Firetide 5200-1 Hotpoint 5200 Access Point User Manual Part 1

Firetide Inc. Hotpoint 5200 Access Point Part 1

Contents

User Manual Part 1

HotPoint
Manual Revision 1.2 2011-01-20
The contents of this Installation Guide are subject to change without notice.
Please refer to the Firetide partners web site, partners.retide.com, for current versions.
Installation & Setup Guide
HotPoint 5000 Access Point
FWC2050 WLAN Controller
HotPoint 5100 MIMO Indoor Access PointHotPoint 5200 MIMO Outdoor Access Point
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This symbol alerts the user to the presence of non-insulated dangerous voltage that
may be of sufcient magnitude to constitute a risk of lethal electric shock to persons.
This symbol alerts the user to important operating, maintenance, and servicing instruc-
tions. Failing to comply with instructions may result in electrical shock.
This symbol alerts the user to the presence of important operating, maintenance, and
servicing instructions. Failing to comply with this instruction may result in a hazard.
Safety Instructions Firetide 5200 units must be installed by a qualied professional. Failure to install this equipment
properly may result in equipment damage, personal injury, or death.
Explanation of Graphic Symbols
Caution! Risk of electric shock!
POWER LINES CAN BE LETHAL
Do not install Firetide products where possible contact with power lines can be made. Antennas, poles, towers, guy wires, or cables
may lean or fall and contact these lines. People may be injured or killed if they are touching or holding any part of equipment when
it contacts electric lines. Make sure there is NO possibility that equipment or personnel can come in contact directly or indirectly with
power lines.
ASSUME ALL OVERHEAD LINES ARE POWER LINES
The horizontal distance from a tower, pole or antenna to the nearest power line should be at least twice the total length of the pole/
antenna combination. This will ensure that the pole will not contact power if it falls either during or after installation.
SURVEY THE SITE
Look over the entire site before beginning any installation and anticipate possible hazards. Never assume anything without checking
it out for yourself! Don’t take shortcuts!
TO AVOID FALLING, USE SAFE PROCEDURES WHEN WORKING AT HEIGHTS ABOVE GROUND
• Select equipment locations that will allow safe and simple installation.
• Don’t work alone. A friend or co-worker can save your life if an accident happens.
• Don’t attempt repair work when you are tired. Not only will you be more careless, but your primary diagnostic tool - deductive reason-
ing - will not be operating at full capacity.
• Use approved non-conducting ladders, shoes, and other safety equipment. Make sure all equipment is in good repair.
• If a tower or pole begins falling, don’t attempt to catch it. Stand back and let it fall.
• If anything such as a wire or pole does come in contact with a power line, DON’T TOUCH IT OR ATTEMPT TO MOVE IT. Instead, save
your life by calling the power company.
• Don’t attempt to erect antennas or towers on windy days.
• MAKE SURE ALL TOWERS AND POLES ARE SECURELY GROUNDED, AND ELECTRICAL CABLES CONNECTED TO ANTENNAS HAVE LIGHTNING
ARRESTORS. This will help prevent re damage or human injury in case of lightning, static build-up, or short circuit within equipment
connected to the antenna. The HotPoint access point has built-in lightning protection. Be sure that any other equipment connected
to the HotPoint access point also has the same level of protection.
• The base of the antenna pole or tower must be connected directly to the building protective ground or to one or more approved
grounding rods, using 10 AWG ground wire and corrosion-resistant connectors.
• Refer to the National Electrical Code for grounding details.
IF AN ACCIDENT SHOULD OCCUR WITH THE POWER LINES
• DON’T TOUCH THAT PERSON, OR YOU MAY BE ELECTROCUTED.
• Use a non-conductive dry board, stick, or rope to push or drag them so they no longer are in contact with electrical power.
• Once they are no longer contacting electrical power, administer CPR if you are certied.
• Immediately have someone call for medical help.
Do not open the cover
• Dangerous voltages inside.
• No serviceable parts inside.
• Refer to qualied service personnel.
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Table of Contents
The MIMO HotPoint Family ....................................................................... 4
Setting Up Your Equipment ....................................................................... 5
Setting Up Your FWC2050 ..................................................................... 5
Setting Up Your Access Points .................................................................. 5
Use with Firetide HotPort 7000 Mesh Nodes ......................................................... 5
Logging In .................................................................................. 6
System Requirements ........................................................................ 6
Logging In ............................................................................... 6
Access Point Tab .............................................................................. 7
Discovery ................................................................................ 7
Conguration Tab .............................................................................. 9
System Menu .............................................................................. 9
Wireless .................................................................................14
Security .................................................................................18
Proles ..................................................................................23
WLAN Network .............................................................................26
Captive Portal .............................................................................26
Monitoring ..................................................................................27
Controller ................................................................................27
WLAN ..................................................................................31
Clients ..................................................................................31
Maintenance .................................................................................32
User Management ...........................................................................32
Upgrade .................................................................................33
Backup/Restore ............................................................................34
Reboot/Reset .............................................................................34
Remote Management ........................................................................34
Logs & Alerts .............................................................................35
HotPoint 5000 Specications ......................................................................38
FWC2050 Specications ..........................................................................39
Reset Procedure ..............................................................................39
Regulatory Notices .............................................................................40
Limited End User Product Warranty ..................................................................41
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Chapter 1 The MIMO HotPoint Family
The Firetide MIMO HotPoint Wireless Access Point System delivers a complete access solution for
indoor and outdoor wireless mesh networks. Firetide’s MIMO HotPoint family consist of three com-
ponents:
The FWC2050 Wireless LAN Controller: Each FWC2050 can control and manage up to 50 Firetide
MIMO Access Points.
The HotPoint 5100 Indoor Access Point: A dual-radio system support 2.4 and 5 GHz operation in
802.11a, b, g, and n modes.
The HotPoint 5200 Outdoor Access Point: A dual-radio system support 2.4 and 5 GHz operation
in 802.11a, b, g, and n modes.
To ease management of multiple access points in enterprise applications, a virtual AP model is of-
fered. Each FWC2050 WLAN controller can support up to 8 ‘group’ denitions, and each group sup-
ports 8 proles per radio - 16 total. Almost any combination of groups and proles can be applied
to individual access points, making it easy to support multiple classes of users and applications
on the same hardware.
Dual Radio, Dual-Band Support
Each 5000 Series MIMO unit has two radios; one operates on the 2.4 GHz band and the other on
the 5 GHz band.
Outdoor and Indoor Operation
Outdoor HotPoint 5200 access points have NEMA 4X/IP67-rated cast aluminum enclosures and a
weatherproof connector for attaching to a Firetide HotPort wireless mesh node or a conventional
Ethernet port. These units can receive power directly from a HotPort mesh node, eliminating the
need for an external power supply.
Indoor HotPoint 5100 access points provide wireless access within buildings and moving vehicles.
Each indoor access point has a UL2043 plenum-rated enclosure and an RJ-45 connector for attach-
ing to a Firetide HotPort wireless mesh node or a conventional Ethernet port.
Complete Stand-Alone System
The HotPoint 5000 Series Access Points, under the control of an FWC2050, are a complete stand-
alone system for wireless access service delivery. No other equipment is required.
Integration with Firetide HotPort Mesh Networks
Firetide’s HotPoint 5000 Series Access Points can use Firetide’s HotPort 7000 Series wireless mesh
equipment for backhaul to the wired infrastructure.
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Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Equipment
Setting Up Your FWC2050
The FWC2050 can be set up in any indoor location, but the best option is to place the unit in the
data center, wiring closet, or other location with access to UPS-protected power and the enterprise
backbone network.
The FWC requires AC power and a wired Ethernet connection. Refer to the specications section
for details.
Figure 1. FWC2050 Controller
Setting Up Your Access Points
The HotPoint 5100 can be installed in any indoor location. The location should be selected based
on antenna and coverage plans - best RF performance is obtained with antennas connected directly
to the HotPoint AP, or with short, good-quality cables.
The HotPoint 5200 can be installed in any outdoor location. Again, location should be determined
by antenna and coverage needs, not by Ethernet or power availability.
Figure 2. Firetide HotPoint 5100 Indoor and 5200 Outdoor MIMO Access Points
Use with Firetide HotPort 7000 Mesh Nodes
In locations where access to Ethernet or power is limited, the HotPoint 5100 and 5200 can be
paired with a HotPort 7000 Mesh Node for backhaul. The HotPort 7201/7202 Series is also capable
of powering the HotPoint 5100/5200 Series.
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Chapter 3 Logging In
System Requirements
The FWC2050 Controller, if used, must have layer 2 or layer 3 connectivity to all Firetide 5000 series Access Points.
The system requires a DHCP server. If your network has one, it can be used. If desired, you can use the DHCP server built into the
FWC2050.
Logging In
The default IP address for the FWC2050 is 192.168.224.250.
Log in to your FWC2050 Wireless Management System administrative interface for the rst time at http://192.168.224.250,
using the default username (admin) and password (password)
Firetide recommends that you change the user name and password, and the default IP address.
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Chapter 4 Access Point Tab
Discovery
Firetide HotPoint 5000 Access Points can operate as stand-alone devices, or be associated with Firetide Wireless Controllers. Controller-
based operation, called Managed Mode, offers many additional features, including roaming. The Controller can auto-discover and man-
age the access points in the same layer-2 domain, or across a layer-3 domain, but certain conditions must be met
Discovery for Initial Setup
New or factory-reset APs operate in stand-alone mode, unaware of the existence of the Controller. The Controller can discover these
units as long as they are on the same layer-2 subnet. Once an AP is discovered, it switches into Managed Mode. APs in Managed Mode
will look for a Controller whenever they reboot, using IP multicast.
Access Points in stand-alone mode (including any factory-reset APs) can only be discovered within the local subnet.
At the end of the discovery process, each discovered AP will be running a controller-based software image and will have attached itself
to the controller that discovered it. It will be ready to accept client connections.
Re-Discovery
Once an AP has been discovered, it remains a Managed AP until it is factory reset. Managed APs will actively look for the Control-
ler after a reboot. This process uses IP multicast, and can work across multiple subnets, if you enable multicast routing for address
224.0.100.250 between controller and the APs. Alternately, you can enable DHCP option 43 on the DHCP server and provide the con-
troller’s IP address. APs will get their address via this DHCP server and get the controller’s IP as part of the option 43.
For the discovery process to work, the FWC 2050 and the APs must be running compatible rmware versions. Contact Firetide for details
on rmware levels. In addition, DHCP service must be available, either from a system-wide DHCP server or via the DHCP service offered
by the FWC2050.
Last Discovered
The results of the auto-discovery are shown in the “Last Discovered” page under Discovery menu. Access Points can also be
added manually.
Conguration and Image Upgrade on the AP
After each reboot of an access point AP, the AP will look for its Controller, using multicast. Upon reconnecting, the AP and Controller
will re-synchronize on rmware levels and AP settings. As part of this state machine, the AP will load any new rmware image posted
to the controller. It will also synchronize to any conguration changes that were done on the controller while the AP was ofine.
Managed AP List
This displays a list of APs currently under management, and allows you to edit their settings.
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Discovery Wizard
If all APs were not discovered, run the Discovery Wizard.
Manual Additions
You will be asked to choose between two options:
Option 1 - Add new factory-defaulted APs: Add new factory defaulted AP. This option should be chosen during staging the
process. Here the controller and APs are going to be taken out of the box and congured for de-
ployment.
Option 2 - Add existing installed APs: Add existing installed APs. This option should be chosen in scenarios where APs are al-
ready deployed and running, and need to be attached to a controller. Depending upon the network
topology, you may need to provide the controller with a range of IP addresses to search during
discovery.
When the process nishes, you will be presented with a list of APs, their model numbers, their IP and their Ethernet MAC ad-
dresses. You can then choose the APs to be managed under this controller. Once this is done, the AP will be upgraded to the
controller-based image.
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Chapter 5 Conguration Tab
System Menu
General Settings
Name: This is the FWC2050 name. By default, the name is FWC2050. Firetide recommends changing the
name as soon as possible after setting up. The name must contain only alphabets, numbers, and
hyphens, and must be 31 characters or less.
Country/Region: This eld displays the region of operation for the FWC2050 and the Access Points managed by the
FWC2050. You must select a country or region.
Controller Location Code: This eld denes the identifying code for the controller.
Time Settings
This page lets you congure the time-related settings of your FWC2050 and managed Access Points.
Time Zone: Select the appropriate local time zone for your region or country.
Current Time: Shows the current time. You cannot set the time; you must use an NTP server.
NTP Client: Denes the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server used to synchronize the clock of the FWC2050 and
managed Access Points.
Use Custom NTP Server: Check this box if you wish to use an alternate NTP Server. By default, the Firetide NTP server (time.
retide.com) is used by the Access Point. Further information about NTP servers can be found at
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome
Hostname / IP Address: Provide the host name or IP address of the NTP server, if you are using a custom NTP server.
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IP Settings
This page lets you to congure the Management IP address setting of the FWC2050. It has the following options:
IP Address: This is the IP address of the FWC2050. The default IP address is 192.168.224.250. To change it,
enter an available IP address from the address range used on your LAN.
IP Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask value used on your LAN. The default value is 255.255.255.0.
Default Gateway: Enter the IP address of the gateway for your LAN.
Primary DNS Server: Enter the IP address of the Primary Domain Name Server (DNS) that you want to use.
Secondary DNS Server: Enter the IP address of the Secondary Domain Name Server (DNS) that you want to use.
WINS Server: Enter the IP address of the WINS server that you want to use.
Management VLAN: Management VLANs are used for managing trafc (Telnet, SNMP, and HTTP) to and from the FWC2050
and managed Access Points. Frames belonging to the Management VLAN are not given any 802.1Q
header when sent over the trunk. If a port is in a single VLAN, it can be untagged, but if the port
needs to be a member of multiple VLANs, it must be tagged. The Management VLAN value must be
between 1 and 4094.
Untagged VLAN: When checked, this option allows one VLAN to be congured as an “untagged VLAN”. When the
FWC2050 sends frames associated with the untagged VLAN out the Ethernet interface, those frames
will be untagged. When the FWC2050 receives untagged trafc from the Ethernet interface, those
frames are assigned to the untagged VLAN.
If unchecked, the FWC2050 tags all outgoing Ethernet frames, and only accepts incoming frames
that are tagged with known VLAN IDs.
Note: The untagged VLAN checkbox should only be unchecked if the hubs or switches on your LAN
support the 802.1Q VLAN standard. Likewise, the untagged VLAN value should only be changed if
the hubs and switches on your LAN support the 802.1Q standard.
Changing either of these values will result in a loss of IP connectivity if the hubs and switches on
your network have not yet been congured with the corresponding VLANs.
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DHCP Server List
Displays a list of DHCP Servers congured on the FWC2050.
Use VLAN Interface: Enable this option to provide IP addresses to clients in a specied VLAN.
DHCP Server VLAN ID: Enter DHCP server VLAN ID. The VLAN ID range is between 1 and 4094.
IP Network: This option is enabled only when “Use VLAN Interface” is enabled. This provides the IP address for
the FWC2050 in specied VLAN; when VLAN is not selected the FWC2050 management IP/VLAN is
used.
Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask that will be assigned to clients by the Server.
Gateway IP Address: Enter the IP address of the default gateway.
Starting IP Address: Enter the starting IP address of the range that can be assigned by the Server.
Ending IP Address: Enter the ending IP address of the range that can be assigned by the Server.
Use Default DNS Server: This option allows the FWC2050 DNS server to be provided to the clients of the specied VLAN.
Primary DNS Server: Enter the IP address of the primary DNS server for the network.
Secondary DNS Server: Enter the IP address of the secondary DNS Server for the network.
WINS: This displays WINS server conguration on the FWC2050 for all congured VLANs.
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Certicates
This option lets you add security certicates to your system. There are three elements:
Password: Encrypts the Controller Key.
Controller Key: The private key used by the Controller to decrypt messages.
Controller Certicate: The public key of the Controller. The default key is signed by Firetide.
CA Certicate: The signed certicate of the Certicate Authority.
All keys and certicates are in PEM format.
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Alerts
Syslog Conguration
This page lets you congure the settings to connect to a Syslog server.
Enable Syslog: Enable the Syslog settings, if you have a Syslog server on your network.
Syslog Server IP Address: Enter the IP address to which the FWC2050 and managed Access Points will send all SysLogs, if
SysLog option is enabled.
Port: Enter the port number at which your Syslog server is congured to listen to requests.
Alarm Actions
This screen lets you dene actions to be taken for the four dened alarm conditions. For each condition, you can do nothing,
write to syslog, or generate an email to a dened email address.
Alarm Email Conguration
Alarm messages via email require that a mail server be dened.
Server Address: Enter the address or name of the mail server (e.g. smtp.retide.com)
Port: Enter the port on which the mail server receives mail.
User Name: Enter the ‘user name’ that identies the Controller that is sending the message.
Password: Enter the email system password dened for the account.
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Wireless
Wireless - Basic and Advanced
Wireless Settings for Basic and Advanced are similar; except that Advanced allows you to congure settings per Group.
Wireless Mode: This option is enabled when Channel Allocation is disabled. In addition to the default 802.11ng
mode, you can also choose 802.11b or 802.11bg. In 802.11bg mode, both 802.11n and 802.11g
compliant devices can be used with the AP. If you select this option and other settings on this
screen are disabled, select the Turn Radio On radio button to enable options on this screen.
Data Rate: This conguration species the rate of data frames from AP towards clients. Selecting any value
other than best means that the rate will adapt up to the congured rate. Selecting a lower rate is
helpful in scenarios where the radio environment is very noisy resulting in high bit errors. A lower
rate may impact data throughput negatively.
Channel Width (11n): This congures the width of operation of the selected channel and is valid only in 802.11ng or
802.11na modes. The default value is 40 MHz. A wider channel improves the performance, but some
legacy devices can only operate on either 20 MHz.
Guard Interval (11n): This is the interval between two consecutive symbols in a radio transmission. Legacy devices
(802.11b or 802.11g) operate with a long guard interval while 802.11n devices can move between
short and long. The default is Auto. Firetide recommends leaving this setting at Auto.
RTS Threshold: If the packet size is equal to or less than this threshold, the data frame is transmitted immediately.
If the size is larger than the specied value, then the transmitter must send out an RTS packet, and
then must wait for the receiving station to send back a CTS before sending the actual packet data.
Fragmentation Length: This is the maximum packet size used for fragmentation. Packets larger than this size will be frag-
mented. The Fragment Threshold value must be larger than the RTS Threshold value.
Beacon Interval: Sets the time period between transmissions of the AP beacon signal.
Aggregation Length: Species the maximum permitted length of aggregated frames.
AMPDU: Enables aggregation of several MAC frames into a single large frame to achieve higher throughput.
Enabling AMPDU may sometimes lead to better network performance.
RIFS Transmission: Enables Reduced Interframe Space option. Enabling RIFS may lead to better network performance.
DTIM Interval: This sets the desired Delivery Trafc Indication Message or the data beacon rate. It indicates the
message period in multiples of beacon intervals. This value must be between 1 and 255.
Preamble Type: Long transmit preambles provide a more reliable connection or longer range. Short transmit pre-
amble gives better performance. Auto handles both long and short preambles. The default is Auto.
Access Point Channel: Each Managed Access Point channel can be individually selected. The Access Point mode is either
set to the one enabled for the group, or, if the selected mode is not available on the Access Point,
to the mode providing highest performance.
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Channel Allocation
Automatic Channel Allocation (ACA), when run, tries to optimize the channel allocation for access points based on clients,
user data trafc load and observed nearby RF environment of access points in order to reduce interference. The algorithm takes
into consideration interference, trafc load on the AP and neighborhood maps to come up with the best channel for an Access
Point. This information, collected over the last 24 hours, is used by the controller to determine the best possible channel for
the Access Point.
For this reason, Automatic Channel Allocation should be re-run 24 hours (or more) after an initial deployment, so that the
algorithm has a good base of performance data for analysis. You can also schedule the algorithm to run at a specied time, or
periodically.
ACA can be congured to allow allocation of only the specied channels. This ensures that the Access Points only use the
channels allowed according to Administration policies. ACA can also be congured to not change channels on any Access Point
through which there is data trafc or voice-call trafc (identied by the trafc in WMM voice priority queues).
Recommendations
• Selecting non-overlapping channels for channel allocation is a good practice e.g. for 2.4 GHz use channels 1,6,11.
• Having channel allocation scheduled once a day allows better management of available bandwidth during the day. It is best to
schedule at times when least number of clients are expected to be connected.
Automatic Channel Allocation: Enables this mode.
Valid Corporate Channels: Lets you select permitted channels. The rst check box allows all channels to be for either 2.4GHz
or 5GHz to be selected.
Prevent Channel Changing During: Lets you delay changes for certain critical trafc. Enabling “Active voice call” or “High Traf-
c Load” prevents a channel change on an Access Point if the respective condition is true.
Run Channel Allocation at: Specify at what time of the day the channel allocation can modify access point RF conguration.
Run Channel Allocation every: Specify weekly schedule for running channel allocation.
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RF Management
Basic and Advanced RF Management settings are similar, but Advanced allows you to congure settings per Group.
Automatic WLAN Healing increases the transmit power of nearby Access Points to cover for an AP losing connection to the con-
troller, or other loss. It works by periodically looking at the radio neighborhood maps and detecting any changes happening in
the maps. This feature can be congured to wait for a specied time before any transmit power changes are done on neighbor-
ing Access Points to avoid short intermittent changes happening owing to surrounding environment. Conguration also allows
selecting the number of neighboring Access Points which should increase Transmit power to cover for the down Access Point.
This feature is congured per Security Prole group and runs between the access points in the same group.
Maximum neighbors to participate in Self-Healing: Maximum Number of neighboring access points which increase or de-
crease power to cover for a failing Access Point. Selecting “0” disables this feature. The number
of neighbors to participate in healing should not be very large. Three to four usually sufces in
most deployments. This avoids too many access points located close to increase power for a single
failed Access Point.
Self healing wait time after AP failure (in mins): Number of minutes to validate i.e. wait before conrming a failed Access
Point and increasing transmit Power to cover the area. Self healing wait time should be congured
to a value greater than AP reboot time usually two minutes. This allows for uctuations in the
power of nearby Access Points when Access Points are rebooted.
Radio On-Off Times
Radio On Settings can be set for the unit as a whole, or per Group.
Current Time: Enter the correct current time. If NTP service is enabled, this eld displays the local time.
Schedule Radio On/Off: Enables and disables this feature.
Schedule at: Species the time.
Schedule On: Species the days of the week.
Duration: Species the length of on time.
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Advanced - QoS Settings
QoS settings on the access point control downstream trafc owing from the AP to client (AP EDCA parameters) and the up-
stream trafc owing from the client to the AP (station EDCA parameters).
Data 3 (Voice): The highest priority queue, minimum delay; ideal for VOIP and streaming media.
Data 2 (Video): The second highest priority queue, low delay. Video applications are routed to this queue.
Data 1 (Background): Low priority queue with high throughput. Applications which are not time-sensitive but require
high throughput can use this queue.
Data 0 (Best Effort): The medium priority queue, medium delay. Most IP applications use this queue.
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Security
Basic
Rogue AP Detection
Unidentied access points that use the SSID of a legitimate network can present a serious security threat. Detecting rogue ac-
cess points involves scanning the wireless environment on all available channels, looking for unidentied access points. These
settings are applied to all managed APs.
An AP is dened as rogue if all of the following are true:
1. AP’s Radio BSSID is observed by any of the managed APs,
2. AP is seen transmitting on the Ethernet side on the same L2 as the APs.
3. At least one client is connected to the AP.
Any AP not meeting all of the conditions above is classied as a neighbor. Neighbor APs can be rogue; until a client connects
it is not possible to determine whether the AP is rogue or not.
Neighbor APs as well as rogue APs will be detected and maintained in the controller. The controller also maintains current
count of the rogue APs as well rogue APs seen in the last 24 hours. All Neighbor as well as rogue APs will be displayed, up to
a maximum of 512 APs.
Neighbor and rogue APs are detected by scanning, and the AP is off-channel during this time. Because the detection interval is
long, it will take at least one such interval (and possibly more) for a rogue or neighbor AP to be detected and appear.
Rogue AP Detection: Disabled by default.
Rogue Detection Interval: The interval at which Rogue Detection required on run on FWC2050. The default Rogue Detection
Interval is “Low”.
Alert Severity: Sets the severity of the alarm when Rogue APs are detected.
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This is a sample rogue and neighbor screen:
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MAC Address Access Control Lists
MAC ACL Restrictions can be applied to the unit, or per Group.
Import MAC List from le: Allows you to import a list of MAC addresses.
Treat ACL as: Lets you specify whether the imported list is allow or deny.
Selected Wireless Stations: This table lists the stations that have been allowed access to the network through this Access
Point. Click Delete to delete a wireless station from the Selected wireless clients table list. Enter a
MAC address and Click Add to add the MAC address of the wireless stations to the Selected wireless
clients table list.
Available Wireless Stations: This table lists the Wireless stations that are present in the vicinity of the Access Point. Click
Refresh to update this list in the table. Select a station in the Available Wireless Stations table
and click Move to move the station to the Selected wireless clients table.
Authentication Server Selection
This lets you select one of three authentication servers.
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Conguring a RADIUS Authentication Server
Primary Authentication Server: The Primary Authentication Server is the main Radius server used for authentication. The IP
Address, Port, and Shared Secret information is required to communicate with Radius Server. The
Shared Secret is shared between the Wireless Access Point and the Radius Server while authenticat-
ing the Wireless client.
Secondary Authentication Server: A Secondary Authentication Server can be congured for use if the Primary Authentication
Server fails or is unreachable. The IP Address, Port, and Shared Secret information is required to
communicate with the Radius Server. The Shared Secret is shared between the Wireless Access
Point and the Radius Server while authenticating the Wireless client.
Primary Accounting Server: The Primary Accounting Server is used for accounting on the network. The IP Address, Port No.,
and Shared Secret information is required to communicate with Radius Server. The Shared Secret is
shared between the Wireless Access Point and the Radius Server while authenticating the Wireless
client.
Secondary Accounting Server: A Secondary Accounting Server can be congured to use if the Primary Authentication Server
fails or is unreachable. The IP Address, Port No., and Shared Secret information is required to com-
municate with Radius Server. The Shared Secret is shared between the Wireless Access Point and
the Radius Server while authenticating the Wireless client.
Re-authentication Time (Seconds): This is the time interval in seconds after which the supplicant will be authenticated again
with the RADIUS Server. The default interval is 3600 seconds.
Update Global Key Every (Seconds): Enable this option to have the Global Key changed according to the time interval speci-
ed. If enabled, enter the desired time interval. The default is enable, and the default interval is
1800 Seconds.

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