Radio 1 Setting

Radio 1 Activate

Select the check box to enable the NWA/WAC’s first (default) radio.

Radio 1 OP Mode

Select the operating mode for radio 1.

AP Mode means the radio can receive connections from wireless clients and pass their data traffic through to the NWA/WAC to be managed (or subsequently passed on to an upstream gateway for managing).

MON Mode means the radio monitors the broadcast area for other APs, then passes their information on to the NWA/WAC where it can be determined if those APs are friendly or rogue. If a radio is set to this mode it cannot receive connections from wireless clients.

Root AP means the radio acts as an AP and also supports the wireless connections with other APs (in repeater mode) to form a WDS (Wireless Distribution System) to extend its wireless network.

Repeater means the radio can establish a wireless connection with other APs (in either root AP or repeater mode) to form a WDS.

Radio 1 Profile

Select the radio profile the radio uses.

Note: You can only apply a 2.4G AP radio profile to radio 1. Otherwise, the first radio will not be working.

Radio 1 WDS Profile

This field is available only when the radio is in Root AP or Repeater mode.

Select the WDS profile the radio uses to connect to a root AP or repeater.

Uplink Selection Mode

This field is available only when the radio is in Repeater mode.

Select AUTO to have the NWA/WAC automatically use the settings in the applied WDS profile to connect to a root AP or repeater.

Select Manual to have the NWA/WAC connect to the root AP or repeater with the MAC address specified in the Radio 1 Uplink MAC Address field.

Max Output Power

Enter the maximum output power (between 0 to 30 dBm) of the NWA/WAC in this field. If there is a high density of APs in an area, decrease the output power of the NWA/WAC to reduce interference with other APs.

Note: Reducing the output power also reduces the NWA/WAC’s effective broadcast radius.

MBSSID Settings

Edit

Double-click an entry or select it and click Edit to open a screen where you can modify the entry’s settings. In some tables you can just click a table entry and edit it directly in the table. For those types of tables small red triangles display for table entries with changes that you have not yet applied.

#

This field shows the index number of the SSID

SSID Profile

This field displays the SSID profile that is associated with the radio profile.

Radio 2 Setting

Radio 2 Activate

This displays if the NWA/WAC has a second radio.

Select the check box to enable the NWA/WAC’s second radio.

Radio 2 OP Mode

This displays if the NWA/WAC has a second radio. Select the operating mode for radio 2.

AP Mode means the radio can receive connections from wireless clients and pass their data traffic through to the NWA/WAC to be managed (or subsequently passed on to an upstream gateway for managing).

MON Mode means the radio monitors the broadcast area for other APs, then passes their information on to the NWA/WAC where it can be determined if those APs are friendly or rogue. If a radio is set to this mode it cannot receive connections from wireless clients.

Root AP means the radio acts as an AP and also supports the wireless connections with other APs (in repeater mode) to form a WDS to extend its wireless network.

Repeater means the radio can establish a wireless connection with other APs (in either root AP or repeater mode) to form a WDS.

Radio 2 Profile

This displays if the NWA/WAC has a second radio. Select the radio profile the radio uses.

Note: You can only apply a 5G AP radio profile to radio 2. Otherwise, the second radio will not be working.

Radio 2 WDS Profile

This field is available only when the radio is in Root AP or Repeater mode.

Select the WDS profile the radio uses to connect to a root AP or repeater.

Uplink Selection Mode

This field is available only when the radio is in Repeater mode.

Select AUTO to have the NWA/WAC automatically use the settings in the applied WDS profile to connect to a root AP or repeater.

Select Manual to have the NWA/WAC connect to the root AP or repeater with tbe MAC address specified in the Radio 2 Uplink MAC Address field.

Max Output Power

Enter the maximum output power (between 0 to 30 dBm) of the NWA/WAC in this field. If there is a high density of APs in an area, decrease the output power of the NWA/WAC to reduce interference with other APs.

Note: Reducing the output power also reduces the NWA/WAC’s effective broadcast radius.

MBSSID Settings

Edit

Double-click an entry or select it and click Edit to open a screen where you can modify the entry’s settings. In some tables you can just click a table entry and edit it directly in the table. For those types of tables small red triangles display for table entries with changes that you have not yet applied.

#

This field shows the index number of the SSID

SSID Profile

This field shows the SSID profile that is associated with the radio profile.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the NWA/WAC.

Reset

Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings.

Rogue/Friendly AP List

Add

Click this button to add an AP to the list and assign it either friendly or rogue status.

Edit

Select an AP in the list to edit and reassign its status.

Remove

Select an AP in the list to remove.

#

This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with any interface.

Role

This field indicates whether the selected AP is a rogue-ap or a friendly-ap. To change the AP’s role, click the Edit button.

MAC Address

This field indicates the AP’s radio MAC address.

Description

This field displays the AP’s description. You can modify this by clicking the Edit button.

Importing/Exporting

These controls allow you to export the current list of rogue and friendly APs or import existing lists.

File Path / Browse / Importing

Enter the file name and path of the list you want to import or click the Browse button to locate it. Once the File Path field has been populated, click Importing to bring the list into the NWA/WAC.

You need to wait a while for the importing process to finish.

Exporting

Click this button to export the current list of either rogue APs or friendly APS.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the NWA/WAC.

Reset

Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings.

MAC

Enter the MAC address of the AP you want to add to the list. A MAC address is a unique hardware identifier in the following hexadecimal format: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx where xx is a hexadecimal number separated by colons.

Description

Enter up to 60 characters for the AP’s description. Spaces and underscores are allowed.

Role

Select either Rogue AP or Friendly AP for the AP’s role.

OK

Click OK to save your changes back to the NWA/WAC.

Cancel

Click Cancel to close the window with changes unsaved.

Enable Load Balancing

Select this to enable load balancing on the NWA/WAC.

Use this section to configure wireless network traffic load balancing between the managd APs in this group.

Mode

Select a mode by which load balancing is carried out.

Select By Station Number to balance network traffic based on the number of specified stations connected to the NWA/WAC.

Select By Traffic Level to balance network traffic based on the volume generated by the stations connected to the NWA/WAC.

Select By Smart Classroom to balance network traffic based on the number of specified stations connected to the NWA/WAC. The NWA/WAC ignores association request and authentication request packets from any new station when the maximum number of stations is reached.

If you select By Station Number or By Traffic Level, once the threshold is crossed (either the maximum station numbers or with network traffic), the NWA/WAC delays association request and authentication request packets from any new station that attempts to make a connection. This allows the station to automatically attempt to connect to another, less burdened AP if one is available.

Max Station Number

Enter the threshold number of stations at which the NWA/WAC begins load balancing its connections.

Traffic Level

Select the threshold traffic level at which the NWA/WAC begins load balancing its connections (Low, Medium, High).

The maximum bandwidth allowed for each level is:

•       Low - 11 Mbps,

•       Medium - 23 Mbps

•       High - 35M bps

Disassociate station when overloaded

This function is enabled by default and the disassociation priority is always Signal Strength when you set Mode to By Smart Classroom.

Select this option to disassociate wireless clients connected to the AP when it becomes overloaded. If you do not enable this option, then the AP simply delays the connection until it can afford the bandwidth it requires, or it transfers the connection to another AP within its broadcast radius.

The disassociation priority is determined automatically by the NWA/WAC and is as follows:

•       Idle Timeout - Devices that have been idle the longest will be kicked first. If none of the connected devices are idle, then the priority shifts to Signal Strength.

•       Signal Strength - Devices with the weakest signal strength will be kicked first.

Note: If you enable this function, you should ensure that there are multiple APs within the broadcast radius that can accept any rejected or kicked wireless clients; otherwise, a wireless client attempting to connect to an overloaded AP will be disassociated permanently and never be allowed to connect.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the NWA/WAC.

Reset

Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings.

Select Now

Click this to have the NWA/WAC scan for and select an available channel immediately.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the NWA/WAC.

Reset

Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings.