D-Link DWL-8610AP - Table of Contents

Unied Access Point Administrator’s Guide
Unied Access Point Administrator’s Guide
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January 2015
Table of Contents
Section 1 - About This Document ............................................................................................9
Document Organization ......................................................................................................................................... 9
Additional Documentation ..................................................................................................................................... 9
Document Conventions ......................................................................................................................................... 9
Online Help, Supported Browsers, and Limitations ............................................................................................. 10
Section 2 - Getting Started ...................................................................................................... 11
Administrator’s Computer Requirements ............................................................................................................ 11
Wireless Client Requirements ............................................................................................................................. 12
Dynamic and Static IP Addressing on the AP ...................................................................................................... 13
Recovering an IP Address ............................................................................................................................. 13
Discovering a Dynamically Assigned IP Address .......................................................................................... 13
Installing the UAP ................................................................................................................................................13
Basic Settings ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
Connecting to the AP Web Interface by Using the IPv6 Address .................................................................. 17
Using the CLI to View the IP Address.................................................................................................................. 17
Conguring the Ethernet Settings ....................................................................................................................... 18
Using the CLI to Congure Ethernet Settings ............................................................................................... 18
Conguring IEEE 802.1X Authentication ............................................................................................................. 19
Using the CLI to Congure 802.1X Authentication Information ..................................................................... 20
Verifying the Installation ...................................................................................................................................... 20
Conguring Security on the Wireless Access Point ............................................................................................. 21
Section 3 - Viewing Access Point Status ............................................................................... 22
Viewing Interface Status ...................................................................................................................................... 22
Wired Settings (Internal Interface) ................................................................................................................ 22
Wireless Settings .......................................................................................................................................... 22
Viewing Events ....................................................................................................................................................23
Conguring Persistent Logging Options ........................................................................................................ 23
Conguring the Log Relay Host for Kernel Messages .................................................................................. 24
Enabling or Disabling the Log Relay Host on the Events Page .................................................................... 24
Viewing Transmit and Receive Statistics ............................................................................................................. 25
Viewing Associated Wireless Client Information ................................................................................................. 26
Viewing TSPEC Client Associations .................................................................................................................... 26
Link Integrity Monitoring ................................................................................................................................ 28
Viewing Rogue AP Detection............................................................................................................................... 28
Saving and Importing the Known AP List ...................................................................................................... 30
Viewing Managed AP DHCP Information ............................................................................................................ 31
Viewing TSPEC Status and Statistics Information .............................................................................................. 31
Viewing TSPEC AP Statistics Information ........................................................................................................... 32
Viewing Radio Statistics Information ................................................................................................................... 33
Viewing Email Alert Operational Status ............................................................................................................... 34
Section 4 - Managing the Access Point .................................................................................35
Ethernet Settings ................................................................................................................................................. 35
Wireless Settings ................................................................................................................................................. 37
Using the 802.11h Wireless Mode ................................................................................................................. 39
Enabling AeroScout™ Engine Support ......................................................................................................... 39
Modifying Radio Settings ..................................................................................................................................... 40
Conguring Radio and VAP Scheduler................................................................................................................ 44
Scheduler Association Settings ........................................................................................................................... 46
Virtual Access Point Settings ............................................................................................................................... 47
None (Plain-text) ........................................................................................................................................... 50
Static WEP ....................................................................................................................................................50
IEEE 802.1X .................................................................................................................................................. 51
WPA Personal ...............................................................................................................................................53
WPA Enterprise .............................................................................................................................................54
Conguring the Wireless Distribution System (WDS) ......................................................................................... 56
WEP on WDS Links ...................................................................................................................................... 57
WPA/PSK on WDS Links .............................................................................................................................. 58