Cisco aironet 1810 series, User Manual

Page 1: ...00 offices worldwide Addresses phone numbers and fax numbers are listed on the Cisco website at www cisco com go offices Cisco Aironet 1810 Series OfficeExtend Access Point User Guide First Published June 1 2016 Last Updated June 14 2016 Text Part Number ...

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Page 3: ...N Controller IP Address on the Access Point 1 3 Configuring Radio Channels on the Access Point 1 4 Configuring Personal Wireless LANs 1 4 Troubleshooting 1 5 C H A P T E R 2 Understanding the Access Point GUI 2 1 Accessing the GUI 2 1 Home Page 2 3 AP Info 2 3 SSID 2 3 Client 2 4 Configuration Page 2 5 System Tab 2 6 SSID Tab 2 7 DHCP Tab 2 9 WAN Tab 2 10 Firewall 2 11 Sections and Precedence of F...

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Page 5: ...ment is meant to be used in conjunction with the following guides Getting Started Guide Cisco Aironet 1810 Series OfficeExtend Access Points at http www cisco com c en us td docs wireless access_point 1810 quick guide oeap1810getstart html Cisco Aironet 1810 Series OfficeExtend Access Points Deployment Guide at http www cisco com c en us td docs wireless controller technotes 8 3 b_Cisco_OfficeExte...

Page 6: ...0getstart ht ml Cisco Aironet 1810 Series OfficeExtend Access Points Product Support Page http www cisco com c en us support wireless aironet 1810 series officeextend access points tsd products support series home html Cisco Wireless LAN Controller configuration guides Table 2 Command Syntax Guide Convention Description boldface Commands and keywords italic Command input that is supplied by you Ke...

Page 7: ...isco com c en us support wireless wireless lan controller software products comman d reference list html Cisco Wireless LAN Controller System Message Guide http www cisco com c en us support wireless wireless lan controller software products system message guides list html Release Notes for Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers and Lightweight Access Points http www cisco com c en us support wireless wir...

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Page 9: ...ss point AP the parts mounting options powering options and other hardware installation procedures are provided in the Getting Started Guide Cisco Aironet 1810 Series OfficeExtend Access Points at http www cisco com c en us td docs wireless access_point 1810 quick guide oeap1810getstart html Ensure that the AP is properly mounted and ready to be powered up before proceeding with the sections that ...

Page 10: ...For information on the status LED indications see the Getting Started Guide Step 3 If your IT administrator has not pre provisioned the 1810 Series Office Extend AP with the IP address of the Wireless Controller continue with the following steps Step 4 Obtain the IP address of your Wireless LAN Controller from your company s IT professional Step 5 Connect your laptop to the Console port of the acc...

Page 11: ...eries OfficeExtend access points are designed to work behind a router or other gateway device that is using network address translation NAT NAT allows a device such as a home router or gateway to act as an agent between the Internet public and a personal network private thereby enabling an entire group of computers to be represented by a single IP address There is not limit to the number of Cisco ...

Page 12: ... on which this interface will operate Note 802 11n mode should be enabled by default If it is disabled choose Enabled from the 802 11 n mode drop down list Step 6 Click Apply to commit your changes Configuring Personal Wireless LANs Step 1 Access the 1810 Series OfficeExtend access point GUI as described in Accessing the GUI section on page 2 1 Step 2 Choose Configuration SSID Step 3 Choose the ra...

Page 13: ...ter between the 1810 series and the modem WLANs provided by the controller are not broadcast or clients are unable to connect Blinking Amber Software Upgrade in Process Wait for 1810 series to finish code download and perform an automatic reboot No connectivity is available through 1810 Series access point Blinking Red No IP address on the 1810 Series access point waiting for DHCP address Restart ...

Page 14: ...1 6 Cisco Aironet 1810 Series OfficeExtend Access Point User Guide Chapter 1 Installing and Configuring the Access Point Troubleshooting ...

Page 15: ...be used to configure the 1810 Series OfficeExtend access point Step 2 With the 1810 Series OfficeExtend access point connected to your home router gateway as described in the procedure Installing the Access Point in the Network section on page 1 2 enter the IP address of the 1810 Series OfficeExtend access point in the Address field of your Internet browser http ap ipaddress and click Go Note The ...

Page 16: ...1810 Series OfficeExtend Access Point welcome page click Enter The 1810 Series Office Extend Access Point Home page is displayed Figure 2 1 Home Page with AP Info Tab View The GUI consists of these pages Home Page Configuration Page Event Log Page Network Diagnostics Help Page Note When modifying any of the settings described in the following sections ensure that you click Apply for the settings t...

Page 17: ...ion WLC information CAPWAP status and WAN gateway status This page also shows radio specific information under AP Statistics which shows radio status channel bandwidth transmit power and number of packets in and out This page also displays LAN Port statistics such as port number admin status port type link status and number of packets in and out The CAPWAP status shows the status of the AP s CAPWA...

Page 18: ...igure 2 2 Home SSID Tab Client The Client tab see Figure 2 3 gives the details of associated clients with Local as well as Corporate SSIDs For each connected client this page reports the client MAC address client IP address WLAN SSID Radio LAN elapsed association time number of packets in and out Figure 2 3 Home Client Tab ...

Page 19: ...uide Chapter 2 Understanding the Access Point GUI Configuration Page Configuration Page The Configuration page is a multi tab page with the following options System Tab SSID Tab DHCP Tab WAN Tab Firewall Backup Restore Wherever applicable default values are shown ...

Page 20: ...on allows the user to configure radio interface parameters You can configure the parameters for both the 2 4 GHz and the 5 GHz radios To set these parameters first click the radio you want to configure from under the System tab You can set the following parameters for each radio Status Enable disable the selected radio interface i e 2 4 GHz or 5 GHz 802 11ac mode Enable disable the 802 11ac mode T...

Page 21: ... which will be the network s name The MAC Filter section allows for MAC filtering Check the Enabled check box to enable MAC filtering Specify the MAC addresses that are to be allowed wireless access in the table provided The Security Section allows the user to configure security parameters for the selected SSID and radio interface The following authenticated key management parameters can be config...

Page 22: ...2 8 Cisco Aironet 1810 Series OfficeExtend Access Point User Guide Chapter 2 Understanding the Access Point GUI Configuration Page Figure 2 5 Configuration SSID Tab ...

Page 23: ...t for the LAN interface IP Address Set the IP address Subnet Mask Set the IP net mask Default Gateway Set the default gateway DHCP Server Enable disable the DHCP server functionality on the LAN DHCP Starting IP Address Set the start of the IP address range that the DHCP server will use DHCP Ending IP Address Set the end of the IP address range that the DHCP server will use DHCP Lease Time minutes ...

Page 24: ...set the following parameters for IP configuration of the WAN port Static IP Check this check box to specifying a static IP for the WAN port IP Address Set the IP address of the connection Subnet Mask Set the IP netmask of the connection Default Gateway Set the IP address of the default gateway for the connection Domain Name Enter the domain name as provided by your ISP This is an optional field Th...

Page 25: ...firewall settings are applicable on the WAN port for local traffic traffic sent directly to the Internet and not to the corporate network Firewall protection for CAPWAP traffic and traffic sent through the controller to the corporate office is configured and monitored on the WLC Sections and Precedence of Firewall Settings The following are the sections in the Firewall tab listed in the order of p...

Page 26: ...es Select one of these protocols FTP Telnet SMTP DNS TFTP HTTP POP3 NNTP SNMP or HTTPS WAN port range You can manually set this using the WAN Port Start and WAN Port End fields only if the protocol is specified as TCP or UDP For all other protocols this range displays the pre configured port number Local IP address Specify the Local LAN client IP Address where the traffic is to be forwarded to LAN...

Page 27: ...s Page Backup Restore The Backup Restore tab see Figure 2 9 allows the following functions To backup the contents of the AP s NVRAM that is the configuration file for archiving or management purposes For this click Backup To upload a configuration file to the access point For this click Browse browse to and choose the configuration file and then click Restore ...

Page 28: ...ss Point User Guide Chapter 2 Understanding the Access Point GUI Event Log Page Figure 2 9 Backup Restore Tab Event Log Page This page shows you the logged errors and allows you to clear the log Click Clear to clear the log Figure 2 10 Event Log Page ...

Page 29: ...LS connections Using the Speed Test feature you can determine the non DTLS throughput of the system by running a speed test on demand This allows for root cause failure analysis and debugging of network bottlenecks Link Test The Link test provides the link latency and the jitter values Link latency monitors the round trip time of the CAPWAP packets echo request and response from the access point t...

Page 30: ... ap network diagnostics ap1 AP network diagnostics has been initiated Waiting for network diagnostics to complete AP Network Diagnostics Speed Test Results DTLS Upload Speed 10 83 Mbps DTLS Download Speed 9 87 Mbps Non DTLS Upload Speed 22 29 Mbps Non DTLS Download Speed 24 44 Mbps Link Test Results Latency 1 mSec Jitter 0 mSec Cisco Controller Running Network Diagnostics via Controller GUI You ca...