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4.

Select the band frequency

.

5.

Configure the following parameters.

Beacon Interval

Beacons are transmitted periodically by the EAP to announce the presence of

a wireless network for the clients.

Beacon Interval

value determines the time

interval of the beacons sent by the device.

You can specify a value between 40 and 100ms. The default is 100ms.

DTIM Period

The DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) is contained in some Beacon

frames. It indicates whether the EAP has buffered data for client devices. The

DTIM Period

indicates how often the clients served by this EAP should check for

buffered data still on the EAP awaiting pickup.

You can specify the value between 1-255 Beacon Intervals. The default value

is 1, indicating clients check for buffered data on the EAP at every beacon. An

excessive DTIM interval may reduce the performance of multicast applications,

so we recommend that you keep it by default.

RTS Threshold

RTS (Request to Send) can ensure efficient data transmission. When RTS is

activated, the client will send a RTS packet to EAP to inform that it will send data

before it send packets. After receiving the RTS packet, the EAP notices other

clients in the same wireless network to delay their transmitting of data and

informs the requesting client to send data, thus avoiding the conflict of packet.

If the size of packet is larger than the

RTS Threshold

, the RTS mechanism will be

activated.

If you specify a low threshold value, RTS packets are sent more frequently

and help the network recover from interference or collisions that might occur

on a busy network. However, it also consumes more bandwidth and reduces

the throughput of the packet. We recommend that you keep it by default. The

recommended and default value is 2347.

Fragmentation

Threshold

The fragmentation function can limit the size of packets transmitted over the

network. If a packet exceeds the

Fragmentation Threshold

, the fragmentation

function is activated and the packet will be fragmented into several packets.

Fragmentation helps improve network performance if properly configured.

However, too low fragmentation threshold may result in poor wireless

performance caused by the extra work of dividing up and reassembling of

frames and

increased message traffic. The recommended and default value is

2346 bytes.

Airtime Fairness

With this option enabled, each client connecting to the EAP can get the same

amount of time to transmit data, avoiding low-data-rate clients to occupy

too much network bandwidth and improving the network throughput. We

recommend that you enable this function under multi-rate wireless networks.

6. Click

Apply

.

3.1.3

Configure Band Steering

A client device that is capable of communicating on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency bands will

typically connect to the 2.4GHz band. However, if too many client devices are connected to an EAP

on the 2.4GHz band, the efficiency of communication will be diminished. Band Steering can steer

Section	Page
1 Quick Start	7
1.1 Determine the Network Topology	8
1.1.1 Management on the local Network	8
1.1.2 Management via Cloud Access	10
1.2 Install Omada Controller Software	11
1.2.1 Installation on Windows Host	11
1.2.2 Installation on Linux Host	11
1.3 Inform the EAPs of the Controller Host's Address	13
1.4 Start and Log In to the Omada Controller	14
1.4.1 Launch Omada Controller	14
1.4.2 Do the Basic Configurations	15
1.4.3 Log In to the Management Interface	18
1.5 Create Sites and Adopt EAPs	18
1.5.1 Create Sites	19
1.5.2 Adopt the EAPs	21
1.6 Monitor and Manage the EAPs	22
2 Monitor and Manage the Network	24
2.1 View the Statistics of the Network	25
2.1.1 View the Client Distribution on SSID	25
2.1.2 Have a Quick Look at EAPs and Clients	25
2.1.3 View Current Usage-Top EAPs	26
2.1.4 View Recent Activities	26
2.2 Monitor the Network with the Map	27
2.2.1 Add a Map	27
2.2.2 Monitor the EAPs on the Map	30
2.3 Monitor and Manage the EAPs	31
2.3.1 Manage the EAPs in Different Status	31
2.3.2 View the Detailed Information of EAPs	32
2.3.3 Manage the EAPs in the Action Column	32
2.4 Monitor and Manage Clients	34
2.4.1 View the Current Information of Clients	34
2.4.2 Manage Clients in the Action Column	34
2.5 View Clients Statistics During the Specified Period	35
2.5.1 Select a Specified Period	35
2.5.2 View the History Information of Clients	36
2.5.3 Manage Clients in the Action Column	36
2.6 Manage the Rogue APs List	36
2.6.1 Manage the Untrusted Rogue APs List	37
2.6.2 Manage the Trusted Rogue APs List	37
2.7 View Past Guest Authorization	38
2.8 View Logs	38
3 Configure the EAPs Globally	40
3.1 Wireless Network	41
3.1.1 Add Wireless Networks	41
3.1.2 Configure Advanced Wireless Parameters	51
3.1.3 Configure Band Steering	53
3.1.4 Configure Mesh	54
3.2 Access Control	59
3.3 Portal Authentication	60
3.3.1 No Authentication	61
3.3.2 Simple Password	65
3.3.3 Local User	69
3.3.4 Voucher	77
3.3.5 SMS	84
3.3.6 Facebook	89
3.3.7 External RADIUS Server	90
3.3.8 External Portal Server	96
3.4 Free Authentication Policy	97
3.5 MAC Filter	98
3.6 Scheduler	100
3.7 QoS	102
3.8 Site Settings	105
3.8.1 LED	105
3.8.2 Device Account	105
3.8.3 Reboot Schedule	106
3.8.4 Log Settings	106
3.8.5 Batch Upgrade	108
3.8.6 SSH	110
3.8.7 Management VLAN	111
4 Omada Cloud Service	112
4.1 Configure the Cloud Access	113
4.1.1 Enable Cloud Access	113
4.1.2 Manage the Cloud Users	113
4.2 Manage the Controller via Omada Cloud	115
4.2.1 Access the controller via Omada Cloud	116
4.2.2 Change your TP-Link ID information	118
5 Configure the EAPs Separately	119
5.1 View the Information of the EAP	120
5.1.1 Active Channel Information	120
5.1.2 Overview	121
5.1.3 LAN	121
5.1.4 Radio	122
5.2 View Clients Connecting to the EAP	122
5.2.1 User	122
5.2.2 Guest	123
5.3 View Mesh Information of the EAP	123
5.3.1 Uplinks	123
5.3.2 Downlinks	124
5.4 Configure the EAP	124
5.4.1 Basic Config	124
5.4.2 IP Setting	125
5.4.3 Radio	126
5.4.4 Load Balance	127
5.4.5 WLANs	128
5.4.6 LED	128
5.4.7 Trunk Settings (Only for EAP330)	129
5.4.8 Rogue APs Detection	129
5.4.9 Local LAN Port Settings (Only for EAP115-Wall and EAP225-Wall)	130
5.4.10 Forget this AP	130
6 Manage the Omada Controller	131
6.1 User Account	132
6.2 General Setting	133
6.2.1 Configure Controller Name	133
6.2.2 Configure Mail Server	133
6.3 History Data Retention	135
6.4 Backup&Restore	136
6.5 Auto Backup	136
6.6 Migrate	139
6.6.1 Controller Migrate	139
6.6.2 Site Migrate	143
6.7 Information About the Software	147
7 Application Example	148
7.1 Basic Configuration	149
7.2 Advanced Settings	149
7.2.1 Monitor the EAPs with Map	149
7.2.2 Configure Portal Authentication	150
7.2.3 Create a SSID for the Employees	152
7.2.4 Configure Scheduler	153
Appendix: Omada App	155
1 Install Omada App on the Mobile Device	156
2 Manage your Network in Standalone Mode	156
3 Manage your Network in Controller Mode	159
3.1 Locally manage your EAPs using the Omada App	159

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