireless Switches that the AP learned about from a DHCP server on your network.

Figure 11 - Managed AP DHCP Information

For information about how to congure a DHCP server to respond to AP DHCP requests with the switch IP address

information, see the User Manual for the switch.

Viewing TSPEC Status and Statistics Information

The TSPEC Status and Statistics page provides:

•) Summary information about TSPEC sessions by radio

•) Summary information about TSPEC sessions by VAP

•) Real-time transmit and receive statistics for the TSPEC VAPs on all radio interfaces.

All of the transmit and receive statistics shown are totals since the AP was last started. If you reboot the AP, these

gures indicate transmit and receive totals since the reboot.

To view TSPEC status and statistics, click the TSPEC Status and Statistics tab.

Figure 12 - Viewing TSPEC Status and Statistics

The following table describes the information provided on TSPEC Status and Statistics page.

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Field Description

AP and VAP Status

Interface Indicates the name of the Radio or VAP interface.

Access Category Indicates Current Access Category associated with this Trafc Stream (voice or video).

Status Indicates whether the TSPEC session is enabled (up) or not (down) for the corresponding

Access Category.

Note: This is a conguration status (does not necessarily represent the current session

activity).

Active TS Indicates the number of currently active TSPEC Trafc Streams for this radio and Access

Category.

TS Clients Indicates the number of Trafc Stream clients associated with this radio and Access

Category.

Medium Time

Admitted

Time (in 32 microsecond per second units) allocated for this Access Category over the

transmission medium to carry data. This value should be less than or equal to the maximum

bandwidth allowed over the medium for this TS.

Medium Time

Unallocated

Time (in 32 microsecond per second units) of unused bandwidth for this Access Category.

Transmit and Receive Statistics

Total Packets Indicates the total number of TS packets sent (in Transmit table) or received (in Received

table) by this Radio for the specied Access Category.

Total Bytes Indicates the total number of TS bytes sent (in Transmit table) or received (in Received

table) by this Radio for the specied Access Category.

Total Voice Packets Indicates the total number of TS voice packets sent (in Transmit table) or received (in

Received table) by this AP for this VAP.

Total Voice Bytes Indicates the total TS voice bytes sent (in Transmit table) or received (in Received table) by

this AP for this VAP.

Total Video Packets Indicates the total number of TS video packets sent (in Transmit table) or received (in

Received table) by this AP for this VAP.

Total Video Bytes Indicates the total TS video bytes sent (in Transmit table) or received (in Received table) by

this AP for this VAP.

Table 13 - TSPEC Status and Statistics

Viewing TSPEC AP Statistics Information

The View TSPEC AP Statistics page provides information on the voice and video Trafc Streams accepted and

rejected by the AP.

To view TSPEC AP statistics, click the TSPEC AP Statistics tab.

Figure 13 - View TSPEC Status and Statistics

The following table describes the information provided on TSPEC AP Statistics page.

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Field Description

TSPEC Statistics

Summary for Voice

ACM

Indicates the total number of accepted and the total number of rejected voice Trafc

Streams.

TSPEC Statistics

Summary for Video

ACM

Indicates the total number of accepted and the total number of rejected video Trafc

Streams.

Table 14 - TSPEC AP Statistics

Viewing Radio Statistics Information

The Radio Statistics page provides detailed information about the packets and bytes transmitted and received on the

radio interface of this access point.

Figure 14 - View Radio Statistics

The following table describes details about the Radio Statistics information.

Field Description

Radio Choose either radio 1 or radio 2 to view statistics for the selected radio

WLAN Packets

Received

Total packets received by the AP on this radio interface.

WLAN Bytes

Received

Total bytes received by the AP on this radio interface.

WLAN Packets

Transmitted

Total packets transmitted by the AP on this radio interface.

WLAN Bytes

Transmitted

Total bytes transmitted by the AP on this radio interface.

WLAN Packets

Receive Dropped

Number of packets received by the AP on this radio interface that were dropped.

WLAN Bytes

Receive Dropped

Number of bytes received by the AP on this radio interface that were dropped.

WLAN Packets

Transmit Dropped

Number of packets transmitted by the AP on this radio interface that were dropped.

WLAN Bytes

Transmit Dropped

Number of bytes transmitted by the AP on this radio interface that were dropped.

Fragments

Received

Count of successfully received MPDU frames of type data or management.

Fragments

Transmitted

Number of transmitted MPDU with an individual address or an MPDU with a multicast

address of type Data or Management.

Multicast Frames

Received

Count of MSDU frames received with the multicast bit set in the destination MAC address.

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Field Description

Multicast Frames

Transmitted

Count of successfully transmitted MSDU frames where the multicast bit is set in the

destination MAC address.

Duplicate Frame

Count

Number of times a frame is received and the Sequence Control eld indicates is a duplicate.

Failed Transmit

Count

Number of times an MSDU is not transmitted successfully due to transmit attempts

exceeding either the short retry limit or the long retry limit.

Transmit Retry

Count

Number of times an MSDU is successfully transmitted after one or more retries.

Multiple Retry

Count

Number of times an MSDU is successfully transmitted after more than one retry.

RTS Success Count Count of CTS frames received in response to an RTS frame.

RTS Failure Count Count of CTS frames not received in response to an RTS frame.

ACK Failure Count Count of ACK frames not received when expected.

FCS Error Count Count of FCS errors detected in a received MPDU frame.

Frames Transmitted Count of each successfully transmitted MSDU.

WEP Undecryptable

Count

Count of encrypted frames received and the key conguration of the transmitter indicates

that the frame should not have been encrypted or that frame was discarded due to the

receiving station not implementing the privacy option.

Table 15 - Radio Statistics Information

Viewing Email Alert Operational Status

The Email Alert Operational Status page provides information about the email alerts sent based on the syslog

messages generated in the AP.

To view the Email Alert Operational Status, click the Status > Email Alert Status tab.

To congure the email alerts, see “Conguring Email Alert” on page 72.

Figure 15 - Email Alert Operational Status

The following table describes details about the Email Alert Operational Status.

Field Description

Email Alert Status The Email Alert operational status The status is either Up or Down. The default is Down.

Number of Email

Sent

The total number of email sent so far. The range is an unsigned integer of 32 bits. The

default is 0.

Number of Email

Failed

The total number of email failures so far. The range is an unsigned integer of 32 bits. The

default is 0.

Time Since Last

Email Sent

The time since the last email was sent. Time format is used. The default is 00 days 00 hours

00 minutes 00 seconds.

Table 16 - Email Alert Status

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Section 4 - Managing the Access Point

This section describes how to manage the UAP and contains the following subsections:

•) “Ethernet Settings” on page 35

•) “Wireless Settings” on page 37

•) “Modifying Radio Settings” on page 40

•) “Conguring Radio and VAP Scheduler” on page 44

•) “Scheduler Association Settings” on page 46

•) “Virtual Access Point Settings” on page 47

•) “Conguring the Wireless Distribution System (WDS)” on page 56

•) “Controlling Access by MAC Authentication” on page 58

•) “Conguring Load Balancing” on page 60

•) “” on page 60

•) “Conguring 802.1X Authentication” on page 62

•) “Creating a Management Access Control List (ACL)” on page 63

The conguration pages for the features in this section are located under the Manage heading on the Administration

Web UI.

Ethernet Settings

The default wired interface settings, which include DHCP and VLAN information, might not work for all networks.

By default, the DHCP client on the UAP automatically broadcasts requests for network information. If you want to

use a static IP address, you must disable the DHCP client and manually congure the IP address and other network

information.

The management VLAN is VLAN 1 by default. This VLAN is also the default untagged VLAN. If you already have

a management VLAN congured on your network with a different VLAN ID, you must change the VLAN ID of the

management VLAN on the AP.

To congure the LAN settings, click the Ethernet Settings tab.

Figure 16 - Modify Ethernet (Wired) settings

The following table describes the elds to view or congure on the Ethernet Settings page.

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Field Description

Hostname Enter a hostname for the AP. The hostname appears in the CLI prompt.

•) The hostname has the following requirements:

•) The length must be between 1 – 63 characters.

•) Upper and lower case characters, numbers, and hyphens are accepted.

•) The rst character must be a letter (a – z or A – Z), and the last character cannot be a

hyphen.

MAC Address Shows the MAC address for the LAN interface for the Ethernet port on this AP. This is a

read-only eld that you cannot change.

Management VLAN

The management VLAN is the VLAN associated with the IP address you use to access the

AP. The default management VLAN ID is 1.

Provide a number between 1 and 4094 for the management VLAN ID.

Untagged VLAN If you disable the untagged VLAN, all trafc is tagged with a VLAN ID.

By default all trafc on the UAP uses VLAN 1, which is the default untagged VLAN. This

means that all trafc is untagged until you disable the untagged VLAN, change the untagged

trafc VLAN ID, or change the VLAN ID for a VAP or client using RADIUS.

Untagged VLAN ID Provide a number between 1 and 4094 for the untagged VLAN ID. Trafc on the VLAN that

you specify in this eld will not be tagged with a VLAN ID.

Connection Type If you select DHCP, the UAP acquires its IP address, subnet mask, DNS, and gateway

information from a DHCP server.

If you select Static IP, you must enter information in the Static IP Address, Subnet Mask,

and Default Gateway elds.

Static IP Address Enter the static IP address in the text boxes. This eld is disabled if you use DHCP as the

connection type.

Subnet Mask Enter the Subnet Mask in the text boxes.

Default Gateway Enter the Default Gateway in the text boxes.

DNS Nameservers Select the mode for the DNS.

In Dynamic mode, the IP addresses for the DNS servers are assigned automatically via

DHCP. This option is only available if you specied DHCP for the Connection Type.

In Manual mode, you must assign static IP addresses to resolve domain names.

IPv6 Admin Mode Enable or disable IPv6 management access to the AP

IPv6 Auto Cong

Admin Mode

Enable or disable IPv6 auto address conguration on the AP.

When IPv6 Auto Cong Mode is enabled, automatic IPv6 address conguration and gateway

conguration is allowed by processing the Router Advertisements received on the LAN port.

The AP can have multiple auto congured IPv6 addresses.

Static IPv6 Address Enter a static IPv6 address. The AP can have a static IPv6 address even if addresses have

already been congured automatically.

Static IPv6 Address

Prex Length

Enter the static IPv6 prex length, which is an integer in the range of 0 – 128.

IPv6 Autocongured

Global Addresses

If the AP has been assigned one or more IPv6 addresses automatically, the addresses are

listed.

IPv6 Link Local

Address

Shows the IPv6 Link Local address, which is the IPv6 address used by the local physical

link. The link local address is not congurable and is assigned by using the IPv6 Neighbor

Discovery process.

Default IPv6

Gateway

Enter the default IPv6 gateway.

Table 17 - Ethernet Settings

Note: After you congure the wired settings, you must click Apply to apply the changes and

to save the settings. Changing some settings might cause the AP to stop and restart system

processes. If this happens, wireless clients will temporarily lose connectivity. We recommend that

you change AP settings when WLAN trafc is low.

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Wireless Settings

Wireless settings describe aspects of the local area network (LAN) related specically to the radio device in the

access point (802.11 Mode and Channel) and to the network interface to the access point (MAC address for access

point and Wireless Network name, also known as SSID).

To congure the wireless interface, click the Manage > Wireless Settings tab.

Figure 17 - Modify Wireless Settings

The following table describes the elds and conguration options available on the Wireless Settings page.

Field Description

TSPEC Violation

Interval

Specify the time interval (in seconds) for the AP to report (through the system log and SNMP

traps) associated clients that do not adhere to mandatory admission control procedures.

Radio Interface Specify whether you want the radio interface on or off.

MAC Address Indicates the Media Access Control (MAC) addresses for the interface. Dual-radio APs have

a unique MAC address for each radio.

A MAC address is a permanent, unique hardware address for any device that represents

an interface to the network. The MAC address is assigned by the manufacturer. You cannot

change the MAC address. It is provided here for informational purposes as a unique

identier for an interface.

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Field Description

Mode The Mode denes the Physical Layer (PHY) standard the radio uses.

Note: The modes available depend on the country code setting and the radio selected.

Select one of the following modes for radio 1:

•) IEEE 802.11a is a PHY standard that species operating in the 5 GHz U-NII band

using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). It supports data rates

ranging from 6 to 54 Mbps.

•) IEEE 802.11a/n operates in the 5 GHz ISM band and includes support for both

802.11a and 802.11n devices. IEEE 802.11n is an extension of the 802.11 standard

that includes multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology. IEEE 802.11n

supports data ranges of up to 248 Mbps and nearly twice the indoor range of 802.11

b, 802.11g, and 802.11a.

•) 5 GHz IEEE 802.11n is the recommended mode for networks with 802.11n devices

that operate in the 5 GHz frequency that do not need to support 802.11a devices.

IEEE 802.11n can achieve a higher throughput when it does not need to be

compatible with legacy devices (802.11a).

Select one of the following modes for radio 2:

•) IEEE 802.11b/g operates in the 2.4 GHz ISM band. IEEE 802.11b is an enhancement

of the initial 802.11 PHY to include 5.5 Mbps and 11 Mbps data rates. It uses direct

sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) or frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS)

as well as complementary code keying (CCK) to provide the higher data rates. It

supports data rates ranging from 1 to 11 Mbps. IEEE 802.11g is a higher speed

extension (up to 54 Mbps) to the 802.11b PHY. It uses orthogonal frequency division

multiplexing (OFDM). It supports data rates ranging from 1 to 54 Mbps.

•) IEEE 802.11b/g/n operates in the 2.4 GHz ISM band and includes support for 802.11b,

802.11g, and 802.11n devices.

•) 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.11n is the recommended mode for networks with 802.11n devices

that operate in the 2.4 GHz frequency that do not need to support 802.11b/g

devices. IEEE 802.11n can achieve a higher throughput when it does not need to be

compatible with legacy devices (802.11b/g).

Channel Select the Channel.

The range of available channels is determined by the mode of the radio interface and the

country code setting. If you select Auto for the channel setting, the AP scans available

channels and selects a channel where no trafc is detected.

The Channel denes the portion of the radio spectrum the radio uses for transmitting and

receiving. Each mode offers a number of channels, depending on how the spectrum is

licensed by national and transnational authorities such as the Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) or the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-R).

When automatic channel assignment is enabled on the Channel Management page for

Clustering, the channel policy for the radio is automatically set to static mode, and the Auto

option is not available for the Channel eld. This allows the automatic channel feature to set

the channels for the radios in the cluster.

Station Isolation To enable Station Isolation, select the check box directly beside it.

When Station Isolation is disabled, wireless clients can communicate with one another

normally by sending trafc through the AP.

When Station Isolation is enabled, the AP blocks communication between wireless clients

on the same radio and VAP. The AP still allows data trafc between its wireless clients and

wired devices on the network, across a WDS link, and with other wireless clients associated

with a different VAP, but not among wireless clients associated with the same VAP.

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Field Description

AeroScout™ Engine

Protocol Support

AeroScout Engine support provides location-based services for wireless networks. Specify

whether to enable support for the AeroScout protocol.

Options are Enabled or Disabled. The default is Disabled. When enabled, Aeroscout

devices are recognized and data is sent to an Aeroscout Engine (AE) for analysis. The AE

determines the geographical location of 802.11 capable devices, such as STAs, APs, and

AeroScout’s line of 802.11 enabled RFID devices, or tags. The AE communicates with APs

that support the AE protocol in order to collect information about the RF devices detected

by the APs. Using the AE protocol, D-Link supports direct communication between AE and

the APs. When operating in managed mode, the AE is congured with the IP address of

the managed access points from which it collects information. The Wireless Switch cannot

communicate with the AE.

For more information about the AeroScout protocol, see “Enabling AeroScout™ Engine

Support” on page 39.

Note: Only AeroScout tag hardware of types T2 and T3 are explicitly supported. Other tag

models are also supported only if their implementation of the AeroScout protocol conforms

to the AeroScout Engine - Access Point Interface Specication, version 2.1.

Note: AeroScout tags operate only in 802.11 b/g mode. Therefore, network administrators

who use the AeroScout tags must congure at least one radio on APs that are expected to

detect tags in either 802.11b/g or 802.11b/g/n mode. The radios congured in 2.4 GHz IEEE

802.11 mode or any of the 5GHz modes cannot detect AeroScout tags.

Note: The AE protocol allows access points to mark detected APs as rogue devices. The

D-Link APs do not support this feature and never report detected APs as rogues.

Table 18 - Wireless Settings

Note: After you congure the wireless settings, you must click Apply to apply the changes and

to save the settings. Changing some settings might cause the AP to stop and restart system

processes. If this happens, wireless clients will temporarily lose connectivity. We recommend that

you change AP settings when WLAN trafc is low.

Using the 802.11h Wireless Mode

For 802.11a radios, if the regulatory domain requires radar detection on the channel, the Dynamic Frequency

Selection (DFS) and Transmit Power Control (TPC) features of 802.11h are automatically activated.

There are a number of key points about the IEEE 802.11h standard:

•) 802.11h only works for the 802.11a band. It is not required for 802.11b or 802.11g.

•) If you are operating in an 802.11h enabled domain, the AP attempts to use the channel you assign. If the channel

has been blocked by a previous radar detection, or if the AP detects a radar on the channel, then the AP

automatically selects a different channel.

•) When 802.11h is enabled, the AP will not be operational in the 5GHz band for at least 60 seconds due to radar

scanning.

•) Setting up WDS links may be difcult when 802.11h is operational. This is because the operating channels of the

two APs on the WDS link may keep changing depending on channel usage and radar interference. WDS will

only work if both the APs operate on the same channel. For more information on WDS, see “Conguring Load

Balancing” on page 60.

Enabling AeroScout™ Engine Support

The AeroScout Engine (AE) is a software platform produced by AeroScout Inc. for location-based services. The AE

can determine the physical location of 802.11 capable AeroScout devices. The AE communicates with APs that have

the AE protocol enabled in order to collect information about the RF devices detected by the APs.

The DWS-4000 Series switch supports only direct communication between the AE and the APs. When operating

in managed mode, the AE is congured with the IP address of the managed access points from which it collects

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information. The DWS-4000 Series switch does not communicate with the AE.

AeroScout tags operate only in 802.11b/g mode. Therefore, network administrators who use the AeroScout tags must

congure at least one radio on APs that are expected to detect tags in either 802.11b/g or 802.11b/g/n mode. The

radios congured in 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.11n mode cannot detect AeroScout tags.

Note: The following notes apply to AeroScout product and protocol support:

•) D-Link does not sell AeroScout products. Contact AeroScout for AeroScout hardware,

software or deployment information.

•) The AE protocol does not support any authentication or encryption between the AE server

and the access point.

•) The AE protocol requires radios to operate in promiscuous mode. This means that the AP

receives and processes all packets detected by the radios, as opposed to processing only

packets destined to the APs BSSID. This can affect AP throughput.

Modifying Radio Settings

Radio settings directly control the behavior of the radio devices in the AP and its interaction with the physical medium;

that is, how and what type of electromagnetic waves the AP emits.

To specify radio settings, click the Radio tab in the Manage section.

Different settings display depending on the mode you select. All settings are described in the table below.

Figure 18 - Modify Radio Settings

The following table describes the elds and conguration options for the Radio Settings page.

Field Description

Radio Select Radio 1or Radio 2 to specify which radio to congure. The rest of the settings on this

page apply to the radio you select in this eld. Be sure to congure settings for both radios.

Radio 1 operates in the 5 GHz band (802.11a/n), and Radio 2 operates in the 2.4 GHz band

(802.11b/g/n).

Status (On/Off) Specify whether you want the radio on or off by clicking On or Off.

If you turn off a radio, the AP sends disassociation frames to all the wireless clients it is

currently supporting so that the radio can be gracefully shutdown and the clients can start

the association process with other available APs.

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