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Cis c o Small Busine s s W AP 121 Wireles s-N A c c e s s Poin t with PoE and W AP321 Wireles s-N S ele c table-B and Ac c e s s Point with PoE ADMINISTR A TION GUIDE[...]

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Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 1 Con te n ts Chapter 1: Getting Started 7 Starting the Web-Based Configuration Utility 7 Launching the Web-Based Configuration Utility 8 Logging Out 9 Using the Access Point Setup Wizard 9 Getting Started 12 Window Navigation 13 Configuration Utility Header 13 Navigation [...]

Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 2 Con te n ts Log Settings 33 Configuring the Persistent Log 33 Remote Log Server 34 Email Alert 35 Email Alert Ex amples 37 HTTP/HTTPS Service 38 Configuring HTTP and HTTPS Services 38 Managing SSL Certificates 39 Management Acce ss Control 40 Upgrade Firmware 41 TFTP Upg[...]

Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 3 Con te n ts Chapter 5: Wireless 62 Radio 62 Rogue AP Detection 69 Viewing the Rogue AP List 70 Creating and Saving a Trusted AP List 72 Importing a Trusted AP List 72 Networks 73 SSID Naming Conventions 73 VLAN IDs 74 Configuring VAPs 74 Configuring Security Settings 77 [...]

Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 4 Con te n ts WPS Roles 101 Enabling and Disabling WPS on a VAP 101 External and Internal Registration 102 Client Enrollment 102 Optional Use of Built-In Registrar 103 Lockdown Capability 103 VAP Configuration Changes 104 External Registration 104 Exclusive Operation of WP[...]

Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 5 Con te n ts Client QoS Association 130 Client QoS Status 132 Chapter 8: Simple Networ k Management Protocol 134 SNMP Overview 134 General SNMP Settings 135 Views 137 Groups 138 Users 140 Targets 141 Chapter 9: Captive Portal 143 Captive Portal Gl obal Config uration 144 [...]

Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 6 Con te n ts Viewing Single Point Setup Information 164 Adding a New Access Point to a Single Point Setup Cluster 164 Removing an Access Point from a Single Point Setup Cluster 165 Navigating to Configuration Inform ation for a Specific WAP Device 165 Navigating to a WAP [...]

1 Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 7 Get ting St ar te d This chapter pr ovides an intr oduction to the W ir eles s Acce ss Point (W AP) devices web-b ased c onfiguration utility , and includes thes e t opics : • Star ting the Web-B as ed C onfiguration Utilit y • Using the Acc es s Point Setup Wizard[...]

Get ting Star ted Star ting the W eb -Bas ed Configur a tion Utilit y Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 8 1 addre s s> ) t o the local intranet zone. The IP addr ess can als o be specifie d as the subnet IP addr es s, s o that all addr es ses in the subnet are added t o the local intranet zone. • If y[...]

Get ting Star ted Using th e Acc e ss Point Setup W izar d Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 9 1 Lo gging Out By default , the configuration utilit y logs out after 10 minut es of inactivit y . S ee HT TP /HT TPS S er vic e f or instructions on changing the def ault timeout period. T o log out , click Lo g[...]

Get ting Star ted Using th e Acc e ss Point Setup W izar d Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 10 1 STEP 6 Select your time zone, and then set the system time manually or set up the W AP device to get its time fr om an NTP ser ver . F or a description of these options , see Time S et tings . STEP 7 Click Nex[...]

Get ting Star ted Using th e Acc e ss Point Setup W izar d Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 11 1 STEP 18 Click Nex t . The Wizar d displa ys the Enable Captiv e P or tal - Secure Y our Guest Network window . STEP 19 Choo se a securit y encr yption t ype f or the guest net work and ent er a se curity key .[...]

Get ting Star ted Getting Star te d Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 12 1 Get ting St ar te d T o simplify device configuration throug h quick navigation, the Getting Star ted page provides links f or p erforming common tasks . The Getting Star ted page is the default window ev er y time you lo g int o th[...]

Get ting Star ted W indow Na viga tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 13 1 Window Na viga tion This section de scribes the f eatures of the configuration utility. C onfigura tion Utilit y Header The Configu ration Utilit y head er contains standard inf ormation and appears at the t op on ever y page. It[...]

Get ting Star ted W indow Na viga tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 14 1 Management But tons The table below de scribes the c ommonly used but t ons that appear on various pages in the system. Management But tons But ton Name De scription Add Adds a new entr y t o the table or database. Cancel Canc el[...]

2 Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 15 St a tus and St a tistic s This chapter describe s how t o displa y status and statistics and contains these top ic s : • System Su mmar y • Net work Interfac es • T ra f fic Statistics • WorkGroup Bridge Transmit /Re c eive • Associ a t ed C li e n ts • T[...]

Status and Statistic s Syst em Summar y Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 16 2 • Ser ia l N um be r — The serial numb er of the Cisco W AP device. • Bas e M A C Ad dr ess — The W AP MAC address . • Firm ware V ersion — The firmwar e version number of the active image. • Fir mw ar e M D5 Ch e [...]

Status and Statistic s Network In t er faces Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 17 2 - Establishe d —A conne ction ses sion is established bet ween the W AP device and a ser ver or client , depend ing on the r ole of each device with r esp ect to this prot ocol. - Time Wait — The clo sing se quence has [...]

Status and Statistic s T raf f i c St at i st i c s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 18 2 Traf f i c S t at i s t i c s Use the T raffic Statistic s page t o view basic inf ormation about the W AP . It also pr ovides a real-time displa y of transmit and r eceive statistics f or the Ethernet interface, the[...]

Status and Statistic s Asso cia ted Clients Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 19 2 Each network interface that is configured as a W orkGroup Bridge int erface shows these fields : • Net work Inter face —Name of the Ethernet or V AP inter face. • Status and St a tistic s — Whether the int er face is[...]

Status and Statistic s Asso cia ted Clients Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 20 2 • Status — The Authenticated and As sociated Status shows the underlying IEEE 802. 11 authentication and associ ation status , which is present no matter which type of s ecurity the client us es to connect to the W AP de[...]

Status and Statistic s TS P EC C l i e n t A s s o c i at i o n s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 21 2 TSPEC Clien t A s s oci a tions The TSPEC Client As soci ations page pr ovides real-time inf ormation about the TSPEC client data transmit ted and r eceive d by this acce ss p oint . The tables on the T[...]

Status and Statistic s TS P EC C l i e n t A s s o c i at i o n s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 22 2 The value ma y differ depending on other priority traf fic sessions . • Medium Time — T ime that the T S traffic oc cupies the transmission m edium. • Exce ss Us age Events —Number of time s tha[...]

Status and Statistic s T SPE C Sta tus and Statis tics Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 23 2 TSPEC Sta tus and Sta tistic s The T SPEC Status and Statistics page prov ides this inf ormat ion: • Summar y inf ormation about T SPEC ses sions by radio. • Summar y inf ormation about T SPEC ses sions by V A[...]

Status and Statistic s TS P EC A P S t a t i st i c s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 24 2 • Acce ss Ca t egor y — The Acce ss Cat egor y as sociated with this T raffic Stre am (voice or video) . • To t a l P a c k e t s — T otal numb er of T S pack ets sent (in T ransmit table) or r ec eived (in[...]

Status and Statistic s Rad i o S tat ist ic s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 25 2 Radio Statistics Y ou can us e the Radio Statistics page t o show packet -lev el and by te-lev el statistics f or the wir eles s radio int er face. T o view the Radio Statistics page, sele ct Status and Statistics > Rad[...]

Status and Statistic s Em ai l Al er t S t atu s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 26 2 • FCS Error C ount —Count of FCS errors det ected in a received MPDU frame. • T ransmit Retr y Count —Number of time s an MSDU is succ es sfully transmitted after one or mor e r etries . • A CK Failur e Count [...]

Status and Statistic s Lo g Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 27 2 Lo g The L og page shows a list of system ev ents that generat ed a lo g entr y , such as login at tempts and configuration changes . The log is cleared upon a reboot and can be cleared by an administrat or . Up to 512 ev ents can be shown.[...]

3 Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 28 Administra tion This chapter describe s how t o configure global system settings and p er f orm diagnostics . It contains the se topics: • System Set tings • User A cc ounts • Time Set tings • Log S et tings • Email Aler t • HT TP /HT TPS Ser vic e • Man[...]

Admin istr a tio n Syst em Settings Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 29 3 Sys te m Set ti n gs The System Set tings page enable s you to configure inf ormation that identif ies the W AP devic e within the network . T o c onfigur e syst em settings : STEP 1 Select Adm i ni st r a t io n > Sy s te m Sett[...]

Admin istr a tio n Use r A cco un ts Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 30 3 Adding a Us er T o ad d a new user : STEP 1 Select Adm i ni st r a t io n > User Ac counts in the navigation pane. The User Acco unt T able shows the currently configur ed users . The user cisc o is pr econfigured in the system [...]

Admin istr a tio n Ti m e S e t t i n g s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 31 3 STEP 1 Select Adm i ni st r a t io n > User Ac counts in the navigation pane. The User Acco unt T able shows the currently configur ed users . The user cisc o is pr econfigured in the system t o ha v e Read/Write privileges[...]

Admin istr a tio n Ti m e S e t t i n g s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 32 3 STEP 1 F or the Syst em Clock Source field, select Net work Time Protoc ol (NTP) . STEP 2 Configure these parameters: • NTP S er ver /IP v4/IP v 6 Addres s Name —Spe cify the IP v 4 addr es s, IP v6 address , or hostname o[...]

Admin istr a tio n Log Settings Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 33 3 • Daylight Sa vings End —Select the week , da y , month, and time when daylight sa vings time ends. • Daylight Savings Of fset— Sp ecify the numb er of minutes t o move the clock f orward when da ylight sa vings time begins and [...]

Admin istr a tio n Log Settings Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 34 3 • Severity — The minimum severit y that an event must ha ve f or it to be writ ten t o the log in nonvolatile memory . For e xample, if you specify 2 (critical) , then critical, aler t , and emergency events ar e logged to non volat[...]

Admin istr a tio n Em ai l Al er t Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 35 3 A hostname can c onsist of one or mor e labels, which are sets of up to 63 alphanumeric characters. If a hostname includes multiple lab els, each is separated by a period (.) . The entir e series of lab els and periods can be up t o [...]

Admin istr a tio n Em ai l Al er t Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 36 3 STEP 1 Select Adm i ni st r a t io n > Email Alert in the navigation pane. STEP 2 In the Global Configuration area, configur e these parameters: • Admini stra t ive M ode —Choo se t o enable the email aler t f eature globally [...]

Admin istr a tio n Em ai l Al er t Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 37 3 • Us ernam e —Ent er the username f or the email account that will be us ed to send these emails . T ypically (but not al wa ys ) the username is the full email address including the domain (such as Name@example.com). The sp ecif[...]

Admin istr a tio n HT TP /HT TPS S er vic e Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 38 3 SMTP Port: 465 or 587 Username: Your email address, without the domain name such as myName (without @yahoo.com) Password: Your Yahoo accou nt password The f ollowing e xample shows a sample f ormat of a genera l log email: F[...]

Admin istr a tio n HT TP /HT TPS S er vic e Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 39 3 • Sessi on T i meo u t — The maximum amount of time, in minut es , an inactive user remains logged on to the W AP device configuration utilit y . When the configured timeout is reached, the user is automatically logged o[...]

Admin istr a tio n Ma na g em ent Ac c e s s C ont ro l Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 40 3 • Cer tificate F ile Present • Cer tificate Expiration Date • Cer tificate Issuer Common Nam e If an SS L cer tificate (with a .pem extension ) e xists on the W AP device, y ou can download it to your compu[...]

Admin istr a tio n Up grad e Firm ware Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 41 3 ! CAU TI O N V erify any IP addr ess that you enter . If you ent er an IP addr ess that do es not mat ch your Administrative comput er , you will lose access t o t he con fi gur a tio n i nt er f ace . I t is highly recommend to [...]

Admin istr a tio n Up grad e Firm ware Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 42 3 STEP 1 Select Adm i ni st r a t io n > Update F irmwar e in the na vigation pane. The Pr oduct ID (PID) and activ e and inactiv e firmwar e v ersions appear . STEP 2 Select TFTP for T ransfer Method . STEP 3 Enter a name ( 1 t[...]

Admin istr a tio n Fir mw are Re c ov e r y Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 43 3 Uploading the new sof tware ma y tak e several minut es. D o not r efr esh the page or na vigate to another page while uploadi ng the new software, or the software upload is abor ted. When the pr oce ss is c omplet e, the ac[...]

Admin istr a tio n Fir mw are Re c ov e r y Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 44 3 NOTE Y ou can acce ss the system acr os s a network if the default gat eway IP addr es s is 192. 168. 1 . 1 . STEP 3 Open a web br owser and enter the IP addr ess of the switch in the addr ess ba r ( 192. 168. 1 .254). NOTE [...]

Admin istr a tio n Download/B ackup Configur a tion F ile Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 45 3 D ownlo ad/B ackup Configuration F ile The W AP device c onfiguration files ar e in XML f ormat and c ontain all the inf ormation about the W AP devic e set tings. Y ou can b ack up (upload) the configuration f[...]

Admin istr a tio n Download/B ackup Configur a tion F ile Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 46 3 STEP 6 Select which c onfiguration fi le y ou want t o back up : • Star tup C onfigura tion —Configuration file t ype us ed when the W AP device last boot ed. Thi s does no t inc lude an y configuration cha[...]

Admin istr a tio n Configur a tion F iles Proper ties Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 47 3 If the downloade d file over writ es the Star tup C onfiguration file, and the file pas ses a validity check , then the downloade d configuration takes eff ect the next time the WA P d e v i c e r e b o o t s . STE[...]

Admin istr a tio n Reb o ot Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 48 3 STEP 1 Select Adm i ni st r a t io n > Co p y / S a ve Co n f i gu r a ti on in the na vigation pane. STEP 2 Select the So u r c e F i le N am e : • Star tup C onfigura tion —Configuration file t ype us ed when the W AP device last b[...]

Admin istr a tio n Disc overy—Bonjour Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 49 3 Dis c over y—B onjour Bonjour enables the W AP device and its ser vic es t o be discovered by using multicast DNS (mDNS) . Bonjour adver tises s er vices to the network an d answers queries f or the ser vic e typ es that it su[...]

Admin istr a tio n Pac ket Ca ptu re Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 50 3 f ormatted in pcap f ormat and can be examined using t ools such as W ireshark and OmniPeek . • Remot e captur e method—Captured pack ets ar e r edirect ed in real time t o an external computer running the W ir eshark tool. The[...]

Admin istr a tio n Pac ket Ca ptu re Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 51 3 As s oon as the capture is completed, the radio r ev er ts t o nonpr omiscuous mode op eration. • Radio Client Filter —Enables or dis ables the WLAN client filter t o captur e only frames that ar e transmitted t o, or r eceived[...]

Admin istr a tio n Pac ket Ca ptu re Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 52 3 - br trunk —Linux bridge inter face in the W AP devic e. • Capture Dura tion —Ent er the time duration in seconds f or the captur e. The range is fr om 10 to 3600 . The default is 60 . • Max Capture F ile Size —Ent er the[...]

Admin istr a tio n Pac ket Ca ptu re Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 53 3 A Micr os oft Windows comput er running the Wir eshark t ool allows you to displa y , log, and analyze ca ptur ed traffic. The re mo t e pack et capture f acility is a standard f eatur e of the W ir eshark tool f or Windows. Linux [...]

Admin istr a tio n Pac ket Ca ptu re Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 54 3 STEP 7 Select the inter face fr om which you need to capture pack ets. At the W ir eshark popup window , next to the IP addr ess , there is a pull-down list f or y ou t o select the interfaces . The int er face can be one of the f [...]

Admin istr a tio n Pac ket Ca ptu re Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 55 3 • All traffic to and from a specif ic client: wlan.addr == 00:00 :e8:4e:5f:8e In r emote captur e mode, traffic is sent t o the computer running W ir eshark through one of the network inter faces. D epending on the location of th[...]

Admin istr a tio n Supp o r t Inform a tio n Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 56 3 STEP 1 Select Use TF TP to download the ca pture file . STEP 2 Enter the TFTP S er ver Filename to download if dif f er ent fr om the default . By default , the captur ed packets ar e st ored in the f older file /tmp/ apcap[...]

4 Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 57 LA N This chapter describe s how t o configur e the por t , net work , and clock s ettings of the W AP device s. It includes thes e t opics: • Por t Set tings • VL AN and IP v4 Addres s S ettings • IPv6 A d dr esses Por t S et tings The P or t Set tings page ena[...]

LA N VL AN and IPv4 Address S ettings Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 58 4 STEP 4 Enable or disable Gre en Ethernet Mode (W AP 3 2 1 on l y ). • Green Ethernet Mode is an aut o-power -down mo de that r educes chip power when the signal from a link partner is not pr esent . Green Ethernet Mode wor ks wh[...]

LA N IPv6 Address es Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 59 4 • Management VL AN ID — The VL AN ass ociated with the IP addr es s you use t o acc ess the W AP device. Provide a number bet ween 1 and 4094 f or the Management VLAN ID . The default is 1 . This VLAN is als o the default untagged VLAN. If you[...]

LA N IPv6 Address es Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 60 4 T o c onfigur e IP v6 addr es s sett ings: STEP 1 Select LA N > IPv6 A dd r esses in the na vigation ar ea. STEP 2 Configure the f oll owing settings : • IP v 6 Conne ction Type —Cho ose how the W AP device obtains an IP v6 address : - DHCP[...]

LA N IPv6 Address es Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 61 4 • IP v 6 Link Loc al Addre ss — The IP v6 address used by the lo cal physical link . The link local addres s is not configurable and is assign ed by using the IP v6 Neighbor Discover y proce ss . • De fault IPv 6 Gatewa y — The statically [...]

5 Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 62 Wir ele s s This chapter describe s how t o configur e pro per ties of the wireles s radio operation. It includes thes e t opics: • Radio • Rogue AP D etec tion • Net works • Sch ed u le r • Sch ed u le r Assoc ia tio n • B andwidth Utilization • MAC F i[...]

Wireless Rad i o Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 63 5 STEP 1 Select Wireles s > Radio in the na vigation pane. STEP 2 In the Global Set tings area, configure the TSPE C Viola tion Inter val , which is the time int er val in seconds f or the W AP device to r epor t associated clients that do not adhere[...]

Wireless Rad i o Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 64 5 • Primar y Channel (802 . 11 n modes with 20/ 40 MHz bandwidth only)—A 40 MHz channel can be considered to consist of two 20 MHz channels that are contiguous in the frequency domain. Thes e two 20 MHz channels are often r ef erred to as the Primar[...]

Wireless Rad i o Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 65 5 - No — The W AP device transmits data using an 800-nano sec ond guard inter val. • Prote ction — The pr otection f eature contains rules to guarant ee that 802. 11 transmissions do not cause interf ere nce with legacy stations or applications . [...]

Wireless Rad i o Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 66 5 If the packet being transmit t ed is equal to or les s than the threshold, fragmentation is not used. Set ting the thr eshold to the largest value (2,346 by t es , which is the default) eff ectively disables fragmentation. Fragmentation inv olves more[...]

Wireless Rad i o Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 67 5 Some channel ranges and c ountr y co de combinations have relativ ely low maximum transmit power . When attempting to set the transmit power t o the lower ranges (f or e xample, 25% or 12%), the expected dro p in power ma y not occur , b ecause c erta[...]

Wireless Rad i o Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 68 5 By default , the Multicast /Broadcast Rat e Limiting option is disabled. Until you enable Multicast /Broadcast Rate Limiting, thes e fields ar e disable d: - Rate Limit — The rate limit f or mult icast and broadcast traffic. The limit should be grea[...]

Wireless Ro gu e AP D ete cti o n Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 69 5 - On — A station is requir ed t o send a T SPEC r equest f or bandwidth t o the W AP devic e bef ore sending or receiving a video traf fic str eam. The W AP device responds with the r esult of the request , which includes the allott[...]

Wireless Ro gu e AP D ete cti o n Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 70 5 The W AP devic e per f orms an RF scan on all channels to det ect all APs in the vicinity of the net work . If rogue APs ar e det ected, the y are shown on the R ogue AP Detection page. If an AP list ed as a rogue is legi timat e, you[...]

Wireless Ro gu e AP D ete cti o n Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 71 5 - Ad hoc indicates a rogue station running in Ad hoc mode. Stations s et t o Ad hoc mode c ommunicate with each ot her directly , without the use of a traditional AP . Ad hoc mo de is an IEEE 802. 11 Wir eles s Networking Framework al[...]

Wireless Ro gu e AP D ete cti o n Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 72 5 • Beac o n s — The total number of beacons r ec eived fr om the r ogue AP since it was first disc over ed. • Las t Beaco n — The date and time of the last beacon received fr om the ro gu e A P . • Rates —Suppor ted and bas[...]

Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 73 5 Th e fi le t ha t y ou im p o r t mu s t b e a p la i n- tex t fi le w it h a . t x t or . cfg ex ten s io n . E nt r ie s in the file are MAC addr ess es in hexadecimal f ormat with each octet separated by colons, f or example 0 0:11 :22:33:44:55. Y[...]

Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 74 5 ?, ", $, [, , ], and +. The allowable charact ers ar e : AS CII 0x20, 0x21 , 0x23, 0x25 throug h 0x2A , 0x2 C thr ough 0x3E, 0x 40 through 0 x5A, 0x5E through 0x 7E . In addition, these three characters cannot be the first character : !, #, and[...]

Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 75 5 ! CAU TI O N Be sure to ent er a VLAN ID that is pr operly configured on the net work . Network pr oblems can result if the V AP ass ociates wir eless clients with an improperly configured VLAN. When a wireless client conne cts to the W AP devic e by[...]

Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 76 5 - Dyna mic WE P - WP A Personal - WP A Enterprise If you select a securit y mode other than None, additional fields appe ar . These fields are e xplained in Con f i gu r in g Sec ur i ty Sett i ng s . NOTE W e recommend using WP A P ersonal or WP A E[...]

Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 77 5 NOTE T o delet e a V AP , s elect th e V AP and click De le te . T o save your deletion permanently , click Sa v e when complete. C onfiguring Se curit y S et tings These s ections describe the s ecurit y settings that you configure, depending on you[...]

Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 78 5 - ASC II - Hex • WEP Ke ys — Y ou can specify up to f our WEP ke ys. In each te xt box , ent er a string of charact ers f or each key . The ke ys y ou enter depend on the ke y typ e se l ec t ed: - AS CII — Includes uppercase and lowercase alph[...]

Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 79 5 - Both Open System and Shared Key . When you select both authenticati on algorithms, client st ations configured t o use WEP in shared k ey mode must hav e a valid WEP k ey in order t o asso ciate with the W AP device. Als o, client stations configur[...]

Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 80 5 This mode requir es the use of an external R ADIUS ser ver t o authenticat e users . The W AP devic e requir es a R ADIUS ser ver that suppor ts EAP , such as the Microsoft Internet Authentication Ser ver . T o work with Micr os oft Wi ndows clients,[...]

Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 81 5 • Ke y — The shared secret k ey that the W AP device uses to authenticat e t o the primar y R ADIUS ser ver . Y ou can us e up t o 63 standar d alph anumeric and special characters. The k ey is case sensitiv e and must mat ch the k ey configur ed[...]

Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 82 5 - WPA — The network has client stations that suppor t the original WP A and none that suppor t the newer WP A 2. - WPA2 —All client stations on the network suppor t WP A 2. This pr ot ocol version pr ovides the best securit y per the IEEE 802. 11[...]

Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 83 5 WP A Enterprise WP A Enterprise with R ADIUS is an impl ementation of the Wi-F i Alliance IEEE 802. 11 i standar d , which includes CCMP (AES), and TKIP encr yption. The Enterprise mode r equires the use of a R ADIUS ser ver t o authenticat e users .[...]

Wireless Networks Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 84 5 By defa ult both TKIP an d CCMP ar e select ed. When both TKIP and CCM P are selected, client stations configured to use WP A with R ADIUS must have one of the se address es and keys: - A valid TKIP R ADIUS IP addr es s and R ADIUS Ke y - A valid CCM[...]

Wireless Sch edu l er Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 85 5 • Enable R ADIUS Ac counting — T racks and measures the resources a par ticular user has consumed such as system time, amount of data transmitted and received, and so on. If you enable R ADIUS accounting, it is enable d f or the primar y R AD[...]

Wireless Sch edu l er Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 86 5 STEP 1 Select Wireles s > Sc hed u le r in the na vigation pane. STEP 2 Ensure that the Ad m in is tr a tiv e M ode is enabled. By default it is disable d. The Scheduler Op erational Status ar ea in dicat es the current o peration status of th[...]

Wireless Sch ed ul e r A ssoc i a tio n Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 87 5 STEP 4 Fr om the Day of the Week menu, s elect the recurring schedule f or the rule. Y ou can configure the rule to occur daily , each we ek day , each weekend da y (Saturda y and Sunda y), or any single day of the w eek . STEP [...]

Wireless Bandwidth Utiliza tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 88 5 B andwidth Utilization Use the Bandwidth Utilization page to co nfigure how much of the radio bandwidth can be use d bef or e the W AP devic e st ops allowing new client as sociations . This f eatur e is disabled by default . T o enable[...]

Wireless MAC Filt ering Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 89 5 Up to 512 MAC addr ess es can be added to the filt er list . T o c onfigur e MAC filt ering: STEP 1 Select Wireles s > MA C Filtering in the na vigation pane. STEP 2 Select how the W AP device us es the filter list: • Allow only stations i[...]

Wireless WDS Bridge Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 90 5 WDS Bridge The W ireless Distribution System (WDS) allows you to connect multiple W AP 121 and W AP321 device s. With WDS, acc es s points communicate with one another without wires. This capabilit y is critical in providing a seamle ss experience [...]

Wireless WDS Bridge Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 91 5 - Radio - IEEE 802. 11 Mode - Channel Bandwidth - Channel (Aut o is not r ecommende d) NOTE When operating bridging in the 802. 11 n 2.4 GHz b and, set the Channel Bandwidth to 20 MHz, rather than the default 20/ 40 MHz . In the 2.4 GHz 20/ 40 MHz [...]

Wireless WDS Bridge Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 92 5 Pe rsonal mode, the W AP device us es WP A 2-PS K with CCMP (AES) encr yption over the WDS link . See WEP on WDS Links or WP A /PSK on WDS Links f ollowing this proce dur e f or mor e inf ormation ab out encr yption options . STEP 5 Repeat these st[...]

Wireless Wo r k G r o u p B r i d g e Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 93 5 • WDS ID —Ent er an appr opriate name f or the new WDS link you ha ve cr eat ed. It is impor tant that the same WD S ID is also ent ered at the other end of the WD S link . If this WD S ID is not the same f or both W AP device[...]

Wireless Wo r k G r o u p B r i d g e Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 94 5 In W orkGr oup Bridge mode, the B SS mana ged by the W AP devic e while operating in W AP device mode is ref e rr ed to as the acces s point int er face, and a ss ociated ST A s as downstream S T As . The B SS manage d by the othe[...]

Wireless Wo r k G r o u p B r i d g e Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 95 5 NOTE Ther e is an arr ow ne xt to SS ID f or S S ID Scanning; this f eature is disable d by default , and is enabled only if AP Detection is enabled in Rogue AP Detection (which is also disa bled by default). • Secu rity — The[...]

Wireless Qualit y of Ser v ice Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 96 5 - Disa bled — The set of clients in the APs B SS that can acc es s the upstream network is not restricted t o the clients specified in a MAC address li st . - Lo cal — The s et of clients in the APs BS S that can acc es s the upstrea[...]

Wireless Qualit y of Ser v ice Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 97 5 STEP 1 Select Wireles s > Qo S in the navigation pane. STEP 2 Select an op tion fr om the EDCA T emplate list: • WF A D efaults —Populates the W AP devic e and Station ED CA parameters with WiF i Alliance default values, which are[...]

Wireless Qualit y of Ser v ice Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 98 5 If the first random backoff wait time expires bef or e the data frame is sent , a r etr y counter is incr ement ed and the random back off value (window) is doubled. Doubling c ontinues until th e size of the random backoff value r eache[...]

Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 99 5 STEP 4 Configure the f ollowing additional set tings: • No Acknowle dgemen t —Select Enable to specify that the W AP device should not acknowledge frames with QosNoAck as the s er vice class value. • Unsche dule d Automa tic Power Save Deliv[...]

Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 100 5 WPS maintains network s ecurit y by r equiring b oth the users of new client devices and WLAN administrators t o ha ve either ph ysical acc ess to their r espe ctive dev ic es or secu r e r em ot e access t o these de vi ces. Us age Sc en arios T[...]

Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 101 5 manually configures the device with the SSID, public shar ed ke y , and cr yptography modes of the WPS-enable d W AP devic e. The device joins the network . The PIN is either an eight -digit number that uses its last digit as a checksum value, or[...]

Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 102 5 Ex ternal and Internal Re gistration It is not nece ss ar y f or the W AP device s t o handle the registration of clients on the network thems elves. The W AP device can either use i ts built -in registrar , or act as a pro x y f or an external r[...]

Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 103 5 As with the PB C method, if the W AP device be gins the enr ollment transaction and no cl ie nt at te mp t s to en rol l af te r 1 20 s ec o nd s , t he W A P d ev ic e ter mi na tes t he pending trans action. Optional Use of Built-In Registrar A[...]

Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 104 5 V AP Configuration Changes The WPS pr otocol can configure the f ollo wing paramet ers f or a WPS-enable d V AP on a W AP d evice : • N etw o r k SSI D • Ke y management options (WP A-PSK , or WP A-PSK and WP A 2-PSK) • Cr yptography option[...]

Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 105 5 Exclusive Operation of WPS T rans actions Any one V AP on the W AP device can be enabled fo r WPS. At most , one WPS transaction (f or e xample, enrollment and as so ciation of an 802. 11 client) can be in pr ogress at a time on the W AP device. [...]

Wireless WPS S e tup Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 106 5 • WPS Devic e Name —Provides a default device name. Y ou can assign a differ ent name fr om 1 to 32 charact ers, including space s and special charact ers. • WPS Global Op erational Status — Whether the WPS pr ot ocol is enabled or disabl[...]

Wireless WP S Pr ocess Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 107 5 Instance St a tus The Instance Status area shows the f ollowing inf ormation about the selected WPS instance : • WPS Operational Sta tus — Whether or not the WPS instance is operational. • AP Lo ck down Status — Whether the AP is in loc[...]

Wireless WP S Pr ocess Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 108 5 When you ent er the PIN on the client de vice, the WPS Op erational Status changes t o Adding Enrollee. When the enrollment proces s is complete, the WPS Operational Statu s changes to R eady and the T ransaction Stat us changes to Succe ss . W[...]

Wireless WP S Pr ocess Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 109 5 Vi e w in g In s t a nc e St at us I nf or m at i on The Instance Status section shows the fo llowing inf o rmation about the WPS instance selected in the WPS Instanc e ID list: • WPS Status — Whether the sele ct ed WPS instance is enabled [...]

6 Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 110 System S e curit y This chapter describe s how t o configur e securit y settings on the W AP device device. It contains the se topics: • RA D I U S Se r v e r • 802. 1 X Supplic ant • Password Complexit y • WP A-PSK C omplexit y R ADIUS S er ver Several f eat[...]

System Securit y RAD I U S S e rve r Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 111 6 STEP 1 Select Sec u r i ty > RA D IU S S e rv e r in the na vigation pane. STEP 2 Enter the paramet ers: • Serve r IP A dd r ess T ype — The IP version that the R ADIUS s er ver uses . Y ou can toggle be tween the addr es s[...]

System Securit y 802. 1 X Supplicant Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 112 6 802. 1 X Supplic ant IEEE 802. 1 X authentication enable s the acce ss p oint t o gain acces s to a secured wired network . Y ou can enable the acce ss p oint as an 802. 1 X supplicant (client) on the wir ed net work . A user name[...]

System Securit y 802. 1 X Supplicant Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 113 6 • Pas sword — The W AP device us es this MD5 pas sword when r esponding to r eque sts fr om an 802. 1 X authenticator . The password can be 1 to 64 charact ers in length. AS CII-printable cha ract ers ar e allowed, which inclu[...]

System Securit y Passw or d Complexit y Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 114 6 Pas sword Complexit y Y ou can c onfigur e complexity requirements f or pas sword s used to acce ss the W AP device c onfiguration utility . Complex passwords increase securit y . T o c onfigur e password complexity requir emen[...]

System Securit y WP A-PSK Complexit y Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 115 6 WP A-PSK C omplexit y When you configure V APs on the W AP device, you can select a method of securely authenticating clients. If you sele ct the WP A Personal pr ot ocol (als o known as WP A pre-shared k ey or WP A-PSK) as the s[...]

7 Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 116 Client Qualit y of S er vic e This chapter pr ovides an overview of Client qualit y of ser vic e (QoS) and e xplains the QoS f eatur es available fr om the Clie nt QoS menu. It contains these topics: • Client QoS Glob al S ettings • ACL • Class Map • Policy M[...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e ACL Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 117 7 The W AP devic e suppor ts up to 50 IPv 4, IP v6, and MAC ACLs. IP v4 and IP v 6 A CLs IP ACLs classify traf fic f or Layers 3 and 4. Each ACL is a set of up t o 10 rules applied to traffic sent or received by the W AP device. Each r[...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e ACL Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 118 7 STEP 7 Use the Client QoS A ss oci a tion page t o apply the ACL t o one or mor e V APs. These steps give a detailed des cription of how t o configure A CLs: STEP 1 Select Clien t QoS > AC L in the navigation pane. STEP 2 En ter t[...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e ACL Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 119 7 When you select Deny , the rule bl ocks a ll traffic that meets the rule criteria fro m entering or e xiting the W AP device (depending on the ACL direction you select) . T raffic that do es not meet the criteria is f orwarded unles [...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e ACL Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 120 7 - Sel ect F ro m L i st — The k ey wor d associated with the source por t t o match: ftp, ftpdata, ht tp, smtp, snmp, telnet , tf tp, ww w . Each of these ke y words translat es int o its equivalent por t number . - Match to Por t [...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e ACL Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 121 7 49152 t o 65535—Dynamic and/ or Private P or ts • IP DSCP —Matches pack ets based on their IP D SCP value. If you select IP DS CP , choose one of the se options as the mat ch crit eria: - Sel ect F ro m L i st —D SCP A ssured[...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e ACL Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 122 7 • Sou r ce I Pv6 Pr efi x Le n g t h —Ent er the pr efix le ngth of the source IP v6 address . • Sou r ce Po rt —Select this option to include a source por t in the mat ch condition f or the rule. The source por t is identifi[...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e ACL Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 123 7 • Sou r ce MA C A d dr ess —Select this field and ent er the source MAC address t o compare against an Ethernet frame. • Sourc e MAC Mask —Select this field and enter the sour ce MAC addr ess mask spec ifying which bits in th[...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e Class Map Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 124 7 Clas s Map The Client QoS f eatur e contains Dif f erentiated Ser vices (DiffSer v) suppor t that allows traffic to be clas sified into str eams and given a cer tain QoS treatment in acco r da nce wit h d efi ned per -ho p beh [...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e Class Map Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 125 7 Use the fields in the Mat ch Crit eria Config uration ar ea t o mat ch packets t o a class . Select the che ck box f or each field to be used as a criterion f or a clas s and enter data in the relat ed field. Y ou can have mult[...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e Class Map Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 126 7 A DiffS er v mask of 255.255.255.255 indica t es that all bits are impor tant , and a mask of 0 .0.0 .0 indicates that no bits ar e important . The opposite is true with an ACL wildcar d mask . F or e xample, t o mat ch the cri[...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e Class Map Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 127 7 0 t o 1023— Well-Known P or ts 1024 t o 49151 —Register ed P orts 49152 t o 65535—Dynamic and/ or Private P or ts • Dest in a t i on P o rt —Includes a destination p or t in the mat ch condition f or the rule. The des[...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e Class Map Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 128 7 F or each bit position in the MAC mask , a 0 indicates that the corresponding addr es s bit is signific ant and a 1 indicat es that the addr ess bit is ignored. F or ex ample, t o check only the first f our octe ts of a MAC add[...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e Pol ic y Ma p Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 129 7 Policy Map P ac k e ts ar e cla ssif ied an d p r ocessed ba sed on defined criteria. The classification criteria is defined by a class on the Cla s s Map page. The proces sing is defined by a p o li cy' s a t t rib ut[...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e Client QoS Asso ciation Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 130 7 • Mark Class of S er vic e —Marks all pack ets f or the as sociated traffic stream with the specifie d class of ser vic e value in the priority field of the 802. 1 p header . If the packet does not already con[...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e Client QoS Asso ciation Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 131 7 T o c onfigur e client QoS ass ociation parameters: STEP 1 Select Clien t QoS > Client QoS As so ciation in the na vigation pane. STEP 2 Fr om the V AP list , select the V AP on which you want t o configure cli[...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e Client QoS Status Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 132 7 When a pack et or frame is received by the W AP devic e, the ACL's rules ar e checked f or a mat ch. The pack et or frame is proces se d if it is permitted and discarded if it is de nied. • Dif fSer v Policy D ow[...]

Client Qual it y of Ser vic e Client QoS Status Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 133 7 - IP v6: The ACL e xamines IP v6 packets f or matches to ACL rules. - MAC : The ACL e xamines La yer 2 frames f or matches t o ACL rules. • AC L N a me U p — The name of the ACL applied to tra ffic entering the W AP[...]

8 Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 134 Simple Net work Management Proto c ol This chapter describe s how t o configur e the Simple Network Management Prot ocol (S NMP) t o per f orm configuration and statistics gathering tasks . It contains the se topics: • SNMP O ver view • General SNMP S et tings ?[...]

Simple Net work Management Protocol General SNMP Sett ings Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 135 8 General SNMP S et tings Y ou can us e the General page t o enable SNMP and configure basic pr ot ocol settings. T o c onfigur e general SNMP s ettings : STEP 1 Select SNMP > General in the na vigation pane[...]

Simple Net work Management Protocol General SNMP Sett ings Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 136 8 A DNS hostname can c onsist of one or mor e labels, which are sets of up to 63 alphanumeric characters. If a hostna me includes multiple lab els, each is separated by a period (.) . The entir e series of lab [...]

Simple Net work Management Protocol Vi e w s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 137 8 • Tr ap D e s t in at i o n T ab l e —A list of up to thr ee IP address es or hostname s t o r ecei ve SN M P t r a ps. C h e ck t h e bo x a nd c h o os e a Ho st IP Addres s Type (IP v 4 or IP v6) b ef ore adding the[...]

Simple Net work Management Protocol Group s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 138 8 STEP 3 Check the box in the new r ow and click Edit : • View Name —Enter a name that identifies the MIB view . V iew names can contain up to 32 alphanumeric charact ers. • Type —Cho ose whether to include or e x clu[...]

Simple Net work Management Protocol Group s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 139 8 • RO —A r ead-only gr oup using authenticati on and data encr yption. Users in this group use an MD5 k ey /password f or authent ication and a DES k ey / password f or encryption. B oth the MD5 and DES ke y /passwords m[...]

Simple Net work Management Protocol Users Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 140 8 • Write Views — The write acces s to MIBs f or the group, which can be one of these options : - write-all — T he gr oup can creat e, alt er , and delete MIBs. - write-none — The group cannot cr eate, alt er , or delet[...]

Simple Net work Management Protocol Ta r g e t s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 141 8 • Group — The group that the user is mapped to. The default gr oups are RW Auth, RWPriv , and RO. Y ou can define additional gr oups on the S NMP Groups page. • Authentication Type — The typ e of authentication[...]

Simple Net work Management Protocol Ta r g e t s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 142 8 To a d d S N M P t a r g e t s : STEP 1 Select SNMP > Ta r g e t s in the na vigation pane. STEP 2 Click Add . A new r ow is cr eat ed in the table. STEP 3 Check the box in the new r ow and click Edit . STEP 4 Confi[...]

9 Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 143 Captive Por t al This chapter describe s the Captiv e P or tal (CP) f eatur e, which allows you t o block wireless clients from acce ssing th e netw ork until us er verification has been established. Y ou can configure CP v erifica tion to allow acce ss f or both gue[...]

Captive Por tal Cap tive P or tal Global Confi gura tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 144 9 Captive Por t al Glob al Configuration Y ou can us e the Global CP Configuration pa ge t o contr ol the admini strative stat e of the CP f eature and configure global se t tings that affect all captive por tal [...]

Captive Por tal Ins tance Configura t ion Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 145 9 Instanc e C onfiguration Y ou can creat e up to two Captive P ortal in stanc es ; each CP instance is a defined set of instance parameters. Instanc es can b e asso ciat ed with one or mor e V APs . Differ ent instances can be[...]

Captive Por tal Ins tance Configura t ion Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 146 9 - RA D I U S — T h e W A P d e v i c e u s e s a d a t a b a s e o n a r e m o t e R A D I U S s e r v e r t o authenticate users. • Redire ct —Specifies that CP should redirect the newly authenticat ed client t o the c[...]

Captive Por tal Ins tance Configura t ion Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 147 9 • Glob al RADIUS —If the V erification Mod e is R ADIUS, select this option to the default Global R ADIUS ser ver list to authenticat e clients. (See RAD I U S Serve r f or inf ormation about configurin g the global R ADI[...]

Captive Por tal Inst anc e As s o ciati on Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 148 9 STEP 6 Click Sa ve . Y our changes are sa ved t o the Star tup Configuration. Instanc e A s s o ci a tion Once you creat e an instance, you can use the Instance A sso ciation page t o asso ciat e a CP instance to a V AP . Th[...]

Captive Por tal W eb P or tal Customiz a tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 149 9 STEP 4 Fr om the Captive Port al Instance s list , select the CP instance that this locale is as sociated with. Y ou can as so ciat e multiple locales with an instanc e. When a user at t empts to acc ess a par t icular V [...]

Captive Por tal W eb P or tal Customiz a tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 150 9 • Ac count L abel — The t e xt that instructs the user to ent er a user name. The range is fr om 1 to 32 charact ers. • Us er L abe l — T h e l a b e l fo r th e u s e r n a m e t ex t b ox . T h e ra n g e i s f [...]

Captive Por tal W eb P or tal Customiz a tion Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 151 9 • Work In Pr ogre ss T ex t — The te xt that shows during authentication. The range is fr om 1 t o 128 charact ers. The default is Connecting, please be patient .... • Den i ed T ext — The te xt that shows when a [...]

Captive Por tal Lo ca l G rou p s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 152 9 T o uplo ad binar y graphic files to the W AP device : STEP 1 On the W eb P ortal Customization page, click Upload/Delete Custom Image next to th e B ack gr ound Image Name , Logo Im age Name , o r Acc ount Image fields . The W e b P[...]

Captive Por tal Lo ca l U s e rs Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 153 9 STEP 1 Select Captive Po r tal > Loc al Groups in the na vigation pane. STEP 2 Enter a Group Name and click Sa v e . The changes ar e sav ed to the Startup Configuration. NOTE T o delete a gr oup, select it in the Captive Por tal G[...]

Captive Por tal Authentica te d Clien ts Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 154 9 minut es . The def ault value is 60. The timeout value configur ed here has pr ec edence over the value configured f or the captiv e por tal instance, unle ss the user value is s et t o 0. When set to 0, the timeout value co n[...]

Captive Por tal F ailed Authentication Clients Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 155 9 - Lo cal — The W AP device use s a local datab ase t o authenticated users . - RA D I U S — The W A P device uses a database on a remot e R ADIUS ser ver t o authe nticat e users. • VA P I D — The V AP that the u[...]

Captive Por tal F ailed Authentication Clients Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 156 9 • Ve r i f i c a t i o n — The method the client at tempt ed t o use to authenticat e on the Captiv e Portal, which can be one of these values : - Guest — The us er does not need to be authenticated by a database. [...]

10 Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 157 Single Point Setup This chapter describe s how t o configure Single P oint Setup over multiple W AP devices . It includes thes e t opics: • Single Point Setup O ver view • Acc ess Poin ts • Sessi o n s • Channel Man agement • Wireles s Neighborho od Single[...]

Single Point Setup Single P oin t Setup Over view Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 158 10 Managing Si ngle Poin t Setup Acro ss W AP D evice s Single Point Setup creat es a dynamic, c onf iguration-a war e clust er , or group, of W AP device s in the same subnet of a network . A cluster suppor ts only a g[...]

Single Point Setup Single P oin t Setup Over view Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 159 10 Single Point Setup Ne gotiation When a W AP device is enabled and configured f or Single P oint Setup, it begin s sending perio dic advertisements ever y 10 se conds to announce its pr esenc e. If ther e are other W [...]

Single Point Setup Single P oin t Setup Over view Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 160 10 Op era tion of a W AP Devic e Dropp ed From a Single Poin t Se t up When a W AP device that was previously a member of a clust er bec omes disconne ct ed from the clust er , the f o llowing guidelines apply : • L o[...]

Single Point Setup Single P oin t Setup Over view Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 161 10 MAC F iltering Sche duler Management Acces s Control SNMP General and S NMP v3 N etw o r ks WP A- P SK Co m pl e xi ty Ti m e S e t t i n g s Common C onfiguration Set tings and Parameters that ar e Propagated in Sin[...]

Single Point Setup Acc ess Points Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 162 10 Access Po i n ts The Acce ss Points page allows you t o enable or disable Single P oint Setup on a W AP device, view the cluster me mbers , and configure the location and cluster name f or a member . Y ou can also click the IP addre[...]

Single Point Setup Acc ess Points Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 163 10 STEP 1 Select Single Point Setup > Acc e ss Points in the navigation pane. Single P oint Setup is d isabled by default on the W AP device. When disabled, the Enable Single Poin t Setup but ton is visible. If Single Point Setup is[...]

Single Point Setup Acc ess Points Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 164 10 The W AP devic e begins searching f or other W AP devices in the subnet that are configured with the same cluster name an d IP v ersion. A potential clust er member sends advert isements ever y 10 seco nds t o announce its presence.[...]

Single Point Setup Acc ess Points Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 165 10 STEP 4 (Optional) In the L ocation field, ent er a description of where the acces s point is physically located, f or example, Reception. STEP 5 Click Enable Single Point Setup . The acce ss p oint automatically joins the Single P o[...]

Single Point Setup Se ssions Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 166 10 Na viga ting to a W AP D evic e Us ing its IP Addres s in a URL Y ou can also link to the web-b ased configuration utilit y of a specific W AP device by entering the IP addr es s f or that acces s point as a URL directly into a web brows[...]

Single Point Setup Channel Managemen t Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 167 10 • Us er MAC — The MAC addr es s of the wir eles s client . A MAC addr ess is a hardware addr e ss that uniquely identifies each no de of a network . • Idle — The amount of time this WL AN client has r emained inactive. [...]

Single Point Setup Channel Managemen t Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 168 10 The aut omatic channel as signment f eature is disabled by default . The stat e of channel management (enabled or disabled ) is pr opagat ed to the other devices in the Single Point Setup cluster . At a specified inte r val, th[...]

Single Point Setup Channel Managemen t Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 169 10 No channel usage maps or chann el r eassi gnments are made. Only manual updates aff ect the channel assignment . Viewing Channel A ssignments and S et ting Lo cks When channel management is enabled, the page shows the Current C[...]

Single Point Setup Channel Managemen t Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 170 10 Propo se d Channel A ssignments T able The Proposed Channel As signments table shows the proposed channels that ar e t o be as signed to each W AP devic e when the ne xt update occurs . L ock ed channels are not r eassigned—t[...]

Single Point Setup W ir eless Neighb orhood Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 171 10 The default is one hour , meaning that channel usage is reas ses sed and the resulting channel plan is applie d ever y hour . If you change these set tings , click Sa ve . The changes are sa ved t o the active configuratio[...]

Single Point Setup W ir eless Neighb orhood Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 172 10 • Cluster — The list at the top of the table shows IP addr es ses f or all W AP devices that ar e cluster ed together . ( This list is the s ame as the memb ers list on the Single Point S etup > Acce ss Poin ts page[...]

Single Point Setup W ir eless Neighb orhood Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 173 10 Viewing Details for a Cluster Memb er T o view details on a cluster member , click the IP address of a memb er at the t op of the page. The f ollowing details f or the devic e appear below the Neighbors list . • SSI D ?[...]

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De authentic a tion Mes sage Re as on Co de s Cisco Small Busines s W AP 121 and W AP321 Wireless-N Acce ss Point with PoE 1 7 5 A 11 Disas socia t ed be cause the inf ormation in the Suppor ted Channels element is unacceptable 12 Disas sociated due to BS S T ransition Management 13 Invalid element, i.e., an element defined in this standard f or wh[...]

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